Author's Chapter Notes:

YAY!! I got the muffin award from Narutoluver14!!! Thank you!! Lol anyway, I know I said Sasuke's ceremony would be today but it's not. Thanks for all your reviews!!

Disclaimer- Okay, kanai and me are going to bribe Naruto Studio guards with Fig Newtons and Popsicles!!!!!!!!

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Chapter 10
Inner Demon

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"I can't believe I have to have a freaking ceremony!" Sasuke groaned. They had just left Shadow's office and were walking down the stairs. Gaara had gone in some other direction muttering something having to be somewhere important but Sasuke knew the red head was just avoiding him.
"Chill out. I had to have one too." Naruto reassured calmly.
"Whatever. So how do I hide the tail and ears?"
"You know, I think you should get used to them before hiding them. The ears help you hear much better and the tail is useful during battle."
"Hn." Sasuke grunted as they made it down another flight of how do I hide the tail and ears?"
"You know, I think you should get used to them before hiding them. The ears help you hear much better and the tail is useful during battle."
"Hn." Sasuke grunted as they made it down another flight of stairs. He was still feeling the aftershock from the pain from the transformation. Suddenly a man with green scales ran up the stairs, nearly smashing into them.
"SANS AME!!! Is Shadow in his office?"
"Yeah."
"Good! I have bad news, bad news!" The demon ran up the stairs as Naruto watched him until he disappeared.
"This isn't good." Naruto muttered.
"Why?"
"That guy never shows any emotions. So for him to be scared it has to be truly horrible."
"I'm sure it will get cleared up soon." Sasuke said as they continued their way down the stairs to the cafeteria. 'Wait, Sakura's going to see us like this...' Naruto thought too late as they opened the cafeteria door. Sakura turned her head and saw them, her jaw dropping open and her eyes widened.
"Oh. My. God." She whispered. Tap frowned and looked where Sakura was looking.
"Oh wow. Haven't seen you in your demon form before. And I didn't know you were a demon Sasuke."
"He's not!" Sakura shouted.
"Uhhh Sasuke, you explain this one." Naruto said as he sat beside Tap and stole a fry from her..
"It would seem that my bloodline had demon blood in it and that's where the Sharingan originated. Shadow had just activated the demon blood, making me a half demon."
"Oh." Sakura looked away sadly. "So I guess you're a member too now."
"Yeah." Sakura nodded and got up. "Well, I should go back to Konoha soon."
"I'll bring you there." Tap said before Naruto could offer. "I think Chiboo should also come." Naruto looked at her for a few minutes before nodding.
"Fine." Tap smiled and got up.
"Okay, I'll go ask for permission and get Chiboo." With that she left, leaving the three alone.
"Thanks Naruto. For everything."
"It really wasn't anything." Sakura smiled and suddenly hugged Naruto who flinched immediately.
"I know I'll probably never see you again. Be careful both of you. And write me as much as possible."
"We will." Sasuke said. Sakura let go of Naruto and nodded, tears in her eyes.
"What should I tell Tsunade?"
"Crap...Tell her everything I guess. She deserves to know. Here's he blood contract. Make sure she signs it. Tell her she could only tell anyone else if they sign the contract first." Naruto brought two fingers to his mouth and emitted a low-pitched whistle. Sasuke and Sakura looked at him curiously as a white bird landed on his shoulder. "Take Sora. She's a special delivery bird. Wherever you are, just tie a note or letter on her leg and she'll come here immediately and give it to us. The only time she won't come here is if she's being followed. This way both you and Tsunade could contact us if needed." Sakura smiled and hugged the both of them.
"Sakura!" They both yelped as they tried to get out of her hold.
"I'm going to miss you both!"
'I miss air.' Naruto thought desperately. They both took deep breath when she finally let them go.
"AWWW wasn't that sweet?" Tap said, camera in her hand and a giggling Chiboo at her side.
"TAP!!"
"Come on Sakura let's go!" Sakura giggled as she began to leave. She only looked back when Sora landed on her shoulder.
"Goodbye." She said softly.
"Goodbye." Naruto said, just as softly. sasuke waved at her slowly. She waved back and the next second she was gone. "I didn't think saying goodbye could hurt so much." Naruto said, fox ears drooping. Even four years ago he never said goodbye directly. Sasuke looked at him and desperately tried to think of a way to cheer the fox up. Slowly and hesitantly, Sasuke drew Naruto into a soft hug. He heard Naruto gasp but he didn't move away. Naruto froze for a few seconds before melting into the warmth. They only moved away when the cafeteria started making cat calls. Sasuke smirked when he saw a slight blush on Naruto's cheeks.
"Let's go." Naruto muttered as he walked out of the cafeteria with a grinning Sasuke following. Yep, the great Uchiha was grinning like a fool.
"Sans Ame." The snake demon that they saw before said when they entered the stair well.
"Coron." Naruto said, letting a bit of concern in his voice.
"Shadow gave me this to give to you." Coron pulled out a scroll and gave it to Naruto.
"Thanks." Coron nodded and went back up the stairs as Naruto opened the scroll. Sasuke watched patiently as Naruto began to read, his expression growing darker and darker. Naruto growled and rolled the scroll back up.
"I have a mission." Naruto said answering Sasuke's questioning look.
"What kind of mission?"
"Assassinations mission. The people I have to kill killed Coron's team."
"How many people were killed?"
"10."
"Naruto! Isn't this a mission too dangerous to do by yourself?" Sasuke asked urgently. Naruto gave him a sad smile.
"No. There's a reason I'm Shadow's right-hand man." 'Besides it would only be dangerous if I had people with me.' Naruto thought to himself. Naruto and Sasuke slowly made their way to Naruto's room where Naruto put on his cloak making sure it covered his fox ears and tail and gathered his weapons.
"I'll be back soon." Naruto said as he began to leave his room.
"Be safe Naruto." Sasuke said making Naruto pause in mid step.
"I will." Naruto said as he quickly left the room. Naruto left the building in a daze barely keeping track of where he was going. Never in his life had someone wished for his safety. Nobody ever cared enough or just didn't think to say it, not even Iruka or Tsunade. 'It feels nice to know someone cares.' Naruto thought as he passed the village gates with a small smile. 'Too bad he doesn't know who I'm killing.' Naruto looked at the sun which was at it's highest and only one word crossed his head as he turned into a fox. 'Akatsuki.'

