Dessert Runway
Chapter 1: Ascendance, Going Down
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does.
Known for it's peaceful times, markets, variety of great foods, great weather, motels, and most of all it's ninja, Konohagakure was seemingly a place for any tourist to venture and enjoy the great sun.
Today was not such a day, it was to be remembered to eternity as a spectacle of blazing death, the metallic, coppery smell of blood littered the earth. The Nine-tailed Fox, "Kyuubi no Youko" was attacking the peaceful village. One may have called it justice for Konoha's large growth, for if Konoha fell the economical value of everything would fall, the governments too. It was redemption for marching through other lands and slaughtering everything in their path. The day of reckoning was at hand.
Shinobi of every sort fought with everything; kunai, shuriken, jutsu, secret techniques, but to no avail. Legend had it that the great Bijuu, or tailed beasts, were invincible and summoned by The Sage Of The Six Paths to bring justice to wrong-doers. Justice was being served, there was no escape, that was sure.
Suddenly a roar of courage and applaud, a brief flame of hope was ignited through the village as one man called out above the battle, new found light flickered in the distance.
'The Fourth Hokage is here, Minato is here!'
An enormous cheer erupted and even the Kyuubi seemed to stop and listen to the sounds. It laughed evily, it could not be killed by any human. That's when it hit it. Humans where naturally improvising all the time, did this fool think he could evacuate the village or make him leave? No, it wouldn't be possible. Although the eyes of the Sharingan were controlling him, he still had more potential in him. This fool, a Uchiha, thought he was using him at full power, simply knocking down mountains.
The Bijuu was knocked off it's feet and lost it's balance, falling to the left (from it's perspective) crushing a nearby medical center in the wake of sudden movement. He immediately knew who this was, the Hokage. An inspiration for humans and sometimes animals alike, in the back of his mind he felt intrigued by the behavior of this species. What an interesting species, these people aren't like the wise Sage who created life, no...these are different.
Once again a gigantic wave crushed the ground, sending rubble and shrapnel flying. The great Beast, of rather it's controller, moved the Kyuubi quickly, thus dodging the array of shrapnel, giving birth to more death as the rubble hit other shinobi advancing from the west.
"I'll have to use it, Gamabunta, I wan't the villagers to respect my son and see him as a hero, not a villain, not this enraged beast." Minato thought.
The boss summon of the toads understood.
"Very well then, it's simple to understand yet hard to believe. If you must..." The toad trailed off in his mind.
"One more thing; if Naruto ever reaches the form of 8 tails I'll awaken and fix the seal."
With that, the legendary Yellow Flash of Konoha prepared the many seals for the Death Reaper Seal, Shiki Fuujin and ran forward off the toad, sticking the chakra-covered hands into the chest of the Kyuubi.
Kyuubi never knew of such a jutsu, surely the Sage of the Six Paths would have told him of this. The sight, everyone could now see, was 6 candles around the baby of the fourth lying on a blanket in his arms, and a purple skinned, white haired, horned demon. The shock horrified the most battle-hardened ninja.
The Death Reaper sucked out the Kyuubi's soul and sealed it into the baby boy. The Kage's last words were: "Treat him right."
No one knew what to do. With the Hokage dead, the village destroyed, the perpitrator escaping unbeknownst to all, the world was in havoc. Fire country had nearly been wiped out. What will happen to the world? What of the child?
After it seemed that the entire world had taken a breath, the baby started crying, people started weeping and some decided that they must ask the previous Hokage, Sarutobi what to do. He would know, wouldn't he...he has to know, some thought.
One man had started gathering people 'round and grabbing what they had, they chose to kill the monster, ingoring the Hokage's wishes.
Others started gathering groups and weeping for their spouses who had fallen in battle, the scene of the battle had become a graveyard, soil rich with bodies and turmoil. Grief spilled and sloshed across the minds of everyone. Until one man came, straight in the center of the commotion.
It was the Third Hokage, Sarutobi. He used chakra, what he had left of it anyways, and created a booming voice over the crowd.
