Stained Ground

An Itachi Love Story

Prologue:

I wasn't born mute, but annoyingly, I can't tell anyone that. My past is not one of happy family moments that I will forever treasure. No, my childhood was filled with screams, pain, and fear. Moments I want to forget.

Chapter One: The Past

My mother never meant to get pregnant, and even when they found out, they were hoping for a boy. But no, they got me. To them I was a "pathetically weak, talentless, careless, brainless, useless, lazy, and ugly idiot." Their words, not mine. My parents would beat me often, usually in fits of random rage. I became mute when my father attempted to punch me in the face when he came home drunk one night. He missed his target, instead landing a full force punch to my larynx. The blow damaged my larynx so much that my vocal cords were rendered permanently useless. I will never be able to speak again, and trust me, I've tried.

I should probably mention that I have an extremely dangerous demon sealed inside of me. This demon was so powerful that it would consume other demons and gain their special abilities. When I kill a person, I absorb their soul and gain any specialties they had. The demon also gave me the power to learn a person's fears, weaknesses, and who or what they love just by looking into their eyes. I obtained this information through trial and error.

I specialize in speed and stealth, and my primary weapons are twin ninja swords I made by hand. My element is shadow, which I can control very easily thanks to the demon sealed inside of me. These qualities make me an excellent assassin, which I've learned over the years.

On my fifteenth birthday, I decided I'd had enough. Cloaked by the dead of night, I crept around the house packing the few belongings I needed. I slit my ignorant and abusive parents' throats, and left. My name then was Kanman Kanen [1].

Six years have passed since that day. Now, I am Chinmoku Fukyuu [2].

[1] Kanman Kanen translates to Dull Petal.

[2] Chinmoku Fukyuu translates to Silence Eternal.