Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Here it is fans! Chapter 18! It isn't the end, but it's getting close.
Songs: She is- The Fray
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: She Is Everything.
Sasuke groaned, everywhere he moved, everything he felt was pain. It was all. It was the world. When Sasuke opened his eyes, the pain was worse, but he had to bare it. This was the first time he'd ever felt anything like this.
When Sasuke finally got control of himself, he looked up at a flickering light and the first thought that crossed his mind was, is this hell? Was he finally dead? If it was, then surely the pain wouldn't have gone away? Sasuke lifted his body slowly and found he was lying on a cold hard ground, all his limbs were bound with chains and his mouth was covered with a gag. It was all he could do not to choke on his own stupidity.
Everything came flooding back. Naruto being consumed by a dark chakra, and then those eyes. That face, those fangs! Surely the size of Sasuke's fist. Naruto wasn't Naruto anymore, he had been consumed by whatever Mayu had done to him. That was around the time Naruto had attacked.
Sasuke had never felt anything like what Naruto had done. It was the most pain he'd ever experienced trying to block a hit that couldn't be blocked. Sasuke could see now that his arm was clearly broken, he could tell from the bone trying to poke out of his tricep. It hurt to move, but it hurt more not to.
Sasuke rolled so he was on his knees and got to his feet. The chains were connected to a metal wall. If he had use of his arms, he could us his fire jutsu and melt to metal, but that was usless unless he got out of the chains. He had to escape. Something very bad was going on. Whatever Mayu had done to Naruto, it wasn't good at all. The look on Naruto's face...No, that wasn't Naruto. Sasuke had known of the Kyuubi for a long time, but he never even once though of how terrible the Kyuubi could be once it was unleashed.
What would happen to Naruto's body? The strain of holding all that chakra would surely be too much.
"S-Sasuke?" A whisper dripped through Sasuke's thoughts and he spun around, well he hopped around (it's hard to spin when your legs are chained). Sitting in a corner was Hinata, huddled together with Ino. They looked terrible and beaten up. Hinata's eyebrow was bleeding and she had a fat lip, and Ino was bleeding from somewhere inside her mouth. Both were chained to the wall but they didn't have gags. "Are you alright? I was so worried that you were..."
Sasuke nodded to show he understood and hopped as close as he could towards them. They filled the rest of the space.
"Here, I'll turned around and take off that gag." Ino said, turning. Sasuke dipped his head so it was near her hands and she pulled the gag from his mouth. When it was out he coughed and spit out the terrible bloody taste in his mouth. His lip was bleeding.
"Dammit." Sasuke hissed, rubbing his lip on his shirt sleeve. "What the hell happened?"
"I-It wasn't Naruto!" Hinata cried, surprising them all. She had tears in her eyes and quickly blushed. "It couldn't be...He wouldn't..."
"It's okay Hinata." Ino cooed, hopping close to Hinata. They huddled together for comfort while Sasuke looked for a way to escape. He wracked his mind for some technuiqe but couldn't seem to remember any. The pain in his arm was too great. "Sasuke, your arm."
"It's broken." Sasuke said, glancing down at it only momentarily. "How can we get out of here?"
"I don't know..." Ino whispered. "I don't think we-"
Sasuke spun around when he heard the door creaked open. They all looked with horror as the twisted Naruto walked inisde, his entire body was mutated and feral. His mouth was bleeding from the sheer size of his fangs. The two girls shivered in terror as Naruto, or Kyuubi, walked inside and grabbed Sasuke by the hair.
"Time to go Uchiha." Kyuubi hisses in a low voice that wasn't Naruto at all. The chains snapped with one slam from Kyuubi's fist and he dragged Sasuke from the room, slamming the door shut. The two girls were left alone in the cold dark room.
"Shikimaru..." Ino sobbed, collapsing against Hinata. "I don't think I can come back..."
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Sasuke hit the ground hard and rolled, his back slamming against a hard rock wall and stealing the air from his lungs. Blood sprayed from his mouth as he coughed desperatly. His entire body was on fire, he couldn't ignore this pain. Whatever that was, it wasn't Naruto, it wasn't human.
"W-Who's there?" Hissed a small, terrified voice. Sasuke looked around but couldn't see through the gloom, so he waited for his eyes to adjust. What he saw surprised him to no end. "Sasuke?"
"Mayu..." Sasuke breathed. There was the sound of feet scraping the floor and Mayu's face was pressed against his chest, sobbing uncontrollably. Sasuke couldn't move, he was too confused. Something was different.
"Sasuke!" Mayu cried into his shirt, her hands tightly clentched on his shoulders. Her entire body was shaking. For a moment, Sasuke didn't care about what she was done, it was just a relief to finally have her in his arms again. "I'm so sorry Sasuke! I'm so sorry!"
"Calm down." Sasuke whispered, his hand rubbing her back gently. His other arm was still hurting, but now he didn't mind. It felt good to have her again. "Mayu..."
"I'm not Kandara and I never was." Mayu hiccuped, pulling her face from his chest finally. He felt his body tense when he saw those eyes. They peirced right through him, bright and magnificent. "K-Kais was controlling me, I couldn't stop him! I'm so sorry!"
"I believe you." Sasuke said, his good hand grasping her cheek. "I believe you."
Once again sobs wretched from her throat but this time she buried herself in his mouth, ignoring the split lip. This time, all the world would dissapear. They could work things out later. It was just her and Sasuke now.
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Kakashi breathed heavily, glancing around the forest.
