Naruto

Catching Butterflies

The Fallen Star

~Catching Butterflies~

Golden light lapped gently at soft golden bronze skin that glistened in the sunlight. Naruto rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and let out a small yarn. "Are you up yet my little black knight?" A warm hand trailed through his hair untangling the mass of knots that it managed to become.

Naruto gave a soft smile before getting up off top of Yui to help start breakfast. It's been around two years since Naruto meet Yui. In that time Naruto had been training as much as his small body could handle with Yui helping out as much as she could. She might had been a civilian, but she did come from a ninja clan and picked up a few things from them.

Like the hand seals to The Great Fireball Jutsu. And others that she managed to memorize when she was still naive thinking that she could one day use chakra like the rest of her clan. Yes, clan she hated the Uchiha's for what they did to her. She had no use for the knowledge but her Naru-kun did. She would do everything in her power to help him.

Yui gazed lovingly at Naruto's back as he retreated into the kitchen. She had no purpose until she met him. She would repay him with every last penny for helping her see the joys of the world again. Even if it was only for a while, even she knew that happiness didn't last forever. There was a storm coming and her Naru-kun is going to be in the middle of it. And she was going to help him prepare for it.

~Catching Butterflies~

Yui glazed cooly down at Naruto as she popped him with a newspaper. "Steady Naruto," she warned in a serious voice. Naruto nodded at her his face set in stone as he finished his training. She had taught him all she could which really wasn't much. Just a the few jutsu that she memorized. Even though, his training was coming along nicely.

Especially his training in medical ninjutsu. Though he had to do chakra exercises every day to keep his control up, he was still a natural in the medical arts. He could be small things but nothing major yet but that was quickly changing.

She urged him to take up kenjutsu because she never had a chance to. She didn't know any moves because the Uchiha forbade her from any kind of training. Apparently, she was too sick for anything according to them. She called bullshit on them, they wanted her weak, so she wouldn't put a stain on the clan's name.

What outsider of the clan would know that she was there if she never grew in power? No one of course. They keep her inside of the clan's walls at all times. She rarely went outside because every time she did everyone would glare at her like it was her fault that she couldn't use chakra.

She couldn't even take the title as clan head which was rightly hers because of her birth defect. They gave it to her younger sister instead; were she was nothing her sister was a prodigy in Shinobi arts. It sadden her to see her sister take up the role as clan head.

Everyday she would get more and more like a Uchiha arrogant, proud and always relying on their eyes for every little thing. She didn't want her Naruto-kun becoming like them. It would be a slap to the face if he did. She would beat it out if him. Even if she was weak but she still could try, couldn't she?

~Catching Butterflies~

Naruto groaned as he speedlay walked back towards towards the Red Light District. He knew that he stayed out to late. He was going to get a beating he just knew it! He wasn't strong enough to protect himself yet. He came to a stop in an alleyway. He instinctively knew that someone was following him. The were ninja by the looks of it. This one was going to be rough.

One of the ninja jumped off the roof landing silently on the concrete ground. "So finally giving up huh?" The ninja said while giving him a mocking stare. Naruto normally wouldn't stop but he didn't want to lead them back to where he and Yui stayed. It was better him than her anyways. He could take it.

"So, we noticed how you don't scream anymore when we tortured you, so we brought someone special to help you out." The man looked at him with a sinister grin before motioning with his hand. A body dropped to the ground. At that moment Naruto had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

"Yui…," Naruto whispered then his eyes widen in fright. "NO! Anyone but her i'll do anything you say!" Naruto yelled frantically. "Now that's the reaction we wanted to see." The man said chuckling to himself proud that he could make the demon show emotion. He trailed a finger down her cheek.

"We were at a bar talking about the next fox hunt when this bitch came up and hit me." He said pinching her cheek hard. "Imagine my surprise when she started defending the fox brat, saying non-since about how it was sweet and kind. Can you believe the lies this demon loving whore told!?"

He stood up unbuckling his pants. "This bitch needs to be taught a lesson." Yui started squirming around trying to undo her bounds. The ninja slaps her across the face warning her to stay still. He pulled down his boxers before undressing Yui. "You're going to like this." He said before entering her and he let out a groan.

"Damn! your tight for a whore." He said before sliding out and slamming back into her. "You like that huh?" He said while repeating till he came. Naruto growled and tried to get out of the two ninja's grip that held him down.

"Naruto use my chakra! But be warned the ninja will sense when you draw onto it."

Naruto nodded to himself and drew on the fox's chakra then launched himself at the man. The man let out a startled gasp not expecting the demon brat to fight back. The man landed on the ground with Naruto on top of him. Naruto snarled showing off his canines and place his elongated claws on the man's neck.

