Chapter 1 - The Jinchuriki
The beautiful pink cherry blossoms fell on to my lap filled with grace, I gazed at the fluttering cherry blossoms that floated aimlessly in the light wind of the dark night. I heard the laughter fill my ears as my heart thumped with happiness, life was beautiful, so beautiful and peaceful.
The quietness of Konoha filled the lonely streets letting only the lamps light the way, my older brother Hayashi had wrapped me in a tight hug when he arrived back from his mission, his black hair was messy as always and the edges of his forehead wet with sweat. His smiling purple eyes locked with mine, he smiled even larger showing his pearly white teeth.
My older brother, Hayashi, was known as a prodigy for his young age and excelled at being a shinobi, unlike like our family we hadn't come from a family of Uchiha's or even the Hyuga's. We were just a small family of people, though the only thing that might have peeked your interest was the fact our ancestors or in other words my great great great-grandparents had been the first to arrive into this village.
Since Hayashi had been seen as a prodigy and one of the best among his age he was given difficult missions that could last for days and maybe even months, but nevertheless he never had complained, in fact he embraced it, whenever Hayashi had come back he would teach something new, I would try to perfect it by the time he had gotten back just to see him smile.
I remember his latest technique he was difficult he had shown me because I had begged him, he said I couldn't possibly do it because I still needed to work on my chakra control, I had to admit I didn't get a chance to try it but tomorrow i'll have him help me.
My dad had told me he didn't want me to become a shinobi simply because of the dangers it was to become one, but in the end he couldn't argue with me, I always was good at convincing him when it had come to anything.
"I hope I didn't miss anything." Hayashi spoke with a small smile as he sat beside me, I wrapped my arm around his with a grin, I had to admit I was quite clingy to my brother whenever I had seen him with a girl I had gotten jealous. Let's just say I was one of those girls who wanted to marry my older brother.
"Kiyomi had a birthday party earlier with her friends, were just doing a small one for the family one now." My mother smiled, pushing back her dark brown hair that was clipped up. My mother had a cheerful attitude that had always seemed to brighten the room she stepped into, it was easy to see exactly why my father had fallen in love with her.
"Kiba and Naruto had went at it again." My father sighed as he raked a hand through his hair, he wore the usual robe that I had gotten him with my mother last Christmas. My father had been a jounin but had retired due to his old age, but he had been close friends with the Hokage, surprisingly I had been close with the Hokage as well.
"Kiba and Naruto?" Hayashi answered curiously. I had been close friends with both Naruto and Kiba though I spent more time with Naruto since we were stuck to each other hips like glue, but I was still good friends with Kiba.
"Just the usual, I suppose." Hayashi frowned glancing at me with his confused purple eyes.
"Ta-da." My mom popped back into the room holding a cake in her hand, with sparking candles around the cake, I sucked in my breath as I leaped up as she placed it in front of me. My stomach itched with happiness and gratefulness, my family began to sing the traditional song that echoed along the walls in my house, I hummed the song as they sung it.
I sucked in my breath as I blew the candles down, the claps echoed in the air my heart paced happily in my chest. "Happy birthday, Kiyomi." Suddenly before I had realized it my body was filled with a warm bright red liquid, I looked down at it without a thought. The sound of the blood curling scream my mother smiled had fallen from her face as the blood fell from her lips.
A katana had struck her in the chest, and then the person suddenly pulled back the blood reaching and touching my cold lips, men flooded into the room as my father stood up tall, he reached back a grabbed a kunai holding it in the air, my mother's lifeless body had been tossed to the side like garbage. "M-Mom." I stuttered, my throat ached with shock.
"Ah, what a nuisance." A man spoke, his deep voice sending shivers down my back, "mom." Hayashi took a step forward but was stopped when more men in a dark black made their way into the room.
"You bastard." Hayashi growled, my fingers had been frozen as I looked at my mother her beautiful smiled faded and vanished, her long dark brown hair now sprawled on to the cold floor, the smoke from the candles burned the air it danced along the room drifting in the air. My stomach turned with fear, but Hayashi is here and father too they would kill the people who killed mommy.
