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Inner Demons - Part 8

Naruto gradually roused, his entire body ached and his head felt like it was going to explode. He tried to move his hand to rub his head, the act felt impossible, even trying to fight against the pain from moving his arm still wouldn't move. What had happened? Where was he?

"Looks like you're awake."

The voice resonated in his head, making his headache worse but he recognised that voice, where did he know that voice from? He tried to open his eyes, they felt heavy, like they were glued together.

"You should have left town when you had the chance."

Suddenly the memories came flashing back, he had fought Zaraki, the leader of the bandits. His eyes snapped open, the surge of adrenaline made his heart beat faster and made his fatigue disappear, he sat bolt upright in fright. Chains rattled with his movement, looking down he saw that he was tied with several lengths of chain, his arms tied behind his back, his legs tied together, it was all he could do to sit up on his knees; the chains chaffing against his bare skin as they rubbed against it, he was completely naked. He was in a large room with filled with tables and chairs, a high ceiling and stone walls with decaying tapestries, he was in the fort that much he knew.

Naruto glared at Zaraki, he was sitting on a wooden bench a few yards away, Zaraki watched him with a smile as he held Naruto's sword. Looking round Naruto saw a dozen masked men, their faces hidden behind the black hoods that they wore, each of them carrying a sword or spear. Naruto felt himself blush as his shame washed over him, he was naked and vulnerable before all of them but he forced himself to focus, it was his only chance to find a way out. He studied the masked bandits, forcing the fact he was naked out of his mind. They held themselves differently to the other bandits he had encountered so far, they were trained fighters, even their weapons were of a higher quality, but their presence didn't matter to Naruto, he only had one thing on his mind.

"WHERE ARE TSUNAMI AND INARI!?"

"Oooo... feisty! Even after you've been beaten, tied up and held prisoner... I like it! I think I'd enjoy crushing that spirit of yours!" Zaraki cackled with he groped himself, sending shivers of fear down Naruto's spine, but his anger was still stronger that his fear.

"WHERE ARE THEY!?" He repeated, not interested in Zaraki's games, not willing to show his fear.

"Don't worry, my men are taking... 'good' care of them!" He cackled.

"WHAT?!"

"They are in the dungeons below with all the other sex slaves."

"Sex slaves!?"

"But I wouldn't worry about them, you've got yourself to worry about." He said getting up from his seat and kneeling in front of Naruto, staring him in the eye. "Want to know why you're not dead? I'll tell you. Because you impressed me!" Naruto didn't speak, he stared at the man, stared him in the eye like he had no fear, but he was afraid; so scared he couldn't show it or it would consume him. "You survived my last attack, but I couldn't just finish you off! No, I want to look you in the eye and watch as the life drains from them. You earned that much, it's been a long time since someone was able to hold their own against me!"

"Let me go and I'll see if I can finish the job!" Naruto growled, his fear and rage mixing together, giving him strength. He needed to save Inari and his mother, he needed to live to choose between Kiba and Sasuke. 'Kiba and Sasuke... they'll be on their way, I just need to stay alive till then.'

"You are funny kid!" Zaraki laughed, he stood up and began to pace round Naruto, Naruto's sword resting on his shoulder. "I'd almost be tempted to fight you again, but I get the impression that you've already used up all that... orange chakra of yours." Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration. He had used up all of the Kyuubi's chakra that had been built up and stored within the sword, it would take time for Kisame to replace unless the Kyuubi willingly shared it. "But now the real question is how you're going to die. Maybe I could boil you alive? Or crush every bone in your body? No... none of those seem fitting." Zaraki twirled Naruto's sword between his massive fingers. "Maybe I'll have you fucked to death, I bet my men would love a piece of you!" Zaraki growled lustily, his eyes soaking in the sight of Naruto's nakedness, Naruto couldn't suppress the blush. "Maybe I'll keep you for myself, crush your spirit, turn you into little more that a cock slut who begs to have my cock shoved into you!" Naruto's heart pounded harder and his breath hitched in his throat, he couldn't believe this was happening. "No, your too dangerous to keep, but that look in your eye, you want to feel my cock don't you? You want to taste it, feel it slide inside you, feel me fill you with my seed! Beg for it, I may just give you that satisfaction before I kill you!"

