Naka za Kitsune
Chapter 1:
The Shingetsu
By - Spades
It was unnervingly dark. I ran quickly through the woods, trying to navigate my way vainly. This could take a while . . . I thought, deciding that it would be quicker to just jump from branch to branch. I hopped up onto a sort of low-but-sturdy branch and gradually gained altitude, along with speed. There was a light up ahead, almost blinding me with its brilliance. Now, the only thing I could think of was getting there ASAP.
I groaned at the sight in front of me while I landed on a tree branch sort of sloppily. I have to work on that. When there's time. But, now . . . now was not the time; I had to catch up—and fast! But, what happened next, I wasn't expecting. At all.
. . . I hate the dark.
"Anou, where is she, otousan?" a young girl, about five, asked the man standing next to her. He was a tall, lean man with a good build—had he been younger (and not her father) she would probably have liked him. But, no. actually, right now she hated him.
He looked at her and she could see the apparent hurt in his eyes—she loved it. "She'll be here soon. Have some faith in her, honey."
"Don't call me honey," the little girl said, surprising her father with the sound of her badly controlled malevolence. His eyes softened as he took her hand to tell her something important. She just pulled away and walked from the balcony and into the house, slamming the door in the process. He sighed and continued searching the forest for his daughter . . . the one who actually loved him. Then, he thought of his littlest and decided he could tell her the news later. If she allows me. He thought ruefully as he massaged his temples and pulled his hands through his blond, spiky hair.
After all, it was his fault. At least, that's what he thought.
"Naruto-kun . . . anata, are you still out here?" said a soft-but-worriedly voice from the now opening door. Naruto slammed his hands to his side and jerked his head to look at his wife. His wonderfully loving wife.
"Yes, aisai?" Naruto asked, walking up to her.
"Anou, It's time for dinner," she said quietly, letting her voice trail away, something Naruto loved about her. She wasn't like Sakura; Sakura was always a loudmouth and was almost never quiet, even when they had been . . . been together. But, he had only caught her on the rebound, after the day Sasuke left. That reminded him of another reason he loved his wife so much—she had never loved Sasuke like all the other girls did. And the reason for his oldest daughter's life was Sakura. She had just . . . used him to make her feel better about her self. About the situation.
Stupid, stupid Sakura . . . no, I was the stupid one . . . leading her on, not stopping . . . or caring about the consequences for our actions. But, he was thinking too much for one day and he just wanted to spend the rest of the night, and any other time he had to spare, with his wife. With Hinata. Wonderful, loving, forgiving, and beautiful clan mistress Hinata. His Hinata and his aisai.
"Good," Naruto said as he pulled Hinata into a warm embrace, kissing her forehead. She returned the hug and then they broke it as they went silently inside to eat dinner with two of their three daughters and their son, the youngest. Naruto was able to smile wholly again.
I was scared as I jumped off the topmost point of the highest tree down towards my target . . . not just because I was scared of heights (terribly, I must admit), but because this was my first time actually using it . . .
"Shingetsu no jutsu!" I yelled from above my objective as I went through a couple hand seals: boar, dog, hare, horse, and finally ram. Suddenly, there was darkness in a small-ish clump around both me and my target; the only light was my blinding, perfectly spherical, white light forming on my right hand. My target's eyes widened as realization dawned on him—I was going to ram him into the ground six feet under. A suitable place for a corpse, ne?
Unfortunately, the impact is worse than I imagined . . . and to top it all off, even though he was dying very quickly, he jammed a kunai into my side . . . I can't stand the pain, and I'm six feet under with my hand stuck in a dead body . . . and why's everything getting so hazy? Kami-sama, am I dying? Oi, I'm too young to die!
Otousan, kaasan . . . help me . . . yoroshiku . . . I will you . . .
Naruto had had enough . . . he was going to find his daughter, dammit, and he was going to right now!—Otherwise, he'd likely go crazy with wonder . . . where had Kaitou gone to? He stopped running in the forest when he saw a blinding light, followed by a murky blackness and then what looked like a small moon falling down at a scary descent . . . and, sadly, that was followed by with a sound Naruto knew all too well . . . the sound of someone being killed . . . the yell that sounded like nails on a chalkboard to every sane person. And, the yell of his precious daughter. He froze.
"Kaitou," he whispered and then ran ahead with chakra-enhanced feet, leaping from tree branch to tree branch. He only hoped that he wasn't too late.
He came to the clearing and saw what looked like a hole in the exact center—in the form of a rather large sliver of a moon . . . and in the moon-shape was lying a corpse and . . . and . . .
"Iie!"
Iie - (basically) no
Anata - you; dear (what a wife calls a husband)
Aisai - beloved wife
Anou - say; well; errr (er/um)
Ne - indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.
Shingetsu - a new moona crescent moon
Otousan - father
Kaasan - mother
Yoroshiku - (basically) please remember me
-I got these from that Nihongo: Japanese Language place translator thingy . . . well, you can just google it.-
. . . Thanks for reading this! You see that blue-ish purple-ish button down there? Please push it and send a wonderful letter to the author!! Criticism welcomed with open arms—anything to make my writing better! xD Oh, and by the way, this story is done by the four of us - the Ace of Spades, the Ace of Diamonds, the Ace of Clubs, and the Ace of Hearts.
-Ace of Spades-
