Nikkler: Happy Easter Everyone! Anyway, I would like to thank anyone who reviewed. Sorry it took me so long to update, I was at a college interview and met my future coach. I finally have a beta! Thank you Ravynne Nightshade .
Pairings: Gaara/Naru, past Sasu/Naru
Warnings: The always-smiling-nothing-can-get-him-down Naruto will not be here. After his trauma, Naruto's personality will take a turn for the colder. At least around his teammates and some others. (He no longer trusts them…)
Disclaimer: Me no own any Naruto characters, but I will have originals in here and they are mine. Ok? Good.
"Blah" Speech
'Bark' Thinking
(cha) other voice talking; (the thing Sasuke talks to)
.+roar+ Kyuubi
:sha: me time
Enjoy.
Fantasy of Torture
Chapter 3: Broken Masks, Broken Souls
As the sun started to rise, most of Team Seven got out of bed to start a new day of training. Sasuke as usual was the first one there with a smirk on his face. Sakura came a few minutes later. "Hello Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke just nodded his greeting to her.
'That's how it will always be I guess. Stupid Naruto, he just had to get in the way…'
Inner Sakura: 'Damn you Naruto! You took my one and only away from me! WHY! WHAT DO YOU HAVE THAT I DON'T HAVE!' Sakura and Sasuke waited for 4 hours for Kakashi to come.
"Good Morning…"
"You're late!"
"Well you see…" At that moment, Iruka pops by and whispers something in Kakashi's ear. His eyes widened and that made everyone nervous.
"What happened Kakashi-sensei?"
"Nothing, I must go to the hospital. Practice is cancelled for today. Ja." A puff of smoke later and Kakashi was gone with Iruka.
"You don't think that Naruto is in the hospital, do you Sasuke-kun?"
"I could care less. See you tomorrow Sakura." With that, Sasuke started off to his home.
Outside Konoha's gates
"Who are you and what business do you have here?"
"My name is Aya and I have business with the Hokage. Here are my papers." The visitor at the gate hands the guard her papers.
"You may enter."
Taking her papers back, she gives a big smile that could rival one of Naruto's and went through the gates. On her way to see the Hokage, she walks past Sasuke. 'Something is not right about that…human.' She makes her way up to the Hokage chambers when Shizune saw her. "Do you have an appointment?"
"Umm…not really...but I must speak to her, it's important."
"Let me see if she can see you." Then Shizune vanishes behind the huge doors. Time seems to be going extra slow and Aya is getting bored - so bored that she is doing a handstand and throwing kunai up in the air and catching them. Then the doors opened but Aya was in a different world. "Excuse me…"
"OWW! Look at what you made me do!" 'It hurts.' Aya is startled when Shizune came back out. Aya takes the Kunai out of her hand and it starts to heal instantly. Shizune eyes widen as she watches this. "Is everything alright?"
Snapping out of her little trance, she nodded her head and said, "She can see you now." Aya walks in and thanks Shizune.
"What can I do for you?" Tsunade asks, boredom in her voice. She seats herself at her desk and is drinking tea when…
"My name is Aya and I'm from the Hidden Village of Shadow." Aya has to smirk at the scene in front of her. Tsunade spits all of the tea in her mouth all over her papers and looked like her eyes are going to pop out of her head. "I'm here to see if Uzumaki Naruto would be interested in training with our village for the next chuunin exam."
"What makes you think that he would want to do that?" 'Even though I know he would jump at the chance to go outside the hidden leaf.'
"First off, he would not be hated in the Hidden Shadow like he is here…" that hits a nerve for Tsunade. "Second, it would give him a chance to learn new jutus' and how to control the Kyuubi."
Tsunade isn't sure about this, but it's Naruto's decision. "Fine, I give my consent, but you will have to talk to Naruto personally. I'll have the papers ready for him if he says yes." Tsunade scribbled something on paper for Aya. "This is where Naruto is at the present moment."
Aya looks down, "A hospital?"
"That is correct."
"Very well then, I will come back when I have my answer, whether it be good or bad."
"I will see you then. By the way, what are you?"