"Shit Naruto Genjutsu-"

But it was to late. He dragged his claws from his neck all the way down to his pelvis gutted the man or let's say women like a fish. The man released the Genjutsu and appeared in front of Naruto. He had a smirk on his face that Naruto didn't like one bit. But if he was there then who did he just-?!

Naruto looked down shakily and tears fell from his eyes. Yui's eyes were wide open in shock the life already gone from her the marble orbs. Naruto looked at his hands to see them covered in Yui's blood. He turned to the side and threw up. "Yes, yes! This is the face that I wanted to see!" The man laughed at his despair.

"Naruto! This is your fault!" The fox called out. "If only you were strong enough then you could have prevented this." Naruto shook his head in denial, but he knew that it was true. If only he were strong enough then this wouldn't have never happened.

"You can still be strong. You can avenge Yui! You can kill everyone who ever wronged her!"

Yes, and he could start by killing these three who made him kill her! He stood and glared at the three. The three-ninja glared right back. He channeled more the beast's chakra and went faster than the ninja's eyes could trace and took their heads off. Their heads went rolling on the ground.

Sadly, he didn't have time to return the favor that they always gave him because he felt more ninja coming. He raced back to his motel room and packed his bags. He couldn't stay here anymore. He could live with the glares but what just happened was unforgivable. Making him kill the only person that showed him true kindness was outrageous. He had the leave.

"Wait don't leave yet." The beast sentence stopped him from leaving out the front door. "They will come looking for you since they felt my chakra. The first place they will look would be the orphanage since they still think your there. Seeing that you aren't willing send up red flags and search teams. You don't want to get hunted down do you?"

Naruto shook his head knowing that the fox could feel it. "I have this technique you can use, its called Blood Clone. It uses the user's blood and chakra to make a solid clone. The set back is that you can't get the memories but lucky for you have me."

Naruto nodded, "So how does it work?"

~Catching Butterflies~

Naruto was long gone when the ANBU found his clone hidden under a box. Naruto shivered and covered his half-torn newspaper over his small frame. He jumped in fright when a person landed in front of him. He looked up to see an old man giving him a grandfatherly smile.

"Don't you supposed to be at the orphanage young Naruto-kun?" The old man asked. Naruto wouldn't ask him how he knew his name everyone seems to know it for some reason. Naruto tighten the newspaper around himself and shrunk into himself.

"The orphanage kicked me out three years ago," He mumbled already knowing that the old man wouldn't care just like every other person that came up to him just to spit in his face when they saw who it was. Imagine his surprise when the old man looked down right furious.

'He thinks that I'm lying," Naruto thought to himself. He covered his head in reflex already knowing what was going to happen like it did so many other times. He slowly put his arms back down when nothing came.

"Don't worry Naruto-kun. You'll be safe the next time you go back." The old man said like he hasn't heard that before. Naruto just glared at the ground. "I don't want to go back." He mumbled, and the old man looked worried.

"Well why not?" The old man asked sticking out his hand to grab the small child but he skunks even more into himself. "I refuse to go back, and I can take care of myself!" Naruto yelled still glaring at the ground.

"Absolutely not! I will not allow it!" The old man said in a serious tone before ordering his ANBU to knock the small child out. When Naruto woke back up he was in his same old small dark room in the orphanage. Frankly that didn't put the old man in Naruto's good book.

~Catching Butterflies~

"Where are you going? The gates is the other way." The fox asked curious to what his jailer's next move was. "I'm going to pay that blonde-haired bitch a visit." Naruto said his sky blue eyes glittering dangerously in the dark.

~Catching Butterflies~

WARNING M-RATED FOR A REASON YEAH :D

Mebuki Haruno awoke in the middle of the night finding that she couldn't move. She wiggled and squirmed but nothing she did would break the bounds someone put on her. She made a move to scream, but a hand covered her mouth. "Shh," A voice whispered startling her. "You don't want to wake up little Sakura-chan now do you?" A sickly-sweet voice asked. A voice that sounded oddly familiar...

Mebuki's eyes widened as she put the voice to a name. "You little bra-," A knife to her throat cut her off. "Nuh uhhh, I hold all the cards now." Naruto stated amusement stoned in his eyes in this bright blue eye. "This is just a little parting gift that I so graciously am going to give to you." He smirked, "Do you want to know what it is?"

The situation dawned into her mind as she finally realized what type of mess she was in this time. "W-what?" She asked warily hoping that the demon was too dumb to actually do some harmful things to her. "This." Naruto held up a kunai showing it to her. "Wait-!" The kunai stopped at the tip of her throat.

