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Distrust Chapter 2

Naruto lied in his bed. His new headband that he got from Iruka-sensei was in his hand. He couldn't believe he actually passed. Since he took down a Chunin-level traitor, Iruka decided that Naruto was more than qualified to be a Genin. That, and he did make a Bunshin finally.

It was weird though. It wasn't in the descriptions themselves, but the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu had a weird quality to it. Naruto remembered being hit by kunai and latching onto Mizuki's limbs, but it was his clone that did it. He got the memories of the clones, but he's never heard of a Bunshin doing that. So, the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu must be special in that respect.

And as he thought, he remembered the Kageken jutsu. How the shadow wrapped itself around his arm and created a blade. He had written everything down into his notebook about it, but he was just mindlessly copying it down. He only read the ones he discussed with the Kyuubi.

Speaking of which, 'Hey, beast, do you want me to keep calling you beast or Kyuubi?', Naruto thought, asking his prisoner a question.

'Whichever you want. Kyuubi just means 9 Tails, and truthfully, that isn't a much better title than beast', the Kyuubi responded.

'Title? Do you have a name then?', Naruto asked.

'Yeah, but I'm not telling a weakling like you. Come back to me when you get fight a Bijuu like me hand to hand, and then, we'll talk.'

Naruto shook his head and smiled. On one hand, the Kyuubi is still being a dick, but on the other hand, nothing's really changed. He still can rely on his help, and since he knows that the Kyuubi is inside of him against his own will, the Kyuubi's goals are a lot clearer.

Looking at the headband again, he just couldn't believe things have gone so well. If it wasn't for those jutsus in the scroll…

'What about the other jutsus then? Should I take a look?'

'You probably should. At the moment, a few Kage Bunshin and the Kageken wouldn't do you much good against a higher-level enemy. And if you are to disappear, you might have to assassinate some people', the Kyuubi responded.

'Yeah, I know. Comes with the job of being a ninja.' Naruto picked up his notebook and began reading the jutsus inside. "Well, like I said before, a lot of these jutsus seem to be weapons or creating a barrier or attack."

'Standard for any elemental style.'

"The only thing that's a bit different, I think, is these ones. They have a prerequisite. Uhh, must perform the Kagegan ritual."

'Hmm, the ritual consists of dropping a ball of shadow into your own shadow at exactly midnight where the only the moon gives you light, so no artificial lights allowed, and requires a lot of chakra. The ball of shadow is an orb that consists of dust, blood, toxins of any kind but the stronger the better, and the crushed remains of any animal to solidfy the orb. Then-'

"Fuck", said Naruto. "This is going to take a while."

'Yeah, but what jutsus could you use if you did?"

"Well, uhhh, I could use Intou: Habikoru (Shadow Style: Infestation, to infest one's body with the shadows. Can be used along with the Kageken for lethal results), Intou: Kisei no Habikoru (Shadow Style: Parasitic Infestation, like it's counterpart, but it absorbs chakra that can aid in healing and jutsus), Intou: Kyofu no Genkaku (Shadow Style: Illusion of Fear, a genjutsu that brings to life their most fearful nightmares), Intou: Kyoufu no Zaiaku (Shadow Style: Illusion of Sin, a genjutsu that releases their binds and forces them to listen to their most corrupt desires), and…."

'Intou: Warugi (Shadow Style: Distrust, forces one to forget all trust connections). That is quite the ironic jutsu. One who distrusts that makes other distrust…. Kit, I think the orb is worth it.'

"Yeah, I think so too."

After he collected the ingredients, getting the animal corpse from the rat that was bothering him anways cause he kept eating all his food, the toxins from the remaining drainer that had solidified because of who knows what, some rat poison that never worked, and some of the spoiled milk, and created the orb. Surprisingly, it stuck together well until he had a orb that smelled horrible and was red, white, and black.

"This has to be the most disgusting thing I have ever done."

'Worse than scavenging food from the dumpsters?"

