What Dragons Fear
Prologue
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
They said the dragons are extinct.
They were wrong.
The last dragons, in an angry frenzy, attacked those pathetic humans that dared to call them extinct! Although the attacking dragons were killed, the humans still lost. They lost the chance to once again reclaim what used to be.
Hundreds of years...
They said dragons never existed. That they are a myth. A legend.
They were wrong.
Some dragons never attacked with the angry ones. They only wanted to live and be remembered for what they were. The humans turned arrogant. They chose to forget the truth. The decided to say dragons never existed and all the accomplishments throughout history was entirely the work of the humans. The dragons do not take lightly to being ignored.
There were no survivors this time.
A single egg was all that was left of the legacy of the dragons. Found by a human girl, not understanding the fate that she would bestow upon her descendants by taking care of the egg. When a young red dragon hatch, the girl only smiled. She was the mother of the dragon. And the dragon would defend the human with her life.
The last human who would believe the stories of old.
Shinrai raised the dragon, whose name became Utagau, and cared for her. It did not matter to Shinrai that Utagau was supposedly dangerous. It did not matter that she would never understand Utagau. Shinrai had found her, hatched her, fed her, raised her, and had been saved by her. Shinrai had been saved by Utagau too many times for her not to trust her friend. Shinrai believed that Utagau feared nothing.
It was her fatal mistake.
Dragons only trust the mother. Nothing and no one else is trust worthy. They dislike others. They fear others. They fear followers. They fear those with more confidence than themselves. They fear to be alone. Dragons rely on their strength. They defend the mother dragon and their young. But if they are overpowered, they will flee.
A dragon will instinctively desert their family to save their life. Self-preservation.
In one fight, the first fight Utagau had fought with ninjas, she panicked. She fled, leaving her mother in the hands of the missing ninjas. It wasn't until the ninja had all left that she felt safe enough to return to her mother. What she saw made her cry.
Her mother was dying.
Utagau was still young, despite her impressive size, and did not understand the concept of a human death. She would not let her mother die. Giving all her strength away, she thrust her spirit into the body of the dying human and formed an unbreakable bond and seal with her.
Thus, a new breed was created. The hybrid. A mix of dragon and human blood.
Shinrai mourned her dragon. Utagau had given her very soul so save her mother. Shinrai would not let this go to waste. She trained to master the skills and talents her child had left her. Until she truly was a hybrid. With eyes of a dragon, she saw everything that no one else could see.
The dragons began to live again...
With each child Shinrai gave birth to, Utagau also gave birth. Every child born was a hybrid. Shinrai knew whether they were more human-like, or more dragon-like, by who they knew her as. The more human children called her Shinrai. The more dragon children called her Utagau. Despite their differences, they learned to trust their family. They all loved each other, helped each other, and never fought. And so, the clan with eyes of a dragon grew...
They have no surname. Only their dragon's name. The only link between the family members is their eyes. The eyes that can see everything, and nothing.
Itachi closed the book and smirked. He knew what he had to do.
Definitions:
Shinrai – Trust
Utagau – To distrust