Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Welcome to the End ❯ Awaken Demon ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter#3

 

“You seem surprised,” Koenma said with a small smile.

 

“You bastard!” Naruto leapt at him but Yusuke and Hiei caught his arms and held him back. “I'll show you surprised!!”

 

“Just stop it baka, an order is an order,” Sasuke said sharply yet quietly.

 

“Stop calling me that!” Naruto spat, giving him a dirty look.

 

“Naruto sit down!” Sakura groaned.

 

“Stop telling me what to do!!” Naruto yelled.

 

“Be seated!” Koenma hissed, getting annoyed once again.

Yusuke and Hiei forced Naruto into his seat, where he sat and seethed with rage.

“I'm going to need all of you for this mission. This is a very talented bunch, give or take, and I really need your help on this. I was asking you, I didn't expect such a rude rejection!”

 

Naruto jumped up and once again lunged for Koenma, caught again by Yusuke and Hiei. “You didn't give me a choice! Once someone says no or something is spat back in your face you order them to accept what you gave!” Naruto ranted, trying to free himself from Yusuke and Hiei.

 

“Quiet Naruto!”

 

“Why don't you actually take the rejection!? See how it feels for once!!” Naruto continued.

 

“I said silence!” Koenma barked.

 

“Naruto please,” Botan pleaded for him to be quiet.

 

“There you go again! When there's something you don't want to hear−”

 

“I said SHUT UP!”

 

“−you go and order them to be quiet! SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT!”

 

“NARUTO SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

 

“AND YOU WOULD LIKE THAT WOULDN'T YOU!?” Naruto finished, still struggling.

 

Hiei held a fist threateningly to Naruto. “You'll shut up if you know what's good for you kid! OW!”

Naruto didn't want to hear any more and sank his teeth into Hiei's arms. His eyes looked murderous as he fumed with anger and clenched his free fist. “YOU BRAT!” He shouted and hardly held back as he swung him fist into Naruto's jaw, sending him flying into the kitchen sink.

Hiei's eyes widened as did everyone else's as they stared at Naruto's motionless form. Sasuke stood slowly, a worried look on his face; everyone watched, wondering if they should dare approach him now.

 

Koenma rose from his seat as well, reaching for something in his coat pocket. “Naruto?”

A shock of fear and a chilling sensation crawled up their spines, and that's when they knew... Instinct was telling them that their surroundings were no longer safe. Silence overtook them as they waited to see what would happen, ignoring their common sense and getting out while they could.

 

Naruto stood slowly, staring at the ceiling. A low growl reached their ears and gave them no time to react as he shot upwards and made a quick dart towards Hiei. His eyes had turned a deadly red color, and his teeth elongated into sharp fangs.

 

“Move!” Sasuke shouted, pushing Hiei out of the way.

Naruto came at him still with his now-grown claws; he crashed into Sasuke and the two went flying into the living room.

 

“Oh my gosh! Naruto! Sasuke!” Botan exclaimed, running to the side to try and console him from a distance. The two wrestled much more fiercely than they were earlier. “Please stop!”

 

Naruto took no heed and proceeded to claw and scratch at Sasuke, ripping his shirt and cutting a deep wound into his stomach. Sasuke winced and tried to wrestle Naruto to the ground; no one wanted to seriously harm Naruto, not in this state. “Baka! Snap out of it!” Sasuke shouted, but his calls were not heard; only a demon stared back at him, growling, and lashing out at him.

Naruto once again turned him over and continued to slash and rip at him, showing no mercy. Sasuke kicked him off with a grunt and backed away to avoid another attack.

 

Naruto lost interest in Sasuke and turned his attention to the others. They scrambled out of the way of his claws, leading him to break the furniture and the walls.

“Koenma!” Keiko screamed.

 

“I'm working on it!” Koenma shouted, filling a syringe with an unknown substance that was from his coat pocket.

 

“No, Koenma!!” Keiko shrieked again as she barely dodged a swipe from Naruto's claws, unable to dodge the next attack.