"100 times worse." Naruto took in a deep breath away from the orb, stood in the moonlight that came in through the window, and made sure all other lights were off. It was kind of creepy, almost as if he was doing a witch's ritual.

He looked at the time: 11:59. Just made it in time. When the clock reached midnight, Naruto turned to look at his shadow and dropped the orb in it.

Naruto, expecting the orb to smack his floor, let his jaw drop when the orb sank into the floor, or more like his shadow. And if his jaw could drop any further, it would because his shadow began to shift around, as if it was trying to actually move.

Suddenly, black-red eyes appeared in his shadow where his eyes would be. Naruto fell back, reflexively trying to get away from the threat. But, when he looked at his shadow again, it was back to normal. "That… was horrible. What the hell was that?"

'What do you mean by horrible? The orb sinking into your shadow is also something I've never seen before, but besides that, it wasn't too bad.'

"Wait… you didn't see the eyes?"

'What eyes? Is someone here?'

"N-No, just never mind. I must have been seeing things then." Naruto stood up and picked up his notebook. "So, which one should I try mastering first? Maybe I should stick with the easier ones? Or maybe I should try the special ones I just unlocked?"

'Kit, you could just master all of them.'

"Are you serious? No, I can't. It's midnight, and I have to be at the Academy by 9. If I try my best, I could master one, but it would be like 2 AM by then.", Naruto complained.

'Stupid brat, I mean, with the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. It doesn't look like the jutsus need your body specifically. It just needs a shadow, which your Kage Bunshins can produce. And, you could get all the memories later.'

"Ohhh yeahh… Sorry about that."

Naruto walked into class, bags under his eyes. No one told him that having a few hours of memories from about 20 clones all flooding into your head would knock you unconscious. He slept on the floor last night, and he still has a headache from the memories. Today was just not his perfect day, although, he's never had one.

"Hey failure! What are you doing in this class? Graduates only!", yelled one of the kids. The entire class faced Naruto, wondering what he was doing here. Naruto, not wanting to dignify the guy with an answer, just held up his headband. It seemed to satisfy most of the class, although some were talking about how he stole a headband from someone else.

"I mean, he is really creepy after all", whispered one of the girls.

"Yeah, who knows? Maybe he's a killer.", whispered one of the guys. Naruto wanted to laugh since he technically did kill Mizuki with his Kageken, which did indeed lead to his headband.

He sat down in a random seat. Looking at his row, he noticed Uchiha Sasuke. IF he could trust anybody at all, Sasuke would probably be the first one to go to. He wasn't a deceptive person. He knew what he wanted and tried to make everyone know that. Tried is the important word there because none of his fangirls seem to realize he isn't interested in any of them. Sasuke doesn't seem to care that much about him either, which wasn't that bad.

Sasuke grunted, as if to acknowledge his existence, and Naruto nodded back in return. That was pretty much all the communication these two had, and they were fine with it.

Then, like every morning, Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino came running in. They always try to sit next to Sasuke first, which made no sense since they could sit at either side of him.

Unless of course, someone was already sitting on one side. "Naruto, move. I want to sit next to Sasuke", said Sakura. Naruto just turned towards her, looked at her eyes, and the snuggled into his arms and seemed to fall asleep.

"Naruto? Naruto!", both of them began screaming. But, he kept sitting there. Iruka soon walked in and ordered the class to sit down. After a few rounds of rock-paper-scissors, Sakura got the privilege to sit at the other side of Sasuke while Ino had to settle for the seat behind him.

(CANON BREAK FOR THE TEAMS UP TO TEAM 7)

"And Team 7 consists of Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura"

"Shannaro! Take that, Ino-pig!", yelled Sakura.

"-and Uzumaki Naruto. Your sensei will be Hatake Kakashi. Team 8 will be-"

Sakura didn't really care that much about Naruto. He was annoying, but that didn't trump her happiness that she got placed on the same team as her beloved Sasuke. And, Naruto didn't really care. At least, he had some honest people on his team: a brooding emo that would kill you if that's what he wanted and a fangirl that only cares about fangirling. Sasuke was a little grumpy that he got a weak fangirl on his team, but the cast of the die can't be argued. It sucked, since he preferred the Hyuga, but oh well.