Aya's blood red eyes, after hearing that comment, seemed to have a hint of gold in them that made Tsunade shudder. "I'm an Ookami." With that she left.
Naruto's Hospital Room
Naruto POV
'I can still feel him… Hell I even smell like him…'
.+It wasn't your fault+ 'Like Hell it was! I should have just had a sign that said 'Fuck Me' on it!' Some Shinobi I am - I can't even stop someone from raping me.'
'Everywhere I look now…all I see is darkness. I went from becoming the number one Ninja to a whore.' +You listen to me you stupid brat! Did you sell yourself to that bastard? No! Just because we hit a bump in the road doesn't mean you still can't be a great Ninja.+
His screaming in my head brought shivers down my spine. I hear the door slowly open and light fill the room - I dread that light. It makes things seem more enthusiastic -something I lost last night. I only look for the darkness now. I'm just tired of faking everything. I haven't acted like myself for so long. I'm not as stupid as everyone thinks I am, shows how much I'm noticed. Great, Iruka just had to open the curtains in my room, to let all the suns demented glory in.
"Naruto?" That voice has so much sympathy in it for me…I don't want it! I just roll over to my side ignoring Iruka-sensei.
"Naruto you need to tell us what happened…" So Kakashi-sensei is here as well. That's different, I thought he would be training the genius Uchiha Sasuke.
"Leave me alone." I could sense that my reaction was unexpected. I feel a sigh leave my throat. Fine, I'll at least give them my attention. "What can I do for you, Iruka-sensie, Kakashi-sensie?"
"Tell us who hurt- -"
"That is for me to know and deal with my own way." I can see a little bit of hurt in both of their faces, oh well, it would have happened eventually anyway.
"Naruto…" Kakashi can speak after all. "…we can't help till you tell us what happened."
"Goddamn it…I was raped!" That got them to shut up. Now if they would only leave and leave me to my misery.
"Are you sure?" Is that hesitation I hear in Iruka's voice? He always seems so confident towards me, but I knew that would never last forever. "Are you sure you didn't imagine it?"
"Now why would I imagine it. Do I look like that much of a retard? Do you honestly think that I would fake being raped just to get some attention?" I was angry now. How dare they say something like that!
"It could be a possibility…" Kakashi did it now. I thought that them saying I imagined it was enough but this was unbelievable! So help me if my body didn't still hurt, I think I would have killed him then and there, or at least beat the shit out of him.
"Get out…NOW!"
"Naruto don't, Kakashi didn't mean it that way…" He tries to comfort me by putting his hand on my shoulder - bad move.
"Don't ever touch me!" I said it with as much hate for the words they just said and as much disgust I had for myself in that scream. Iruka had utter horror in his eyes. I can see I hurt him pretty bad. "Forgive me Iruka-sensie… I… didn't mean to scream like that." That eased his pain a little but it was still there, I can tell.
"We'll leave you be for now. I'll tell Sakura and Sasuke that you're in the hospital and will be unable to train for a while." They make their way to the door.
"Thank you," I say as the door started to shut, they look at me and have a forced smile on their faces. As the door shut, I heard Kakashi say, "We failed him as teachers" - that they did.
"My, my, my, such an angry person aren't you? That was a little harsh don't you think?" I don't know what to think at this moment. First, my sensei's now I have some strange woman walking on the ceiling. No one seemed to notice her and apparently she was there for a good portion if not all of the conversation. "Now it's not nice to call a visitor strange. And before you say or think anything yes I can read your mind. Don't worry I know what you're going through.
"How could you possibly know what I'm going through?"
"I know more than you think." He eyes seemed to grow colder when she said that. "So tell me what do you plan on doing to that Uchiha person?" Now she even laughs at me! Give me a break! "Caught you off guard didn't I?" That was an understatement. "I did not witness the…act, but I went past the boy on my way to see Tsunade. He seemed odd, I don't know what it is but something was off with him…" She looked like she was in thought. "I have something to ask you, Kitsune." My eyes widened as hers just smiled.
"How did you know?"
"I told you I know a lot more then you think. I know what you are and I can help you control the Kyuubi, though I doubt you'll have a hard time with it."
