Chapter 18 : Love and Hate(4)

Ino knew this was it; she was going to die, here in Naruto's mind.

But even though she knew what was about to happen all Ino could think about was the fact that stood over her, with his face covered in shadows and a small smile on his face, was a six year old Naruto.

He was wearing a black hoodie with the hood pulled up to cover most of his hair and a pair of torn blue jeans, he had his hand in the large pocket at the front of his hoodie and his feet were bare and dirty. From where she was lying on the ground Ino could see that while his left eye was the same blue it had always been his right was blood red with a vertical slight going down the middle and both his eyes had deep bags under them and the whisker marks on his cheeks were thicker and darker then the real Naruto.

It was the eyes that scared her the most; they were too old, too serious for a six year old to have. It was like looking into a veteran ninja's eyes. They were filled with so much pain it actually hurt to look into them, yet no matter how hard she tried; the young Yamanaka could look anywhere else.

"You shouldn't have come here Yamanaka -san, shouldn't have tried to control us. Now you'll pay for what you've done to us."

In a choked voice that she had to force out, Ino managed to talk in a weak voice.

"I... haven't... done anything... to you"

"You're the same as all the rest; you ignored us until you had a use for us. You never cared about us!"

"That's... not... true"

"DON' LIE TO US!"

Ino cringed at his words. When he shouted his voice became distorted, like several voices were talking at the same time.

After taking a moment to calm down the six year of blonde looked back down at her with a impassive expression.

"We're going to kill you, slowly, painfully. You're going to feel everything we did growing up and when you're begging for death, begging to be released from your torment, only then will we kill you."

When he finished the same pressure that had made her see all those terrible images fro be for returned, the pictured of death and destruction not far behind. All she could do was scream.

"WRATH"

As quickly as it came the pressure disappeared and, through blurry vision, Ino could just make out the form of the young Naruto turning to look at something she couldn't see.

"This has nothing to do with you Lust, she entered our mind and for that she must pay!"

"Stop this foolishness Wrath, let her go, I'll make sure she leaves. No one has to die."

"WE WANT HER BLOOD!"

"I said no!"

For a moment nothing happened and, through her now clear eyes, Ino could see the now identified Wrath glaring at whoever the other person was that was standing just out of her sight. All she could tell was that whoever it was they were male and older then Wrath, judging from the deeper tone in his voice.

The young blonde stood his ground for several minutes before growling to himself and, after sending one last glare at the still downed Ino, turned and jumped to the of one of the nearby buildings and was gone from sight a moment later.

Letting out a breath she didn't know she had been holding, Ino couldn't stop herself as the tears fell down her face and her body was racked with sobs. It took the blond kunoichi several minutes before she realised that a pair of strong arms were circled around her, pulling her into and holding her against a muscular chest. She could hear the same voice as before whispering into her ear, comforting her and trying to clam her down.

When Ino did calm down, and had wiped the tears from her eyes, she looked to her saviour to thank him when her eyes widened yet again at what she saw.

Lust looked like a twenty year old Naruto and was the most perfect looking person she had ever seen.

He stood just over six foot tall, with a well muscular frame and a tan most woman would kill for. He wore a white Victorian style shirt with a pair of black skin tight pants and black leather gloves on his hands. His hair was slightly longer then the real Naruto's, with his fringe just covering his deep blue eyes and his face was more sculpted then his teenage self with the whiskers marks on his cheeks faded so much they could barely be seen.

When he saw her looking at him a gentle smile spread across his lips and a small chuckle escaped his throat. Sitting her up and taking a step back, the older version of Naruto crouched down in front of the still blushing Ino, the smile never leaving his face.

"You should feel better soon, though when you return to your body you'll be a little weak and have a killer headache. Wrath... has that effect on people."

It took a moment for his words to register in the young kunoichi's mine, the fact that his voice sounded like honey in her ears didn't help. How could one man, Naruto no less, be this sexy? Shaking her head in an attempt to clear her thoughts, Ino frowned when she the image of the boy came back into her mind.

"What the hell is going on? Who the hell were that and who the hell are you?"

The smile still didn't leave his face; he just crouched there in front of her, smiling like nothing had happened.

