Yo. This is my first story, so please don't be too harsh on me. I'd love the reviews, though. In this fic, Naruto is semi-evil, and stronger than the anime/mange version. This fic DOES take the concept of Heartless from Kingdom Hearts, but it is NOT a cross-over. Still just as intelligent, though. And here's your summary.

Summary: At a young age, Naruto is constantly having the same nightmare over and over again. As he grows, he begins learning a small amount of what is causing this from an unknown source, to him at least. When he finally enters the academy, things take a turn for the worst. Mizuki still tries to kill him, but a power that no one knew of unleashed at that point. This power may mean the difference between life and death for Naruto, though.

The darkness…

It fills my soul…

My heart is so black…

It's like it doesn't exist…

And that makes me…

Heartless…

With a jolt, he woke up. The shock of spiky blonde hair on his head jiggled lightly as he sat up, wide-eyed, panting and sweating. The nightmares, they had gotten worse over the past few weeks. It was almost exactly the same every night. As soon as he fell asleep, his world always opened up to an exact replica of Konoha, and he was running through the streets. He was laughing, carefree and joyous. Other children his age were running alongside him. Then, it would start. The adults begin showing up, taking the children away from him. They called him a "demon", a "monster", and other horrible things. His six-year-old self just couldn't comprehend why. It only went downhill from there. Soon enough, after all the children were gone, the adults would congregate, and surround him. They pulled out several objects, from bats, to knives, even to things such as syringes and broken bottles. Naruto knew what they wanted to do.

Enter – Dream Scape (Nightmare)

"Leave me alone! What did I do to you?" Naruto screamed behind him. The only response was a bottle that just barely missed his head. He ran even faster, trying to escape the people that wanted to kill him. And the insults began to fly once more.

"Demon! Get back here, you monster!" One man shouted, as his eyes burned with the firel of rage.

"Yeah! Just face it and die like the scum you are!" A woman near the man yelled as well. The cround yelled in agreement, and started gaining on Naruto. There was only so much that a six-year-old could do to survive, and running was only an option for a short while.

As luck would have it, he tripped. The villagers surrounded him once more, and started to beat him savagely. Eventually, one of them grabbed him by the back of the worn, dirty brown shirt he wore, and dragged him into a nearby alleyway. There, it got worse. They stabbed, sliced, diced, and damaged every part of his body they could. They did everything possible, from bashing his head into a wall, to removing a very important piece of his anatomy. All the while, Naruto tried to scream in pain, to possibly call for help, for anyone to save him. But it never happened.

Soon, two ANBU arrived, and Naruto believed himself to be saved. But, he was sadly mistaken. One of the ANBU turned to him, and one could almost feel the killer intent coming off of him. He looked at the people and spoke.

"What are you doing, you idiots? You have to paralyze him so he can't walk…" the ANBU said as he slowly dragged a kunai across Naruto's ankles, cutting the tendons, "…cut his throat so he can't scream…"he continued, dragging the bloodied weapon across Naruto's throat, the blood gushing out, "…and THEN you can beat him some more!" the ANBU finished, before picking Naruto up and throwing him into a wall.

Shift – Dream Scape (Mind Scape)

The beating, as savage as it was, was almost non-existent in Naruto's mind at that moment. He felt every hit, but he was more preoccupied with something else. Though he didn't realize it, he was drawn into his mind while in his dream, something that should be considered impossible. As he traversed the sewer like tunnels of his mind, he looked at the pipes that lined the walls. Many of them were blue, and pulsed with a brilliant light that made this place feel safe. Another, almost equal set of pipes, though not as numerous, were twice as large, and pulsed with a red-orange light that filled the place with warmth. This warmrth, however, didn't feel entirely safe. It felt as though there was an underlying, malicious power there as well.

The final set of pipes, however, made the others pale in comparison. They were the least numerous, but, they were easily the largest. There was no light coming from them. No, these pipes sucked in all the light around them, making the area pitch black. The blue and orange pipes were the only things lighting the area, and due to those black pipes, just barely as well. When Naruto finally reached the end of the maze of tunnels, he saw a giant cage. The same red-orange energy pulsed from within the cage, and it soon coalesced to form a human-sized, nine tailed fox. It grinned, its tails flying out around it, sending flicks of energy out with each snap.

"So…the container is finally here…I wonder…how will you handle knowing what else inhabits you…? What will happen to your fragile little mind…I hope that you're ready, regardless of the outcome…" the mysterious beast said, as the black pipes slowly let a black mist seep out. The mist engulfed Naruto, and as he panicked, he felt a sensation of safety, strength, power…but most importantly, darkness.

Shift – Dream Scape (Nightmare)

The ANBU stopped beating him. Following them, the villagers did as well. This was all due to the wisps of dark mist circling Naruto's body. His wounds healed completely, knitting shut as red-orange energy pulsed over them. He slowly stood up, and stood hunched over, staring at the ground. Soon, the mist started to encase his body, and it left only a dark apparition in Naruto's shape. It slowly looked up at the villagers and shinobi. Gone were the once cerulean eyes of the youth – in their place were slits of pure red, and a spiteful smirk rested where Naruto's pain-filled grimace once was. The people that were once so set on killing him began to flee, but it was too late. All at once, darkness exploded out of what was once Naruto's body, and engulfed the nightmare illusion that was Konohagakure. And then he awoke, as he did every night.

Exit – Dream Scape Enter – Real World

Sitting on the edge of his old mattress, Naruto stared at the ceiling, his eyes weary and blood-shot. He spoke quietly, inaudible to all but himself.

"What's going on…?" was all that escaped his lips, before he drifted off to sleep again, ready for either a pleasant dream that ended in free ramen for life, or the horrifying nightmares that had become the bane of his existance in just a year's time.

Yeah. First story, yadah, yadah. Please, give me a review. As you've probably seen before, we can't get better without reviews, and if we can't get better, you'll continue to be disappointed. Or just satisfied. But I'd prefer you be thrilled. Anyway, Silver out for now.