Scream Your Heart Out
A/N: Oh yeah! Another story! Although I am still working on other stories…Expect this to be 15-20 chapters, not sure chapter length, depends on how I feel. Pairings are: Itachi/Ino/Naruto and maybe other pairings that I love.
The thunder crashed, the birds, defeated by the random bolts of lightning through the air; collapsing, or rushing for shelter. The pitter patter of rain became louder and louder, and the emotions that filled the air were tense.
Naruto stood before a bleeding Sasuke, his eyes red, the chakra of Kyuubi surrounding him.
"What a battle," Naruto muttered, panting, recovering from his final and fatal strike, "For a straight two days too…"
'Kit…' the demonic luggage said in a hoarse voice, catching the attention of the container.
'Yeah fur ball?' Naruto responded within his mind, his eyes closed.
'Is it over yet? I'm pretty much tired…' Naruto had used up a whole lot of the Kyuubi's chakra during the battle. Even the all powerful demon was tired.
'It's over…'
'Are you going to kill him?' Kyuubi asked, hearing doubt in Naruto's voice.
'I don't know…' Naruto replied. He and Sasuke have had an interesting friendship, a friendship nonetheless. He didn't think that he had it in him to kill him just yet.
Sasuke looked up at the glowing Naruto, the sharingan disappearing from his eyes. They shut as soon as they did, his head still throbbing in pain. The two went all out; this is the result of defeat. Opening them to face Naruto, his eyes became content as he collapsed to the floor. His back on the cold and hard ground and his pained face facing the direction of Naruto's still.
"Naruto…" he said softly, his tone the softest Naruto has ever heard, "Tell everyone I'm sorry…And…" He coughed up a bit more blood, struggling to even speak.
"Sasuke…" Naruto then said, the Kyuubi powers dissipating. He then knelt down before Sasuke and looked into his eyes. They were in a way different mode than usual, they almost reflected even his own eyes.
"If you can…please avenge my clan…Kill that man…Please kill Itachi…" he asked, still struggling for words.
"But if I kill him, your clan will never be reborn!" Naruto yelled, thinking of it last minute. Strange how he never thought about it before.
"Well…That is true…" He responded turning his body to face the sky, "So do me this favor…Knock him out for me, teach him a lesson for killing the clan. And tell him to do his best to revive it…" he then coughed out more blood and slightly closed his eyes. Naruto watched as his friend trembled.
"I will…" Naruto muttered while nodding, "And Sasuke."
"Yes?" He replied, his eyes looking directly at his friend and rival.
"Thanks for changing me during this fight…" Naruto muttered as the thunder clashed. He closed his hand into a tight fist, "The people back in Konoha won't be expecting my new personality."
"Keh," Sasuke muttered, a smirk forming on his face, "Just live on man, you were like a best friend to me. I'm glad you're the one who brought me to my death. Plus give this," he then handed over a letter. It was still decent from the sudden rain storm.
Naruto looked at it and his eyes widened, "Is this for?"
"Yeah for Sakura…" Sasuke finished Naruto's sentence, his smirk remaining on his face, "That fan girl of mine was really obsessed and cared for me. I kind of hated her for misjudging you and always just copying me. So here's a letter, to tell her how I felt and to tell her not to hate you anymore."
"Hmm, its pretty long, when did you get the time to write this?"
"Orochimaru's lair gets really boring when he's out. So I figured something like this might happen…I had a change of heart, but I really wanted to fight you."
"Hmm, well that was one heck of a fight Sasuke…" He responded, a small smile on his own face, "You realize that, if you just stayed with us, we wouldn't be in this hell."
"The past is the past, besides, that was an awesome fight to the death. You were a challenging rival Naruto-dobe."
"Keh, even at your dying moments you still have time to call me a dobe."
"What? It's my favorite line…Anyways…" he coughed again and clutched his chest, "Goodbye Dobe…Good luck with that dream of yours…"
"Yeah, thanks…Goodbye Sasuke…" Sasuke then smiled a genuine smile and closed his eyes. Naruto closed his eyes also and began to cry. The rain continued to fall as it mixed with the salty water of his tears. The thunder crashed loudly, as if feeling the pain suffered inside Naruto's heart. Sasuke took his last breath and Naruto picked him up and headed towards Konoha for the first time in a long while.
At the gates the guards began to question him but Naruto just asked to show him to Tsunade.
"But Naruto!" They exclaimed, not understanding the mood of the used-to-be happy-go-lucky boy that dreamed to be hokage.
"Let me go now or I'll kill you," Naruto said his eyes flashing red. He then shook his head, "Sorry I meant please let me in, I must speak with the Godaime!" He felt himself twitch from anger.
The guard shivered when he felt the kyuubi's chakra. It was a rare feeling, but an incredibly scary one at that. He nodded slowly as Naruto showed his foxy smile and walked in.
"What's up with him?" one of the others said. Staring as the boy walked towards the Hokage Tower.
"I d-dunno…" He muttered, wiping the sweat that accumulated at the base of his forehead.
