Zack: I've got nothing to say really, I just packed up my stuff and heading to the airport so I suppose I'll won't be seeing fanfic for a while.
As an educated guess, I'd probably be more world-weary at the end of this chapter.
Meh…

TEXT STYLE:
Shits like you don't deserve to live – Regular
Memories never fade – Flashback
"…"- Character talking
'..shhh..'-Character thoughts.
'…' – Mental communication.
"…" – Demon talking/ shouting.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

STORY START

Through A Demon's Eyes
Chapter 4
Let It Burn

Crackle…
Sch…
Snap…

The fire burned slowly, lighting up the small, war-torn building as Amaru yawned, tired from the long day.

Since Naruto had viciously killed the Infected earlier, they had managed to lose the rest of the Infected from their tail and after travelling for several minutes; the red-streaked blonde had broken into an abandoned apartment and after securing the place, started a small campfire to light the place up.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Amaru glanced over to the hallway and sure enough, Naruto returned with a handful of food. Laying it by the fire, Naruto and Amaru evaluated what the blonde had scrapped up; a couple of noodle packs, a handful of apple and a half-full carton of milk. Reaching over, Amaru took one of the apples and started to nibble on it, taking ever so slow small bites as Naruto left once more, heading to the messy kitchen as searched around, looking for a pair of glass.

"How could you do it?" Amaru asked as she stopped nibbling the apple, glancing straight at the red-streaked blonde's back as he stiffened.

"Do what?" He asked, his search halted as he leant against the kitchen counter, refusing to turn to her as the memory replayed within his mind.

"…That you killed him…"

Naruto sighed, before turning around, a forlorn look on his face as he gazed down at the floor, uncertainty swelling underneath his eyes as his long, red-streaked, blonde hair draped over his eyes.

"I…I don't know. It had happened on reflex but…"

"But…?"

"…But somewhere, somewhere deep inside of me, that I knew what I wanted to do it, before I even managed to think of it…"

Amaru stood up, a concerned look on her face as she trudged over to the red-streaked blonde, her hand slowly flying to his face as she brushed away his hair, staring straight at his ruby red, demonic eyes that gazed back. Despite the haunting, vicious, animalistic appearance, the redhead could clearly the flicker of humanity that lay deep within, buried behind the rage, the pain and finally, anguish.

"What…happened to you, to your eyes?" She uttered softly as he glanced up at her, a confused look on his face.

"What do you mean?"

"…It's pitch black, your iris is a crimson, shuriken shaped…"

As soon as words erupted from her mouth, Naruto broke away, heading to one of the abandoned rooms as Amaru felt her heart skip, feeling an unfamiliar warmth spreading across her chest. Turning around, the redhead quickly spotted the red-streaked blonde glancing at his reflection at one of the bloodstained mirrors that lay mounted on the wall, unmoving as he observed his eyes.

Crack…

Out of nowhere, the Uzumaki's fist flew straight towards the mirror, shattering it to thousands of pieces as the slivers of glass crashed on the floor. Crimson blood started to drip from his knuckles, spilling down the broken frame and onto the floor, staining the floor and the glass fragments as a low growl emerged deep within his throat.

"Naruto" The redhead spoke, her voice soft and quiet, as she approached him, placing a tender hand on his shoulder.

The red-streaked blonde turned around, tears spilling out of his eyes as Amaru embraced him, clutching him as he leaned against her, a choked sobs racking his throat. His hands wrapped around her slowly, his bleeding hand staining her multi-colored woolen jumper as Amaru hushed him, trying to calm her savior as he broke down in front of her. Several minutes had passed before the red-streaked blonde had silenced himself, taking comfort in the redhead's embrace as he snuggled deeper into her arms, wanting to rid himself of the anguish that plagued him.

"What's fucking happening with me?" He croaked softly.

The redhead didn't know what to say, she had always constantly been on the opposite end of the stick; crying her eyes out, looking to turn to someone for comfort so it was, with deep regret, that all she could reply to comfort him was a tight hug and an…

"…I don't know…"

The two remained there, letting the quiet crackle of the fire accompany the red-streaked blonde's anguished fueled cries as the redhead remained silent, knowing that, with deep regret and sincerity that she couldn't understand this, what he was going through.

