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Summary – AU, SasuNaru. Heaven and Hell are getting ready for another all out war, after almost twenty years at an uneasy peace. Naruto is a 'tainted' Angel with a fallen demon sealed inside him at his human birth, and Saskue is a demon Angel from Hell who has been captured as a spy. When a certain blond comes into interrogate him, things become interesting. Sorry, I suck at summaries.
Warnings: There will be some blood shed eventually, and this is a YAOI, no likely, no read. Now that that is out of the way, onto the story…
Of Betrayal and Love
Ani's Girl
Heaven vs. Hell.
Angels and Demons
The fight that has been going on for countless centuries, unseen to human eyes, yet still exists, is a war that is still being fought and cannot be settled. However, during this time, it seems that both sides are resting... preparing for another battle. After their defeat Hell pulled back their troops from the field, Heaven has heard nothing from them, but this does not mean that we are not watching them, as we know that they are preparing for another strike. It is not as though Heaven has not suffered its losses either. We have had many Angels fall down into the pits of Hell and are now aiding the enemy, standing guard over their gates and protecting them so we may not enter.
These fallen Angels are not to be trusted, especially those who have fallen from a high post and have the knowledge on how to destroy us, (a list of those fallen are listed in the central library). However, we haven't had our gates breached as of yet, thanks to the Warrior Angels who protect the gates and fly into battle when the time comes, and so far, most fallen Angels have been recovered and dealt with by the more higher ups.
We have peace for now, but everyone knows that it is an uneasy peace and that war can break out in an instance, however, we have our Angels out and we know that we can place great faith in them to watch over us, and we must in turn, give them our support. Unfortunately, we have no idea when or if this war can be settled, so for now we have faith that something will happen soon.
Section of text from 'The Endless War?' (Textbook for fifth graders and up) pg 76.
-Author unknown
A scream sounded from the plane of the mortals before the night was silent again, a calm, deadly quite. The entire mortal plane was feeling uneasy, as it felt like something wicked was seeping out from the ground and poisoning everything that it touched. The animals of the plane knew what was going on and fled the area where it seemed to be coming from, knowing what was seeping out from the ground and having the common sense to leave before something happened. Something was going to happen and they knew it, but the details escaped their grasp as they fled before Hell broke loose.
Death clung to the ground as a figure stalked out of the darkness of a deep lake and moved forward to complete his task. He was so focused on his task as a knife appeared in his hand, that he did not noticed the white wings of an angel behind him.
(Elsewhere)
In the deepest pits of Hell, where darkness ruled with an iron fist and flames cast dark shadows, a forbidden technique was being formed. Forbidden and deadly. However, the man (if he could be called that) did not care what laws he broke, he was already damned in Hell and could not sink any lower so nothing could ebb on his concision. Shadows moved about him and the flames danced in the torches that held them, as he moved around the room, making sure that everything was ready. His eyes narrowed into slits as another figure entered the room.
"This better be good."
It was a pointless question to ask, seeing as his follower would never do anything to upset him.
"We have the child Orochimaru"
He grinned, "Excellent, bring it in."
His follower entered the chamber and set the bundle of blood stained blankets on a smooth, round surface. He pushed a couple buttons, allowing a glass container to rise from the table and encase the baby inside. Meanwhile, Orochimaru had turned his attention back to the project in front of him, where a computer sat in front of him with hundreds of wires connected to another glass container in front of him, filled with green tinted water.
Inside the container, a man with reddish-orange hair hung from thick metal chains. His eyes were closed and it looked like he was sleeping, but he was awake and his body was ready for any chance to escape if the opportunity arose. Outside his glass prison though, wires were being hooked up to the other glass container, and he could faintly hear the beeping noises from the computer and the two talking. Bits of speech reached his ears and it was only then that he began to struggle against the chains that held him.
"You bastards think you can get away with this? I have been nothing but loyal to you since I fell." he snarled
"Perhaps" Orochimaru said, "But who's to say that you will continue to stay loyal? After all, you were loyal to the enemy for much longer than you were us. Besides, you have given me a wonderful chance to test this new technique. A technique to see if a demon can stay alive in a newborn child, one that is completely innocent."
