What Lies Within
by Chaos
Warnings: AU; TWT; OOC; some might say PWP; oh, first attempt back at writing for over a year...; NC-17 (overall rating --- all lemons will be archived off-site; don't worry, I will specify where to go... I hate for this, but sigh); and 'cuz I'm lazy, everything else will be a surprise, okay? Yippie! Jesus, this thing seems a bit too trippy, even for me...
To him, it seemed like an eternity before he could open his eyes and blink stupidly into the light. Groaning he rolled over and tried to bury his face in his pillow, willing himself to be smothered within the utter fluffiness of its being. Unfortunately, the voice within his head grated at him so thoroughly he had no choice but to give an indignant shout and roll back over to stare at the sagging ceiling above him.
He had a reason to be annoyed with himself. Every time he had tried to die, he had been stopped by an incessant little voice, nagging at the back of his head. Recently it had been getting louder and louder, and it had reached the point of where he couldn't ignore it anymore. Somehow, that pissed him off a lot more than he figured it should have.
Plastering on a cheerful smile that seemed awkward amongst his sleep deprived blue eyes, he shoved the door open, which took a few tries as the old wooden barrier loathed to cooperate with him, and fought with him as most it could. He figured it was giving in though.
Greeting the morose sunshine that seemed to wish it was anywhere but there, he grinned widely, his teeth glinting and his eyes sparkling as their owner seemed to ponder just how he could rile up the townspeople this day...
"KONNICHIWA MINNA!" Naruto shouted while streaking through the streets, his laughter leaving an eerie echo behind him, a faint shell of happiness protecting the fragile tears that lay within.
A/N: I deserve this... but holy crap, what kind of hell have I dropped into? This is going to be way, way AU, if you haven't already noticed... I sort of wished I was going to start things off a little differently, and then I started feeling like a hamster on crack and ... I really have no excuse... I want to go write some lemons now, but I have to leave in... well actually no I don't so I might go do that, but I doubt they'll see the light of day until I get back into writing again, if you know what I mean...