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Naruto sighed as people stared at him, the glares flashing and the raising of eyebrows about the Uchiha on his back.
Some who actually realized that he was dead were about to attack Naruto, but he shot glares at them; glares fierce and sharp that made them freeze in fright. He thought in his head not to be afraid anymore. The flashbacks of Sasuke's taunting and his dreams came back to him. His scars of whiskers widening slightly.
'Kit, calm down.' The demon muttered, feeling some of his chakra being absorbed by naruto's anger.
'Sorry, its just my mind is being overwhelmed and I don't want to shout now.'
'But these emotions and thoughts of yours hurt.' Kyuubi admit. The emotions toyed with his mind and his chakra. It hurt him physically, and confued him mentally.
'Bare with it for me…I can't just randomly yell out and express my feelings, people will hate me more.'
'But wouldn't you feel better?' It was true, it was always good to express yourself.
'I don't know…Oh shit it's Sakura!'
'The letter kit?'
'Oh yeah.'
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled. It has been a while since she's seen him. Her face went from surprise, to her usual angry face, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH SASUKE-KUN?" she then saw his pale face and closed eyes. Her heart pounded and her face was filled with tears. Her fist was raised and she charged towards Naruto.
Naruto closed his eyes and focused on staying attached to the ground when she hit him. He grumbled a bit and braced for her fist. But instead something he didn't expect happened.
"Sakura?" he muttered softly, feeling her warmth onto his rain soaked jacket.
Sakura cried louder as she clutched Naruto's shoulder. She leaned on his shoulder and kept yelling 'Why'.
Naruto closed his eyes and began to whistle a calm and soothing tune. He took his available arm and stroked Sakura's hair lightly. He didn't feel himself blushing, his childish crush finally gone. Backing away he pulled out the letter and gave it to her.
Sakura wiped her eyes calmly and held the letter. The sound of Naruto's whistling echoed through her head as she looked at the letter. She smiled slightly at the fact it was from Sasuke. She read it, surprised at its contents. She then looked up and saw that Naruto was gone. She sighed as another tear rolled down her cheek.
"Sasuke…" she muttered. Her heart hurt, so she ran off towards her home.
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Naruto presented Sasuke's dead body before Tsunade and told her the whole story. Shizune embraced the boy since she hadn't seen him for so long before he told his tale.
Shizune held onto Tonton tightly with a sad face and Tsunade frowned. Naruto stared at the ceiling, his face emotionless and firm.
"I see…" Tsunade finally said, "We will arrange a funeral…I'm glad this happened like this, I wouldn't want him turning too cold…"
Naruto didn't respond. He only continued to stare at the ceiling.
"Tsunade-sama, Naruto's acting strange," Shizune whispered, Tonton's head going up and down in agreement.
Tsunade nodded, "Probably the after effects of the fight. You should get used to this. He must've changed or something. Afterall, people do change."
"Tsunade-sama!" a random ANBU said appearing from out of no where, "I have urgent news!"
"What is it?" Tsunade asked with a raised eyebrow.
"We spotted Itachi!" At the name 'Itachi', Tsunade's eyes widened.
"GET HIM!" She ordered, her yell causing Shizune to cover Tonton's ears.
The ANBU nodded and Shizune sighed. Tsunade frowned and looked at the dead Sasuke once more, "Didn't achieve your dream yet right?"
"Nope, but I will!" Naruto said quickly and disappeared.
"NARUTO!" Tsunade yelled but Naruto was already gone.
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Somewhere on some random training grounds, Itachi sat under a tree alone and without his cloak. Instead he fashioned a normal fish-net shirt and black track pants.
Naruto then appeared before him, his face calm and serious, "Itachi," he then said. Itachi turned to face him, facing the eyes of not Naruto, but Kyuubi Naruto.
"Keh, it's the Kyuubi." Itachi muttered soon after, turning away to stare at the ground.
Meanwhile, Ino not hearing of the news was walking through the training ground and saw a flash of yellow.
"Naruto?" she said softly. She then walked towards the area where Naruto had ran to and tripped over a rock.
"Ino?" Naruto said turning away from Itachi.
"Naruto?" she then said again. Getting up she winced holding her injured leg.
"Wow, that's quite the injury for tripping over a rock," Naruto said the emotions on his face not changing.
Itachi stood before the two, "Let me help…" he then said.
Naruto glared at Itachi and picked up Ino carefully and backed away, "What are you doing here?"
"Keh, I just heard my brother had died. I wanted to check on him."
"What! Sasuke died!" Ino yelled.
"Yes…"
"And I heard the one who killed him was you Kyuubi boy."
"What?" Ino then said, "Who's Kyuubi boy?" she looked back and forth and shrugged, "I don't see a fox demon like boy…And isn't Kyuubi dead?" she then turned to Naruto who's head was down and hair was on his face.
"That guy, this Naruto is the Kyuubi boy, girl. Didn't you know that?"
Ino's eyes widened, "What?"
A/N: There's the first chapter. Sorry if it was short or whatever…