Disclaimer! I do not own Naruto or its characters. Aoshi is mine and all others I add. I hope you like this story.
Summary: Aoshi is an orphan who shows up at the Village Hidden in the Leaves. She carries a dark secret that could destroy the world and her happiness. War, conflict, love, and romance ensue as Aoshi stirs up the Village. Itachi, on a side mission of his own to find out who Aoshi is, gets caught up in the strange emotions that were buried deep within him.
Warnings: Contains Yaoi, bloody battles, violent and vulgar language, as well as adult situations. Yaoi and other situations like that will appear in later chapters. Possibly three and four. Maybe sooner. I'm not too sure on this one yet but it will happen.
Pairings: ItachixAoshi, SakuraxKakashi, SasukexNaruto.
Prologue
Four months ago..
The birds cawed and fled into the skies, drawing the attention of the silver haired-nin, Kakashi. Lifting his gaze from his book, his visible eye narrowed as he slowly stood. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura paused in their training excercise to watch the birds flee. A breeze blew by, strong and ominous. Kakashi gripped his book tighter as the stench of blood and death carried on the wind. Motioning to his squad to remain, he disappeared into the forest. Naruto huffed and crossed his arms, but stayed. Sasuke followed Kakashi with his eyes until he was no longer in view. Sakura stood where she was in silence. Something was very wrong...The squad members glanced at each other with soft shrugs. What could be going on in the forest? They silently asked each other. Staring back at the forest, they silently waited.
Kakashi stopped in the middle of the forest, surrounded by stillness, blood, broken trees, and the dead. Kneeling down, he lightly tilted the head of a dead man towards the sky and noted that his headband was the symbol of an unknown land. But the symbol of the spider was not a good sign. Glancing around, he held a kunai loosely in his fingers. Whoever had done this might have been a rogue nin. Hearing a twig snapped, he turned sharply, weapon raised only to find a young woman. One of her arms was cut from shoulder to wrist and hanging loosely by her, blood covering it. She had multiple stab wounds and a cut above her eye that caused her to be blinded by her own blood. But she stood tall and straight, as though her injuries were nothing.
She raised her shurikan, thinking the silver nin might be another attacker. Kakashi was the first one to break the silence and ask her an important question.
"Who are you? Did you kill these ninjas out of spite or what?"
His voice was calm and yet carried a dangerous quality. The young woman placed her shurikan on the ground, blades in, and ran her usable hand's fingers through her pale violet hair. She was pale in pigments, like she hadn't been in the sun for long amounts of time. The sunglasses on her face kept most of her identity hidden and her clothes were dark and different from some of the ninja uniforms he had seen. But, he had to admit, she was a beautiful but deadly woman.
"I am Aoshi...These men tried to kill me...I am no criminal."
Her voice was low and gentle, yet there carried no warmth and he could see her chest heaving. She was in much pain, but she seemed perfectly fine with it. Kneeling down, she cracked her right leg back into place and yanked out the blade tip stuck into the kneecap. There was a sickening crack as she did all this and even Kakashi grimaced. Forcing herself to stand back up, she looked to Kakashi and it was then he noted the sweat forming on her from exhaustion.
"I need sanctuary...I have no place to go. My village is long gone...I hate to ask...but...please help me.."
As her words trailed off, her eyes lost focus and she fell to her knees. She would have fell onto her face if Kakashi hadn't dashed over to catch her. He then noticed the multiple slashes to her back. She was coated in blood, but some wasn't her own. There were nine dead men or even more surrounding them and she had taken them all on. How she had managed, he did not know. Lifting her into his arms, he dashed out of the forest and towards his squad, leading them all to the hospital sector.
One week later..
"Aoshi! Get back into bed! You aren't allowed out of the hospital yet!" Naruto hissed as he tried to catch the seventeen year old ninja who happened to be even harder to catch than Kakashi. Aoshi just rolled her eyes at him from the hospital roof. She was wrapped up in bandages, but moved as though unhindered. She was healing fine and would be at full strength within two days. The nurses were still baffled by her recovery.
"I hate being in there...It's too cramped and stuffy..."
She replied softly as she let her hair down. The lengthy violet locks flowed freely in the cool breeze. Lightly brushing her fingers across the cross-shaped scar marking a cheek, she sighed. She felt free out here. Taking in a deep breath, she layed back on the roof, her arms outstretched beside her. She could hear Naruto ranting about something, but tuned him out. Quietly, she heard Sasuke appear near her. She promptly closed her eyes.
"Aoshi...come on. They need to change your wrappings and you are making it difficult for them to do so."
Hearing the rustle of clothing, the young nin opened her eyes to see Sasuke sitting beside her. She gave him a side-long glance as she sat up. Staring off into the distance, she did not speak for a long while. Adjusting her sunglasses, she gave Sasuke a very small smile, almost unseen. Taking in a deep breath, she layed back against the roof.
"Just a few more minutes..."
Sasuke had to grin and layed back on the roof as well, glancing at the heavens. He shook his head slowly as he closed his eyes in thought. Coming to a conclusion, he said breathlessly,
"You are just as stubborn as Naruto.."
Aoshi shook her head in response.
"Correction...Naruto is just as stubborn as me."
Sasuke had to laugh a little at her logic. She was older than them, so, in a sense, she was indeed correct. Letting the peaceful surroundings engulf them, they layed in comfortable silence for a few more minutes.