Distrust

by Demonic Insanity

In order to keep himself safe, Naruto decides to be a ninja so that he can hide from the world. Not trusting anyone, even the Hokage, he learns all he needs to protect himself. However, when in the Forbidden Scroll, he finds a new type of jutsu that looked seemingly harmless. Going insane from his new powers, will he destroy what he cares about or keep the monster at bay?

3. Tests Without Trust

This chapter took a long while. I don't know why, but battle scenes just are hard to put on paper for me. Blegh, but anyways, here you go.

Let's begin the story!

Chapter 3

Naruto walked groggily to the Third Training Field. That voice never made a comeback, but instead, he suffered night terrors that night. Barely getting any good sleep, he tried his best to get to the training field with his eyes closed. If he gets beaten up again, so be it. Maybe he'd get knocked out and be able to sleep in the hospital.

When he got to the training field, he saw both Sasuke and Sakura there. Sasuke looked up to only acknowledge his existence, but he went back to brooding as usual. Sakura noticed Naruto as well, waved hi, and then went immediately back to fangirling over her Sasuke-kun. But when she waved at him, Naruto felt uneasy, waiting for that voice to come back. But, he heard nothing. 'I wonder what happened to that voice?'

'You no longer hear it?', asked the Kyuubi. Naruto, internally, shook his head. In a way, he regretted telling the Kyuubi about the voice. He still didn't trust the beast and didn't want him to know anything that wasn't necessary, but since he is stuck in there and can't hear or see the hallucinations, it should be fine.

The new team waited… and waited… and waited. Soon, it was two hours. Both Naruto and Sasuke were silent, but internally, they were ready to kill their sensei once they saw him. Sakura chose the better way to release her pent-up anger by screaming her lungs out.

Poof. Kakashi appeared in a cloud of smoke. Reading the orange book, he waved at his team, one of the members still screaming now at him.

'I have serious doubts about the members on my team.', Naruto thought. 'The only one I could maybe rely on is Sasuke. But, he's an emo brooder, so his emotions might get in the way. Sakura is not only weak, but she's loud as hell. Aren't ninjas supposed to be masters as disappearing?'

'Well, that's one of their specialties. That's why I told you to be here. There are also med-nins whose jobs are specializing in healing jutsus, strike ninjas who are specialized in attacking or defending the village, and scholarly nins who study jutsus and chakra, increasing the village's knowledge base. Some specialize in multiple fields.', the Kyuubi explained.

Naruto shook his head. 'And what field does this girl think she'll get into?

'Kit, remember, not all of the ninjas you'll be training with have a tragic backstory to drive them. This girl probably is only in it for that guy.'

Naruto sighed. 'So we got a female ninja that can't ninja and a sensei who not only is blunt and obscure but also late as hell all the time. This sucks.'

During this thought process, Sakura had calmed down and Kakashi began explaining the test. (CANON BREAK for the test explantion).

"So, whoever doesn't get a bell is sent back to the Academy. Got it?", Kakashi asked. The genin nodded their heads. "All right. Then, test START!"

All three students disappeared into the forest. Kakashi returned to reading his book while detecting his students. 'Well, all three seem to be able to hide their physical presences. So, at least, they're trying to be ninjas', he thought. 'Sakura is under that bush. Sasuke is in the tree. Naruto… is that chakra? Performing a jutsu from there? What's he planning?'

Naruto finished his hand signs. Kakashi was watching very calmly, but his eyes widened when he suddenly detected a huge amount of chakra. It seemed to be coming closer, but it's almost as if it was dispersed. 'Kiri no Chakra? When did that kid learn that?' Sasuke and Sakura seemed to not notice it since they are not at the level where they can detect the chakra in the air, but Kakashi felt the heavy air settle on him. He couldn't detect Naruto anymore by his chakra.

Kakashi calmed down. 'If he moves, I can still detect him. Still, that's impressive.'

Suddenly, a barrage of shuriken slammed into his body. Nearby, Sasuke grinned, celebrating his victory, until he heard a poof and saw a log destroyed by his attack instead. Growling in anger, he moved positions, looking for his gray-haired sensei. When he found him in another part of the field, he immediately went for the direct attack. Without moving his eyes from the book, Kakashi blocked every single attack, dodging the Genin's attempts to steal a bell. Out of ideas and extremely frustrated, Sasuke went for his next option. He began performing signs for his signature fire jutsu.

