Horizon
A Naruto & KKMaou fanfic by Jetede
horizon
1. the line or
circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
2. the great
circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the
sensible horizon and the center of the Earth.
3. astronomy: the
small circle of the celestial sphere whose plane is tangent to the
earth at the position of a given observer, or the plane of such a
circle sensible horizon. Also
called rational horizon: the great
circle of the celestial sphere whose plane passes through the center
of the earth and is parallel to the sensible horizon of a given
position, or the plane of such a circle (celestial horizon).
(taken from dictionary. com)
Prologue: In the Stillness of the Night
It was a quiet night.
Grasses rustled as it swayed in the soft wind, crickets and other insects chirped as they enjoyed the cool air of Hi no Kuni's autumn season. The huge silver full moon was hanging low in the sky, its reflection shown in the middle of the lake by the old Uchiha district.
Silence reigned in the stillness of the night.
It had always been like that for years around the dead Uchiha district now. What used to be a lively neighborhood full of the proud Sharingan-weilding clan members was now dead to the world, frozen in time. No one dared to venture into the streets of the god-forsaken district anymore – not since the massacre, and not since the last two living Uchiha brothers betrayed Konoha one after the other.
A pair of jounin patrols shuddered from a sudden mysterious chill in the air as they jumped on the rooftops by the entrance of the Uchiha district. It wasn't supposed to be that cold yet in the season. They were, after all, living in the Fire Country.
"Damn it, this place always gives me the creeps whenever I pass by it ever since that massacre," one of the jounins said.
"Aa… tell me about it," replied the other one. "It got even creepier ever since that traitor of a kid defected to Oto."
"Uchiha Sasuke, huh? I heard he killed the snake sannin, Orochimaru three years ago," the first patrol said again. "Rumors said that he's gathered a few underlings for himself and that he's still chasing after the elder Uchiha's shadow up 'til now. Some of our Oinins encountered the younger Uchiha's traveling group several times in the past year."
"What happened to the weasel, anyway?"
"Saa… who knows. He disappeared after that incident about a few months after the younger Uchiha killed the Otokage," he said. "I accidentally heard about it while working administration at the Hokage Tower. I was only a chuunin back then.
"There was a big fuss at the Hokage's office. Tsunade-sama, Jiraiya-sama, and the Konoha Elite teams with their jounin instructors while they were in their genin years were all there, arguing over something concerning the jinchuuriki and the Akatsuki. Even the Kazekage and his siblings were there. I've never seen Hokage-sama so upset over something before."
"That was the time the demon brat went missing, wasn't it?" The second patrol stated, rather than asked. "Cheh, it's a good thing that demon isn't here anymore. He's better off dead, anyway. That way, we can rest peacefully, knowing that the Kyuubi is dead, permanently this time."
"Oi, oi… You shouldn't talk like that out in the open like this." The first one panicked while jumping on the roofs next to his partner. "If any one of the Konoha Elite heard about you badmouthing the brat like that, you would be in huge trouble."
"Psh! I don't care! I'm just stating the truth. Don't tell me you've never even thought once in your life that the demon was better off dead," he spat to the ground.
"Well… I…"
"The Kyuubi brat has been listed as an S-class nuke-nin for a couple years now. His name is on the bingo book. He's a threat, I tell you."
"But…"
"What are you so afraid of, anyway? It's not like anyone else is ar…" A tori-masked ANBU suddenly dropped in front of them, before the second jounin patrol could finish his sentence, stopping the two jounins mid-jump. In a fraction of a second, the ANBU disappeared and suddenly the two jounins felt the pressure of the tip of a kunai on their throats.
"What was this I heard about demons from your mouths?" The cold voice of the ANBU asked.
"No…nothing, ANBU-san," answered the second jounin. He could feel the strong killer intent from the ANBU behind him, suffocating his senses. He felt like pissing in his pants from the intensity of the aura. The first jounin could only gulp down his nervousness, not daring to make any reply to the clearly pissed-off ANBU officer behind him.
"Uzumaki-san is a friend of mine, while the Godaime-sama regards him as her adopted younger brother." The ANBU put more pressure on the kunais he held in each of his hands on the jounins' necks, drawing a trickle of blood each. "No one, and I mean, no one, is allowed to talk that way about him. According to Sandaime's law, I have the right to kill you on the spot for that."
Both jounins were by now frozen in fear for their lives.
The cold tone continued, "This is your last warning. Morino Ibiki-san's torture would feel like heaven compared to the things I'll do to you if I heard you talk about Uzumaki-san that way ever again."
The two jounin patrols shivered and could only nod to the threat. Before they even knew it, the Tori ANBU was already gone from the vicinity of the Uchiha district roofs. A second later, they slumped down on their knees after the effects of the suffocating killer intent left them. The only proof the Tori ANBU was there a moment ago was the small trickle of blood on each of their necks.
"Shit."
"Damn it. That was scary. I warned you, didn't I?! It felt like I really was gonna die."
"Let's just get the hell out of here and complete our rounds." Both of the jounin patrols left right after.
In the background, several hundred meters from the spot where the two patrols met the ANBU earlier, the water in center of the lake rippled and moved in a circular fashion, slowly growing into a water vortex.
The wind had already stopped for a few minutes before then.
A/N: Yes, yes, I do realize that this is a new fic. For those of you readers who are currently following my KKMaou fics The Demon King, Vampire Stories, and Ruby, no fret… I've promised you that I would update them real soon, and I will. There's no way I'll abandon those other stories. It's just that, this idea has been floating in my mind for months now. I just had to write this one. It's a very short prologue. I was going to write some more, but I had to end this chapter there in order for this story to work the best.
As you can probably tell, Horizon is a crossover between Naruto and Kyou Kara Maou. How they'll fit into each other? Well, I won't tell you how just yet, but if you keep following this story and write me those reviews, you'll be able to find out real soon! So, why don't you press on that review button down below:D I'd like to know if this story is good enough to continue. Thanks for reading! Ja!
-Insert the song Shooting Star (Nagare Boshi) by HOME MADE here closing theme from Naruto Shippuuden anime-