Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters, Masashi Kishimoto does!
AN: Second fanfic and a Naruto one too! I hope its good! R&R! I wanted to make it short and so that everyone has a little insight.
I was never too fond of my brother's deep obsession in being a Jashinist. He never wanted me involved in it, he always told me that my heart wasn't strong enough. I did not have the will to be a part of it. That I was too young, naïve, and innocent. The world's cruel hands had not firmly grasped me, but just as much as the world had hurt him, it had hurt me too.
He never told me what he did within that cult, well… "religion". He would leave for days and I would stay home and wait for him. We had left our village, Yugakure, because it had become less and less of a village of shinobi and more like a place for tourist to visit. The village did not want to be a ninja village any longer. They felt that being a village of ninjas would continue the suffering, the wars… They wanted peace and prosperity.
What place, ninja village or not, truly had peace? My brother and I had already knew that without shinobi that the village would never be truly peaceful. And so, my ninja abilities became nothing to the village anymore. I wasn't a needed shinobi, I could be a regular villagers. I could have a regular life. Hidan did not want a regular life, he just thought it was stupid and would be an insult to our shinobi bred family. And he had showed them that the village's ways were stupid in the most violent of ways.
When he had joined the Jashin religion, I could see the deep change him. He used to look at me with a sense of pride and happiness. We had always spent time with each other, he had looked out for me but upon joining that religion, he had become violent, dark, and distant. I wasn't sure what to make of this change in him but I knew that I didn't like it and I felt like I was losing him. That there was a deep change in him that was unfixable and dangerous.
I knew better than to speak against it. He seemed so protective over the Jashin god. If I had said anything about it, he probably would've killed me. That's how twisted and different he became. I think that even though he had raised me since the death of our parents, which he had taken care of me and tended to me, that he had put that God before me and even before himself.
My life wasn't as important to him anymore.
At first, I was devastated and I wasn't sure what to do. Hidan and I were growing further and further apart. I was pretty sure that there was no convincing for him to change. As I said before, he probably would kill me for talking down against that God of his. I wasn't sure what to do; should I join him? Should I let him go? Or maybe I should turn against him? I knew what he was doing was wrong.
Especially since on the day that we left Yukagure, he didn't tell me that he had slaughtered all our neighbors and other people in the village. I actually don't remember the day we left and I think he has something to do with why I don't. I do remember him saying that he was going to convince the village to change from how it was and back to how it used to be.
From hearing that it hadn't changed, I guess his words had fell on deaf ears and that's why he reacted the way he did. I didn't condone it, in fact I feared more what he had become. How could he kill the people we had grew up with? That elderly couple, those younger children…. Those families? That wasn't the Hidan that I knew.
The Hidan that I knew was gone, dead, while the brother that I had known now was immortal, greedy, and evil.
Present day -
"Yua-chan! Stop being so damn reckless! Yua-chan!" cried a fifteen-year-old boy, his long red hair flowing down his back and into a neat, high ponytail. His sapphire blues eyes had glinted in the sun as he ran, arms behind him, and feet barely touching the ground. Ahead of him, Yua as he called her, was his teammate. "Ahh!" The girl screamed in preparation, her sword above her head as she brought it down on their sensei. He had already seen her coming, having his kunai block the attack swiftly and with excellent precision.
He and the crimson-eyed female above him looked at one another, her eyes blazing with passion and determination and his eyes dull and observant. "Yua-chan! What about the plan that we were supposed to do? The blue-eyed shinobi behind her had said. "Does she ever listen to us?" said another male, who had dark green eyes and olive tone skin. His hair was short and messy, and black. He said as he aimed to stab their sensei with a kunai, but the man had already disappeared and leaving the trio looking around.
Yua, the girl of the team, had landed on her feet and placed her sword back in its scabbard. Her eyes were a bright crimson, her hair a pristine white and pulled into two high braids, and a fringe covering her forehead. She wore glasses as well, for reading of course but she still needed them to read scrolls. She had looked over to her teammates, running with their kunais and preparing their attack.
Of course she was going to hear about this later, you could never be reckless with these two. She just didn't feel the need to wait to attack, she felt like they were taking too long. With that thought, she had turned to see that their sensei was gone and already on the next move. She had looked around, surprised by that he was gone and then felt a swift kick to the side. Yua had let out an 'oof' before flying and rolling on the ground.
"Sumimasen, Yua-san. You must never let your guard down, even when you are with comrades." She could hear her sensei say as she had sat up, her hand clutching the side in which she was kicked at. "H-Hai, sensei." She had groaned as she stood, rubbing the area she was hit before looking back at the green-eyed shinobi, Hajime, and Akio, the red-haired shinobi. They were fighting their sensei in tag-team formation, which should have been a three team one but she was being too impulsive and impatient. That why she was off to the side while they had teamed together. It was as usual, and you figured by now she would have perfected her teamwork dynamic.