(Two Hours Later)

All of the other students besides the ones of Team 7 had met their sensei and left. Team 7's sensei hadn't even sent a message. To say that Team 7 was furious would be an understatement.

The door opened, and a man with gray-spiky hair popped his head in with a nonchalant look on his face. "First things first, I don't like any of you. Meet me on the roof." The door then closed, which gave the signal for Sakura to start screaming about how it wasn't fair that they got this kind of sensei. Sasuke, although pissed, didn't seem to care much and started walking up. Sakura, seeing her crush go, followed after him.

Naruto was angry, but he was also curious. Something wasn't right. After all, a team and their sensei usually have tons of missions together, but this guy didn't seem to care. 'He must be planning something.'

They all got up there, and the students sat down on the stairs that lead to the fence, overlooking the Academy. Kakashi cleared his voice and said, "Alright, let's introduce ourselves. Name, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and dream for the future."

Sakura raised her hand. "Sensei, why don't you go first to show us?"

Kakashi shrugged and took out an orange book. While reading it, he said, "My name is Hatake Kakashi. I have likes and dislikes. My hobbies aren't for ears belonging to people under the age of 18. And, I have no dream for the future. Your turn, Pinky."

'We only learned his name', thought everyone. Sakura, fuming a bit from being called Pinky said, "My name is Haruno Sakura. I like", she looked over to Sasuke and blushed, "I hate Ino-pig! My hobbies are", again she looked at Sasuke, "And my dream is", this time she squealed when looking at Sasuke.

'A fangirl. Great', thought Kakashi. Your turn.", he pointed at Sasuke.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don't like much, and I dislike a lot of things. I don't have any hobbies. My dream is to kill a certain someone." Sakura fawned over how "cool" her Sasuke-kun was being.

'And a brooding avenger. This team is turning out nicely', he thought sarcastically. "And, you blondie."

Naruto, who didn't seem to care much, looked up and began, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I like food, water, and shelter. I dislike everything else pretty much. I don't really have any hobbies, though I did start training recently."

"You can't train enough to be as strong as Sasuke-kun!", Sakura bragged. Sasuke smirked, but in reality, although it was true, he found her so annoying. Naruto just rolled his eyes and continued.

"My dream… I don't know. I never thought about it before. I guess my dream would be…" Naruto remembered what the Kyuubi said to him a long time ago.

"It would be to learn how to disappear."

Kakashi's eyebrows raised at this. 'Disappear? What does he mean?... Does he plan on leaving the village or committing suicide?... No, those two aren't something you learn like the way he seems to imply. Maybe he wants to learn how to hide his presence like a ninja should? If that's the case, I might have at least one good student on this team.'

"Well, this team might be able to pass the true Genin exam tomorrow.", Kakashi said. All the student's eyes widened in disbelief.

Sakura raised her hand again. "Sensei, what do you mean true Genin exam?"

Kakashi smiled (or did that weird eye smile thing). "The Genin exam you guys took was an exam to weed out students without the potential to become Genin at all. But, there's one more test to see if you guys can actually be Genin." Sakura started to sweat in anxiety. If she fails, she'll be separated from her precious Sasuke-kun. Sasuke seemed calm and confident.

And, Naruto seemed equally calm, but it was as if whether or not he passed didn't matter to him. It confused Kakashi, since from his reports, Naruto barely passed and only passed due to special circumstances, so it should be important.

'Hey kit, he's looking your way.'

'He's probably wondering why I'm not freaking out. I mean, I don't really care if I do become ninja since I already got the skills necessary. If I do become ninja, I might get some authority and some cash, but meh, I could just live how I've already lived.'

'Still, it might be better to be ninja. Get outside the village and meet or fight other ninjas. It would be a great experience.'

'Maybe. The getting out of the village sounds great at least.'

"Meet me at the Third Training Ground at noon tomorrow. And, don't eat. You'll just puke it back up.", Kakashi said before shunshining away. Sasuke, seeing his sensei leave, stood up to go as well. And of course, Sakura followed after him.

