Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Blood on the Snow ❯ Falling Into Darkness ( Chapter 1 )

A/N: Starting off actual first chapters of fanfics now. I never thought I'd be writing fanfiction here. Well, what do you know, I'm sucked in.

 

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Blood on the Snow

 

Chapter 1: Falling into Darkness

 

By: Ohtori Akio

 

 

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There are several things that a woman doesn't like to deal with right after having all of her hopes of being a good ninja. In Anko's case, the team she was assigned to recently topped that list, yet they were the ones she was running away from.

 

She really had no where to go, and at this rate she'd catch hypothermia from the cold winds and snow falling heavily from the sky. The woman was bloody and near death, holding her damaged arm. Anko didn't want to return to her team mates, and quite frankly, she was better off sleeping in the park with the birds.

 

She was all alone in the snow, her blood dripping onto it, tainting the once pristine and pure substance. The dark haired female stopped, looking down at the snow with a downtrodden look plastered to her features.

 

Anko continued trudging down the snow covered sidewalk, glaring at anyone who dared to give her a second look. Her already irritable mood was sizzling with anger, hurt and betrayal. The last thing she wanted to deal with at the moment was another human being.

 

Vivid scenes raced through the confines of her mind.

 

Anko walked into the darkened room with the two members of her squad.

 

“I see we've been out enjoying ourselves, Anko.” An ominous voice intoned from the other side of the room.

 

Her eyes narrowed, knowing that this was coming.

 

The female ninja took a deep breath and walked half the distance of the room, where the two males sat. Their dark figures being the ones she dreaded seeing.

 

“Anko, what have we told you about going out on solo missions?”

 

She bit her tongue from saying too much. “It was unexpected.”

 

“I don't care if it was or not. You were given strict orders to meet the team back here before dark. Where were you?” Their squad leader questioned, glaring at the woman, eyes so cold they felt like daggers piercing her skin and soul.

 

“I was ambushed.” She said, hoping that if it seemed like she was caught off guard, they'd let her off the hook.

 

Those eyes seemed to show a stabbing flash. “We have ways of dealing with those who are weak.” He leveled her with a deadly look. “You will always be under us, Anko. We hold your life in our hands, and no matter what you do, we'll know.”

 

“Why the hell can't you just believe me? I'm fucking tired of you using me like this!” She pushed him away from her and stormed out of the room, her other team member watching silently from his sitting position on the floor.

 

“Fuck off! You can't control me!” Anko muttered to herself, slamming the door behind her and walking down the street.

 

 

That was the last thing that Anko remembered before she woke up, lying in a pile of blood, body aching and arm severed badly. She knew what had happened.

 

“Damn them! Just…Fucking damn them!” She cursed out into the near vacant streets of the snowy village. “Why can't anything go right in my life? Just for once…”

 

 

): ):

 

 

She sat down beside of a trashcan, the side of it sheltering her from the snowfall. Anko wasn't sure how long she'd been there, but she decided to not care. `There's no way I'm going back…'

 

 

As she sat there, she noticed a little kid walking past, carrying some food in his arms. It seemed that he went on an errand for his family.

 

“Huh?” The boy paused in front of Anko.

 

Her eyes narrowed. “What do you want?”

 

The boy had black hair and dark eyes; he was dressed in a green coat, an olive cap and scarf. He reached into his bag of food and handed her some bread.

 

After a moment passed of staring at the food, she finally reached out and took it from him. “Thanks…”

 

“Don't worry Miss, things will look up for you. You've just got to have faith. That's what my parents always say, anyway.”

 

Blinking, Anko stared at the boy a long time as he walked away, pondering on his random kind act. She squinted as he turned the corner a block away.

 

The snow had seemed to stop as the dark haired girl ate in silence. She felt less cold, seeing as the wind died down and the snow was reduced to small flurries here and there that were really too small to be noticed.

