The Tail Of A Beast {A Naruto Fan-Fic)

Chapter 12

Hey, so thanks for all of your comments and votes and such on my last chapter.  As a token of my gratitude, I shall bestow upon you this next, short chapter and I don't even know if that made any sense, but just go with it, 'kay?  XD  Enjoy!

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Chapter 12

(Naruto's POV *yay!*)

I didn't understand at all.  How could Ookami be... what they said she was?  That wasn't who she was.  I knew her, I knew the Ookami that was nice and caring and, sure, she could be a little... on the sadistic side, but hey, so was that freaky Gaara kid!  I didn't anyone arresting him, and he was way worse than she was! 

But, no.  No one believed Naruto!  Nope, he's just a stupid, prank-pulling kid that doesn't know anything.  I though that I had proved that I changed with the mission with Tazuna, but I guess not.  So, I decided to stay with Kakashi-sensei and the old man so that when Ibiki came back from his interrogation and said that she was innocent I could rub it in their faces!  ...Alright, that is a bit childish, but they deserve it!  Accusing my friend of something like that and going as far as to interrogate her! 

My face paled.  Kakashi-sensei looked over at me, concern written on his face.  "Naruto?" 

I took a moment to marvel at how he had actually dropped his lazy outer appearance, and felt slightly guilty that I was attacking him when he was obviously feeling bad about it already, but shook the feeling away.  "She's... being interrogated."  I said slowly.

He nodded.  "Yes, she is."

"By... Ibiki."  I said, furrowing my brow.  I couldn't remember, but wasn't he something bad? 

Kakashi-sensei opened his mouth to answer, but the loud slamming of the doors leading into the office interrupted.  "Hokage-sama!" 

We all turned to face a group of ANBU Black Ops, all standing in the doorway looking extremely alarmed.  My stomach sank.  I didn't know how, but I knew that this was definitely not a good sign...

Ookami, what have you done?

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(Ookami's POV)

Adrenaline rushed through my veins as my feet pounded against the dirt floor of the forest.  I blocked out all other noises but for the loud thumps of my heart as it raged on in my chest.  I didn't know where I was running - whether I was running away from something or running towards it, I had no clue.  I was just running.

...Until I came to a sudden halt. 

My breathing was short and ragged.  I had come to a small clearing with a calm stream running though it and into a large pond, which shimmered beautifully under the setting sun's glow.  I padded over to it and sat down, my feet dangling into the cold water.  I redirected my gaze to the red sun.  The color of blood...

A smile graced my features as I remembered my recent kills, but it soon turned into a scowl.  Easy.  They were too easy.  I wanted a challenge.

As though reading my thoughts I felt several strong presences begin to surround me.  I smirked and let my eyes drift shut before laying down with my arms behind my head, seemingly relaxed.  They obviously wouldn't have a clue as to how strong I was - after all, they wee mere humans and I was hiding my chakra.  When they were all close enough I decided to let them know I knew that they were there.  "Hey!  Why don't you show yourselves already?  I'm getting bored..."

I smelled a mixture of emotions ranging mostly from shock to anger that I knew they were there.  They all stepped out, however, and I opened my eyes and stood.  I looked around and found myself staring back at "The infamous Akatsuki..." I mused, then grinned.  "How very lucky of me...."

"Who the **** is this chick?"  The silver haired one asked.  I flitted through my memories of research and grinned.  

"Hidan, correct?"  I said cheerfully, though I didn't wait for an answer.  "Well, I'm Ookami, and I was planning on killing you all, but now that I know who you are, I've changed my mind."

They all seemed amused and annoyed, though I had anticipated it.  I was, after all, seemingly just a 13 year old Leaf Village Genin, nothing special about me, save for the wolf-like features.  "Get outta here, kid, before we decide woop your *** already!"  

An idea popped into my head and I grinned.  "Alright, if I win, I can join the Akatsuki."

"What the **** are you going on about now?"  He asked, irritation clear in his voice.

"A fight.  Between one of you and I.  If I win, you let me join, if I lose, you can have whatever you want from me."  I held up a hand.  "And I get to choose who I fight."

They thought I was crazy, which, by definition, I was.  But, they agreed anyways, seeing no reason not to.  I smirked.  "Perfect.  Now, I want to fight..."  I let my finger wander around the circle before it landed on...

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(Naruto's POV)

"How could she do that?!"  I raged, about to punch the wall, my fist infused with chakra, but Kakashi-sensei stopped me, looking down at me with saddened eyes.  I looked away furiously, yanking my fist out of his grip and ran my hand through my hair instead.  

"Why?"  I said, anger still in my voice, but it was much softer than before.  

"Why would she do that?"  M voice cracked in the middle and I blinked back stubborn tears that tried to spill out and onto my cheeks.  I heard Kakashi-sensei come up behind me and try to put a comforting hand on my shoulder, but I shrugged him off and ran out the door, ignoring his calls after me.  

I ran into the training grounds, where I found a tree and just started pummeling it with my fists.  I was blinded by the salty tears that had managed to slip out despite my attempts to keep them at bay.

I barely noticed s the sun set and the full moon rose high in the sky.  My fists had long since gone numb, and as I finally stopped, I noticed the large amount of blood that stained the splintered wood.  I looked at my hands - raw and bloody, pierced with small pieces of the trunk that I had viciously been going at for several hours.  The anger I had felt was gone, drained out of me as I had attacked the tree, but it was replaced with something more painful, something I had grown used to over the years.  It had left but then it came back, full force.  

Loneliness.  

An emptiness in my heart that I knew could only be filled by the companionship of my friends... and of a certain girl.  Or, wolf, I guess.  I laughed bitterly, gritting my teeth together as the feeling came back in my hands, but I barely noticed the pain in them.  What I wished for was numbness in my heart, which felt as though a thousand kunai had pierced it.  Figures, I would be the one to like a girl that ended up not even being human.  

The more I thought about it, the more I didn't care, though.  I didn't care that she wasn't human.  I didn't care that she betrayed the village and killed an ANBU.  I didn't care about any of it.  I just wanted her back.  I needed her back...

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YAY!  I've been wanting to do Naru-kun's POV.  Granted, it was kind of depressing, but I still got to do it!  And now into the sympathetic mode.  Poor Naruto!  And you know what's really terrible?  She hasn't even given him a second thought since she left!  I feel so mean and horrible...  Anyways, vote?  Comment?  Fan?