A/N: ***PLEASE READ THIS :D***That cliff-hanger was so mean, I know! But hey, here's a new chapter that was updated THE NEXT DAY! AND I tell you who the Killer is! Please let me know if you hate it or anything! So I'm pretty good at the ol' updatin'. I actually began this story with a different Killer, and when it's over I might mention who I thought about being the Killer at first. So I like how you guys are guessing. Some might be close, others not close enough….
Note; This is in the person(s) who can hear the Killer talking's POV, if that makes any sense. It will change, like it does sometimes but for the start it's in their POV because I've never went into detail, really.
Review Replies; (Btw, sorry if I spell any names wrong…:D)
Roku-and-Saku – The Rookie 12 seemed to be jinxed, right? Haha, it just seems to get worse for them. And he/she needs to do a lot of work…or none at all. Whatever the Killer feels like doin'.
Crazyefra- I updated ^_^ haha
Lazy Gaga – Suspense! :D
Saki Haruno-7 – I'm sorry! I had to do it. I have yet to eat ramen, even though I actually have it here :D Oh the irony :D Kiba should be a little drugged up for a little while, with that ankle. And kind of because I enjoy Kiba being drugged up ;D Thank you so much :D
11235beat007 – Thank you for your review (: I'm glad you like it :D
Chapter Eleven – You Reap What You Sow
***This is the person(s) who can hear the Killer talking's POV*** :)
My head is going to explode. They know, they have to! Is it real? Maybe this is one of it's sick visions…the Killer's visions. He won't even let me sleep, and when I do…I can't even think about it. He's too strong, and he's right. That's what really kills me, he's right.
I am worthless. "Just in the shadows," according to him. But he's made it worse. He makes me think things are real when they're not. He says that people think things like, "Oh he's bad!" and "Oh she's ugly," all the time…He adds voices too, louder than each other, all screaming.
Sometime's I hear my friends' voices in my head. It's hard to decipher who really is talking and who's not. Now they know. They know what I am, who is he and what we've done. I've got to get away. I can't face them.
Uzumaki Naruto fell to the ground, and Nara Shikamaru had barely any time to grab him. Already, Naruto was crying and repeating, "No" over and over again. He refused to believe it, and the moment he did, he knew it would kill him. That doesn't sound so bad now. Dying, he meant.
I can help with that. If you have a kunai handy I can –
His head reeled, and Shikamaru waved a hand in front of the blonde's face. Naruto noticed his friend had some tears in his eyes too, though he'd never seen Shika cry before.
Hey, look at the time. If that ANBU man hadn't found Shika when he had, Shikamaru would've decided to have that shower…and bye bye Shika if he did!
"We have to catch-…" Shikamaru began.
"We can't," Naruto moaned, sobs ruining his normally strong voice. "We can't do that! That's my friend, that's-…"
"Naruto. We have to. You know that. Grab your weapons, and get the others. We're dealing with a serial Killer Konoha has never had to deal with before."
So they got me. Well, you. It doesn't matter to me if they find you or not, since I'll just be moving on when you die. I could move on now, but then I'd miss the action! And Kiba, what will they do with him, eh?
Speaking of the dog-crazy boy, he sat on his hospital bed and watched a chubby nurse try to inject him with a drug that made him feel very happy. It was to calm him down so she could put even more drugs in him. But Kiba didn't want that.
"NO! I WILL NOT JOIN YOU AND YOUR COLONY!"
The nurse sweat-dropped and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Why oh why did I agree to become a nurse… 'Oh being a nurse will be great hunny!'…yeah, thanks mom."
"I am too busy trying to catch the Kwiller, so leave or I shall call my minions….AND YOU'LL BE SORRY NURSE! I CURSE YOU FOR AN ETERNITY!"
"Catch the Killer? Oh Kiba, you poor thing. I heard Lady Tsunade send out ANBU. They've found the Killer. I heard her say that they're going to the forest to-…" the nurse started.
Kiba tripped off his bed and smashed his nose off the ground. She ran to him, kneeling to help pick him up. He pushed her hard, causing her to fall. Groaning, he sat up and limped towards the window. He actually walked into it, appearing to forget he couldn't walk through walls just yet. "When did that get there? Oh well."
