DISCLAIMER: Nope I still don't own Naruto
A pained yipping fills my ears and brings me racing towards my den. The cries that had been growing steadily louder abruptly cut off. My mind whirls, the silence is even more horrifying then pleas for help had been. As I draw near my den there is an overwhelming sense of malice that gives even me a pause. I feel a snarl growing deep within my chest, the only presence in my den is the menacing one.
"Ken'ichi!" I call worry fills my voice. There is no answer save for the sound of soft laugher. I enter my den and a man turns around. His eyes are as red as the blood that coats his pale hands.
"Aw Kyuubi Danzo said you'd come."
Kuro woke with a howl of rage on his lips. Naruto made a disgruntled sound and sat up.
"Kyu?" He yawned, his eyes still foggy with sleep. Kuro rounded on Naruto lips pulled back in an angry snarl. Naruto eyes grew wide and he could see the animal raging just below the surface in Kuro.
"Kyu what's wrong?" Naruto voice was uncertain and Kuro face twisted as he fought with his rational side. He fell to his kneel pressing his head between his hands. Naruto looked worried and came to crouch down by the redhead; he placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Tell me what's wrong." He implored. Genuine concern for both Kuro and what would happen to him if the demon lost it moved Naruto to comfort the man. Kuro swallowed and moved his hands to cradle his face.
"Ken'ichi." Kuro's voice was soft and almost lost beneath the sounds of the forest. Confused Naruto cocked his head.
"What?" Naruto's hand began to form small circles on Kuro's back.
"Yes, what! What could they possibly have wanted to kill him for? He was just a kit." Kuro voice was angry and his charka was flaring. Naruto tensed, the conversation was going wrong.
"Was Ken'ichi your kit?" Naruto asked trying to piece Kuro's rambling together. Kuro whined and nodded.
"Kyu look at me." Naruto pulled the pale hands away and force Kuro's pretty face to look up at his, "Ken'ichi died fifteen years ago, being angry now isn't going to bring him back." Kuro broke free of Naruto's hands and looked down.
"I said look at me Kyu! Tell me what happened." Naruto commanded it was disquieting to see Kuro like this; he was a powerful demon and always very much in control. The man kneeling on the ground licked his lips and started.
"Fifteen years ago I had a mate and kit. My mate was simply convenient to have around, but really she was nothing more then a large fox; much like your large summoning toads. But my kit, Ken'ichi, was very… very dear to me. One night I heard Ken'ichi starte cry, it was his danger cry." Kuro looked upset but continued, "I ran back to my den, but when I got there both my mate and my little kit lay dead. The only living thing left in the den was their murder, Madara Uchiha. I was free of a human continer then and not easliy surpressed, I kill Madara but not before learning who he was working for. He said that Danzo of Konoha had sent him. So I attacked Konoha and your story begins." Kuro voice had become detacted durning his story.
"Why would someone from Konoha want to kill you kit?" Naruto asked too confused to remember that he was supposed to be calmly Kuro down.
"How should I know!" Kuro snapped and Naruto flinched, but instead of losing it Kuro leened back on his heels. With the dream fading the sharp pain of his only son's death faded to back the sad memory it had been. He looked at the worry that was so plain on Naruto's face and let out a bitter laugh. Naruto gave him a sharp look a raised an eyebrow.
"I should be grateful I suppose. Everything has a blance if I hadn't lost Ken'ichi I'd never have found you." This gentlier side of Kuro shocked Naruto and he let himself be pulled into a soft hug.
"Just two more nights here, let try not to nearly die again today." Kuro teased Naruto shoving his memories deeper. But Naruto knew they were there, laying like timebombs till something as simple as a dream set them off again.
AN: I really hate this chapter; it is the result of writer's block, two new college classes on top all nine of my high school classes, being ground, another broke power cord, and making lame excuses. So if this chapter just feels… wrong to you, don't worry it feels off to me as well. I should have the chapter up by next weekend, even if I have to beat those plot bunnies with a whip!
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First, I want to thank all of you who voted. If you voted and your ending didn't win, I'm sorry. If you didn't vote and your ending didn't win, I don't care. So the Happy Ending won by a long shot and so the story will ending happy, but that doesn't mean there not going to be any issues with their relationship.