Betrayal and Existence
Prologue
"Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime."
― Mineko Iwasaki
"Yu, time for lunch! You and Naruto better start coming back or it's going to get cold!"
"Okay, onee chan!" I yelled back while I was playing tag with Naruto. "We'll be right there in a few minutes!" Turning towards Naruto, I said, "Come on Naruto-kun! It's time to eat!"
Standing right beside me was a yellow haired child with an orange t-shirt. With a fox-like expression and bright blue eyes, he frowned and grumbled, "...you know I hate being called Naruto-kun..."
Smiling, I replied, "And why is that, Naruto-kun?" I knew it was bad to tease him, but I couldn't help it.
"Sh-Shut up!" Naruto yelled while giving me a glare with his blue eyes. "You're lucky you're my friend or I would hit you right now!"
Frowning slightly, I replied with, "And you're lucky that you're one of my only friends or else I would hit you back right now too." Then smiling suddenly, I shouted, "Race you back to my place!"
Laughing as I sped back home, I heard Naruto yelling, 'He-Hey! Wait up, idiot!" Sticking my tongue out after him, the two of us sped back to onee-chan.
After a few minutes, we got back to the house which I was sharing with my sister. Lunch was already prepared and was sitting on the table, looking fresh and delicious.
"Whoa, Alice-chan!" exclaimed Naruto while wearing a wild grin on his face. "You prepared all of this!?"
"Yep!" replied Alice, while passing out bowls and chopsticks. Smiling, sister said, "I know you always eat ramen, so I thought it would be nice if you could try a few different dishes other than ramen." Frowning slightly, she continued saying, "You do realize that eating ramen too much is really unhealthy, right?"
Laughing to the expression of guilt on Naruto's face, I added on, "Yeah, Naruto! How much money do you spend on ramen, anyway?! You'll explode if you eat even more ramen!"
With sudden rage upon his face, he yelled, "That's it! I'm sick and tired of you making fun of me! I'll…"
"Okay, enough fighting!" onee chan suddenly yelled. We both cowered under onee chan's furious glare. Sighing, she said, "Seriously, it's like you two always argue with each other. Anyway, finish lunch so you two can visit Yumi-chan at the archery range. You did promise to meet her after lunch, remember?"
With imaginary exclamation marks above our heads and sudden realization expressions upon our faces, we started wolfing down lunch. After a few minutes, the bowls were clean as a whistle.
"Whoa!" onee-chan exclaimed. "Calm down, you two! At this rate, you're probably going to…"
And at that moment, we ducked down and vomited the lunch right back out.
"...throw up." finished Alice-chan while she mentally face palmed herself. "When are you guys ever going to listen to me?"
"When we're more grown up!" replied Naruto, smiling and wiping the spit off his face.
"...Like that'll ever happen to you…" I mumbled under my breath while washing my face near the sink.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Naruto replied, but I just smiled and sped off towards the direction of the archery range where we promised to meet with Yumi after lunch.
"Hey, wait after me!" cried Naruto as I left him in the dust.
After a few minutes of running, we finally arrived at the archery range. Of course, Naruto was still mad after having a head start, but he got his revenge later. (a.k.a grabbing me and throwing me into the river stream nearby) So, after I had dried off and punched Naruto in the head, we walked over towards the archery range and looked around for Yumi.
...Ping!
We both turned around towards the cause of the sound. There was Yumi, with a bow in her hands and an arrow notched between both. She had silver hair tied back with a golden ribbon. Her facial expression was serious with piercing blue eyes as she was wearing a white kimono.
"Hey, Yumi!" I cried out towards her, waving in the process.
She lowered the bow and turned around. When she saw me and Naruto, she suddenly smiled and waved back. Running towards us, she said, "Hey, you two! I almost thought you two forgot our meeting!"
"Well, we almost did, but it was all Yu's fa-" started Naruto, but I managed to punch him in the head to stop him talking. "Anyway, how did you do at your tournament, Yumi?" I asked, oblivious towards Naruto yells of pain.
Choosing to ignore Naruto's yells, Yumi replied with, "I won first place, actually. It wasn't that hard, anyway. Umm... Shouldn't you go help Naruto?"
Nodding my head, I turned around to face Naruto and held my hand towards him. "Hey, sorry about that. You okay?"
Groaning, he replied with, "Geez! You didn't have to hit so hard!"
"I guess I just don't know my own strength." I replied while pulling Naruto up.
Sighing, Naruto then turned towards Yumi and asked, "Hey, Yumi! Can I try using your bow?"