"If I die, you will lose a powerful demon."
"Oh, I don't think you will die, more like you will be contained for a while, besides, and the most interesting part will be once the baby is killed. Since he is so innocent and pure, he will become an angel right away. Think of the possibilities that can come from this if it works."
"You're a monster." the man bit out
Orochimaru smiled, "And that makes you?" he turned to his follower, "Kabuto, start the process."
Kabuto nodded and went to work at the computer, his fingers quickly flying over the keyboard. A burst of bubbles filled the container, turning the water orange and the demon started to feel pain run through his body as the molecules in the water began to affect his energy patterns. Despite his best efforts to keep his eyes open and fight the sleep that was threatening to over take him, he began to lose the battle as he felt himself drift into unconsciousness.
After his mind had shut itself down, his body began to glow and take on a watery form, until nothing but orange water filled the container. Kabuto moved over to the other container and typed out a few key strokes and the container began to fill with the orange water from the other container.
The bundle in the blankets began to move as water filled the space and soon it started to thrash around, as water filled its mouth and nose, and breathing became impossible. Soon the container was full of the orange water and the blanket had stopped moving.
In the water, the demon's mind began to slowly work again as the numbing process quickly wore off and realization hit that he didn't have a body, and the only way for it to continue living was to enter the bundle of blankets where life was slowly fading. The water and contents level began to drop as the demon entered the body, when the plan went wrong.
The door to the lab exploded of its hinges, and Orochimaru glared at the intruder, and fury as well as amusement overtook him as he realized that it was an Angel, and not just any Angel, but one that he had trained with before he himself feel. White hair blended into the white wings that brought light into the dark and damp chamber, but the blood that stained parts of his clothing did not go unnoticed by Orochimaru.
"Jiraiya, it's been a few years, I'd say about twenty or so, and after all this time you still don't have the courtesy to knock. Now I'm going to have to replace that door, and putting in a work order and having to explain how an Angel was able to make it this far into Hell will be annoying."
"Well you wouldn't have to put in a work order if your little lap dog didn't go and steal a human child." Jiraiya answered as he glanced around the room.
Orochimaru turned to look at Kabuto, "Well now Kabuto, I thought we had broken that little habit of yours, looks like you will have to be punished again."
'"I'm sorry Orochimaru, I promise not to do it again." Kabuto said and bowed his head
"There, the boy said he was sorry and I will handle his punishment, so you can go on about your merry way, as Angels always do."
Jiraiya shook his head, "It's not going to work on me Orochimaru, you have committed too many crimes to go unnoticed, including the kidnapping and killing of Angels while we're in a time of peace."
"Pity." Orochimaru said, "Then I will have to kill you."
He raised his arms and the shadows that clung to the walls darted out towards Jiraiya in the forms of snakes that wound around his body tightly. Jiraiya grunted and sent energy to his wings, sharpening them so they easily cut through the snakes, he then moved forward to take on Orochimaru when a blur to his left caught his attention and Kabuto came out of the shadows with a black mist covering his hands. He dodged the attack made toward his heart then squatted and swung his leg out, knocking the younger man on his back.
However, it seemed that as soon as Jiraiya started towards Orochimaru again, he found himself facing Kabuto. Jiraiya's eyes flickered to Orochimaru, who stood near the glass containers with a sadistic grin on his face and then back to Kabuto again, his mind racing.
'Their trying to keep me away from whatever is in the glass containers.' he thought, but he was unsure why they were protecting an empty container and an almost empty jar of liquidHis only thought was that the liquid could be some form of poison that would be used eventually in the war once it was perfected.
He began once again to dodge the attacks that Kabuto threw at him and eventually found an opening, allowing him to turn the wall into a sticky substance and kick Kabuto into the wall where he was held fast by pink colored flesh, and he started towards Orochimaru again when movement in one of the container's caught every ones eye.
Amusement flickered across both of Orochimaru's and Kabuto's face as the soaked blankets started to cry and a large amount of energy rushed over the group, and it was then that Jiraiya understood.
"You sick bastard," he said, "That's what you took the new born baby for? To do an experiment like this to it."
