Ok… ok… im back… I've got an idea for a new fanfic but… im not sure yet… oh well; I better pay attention to this fanfic instead!!! SORRY FOR THE DELAY!!! I am sooooo bad at this…
Please read Oukoku Hatsu's Story: Never Forgiven (coz if you don't, im gonna hunt you down and bash you with a toaster… DON'T THINK I WON'T!)
Disclaimer: Uhh… if I did own Naruto… it would have vast amounts of yaoi… but does Naruto have yaoi...? No… so I do not own Naruto
-- Previously --
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…"Sasuke sat idly in the top of a tall tree; his eyes were glued on the scene in front of him. The Hokage had assigned him, Shikamaru and Lee to watch the gates. Shikamaru sat at least, four trees to the left of Sasuke while Lee sat near 2-3 trees to the right of him. Many Anbu were scattered all through the trees and near the gates, from the Hokage's orders. Sasuke's sharingan had been activated as he watched over the Konoha gates intensely, Lee's eyes were narrowed in concentration… he wasn't even sure if he was blinking.
"Anything yet?" Shikamaru asked, his eyes not even glancing in the Uchiha's direction
"…No…" Sasuke replied, taking a slow blink
Shikamaru's concentration flew back to where he was watching; he subconsciously licked his dry lips and swallowed hard. Sasuke leaped forward and grabbed a hold of another tree, Lee jumped another 6 tree's ahead of the two Anbu and he turned back and grinned at them.
"Hurry up my youthful pals!" Lee gave them another toothy grin (A.N: im sorry if I don't get Lee's character right…)
"Don't be stupid Lee…" Shikamaru and Sasuke spoke in unison as the both caught up to the shinobi
"Right!" Lee turned his attention back to gates, as did Sasuke and Shikamaru
Silence had engulfed the whole village; everything seemed to stop after Lee had said that last word. A light breeze carried away their regrets and sorrows, every thought… every sin… everything… just blew away with the wind. Sasuke thoughts drifted back to Naruto and how he was going, if he was all right or not…
'Kyuubi…' A strange voice echoed through Sasuke's skull
Sasuke was startled by the voice, almost loosing his grip on the tree. Shikamaru, Lee and some Anbu below them, all stared at Sasuke with raised eyebrows. It wasn't like the Uchiha to fall out of a tree… after all he is the Anbu captain.
"You ok?" Shikamaru asked, worry tweaking his voice
"Y-yeah…" Sasuke hesitantly answered the brunette
"Did you see anyone?" the brunette shinobi asked the raven (A.N: is it just me… or does that sound strange/funny?)
Everyone continued to stare at the dark-haired shinobi, "No… I didn't… sorry…"
Shikamaru nodded and went back to his train of thoughts, as did everyone else. And then the eerie silence returned…
What was that about…? Shikamaru took a quick glance at the Uchiha prodigy before turning it straight back"Was it Orochimaru…?" Shikamaru spoke to himself, being inaudible for others to hear
Sasuke turned his head slightly to give Shikamaru a look that clearly said 'you better stop thinking about it now or I might "accidentally" ram a Chidori through your face'. Shikamaru gave Sasuke a strange look but none-the-less threw those thoughts into the back of his mind for safekeeping…
A soft rumbling occurred, the clouds began to darken as tiny droplets of water sprinkled down among the Anbu. Everyone had cautiously looked up at the sky; well… everyone except Sasuke of course… he still kept watching the gates and anything further from it. Sasuke (and everyone) felt a large wave of chakra hit them as the all turned their attention into the direction of where it was coming from, Sasuke narrowed his eyes in thought and looked down as addressed to young Anbu. "You two!"
A girl with short pink hair and messy bangs looked up towards Sasuke "U-umm… Rika-chan… I think he's talking to us…"
"Hmm? Oh really?" Another girl with long violet hair looked up and blinked at him "are you talking to us?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes "Yes… im talking to you… I want you two to go and check out where that chakra came from, alright?"