"You know for such a cute girl, you sure have a mouth Ino-chan. I wonder what else it's good for"

For a moment Ino was left speechless, did he just say what she thought he said? Before she could ask him what he meant Lust stood up from his crouch and offered her hi hand to help her up and when she was on her feet took her hand and started to lead her down the street.

"As much as I would love to... get to know you better, you can't stay. I was able to stop Wrath from killing you but if the others decide to take his side I will not be able to stop them killing you, you're lucky I was able to stop him."

"What do you mean others, what the hell is going on here? Who are you?"

Stopping at the end of the street Lust looked around as if to make sure the cost was clear before turning back to Ino.

"Did you really think that someone could go through what Naruto did without there being some kind of physiological damage? We are all a part of one whole, puzzle pieces if you will."

"How many of you are there?"

For a moment he didn't say anything, just looked her in the eye and smiled.

"Something you need to understand Ino-chan, just because I saved you doesn't mean I'm on your side, the fact is that if you were an actual threat I'd kill you myself. As it is, your not, and I don't like the idea of killing if it's not necessary, it goes against my nature."

At his words Ino's eyes widened and without realizing it she took a step back.

Chuckling to himself Lust shook her head at the scared look on her face before stepping forward to close the distance between them and rested a gloved hand on her cheek.

"Like I said I don't like killing, so I'm going to send you back to your own body. Sweet dreams Ino-chan"

As he said this Lust learned his head forward and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. Before she could ask what he was doing Ino was hit with a sudden drowsiness. It swept through her entire body and within seconds she collapsed to the floor.

Just before she lost consciences completely and her eyes had started to blur Ino could just make out six other figures appearing around Lust, but before she could make any of them out her eyes closed and she saw no more.

For a moment they all just stared at Ino, no one knew what to say.

The fact that Naruto had Multiple Personality Disorder explained a lot, including why he had been acting like he did that night three years ago. After a few minutes had past Kakashi sighed and turned to Shikamaru.

"What do you make of all this?"

Frowning, the lazy Nara took a moment to think about everything he had heard before leaning back into his seat.

"Troublesome, from what Ino told us it's clear it wasn't Naruto that stabbed the chunnin at the gate or saw three years ago. If I had to guess I'd say it was this Wrath that attacked Ino from the way he was referring to himself as 'we' and 'us' instead of 'I' and 'me'. Also going off the names Wrath and Lust, along with the fact you said there were others; I think there are seven personalities inside Naruto's head."

Frowning, Kakashi leaned forward in his chair.

"How did you come to that conclusion?"

"Lust and Wrath are two of the 7 Deadly Sins. Lust, Wrath, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony and Pride"

Jumping to her feet and waving her arms in the air, Sakura let out shaky laugh before looking at each of the others in the eye, ending Shikamaru.

"Wait just a minute, are telling us that the 7 Deadly Sins are inside Naruto's head? How is that even possible?"

"The one that was called Lust asked Ino if she was is she really expected someone could go through all that Naruto did without there being some kind of physiological damage. We all no what his childhood was like and I think his mind created them to deal with it, their not the actual sins, but rather manifestations of his pain."

After they all took a moment to digest the new information, Sasuke stood and started pacing.

"Something isn't right"

Looking to her boyfriend with confused eyes, Sakura got up and placed a hand on his arm to stop him pacing and turned him to look at her.

"What do you mean?"

"If it was this Wrath that was controlling Naruto three years ago then why did he threaten you, why not go back to Konoha when he was in control again?"

Sighing in exhaustion, Kakashi shook his head and stood up.

"The only one that can answer that is Naruto; you said he sent the green Titan away, do you think they knew each other?"

"Definitely"

Thinking for a moment the silver haired jonnin nodded to himself before turning back to the six teens.

"Then we have somewhere to start. Sasuke, I want you and Hinata to follow the Titans, see if they lead you to Naruto. If you find him don't approach him, call me and we'll all do it together."

After that hey all left to get some sleep and it wasn't until they had all gone that Kakashi realised Shikamaru was still in the room with him.

"What's on your mind?"

"When are you planning to tell them that even if we catch Naruto there is no guaranty he will be able to send us home. You're Summoning Jutsu doesn't work in this world and it was a reverse summoning that brought us here."

"We'll cross that road when it comes. For now we have to hope he can."

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