Chapter 8: Wake Up
A/N: Hey everyone, now I hope you enjoyed the filler, let's get on with the actual story!
'meh,' Kyuubi or Snake talk
You know the rest by now…
Disclaimer: (forgot about this) I do not own Naruto, if I did, I would give more missions during the fillers for Ino and Naruto and someone else. Plus I'd give them more moments, and all the pairing I love would be included into the story! Curses, I want them to stop with the fillers and put in the time skip, but then again, no more funny fillers…
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'I hate you,' the cold words echoed throughout his mind.
He stood there, frozen feet stuck to the cold and damp floors of his mind. The one girl that accepted him that day, that didn't run away because he looked just a bit strange and had no parents.
The one girl that he loved told him she hated him. It broke his heart.
'I hate you,' her voice ran through his head again.
An image of her, her black, shoulder length hair, hazel eyes and sweet smile appeared before him.
He reached out to her, 'Come back…'
'I hate you, get away from me you monster.'
'Come back!"
'Never, I hate you, and never want to see you again…'
"AHH!" Noratu screamed getting up. He rubbed his forehead which was drenched in sweat; it was that horrible nightmare of his again.
'Kid, get over her, it's been three days already, she was nothing but a phase.'
'But…She…She actually talked to me, she actually played with me.'
'For two days punk, after you told her about me and your connection to kyuubi…She totally dumped your ass.'
'Shut up,' he thought and grabbed a rock just to let out the rage he had and crushed it.
'You miss her still, it's pathetic.'
'I love her.'
'LOVED, you can't get her back.'
'So, I loved her, I'm not pathetic, and I know she'll never come back.'
'Then I thought you'd become soft. But then you destroyed her village. I was so proud of you kid. And of course, you can't get her back, you killed her.'
"Hmm," was all he said before he jumped into the trees.
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Meanwhile, somewhere not so far away, a familiar blonde was having some nightmares too.
'I thought you cared about me,' she said tears forming in her eyes.
'I do care!'
'Then why,' she stared, 'why did you try to kill me with that stupid chakra of yours! I stuck with you knowing the knowledge of kyuubi and even that brat Hikari. And you backfired on my trust and now you're trying to kill me, me and the entire hidden leaf village, your home, when you were supposed to protect it,' she cried again, 'YOU STUPID POWER-THIRSTY HOKAGE NARUTO-TEME!'
Her image faded into darkness and he looked down at his hands. Black, red and white chakra formed into a rasengan. His skin was glowing orange and his wings were of black and white feathers. The enormous power coursed through him, but the pain still remained.
'INO-CHAN!'
'It's too late Naruto, I hate you.'
'But…But…I…I…I…'
Naruto awoke with his head resting on Ino's shoulders and hands hugging his knees. Ino smiled at him, but then frowned.
"Naruto-no-baka!" she said in a harsh tone. There was drool on her shoulder and was about to slap Naruto, that was when she was interrupted by his embrace.
"Ino-chan…" he said sobbing, "Ino-chan please don't go…"
"What?" she asked and her head titled as she was held in his embrace.
"I'm sorry…I don't want you to hate me…" he looked up at her with tears streaming down his face along with sweat.
"You," she wiped his eyes, "You had a nightmare?" she took out a small towel and wiped his face, "Don't worry Naruto, I won't leave you…" she rubbed his back, "Shh…"
"Promise?" he got up and wiped his eyes and turned away from her. She stood up and sat in front of him and looked him straight in the eyes.
"It's a promise Naruto-kun. Why would I leave you?"
There was a silence. She stared at him, while he wiped his tears. He shivered, it had been nightfall and they were simply taking a break. They were just going to sit for a while before heading out again, and Naruto had been the only one that went to sleep. He looked up to her; concern was planted into her eyes.
"Why would I ever leave you?" she asked again. And Naruto mumbled something.
"Because, I might become a power thirsty bastard," he frowned and she lightly bonked him on the head.
"You idiot, you'll never become like that, you're too sweet and your intentions are always for the good of people. Our mission is to kill Noratu, and you're considering letting him be," she smiled sweetly and kneeled before him holding him close, "No matter how stupid you are, you'll never change for the worst, I know it…"
He embraced her and sniffled, "Thank you Ino-chan, you're the best friend I can ever have."
She stiffened a bit, but relaxed and told herself not to worry about it for now, Naruto needed to calm down.
"You are truly a lucky guy Nii-sama, you have a friend that likes you for who you are, and doesn't backstab you in the end. Or, is she going to?" the familiar voice howled in the winds, a figure, Noratu stood within the darkness, "I wish I had a friend, but who needs one, when I have POWER!" he charged towards them and threw kunai from all directions.
The two separated and Naruto wiped his nose, "Katon: Gouen Rasengan!" then a quick rasengan with flames surrounding it appeared, "You!"
Noratu dodged it, cursed, and threw another kunai, Ino jumped in the way and caught it, "Fukumikuchi Hari!" and millions of needles appeared and a couple attached themselves to Noratu.
"Hmph, it seems you two are fully recovered, let's have ourselves a little fun!" he also did a quick rasengan and fired it into naruto.
"Shit," he said quickly and dodged it, "Hikari-chan!" he yelled out and he began to glow.
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"Nii-san? Oh, okay good luck nii-san!"
"Kit, don't forget I'm here too!"
"I know, I'm not an idiot!"
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Naruto transformed and a smile planted itself on Ino's face, but that was until Noratu whacked her and she slammed right into the ground.
"Kaze no Yaiba!" she yelled out and a blade of wind formed into her hand, Naruto pulled out his own sword of chakra.
"Hmm, I might as well pull out my own," Noratu said with a smirk and a katana from his back was pulled out, "I must warn you, if you get struck, you will become poisoned," he jumped at them, "And I have no idea where to get the antidote!"
