This is my second time writing this... I forgot to save the first time... ;-;.
I forgot to bring this up earlier, so I'll say it now XD: I don't care if you flame my story, because if it hurts, then it has an element of truth. I wanted to point out, however, that I always write for the ideas, rather than the grammar or spelling.

I don't own Naruto, if I did, I would be bathing in money.

"Speech"

thoughts

'Kyuubi and Naru conversing'

The news spread like a wildfire. The demon is being burned at the stake.

Rookie 9 (now 7) was there in a flash. ANBU also arrived, but much to Rookie 7's dismay, to support the burning of the demon. They found Sakura, standing at the front, shouting to the crowd as Naru was starting to be burned. She made eye contact with each of the Rookie 7, but her eyes said it all. Let me be.

'If I pray, who will hear? I am drowning in their cheers!' She found it ironic that they wanted to hear her beg for her life, yet, their cries were so loud, you wouldn't be able to hear a rock concert.

'Kit, I told you. You trusted this village, but they betrayed you. Devotion turned to dusty tombs. Ironic, isn't it?'

'Indeed it is fox, indeed it is, but I hope you realize that if my love was just a curse then I have only tears to shed, right?'

'Kit, you have such a heart. How can you still love him? How can you still love anything?'

Naru gazed at the marred sky.

'I guess I can only hope for a miracle. I really do love him, but not the village,' She looked at the Rookie 7 fighting their way to the front of the crowd. There are always those who are worth loving though.

Sakura looked out to the crowd, it was big, but she wanted to make Naru feel her worst.

"TELL HER WHAT YOU WANT!" Sakura shouted at the crowd.

"PENITENCE FOR YOUR CRIMES! PENITENCE AND YOUR LIFE!" The crowds deafening roar was in sync.

Sakura turned to look at Naru, but what she saw made her jump. Naru glared down at her. "If it makes you feel better, then fine. Let it light, Let it burn out bright and with it all your spite!" Naru looked over at the crowd, "LIGHT YOUR SPITE ON FIRE AND BURN IT TO APPEASE YOURSELVES! I DON'T C-ARE!" her last words were choked slightly. The Rookie 7 looked up in shock. She couldn't mean it, right?

The crowd roared with approval. Her anger only appeared to fuel the rebellion more. They were truly out for blood.

Blood curling screams of agony filled the air. Sakura had a cruel glint in her eyes, sending shivers down some people's spines.

"Feel now the weight of death, and soon!" Sakura spat the words at Naru, smirking as the mob called out in joy.

Sasuke was soon at the front of the crowd, calling out to Naru. "Naru! Listen to me!" Naru continued to hyperventilate. "Come now! Open your eyes, look up to the flames in the sky! Just focus on breathing!" Sasuke was frantic.

Sakura gropes at Sasu's arm. "Yes he's right you know, but when you look up...remember this!" She laughs cruelly as Sasuke shakes her off his arm. "Come now, you can't believe everything will be alright. When you gaze at the sky, do not forget those embers are the final judge,"

Sakura looks down at the crowd, she decides that she should say those were the rumors, not the truth.

"This however, is how it actually went, One day, long, long ago. There lived a young witch in the land, Ah yes, She came to trick a young prince..."

At this time however, Sasuke happened to be crossing her path. Or so the story goes He thought to himself.

"She kept all of the magic out of sight, how else do you achieve what what you feel?" The crowd murmured their agrees, Sasuke becoming more enraged by the marred version of the tale.

"Love burning the final hour. SHE'LL LIGHT A NEW DAY!" Pinky laughed mockingly, remembering the very night all of it happened.

Naru was still shaking slightly, no longer sure of if she should look up or not.

"Hear the witch crying louder as she's tied up to her eyes?" Sakura was ecstatic about her luck. She could finally end Naru soon. Any second really. The crowd startied chanting.

"Penitence of your crimes! Penitence and your life!"

"Look at this low life! Right before she dies, shouting curses that may take away your life! If you as me, that's just virtue you," She points at Naru, her skin darkening with ash, "couldn't keep, turn to vice!" The crowd chants louder.

Naru kept screaming, her skin melting off her body. She gasped out breaths, her body shaking from pain. "If my love was just a curse then I have only tears to shed!"

