Chapter 11. Nightmares comes. Part 1

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It was a peaceful day in the R.O.O.T.S headquarters. No missions. No serious problems. No fights. It was a lovely day to relax from things when a sudden,

"F*** YOU DANZO!" came from the cell below.

All the guards winced at the volume of the yell. A woman squirmed and tugged furiously at her restraints, as if she were about to rip them off, her red hair dancing around her like wildfire, her cool blue eyes darting around the cell as if trying to melt them with her gaze alone. The red haired woman shot the doors to the cell a caustic glare as they were opened to reveal her arch enemy and so-called leader of ROOTS. Shimura Danzo.

"What do you think you're doing, Uzumaki?" Danzo asked, his voice devoid of emotion as he cast a sideways glance at one of his operative. The masked ninja immediately left.

Kushina didn't say anything. She kept her poisonous glare on Danzo. Her chakra was sealed, her body was strapped down by chains and Danzo had captured her straight after the Kyuubi attack, while she was at her weakest.

"Heh. Namikaze thinks he can win-" Danzo said but to be cut by Kushina.

"What? Minato is alive? But how?" She shouted, her eyes pleading desperately for an answer.

Her heart ached to know if her family was alive, hope swelling in her chest. Danzo just cast her an emotionless look before signaling to a Ne operative. The ninja stepped forward with a syringe filled with a sick green substance. The leader gave a small nod before stepping aside so that the operative could do his work. Kushina's eyes widened at the sight of the syringe and started thrashing, straining at her bonds.

"No! Danzo! Answer me! Is Minato alright? Is Naruto okay?" Kushina tugged feverishly at her bonds, her breathing speeding up as the ninja drew closer. Danzo's lips were still pressed into a thin line. The metal restraints clanked insistently under the strain and energy flared out around her before being drained away.

"No!" Kushina screamed, ignoring the chains biting into her flesh as she threw her entire body outwards, using all the energy she had saved. The chains shuddered violently, taut, before snapping and falling to the floor. The ninja quickly stabbed the needle into the red head's arm. The wall gave way to the ceiling again, her strength sapping away. Her body felt like lead, refusing to budge, her heavy lids sliding closed of their own volition. Danzo turned around to exit, the masked ninjas following suit. The bandaged man shot Kushina a glare before striding out the door, leaving the trainee to chain up the red head. Kushina's eyes slowly shifted towards the operative, her vision blurring, and blackness creeping in through the edges of her eyes. Her brain produced an image of the two blonds that were most important in her life, smiling and very much alive.

"Minato… Naruto…" Kushina summoned the remainder of her strength and stretched her arm out towards them. Her fingers lightly brushed the boy's pale face, trailing down his cheek, before falling back down, her eyes shutting. The trainee stared at Kushina as tears ran down her cheeks. Even while unconscious, the two blonds dominated her concerns. Her love. He slowly moved his hand up to his cheek, tracing back where Kushina had trailed her fingers gently down his cold flesh. Warmth blossomed on his finger and he pulled it away to see a thin film of liquid, glistening on the appendage.

'Tears?' the trainee thought, as they slid down his cheeks. Kushina smiled pleasantly, knowing that Minato and Naruto were safe.

'A smile. It's pretty,' the trainee thought, trying on one himself. His lips twitched with the effort, but it came out as more of a grimace. 'A smile…'

"Heh. Look at you, Demon. Helpless as ever," the man sneered at Naruto. "Just a few more minutes before we can kill you for revenge," the man grinned sadistically before leaving.

Naruto's hands were tied painfully behind his back, his legs were bound and the iron cuffs cut painfully into his already tender skin. A dirty rag was stuffed into his mouth and the blond resisted the urge to gag as the taste of stale socks invaded his palate. Darkness encompassed his vision, the sweaty blindfold sticking to his face.

"What did I do to deserve this?" Naruto muttered into the gag which only to cause him pain.

"Do you hate them?" came a voice.

"…I hate them…"

"Why don't you get revenge?"

"I don't know…"

"You are weak… Why are you weak?"

"…"

"Because you lack hatred…"

(Editor's note: Are you stealing Itachi's line? Author's Note: I didn't know what to say.)

"Ugh… Ahhhh!" Naruto yelled. Red charka cloaked the boy, burning off the bonds. Menacing red eyes took over innocent blue eyes. A dark smile crept onto the blond's face as a few people stumbled into the room he was bound in. They stared at him, mouths agape in shock. Naruto took a step forward, sadistic smile still in place. His captors reflexively took a step back. More red chakra leaked from his being, forming a fox's silhouette.

"What's wrong? I thought you were going to have your revenge," Naruto asked darkly.

