Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ God Modding ❯ Like a Lamb To The Slaughter ( Chapter 4 )

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God Modding
By Shironami Kane

Summery: A series of encounters between Hidan and an otherworldly displaced Christian begins to set the stage for a revelation of powers not built up by earthly forces but divine ones. Can two very different individuals with very different faiths change the world?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from the series Naruto and am only using them for my own amusement, not monetary gain or anything.

Chapter Four - Like a Lamb To The Slaughter

For Ashley the following three weeks came and went like the flow of water. She felt more energized since sharing a meal with the two weird travelers and when she walked down the road there was now a noticeable spring in her step. Best of all in the weeks since then she had actually seen God enter the lives of several villagers and she had baptized them. She promised she would begin to write down teachings and have them sent to villages where new believers where being reborn every day. She even had a constant companion now.

A teenage tailor named Momoko had left her family of three brothers and four sisters to follow and help Ashley in her travels while her brothers and sisters stayed back in their home village. Momoko had even made and given Ashley new clothes since she had been wearing the same skirt and shirt since she had arrived in the new world. She now wore a predominantly red dress with a white collar and white crosses emblazoned on her sleeves.

The two were walking side by side down a wide road in Fire Country enjoying the beautiful clouds in the sky and the presence of each others company. Momoko was currently trying to get Ashley to tell her more about her old world. "Tell me about New York City again please!"

Ashley nodded and said, "In an area on the upper eastern coast of my country there is a large city with hundereds of buildings made out of glass and steel. These buildings can reach up to ninety stories tall and are several thousand feet high into the air. The city is a place filled with stage production, business moguls and broadcasting stations. There are more than eight million people who live there."

Momoko was in awe as she responded, "I don't think there are even eight million people in all the countries of the Element Nations. Let alone a city or a town."

"My hometown is much smaller, there are about eight thousand people living there." Ashley explained.

"I think only eight thousand people live in Wave Country. What is the smallest town you've ever been to?" Momoko asked.

"I've visited my Nana a few times and she lives in a town called Glenwood that has a population of about two hundred people." Ashley said with a grin.

The two where coming up to a large wide building on the side of the road and Momoko gave a sigh of relief, "Oh thank goodness, a public restroom. I thought I was going to have to go in the woods again. Wait here please Ashley-sensei, I'll be right out."

Ashley nodded and waved her hand, "Go right ahead, I'll wait right here for you."

Momoko nodded and rushed into the bathroom while Ashley settled down to sit on the bottom of the stairway leading up to the building. For a few minutes she sat gazing peacefully up at the sky until she heard the step of a person standing behind her, "That was really fast."

When Ashley turned to look though it wasn't Momoko standing behind her but a deviously grinning Hidan, "Oh! Hello there, angel-chan. How have you been doing?"

Ashley shook her head at Hidan's mocking nickname of her but replied, "I've been doing well these past few weeks actually. Thank you for asking, how about you?"

"I've been waiting to see you again," Hidan said with a nearly delirious grin, "Oh how fortunate for you. I've decided since you showed me a glimpse of your god's powers it would only be fair to show you the powers of my god."

Ashley didn't get a chance to reply before Hidan suddenly threw his scythe at her barely giving her the chance to fall flat on the ground to avoid the dangerous projectile. As she sat up though Hidan maneuvered the rope of his scythe and the bladed weapon made a whipping sound in the air as it changed direction to come back to his hand, nicking Ashley on the side of her neck as it did. Kakuzu was right for once Hidan noted, this girl didn't have a day of ninja training in her life. Such a sacrifice was almost going to be worthless in the eyes of Jashin.

With the blood he needed on his scythe he decided to delay a bit to find out more about the girl's god before she died. He had plenty of time not to mention he needed to form the holy symbol on the ground, "So why do you follow that god of yours so passionately? What does your god promise you that supposedly coming to a new world and dying would be worth."

Ashley held her hand to her bleeding neck to lessen the flow of blood as she replied, "Because he is a perfect God who demands perfection and with his gift of salvation from sin even though I am the utmost of sinners I can be with him in paradise."

