Disclaimer:
I don't own Naruto, never have and never will…except in my mind crosses arms
and nods head (Pictures a grown-up Naruto in her head -;;)
Kit: grovels before angry readers I'm truly sorry I took so long
Author's Note: This will be extremely short, just to help clear something's up. This
chapter is divided into two parts; the present and another section, you'll just
have to wait eh?
Does anyone else go
cross-eyed over the 'legend' on what to remember (ex. Blah or #Blah#)?
I'm trying, but probably won't be able to fix that problem.
Oh and as
for my original character 'Haruke', I'm trying to make her as non Mary Sue as
possible. I have nothing in common with her and I hope to keep it that way. She's
apart of my imagination…If she was a Mary-sue, I don't think anyone would be
here …one of me is enough for this poor world shudder.
Warnings:
PG-13- contains blood, gore, violence,
swearing, and suicidal thoughts and/or actions. You have been warned, read at
own discretion. This chapter is disturbing (even to me) if you have a weak
stomach for descriptive gore, I strongly advise you to NOT read this story. This
is what happens when I listen to 'Deftones'.
This
chapter is dedicated to my friend Kaiyuga. Sheesh I hope you happy! tries to keep straight face Hope this chapter is up to
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THEY'RE FUNNY AS HELL!! XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD
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He's beating me...
Legend:
"Blah"- Talking
'Blah'- Thinking
'Blah' -Talking in Flashback
/Blah-
Inner self speaking
x x x x x x x x x-New scene
(since the new format doesn't except those stars I'm using a different one :twitch:)
(Blah)- Kyuubi
speaking
Blah- Naruto speaking to
Kyuubi
#Blah#- Action
x x x x x
x x x x x x
Twisted
Sight
Chapter 8: Tears of Blood
Hateful
Will
Hatefulness is a sad, exquisite thing.
Look at all the bitterness and remorse it can bring.
Revenge and blood, tears of sorrow-
Can't always be put up for the dawn of the morrow.
Deal with it how you feel you must.
Just don't forget in whom you put your trust.
Listen to the ever fleeting, ever changing breeze.
The whisper so cold, sometimes you could freeze.
In harmony it speaks with the sound of the hills.
Bending anyone's, and everyone's, hateful will.
By Crimson Storm
(Cursed Mist)
Here you go
Crim!
x x x x x x
x x x x x
Recap:
She broke through the
underbrush, the proud walls of Konoha towering above the trees like the
fortress it was.
'Leave me alone! I
don't like you! I never will!' The pink haired
shinobi never noticed the lone root sticking out of the ground at an odd
angle…but then again most wouldn't in the first place. A cry choked from her
lips just as her body heaved to gravity. She closed her eyes waiting for the
impact, knowing she wouldn't get up again.
'I never got to say I'm
sorry,' …A warm body cushioned her fall instead.
"Sakura?" She
clutched the dark fabric in her small fist and looked up at the face of her
rescuer. Burning red and sky blue, one of sinful anger, and the other holding
the innocence of a child's wonder.
"N…Naruto?"
The face of a teenager, one that had been through and seen too much in his
short life slowly faded from her sight and turned to black.
'I never got to
say sorry…'
"Sakura?"
No answer…
"Sakura?!" He shook her limp body gently, not noticing the blood
soaking the front of his cloak, morphing the once beautiful indigo to a
gruesome colour of unknown origins.
"Sakura!"
The missing-nin watched with growing horror as a trail of blood rolled down
from the corner of her mouth and trickle past her chin.
"Sakura!!"
x x x x x x x x
x x x
Part One:
#Beep,
beep, beep#
The noise
echoed in the white-washed room, always at a unrelenting pattern.
#Beep,
beep, beep#
Everlasting…
The only
tincture within that bland room, was arranged on a uniformly white bed. Roseate
hair fanned out from all angles on a simple pillow, creating a blossom-pink
halo around an ashen face.
'This is my
fault.'
