Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Onigakure ❯ Demons In The Mist ( Chapter 1 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
A black-cloaked figure joined a bloodred and sand colored cloak, which were already crouched on the bridge rail, watching the fight. There was a mist ninja with useless arms, going up against fifty thugs or more. He kept on going even after being impaled by countless weapons. The cloaked leader looked at her teammates to make sure the blood didn’t make them go berserk. They silently nodded reassuring they were under control and went back to watching the fight. The mist ninja had just killed a man named Gato by decapitation with the kunai in his mouth.
“Incredible…” the crimson-cloaked figure breathed out as the mist nin fell.
“If only demons really existed like that, then we’d be a feared race again…” their leader silently agreed.
“He’s dyin’ now, once he’s dead ya can make ‘im one o’ us” the male in the sandy brown stated barely above a whisper. “Ya can do de same for ‘is lil’ friend over there.” he said as he looked over at the dead child which had an unmistakable female scent.
“Naruto!! He’s alright! Sasuke-kun is alive!!!”
This brought the three cloaked figures attention from the fallen mist nin to the genin and jounin of the Leaf.
“Ugh… wat ninja wears orange?” the male in the group asked in disgust.
“At least it’s not as bad as pink hair.” the crimson-cloaked female said with equal disgust.
The one in the orange turned around to see this ‘Sasuke’, who the girl was babbling about. “Huh?” the cloaked male turned his hooded head around to look for their leader. She seemed to have disappeared without them noticing them, which wasn’t really that unusual.
He turned to see her walking toward the remaining thugs, with the corps of the mist ninja with the hole in his chest in her arms, held bridal style. It seemed like their other teammate was still looking at the genin as the girl tried to hug the raven boy, so he elbowed her to pay attention.
“Ow, you asswipe, what was that for?” she hissed as she turned around glaring at him.
“Should wey help ‘er?” he said motioning toward their leader with his head.
Before she could reply, the thugs decided they wanted everyone’s attention again. “Hey! Hey! Hey! You killed our meal ticket!! You guys are dead! Now we’re gonna pillage this village and take anything of value!! Starting with you, bitch!!” they said as they started charge at their cloaked leader. The Leaf nin were near panic as they saw the thugs approach, not even noticing the cloaked figure that seemed to have disappeared right after the thugs started to charge. The next thing that happened shocked both the Leaf ninja and villagers that happened to arrive at that moment. The cloaked teammates that stood crouching on the side rail stayed impassive as they watched their leader knocked out every thug in a black blur and calmly kept walking toward the impaled mist nin with the other still held bridal style.
“Who….” Zabuza started as she crouched down and laid Haku beside him.
“Sssshhhh, hush.” she cooed. “I’m here to give you a second chance, as well as this girl.” she spoke softly as his eyes widened, no one other than him knew that Haku was a girl. “I was impressed with your performance, even though we never really came here for you...”
“We…?” he managed.
She gave him a twisted smile, the gleam from her razor-sharp rows of teeth visible from the dark shadows from her hood. “Demon of the Mist was such an appropriate name…” she whispered before all he saw was darkness.
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Kakashi readied another kunai as he saw a black-cloaked figure defeat all those thugs so fast, not even his sharingan could track it the whole time. He knew he didn’t have enough chakra to defeat this person, he couldn’t sense any chakra in them, but his natural instincts were going haywire, telling him to get away as fast as possible. Kakashi was suddenly reminded of Kyuubi’s presence twelve years ago, how it had affected him the same way. Whoever this cloaked person was, they weren’t human…
His eyes widened as he saw the cloaked figure take a scroll from within their cloak and with two puffs of smoke, Haku and Zabuza were gone. Kakashi quickly went through the possibilities in his head of what this person wanted. Were they a bounty hunter? A Mist ANBU?
He tensed as he saw the person stand, turn to look behind him. Sasuke, Sakura, Tazuna, and Naruto were behind him, Kakashi knew he had to protect the bridge builder and his students. He looked at the other villagers who seemed at loss at what to do as they watched the cloaked figure slowly walked toward him.
“Who are you?” he asked, getting into a defensive position, kunai ready.
The cloaked figure stopped a few feet in front of him, and shook their head tsking. “Ninjenss have absolutely no manners…” a female voice came from within the shadows of the black cloak’s hood.
“Ninjen?” Kakashi asked, trying to sound calm, the possibility of this being a demon suddenly making him tense.
“ I come here looking for a my brother, he has been chosen to be the head of his clan, but the thing is, he’s been missing for about a hundred years—see he ran away from our village with my sister and we haven’t seen him since, and he seemed to have completely disappeared twelve years ago when my sister was so savagely killed by a ninjen.” she said venomously, ignoring Kakashi’s question, but what she said only hardened Kakashi’s suspicions.
