Capítulo 16: Chapter 15 : Love and Hate(1)
The first thing that crossed Ino's mind when she looked at her surroundings was that this was a BIG mistake.
The Jutsu had been a success, at least in part, and she was in Naruto's mind like she had planned. The problem was that instead of taking over his body, like she had meant to, Ino found herself in a place that made hr blood run cold. Her farther had told her what it meant when something like this happened and had warned her of the danger that came with it.
She was in Naruto's Mindscape, a somewhat physical manifestation of the mind that few people had. It took years for a person's mind to create one and normally, from what her farther had told her, they were basic at best, an open field or dark cave, something big but simple that didn't take much for the mind to create an image. The other thing that he had warned her about was that everything in a Mindscape, from the smallest flower in a field to the largest crack in a cave wall, was a reflection on the person that created it.
It was that thought that had her scared at the scene before her now.
Ino was stood in the middle of the main road of a scale replica of Konoha, with all the same buildings she and the others had grown up with. The problem with it was that the entire village was in ruins, the building creaked and some even fallen down all together, wild vines and weeds grow over everything in sight and off in the distance she could see what was left of the Hokage monument, most of which looked like it had been clawed off. It was as if thousands of years had passed and the village was collapsing in on itself. Above her head the sky was completely black, not a star in sight, and a large blood red moon, bathing the ruined village in its red glow.
Slowly making her way down the street the blonde kunoichi didn't even realise she was being followed. It were little more then a shadow, jumping from roof to roof, sneaking through the shadows, staying just at the edge of her blind spot and not making any sound at all.
Eventually Ino realised she wasn't alone and, turning quickly in an attempt to catch sight of her pursuer, was able to see a shadow flash across the street into a side ally for a moment before it disappeared.
Quickly running back to the end of the ally Ino stopped and peered into the darkness.
"Naruto, is that you? This isn't funny baka"
Suddenly the air around her grew thicker and it got harder and harder to breath. Terrible images started flashing through her head as her legs gave out beneath her. She saw all her friends lying on the ground around her, bleeding... dying. Then it switched to a fire, people screaming as it spread, then people dying from starvation, then disease.
Each flash brought a different image of death and without realising it the young Yamanaka started to scream. In all the images there was one other constant other then death, a small, shadowed figure with one blue and one red eye glowing through the darkness that seemed to cling to it like a second skin, hiding it from her view. She could see it in all the images, smiling at her, watching her as she fell apart.
From the darkness of the alley a figure could be seen walking slowly making its way towards the downed form of Ino, who was now curled up on the ground in the fetal position staring into space and muttering quietly to herself. As the figure stepped out of the shadows and into her line of sight her eyes widened.
Bending down so it could whisper in her ear with a small smile on its face, it spoke in an oddly childlike voice.
"I disagree, Yamanaka-san; I think this is very funny"
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As they watched Naruto making his way across the room Sakura and Hinata didn't miss the way he stumbled a moment after their blonde friend slumped in her seat and they both smiled. But when he turned to look at them over his shoulder with a smirk both frowned.
Turing confused eyes to the now conscious Ino both gasped when they saw her eyes role into the back of her head.
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Gaara looked at the shocked faced of the three teens sat around him with a black face, slowly reached into his coat and pulled out a flask of water he kept on him at all times because he didn't trust other people not to try poisoning him. If he was one to show his emotions like Naruto the red headed sand user would probably be laughing at the shocked faces staring at him.
It took several minutes before Raven seemed to pull herself together enough to talk.
"What do you mean by almost killed him?"
Turning to look at the grey skinned teen, Gaara just looked at her for a moment before putting his flask away.
"I mean when we first met I attempted to kill him, and several of his friends in a fit of insanity."
Robin found his hand had been moving down towards his belt without realising it, only to remember he didn't have his utility belt. Shaking his head in an attempt to clear it the masked leader of the Titans narrowed his eyes at Gaara.
"Are you saying that you attempted to kill someone, is that what you meant when you said you didn't have a right to protect people because of your passed."
"Partly, mostly it's because of all the people I killed before I met Uzumaki-san."
Before they could ask anymore questions Naruto sat back in his seat next to Raven with a small smile that slipped off his face as he looked at the teens around him. Taking in both Raven and Robins stiff postures and Terra's pale face it didn't take him long to understand what had happened and he let out a sigh as he turned to his red headed friend.
"You told them about yourself didn't you?"
"Yes... is this another one of the things I need to learn to keep to myself?"
At the blondes nod Gaara seemed to think for a moment before turning to address the three teens.
"I apologise for making you uncomfortable"
Sighing at his friend again Naruto told him to go and wait for him on the balcony while he spoke to the others for a moment. Without saying a word the sand user stood and made his way out to the empty balcony.
Turning to the three still shell shocked teens sat with him Naruto scratched the back of his head.
"From your faces I can guess he was talking about before we met."
"He said he's killed people, and that he tried to kill you."
Closing his eyes and chuckling uncomfortably, the blonde ex-ninja gave Robin a weak smile.
"Look, long story short Gaara had a mental breakdown when he was five and started killing people as a way to prove to himself that he existed."
At their shocked faces Naruto nodded.
"He's spent years trying to get over what he did, but no matter how many times I try to reason with him that it wasn't his fault he still thinks himself a monster."
Getting up from his seat yet again Naruto silently made his way over to the balcony.
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