Both girls looked at each other and then back at Sasuke and gave him a stern nod, they pulled their Anbu masks over their faces and performed a few hand signs in a matter of seconds they were gone in white puffs of smoke. Sasuke sighed audibly and turned his attention back to the gates. (A.N: sorry if I got that information wrong… I don't know if you have to use hand signs to do that…)
"Could it be Orochimaru?" Shikamaru asked, sparing a glance at the Uchiha
"It wasn't strong enough to be him… but maybe it was some missing Nin…" Sasuke spoke more to himself then Shikamaru, but Shikamaru understood him
Another wave of chakra hit them, obviously from the two Anbu sent over there. A crack of thunder echoed through the village as bolts of lightning appeared in the dark grey sky. Lee turned back and looked over at Sasuke and Shikamaru "The storm is getting worse, should we watch from ground level?"
Shikamaru sent Sasuke a look, Sasuke looked over at Lee and spoke "You two may, but I want to get a clear view of this…"
Lee and Shikamaru looked at each other and nodded, they both jumped from their positions and landed on the ground. Sasuke felt a chakra building from where the first two chakra waves had been emitted from, Sasuke's eyes widened as a blooding curdling scream echoed was emitted from behind the gates.
"Orochimaru!!" Sasuke yelled out as he watched two giant snakes appear, breaking down everything in their path.
(Ok sorry if i got all that wrong, im not that familiar with Naruto and Orochimaru and yeah... sowwie)
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(Written to the song: Sweet Sacrifice – Evanescence)
Kyuubi let out a hollow laugh "…Brat…"
"I thought you… were…" Naruto narrowed his eyes and bit down on his tongue to stop himself from yelling
"…Gone? Oh… no… I wasn't gone… I was just apart of your unwanted thoughts…" Kyuubi said emotionlessly, his mind wandering to other issues
"Leave." Naruto stated, his angry tone not wavering in the least
"You brat… this is serious…" Kyuubi's large eyes narrowed down as he watched the expression on Naruto's disappear and being replaced by mild curiosity
"What's serious?" Naruto asked, folding his arms across his chest
"Hn…" Kyuubi was being to slowly disappear in a puff of smoke around him; Naruto was beginning to get impatient "Kyuubi!!" but he had already left him
Even though he would hate to admit it, he wanted to know what his inner demon was talking about. A hot breath ran across his neck again, Naruto -on reaction- turned around to stare deep into the demon's hypnotic eyes. Kyuubi was now in a small form, yet still quite large compared to a normal person. Naruto stared deep into its bloodthirsty eye's searching for his emotions; unfortunately his emotions were all being tangled together with his hate and bloodlust. "Kyuubi… what did you mean…?"
"Naruto…" Kyuubi addressed him politely, Naruto's eyes widened, Kyuubi rarely… if ever addressed him by his name
"Yes?" Naruto took a step backwards as Kyuubi padded his foot forward, but not moving any further
"Someone's in here… messing with your mind…" Kyuubi admitted (A.N: No one messes with Naruto's mind except Kyuubi!!)
"What? What do you mean?!" Naruto was getting impatient and all these guessing games weren't helping…
"I--" Kyuubi stopped and disappeared
"Kyuubi? …Kyuubi?!" Naruto cautiously searched around for the fox
Kyuubi reappeared; he was sound asleep inside his cage. Naruto ran up to the bars and began trying to rattle them open; Kyuubi didn't even flinch at the excessive amount of noise the blonde was giving off, Kyuubi's massive tails banged against the cage as Naruto only got louder.
"Bloody hell, you fucking demon! Listen to me!!" Naruto thumped the bars harshly, leaving small indents all over them
Naruto panted out loudly, he sent harsh glares in the Kyuubi's direction… but he also felt a small bit of sympathy towards the large demon.
It… wasn't him… I can tell… someone else put him to sleep…
"Correct Naruto-kun" a soft yet sinister voice rang through Naruto's ears
Naruto abruptly turned on his heel and fell over. A pale hand reached out to help his fallen state; Naruto slapped the hand away and scrambled backwards, pulling himself up with the help of Kyuubi's cage. They let their hand fall carelessly to the side of their tall figure; amusement and dominance were the emotions swirling around in their eyes. Naruto leaned back on the Kyuubi's cage and trembled under the watchful eye of his intruder.
"Why…?" was the only thing Naruto could ask, without raising his voice
Orochimaru let out a stifled laugh "sweet… innocent… Naruto-kun… you don't know why…?"
