Hinata picked herself off the floor with the help of a wall. She has sweating profusely and was ragged with every breath. Ever since she left class earlier that day she had been searching for Naruto. Having her byakugan on all day had taken a heavy toll. She could only see 200 meters and her blind spot was bigger than a more experienced hyuuga. Her chakra reserves were near the end of their limit. Her face was paler than ever, though someone would be hard pressed to notice the difference from her usually ashen complexion. She knew these were the moments that Naruto needed someone the most. After improving and working himself to the bone and admittedly improving beyond any genin only to be denied his rightful reward by a man he considered a father figure. She wanted to be that person. Despite the lack of confidence she has been stigmatized with, she was quite intelligent, if not a bit manipulative when it came to Naruto. She knew that in this important moment when Naruto would latch onto whatever he could, the first thing that showed him any kind of kindness would be etched into his subconsciousness. With renewed strength she continued her search. It was then she noticed a bright flash that left her temporarily blinded. When her vision came back around she could only morph her tightened eyes into large horror filled orbs. There lied the object her affections in a pool of his own blood. Gurgling heavily on the crimson fluid with death in his eyes. She did what she usually did when faced with a situation she could not handle. She promptly let out a strangled cry and fainted. It was a few hours before she came around. It was still night time. She hazily looked around until her eyes fell on Naruto. Memories flooded her mind until she noticed the cause for her previous syncope was gone. The hole on his orange jumpsuit was the only indication there was ever an injury. She crawled to where he was and littered his face with kisses. She was washed head to toe by relief and caressed like a lover by hope that he was alive. These hopes were realized when he slowly opened his eyes with a grin that threatened to spit his face open. "Miss me much?" Hinata flushed scarlet at his words. Caught in her studdering she didn't notice Naruto wrap her arms around her until he tightly gripped her. Her blush didn't get any lighter until he felt the telltale shuddering of crying come from the bright bundle wrapped around her. She knew now was the time. So she gently hugged him and cooed into his ears sweet reassurances. Little did she know she wasn't the first thing he came in contact with during his time of need. Not by a long shot.

Naruto leaned against an old oak tree with a bored expression on his face. Currently he was watching hinata water walk while practicing her original taijutsu she was developing, Hard Current. Don't get him wrong, a hot sweaty girl that you may or may not want to spend the rest of your life with dancing in front of you would have any guys attention. It's just it was clouded over by the fact she was going to go shortly to meet her new sensei. And team. As a genin. The thought had him depressed once more, though he was slowly coming to grips with the fact. He figured he was simply too powerful for them to feel safe. Even iruka who for a time looked past his little hairball problem, que irritated growl, had eventually given in to the hate he felt towards Naruto and failed him to get back at him. Naruto couldn't help the hopeless feeling he felt at the thought that he will never make genin at this rate, let alone become Hokage. Hokage.. His dream. But every day it seemed to be more and more just that. A dream. Hinata jogged up to him breaking him from his thoughts. " Naruto-kun, it's time I get going…" She said with a hint of pity. If it was one thing Naruto could not stand, it was having pity thrown his way. He scowled and waved her off, causing her to walk away slightly rejected. Naruto took to trying to contact Xanna again. Anything to escape this reality...this..hell.

