Clouds - Part I

-Uzumaki Naruto answer the question, did you or did you not felt pleasure while killing those ninja? – Ibiki Morino was a scary character, on the first part of the exams he thought the act of a tough person was a mere façade,

Being honest he could not answer a question he did not know the answer to, he discovered about his power only a few weeks back, on the mission to wave and since then it manifested when he let his emotions take the best of him

God sake he even wondered the same a few moments back in the quiet room, was this guy able to read his mind? If so he wanted him far very far away from him, kilometres if possible. If Ibiki discovered his ideas of considering himself a monster, not even his confidence would be able to take him out of the mess

Ibiki waited patiently for the answer that never came, it was an imperative question the security of Konoha and it future relied on that. To him he wasn´t particularly annoyed at the blond, he had gained his trust and earned his respect when passes his infamous test without a single letter written on paper, and he was not fond of the idea of implementing protocols 3.1 and 5.7 on gennin, also known by the I&T as the "death or alive" protocols, obviously as a black joke.

Those protocols were only used when Konoha security was threatened greatly, and in his evaluation so far he had been unable to find anything suspicious, or anything he didn´t know already.

-Uzumaki Naruto – he almost pleaded to finish the interrogatory, breaking dreams and innocence was not one of his methods or ideals of spending the afternoon – answer the question

-I…. – Naruto clutched his eyes not wanting to look at the man – do not know – he finally answered

Ibiki wanted to let it slide, and hoped that the kid was more smart than that, but he had been honest, though a quality deemed worthy in a civilian society and probably when his life wasn´t on the line, but right now was Naruto greatest weakness – Are you aware of your words kid?

-When Sakura-chan was in danger and Sasuke and I trapped, I felt useless, I wanted to help her but I was lying on the floor with an enemy on top. We were surrounded by a lot of enemies and one of them dared to… to – his voice cracked muting little by little, not wanting to say it, because if he said it, then everything would be real and his demons too

-Continue – the T&I director didn´t budge, he required all details of the story for him to give a proper analysis

-He – Naruto paused – touched – he gulped once more, the words stuck in his throat like a knot – Sakura; He torn her clothe apart with a kunai, lick her face and…. – that was it, he was not going to talk anymore. The grown ninja remained impassive, writing notes on his report avoiding at all cost Naruto whimpers, it must have been very traumatic for a twelve year old, but he had a job to do and questions to ask.

Outside the confinement room time flowed as usual, the bright and warm colors of the sky dissolved into darkness and cold, a cloudy night, no stars could be seen, nor a moon to illuminate the path, life around the five nations was slowly pacing down, for a more quiet and desolated moment. The forest of dead being no exception, loud roars announced the beginning of a storm; the fights, explosions and screams were muted with the first thunder of the night.

She moved uncomfortably at the touch of the doctor, all of her was exposed and weak, though the sweet voice of the nurse tried to assure her "everything was going to be fine" she thought that was not the case

She jumped when something cold touched her skin bringing demons she wanted to rest from

-Let me go, NO! – she shut her eyes, she wasn´t going to cry not now, oh please God if you are there don´t. The nurse was baffled to see that even the slightest touch would alter the kunoichi, according to her record nothing abnormal or out of place should be the cause of such fear

It will be fine little Saku, you will feel good – the hand that moved around her back it made her nauseous, she lost every sense of reality and was brought to a much darker place

A room, beautifully decorated and a very soft bed, but her body ached, every inch, every centimetre pained. Her limbs wrapped by something she could not recognise, unable to move or fight back

The scent of tabacco was all over the place, and someone else was there with her, it was a naked and wide back, a man she saw

Oddly enough she was curious as to see face of the man, and she eyed him, every fraction, every detail, waiting for the moment he would look at her

-Yumiko I need a morphine dose, NOW! – the nurse was paralyzed, the girl gaze was lost, as if her body was here but her mind elsewhere, she was moving frenetically and the doctor was unable to continue with the examination

-He..here – the petite nurse passed the syringe clumsy, the verdict was obvious and she was sorry for the little girl

The rain poured heavily even in the tower he was perfectly able to contemplate the forest emptiness, everyone must have been looking refuge from the sudden tempest. A puff of smoke clouded the window in front of him and he was between a wall and the horns of a monster, his orders might be questionable but the reports he had received form each department were rather disturbing

The silver haired jounin made no movement, still recalling the conversation that took place between Sasuke and the hokage, he was now being interrogated by Ibiki Morino while they waited patiently for the next member to arrive

-The situation is not good Kakashi – there was not easy way to start the conversation, not a positive thing to say or a "everything will be fine" comment, he would at least deal with it now than later, for the sake of those kids – Orochimaru made a bold movement, thanks to the little Haruno we are aware that Sasuke is a target but the outcome could not be more detrimental

-What do you mean hokage – sama? – Sarutobi didn´t confide this to the jounin at the beginning for obvious reasons, not even in his wildest dreams would he know that one of the most darkest and well hidden secrets of Konoha would be exposed, but the time had come and with grief he had to take responsibility

-What I am about to tell you Kakashi cannot leave this room or you ever, if you have to die keeping this secret then so be it, knowing this, Hatake Kakashi are you willing to everything you know, everything you care and even your career and life for this information? Know that if your answer is yes, a big baggage will be put on your shoulders, one that you must carry until the end of your life – it can be said that Kakashi was speechless.


And it is getting intense, hohoho

What do you think is the secret the hokage is talking about?

And should Kakashi say yes or no?

I honestly have two versions for the next chapter, one for yes and one for no, depending on the answer the story will take one path or another, but rest assured it will be very interesting and intense.

So I decided I will let you decide with your reviews, I will wait for five answers to be fair

I hope you liked it and I would be very happy if you could let me know your thoughts on the fic, once more if you have any ideas let me know I will be more than happy to work with them

Well see you soon, xx