With a concerned look on her face, she replied, "Sure, but please be careful with it, okay? I don't want it to break."
Laughing, Naruto grinned as he nodded. So, Yumi gave him her bow and an arrow to shoot the target.
"Umm...How do you shoot an arrow?" Naruto asked sheepishly.
Slapping my forehead, I told him to give me the bow so I could show him how to shoot the arrow.
"Yeah right, liar!" Naruto replied angrily. "As if you would know anything about archery!"
"You'd be surprised how my skills are at archery, Naruto." I answered calmly back.
"Yeah, well I bet you can't even hit the target, let alone the bulls eye." Naruto muttered as he gave me the bow and arrow. Taking a deep breath, I took aim at the target. Using my strength, I pulled back the bowstring and notched the arrow into it. Holding my breath, I let the arrow fly.
Ping…
A few seconds later, the arrow hit the bulls eye, right in the center of the target. Sighing in relief, I suddenly turned towards Naruto who had a bewildered expression on his face. "Well, Naruto?" I asked. "Do you still doubt me now?"
"...Shut up." Naruto muttered while turning to walk the other direction. Sighing, I gave the bow back to Yumi and said, "I'll be right back. I have to go comfort Naruto."
Nodding, Yumi gave my hand a squeeze and turned around while I started sprinting towards Naruto. Putting my hand onto his shoulder, I asked, "And where do you think you're going?'
Nudging my hand off, he replied with a downcast voice, "Back home, where I'll remain as a failure and a loner while you go impress everyone else."
Sighing, I said, "Naruto, you know it's not like that. I'm no different from you. They treat like a freak for all I know and I don't care about that. Besides, they think that I'm a nobody who can't even tie his own shoes!"
Turning around to face me, I could see tears in his eyes as he replied, "Yeah, well at least you have people that don't actually think you're a monster! Everyone in Konoha thinks that I'm a monster! They think I'm a stupid fool who doesn't have any friends, someone who will always remain as a loser!"
Shaking my head, I said softly, "Do you really think that you're like that, Naruto? Remember what I said while we were playing before lunch? You are one of the only people who I know that have actually experienced the same pain as I did." Smiling, I added, "In fact, you're like the annoying brother that I never had."Brushing the tears of his face, I smiled and said, "Come on, let's go back to the archery range."
After I had convinced Naruto to come back while Yumi was waiting patiently for the two of us, the rest of the day was more pleasant as we each talked about various things, including Naruto's upcoming birthday on October 10th, (Naruto was going to be 11), our goals in the future, (Naruto: to become hokage, Yumi: to protect those close to her, Mine: unknown), a surprise party for Alice-chan so she could relax one day, (she was famous for her medical jutsu and had to work non-stop to take care of patients) and Naruto's obsession for ramen. (he has to stop eating, he'll explode one day!) When the sun was setting down and it started getting dark, we said our goodbyes to Yumi and started heading back towards my house where Alice-chan was waiting for us.
"Hey, you know Naruto," I started as we saw the house in our view, "Why don't you spend the night at our house? There really is no point going back when it's already this late."
Thinking for a few seconds, Naruto suddenly replied, "Yeah, sure. I mean, I don't have anything else to do at my house after this, so I…"
But he was interrupted as an explosion rocked the earth, shaking everything across the land. Surprised and shocked, we both braced for impact as a shock wave was produced, destroying everything in its path. When it finally calmed down, smoke was arising from a certain location. And that was where Alice-chan was waiting for us…
...Oh shoot…
With realization and sudden horror looks upon our faces, we sped towards my house. "Please, Alice-chan!" I prayed hard in my head. "Please be safe from harm!"
When we finally got to my house, I was shocked to see the landscape. Everything was covered by flames or debris as smoke arrised by the house. Or, what was the house as it was completely destroyed by what caused the explosion. If this is what the explosion caused, was Alice-chan still okay?
Our attention were caught by a smaller explosion outside of the yard as we saw a figure dodging two men with kunais. My heart stopped as I saw the figure was Alice. "Alice!" I shouted to get her attention as Naruto and I started running towards her.
"Naruto, Yu!" She cried back as she dodged a blow from one of the men. "Get out of here! "
However, the men had turned around and noticed us for the first time. Nodding to each other, they each held a kunai with a tag on it. Suddenly, I noticed the symbol on the tag: "爆".
With sudden shock upon my face, I turned quickly and pushed Naruto out of the way just as they threw the explosive kunai on the ground. Seconds later, multiple explosions appeared across the terrain, including one that hit my back, injuring it as blood splattered everywhere.
