Everything Is Falling Apart
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Naruto watched the man from the trees. He'd lose too much chakra if he kept up his non-seeing technique any longer.
Here Danzo was sitting before him, sharpening kunai in his hand. Naruto smiled. Killing Danzo his own way would start a revolution.
And the blond already had wars that could not be won. He would kill him as soft as the man deserved. Standing, the blond lifted his hands as if controlling a puppet. His whisper was as silent as his rage.
"Godlike Divinity: Mindscape Conquer."
They became one, he and Danzo. What he moved, Danzo moved. When he breathed, so did Danzo.
The blond felt around his waistline, where the inner part of Danzo's cloak had been. He smirked as the man clutched a kunai tight in his fist.
With a quick swipe on the neck, Danzo was on the ground unliving, Naruto stood and ran quickly.
When they found the counselor, they would mark it as a suicide. They would have never known that Naruto really killed him. It was Danzo who touched the kunai they would deem. And no one would ever know unless the blond said so.
He killed a kage level man and He'd do it again and again. The fireworks were still going off and they would soon realize the temporary hokage had not shown.
Tsunade would be hokage and Naruto would be gone.
The blond began to sprint again, ready to leave. The more he thought, the angrier he grew. He'd left Konoha in hopes that his little Gaara would be taken care. And Danzo and his people had tried to kill him.
If Shisui hadn't given up his own eyes or even been there, Gaara would have been-
Naruto growled, not noticing his skin began to crack and turn grey. The anger of ten beasts and himself. One half of his face had already shaped into Kurama's. His horns protruded; the longer they were; the angrier he grew. The larger his monstrosity.
He was a monster of course.
The blond jumped past the gate without consent, and they hadn't even noticed.
Burning rage hissed through his body like deathly poison, screeching a demanded release in the form of unwanted violence. It was like a volcano erupting; fury sweeping off him like ferocious waves. The wrath consumed like, engulfing his moralities and destroying the boundaries of loyalty.
His loyalty to Sasuke.
Just as he swung around a tree, the blond faltered. Standing before him were the they believed would stop him.
Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura. As if they could.
Sakura faltered seeing his form. How uncharacteristic and devilish it was.
He cast no shadow, made no noise and gave off no odor. But if he targeted them, he would seize them by the neck and jump into the air so that he could not be followed. The rest of what they knew was a guess work from the remains of his victims. The bones appeared to be gnawed with small razor sharp teeth and they were left lined up in order of size, very neatly.
He smiled at the girl. "Pretty, aren't I?"
"Naruto." Kakashi commanded, walking forward cautiously. "What are you doing out here by yourself?"
When they blond chose not to reply, the sensei feared the worst. "Why are you defecting from your father's village?"
"It's not mine and it'll never be." The blond growled, forgetting all the lessons Zabuza and Haku had blemished within him for the time being.
Kakashi stepped back in slight fear. And that was when Naruto knew. They could not fight him and they wouldn't.
The Namikaze smiled. "Stay away and I may not kill you."
Sasuke growled and moved forward without fear. "You're just going to let your great great grandfather take over you like that, Naruto?"
Naruto laughed "Which one?"
Tobirama, the stern good one, or Haruto, the man who shaped him.
"I'm not like you people; I never was. You three are small town. I am the bigger dream. I can't let this fucking team hold me back any longer."
Sakura's eyes filled with tears. "We're your friends."
Naruto shook his head harshly and pointed to Sasuke without looking toward him. If he looked, he wouldn't leave. Even with his great great grandfather controlling more than 50 percent of his body, the monster could not tear the two from one another.
"He's my friend. And only my friend."
"Naruto, please think about this. If you leave, you'll never be hokage."
"Do you think they would actually let me lead them? After I won the chunin exams nearly, and still was not deemed chunin like Neji, Shikamaru, and Hinata?"
Sakura glared softly. "If you could just state to the people that you didn't want to hurt Sasuke. If you could just apolo-"
"Why should I apologize for being a monster?" They grew quiet. "Did they apologize for making me into one."
"Had it not been for Kakashi refusing to train me, Pein would have never trained me. Had it not been for you stupid fucking academy kids, Pein wouldn't have trained me beyond my limit. If Pein hadn't trained me, It probably would have taken more time for my power to develop instead of jumping upon the battlefield.
So ultimately, It's Konoha that's made me this way."
Tears leaked more from Sakura's eyes as she looked down. "I thought you were a monster before. But...when I began to know you more, you became my friend."
Naruto lifted his arms, letting power surge around him. It was his arrogance, hidden and unspoken, that kept him going. "And now?"