A oxygen
mask was fitted to the youthful looking woman's oval face. Pushing the life
giving substance into her lungs.
'It's all
because of me.'
A young man
regarded the woman with sorrowful eyes, pressing his forehead to the glass
which separated him from his old friend.
'She's
dying because of me!'
The blonde
sighed.
"I'm
supposed to hate you." The condensation from his breath hitting a slightly
chilled glass, fogged his sight for a few seconds. " I'm supposed to hate
all of you, be able to kill you without a second thought." He pushed away
and straightened, rotating away. He looked at the name tag one the door, before
walking away slowly. "But why can't I?"
"Haruno Sakura"
There was
other things to do, he could do nothing, just wait and have…hope.
'Stay awake
bastard! Come on man don't die on me! Stay the fuck awake!' Blood slicked the
hands and arms of a blonde youth. His hold slipped once he finally had a strong
grip on his companion's hand.
Naruto
tried to ignore the smell of burning flesh, how his hand had plunged into the
chest of his enemies, grabbing the still beating heart and then sending waves
of chakra outward.
Tried to
ignore the fact that not a scratch, not a single fucking scratch was on him,
that vital fluid was in his hair, clothes, under his toenails and fingernails
and it was not his.
He hadn't
ripped Haruke's shoulder, breaking it into four different sections…No, he
wasn't the one who felt sick pleasure when he smelt her fear, tasted the
coppery red substance as he tore her right leg open, exposing the pink membrane
that coated every bone.
'Come on
Isamu! Stay awake! Don't make me get Ren!' A small smile curved Isamu's cracked
lips.
'R-ren?'
Tears swelled up in Naruto's eyes.
'Yeah, Ren.
She'd beat the crap out of you, remember?' The boy's brown eyes glassed over,
tears leaking out of the corner of his eyes. 'Isamu?' Naruto looked down at his
friend's face, fear and worry filling his sky blue eyes. 'Isamu? What's wrong?'
'Ren is
dead.'
"Uzumaki Naruto?" The blonde snapped out of his dark thoughts and
momentary looked over. A Leaf chuunin stood off to his left, when he was
younger, he used to call chuunins, the messengers (slaves) of the 'honorable'
Hokage…of course, Iruka hit him over the head for that. "The Hokage wishes
to see you."
'Well speak
of the devil.'
x x x x x x x x
x x
A
small droplet hit the dry soil, darkening the one spot a deeper shade.
'He's
gone…' A small bouquet of sallow flowers was clutched in insipid hands. Sobs
rattled the young woman's lithe body.
Neji
watched his cousin mournfully, everyone else already left leaving the two
relatives alone. He'd only seen his cousin like this only one other time. Her
fragile heart was shattered after the Hokage-sama announced Konoha's number 1
loudest ninja…was gone. The foolish boy unknowingly broke Hinata's heart to
pieces. But… she never seemed to give up, when Miruto asked Hinata for her hand
in marriage, they all finally thought that she was moving on, forgetting the
blonde. That is…if the fake happiness that seemed to dull her pale eyes wasn't
apparent, why hadn't they tried to stop the engagement? Didn't they know the
shy woman would live a loveless marriage…stay unhappy? Neji sighed and went to
his cousin's side.
"Hinata." Eyes of pale violet, so similar to his own stared back at
him except with unshed tears.
"Why?"
More silver droplets in purest of forms blotched her sight. Her body started
sagging towards the ground, Neji catching her before she fell completely to the
ground. Gently as if she were made of glass, Neji picked her thin body up in a
bridle style. "He's gone." A single flower was clutched to her chest.
You
know that old saying?
"I
know, Hinata." The boy looked down at his broken cousin, finally getting a
good look at the single flower in her grip. A single sob raked her body before
she fell into an exhausted slumber...
But
not before murmuring a single name.
"Naruto…"
A
flower…the colour of pale sunshine, fell from Hinata's fingers to the ground.
x x x x x x x x
x x x
The
blonde man couldn't help, but be slightly dumbfounded, then again who wouldn't
upon seeing the mass of papers and people shinobi and workers alike running
like madmen to different destinations.
