Disclaimer: I don't own nor have I contributed to Naruto in any way! Nope! None!
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Yes, everyone groan! An angsty fic!
Gomi-kun: --groans—
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Oh shuddup. Anyways, this is SASUNARU! There may be some one-sided gaanaru, but it's SASUNARU luv, if not at first then later! And despite Naruto's new dark side (mwahahahaha!) he will still be the uke!
Fic Summary: Naruto has failed. Just failed. He failed to bring Sasuke back after so many tries. Failed to keep his promise to Sakura. Failed to become Hokage. Failed to get the villagers to see the good in him…failed to make them see beyond the Kyuubi. But no more.
He's had it.
The taunting will stop. The merciless training for no praise will end. Konoha will fade into oblivion.
Naruto will leave.
An angsty tale of hatred, despair, sorrow, and anguish, but in this suffering, also recognition, love, and a burning fire within.
Fic Warnings: Dark!Naruto, implied sexual themes, cutting, bloody battles, rough language, AND ALTHOUGH HE IS DARK NARUTO WILL BE UKE!!! XD
This fic is inspired a lot by the songs that I will post here. :D
"In Pieces" by Linkin Park
Telling me to go
But hands beg me to stay
Your lips say that you love
Your eyes say that you hate
There's truth in your lies
Doubt in your faith
What you build you lay to waste
This truth in your lies
Doubt in your faith
All I've got's what you didn't take
So I, I won't be the one
Be the one to leave this
In pieces
And you
You will be alone
Alone with all your secrets
And regrets
Don't lie
You promise me the sky
Then toss me like a stone
You wrap me in your arms
And chill me to the bone
There's truth in your lies
Doubt in your faith
All I've got's what you didn't take
So I, I won't be the one
Be the one to leave this
In pieces
And you
You will be alone
Alone with all your secrets
And regrets
Don't lie.
"What!?" Tsunade shouted, slamming her fists on the circular table in front of her at which the village council sat behind.
"What do you mean he can't be Hokage?" she snarled. "I am the Hokage, and I have chosen him as my replacement as the Rokudaime! He has gone through mind-numbing training, mental and physical prep, is already eighteen, and is more than ready to take my place!!!"
"Tsunade-sama," a weathered old man with a starchy beard said. "We as the council have come to a unanimous agreement that Uzumaki Naruto shall not ever receive the title of Hokage."
The man spat the blonde's name with such disgust that Tsunade wanted to choke him.
"Besides Tsunade-sama, you weren't planning to retire so early, were you?"
"My outer appearance is very deceiving, but my bones don't lie."
"You will have to suffer through then until you have chosen a proper disciple."
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?"
"You seriously think we'd let a monster run our village to its death!? Having it live in Konoha is enough of a hindrance already!"
"IT?! IS THAT WHAT HE IS TO YOU? AN IT!? NARUTO IS THE SAVIOR OF THIS VILLAGE BUT EVERYONE IS TOO CONCEDED AND MASKED WITH HATRED THAT ALL THEY SEE IS THE DEMON HE SAVED US FROM!"
"SILENCE!"
"YOU HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO COMMAND ME! I AM THE HOKAGE OF THIS VILLAGE AND I WILL CHOOSE MY SUCCESSOR AS SUCH! AND I AM CHOOSING A HERO!!!"
"YOU WILL BURN KONOHA TO THE GROUND! YOU ARE NOT FIT FOR HOKAGE IF YOU ARE SUPPORTING THAT MONSTER!"
"THEN PERHAPS I SHOULD LEAVE THIS PATHETIC VILLAGE!!!"
"Baa-chan…"
"WHAT!?" Tsunade screamed, whipping around, but her voice caught in her throat at the sight of Naruto standing there in his ANBU uniform, looking at the woman with distant sky-blue eyes.
Naruto had matured beautifully over the years. His body was a brilliant sun-kissed tan, and part of his hair brushed against his shoulders, while the other half was tied back into a short ponytail, all dipped in liquid gold. His form was lithe and slender, his arms only slightly muscled, and he was a bit shorter than average, but the one thing about Naruto was to never just graze over the surface; you had to look under his skin. Naruto had become one of the strongest shinobi in Konoha, an elite ANBU captain, and despite his harmless and gorgeous exterior, he was extremely deadly when needed.
"Naruto…" Tsunade breathed.
Naruto moved his gaze to the council, who noticeably stiffened.
"You won't need to bother arguing anymore…" Naruto said, his tone level and amazingly calm. Tsunade felt such admiration for the young man before her.
"Because I'm leaving."
The words struck Tsunade like a bullet.
"Wha-what!?" she cried. "Naruto, no!"
The council didn't speak, but Naruto could feel their satisfaction.
Naruto stared hard at the council.
"I'm tried of being treated like something I'm not. I'm sorry that the Kyuubi was ever sealed inside me. In fact, I'm sorry that it was ever sealed at all. I wish I could have been there to watch it destroy this village so full of the hatred that now remains one of my only friends."
"Naruto…" Tsunade reached out a hand and placed it comfortingly on the man's thin shoulder. Naruto turned his head to look at Tsunade with determined, and yet, anguished eyes.
"I'm sorry you had to get dragged into this baa-chan. You're one of the only people in this village I still trust, even if you couldn't keep you word on my becoming the Rokudaime. I understand."
Tsunade had tears flowing from her eyes now.
Naruto looked at the council.
"I'm not going to apologize for what I've said here today, because I don't regret it, and I'm not sure if I ever will."
Naruto turned his back to leave when he heard a younger council member shout, "You ungrateful monster!!!" and something whizzed through the air.
"Naruto!" Tsunade cried.
Naruto turned to see the kunai coming at him, dead on course…but he didn't make a move to catch it.
It plunged straight into Naruto's chest, splattering hot crimson blood everywhere, and the man grinned triumphantly.
"NARUTO!!!" Tsunade shouted in anguish, and rushed over to the young man, when she stopped.
Naruto was smiling…he was smiling?
Indeed, as Naruto gazed out over the council, his eyes particularly focused on the man that had thrown the kunai, his grin shined through the rifts of sunlight that spilled from the windows surrounding the room.
The man's smile faded as Naruto pulled the kunai out of his body with barely a wince as red seeped through his black uniform.
"So, you're amused by the simple drawing of blood?" Naruto asked, holding up the bloody kunai to his eyes and examining it fondly.
Naruto smirked.
"You think I'm afraid to spill some of my own blood?"
Naruto opened his palm and swiftly brought the knife across his hand, tearing open a large gash in his beautiful, flawless skin, and staining it red.
Tsunade gasped and her tears continued to flow.
Naruto placed the kunai in his teeth, and with his clean free hand he untied the hitaiate wrapped around his left arm. He took the kunai from his mouth with his bloody hand and held out the hitaiate in front of him.
"Let it be known that on this day, I, Uzumaki Naruto, son of the fourth Hokage, disband myself from the Village Hidden in the Leaves, forever."
Naruto made a quick slash, and the sickening screech of metal cutting into metal reverberated throughout the room for a split second.
Naruto threw the kunai down, and he pressed the hand he had made a gash in against the slash across the leaf symbol on his hitaiate. He gripped the metal band tightly over his wound until he could no longer stand the pain, and he unfolded his hand from it.
Naruto took the crimson splashed and slashed band, and put it on his forehead, tying it tightly under his golden mane.
"Never again," he said.
Hmmm...should I continue this?
Sky-eyed Kitsune and Gomi-kun