NaruSaku - The Storm Part IV

The Storm
Part IV
The blond boy was walking throught the remain of his beloved village, hand his in pockets, eyes eyeing the road ahead of him. Next to him was his best friend and lifetime crush. The pinkhead, just like her companion, was heartbroken.
It’s been 3 days since Konoha had been ravaged by wind and rain, yet the storm kept growing in both intensity and strength as time passed for the 2 shinobies.

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‘It wasn’t Sasuke, I’m sure it wasn’t him that did this to us... He may have left us and joined Orochimaru, but the man is dead, he would have no reason to attack the village now!’’ growled Naruto, has his eyes began to glow orange, then blood red.
Sakura was standing next to him, and she put her hand on his shoulder. She could feel the heat coming from him, or rather, from the Kyuubi. All the focused rage the demon had was using Naruto as a medium to express itself to the outside world. Usually the boy would fully be able to control it, bend it to his will, but in his now unstable state, the Nine-Tails had a slight advantage on the boy.
‘Kid...’’ called the Kyuubi, ‘Don’t hold back, let the rage, the overwhelming feeling of revenge fill your heart, then you will know what raw power feels like, even more than our Perfect Form... nothing will be able to stop us, let the anger and hate take over you... and I’ll handle the rest...’’
Naruto wanted to give in, everything he fought his whole life to protect had been reduced to ashes, and even though he would not accept it, deep down, he knew the one person he once called ‘Brother’’ was the one responsible for this massacre.
The aura around him had changed, Naruto was Naruto no more, he was turning into the Demon-Fox that inhabited him. Sakura was standing next to him, screaming his name, begging him to retake control of his body, but her voice was nothing more than a faint echo to him, right now, she was only standing in front of him, in his way, he couldn’t stand it, someone was trying to block his way again!
‘Everyone! Get away from here quickly! Those who can, get the wounded and run! And FAST!’’ yelled Sakura, who had now realised the whole situation, Naruto had gone berserk, his thoughts and feelings actually feeding his inner-demon.
His body was mangled, his skin torn to shreds, as the chakra current hidden underneath his muscles was flooding out, expanding the already mortal wounds all over the boy’s body. But as he fell down to all fours, he wasn't standing in a pool of the red liquid, in fact, his very life was floating around him, covering him, held together by the red chakra, and with every passing second, the beast inside of him took form, and took control.
‘He’s already at 4 tails... this is bad...’’ whispered Sakura to herself, aware that she stood no chance against her now near-invincible friend.
‘Now boy, why are you trying to hold back? There is nothing here but rubbles and debris, everything you could have destroyed is no more, because of that one man...’’
The Kyuubi made a twisted, disfigured image of a grown Sasuke appear in front of the confused Naruto. At first his hand reached up to him, trying desperatly to grab hold of him, but no matter how close he got, there was always that space, that distance, between him and the raven-haired boy that he could not cross. Angered by his useless struggling, his open palm turned into a fist, as he threw it to his brother’s image, it shattered, like glass, before his very eyes. Naruto was now completly lost, unable to react, or even think.
‘Yes! Your will is now broken boy, you have lost, and YOU are now MINE!’ screamed the demon, confident in his victory over Naruto.
He let out a roar, and that was all she could make out before she felt lifted, thrown off the ground, as a burning feeling seemed to carry her away from him. The ground in front of her looked like it was been dissolved, just as her eyes closed from a great flash of light.

She screamed... and this time, Naruto had heard her, very clearly.
‘Sakura!!’’ yelled Naruto’s mind, seeking desperatly to take control again.
‘You are too late boy! I have full control of your body, now watch has this wench dies!’’ said the Nine-Tails, now mad with revenge over Naruto, who had used him, the great Kyuubi, as a pawn for far too long.
‘Never!’’ was all Naruto could think of as a response, but he didn’t say it, instead, he clasped his hands together, focusing. The monster was right, he really had full control over him, he could sense it as he tried to spark what little of his own chakra was still active.