"Didn't you realize? No one will love you like I did, or treat you like I did!" Mebuki shouted in a desperate attempt to stall to think of something. Naruto rolled his eyes at the women and when on with his task of killing her but before he could do that she said something that made his blood boil over.

"You can even fuck me! Yes, you can have my body! I know you like women with nice tits and ass because that that ugly bitch you were always around-argk!" She choked from Naruto's hands being around her neck in an iron like grip despite his hands being so small.

"So, you're the bastard that told them about Yui!" Naruto yelled at her furious at what she had done. "I was going to give you a quick death out of mercy, but you don't deserve it." Naruto said his eye stoned with the beginning of madness. "I'm going to give you back all the love you shown to me!" Naruto laughed out as he stabbed her with a kunai over and over again getting blood all over his clothes and face.

The stressfulness and the death of the only human who ever loved him had been to much for Naruto. A person could only take so much before they snap and Naruto passes that breaking point a long time ago. He was just a ticking bomb waiting to explode. Fortunately, he took it out on the right person for Mebuki Haruno did some unsavory things. Including torturing one Uzumaki-Namikaze Naruto. So if you asked him did she deserved it he would definitely tell you yes.

Now let's get back to the story. "Naruto…" The beast's voice snapped him out of his frenzy. Naruto looked down at the mess he made feeling nothing for the women he just tortured to death. For his heart did die aside Yui. He stood up from the spot where he was strangling the women's hips. His hair cast a shadow over his eyes. "Did you know every time you hurt me the less that I cried?" He whispered to the air and got no reply.

Naruto looked out the window into the twilight sky before he started to clean up the mess that he'd made.

~Catching Butterflies~

It was a beautiful cool night in the Bear Country. The wind blew through the trees making the leaves rustle in its wake. A ninja leaped tree branch to branch holding a rock the size of a basketball in his hand. He had a shit eating grin on his face and looked down right pleased with himself.

He'd just infiltrated a village and got their most prized possession. The ninja dropped down to the ground to make camp. He found a beautiful meadow with a crystal-clear pond in the middle. The ninja sat down, suddenly something pierced his chest making his eyes widened and he cough up blood. The life left his eyes and he dropped the star making it roll to the edge of the pond.

But the star didn't stop there, it floated until it stopped dead in the middle of the water. The star released a substance making the flowers and trees grow. When the substance met the ninja, the dead ninja's skin turned purple before shriveling up then decomposing. There was a brief flare of power as the substance stopped then hardened creating a barrier that stopped anyone from entering.

The star sat alone in the pond waiting until the next person to find it.

~Catching Butterflies~

Naruto stopped and looked around confused as he felt a power surge. He couldn't pinpoint the direction-he was bet that no one could not even the fox. A purple haze appeared and dance across his skin sending tingles down his spine before taking off in another direction. He shrugged before taking off after it. Not like he had any specific place to be anyways.

The purple haze came to a stop in front of a barrier. The Kyuubi peeked an eye open before its eyes widened. 'Is this…?!' The great Bijuu thought to itself before its eyes narrowed. Naruto gazed in wonder at the purple barrier that surrounded the area. He was shame to say that he would have never saw it if he weren't standing right in front of it.

It didn't look like he could get passed it. Only a fool would try anyways. He was curious but not killed the cat curious, trying to get pass was just asking for trouble. He shrugged before turning around to go the other direction. But before he could something wrapped around his waist pulling him through the barrier.

Naruto landed on his ass into what looked like a meadow. "Kyuubi? What was that?" Naruto asked spooked, but the beast stayed silent. "That wasn't a g-g-ghost wasn't it? Naruto tried to reason to himself. A since of forbidden washed over him like cold water as his laid onto the object at the center of the pond.

Like in a trance Naruto walked forward onto the crystal-clear water creating ripples in his wake as he made his journey towards the center. Naruto almost missed the way the purple hue around the star got brighter the closer he got to the star. He reached out a hand to touch the glowing orb, then the star embedded a bright light making Naruto cover his eyes.

The purple substance bubbled around the star before creating a form that look similar to a Dragon. The Dragon's eyes opened showing liquid golden orbs that stared down judgingly at him. "You are worthy of being my vessel" An unfamiliar voice boomed through Naruto's head. The Dragon howled to the sky before flying straight into Naruto's chest. His eyes rolled to the back of his head then he promptly passed out.

The star disintegrated before fading away. Naruto's body stayed afloat at the center of the pond and the world turned to night. Stars lit up the night sky as the moon stoned down on Naruto. The pond reflected sky back upon itself as a portal opened.