Kakashi looked up a bit, slightly interested in the youth's technique. 'Already mastered Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu? Impressive, but if he seriously thinks he can hit me with that-' Kakashi's eyes widened in realization. The area was covered in chakra, which isn't a problem, but what if it was wind-element chakra? Before Sasuke could finish, Kakashi shunshined away. Because he was too fast, Sasuke didn't notice that his sensei was no longer in his sights and performed his jutsu.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!", he shouted. He started to breath out a big ball of fire, but it suddenly expanded in size and speed, creating fiery havoc in front of him and even incinerating a bunch of trees. His eyes widened in surprise. "Whoa… I didn't think my jutsu was that powerful."

"It isn't", Kakashi said as he appeared behind Sasuke. "You have Naruto to thank for that."

Sasuke, caught off guard, sloppily swung behind him to hit his sensei, but Kakashi caught his fists. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you mean thanking Naruto?"

Kakashi looked around lazily. "You might not be able to detect it yet, but Naruto's chakra is everywhere. He performed a jutsu that makes it impossible to find him through chakra detection methods alone. And, I believe his chakra is at least wind-elemental aligned." He looked back at Sasuke. "Wind plus fire equals huge fire when it comes to chakra."

Sasuke was confused. Naruto had always been quiet and never tried to make friends. That's why he got along with him well… or at least better than any other person. But, when he attempted the Bunshin portion of the test, he failed horribly. How could someone who failed such basic jutsus succeed in covering a training field in chakra?

Kakashi let go of Sasuke's hands. Sasuke, still deep in thought, was shaken out of them by the sudden change in balance and fell forward. Kakashi turned around and said, "Well, I have two more students to test. Stay right here, alright?" He shunshined away.

Sasuke growled. He still wasn't done fighting. He began to walk in the direction of the starting area when he heard, "I told you to stay" under him. Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed his ankles and dragged him down. Sasuke, in surprise, screamed.

Sakura, hearing Sasuke screaming, immediately started to run in the direction of the sound. She eventually came across a river bank. Out of nowhere, a gust of wind blew across her eyes, blinding her temporarily. She felt kind of drowsy for a moment. When the wind stopped, she stood in the field, trying to remember why she was running.

"S-…Sakura", she heard behind her. With a smile on her face, she turned around to greet her crush.

"Sasuke….-kun?" In front of her was the bleeding body of Uchiha Sasuke, reaching out for help.

"Sakura, h-help me. Our sensei is crazy. H-he's going to kill us all….". He fell over. Sakura screamed and then promptly fainted.

Kakashi shook his head. He stood over the sleeping body of his female student. "I didn't think she'd fall for such a simple Genjutsu."

"Well, she really isn't much of a ninja, is she?", said a voice in the forest east to him. Kakashi, looking in that direction, saw Naruto walk out.

"I thought you were hiding", Kakashi said.

"I thought you were going to find me. I was getting bored", Naruto replied.

Kakashi opened his book again and began reading. "Too much effort. Plus, you're the one who needs to attack me. You need the bells, remember?"

"Yeah. I remember." Naruto charged Kakashi.

Kakashi shook his head again. 'I thought at least you might be smart enough to figure out some strategy before attacking.' Naruto began some hand signs. Kakashi raised an eyebrow. 'Oh? So what do you have up your sleeves this time?' After a few hand signs, it became apparent to Kakashi to what the jutsu was. And, his eyes widened again. 'That's the Bunshin Daibakuha Jutsu! If that's a clone… shit!' He remembered his female student lying next to him, grabbed her, and jumped away while throwing some shuriken at him. The clone, finished with its signs, got hit by the shuriken and exploded. Kakashi managed to get out of the blast radius with his student in time.

Another Naruto came out from the forest. Kakashi leered at him. "Are you the real Naruto?"

Naruto shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not."

Kakashi, after lying Sakura behind some trees, glared at Naruto. "You almost killed one of your teammates!"

