IMPORTANT TRUE MORTAL NOTE:For those of you easily scarred through slasher movies, torture, blood, gore, hate, despair and down right breakdown, please don't read this chapter, it contains nothing more than Kyuubi making his slight return back into this story and how Artemis and Naruto met. If you must read this, please skip Naruto's nightmares until you feel it's safe to read. If you do not heed this we can not be held responsible. Thank you.

Disclaimer:THE EYES OF A FALLEN CHILD!

AOC:NOW YOU'RE BUTCHERING THIS SONG TOO!

True Mortal:Oh shut up! I'm sorry if the last chapter wasn't as good as the others but these MAROONS gave me sugar...

Swordsman Of Kronos:Yeah.. Please... nobody out there give my son sugar...

True Mortal:PLEASE! I NEED IT! I'LL DO ANYTHING! No I'm just kidding I know some of you people'd have me putting in things that make no sense whatsoever.

AOC:And Deadpool does?

True Mortal:BUT DEADPOOL'S BADASS!

Bane Of The Fallen:... He's got you there...

AOC:... I'm outta' here you bastards...

True Mortal:BURY ME WITH MY GUN!

AOC:AW, HERE IT GOES!

Chapter 10:Nightmares Of Dreams

The body of Taskmaster thrashed heavily in Artemis' bed, sweat beading down off of his face as he panted heavily, his teeth clenched together. Slamming onto his side, the master mercenary curled up, almost as if he was... afraid...

~Naruto(Nightmare)~

Waves of bubbling red water crashed heavily over Naruto, forcing him away from a rusted and decaying cage which held yellow, crippling papers with strange Japanese like writing holding it together. Naruto struggled as hard as he could, trying to force himself to the cage that seemed, somewhat, familiar to him, though the water began burning him, carrying him farther and farther away before dumping him over the side of a 'Waterfall'.

The young, sixteen year old mercenary fell, darkness surrounding him as he struggled to find something to grasp a hold of before he landed, with a thud. Picking himself up, Naruto looked around, finding, what seemed like, a silver, blood red eyed version of him with a white foundation over his face, his whiskers still appearing. Painted around his eyes was a black eye shadow coloring, made into circles before coming into points above and below his eyes. With eye shadow his lips were also painted black and coming up into a twisted smile, almost as though someone had slashed his eyes and he was smiling about it.

This darker him wore a leather black V-Collared shirt. Pulled on over it was a black leather jacket that came down to his ankles. Pulled onto his hands were black leather gloves with no fingers at all, only a hole for his thumb, with black strings tightened around it. He wore black leather pants that were held up by multiple black belts. The pants continued down into black ankle boots. Sticking from the back of the trenchcoat was the handle of a sheathed swords (Slightly Modified Brandon Lee, The Crow).

The demonic like him licked his lips, staring at a cackling fire before he stood, his red eyes landing on Naruto."Welcome back. Why'd it take you so long to get here?" Demonic- Naruto questioned as the real him backed up slightly.

"Who are you?" Naruto questioned, Dark him smirking darkly as his hands outstretched in a 'Who Knows' Gesture.

"I don't know. Never met you, you never named me. I was created for this day, when you returned to try to get back into that grungy old cage..."

"You know what's in there?" Naruto questioned with narrowed eyes.

"Of course I do. But for you to know, you have to face your nine levels of hell, me being the first. Now C'mon." Demonic- Naruto spoke as he withdrew his sword, revealing it to be that of, the aptly name, Red Queen."We have a battle to do. You get one weapon." The demonic him spoke as multiple swords appeared in front of him.

Looking through the assortment of weapons, Naruto withdrew a sword that... disgustingly reminded Naruto of Deadpool's. Smirking, The Demonic- Naruto cracked his neck before rushing forwards. Naruto reacted as he would if on a mission, his sword deflection the demonic versions with a great amount of sparks flying from contact.

Demonic- Naruto reached out, taking his black/ white haired counterpart by the back of his head, sending his head crashing into his knee before lurching forwards. Naruto dodged to the side, Kicking demonic him in the abdomen before stabbing his opponent straight through his heart, however having the same effect it would on Deadpool, nothing. Demonic him smirked, knocking Naruto away before firmly planting his foot in the mismatched boy's face. The young man stumbling backwards, Demonic- Naruto roughly ripped the sword through his out, swinging both swords with perfect expertise.

