Hey Prozacfairy, have you noticed that in all your reviews except the last one...you said 'happy ending.'? -smile-
Chapter 5
"If you had not brought her in right when you did, she might be dead. Several small scratches, a bruise on her back, the severe bite on her neck, and the deep claw wounds to her shoulders...She's lucky. Truly lucky." A doctor dressed in white explained to them as Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi sat in the waiting room of the hospital.
Naruto wasn't talking...At the moment, he was wearing some of Sasuke's clothes, his were in a bag at Sasuke's feet...covered in blood once more...
Sasuke stood up and took to standing in front of the blonde. Kakashi looked at them and sighed.
"Hurry and take Naruto home Sasuke. I think he needs some sleep." the silver haired Jounin stated in a tired voice. "I'll be staying to watch over our 4 comatose comrades." He managed a small smile as he pat Sasuke on the shoulder before leaving the room.
Silence echoed after he left.
"Come on." Sasuke's voice cut the quiet like a knife as he lifted the bag off the floor. "We should be getting back to the house..." he refused to look directly at the blonde, for reasons even he didn't know.
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As the door shut behind them, Naruto stopped. Sasuke took his shoes off at the door and was 4 steps away when the blonde spoke. It was the first time since Hinata collapsed...
"Sasuke..."
"What were you doing out there anyway?" the dark boy snapped softly. "You were supposed to be in bed. I thought you were sick."
He lifted his eyes to stare sternly at the blonde boy behind him. Naruto's head was slightly down, but he could still see the dull eyes...filled with doubt and fear...
"Sasuke...I..." he tried to say something, but he couldn't talk... This seemed to only anger Saasuke further.
"You could've gotten killed! That...thing is was attacked Hinata! It might've gotten you too!" Sasuke yelled. "And you were being stupid for even being out there in the forest anyway!"
Whether it was from concern or not, Naruto didn't care. His eyes flashed to purple as his face showed rage. But as soon as it had come, Naruto gasped softly. He closed his eyes and covered his mouth, backing away into the door away from Sasuke.
"Sasuke...you shouldn't even...be near me..." he whispered.
"And why not dobe?" Sasuke asked angrily, only half noticing the state of the other boy.
"Because I'm the one who attacked them!" he yelled. Sasuke paused. "I know it was me...I've been having those dreams...Those nightmares...about attacking my friends! I know they weren't dreams!"
"Naruto. There's no proo-" Sasuke started, trying to console him.
"Yes there is!" Naruto interrupted. Sasuke stopped as the blonde sank to the floor. "Tonight...Hinata was attacked, right? Well the only reason she's not dead is 'cause she stopped me...! She managed to...to stop me from killing her!"
The distressed blonde brought his knees to his chest, but didn't wrap his arms around them because he was covering his eyes with them. Sasuke could only stare with disbelieving eyes.
"I woke up with my teeth in her neck!" he yelled. "I'm...dangerous..." Naruto's voice was incredibly soft by this point.
"Naruto, you-" Sasuke went to disprove the boy, but found he couldn't think of anything to say. It was clear that Naruto had to be the attacker, there was nothing to prove it false...
Suddenly, the blonde boy leapt up and ran from the house. He actually jumped out the window! Sasuke ran to the window and looked out of it. Naruto was headed to the woods!
"Naruto!" he yelled after the boy. Sasuke threw his shoes on and began to chase after the other boy.
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'Sasuke...I don't...wanna hurt you!'
Tears poured from his baby blue eyes as Naruto ran through the forest. He tripped but caught himself before a sudden jolt echoed through his body.
He heard laughter as his vision left him. The tears slowed as he fell, the ground rushing up to meet him.
'No...Sasuke run!'
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"Naruto! Naruto!" Sasuke called out as he ran. He froze upon seeing the blonde boy laying on the ground. "Naruto!"
Rushing over, the dark boy rolled Naruto onto his back and shook him lightly. Blue eyes opened...wait, they were red...not blue...
Naruto lunged at him and Sasuke barely managed to dodge before this red-eyed-Naruto attacked again. If Sasuke were to be truthful, he would say that the red of Naruto's eyes scared him. But Sasuke didn't feel like admitting such things, so it would be forgotten moments later and he would leave it at that.
"Ah!" Naruto's claws scratched his side.
Wait...claws? Yea, Naruto had claws, fangs, red eyes, he had the general aura of...a demonic fox...
"Kyuubi?" he blinked inwardly at the word. Where had that come from?
Now he remembered! Kyuubi was the demon fox that attacked the village 15 years prior. The 4th had killed it, losing his own life in the process. Why had that name come from his mouth?
Naruto began laughing, but it wasn't Naruto's voice...it was deeper.
"Yes, little one? You called my name, did you not?" it said in a teasing voice. "My you and that small girl are so smart. She actually found out what was going on before I even bit her!"
"K-kyuubi? You're inside of Naruto?" Sasuke gasped softly as he fell over, scrambling to stand back up just as the Kyuubi's claws sunk deep into the ground, leaving a large gash in the earth.
"Not too smart though, are you?" the red eyes were laughing at him. It angered Sasuke and his own eyes turned red. "Ah, Sharingan. Don't I feel privileged?"
"Shut up!" Sasuke launched himself at the teen/demon, only to be flung backwards again. "Let Naruto go!" They began to just stare each other down.
"Heh, sorry. That bastard the 4th won't let me. This seal is really a pain." he sneered, Sasuke's eyes widened. "I'm hungry boy. I'm hungry for the taste of human flesh and blood. But I've been deprived of it for years because this boy wouldn't let me. But now...he's tired, so I get to feast!"
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Naruto sat in his own mind, crying. Now Sasuke knew...he knew everything...And he would be abandoned again...
