Blood of the 7 ninja swordsmen
The land of water surrounded by mist, where the Kirigakure resided. This village known as blood mist for quite some time. The Kirigakure was known for the seven ninja swordsmen becoming infamous during the third ninja war. At the time their members were Fuguki Suikazan their squadron leader at the time. Jinin Akebino, Kushimaru Kuriarare, Raiga Kurosuki, Juzo Biwa, Gundam Munashi and the last member whose existence was completely wiped from Kirigakure records.
There have been others who have been part of the kiri no shinobigatana. However there have only been a handful that have became notorious throughout the ninja world. Majority of the kiri no shinobigatana defected from their mist village roots or were hunted down by trackers. However the village would fold its hand when they would lose to many trackers, and place the rouge ninja in the bingo book for other villages or bounty hunters to handle. However what Kirigakure and other villages didn't consider is the live traitors would grow close to people and train them to take their place. Perhaps they did this so they wouldn't be forgotten or maybe they just need someone to love and love in return. Whatever the case this became quite the common practice for rouge nin.
The third ninja war was close to ending. A few members were killed in action during the war leaving a couple of the swords without a owner. However one of the swords were given to new owners. Shibuki was stolen from Gundam by his younger brother Jinpachi Munashi, what a feat, becoming a member by killing his older brother. He wasn't the only member of the seven ninja swordsmen to become a member by killing a previous member then joining. Kushimaru was an earlier example of this atrocity killing his sensei to take the Nuibari. Being that these two killed someone close to them, they got along more than the rest of the seven ninja swordsmen. Yet they still were rivals on the battlefield too see who could kill the most.
"21….21 people killed today, not bad at all." A man said with a sadistic laugh, he wore a mask with a blue triangle on the bottom, with extremely long blonde hair.
"Fuck! you beat me this time, Kushimaru!" Another man yelled with a stern but friendly competitive voice. He had long brown hair with a beard. "looks like you are going to buy the drinks this time Jinpachi." Kushimaru said with a laugh. looking over all the corpse to make sure no one was alive.
"Fine, this time I will get the drinks, but mark my words, next time I will kill more, next time there better be women to fuck and sale as well, that's why we do this!" Jinpachi said as he turned his back. " I will start to head back to the village, make sure they're all dead.
"Since you won, I will even file the report." Without another word Jinpachi vanished into the forest.
"That goddamn piece of shit, always trying to make a run for it." All of a sudden he hears movement about fifteen feet away. Kushimaru jumps and lands in front of a young girl. He points his sword right near her throat. The girl was very small probably only about three in a half feet tall. She has long brown hair, with greenish eyes.
"How have you not been killed yet?" he asked in shock. The girl just looked at him in shock. "Well can you speak? I asked you a question!" He started to raise his tone. The girl looked at him without fear.
"Yes I can speak, I am very smart for my age." She said as she crossed her arms.
"You dare give me a smart ass attitude!" Kushimaru slowly raised his sword trying to build up tension to make her scared. She just looked at him with a smirkish look. (She is not begging for her life, this is making me mad). Kushimaru thought to himself.
"What do you desire in life girl!?" he asked in a stern voice.
"What does desire mean?" She asked with a confused look.
"I thought you were smart for your age? It means...what do you want in life?" He explained to the youth.
"I...really don't know or understand...I just live." She said in the best way she could. He looked at her in confusion, however she could not see his face, because of the mask he wore.
"How old are you, little girl?" He asked, wondering to himself why he hasn't killed her yet.
"I am 5...I should be 6 any day….that's what they said anyway, but I really don't know." She said looking at the ground.
"What is your name, young one?" Why can i not kill her? He thought to himself.
"I really don't know...they never really called me anything before." She scratched her head trying to think if she had a name.
"Do you want to live young one? Answer right and you live….If you answer wrong, you lose your head." He said with a grin under his mask.
"Yes, I do, will you let me go?" she asked looking at the man in black.
"No...the only way you will live is if you become my servant and do as I say. Then one day you can take my place and rule over the mist." He explained to the youth. She just stood there and thought.
"If you stay by my side...no one will ever hurt you, and you will get anything you desire. I will teach you everything you need to know to become a queen, if you choose to do so." He said with a monotone voice.
"Why are you….giving me an option?" she asked, it was out of her understanding.
