~Mask of Truth~

Naruto sits in his mindscape, crossing his legs and staring at his tenant blankly. Kyuubi stares back. "… They're coming to kill you, you know." Naruto doesn't move.

"… Let them." Kyuubi sighed, closing gargantuan eyes. From the shadows, a clone of Naruto stepped forward, ears slightly pointed and eyes glowing red; sharp fangs poked out from his mouth and the whisker marks had been replaced with deep rents. The only piece of clothing he was wearing were a pair of worn jeans.

"What about your friends?" He inquired calmly, leaning forward onto the bars of the seal. Naruto gave him a blank look. Kyuubi sighed again. "… It's not healthy to be so emotionless. You're like those robotic Ne ANBU." Naruto cocked his head to the side.

"And why do you say that…?" For the third time in five minutes, Kyuubi sighed.

"Scratch that, you're worse." Naruto shrugged.

"So…?"

Kyuubi shook his head before a secretive grin took over. "You know what I think you need?" Naruto stared at him intently, seemingly interested in his statements. "You need to get laid." Naruto blinked at him. "Come on! It'll be fun! I'll do the seducing though, seeing as you have no tact whatsoever." Naruto blinked again. "So, do we have a deal…?"

"… You can. I don't really care." Kyuubi bit back a growl of frustration, before shrugging.

"… Fine. You don't know what your missing out on then." 'Stupid gaki…'

Empty, hollow… a life of wearing masks to disguise how he feels has left Naruto with no feelings left to disguise.

A\N: In the end, don't all of us wear masks...?

We don't tell people we hate them, because it's rude. We pretend to enjoy things, because other people enjoy them (And sometimes, they pretend to because you are, forming a weird circle).

But how many times do you really express yourself? How many times do you take off the Mask?

A Mask is just like make-up. At first, it feels weird. Later on, you can barely imagine yourself without it. How many women don't go out unless they wear make-up because they don't feel as 'pretty' or as 'beautiful' without it?

Has the Mask become you? Has it become you're identity?

An honest question. Although now I feel like doing one for Sakura or Ino, but base the different layers on the different layers of make-up .