"What makes you think that?" All right it is official, this person is off her rocker.
"Like I said before, that is not nice to say. First off, the Kyuubi has already considered you his kit. So I think he would be more then willing to give you his strength. Second, you have great potential with using chakra. You have a hard time learning simple chakra control but with the harder jutsu's you learn quicker than an average human."
"Who are you exactly? And why are you being so nice to me, no else ever is."
"I'm not from this dumb village and sorry I didn't introduce myself sooner. My name is Aya and I'm from the Hidden Village of Shadows. Most people never heard of it and those that have, fear it. We are a demon village."
My breath was caught in my throat. What did she mean demon village? That was too amazing. I don't believe one word of it. "Show me that you are a demon."
"Very well." I don't believe what I'm seeing, her eyes shift from circular to slits, ears transform to that of a dog. Her nails become sharper into claws, her canines grow longer and there's even a tail seen from behind her. "Happy?"
I smirk knowing something is off. "Kiba's dog can do that."
"That where you're wrong. That mutt can only turn into a human with that pill thing, and when he does take it, he only becomes the reflection of his master. He has no human body of his own. Unlike me as you can see. I also have a full demon form." She shifts again and now she looks like a wolf. I'm impressed.
"Good now that I see I reach your approval, I have a proposition to ask you."
"Such as?"
"You still plan on entering the Chuunin Exam?" I just nod my head. "Good. Ok, so tell me if I'm incorrect. I know the last person you want to work with is Sasuke. Judging from you lack of response I suppose that means I'm correct. Let's continue then. Now, I'm here to ask you if you would like to join a new group and a new village. You could represent the Village of Shadows and I will be one of your teammates - as well as someone you should already know."
I try to think of who it could be, but I have no clue. "Let me give you a few days to think out it. If you can get along and be relaxed enough to train with Sasuke, then that would be fine. However, if you don't like it, you can come back with me if you want. It's up to you."
"When will you come back?"
"You will see me often. If you like, I could train you in some of my strengths outside of your training with your group."
"I would like that."
"Very well then. I will see you tomorrow then. Don't try and look for me as of yet, because you will not succeed. I will come to you." Then she was gone. I just lay there now letting what she said sink in. Tomorrow I will train.
To be continued…
Next Chapter: Naruto checks out of the hospital to train with his team. But his team notices something different about Naruto. How will training go and what will Aya's training be like? Next time in Fantasy of Torture, Chapter 4: New training, New Defeats
:Me time: Hi everyone! Yeah I know I had a lot of talking in here, but I don't think it was that bad. I hope you liked it. .'' Review for me please. If you have any suggestions or things you want to see, let me know and I will see what I can do.
Reviewers Corner:
Gina-uzumaki: Just for you I went longer. How is it? Long enough? 13,104 words and 7 pages. Glad you like it. The reasons why you think Sasuke's an ass are the same reasons for me!
Luna: YEAH! GAARA/NARUTO! Don't worry I'll make it hurt A LOT. MWAHAHAHA! Gaara will become very possessive of Naruto but in a good way - and it will be shared.
Watermelon Gal: At the present moment, I'm really pissed at him for what he doing in the manga and well I just had to make him the bad guy. I like sasunaru stories as well but I love just about anyone with Naruto. .
Gackt no Hime: O.o I can't escape you can I? Well I just have to keep on updating don't I? .
Iceheart190: spoiler (but not really): Naruto and Gaara have a thing but it really light at the present moment. It will become a nice possessive relationship.
Me-la Kenzu: Thank you! This is the first time I ever wrote in a Pov before so I'm glad I did a good job. (Once in a life time thing…watch, the rest will suck now… .) Sorry for my errors. It's hard when you read it like 20 times. By then you know what it should say and you miss it. I'll try to be more careful though. Thanks.
: I'm glad you like my story. Yeah I feel sorry for him too. He's one of my fav. Characters! Sorry it will end with GaaraNaru but don't let that stop you from reading it. If you still want to read it, I'll make an alternate ending just for you ok? Promise and I'll make it good and put anything you want in it! What can I say, I like to make all persons happy. .