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Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favour fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

-Robert Frost-


The Black Sun

"This cannot go on!" a council member shouted.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage sighed tiredly. It had seemed like little Uzumaki Naruto, had been mentally torturing yet another companion. The small boy seemed to have a knack for it. He never used physical violence, but his words were painful enough.

"Well, I did say this would happen" Fugaku Uchiha said. The entire council members swiveled their heads to look at him, wondering what he was talking about. Fugaku sighed, and reminded them, "when you chose a new companion for little Uzumaki-kun, I had said that it would end as it did last time"

Another council member spoke, and said, "What I do not understand is why the boy insists on doing this." Shikaku Nara lifted up his head from its resting place in his arms. He looked around but it was obvious that none of them understood the small boy's motives. He sighed heavily, and cleared his throat. All eyes fell on him as he started to speak.

"Well from what I've can see in this recurring theme is that all of Naruto's companions were civilians. Naruto probably thought that we were insulting him, considering his heavy shinobi heritage. Also, the fact that we chose his companion, not him, probably angered him, and he most likely used these children to teach us a lesson" he summarized.

He could see the realization appearing in their eyes, and their embarrasment for not understanding sooner.

Elder Homaru sighed and said "well, even if we now understand the boy's reasoning, we still have a broken child and a distraught mother on our hands. Mrs Momayama is demanding retribution, and demands to speak with Naruto."

Hiruzen sighed again and called out quietly, "Inu". An ANBU with a dog mask appeared in front of him and he looked at him seriously and commanded, "Bring me Naruto Uzumaki. Now."

The ANBU saluted him and disappeared in a swirl of leaves. Hiruzen turned to his council and eyed them seriously and said sharply, "no matter what personal feelings you have for the boy, you will treat him with respect. He is the son of the Fourth Hokage and more importantly, the Konoha no jinchuuriki. He could end us all, if we give him sufficient reason too"

They all nodded at him and in then they sat in silence waiting for Kakashi to return. Five minutes later, he arrived with the boy cradled gently in his arms and he set him down carefully. The small boy looked up at them and they wondered how something so angelic could be so…demonic.

Big blue eyes adorned his delicate face. His skin was a light bronze tan and his hair was a sun-kissed blonde, his bangs framing his face gently. Dressed in a light blue kimono , he looked the very picture of innocence.

"You called for me Saru-ji-sama?"

Hiruzen nodded gravely and said, "Naruto-kun, we heard what has happened to little Misaki-kun. His mother is most distraught and wishes to speak with you." He did not bother to reprimand the child. It wouldn't make a difference. A small smile was on Naruto's face and he nodded in consent. Hiruzen made a motion with his hands and the council doors opened. In walked in a brown-haired middle aged woman, her hair a tangled mess, her eyes red and puffy, probably from crying. She looked around the council, and then her eyes fell on Naruto, who was looking at her with a smug, self-satisfied look.

Her face went red with fury and she screamed out, "STUPID, STUPID MONSTER! IT WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR FAULT NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK! I HATE YOU! I HOPE HOKAGE-SAMA LOCKS YOU UP IN A HOLE FOREVER! MY SON WON'T EAT OR SLEEP BECAUSE OF YOU! ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!" screamed the distraught mother at the top of her lungs.

Naruto simply stared and then slowly, he started to laugh. There was really nothing else to do but laugh. He threw back his head and did just that. Just laughed and laughed and laughed. It echoed amongst the rafters in great hysterical peals and the tears of exhaustion on the woman streamed down her face unchecked. The council was staring at him in bewilderment, their fear growing and twisting inside them, wondering if the boy had gone mad. Oh, wasn't that just the best part?

"My poor, stupid woman. You're not very good at this, are you?" Naruto giggled. "Even when you try to resist, you just enslave yourself more tightly than ever. The first thought you had was to reprimand me, make me feel ashamed of myself. Make me feel …regretful. As if that was an ability you had ever possessed."

"Say what you want, monster, but someday you'll regret ever making ME your enemy. You will," she furiously remarked, glaring at the beautiful demon that was still smiling up at her.

"Oh, but it'll be you that'll carry these regrets…I'll be long dead before I can bother with them" Naruto said, not even looking at her as he fiddled with his kimono sleeves. He looked over at her dishevelled, angry form and smirked, his eyes glinting maliciously.

"You horrible demon. How could you do that to a child? MY CHILD! I WILL NOT REST UNTIL I SEE YOU GONE! THIS VILLIAGE WILL NOT STAY UNDER YOUR THUMB!

"Oh, my dear, you act as if that would concern me. You can fight all you want, until you die even. It doesn't matter to me. It never has," said Naruto gaily turning around, and rocking on his heels. From the corner of his eyes he saw the woman shaking with rage, clearly wanting to hit him.

"How can you act as though this is NOTHING, YOU MONSTER? DO YOU HAVE NO CONCIENCE WHATSOEVER?!"