The crowd refused to listen. "We will do what we must! Let it all turn to dust!" The Sasu fan-club started a new chant, the words rippling through the crowd.

Sakura turned to face the crowd smuggly. Sasuke, however, was trying to reach Naru. She grabbed his arm. making him face her. "Let it light, let it burn out bright, we only do what's right. There was no hand to help her find her way."

Sasuke sighed, he knew it wasn't going to end well. He looked at the ignorant faces of the crowd, at the cruel faces of the fan-club, and at the proud face of Sakura. And he lost it.

"Can't believe all the fools I see!" Everyone gasped. They really couldn't believe that he was taking sides with... it. Sakura is about to say something, but Sasu had quite enough of her. "You fed them dirty lies!" Her lip quivers.

"I-I'm doing it all for you! You won't have to deal with h-her curse anymore!" She gained the courage to talk back to a very angry Sasuke with a blazing sharingan.
"You'll see" She whispered.

"Look, everyone! The witch has tricked him into thinking it's love! What do you all have to say about that?" She looked at Naru smugly. Naru had severe burns, where her skin wasn't blistered, it was black. Kyuubi kept her conscious, only making it worse, yet she knew that if she slept here, she would never wake up. Somewhere between the hazy lines of her story, she heard the crowed roar again, however faintly. "Penitence for your crimes. Penitence and your life..."

Rookie 7 looked up, eyes wide. The scene seemed to unfold in a matter of seconds, but all they could think about is how horrific it all is.

'Searing flames rising higher as the sun begins to die... is this where it ends?' Kyuubi wondered, 'at least it is quite beautiful...'

'Stupid fox, freaking help me... please' In her mindscape, Naru could still feel the throb of consciousness, something she dared to want to forget.

It seemed so distant, that Naru couldn't help but wonder if it was relevant. "Feel now the weight of death and soon..." It sounded like a whisper in howling winds.

Memories flooded her mind.

Sasuke smirked. "No need for a magic to stop time, no spell can achieve what I feel. I expect you will also feel the same way after I have my way with you."

"I feel love bounding through every hour, and joy lights a new day," Sasuke breathed out in one breath.

As Naru's figure went limp, no one seemed to notice the smile that played on her lips. "Tie me tight to a cross... Or I may run away... I look longing at the sky, but you've burned my wings so I can't fly..." A soft giggle escapes her mouth.

"Penitence of your crimes! Penitence and your life!"

Sasuke, didn't notice, he was wallowing, for what he believed he had lost. If I pray who will hear? I am drowning in their cheers. How noisy... How obnoxious... He looks down at the small puddle of tears.

'Devotion turned to dusty tombs kit... I'm sorry for encouraging you kit, I more than anyone should've warned you to keep your distance...' Kyu's voice was fierce, but both were ready to leave. They didn't want to hurt anyone, but there's a limit to everything.

'If my love was just a curse then I have only tears to shed,' Naru replied in her head. Externally however, her blacked skin looked demonic as she cackled.

"Penitence of your crimes. Penitence and your life!"

"LET IT LIGHT, LET IT BURN OUT BRIGHT AND CHOKE ON ALL YOUR SPITE!" Naru laughed at the people. Sasu, looked up genuinely surprised... He had never known her to be so cruel with her words. A dark red chakra covered her body. The sight was horrifying. She broke the chains, sending burning wood flying everywhere. Buildings caught fire, people caught fire, but most of all, Naru's chakra looked like fire.

"NO GOD CAN HELP HER FIND HER WAY!" Sakura screamed before fleeing, looking for cover.

She leaped, like a flame burning bloody red and tearing into sky, her figure soared above everyone's as she fled as well.

The echoes, however, still called out. She could hear it in her mind, and it drover her insane. "Penitence of your crimes. Penitence and your life."

As she was about to exit, she caught wiff of Sasuke following her. She turned around, looking much like a demon, but spoke to him anyways. "Take these tears, tell their story and please don't forget to cry, if you loved me however, you won't follow me."

Naru could practically hear Sakura from the other side of the village. "No one will trust you now. Feel now the weight of death and lies!"

So Naru left, gone without a trace, except for the burning village left in her wake.