 

“This is just my luck. It figures, of all the days, it would be today that it decided to snow.” She closed her eyes and sighed.

 

Anko sat there, huddled in the crevice, of the trashcan and the wall. All was silent as the snow began to fall again. From a distance away, she could hear the soft crunching of the snow under foot. Someone was approaching.

 

The huddled woman could barely keep her eyes open, but made out a tall figure walking through the snow at a casual pace. She pulled her coat more about herself to maintain body heat.

 

The figure walked right in front of her and stopped, pupils shifting to the form on the ground.

 

“Pathetic.” The emotionless voice stated.

 

“Who are you calling pathetic, pal?” The dark haired ninja spoke up after a moment of silence. “I'm just resting up. I'll be back on my feet in no time.”

 

The man closed his eyes and smirked, barely visible through his wrappings about his face. “Are you trying to convince yourself of that? Because I certainly know better.”

 

Feminine eyes narrowed and a moment of silence passed between them. “You know, you shouldn't talk about people when you know nothing about them.”

 

“And when you see someone spilling so much blood, your mind comes to a conclusion. “ The figure spat back.

 

“What do you want from me, anyway?”

 

“You're the one who seemed to feel the need to speak to me. “

 

“I wasn't going to sit here and get insulted.”

 

“You still have quite a bit of fight in you for someone who's on the brink of hypothermia.” The taller figure looked down on her.

 

“Oh, I'm sorry. Did I ruin your day by actually being more alive then you thought I was originally?” Anko dared, sarcasm laced in the comment.

 

“If you're so strong, then what are you doing out here in the snow?” The male's eyes narrowed, he seemed to be getting impatient.

 

“I was betrayed by my team mates and left to die.” She spat. “Heh, but they'll get what's coming to them. I'll come back and kill them all.”

 

The man chuckled.

 

`Damn them! I wouldn't be out here dealing with this if my team members weren't such bastards. I don't even know how I'm going to survive the night…'

 

Running a hand along her crisp, snow covered hair she remained silent.

 

`Man does this stink. I really have no one else to rely on…'

 

“You remind me of someone.” She could hear a male voice through her thoughts, and then her eyes widened as something seemed to hit her.

 

`You've got to be shitting me! … But I have no choice. Maybe I can stay with this guy for a while until I get my strength up…I mean, we both look pretty lonely out here…It's worth a shot!'

 

Anko stood up and dusted the snow off of herself.

 

The tall figure turned to walk away, muttering the fact that she would die before the morning came and adding to the fact that she was pathetic with more insults.

 

“Hey!” The voice made him pause in his step and look over his shoulder.

 

“Hn…What is it now?”

 

“What's your name?” She asked. “It's kind of rude to just leave without telling me who you are.”

 

“Call me, Zabuza.” He said simply.

 

The dark haired woman walked over and got in front of him, looking up at him, straight in the eyes. “I'm Anko. You know, I was thinking. It's really bad for my health to be out here with no place to go…”

 

`Man do I sound desperate.' Her thoughts berated her. `But who else is going to help me?'

 

“Come.”

 

“What?” She was confused by his sudden word.

 

There was an awkward silence between them before she spoke again.

 

“Zabuza.”

 

He looked at her.

 

“Why?”

 

“Why what?”

 

“Why are you helping me? I didn't expect you to say yes. I mean, you act like you could care less about what happens to a nobody like me.”

 

“Look, you don't have a choice. It's either come with me or stay out here and die.” Zabuza sternly told her.

 

“What's the price?”

 

“Hmm…You catch on quickly.” He allowed a smile to creep onto his features. “Smart girl.”

 

Anko looked at him with anticipation.

 

“From this day on, you belong to me… Completely.”

 

 

To Be Continued…

 

 

A/N: Wow, that was a lot of work. I hope I did a good job with it. I really want to know what you all think. This is proving challenging for me, gets the adrenaline pumping. I worked 3 hours on this chapter alone.

 

More to come!