The Return
Chapter 1
The young man gazed across the village as a king would look over his domain, or how a warlord would survey a land he would soon conquer. His blue eye, marbled through with red, practically gleamed at the thought of what was soon to begin. His shock of blond hair waved softly in the breeze as he sat looking in the branches of a tree overlooking his old home.
"Soon it will all be mine," he said with a touch of smug satisfaction.
"Yes, soon those poor bastards down there will understand what they lost." This came from the beautiful women nestled under his arm as she gave a sultry glance to her lover's face, her lavender eyes glinting softly in the moonlight.
She snuggled closer into his side as she slowly stroked her fingertips up and down his well toned chest.
The man leaned down and kissed her passionately on the lips, his tongue teasing hers. as their lips parted, he said, "You shouldn't pity them, my lover. After all, they brought this upon themselves, and they knew this day would come, eventually."
"Oh, I know that. But the battle will be over so quickly they'll hardly know what hit them. I only pity them in the sense that I might pity an insect that was crushed under my foot because it happened to be where i set it down," she replied with a sigh, as she used a fingertip to gently trace the outlines of his abs.
After gazing over the village for a few more minutes, the man called his second in command. "Sasuke," he breathed softly, not even bothering to look around him. "Your report?"
A pair of red and black eyes appeared in the shadows, followed by the shape of a man crouched over on a near by tree branch. "It was just as you predicted. Their security was lax, and I had no trouble getting in. What's more, it seems all these years of peace have made them weak and fat. It will be like leading cows to the slaughter. An easy conquest."
"Good. Begin preparations for the attack. We begin at dawn." The red and black eyes closed, and Sasuke's shadow melted into the forest. The blond man grinned wickedly at the thought of the fun to come, then he let out a content sigh as he leaned back against the tree branch. The women next to him snuggled deeper into his embrace, leaning her head against his shoulder wile wrapping a leg sexily around his waist. He looked down at her lovingly. "What are your plans for during the attack, my princess?" he asked while softly stroking her hair.
She grinned prettily back up at him. "I think I'll go visit my family. It's been so long since I saw everyone, though I'm sure no one has changed a bit." She said the last half of the sentence with just a hint of malice in her voice.
He leaned down and gave her a soft kiss on her delicate forehead, instantly dispelling the tiny anger lines that creased it. "There, there, my little princess, don't be so harsh on him. He didn't know how truly powerful my little flower would become. Give him a quick death, for me," he said stroking her cheek, and she leaned into the touch, purring softly like a cat.
The man leaned back against the tree again, gazing out across his soon to be conquered land, contemplating why they had returned to this accursed village. A promise, he thought. A promise to be the strongest of all, and to claim the title of the Kage. Originally he had planned to do it by gaining the respect and love of the village. but what happened 14 years ago told him that would never happen.
Now he would take the title by force. He would destroy anyone and anything that stood in his way. There would be no stopping him. And when all that opposed him were destroyed he would rebuild the village, but in his own image and to his own ideals. It would be his village to rule. Nothing would stand in his way.
As the first light of the sun began to glint off the faces of the monument overlooking the village, the man called gently to his sleeping lover. "Hinata-hime, it's time to begin."As she awoke, she looked up at him, and a smile graced her lips.
her eyes glinting happily, she kissed him then softly. "Yes," she spoke quietly. "Lets go claim what is yours, Naruto-kun."
Looking over Konoha one more time, his eyes harden. "It is time for the Red Fox to come home." With those words thirty-five of the most powerful missing nin in the world stepped out of the shadows of the trees around him. "Let us begin," he said, and as the words left his mouth all the ninja in the clearing disappeared.