One of them took the leap of faith and lunged at Naruto, yelling a battle cry, only to be killed as Naruto stuck his hand out and crushed the man's throat, collapsing his wind pipe. The remaining men yelled in fright and made a mad scramble for the door. Naruto smirked at them, staring at them as if they were nothing but mere toys. He caught and killed every single one of them. Suddenly, someone burst through the door wearing a fox mask and carrying a bloody katana.

"Naruto!" the man shouted, sounding almost relieved, but Naruto knew better. The door slammed shut as Naruto slowly approached the man, savouring the feeling. Toying with the man's fear. The blond appeared behind the man, his arm locking the masked ninja's head in place, a kunai sliding into his hand.

"Naruto, stop!" the man shouted, his voice sounding vaguely familiar, but his ears were deaf to that fact. All he could hear was the panic in the voice. The blond licked his lips sadistically, savouring the feeling of the man squirming in his grip, a thin line of blood forming on the masked ninja's neck. Laughing, Naruto plunged the knife into the man's neck and the struggles died down to weak flops, the man drowning in his own blood, before stilling completely, never to move again.

Naruto dropped the man, enjoying the way the body fell to the floor like a puppet with its strings cut, creating a lifeless thump. The blond crouched down beside the man and took off the mask, curious as to who was under it. The porcelain slid away to reveal-

A scream tore out of Naruto's throat, a beastly cry of agony created by a human's vocal cords as tears flowed freely down his cheeks his eyes turning back to a cerulean blue, only now, his eyes seemed tortured as his heart was rend.

The blond jerked upwards, his eyes wild and flustered, tears trailing down his face, as he turned his head this way and that.

"It was…only a nightmare…" Naruto panted heavily as he wiped away the sweat and tears.

"Dad…Dad… DADDDDDDDD!" Naruto cried, fresh tears flowing once again.

There was a loud crash and Dad burst through the window in a shower of broken glass, landing in front of his son in a battle-ready position, his eyes narrowed and calculating, a kunai in each hand. Minato scanned the room, trying to sense any intruders in feral-father mode with a touch-my-son-and-die look in his eyes. Minato sighed, when he could sense no one. Suddenly, a blubbing blond collided with his chest, knocking him to the ground.

"Dad… I…*sniff* I… thought…*sob* I… i… i…" Naruto wailed again and buried his face in his father's chest.

"Shh… It's okay… It's okay… I'm here. Everything's going to be alright," Minato rubbed his son's back in comforting circles.

The ex-Hokage gently laid the blond back onto the bed and brought the covers onto the sobbing blond, tucking him into bed. Minato moved a few stray pillows out of the way and sat down at the foot of the bed, the mattress groaning under the weight.

"I'll stay here until you fall asleep," the older blond promised. Naruto nodded, wiping his tears away with his sleeve. The young blond turned over in bed, Minato singing a few lullabies he'd heard Kushina sing to the baby in her womb. After a few minutes, the boy said,

"Daddy, I can't sleep," his voice cracking with emotion. "You want to talk about that dream? You might feel better," Minato said, brushing a strand of hair out of his son's face. Naruto nodded and started explaining, breaking down at the end,

"And then… *hic* when I… I took away the mask, I… You… I saw your face and… and your eyes were… cloudy and… you were… d-dead! I k-killed you!" Naruto let out a strangled sob, before letting fly a full blown wail, his mucous running from his nose, and mingling with his tears. Minato pulled the blond into a hug and patted the boy's back soothingly, completely disregarding the bodily fluids soaking the fabric around his shoulder.

"Just let it all out. You'll feel better," The older blond said gently when he saw the boy trying to hold in his tears.

"Waaahhhhh!" Naruto opened the floodgates and cried onto his father's shoulder, Minato comforting him the entire time. Finally, when Naruto had stopped crying, Minato said,

"There. Don't you feel better now?" Naruto nodded, his head still on his shoulder. "It's okay. It was all a dream. I'm still alive aren't I?" Minato smiled reassuringly. Naruto broke away from the hug and whispered, his voice laden with emotion,

"Don't ever leave me alone." Naruto gripped his father's sleeves. "I promise. And I'll also be sure to take a lot of pictures so I can show it to your girlfriend when you bring her around," Minato chuckled, trying to cheer his son up.

"Daddy!" Naruto shouted indignantly, the smile on his face contradicting his tone and the tears in his red, puffy eyes.

"Get to sleep now. I'll stay here with you for the night," Minato said, pulling the blanket up to his son's chin. "If you get scared, just wake me up." Naruto nodded and closed his eyes, tiredness finally taking hold of him. Before he fell asleep, the blond murmured," I love you, Daddy," which Minato barely caught before light snores rose from the boy. Minato smiled and brushed a few stray strands away from the boy's face, "I love you too.

TO BE CONTINUED!

A/N: A lovely chapter done so what do you think? *sigh* anyway…Please REVIEW! For my sake. Omg…..This may be the last update because I am going on holidays for a few days then after that school. I will try to write more chapters soon. Thank you English illiterate for editing.