Clunk…

The red-streaked Uzumaki lightly tossed another fragmented piece of wood into the pile, watching the fire burn as the redhead carefully wrapped the gauze bandage around his bloody knuckles, a look of concentration fixed on her face.

Hours had passed since his breakdown; they had spent it in silence, Naruto carefully munching on an apple while Amaru had carefully extracted the glass fragments within his knuckles (Mind you, she had been forced to use a fork) and had put them aside.

"Did you come here for vacation or residency?"

The redhead looked up, a confused look on her face as she gazed at the Uzumaki who took another small bite from his apple.

"What makes you think that I'm not from around here?" She replied as she finished tying the bandage around his knuckle.

Naruto gave her a half smirk before he reached out with his bandaged hand, running it in her reddish-brown hair which resulted to the redhead blushing at his contact.

"Your hair; it's very rare for it to exist in Wind Country and for you to be born with it in Wind Country is extremely rare" Naruto spoke as he pulled his hand away.

A small smile formed on her lips as she crawled over next to him, sitting next to the red-streaked blonde as he took another small bite off the apple.

"Smartass"

Naruto gave a low chuckle, cracking a small, playful smirk on Amaru's lips as her head tilted, pointing to him.

" I…I came here for residency"

The red-streaked blonde's eyes flickered over to her, noticing the small changes in her actions as she curled into a small ball, hugging her knees and placing her chin on top it as her baby blue eyes glanced down at the floor, deep sadness flashing behind those blue eyes.

"What about that bastard?"

Amaru's glanced over to him, her face scrunched up in confusion as Naruto gave a small sigh.

"I'm talking about Uragiri, he deserves to be called that much for trying to sacrifice you to save his own skin" The Uzumaki elaborated, gaining a nod from the redhead next to him.

"I…suppose. Uragiri is…" The redhead trailed off, glancing away as her baby blue eyes glazed, gazing into nothingness as she froze.

The Uzumaki gazed at her, his ruby, shuriken shaped iris locked on her saddened face as he snaked his arm around her neck, gently coaxing her to lean on his shoulder. She offered no resistance as her body slid sideways, leaning gently on her whiskered savior. A minute passed before the red-streaked blonde spoke, his voice gentle and soothing.

"What did he do to you?"

The redhead sniffled, tears welling up in her eyes as a weak sob tore from her throat. Millions of possibilities suddenly flashed through the red-streaked blonde's head as he tried to predict what Uragiri had done to this small and fragile redhead.

"He's…He took away my innocence"

Naruto's eyes narrowed, his ruby, shuriken shaped, eyes faintly glowing as anger flooded across his body. Amaru stiffened as she felt him grew warmer, sensing the rages that poured off in waves.

"…How long has he been…" Naruto growled out, his whisker marks darkening than normal.

"…He wasn't always like that…"

Amaru, just having turned fourteen, had grown quiet quickly; her height increased by several inches, her breast had started to swell into bigger lumps (she knew this when her favorite green bra had not fit her anymore and she was forced to replace it with a new bra that was a B-Cup), her hips had started to grow a bit and her body was becoming slimmer, slender even.

The villagers had noticed it too and had started to riot on her even more, specifically parents and elders, leading to more brutal beating that had her beg death to take her but somehow, the villagers never took that extra step, as if knowing that if they let her be, this nightmare will progressively turn worse for her.

It was maddening to Amaru, being beaten to an inch of your life and left for dead, only to return the next day and for it to repeat(One of the bastards had actually asked her if she knew now what the definition of insanity and coincidentally, the man died a few hours later of poison).

When one day, Uragiri arrived at their town…

"Shh" Naruto spoke quickly as he covered Amaru's lips together, his ears twitching while he glanced around, as if scanning the area.

Minutes past and the Uzumaki's eyes narrowed, a growl emerging from his throat as an unseen force shook the walls of their sanctuary, leaving spider web cracks upon the bloodied walls.

Crash…
Clink…
Clink…

The window nearby shattered, slivers of glass crashing everywhere as maroon blur flew in, landing on the ground next to it, creating a small crater on impact.