"Because..In some ways you remind me of myself when I was younger, except you seem to be a genius, if I teach you ninjutsu, you can surpass me one day." He explained to the youth, as a tear rolled down his face. Not because he regretted anything he did, but because he thought that's what life was all about is having someone stronger kill you to take your spot. His sensei always said (Killing the weak is top priority, become strong and kill all the weak people). He thought back to when he killed his sensei, his sensei had a smile on his face when he was dying. (Kushimaru….You are the only one who can kill the weak and take their place). Those were the last words his Master spoke.
"I think...I understand." the girl said, still with a little uncertainty.
"Good, from this day forward...You will be known as Noriko, meaning law child, because you will not only rule the mist village, but maybe the ninja world." He said tapping the youth on the head. She was still perplexed, by this whole experience.
"Jump on my back young one, your training will start tomorrow, for now you shall refer to me as master, do you understand?" He said sprinting back towards Kirigakure.
"Yes...master." She said, closing her eyes from exhaustion.
"Good girl." He smirked underneath his mask disappearing in the night.
Kushimaru rushed discreetly back to his apartment, there were hundreds of other apartments for the ninja of kirigakure. Luckily no one saw the nin carrying the girl, it is against protocol to accept a pupil without proper documentation. Kushimaru knew this so he hid his presence, if he were to be caught, he might have to kill a comrade. Not that, he hasn't done it dozens of times. He snuck in his own door knowing, the other kiri no shinobigatana had tendences to sneak into his apartment for mission orders or summons. Kushimaru walked down a short hallway entering a room with a bed. Placing the girl on the bed.
"Rest now young one, because from now on, you will have nothing but hard times and extreme training." Kushimaru said as he slowly exited the room.
"Time to meet up with Jinpachi, I am craving a drink and some sushi." The tall man ran out his door headed towards their favorite spot. It was getting quite late, so the streets of Kirigakure were quite unoccupied, mostly with jonin and businessmen. A minute or so later, he finally approached their favorite restaurant. The smell of the amazing food surrounded the whole block.
"That smells so good, it's been awhile since I have been able to enjoy a nice beer and sushi." saying as he walked into the restaurant. Scouting the place to see if he saw Jinpachi around. He saw two men sitting at a table in the right corner. One of them was Jinpachi, the other was maybe a man in his early forties. He started to walk towards them. All of a sudden Jinpachi looks up to see Kushimaru approaching the table.
"About time you get hear! What took you so long? Lucky I invited Jinin to tag along, or I might rampage!" Jinpachi said as he picked up a big mug and took a drink. Kushimaru sat down and ordered his meal. It was completely silent for a few seconds. when Kushimaru looked at Jinin.
"it's been awhile…Old man." saying with a low but distinguished chuckle. Jinin clutched his mug out of anger.
"You better show respect to your superior, little boy!" Jinin warned before chugging his whole drink.
"Man, short temper as always, hey you're training someone right now aren't you Jinin? What is his name?" Kushimaru said looking at Jinin.
"Well that was random. Why do you care?" Jinin asked, out of curiosity.
"I might want to get a pupil, I need a challenge." Kushimaru said with a sarcastic tone.
"Zabuza, is a special case, I took him off the streets after his parents were killed during a mission. So I am starting to train him. If you want a pupil or a team, you will have to request one. However...it won't be so easy, you are part of the kiri no shinobigatana...so they want you freed up so you can go on more S-ranked missions." Jinin explained to kushimaru. "The only reason they are letting me train Zabuza...is because he wasn't excepted into the ninja academy. However I see potential in the boy. Plus I am getting older, so they think they will have to replace me soon." Jinin said, as he stood up from the table and left without another word. The whole time Jinpachi was just listening while eating sushi and drinking beer. It left Kushimaru in deep thought for a moment.
"What makes you so interested in a pupil or team? Remember you killed your own sensei and I slaughtered my own brother. You can't trust the younger generation…we get power hungry." Jinpachi said with a low titter.
"Indeed that is true, however we all die, we need new grass to sprout." Kushimaru said taking his first drink. The night drifted away as both of the kiri no shinobigatana retried for the night. However kushimaru arrived at home ready to go to sleep as he looked on the bed, to see the girl was there sleeping.
"Damn, I forgot I brought her with me, maybe I should kill her now and dispose of her before morning." Kushimaru muttered to himself. He turned around and exited the room, he went to go sleep on an uncomfortable couch. He slowly drifted away into a deep sleep.