Yeah… I've not written anything this emo in years. Seriously, I'm scaring myself a little. I do NOT want to revert back to my early teens, thank you very much. It was bad enough the first time round. Explanation of the story at the end but see if you can figure it out first!
Muffled screams are the only sound
Among the fire that rages round
Orange flames that burn so bright
Leaping high into the night
You hear the feral growls now
And for a moment wonder how
A brighter orange and crystal blue
This cannot be the boy you knew
But there he is before your eyes
No bigger than a child in size
With claws and tails of living fire
Building up the funeral pyre
Piling up his cause of pain
His smile belongs to no one sane
As you prepare to land a blow
The fire simply starts to grow
You join your friends upon the floor
Drenched in tears and blood and gore
You ponder what it means to hate
Why should this have been his fate?
As crimson eyes return your gaze
Through the pain and bloody haze
You feel yourself begin to fall
And know that he has killed you all
So, Naruto snapped. Not a pretty sight. This is maybe mid-Naruto timewise? It's the villagers who've bullied and taunted him all his life that he's turned against and the narrative can be anyone you want. Personally, I think I had Hinata in the back of my mind but the point is that no one is exempt from his rampage, because they're all to blame, in their own way…
I have issues, don't I?