Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
It was probably his pain welling inside of him. Maybe it was that empty feeling in him either way; Naruto could feel the fox growing in him. The power was filling him up.
"What's this feeling!" he pondered as he felt the filthy chakra boiling up in him. "It feels familiar!"
He was leaping from tree to tree. He was running away. He was escaping from Konoha.
"I remember now! Wave country, when I fought Haku!" he said as he came to a stop to think. He probably wouldn't have been caught since the fog was almost blinding. "I thought Sasuke died and then I felt this power…"
He stopped and gave himself a quick overview of the mission. He scoffed and continued to leap.
"I can't believe that I thought they cared!"
He stopped and quickly landed on the ground. His hand reached for a kunai.
"Who's there!" he asked fiercely with that chakra building up more and more.
"Your instincts serve you well, Naruto…" a voice stated as the fog cleared the area. Naruto stared at the figure before him with amazement. A beautiful woman with long blonde hair and green eyes stepped towards him. Her beauty wasn't the only thing that stunned him though; her black cape with red clouds was also surprising.
"Atasuki…"
"Actually, I'm the leader of the group. I determine the missions and I can play mind games with my pawns. But I have an interest in you, Naruto…"
"You want my fox! I thought about it for a minute but I prefer to be alone then join you greedy bastards!"
"You know, you could be a very important piece in this game!"
"I am not a piece!"
"But you are in the game, nonetheless!"
"Leave me alone or I'll KILL you!"
"Ahhhh, your anger is building up. You will soon burst and that fox will be released. But you will die in the process. I can teach you to keep that demon in check…"
"What would you know about having a demon!"
The female ninja smiled softly.
"Because I have a demon in me as well…"
Naruto cringed a little.
'A demon as well! She will probably kill me even if I use this power!'
"But don't worry; I won't kill you no matter what your decision is. You can go alone or you can join us."
Naruto hid his kunai and stepped a foot forward.
"N---"
He was on the edge of his response when he felt something crashing its weight down on him. He felt the world tremble at the roar.
"I may not be the one who kills you but Anubis just might…"
"H-H-Help me!"
He put his palms on the ground and tried to push up but the weight was too much even for the power still surging within him.
"If you won't join me then what's the point of helping?"
He felt cold metal against his neck. The beast on him had his foot planted on his back.
"GET OFF!" Naruto yelled. He felt the urge to yell that he will one day be the future Hokage but he remembered that that dream was now shattered. In reality, he didn't care anymore but he didn't want to die by some beast he couldn't even see. "YOU BETTER GET OFF ME!"
He put more power in his push but still, he could feel a blade on his neck. He looked at the woman in front of him who was smiling ever so gleefully.
'What's she laughing about!' he cursed in his mind.
He felt more power seeping through him as he pushed harder with his palms.
"I'M GOING TO BE THE STRONGEST NINJA IN THE WORLD! AND I'M NOT GONNA BE KILLED BY SOME STUPID SNARLING BEAST!"
The woman stopped smiling as Naruto finally lifted himself up slowly. Anubis just snarled and backed off.
He looked at the woman coldly.
"Tell me, would you teach me on how to harness the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox!"
She then smiled again.
"I promise."
He looked at Anubis with her emerald eyes. The beast snarled louder and ripped two trees along with their roots from the ground. It then dashed off.
"You finally decided to get serious, Naruto. I will give you proper training and you will also receive the help from the other members as well. They will come here soon. It won't take long."
Naruto just breathe heavily.
"Whatever…"
He could already sense something had died in him.