"Hello, Ruto-Kun!"

The red-streaked blonde's eyes narrowed, faintly recognizing the guttural voice of as he observed the crouching form of the maroon haired vixen, taking note of his trademark whisker marks that branded itself on the vixen's cheeks. On instinct, the Uzumaki positioned himself in front of his redhead companion, intent of protecting her should the need ever arise.

"…Who are you?" Naruto said, his right hand twitching dangerously close to his kunai before he decided against it, his talons should do the job.

The maroon haired girl gave him a mock hurt look, her clawed hand placed over her chest as a gasp ripped out of her throat.

"Oh My, how could you forget me Ruto-Kun?"

"I don't believe ever having met you" The Uzumaki replied, baring his fangs at her.

The maroon haired girl sighed and looked at him, dissatisfied with his answers.

"Can't ever believe you were this dumb Ruto-Kun, you would only be a thorn at my side, even if I upgraded you, might as well put you out of your MISERY!"

The maroon haired demon leapt at him, tackling the red-streaked blonde through the far wall and the other apartments, crashing the two into the alleyways below. Colliding into the bloodied concrete, Naruto strained himself to stand; the sheer power of her tackle had bruised him heavily but, interestingly enough, no familiar pain of fractured or broken bones lingering in his system. Twisting his head around, talons at a ready and fangs bared, the maroon haired girl gave him a smirk at his display.

"Looks like you're already upgraded; wonder who was dumb enough to do that?"

The red-streaked blonde gave no response as he glared angrily at her, his ruby eyes glowing menacingly in the darkness of the alleyway, instilling a small amount of uncertainty within her demonic core. Despite that, it did little to quell her anger.

The maroon haired girl leapt, claws stretched out, intent to impale the crouching Uzumaki whose eyes narrowed at her actions. At the last second, just before her claws made contact, Naruto sidestepped, his hand grasping her wrist, and flung her into the wall.

Crash…

"NARUTO!"

Hearing his name, the red-streaked blonde glanced up and his eye's landed on the redhead who struggled to cling on for dear life as she dangled from the cratered wall of the apartment, her eyes glancing down towards him, pleading him to save her. A clawed hand emerged from the apartment, slicing wildly at her and with a shriek of pain, her grip loosened and she fell.

Eyes widening, the Uzumaki jumped, intent on getting to the Amaru before she fell, when a maroon blur slammed into his side, propelling him straight into the concrete wall as Amaru fell past, her hands reaching for him, her bright ruby hair flying wildly around her. Shoving the growling, maroon blur off him, Naruto kicked off the wall, diving to the concrete floors as Amaru crashed, colliding into his lean frame as the maroon haired girl clung to the wall, transfixed by the events that just transpired.

"Are you alright?" Naruto grunted, glancing straight at her oceanic blue eyes that were puffy and tear stained.

"Y-yeah, I-I'm fine" She rasped out, clutching tightly to her savior as he hoisted her up on her feet.

"Grr…"

Said ninja glanced up at the growling demonic girl, eye's narrowing at the feral look that moldered itself on her face.

"Run" Naruto roared, shoving Amaru into a narrow alleyway as he punched the out corner of the building, breaking the wall into debris that blocked off the alleyway.

Hearing the roar of the maroon haired girl from his left, the Uzumaki twisted sideways and was immediately tackled by the maroon haired, demonic girl he once knew as Sakura Haruno.

Clak…
Clak…
Clak…

Amaru ran for it, swerving left and right from one alleyway to another, the echoes of inhuman roars screaming behind her, rebounding off the walls like a rubber ball.

Part of her wanted to turn back, run back and stay with her savior but a voice roared within her, a shriek that kept her legs moving, keeping her focused on her survival.

Exiting the dark alleyway, she sprinted across the fire and blood that littered the streets and buildings, ignoring the convulsing instinct rupturing inside her, forcing her stomach's contents up her throat.