"Wonderful isn't it." Orochimaru stated, "I had always wanted to try it back in Heaven but the higher ups said it was inhuman. Unfortunately, they were correct as the first twenty or so failed on other humans and demons alike. It seemed that I was at a loss, but then it hit me that a newborn would work best, and the right demon happened to appear at the correct time as well. Ironic isn't it?"
Jiraiya cursed and jumped forward towards the bundle of blankets, only to be forced back by Orochimaru, "It's no use anyway, the baby is technically dead, so he can only go to Heaven, or stay here, which is where I intend to keep him."
"He's an Angel, keeping him will get him tortured, and eventually your higher ups will have him killed, and we both know where that will send him."
"As if you taking him will be any better. He is of mixed race, a hybrid. Your kind would accept him as well as mine would, only probably worse. Angels are so picky about everything being so pure and untainted." Orochimaru taunted
"Somehow I doubt that him staying with you would be better for his well being, and I'll take that chance of him in Heaven. You already ruined his life as soon as he was born; the least that can be done for him is to put him in Heaven where he can grow up in better conditions."
Orochimaru shook his head, "I can't let you do that."
He jumped backwards from Jiraiya and knelt down, quickly drawing a symbol on the stone tile, and then placing his hand over it. The ground started to rumble and the floor began to crack as a large body began to emerge from a dark, black abyss, and began to form into a large blackish, grey snake demon. Orochimaru grinned at Jiraiya as he moved behind the snake and closer to the baby who was still screaming.
"Kill our intruder."
The snake lunged forward, venom dripping from its long fangs, as Jiraiya slipped into the ground. The snake came up with a mouthful of stone and dirt, allowing Jiraiya time to dart away and summon his own demon. He drew a different pattern on the floor and prayed that the demon was not busy at the time.
Luck was with him as the ground below him began to rumble and he soon found himself being pushed up into the air as his demon appeared. He glanced down at the frog that he was standing on, and then out to the container where Orochimaru was still standing.
"What's going on now brat?" his frog demon asked.
"I was in the middle of a nap and I don't like to be summoned, especially in Hell."
"If you don't help me, this whole world will turn into Hell, unless I can get that child and bring back to the higher ups."
The frog grunted and Orochimaru laughed, "Ironic that Angel's won't except a fallen demon's help from Hell when they want to help, but they except the demon animals that cause more damage then a normal fallen demon."
Jiraiya ignored him as he leaned over to look at the frog demon, "I need you to get me over to that container as best you can. I can take Orochimaru and get the baby if you can keep snake breath busy for a while."
"Very well." the demon answered, "You better hold on then, things are about to get rough, and you just better hope that all of Hell doesn't hear this and the snake lover gets reinforcements."
The demon frog leapt forward, landed near the snake, and drew out a short sword, swinging it close to the snakes throat was. The large snake pulled his neck back, and swung his tail around, wrapping it around the frog. Jiraiya took that as his cue and jumped off frogs head and onto the snakes, then slid down the snakes back. He saw Orochimaru glare at him before he picked up the baby and began to run.
Jiraiya quickly followed allowing the two demons to battle and hopefully one of the demons would crush Kabuto who was still stuck to his sticky wall. Orochimaru led him down a dark stone hallway that twisted quickly and suddenly, and also had several traps that went off as soon as the pale man passed by them. Jiraiya cursed him as he dodged one more trap before he stopped and drew another seal on the floor and sent his energy into it. Blue light traveled along the floor avoiding the traps that were set off for him now that Orochimaru had passed, and caught up with Orochimaru where the light twisted around his feet and pulled him into the ground up to his waist.
The baby fell out of his arms as they too were dragged under ground and the blue light cushioned the baby's fall. Jiraiya calmly walked up to the bundle and picked it up then looked down at Orochimaru who glared at him and struggled to free himself from the ground.
"The higher ups may have had trouble sentencing you to damnation, but I won't." he said and held up his hand.
The kick came out of nowhere and Jiraiya stumbled away from Orochimaru but still held the baby tightly. He glanced up and noticed that, unfortunately, the demons had not killed Kabuto.
"That baby doesn't belong to you Jiraiya." he said and held out his hand, "If you will."