"Hokage-sama, I am certain of what I saw." Iruka stated. The old sarutobi looked on through his window panorama view of the village. He heard what his chuunin was saying...but..that would mean Naruto was far stronger than only genin should be, especially considering his chakra control should be shot to hell. "Okay Iruka I understand. But what exactly is your concern? So he has near perfect chakra control and is a bit more talented than he let on. What of that convinced you to let him fail?" The hokage inquired. In all honesty he was a little miffed that iruka failed naruto as he knew how much i meant to naruto. If Iruka didn't have a good reason for it then he was inclined to have him take a little vacation...without pay. "I..I think the kyuubi might be influencing him somehow. Since the marks are because of the beast, I assumed only it could affect them in any way. In all his other henges they were present. But when he gets suddenly stronger it disappears? I couldn't shake the feeling off.." Iruka said. Despite what Naruto might think, Iruka took no pleasure in failing naruto. He was ridden with guilt. But if the beast was somehow influencing him, that needed to be addressed for his and the villages safety. "Well the only person who could take a look at it safely isn't due back in the village for some time. For now, I'll have security on him as detail. Now, I will go and right this wrong you've done against my grandson." Hiruzen couldn't help his glare. He knew what Naruto went through. The starvation, the beatings. The rapes. He was no pushover. He threatened the shop owners that overcharged him. He personally executed those that physically harmed him, and made it law that should anyone talk about his status as the container for the kyuubi they would be court martialed. This was a shinobi village first and a civilian village second and damnit his word was law. His only regrets were the few wrongs he couldn't right. The few transgressions that he couldn't catch. And this would not be one of them. "But Hokage-sama!" Iruka yelled. Wrong move. " Instantly the old man showed boundless youth as he leapt from his chair and slammed Iruka against the wall with his forearm pressed against his throat, all in an instant. "Do you question my word Iruka?" He said in a low and dangerous voice that left nothing to the imagination on what would happen if he did. Iruka was terrified, as he knew he was no longer in the presence of the Hokage of Konoha, but in the grasp of The God of Shinobi. Iruka all but passed out at the killing intent pouring through every pore of the Gods body. Hiruzen simply let him drop and with a disdainful looked murmured "Pathetic..peace has made everyone weak." He quietly walked back to his desk and pulled out a pipe and leaned back in a puff as he reminisced about..better times, as his anbu dragged Iruka's limp body out of his office.

Naruto couldn't get the focus he believed he needed to talk to Xanna again, so he wandered around the village. Inexplicably he found himself in front of the academy, more specifically looking in the window of his old classroom. 'Hinata must have already gotten her team' he thought a bit sad as he did not find it. He may have been a bit down but that didn't mean he wasn't still happy for hinata. He noticed the Hokage standing in front of the room, which was odd because he imagined he had more important things to do. The old man must have noticed him because he looked right at Naruto and smiled, beckoning him in with a hand gesture. Confused yet curious, he jumped in the window, much to the remaining students and Iruka's surprise. He walked right up to the front of the class where the Hokage stood interrupting the proceedings of team assignment. "Hey old man!" Naruto greeted brightly. Hiruzen felt his heart warm up. This was the future. What his ninja gave their lives to protect. It was so beautiful. "Tch, it's the demon brat" he heard one the chuunin instructors say beneath his breath. He was sure nobody heard it except him. Good. It would not do well to corrupt the future with fear and misunderstandings. With a imperceptible twitch of his fingers, two anbu descended upon the chuunin and before anyone could react disappeared with him as soon as they came. The only thing that gave testament to anybody being there before was a single red drop on the chair he was sitting on. 'Sloppy' the Hokage thought. He would have to discipline his anbu later. All this occurred over the span of three seconds, so it wasn't out of place when he continued as if nothing happened. "Naruto my boy, I'm so happy to see you" he said while ruffling the boy's hair. Naruto would never show it, but the contact was so welcome, so warm, so rare, he was on the verge of breaking down. But he handled it well. "I was actually looking for you, I have a present for you." He reached into his robes and grabbed something. "Close your eyes Naruto."Naruto did as instructed while grinning like a madman. He felt something hard press against his forehead and get tied behind his head. He mind was racing. Could it it really be?! "Open your eyes Naruto." He did as instructed and instantly brought his hands up to his forehead at the same time. He began to tear up as he felt the cold metal on his fingertips, mended in a soft cloth. "Old man you…" He started, but didn't trust his voice. He opted to simply hug the aged hokage to death while yelling thank you. " Don't you worry Naruto. I know the will of fire resides in you." 'After all how could it not, your the son of the two strongest shinobi this villages has ever produced' he thought. With that done he ordered naruto to go take a seat. Iruka made to protest that he wouldn't have a team to which the hokage replied he had taken care of it. Knowing when to shut up Iruka simply nodded his head. With the old man gone Iruka continued. All went well till the end. There was only Naruto, Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno left. "Well seeing as there are three of you left I'm guessing this is the arrangement the hokage mentioned. Your team sensei will be here shortly. Good job and make your village proud." Iruka mentioned as he collected his paper to head out. He tried to make eye contact with Naruto, but Naruto looked away. As he walked out he could only hope he didn't burn that bridge down.