 

“Keiko!”

 

“Damnit!” Yusuke scooped Keiko into his arms and jumped out of the way in time to hear kitchen tiles crack behind him. “That could've been you.” He muttered to Keiko, not spitefully but worriedly.

 

“Naruto! Please stop! Please!” Botan cried, dodging a chair that was thrown at her in response. “Naruto, come back!”

 

Naruto lashed out and destroyed anything he could in attempts to actually connect the blows to someone, his eyes almost glowing. He tossed the table and it spiraled into the wall, earning a scream, making everyone look. Sakura lay limply on the floor, winded by the throw of the table. Naruto looked around to see if no one was closer, then kept his gaze at the helpless Sakura.

 

“Sakura!” Sasuke yelled, unable to move far or fast enough because of the gash in his stomach. “Baka! Don't you dare!” He winced slightly and leaned into the wall.

 

Naruto seemed to hesitate, no one could tell if he regained his senses or not. He stared down at the ground, hiding his eyes from everyone, and a wave of silence crept over them.

Sakura coughed blood onto the floor and they felt a pulse, through Naruto, and they were unable to stop it.

Naruto in an instant dived at her, his claws outstretched. Sakura's eyes widened and mouth opened in a silent scream.

 

“No! NARUTO!” Sasuke shouted the loudest anyone had ever heard him.

Naruto's body pulsed once again and the spun out of the way and went head first into the wall next to Sakura.

 

Yusuke wasted no time and got Naruto into a strangle, holding his exposed to Koenma.

Naruto didn't struggle; his eyes were once again a deep blue, reflecting despair. He looked at the needle in Koenma's hands hopefully, and scanned the room and the damage he had done. For only a moment, his gaze locked onto Sasuke's before trailing down to the wound on his abdomen. His eyes widened slightly before Koenma jabbed the needle into the flesh between his neck and shoulder. His eyes dilated and he went limp in Yusuke's arms.

 

“Well, I didn't think I'd be seeing that on this visit,” Koenma said sarcastically.

 

Botan approached Naruto, feeling his forehead. “He'll be fine. No thanks to YOU HIEI!”

 

Everyone glared at Hiei and he backed up with his hands up, “Ok, ok! I'm sorry! I just can't help it!”

 

“And it makes it ok? Look at what he did!” Botan shouted, pointing to the kitchen and living room.

 

“Like I knew a punch to the face could trigger it! I thought it took a lot more to set that kid off!” Hiei argued back angrily.

 

Botan sighed and said, “Forget it! Let's just tend to wounds and clean up before he wakes up. We don't want to give him the guilt trip.”

 

 

Nightmares plagued his sleep all the time. He couldn't escape the pain he endured and caused to everyone he knew. The only people he cared for. Thrown out the doors and told never to come back. Abandoned and alone.

 

The growling got louder and louder, like a dog chasing after him, but there were times where it would catch up to him And when it did, it would take a hold of his body... And use him to do exactly what it wanted him to... No control...

 

“No! NARUTO!”

 

 

Head throbbing and a painful light stinging through his eyes, he slowly came to. Once realization hit him Naruto bolted upwards, knowing very well where he should be. The living-room couch?

He saw everyone else looking at him from the kitchen table with nervous smiles.

 

“Well, sleeping beauty woke up!” Yusuke said with a laugh.

 

“Shut up Yusuke,” Naruto mumbled as he stood by the table, not wanting to sit with the rest of them. “I know what I did...”

They all fell silent and they stared at him warily, not knowing what to say.

“Are you... okay... Sasuke...?” He hesitated with his words, and didn't even look in Sasuke's direction.

 

Sasuke looked up at the mention and stared at him blankly. “Fine,” Was the short response he got.

 

“And you? Sakura?” Naruto asked again.

 

Sakura looked at him with loathing but still didn't want to anger or upset him at the moment. “I'm just peachy.” Sarcasm...