"Yu!" Naruto cried as I fell to the ground, yelling in pain. "I-I'm okay, Naruto. Anyway, look out!"
Following the explosive kunais were ninja stars flying all over the place, as if they had their own minds. Dodging, I sprinted towards the left while Naruto sprinted towards the right. However, the strange thing was that although I was expecting the men to chase after Naruto, they took out their swords and sprinted after me, screaming, "Come back here, you demon child. You don't deserve to live!"
Shocked and confused, I dodged a swing from one of the men that would have killed me for sure, Wait, what did they mean "demon child"? When they were attacking. I thought that they were after Naruto as he was bullied of becoming a demon child, a child who brought despair and bad luck towards the village.
Suddenly, out of nowhere a metal claw appeared and grabbed me, pinning me against a tree. Grunting in pain, I opened my eyes to see a tall man appear in front of me. Taking his sword out of his sheath, he yelled, "Die, you demon!" Closing my eyes, I waited until my death approached...
...
When, nothing happened, I slowly opened my eyes. There in front of me was Alice-chan's body, bloody with the sword inside of her. Shocked, I screamed while ripping the metal claw off of me. Gently putting her body on the ground, my attention was shortly caught by a choking sound. Looking up, I saw the man who shot the metal claw with an arrow through his neck as he fell towards the ground, dead. Turning, I saw Yumi sprinting across the field, arrow and bow drawn. When she arrived, she asked, "I saw the explosion and rushed as fast as I could. Are you okay?"
Nodding slowly, I asked, "Can you stay with my sister and help her recover?" Shaken by the amount of blood, she nodded while I turned and took a sword that fell upon the ground. With sudden rage that emerged from my body, I screamed and sprinted towards the group that was now trying to kill Naruto. When they saw me, they grinned as they charged towards me, ignoring Naruto as they rushed in for the kill.
As if I were in a dream, I slashed, stabbed, sliced and blocked the enemies as I killed all of them one by one. Each kill only encouraged me to continue my hunt, to inflict the pain that they had inflicted upon my family and my friends. When the last one was left, he seemed to realise that all his comrades were all dead and pleaded, "Please, spare me! I, I won't ever do it again!"
I ignored his plea as I brought the blade down upon his head. After that, I whispered, "That was for everything that you have inflicted upon us." before rushing towards Alice-chan as she was taken care of by Naruto and Yumi. They had taken out the sword as it was lain upon the now bloody ground, rusty with her blood.
"A-Alice-chan," I whispered, kneeling down while trying to stop her wound from losing blood. "Please, don't die! Y-you're the only family that I have!" Blinking out the tears in my eyes, I squeezed her head, trying to get a response out of my sister's mouth.
"Yu…" she smiled as she looked at me. "I-I don't think I'm going to make it…" "
You have to!" I screamed, while Naruto and Yumi remained silent as they applied pressure onto the wound. "Alice, please, just hold on!"
Sighing, she suddenly smiled at me while putting her hand onto my bloody face. "Yu, before I leave, I have one last thing for you, one last present that will remain with you forever."
Shocked, I asked, "Wh-What is it?"
Producing a few hand signs, a glowing light emerged from her hands. Bringing her hand towards my chest, I felt a surge of energy that emerged inside of me. Seeing my confused look, she replied, "When the time comes, you will see what it becomes, but for now…" she couldn't continue her sentence as she coughed out more blood.
While wiping the blood off her face, I took a glance at Naruto and Yumi. Slowly, they shook their heads while I continued to apply pressure on the wound. "Yu, I just have one last thing to tell you before I leave."
Wiping the blood out of my face, I whispered, "What is it?"
Smiling, she said, "Please, don't be sad about my death. It's all right, so please don't cry."
And with that, I felt her heart stop beating as she closed her eyes for the last time. With tears pouring down my bloody face and cradling her body next to me, I had a new objective in my mind, an objective that I would push myself to succeed, one that would always stick to mind: I will kill the ones who took my sister away from me, the ones who caused her death!
End of Prologue
Hey, everyone. Pyrothemusical, here. Well, this is one of my first major stories that I started working on. I will be posting one chapter every week so I can balance my work on the story with my school work. (I'm in 9th grade, so it isn't that bad) Anyway, leave any comments, good or bad, so I know what I can fix on these chapters in the future. Thank you, and I hope you have a good day.
P.S. The future chapters will not be in first person, as they will be in third person, mainly focusing on my OC, Yu.