This chapter is pretty short and it has continued to mentally scar me since I first wrote it (which was months ago). I find it very hard to listen to Chris Brown's song "Take You Down" now. .
Disclaimer (Yay!): I don't own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does and the song
"Take You Down" belongs to Chris Brown.
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After secretly dropping off Naruto's car keys with Ino, the two teens snuck out of school yet again (well, expect Sakura; it was her first time).
The car ride to Naruto's apartment was quiet. Only the radio that played softly in the background made any bit of noise. Every so often, at red lights, Sakura would glance over at Naruto to see how he was doing. Every time she looked, his position never changed. Naruto sat in the passenger seat, hunched over with his head in his hands. She could tell something wasn't right. They were less five minutes away now. She was about to ask him if he was okay when a gasp, followed by a loud squeal escaped her lips.
"I love this song!!!!"
"What so—?" Naruto began to say. He stopped short as he heard the lyrics.
Here we are all alone in this room (oh)
And girl I know where to start and what we gonna do (yeah)……
Naruto shuddered as the lyrics sunk in. His stomach cringed and he began to feel nauseous again. The song was making him remember everything he was trying so hard to forget.
…Hey let's bump and grind girl tonight will never end
Let me take you down
I really wanna take you down
And show you what I'm about
When I take you down…
Naruto groaned slightly as more torturing lyrics hit his ears; he felt as if he was going to throw up again.
I wanna take you down
I really wanna take you down…
The memories of that day flowed freely from Naruto's head. His blue eyes opened wide and Naruto was sure he was slowly going into hyperventilation. The scene seemed to flash before him, opening up each of his memory senses. He could see it, he could feel every touch; every ounce of pain, he could hear his own screams. He could hear Sasuke….sick twisted Sasuke in his head as well. Naruto wanted it all to disappear.
They were now parked in front of Naruto's apartment complex. The flashes still didn't go away. That wandering hand……..Sasuke's sickening moan……the agonizing, torturing, indescribable physical and mental pain. Soon, the horrific images overtook Naruto; he couldn't take it anymore.
"N-Naruto?" Sakura asked concerned and a bit fearful. Naruto's body had gone rigid ever since the song had started. At first, Sakura thought it was because he didn't like the song, or more specifically, the genre. But now, as she saw Naruto hunched over, his body trembling, his hands covering his ears, she came to realize that it was something more.
Naruto's earsplitting scream sounded throughout the small car as the music began to fade.
I said I wanna take you down (let me take you down)……