A voice he couldn't recognize echoed around him in the darkness.
"Control him Naruto. Control the Kyuubi. You can do it, I know you can. You just need to discover your own reason why. Why Naruto? Why?"
He could hear Kiba...
"Please...Why?"
And Hinata...
"Naruto-kun! Why are you...attacking me?"
He began to cry again...
"Why? I...I want...to protect...my friends...That's why!" he yelled.
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Kyuubi paused in attacking and Sasuke blinked in confusion. Kyuubi seemed to be in pain...Pain?
"Dammit!" he growled out as a blue chakra began to seep from the blonde.
'Blue? Naruto!'
Sasuke let his fighting stance die as he watched this obviously inner fight.
"No! I wanna eat him! He'd taste so good! I know he would!" Kyuubi insisted. "Just lemme taste him!"
He suddenly leapt into a bush and out of sight. Sasuke blinked as he looked around. His mind wandering to possible reasons for the run. But before he could even think of one reason, a large chakra came at him from his left, the bushes opposite the ones Naruto jumped in.
"Ah!" he let out as teeth grazed his arm before the dark haired boy was punched in the gut and flung into a tree. He looked up at the Kyuubi-controlled Naruto. He seemed...tired...
"I'll eat you!" The blonde swore. Sasuke inwardly smirked at the resemblance to Naruto's constant proclamations.
The kyuubi attacked again, this time latching onto Sasuke's side. The young Uchiha grunted in pain, his black eyes closing. It was now that Sasuke realized the Sharingan was gone again, but he had no time to dwell on it.
The teeth sank deeper into his skin, blood coating both boys' clothes and Naruto's face. Sasuke let out a short yell of pain and the Kyuubi smirked into the wound. Kyuubi backed off, watching Sasuke fall to his knees, being careful of his side.
"Your blood is so much more refreshing than the others...I believe I'll take my time eating and killing you pretty boy..." the fox laughed heartily at Sasuke's obvious pain.
Launching at the wounded once more, he latching onto Sasuke's sides, pressing his right hand into the wound on Sasuke's side. Sasuke yelled slightly in pain but refused to scream. He nibbled on Sasuke's arm, enjoying the winces from said tasty boy, and slowly moved to his neck.
'It's...it's almost as if he wants to rape me!' Sasuke yelled out in pain in his mind.
The demon's teeth dug into his neck, thankfully missing any vital points as Kyuubi began to taste the blood once more...
'Kyuubi...it's a Vampire!'
Sasuke pulled away, but stopped halfway when he realized Kyuubi was coming backwards with him.
'Why would Naruto let...something like this happen? What'd we ever do to him?'
His mind was reeling with memories of Hinata trying to cling to Naruto subconsciously, Kiba's taunts, Sakura's verbal abuse, Ino's ignorance, and his own angry way of handling the boy. Tears sprung to his eyes but he wouldn't let them fall...He wouldn't...couldn't let them fall...It wasn't...
'Right...!'
His eyes shot open, remembering the image of Naruto in his arms in the bathroom mirror. Suddenly, he was only dimly aware of the pain in his neck, left shoulder, left side, anywhere...
'This isn't right!'
His mind yelled, as the tears fell slowly and gracefully from his eyes...
"I'm sorry..." the dark boy breathed out, into the blonde's ear...
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'I'm sorry...'
Naruto's eyes shot wide as he became fully aware of what was going on...
'Sasuke!'
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"No..."
Sasuke's dimming eyes were wide with anticipation as he heard Naruto's voice. Not Kyuubi's, Naruto's.
"N-Naruto?" he managed to get out.
Sasuke's vision was blurry, he felt...cold...but...Naruto...
Startled blue eyes met his own, black ones. Naruto noticed the glassy look and his face portrayed fear. Naruto backed away, staring at his hands and hyperventilating...No...it wasn't true...It wasn't true!
Sasuke smiled softly. Walking numbly and stumbling, he made his way over to the quaking dobe. Sasuke wrapped his arms around orange clad shoulders, the shaking stopped.
"Sasuke?" came a whisper in Sasuke's ear. It was coated with uncertainty and hope.
A light, true smile, lit Sasuke's face at that moment...and then he closed his eyes and fell over...Still holding on to Naruto's worrying form...
"Sasuke!"
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Konoha Hospital
"Doctor! Doctor!" a frantic looking nurse called as she ran down the hallway.
"What is it?" he asked.
"The patients...from the attacks...they've all..." the doctor expected the word 'died' to come next, but the nurse smiled with tears in her eyes. "They're awake..."
Bam! Yes, Hate me!
Sasuke saying 'It's...it's almost as if he wants to rape me!' Was written because it seemed like Kyuubi was going to rape all the people he attacked in my head when I re-read it...-heh heh-
My friend finished chapter 4, turned to me, and said..."Is Kyuubi in heat?"...I started cracking up.
Oh...should Sasuke live? -questioning look on face- -it's kinda cute-
Please review!
Preview : Naruto raised his head, his eyes locking with Ino's...
"Kill me! You said you would! I deserve it!...So kill me..." Naruto's voice softened, but he didn't lower his eyes or his head.
Preview #2 : 'It's like a lovely dance...One I've been sitting out of my entire life...Sasuke...Make it through this...You deserve...you deserve to dance...'
Preview #3 : Paler than Sasuke had ever seen him. He felt his heart tear...
'No...no no no!' his mind yelled.
Sasuke held the chakra in one hand, the other one, his right hand, reaching out to Naruto's face. His fingers brushed the skin, and he flinched away.
Cold...
-Authoress laughing evilly at the disbelieving looks and horror on readers' faces-