Malicious (Ch. 9 up!)

Well, I was surprised at the number of hits already! I was so nervous! Here is the first chapter; keep in mind, at some points this fic will be dark, but I kinda put a bit of light-heartedness into this one, after the slight dark beginning. This is three months after the prologue. There's a tinge of lime, too, to reveal a little bit on Sasuke and Naruto's relationship. It might be a tad short, but I hope you like it!

For those looking out for the update on my GW fic, I'm trying to get it just right, but it will be out soon! Meanwhile, enjoy this one! EM

Ch. 1

For the past three months, the village of Konoha had been experiencing a series of incidents involving rapes and murders. There had been at least fourteen incidents, and the ANBU were fit to be tied in catching the perpetrator. It was happening so fast, some were wondering if there was more than one person. Things were so bad the jounin and their teams of chunin/genin were brought in to relieve them.

The M.O. was the same: the victim was attacked, and viciously raped. As if depending on this person’s mood, they were horribly murdered, the victims’ mauled bodies found in some of the strangest places. Some reported that they were blind-folded, while others mumbled incoherently about seeing a vision of red if they happened to have looked into their eyes. Those victims were even worse off; it was as if the assailant had used some sort of strong genjutsu to mess with their minds, and they took weeks to recover. That was what led them to believe that the bastard was a very highly skilled and sick shinobi.

The monster didn’t discriminate, either. That was obvious from the very start when they found Jin, a fledgling genin in the woods about a half mile away from the training grounds. His throat had been slit and he was sprawled out on a high tree branch about twenty feet off the ground. He was found naked and blindfolded, clothes and weapons strewn onto the ground below. The boy had just turned thirteen.

Civilian men and women, even shinobi and kunoichi weren’t safe; a few of different ranks have been assaulted as well, the rouge ninja obviously stronger than they were. The only ones who weren’t attacked so far were the ANBU members, and if one were, this guy would have to be either insane , or have the biggest balls in the world.

Tsunade, the 5th Hokage, advised everyone to stay indoors after dark. If they had to go out, either travel in groups, or if one knew a shinobi, travel with them. Absolutely no one was to be out after 10pm except the ANBU and teams on patrol. This put everyone in poor spirits since the summer festival was fast approaching, and preparations were starting to be made.

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It was around five-thirty in the afternoon when Kakashi knocked on the door to Sakura, Hinata, Ino’s apartment. It was a good thing the three girls moved in with each other. Tenten was in the next complex over, as Rock Lee’s roommate. In fact, most of the chunin were within minutes of each other except Sasuke and Naruto, who were within a block of each other several blocks away from this complex. Kakashi insisted on picking her up before heading over to the boys’ places.

The door opened. “Hey Kakashi-sensei, here already?”

“Yep.” He smiled. “How are you doing girls?” he waved to her two other roommates.

“We’re cool, Kakashi-san,” Ino called out from the kitchen. It was her turn to cook dinner. “Be safe out there forehead, we need to make sure you’re around to pay the rent.”

Hinata giggled. She loved the banter between those two. “Be safe, Sakura.” she smiled.

“Later,” the pink-haired girl waved as she left. “Yo, pig, you better not make me sick from your damn bento!” she grabbed the box lunch and closed the door before the blonde could come around the corner to curse her out.

“Well, I see you guys are pretty cool,” the jonin laughed. “Let’s go get the guys.”

“I don’t see how come you have to pick up, I’m seventeen, I can go by myself,” Sakura pouted as she walked along.

“Don’t want to take any chances, you know that. I even told Sasuke to go to Naruto’s so they can be safe before I get there,” Kakashi said.

Sakura mumbled, “Your ass is just hoping to catch them doin’ something together.”

The silver-haired man’s ear twitched. “What was that, dear?” he said his eye crinkling into a dangerous smile.

“Nothin’…perv…” she replied, smirking.


She and Kakashi knew of the boys’ relationship, even though they went through great lengths to hide it at first. But it was apparent to the other former rookies as well. Neji was brokenhearted at first; he wanted the blonde fox for himself, but it was Naruto's decision that chose his teammate. Well, they have been through a lot together. The pair arrived at Naruto’s apartment. Sakura started to knock on the door, but her hand stopped short of the door. She grinned.

“What is it?” her sensei whispered, smiling.

“I think I hear them moaning,” she mouthed.

The older man broke out a lock pick kit and quietly picked the lock. They slowly opened the door. The girl was right; he heard the moaning. He smiled. Jairaiya would be envious! The perverted hermit had been trying to sneak a peek at them for months, trying to get juicy material for his book. He did at the start of their relationship, but the blonde having been around the man, took preventive measures. The shudders were closed and locked from the inside, and the light was on in the living room. The noise, however, was coming from the master bedroom; the largest bathroom was in there.

Sakura noticed the clothes were strewn all over, leading to the bedroom. She sniffed as she opened the door, hearing the shower running. The room reeked of the smell of sex. ‘Okay, I’ve been hoping to catch them too, so sue me,’ she thought. They slowly opened the door to the bathroom, careful not to create a draft. The other two teammates were drooling at the scene in front of them….

Through the opaque blue shower curtain, they could see the two scrubbing and pawing at each other.

“Aww, com’on, can’t we do it again Sasuke-kun?” Naruto whined.

“No, dobe, Kakashi and Sakura will be here any minute. Knowing our luck his lazy ass would be on time…”

Kakashi clenched his fist, ready to go in there. Sakura, who was kneeling, stopped him by placing his hand on his stomach. When she realized where her hand was, she quickly withdrew it, blushing. She turned back to see that Naruto was slowly making his way lower on the raven-haired teen, making him moan.

“Mmmm, maybe a quickie…” he moaned.

“Do that, and we will be late”, Kakashi grinned.

“SHIT!” they both yelled, and their teammates heard the others slip and bust their ass in the tub. Both ends of the curtain came open, and they stuck out their heads, hair slick with water.

“Well, what a hot way to start a shift,” Sakura laughed.

“HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN STANDING THERE?!” Naruto yelled.

“Long enough to see you make your way down on pretty-boy, there,” their sensei replied. “Now get dressed; we only have 45 minutes until the shift starts, and it’s five forty-five already. “

“All right, you bastard, we know, but get out of the bedroom first so we can get dressed, okay?” Sasuke huffed as he grabbed a towel from the rack.

“Aw, can’t we watch?” said the drooling girl hopefully.

“OUT!!!” both boys yelled. Kakashi mumbled something about not having a camera and he pulled his fellow shinobi out of the room. As he was closing the door, he overheard Naruto fuss at Sasuke:

“See? You jinxed it, you dumb ass! That man’s never been on time for a damn thing before! Ever!!”

All Kakashi could think about was Jiraiya’s reaction when he would tell him what he saw; he wanted to make sure he was the first to get a copy of his latest volume of Make-Out Paradise when it was finished for his ‘generosity’.