Laughter of the Broken
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Demon/Summons speaking"
'Demon/Summons thinking'
A/N: Well folks, here's the second chapter but don't expect weekly updates or anything because I've got two other stories I'm writing. Anyway I've got three suggestions for a summons; Hyenas, Spiders, or Imps. Originally I was going to go with imps because first, they are evil little bastards and two, they come in all different kinds. Plus they laugh a lot like Naruto. Now though I want to see what you guys think.
8 years later
Naruto was walking through the forest of death at around midnight. It was the only place Naruto felt truly at home since the incident 8 years ago. The forest was the scariest and most dangerous area in Konoha but he loved it. The place terrified people both during the day and even more so at night, he felt it represented his own social status perfectly.
The hokage had once offered to give Naruto an apartment but the boy had turned it down saying he preferred his home in the forest of death. When the hokage had heard this he had been terrified for the child's safety. Naruto chuckled at the memory.
-Flashback-
"Naruto, the forest of death is no place for a boy your age to be staying!" said the hokage firmly to the boy sitting in front of his desk.
"True hokage-sama, but I'm not your average child now am I?" the boy said an amused smile on his face as he stared at the old man.
The hokage had given an involuntary shudder at this, but he knew Naruto was right. Ever since that night, the happy blonde child had died and left this… thing behind. All the old man could do was nod and say that he would have ANBU check up on him twice a week until he became a genin.
-End Flashback-
The boy chuckled and resumed his walk through the forest. Currently he was walking along the forest floor smiling to him self. Someone was following him but the blonde had let her since he had known the girl also came to the forest as well. In fact he was surprised she had not found him before tonight. Suddenly the boy stopped in a clearing and stared at the moon.
The girl watched as the boy stopped and perched herself in a tree, evaluating the boy. Her target was wearing a grey t-shirt long black pants and black boots. Covering his entire body was a black trench coat and black goggles. His hair had long since lost its luster but not its spiky and wild shape. Now it was a grayish blonde that reached down and partially covered his eyes. His head-band had black cloth and the metal plate with the Konoha symbol signifying he was a shinobi.
"Come out girl, I know you are there," Naruto said in an eerie voice. He was staring right at her hiding spot with a wolfish smile on his face. "Come on, I won't bite," at this he chuckled to himself and said "Maybe,"
Naruto watched as the girl jumped out of her hiding place and stepped into the moonlight. She had purple hair tied into an odd ponytail and brown eyes. She was wearing mesh wire shirt and skimpy orange skirt that barely reached down to her mid thigh. She wore standard shinobi sandals with shin guards and a tan trench coat. On her forehead was her Konoha head-band, signifying she was a shinobi.
"Alright what the hell do you think you're doing in MY forest gaki?" asked the purple haired girl threateningly, hoping to scare the kid off.
"You're forest?" at this Naruto was giggling and slowly it turned into full-blown laughter, but this laughter scared the girl.
"Let me guess you're Anko Mitarashi, known to the shinobi as the snake mistress, the snake whore to the villagers and former apprentice to Orochimaru to all," stated the boy to the now identified Anko.
Furious Anko threw a kunai at the boy that grazed his cheek and caused him to bleed slightly. Immediately she appeared next to him and licked the blood off his cheek and said "You better be careful what you say, brat, or I might just have to kill you," she whispered into his ear, confident that she had succeeded in scaring the boy shitless.
Instead Naruto had the exact opposite reaction that Anko had desired. He laughed maniacally and grabbed the snake mistress by her throat. "I applaud you, Anko. Not only do you endure the hatred of those damned villagers but you actually have the gall to attack and threaten me," he praised. "You've earned my respect Anko, something only the hokage himself has," with this he let go of her and grinned at her as she fell flat on her butt.
Anko was both surprised and scared at the genin's strength. That was when she saw his eyes through his goggles. Those eyes, those dead blue eyes, stared at her with an insane glint. They were filled to the brim with anguish and pain. For the first time in years, Anko Mitarashi, was scared.