"Fuck you!" Naruto spat, not willing to show his fear, he wouldn't back down from Zaraki.

Zaraki grinned as he plunged the point of the sword into Naruto's stomach until several inches of the blade protruded from his back. Naruto grunted in pain and coughed, blood filling his mouth. Zaraki leant forward so his face was inches away from Naruto's. "No, fuck you!"

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Kisame ran for his life, the demonic form of Sasuke hot on his tail. He had lost his swords to the depths of the lake but he could recover them later if he escapes. Kisame was never one to believe in demons but he certainly believed in monsters, Zaraki was a monster, but Sasuke was the first demon he had ever laid eyes on. His skin a sickly grey, his eyes black as the night and as red as blood. For the first time since he could remember, he was scared. He glanced over his shoulder to see Sasuke's demonic form chasing after him relentlessly, and was slowly gaining, but Sasuke wasn't going to let him get very far. Tired of the chase Sasuke fired several fireballs after Kisame in quick succession, the silver haired ninja barely dodging them until one struck a tree as he sprinted past it and exploded, sending him crashing to the ground below. He managed to catch himself and land on his feet on the edge of a small clearing, he continued to run, he was going to survive this!

A whirling mass exploded through the trees on the opposite end of the clearing, it tore through the trees like they were nothing more than twigs. Kisame slid to a stop as he saw Karabe hurtling head over foot through the air and landed hard on the ground. The spinning mass came sliding to a stop and revealed a large two headed wolf, both heads snarling and drooling.

"Kisame!" Karabe yelled feebly, getting up and limping towards his comrade before collapsing into his arms. Kisame was speechless, Karabe had been badly hurt, his naked torso covered in countless cuts and wounds, his wooden arm missing. He looked at he great white beast, he quickly realised that this wasn't just some random monster in the woods, this was the ninja Karabe had gone off to fight. He looked behind him at the grey skinned demon that was pursuing himself and saw that he was a short distance away, staring at them with those eyes that bore into his very soul.

"What the hell are you!?" Kisame cried, his head snapping back and forth between the beast and the demon.

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Zaraki grinned as he plunged the point of the sword into Naruto's stomach until several inches of the blade protruded from his back. Naruto grunted in pain and coughed, blood filling his mouth. Zaraki leant forward so his face was inches away from Naruto's. "No, fuck you!"

A sudden burst of energy sent Zaraki's massive frame flying across the large room into the stone wall with considerable force, the dozen masked bandits were also sent flying in similar manners, all of them crashing to the ground from the force. The tables and chairs were sent hurtling across the room, crushing several bandits beneath them.

Zaraki looked at Naruto, dazed and confused, his eyes wide in shock as the air around him flickered with orange chakra, the chakra slowly pouring out from around the sword that ran through Naruto's body. Naruto looked skyward, his mouth open in a silent cry of agony, his eyes glazed over as he lost control. Zaraki had run the sword through the centre of the seal that contained the Kyuubi, partially opening it, allowing the Kyuubi to force it's way out. The Kyuubi's orange chakra now covered most of Naruto's body. Slowly the black sword began to melt into Naruto until it disappeared from sight, a savage roar escaped Naruto's mouth as he burst free from the chains that bound him, the chakra turned from orange to a crimson red. The chakra formed into a large orb before dissipating into nothing, leaving behind a solid form of orange fur. Nine tails waved through the air as everyone in the room watched in silent horror. The figure stood, standing at nearly nine feet, the fox, standing on two legs and clad in a sleeveless, red robe, that was in shreds from the waist down, reaching down to it's knees. The fox creature opened it's eyes and growled, levelling it's gaze on Zaraki who had begun to stand.

"What the fuck are you?" Zaraki muttered. "Kill it!" He ordered, almost immediately the masked bandits who could comply with his order launched themselves at the bipedal fox without hesitation. The Kyuubi roared in rage and with a flick of it's tails sent the first three attacks flying across the room, the next was quickly defeated when it threw it's fist into them, they crumpled to the ground lifeless from the blow.