Naruto scoffed at the pink-haired girl's behavior. 'She's so into Sasuke that she never even tried to be a good ninja. The only reason she passed was because she was lucky that she could do the basic jutsus. If we fail the test cause of her, I doubt I'll be able to handle it.' From over the fence, he could see Sasuke abandon Sakura in front of the school. She looked slightly dejected, but she perked herself up and began walking home. 'I bet she can't even tell if someone is trying to trick her from her lack of observation. Sasuke wants to be left alone, idiot. I bet I could Henge into Sasuke and trick her and teach her a few lessons.

"… it" A voice could be heard.

"Huh?", Naruto looked around. Seeing nobody, he asked Kyuubi if he heard the voice as well.

'What are you talking about kit? I haven't heard a thing since you stopped ranting about that girl.'

"Do it." The voice said again. Naruto, now starting to realize that the Kyuubi hasn't been able to see or hear the same things as him, stayed quiet and tried to listen.

"You're right. If you Henge into Sasuke, you could trick her and teach her a few things. You could beat her for being stupid, and she'd probably bounce back. You could tell her lies to make her stop being so annoying." Naruto was perplexed at not only where the voice was coming from, but also on how dark it was.

Because, it seemed to be coming from his own head.

"It sounds great, doesn't it? Picking on a girl that has done nothing to help you when you needed it. And, you wouldn't even get caught, especially if you tied up Sasuke somewhere so that he couldn't interfere."

Naruto had to agree. This was all true, but it was all kind of sick as well. I mean, tying up someone and doing horrible things to others? It was just-

"Oh, good idea. Tying up and doing horrible things. That gives me a great idea."

Naruto knew this was going to a really dark place, and he had an idea on what it might be, but his curiosity gave way.

"Let's rape her!"

Naruto's eyes widened in shock and disgust. The Kyuubi, noticing this, asked, 'What's wrong, kit?'

Naruto just shook his head. "It's nothing. I just… nothing."

The Kyuubi growled. Naruto knew that the Kyuubi wouldn't be satisfied with that, but he couldn't hear the voice. It might just be his delusions or an after-effect from the ritual. Either way, he should probably ignore that voice. He took in a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried to suppress the voice.

He opened his eyes again, and everything was quiet. He smiled.

"RAPE HER!"

Naruto clutched his head in pain. The Kyuubi, worried now, tried to ask him what was wrong and to tell him what was going on, but Naruto couldn't hear over the pain.

But, soon, the pain stopped. Naruto stopped clutching his head, and he waited for a minute. He could hear the Kyuubi again, but he ignored him until he could confirm that the voice had stopped.

After that minute, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. The Kyuubi was still asking him what was going. Naruto said, "I've been seeing and hearing things ever since we did that ritual. It's not been fun."

'Like what?'

"I saw red eyes appear in my shadow when we did the ritual, and I just heard a voice suggest to me to do some dark things."

The Kyuubi was silent for a moment. 'Kit, maybe you should go ask your Hokage about what we found.'

Naruto opened his mouth to agree, but he then heard the voice again. "If you tell him, he might forbid you from doing any of the Shadow Style jutsus. You'll be open to beatings again, you know."

Naruto shook his head again. After taking another deep breath, he said, "Nah, I think I managed to control the voice. I barely hear it now."

The Kyuubi growled again, but this time, it sounded like it was resenting grudgingly. Naruto thought thanks in return, and seeing that the sun was starting to set, he started to go back home.

AND IT'S DONE!

I know it got quite dark in this chapter, and I'm sorry to say that it will get quite dark. Not too dark, since I don't write lemons or limes or whatever, so you guys don't need to suffer something like that. But, what's being suggested will be quite bad. So, for the squeamish, I apologize.

BUT! Poll Time!

Well, unlike my other fanfics, this one isn't about romance but friendship:

Who, Sakura or Sasuke, should Naruto be friends with first? And no, there are no other options.

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