The Monster in The Closet p.2

                              Part 2  Ch. III

       One muggy night in Konoha, you could sense the anticipation of a plan that was about to come alive.
      “Okay, does everyone know what they have to do?” a random stone ninja said to his teammates in front of Naruto’s house.
      “Yes,” they all said in unison to him.
      “Ok, let’s move,” the leader of the mission said. They all sneaked up to the little Uzumaki’s room.
     “Let’s get the child,” the leader’s eyes narrowed as one of his ninja jumped onto the balcony. He stealthily picked the lock of the door and picked up the sleeping child. Then he jumped back down saying, “I captured the kid.”
     “Perfect, let us see exactly how much Lord Hokage will pay us for his precious child,” the leader smirked looking at the sleeping Destry.
      “How ‘bout YOU pay… with your LIVES!” Naruto said angrily behind them. The three ninja from the Village hidden in the Stones spun around seeing a very enraged Naruto behind them.
       “Put down my DAUGHTER!!!” he roared.
       “G-g-give us m-m-money first…” the man holding Destry managed to say. Naruto narrowed his eyes and suddenly appeared in front of him.
       “WRONG ANSWER!” Naruto snarled punching him in the face catching his daughter in his arms.
        “D-Daddy? What’s going on?” Destry yawned rubbing her eyes.
        “Everything is going to be alright Kitten, just run inside as fast as you can and get your mother,” he said putting her down.
        “Who are those people?” she asked rubbing her eyes and pointing.
        “They’re nobody, just go get your mom,” Naruto nudged her toward the house, “And HURRY!” Naruto jumped to attack the other ninja. Destry started to run but when she got close to the house she stopped and hid behind a bush to see what her daddy was doing with those people. She saw them fighting and her dad was getting hurt. She wanted to run out to help him but she didn’t want to make him mad. Right when she was about to run in her house to get Sakura, she saw her dad burst into an orange-ish blaze and looked sinister. He started to KILL those people violently. Seeing her father like this terrified little Destry.
  M-m-m-my daddy is a MONSTER!!! She thought in ser panic.
       She ran inside screaming bloody murder. As Destry was running up stairs Sakura was coming down, scared out of her mind.
       “DESTRY! What’s going on?” she said worried bending down to her frightened daughter.
       “DADDY’S A MONSTER! DADDY’S A MOSTER!” Destry screamed over and over again.
      “What?” Sakura whispered to herself. She picked her petrified child up and ran outside. Destry clung to Sakura’s robe as they walked outside. She didn’t want to leave her mother’s secure arms. They were too late; Naruto killed all of the ninja who were attempting to kidnap Destry. He was covered in blood with the bodies all around. Breathing heavily he turned around to see his wife and daughter upset behind him.
      “Th-they tried to kidnap Destry, I – I had to stop them,” he explained. With her mouth open, Sakura looked down at Destry clenching so hard to her robe her knuckles turned white, and she was sobbing in her chest scared to death.
      Sakura looked up at Naruto dismayed, “I think she saw you go into your K-Kyuubi form…” They both were at a loss for words as they looked at their sobbing child.