"Finally!"
He could just make out a blonde head in the midst of large piles of paper. The
Hokage scowled at the missing-nin in front of her. "You know how bloody
hard it is to find you?!" She glanced down at a paper handed to her.
"Shizune! What the hell is this?! Why would I want the newest copy of
'Icha Icha Paradise'!"
'Tsunade,
reading ero-sennin's books?' Instead of speaking his question out loud, the
blonde waited patiently. A small pulsing vein popped up on the older woman's
head.
"That's
it." Looking around her, she glared darkly. "Everyone out! Now!
OUT!"
…A small flutter of paper was her answer. The
Godaime fell back into her large chair, a sigh escaping her lips. "Finally."
"You wished to see me, old hag?" Amusement flickered in his eyes
briefly before being banished behind his mask.
"Naruto…"
She sighed again, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "You haven't told me
everything have you?"
'Shit' He narrowed his eyes, posture becoming rigid. He shrugged non-chantingly
putting a cocky look on.
"And
if I haven't?" Tsunade stood swiftly , slamming a fist angrily down on top
of her oak desk.
"Damn
it Naruto!" She advanced towards Naruto staring up at him with the
nastiest glare she could muster. "I need to know what's going on!
Now!" It wasn't until now that she noticed how much the teenager had grown
since the last time she saw him, six years ago. He'd gone from being the
shortest boy of his age group to a 6'3" adolescent. "The longer we
wait, the more chances one of my people will die."
Something
sparked to life in his mismatched eyes before dying again.
"Please
Naruto," desperation filled her voice. "I wish for no hostility to be
between us, please I beg of you, tell me." The Godaime held her right hand
up. He stared at her open hand for a second then gazed into her eyes.
"The
truth?"
"The truth." He smirked and clasped the Hokage's hand…she might as
well have made a pact with the devil himself.
x x x x x x x x
x x x
No…not
again.
Slender, elegant hands were replaced with slightly chubby fingers. Wide wild
eyes looked out at the scene in front of her.
I'm
not supposed to be here! Not again! The words continued to flicker through
her mind, repeating…destined to be there for an eternity. Fear oozed from her
being, tainting the ground with its dark slippery fingers. Her senses,
heightening, growing stronger from instincts which usually lay dormant amongst
humans.
A
pungent smell, one that she'd come to recognize filled the air, burning her
sensitive sense of smell along with other whiffs of the usually; smoke, dirt,
burning substances, blood…
Taking
several yawning breaths, the thin twelve year old started to trek deeper into
the ruins of probably a once prospective city.
The
constant buzz of insects was the only thing that held silence at bay, besides
the sound of the child's bare feet hitting foul, broken paved road. A body lay
in the middle of the road face down, dried blood pooled at the abdomen.
A lump
formed in the young girl's throat, she tried to turn her eyes away from the
dead body.
If
the child had dared to approach the "shell" , she would have noticed
the normal signs of the dead. Pale white larva squirmed in their rotting haven
of flesh inside the small puncture wounds, hollow eye sockets, and gaping
mouth. Flies fluttered their see threw pennon, searching for a place to clean
and rest.
A
shutter coursed through the girl's thin body, but not from the cold. To make
matters worse, rain began to descend from angry dark clouds, smothering the
last of greedy flames which licked the air. Goosebumps speckled her pale, rosy
skin, something deep inside of her now child-like body bubbled to the surface,
before her world went black.
The
small bundled form sat curled up on the muddy ground, her hair and clothes
clung like a second skin to her body. Sobs raked her body, the sound muffled by
a cloth given to her before hand. Lying on either side of her, face down, were
the people she once called family. She clamped her eyes shut, not wanting to
believe any of it, wanting and waiting for her parents' happy, smiling faces to
come from the gloom. To hold her twelve year old body and tell her everything
would be alright, that it had all been just a nightmare, a bad dream.