"The stars and moon shall become one where the sky and the Earth meet"

Naruto's body sunk into the portal that now looked like some far away galaxy from space. The portal closed as night turned back into day…

~Catching Butterflies~

Falling.

Naruto's eyes widened as he fell through the sky. Now what to do? Should he scream? Nah he was to manly for that. He pondered on the thought for a while. Coming to think of it this fall was lasting a mighty long time. He thought that he would have fell to his death by now. He felt oddly calm knowing that he was going to die. Maybe it was because he died more times than he could count.

Pain? He felt so much of it during his small years of living that this wouldn't faze him. Maybe the gods would take pity on him and let him stay this time. In his own little realm so no one could bother him...well maybe the Kyuubi could. Naruto didn't mind him. But everyone else could fuck off. It wasn't like they cared anyways.

Naruto shook himself out of his thoughts before they became to depressing. Now where was he? Yes falling. Naruto turned onto his stomach to get into a more comfortable position, he wouldn't want to die uncomfortable, now wouldn't he? What was that little dot in the distance?

Naruto squinted his eyes, so he could see. It was growing bigger at a alarming pace. Just because his mind didn't care about dying didn't mean his body didn't. His body tensed up ready for impact. Soon panic start to settle in when he saw incoming spikes.

"Oof!" Naruto huff out as he landed between the two spikes on to the hard ground…a hard-moving ground at that. He looked up confused. Why haven't he died again? He heard a low chuckle from his head.

"You did think that I was going to let you die from a fall now wouldn't you?" He heard the Kyuubi's amused voice say. He felt a flash of anger before he stood in front of the Kyuubi in his mindscape. "You let me die from a hammer to the dick so what makes this so different?" Naruto snapped in an almost blind rage.

Kyuubi was silent before he spoke, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have joked about that." The beast bowed his head in apology. "No, you shouldn't have." Naruto's voice took on a tone of hurt. Despite how tough Naruto tried to act he was still that lonely little boy that craved a person's touch.

"For what it's worth I did try to heal you to the best of my ability." Kyuubi said but Naruto keep his head down. Despite what he said back then Kyuubi used to like whenever Naruto got tortured as a sick form of revenge, they both knew that. "Come here," the Kyuubi commanded softy and Naruto compiled without hesitation.

Naruto stepped pass the cage's bars into the beast's gentle grasp as the Kyuubi curled around him getting comfortable. Naruto let out a sob as he thought about Yui. He hasn't really had much time to grieve about her. Between torturing Mebuki, getting out of the village, and getting another beast shoved in his gut (which he almost forgot about) he really hadn't had any time to rest.

He was a freak, an outcast that no one wanted. He got called so many names that he didn't know which were real and which were fake. Was he really just the person in the background that no one wanted to talk to? Would every person that truly loved him just disappear into wind like they never existed in the first place?

If so where does that leave him? Alone. That's where that left him. It was him against the world. Everywhere was a battleground and he found himself out numbered ten to one. And he himself, was a broken branch that fell onto the ground beside a big tree. Alone. Just because his parents chose the village over him while dying in the process. He would never forgive them.

He was just a broken record on repeat. A tragedy. He was just a conversation between people who could never understand. How could he stay strong when everyone wanted to bury in six feet deep? He let out another sob. He had killed himself because he was a nobody. No one wanted him. He had no reason to live so why was here? He was trash, just a waste of space.

Who would want the fox brat anyways? No one wants to hear the Kyuubi brat's sob story. It's not that he didn't want to be happy. Despite how hard he tried he just couldn't bring himself to be happy. Why did he have to be this way? He found that he couldn't bring himself to care anymore. Not about the villagers or his life. Living had become a nightmare. One that he couldn't break out of no matter how hard he tried.

It just wasn't fair! No matter how many times he cut or slit his own throat he just wouldn't stay down. He just wanted...he was so tired. So, fucking tired of everything and everyone. He was tired of taking their shit. Tired of their beating, just tired of living in general. He had to get away. He knew that he couldn't take much more before he...broke.

He needed something new. A new life with new people. People who didn't know about his burden that weighed him down every step of the way. New...something new...yeah that's what he needed. And with that thought he slipped into a dreamless sleep.

~Catching Butterflies~

Kyuubi watched silently as Naruto cried himself to sleep. It had heard every thought. It was true, at one point in time he did hate Naruto. Hell he use to fucking bathe in the child's misery. Relinquishing in it. He used be elated every time the child gotten beaten, stabbed, with his heart torn in two along with his dreams. He used to taunt him even though he couldn't hear him-at least he thought he couldn't. He used to laugh in his face and mock his reasons for existing. He even used mess with the child saying how his parents didn't love him and never would.