It had been four hours. Four fucking hours! Naruto was beyond stir crazy. He was seated second to the left four rows up and the two others in the room were not much for conversation. He quickly dismissed the Uchiha with the superiority complex. Didn't he know hyuugas are the strongest in the village!? And the pink haired groupie at his side just reeked of fan girl. It was enough to make Naruto shudder. Thus he decided to do something he hadn't done since the great underwear catastrophe of the hyuuga. Pull a prank. Specifically on their sinfully late sensei. He got to work positioning a chalked up eraser wedged just right so when the sliding door to the classroom was open it would fall, ideally right on their mystery sensei's face. He also added some chakra so there would be a delay on the fall. If the door was opened it would fall immediately. For it to work the person opening the door would need to be sticking their head in first. Thus with the delay the door could be opened and the person could take a step before it would far more maximum positive damage. This was going to be sweet. The other two in the room just looked on with varying degrees of interest. When Naruto took his seat at last Sasuke spoke up. "Hey dobe, do you really think a jonin would fall for that?" Naruto simply nodded his head in the affirmative. "Tch, if it works I'll take sakura out a date" he said smugly, not knowing the gleam in sakura's eyes who quickly started...praying? No one had time to comment as they heard footsteps at the door. On the other side of the door stood a tall gray haired man with 90 percent of his face covered and a lazy gaze that looked up at the eraser stuck in the door. 'Well now, how original.' He thought as he gripped the door and made to open it. 'I got about maybe 2 nano seconds before it falls. Should i catch it? I did just wash my hair. I could always re-wash it. But it is a bitch to apply just the right amount of chakra gel to get it to stand up like this. I might as well catch it and say something corny about how it would have never worked because I'm a jonin. Yeah let's go with that.' Just when the masked sensei got done his inner conversation he opened the door, and swiped over his head to catch the eraser that no doubt fell. Except he missed. Or to be more accurate, he caught nothing but air. Severely confused he looked up only to widen his eyes in surprise. And then had them covered in white stuff. All the while the occupants of the room had waited with bated breath, only for sakura to give a yell that sounded as loud as the trumpets of the apocalypse. Sasuke gave a brooding groan that would make his homicidal older brother proud. And Naruto gave such a big grin you could almost hear the tear of his skin on either end of it. All this when the eraser smacked the man who entered right in the face. Bang boom money shot. It didn't just hit him though. He tried to catch it. Missed. And THEN it hit him. After everybody settled down the room got deathly quiet. Then the man spoke. " My first impression of you all..I hate your very souls. Meet on the roof in 5 for introductions." With that he vanished. "Dammit Naruto look at what you've done. He Hates us!" Sakura screeched. "No sakura, he doesn't hate us, just our souls." After replying Naruto disappeared in a gust of wind. Sasuke nodded agreeing with Naruto and promptly made his way out the door to meet on the roof. Sakura sat there dumbfounded. "How the hell is that any better!?" After said outburst she started her own journey to the roof.

"Now that we are all here, let's introduce ourselves" The new team 7 sensei started. "Heh, why don't you go first. I wanna know alllll about the jonin who got a facial from an eraser!" Naruto goaded. With an eye twitch, he decided he might as well. "Very well. My name is Kakashi Hatake. I like small orange books, long strolls through graveyards, and my mask. I dislike...non-ya. My dreams...are usually pornagrafic. That's all you need to know. Now your turn, sunshine." With a tick mark at his new nickname, Naruto began. "Fuck you and your coach. My names Naruto Uzumaki. I like ramen, training, and Hinata-chan. I dislike perverts, Sasuke, and the civilian populace in general. My future dream is to become Hokage so that I can gain respect and protect people I care about!" Naruto finished with a beaming smile. Kakashi smile lightly under his mask. He was glad to see the will of fire burning so brightly in his sensei's son. "Alright duck-rapist, you are next" Naruto said, passing the torch to Sasuke. With an annoyed sigh Sasuke began. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha™. I like..ducks and logs. I dislike older brothers who kill all our family simply to test their strength. My dream..is to avenge my clan." Kakashi looked at his raven haired student with a careful eye. He could understand the dark path being appealing to the Uchiha, but that didn't- wait did Sasuke have a trade mark next to his name? What the actual fuck? Before he could ask about it Sakura began in an upbeat manner. "My names Sakura Haruno soon to be Uchiha! I like Sasuke-sama, i dislike everything that isn't Sasuke-sama. My dream is to be able to bear Sasuke-sama's children by the dozen!" Sasuke looked in complete and unadulterated horror at Sakura's Bold and clearly fangirlish introduction. Within seconds he was hurling up last nights dinner and today's breakfast. Naruto was suffering from asphyxiation because he was laughing so hard. And Kakashi felt his penis retract into his body and poke out his asshole. They just couldn't. After a few minutes, a few chest compressions to Naruto, and a Sakura asking why is everyone acting weird, Kakashi's penis calmed down and crawled to its rightful place. Thus he continued. "Well that didn't just happen. Anyway, meet tomorrow at training field 7, for your first team exercise. And Sasuke, don't do it. It's a trap." With that kakashi vanished off to reclaim some of his manhood. Naruto wiped some blood from his nose. He had an aneurysm from laughing so hard. "Sasuke screw what scarecrow says. Be a man and keep your word!" With that said Naruto left to go see if Hinata was done with her team. This left Sasuke and Sakura alone. As Sasuke got up to begin to leave, Sakura grip his arm. It was so tight he thought a lion's jaws were clamped on his arm. "Sasuke-sama, you promised me a date, no?" It was then Sasuke made sense of kakashi and Naruto's words. As he was being dragged away all he could think was 'nono no no no noooooooooooooo!'