"That must be her." The man lips tilted into a devilish smirk under his mask, his gleaming dark eyes locked with mine. "You stay away from her." Hayashi took his position in front of me, his figure tall and threatening, I had never seen Hayashi fight but I had heard from his friends he changed whenever it came to fighting.
"She is quite pretty, a beauty at least to say." He twirled the small kunai around his fingers, my father stepped back after being hit in the arm. Blood soaked his silk robe, suddenly the previous fear I had felt disappeared instantly and was rather filled with rage.
"Mommy. You killed mommy." I shuddered clenching my fists seeing the her blood touch the tips of my toes, the dark laughter filled my ear, never had I thought to myself that darkness within me existed. It was uncomfortable but yet something I yearned for, it was something indescribable.
"Oh. Are you angry? What can a weak and pathetic girl like you do?" He taunted. Suddenly I reached up to my fingers creating the hand sign, Hayashi looked back at me with wide eyes. My father as well looked shocked, "Kiyomi, where did you learn that from." My father's voice began to become more lighter and fainter, my surroundings seemed to become less important.
"Crimson Flame." I raised my hand watching as it hit one of the men, sudden without warning it exploded, I grounded my teeth feeling my head began to ache. I felt my body become light weight as I was lifted into the air, "Kiyomi." My father's voice was ahead of me, I turned back to see as our house had burst into raging flames, my eyes widened at the state.
"Where did you learn that technique." My father scowled looking at me as we landed on the ground, the area looked clear except for the raging fire. It was sure to have awoken the neighborhood and alerted the area and ninja's of a fire. That was my plan after all, I was gently placed on to the ground, Hayashi looked around.
"I was reading one of your books." Hayashi sighed looking back at me with a gently smile, "I think you had gotten rid of them." He worded brushing my hair away, I looked back to my burning home, my mom was still in there, I looked to see my father place her gently on the ground.
"Close. But you didn't get rid of us." I heard the rumbling voice, making my skin yet crawl again with fear.
"Now I know your a good candidate." The man spoke. The world became much more blurry and I felt myself easily become dizzy, I fell to the ground seeing as the man stood in front of me. Soon both my father and Hayashi collapsed, "dammit. It was a genjutsu." My brother breathed out, the man slowly made his way towards me his dark eyes seemed haunting.
"Sweet dreams."
When I had awoken I had felt the goosebumps grow on my arms, the wind brushing against my exposed skin, I shivered as I weakly pried my eyes further open. Where was Hayashi and father?
The sound of water dripping fell from the ceiling on to my cheek, the footsteps echoed in my ears and I heard the voices of my father and brother. I turned to them seeing as they had been roughly slammed on to the ground, "Kiyomi." My brother shouted making me suddenly aware of were I am.
Fear began to tint my features, a different man approached me with dark eyes-it was the same man, the leader who killed my mother, a smirk etched on to his lips. The long noticeable scar ran from the corner of his eye to his lips, making him look more threatening. I tried to move from his large hands but instead I had heard the sounds of chains being moved.
I looked down to my wrists and ankles seeing the metallic shackles locked around my body, I wanted no more, I wanted to escape everything. Today was my birthday, why did everything become like this.
My words seemed meaningless at this point, "good to see your awake." He spoke as he leaned forward brushing my hair away from my eyes. My body felt weak and unable to move, the room was dark and had only one light that was lit above me, it swung slowly back and forth spreading the light to the corners of the room. More people had made their way into the room.
I looked to Hayashi and my father, they were covered in horrible scars and had bleed to no ends, Hayashi's hard determined eyes stared into mine, "Hayashi." I sobbed as the leader talked to the other people, "everything is going to be fine." He nodded to me offering me a encouraging smile. My heart cried with pain, I felt weak and useless, in all of reality I am.
