The Sound Of The Leaf Chapter 8, a naruto fanfic

Beforehand: The Glorious Kyuubi No Yoki has convinced the lazy author to make the story a bit longer. The story is now planned out at 18 chapters. SO HA! Bow before me. Also, the fool author doesn't own me, or any affiliated characters. But more importantly, he doesn't own me!

Chapter 8

Naruto's eyes slowly opened. Every muscle in his body screamed in agony. Beside him, Tayuya sat asleep in a chair. It took Naruto a moment to realize where he was. Konoha hospital. Someone must have found and rescued them.

"Hmmm my head…" Naruto moaned. Tayuya's eyes shot open and she looked at him.

"Finally awake huh?" she said with a small smile. "Your sensei found us after about an hour, although they had been looking ever since they saw that light in the sky from your hole in the clouds. He took us back here." Tayuya took a deep breath. "He's explaining to the Hokage why I'm here." Naruto nodded a bit.

"Did you see what happened to Genkai?" Naruto asked. Tayuya shook her head. Naruto sighed and looked at the ceiling. "He got really offended when I insulted his reason for attacking us. If he's really that patriotic towards completing his mission, he'll be back. And Orochimaru will be backing him up."

Orochimaru's Lair

"So the boy and his demon were able to defeat you due to your weakness to sunlight. Clever little bastard isn't he?" Orochimaru mused as he commented on Genkai and his assistant's report. Kabuto had more questions.

"How do you plan to make up for this failure?" he asked. Genkai looked up. He looked as if he had never battled Naruto. His body was missing scratches and scars. But his eyes were colder than ever. It was apparent that he was going to do something drastic.

"The orange one insulted my reason for obeying your orders. I will exact revenge on him. I will take my army.." At this point, he waved his hands and four figures appeared. The sound five, minus Tayuya. They had been resurrected by the dark energies of the demon that was Genkai. They all had lifeless looks.

"These five, plus more, will help me decimate Konoha village. And I will take that which is dearest to Naruto from him." Genkai put his hand on his assistant's head. The man rose. He was a bit younger than Genkai; perhaps seventeen to Genkai's nineteen. His red eyes bores into Orochimaru's yellow ones.

"Ramiel will get the message to them and also begin the attack. I have confidence that he can even crush Tsunade and her super strength." Ramiel nodded. Orochimaru nodded as well.

"See to it that the mission I gave you is put above all," Orochimaru said before dismissing Genkai. Genkai smirked.

"I just said that I would take what is most dear to Naruto. That means, that at all costs, Tayuya must die."

Shizune walked into Naruto's room. She glanced at Tayuya, who gave her a funny look, and she focused her attention on Naruto.

"Naruto-kun, do you think that in the future, you could try to keep yourself in reasonably good health?" she asked.

Naruto smiled as the nurse checked him out. She put her hand over his chest and made sure that he was recovering properly. Tayuya couldn't help feeling a bit jealous when she touched Naruto. But, she said to herself, only a little bit.

"You're healing well, Naruto-kun," Shizune said with a smile. Naruto smiled too. Tayuya could feel her face burning red with jealousy, but she did her best to conceal it.

"How's Tayuya doing?" Naruto asked Shizune. The nurse's face dropped a little. Her bright smile disappeared and was replaced by a straight face. She began to scribble on her notepad.

"She healed better than you. She did mention something healing her before we could get to her." Shizune nodded at Tayuya, who twiddled her fingers. Shizune left the room, leaving the young ninjas together.

"So…the Kyuubi," Tayuya said slowly. Naruto turned away. He couldn't bear to think about what she was going to say. He imagined that she wouldn't want him to get close to her anymore. Even his fox knew it.

'You called on my power, and now she will never accept you! You're a monster, destined for loneliness, and that's all you'll ever be until the day you die, and I plan to be the one to kill you!'

Tayuya guessed from the way that Naruto turned at the mention of the fox demon that he really didn't want to talk about it. She looked at the floor. She really didn't know what to say.

"Naruto, Genkai isn't going to let up. I know he'll be back. He put you in this state for this time. Next time, it could be worse. I don't want to cause you more pain, and I don't want him to come here and threaten your friends." Naruto turned to Tayuya.

"Tayuya, if he comes back, he's not just going to be looking for you, he's going to want me too. And you leaving the village on your own won't help anybody at all." Naruto said firmly.

'She's looking for an excuse to run from you dipshit!' Kyuubi mocked. Naruto mentally told him to shut up.

"Naruto, I want to distance him from you as much as I can. While I do that, you can train to fight him. Because I also have a suspicion that he won't stop at me anymore. If he has no beef with you, then I'm better off in the woods where we can fight fair and I can't…"

'Be hurt by the monster inside of you!' Kyuubi mocked yet again. Naruto didn't say anything this time. He stared at Tayuya, who stared back at him with soft eyes. Suddenly, Naruto went off. Maybe it was Kyuubi's mocking. Maybe it was that combined with his fear of Tayuya openly rejecting him. Maybe he wanted to reject her first.