That
was…before the faint sound of a clothed foot hit the ground behind. Fear
gripped her heart, she did the only thing any reasonable person would do…she
ran. Adrenaline pounded in her veins, her heart pounding her in ears. The same
simple thought burned in her mind, repeat like a mantra.
Run,
run as fast as you can. Run away!
From
the monster behind her, from the bodies of her dead parents, away from the
missing body of her brother.
She
skidded around a sharp bend knowing it would help lose the creature behind her.
Instead she crashed headlong into something.
The
world spun, pain erupted from her ankle and head. She gazed at the blurred
object slowly watching it come into focus.
A mop
of golden hair flopped into the sky blue eyes of a young boy. Both of the youth
gawked at each other, their large frightened eyes taking in the appearance of
the latter before the little girl looked away. The world fell silent with the
exception of the rain.
At
first…it sounded more like paper being crumpled, till the area seemed to
vibrate with the static.
Eyes
widened in realization…but it was too late.
A
scream erupted from her throat as she fell to her hands and knees, the smell of
burning flesh blinding the world in pain.
Haruke's
body jolted, her dark eyes snapping open. Sakura blossoms fluttered in a
phantom wind swirling from the trees she lay under. Her senses sharpened, a
brook bubbled playfully near by hidden almost the whispering branches of
Konoha's massive trees. The feel of rich grass and soil under her calloused
palms, the smell of spring and early summer leaves and flowers, of cherry
blossoms.
Such
peacefulness hadn't existed in her life since…
She
shook her head, golden brown locks twisting and waving like it had a mind of
its own.
"It
had all been a dream…" She stared down at her fingers, watching them spend
out, letting the blades of grass slide outwards before standing tall again. "All…just…a…dream."
She sighed dragging a hand across her face, letting it drop. "I know
you're there." The twitter of a bird nearby mixed with the stream was her
only answer, Haruke glanced around, her eyes hardening lightly. "You can come
out now. There really is no point on hiding from me."
The
faint almost nonexistent of a body landing next to her didn't startle her in
the least. Haruke looked up as a shadow fell across her.
Who
ever said a shinobi must always expect the unexpected never met a member of a
clan before.
Coal
black eyes pierced her.
Penetrating
her barriers…
Staring into her soul now bared to the world.
Her
heart pounded rapidly, watching as red leaked into his dark eyes.
Her
limbs froze, fear taking control of her body.
Three
comma shaped markings flickered to life.
"Sharingan."
His eyes narrowed when the single word was uttered past her lips. "Uchiha…Uchiha
Sasuke."
"Who are you?" Haruke's body stiffened.
"Yumazike…Yumazike Haruke." Lifting her head definitely, she closed
her eyes. "Commanding officer under the legion of Uzumaki Naruto, the
Kyuubi no Youko.
x x x x x x x x
x x x
Tsunade
stared off into space, forgetting where she was and who she was with, then
again… Most people would do similar things, or just lose their minds in shear
panic, knowing that something was coming for them and the man who had stood in
front of her mere minutes before. She tried to swallow her fear, with shaky
fingers the Godaime pushed herself upwards and headed for the door. The
hallways were empty by now, only the odd Anbu or worker whispering around a
corner.
"Hokage-sama."
She jumped slightly, perceiving the soft spoken Anbu. His ivory-bone mask
glinting in the dull hallway lights.
"Sasuke?"
Confusion obscured her vision. "What are you doing here?"
"I…I
have a few questions…"
x x x x x x x x
x x x
He
always did feel a certain satisfaction when things were done correctly…
He
gazed out at the demolition before him, such weak beings these creatures. They
infest and reproduce like vermin, small and useless except for the odd few. You
squish them once, they double in numbers twice as fast.
The beast he rode quivered beneath him, impatient, anxious, wanting to kill and
eat…or maybe the other way around. The scent of blood could make any creature,
human or animal, and the odd hybrid…go deranged with the need to feel the blood
lust…Well that was true for the beings in his dark army.
