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Lifetime of Bonds, chapter one: Prolouge
A boy no older than thirteen woke in a coughing fit. His silver eyes slowly opened getting a glance of the room. They suddenly widened at what he saw the room, his room the entire right side engulfed in flames, blocking the door. He broke into another coughing fit as smoke entered his lungs from the smoke filled room. The boy gained control of himself, and bounce off to the left side of his room.
He stood tall. Beads of sweat run down his slim five foot two form, dark green hair matted to the skin of his neck, and his shirtless back. As he wore nothing but his boxers. The green haired, silver eyed boy's name was Kazuo Satomi.
Thoughts ran through Kazuo mind as, he tried to think of ways to get out of his room without getting burnt alive. 'I have to think this through I cant use a water jutsu because I have no water. My only option is to dive over the fire and ram the door, but I don't know if there is fire on the other side or not I just know I have to check if my parents are ok, I hope their out'.
Throwing caution aside the green haired boy moved to the far left of the room lining up with the door. Kazou bent down in to a running position gathered all his chakra into his legs, and took of at top speed. About two feet before he reached the flames he leaped. Time seemed to stand still as he was in the air gliding over the flames as they tore thru his skin causing multiple burn wounds, for what seemed like forever. He braced himself, and put his body in a proper position to effectively bust through the door.
Bare skin collided with wood in what ended as a small one sided battle that went in Kazou way as he easily smash through the door. But from the beginning he knew the door would not be a problem what was on the other side was. And just like the silver eyed shinobi expected, but feared, just like his room the other side of the door was engulfed by flames. 'Damn I'm not gonna make it' he thought trying to figure out a to survive his 'leap of fate'. 'I just have to get as far as I can and my be if I'm quick I can roll though the rest.'
Kazou descended into the flames that dance below and as soon as he touched down he curled into a small ball and rolled threw the the rest of the fire into a clearing with the flames now to his back, ignoring the scorching heat burning his skin. He stood back up boxers and body having multiple but minor burns.
The Green haired shinobi started to analyze his surroundings. The walls were just as bad as the floor as the flames tore through the wall paper. He and cringed at what he saw. 'Why is Mom and Dad's door still closed, damn they must still be asleep I have to hurry to get over there before the whole place comes down.'
Still felling the heat off the flames licking his back, he took of at top speed towards his parents room. Getting there in almost an instant he slowed down and grabbed the door knob twisted it, then pushed the door wide open.
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Kazou's parent's room was completely dark, He made his way to the right side of his parents bed in a panic and began to shake his mother awake. "MOM!... DAD! WE HAVE TO GET UP. THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE!" he screamed but got no response."HURRY!" He started to shake harder and harder till he felt some thing wet. It was thick and warm he brought his hand to his face and his entire body shook. It was blood.
Scared out of his life he grabbed the sheets and pulled it off both of his parents with one tug. Eyes almost popped out of the green haired boy head as he got full glance of the dead body of both his parents. His parents had a hole straight through their chest. Blood seeping out staining the bed. 'No' he thought. "No," he whispered. "NOOOOOOO!" he screamed.
He broke down laying his on his mother face crying. Tears running from his face to his mothers face through her brown hair and then onto the bed. "Who could have done this? It has to be a nightmare, it just has to be." He said to himself. "Why?" he cried. The fire finally reached the room, tearing through the door and wall. Kazou tears stop he stood back up and wiped the tears from his face looked at the fire then back at his parents. "I have to go now, but I swear on my life that I'll kill who ever or what ever did this to you and Dad no matter what."
He leaned down once more and kiss his mother on her forehead. Moving away from the bed and moving towards the window. "Bye" he whispered, before sliding the window up and jumping out to the streets below. What he saw was something that he wouldn't have expected in a million years, bodies littered the ground and flames engulfed every building he could see. The smell of burnt flesh polluted the air making the green haired boy sick to his stomach.
Everything seemed to stand still he scanned for any survivors. "Is anybody still alive?" he yelled as he ran down the street hopping over corpses as he continued his search. His attempt ended with no success then it dawned on him everyone... his family, his friends... They were dead... they were all gone. "No" he whispered tears fell from his face 'Mom... Dad... Kaori. "Why, Why! WHY! WHY! It's not fair." he said before crashing to his knees with a face full of tears. 'I'm all alone now'.