"Looks like you're going to die here, huh?" Demonic- Naruto questioned with a sick smirk as he stalked the master mercenary. Naruto groaned before kicking Demonic- Naruto in his face, sending him backwards before he launched himself through the air, his elbows digging themselves into Demonic him's chest as he tore the two swords from the anti- Naruto's hands, stabbing them both through his back to where they protruded through his abdomen.

Smirking, Anti- Naruto slung his opponent off of him before rushing forwards, headbutting Naruto in his gut and knocking the air out of him. Naruto ground before gripping the bladed edges of both of the blades protruding from Anti- Him's stomach before ripping them out, blood spewing out of him, though he did nothing more than smirk. Anti- Naruto lurched forwards, though the regular Naruto ducked and rolled away, making sure to keep his grip on both of the blades in his hands. Snarling, Naruto swirled around, Glaring at his opponent."What does it take to kill you!"

"I can't die-"

"Ca- Caw! Ca- Caw!" Naruto looked up, smirking as he observed a single crow flying over head. Throwing Red Queen, after using its motorcycle-like handle, the blade pierced the Crow, the bird falling to the ground dead as Anti- Naruto screamed in pain. Rushing forwards, Naruto planted the Deadpool like sword in Anti- Naruto's skull. The white haired, red eyed look alike went stiff for a long moment before slumping to the ground, everything around Naruto turning black and disappearing.

Naruto squinted his eyes, looking and peering through the darkness for something, anything, a person a weapon, before white door opened up. The door showed nothing but white as Naruto cautiously moved forwards. Stepping through the door, Naruto once again had the sensation of falling while he screamed. Hitting the ground below, Naruto released a howl of pain before he stood up, looking around. Inside the room sat a Naruto that looked exactly like him, except his eyes appeared to have been carved out.

The eyeless Naruto turned his head to where Naruto stood, Naruto's heart quickening."What happened to you?" Naruto questioned as the eyeless one looked by into the nothingness of a pitch black room.

"I was put here to fight and stop you, but I got bored, I got curious, I ventured too deep and THEY got me. The only reason they returned me was because it was too late to create a second level of your hell... I... I hope you know I can't fight you, I can't see anything, hearing footsteps like that of Daredevil... It won't happen..."

"Then why don't you just let me past?" Naruto questioned before a knife appeared in front of him, the handle held out.

"I can't. You have to kill me. So, please, if you have any room left in that cold, mercenary heart of yours... just put me out of my misery and move on." Nodding, Naruto took the floating knife and walked forwards in the empty black room. The eyeless him sat still, staring into the bottomless black as the original Naruto finally came to his sitting spot. Bringing the knife high into the air, Naruto prepared to bring it down before hesitating, his hand trembling heavily,"... Please..." Naruto closed his eyes, showing himself that of which eyeless Naruto saw before bringing the knife down into eyeless Naruto's neck.

Sighing as the disturbing image of him vanished Naruto let out a short scream as a trap door opened up underneath him, throwing him into the chaos that was black, hellish like flames. Naruto screamed as they licked away at him, trying to roast him alive. From the flames walked a man with gray hair and one single eye, wearing a half face mask...

~Outside~

As this happened, four figures silently snuck into the house of Artemis' through the girl's window, careful to walk around her sleeping figure on the floor before making themselves to the side of her bed where Naruto laid, tossing and turning."Is that him?" One whispered.

"Definitely." Nodding, the other three men tied the sweating master mercenary up in the blanket that he slept in before helping each other heft him up. Turning, the men quickly and quietly carried the tied up boy across the room before exiting from Artemis' house, via the same way that they had come in from, closing the window on the way...

~Artemis(Dream)~

Artemis groaned as she was thrown against the wall by her opponent, the man snarling as he twirled a knife dangerously."I hope you're immune to pain... Because I'm going to take you out nice and slowly..." With that, he lurched forwards, knife high in the air as Artemis flinched before a gunshot sounded off through the air, Artemis' attacker falling to the ground with a bullet hole perfectly between his eyes. From the rooftops dropped the form of Taskmaster. He walked forwards, stabbing one of his combat knives into the back of his target's head to make sure he was dead.

