THE DARK GATE

A NARUTO BASED FAN FIC

WRITTEN BY:

KYUBI-X

Chapter 3: The Seventh Level?

"I choose…." Naruto began as he looked upon all of his friends who had a look of fear in their eyes, to him; he knew exactly what he had to do, not just as a ninja, not just as a man, but as a friend. "Now you shall all see the true meaning of loyalty, I choose to take on the seventh level!" Naruto cried out defiantly.

Everyone in the room had a shocked look on their face, they all remembered the times that they had treated Naruto like he was a piece of trash and now he was risking his life just to save them from pain? There was one ninja who would not allow such a thing to happen.

Sasuke stepped forward and said, "Naruto, now I will show you just how much you changed my life, may this be my declaration that I truly have turned away from the path of evil because of what you have done for me, Merino use me as a replacement for the seventh level!"

Everyone looked over at Sasuke with tears in their eyes, even though they once thought he was nothing more than a scumbag, they could see the truth and sorrow in his eyes for all he had done.

Merino looked at the raven haired boy and scoffed before saying, "All eight of you need to leave the room and wait outside, I would not wish for anyone to have to see the seventh level. And as for you Sasuke, not going to happen, you should just feel pride in the fact that even after everything you two have been through, Naruto is still willing to put his life on the line for you." And with those words, several ANBU stormed the room and pulled the struggling teens out and into the waiting area where they were locked in by a high level sealing jutsu.

All eight of the teens immediately ran up to the wall and placed their ear upon it trying to hear what was going on in the other room. There was silence for about fifteen minuets before the most horrible and primal scream erupted from the room over and over again. Everyone fell back in shock and covered their mouths with their hands as the screams continued to flow out of Naruto's mouth. And they were all thinking the same thing, "If Naruto only screamed once during the first six levels, what in the name of Kami could be so painful as to make him scream like this!"

After about thirty minuets of waiting, Merino opened the door and was covered in blood. He looked at the horrified teens and simply told them that Naruto was at the hospital as they spoke. Suddenly, the ANBU came back in and covered up their eyes with blindfolds as they were lead out of the terrifying maze of Kohona's underground.

When the blindfolds had been taken off they could see that they were in front of the hospital and they all ran inside. They all ran up to the front desk and desperately asked which room Naruto was in. The nurse looked at them sadly and told them that Naruto was in the ICU with Tsunade and that they would have to stay in the waiting room until it was all over. They all sat down in a huddle and held each other as they cried. Normally you wouldn't see some of these ninja crying, but today wasn't a normal day, and they all had their tears to shed for Naruto.

About an hour later Tsunade came walking into the waiting room covered and I mean covered in blood, and she had a look of shock on her face. They all ran up to her and looked into her eyes with their tear filled ones waiting for the worst. She looked down at them and tears began to fall as she turned her head away from them. They all gasped and collapsed unable to take it anymore they all began to shake and sob in the most horrible of ways. It couldn't be…he just couldn't be dead; it just wasn't possible…was it?

After about another hour of them all crying Tsunade finally built up the courage to speak to them. "Naruto….right now he's in a coma, he lost so much blood, I…I don't expect him to live much longer today without a blood transplant and no one will lend blood for him because they still believe that he is the demon fox. Everyone gasped as rage exploded in their eyes, they had known for quite a while now that Naruto had the fox inside of him, but not once did they view him as that horrible creature that attacked their village all those years ago.

Immediately, Choji, Ino, and Kiba stood up and held out their arms to Tsunade saying together, "For our beloved friend, whom we will not let die, take as much as you need!"

Tsunade gathered all three of the teens into a hug and blessed them for caring about Naruto so much. And so Choji, Ino, and Kiba gave up as much blood as they could and the transfusion began immediately for Naruto. However, time would only tell for the eight teens. For it would be almost four days until anything happened with Naruto, and exactly what happens is going to rock everyone to their cores.

A/N: I know that this is a really short chapter, but the next one is going to be a lot longer so bare with me, just to give you a small taste, you will learn about the seventh level of torture, along with a few other surprises I have in store that are guaranteed to please. READ AND REVIEW! And thanks to everyone who has already done so, you guys make my day! .