Demon of My Dreams (ReVamped)

Chapter 5

Iruka paced nervously in the living room, mumbling to himself. Kyuubi sat on the couch, legs propped up with his chin resting in between his knees. He watched Iruka, a sense of worry sitting heavy in his stomach.

"Iruka?" Kyuubi's voice sounded small. It reminded Iruka of when he had to break the news to him about his parents. "When can we go out looking for him?"

It was close to midnight, if not already, and there was no sign of Naruto. As time went on, it just made Iruka more panicked. "I'm not sure, Kyuubi."

Kyuubi watched while Iruka started to pace again. Worry was soon replaced by irritation and he felt himself glare at the older demon. When Iruka passed him again, he growled out his anger, making Iruka stop to look at him. "Why aren't we going out there and looking for him?! His stupid ass is probably lost and crying. Let's go!"

Iruka shook his head. "One of us has to stay here in case he comes back." He bit his lip nervously and turned to give Kyuubi a disappointed look. "And I'd prefer that to be you."

"What?!" He screeched, standing up. "I'm stronger than you! If he's in real danger, I can protect him!"

"I understand that Kyuu, but-"

"So why can't I go?!"

Iruka let out a sigh before sitting down on the couch next to the red-haired demon. "You have to understand, you and him are the last of the Nine-Tails. If you go out there, and if, God forbid, that Naruto is in danger, they would be prepared to capture you too. If I go, I'm just a simple dolphin demon, not a threat to anyone. And I have a few tricks up my sleeve that can get Naruto out of danger. So please, Kyuubi, please stay here and wait for him." He placed his hand on his knee.

Kyuubi stared at Iruka's hand before pushing it off angrily and stomping to his room, slamming the door behind him.

Iruka let out a tired sigh before standing up and heading out the door to find Naruto.

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Sasuke stared at the blonde haired boy that just appeared in front of him. "N-Naruto?" He reached out a hand and placed it on top of the boy's hair.

Naruto laughed out loud at Sasuke's wariness. "I won't bite. Much." He smirked at Sasuke who was still slightly in shock.

Sasuke shook his head before glaring at him. "What are you doing here?"

Naruto stared at him, staying silent before answering him. "I ran away."

"Why?"

"You ask a lot of questions. I don't know anything about you. Well except your name, Sasuke. But not even your last name."

"Fine." Sasuke cleared his throat. "I'm Sasuke Uchiha and I'm here with my older brother, Itachi Uchiha."

Naruto's eyes widened. "U-Uchiha?"

Sasuke nodded. "Yes, Uchiha."

Naruto looked him up and down before letting out a nervous laugh. "Okay, well listen, I'm thankful for the food and everything. But, I have to get going. My teacher is probably worried, I've been gone since afternoon and it's way past midnight now so, I'm going to get going." He made a move to get up but Sasuke stopped him by grabbing onto his arm.

"Wait, why did you run away?"

"Sasuke." Itachi interrupted, poking his head through the opening of the tent. "There's a demonic presence getting closer, doesn't seem like a threat but i'm going to be taking the necessary precautions." He left the tent quickly.

"See, that's probably him right now." Naruto nervously looked at the hand that was still on his arm. "So, I'm going to go."

"Wait, don't you want to be friends?" Sasuke tried to bait him.

Naruto perked up. He overheard Sasuke's and Itachi's earlier conversation, despite them whispering to themselves, on how they wanted to use him but Sasuke never mentioned anything about making a friendship. "Friends? Really?"

Sasuke nodded. "Yeah, so tell me why you ran away."

Naruto relaxed in his hold and Sasuke finally let go of his arm, trusting in Naruto not to run away. "Well see, we have this prophecy in the demon world, so I was talking with my bro-"

"Naruto!"

Both Naruto and Sasuke looked towards the tent opening at the voice. They then looked at each other.

"Naruto! Hurry up, we have to go!"

"Iruka?" Naruto whispered to himself. He quickly scrambled out of the tent, Sasuke cursing as he failed to grab onto him in time. "Iruka!" He shouted back as he reached the tent.

"Not so fast, Naruto." Itachi was in front of him in an instant and Naruto turned his fearful gaze up.

Itachi's eyes were blood red, the center black with a thick three bladed fan in the center. Naruto stared into those eyes, unable to move and unable to hear Iruka's cries. He didn't notice Itachi reaching for a burlap sack until his trance was broken when all he saw was black from inside the bag.

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Kyuubi was once again staring up at the ceiling. It has been a few hours since Iruka left to chase after Naruto but so far, there has been nothing. He managed to calm his anger down, only worry making him sick. Something wasn't sitting right with him and he couldn't figure out what.

He sat up and stared at his closed door. One of them should've been back by now. He slowly got up and walked out of his bedroom door. He headed towards the front door and reached out for the handle only to jump back as Iruka rushed through it.

"Kyuubi!" Iruka's voice was panicked as he tried to control his breathing.

"Where's Naruto?" He didn't see his little brother anywhere. He could already tell that whatever news Iruka had, it wasn't going to be good. He felt his stomach drop as he could already feel the tears begin to sting his eyes. "Where is he?"

"The Uchiha's have him."