A/N: Uh...okay so I totally deserve being yelled out right now. It's been a little over a year since an update for this story, I think? Man, I'm so sorry everyone! I'm such a horrible person! *cries* Perdoname (forgive me)!
Please enjoy! I hope this makes up for a year of waiting...probably not...
Chapter 7:
Blood
--DREAM--
"Rain…?" Naruto looked up at the dark sky letting the cold tears of heaven fall on his face.
Naruto dropped his gaze back to earth and looked to the bombed houses that surrounded him.
He frowned "This…place…seems very familiar…"
Naruto took a small step forward only to end up tripping over… something. Naruto shut his eyes and grimaced as he hit the cold, wet ground. As he slowly opened his eyes he was met with blank gray ones.
"AHHHH!" Naruto jumped up and took notice to the bodies around him.
"What...the…?"
Death was everywhere, no matter where he turned there were bodies upon bodies of the young and old.
There was a small muffled cry coming from one of the houses. Naruto crept over the many decaying bodies that littered the ground; there was suddenly a strange rush that was running through his veins that he couldn't control. He was excited and he didn't know why.
He came to the house that the sound was coming from, he tried the knob but it was locked. A low growl escaped from within him and before he could stop himself he smashed his fist through the door then brought it back taking the door with him.
He entered the home cautiously, smelling the air as he walked through the destroyed room.
"Mom-"
"SHH!"
Naruto smirked and looked down at a table that was covered with a simple, white sheet. Naruto grabbed the sheet and kicked the table with such a force that when it hit the wall it smashed to a million tiny pieces.
"A-AHH!!" The women grabbed at her child and tried to run out of the room but Naruto got her by the throat and flung her across the room. This was the reason he had been so excited, he was the predator and they were his prey.
The women crashed into a mirrored wall, she yelled out in pain as she slid against the shattered glass onto the floor. She still had a hold of her child but Naruto knew, just by the smell of him, that the child had died. Glass shards covered her body and the smell of her blood drove Naruto wild.
He stalked closer to his prey, she whimpered as she pushed her self closer to the shattered wall. Just as Naruto was about to pounce, he caught his reflection on parts of the wall.
His face was splattered with blood and his eyes were bright red. Naruto brought his hands to his face and his reflection smiled. The monster in the reflection bared it's sharp, blooded teeth and before Naruto could react the women he had forgotten about gave an animal like wail and jumped at him. Naruto fell onto the floor and when he looked up at his attacker the women had transformed into the monster he had seen in his reflection.
"AH! Get off!" The monster laughed as Naruto struggled to get away from him.
"What're you so scared of, hm?" The monster gave another amused laugh when Naruto managed to throw him off. Naruto pushed himself off the floor and started to run but the monster was already at the doorway holding the dead child in his arms.
"Look what you've done…" He cradled the dead child then threw him to the ground and slowly made his way toward Naruto.
"Or should I say, look what we've done."
"N-no…" Naruto looked up and was shocked to see it was himself, his other self. Kyuubi smiled and grabbed the sides of Naruto's face.
"Don't you remember Naruto…? This..." Kyuubi motioned towards the dead child. "…is all our doing. We killed everyone here, Naruto." The smile on his face disappeared and he glared down at his other half.
"Stop fooling yourself Naruto." Naruto began to tremble and his voice softened. "You're too dangerous, you'll only end up hurting everyone and then…yourself."
"B-but I don't want to be alone anymore." Naruto whispered as tears rolled down his face.
Kyuubi held Naruto close and smirked as Naruto held back. "I'll be here. I'll never leave you. Forget all these people you've met and just remember me, kill with me, and…love only me…"
--END DREAM--
Naruto woke with a start, his heart was beating like crazy and sweat dripped from his face. Naruto looked around the room expecting Sasuke to be lying next to him but instead found an empty bed. Naruto sighed and ran a shaky hand through his hair.
"Kyuubi…"
'Well, that was fun.'
"I hate it when you do that!"
There was a soft rumbling in his head as Kyuubi chuckled. 'It's good to relive your past every now and then.'
Tsk…Kyuubi always did this to him. He haunted his dreams, making him relive the worst mission he was given as a Nazi. This was the first time though that he interferred with the ending, Kyuubi would usually let the dream go on until he had killed the women leaving Naruto to wake up in a fit of tears and shaking.
Naruto got up when something caught his eye. In the corner of the room thrown over a small chair laid his uniform. He walked over and grabbed it.
'I'll never have to wear this…' He threw the Nazi uniform on the floor and spit on it '…ever again.' Naruto made his way to the door in hopes of finding Sasuke.
'Stop hanging around these humans...you'll regret it if you get too involved.'
Naruto couldn't help but laugh 'Don't tell me what to do! Why do you even care?'
'Don't flatter yourself! I'm the one cursed to be a part of you and because of that whatever happens to you happens to me, so I'm telling you...leave them...before you hurt the ones you love.'
'Tsk...Whatever.'
After getting ready and throwing on some clothes he went in search of Sasuke but instead of finding him he found Kiba, Shikamaru and Neji.
"Oh! Hello."
"Hey! What's up blondie!?" Kiba howled.
"Eh…don't call me that. Uhm, have you seen Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"I think I saw him go on deck." Neji replied coolly.
"Thank you!" Naruto said with a smile and before he could leave Kiba held a hand up, signaling him to wait.
"Naruto…did you and Sasuke hook up?" Kiba asked a teasing grin on his face. "I couldn't help but notice how chipper Sasuke looked yesterday."
Naruto's face turned beet red and he didn't have the courage to look any of them in the eye.
