Disclaimer: For your safety (and sanity). This is not Naruto. Dattebayo!
Deliver Us From Evil
Chapter 1. A Thousand Burning Flowers
The sudden stillness of the group was immediate as they gazed upon the village that raised them with unaccustomed dread.
Even for night the village was too quiet and Ino knew her thoughts were repeated in her comrades thoughts.
The stalked quickly to the gates and found themselves in a ghost town.
The streets were empty and silent, and the feeling of being watched prickled in the blonde kunoichi's subconscious persistently.
"Ino… there's something you need to see…" Sakura's voice was unnaturally hesitant and strange. It only increased the prickling feeling and made Ino's stomach turn.
Ino's longtime friend pointed silently to the bulletin board and a gasp ripped from her throat.
Warrants.
A week old newspaper.
Orders for executions.
It wasn't this that had drawn Sakura's attention however: it was what was on the innocuous bits of paper.
The newspaper wrote in bold headlines: DANZO 6TH HOKAGE! The warrants showed several familiar faces; teachers, ANBU, chuunin guards, Academy students, any active shinobi, and in the very center, the very recognizable face of the former Godaime… Senju Tsunade.
However below that were the orders for executions.
They were familiar names, names that were as familiar as breathing, and where they were listed that chilled Ino's blood.
Nara, Akimichi, Hatake, Haruno, Uchiha, Hyuuga, Aburame, Inuzuka, Senju, Mitarashi ... and at the bottom… written neatly was the word Yamanaka…
They were listed as public enemy number one, to be executed on sight. Her hands were shaking at her sides and her face had gone pale.
"What is it Ino?" Tenten asked bringing Ino out of her trance.
"They're orders for executions"
"So? There are always wanted lists on the board"
"These aren't just for any criminal; they're for us. We are to be executed on sight"
Ino's blue eyes were dark and suddenly sharp with the knowledge of first betrayal.
"WHAT?" Tenten cried out ripping the execution list off the bulletin board and gazing at it.
Her eyes roved over the paper several times, her hands shaking and her eyes widened. She reeled back and the paper fluttered to the ground.
When her eyes were lifted from the paper they were as dark as Ino's.
The silence smothered the group as they all asked themselves silently one question. A question that no one had the answer to.
"I'm going to find my family and get the hell out of here!" Kiba finally declared.
There were murmurs of agreement all around until a voice spoke from the shadows.
"That won't be necessary"