Battle Royale pt 8

Naruto: Dilemma

Battle Royale pt 8: Demons Released!

“Uzumaki Naruto…”

Naruto turned to the sound of Uchiha Itachi’s voice.

“This time, you’re coming with us, and Jiraiya won’t be there to save you.”

The crowd gasped. Uchiha Itachi, the man who massacred the entire Uchiha clan, was in Konoha. How could this have happened? And why was he here for Naruto? Was it because of that fox?

Naruto glared at Itachi. “You!” he cried. He pulled Naren behind him, shielding her.

“You don’t have to worry about your sister, Naruto,” said Itachi. “It’s not her we want. It’s you.”

“Aniki, who is he?” asked Naren, peering over Naruto’s shoulder. Naruto growled. “Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke’s older brother.”

At the mere mention of Sasuke, Naren gritted her teeth and gave Itachi a glare identical to Naruto’s. Itachi smiled. “You two look just a like,” he said. “But then you are twins. Come now, Naruto. I don’t have all day.”

“Not if my life depended on it!” growled Naruto.

“What if it depended on her’s?” Naruto turned around and saw Kisame holding Naren up by the hood. Naren struggled.

“Let me go, fishface!” she screamed, kicking at all the places she could reach of him. Naruto’s eyes widened in anger. “Let her go!”

“If you come with us, we will,” whispered Itachi in Naruto’s ear. Naruto gasped in pain as he felt a kunai go through his back.

“Naruto!” screamed Sakura. But with a smile, Naruto poofed away.

“Shadow clone?” wondered Itachi. “I never saw him make a hand sign. You!” He pointed at Naren. “Where did he go?”

“Heh…like I would tell you where he went,” laughed Naren, and she poofed away as well. Sakura grinned. Score one for the twins.

“Uzumaki Naruto!” called Itachi. “Come out now, and we won’t harm your friends!”

“Ha…how do I know if you’re telling the truth or not?” Naruto’s voice came from somewhere in the stadium. Itachi closed his eyes.

“I’m not here for them,” said Itachi calmly. “But I will kill them unless you give yourself up.”

“Ok fine!” barked Naruto. “You asked for it!” Two Naruto’s came running out from one of the holes in the ground. Running with a large sphere of chakra in their hands, the Narutos cried, “Oodama Rasengan!”

“That won’t work this time Naruto,” said Itachi, jumping out of the way. He kicked the Narutos and the clones poofed from existence. Looking around the stadium, he spotted Sakura. He disappeared.

“Where did he go?” gasped Hinata, activating her Byakugan. He was nowhere to be found.

“Gahh!”

“Aniki! He’s got Sakura-neechan!” Naren jumped out of her hiding place and ran for Itachi, who now held Sakura with a kunai to her throat. As Naren ran towards him, he stared her straight in the eye.

“Tsukuyomi,” he muttered.

Naren froze in her place, her eyes wide and glazed over. In her mind the sky had turned crimson, and she was surrounded by a barren wasteland. She looked around frantically, searching for anybody, especially Naruto.

“Aniki?” she whispered. “Aniki, where are you?”

“Uzumaki Naren, long ways from home are you not?” Naren turned. Itachi stood there, staring at her.

“Where am I!?” she growled, glaring at Itachi. “Where’s Naruto!?”

“This is Tsukuyomi,” said Itachi. “For what seems to you like three days, you will be tortured in your own personal hell. Though in the real world, it will only last a second. As for your dear brother…well let’s just say, you won’t be so happy to see him.”

As if on cue, Naruto appeared, walking towards her. He was smiling. Then Sakura came behind him, then Hinata, then soon all her friends from Konoha. Soon they were all surrounding her. Naruto came to the front facing her. He wore a mad grin.

“Aniki?” whispered Naren. “What are you giving me that look for?” She took a step back.

“Heh…” scoffed Naruto. “Are you scared, Imouto?” he laughed. Everyone else laughed with him, but his was louder.

“A…Aniki?” she stammered, taking another step back, she stumbled backwards. Sakura caught her.

“What’s the matter, Naren?” Sakura hissed. “Scared of your own brother?!” Sakura threw her back towards the middle of the group. They all laughed. Naren stumbled again, running into Hinata. Hinata gave her grin. The normally sweet, quiet girl laughed in her ear. “Not so tough now are you Naren-chan?” Hinata pushed her towards Kiba.

“What’s this? Is that fear I see in your eyes, banana-chan?” he barked. Naren began to sob silently. She backed away, and ran into Lee.

“Ahhhh…Naren-chan.” He laughed. “For one so youthful, I can’t help but feel that I’m wasting my time with a tiny little weakling like you!”

The taunts continued, pulling louder sobs out of Naren. She was tossed from person to person and each one had something cruel to say to her. For what seemed like three days she was tossed between her friends while Naruto watched, laughing. Eventually, they began to beat her. Finally it stopped, and she was tossed in front of Naruto, who stared down at her with his arms folded, an insane grin on his face.

She looked up him through her bangs, crying. Naruto laughed.

“Aniki?” she whimpered.

“You thought you were loved?” he hissed. “Well you were wrong.” He lifted her up by her hair. She screamed. “Let me go! You’re not my Aniki! I’ll kill you!” Growling, her eyes snapped open. They were a golden yellow color.

“That won’t help you here, Imouto,” growled the fake Naruto. Naren roared. Golden-colored chakra began to surround her body. A long, yellow wolf’s tail began to materialize and two wolf ears grew from her human ones. She growled. “No! No, no, no, no!”

“NOOO!” and with a burst of chakra the world vanished and Naren found herself back in the stadium, but the demon chakra still surrounded her. She growled. She was losing control.

“IMOUTO!” The real Naruto cried. He ran towards her, but when he got to close she slashed out at him, growling. “Imouto!?”

“Naruto, she’s losing control of her demon!” yelled Sakura.

“So you finally came out, Naruto,” said Itachi calmly. He appeared in front of Naruto and grabbed him by the throat, holding him up in the air.

Naren growled louder, but this time she sounded as if she was in pain. Everyone turned to her, their eyes widening. She was changing, becoming more and more like a wolf. All control was lost.

“I…mou…to,” gasped Naruto, suffocating in Itachi’s grip. His vision began to flicker and the next thing he knew, he was kneeling in filthy inch-deep water.

“Ku, ku, ku,” laughed the fox. “Back again, brat? Can’t do much without my power can you?”

Naruto just stared up at the Kyuubi. “To save yourself and your sister, you need my power.”

Naruto clenched his fist. “As much as I regret to say it, you d*** fox, I won’t let anyone get hurt!”

“Ku, ku, ku….” The fox’s voice faded away and Naruto’s eyes inched open. Pure fury coursed through him and his eyes snapped open. They were blood red. He grabbed Itachi’s wrist and pulled it effortlessly away from his neck and roared. His incisors lengthened until they were the size of large fangs and red, bubbling chakra began to surround him.

The whole stadium just watched in shock. Tsunade had tears pouring from her wide, amber eyes. “Shizune,” she whispered. “Find Yamato, now!”

The killer intent coming from the twins was enormous. With a furious stare in Itachi’s direction, they both lifted their heads and roared to the sky.

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Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto

Naruto: Dilemma © Uzumaki Naren