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Thanks to: itachisgurl93, aloukou101, Evil Ball of Fluff, Silvermane1, Tsumetai Taiyoukai, Witty Remark who all reviewed, I only write this story because of ya'll.
Side note: There may be stray letters through out this update. Why? You ask. Because my mom's new kitten, Neko, decided that he wanted to walk on the keyboard. I did my best to find and fix all of Neko's notes but I may have missed a few.
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I lay in the dim house on the floor no light spills through the eastern facing windows. Some part of mind remains rational enough to wonder if they wondered about me when I didn't return to work after lunch, but this small part goes unnoticed in the wild turmoil of the rest of my mind. His accusations echo through the kitchen and I watch again and again as the conversion ends the same way.
Why, my angel, did you leave me? Perhaps it is my fault one so kind as you would never think such thoughts unless I gave you reason to. I swear angel I love none but you.
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Kuro lay on the floor his only comfort was that Naruto had to come back, even if it was only to tell him to leave. The thought that Naruto might not want him around anymore made Kuro's chest clench painfully.
Kuro's heart leapt when he heard a knock on the door, but it fell when he remembered that Naruto wouldn't knock. He lay there wrapped in self-pity till the growing intensity of the knocks roused him from the floor. He opened the door to find Izumo and Kotetsu standing there.
Naruto's words echoed through his mind and he gave his friend a cold look.
"I told Izumo there was nothing to worry about! I said that you probably ran into your little blond at lunch and decided to have him instead! But Izumo said it was weird that Naruto wasn't at the meeting to get information on the latest 'bring back Sasuke' mission." Kotetsu rattled off before Kuro could even open his mouth. Kuro continued glaring at Izumo, who shifted uncomfortably, till something Kotetsu had said sunk in.
"Naruto wasn't at the mission meeting?" He asked sharply. Kotetsu looked shocked.
"No I thought…" But Kuro brushed past him and out the door. Irrational fear spread through his body. What would make Naruto miss the very meeting that had started their fight?
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Slowly consciousness returned to Naruto. He opened his eye and though his vision was still blurry he thought he saw two figures.
"Senpai he's awake!" One of the people called.
"Then knock him out again, un!" The man who had spoken fist moved towards Naruto and his world went dark again.
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The worry Kuro had felt was full-blown panic now. The last anyone had seen Naruto he had been heading out of the village looking angry. Izumo had caught up to Kuro, but he was wise enough to follow quietly while the temperamental redhead had his fit.
The two of them followed the fading charka trial down to the bank of a stream. Kuro froze when he picked up two other vaguely familiar charka residues.
Anger and fear surged through his body as he recognized the charka. What would that group do to Naruto if they found that he no longer had a demon in him? It seemed unlikely that they would just let him go.
Kuro charka flared to match his mood and his body began to shake. He wouldn't be able to hold his human form much longer. Snarling he moved to run down the faint trail left by Naruto's attackers, but a firm hand stopped him.
"Let go Izumo." He said warningly, killing his friend would only further dampen his day.
"I know you're angry, I would be to if it were Kotetsu, but you have to wait till the Hokage organizes a search party and…" Kuro cut him off.
"And what? Wait for the trail to fade? It's half gone all ready. Wait for the elders to tell me I can't leave the village? You know they will. Wait for the Akatsuki to try and suck out Naruto's soul? You know as well as I do that will kill him! No Izumo I won't wait!" With that he tour his arm away from Izumo's grip and ran. He would teach the Akatsuki to regret harming his angel.
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Four men sat in a dark room, though only three were obviously human. All eyes were on the crumpled form in the middle of the room.
"I don't see what the big deal was, un." One man said, "It was more trouble getting my Jinchuuriki then him, un."
"You should have waited. Now we have the task of restraining him till we have the means and the power to remove his demon. Also, I don't think Konoha will remain ignorant of his absence for long. Nor do I think that they will be willing to over look it." Another man said coolly. His eyes turned a blood red to better examine the young man in the middle of the room. Too his red his there was faint blue glow pulsing around the blond. Looking closer the man expected to see an even fainter red, but it wasn't there. No matter how hard he looked he couldn't even find a trace which meant…
"You fool! Where is the demon?" The blond he was talking to looked confused.
"Itachi that is the Kyuubi container." The shark-faced man beside Itachi said in a tone that questioned his partner's sanity. Itachi rounded on him, somehow managing to do so without ever losing his composer.
"That was the container, but the demon isn't there anymore. So I'll ask you again. Where is it?"
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AN: So Kyuubi is an extremist, I figure that demons don't do anything halfheartedly. Damn I see why people write het! There are too many "he's" in this story! This really should have been up almost a week ago, but I'm moving and accidentally packed the notebook it was written in. Needless to say my parents weren't thrill to find me riffling franticly through my neatly packed boxes for it. Aw well. Thanks for reading.