Naruto shrugged again. "Like I said, she's not much of a ninja. She can barely hide or fight. It would have been smart to put her out of commission, right?"

Naruto suddenly got decked in the gut by Kakashi. He flew for a bit, and after landing, grabbed his stomach and proceeded to dry heave. Kakashi stood over him, furious. "You're right. Sakura isn't much of a ninja. The rules themselves may even agree with you. And, those who break the rules are scum." He made sure Naruto could see his eye before continuing. "But, those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum."

Naruto was silent through the whole thing, mostly cause he couldn't breather. But, after standing up, he looked down at the ground. Kakashi relaxed. It seemed the boy got the message. But then suddenly, Naruto looked at his sensei with rage in his eyes. "Comrades?", Naruto asked. "That's not my comrade."

Kakashi was taken aback. "Wha-"

Naruto cut him off. "Comrades are fellow companions you trust. But, I don't trust anybody. The only person I will ever trust is myself!" Naruto began making some hand signs. Kakashi immediately got into a defensive position. He saw hand signs that he didn't recognize, and he really didn't like that.

Naruto finished his signs and shouted, "Intou: Sessuru!" His shadow reached out and connected with Kakashi's shadow. Kakashi, for the third time today, widened his eyes in surprise.

'Isn't this the Nara's signature jutsu?... No, I can still move.', Kakashi thought, moving his fingers to confirm.

Naruto continued making hand signs, more than before as quickly as he could. When he finished, he shouted, "Intou: Tsukisasu no Kageken!" Blades of shadow suddenly shot out of Kakashi's shadow and attempted to impale him. Kakashi, noticing this, with his faster reflexes, used the Kawarimi no Jutsu to replace himself with a log. When he appeared in a nearby tree, he noticed that his speed was greatly reduced. Had Naruto been any stronger with that jutsu or had he been any weaker, he would have been too slow to dodge that attack.

Kakashi jumped out of the tree to face Naruto again. "You do realize that we are on a team? A team is a group of comrades. We have to work together whether you like it or not."

Naruto shook his head. "Fuck that! You and the other two can go play teammates if you want. I refuse to trust any of you!"

Kakashi was honestly baffled. He knew that Naruto had a horrid past, but this was bordering psychological disorders… No, it did border psychological disorders. Naruto must have developed PTSD at one point without no one noticing. It would explain the trust issues with everyone. "Naruto, you can trust us. We want to be on a team with you."

"Yeah, right. How long do you wait before you backstab someone? Huh?!", Naruto shouted. He refused to listen to anything Kakashi had to say.

At this point, Sasuke had dug himself out and found the duo yelling at each other. Listening to Naruto basically freak out, he was surprised on how similar they were. He wouldn't trust Kakashi-sensei or Sakura if he had the choice either. But, he doesn't. If he wants to kill Itachi, he has to work with them to get stronger.

Sasuke walked out. Naruto, noticing him, jumped back so that he could face both of them without being surprised by the other. Sasuke looked like he had something to say, so Naruto waited, eyes moving back and forth between the two.

Sasuke finally began talking. "Naruto, I understand how you feel."

"Bullshit", Naruto replied.

"No, I really mean it. I wouldn't trust these two if I could help it. I just need their help to kill that certain someone."

Naruto growled. "Well, I don't need either of yours or that sensei's help. I'm fine on my own."

Sasuke was silent for a while, pondering on what to say. When he finally spoke, Naruto's eyes widened, not expecting that.

"Naruto, let's be friends."

Naruto stood there, motionless. Kakashi was surprised himself, but he kept it calm on the exterior. Naruto soon began to laugh. "Are you serious? I won't become comrades with you. I refuse to trust you and let you have my back. Why the hell would I let you be my friend?!"

Sasuke replied, "Because friends don't need to trust each other!"

Naruto was taken aback for a moment. But before he could respond, Sasuke continued. "Friends care about each other and help each other out. It was like that with me and my brother a long time ago. But, friends don't need to trust each other. They need to trust themselves that they want to be friends with the other guy. If both of them trust themselves, then they can be friends. If one of them betrays the other, the one that got hurt has permission to gather up his allies to beat the shit out of the guy."