“And who is this brother of yours?” he asked cautiously, knowing the others behind him were listening in case another fight broke out.
The cloaked figure merely pointed behind him. Kakashi turned and saw she was pointing to Naruto, and his blood suddenly went cold. He was afraid of this…
Naruto was confused, it was obvious on his face. “Me? But—I’ve never—”
“It’s ok Naruto” Kakashi reassure as he turned back to the cloaked figure who’s only movement was to put their arm back down.
“Naruto…” the female said smoothly, testing the word. “So that is what the ninjen is called…”
Kakashi glared at the cloaked female, ready to throw his kunai if needed. “I won’t let you take Naruto away.” he said trying to sound sure of himself.
“You’re uncertain…” she stated, making Kakashi tense even further. “You know you can’t possible go up against someone like me and live… it’s very clear in your eyes…”
“Kakashi-sensei, what’s this about?!” Sakura asked, her voice cracked with obvious terror. So she could feel it too. The overwhelming aura of bloodlust hanging listlessly in the air—it was intoxicating, making you want to kill yourself almost. Kakashi shook his head. This wasn’t the time to think about that. There were too many lives at stake right now, the villagers, his students, and the bridged builder, but she was after Naruto.
“Move pup, the boy is mine” she said, taking another step forward, but she stopped as a kunai imbedded itself in the ground before her.
Kakashi turned to Naruto who was the one who threw the kunai. “Who said I was going to go without a fight?” he asked, as he took out another kunai, determination gleaming in his eyes. It was now Kakashi’s turn to be confused, could he not feel the choking aura of death, which lingered in the air? His eyes widened as he say a flash of red in Naruto’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared before he was sure if it was even there.
The cloaked female studied him for a while, the air tensed as the silence dragged on painfully. They were all suddenly surprised as she burst out laughing. “That’s what I like to hear you stubborn numbskull! You may be trapped in a ninjen, Zettai-kun , but you still don’t want to come home!” she laughed. “Very well, Naruto-kun, we’ll give you a choice to come with us or not, I guess Zettai-kun’s sister will have to run the Kitsune clan if the later is your choice…”
The red-cloaked female tensed from her spot on the bridged rail while the male snickered beside her.
“We were actually on our way to get another runaway from our village, so I’ll come for your decision in two months time.” she said before suddenly disappearing in a burst of flames.
Nearby, the other two cloaked figures watched on before turning and disappearing in the thick mist without anyone’s notice.
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A/N:
{Neko: no we didn’t spell ninja wrong!} Ninjen means human
Zettai means absolute
“Incredible…” the crimson-cloaked figure breathed out as the mist nin fell.
“If only demons really existed like that, then we’d be a feared race again…” their leader silently agreed.
“He’s dyin’ now, once he’s dead ya can make ‘im one o’ us” the male in the sandy brown stated barely above a whisper. “Ya can do de same for ‘is lil’ friend over there.” he said as he looked over at the dead child which had an unmistakable female scent.
“Naruto!! He’s alright! Sasuke-kun is alive!!!”
This brought the three cloaked figures attention from the fallen mist nin to the genin and jounin of the Leaf.
“Ugh… wat ninja wears orange?” the male in the group asked in disgust.
“At least it’s not as bad as pink hair.” the crimson-cloaked female said with equal disgust.
The one in the orange turned around to see this ‘Sasuke’, who the girl was babbling about. “Huh?” the cloaked male turned his hooded head around to look for their leader. She seemed to have disappeared without them noticing them, which wasn’t really that unusual.
He turned to see her walking toward the remaining thugs, with the corps of the mist ninja with the hole in his chest in her arms, held bridal style. It seemed like their other teammate was still looking at the genin as the girl tried to hug the raven boy, so he elbowed her to pay attention.
“Ow, you asswipe, what was that for?” she hissed as she turned around glaring at him.
“Should wey help ‘er?” he said motioning toward their leader with his head.
Before she could reply, the thugs decided they wanted everyone’s attention again. “Hey! Hey! Hey! You killed our meal ticket!! You guys are dead! Now we’re gonna pillage this village and take anything of value!! Starting with you, bitch!!” they said as they started charge at their cloaked leader. The Leaf nin were near panic as they saw the thugs approach, not even noticing the cloaked figure that seemed to have disappeared right after the thugs started to charge. The next thing that happened shocked both the Leaf ninja and villagers that happened to arrive at that moment. The cloaked teammates that stood crouching on the side rail stayed impassive as they watched their leader knocked out every thug in a black blur and calmly kept walking toward the impaled mist nin with the other still held bridal style.
“Who….” Zabuza started as she crouched down and laid Haku beside him.
