Chapter 4, nothing to say other than chapter 5 is written and being reveied, same with chapter 6, ill be starting 7 soon


Chapter 4

***Present time***

'That night, I said more than I should have'

Naruto walked down the twilight lit streets of Konoha, the pale light reflecting off his blue eye.

'That was the night I named my short sword, the night I named my first weapon, Despair.'

***Flashback***

At team 7's camp, night after the demon brother's attack.

Team 7 sat round a fire a short way from the road in a clearing in the forest.

"Well first question" said Kakashi "Naruto, why did you check what the demon brothers had on them? I'm intrigued by your actions so I want to know your reasoning."

Naruto let out a small laugh. "First, to see if they had anything to ID them, which you knew so that was pointless, second, to see if they had money on ..."

"What?" yelled Sakura.

"Well... you see it's like this, I live on my own, don't have any family or any friends. The old man makes sure I get some money, but the konoha council stops him from giving me more than bare-minimum to live on, sometimes not even that. So money is something I always need, but being a ninja now I can support myself so it's more of a habit than anything else and third, to see if they had anything else. They had some poison on them but I don't like using it so I left it, but that's all they had."

Sasuke and Sakura gaped; Tazuna had already gone to bed as soon as it began to get dark.

"Logical answer" Kakashi remarked. 'Half in sync with what Hokage-sama said, only the Naruto he described wouldn't kill or check the pockets of his killed enemies.'

"Alright then second question, you seem to have taken a liking to keeping a black headband across your right eye, why?" asked Kakashi.

Naruto sighed "I was expecting this one, I won't answer that; I'm not ready to, just yet."

"Fine, lastly..."

"Ehhh" interrupted Sakura "Why did you let him off lightly with that one, that was no answer he gave Kakashi-sensei."

It was Kakashi's turn to sigh "His reasons are his own, I was just curious." Sakura looked like she was sulking. "Now last question, although it may lead to more questions; if you have never left konoha before this, why did you already kill six people?"

Naruto's face fell at the question. "I expected this one too, the village doesn't like me. Actually they hate me, often try to kill me. It's worst on my birthday though. Something I couldn't control, and they hate me for it."

"They try to kill you? And on your birthday as well?" asked Sakura, gaping in unbelief, Saskue looked shocked as well, he kept silent.

"Sakura, do you know when Naruto's birthday is?" asked Kakashi

Sakura shook her head.

"October 10th, I was born the day the Kyuubi attacked" Stated Naruto

'How much are going to tell them kit?' The Kyuubi growled.

'Only what they need to know'

Sakura just stared; Sasuke had recomposed his face to indifference, who knew for Kakashi.

"What does that have to do with anything?" asked a puzzled Sakura

"No one knows who my parents are, not even me. I was found after the Kyuubi's attack, the old man said my name was Naruto Uzumaki, and that's all anyone knows about me. I came from nowhere after the Kyuubi died, so people think that I am the Kyuubi, and it doesn't help that I can heal from fatal wounds in seconds. Sometimes, I'm not sure myself." Naruto fell silent as Sasuke and Sakura thought it over.

'Too much kit, way too much'

Naruto stayed silent, his one blue eye looking down at the ground despair welling up in him.

'Despair, again. That's all I seem to be able to feel lately. The depths of despair.'

'A fitting name for a sword that lacks one, perhaps'

Naruto drew his sword, holding it, the reflection of the flames dancing off the blade, flames that reflected in his blue eye, he drew a kunai, and began to name his sword, etching his chosen name into the blade.

Sasuke and Sakura didn't notice, still lost in thought, Kakashi looked on with interest.

Naruto finished and sheathed his kunai, looking at the blade of his short sword; and what he had inscribed, the name of his weapon of choice.

"Mind if I have a look?" Naruto was broken out of his thoughts at the question from Kakashi, Sakura and Sasuke looked up as well, surprise on their faces at seeing Naruto's sword unsheathed. Looking at the fire he handed his black short sword to Kakashi. Kakashi's eye widened in shock, before regaining composure. "Hmph, a sad name for a sword, what made you pick this for a name?" Asked Kakashi.

"It's all I seem to feel nowadays." Sadness laced his voice.

Kakashi passed the sword to Sasuke, who looked at the name, eyes widening in shock before he regained control of himself as he passed the blade to Sakura, she stared at the inscribing with shock, then at Naruto with pity.

Naruto looked at Sakura, the dancing fire turning his blue eye crimson, as a red glowed underneath his black headband "Never look at me like that again." All it could be described as, and in all fairness was, demonic.

Sakura dropped the sword, the blade sinking into the ground; she stood on shaky legs and ran to her tent, tears falling from her eyes.

The glow in Naruto's right eye died, and his blue eye showed sadness and regret

"I probably shouldn't have done that, I'll apologise tomorrow."

And the blade of despair reflected the dying flames as they danced their final dance.


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