Chapter 4

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Team 7 gathered around the gates of the forest of death signing the wavers they handed out. Naru grew nervous as they approached their assigned gate and thoughts flew through her head like 'who will attack us first? Will I lose control? Will I have to use my music to save us?' the questions never ended as the boom was let loose and every gate was open. Sasuke took the lead with Naru in the middle and Hinata at the end watching out for them every 5 minutes for a bit so she wasn't too tired.

They traveled for an hour before they found a safe spot to hide and plan. They agreed that Naru should hold the scroll to confuse the others since they would assume that Sasuke or Hinata would have it. They started gathering supplies and trying to find shelter before a large gust of wind blew Naru away and the others into a nearby tree.

WITH NARU

Naru landed hard on her side causing her to cry out softly as she clutched her side. She knew that wasn't normal wind it was a wind justu and a powerful one at that. She struggled to get up and started making her way back to her teammates. But before she could go anywhere a huge snake the size of the hokage tower swallowed her whole. She freaked out not sure what to do. It would be a few minutes before the stomach acids started eating at her; she panicked and started making hundreds of clones as a reflex. The snake blew up in a way but she escaped and without a second thought she started running to her teammates who were paralyzed in fear and a jutus. Since she had the scroll Sasuke wasn't scared as badly but he was in another dimension. She pulled out her flute that she used to create her exploding music notes and started playing the music to hallelujah to gain the strange woman attention.

It wasn't long before the battle was over, Naru was badly injured and Sasuke received the curse mark. Hinata hide them and took care of both of them and hid them well. But not well enough to stop team sound from finding them and attacking when she replied that Sasuke couldn't fight. The battle was long and drawn out before Sasuke awoke in a cloud of purple chakra he started breaking one mans arms by pulling them backwards. He would have ripped them off is Naru had not hugged him from behind "Sasuke….this isn't you…come back to me…" she managed to softly say without stuttering. Sasuke looked back at her as the curse mark retreated back "thank you…Naru…" was all he said before passing out in her arms.

It took another day to travel back to the tower with both scrolls but they managed getting lucky that it was day three and could rest once they figured out the riddle. Naru was taken away because her body started shaking and she passed out. Sasuke was lucky they didn't know about the mark on his shoulder. But to Naru she sat in her dream and realized the legend from the book she read was real she was the mother and Sasuke was the father…no the question was…how do the tailed beast die and when? She awoke in her team's room with her teammates sleeping soundly. Naru quietly climbed out the window and onto the building roof sighing. It was peaceful and quite as she took out the small guitar her team got her and started singing.

"I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

"

She hummed the rest but her teammates heard her singing and wondered. "shes really lonely isn't she?" Hinata asked when all they heard was the soft music flowing through the air. Sasuke nodded as they listen "a life she faced….its a miracle she didn't turn out like the red head" they both stuttered as she remembered him and continued to listen to the soft music. Hinata fell asleep but Sasuke didn't he closed his eyes when he heard her come in. Naru looked at him "a woman…with whiskers and a swirl….a man… with commas in his eyes and on his shoulder…" she was quite as her soft hands traced his shoulder "I guess…we are the legend parents that will bring the tailed beast a new life, but…I doubt you'd want someone…so weak and pathetic as me…." She sighed softly and went to her bed and fell asleep.

The last few days past with little trouble as they waited for the others to arrive. They gathered in the main hall, they were told about the preliminary rounds since there were still too many people. They stared at the screen and Naru felt her heart stop when she saw her name then Kiba's under hers. She was paralyzed in fear as Kiba whooped in excitement. She felt two hands on her shoulder only to see her team behind her with smiles "you can do this Naru" they both said as they went up to the balcony to watch. She looked down as the shade covered her eyes and the match was started.

Kiba smirked "you may have put on a show when we graduated, but this is payback for taking Hinata off our team!" he charged at her but she didn't move until the last second and kicked him in the back right into the wall. He got up growling barking at his nin hound to stay put. Kiba kept attacking but always missed as Naru dodged never once showing her eyes. "Quit dodging and fight already you coward!" with that the whole room went black like an endless void around the room.

Everyone was frozen in place as Naru's appearance changed. No longer was she wearing the tattered ninja dress but a black devils dress with a bat wing like collar, devils wings and black high heal boots. Her hair was free with two black ribbons on each side of her head. A group of clones had interments behind her as a dim spotlight shined on her. Next to her was an older Naruto that looked to be about 16, that was male in black pants, black combat boots and his own pair of devil wings only they were much larger then Naru's. His body was ripped too with a 6 pack and muscles in the right places, and two black chain like bracelets.

A microphone appeared in both their hands as the beat started and thousands of tv like screens appeared around the room.

Naruto

Death surrounds
My heartbeat's slowing down
I won't take this world's abuse
I won't give up, I refuse!

The blank screens started to light up as they she started singing, and not one was a happy memory, they were all terrible! The beatings, the stabbings, memories of betrayal, and thousands of near death experiences.

Naruto

This is how it feels when you're bent and broken
This is how it feels when your dignity's stolen
When everything you love is leaving
You hold on to what you believe in

Naru

The last thing I heard was you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flat line

Both

No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna stand and fight forever

Naru

(Don't close your eyes)

Both

No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna fight for us together
No, we're not gonna die tonight

There were a few where it showed her being stabbed repeatedly near the heart, at her eyes even cutting out her tongue.

Naruto
Break their hold
'Cause I won't be controlled
They can't keep their chains on me
When the truth has set me free

Others showed her being treated like an animal in a cage and chained together while being beaten. Thankfully she was able to learn lock picking and break free many times.

Naruto
This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you finally fight back
When life pushes me I push harder
What doesn't kill me makes me stronger

Naru
The last thing I heard was you whispering goodbye
And then I heard you flat line

Both
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna stand and fight forever

Naru

(Don't close your eyes)

Both
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna fight for us together
No, we're not gonna die tonight

The worst in Sasuke's mind was the countless rapes and belittling. The suffocating loneliness each one showed, no one to explain, no one to comfort and no one to hold onto and cry.

Naruto
Don't you give up on me
You're everything I need

Both

This is how it feels when you take your life back
This is how it feels when you fight back

Both
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna stand and fight forever

Naru

(Don't close your eyes)

Both
No, not gonna die tonight
We're gonna fight for us together
No, we're not gonna die tonight
No, we're not gonna die tonight

Naruto
Not gonna die

Naru

(Not gonna die)

Naruto

Not gonna die

Naru

(Not gonna die)

Naruto

Not gonna die tonight

When the song ended the emotion from the memories turned into physical pain on Kiba who suffered multiple blows before getting knocked out. The room returned normal but people were still frozen trying to process what they saw. Naruto smiled as he and the others disappeared in a poof of smoke. Kiba was lucky that it was only emotion that hit him otherwise he would be dead. They announced her the winner as she silently went up the stairs still having her eyes covered in the shadows.