Naruto and Ino flinched and remembered what to do if one gets poisoned, "Don't worry about the antidote, we have it covered," Naruto said with a smirk, "Now, come, and let's see what more you've got!"
"Humph," Noratu mumbled and sliced away, "Believe it, I'm very good at the sword!" he dodged some of Naruto's blows and flipped over, "Probably way better than you!"
"Err," Naruto began dodging his blows; he then was in a heated battle against Noratu.
Ino from behind was cursing at herself, she had no idea what to do, 'I'm kind of new to this sword fighting thing, I just learned this technique, I might as well just dodge and depend on my other techniques,' she smirked and pulled out some kunais with explosive powder, 'This trick never dies, hehe, but if he's seen it, he might dodge it…Might as well give it a try,' she sneaked up closer and threw it at Noratu.
"Again?" Noratu said smirking, he then released snakes from his arms, "Now my pets, destroy her while I deal with nii-san!"
"Ino, be careful!" Naruto shouted out blocking another blow.
"I will don't worry Naruto!" she frowned and decided to use the needle attack to get them further away, "Now snakes, I get to have some target practice," she smirked and jumped up to throw shuriken.
"This is pointless nii-san, just let me kill the girl and we can go off!" Noratu said still trying to hit Naruto.
"Never, she's my friend, I won't let her die!" he shouted blocking some more.
"But nii-san, she's probably going to betray you in the end, they all do!" he frowned and rage built up, "I'm never going to trust a human ever again!"
"You're angry, did something bad happen between you and someone?" Naruto asked, his tone softening.
"Yes brother, and I'm afraid it's going to happen to you too! You have no idea, the nightmares I've had just because of this stupid human…Sometimes I just can't wake up and I'm stuck in an infinite loop of hatred towards myself for being born this way, I HATE MYSELF! The only way to love myself is to prove I'm worthy in this world and become the strongest!"
Naruto frowned and settled down while Noratu took in deep breaths, he swore he was about to cry. He clutched the sword tightly in his hands, "Noratu, don't hate yourself…I have nightmares too, I get stuck in infinite loops of hatred. But I don't hate myself for it, I use that as my motivation to get noticed, I don't want to gain power just to become the strongest, just to get acknowledged by the people I love."
"That's what I'm saying!" tears began streaming down his face, "That's what I want to be, acknowledged by people, not hated by them, I try, but it's not good enough!" his eyes went black and he shook, "I'M NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE WORLD TO WANT ME! I just want to be able to do something…"
"Killing's not the answer though," Naruto said with a sign of sympathy in his words, "I understand what you're going through, but power is not shown when you kill others for fun, power is shown when you are able to accept that some people out there don't like people like us because of what dwells within."
Noratu stared at the ground, tears still streaming down his face, "No, I thought that was true, but it all backfired on me, and I bet your girlfriend will do the same! I bet she'll turn on you and you'll hear those horrible words, 'I HATE YOU!'" he shook and slowly stood up, holding the sword in his hands, "Maybe, maybe if she sees all the demons and power within you, maybe if I awaken those powers, she'll see what you are like, and dump your ass, just like a girl named Kira did to me," he smirked as the tears stopped, "Now, show me what you're truly made of!"
"Ino-chan…SHE WILL NEVER ABANDON, ME SHE PROMISED!"
Ino halted; she finished destroying the snakes and turned to see a smirking Noratu and a fuming Naruto, "Naruto-kun?"
He turned to her and smirked, "Ino, you promised…So, don't freak out, if I transform once more…" he charged towards Noratu, "I'll show you that not everyone will be traitorous! There are those that will care for you no matter what!"
"No, I'll show you true pain, I'll show you that everyone's the same, every human must pay for making me feel as miserable as hell!"
"WAKE UP YOU DUMBASS!" a voice came from Ino, "YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN ONE PERSON DUMPS YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE, DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE WILL! THERE ARE MILLIONS OUT THERE THAT WILL LOVE YOU IF YOU DARE TO OPEN UP! WAKE UP TO REALITY, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD, SOME ARE BAD!" Ino calmed down and clenched her fist, "Wake up and see that you're just being manipulated, and that you're insecure, wake up and snap out of those horrid nightmares," she turned to Naruto, "You too Naruto-kun…I hate it when I see you in so much pain, remember there are so many that love you, that you'll never change into someone bitter, wake up and realize, I LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND THAT I'D NEVER LEAVE YOUR STUPID ASS!" she made the usual sign and transferred her mind into Noratu.
Naruto was speechless as he saw Noratu fall unconscious, 'Wake up eh?'
'That girl can be so annoying and bossy.'
'But she's right Kyuubi-senpai.'
'She said…I just realized she said…'
'We know you lucky kit, she loves you.'
'Nii-san, shouldn't you go watch her body?'
"Ino-chan!" he yelled out and ran to see her as unconscious as Noratu.
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"Ugh, you again?"
"Nee-chan?"
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Pre-read by: LoraineOMG (my sister who has surprisingly good grammar)
A/N: Yo, I hope you thought it was long enough, I decided to stop there. Finally a proclamation of love! Hope you keep on reviewing, the more I get the faster I update! Although I do update pretty fast already…
Also I have another idea for an Ino/Naruto it's a Romance/Tragedy. No one dies, just…err rated M for reasons.
Summary: Ino is Sasuke's boyfriend. After weeks of getting to his warm side, she had no idea what she had in store moving in with him. Rated M for abuse, swearing, and Sasuke evilness. Naruto finds her alone next to a river, "What's wrong Ino?"----goes from there.
The story above will be uploaded once this one is done! Now you must wait for it if you think it'll be something worth reading.
Till next time my readers! Ja ne!