A smirk flickered across his usual stoic face, hearing the sound of a woman's
shriek mixed amongst the roar of men's laughter.
"Ssssirr."
A raspy tone of voice, sounding more like a lizard hissing than a man,
whispered next to him and his steed. He skimmed over the hunched over, man
cloaked completely in black. "It'ss been done." A pale pair of
spheres gleamed in his hand like precious stones, at first glance one may think
such things by the way the man held them in his sickly hands, but then again. What
stone would have blood on it?
The
rider drew one of the objects from the strange man's grasp, who in turn
flinched briefly, afraid to touch his master's pale skin. The 'master' held the
sphere gently turning it slowly in his hand. The only flaws on the treasure's
perfect surface stood out. Pale lavender almost white in colour shined with a
light all its own. "Aasss requested, masster. The eyess of a Hyuuga of the
main houssse." With a small bow, the man disappeared in a puff of smoke,
taking the eyeballs with him.
The man frowned , he would have to get rid of that snake soon, his voice was
beginning to annoy him. He smirked again.
'Speaking of snakes.' He glanced towards the two men tied to a nearby pole. Both
had long hair, probably very silky at one time, now in pieces stringed together
by grease, dirt, and blood after long days and nights of no bathing. Their
clothes and skin torn to shreds, the massive amounts of torture bringing them
to his mercy. They hung , their wrist raw and blue from the abuse afflicted on
them. The pale, sneaky snake should have known better than to try his crafty
tricks on him. It was simple really, torture the leader in front of his legion,
make them fear, and they will follow like the mangy mutts they were. He
sneered, it was best to place them in the frontline, kill them off and not
waste the few men who had some talent, destroy the weak and the strong will
survive.
A man dressed in black, kneeled down in front.
"We found the location of the target, sir."
"I already knew." He stared through the smoke and haze, past the
great barren desert, to the darkening green trees of Konoha village. "Kyuubi."
x x x x x x x x
x x x
Hinata walked silently through the halls of Konoha Hospital, her eyes always on
the check board held in her hands.
"Okay, lets see here-" Her sentence was cut short as she felt a
presence behind her.
"Hello
Hinata."
Pale lavender met the mismatched eyes of crimson and azure.
End of Part One
Kuroi's notes: :Stares blankly at chapter
just written: …damn…Must write a…humour…next :crosses arms and
closes eyes, as she nod slowly to herself: yes, humour…
Thank you minna-san!
Kaiyuga: :perks up: POCKY CHUUNIN!!! WHERE!!
WHERE!! :pops strawberry Pocky into mouth: thanks for the
review, WHEN ARE YOU PUTTING THE NEXT CHAPTER UP FOR YOUR NARUTO FIC?! :starts
crying: Why?! Why leave me stranded! :strikes a dramatic pose
with a light shinning down on Kit: WHY?!
Angie-chan: :sweatdrops: I got to agree
with you there…he is…err…a angry teenager, just like me! :spins in
circles on wheelie chair.: no…wait…I'm more insane than angry
hehehe…THANKS FOR THE REVIEW!!
Hell Devil: :shuffles feet: I guess I
should feel kinda…honoured? :scratches back of head sheepishly: I
found out about Naruto awhile ago, one of my favourite artists posted a Naruto
picture on her website, I got to admit when I first saw the whisker-like scar
marks on Naruto's face, I was just like "What thee 'ell it dis?!" :speaks
with accent: Now it's my favourite anime…speaking of anime, I have to
watch the latest Naruto Episode…:pulls popcorn out of nowhere.:
Thanks for the review, glad you like my story!
Shadow
Eclipse: sorry about that last author note
thingy, I really hope there's no more. See!! I updated!!
SilverKnight7: Sorry I took so long, major plot
bunnies :grumbles darkly: more like plot cows…Plus school was
killing me…umm about little note saying 'I would write no more stories after
this?' …that was a lie, that's what happens when I get depressed, I say …err
write things that I don't mean. I already have outlines for other story ideas.