She cried harder and looked away. "I think my greatest fear, if you leave, will be finding a monster. It'll always remind me of you."
Naruto laughed harshly. "No, Sakura, you're wrong. The greatest fear isn't finding a monster. The greatest fear is finding out that you are one."
Naruto formed a ball of light in his hand and threw it upon the ground. Watching in amusement as it blinded his family for a few moments.
Naruto turned and ran before Sasuke answered, but he could still feel the raven's chakra on him. Kakashi and Sakura had stayed behind, hoping silently, that Sasuke could either kill him or persuade him.
The blond smiled sinfully and then growled. It was like fusing with his foxes unwillingly.
The way his grandfather's half pushed further into him. They were animals fighting for a mate. The good and the evil were close and they shouldn't have been. So close that they could not contain one another. Naruto was losing himself and he wouldn't be able to stop from kill-
"Oof"
Stuck in his thoughts, he'd let Sasuke tackle him. However, he'd twisted backward and groaned in both pain and pleasure as the Uchiha straddled him and held a kunai to his throat.
They said nothing for a few moments, just stared at one another in remorse, pain, anger, and hope.
Naruto finally laid his head upon the ground as small droplets of salty liquid his his face. Sasuke had no right to cry. Not now. Not for him.
"You said you wouldn't defect, you fucking liar." A hiss and growl it had came as. And Naruto saw it again in the other boy's eyes.
He'd seen it in the exams. He'd seen it when they headed out to retrieve Tsunade. And now.
The love in the obsidian eyes, so much power in them. They were raven wings, deep pools of the midnight sky. They were the sweet silence before dawn and responsibility. These eyes and Chi helped Naruto remember that dark had never been a bad thing.
He wondered briefly if Sasuke's eyes were filled with love every second of every day. For his family, the pride of his clan, the love for his aniki, and then Naruto. The love, so silent, was there every fucking day.
But Naruto….he'd seen love only few times in his life. The most significant...he'd name four.
The four year old ran as fast as he could around the house. He ducked when he could and jumped when he wanted.
"Hi, Kaa-san!" He yelled at the woman sitting on the couch. By the way she jumped, he could he'd startled her.
She frowned deeply with a deep blush. Maybe thinking of why he'd gotten her personality. "Naruto-kun, don't run or you'll fall!"
But the boy had already been gone. He ran past his father who'd been holding a tray of hot tea. Naruto accidentally bumped into the man's leg.
Minato cursed a placed his hand on Naruto's back and pushed the troublemaker forward so the tea wouldn't hit him.
And yet, it burned his arm.
Naruto kept running and turned back with a sheepish grin. "Sorry, tousan!"
"Naruto. Stop running around please. You could hurt yourself."
The blond nodded, but continued on his stride. With a laugh, he ran up the stairs, bursting into Deidara's room.
The older boy lay on his stomach, reading. Without looking to his obnoxious little brother, he spoke. "He isn't in here."
Naruto ran to the large closet and yanked it open. "Found you!" He yelled. His mood deflated, however, as he'd found no one within the closet.
"Told you." Deidara stated, turning the page.
Naruto ran. "Sorry big brother!"
Just as he ran out into the hallway, Nagato jumped at him, making the blond drop and roll under the older boy's legs.
"Nice try!" He laughed and kept running. He'd find him soon. He knew it.
The blond ran downstairs and out the front door of the mansion. He'd heard the other talking.
"Found you!"
Naruto laughed, but his face ripped confusion. Here he was, standing in the open with someone else, not hiding at all.
Pein and his unknown friend looked back at Naruto. Naruto stared into the other boy's face, attempting to figure out just who he was. He had to be Pein's classmate or the Namikaze wouldn't be talking to him. However, he looked older than Pein.
And yet, it didn't matter. Pein agreed to play hide and seek with him, but he wasn't.
"Otouto." Pein's voice drew him away from the friend. "We were just going out for food. Want to come?"
Naruto frowned. "But what happened to our game of hide and seek?"
Pein sighed as his friend snickered. "That's not for my age, Nar-"
He froze as sadness unconsciously marred the jinchuriki's features. Naruto was so used to having Pein around, he couldn't imagine being ditched by the older boy for a stranger.
With a small smile, he walked forward, telling his friend something. He stopped before Naruto.
With a quick pull of Naruto's nose, the Namikaze laughed. "Fine. I found you. Now you have to find me again."
Naruto stood confused at his aniki and then smiled. He loved Pein so much. Jumping at the older boy, he growled when Pein dispersed into air.
"A clone? This whole time?" Pein hadn't even tried to leave, he'd probably made the clone to get extra time to hide.
