Intactus Presents
Intactus Presents
Naruto: Demon Isle
Prelude: The Mask
It was alone.
It was ALWAYS alone. It had known nothing else for most of its long existence. Occasionally others would come to it's home, but it never lasted. The time was always brief and always ended the same way. They would always be gone.
They would always die.
It was it's fault, it supposed. It did kill them after all.
It stood upon the hill at the epicenter of it's home, an Isle in the middle of a dead sea. An Isle neither here nor there, but somewhere in between. It looked over the island, devoid of any other life but for the shrubs, and knew that this place would be where it died. If it could. It hadn't quite figured that out yet.
All it was sure of was that if it did die, it would be forgotten, not even a memory. There was nothing that would even suggested it existed at all.
That was something it was about to change.
It's eyes narrowed and it peered further into the isle. Through the isle. It saw through the world it lived in and looked upon another. A world that had life. It looked closer and saw a large village, one surrounded by trees. There was a massive cliff in the village that bore faces of men long past.
It then began to observe this place until he noticed something.
It was a girl, young maybe, but she would do.
She would do nicely.
It almost reached out and touched her through the void.
All it needed now was some time...
It's fingertip reached through reality and touched her cheek.
--
The thing looked upon her and it's mask seemed to shift. Ever changing patterns adorned it and it did not betray any sign of emotion. The mask seemed to peel away from it's mouth, revealing a sickly smile and a maw of fangs. It mouth seemed to open impossibly wide and it moved closer. She couldn't move. It came closer and it's mouth opened wider until it covered her entire face. She tried to scream as it's mouth began to block out all the light she could see. It's breath smelled almost sterile, disgustingly so. It's mouth began to close, and it started to bite into her face.
She awoke with a start, it was only a dream.
Sakura breathed heavily. Only a dream...