 

A cough directed them back to the real matter, “As I was saying,” Koenma continued. “I'm gonna need all of your help in this.”

 

“No...” Naruto mumbled quietly.

 

Everyone looked at him once again; he was the center of attention on the matter.

Koenma didn't want to lash out and tried to say calmly, “Well Naruto, I do believe I ordered you... You have no choice−”

 

“I don't care!” Naruto hissed and walked to the stairs, and he was gone.

 

Koenma shook his head and sighed, “Regardless of his... Condition... An order is an order. It's what I expect from all of you.” His amber eyes looked over them, assuring them of their duties. “I need Botan's superior witchcraft, Yusuke and Hiei have inhuman speed and strength, Keiko has the brains and foresight of an advanced psychic, Sasuke is a master at many forms of martial arts and ninjitsu, Sakura mastered unknown techniques, and Naruto...”

They all stared at him blankly, anticipating his explanation for his skills. “Has interesting skills in fighting and ninjitsu.”

 

“Speak of the little devil,” Hiei started, “Shouldn't someone bring him back down here?”

 

“Sasuke? Would you?” Keiko asked quietly.

 

“No!” Sakura shouted, slamming her fist into the table, “Stop asking Sasuke to do these stupid things!”

 

“Well, excuse us if it's only worked so many times before!” Yusuke retorted.

 

“Well, I'm saying stop!”

 

“What do you have against that kid that makes you hate him so much?!” Yusuke's question silenced everybody. Sakura gaped at him in shock, having been caught off guard, and Sasuke tensed up.

 

Before either side could say anything more, Botan stood up and cleared her throat, “I'll go...”

 

Hiei looked at her questioningly as she walked past him and up the stairs. No one expected an actual volunteer on the matter so she had left them in utter guilt and confusion.

After a while Sasuke got up and started towards the stairs.

 

“Sasuke!” Sakura exclaimed, “What are you−?”

 

“I need to ask Botan something,” He cut in; his eyes were locked in a piercing glare as he continued up the stairs after Botan. Sakura looked hurt and hunched over in her chair, staring down at the tablecloth like it was the most interesting thing in the world.

 

 

“Why should I do it? I don't care if it's an order!” Naruto's voice was heard faintly on the other side of the door where Sasuke stopped to listen.

“Naruto you're an extremely talented fighter,” Botan said soothingly, “We need you.”

 

“Its not that Botan and you know it! I'm not a kid! Stop treating me like one!”

 

“I wasn't doing that, neither are any of them,” Botan argued firmly.

 

“Oh yeah?” He chuckled in a mockery.

 

“Yes, we all think of you as an adult.”

 

“No you don't!”

 

“What are you really afraid of?” Botan suddenly asked.

A slight silence followed.

 

“Nothing!” He snapped.

 

“Naruto, there is nothing else I can think of that's a good reason for you to not do this,” Botan explained.

 

“Shut up!”

 

“Naruto!”

 

“I can't hurt somebody again!!” Naruto finally shouted.

Sasuke's eyes widened and his breath was caught in his throat, something he had not expected to hear.

Botan was silent a well.

 

“You say that you're not treating me like a kid! Well if you weren't too chicken shit one of you would've been smart enough to punch my fucking lights out before I did any damage! If Sasuke was really serious, I wouldn't have even scratched him in that state! None of you would be dumb ass enough to wait for Koenma to jab a needle into me! That's what FRIENDS DO! They should know what to do, when to do it, and know that the other person would understand!”

 

Botan was quiet, obviously not ready for such a rant that made its point too clearly. “Well, I guess I never really... Took notice.”

 

Sasuke stood back as he heard her footsteps get closer to the door. “Regardless Naruto, we still need you.”

Botan closed the door behind her and gasped when she finally noticed Sasuke standing there. “Do you need something?”

 

Sasuke thought he knew what he was going to say, but given this, he felt like what he had to say would mean nothing now. He shook his head after a while and led the way back downstairs.