                                   Ch. IV

        Naruto tried to talk to Destry, to explain what really happened. When he opened the door to her room, however, she wasn’t in her bed. She was in the furthest corner in the fetal position crying. Naruto took a step toward her but before he could say anything she screamed, “No! Stay away! YOU’RE the monster in my closet! You’re the monster in my closet! S-s-stay back!” After hearing that, he gave up and walked out the door to get Sakura.     
       He sat on the edge of his bed with is head in his hands, waiting for his wife’s arrival. The door slowly opened and closed. Naruto looked up to see Sakura with her back to the closed door, her face looking up at the ceiling holding back tears.
      “E-every time I say your name she shutters in fear. She won’t even look at a picture of you…” Sakura told him, her voice choppy from the tightening in her throat. He put his head back into his hands, shaking his head.
        “What am I going to do…” he whispered as he started to cry, “MY DAUGHTER IS TERRIFIED OF ME!”
        “It’s alright Naruto…” Sakura tried to comfort him.
        “No, Sakura, ‘IT’S NOT ALL RIGHT’! MY OWN KID IS IN HER ROOM TOO SCARED TO COME OUT BECAUSE HER ‘MONSTER’ OF A DAD IS IN THE HOUSE! She came to ME for help! She looked at me like I was her protector, her bodyguard! But now SHE JUST LOOKS AT ME WITH FEAR! DID YOU HEAR HER?! I’M THE MONSTER IN HER CLOSET! I AM!” he stood up clenching his fists.
        “AND YOU THINK YELLING IS GOING TO HELP?!  FOR GOODNESS SAKE NARUTO SHE’S RIGHT DOWN THE HALL TRYING TO SLEEP! HEARING YOU YELL LIKE THAT SHE’S PROBABLY CRYING NOT KNOWING WHERE TO GO FOR HELP!” Sakura yelled trying to calm him down. Naruto’s eyes went from anger to worry in an instant. He sat back down on the bed, not knowing what to say. Sakura sighed and sat next to him.
        Taking his head, she slowly cradled him in her arms. She spoke tenderly, “Shhh, shhhh. I’ll talk with her tomorrow. Don’t you worry, she’ll be fine, and so will you.” Naruto just cried softly in his wife’s arms, knowing that Destry wouldn’t look at him the same way.
        The next morning Sakura quietly opened the door to Destry’s room. She saw he daughter sleeping in her bed, dry tears stained her cheeks and she had a worried face on as she slept. Sakura let out a sigh and gently sat down on her bed waiting patiently for Destry to wake up. After a couple of minutes, the girl slowly arouse.
        “Mommy? What are you doing?” Destry said hazily while rubbing the sleep out of her eye.
        “Destry, I have to talk to you, about your dad,” Sakura said looking at her. Destry stopped rubbing her eye and stared at her mom, her face scared at the sound of his name. “Come here,” Sakura opened up her arms so Destry could crawl into them, “Now, your dad, Naruto, he’s not an awful person.”
       “Then why did he turn all evil and killed-ed those people?” Destry interrupted.
        “He did it to protect you. Those people were kidnapping you,” Sakura answered her.
        “What does ‘kidnapping’ mean?” Destry asked, looking at her mother.
        “‘Kidnapping’ means that they were going to take you away from us and never give you back,” Sakura told her. Imagining the thought of her not being with her mom made her squeeze Sakura, so no one could take either of them. Sakura stroked her baby’s hair as she said, “When your daddy gets really scared or really mad he lets out this thing inside him so he can fight better or protect his loved ones.”
        “Like me?” Destry asked still clenched to her mom.
        “Yes, like you,” Sakura said comfortingly. “Your dad loves you SO much Des. More than you will ever know. And when you were scared of him… he didn’t know what to think. He just wanted to keep you safe at all costs. He will NEVER EVER let anything bad happen to you. And neither will I,” Destry just hugged Sakura, her words sinking into her thoughts.
        Over the course of a week or two Destry still stayed clear of Naruto for the most part. If Sakura was in the room with her, Naruto was able to be there as well, but if it was just Destry and him alone together she would run to find Sakura. So Naruto was naturally surprised to see Destry in his office alone. She stood in the doorway, not getting any closer. Naruto looked up and stopped working once he saw her.
        “D-Daddy…” she said in her small voice.
        “Yes, Destry,”  Naruto replied, not wanting to frighten her.
        “Mommy, talked-ed to me, about your, um, beasty thing inside you and I thinked about it for a long time and, I don’t care about it. I love you Daddy…” she got up all of her courage to say to him. With his eyes watering Naruto got up from his chair and walked around to the front of his desk. She started to run toward him. He bent down and hugged her tightly, picking her up.
        “Oh, Destry,” Naruto said holding his crying child, “I love you so much. I will forever protect you no matter WHAT! ...Believe it…”
        “BE-lieve it!” Destry yelled happily.
        Naruto laughed as they hugged.