I don't own naruto
NARUTO
ENTER THE RIDER
Chapter 1: Hit and run!
A thin crescent shaped moon, that was all but eclipsed by the earth shone brightly none the less down upon the Captain Ryo Higawa's camp. Captain Ryo was slowly riding from his camp to the ambush point mounted on one of his strongest horses, a large black mare that stood seventeen hands at the shoulder." They should be arriving very soon, Black Moon" he whispered into the ear of his horse. The mare gave loud snort in her impatience. Ryo chuckled, "I know, I'm just as ready to get this over with as you are."
Ryo was a seventeen year old boy that had risen to fame as one of the worst crime lords of the age. He was known as the Dark Cloaked Rider for when ever he attacked he would appear riding upon great horse, wearing a dark hooded cloak, carrying a glittering golden shield on his left arm and grasping a silver sword in his right. He was one of the few S-rank criminals wanted dead or alive by all five of the great shinobi nations.
After a few short moments Ryo arrived at the ambush point. The ambush point was a narrow bridge, crossing over a stream, that would force any supply convoy to move into a single file line formation. A heavy mist would conceal Ryo's team of twelve men and women all armed with light weapons, such as make shift spears and axes. He approached his second in command, a tall women with shoulder length red hair and wearing dark clothes that made it difficult to spot her in the darkness. "Is everyone in position?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said in a low hushed voice. "Can you believe that they let us find out where they cross this river this easily? It'll be easy wiping out those slime balls with info like this." She continued with a snicker.
Ryo dismounted and put a hand on her shoulder and whispered, "that's why I want everyone sharp as tacks for this job. We can't make any mistakes, got it."
The women rolled her eyes and then pulled her hair back into pony tail. "You worry to much sweetie," she said in a voice she knew would annoy him. "I think you've forgotten that we've all been doing this for some time." She then tied a dark cloth around a her head to mask face. "You'd better get into position they're almost here."
Ryo then watched as she cut a breathing tube out of a shoot of bamboo and swam out to her position under the bridge. Ryo shook his and smiled as pulled his hood up to cover his white streaked dark brown hair. He remounted Black Moon and moved to his place at the end of the bridge.
The sound of wheels and the grunts of the men and oxen turning them broke the silence of the night. Three carts, two small ones that were pushed by hand and one large one being pulled by Oxen started to cross the bridge. The cargo was covered by brown animal skins and the drivers of the carts wore straw circular shaped hats that were the signature marks of farmers.
Ryo Spurred his horse forward out of the mist and reared in defiance. Simultaneously, the redheaded women and the rest of Ryo's team leapt out of the water and onto the shore behind the carts closing all escape routes. Ryo called out to the men in the convoy, "Have no fear. We don't want to make your lives short but if you resist we will kill you. All we ask is that you abandon those supplies and you will see your families again." Ryo paused and waited for a response.
There was a small thud that came from the rear most cart and a man walked up from convoy and approached Ryo. "Whoa you'd better stop there," said Ryo. The Man stopped five steps from the tip of Black Moon's nose which was now flaring and snorting. The Man looked up at Ryo. The hair on the back of Ryo's neck stood on end and he glared down at the man with his deep blue eyes. Suddenly the man dissolved before Ryo's eyes. Black Moon whinnied in fear. "Genjutsu? Damn it!" thought Ryo as he quickly drew his sword. "FALL BACK!!!!" screamed Ryo. "IT'S A TRAP!!!!" Ryo charged forward. The first cart's cargo exploded in black an purple camouflage, as a sound ninja strike team attacked. Black Moon trampled two of the enemies while Ryo swung his sword slashing another. After passing the carts Ryo saw that his team had been slaughtered. Their bodies had many shuriken and kunai sticking out of them. Time seemed to slow down as the two of them blew past. For a moment Ryo wanted nothing more then to just rush to their sides but only for a moment as he knew it would bring nothing but his own death. Ryo turned his horse away and galloped down the bank of the stream. A sudden burning pain burst into his back quickly followed by another and another until warm blood trickled down his legs. " If we can just cross the border into the fire country we'll be safe." Thought Ryo as he spurred Black Moon faster. Ryo and Black Moon Sprinted for the border trying every maneuver to shake their pursuers but to no result. Time seemed to move like a glacier, slow and agonizing all the while Ryo was loosing blood. Suddenly one of the sound ninja leapt up onto Black Moon's haunches reached around Ryo's neck with a kunai. "Take this!!" yelled Ryo, as Smashed the enemy's head, crushing his skull with the rim of his shield. Ryo looked up ahead and saw two large stone faces flanking each side of the river which dropped straight down into a huge water fall. "This is our only chance." said Ryo to himself. Ryo closed his eyes and focused his chakra into the hooves of his now panting horse. He then steered her out onto the water. The sound ninja stopped in disbelief. Ryo looked back over his shoulder, cursed his attackers looked forward again and charged over the falls.
A.N. I thought everyone would get tired of walking everywhere, so I gave this character a better mode of travel.