"And how did you receive this so called salvation from sin?" Hidan replied mockingly.

There it was again, Hidan noted, the feeling of immense power flowing from her as she replied with a smile, "Because the price of salvation for sinners was his beloved Son's murder and resurrection back to life after he lived a perfect human life. Because of my God's resurrection he conquered death and so the sting of death has been lifted away from his followers."

Hidan gave her an almost reverent smile as he said, "Well then I will continue my demonstration knowing that death will make you happy."

There was another sound of a foot hitting the floor and Hidan spoke as he turned around, "Hold on a second Kakuzu I'm dealing with this-"

His speech however was cut off as he leaped back to avoid several shiruken thrown by a dark haired ninja with a beard. He deflected them with his scythe and once the ninja had dodged the projectiles Hidan aimed his scythe at the ninja. Once he had given an opening though two other ninjas came at him from either side while he was trapped within the shadow of a fourth ninja up on the roof of the building.

"Now!" And while Ashley looked on in horror the two ninjas ran Hidan threw with the two swords in their hands.

"One down," the bearded ninja said.

"Oh God help him, please don't be dead," Ashley stammered in shock as she stared at Hidan in fear for his well being as her acquaintance just stood there doubly impaled. However what happened next put both her and the ninjas into shock.

"Ow. That freaking hurt what the hell's your problem?" Hidan grimaced to the two new arrivals before giving Ashley a cheeky grin, "Aw, did you worry about me angel-chan? Thats fucking sweet of you considering I'm aiming to kill you."

"What's going on? We hit his vital organs!" One of the two ninjas questioned in astonishment.

"Stop shaking, dammit. That makes it hurt like a bastard." Hidan whined as he glared at the two ninjas next to him.

"W-what's with this guy, is he immortal or something?" One of the ninjas stammered.

"Che, no shit genius. And I told you to stop shaking so much, it fucking hurts. Now who the hell are you people? I don't have time for you right now." Hidan looked towards Ashley with a grin. The bearded man moved to stand between Hidan and her and Hidan eyed the sash with the symbol of fire on it on his hip.

"Ah that symbol. It belongs to that group of ninja guardians. Ah shit, that means I'm going to have to go back into that stinking exchange point again."

The bearded ninja simply straightened himself and said, "We are ninja from Konoha. We've been ordered to capture or exterminate the Akatsuki. Since you Akatsuki members always work in teams of two we planned to kill one of you and capture the other. But you've got some serious powers."

"Well you guys really fucked up on that order," Hidan said with a mocking laugh.

"Where is your partner?" The bearded ninja demanded before there was a sudden explosion coming from the roof. The shadow ninja just escaped from being flattened by Hidan's partner by leaping off the roof when Ashley suddenly felt Momoko's arms latch around her in a frightened embrace.

"Ashley-sensei, are you alright?" the teenage girl asked staring at the two small groups of ninjas warily.

"Kotetsu, Izumo fall back!" the bearded man whom Ashley assumed was the lead ninja of the group ordered placing themselves between Ashley and Momoko and the two men.

"So that man in the middle then? I see the lure of money has gotten to you for once Hidan," Ashley heard Hidan's partner coldly speak.

"Stay out of this Kakuzu, I was just going to use angel-chan but now that they pissed me off I'm going to use these fools in my ceremony as well," Hidan snarled as he pulled back his scythe, "You can have the money for the guardian dude."

"Works for me," Kakuzu said stoically, "Just don't underestimate them. You'll get yourself killed."

"Like they could pull it off, Kakuzu?" Hidan asked as he began to drag his foot along the ground, drawing a triangle inside a circle as a design, "If they could kill me I'd let them. But that's not going to happen, is it?"

"What's going on?" Ashley whispered to herself as she felt the tension fill the air, but Hidan seemed to hear her even though it was on a mere breath.

A wicked glint entered Hidan's eye as he said, "Better say your prayers angel-chan. Today we're going to see if your so called God of Gods can match up against my Lord Jashin."

End Chapter Four

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