Naruto made his way back to his place with a pep in his step. After his last few nights in the forest he was more than welcoming his old bed. He was hoping hinata was done with her team soon so that they could spend some time together. He leapt on the rooftops merrily on his way. He learned after the lastest beating that the streets are simply not safe at all, ninja or not. Somehow the civilians had caught him..well, let's just say rape jokes are now among the many trigger for him. He finally landed in front of his door and without hesitation barged in. "Hinata-chaaaan i'm home!" On cue he heard a bunch of noises that suspiciously sounded like a person tripping over themselves and saw hinata fumble over the corner and run right into him, slamming him into the wall in a brutal tackle that left him breathless. "Oof! Ah! H-hinata what the hell?" She didn't look up but still Naruto could feel the heat from her cheeks. " I-i'm so g-glad that you pa-passed. I thought y-you failed. I heard from K-kiba-san what happened with the hokage". She stuttered out. Getting over his shock Naruto simply petted her head and smiled. "Don't forget you passed too! Alright then to celebrate let's go out to eat! Something other than ramen i promise". She giggled as

she went to change into something more suitable. She got to the spare room that was given to her and stared at the heavy blue suitcase. It was all she managed to take with her when..when..

- Flashback-

She laid in her bed with her pulse through the roof. Her father did not care if she was almost raped. In his own house no less. She turned her head to look around the room she called her own. So plain. No colors, no personality. Spartan at best. Indifferent. Uncaring. Just like her father. Just like this clan. She began to have a panic attack when she realized, no one would even miss her. Shed tears for her fate. She was to be a ninja soon. Hopefully she could just die in a mission somewhere. No fuss, no big deal. Just disappear. She then started thinking of everyone she knew, until her thoughts stopped at a specific blond haired boy. 'Naruto' Hinata thought tenderly. He always pushed on despite having nobody there for him. He was a pillar of strength she could lean on when everything else seemed to be falling apart. Maybe she could- Thud!. Hinata's thoughts were interrupted when she heard her sliding door fly open. On the other side stood the man that was ripping her life apart from the seems. Jiroh. She tried to sit up only to find her stomach muscles cramp uncontrollably in severe pain. Suddenly she remembered her father's palm strike. He had closed all her chakra points and damaged her muscles. She couldn't even roll off the bed. She went to scream but her mouth was swiftly covered by Jirohs soft and unworked hands. "Now now my little princess, I can't have you accidentally waking up someone who might care about what i'm about to do. You belong to me now." He said, finishing his claim of her by hovering over her and licking her right ear lobe in a sensual manner. He then proceeded to unrobe himself with his free hand, then moved onto Hinata's nightwear. With a nod, as if deciding on something in his head, he began to nibble on Hinata's soft milky white skin. He reaffirmed his grip over her mouth because her tears were making her face slippery. She thought she was void of feeling, but her tears proved otherwise. After about five minutes of the sexual assault however, she simply mentally blacked out, and wouldn't realize just how much was taken from her until morning.