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'Okay, the chakra signatures are coming from underground, meaning they probably have many tunnels under here. What's up with he bad guys and underground hideouts?' Naruto thought as he began to look for a way in. 'Oh great! I have to fig my way in. Good thing I'm a fox.' Naruto thought as he found a spot where there was no chakra and began to dig a hole with his hind paws. By the time he finally dug his way into a tunnel it was night and his little paws were sore. The fox jumped into the hole and immediately turned into a human again. Naruto took out his sword and stood his ground as ninja's came running into the hallway. All the ninja's saw in the tunnel was a blonde haired boy with blank blue eyes and a killer intent that made some of the ninja's freeze.

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I was actually going to end it here...but it was way to short so yeah I kept on going.

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"Shadow, was that really wise to send Naruto on that mission while he was so low on chakra?" Gaara asked Shadow in the office.
"Believe it or not it was a wise decision. You see Gaara, when Naruto was a little kid and lived in that village he was hated as you know. What you don't know is while he wore that happy mask, something grew inside him.
Every insult and wound Naruto got, that thing grew and turned evil. Naruto was able to contain it witht he help of the Kyuubi, but when the kyuubi was freed, that thing became a part of Naruto's mind. Like a split personality. A reverse reflection of who Naruto really is. It comes out whenever Naruto's will becomes weak or he has to kill someone.
When it's out, Naruto's consciousness withdraws into its self. He won't feel pain or any emotion except for anger. Because when that thing comes out, it isn't Naruto anymore. Everytime that thing comes out, Naruto finds it harder and harder to gain control. If it keeps up, soon Naruto will be foreer lost and in his lifeless shadow will be a image of him, lifeless and a killing machine."
"THE MISSION CONSISTED OF HIM KILLING!! If you knew that thing would come out then why did you send him!" Gaara yelled as he slammed his hands on Shadow's desk.
"Because I think I know someone who can help him get rid of that thing."
"Who?"
"Sasuke Uchiha."
"HIM!!! You must be joking. You know very well that he tried to kill Naruto before! That bastard doesn't even deserve to be near Naruto!" "Yet he's managed to change Naruto. Naruto has been showing emotions more often and for the first time I've heard him actually laugh. Yes, I have full confidence that Sasuke can save Naruto's soul."
"I hope you're right Shadow."

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"Naruto!"
"Uchiha." Sasuke had waited in Naruto's room since he didn't want to be alone in his own room. Though Naruto's room was basically the same, it had the scent of Naruto. For some reason, Naruto's scent soothed him and it calmed down his worry. When Naruto had walked through the door covered in blood, Sasuke's heart had stopped. What scared sasuke the most was how blank Naruto's eyes looked. Sasuke had only seen Naruto like this once.

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Flashback

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"Shut. Up." Sasuke flinched in surprise when Naruto's eyes went dead and a killing intent was practically attacking him. It was is Naruto was a totally different person.

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End FlashBack

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"Naruto!" Sasuke called again as he reached towards Naruto, worry coming back full force. "You're injured!"
"Why does it matter?" Dark asked as he smirked.
"Because you could be seriously hurt!"
"Let me rephrase, why do you care?" Sasuke looked at Naruto cautiously.
"What do you mean why do I care? Of course I care if you're injured!"
"I'm not that hurt. Not as hurt as you'll be when I'm through with you." Sasuke frowned and took a step back.
"Naruto what- "
"Naruto Naruto Naruto! Stop acting like a lovesick moron! I'm not the Naruto you know!"
"Then who the fuck are you?"
"I'm a stronger part of Naruto. Have you heard of the saying "Everyone has inner demons?" Well I'm Naruto's inner demon. I've protected him all this time and I won't let you take him away! You've hurt him too much! You. Should. Die." Dark's eyes widened and chakra flared around him dangerously.
'Shit!' Sasuke thought as he quickly got into a fighting stance. The two ninja's stared each other down, daring the other to attack first. Dark smirked and before Sasuke could move he was kicked in the stomach. Sasuke quickly recovered but not before he was held by his neck and slammed into the wall.
"You could never be with Naruto. You know what Sans Ame means? It means without heart. Naruto has no room for hope or anything. He is too weak to have a heart and have it smashed which you will do if he had one. That is why I'm going to kill you."
"Then kill me! If I truly deserve to die for what I've done to Naruto then kill me!" Sasuke snarled. Dark smirked as he prepared to plunge his blade into Sasuke. He was so close, only a centimetre away before his mind was pulled away from reality.

