9. The West Wing

                                    

                                          
Not today, please. I've had enough of it already. Stop it!! Naruto shouted inside his head but his transformation did not stop. He still had no control over it. Leaving claw marks in the hallway as he walked towards his room, he looked down to see his bruised body. He could see clearly that this was going to be one of the longest nights of his life.
                          
Lose yourself, feel my power... said the actual beast inside of him.
                          
Shut up, Kurama... Naruto replied to the nine-tails, this is not you, remember yourself!!
                          
Don't fool yourself that I can be controlled. Not even that girl you meet today can do anything, everyone around you is lying!! Listen to me! Join your father and mother be usef- Kurama said before Naruto shut him out from his thoughts.
                          
This... this is happening because of her. Why did I believe when Jiraiya told me she might change me?! I should have known better!! Nothing can change this!! No one can love a beast like me!! Naruto's head was a mess now, every good thought he had was turning into a dark one.
                          
Jiraiya is here because he knew my dad. Everyone is just stuck here because me!! And they are going to die because of me. Do they even care...? This needs to stop!! I will kill them all, Naruto started panicking as he saw that he has now sprouted three tails, I don't want to kill again... someone help me. I... I need the... the l..loc..locket... he thought before he screamed like a monster. 
                          
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As Hinata neared the source of light she saw a huge room. This looks like a grand ball room or something, she thought looking at the room with a horrified expression. As the room was dark but even a blind man could tell that something horrible happened there. It wasn't only that the room's curtains were in ripped apart or the smell of blood that still lingered in the room, or the fact that a faint screaming could be heard from somewhere near. It was a lingering feeling that was felt behind by whatever happened at that place. 
                          
Nothing good could've happened here... I should not go ahead, Hinata thought but her feet didn't listen. She got out of the room and moved further into the hallway which lead to another grand staircase. This time she saw claw marks on the wall, on the floor and even on the celling, everywhere her eyes went she saw them. She climbed up the staircase absorbing everything around her.
                          
I feel like I've seen this before, she thinks as she comes face to face with would have been a magnificent door but was not covered with claw marks and blood. 
                          
She opened the door and went inside the room. Every part of her body was screaming her to run, to go back to the east wing and not come back here ever. But her brain did not listen to anything and continued. She looked around in the room as she saw a huge portrait of a family. The family was of three people and Hinata was mesmerised to see that. Although the painting was teared apart with claws Hinata could still make out most of it. What stood out most to her was a blonde man who was holding a baby who had the same hair as the man. The women near the man, which Hinata assumed must be the mother of the baby was trying to play with the baby. The baby on the other hand was looking directly towards Hinata with his big blue eyes. Hinata did not realise that her body was not shaking anymore, she did not have the urge to run away. The portrait of the family Hinata understood must be of Naruto's family. 
                          
That baby... he must be him...
                          
Her legs were moving on their own and she didn't even realise that she was very close to the portrait but then just when she was about to touch it something shinny caught her attention instead. She turned her head around to see a glowing green necklace inside a glass box. It had cracks in it but it was still shinning as if calling someone. It was so tempting to go near and see it from near even though Hinata knew what she was doing was wrong. She went near the glass box.