The other masked bandits quickly stopped, hesitant at the display of power from the beast, but any chance they had to escape was already gone. The Kyuubi launched itself at the nearest bandits, sinking it's fangs into their neck, ripping away the flesh before lunging at the next with a kick which crushed their ribs and sent them crashing into the stone wall. The Kyuubi continued it's savage massacre, the bandits now attempting to flee but could not escape the speed or brutality of the beast. Zaraki looked on as it slaughtered his men, he didn't care for them, he used the distraction and ran for the nearest window. The Kyuubi saw him and pursued, not fast enough to catch him as leapt from the window to the ground below. Zaraki landed and took off in a sprint, the dozens of bandits in the court yard of the fort turning their attention to the sudden appearance of their leader.

"TO ARMS!!!" Zaraki commanded, many of the men looked on confused, not having had the same training as the ones that had been slaughtered just moments ago. The walls around the window he had leapt from exploded outwards, showering the courtyard in large chunks of stone, many of the bandits yelled in alarm, shortly followed by screams of fear as the Kyuubi launched itself into the courtyard and began tearing it's way through them with it's fangs and claws as it pursued Zaraki. The Kyuubi was upon him in seconds, Zaraki had already begun focusing his chakra on his feet and narrowly avoided the clawed hand of the Kyuubi as he took of at speed, skimming across the ground by his wind chakra focused on the soles of his feet.

The Kyuubi roared in frustration and ran after his prey, using it's deadly claws to swipe at the bandits that were unfortunate enough to cross it's path. Zaraki leapt up the tall wall of the fort and sped along it, he looked over his shoulder only to see the Kyuubi in pursuit a short distance behind, it's long strides allowing it to keep up with his speed as he skated across the surface on the wind chakra on his feet. Using it's powerful legs the Kyuubi leapt forwards and swiped at Zaraki, who narrowly dodged the razor sharp claws and leapt from the wall into the open grassy fields that surrounded the fort. He looked behind him to see the Kyuubi land and continue it's pursuit of him, it wasn't going to let him go, he was going to have to fight the beast. He activated his stone armour jutsu and then ran through the hand-signs for another jutsu, using his wind chakra to quickly reverse his direction and head towards the Kyuubi. With the sudden change the Kyuubi could stop it's charge, but it swiped out with it's claws in a wide arc, as Zaraki thrust both his palms forward and drove them into the beasts chest.

"Thunderous Palm!" The forceful attack sent the Kyuubi hurtling backwards through the air, roaring in pain as it crashed into the ground and rolled to a stop. "Earth Style: Stone Tomb Jutsu!" Four pillars of earth rose from the ground and encased the Kyuubi, Zaraki knew that the jutsu wouldn't hold, it hadn't held against Naruto in his chakra cloaked form and this monster was far more powerful, but it would give him the time he needed to prepare his next attack. "Earth Style: Bombardment Jutsu!" Zaraki leapt from the ground and slammed his feet downwards with all his might, three giant chunks of earth and rock shot upwards into the sky, each one the size of a house. The chunks of earth plummeted back towards the ground, each one of them heading straight for the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi had just managed to burst from the stone tomb when the first chunk of earth hit, quickly followed by the next and the next, burying it under several tones of earth and rock.

There was a round of cheers from the fort as the bandits who had witnessed the blow cheered on their leader for slaying the vicious beast that had just slaughtered their comrades. Their cheers were short lived, the Kyuubi burst out of the mountain of earth and let out an ear piercing roar and glared at Zaraki. It slowly paced towards Zaraki, taking it's time to measure it's prey, circling him.

"Not charging like before?" Zaraki asked aloud, not expecting a reply. "That's right, I'm a monster too!" He grinned. "Lets see who the bigger monster is!" Zaraki launched himself, with his super speed, towards the Kyuubi and the Kyuubi sprinted towards him, both of them seeking the blood of the other.