"It's alright, kid. I'll help you find him."
Naruto looked back at the older boy, maybe in his teens. Eventually, sensing no hate or danger, he smiled. "Okay, Who are you?"
The boy smiled. "Shisui Uchiha."
"Alright. Come on Shisui. We have to find my older brother. The one with the orange hair!"
Just as he opened the front door, he was lifted like a lion cub; by the back off his shirt. "Eh eh eh. Not so fast."
Minato had caught him and had lifted him into the air by his shirt. "Tou-san!" He whined angrily.
"Nope. Pein, come out here now!"
Another gust of smoke and Pein appeared before his father. "Now you two have caused enough havoc with having Naruto run around this house. Since I picked up the tea, you two are going to help your mother sow."
He turned to Shisui. "Shisui. I'm really sorry about this, but you'll have to see Pein later. He's in big trouble now."
Shisui only nodded with a smile, waved, and left.
Minato dragged his oldest and youngest to the living room and threw them on the couch. Kushina smiled and kissed their foreheads. "You guys are so sweet. Volunteering to help mommy sew."
The boys said nothing as his father crossed his arms. They only began to sow with her. When Minato left and Kushina had been busy explaining things to them, Naruto and Pein looked at one another.
The boys snickered and Pein reached behind his mother to squeeze Naruto's nose. Surely with Pein's power, their parents wouldn't know that these were only clones.
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He had never really known love fully. He loved Pein to the fullest. His mother with everything he had. Nagato with the strength of a thousand suns. Deidara with the power of beasts. His father with all his admiration.
But, today was different. Love became pure and full of new life. He couldn't really understand it until this cold January evening in the hospital. They called the small thing his brother and, somehow, the most perfect feeling he had ever known had swept through him. He was rocked to his core, He knew he would do anything in the world for the child. He would be his hero, his keeper, the one who gave him cuddles and kept him protected. He couldn't believe it as he stared into the crib. Two in the morning and they were the only two up.
Looking around, the five year old quietly lifted the baby and held it close to him, just as he;d seen his father and mother do. He wanted to drink this moment in, this moment with the baby in his hands. His green eyes were more brilliant than Naruto had seen, his hands more delicate. He felt so light, looked so perfect, and smelled so divine. Naruto would be his protector.
He laughed quietly as the baby reached up and brushed his hands over his whisker marks. Softly and quietly, he kissed the pale head, laughing again at the confused face.
"It's love, Gaara." he whispered, not noticing his mother's violet eyes and soft smile from behind he door. Gaara's confused face disappeared, letting a beautiful smile conquer it.
He would be his brother.
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Naruto smiled up at Chi as she fixed his cloak that was torn during training.
"Little boy be more careful."
The boy blushed. "I will, baasan."
"Chi loves little boy like own children. Be careful."
This made his blush deeper and he hugged her. It had been so long since he heard that. Having been away from Gaara for so long was really taking a toll on.
"I love you too, baasan."
She only laughed at his silly behavior.
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Naruto growled as he pushed his friend. They had gone to the hotsprings in celebration of their coming age of just being genin.
The twelve year old raven before him laughed louder. His pale body sank slowly into the hot water, so different from the chattering laughing.
"I'm sorry, but you.." He cut himself off with more laughing, clutching his stomach.
Naruto grumbled and placed his arms over his chest, a determined pout over his face. He couldn't believe it.
He and Sasuke had come to the hotsprings for a good day. Sasuke had one room rented all for them. However, Naruto having heard no one, in one of the rooms, accidently walked in on an old woman.
She was naked. He was naked. It didn't go well. She kicked Naruto out, telling him he should be ashamed. That wasn't even the worst part.
Sure, during his travels, Chi had to bathe him when he couldn't move from his seizures. He'd seen her. But while millenia years old, Chi did not have the body of an old woman.
And Naruto wasn't really developing at that time.
But this woman in Konoha had seen him. Curly blond hairs down below and all. They should both be traumatized.
And here Sasuke was, having heard everything and laughing.
Naruto shook his head at the redness of the pale boy. The way he could laugh freely before Naruto like this. Naruto knew that if Sakura were with them, Sasuke would just call him a dobe and remain quiet.
And that fluttered his heart, burned his stomach, staring at Sasuke then and there.
People thought of laughing as a noise that came from the mouth, but when Sas laughed, it was nothing like that. The laugh was in his eyes, in the way his face changed into that vision of relaxed joy and unrestrained mirth. Yet truly, it wasn't in his face either. His laugh came from within, it was just the way he was wired.