"My, aren't we in such high spirits?" Finally heaving a sigh, Naruto turned to face the annoying woman. Levelling a glare full of distaste, he tightly grinned at her and seeing her clenching her fists, visibly shaking as she held herself back from striking out, he couldn't help the glib comment.

"Oh, come now. If you want to hit me, do go ahead and be done with it. Never hesitate. Have I taught you villagers nothing, my poor woman? Or are you as weak and frail as my dear Misaki?"

SHUT UP, MONSTER!" screamed the mother ,with a rage that shook her lithe frame even more, daring to take one step closer to the young jinchuuriki.

"Already using harsh language to the one that gives you so many privileges? Ungrateful people…" Shaking his head with feigned disappointment, Naruto abruptly smirked, leaning closer into the infuriated mother, unfazed that their faces were inches apart. "You know you can't hit me, don't you? You at least admit that to yourself, ne? Yet, you still try…and fail. You know it thrills me to see you fail."

The woman went silent, and looked down to ground, as if there was something fascinating there. Naruto looked at her in satisfactory, glad that he had put the woman back in her place…beneath him.

Naruto took swift steps back ,tired of having to be in close proximity of this smelly being…bitches really do smell horribly. Waving off the enraged silent woman, he let out a heavy sigh. "Now, be the good little girl that you aren't and leave me. I wish to return to my solitude…unless you want your punishment now…"

The mother clenched her jaws tightly, knowing that Naruto had not meant the last part as a threat. Not wanting to incur the wrath of such a punishment at this time, she turned on her heel, flicking her hair over her shoulder, her anger now more aimed at herself for not getting what she needed out of Naruto .

'STUPID. Why can't I just say it…just SAY IT!' "You always take the easy way out, pampered bastard."

The words that wouldn't come together before in her mind coherently now spilled forth in a grumble before she thought them through. She was scolded constantly through her life to watch what she said, since it tended to land her in trouble all the time. Time and again she ignored it, declaring that she never regretted saying anything she spoke since she spoke the bitter truth. But now…she knew.

That was not the thing to say…and to Naruto of all people.

She felt instant pain and hissed as she felt her head snap back abruptly, enough so that she fell on her butt. She quickly got to her knees and was about to stand when another yank on her long hair by the scalp had her sending fiery glares at the demon container that held her captive. Repressing further hisses of pain, she gritted her teeth and tightly demanded, "Let me go."

"You don't make the demands here…I do. And if you insist on struggling, I will rip out your hair and leave you for BALD! You won't have a med-nin around to patch up your worthless self!" The glares of this spirited bitch remained fixed, but the struggles did stop. Naruto then sneered at his wilful villager and then abruptly smacked her hard across the face several times before he relented, shoving the injured woman to the ground.

All was still around them, holding its breath as if the wrath of 'God' was still in force. Yet, as is usual with Naruto, the stormy rage he held dissipated as quickly as it came. He took deep breaths to calm his raging blood as he breathed heavily.

"Now, if you are QUITE done, get up and go WITHOUT your baseless commentaries." Looking out to the stunned faces of the council around them, Naruto softly continued, "You know NOTHING of what I do to keep all your asses safe from the world."

Huffing slightly, the woman struggled to her feet, cupping her reddening cheek and spitting out bloody saliva from having bitten into her cheek accidentally during the quick assault. Feeling the ache of her pulled hair lessening, she turned to Naruto and bitterly seethed, "Safe? SAFE?! I'd rather take my chances out there in the outside world you're so afraid of than live in this hell you made for us!"

Chuckling lightly at the angered woman, Naruto grinned as he slid down to sit on the wooden floor of the platform. Closing his eyes with a sigh, he remarked with a bored air, "The 'outside' world you're so fond of is NOT of what I speak. But your mind is so little and small and SIMPLE…you can't comprehend anything complicated, so I will not explain myself."

Not taking the bait to anger herself further, Mrs Momayama held her chin high as she looked down on the simpering jinchuuriki. She passionately spoke out, "Laugh now, but when everything is done and over with, you'll be DEAD, and the village will be free of YOU. I won't live my life like YOU have…alone and hated! I will actually have someone that's not afraid to love me and not one thought of ours will EVER remember YOU."

The small container barely stirred at the cutting remarks from the woman. After a few tense moments, he did look her and gave her a sour look. "'Love'…" he spat in distaste, "…coming from your mouth only makes it sound all the more WEAK and PITIABLE to cling to."

The woman glared sharply, before she lashed back matter-of-factly, "Not that I'm surprised that you LOATHE the word, especially when you have no love. You will never be loved and will always be alone. After all, that's what happens to monsters."

Looking darkly at the petulant woman through his thick lashes and strands of unruly hair, Naruto barely blinked an eye as he whispered to the silence of the night, "I will never be loved…? No…and that is a truth you'll NEVER understand. Now, GET OUT."

She silently agreed as she stomped away, for once in her life, intent on escaping the cold malice aimed at her. It was a definite end to their turbulent conversation.

Naruto sighed heavily, before getting back up, and looking back at the silent council with a bored expression. His eyes where full of distaste as he said,

"So, which pathetic child will you be giving me this time?"


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