Kit or Fawn?
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D/C: I own nothing.
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"Yin-Kurama Speaking."
"Yang-Kurama Speaking."
'Naruto and Shikamaru's mental link to each other and to their respective Kurama's. Or to emphasize something.'
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What worse than a Jinchuriki getting out of control of their Tailed Beast?
TWO, Jinchuriki's getting out of control of their Tailed beast!
Naruto always paid mind to the stares, glared and so much more from the villagers, every time he went out into the village for whatever reason. He ignored it for his mom, Uncles, and so many he cares for own sake. Especially for Shikamaru, whom he knew is taking the brunt of the hate for his own sake. Naruto learned to ignore it for everyone else's sake. But it weighed deeply in his heart and this caused him to heavily lean on Shikamaru.
To swallow down his fear, question everything about everything and everyone around him, even going as far to wonder what is wrong with him. Naruto gave everyone a smile, only spoke around his friends, family and no one else. Unless it was important or when it was needed, otherwise he remained quiet and just smiled. With a mother like his, she's done the majority of the talking and did so for both.
Right now, Naruto knew he couldn't stay quiet about his thoughts and emotions. He needed to release them, to show everyone just exactly how he feels about everything that is going on around him.
This is the first time he ever felt this strange emotion himself, Naruto felt it every time he went out into the village and especially around the day of his birth. Hate, absolute hatred began to fill within him. Somewhere within him, Naruto swore he could hear deep sadistic chuckles that only seemed to fuel on his hatred. Hatred turning into anger, his breathing became erratic as the blonde steadily stood on his feet and slowly head over towards the now destroyed wall where Shikamaru threw that monster into.
Ignoring his mom's pleas for him to stop and to run away. No, he wasn't going to run away from this. Let him live or die, at least he could say he stood his ground and gave it all.
"Let… him… GO!"
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Death… so much death… Shikaku felt his heart start to beat rapidly in his chest, nearly going up to his throat as he was being informed what has been going on in the clan grounds. Anbu who were part of the Uchiha operation arrived to inform him just who intruded into the grounds of the Nara Clan. It was the same man that nearly massacred the Uchiha Clan.
"He escaped and right now we are trying to contain the boys. We don't know at this point if the Kyubi's are trying to escape from within them or simply channeling its chakra…"
Whatever was said next seemed to blur as Shikaku attempted to figure out how the Uchiha Clan and the Nara Clan are connected for this to happen. The only thing that seemed to connect are the boys, but even so, why both?
"Shikaku…Yoshino… She's… she's one of the fallen…"
Blank…
"Wh-what…"
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The man escaped, and the anger continues to swell within them. One thing was said to the other and they quickly turned their anger to one another. Both of them had some form of formal training which they received from their respective family and close family friends. That doesn't seem to matter as they allowed their respective anger out on each other for whatever reason, many of them are for things they have no control over.
Trees began to fall one by one as they are either getting smashed, slashed or they couldn't withstand the chakra pressure coming off both eight-year old's.
This may seem like a serious fight from the outside but from the inside… they are confused, afraid and they do not know how to stop the anger. They are both terrified at the fact their respective anger only seems to grow and shows no sign of stopping and fighting against one another appears to work but their fear is fueling their anger.
Then… the pain only seemed to finally put a stop to their anger.
Naruto received a severe slash starting from his right shoulder up to the ear. Shikamaru has his own distinct slash marks from the start of his left cheekbone all the way down to his chin, with one slash mark cutting through his lips. When they stood across from each other and reality began to set in, they both fell to their knees and began to breathe in deeply, then slowly, the crawled towards each other.
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Shikaku let out a slow breath when he found the location of the boys and felt relief rush through him. They were holding onto to each other, sobbing into each other's shoulders. It appeared they needed to release the last of their adrenaline out of their system and it finally happens… shit. Those wounds are going to leave permanent scars by the looks of it…
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There was no time to grieve… Shikaku needed to be strong for his son and for his clan. Kushina and the boys are at the Akimichi's, while he took care of the funeral arrangements and putting everything back in order. The hole in the wall needed to be fixed… removing all the blood… the blood. Shikaku leaned against a tree as he put himself in charge of surveying the forest to check which trees were salvageable and which weren't.
This is the first time he has been able to fully take in what had happened in the last couple of days. Shikaku couldn't help but curse out at how he already lost his wife once and now he permanently lost her forever. On top of that, he couldn't help but blame himself for it.
He had the choice of either staying at home with his family or staying at the Hokage Tower to wait for Itachi's return… If he had gone home, things could have ended differently.
So many what if's…
So many…
To be continued…
R/R.