Gaara's eyes widened as the dust cleared, settling to the ground.
Six unconscious, slightly bloody bodies lying on the ground clad in white coats, numerous puddles of blood, large cracks and craters on the floor and a huge fox-like being in the middle of it, crouching in front of Shizune's limp form, a clawed hand raised.
"Naruto!"
Gaara called out Naruto's name before he could stop himself.
Naruto raised his head to look at Gaara, his untamed hair more messy than usual, looking feral, his fangs large and dagger-like. Naruto's hand lowered itself and grasped Shizune's throat.
"What are you...?" wondered Gaara aloud, then the bed behind Naruto caught Gaara's attention.
"Oh no..." Gaara whispered, looking back at Naruto, who had turned back to Shizune and was slowly tightening his grip on her throat, an evil and crazy grin on his face as though he thought this amusing.
"Naruto... don't..." Gaara whispered, taking a step forward.
"Try to stop me, and i'll kill you too..." Naruto growled, watching Shizune choke with some sort of maniac amusement.
"Why do they have to suffer...?" Gaara breathed, looking from the bloody bodies on the floor, to Tsunade, then to Naruto.
"They lied to me... They're supposed to keep people alive... She's gone. Empty. They were supposed to keep her alive, but they didn't... I'm giving them the consequences." Naruto growled, watching as Shizune desperately tried to get out of Naruto's grip, but with no avail.
Gaara was silent as he slowly approached Naruto, keeping an eye on Naruto's chakara tail, of which was slowly flicking from side to side, like an irritated cat.
Gaara looked over Naruto's shoulder at Shizune. She was choking, turning a slight purple colour, muttering apologies in between chokes.
"... The Naruto i know... The hokage i know... Wouldn't do this..." Gaara breathed in Naruto's ear.
thud
Shizune lay unconscious, but alive, at Naruto's feet, a slight indent on her throat.
Gaara watched as Naruto slowly turned to him, his eyes cast in shadow by his messy fringe.
"She's gone..."
Naruto looked up at Gaara, tears brimming in his eyes, the chakara slowly and reluctantly dispersing.
"Why did she have to leave!" Naruto choked, his eyes fading back to normal, his claws turning back into normal nails, his fangs shrinking, his tears streaming down his cheeks.
"... Maybe she's not gone." Gaara said softly, being reminded of his mother.
Naruto shook his head, closing his eyes as a waterfall of sparkling tears streamed down his cheeks.
Gaara was silent, watching the sparkling tears stream down Naruto's cheeks, down his chin, and fall onto the floor. Such purity... Waisted...
Naruto raised his hands, pulling at his golden hair, letting out a strangled sob, the tears never ceasing.
Gaara wasn't a person for much physical contact, but Naruto really needed some right now...
Gaara took a step forward and raised his hands, slipping them around Naruto's waist, letting Naruto wrap his arms around his neck tightly, screaming and sobbing into Gaara's chest.
Naruto pulled at the back of Gaara's shirt with his hands and bit at the mandarin collar with his teeth to muffle his pained screams, the tears still coming.
Gaara looked strait in front of him at a crack in the wall, his face having no emotion on it, trying not to let the noises his friend was making, affect him.
Naruto screamed and Gaara could've sworn he heard a few rips from his shirt, but he took no notice. Naruto sobbed, the ripped mandarin collar falling from his mouth.
Gaara felt his eyes prickle and he took in a slow breath, closing his eyes. No crying... Mustn't cry...
Naruto's sobs and screams slowly subsided after what felt like forever. Gaara had a few tears brimming in his closed eyes, but refused to let them fall. Naruto's arms were tight around Gaara's neck, the waterfall of pure tears still streaming down his cheeks, making his sight blurry, his chin resting on Gaara's shoulder, soaking Gaara's ripped and already damp shirt.
"It hurts..." Naruto whimpered hoarsely.
Gaara nodded and stroked the blonde's back softly, his eyes still closed.
"Why does it hurt... Why do they all have to leave me..." Naruto moaned, his throat dry, his nose stuffy.
"We're not all gone, yet..." Gaara whispered in Naruto's ear.
"You promise not to leave?" Nauto whimpered, tightening his arms around Gaara's neck.
"I promise." nodded Gaara, tightening his own arms around Naruto.
Gaara's eyes widened when Naruto's legs collapsed under him, Gaara keeping his arms tight around the blonde, slowly lowering him to the ground.
The red head silently sat Naruto down in front of him, kneeling in front of Naruto. Gaara tugged lightly at Naruto's arms, but Naruto wouldn't let go.
"What are we gonna do...?" Naruto whimpered in Gaara's ear.
"About what...?" asked Gaara, shifting his position so Naruto was sitting in between his legs.
"The doctors i nearly killed..." Naruto muttered, his tears still falling, and refusing to stop, no matter how many times he wiped them away.
"We're in a hospital, i'm sure they'll get healed..."
"Y-yeah, but still. I doubt they'll want a hokage who is a bake--"
"We're in a hospital, i'm sure they'll get healed." Gaara repeated, a little more sternly, his voice colder than usual.
"... Sorry." Naruto whispered, slipping am arm from around Gaara's neck, clutching the front of his orange and black jacket, right where the heart was.
Gaara rested his chin on Naruto's shoulder like Naruto was doing to him, continuing to stroke the blonde's back.
Nurses and doctors came in, collecting the bodies and cleaning up the blood, saying nothing. A nurse went to walk up to Naruto and Gaara, but immediately turned and continued what she was doing because of the blood-thirsty glare she received from Gaara.
Naruto's tears finally stopped, the pain stopping with them after a few hours of just sitting there, on the cement floor.
Gaara was silent, looking at Tsunade's bed, with her body still in it, the empty memories of his mother starting to get to him.
Gaara felt Naruto pull away as a lone tear trickled down the red head's cheek.
((TBC. yeah. much longer than my other chapters, and kinda sad... TT.TT anyway, i hope you liked it! and yes, this story has a plot. xD))