Sch…

Her eyes widened as she skidded to a halt, gaze locked on the rusty metallic, blood stained kunai that swung past her nose, missing by centimeters. Falling backwards onto her butt, she froze on the spot as the Infected went to land another deadly swing with the kunai when a shiny, metallic silver flew from behind her, impaling the Infected in the head as a hand grasped her arm, rupturing a scream of surprise from the redhead as it roughly pulled her into darkness of the gaping manhole next to her.

A scream threatened to rip out from her lungs when a hand was firmly clamped over her mouth, preventing her from speaking as she struggled, her right hand groping around her. Feeling a loose pipe, she tore it loose and swung it at her assailant, thumping it, or whoever it was, in the neck.

Thack…

The assailant trudged off, slumping over to the other end of the pipe as match stick lit, lighting up the pipe, allowing Amaru to finally see who it was.

It was the Uchiha and the other redhead from earlier.

Schink…
Thunk…
Crack…

Snarling, Naruto and Sakura danced around each other, clawing methodically as the fire raged around them, sweat dribbling down their pale skin.

No words were exchanged, there was no need; his chakra had sensed hers, resonating and manipulating it, understanding that whatever the Haruno was infested by, it spawned from itself. The chakra had altered her chemistry, very dangerously to the point that should Sakura hadn't infected the others; her accumulated power would be unrivalled, even by Naruto, the original host.

'NARUTO' a voice thundered, breaking his concentration as he whipped around, searching for source.

Sakura pounced, driving her talons diagonally across his chest, slicing away several pieces of his red hoody as he dodged out in time. Going for another deadly swing, Sakura missed by centimeters as Naruto deflected her arm, opting to grab and fling her into the building next to them, launching Sakura through the wall and into the rooms.

'Kit!' the voice echoed.

'Kyuubi?' Naruto muttered, frowning as he clutched his head.

'Who else is sealed in you? Listen, I-'

'No, I've got questions for you and you've gotta answer them'

A sigh echoed in his ears before the smooth, sensual voice spoke up.

'Now's not the time, if you're gonna ask what I think you're ask then you're gonna need to find a quiet place, it's a long explanation'

A hand ripped through the smoke in front of him, grabbing him the collar as it lifted him off the ground and into the building, plowing him through walls and furniture before busting him into the blood soaked streets of Konoha.

'Good point'

Growling, Naruto snapped back up as Sakura ripped off a metal pole out of the wall, clawing the edges to sharpen her new improvised weapon.

'Well fuck!' Naruto thought as he dodged out of a lethal swipe of the makeshift, double edged spear that Haruno currently wielded.

'Hold your hand out!' Kyuubi roared in his head, confusing him with her instruction.

'What?' Naruto thought as he sidestepped a potentially killing blow from Sakura's weapon.

'Hold your hand out and form it to the tiger sign, chant this verse!

Drawing from the hatred of others,
Twisting hell's territory.
Given both Kami's and Yami's blessing,
A weapon that is neither evil or good.
Call forth...'

Naruto deflected the oncoming swipe of the spear, the red-streaked blonde kicked the maroon haired demon, propelling straight into the wall as he held out his right hand, forming the tiger symbol as he followed Kyuubi's instructions.

"Drawing from the hatred of others, twisting hell's territory. Given both Kami's and Yami's blessing, a weapon that is neither evil or good. Call forth CHAOS!" Naruto roared as a bright red light emerged from the ground, circling his right hand, speeding up as it closed in around his arm.

The red light branded itself on his right hand, forming a strange tattoo on the middle of his palm and around his wrist. The tattoo glowed ruby red before a silver sword formed on his palm, extending to almost a meter long. The blade was shiny silver with a handle designed with an onyx grip fashioned in such a way that an engraved spiral ran from the top to the bottom of the handle. A black engraving flashed on the blade, near the handle, neatly showing the five letter word; Chaos.

Sakura charged at him, swiping her spear once more as Naruto sent a clean slice towards her makeshift weapon. The two weapons clashed, Chaos proving to be victorious as the make-shift spear shattered, breaking into millions of pieces, catching the Haruno off guard as the sword continued on its path, heading straight for her neck.

As soon as the blade touched her neck, she disappeared into a column of flames, a roar echoing into Naruto's ears.

"Demon Hell Fire Teleportation!"