People like him just have more flexible brains, like all that humour bubbling around in him was like yoga for the synapses. Just being around him for a few minutes was better than a whole day of self-absorbed pampering in some all-day-spar. Just the sound of his gales, his snickers, his giggles, was enough to transport Naruto far far away from his embarrassment and tension.
Finally, Naruto closed his eyes with a smirk. "Hn. I guess it was funny, wasn't it?"
Sasuke stopped to stare at him and then when he saw that Naruto was serious, he nodded with a sharp smile. "Yes."
Naruto stared at the Uchiha-Namikaze necklace around Sasuke's bare neck. He loved him.
Naruto reached up softly and touched Sasuke's cheek, never fearing the kunai against his throat. He'd once fought a man destined to kill him. He'd once met a God. He was dying. He could not fear something a part of himself.
"Sasuke." he whispered softly. Sasuke froze.
"I know you, Sas. You don't like monsters. Not those like me, but others: Monsters who don't show themselves, monsters who abduct children, monsters who devour dreams, monsters who suck blood, it doesn't matter, you hate them all... and then, monsters who tell nothing but lies, whom you hate the most.
Lying monsters are a real nuisance: They are much more cunning than others. They pose as humans even though they have no understanding of the human heart; they feed off of the ones that love them even though they've never experienced hunger; they seek friendship even though they do not know how to love.
I know you so well, love, that if you were to encounter such a monster, you would likely get beaten by them... because in truth, I am that monster. And you can't kill me because you love me. I know you, Sasuke."
They'd been hit with the unexpectedness of reality. Sasuke blushed deeply and ignored it, letting his tears encompass the tan monster. "You shut up, stupid!"
Naruto's personality altered, making him push Sasuke off harshly. After that confession and the words they'd said, Kakashi and Sakura had finally made it to them.
Sakura ran over to her sane teammate, shocked at his crying. Until now, Sasuke had only smiled around her a few times.
Kakashi growled as Naruto laughed hysterically. "Naruto, you don't need to go for this power. You're strong enough to make it up in the ranks. You have time-"
"I don't!" Naruto screamed, clutching his chest. He couldn't believe it. His heart acting up at this time. He'd make it out
"Did you tell them I'm dying. That I have to do everything with the years I have? That I won't live pass 26?"
A sharp gasp of pure pain cut him off. Sasuke stared at Naruto. Naruto growled at Kakashi, angry that he had to reveal that.
"I'm leaving. Follow me and I'll unleash a part of Hikari's monster to take you down."
Naruto turned.
"You're lying. Face me like a fucking man, dobe!"
Sasuke ran forward and slashed his kunai. Naruto stepped back in his own shock. The kunai had actually gotten a small part of his chest. No….it had been pouring blood.
It could have been his throat. Sasuke had surprised himself. Maybe they were both guilty of some things.
Just as Sasuke went to grab, Naruto again, the blond hit his staff on the ground.
"Single Movement Technique!"
He sunk into the ground, making Sasuke hug air. The raven sobbed harder. "Come back!" He screamed, making the trees shake.
Naruto ran as fast as he could. Reaching the border of fire country, the blond had collapsed against a tree.
The wound upon his tattooed chest had began to heal, but it clouded his vision and hurt so bad.
Sure it had been self infliction, but Sasuke had been the first person in years to actually hit him. Really hit him.
Sasuke was the only person to almost kill him. It had gotten to this.
With Sasuke's face fresh in mind, the blond began to shudder. It was a wonderful pain. As if the clenching of his heart, the bruised chest, and the seizure cancelled one another out.
"Naruto, you have to make camp here. If you go on, you may weaken further."
He nodded at the words of Saiken and closed his eyes, creating a barrier around himself. Just a day, Sasuke, he thought. Just a day and I'll be back.
He hoped his love and brother were fine.
Itachi sat up in his bed, hearing a loud clanking outside of his room. Looking outside, he watched as Sasuke repeatedly punched a wooden body.
He sighed at the dark sky. It had to be midnight. Itachi opened the window and jumped down.
Sasuke had been moody and sad since he came back. He'd missed the ceremony and Itachi suspected it was because Tsunade had issued Naruto on a mission.
At least that's what she said.
"Sasuke?" he called.
The 13 year old kept punching. Anger and sadness written in his blows.
Itachi sighed and walked forward, hugging his brother. It had been enough for Sasuke to burst into silent tears.
"Sasuke." Itachi whispered. "Tell me what's wrong."
The Uchiha shuddered, thinking of the day's events. Naruto had found out his secret, Naruto was gone, he almost killed Naruto, and Naruto was already dying.
"I lost someone that wasn't even mine." He sobbed.
He prayed that Naruto would make it home safe. He missed his fucking dobe.