Yua had taken in a deep breath, her eyes fixing on the two boys and their sensei. They were trying to tire him out, and the only way she could help them was by finding an opening. Hajime had attacked him from the front with his naginata and Akio had attacked him from his rear with his kunai. They were too close to use jutsu and that's when she figured it out. She had pulled out a kunai and ran forth, attempting to strike him from his vulnerable other side.
Noticing her coming forth, he had managed to push the other two back and jumped out the way. "Suiton!" She grinned as had done a series of handseals, "Suihachi!" She had said as she outstretched her left hand, her hand extended as the palm of her hand a continuous jet of water had begun flowing out and hitting their sensei square in the chest and from the intensity it had made him hit his back against a rock.
He groaned as all three chuunin had jumped in front of him, all of them having their weapons pointing at him. He looked up at all of them, a small smile on his face. "Now was that so hard, Yua-chan? Teamwork is effective when you let it be." He had said, "You all pass." All three of them had placed their weapons away, Akio throwing a fist in the air as Yua jumped up and down. Hajime just smirked, his arms folded across his chest.
"We did it! We beat Darui-sensei!" She had said excitedly, throwing her arms in the air. The tall, dark-skinned shinobi with his unkempt white hair had stood and dusted off his clothes. Now soaking wet form head to toe, "You all did a great job." He had praised them as Yua had grinned from ear to ear. "I know what that smile means." He had let out a long, dull sigh before walking ahead. "Come on, lunch is on me."
"Alright!" Akio threw a fist in the air as Hajime had sighed at his comrades. "Way to work him, Yua-chan." He had said as the girl beside him had kept her grin on her face. "It's only natural that he buy us lunch after we just kicked some serious but, ne?" She had said as she had punched her right fist into her open left hand, showing her excitement. "I'm going to get some dangos today!" "As usual." Akio chimed in. "If you keep eating dango, you are going to turn into one." Yua's cheeks puffed up as Akio had laughed at his own words. "I crack myself up." He said, now slapping his near and using his other hand to wipe a tear.
The female inbetween them had growled as Hajime shook his head as they continued to follow their sensei to the usual restaurant. Once they had made it inside, they had taken their seats and sat down. "Now, don't eat me out of a living." Darui had warned them, which had fell on deaf ears of course. Yua had picked up her menu and then slapped it back down. She already knew what she wanted but she wanted to pretend to her teacher that she would choose something different.
A waitress had approached their table. "Well, aren't you all four familiar faces?" The woman said. "Now, Yua will get the hanami dango, Akio will be getting the large beef bowl, and the takoyaki for Hajime?" She had said as all the chuunin nodded. "And Darui-san will be getting the miso soup, am I correct?" All four of them had nodded again, "Hai." They answered as she had scribbled down on a piece of paper and then turned to leave.
"Darui-sensei, have you seen B-san?" Yua had asked as Darui lazily looked over to her, "Sumimasen, I haven't. He might be busy." He had said as the girl had looked down at the table, disappointed. "What are you looking for B-sama for?" Akio had asked, curious as to why Yua was looking for the eight tails jinchuuriki. "Oh, well…" Yua had looked at them both, "He said he was going to get me a sword. He said the one I had was lame and didn't suit me." She laughed nervously.
"It is a bit too heavy for you." Hajime had commented as the girl looked at him as he had sat on her left. "And you don't need a sword that you're going to struggle with." As he said that, the waitress had come back and placed each of their plate or bowls of food in front of them. "I know, I know…" Yua sighed as she picked up a dango, eating the first pink dumpling that was at the top. "It's not my fault." She said as she chewed. "That's why B-san said that he will get you one, right?" Darui had asked as she nodded. "Have you been practicing on your kekkei genkai?" He had then asked as she had looked away nervously.
"Uhh…" She said as she swallowed down dumpling she had chewed. "I've been trying but…" She had looked at him as her face appeared downcast. "I keep messing up." Darui had let out a sigh, "Why haven't you told me that you were struggling?" He had asked her as she had looked down at her food. "Well, it's because I want to perfect it on my own. After we trained the other day and I halfway got there, I thought I could do it on my own." She had said as she had looked at him as he had shaken his head. "This kekkei genkai is dangerous. You could've hurt yourself and other people if you had slipped."
The crimson-eyed girl had let out another sigh and hung her head, "I know… But I didn't and I did make some progress." Her voice was low as she felt somewhat ashamed that she had disappointed Darui. He had noticed her upset expression and then let out a sigh of his own. "I didn't mean to make it sound like I was angry or disappointed with you. Sumimasen." As always, he was so apologetic even when things weren't even his fault. Yua had looked at him and then shook her head, "You were right. Storm release is dangerous. It isn't something that I can fool around with. Tomorrow, can we train?" She had asked as he shook his head. "I'm afraid I'll be quite busy with Raikage-sama." He had said as she nodded. "Then when you're free, Darui-sensei."
Hajime and Akio had looked at the kunoichi, her spirits somewhat lifted against as she had ate another dumpling and ket her eyes fixated on the table. 'I'm going to master this thing somehow.' She thought with much determination. She wasn't sure how she was going to do it but she knew that she could and that she would.