At that moment Kazou felt someones chakra it was powerful, he lifted his head up to see the direction it was coming from. He stared down the long road filled with bodies of civilians and ninjas, and met the source. "The Kage tower," he whispered. Kazou got up and began to make his way towards the chakra he felt.
The distance between Kazou and the Kage tower rapidly decreased, as the green haired teenager was running at break neck speeds hopping over bodies and debris on his way. The closer he got to the tower the more bodies covered the ground and the more powerful the chakra seemed to grow. 'I never felt anything like this... this chakra, it's so powerful can it really be Kage-sama's? No it cant be, this chakra is intoxicating, it feels too evil.'
Kazou arrive to a very gruesome site when he arrived at the Kage Tower. The ground was littered with bodies of children, civilians, and ninja. 'Who could have done this this fast... How could I sleep through all of this while my people where dying?' Kazou asked himself.
He walked to the center of the bodies and bent down putting his hand on the ground letting the blood consume it. He came back up and with newly found determination in his eyes he said "I promise you all that each and every one of you will be avenge even if it cost me my life!" He said as blood dripped from his hand back into the pool of of causing a ripple effect.
He ran into the Kage tower and began to climb the stairs but the closer he got the stronger the chakra had become and the more he had trouble breathing. 'Unbelievable this chakra its to strong' Each step seemed like a mountain as Kazou continued to climb the steps.
He finally reached the door to the kage room. He began to open the door but was engulfed by fear by the huge amount of killing intent coming from the room he could barely see in the room. He saw two figures standing facing each other it was dark hard to see but he knew one of the two men was the leader of Sawagakure no sato his village, and the leader the Gaidokukage the strongest in the entire Village Hidden in the Marsh was going up against whoever did this to his family, friends, and people.
He continued to watch as the figures move through the darkness clashing with each other. The only source of light coming from the moon and the sparks that flew. They went back in forth like that for minutes when suddenly it stopped and the unknown figure had begun to chuckle. "Wow such a weak leader for a weak village. This whole time I've been toying with you, not even breaking a sweat and here you are sweating buckets" he spoke. "You're not gonna get away with this. I wont let you beat me, I will avenge my people." The Gaidokukage replied in between breaths
"Ha, that's funny." The unknown man started. He then sped across the room with blinding speed and stabbed the Gaidokukage through the heart with his arm, and whispered in his ear "How can you do that when you're already dead?"
Kazou watch in horror as the unknown man pushed his leader off his arm "How could he be so strong he killed Gaidokukage-sama with ease? I gotta get out of here." But before he could step back the man spoke out to him "I know you're there come out now!" he demanded.
Kazou froze up, he couldn't move. He couldn't run, he was afraid. The assaillent chuckled again.
"Another weakling in a village full of them, it just makes wiping out the whole village a lot easier." At the moment that statement left the mysterious man mouth, rage consumed the green haired shinobi as he bolted towards the man.
He swung at the man's face but he dodged by moving his head to the side. He used the momentum of the punch to throw his knee at the man's abdomen which landed but had no effect as the man didn't show one ounce of pain. He then dropped down and tried to sweep the man's feet but the man jumped into the air. Kazou smirked seeing this as his chance and jumped and threw a punch at the killer's face again. The smirk faded quick as Kazou's fist was grabbed by the man who began to spin and threw him back to the floor. Kazou hit the wooden floor hard, threatening to break through.
The man landed on to the floor barely making a sound and began to approach Kazou. The green haired shinobi got back to his feet and began speaking. "Everyone I cared about is gone and it's because of you...I...I WILL KILL YOU!" he yelled and then started to perform hand signs. "Katon: Gōryūka no Jutsu!" he yelled as he gathered chakra in his chest and let release from his mouth.. A very large flame dragon came from his mouth, and headed straight for the mysterious man.
The jutsu crashed into the wall of the Kage tower and kept going. Tearing a hole in it. "I..got..him" Kazou said in between pants. "You sure?" the man asked from behind Kazou making his blood freeze before he was backhanded to the wall. He hit the wall hard and slid down but before he hit the floor he was grabbed by the neck and pulled back up. The force crushing his wind pipe, cutting him off of almost all oxygen. "why?" he whispered.