"I-I wanna go home." I cried out feeling the tears run along my cheeks, mom had been killed already, I didn't wish for my birthday to be like this. My voice cracked as my father looked at me, "dad. P-Please, I want my mom." He looked down, he couldn't say anything, the leader had looked at me, suddenly I watched as Hayashi was hit hard.
He swung to the left falling on to the ground, "s-stop! D-Don't hurt him." I cried out, the leader looked at me with amusement dancing in his haunting eyes. I lost mom already could I bare to lose another family member.
"I won't that is if you do something for me." He looked around to the other people seeing as they crowded around my smaller figure. Hayashi could barely move, if there is anything I could do for my family I would do it. "Anything. As long you don't hurt my family." I sucked in my breath seeing the knowing smirk on his lips.
"Since you asked so nicely." He paused looking around to the other people suddenly they leaned forward. "We need to you be a weapon for us." A women spoke, her blonde hair wrapped in a bun nicely as her calculating eyes locked with mine. The shout brought me to my senses.
"You get away from her you monsters." Hayashi seemed more alert now. My father hardened his eyes at the people, "you plan on turning her into a Jinchuriki, don't you?" The leader laughed deeply, "oh. You always were a keen person, Hayato." My brother gasped, I froze in fear, I would be killed. I can't possibly be a Jinchuriki.
"No. No. No." I shook my head furiously, "oh, than how about if I killed your family." He taunted me as he lifted his Katana to his chin, "go ahead and kill me." The leader sighed, raking a hand through his hair.
"Not like I really care about you. I just want to play with this little girl's feelings." My father coughed as the katana pierced his chest, "dad." I wiggled more trying to free my hands from the people, the man turned around as he pushed the Katana deeper into my coughing father's chest. "Do it."
I remember hearing my screams echo in the room and the burning in my stomach become intense, sounds of happiness I thought existed faded and the only sounds that seemed to bring me to reality were my screams. I closed my eyes trying to move myself, "we are going to kill her if we continue anymore." The women shouted over my screams.
I felt body explode with pain and erupted with a large amount of chakra, "Stop it! Kiyomi!" Hayashi shouted. His words were far, I only wished to reach them. Suddenly the pain stopped and the palm on my stomach slowly moved, my eyes had been closed, "we killed her." I could hear my mother's voice now, it was soft and comforting, she sung a gently lullaby like she did before I went to sleep everyday.
"Kiyomi." Hayashi's gently voice made me stop, he usually called my name filled with happiness and joy but now his voice had been filled with sorrow and pain. There was the sound of a frustrated groan in the room, "I thought you said she would be compatible with it." The deep voice rumbled.
"Looks like the Hyuga's kid is a better choice." I heard the feet move to another part of the room but close, the sound of something sliding filled my ears. "Hey, Kiyomi, wake up." His voice gentle and light. It was filled with sorrow, but I am awake Hayashi why don't you believe me, you know I would never leave you.
I wasn't aware when I felt the urgency of my body become filled with power and overpowering strength, I wanted to laugh with happiness and dance in circles I felt free and light like never before.
"Kiyomi." When I had awoken I hadn't felt the fear before, instead I felt this darkness in my heart, "impossible." I felt the animalistic growl escape my lips, I was no longer seeing through my eyes instead I was in a cage.
"Thirteen tails. . ." The room seemed to be too quite until I felt the snicker pass through my lips, "finally." My voice was different, much more mature and sassy. Hayashi seemed taken back as he leaned against the steel table, I jumped off of it with grace.
"To think people like you created me." She paused, "you are disgusting." Suddenly moments ago I had been beside Hayashi, now my fingers had ripped open someone's neck the blood decorating my skin like a dress. I shuddered and the unknown feeling, it was different, I felt a thrill and made a new discovery of excitement.
"Oh, you think you can kill me?" She taunted, seeing the leader stand tall with his Katana, "you must be good in Kenjutsu." She craned my neck in amusement, she wanted to seeing this. Suddenly the door opened and from the corner of my eye I had caught eye of the group of Anbu. She lifted my fingers licking the blood, it tasted bitter but excited me.