FlashBack End

Naruto and Hinata walked hand in hand down the street, engaged in their conversation and blissfully aware of the non too subtle glares and harsh words sent their way. They walked up to a large red building. It had a large golden door with elegant curves and paper thin windows all around. On each corner were golden columns and on the front read a sign that said "The Flame", no doubt the establishments title. Naruto sneaked a look at Hinata, whose mouth was slightly hanging with a blush just noticeable. "N-Naruto-kun, this place seems really expensive. Are you sure it's alright if we eat here?". "Of course!" He replied. "My treat even!" With that they walked into the large golden door, Naruto making a show of opening the door for Hinata, getting a blush for his efforts. He walked up to a lady standing there, presumingly to seat patrons. "Party of two." Naruto stated. She simply nodded her head with no emotion on her face and motioned for them to follow as she walked away. They were lead to a small booth with velvet cushions and a screen that they could close to get more privacy if desired. She let them know their server would be with them shortly and disappeared behind the thick white screen. Naruto picked up the menus she left on the table and immediately looked for the most expensive thing. Hinata picked hers up and looked for the cheapest thing she could find without being obvious. They made small talk until their waiter, a young man with dark brown slick back hair and an all black suit and tie came to them. He set down two glasses of water in wine cups. "What would you like for the night?". Hinata was the first to respond. "I would like some Jasmine rice with red curry. Ill stick to water for drink". "Well I'll have the 'King Ramen' Bowl, with extra everything." Very good. Your orders will be out shortly". "Tehe, I thought we weren't getting ramen tonight?" Hinata teased. "Well hey you can take the boy out of the ramen but you can't take the ramen out of the boy." Naruto smiled brightly. Their orders came and they ceased conversation, opting to enjoy their meals instead. Hinata was enjoying her food very much, despite her low tolerance for spicy foods. A bit went down the wrong pipe, and she was thrown into a coughing fit. "What, wrong hole?" Naruto mocked, with a clear hidden meaning behind his words. She wanted to respond, but she just couldn't find relief and no amount of water helped. She started sweating and tearing up, and Naruto gave her his water to drink, which again did nothing. She started turning paler than usual, not able to catch her breath, and her vision was getting blurry and dark. Naruto had tried calling for a waiter, but when he stepped out the screen which separated him from the rest of the people in the restaurant, he found nobody. No people eating to waiters, not even the lady that had shown them to their seats. He looked back in to Hinata unconscious with drool and blood leaking out of her mouth. In a panic he picked her up and made to leave to get her the hospital. As he left his booth however he finally saw someone. Standing in his way. "Hey mister, I gotta get her to the hospital get out of the way!" He yelled as he tried to push past the large man in a cooks clothes, only to be violently pushed back onto the floor, Hinata still in his arms. "Don't bother. The Poison would have reached her heart already. Did you really think we would just let you in here, demon?" The man said, by the end his face going from mocking smirk to baleful sneer. Naruto had gotten up while the man was talking, and his blood froze. "No…" He said. "You..you poisoned her? Because of me?!" He shouted, despair gripping his young heart as he looked down only to see Hinata with her eyes rolled to the back of her head and looking totally gone. "HAHAHA! Look at the freak! He is pretending to be sad!" A voice said, as people began to file into the dinning place from the kitchen door. The voice belonged to the woman who showed them to their seats. "Yeah. You came in her with her, smiling and as content as can be. As if we would ever let you be happy, Kyuubi." This was said by the waiter, who pulled out a tube that had a label that read 'poison'. As the more people came in Naruto could only look at Hinata in shock. The crowd began to punch him, kick him, shove Hinata out of his arms, and threw him to the floor. As the beating took place. His eyes got wider and wider, as if he was continually receiving the shock of his life. Eventually he stopped hearing all the yelling and sound of flesh being beat. He heard nothing until, as low as possible he heard her voice again. "I love you." With that, he let go. The whole place shook when a shockwave of red flowed out from Naruto, throwing off his attackers. His hair was spiked, nails and teeth formed into claws, and his eyes turned from their usual ocean blue to slitted, angry red streaks in his eyes. "You want a demon?! I'll show you the jaws of despair!HOw dare you!" Naruto bellowed, his voice deep and layered. The waiter was the first to recover from the shockwave. He was also the first to get Naruto's clawed hand to the side of his head, effectively tearing off half of his face. Naruto looked at his hand, and to the brains spilling out from the wound he inflicted. He looked at the cook. "What's your name" he asked him. The cook, after emptying his bowels and a deadly glare from Naruto replied. "K-Kaor-" "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME IS!" Naruto interrupted, kicking him through the chest, making his organs splatter all over the wall. One by one, He proceeded to hack everyone to bits. He only thought twice on the first kid he came across, then didn't think twice after he bisected the little girl for the rest of the massacre.