"Because your people are so weak and pathetic. It's an never ending cycle of war and hatred with your people and I'm hear to put an end to that and exterminate the lot of you!" the man finished. He applied more pressure to Kazou neck cutting off all oxygen until he no longer felt a pulse and let him go.
Kazou hit the floor with a thud. Unmoving and seemingly dead but as he began to let the darkness overtake him, he could see the man jump out the window and leave, but after that the strangest thing happened to him for some reason he heard the sound of an infant crying.
3 days later...
Silver eyes fluttered open staring at an completely white ceiling. 'Where am I... Was that a Dream?' he asked himself. He started to sit up and felt pain through out his entire body. "You shouldn't be moving yet, you're not fully healed." came a voice from the door. Kazou turned his head to see who the voice belonged to. It was a blond haired, blue eyed man with a smooth face. Kazou began to look at his attire. He had on a red and white robe on over a green vest and some dark blue pants. On his forehead he wore his forehead protector proudly wearing the symbol representing his village.
Kazou looked closer at the symbol 'Its the symbol for Konohagakure, but how did I get here? The last thing I remember was dying.' Kazou thought. As if reading the young boy mind, the Konoha ninja spoke "We found you nearly dead in the Gaidokukage tower."
"But how did you know there would be an attack?" Kazou asked
"We received your village fastest messenger bird during the attack" the blond answered
"But how did you guys get there so fast?"
"Well, lucky for you three of are top ninjas were passing by, one happening to be a great healer. And for me well lets just say I can travel miles and miles in a second." The man answered with a grin
Realization struck as Kazou realized who the man in front of him was. "Yo-yo-yo-you're the fourth Hokage... Konoha's Yellow Flash!"
"Yep" The fourth said while scratching the back of his head, and grinning. Then he got serious. "We still didn't make it in time."
Kazou's head went down as he remembered that night "It's not right, why my village... Why my people... Who was that guy?" He asked while crying.
"I have no clue. That's why I came in here to talk to you, I have been waiting three days to get answers. The Gaidokukage happened to be a good friend of mine, and I want to know who did this to him and his village. Since you're the only one to survive the attack, able to speak you have to know something" The Yellow Flash stated.
Kazou crying had stopped as he began to speak "It was one man, he was tall, and he was super strong and fast. When I fought against him I stood no chance. He killed The Gaidokukage with ease the battle didn't even last a minute. His chakra felt so evil, plus I never got a good look of his face. That's all I know"
"Damn, I was hoping you had a little more info with what you just told me it would be impossible to identify him. Well you get some rest we'll talk some more when you are fully healed." The
Hokage ordered.
"But what am I suppose to do... Where I'm suppose to live?" The green haired shinobi asked
"Already taken care of, my good man." Minato said with a smile "You have citizenship in konoha and you've been added to the ninja ranks. I personally have rented you out an apartment for a year, that should be long enough for you to get yourself together. If you need clothes, food, or money just come to me and ask I will supply that for you."
"thanks." Kazou said. "I'm gonna avenge my family and village, I wont be here for a year."
"Well" The Fourth started. "If this man is as powerful as you say he is you'll need much more than a year to get strong enough to even think about beating him. Just relax right now and we-"
"Relax... RELAX! How can you tell me to relax when my entire village was slaughtered in one night? How can you tell me to relax when everyone I once loved has been killed? How can you HUH!" Kazou screamed.
Their was an short silence in the room
"I'm sorry" Minato said breaking the silence "Wrong choice of words... What I was trying to say is try and get used to Konoha for awhile and train your ass off. Then you can go after this guy. If go back as you are now, you might not be so lucky. "
Letting the words sink in, Minato turned to leave "Damn, almost forgot there were three survivors besides you."
Kazou eyes almost popped right out the socket "really?"
"Yes" Minato said with a smile. "Three infants: Two boys and one girl"
"The oldest one's name is Kei from the Tenshi clan. Next is the only girl who's name is Naomi, and last but not least: the youngest and son to the Gaidokukage. Maikeru from the Raion clan."
With that the The Fourth left the room shutting the door behind him.
A smirk appeared across Kazou's face 'Three other survivors, huh?' He thought. 'This is gonna get interesting isn't it' Kei Tenshi, Naomi, and Maikeru Raion.
...To be continued.
And Special Thanks to my beta James TuddRussell for the idea and grammer fixes