Naruto's Descent into the Darkness

Chapter 2

Sound Strikes

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--Sakura's POV--

I dragged Naruto and Sasuke-kun to a hollowed tree somewhere in this stupid forest. I had to tend to Naruto most, as he had a massive fever. Upon checking his bite mark, I noticed a weird looking bruise on his neck. It looked like Kakashi-sensei's Sharingan a little. He began to shiver a bit. This was incredibly strange; he has an intense fever and is shivering! I changed the rags on him to cool down that damn fever and decided I should lay some traps. It took a little while and was difficult as I didn't have a vast arsenal of supplies to make decent traps, but I did the best I could with what I had. I sat there, fighting the fatigue my body had to endure with for hours with neither of them getting any better at all. It seemed they would be asleep forever and that I would be all alone here. Suddenly the biggest of my fears came true, a team attacked us. They evaded my traps with little attempt and went for Sasuke-kun. I stood in the way, but something unexpected happened, the weirdo Rock Lee stepped in. He pronounced his love for me and defended me. He did the attack he was about to do on Sasuke-kun and I thought he won as the leader of the group laid there in the raised ground. I saw him fidget then climb out of the ground. Lee didn't win. After another quick battle between their leader and Lee, Lee was knocked unconscious and they came after Sasuke-kun. I stepped in the way and the leader said "Move out of the way."

"Why are you after Sasuke-kun, he doesn't have the scroll, I do. I'll give it to you if you leave us alone."

"Heh, we don't want your scroll. We want Sasuke."

"I won't let you have him."

"Thought you would say that, I guess we'll have to kill you too." I felt someone grab at my hair from behind me and pull on it.

"What a useless bitch. If you bothered training instead of going to the beauty parlor maybe you'd be able to stop us." Their kunoichi spoke harshly to me. In an effort to get away I cut my hair away from her grasp. What I felt next took my breath away in terror. I felt a need for blood and gore stronger than anything, it felt inhuman. Then I looked back and saw something unlike any other. Naruto had a flaming looking tattoo over his face and on the left side of his body and his eyes. They were the most frightening thing I've ever seen. His eyes were scarlet red with slits for pupils. He had red and purple chakra circling his body like a vortex. The flaming style tattoo grew and took over the rest of his body and went to black. During the whole thing, he was grinning like a madman.

"Hehehe, look what the snake sent over for me. Prey!" he said 'prey' evilly, like an animal, like a demon. He appeared behind the one with cannon like arms and crushed them. Then he ripped them off in one swift motion. He spun and whipped the leader in the face with his teammates arms. The armless Oto nin was writhing on the ground, blood pouring out from where his limbs once were. The kunoichi that held me down looked like she was afraid for her life. She tried to turn and run, but Naruto was already there. "Don't think I forgot about you. You get a special treatment for harming Sakura-chan!" he slapped her in the face and sent her to the ground. He put a foot to her throat, effectively choking her. "are you ready to meet Satan? If you aren't than that's too damn bad!" he said and stomped down, decapitating her. He glanced at the leader who was getting up. "So you want more eh? I'll give you you're death!" he was over there in an instant and grabbed the cloth-covered boy by the neck and held him up. I had to stop him. I would have to give him something he has been asking for since the academy. I ran up behind him and gave him what he's always wanted from me, a hug.

--Naruto's POV--

I felt arms wrap around me. It broke me from my anger. Those arms, they felt soft and warm to whatever exposed skin they came in contact with. I dropped my hold on the kid in my grasp and he fell to the ground. He crawled away from me and I felt both powers receding from me. He got to the teammate that was still alive, or that's what he thought. Bastard bled to death. "Oh god!" the kid said in horror "please…take my scroll and let me live please, I beg you!" he took out the scroll and placed it on the ground in front of him. He bowed to me which made me think 'ok, what the fuck?' he leapt away as I picked up the scroll and looked Sakura-chan in the eye.

"Why did you do that?" I asked her

"I wanted to help you." She answered. I hardened my gaze at her

"Bullshit. Where's the Sakura-chan I know?"

"What? It is me!" she insisted, but I knew this couldn't be her. The real Sakura-chan wouldn't give a fuck about me.

"You suck at impersonating someone as cruel as Sakura-chan." I told the imposter. Then whoever this was did something I didn't expect, she cried.

"I can't believe I was this bad to you. That girl was right, I am a useless bitch."

"Just shut up!" I yelled trying to break out of her grasp, but she held on. I pulled out a kunai and cut her arm to dispel the henge, but nothing happened except she said 'ow' and let go. I knew it was her.

--Orochimaru's POV--

After I fought Anko I gave her a small clue as to who I put the curse mark on. I told her it was Konoha's best genin, full of surprises. She thought I was talking about Sasuke-kun. I waited for Kabuto to come to our meeting point. While waiting for him I felt the curse mark activate, my plan was a success. A few minutes after that it was repulsed back. Oh well, I could sense he killed at least one of my minions. Kabuto appeared before me "Orochimaru-sama" he bowed

"Kabuto, what do you know on the Kyuubi's vessel?" I asked, wondering why Kabuto never told me about Naruto-kun's abilities.

"Well sir, there's not much to know except he lacks any kind of talent, period. He is the dead last at everything. All he has that is noticeable is his Shadow clone jutsu." I knew just how dangerous Naruto-kun's Shadow clones were when he used his Clone Explosion with it. "Orochimaru-sama, Sasuke is the one we're after anyway, why do you want to know about the Kyuubi brat?"

"oh, no reason." I dismissed him and Kabuto leapt away. I would have to wait for the next part of the chunin exams to see how well Naruto-kun is doing.

--Sasuke's POV--

I woke up with a huge headache. I looked up and saw the Dobe yelling at Sakura, wait what? I snapped my eyes open and noticed she was hugging him. Ok was this some strange dream? I noticed the Dobe cut her with a kunai. Oooook? I think someone snuck acid in my water before the exam. "Is this some kind of hallucination or something or did you actually just cut her?" I asked walking up to the two.

"no, I thought she was an imposter, so I tried to dispel a henge. Sorry Sakura-chan." He said flatly, not enthusiastic or cowering at her wrath.

"It's ok Naruto, lets just get out of here."

"we still need a scroll right?" I asked

"no, I got one while you were resting." Naruto said again flatly

"really? Wow, I guess luck was on your side." Naruto grabbed me by the collar and put his face right in mine

"JUST BECAUSE I DON'T COME FROM A 'GREAT CLAN' LIKE YOU DO DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T BE A DECENT SHINOBI!" he yelled in my face, I could swear a saw a flicker of red in his eyes, which felt like pure evil.

"Get your hands off me Dobe." I said insultingly. He threw me into a tree and spat out

"Fine Uchiha!" he turned his back and leapt in the trees. Sakura followed and I got up and sped as fast as I could to catch up. What the fuck was wrong with him?

--Naruto's POV--

The damn Uchiha pissed me off again. He thinks we're all an annoyance to him because he comes from a great clan and we don't. God I just want to kill him at times! I sped to the tower to cash in the scrolls and get this damn thing over with. We got there and we cashed them in with a half hour left in our time to cash in the scrolls. I just want to go home and try teaching myself something, if I can. Knowing 'Sensei' he'll train Sasuke as much as he can, just because Sasuke's an Uchiha. Goddamn I hate the Uchiha's and their stuck up false sense of security, except the one who became my idol.