"Kiyomi." The gravelly voice of the hokage shocked me, but the me right now could barely care. "You killed her father and mother, you think I would let you escape death." The chuckle from the girl changed to a dark tone, Hayashi had stepped over to the group of Anbu. "You created a Jinchuriki." She chuckled taking a step further, my fingernails had extended to the point they looked like a knife.
She took a threatening step, "don't even think of interfering, old man." She looked to his stoic figure frozen in the doorway along with the rest of Anbu. "Who are you?" He asked her.
She twirled my hard hair filled with blood, "I am Kiyomi." The man began to perform hand signs, "I am your creator. You shall obey me." She snickered lightly looking at the man, "creator, my ass." She tilted my head, looking at him.
"Look old man as I beat the shit out of this man, I am gonna be Hokage one day." I felt the smirk on my lips, I did want to be the Hokage, but I had thought it was near impossible since I was still young. But I wanted to be the first female Hokage.
"Fire Style : Fireball Jutsu." I watched him inhale a great amount of air as he curled his fist around his mouth breathing out the deadly fire, my mind swirled with thoughts but the girl who was me playfully smirked at the man, she raised her hand and dismissed the raging flames. She began to perform types of hand signs I couldn't keep up with.
(P.S I will make up a lot of random jutsu's since I don't know ALL of the jutsu's in Naruto)
"Forbidden Jutsu : Circling Flames Of Death." She smirked seeing as the black flames danced wildly around the man, they jumped at him with a nasty intention, my stomach curled with excitement. I wanted him to feel more pain, more and more, until he couldn't talk.
"I know a lot of forbidden jutsu's, I don't mind you being my test subject." The sound of the man screams circled the room, she craned my neck stepping forward with great interest, I could feel the tails dance around me acting like a barrier.
"You should be happy, this is only the base, you nearly burning to death is the least I could do." Suddenly the black flames pulled back leaving a bleeding man in front of me weeping, his eyes widened with shock and his body trembled.
"W-What did you do to me." He tried to move but his body had been paralyzed. "Oh. Don't worry, I consumed most of your chakra and you'll slowly die from the inside, you should know the fire contains some sort of poison enough to kill anyone." She spoke casually as if it was nothing out of the ordinary.
"K-kill me." Suddenly she twirled her fingers making the ground shake with anticipation, "oh. Now you want me to kill you. Sorry, but I don't listen to you." She raked a hand through my hair, she began to create hand signs, and with a dark and evil laugh. "Forbidden Jutsu : Devouring Beast." I watched as his body began to bubble and his features became abnormal.
She laughed out loud with evilness in her voice, and with the sound of a boom, the man in front had exploded into pieces blood splashing everywhere. She spread my arms wide and began dancing as if the blood was rain, this is another side of me. It was indeed terrifying to see who I was.
"Kiyomi." The sound of Hayashi's voice was filled with fear, she turned to him seeing shock plastered on his face along with the Hokage, the Anbu looked stiff and didn't move. The tails around me wiggled as if excited, "I will say something about this girl." She paused looking to both the Hokage and Hayashi.
"She will bare me, she is now one of the Jinchuriki." The Hokage let out a deep breath he held in. "She has thirteen tails, is that possible." She sighed raking a hand through her hair, "I am stronger than the ten-tails, I suppose." Her eyes drifted to Hayashi.
"The power she holds is dangerous, she will need to be trained." Hayashi gulped, "she is young, she performed jutsu's she shouldn't be able to do at this age." The Hokage stepped forward the Anbu watched him carefully.
"Kiyomi, she wanted to be the Hokage." He raised a eyebrow looking at me, he seemed not afraid as if I wouldn't dare to hurt him. "She has a hidden desire." She closed my eyes for a brief moment seeming to gather her thoughts.
