Prologue
Minato Namikaze trudged through the torrential rain, his tired feet dragging through the mud. His left arm was hanging uselessly at his side as blood dripped from a large gash wrapping around his shoulder to inner elbow. His right arm was curled around his abdomen and with each step he felt as if the open wound there would spill his innards out onto the ground in front of him. The rainwater turned red as it mingled with the blood of his wounds.
The mission had been an important one; his squad was supposed to scout out the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers where a platoon of Suna shinobi had broken through Konoha's defenses. They were ordered to find out how large the platoon was and investigate how they had gotten through before returning to Konoha to report their findings. It was suspected that one of Konoha's own had turned traitor and helped the enemy across the weakest point in their defenses. They were ordered not to engage the enemy. However, the mission quickly turned deadly when their suspicions proved to be correct.
It was a Konoha shinobi who not only knew of where the defenses were weakest but had enough sense to realize that the Hokage would be sending a squad to investigate once word reached the village. The enemy had immediately detected Minato's team and wiped them out. Although they had fought face to face with the traitor, the man was almost gleeful as he cut down his former comrades, a carefully crafted henge kept his identity secret.
Minato had been the only one to escape alive but he was far from unscathed. Squinting up through his dripping wet bangs, he searched for any type of shelter from the unrelenting weather. A cluster of lights a short distance away, caught his attention through the haze of pain that had settled over his mind.
Hi! So this is the prologue to the story. I am very excited with what I have in store. Do not worry, the upcoming chapters will definitely be longer than this. Alas, this is just the beginning so I don't want to give too much away. I like to test the waters first. See if people will like it. This is my first time writing a story for this site so I'm trying to get used to the way it works so if you have any advice for me, it would be greatly appreciated. Please review, I would like feedback/ideas on where to take it from here. No hate though, please and thank you :)