Ok… im sooooo sorry, im such a hobo!! (Cries in random corner) Depression is eating me alive… Mmm… Hobo chunks… (Drools and spaces off) ……………………………………………………………(Random audience member clicks fingers) DON'T TOUCH ME!!! Oh… this isn't the YMCA… (Backs away slowly)
Disclaimer: Those who have an I.Q over 1.1 (unlike me!) should know that… I DON'T OWN Naruto!!!
-- Previously --
Sasuke was puzzled "Is this about… Orochimaru??"
"Yes, he is at least a day's off and we are going to need as much help as we can get to stop him, unfortunately Naruto is out so… this could be difficult…"
Sasuke ran a hand through his raven locks "But… what about--"
"Im sorry Sasuke, but you can't stay with Naruto, this is just too dangerous to not have our strongest person fighting…"
"Please Sasuke, hurry we don't have much time to prepare for Orochimaru's arrival!" Jiraiya sighed, Sasuke looked over towards the Hokage for some closure on this whole situation, Tsunade nodded in agreement to Jiraiya and that this was not some horrible prank.
Sasuke sighed and nodded, he would not deny his orders "Right…"
Sasuke turned around to take one last glance at Naruto, he would be sure this wouldn't be the last time he saw Naruto. Jiraiya gave him a small nudge, breaking him away from his many thoughts. Sasuke nodded as followed with Jiraiya at a fast pace as they went to fetch the other Anbu for the unscheduled meeting…
Dark clouds had begun to encircle Konoha, the soft rumbling of thunder in the distant. Everyone on the streets had left for their homes, the sounds of bickering people trapped inside their homes and the whistling wind through the over-grown trees made it… well… a little unnerving…
Sensing a storm, Sasuke picked up his pace for the hall were they would begin to discuss their tactics for Orochimaru and Akatsuki's arrival. Along the way Sasuke had been following Jiraiya's orders, by finding the Anbu and ordering them to go. Jiraiya and Sasuke had gone separate ways in order to retrieve more Anbu that way, if anything that even looked a like a glimpse of an Anbu member Sasuke would have been over there in a flash to find out. Sasuke's pace slowed down as he approached the large doors of the hall, he pushed them open with great force causing a few Anbu to turn and look. Sasuke took a few looks around trying to wonder how many people had fitted into one small room… is was sort of like getting the fattest man in the world on one of those kiddie rides at Disneyland…
Sasuke looked to his side to see his old sensei and Gai having an animated conversation about… who knows what. Not to far away was Iruka happily having a conversation with a young and inexperienced Anbu, random Anbu were scattered around the rest of the room, some looking rather lost…
Something in the corner of his eye was waving back in forth in a comical fashion, curiosity got the better of him and forced him to glace over his shoulder. His lips couldn't help but quirk upward into a smile as he saw Ino, Shikamaru and Kiba all waving at him ((Well Shikamaru was sort of shrugging in the direction of Sasuke)). Sasuke smirked and walked over to all his old friends, they had all been good and bad times with them… but he couldn't imagine his life without them… thinking about that made him think back to Naruto and how much he had missed him…
"Sasuke-kun??" Ino asked, continuously waving in front of his face
"Hm?" Sasuke coolly replied, Ino playfully punched him in the shoulder and laughed
"You were like spacing off…" She rolled her eyes and turned them back over to Shikamaru
"Yeah, who would think 'The great Uchiha' would space off?" Kiba howled sarcastically at the dark-haired shinobi
Sasuke shot him a death glare which made him want to retract his sentence… unfortunately Kiba was one who had a big ego… so that was highly unlikely to happen, So he turned around and grabbed Hinata by the waist and pulled her closer to himself. Hinata began to blush furiously and stutter incoherent words, they all laughed at her sweet innocence…
"U-Umm… Sasuke-kun…" Hinata whispered almost inaudibly, fidgeting with her fingers
"Hm?" Sasuke mumbled after a silent yawn
"W-well… you see… w-where is N-Naruto-kun…?" She stammered over her words incredulously
"Uhh… He's… sick…" Sasuke wasn't lying… but he wasn't telling the truth either… he just wasn't quiet sure how to put the whole situation into perspective…
"O-oh… Is he alright…?" She asked boldly, Sasuke bit his lip and chewed on it for a while
"I… don't know…" Everyone quirked an eyebrow at the Uchiha's statement "What?"
"How could you not know? You two are practically inseparable…" Ino sighed, Chouji mumbled in agreement as he continued to snack on chips
"Hn" Sasuke flatly said, as he turned around to watch the Hokage approach the podium
Tsunade cleared her throat; Jiraiya was beside her after leaving Sasuke to gather some Anbu by himself and returning to discuss some matters with Tsunade, " Ok, I want you to all know that Orochimaru is closer than we had hoped…" Many gasps and whispers echoed throughout the room "Ok, Ok, now we need all of you surrounding Konoha to protect us…" Everyone concentrated on every word that left the Hokage's lips
"You will all be assigned your positions, we must not let Orochimaru through, understand?" He tone of voice sent shivers up everyone's spines; they all gave a stern nod in agreement
xXx
The cold air from outside blew through the open window of Naruto's room, the trees outside whistled and leant from side to side from the harsh winds. Naruto's unconscious body lay still on the white sheets, only twitching as the cold air blew against his face here and there. A large gust of wind flew through the window making Naruto shiver furiously, the light curtain's movement slowed down as the air turned back into a freezing breeze.