"I-I…uh…well…"
"You don't have to answer that Naruto; Kiba's just being an idiot. It's none of our business so we'll be on our way, later." Shikamaru had grabbed at Kiba's ear and was now dragging him off muttering a few incoherent things here and there. Neji stayed behind and gave Naruto a good look over, which really creeped Naruto out what with his weird pupil-less eyes.
A gentle smile crossed Neji's smooth face and he simply walked away.
Naruto looked after them and couldn't help but blush. 'So people already know…'
Naruto climbed the stairs slowly to the upper deck all the while worrying. 'If they already know…aw man I hope Jonah doesn't know, that'll be awkward and just something I don't want to deal with right now…'
"Good morning Naruto."
"Huh...? Maree!" He hadn't seen her since they set sail. He ran up the rest of the stairs to stand in front of her. She gave him a kiss on both cheeks and pointed behind her.
"Is that who you're looking for?" She asked. Naruto raised a brow and looked behind her and yes, it was Sasuke standing by the rail looking out at the ocean much like he had a few days back.
"Heh, yeah. How did you know I was looking for…?" When Naruto looked back he found that Maree had managed to slip past him and was now at the bottom of the stairs.
"See you later." And with that she was gone.
"Everyone is so weird today…" Naruto whispered to himself. He turned back to Sasuke and an evil grin spread across his face. He tiptoed quietly until he was behind the dark haired man. Taking in a huge gulp of air Naruto mentally cheered, he was gonna scare the willies out of Sasuke.
"Are you trying to scare me Naruto?" Sasuke said calmly as he turned his head slightly, a smirk on his lips. Naruto let the air out of him with a huff.
"Aww man…I thought you didn't know I was there!" Sasuke chuckled and pulled Naruto close. Naruto, who was now pouting, looked away. Sasuke's smirk grew as he leaned down and took Naruto's bottom lip into his mouth.
Naruto's eyes widened and he tried to pull away but Sasuke held even tighter.
"Nhm!" Sasuke covered Naruto's mouth with his and smiled happily when Naruto stopped his struggling.
"You're a meany…" Naruto manage to mutter out in between their little lip lock.
Sasuke let him go and pulled him toward the rail. The cool wind pushed their hair back and Sasuke pointed out to the ocean. Naruto's eyes followed the finger and a grin spread across his face when he could make out the smallest strip of land in the distance.
"We should be there by midday…" Sasuke glanced over at Naruto and a small frown took place over his smile.
"You'll have to be careful Naruto."
Naruto switched his gaze from land to Sasuke. "Why?"
"It's hard to get rid of the Nazi image when you were once part of it."
"What?" Naruto asked a hint of anger in his voice.
"I told you, you would be under my watch but once in America I won't be the only one…you'll be watched until you can meet with my superior and he can confirm himself you're safe…I'm sorry, I should have told you sooner." Sasuke averted Naruto's gaze keeping his head down. Naruto sighed and he leaned against Sasuke.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised…"
Sasuke wrapped his arms around Naruto's waist and buried his face into his soft blond hair.
"Sasuke?"
"Hn?"
"...Would you hate me if I told you that I…I've killed children…so many innocent children…?" Naruto felt Sasuke's arms tense. There was silence the only sound was the quiet whistling of the wind and the splashes of the sea.
"What brought this on?"
"Just answer the question!" Naruto snapped releasing himself from Sasuke's embrace.
"…I would never hate you…never. Besides you and Kyuubi are two different people right?" Naruto nodded.
"Then it's not your fault." Naruto shook his head and backed further away from Sasuke.
"It's not that simple…! Just because we're separate doesn't mean I'm not to blame either!"
"What are you talking about Naruto?"
"My fear Sasuke I let it control me…I chose my life over others! Don't you understand…? I became so scared that I would die that I simply just…let go. I let Kyuubi have control, I let him kill…and all because I didn't want to die! I didn't want to get killed because I didn't follow the Nazi's orders so after awhile I didn't even fight them anymore all they had to do was say the word and I would become what they most wanted…the perfect weapon, the perfect killing machine…" Sasuke didn't know what to say he stared as Naruto's shoulders began to shake and tears slipped from those soft blue eyes.
"Sasuke, I let people die and all because I was scared." Naruto raised his hands and he looked at them with disgust. "These hands are covered with blood."
"Naruto, stop."
"I'm a killer…"
"Stop it."
"A murderer…"
"Stop."
"I'm a-" A fist came hurdling towards Naruto, sending him to the floor. Naruto grabbed at his cheek as drops of blood hit the floor. Sasuke kneeled in front of Naruto. Naruto was worried that Sasuke would lash out at him but when he looked up his face was soft.
"You're a fool…" Sasuke brought his hand to Naruto's face, gently rubbing his now bruised cheek, with his thumb he wiped the line of blood that was falling from the corner of Naruto's mouth. "…you silly fool."
Sasuke helped Naruto to his feet and turned back to look at there nearing destination.
"I'll protect you from now on Naruto. You won't have to be scared anymore, you won't have to fight or kill anyone anymore because I will protect you." Sasuke gripped one of Naruto's hands and brought it to his face. Naruto's eyes widened when Sasuke gently kissed his hand.
Sasuke's eyes held Naruto's and with a small smile…
"No more blood will touch these hands."
A/N: Ugh my brain hurts! This chapter was so hard to write I didn't have much inspiration for this but enough was enough! I couldn't keep you guys waiting anymore it would just be too cruel! So yeah, please PLEASE review and trust me you don't have to wait another year for an update I'm already working on the next chapter! Ooh so exciting! Review por favor (please :D)!