Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Death ❯ Attack ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
I just wanted to put something here. Just an Author's Note- thanks for sticking with this for so long! Love ya all!

Sasuke waited in the corner of the building, waiting for Sakura to return.
'Where are you? Does anyone know where he is?' Sasuke thought to himself. Worry clenched his heart. Although he would never admit it to anyone but himself, he didn't hate Naruto. He put up a good front, faked everyone out, but you could sometimes catch Sasuke looking at Naruto with a certain softness, a certain emotion. Sasuke may not admit it to anyone else, but he loved Naruto. He- the most popular and sought-after boy in Konoha- had managed to fall in love with a misfit that no one wanted. No one but him.
Now Naruto was missing.
Sakura ran up to him.
"No one has seen him. I've asked, but they won't tell me anything. they all seem to think it's a good thing if he's missing."
A loud growl interrupted their conversation. The ground started shaking.
"Look out! Kyuubi is back! Run!" A nin they had seen at the watch tower came running past them. Screams erupted around them, and everyone started running away from the direction the nin had come from.
'Kyuubi?!' they both thought. 'Nine-Tails?'
The nin ran over to them.
"Move it you two! Hide somewhere- this is nothing you can take on." He shoved them towards the direction everyone was running. "He's already killed the others at the tower!"
"Come on!" Sasuke told Sakura, yanking her along by the arm. She ran alongside him.
"What's going on?" People asked as they passed.
"Kyuubi is back!" Sasuke said. If they held anything, they dropped it and started running.
"Grrrrrrrr." A low growl sounded behind them. Sasuke looked back, but looked forward again almost instantly.
He saw that Kyuubi- it must be Kyuubi, he had nine tails- was gaining on them, and had slaughtered some that had lagged behind or tried to hide. Their blood soaked his teeth and claws.
Sakura tripped. Sasuke went down with her, as he was grabbing her by the arm.
"Damnit!" he swore out loud. Others were passing them- caring enough not to run them over, but not helping them up. Not that it really mattered. they were back on their feet in ten seconds, but that ten seconds was all Kyuubi needed to catch up.
It loomed over them, opening its maw and ready to bite down. Sasuke drew a kunai and stepped in front of Sakura. She was a woman- it was courtesy and proper to protect her. She was also a part of his team- he felt friendly towards her. He stepped in front of her without a second's hesitation.
"Sas-" Sakura started, reaching out to touch his shoulder.
"Go. You don't have much time." He told her. "Go!" Sakura draw back as if slapped, but nodded and ran, tears running down her face.
Sasuke's eyes never left Kyuubi. Odd- it wasn't attacking. The two stared into each other's eyes, and for a second, Sasuke was sure that he saw a flicker of blue beneath the red.
'What?' he asked himself, stepping back. Kyuubi growled again and sprang.

Naruto opened his eyes. He was warm- but it was dark... so dark...
'Boy- you awake?' Kyuubi asked. 'Sleep.' Naruto's eyes started to close, but he shook it off.
'Where am I?' he asked.
'My body. Sleep.'
'Your body?! What happened?' Naruto asked, then images flew back into his mind. Images of what had happened to him. He lifted his hands up to his head.
'No....' he thought, feeling like he was going to break down here. He was dirty- unclean! He had been defiled and hurt in teh worst way...
'Yes, that is what happened. They're dead now.' Naruto looked around. All he saw was black, and then the words sunk in.
'Dead? Did you kill them?'
'Are you unhappy? They raped you and would have killed you. I took your revenge on them, now I'm taking my revenge on Konoha.'
'What?' Naruto asked, hands leaving his head.
Suddenly, sounds, pictures, and scents assalted him. He heard terrified screams, saw the bloody corpses of people, and smelled the blood in the air.
'They fear me! Pathetic creatures they are, they're afraid! They run- Oh, see how they run! I love the chase...' Kyuubi thought. Naruto thought he was going to be sick- equal parts from Kyuubi's wanton destruction, and from what had just happened to him.
He shoved it aside to deal with later. Out of teh corner of his eyes, something caught his attention.
'What?' Naruto thought, looking through Kyuubi's eyes. It was Sasuke and Sakura!
'Don't you dare hurt them!' Naruto told him. He heard Kyuubi's mocking laughter in his ears.
'And why not?'
'I'll kill you! I'll die if I have to, but leave them ALONE!' Naruto said.
'Why? Do they mean something to you?'
'Yes! Get away from Konoha!'
'The town that treated you so badly as a child- the town that would gladly see you dead and then dance over your grave- you want to protect? What are these dumb little beings before to you?'
'My friends. I'd die to protect Konoha- they'll have to recognize me then. That's what the Hokage would do.'
'Damnit!' Naruto jumped from the vehemence in Kyuubi's voice.
'What is it?'
'We got company.' Kyuubi looked around, and Naruto- helpless to do much else- looked as well.
Jonins surrounded them, each preparing a jutsu or ready to throw kunai or shuriken.
Kyuubi growled and leapt, far over Sasuke's head. Assuming he was going to go after the other villagers, the jonins threw their weapons or released their techniques. Kyuubi didn't quite manage to dodge all, and he hissed as he felt them dig into his flesh. He leapt again, out of Konoha.

Sasuke froze, scared out of his mind. Kyuubi had leapt over him... but now he was gone. Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief. The Jonins has scared him off.
"Yo! Sasuke! You okay?" Kakashi asked, jumping down. He was slightly concerned- but you could only tell that if you knew him. He looked nonchalant, so it was hard to tell. Sasuke fixed him with a hard look.
"I thought Kyuubi was dead. How is he still alive, and why are you not more worried about this?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi stopped pretending with the nonchalant look and looked at Sasuke with a strange emotion in his eyes.
"I am worried. I know that it would take ten of me to be able to face him. Not clones, either. His reemergence could mean death for us all." Sasuke stepped back.
He had never expected to see fear in his teacher's eyes.

Cool! Kakashi-sensei's actually scared for his student! Hee hee... witness my author powers... able to mess with the characters at will....
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