Sitting in the uncomfortable metal chair next to his Hime who laid in the hospital bed, Naruto could only think of what he had done. He killed so many people...but they had made him so mad! Even the nurse at the desk made him mad when he came in holding Hinata's unconscious form. She almost didn't let Hinata get admitted just because she was with him! She must've actually looked at just who was in his arms and realized it wasn't worth it just to get back at him. The procedure they had done to get the poison out of her system was to complicated for Naruto to follow, but all he cared about was that she was now sleeping soundly, breathing rhythmically. He found himself being caught up in the orchestra that was her breathing, smoothing being lulled to sleep.

In Naruto's Mind

Naruto found himself in this strange place again. A dark damp narrow hallway with pipes haphazardly strewn about in impossible angles with ankle high black water. He saw a red hue in front of him, and pitch black behind him. "Well that looks like a whole lot of nope." He said, going forward. He soon got bored, as the only thing that change for the last 10 minutes was the red hue getting redder. It was at this point that he walked into a space that opened up into a wide tall room and quickly noticed the giant gate. He was about to let curiosity get the best of him by walking between the bars when he noticed a sealing tag up high on it. "Well how am I supposed to get in if that tag has it locked? Damnit ". Suddenly, the black water began to turn blood red under him, and lift him up as if it were a platform. "Whatthefuckwhatthefuck whatthefuck?!" He screamed. As freaked out as he was, he was already eye level with the seal, and knew moving around too much would cause him to fall. That was definitely not in his best interest. Deciding to not question shit and just go with the flow, he motioned to rip the tag off. Off in an unseen corner of the cage, kyuubi could be seen drool and with the most shit eating grin ever of all time forever. As soon as he put his hand on it and grabbed the corner, she was just about ready cream herself. Her peak was thoroughly ruined, however, when she saw a bright yellow flash. Back with Naruto, his hand had just gotten caught the some weird dude with blonde hair, and he was seriously startled. "Naruto, this is not th-" the man never got to finish as he was immediately decked by Naruto's free right hand. Before he blacked out, the last thing he remembered seeing was red eyes and a white sharp smile. 'Fuckin...bitch' were the 4th hokage's final thoughts before his chakra depleted and he disappeared. "Well...shouldn't have snuck up on me. Anyway, enough stalling. Let's see what's behind door number nine!" And with that declaration, the seal was ripped, and a certain unseen corner was now a pond. After a few moments of silence, save for what Naruto could swear was moaning, a torrent of red tinted air gusted past the gates, flinging them open along with Naruto. Slammed against the wall, it took him a minute to shake the cobwebs. Once he focused, he saw pitch blackness straight into the cage as far as he could see. Slowly, a red dot came into view. This continued on for a few minutes as whatever it was seems to want to take its sweet ol time. By the time it was standing right in front of him, Naruto was sporting a blush that would make Hinata proud. In front of Naruto was a woman. Not just any woman either, it had to be the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She was tall, probably six feet plus, with the brightest shade of red hair he had ever seen cascading to the middle of her back. She was slim yet lean, with clearly defined muscles. Her sharp features looked gave the aura of an apex predator, and her fanged grin only made it that much more feral. She had easily large c-cups breasts with perky light pink nipples. Her nether regions were shaved into the shape of a fox. How did Naruto know these intimate features? Well, this goddess in human skin was standing in front of her, in all her glory, nose-to-crotch. Before he could utter a word, nine orange tails wrapped around him and slammed into the aforementioned c-cups. "Oh you absolutely, amazingly awesome child of dust! Thank you thank you thank you!" the woman yelled. Now her voice might have found sexy by Naruto, if it wasn't so fucking terrifying! It sounded like twelve babies committed suicide in a cult and one of them bitched out last minute but drank enough to be mute. The sound it would make if it could talk, that. That's what she sounded like. Like the roaring death of a thousand stars imploding on themselves, creating a second big bang. Like the sounds you hear when you are all alone in the dark.