[OLD] To fix the broken (Old)

The Single Bell

~No One's POV~

"YOU'RE LATE!!" Sakura screeched once Naruto was visible to the pair of early birds.

"Yeah yeah, whatever" 'banshee' Naruto snickered internally at the second part.

"Hn" Was Sasule's greeting before looking at Naruto strangely "what's with your hair?" He asked and then it was Naruto's turn to look at him strangely, reaching his hand to his hair and feeling it. When he did, he felt two larger spikes that he knew wasn't his hair, they were his ears. He was lucky that they were angled in a way that they weren't extended fully or else everyone would automatically know exactly what they are.

'Great! Cover story cover story....' "that's my hair, I normally wear googles and since you guys hardly ever see me with my hair down, this I show it looks!" Naruto practically yelled 'I'll probably have to have my ears out all of the time now, just fricken great.' Sakura made an attempt to punch him, he dodged.

"Baka! Hair doesn't look like that!" Sakura said loudly, she was completely healed somehow and ready for their test.

'At lease she isn't screeching, she's right though, my ears start out my usual blonde but they turn red and orange around the tips.' "My hair's just like that, you just never noticed." Naruto said, just then, Kakashi appeared in a puff of smoke

"Yo"

~Naruto's POV~

The ninja wire scratched and bit into my bare arms seeing as I had worn a black T shirt rather than my usual jumpsuit. We had apparently failed the test, even though I held a single bell in one of my pants pocket. This test didn't make much sense in all honesty, why would I bend over backwards to team up with people when I can easily do the job by myself anyways? Kakashi walked back in the clearing with two bento boxes in his arms
"Remind me again why I'm tied to a stump" I asked Kakashi, he didn't reply, he had been acting really weird today, it's starting to worry me...

"Because you failed the test." Kakashi said calmly, his voice was cold and devoid of any emotion and he seemed to pull the wire ends a little bit tighter, I winced as the metal cut into my skin. What is going on?!

"The test was to get a bell, I got the bell!" I yelled at him and showed him the bell again

"The real purpose of the test was teamwork, you got the bell by yourself y-" he almost said something else but stopped himself suddenly before he could finish his sentence. He handed Sasuke and Sakura the bento boxes

"The second test happens after lunch, Naruto doesn't get any so DON'T give him any." Kakashi said before walking away.

"Haha, dumb Baka" Sakura laughed as she gobbled her food down mockingly. I had barfed up everything in my stomach this morning and hadn't eaten anything for breakfast. Sasuke smirked at me before waving a piece of meat in front of me in between his chopsticks, I growled at him before snapping my neck forward, extending it as far as possible, and snapped my jaw, grabbing his chopsticks with my teach and using my long, thin tongue to wrap around the food before spitting out the sticks on the ground. Sasuke's eyes widened before he glared at me, eyes dripping venom. He gripped the wires and yanks them hard, they cut further into my skin and ripped my shirt. I let out a hiss before I could stop it as the cuts bled. Sakura looked at me for a moment, horrified, before looking at Sasuke and I could see hearts appearing in her eyes. She turned to me and punched my face hard, my head snapping to the side at the harsh blow, I honestly thought that they were better then this, better then their parents but I can see now that I was wrong. Kakashi puffed in front of us all and looked at us all in surprise before looking back at me and looking directly at my ears with disgust and I paled. He knew

"Meet me here again tomorrow." Kakashi said before puffing away. Sasuke let go of the wire ends before walking away, Sakura looked at me with a bit of sympathy before chasing after her crush. The wires were through my skin deep enough for me not to be able to see them. They were still wound tight around me but I was almost numb to the pain entirely. I came up with a plan and started squirming to get my hand close to my weapon pouch. I doubt that my claws were strong enough to break them, the skin on my arm was being turn off by the wires and the bare flesh bled more than before as the first two layers of multiple spots were ripped off wherever the wires crossed or came close, my shirt was ruined. I pulled out a kunai and spun it around so that it was facing the wires and pushed the blade as hard as I could from the awkward angle, the sound of small snaps sounding and the blade cut the skin behind the wires. I stood up before walking to the stream, might be able to clean up the blood before someone sees me and thinks I killed someone or something.

-Council Room

Kakashi stood in front of the Hokage to give a report that he knew that none of these people would like.

"So, did they pass?" Sarutobi asked, Kakashi's answer was immediate

"No" he said "they failed in every aspect of the test." He continued, an uproar of disapproval resounded.

"We can't sharpen our weapon if it isn't a ninja!" one of Danzo's lapdogs shouted

"You DARE disrespect the Uchiha clan like this?!" A different person yelled

"HOW DARE YOU FAIL MY DAUGHTER AND FUTURE SON-IN-LAW!!? I WILL WRING YOUR NECK!!!" A brunette yelled louder then the rest, the yells continued and Kakashi knew that it would be a long night.

-two hours later
The meeting ended and it was decided that the team would be passed, and there was one last thing that Kakashi needed to discuss.
"Hokage-Sama, I think that the demon has been...released or something..." Kakashi said slowly

"What?" Was Sarutobi's response

"I think that the seal has loosened or something and that it's devouring Naruto's soul, he looked slightly sickly and pale today and didn't react to pain at all when..." he paused to think "he got hurt... and his chakra seemed demonic almost." Sarutobi nodded

"I will deal with it, for now, ignore it." With that, everyone was dismissed and left, all except was gone except Sarutobi, the two advisers, and Danzo.

"This doesn't change anything, right?" Danzo asked

"No, the plan is still the same. Is everything ready?" Sarutobi asked

"Almost ready, there are still a few more things that we need to prepare including relocating some of certain ninjas so that they are out of the way, we WILL have our weapon." The female advisor said.

-Naruto's Apartment

Naruto entered his home and walked straight to his bathroom to get some bandages for his arms, he was still completely out and would need to go out to get some new ones.

"Great..." he said out loud before grabbing his jacket, he was glad that they were mostly closed up with a thin layer of cover skin over the lost patches of skin. He then grabbed his froggy wallet and left to buy some more bandages, he had given them all to Iruka the other day and forgot to get them back. He walked to the stores and started to look for any store that would sell to him and actually have what he needed. He had been given multiple glares as he walked through the streets, he ignored them as usual. That, of course, was until someone grabbed his arm and the still sensitive skin almost burned as the fabric of his sleeve was pressed into it.