"No one followed." Pakun confirmed, he too was short on breath. Nearby sobs peirced the night. Sakura had her head buried in her knees and was crying as quietly as she could, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
"This, wasn't supposed to happen." Sakura hiccuped, tears rolling down her cheeks and falling on her lips. She gripped her knees tightly. Kakashi felt gloom and despair befall the three of them. He wasn't feeling too good either.
"Don't worry Sakura, that wasn't Naruto." Kakashi said grimly, trying to give Sakura some glimmer of hope. "That was the Kyuubi. Somehow, Mayu has broken the seal. Unfortunatly, Kyuubi can't just leave Naruto's body, because he's bound to it. Not until the life in Naruto gives out, when Naruto can't take the power and his body dies, only then can Kyuubi finally come to life."
Sakura wiped her tears and shakily got to her feet.
"This isn't fair." She whispered. "Poor Naruto...He doesn't deserve this...It's all her fault!"
Kakashi watched as Sakura screamed and began breaking things apart, but he couldn't do anything, because he was thinking the exact same thing.
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"So he's been controlling you since you were a child?" Sasuke murmured. They were tucked in the far corner and Mayu had torn her sleeve to make a sling for Sasuke's arm. Sasuke had pulled Mayu to his chest and forced her to tell him everything. She had her memory back, and she looked tormented because of it. Mayu nodded to his questioned and wormed closer to his warm chest.
"Whenever he was done using my powers he would place me in a lead chamber and lock me in darkness." Mayu shuddered, looking huanted in the small room. Sasuke wrapped his arm around her tightly, determined not to let her get scared. She smiled shakily at him. "Ever since that man took Kyuubi from him, Kais has been plotting revenge. He's been tormented by the thought of loosing his pet."
"And he used you as bait." Sasuke said, finally understanding. "Knowing someone would fall for the girl who needed someone to teach her..."
"Sasuke don't." Mayu said, spinning around in his lap to face him. Her eyes were knitted together fiercly. "I know that even if I hadn't lost my memory, that we would still be together. Because-"
The door slammed open and Kais walked inside, the tormented Naruto dragging himself nearby.
"Isn't that lovely." Kais grinned, before grabbing Mayu roughly and seizing her. Sasuke was about to give Kais a good lsam when out of nowhere, Naruto snatched his broken arm. Sasuke howled in pain and could only watch as Mayu was dragged away kicking and screaming for Sasuke to help her.
When Kais was gone Naruto dropped his hand, and Sasuke collapsed on the ground, glaring at the twisted form that wasn't leaving.
"A guard." Kyuubi grinned, watching Sasuke with a heated feral gaze. "You know Uchiha, in a matter of hours your friend will die, and then I'll finally be free."
Sasuke's glare hardened and he tried not to wince through the pain. He couldn't ignore Kyuubi however, because all along he had known that no matter what happened, this wouldn't be good for Naruto.
"It wasn't Mayu Naruto." Sasuke hissed, pushing himself to a sit where he could nurse his arm.
"It's no use, he's gone." Kyuubi said.
"She was being controlled by Kais since she was a child."
"You ignorant-"
"I never told you this before Naruto, but you are my friend." Sasuke said fiercly. "In fact, you're the reason I'm sane, the reason I can actually love someone now and not be afraid of killing them..."
Kyuubi glared at Sasuke, but Sasuke couldn't know for sure if it was working. He had to keep going though, not give Kyuubi a chance to speak.
"When we were kids, I used to treat you horribly, but you weren't the only one. I know you thought everyone hated you, but I only did because I hated the world." Saying it out loud, Sasuke couldn't believe he hadn't seen this before. But something about finally kissing a girl, holding someone, made all the horrible thoughts of the past and all Sasuke's problems want to come spilling out. "I treated Sakura and Ino the same way."
"Shut up-"
Sasuke increased the feirceness in his voice, to overwhelm Kyuubi. "And I never blamed you for anything, not one thing. You were the one who saved me countless times. You've done a lot Naruto, and I guess...I'm thank full...You really are my best friend."
Sasuke jerked in surprise when Kyuubi began to howl and grab his head, his body was convulsing in a strange way. It was working, it was actually working.
"Sasuke!" Naruto howled, but his voice quickly turned low half way through. Sasuke had to keep going.
"You know who else never hated you? Hinata." Sasuke said, the name struck a cord and Kyuubi howled again. He just wanted Naruto back, even if his body was twisted, it would all be alright if Naruto came back. "She always loved you, ever since we were kids. Even when everyone treated you badly, she always loved you. You maybe didn't notice, but Sakura would tell me how many nights she had to console Hinata and tell her that you would come around at some point. Even if you don't have a family, aren't friends good enough? Kyuubi may terrify you and distance you from people, but what about the people who are your friends?"
It was working, it was actually working. Kyuubi was now slamming Naruto's body against the wall in hopes that Naruto would stop trying to surface, but his will was too great for a demon that had no free will.
"I don't hate you Naruto." Sasuke was yelling now, trying to be heard over the tortured wails, he just hoped that Kais wouldn't hear this and come running with a mind controlled Mayu. "None of us do. We have to stop this before it starts."
Suddenly, Kyuubi fell to the ground and Naruto's body began to worm and shift. Finally, the old Naruto lay on the cold hard ground, steam billowing from his body. Sasuke breathed harshly and scidded over to Naruto's side, pushing him over. It was Naruto, Sasuke knew because of those bright blue eyes. Sasuke felt releif spill over his entire body and for a second, he sat in a slump, his forehead bumping Naruto's shoulder. It worked.
"Naruto." Sasuke rasped.
Ok, I admit, this one seems a little gay, but trust me this is all boyxgirl love. I left the SasuxNaru for my other story, Dead Last. So if you want boy love check that out. It's cute.
Okay ever, review please!