Naruto was really just confused. He didn't know what to say. "You want to be friends that don't trust each other?"

Sasuke nodded. "Yeah. We are really similar when it comes to trusting people."

Naruto shook his head. "I've never heard of a friendship working like that from what other people talk about. It sounds absurd."

Sasuke smiled. "We're not really normal. You're freaking out cause of trust, and I want to kill someone. An absurd relationship might be for the best."

Naruto just stood there. He seemed stuck, not sure what to do at all. But after a while, he looked up at Sasuke and said, "How do we start?"

Sasuke shrugged. "Well, from what I heard from Kakashi-sensei when I was fighting him, you have some good jutsus up your sleeve. Why don't we try bonding by getting our bells together?"

Naruto grinned. "Bonding through violence? Not too bad." The two faced Kakashi, who was happy that his team was starting to work together, but he was also a bit let down. 'They need to beat me to be friends? 'sigh' This sounds really troublesome… If only Obito and I had been like that… maybe we would have-' Kakashi was caught off from his thoughts as Sasuke finished his signs.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" The giant fireball, still aided by the Chakra mist, headed towards Kakashi. Kakashi rapidly went through his hand signs. "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" A giant water dragon burst out from the nearby river and slammed into the fireball.

He then noticed multiple Kage Bunshins over his head. Half of them grabbed the ankles of another Kage Bunshin and threw them. The half that was thrown began performing hand signs while the other half performed the other. When they finished, they shouted out their jutsus' names.

The half that threw shouted, "Kaze Bunsan", pushing as much chakra as they could into their jutsu, making a huge chakra wind. The wind slammed into the thrown Kage Bunshins, accelerating them towards Kakashi. Kakashi's eyes widened when he realized what was going to happen. He was going to need a Kawarimi again.

The Kage Bunshins that were thrown shouted, "Bunshin Daibakuha!" When they hit the ground, they exploded, making an effect similar to a tactical bombing. The real Naruto was with Sasuke, doing his next jutsu. "Kyoka no Kenshutsu." His hearing became a hundred times better. He turned to Sasuke and pointed in a direction. "He's over there."

Sasuke nodded and asked, "Can you do that thing Kakashi-sensei was talking about? Spreading your chakra everywhere?"

"Sure.", Naruto performed the Kiri no Chakra again. He pushed his hands into the air, dispersing the chakra into the air. After a few moments, Naruto looked over and nodded.

They ran to where Naruto detected Kakashi. When they saw him, he was in the field again, moving slightly every once in a while, making the bells ring. Sasuke looked over and said, "All right. So, let's try and defeat him and tire him out with Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu. So, go keep him busy while-"

Naruto looked over with a bit of anger. "Waaait, no. We may be friends, but I don't trust you enough to turn my back on you. You distract him." Sasuke opened his mouth to argue, but he stopped himself. Naruto was much more distrustful than he was. Even if he argued, he would never go out there and let his back be exposed. Sasuke agreed instead. "Do you have some idea on how to get those bells?", asked Sasuke.

Naruto looked at Kakashi, as if planning, and nodded. "Yeah, I think I might."

Kakashi noticed the duo as soon as they arrived, and he noticed that they seemed to be planning. He was actually quite happy. They were working together, which was the entire point of the test. Now, if only Sakura could join them, this would have worked out perfectly.

Then, Sasuke with a few Kage Bunshins of Naruto jumped out, running towards Kakashi. Kakashi, expecting a barrage of Taijutsu, got ready to defend, but he wasn't expecting Sasuke to jump as high as he could and for the Kage Bunshins to push him farther. When Sasuke was high in the air, he ran through the hand signs and shouted, "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" Multiple fire balls headed towards Kakashi. They soon hit the mist of chakra, making them increase in size three-fold. Kakashi, in response, shouted, "Doton: Sekimori!" The earth rose around him and eventually formed a barrier. But, unexpectedly, none of the fireballs hit the barrier but around him, creating multiple craters.