"Today, October 10th, marks the day the Kyuubi attacked the village, and we survived. We will prosper again, rise and become what we once were, never again shall we face this turmoil again, we will being peace to the land and end the wars." He paused for a breath.
"First, we must rise and prosper, regain our population and jumpstart the economical engine once again, we must recover, get rid of the bad to insert the good. We start now. We will consult the council." He finished.
The world was still and another flicker of hope passed through the light of the eyes of the
people below. This moment was ruined by the crowd gathering weapons, intending to kill the, "Demon child" lashing out.
'We must kill the demon!' One yelled. His eye was bandaged and so was his head. He was a respected militairy officer, Danzou.
"No, we will consult the council and take the opinion of their judgement." Was the simple answer the man gave.
As the group was about to speak again, a messenger appeared and dropped at the feet of the Kage. He could barely speak, but it would be enough.
The messenger spoke in a weak voice, it was pained and it seemed as though he was about to die, if the expression on his face told anyone anything.
'That can't happen, because the members of the council have all been murdered, he don't know by whom or what.'
The last words he muttered were, 'They said to kill the demon.'
Although it was quiet, the roar of the grief-ridden, hate-filled shinobi was enough to scare any living thing out of it's wits. It filled the sky; a howl of grief and hate could be heard for miles 'round.
'Kill the demon, kill the demon.' The group started chanting. As more and more people wen't over to that rapidly growing group, some high-ranked, well-respected shinobi tried to reason with the people. Yet they knew it was only a matter of time before they started to search for the boy, now hidden in the Hokage's tower thanks to Gai. Kurenai had put up illusions. It would be impossible to fight the crowd now, no one would ever rebuild Konoha in this state of mind. A civil war could erupt. No one noticed Danzou fall dead.
Once again the Hokage piped up.
"WE WILL NOT KILL HIM, HE IS INNOCENT, HE IS NOT THE KYUUBI!" Sarutobi's voice boomed over the crowd, but this time it failed to silence their stamping of feet or yells of disdain and agony.
The crowd was quickly silenced with a genjutsu from Kurenai, all they saw was an array of flowers until a needle-sharp rose struck them in the back of the neck, pulling their relentless advance to a stop.
"We have to find a way to find who did this to the council, otherwise we face possible warfare if we accuse anyone without certainty."
"Yes...that seems to be...in order." Said Kakashi. He had enough of this crap in his life along with everyone else in the small group of shinobi. He was going to find a way to make it stop...it sounded so naive, to find a way to stop war. As long as humans exist there will be war.
"We will not kill him, he'll probably have it bad enough being hated, at least the council won't try to execute him for when he tries to steal food because he'll need it." Said Fugaku.
"Maybe this is a sign to restart." Hiashi spoke his thought.
"Will they know that he's the son of the fourth?" Asked Fugaku.
"I've already wiped his memory." Kurenai said, a tear slipped from her eye.
"We'll find a way." Sarutobi said. He knew it would eventually come to something like this. In the back of his mind, and Fugaku's, Hiashi's, Itachi's, Kakashi's, and Kurenai's mind they all knew they deserved it. Everyone deserved it. There was too much bloodshed in this world.
"First, we bury the bodies. Now, it is our turn to ask for help. I have a feeling this is just the calm before the storm. I have a very bad feeling about this ordeal. This was no coincidence, and in the back of my mind I sense a horrible dread about to tread upon the world."
I would like to note that there will not be any difference in text when thinking, speaking, inner thoughts and whatnot. I plan to make this as much as a book as possible. The outcome had not been decided.
The fic will not be light nor dark, it will be gray. Bad along with good. This is a simple prolouge. I plan to make this as original as possible, the plot I have in mind has not been used in the same way I will use it as far as I know. No, it won't be Kyuubi trains Naruto, etc. It will be up to me to wrte.
Sorry if I seem harsh, but that's how it'll be.
On a side note, I'd like to say I am not a girl, I am a boy writing this fic. It seems that more girls are on this site writing on this site than boys, so I'd like to say that.
Review if you like it. It helps. Tell me what you like and don't like. There's a plot twist in the next chapter.