In the end he heard it all. At first the kid thought that it was his mind playing tricks on him then after he meet himself he eventually put two and two together and realized that it was him. It disgust the Kyuubi when it realized that it scooped low to human standards by blaming a person who had nothing to do with it.

Eventually his fun games came to and end when a villager took a beating to far and it realized that it was about to die. That day opened its eyes, after being saved by the Shinigami the first time around. The Shinigami just looked at it and shook his head before casting it back into the world of living to fix the child's body while he healed his mind.

He never felt more ashamed in his life. What would his father say when he realized what he had done? He crushed an innocent child's dreams and mind all because of what? His revenge? His should be cursing Minato for sealing him! Even then it wasn't even the man's fault! He was just protecting the ones he loved. Who he should be cursing and hating is the one who controlled him.

Madara Uchiha. He hated that man down to the bottom of his heart. He was the one who will this faith upon him. To be caged like an wild animal. Like he didn't have any emotions or feelings. Sometimes he cursed his father for giving him a conscience. But even it knew that this was the work of destiny in play. This seal is the only thing keeping him out of that man's grasp. There is a storm coming over the horizon. He could feel it.

~Catching Butterflies~

Naruto woke to something furry tickling his whisker marks. His eyes widened as it sent delicious tremors down his spine. His eyes become half lited and something rumbled in his chest. "You think I wouldn't know your little secret?" Kyuubi breath hotly onto is ear. That set him off as a purr bubbled from his chest and he when into a trance.

"K-Kyuubi," Naruto moaned out as the beast sent chakra in waves through his whisker marks making them hyper sensitive. "Call me Kurama," Naruto could barely manage a nod as he enjoyed the sensations he felt throughout his body. "Ku-Kurama," Naruto tested out and Kurama chuckled at his cuteness. "Your going to have to leave soon" Kurama said and Naruto glared at him as he stopped rubbing his whisker marks.

"No," Naruto mumbled not wanting to go to the outside world just yet. He just wanted to stay curled up in Kurama's warmth forever, never to see that cruel world again. Kurama let out a sigh, "Naruto we are in an unknown location with no way out-" Kurama started but Naruto interrupted. "I understand," Naruto gave a bitter smile. "But can't I just pretend for a few more moments?"

Kurama just curled around him tighter. Naruto let out a content sigh before Kurama gently push him out of his mind scape. Kurama's soft smile fell as he addressed the unwanted presence that had been spying on them.

~Catching Butterflies~

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself lying on the ground. A shadow loomed over him but Naruto already sensed the powerful presence. Naruto turned around only see something that was only in legends that has never thought he would meet. A dragon. The dragon gave him a fanged grin showing off rows full of sharp teeth.

The dragon had a smooth back which was ebony in color. From its neck to its stomach it was a dark teal with for lines and a circle that resembled a star on its neck. It has a feathered tail and long ebony wings with a teal line that extended from mid wing to bottom. The dragon politely waited as Naruto took in its appearance.

But before Naruto could open his mouth the dragon spoke. "The council requires your presence." Naruto shut his mouth and flinched as the dragon picked him up in it's claws and flew him towards the biggest Mountain he had ever seen. The ground flew by rapidly as the Mountains approached at amazing speeds.

"So," Naruto would have shifted but he was to afraid of falling for that he just stayed still. "My name is Naruto, what's yours?" Naruto asked. The dragon seemed startled for a moment before gaining it's composure. "My name is Emi meaning favored one." The dragon stumbled over her own name like she hasn't said it in a while.

Now that he thought about it she was oddly stiff. Back straight, shoulder squared, polite tone. She must be a servant, one that's able to hold her head up high. 'She must be a high one at that,' Naruto mused. "We're here Naruto-sama." The dragon flapped her wings before landing on leveled ground. "Naruto need for that, just call me Naruto," he replied a little sheepish not used to being called with such respect.

"Nonsense! A being higher than oneself must be called as such." The dragon said as she gracefully folded her wings and led him into the Mountain.

~Catching Butterflies~

And cut!

Soooo…..hi this is here!

Sorry about you know. That little angst part. Was kinda getting a little poetic there. Let's straighten some things up before you even ask...if anyone is reading this… anyways Kurama was manipulating Naruto but it was for his own good. It was true also. If he was stronger Yui wouldn't have never died it's as simple as that. Now he has to forever love with the guilt knowing that it was all his fault that she died. Well I'm stopping right here for the day. Sorry for the cliffhanger I just couldn't bring myself to write any more.