Love is for Fools: Eh, hey guys. Now, you're probably wondering why it has taken me over eight months to update. Really, I don't a good excuse. But, I do have reasons! Lots of them that would take to long to tell.
Disclaimer: In my own little world I do, but I can only go there for vacations.
Warning: Violence.
QUESTION: Will someone please, oh, please be my beta? I need someone who is pretty open about things. Meaning able to take slash pairings and other sick things my mind comes up with. This person will have my strict permission to hit me over the head when I don't update, bug me constantly until I do update, and suggest things to me that normal audience members don't get to.
And, please review BECAUSE I know you guys are reading this. Especially since my second chapter had more pages views than my first. (Wags finger and tries to make readers feel guilty.)
This will be the last chapter of underneath. If I decide to continue this it won't be in the Kyuubi's point of view, but will make an appearance as that snarky voice in the back of Naruto's head.
NOTE: If you guys did not understand this then you most likely need to read the first chapter of Naruto again. You can get free downloads of it at:
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Just replace the (dot) with an actual dot and take out the spaces.
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Mizuki!
He was behind this, and he'd hurt Iruka.
Naruto's confusion almost overwhelmed me, he couldn't understand what Mizuki was thinking, but I knew. When Iruka told him that Mizuki had been using him to get to the scroll, I could feel his absolute anger. He had been played a fool and Iruka had got injured for it.
I tensed up. A truth . . . . . . Mizuki was going to tell him and there was nothing that Iruka or I could do to stop him from completely ripping Naruto to pieces with it. He reminded Naruto of the incident involving me twelve years ago.
His confusion made a reappearance when Mizuki mention a rule . . . a rule never to be told to him. His curiosity rose and he couldn't help but ask, and when Mizuki gave a chuckle that was almost morbid and most definitely one of enjoyment, he froze with dread and could barely finish his sentence.
My own pain was ignorable, but his wasn't and this was going to hurt.
Feelings of rage reeled inside of me as Mizuki told him he was me. Naruto and I were nothing a like he would never be me, he was just a child and I tried to assure him of that, but it wasn't working. Iruka screamed for him to stop, but the words continued and Naruto went into shock.
He couldn't believe that he was responsible for all that death, all that destruction.
His head dropped and he could barely contain the tears, as it was being pointed out to him, it was odd that everyone hated him. He didn't deserve to be hated because of me, he was innocent. What they hated wasn't him, they knew who the actual monster was. What they hated was the memories that he forced upon them, he was their reminder of how weak in life they really were
It didn't reassure him and the thought that maybe Iruka really did hate him forced him to hold back his tears even though some escaped. Mizuki kept talking, readying himself to throw his shuriken. I tried to warn him, but he didn't move, but at the last second we were knocked down.
When Naruto looked up we found ourselves looking into the pained face of Iruka's. "Why?"
And, then Iruka was crying and we didn't fully understand what he was saying because it was as if half of what meant to say he couldn't. Iruka thought this was his fault and there was no way
Naruto could blame him, nor could I. Naruto turned his face towards Mizuki's angered one and I took this chance to yell at Naruto to get away. That scroll couldn't fall into his possession.
He used his fear to power his flight into the forest and he forced himself to ignore Iruka calling after him. He hid behind a tree clutching the scroll trying to get his heart to calm down least Mizuki find him. The sounds of fighting alerted him and he glanced to left.
It was Iruka and Mizuki.
The same...? There was no way that Naruto and Mizuki were anything alike. Mizuki was wrong in more ways than one, I didn't want to use that scroll! I didn't want to leave Naruto alone . . .
Why was Iruka agreeing with him surely he didn't think Naruto would-- the boy is different. Even if he's wrong about me it doesn't matter just as long as someone tells Naruto otherwise. I could feel the tears myself as the dam broke, at least these were tears of joy.
At Iruka's yell of pain Naruto snapped his attention back and his joy quickly gave into rage. There was no way that either of us would allow Iruka to be killed. As Mizuki wound back to strike, Naruto delivered his attack. He struggled to stand as Naruto gave his ultimatum, touch Iruka and die. He told him to shut up and despite urging him on there was a hint of fear at Naruto's serious face.
Mizuki's face became extremely fearful as the hundreds of doppelgangers appeared around him, he was dead meat and he knew it.
He was a bloodied pulp when Naruto was finally finished and Iruka called him over and told him to close his eyes. His surprise was graduating.
I admit that when Naruto tackle hugged Iruka I felt like an intruder on a private scene and I decided that for now it would be best to not make an appearance and just let Naruto absorb it for now.
He wouldn't need me 'til later and that'll give me enough time to gather my tough act. He makes me such a softie. An unheard sigh issued.
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(Crickets chirp.) Was it just me or was that ending horrible? I'm sorry I had to end it there, but I disliked my plot idea for it and there was too much angst. If you guys give me any good ideas I just might get inspiration to make a sequel.
And, for those of you interested I'm accepting challenges look at my bio for details! You could ask for a side story to this, a sequel or something. D