The rumbling of the storm only had increased massively; although it was early in the morning… the storm said it would be a very long day ahead. Naruto flinched in his sleep, his fingers twitching from fright… his mouth gaping slightly… he continued to twitch as he entered another nightmare. His mouth slowly closed and turned into a thin line, his twitching fingers now were clenched into tight fists… everything hurt, but mostly his heart… Naruto bared his teeth and let out an animalistic growl as his eyes narrowed in anger.
This once happy boy… was now dark and cold hearted…Silence replaced his cheerful laughter…
Darkness over taking the good inside…
His knuckles began to turn white as the nightmare only intensified… Hot tears began to run down his face, as a single word left his lips…
"Orochimaru…"
-- Nightmare --
Naruto's eyes slowly crept open, he looked at all his surroundings… black… it was everywhere… no… not just black… it was darkness…
Naruto turned around slowly, memorizing every inch of the cold place. Naruto took a few steps forward… his eyes kept concentrated on the path in front of him; the only sound was the uneven ragged breaths of Naruto and his hard shoes against the floor below him.
Pain erupted from Naruto's chest and surged through his body, Naruto clenched his hand in his shirt and started to claw at his chest trying to grab a hold of his heart, the pain intensified as he fell to his knees. The pain turned into a gentle numbness as he let out slow harsh pants, trying to regain his breath. Stifled sniffs rang through Naruto's ears… a little bit curious, he looked up to see a younger version of himself crying; bruised and bleeding… he took an unsteady step backwards as he remembered that day, with the villagers… he was a mere five-year old… it was his birthday… a day he took for granted…
Naruto reminisced on how those villagers had attacked him for being so cheery that day… Iruka would never tell him why the villagers had attacked him, only that they didn't understand the young blonde…
The young Naruto soon faded away… being replaced by memories of the day he was getting ready to graduate from the academy… and failed… how he heard everyone whispering about him and how they were glad that he had not passed. The looks of scorn, neglect… hatred… ran clearly through his mind as if it had happened only yesterday.
"Stop it!" Naruto shouted out at nothing, he cupped his ears and clenched his eyes closed, trying to forget everything…
Silence had engulfed the whole place… not even Naruto's breaths were loud enough to be heard… Naruto slowly rose to his feet and cracked one eye open to see his surroundings, it was him… before the day he had returned to Konoha… he was scared, frightened… ashamed… about how he just let them all, knowing that Orochimaru would attack them someday… no matter how far he tried to stay away…
"Whose there?" Naruto could sense something was around him, a loud snicker echoed around him
Naruto cautiously looked around him, fear rushing through his veins. The snicker turned into a full-blown laugh, Naruto cringed at the voice and hissed. Naruto stumbled back until his back came into contact with something hard; he abruptly turned around and narrowed his eyes in thought about what his back had just come into contact with. Naruto extended his arms and took a cautious step forward, moving his arms around to feeling something… feeling nothing he took another step forward… still nothing was touching his fingers. Naruto began to worry, was he going nuts? And where the hell was he?
The laughter died down and his fear was replaced with curious relief…
What was all that…? Where am I…?
A light began to illuminate in the far corner, it was bright… and almost hypnotizing… Naruto took a few hesitated steps forward in the direction of the light. His small steps turned into faster steps which turned into fast paced running, the light got closer and brighter… before Naruto knew much he was already standing in the bright light, everything around him turned white and there was a warm… and happy feeling surrounding his body…
"Mmm…" Naruto sub-consciously purred out loud, the warmth was rather soothing…
Naruto's eyes widened as he took several miscounted steps backwards "No, No, No, No, No…" Naruto continued to chant as he forced himself not to listen to anything or do anything around him…
The lights faded out to black… Naruto opened his eyes and began to jump around slightly; he couldn't understand how it could all just stop… the warmth hard turned into a harsh cold breeze, Naruto closed his eyes slowly and began to walk backwards "Ok… Ok… im safe… if no one's here… then im safe… im… safe…" Naruto breathed out
Naruto's back once again came into contact with something hard, he ran his hands up and down the cold poles that were behind him. Running his hands from side to side he could feel that there was more than just a few poles…
Naruto walked forward and took a deep breath; I won't turn around… I wont… Naruto persuaded himself
A grunt and a breath of hot air ran across his neck and tickled it as it went… Naruto's blue eyes widened in realization… how could he have been so dense not to realize where he was… He wasn't scared to find out what was behind him any more… he was scared of who was behind him…
Naruto slowly and forcefully made his body turn around to look behind him, Now all he had to do was open his eyes… he slowly cracked open his eyes only to find large red eyes staring at him, a large cloud of smoke was breathed out of it's nose and around Naruto, on reaction Naruto fell backwards. Naruto glared and let out a deep growl at the demon before him.
"Kyuubi…"
Ok, I know…! It's really, really awful and has no originality whatsoever… please don't ask me why Naruto was so scared of the Kyuubi… I haven't really figured that out yet… anyway… I hope it satisfies me readers… (Canary flies away) aww… he was the only one in my fan club…
Love,
Sweet Tragedies