Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto. Yes, this is the prologue of the story because I felt it was better to start a story with some view on the past rather than leaving you guys all in the dark. This may be angsty at first but it lightens up in the next few chapters.
EDIT: This story sucks. Everything here sucks. It was written when I didn't have a solid understanding of the meaning of MARY-SUE. I don't have the heart to just take this story off (A hundred thousand words is a lot no matter what you say) so it will stay here, never to be finished.
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Desperation ran thick though the veins of two people as they sped for Konoha. Though Kunai were being thrown randomly though the air, striking rocks and trees they did not stop their frantic sprint. They will purse us to the ends of the earth…thought Sutebe as he stared fearfully at a hunter nin that was currently hurling handful after handful of Kunai at them.
"Give up and surrender you life! You cannot escape. Just hand the boy to us." Said the hunter nin before hurling another Kunai at them. This one managed to cut off a lock of black hair on Sutebe's head. I don't need a haircut…Sutebe growled in his head. It's short enough as it is.
"Never!" screamed the man's companion as she ran even faster towards the Village that was steadily increasing in size.
The hunter nin cocked his head to one side in a mocking fashion. "You won't make it."
"The hell we will!" Sutebe said as he made a multitude of hand seals under five seconds. Unfortunately five seconds was all the hunter nin needed to make his move. Five shuriken shot out of the hunter nin's sleeves and shot towards the couple.
"Kage Shuriken no Jutsu." The hunter nin said and then smirked as he watched the five shuriken multiply into twenty five then into an whole wall of Shuriken. "You can't… What?" The hunter nin's face twisted and his eyes suddenly shot open as he saw his shuriken pass through the two ninjas and hit the tree in front of them. "Advanced clones?" He breathed even as he watched the two clones disintegrated into the cool spring air.
"It seems like you failed you mission." A sudden chill descended upon the Hunter nin as he felt someone approach from behind him.
"I-I was fooled! They played me for a fool! I-it wasn't my fault!" The hunter nin said as he whipped himself around and found himself only staring into the darkness of night.
"Heh. I know what happened and I will show you how it is truly done." And as soon as the voice disappeared the chill disappeared as if it wasn't even there.
The hunter nin let out a sigh of relieve before following the tracks that his fellow comrade made. For even if one was as strong as his comrade they still left small miniscule tracks that he could follow.
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"They found out!" exclaimed a weary woman as she felt her mental connection with her clones cut off. Her usually lively green eyes were dull with exhaustion and her long black hair fell limply against her shoulders. She immediately tucked the boy that was next to her side inside her arms. "At this rate we only have ten minutes to get to Konoha. Maybe less since Uzera's in a coma."
"Well, Arekusu, It seems we have a long day ahead of us." Sutebe said, whipping some of the sweat filled hair from his forehead. "We should get started." Arekusu suddenly shivered as she felt the atmosphere suddenly drop a few degrees.
"Is there something wrong?" Sutebe asked, concerned and oblivious to the change in temperature.
"No, nothing at all." She said but not without sparing a backwards glace before continuing their hike to Konoha. Neither of them noticed a slight chuckling that issued from one of the shadows as they progressed to Konoha.
"To see? There is no trick to this. Even if they are Jonin level ninjas they cannot escape." A voice hissed before the speaker emerged from the shadows.
"I must have overestimated them." The man said hastily, thankful that the mask he wore prevented his comrade from seeing his features.
"No…you underestimated them. And even if you did fight them to your full potential I doubt you could defeat them." The man's face that was covered in shadows suddenly became visible. Four long scars ran from his face, like a gash from some terrible beast. He might have been considered handsome at one time but the scars ran too deep and took away any beauty he once held. "Do not underestimate the people of my clan. They are not to be underestimated."
"I-I understand." The hunter nin said as he lowered his head in understanding.
"Good, I will now finish this chase quickly. To tell you the truth it bores me." The man suddenly looked to the east. "Let's finish this." He said before disappearing and only leaving leaves to mark his trail.
The hunter nin gave no indication that he heard but he still took the same route his companion took.
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"Do you feel that?" Arekusu asked as she felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise again.
"Feel what?" Sutebe asked, not sparing a glance at Arekusu because Konoha was already in sight.
"It feel like we are- URK…" What Arekusu was going to saw was suddenly cut off as Sutebe heard four thuds, one after another.
"Arekusu!" But even as Sutebe spun around he knew it was too late. He could do nothing but look on in horror as his wife plummeted into the depths of the forest with his son. But even as the tears fell from his face he felt another presence behind him.
"So sad. And I thought you would pose a challenge." Sutebe once again had to spin around and this time someone was leaning against a tree.
"You again!" Sutebe exclaimed as he pointed at the hunter nin that held another four Kunai calmly in his hand.
"You murdered my wife!" Sutebe screamed as he whipped out two Kunai, one for each hand. "I won't forgive you!" He roared as he sprung into the air and prepared to slice the Hunter nin in half, but anger and sorrow clouded his judgment and he didn't notice the subtle signs until it was too late. A Kunai suddenly burst out of the tree and into Sutebe's gut.
