Blood

Carnage

Death

Naruto awoke to the tear-streaked faces of his teammates. They were in the middle of fighting the Fourth Shinobi war, and Kakashi had just been killed. Drunk on sorrow and anger, Naruto had channelled the Kyuubi again, though he had faced a particularly nasty black-out.

"Guys?" Naruto said hesitantly, "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Sakura was the first to speak. Her face was red, but whether it was from anger or sorrow was anybody's guess. "What's the matter with you? Kakashi-sensei just died! Do you think he would have wanted you to do this?"

Naruto shook his head, confused. "Do what?"

"Look around you!"

Naruto looked and gasped in horror at what he saw. Hundreds upon thousands of dismembered corpses, mangled and mashed into an indecipherable mess. A sole head rolled around the ground near his feet. Naruto bent down to wipe the thick layer of blood covering the face and quickly withdrew his hands in dismay. It was Kakashi's head.

"Wha- I didn't do this! This wasn't me Sakura-chan! I didn't do this!"

"It was you." Sasuke landed next to Naruto. "I saw the entire thing. You became the Kyuubi and your chakra went berserk. You killed everyone, Naruto. Everyone."

Naruto shook his head. "No… no…" He covered his face with his hands.

A weak voice rang out amongst the corpses. "N-Naruto-kun."

"Hinata-chan!" Hands falling to his side, Naruto ran into the bloodied mess, tossing out limb after limb, trying the find the source of the voice.

"Naruto-kun. Don't look for me, Naruto-kun. I'm sorry about what happened and I'm sorry that this- that this is how you will remember me but-Naruto… I can't stay with you anymore, Naruto-kun."

With that, a horrible sound of bones breaking and blood gushing reached Naruto's ears. He looked to his left and on top of a mountain of dead Konoha ninjas, Hinata's pretty face was marred by the blood leaking from her broken neck; the sign of a Hyuga's suicide.

Falling to his knees, Naruto's body shook with phantom sobs, but no tears came.

"Hey, Naruto." Sakura sat down beside him and slowly, her hand came on top his head.

Flinching, Naruto threw himself on Sakura, twisting her arm. "How come you're not dead? Why is it you and Sasuke?"

"Ow, god damn it, Naruto! How am I supposed to know? Let me go!"

Then, the tears fell.

In another universe, Naruto's prophecy was humanity. But in this universe, his prophecy was destruction.