When Kakashi lowered the barrier, he saw the Kage Bunshins of Naruto standing around in a circle, performing the unrecognizable hand signs. When they finished, they all shouted, "Intou: Sessuru!" Their shadows reached the craters, touching the shadows that were made by them, and eventually grew stronger and connected with Kakashi's shadow. Kakashi, having multiple shadows on him, could barely move. If he really wanted to get out, he could, but he thought that his students should take the win.

Sasuke dropped down. When he landed, he went to get the bells. Touching the connected shadows, he felt a little weakened, but since the shadows and chakra were aimed at Kakashi, he could move freely.

The Naruto still hiding smiled. They had won. As soon as Sasuke takes the bells, he could dispel the clones.

Then: "Why not try Intou: Tsukisasu no Kageken now?" Naruto's eyes widened in shock. The voice said, "You thought you could rid of me, didn't you. No, I'm here to stay. But seriously, kill them."

Naruto shook his head as hard as he could. "I can't. One of them is my friend, and the other is my sensei. I can't kill them."

The voice replied, "Your funeral. You won't ever get a chance like this to kill them. If you don't kill them now, they'll backstab you. Why trust them? Why give them the chance?" Eventually, after much effort, Naruto managed to suppress the voice. This time was worse. It tried to appeal to how he felt. That was dirty.

Sasuke grabbed the bells and lifted them up high. Naruto, seeing that, released all of his jutsus. The Kage Bunshin spoofed out of existence, and the shadows connected to Kakashi's shadow disappeared.

'They worked together perfectly. It seems like they've passed the test', Kakashi thought. Naruto had jumped down to get his bell when Sakura had come out of the forest. She saw Sasuke holding the two bells, and she was overjoyed until Sasuke threw one of the bells to Naruto.

"Sasuke-kun? Why did you give one to Naruto?", she asked. "I want to be on your team too."

Sasuke and Naruto looked at each other before looking back at Sakura. Kakashi waited for the correct response. If one of them gives up their bell, then-

"Why would we give one to you?", they both asked. Kakashi was surprised, but he didn't show anything on the surface.

Sakura, now with tears in her eyes, said, "But… Sasuke-kun, I know you better than this loner. We could be a great team.:

Sasuke just scoffed at her, who flinched at the disapproving sound. He looked into her eyes and said, "Know me? You seem to misunderstand quite a bit."

"But-"

"But nothing. Even if you did know me better, at least, Naruto can fight. Why would I want to fight with a loser like you?" Naruto nodded along as Sasuke basically crushed Sakura's heart.

The two boys felt a dangerous presence behind them. They both twirled around as quickly as they could, only to find a very angry sensei looking at them. Kakashi asked them, "What are you doing?"

Sasuke, defiantly, said, "What do you mean? We passed the test. She didn't because she was weak." Naruto, however, held his tongue. He believed that Sasuke was right, but something was off. He felt real anger from Kakashi, so if it was an act, it was beyond good. But if he was actually angry, then he needed to be careful.

Kakashi, furious with the boys, grabbed both of them, without them even realizing it, and tied them to the training posts in the middle of the field. Then, he had Sakura sit between them. "None of you have passed the test!", he said forcefully.

"But we got the bells!", Sasuke shouted back, but he shut up after one glare from Kakashi, who then took out a bento and gave it to Sakura.

"You two will stay here and think about how you didn't succeed while Sakura gets to eat." To Sakura, he said, "Do not give any food to either of them, understand?" She nodded, slightly afraid of the emotion that the sensei did not show before. He then poofed away into the forest to keep a watch on them. 'Now, let's see if you two can redeem yourselves.'

Sasuke was fuming, wanting to attack his teacher for yelling at him, even though he had done exactly what he said. He looked over at Naruto and was confused to see that he did not look the same. Naruto looked like he was thinking of something.

'He didn't look angry at us before. What did we do that changed that? Was it what we said about Sakura? But, she was going off the team, and it was true. I mean, if she was still a teammate, that would be a different story since I would have technically abandoned her, but… Wait…' Naruto's eyes widened in realization. 'She still is. Kyuubi, how are teams split up usually?'

'From what I've seen, it was always teams of four: one leader plus three subordinates. Even in ANBU, it seems like four is a good number they stick by.', the Kyuubi responded, knowing full well where Naruto was going with this.