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Dark opened his eyes and looked around. He noticed with slight amusement that he was in front of Kyuubi's open gate with Naruto in front of him.
"I'm not going to let you kill Sasuke." Naruto said simply as he stepped closer to Dark. Naruto and Dark looked exactly the same. No one but themselves could tell the difference.
"And you're going to stop me? I'm a part of you Naruto. Who are you going to side with, Naru-chan? Some one who tried to kill you or some one who kills for you?"
"I hate it when you use my body to kill people!"
"But you're to weak to kill on your own. If you can't kill how are you a ninja? Face it Naruto, you need me. Without me you are nothing!"
"No without you, I would be Naruto and nothing else but me. I don't need you any more Dark. You've turned into a monster. And monsters need to be caged." Naruto pushed Dark suddenly as hard as he could into Kyuubi's cage and closed the gate. "I'm the one who opened the gate and I'm the one who could seal it shut again." He heard Dark laugh behind the gates bars.
"You can't ge rid of me forever Naru-Chan! When your will falters, I'll come back and destroy you. I'll take over your body and kill every one of your precious people. I'll-" Dark's voice drifted away as Naruto walked away,not ever bothering to look back.
"Naruto!"
"Sasuke?" Naruto whispered as he ran towards the voice.

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"Naruto!" Naruto opened his eyes and focused on Sasuke's worried ones. Was it just his imagination or did Sasuke look like he was about to cry? Sasuke suddenly hugged him. That's when Naruto realized he was lying on the floor with his sword lying a few feet away from his hand. "You fucking stopped breathing for a few minutes!" Sasuke yelled.
"Why are you still here? I nearly killed you." Naruto croaked out.
"Because it wasn't you." Sasuke replied as he let Naruto go. "What happened to that THING anyway?"
"I trapped it in Kyuubi's cage."
"Very fitting." Sasuke said with a smirk. " Come on, let's get you cleaned up." Sasuke picked Naruto up and carried him to the bathroom. Sasuke sat Naruto on the sink. Naruto never felt so weak. He was so worn out mentally and physically. First there was the mission and then trapping Dark. Speaking of Dark...
"Sasuke, I don't think you should die. I don't want you to die." Naruto said looking away. Sasuke looked at Naruto in surprise before breaking out in a grin.
"You know, I've always wanted you to say that."
Sasuke said as he forced Naruto to look at him. Blue eyes met black eyes. Sasuke slowly leaned closer to Naruto and lightly pressed his lips against Naruto's. Naruto's eyes widened before closing as he slowly pushed back. Sasuke's black tail wrapped around Naruto's orange one tightly. Sasuke slowly pulled back and leaned his forehead against Naruto's.
"Let's get you leaned up." Sasuke said as he smiled at Naruto who shyly smiled back.

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Sasuke gently laid the passed out kitsune on the bed. Naruto had passed out just after Sasuke had managed to get him into clean clothes.
'Today was one of the most tiring days of my life.' Sasuke thought as he touched his lips. 'But also one of the best days in my life.' Sasuke smiled as he crawled onto the bed beside Naruto and pulled the blanket over them.
"Good night Naruto. Sweet dreams sleep well." Sasuke whispered as he once again wrapped his tail around Naruto's. "I love you."

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Chapter End Notes:

Okay I have some things to say. First I'm thinking about ending it because I think it's a perfect ending. But if enough people want me to continue here then I will. But know that if I end it here I'm still going to continue it on story there still has the same title Lies and Betrayal so you shouldn't have a problem finding it.

Also for the people who are getting upset at me for not updating more is because one, I can't update here at my house. So when I go to my mom's house like where I am now then I update and I normally make up for it for updating two times a week. Though I didn't this week for the obvious reasons. I do update at faster because I can just type the chapter up and that's it.

Oh and this message is for Kanai00 : First off try emailing me at if you want to talk to me about anything other than my story. I tried messaging you at the email on your page but it's apparent that you didn't get it so I'm going to respond here. Thanks for the opinion on Sasuke's weapon. Now about your character that you requested there's going to be a lot of problems. I can put him in as you requested but I don't think I can make him Sakura's boyfriend. I can however make him Jade's boyfriend perhaps? And I don't about how to make him befriend his demon but I will try my best. I will help you write stories but you're going to have to come up with the plot first. I will be your beta- reader and give you opinions and ideas and such. So email me any time and give me a email I could reply to.

Thanks for your reviews everybody! Tell me if I should continue this story or not but like I said I'll be continuing it on with all your opinions and stuff. I love you all! BYEEEEEEEEEEEE