Naruto sent a pathetic attempt for a glare in Orochimaru's direction "What do you mean by that?" Naruto spat out
"I mean… how can you not know…? After all…" Orochimaru took a few steps and suddenly appeared in front of Naruto in a flash "… this is… your mind…"
"My… mind…?" Naruto repeated, looking out at the darkness around him "What did you do?! What did you do to Kyuubi?!"
"Getting a bit worked up over the thing that cause you so much misery… why Naruto-kun?" Orochimaru purred out, brushing his long hair back behind his shoulders
"N-nani…?" Naruto choked out
Kyuubi's cage disappeared causing Naruto to fall over; he winced and rubbed his back after falling on his spine. Orochimaru crouched down beside Naruto, still being slightly paralyzed from the fall. Orochimaru brushed a few over-grown bangs out of Naruto's eyes; Naruto flinched back and shuffled away slightly before Orochimaru began to speak. "These people you call friends…"
His voice expressed his pure disgust for his friendships with the others "… they do not understand you…"
"T-they do…! They were there for me… I… protected them…" Naruto slowly responded to Orochimaru
"From what…? Yourself?" Orochimaru raised an eyebrow for effect
"Y-yeah…" Naruto looked down at his hands; slowly clenching them until they turned into fists and his knuckles turned white
"No!" Naruto punched Orochimaru in the cheek; making him loose his balance and fall backwards
"You're trying to manipulate my mind!! I wont fall for it!!" Naruto yelled at the snake nin
Naruto jumped to his feet and began to run into the darkness, his eyes were closed… not wanting to see whether the snake-man had been following him or not. Naruto wiped away a few falling tears, his eyes now being slightly reddened from his unshed tears. Naruto continued to run, not knowing when or where he would stop. Naruto managed out a strangled cough as he ran, the saliva and flem mixing in the back of his throat causing him great discomfort. Naruto stopped running, he panted loudly as he placed his hand on his thighs for support. Naruto spat out what was caught in the back of his throat a few times before starting to run again.
Everything hurt, his heart, his eyes, his throat… everything… but mostly his pride. He allowed Orochimaru to almost manipulate him… Naruto felt horrible… like he had betrayed everyone he knew and cared about, like everyone was now turning their backs on him for running away from Konoha. Naruto grabbed his throat as it began to burn while he was running, lack of air was causing him intense pain in his chest and stomach.
"Why… Why…?" Naruto played those words over and over again in his head
Naruto finally collapsed to his knees, as his legs began to feel like jelly. Naruto fell on to his side; his breath was ragged and uneven as he let silent tears flow down his face. Every teardrop that crashed to the floor sounded like an earthquake in his ear, the burning in his throat began to go numb as he pushed himself up into a some-what sitting position. He sat on his knees and cried silently to himself, although no tears fell… Naruto knew he was crying… even if he wouldn't let it show…
His throat burned as he coughed out loudly, Naruto held his throat hoping for some sort of relief to this pain. He only began to cough more, his throat feeling as if it were bleeding on the inside, painful tears ran down Naruto face as his hand clenched tighter around his neck. Naruto leaked out of Naruto's mouth, now his throat really was bleeding on the inside. He wiped away the blood and began to take slow even breaths, the cold air stinging the inside of his throat. Naruto slowly laid down on to his side, his eyes slowly closing and blocking out any pain or any voices besides his own…
"Why… is this happening to me…? Is I-it… karma…?" Naruto scrunched his eyes shut and slowly re-opened them
"No… it's not karma… I did nothing bad…" Naruto muttered to himself, taking slow blinks
"Im… good… im a good… person…" Naruto let tears fall freely down his face; he hid his face in his fists trying to stop the tears
"Im… a good… good… p-person…" Naruto punched himself in the face, to stop him from crying…
"Good…? You think you're… good…?" a soft voice echoed from in front of Naruto
"Who?" Naruto looked up to only see darkness 'its just my imagination…' Naruto muttered to himself
"Im not your imagination… Naruto…" a young man stepped out of the darkness
"No… …way…" was all Naruto could say, his eyes widened and his mouth gaped
"You're--"
Haha… cliffhanger :3 I love messing with peoples minds… OH AND I AM SOOOOOO SORRY IF I GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION WRONG!!!! I REALLY AM, I STILL DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT NARUTO!!!! SORRY!!!! And those two girls were my OC's just a heads up, they might make another appearance…
Love,
Sweet Tragedies