Naruto nodded. 'I thought so. It would be weird if only us three were on a team… Dammit, we fucked up.' He looked at Sakura, who was meekly eating her food. He sighed. 'There's no way she'll forgive us so easily for insulting her like that. Fuck! There has to be something I can do.' He started to look around at everything, looking for anything.

Sakura had seen Naruto look at her, sigh, then start looking around everywhere. 'Is he hungry?', she wondered. She looked down at the rest of her food and back at him. 'Should I give him some?' But, she shook her head. 'No, Kakashi-sensei said I couldn't give them anything, and plus, this way I can get some payback for stealing away my Sasuke-kun.'

She stuck her tongue out at Naruto and said, "I'm not giving you any."

Naruto heard this and was quiet for a moment. For that moment, Sakura thought he was depressed or something, but then he looked back at her and said, "Why not?"

"Huh?", she asked. "What do you mean, why not? Cause Kakashi-sensei said not to."

Naruto then looked at Sasuke. 'Cmon, Sasuke, get the hint.' Sasuke wondered why Naruto was looking at him, but he realized that Sakura had said something that he needed to pay attention to. 'Well, that's what he said to her. So, what am I supposed to get? She's just following the rules.' Sasuke's eyes then opened in realization as well.

He looked at Naruto and said, "We're supposed to have Sakura feed us." Sakura almost spit out her food when she heard that. "What? Sasuke-kun, I mean, I wouldn't mind", she said, blushing a little, "But, sensei said I couldn't."

"He also said that the two people who got a bell would pass and be Genin while the other would be sent back. But, he tied up the two who got a bell, and you're still here.", Sasuke responded.

Sakura seemed to still be in disbelief. Naruto then looked at the both of them. "Both of you, have you ever seen a ninja squad before?" Both of them nodded.

"My brother sometimes would be part of a squad", Sasuke said.

"I saw a few ninja squads walk around before. I was curious about what they looked like", Sakura said.

Naruto then asked them, "Alright, then tell me: how many ninjas are in a squad?"

Both their eyes widened again in realization. They both said "four". Naruto nodded, then looked up at the sky and shouted, "Kakashi-sensei, you can come out now. We're not going to make fun of Sakura anymore! It would be bad teamwork if we did, right?!"

Kakashi poofed back into the spot he originally was in. He looked at Naruto and Sasuke disappointedly. "I would've thought you two would have gotten it during your own display of teamwork."

Sasuke looked down in shame, but Naruto didn't. Kakashi glared at Naruto, who didn't seem to care much. "You disagree?"

Naruto nodded. "Well, yeah. I mean, Sasuke and I got a bell each without Sakura. This test was the thing that was wrong. It only taught us to use our resources."

Kakashi shook his head. "Did you really think I actually lost?"

Naruto looked at him and said, "Yeah, I do."

"I let you win.", Kakashi said.

Naruto nodded. "Yeah, I know. That's why I won."

Naruto looked at Kakashi and said, "You didn't make the test impossible, sensei. Had you did, I would've understood the point since I would've have accepted Sakura's help then."

Kakashi was quiet for a moment and shook his head. He went over and cut the ropes on both of the boys. "You're just making excuses at this point. Since you already worked together with someone, you should have realized that your power on your own wasn't enough."

Naruto then mumbled something that Kakashi and Sakura could only hear. "I managed to not die on my own power so far. It's not like your test was any more dangerous than my own life." Kakashi cringed, remembering that Naruto probably was more stubborn due to it being necessary to live like he did. Sakura, on the other hand, was confused. 'Dangerous? What does he mean by that?'

Kakashi looked at the three Genin and said, "You guys barely BARELY pass the test. Meet at the Hokage Tower at 9 in the morning for your first missions, understood?"

All of them nodded their heads. Kakashi began walking back to the village. Sasuke followed behind him. Naruto expected Sakura to follow Sasuke, but he was surprised to see her looking at him. "What do you want?"

Sakura, meekly still due to her fear of him, said, "Well, we're on the same team, and I thought we should know each other better and"

Naruto stopped her with his hand raised in the air. "Sorry, I don't do stuff like that."