'What the hell happened to him?' she thought. That was when she the six whisker marks on his face, three on each cheek, and realized who it was. "Y-You're Naruto Uzumaki, the container of the nine tailed fox," she stammered.
Naruto giggled insanely to himself at her fear. "You broke the third's law Anko, you're lucky I already know about the fox or the third would have been forced to kill one of his best interrogators," he said in a scary, happy voice.
"How do you know so much about me?" asked Anko in fear, not caring that she had broken the third's law.
"Honestly? You interest me Mitarashi-san. I look forward to meeting you again," the dead eyed boy said while walking off. "If you ever need some help interrogating someone or even getting back at someone come find me, and if you can't find me I'll find you," with that the blonde disappeared into the shadows of the forest, chuckling darkly.
Anko stood up shakily and headed towards the village. She needed a drink and badly. With that thought she leapt into the trees and headed for the nearest bar, intent on drinking herself till she forgot the entire event. Before she left the sound of broken laughter filled her ears and the image of dead blue eyes flashed across her mind. She shuddered and was just glad that she wasn't one of the people he seemed likely to kill in the near future.
The next day
Naruto was sitting in his seat at the academy waiting for his teacher, Iruka, to come in and announce the teams. As usual the grayish blonde was sitting in the middle row a chair away from Sasuke Uchiha, who as usual, was brooding and staring off into space with an angry look, not even acknowledging the fan-girls who were gazing at him with hearts in their eyes.
Naruto chuckled to himself. 'Those girls are either going to die on their first real mission or be sent straight back here for more training' Naruto thought. The idea of them dying caused him to chuckle, ever since that day the idea of death and pain made Naruto laugh. People had always enjoyed watching him suffer so he figured that he had every right to do the same. Just then two girls burst into the room, the pink haired one screaming "I win! I get to sit next to Sasuke-kun!"
She then proceeded to march triumphantly up to where both Sasuke and Naruto were seated. She glared at Naruto with her arms crossed. Naruto ignored her, already knowing what she was about to do.
"Move it Naruto! I want to sit next to Sasuke-kun!' Sakura screeched. Immediately everyone in the room focused on the two. Every staring at Sakura was filled with pity, amazement, or just plain surprise. Many people left the black goggled boy alone due to his rather sadistic personality. Everyone knew that Naruto enjoyed inflicting pain both mentally and physically on anyone.
Naruto looked at Sakura with a cruel smile. "I will move, Sakura, if you can ask in a civilized manner, that is of course, if you're parents were able to get off their council asses long enough to teach you how to be civilized to other people," Naruto stated in a mocking tone. He was grinning at her in a crazed manner from ear to ear.
"C-could y-you p-p-please move so i-I ca-can sit ne-next to Sasuke-kun?" asked a terrified Sakura. Had Naruto been anyone else she would have slugged them for insulting her family, but she had heard the rumors of how he never slept, how he lived in a dark forest filled with monsters and how he killed people in the most horrible of ways, all the while laughing. She had heard the rumors about his parents, how they were demons that loved to bathe in the blood of their victims. Many had asked their parents bout the black clad youth and they had told their children to stay away from the "demon child", confirming that Naruto was not human, not entirely anyway.
"Good girl, now go ahead and sit next to Sasuke like a good little fan-girl and remember your manners next time," Naruto stated mockingly with a sweet smile on his face.
Sakura shuddered and quickly sat next to Sasuke. Naruto just grinned from ear to ear, glad that he had put the banshee in her place. Smirking Naruto went back to waiting for Iruka to show up.
"Alright everyone, settle down," said a scar nosed man in a standard chuunin outfit. "Now soon you will all be placed into teams and you're lives as shinobi will officially begin. I'm proud to have taught all of you," stated Iruka kindly. "Right then, on team 1 will be…" and with that Iruka started listing off the names of students and jounin senseis.
"On team7 will be Sasuke Uchiha," started Iruka while Sasuke looked at Iruka with interest.
"Sakura Haruno,"
"YES! TRUE LOVE CONQUERS ALL!" screamed the banshee pumping her arms in the air.