Her body felt limb, heavy, she could feel the hard ground on her skin, it felt cold. She didn’t want to move from there, she knew, she was useless, her friend was in need of help, and she was powerless to stop him. Tears gathered in her eyes, and she closed them as they fell down her cheeks. In the darkness of her thoughts, only 1 light shined, the boy's blond hair, covering his ocean blue eyes, his trademark grin stamped on his face. It made her feel strong again, she had hope, but then, the calm, deep blue eyes, were red, filled with blood and hatred. Their stare was terrifying, she couldn't bear to look into them, they simply didn't suit him, she thought.
‘Not those eyes again, please, stop it...’’ she felt her fist tighting, of its on will, her emerald eyes still lost in the nothingness.
‘I won’t allow it, not this time!’’
She got up, still unaware of what she was doing, she was running, her strength wasn’t her own, it felt borrowed, she shouldn’t even be able to stand, but she was.

His body surged with power, dark, evil power, but he could feel it, deep inside of him, there was still some good left, some light left in his heart, he reached for it, focused all his thoughts on the little dot of purity... then he let it explode...
The Kyuubi saw it, but only for an instant, he couldn’t stand to look at it, it burned his eyes. The small light in the great darkness was too much for him.
Naruto was standing in front of the beast, in the same room he was so used to, before him laid the open gates to the monster’s lair. His blue chakra swirling around him, washing away the red energy, like extinguishing the fire it caused, his deep blue eyes looked back at the giant fox.
‘You’ve lost, demon, now give up! You know as well as I do that my chakra is stronger that yours,  you cannot win at this kind of game.’’
The Nine-Tails was mad, angered, no matter what he did, he could not beat this human boy, he was something, or had something, that made him resistant, almost immune, to his wrath.
The monster roared, causing the real Naruto to roar once more, but this time, no energy was unleashed, no destuction was caused, only pain was heard throught the mad cry, cry for help.
Sakura dashed even faster, she was but steps away from him, but it felt like a thousand miles was left to cover before reaching him, her hands reached up to his face, she needed to see him smile again, his real smile, not the maniacal, underserving smile of the monster inside of him.

It threw him backwards, the roar, in all its might, caused Naruto to lose his focus, only for a second, and that was the last thing he remembered before seeing the darkness again.
Kyuubi, having used every ounce of power he possessed, had managed to throw the boy offguard for a second, but that had also caused him to fall to the ground, with no strength left to stand, he had no choice but to recall all the chakra he had sent into Naruto’s body, he needed it to survive, to recover.

She was hugging his body, it felt warm, and yet cold, like an empty shell. She laid him down, concentrating her chakra to her hands, healing him. Her tears still streaming down her face, the only thing on her mind was the boy’s pleasent smile, she needed to see it again, she would do anything, for a single, innocent smile.

He woke up, still inside the ruined room, he could hear loud, irregular, breathing noises, realising those were the Kyuubi’s. He closed his eyes again, trying to come back to the surface. He kept hearing the irregular breathing, but he could also hear someone calling out to him...
‘Naruto!... Naruto!... please wake up! You can’t leave me alone! Not now or ever! Remember your promise! Naruto... please...’’
His eyes opened to the sweet scent of cherry blossoms, his body was feeling hot, something was keeping him warm, he then felt a hand holding his back, then another one, just below his neck. The pain was fading, and has the hands moved all over his body, the pain would disappear.
‘Sa...kura...?’’ was all he had the strength to say.
‘Naruto...?’’ she looked at him, deep blue eyes were staring back at her, as weak as they were, they were there. She felt the tears coming back, stronger than ever before, her arms went around his neck, holding him tightly.
He fainted, the last of his energy had left him at the sight of the woman he loved, safe and sound.
‘I’m here Naruto...’’ she said to the sleeping boy ‘Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you now, you rest...’’
‘Sakura!!!’’ said a familiar female voice, she raised her eyes to meet with the bleach blond’s.