Disclaimer : I do not own Naruto nor any of the characters in it. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
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Chapter I
The Abolishment
The rain storm was blowing boisterously in Sunagakure, a very rare moment to occur in an infertile desert. The faint sound of heavy footsteps could be heard in the middle of the damp street, mixing with the sound of the thunder and heavy raindrops.
An old woman was running through the storm, carrying a small baby in her arms. She held the baby tightly, afraid to look back as well as to let go. The slaughters were not too far behind her, chasing both her and the baby in ebullience. All the other villagers were inside each of their own house, too afraid to go out because of the storm, and unaware that the whole Shokubutsu clan was being assassinated by those raged fire ninjas.
The woman abruptly stopped when she saw the other slaughters appeared in front of her. She couldn't run anywhere since she was surrounded by the fire ninjas.
"The Hinote Clan is coming! Get Haruka out of here!"
"Please protect my daughter, Okaasan. You don't have to worry about us, just get her out and run as fast as you can!"
She held the baby in her arms protectively, remembering what her daughter and son-in-law said before she ran away. The Fire Ninjas were stepping closer to her, getting ready to murder her along with the innocent baby. One of the Nins raised his kunai and aimed it at the trembling old woman.
I won't let you die, Haruka...
She was about to get ready for the impact, when suddenly, she heard the baby cried. Then, the ground below them started shaking, the quake increased every second, and it soon managed to get the fire nins to fall down on the ground. Strange enough, the old woman along with the other houses in the village didn't seem to be affected by the vibration.
The crying grew louder and louder, making one of the fire nins groaned in annoyance. He stood up shakily and threw his kunai at the baby.
"DIE!"
Before he could even release it from his grasp, suddenly, hundreds of huge roots bursted out of the ground below him, wrapping them on the fire nins bodies and pulling them back into the ground. Loud screaming could be heard in the air, as the roots disappeared into the solid earth, a huge tree grew in front of the old woman's eyes, right on the spot where the fire nins had been sucked into the earth. Red leafs slowly grew on the trunks of the trees, and soon, the top part of the tree was covered with them.
The woman's eyes were wide, her mouth hung open. The baby was able to do all of this with simple cry?
She stared at the baby in disbelief, whom had stopped crying and giggling instead. She put on a smile on her face, and hugged the baby tightly in her chest. She took a last look at the baby before the baby fell asleep, that was when she realized the baby's eyes had turned piercing green instead of solid black.
Tasuki was right... she is the prodigy of our clan... she thought to herself, staring at the sleeping form in her arms.
"You really are something, ne?" she whispered to herself. She turned around the proceeded on going to the Kazekage's office. She would wait there until morning, when the Kazekage would arrive, and she would definitely tell him what had happened to the Shokubutsu clan.
She walked toward the office right away, but unknown to her, a certain kanji had been craved right on the front of the tree that had grown on the spot not too long ago. And it read:
Shokubutsu no Haruka.