"I will teach her all I know, but I shall let you know she will not be the girl you once have come to known." I felt my vision become more and more blurry, and my body felt like heavy weights I collapsed to the ground feeling the power before vanish. "Kiyomi." I heard the Hokage say as he cradled my head in his hands, I smiled looking over to my big brother seeing he was unharmed and safe.
I will have to thank me for doing such a good job and protecting my bid brother but my father had still died.
"Hayashi, your safe." He looked scared to approach me, I didn't blame him at all, I had turned into a monster no one wanted to be, I just wanted him to be safe and for once protect him like he always did for me. Thank you me.
"Sleep for now." Those were the soft words the Hokage presented me in that given moment where I stood lost.
"Hayashi." I looked up to him seeing the bags underneath his eyes, he was wrapped in bandaging but gave me a small smile. Hearing the bark in the distance I was shocked when Akamaru lunged himself into the room, I was taken back when the dog started to lick my face with greed. I laughed lightly holding the barking Akamaru in my hands, soon Kiba popped out from the corner of the doorway.
"Hey, Mori." I could still see he hadn't gotten rid of that nickname, yet. I smiled as Kiba made his way into the room, his frown evident on his face as he looked at my brother than me. He made his way to the other side of the bed, I leaned over and pulled him into a tight hug. He patted the top of my head which became a habit of mine for liking.
I spotted the bright red markings of his clan on his cheeks, "what happened." He hardened his dark eyes at me with a curious expression, Kiba would always fuse over me getting hurt like a scrape, somewhat like a overprotective brother when Hayashi wasn't their.
"Just fell." I shrugged my shoulders, "Kiyomi will be leaving for a while." I felt my shoulders become stiff as Hayashi spoke without a regret, Kiba stiffened looking at me. He turned to me with alarming eyes, "don't worry. I'll be back when you guys take the chuunin exam." I heard the sound of something light dropping I turned to see Naruto looking at me wide eyed.
"W-Wait. What?" He couldn't really believe my words. I sighed looking down to my curled hands, I couldn't tell them the real reason as to why I was going, it was not only learning to control myself but to protect them as well. The Hokage did promise he would tell them what happened after a while I left.
"I am going to leave for a while." Hayashi leaned back in his seat, "we are going to visit our aunt in a small village. She's sick so we don't know how long we will be there but we will be back before the chuunin exams, that's for sure." I stared at my knuckles they had looked the most interesting thing to look at in the room.
"Can't she just come here." Kiba argued, I grinned at his attempt to corner me. "You can't make her travel all the way to this village, it's better to go their." Naruto squeezed his eyes tighter looking at the two of us.
"Naruto. Kiba. She has decided to do this." I heard the gravelly voice, I smiled to the Hokage who walked in, his hands remained behind his back as he watched the four of us. "But gramps." Naruto frowned as Hokage lifted his finger making Naruto become quite like a mouse, Kiba crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his chair.
"She might be home sooner, you should wish her a good trip." Naruto hadn't said anything instead he just pouted and looked at me. "Why is she in the hospital, though." Kiba narrowed his eyes, he was always one to get easily angry over anything.
"Now if both of you come with me, I will tell you."
I brushed the strand away from my eyes seeing the leaves dancing in my view, my brother had a sling around his arm and was still healing from his injuries he had a small faint smile as he waved at me with his free hand. I smiled at him and raised my hand, at last minute the Hokage had decided that Hayashi stayed back, he might be needed in intelligence at the village.
This was the last time I would see the Hidden Leaf Village, see my friends and my brother, I still couldn't wrap my head around being able to change my life in one day. I had become a Jinchuriki and would learn to control these unfamiliar abilities, I couldn't believe that the wish I had made for power had come true.
"I will only escort you to the area." I looked to the women in the Anbu uniform, her purple hair dazzled in the bright day. "You will meet the person who will teaching you everything." I nodded, she didn't want to be next to a monster like me, she had seen first-hand at the things I was able to do.
"Come on, let's go." I nodded to her as disappeared ahead, I waved yet again to my brother seeing a smile on his face. I will miss everyone.
Goodbye, Konoha.