“Sssshhhh, hush.” she cooed. “I’m here to give you a second chance, as well as this girl.” she spoke softly as his eyes widened, no one other than him knew that Haku was a girl. “I was impressed with your performance, even though we never really came here for you...”
“We…?” he managed.
She gave him a twisted smile, the gleam from her razor-sharp rows of teeth visible from the dark shadows from her hood. “Demon of the Mist was such an appropriate name…” she whispered before all he saw was darkness.
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Kakashi readied another kunai as he saw a black-cloaked figure defeat all those thugs so fast, not even his sharingan could track it the whole time. He knew he didn’t have enough chakra to defeat this person, he couldn’t sense any chakra in them, but his natural instincts were going haywire, telling him to get away as fast as possible. Kakashi was suddenly reminded of Kyuubi’s presence twelve years ago, how it had affected him the same way. Whoever this cloaked person was, they weren’t human…
His eyes widened as he saw the cloaked figure take a scroll from within their cloak and with two puffs of smoke, Haku and Zabuza were gone. Kakashi quickly went through the possibilities in his head of what this person wanted. Were they a bounty hunter? A Mist ANBU?
He tensed as he saw the person stand, turn to look behind him. Sasuke, Sakura, Tazuna, and Naruto were behind him, Kakashi knew he had to protect the bridge builder and his students. He looked at the other villagers who seemed at loss at what to do as they watched the cloaked figure slowly walked toward him.
“Who are you?” he asked, getting into a defensive position, kunai ready.
The cloaked figure stopped a few feet in front of him, and shook their head tsking. “Ninjenss have absolutely no manners…” a female voice came from within the shadows of the black cloak’s hood.
“Ninjen?” Kakashi asked, trying to sound calm, the possibility of this being a demon suddenly making him tense.
“ I come here looking for a my brother, he has been chosen to be the head of his clan, but the thing is, he’s been missing for about a hundred years—see he ran away from our village with my sister and we haven’t seen him since, and he seemed to have completely disappeared twelve years ago when my sister was so savagely killed by a ninjen.” she said venomously, ignoring Kakashi’s question, but what she said only hardened Kakashi’s suspicions.
“And who is this brother of yours?” he asked cautiously, knowing the others behind him were listening in case another fight broke out.
The cloaked figure merely pointed behind him. Kakashi turned and saw she was pointing to Naruto, and his blood suddenly went cold. He was afraid of this…
Naruto was confused, it was obvious on his face. “Me? But—I’ve never—”
“It’s ok Naruto” Kakashi reassure as he turned back to the cloaked figure who’s only movement was to put their arm back down.
“Naruto…” the female said smoothly, testing the word. “So that is what the ninjen is called…”
Kakashi glared at the cloaked female, ready to throw his kunai if needed. “I won’t let you take Naruto away.” he said trying to sound sure of himself.
“You’re uncertain…” she stated, making Kakashi tense even further. “You know you can’t possible go up against someone like me and live… it’s very clear in your eyes…”
“Kakashi-sensei, what’s this about?!” Sakura asked, her voice cracked with obvious terror. So she could feel it too. The overwhelming aura of bloodlust hanging listlessly in the air—it was intoxicating, making you want to kill yourself almost. Kakashi shook his head. This wasn’t the time to think about that. There were too many lives at stake right now, the villagers, his students, and the bridged builder, but she was after Naruto.
“Move pup, the boy is mine” she said, taking another step forward, but she stopped as a kunai imbedded itself in the ground before her.
Kakashi turned to Naruto who was the one who threw the kunai. “Who said I was going to go without a fight?” he asked, as he took out another kunai, determination gleaming in his eyes. It was now Kakashi’s turn to be confused, could he not feel the choking aura of death, which lingered in the air? His eyes widened as he say a flash of red in Naruto’s eyes, but it quickly disappeared before he was sure if it was even there.
The cloaked female studied him for a while, the air tensed as the silence dragged on painfully. They were all suddenly surprised as she burst out laughing. “That’s what I like to hear you stubborn numbskull! You may be trapped in a ninjen, Zettai-kun , but you still don’t want to come home!” she laughed. “Very well, Naruto-kun, we’ll give you a choice to come with us or not, I guess Zettai-kun’s sister will have to run the Kitsune clan if the later is your choice…”
The red-cloaked female tensed from her spot on the bridged rail while the male snickered beside her.
“We were actually on our way to get another runaway from our village, so I’ll come for your decision in two months time.” she said before suddenly disappearing in a burst of flames.
Nearby, the other two cloaked figures watched on before turning and disappearing in the thick mist without anyone’s notice.
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A/N:
{Neko: no we didn’t spell ninja wrong!} Ninjen means human
Zettai means absolute