Looking over to Artemis, Taskmaster stood straight."Are you alright?" He questioned the blonde who nodded.

"y-Yeah... Who are you?" Artemis questioned as Taskmaster shrugged.

"Taskmaster."

"No, I mean who are you? Behind the mask?" Artemis questioned again as Taskmaster smirked behind his mask.

"Now that would be telling... Say... you any good with that bow you have?" At the question, Artemis nodded quickly."You do? Well if you ever need a teacher I'll be around."

"Can you even use a bow?" Artemis questioned with a smirk as Taskmaster shrugged.

"As good as The Green Arrow Himself."

"Really?" Taskmaster shrugged before he made his ascending to the top of the building that towered above him.

"I think you might be a good mercenary, so unsure right now... So remember, I'll be around whenever you need a teacher."

~Outside~

Artemis smiled, snuggling into the pillow she held with a sigh...

~Naruto(Nightmare)~

Three levels of his hell later, Naruto sat on level Six, his form beaten and battered as he looked around wearily before he was knocked to the ground. Picking himself up, Naruto looked around, finding three young hims one a pure blond with blue eyes, the other a small replica of the now him, and one of the Anti- Naruto, all holding hands and dancing around in a circle while singing.

"One two, he's coming for YOU! Three Four, better lock your doors! Five Six, Grab your cruci-FIX! Seven Eight, Gonna' stay awake! Nine Ten, never sleep AGAIN! Hahahahaha!" The Demonic like little children skipped away as Naruto chased after them, all giggling insanely before Naruto dropped to his knees.

Immediately, a clawed hand shot out from the darkness, trying to sink into Naruto's face as he dropped backwards, being strapped onto a table. From the darkness stepped faceless figures as they talked In hushed whispers that Naruto couldn't understand. Stepping forwards, one of the figures jammed a sword into his stomach before ripping it open."Awashawashawashawahsa... Eyes..." Was all Naruto was eligible to make out from their whispers as Naruto screamed in pain.

Another of the figures stepped forwards, this one actually with a face, red eyes with shuriken like black designs In them, deep marks on his face under his eyes, wearing a black cloak with red clouds. A figure that seemed... familiar to Naruto. The figure reached out before plucking one of Naruto's eyes from his head, forcing the master mercenary to scream in pain."Awasahawashawashawashawasha... Over... Awasha... Soon..." a voice whispered, trying to be soothing.

Immediately, Naruto began struggling in his bonds as the faceless figures around him began ripping away at his bleeding insides. As the figure with the face reached forwards one last time, Naruto's final remaining eye widened.

~Flashback~

"... And kill a certain man..."

"He's still out there... my brother's still out there..."

"Like it or not... You're coming with us."

"ITACHI... UCHIHA!"

~End Flashback~

"Itachi!" Naruto gasped as the man's eyes widened before everything disappeared, Naruto's eyes and insides returning to him as he fell from the table he had been strapped to, it too disappearing. Gasping, Naruto began crawling through the darkness to a single flicking light. As he entered it, his body and clothes changed into that of Deadpool's before he and his surrounding reverted back to that of the first time the two met, another him standing across.

"What is this... Readers?" Narupool questioned, the last part being forced from his lips as the full Naruto smirked.

"You're being forced to fight as the person you hate most at the moment, you, know, to teach you to how to understand or some bullshit like that. Now let's go Deadpool pants!" Sighing and resigning himself to his fate, Narupool rushed forwards, kicking Naruto in the face and forcing him to stumble backwards. Smirking, Narupool shot forwards, only to have Red Queen stabbed into his gut. Feeling weird, Narupool laughed, forcing Naruto away before ripping the sword out of him.

"That tickled!" Narupool called as Naruto snarled, preparing to lurch out at Naruto before Narupool held his hands up,"PAUSE! Okay readers, what should I do? A) Dodge and kick me with a spinning round kick? B) Jam my sword into his gut and win the fight? Or C) allow my arm to be cut off? Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick- Oh, really, that one? Okay, TIME!" With that, Naruto lurched forwards with his original sword, lopping off Narupool's arm who began screaming and flailing his last good arm like a crying child.