From behind him, a loud crash sounded, followed by an avalanche of dirt and stone as several dog demons appeared as well as an Angel with his mouth and nose covered with a mask.
"Sorry I'm late," he said, "I had to stop and help a little mortal cat that was stuck in a tree."
"Shut up." Jiraiya said, "And help me."
The Angel shrugged and a dark energy drifted out of his hand, forming into a bright blue energy around his hand that screamed loudly in the quiet hallway. He ran forward quickly and pushed the energy ball towards Kabuto. It sent Kabuto flying down the hallway and he slammed into the wall then crumpled onto the floor where he lay still, but still alive.
Shouts were heard down the hallway and the two Angel's quickly took off, leaving the two fallen angels to explain what happened to their fellow demons. The night air was cool and crisp and the feeling of dread had vanished from the mortal plane almost as quickly as it had come, by the time the Angel's reached the mortal plane. For a while, neither spoke as they hovered in the air, until the blankets started to move again.
Jiraiya looked down at the bundle, moved the blankets away from the baby's face, and released a soft sigh. "Orochimaru was right, as much as I hate to admit it. He will have a hard time fitting in with this demon inside of him. His life won't be easy."
The masked Angel nodded, "We still need to inform the higher ups about this child. They may sentence the child to damnation."
They continued upwards and passed by the bright gates were the guards let them through, even though they eyed the bundle of blankets in Jiraiya's arms. They made it through the sleepy city towards the higher up tower where a blond, busty figure was waiting for them.
"I take it you figured out what he was up to." she said as they entered the building
"It seems that Orochimaru was trying to combine mortals and demons, making them into a form of hybrid that they can battle with. This was the first successful one." Jiraiya said and handed the bundle of blankets to the blonde-haired person.
She pushed back the blankets revealing a bright blond head of hair and whisker marks on both cheeks. She glanced at his back where a pair of small white wings was already visible; however, they were tinted with black on the tips and near the base of the wings.
"Which demon does he hold?" she asked
Jiraiya glanced up at her, "The fox."
She hissed in annoyance, "I should kill him Jiraiya, give me a reason why I shouldn't kill him right now."
"Because he will become strong with the fox in him, besides, the fox was once a guardian for us, so there is no reason why it can't turn back. Besides, would you rather have that kind of power in Hell?" he questioned. "If he is raised here, he will know what is going on and we know that he won't fall. If he does, I'll personally take responsibility and kill him myself."
Tsunade looked at Jiraiya, and then back to the baby, "Fine, but who will want to raise him. He is," she hesitated slightly, "tainted, after all."
The grey haired Angel looked up at the question, "I'll take him to Iruka. If anyone can teach a child right from wrong, Iruka can. This will also insure that several stronger Angels can watch over him and watch for any signs of trouble."
Tsunade nodded and handed the child to him, "Very well, take him to Iruka, Kakashi, but I want to see you two tomorrow so we can brief the others on what Hell is working on."
They both nodded and Kakashi vanished in a poof of smoke, leaving Jiraiya with Tsunade, "There is one other thing you need to know Tsunade." he said quietly.
Kakashi appeared outside of Iruka's house with a silent pop and knocked on the door. A few moments passed before a sleepy looking Angel appeared at the door. He raised his eyebrow at Kakashi but let him in anyway. Once inside, Kakashi locked the door and then handed him the baby and began explaining the night's events once more.
When he finished, Iruka looked at the infant who was just starting to awake in the blankets. He felt a pull at his heart as sky blue eyes peered up at him, and he instantly knew that he could not say no to the little baby who started to gurgle at him.
"What's his name?" Iruka asked.
Kakashi shrugged, "He was taken right at birth, the parents never named him."
Iruka glanced down at the child again, "I think I'll call you, Naruto.
A/N: Yeah, first chapter done. It is kinda late so the last part was a little rushed, but I wanted it up before my good friend Akiru left. Akiru you better appreciate what I do for you. Grr. So yeah, I'm truthfully really bad at first chapters, but as they go I normally get better, or so I think, but reviews are always helpful, and they make me want to update more, so feed the plot bunnies