The Third Uzukage by Dark-Nate18

Chapter 12: The Village

Screams, bloody and horrific cries of agony echoed off of the walls, faces were wide-eyed as they erupted in blue fire, the cries of men dying in surprise. It all echoed off of the dark walls, Naruto sat with his knees pulled up to his chin, his head bowed. He was shivering in fear; the water beneath him was a pool of blood. He dared to peek out of his legs, only to shiver in fear at the screaming pained faces that passed through his head. Naruto felt his blade on his back; it felt as if it was pulsing, ready to take another life. Naruto shivered, crying out in fear as bloody hands began to form and grab at him. He awoke with a start, his eyes flying open wide; he sat up and gave a brief gasp. He scowled slightly as his eyes took in his surroundings, he was previously led on a small red sofa; he turned his head slightly and relaxed, on the furthest curved wall was a large window, and outside was the hidden leaf village. He heard the door click and with sharp reflexes and a speed he had developed, he grabbed his blade and stood defensive. Hiruzen Sarutobi opened the door with his backside, a jolly whistle coming from his pursed lips, a tray in his hands, carrying two steaming bowls of ramen. He turned and almost dropped the tray in surprise.

"Ah Naruto-boy, you are awake" said Sarutobi after he got over his shock, he realised he couldn't feel any chakra coming from Naruto, then suddenly his dense chakra entered the room. Sarutobi watched as Naruto stared at him, his eyes brimming with tears.

"O...Old man" whispered Naruto, tears fell down his face, the blade toppled from his hand. It stabbed into the floor as Naruto stumbled forward, his arms outstretched.

"I am here Naruto" said Sarutobi, he quickly put the tray on a nearby table, and turned as Naruto fell into his arms.

"The faces, they won't go away" whispered Naruto, Sarutobi hugged Naruto tighter.

"I know Naruto, one of the many curses of a shinobi" said Sarutobi, Naruto cried into his arms. After half an hour of Naruto blubbering, he extricated himself from Hiruzen and looked down sheepishly.

"S...sorry old man" said Naruto, Sarutobi just smiled and looked at the ramen.

"The food is cold now, I will call Mizuru to fetch us some more" said Sarutobi kindly, Naruto nodded and without a single noise he turned and retrieved his blade, sheathing it, the click made an echo through the room. Sarutobi watched Naruto closely; the depression seemed to pulsate around him.

"How are things, how's the village" asked Naruto softly, he attached the sword to his lower back and turned to see Sarutobi looking at him with a speculative face.

"I see you have changed quite a bit in the time you have been away, I like the hair" said Sarutobi, Naruto nodded sheepishly and pulled at one of his 'horns'

"It's a cool hair style, these horn things can get annoying though" said Naruto, Sarutobi watched as Naruto's face brightened slightly.

"Did you learn a lot during your time away?" asked Sarutobi, Naruto nodded as he sat on the sofa.

"Yeah, I learnt chakra control, taijutsu, fuuinjutsu, kenjutsu and some other stuff" said Naruto, his hand moving to the hilt of his sword.

"That's good, from what I have heard, you are of a low jonin capability. I am impressed" Said Sarutobi, Naruto blinked slightly and looked at him.

"Low jonin, they never told me" said Naruto a happy smile on his face, Sarutobi smiled also, he looked at the blade on Naruto's lower back.

"Chakra sabre huh, I thought they were missing" said Sarutobi, Naruto smiled at him.

"I was told to say, 'you didn't think I would die that easy apeboy, I always have a plan'" said Naruto, Sarutobi smiled sadly and shook his head.

"Daisuke, my old friend, he must have made a seal of some kind" said Sarutobi, Naruto nodded sadly, tears glistened in his eyes. Naruto walked through the village, a brown envelope clutched in his hands, his red hair seemed to shimmer in the setting sun; the villagers would stop and look at him, some in fear, and some in confusion. Others wore faces of pure hatred. Naruto ignored them in favour of rattling the envelope he was carrying, he could tell it contained keys, and paperwork, yet he didn't know what for. As he rounded the corner, he looked up at his apartment with a smile, which soon turned to horror, what was once a large empty apartment complex, one containing his home, was a black charred mess, his particular apartment was just a black cavern, blood red graffiti lined the walls, words saying Demon, Monster, Murderer lined the walls Naruto gave a scowl and turned to leave.