"AHHHHH! AHHHH! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! HELP! HELP! MY ARM! IT'S GONE! SOMEBODY PLEASE HEL- Nah, I'm kiddin' ya! For some reason I don't feel a thing! You reader's really look out for me don't ya? Wait what's that? You just wanted to see blood! Why I never- OH! HEY WATCH IT!" Narupool as he kicked Naruto in the face.

Naruto stumbled away as Narupool as he dived for his arm before quickly beginning to assembling it."Now, how's this thing go? No, that's not, WOAH, can't be doing that... Holy Batman! How does that moron do this shit! HEY! YOU! YEAH YOU! HOW DO YOU DO THIS! I KNOW MY ARM'S ON BACKWARDS, DON'T PATRONIZE ME! NOW HOW DO YOU- Oh really? That simple? WOW, YOU'RE RIG- HOLY SHIT!"

Narupool rolled away as Naruto almost skewered him before jumping forwards, jamming Deadpool's sword through his heart before he began dancing,"Can't touch Narupool Bitch, dun dun dun-" His song was cut off as the suit disappeared, Naruto once again falling into the darkness, however, this time he was forced to stay in it.

"What is this?" Naruto questioned, his head pounding before his former Cadmus Tormentor, Desmond, walked from the shadows, a syringe in his hands and a crazed look in his eyes. Desmond lurched forwards burying the needle in Needle in Naruto's neck before unleashing all of the liquid from it into him, the syringe immediately filling back up. Laughing insanely, Desmond jammed the needle into his eyes. Laughing, Desmond, then jammed the needle into Naruto's temple.

Naruto screamed In pain as he grabbed Desmond's wrists, trying to hold his, impossibly strong, hands from reaching him once again."Don't fight the pain tool! Don't fight the pain!" Desmond called insanely before Naruto kicked him off, jumping forwards and wrapping his arm around the man's head before snapping it to the side.

Desmond fell to the ground, body limp, with a sick and twisted smile on his face as he began fading."You once called me a monster... Now look at you, Killing here, killing there, you've killed me twice. You're nothing but a-"

"SHUT UP!" With that, Naruto stomped on Desmond's skull, the rest of the man fading away into nothingness as Naruto panted heavily, falling to his knees with a choked sob before everything flashed white. Opening his eyes, Naruto found himself coming face to face with an aging man with gray hair."Who're you?" Naruto questioned in a tense battle stance.

"It doesn't matter Naruto, I'm long gone. And relax, I am just here to warn you. As you pass through the gates, of what might as well be hell, I want you to know what lies in wait. A beast, a beast that will lie and deceive you to get what it wants. A beast that-"

"With no due respect, I think you're talking about yourself." Naruto interrupted the old man who smirked.

"Very good Naruto... Pass then, and enter the gates." With that, everything flashed and Naruto was once again in the red water, standing in front of that giant cage, though the waves didn't push him back."Hello?" Naruto called before a pair of dulling red fox eyes opened, a demonic gray haired fox showing through.

"Kit?"

"Who... What are you?" Naruto questioned the demonic fox, which held nine tails swishing behind it.

"You don't remember? I guess you wouldn't... I am Kyuubi, the nine tailed fox. I was sealed into you the day of your birth. I was there with you as you grew, and you were hated because of me. You were forced to fight a group named Akatsuki, Red Dawn. You defeated them all, up until you reached their leader, Madara Uchiha.

After you sealed his fate, he sent you here, to this dimension where Cadmus got you after I was forced to turn you into a Hanyou. We lost connection after I explained everything to you and after a while... you just forgot me. And now I'm dying because I've been away from an essence called Chakra for too long... Don't ask, it's lost to you. I mean, you've used it, but... You can't use it enough."

"Then why am I here?" Naruto questioned angrily.

"You were shot, you weren't going to make it and because of how long ago you separated yourself from me you were forced to go through your nine levels of hell to find me again to heal you. But that's as far as it goes."

"Then what do I do now?"

"Well... It looks like you're waking up..."

~Outside~

Naruto moaned as his vision came to him, finding multiple figures standing in front of him."Good Morning, Welcome back to the world of the living... And Weapon X Project: Taskmaster-X..."

True Mortal:I'm done.

AOC:Can we get this over with, I'm sleepy.

True Mortal:Yeah, BURY ME WITH MY GUN!

AOC:AW, HERE IT GOES!