He punched the window, smashing it into pieces and fell out. He didn't jump, or use any ninja training, he just fell. The nurse screeched, jumped up and clicked a button on the side of his bed for assistance.
"Kiba?" the nurse screamed, leaning over the window and searching the ground below. They were on the second floor, if he survived she would kick his-
"MONEY! I fwound money…oh wait no, that's a berry. Oh yum…this tastes like ladybird. How do I know what that tastes like? Wait! The Kwiller! I must find him!" Kiba muttered in the bushes, crawling out through some mud and limping towards the forest beside the hospital. "Minions, where are youuu?"
If you think he sounds crazy out loud, you should hear him inside his head.
My heart was thudding. I couldn't breathe – though I wasn't even sure if I wanted to. My bag almost fell open, and almost poured my clothes all over the ground of my house. Quickly, I stuffed them back in and prayed that my friends hadn't found out yet.
Oh trust me they have and they-
If I can just pretend and get away it will never have happened. Sure, they'll search for a while but if I changed my hair colour and moved far, far away they'd never know, and maybe they'll think the Killer killed me too! I'll be free and-
You really are an idiot. Think about it. So-
So then I can live and die of old age. That's what'll happen.
My head was just like my heart – ready to explode. My chest heaved up and down and there was mud in my hair, on my face, on my arms and in my nails but I kept going. I had had to run through the forest to avoid any ANBU who knew me inside the town, who were waiting for me. They hadn't reached my home yet, but the ANBU were quick.
I just happened to be quicker.
Yet another thing no one noticed about me. My speed had gotten better in time, especially when HE appeared. That voice. It started out quiet, but it got louder until I couldn't hear anything BUT him!
There was the Uchiha Compound. I paused to look at it, but then kept going. My heart beat louder. If they didn't find me and kill me my heart would stop from stress soon enough. I reached the forest, hopping over a bush. I kept to the ground. They expected me in the trees, not that traps wouldn't be set in the ground either. They didn't set them up for me personally, it was for anyone who wasn't a ninja in Konoha or someone who wasn't meant to be in Konoha, a criminal for example.
My clothes snagged on a branch of a tree, and I glanced back at them. I didn't have time to stop. If I did, my heart would surely give out. So I kept going, throwing the bag away too. Electricity shook through my body, going from my toes, getting stronger at my ribs and almost bursting out of my body when it reached my eyes. My chakra wasn't this strong, I can't handle it.
Why did you even bring it? I mean, you need a new identity right? Moving to a new place, new hairstyle, new people so why bring old clothes?
"I found some clothes!" I heard.
Oh God, I knew that voice. It was Naruto, sweet, loving, caring and beautiful Naruto. He was eternally innocent in my eyes.
No, that's not stalker-ish in the slightest kid.
He would hate me, they all would. No one would understand the constant voices in my head, the pain and noise. It would be impossible to explain too. I had to run.
Naruto tripped, but kept up with his friends. It was going to rain, and he wanted it to stay bright. It would wash away any tracks, and if they needed Akamaru to find the scent it would be harder than it should've been.
He glanced at his friends who all looked fit to cry. No time for crying now, though this betrayal was killing him. Instead of thinking about it, he grabbed a branch and swung under it, doing a flip in the air and landing on another branch.
They could see the clearing that led to a training ground, and he could tell that the Killer was there. He couldn't even face calling them a Killer. Not-
No, don't think like that. That's not helping. Just keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.
They landed in the clearing, all in sync. His eyes scanned the Killer in front of them, covered in dirt and looking more like a frightened four year old than a devious and cunning Killer. No, this couldn't be true. A mix up. In years to come, they'd laugh about it over ramen. He hoped.
"N-Naruto," the crying Killer called. "Please.."
He bit his lip. "Don't say anything, just don't."
"I'm sorry, he made me do Naruto, I-…"
"You're a Killer! Don't you get it?" Naruto screamed.
Kakashi glanced at his student, noting once again how he had grown. Now he was snivelling, his eyes pained, looking like the thirteen year old Naruto he remembered, though weaker than that.. Even Kakashi had trouble breathing, and he been a ninja longer than most of the kids here had been alive. This was impossible.
"I trusted you…," Naruto sobbed, his voice cracking. "I trusted you…Hinata."