"Ahrgh…" Sutebe started to cough out blood as he stared down into his blood-drenched stomach. A pale hand clutched the Kunai that was sticking out of his stomach. "Y-you w-weren't the o-one?" Sutebe managed to choke out as he was flung from the tree by the hand, as he weighed no more than a feather.
Slowly a face emerged with the hand, and following the face was the body. The pallid scars glinted in the moonlight as the man lifted his head to smell the blood soaked air.
"It worked as you planned. The two are dead as you asked and the boy is in a coma and soon to be dead." The hunter nin said, awed that his comrade could do away with Jonin level ninja's so easily.
"No, you are wrong. The two are not dead but rather suffering on the ground below us." The scarred man said, a maniacal grin started to form on his face at the thought of others suffering.
"W-what! Then we must dispose of the body-" The hunter nin stopped talking as the scarred man stuck up one hand for silence.
After a few seconds of contemplating he said, "No, let them suffer."
"But they have to-AHG." The scarred man's hand shot out and clutched the hunter nin's neck and brought him closer. At first nothing happened but then the man's pupils started to split until the center pupil was surrounded by four dots. One of the dots started to flow red until it gave the scarred man a bloodshot gaze.
"I said, let them suffer." The man said in barely a whisper but he got his point across. His clawed hands suddenly released their hold on the hunter nin the man regained his maniacal grin.
"Y-yes s-sir…" the hunter nin stuttered out as he massaged his throat. Five drops of blood was welling out of the wounds where the man's claws punctured him.
"Then let us depart." The man said as he sped away, not even sparing a glance to see if the hunter nin was following. Neither of the men noticed the evil aura that was seeping into the ground below, or the two screams of terror from the ground before they were suddenly cut of as if something suddenly cut off their voices.
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The Third lifted his gaze from the paperwork thatlittered his desk. The Third recognized the feeling that was slowly making its way though his body. It was the same feeling he felt when the Kyubi attacked Konoha. Ever since that day he learned that he should trust his instincts.
"Get me a Squad of Anbu!" Sandaime barked at a Chunin that stood next to the door. The Chunin jumped a little at the uncharacteristic show of force in his voice be didn't question his orders. The chunin nodded before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. In less than a minute the Thirds room was filled with the smoke of Anbus appearing in a blink of an eye. When the smoke cleared four Anbu knelt in front of the Third and the one with a bear masked looked up for orders.
"We may a crisis on our hands. I do not ask you to accept this mission but if you want to quit you may leave now." The Third paused to see if anyone would leave. As expected none of the Anbu left the room or even gave any indication of hesitating. Sandaime smiled before continuing.
"There may be a Biju in the outskirts of Konoha." At this statement he saw some of the Anbu hesitate. "As I said if you do not want to take this mission you can leave now." Again no one deserted him. Giving a nod of approval the Third continued. "This is not confirmed but the mission will be to search out this Biju. If there really is a Biju outside of Konoha then you will report to me. If not then it will just be a false alarm. Is this understood?"
There was a general muttering of "Yes Hokage-sama" before silence.
"Then move out!" The Third ordered and frowned as he saw all of the Anbu leave except for one. "Is there a question?" The Third asked the Anbu with the bear mask.
"What do we do if we find something… else?" the Anbu asked shifting his weight from one foot to the next.
"I will tell you how to proceed if you find anything else." The Third said frowning at the unnatural display of uneasiness.
"Yes Hokage-sama!" the Anbu said before following his comrades.
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An Anbu looked down dispassionately at the scene before him. Blood splatters were all over the area but there were no indication of a Biju or a struggle for that matter. Bodies were missing to provide evidence for any events that took place and the only thing that was present was a pile of blood-splattered cloth in the middle of all the blood.
"What could have done this?" The Anbu asked into the sky before shaking his head. It seems like it was a false alarm after all. The Anbu thought before walking away from the wreckage. Snap
"What!" The Anbu whipped around and slowly studied the clearing. His cautious eyes eventually landed upon the pile of cloth that started to shift a little. Creeping closer he held out a cautious hand and ripped off the cloth.
"What in the…" The Anbu said wonderingly at the boy that lay before him. The boy seemed no older than 12 years old and was dressed in what seemed to be rags. Only the slight rise of his chest told him that he was alive. The Anbu hesitated for only a second before picking up the boy and heading for Konoha. I don't know what this boy will bring, but I can't leave him here. I will bring him to Konoha hospital then proceed from there! The Anbu suddenly nodded making up his mind and, in a blur of motion sped for Konoha.
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Ok, there is obviously something very wrong with my story or else there would be more people reviewing. Not to appear ungrateful or anything, but I can't tell if someone read my story or not. If no one is reading my stories then I don't think I need to go through the hassle of uploading. So please, if you are reading my story at least give me an indication that you are. Sorry for taking your time but I just wanted you guys to know what I'm feeling right now.