Naruto backed away, confused as he glanced around, his Chaos at a ready as Kyuubi let loose a string of curse in his mind.

'How the fuck did that bitch manage to take that ability from my chakra?!' Kyuubi hissed, the chains restricting her cracking from the massive resistance that Kyuubi was holding up.

'What the fuck did she just do?' Naruto asked, a wary eye checking his surroundings.

'Teleported somewhere. One of my special abilities on my human form, fucking shit!' Kyuubi roared.

Naruto's eyes narrowed, hearing the soft 'psh' behind him as he twisted around, stabbing his sword into the open space as a column of fire erupted into it.

Chink…

Naruto let loose a smirk, seeing Chaos plunge straight into her chest and puncture through to the other side. A horrified expression branded itself on her face as the fire that was building around her hand slowed before a demented grin broke into her face as she shoved both her flame covered hands straight into his chest, talons clutching his lungs as the blonde-streaked ninja howled in pain, his voice wavering.

"So this is how it came down to" Naruto uttered, blood trickling out of his lips as he twisted the blade, forcing blood to gush out of Sakura's wounds faster.

"Fuck, guess I underestimated your sorry ass" Haruno growled as she held his lungs, compressing in her hands as the Uzumaki coughed, blood splattering onto her pale skin.

Several agonizing minutes passed, neither Sakura nor Naruto weakened, still maintaining their grip on each other as a massive pool of blood formed underneath them, filling the majority of the street as the infected watched on, watching as their leader bleed out, making no move to assist her.

"SHITHEAD!"

Hearing a familiar voice, Naruto twisted his head around, catching sight of beautiful red hair waving in the air as a large fireball flew towards them. Grunting, Naruto ripped out Chaos from Haruno's body, swinging between him and her as the blade severed both her hands, leaving them on the red-streaked blonde's chest. He sidestepped in the last second, just missing the fireball by millimeters as it collided onto Haruno's form.

"Fuck!"

A growl ruptured from Uzumaki's stomach as the all-too-familiar crimson charka tore away from the seal, landing next to the red-streaked blonde as it started to form a body, a girl body with long, crimson hair and luminous green eyes with fangs and talons to match. The girl picked up Chaos from Uzumaki's hands as she strutted up to the exhausted Haruno.

"You copycat banshee, how dare you make a mockery of me!" The girl roared as she dashed forward, driving Chaos straight into the beating heart of Haruno, tearing it to shreds before the girl swung the blade into the neck, beheading her.

A thudding of footsteps echoed in Uzumaki's ears as he collapsed, succumbing to his pain as Tayuya, Amaru and Sasuke reached him, checking his injuries over. The girl glanced at him and strolled over, clutching Chaos in her hands.

"He'll need help, his regeneration can't handle all of his injuries" The girl spoke, fiddling with Chaos as the other three glanced at her.

"We'll need to get him to the Emergency Station, one of the medic ninjas there can patch him up" Sasuke replied as he carefully draped Naruto over his shoulder, giving Tayuya to Amaru to assist as the sword wielding girl rolled her eyes.

"Any slower and he'll die. Now make haste before we end up returning a corpse!" The girl barked and the group started running down the street.

"Who the fuck are you anyway?" Tayuya asked the girl, carefully eyeing the silver sword in her hands.

The girl gave her a devious smirk, showing off her fangs, as her luminous green orbs looked at her directly as she brushed away her crimson red hair off her face.

"I'm Kyuubi"

Zack: Sorry for the three month long absence, I went globe trotting with my family so you could imagine the shitty internet connection and the lack of time I'd had to just sit down add type when I could've visited the Great Wall of China Or wait in the cold night for the first glance at royal baby of England. I spent three months putting this together when I had the chance so I hope you like it.

Currently, I'm residing by Paris, just enjoying the perfect window view of the Eiffel Tower. :D
Either way, I'm boarding a flight soon to Rome, Italy so I'd better finish this off. Expect very late updates since I'm visiting Venice after that. As for my earlier assumption of being world-weary, I'd suppose I am, you pick up a lot of things when travelling. ;P

S.O.S
(Signing Out Suckers)
Zackary Summers