"And Naruto Uzumaki, your jounin sensei will be Kakashi Hatake," finished Iruka.
At this Sakura immediately stopped cheering and had a look of fear on her face. Sasuke seemed as uncaring as usual but he was sending nervous glances to his goggled teammate. Naruto just smiled. 'Well this may prove to be quite interesting' he chuckled at the thought.
Soon jounins started to appear and collect their teams. It was not long before only team 7 was left. Naruto had decided to catch some sleep, because he knew that Kakashi was at least two hours late to everything except for things he considered important. Apparently meeting his new team wasn't that important to him.
After two hours had passed. A silver haired nin with his headband covering his left eye, half his face covered by facemask and standard jounin attire appeared.
The man observed his new team lazily. 'Lets see I have the last Uchiha, his fan girl and…' here his thoughts came to a screeching halt as he saw the final member of his team.
Naruto gave the man a smirk and a small wave. The simple action caused Kakashi to mentally shudder. "All right meet me on the roof for introductions," Kakashi said vanishing in a poof of smoke. Smiling his evil smile, Naruto headed for the roof, his teammates following behind him.
Soon all three were seated around their sensei who at the moment was leaning against the railing. "Right then, how about we get to know each other? Tell me about yourselves, your likes, dislikes, hobbies and dreams," stated Kakashi.
"Um how about you go first sensei?" asked Sakura nervously
"Fine, My name is Kakashi Hatake, my likes and dislikes are few and far between. My hobbies are my own and I don't feel like telling you about my dreams," Kakashi answered with an eye smile. Sasuke and Sakura sweatdropped and thought 'All we learned was his name' while their teammate just chuckled.
"You're up pinky," said Kakashi pointing at Sakura.
"My name is Sakura Haruno and I like…" she glances at Sasuke, "My hobbies are…" glances at Sasuke and blushes "Dreams for the future…" glances at Sasuke and squeals.
"Any dislikes?" Kakashi asked with a sweatdrop.
"Ino-pig!" Sakura shouted.
"Ok… your up emo boy," said Kakashi to Sasuke
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I have no likes and many dislikes. My hobbies are training and my dream, no; my ambition, is to kill a certain man," stated the black haired youth.
"Looks like you're up whiskers," stated Kakashi to the sadistic youth.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, my likes include interrogations, torture, a certain snake, and laughing, my dislikes are people's ignorance, people who are too serious and sad people who whine about their lives. My hobbies include midnight strolls, gathering information and thinking up games," at the word 'games' everyone shuddered visibly, "my dream is to have fun and to die with a smile on my face," finished the boy with a manic smile.
'So I have a brooding avenger, his fan-girl and a boy who's sanity is shaky at best with a love for causing pain' thought Kakashi with a sigh. "Right then, I want all of you to meet me at training ground 7 at 6:00 A.M for some survival training," Kakashi informed his students.
"But sensei we already did training in the academy," Sakura protested.
"Yes, but this time your opponent will be me and this training will determine if you will become genin," Kakashi sighed
"What? We already took the test to become genin!" Sakura screeched, clearly annoyed and confused.
"That test was made to weed out those had the potential and those who didn't. THIS test will determine if you will become genin and it has 66 percent failure rate, so remember, meet at training ground 7 at 6 and before I forget," here he paused for effect "Skip breakfast unless you want to puke," he finished with an eye smile.
Before his students could protest the masked man disappeared in a poof of smoke. Soon after Naruto stood up and left for his forest to prepare while Sakura and Sasuke watched him walk off they could have sworn they heard him saying something about "preparing for the fun that was sure to come" which made all of them shiver in fear. Just what was Naruto going to do tomorrow and what kind of tricks did he have up his sleeves? They could only wait for tomorrow and hope that whatever it was, their sensei would be in one piece.
A/N: This is where I'm stopping. All right I'm going to put a poll up so you can vote on which summons you want, here are your choices.
Hyena
Spider
Imp
I'll be waiting so expect to see the new chapter up in about oh 3-4 weeks. The reason I say this is because I want to wait for enough votes and get enough time to put everything together.