Sakura was taken aback, but taking a deep breath in, she took up some courage and asked, "Why not? Is it because I'm too weak?"

"No, that has nothing to with it. I just don't trust anybody but myself.", Naruto responded.

"What about Sasuke? You guys worked together, right?", she asked.

Naruto said, "No, I don't trust him either. We're apparently friends now, but we don't have to trust each other."

"… What? How does a friendship work without trust?", Sakura questioned, very confused. Naruto just shrugged his shoulders and began to leave. Sakura began to follow and kept asking questions. "What can I do to make you trust me?"

"Nothing."

"Is there any way at all that can make you tell me anything?"

"No."

"Why not?"

Naruto spun around and looked at her. Sakura was afraid she pissed him off, but he then calmly asked, "Why do you want to know so badly?"

Sakura closed her eyes and took in another deep breath. "Well, I want to be friends with you, too, but I don't know how to have a friendship without trust."

"Why do you want to be friends with me then?"

"Well… we're kinda similar."

"Similar?", Naruto asked.

Sakura nodded. "Yeah, I used to be bullied a lot and didn't have any friends, but my best friend Ino protected me from them. I trust her now a lot because she's been a great friend to me."

"Don't you hate Ino? You always fight over Sasuke with her."

Sakura smiled. "Yeah, well, sometimes, that's what friends do. And, you seem to be in the same situation, so-"

Naruto cut her off. "We are not in the same situation. You didn't have friends because of the other people. I don't have any friends because of me."

Sakura was getting frustrated. She wanted to be friends with Naruto because she felt like they could bond, but she couldn't even start the relationship at all.

"Please, there must be something that I can do to make you my friend."

Naruto opened his mouth to tell her no again, but he then heard that voice again. 'Sorry, but I'm taking over. It's too good of an opportunity. You'll thank me for this later.' When Naruto blinked, he suddenly found himself not in control of his body and hearing his voice speak.

"Well, you could tell me a secret that you've never told anybody. If you can trust me that much, I could maybe trust you.", "Naruto" said.

Sakura thought for a moment. "But, I don't have any secrets like that. I tell Ino everything."

"Naruto" then gave a grin that sent chills down Sakura's spine. It was creepy and dangerous-looking. "Well, we could make that secret instead."

"… What do you mean?"

"Naruto" suddenly grabbed Sakura by the arm and pulled her into close proximity.

"Kiss me. If you do that, then I'll maybe trust you."

Naruto was screaming at the voice to leave her and him alone, but it didn't seem like his own voice could get out of his body.

Sakura was quiet for a very long time. Finally, she looked up and said, "Will that make you want to trust me?"

Naruto's eyes widened. She was fine with it? Why? Then, he heard that voice again, with him this time. "Unlike you, I don't need to perform any hand signs to do any of the Intou jutsus. I used Intou: Kyofu no Zaiaku (Shadow Style: Illusion of Sin) on her. She always wanted a boyfriend that would understand her, and since Sasuke was always alone, she chased after him. I just… made some changes."

"… You're forcing her to like me?!"

The voice laughed. "Hey, at least, I'm not raping her, right? And since she believes that you can be that perfect boyfriend, you can put a little trust in her blind emotion, right? Hehe, humans are sooo easy to trick!" The voice began to laugh hard, as if this gave him pleasure beyond any other means. It probably did.

"Naruto", on the outside still controlled by the voice, smiled creepily again and said, "Yeah, of course."

Sakura took a deep breath again, but this time, it was to calm her nerves instead of calming her fear. She looked up at Naruto and his lips, longingly. "Naruto" bent down to kiss her. The true Naruto inside was still yelling at the voice to stop.

Then, their lips touched.

AND THAT'S CHAPTER THREE. Sorry to end it on a cliffhanger, but it's more fun for me to do it this way. And, if you want to know what each of the jutsus do, then go look at my profile page for a review on the new ones.

I will try and have Chapter 4 out as soon as possible. And, yes, I know that one of the genres is friendship, and it seems kind of bad right now, but we'll get to it, eventually. Just keep reading.

Well, thanks for reading, and remember to review if you have anything you want to ask or comment!