Thanks for the review!
SoulRetriever13: Silly? Yes, that is me =p, I was
actually in Anaheim, since we had to play in Disneyland…could get as many fast
passes as we wanted hehehe. Thanks for the review, hope this chapter makes more
sense…all of my editors said it was great, and found no spelling mistakes. Ya
for me!!
RavensHaelo: Cool name, I was planning piecing it
together…ssllloooowwwlllyyyy though :grins darkly: I got to admit
writing the characters out was pretty fun, I try to keep them as in character
as possible…well…except for Naruto, I pieced him together using the elements
around me. He's angry just like how my siblings used to be when they were teens
…damn…my brother's getting old…he's ten years older than me and I'm 15...:ehem:
Anyways, he's apart of my mind, and what I feel around me. :scratches
head: damn…that really confused me…Thanks for the review!
Akki: …Very forgetful now aren't
we? :grins: I think the reason why that chapter made sense to
only the two of us, is A) I'm the writer, it would be very sad if it
didn't make sense to me.
B) You're insane, and can understand things
that most people can't comprehend.
C) We're both crazy, and it makes sense to
us only.
Or D) We're the only sane people on the planet
and the rest of the world is insane.
…I
like D
Karu-san: :stares
blankly.: ummm thanks?
Daniel of Lorien:
Why does everybody think I killed Sakura? :ponders over question.:
Weird…:shrugs: Ah well, I actually like Sakura now, I used to
think she was a …:ehem: but anyways! :starts bouncing up
and down: I have a lot of things figured out, now I just have to write
them out! Thanks for the review!
Wolfgirl13:
waves hand Nah! Don't worry about it, no need to apologize, sorry I didn't
update sooner. Thanks for reviewing!
Gopu: Thanks! grins
Cursed Mist:
I got to admit, compared to your dark poetry, my story looks like a kiddy pool
next to a Olympic sized swimming pool :sweatdrops: Always wanted
to say that…School…I hate school. Damn government is giving us Provincial Exams
one year earlier :twitch: I guess they're kinda like a SAT exam. I'll
talk to you on IM soon! Cya!
Wormkaizer:
0.o hehehe Thanks for reviewing!
Insanechildfanfic:
Damn that's a long name, thanks for reviewing.
xcomla: Thanks
PhoniexChild:
Cool name, sorry I didn't update sooner! Yes, I got to agree with you, Kyuubi
talking to Naruto even creeps me out…this is what happens when I let my
imagination go wild, scary eh?
Pocky Sweets: :eyes name: POCKY!!!
POCKY!!! I LOVE POCKY!!! :starts jumping up and
down.: WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE FLAVOUR?! :ehem:
As you can tell…I really like Pocky, strawberry is my favourite :drools:
Anyways, thanks for reviewing!
Red Rose: Thanks for
reviewing! I'll try to update sooner next time.
Hyper yo yo boy:
Sweet name. See! I didn't forget the story! Hahahaha.
Wow, you tour to different countries? Now that would be a great job :nods head savagely: I figured out what
Sugoi meant after I posted the author note. But thanks anyways!
Catc10:
:blink: :blink: :tilts head to one side like a dog:
I'm confused…
black panther-690: Yes, I'm a big
bully, as for those 'secrets' you said you would post on the internet…YOU DON'T
KNOW ANY!!!MWUHAHAHAHAHA!
Silvermist 91: :sweatdrops: I'm sorry about earlier, I found out that there were two Silvermist,
and got kinda confused…which isn't very hard…0.o your from
RiNuN: :ehem:
You'll just have to wait and see if Naruto was involved with a girl :cackles
evilly: as for what I said before about people and how they work, I know
a lot about that kinda stuff, very good at physiology. Thanks for reviewing!
Okay…I think that's everyone, Thanks for reviewing
again! If you have any questions or comments just email me at: RaeRae1313 or
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