"YOU KNOW WHAT? FINE! GO INTO THE WOODS! FUCK OFF YOU DAMNED WHORE! I HOPE GENKAI FINDS YOU AND YOU FUCKING DIE AND BURN IN HELL! BITCH, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND ME, THEN FUCKING SAY SO! ARE YOU AFRAID OF KYUUBI LIKE EVERYONE ELSE? FINE! LEAVE ME! FUCK YOU AND FUCK THE WORLD TOO!" Naruto stopped. He breathed heavily and looked at Tayuya with a death look. The girl's eyes were welling up with tears.

Tayuya didn't know what she had done. Naruto had just gone off suddenly. She didn't know why he was so pissed at her. She didn't know why she cared so much. She didn't understand herself. Why was her heart hurting so much? Why was Naruto being so cruel? She wanted nothing short of death right now. Naruto was looking at her angrily. She decided it was time for her to leave.

"I'm…Naruto…you…you're a piece of shit! Fuck you and your dream to become Hokage! You won't make it past Genin! That damned demon is probably the only reason they graduated you from the academy! To get you the hell outta there!" Tayuya ran out of the room.

'AHAHAHA!' Kyuubi laughed maniacally. 'Naruto, you dumped her before she could dump you. You did the right thing. Now we can go back to focusing on the important. Getting Sasuke back.'

Naruto nodded as he laid back into his bed. He felt a pang at his chest. Sadness? Regret? Guilt? He didn't care. From now on, he would be alone and look out for number one. If people couldn't accept him for who he was, then fuck people. He would be who he was, and those who could accept it, then maybe they could be considered friends. Naruto couldn't figure out why he was so mad right now. He was afraid.

Tayuya was already an hour away from Konoha Village. She had calmed herself. Her tears had stopped flowing. Mostly because she had run out.

She stopped in the next tree. Putting her back against the sturdy branch, she began to think about her life and Naruto. First off, she wanted to know what had made her so emotional when Naruto announced that he hated her. She examined the feeling. Sorrow…sadness…betrayal. Yes, she felt that Naruto had betrayed her for no apparent reason. But she didn't really care for the boy did she? No, she had to stop lying to herself. She cared about Naruto. Somewhere during their bonding time and the battle she had developed something inside of her that made her care. Deeper than any relationship she had ever had. Why was that?

Tayuya sighed as she realized the truth. She had never had that kind of relationship with anyone. Everyone she had met had never card much about what happened too her. So she felt something new when Naruto took time to mend her wounds. Someone who cared. Since she had never experienced that, she had trusted Naruto. He became someone who she would fight with, like she did with Genkai. But now he had betrayed her. That hurt more than any wound she had ever incurred. She didn't want to run. She wanted to go back to Naruto. But she didn't want to feel the pain anymore. She looked at the sky. Maybe she should go back to the way she was. The bloodthirsty bitch. That sounded good.

Tayuya jumped onto the ground. She was about to tread forward when suddenly a boy a bit older than her appeared in front of her. His red eyes bored into her brown ones. She backed away. White wings extended from the boy's back. He carried a long, sharp lance. Tayuya reached for her flute and remembered she was having it repaired in Konoha. The boy nodded and raced towards her.

Naruto frowned as he slammed back onto his pillow. He couldn't help thinking about what the hell was wrong with him. He had a sneaking suspicion that Kyuubi knew, but the fox wasn't talking. He had to find the answer himself.

He stared at the ceiling and the answer came to him instantly. Sasuke. He and Sasuke had been brothers. He cared for Sasuke and he knew Sasuke cared about him. But the betrayal was still fresh in his memory. And he had let that corrupt his mind. He took it out on Tayuya. He had been afraid that she would leave him like Sasuke did, so he decided that he would be the one to break them up. And that's just what he did. He had managed to fuck everything up.

"DAMMIT!" Naruto yelled as he pounded his bed. Why had he been so stupid? Someone wants to care about him and because he had been afraid of getting hurt he had shut her away as fast as he could to avoid the pain of betrayal. And Kyuubi had reminded him that although he had been alone before Team 7, it had been bearable because the pain had been familiar and tolorable. But betrayal was new and it hurt. And a second betrayal was not what he wanted. But he hadn't given Tayuya a chance. He cut her off. He felt like such a jackass. He had to find her.

Naruto unwrapped his hands and found to no surprise that they were alright. The fox was a good healer. He was ready to find Tayuya and apology, and hopefully she would accept.

Tayuya's mind was in disarray. Her head hurt like hell, and she couldn't stop thinking about Naruto. Thoughts of the time that they had spent together whirred around before her eyes. She didn't know what was happening. The images stopped on the scene where she had been just moments earlier. She really didn't want to relive it.

"Cut it out!" Tayuya growled as the scene replayed in her head. Again and again. Again and again. Again and again. Until finally she was reduced to a fetal position, tears streaming from her eyes again.

"Please stop," she whispered feebly. She hated this. She had become a scared little girl while hanging with Naruto. She planned to change that soon. But she couldn't block out the sound. When she covered her ears, it just got louder. She grinded her teeth and then screamed, "STOP IT!!!"