The Nightmare
Villagers ran as their houses and villages were being burned to the ground. Team 7 arrived to see all the villagers running past them, screaming their lungs off.
"What's happened?" Sakura asked.
One villager stopped,"Run! There's someone there and he's destroying the village! We tried to stop him but everyone who tried he just killed without hesitation or even words! He started to destroy the houses as we were all starting to evacuate!"
"Are there people still inside?" Kakashi asked.
"There might be, but I pray that they don't meet their end by his hands..."the villager said darkly and turned to keep running.
Team 7 entered the burning city, a thick black smoke darkened the area. Sakura heard the cries of an infant, and the screams of the mother.
"Help! Please Help! I'm stuck! Someone please help me!"
Sakura ran towards the sound of the voice.
"Sakura wait up!" Naruto said running after her.
"We should stay together!" Yamato yelled after them.
Sakura found the mother and her child and with Naruto's help freed them.
"C'mon, we have to leave now!" The mother sounded frantic.
"Okay, you go, we have to make sure-" Sakura began.
"No! He's still here! We have to go before-"
There was an explosion and things crashing down. They all looked to see someone with long black hair, his back was to them, wearing a long black black coat. He turned around to look at them, his eyes red like blood, his gaze showed rage and madness. In his left hand was a katana, stained with the blood of the innocent. The mother screamed as the child cried louder due to the discomfort of their situation. Everyone was speechless, his presence seemed to silence the noise from the flames for a few moments. He turned around and began to walk into the darkness.
"I hope you don't plan on leaving so soon asshole!" Naruto yelled.
He stopped.
Sakura hit Naruto in the head,"This isn't the kind of guy you insult like that Naruto!"
"Weakling."
"What'd you say!"Naruto yelled.
He turned back around, and said,"You're not worth my time."
"Why don't you say that to my face!"
He kept on walking, his sword still seemed to shine despite the blood. Naruto was about to charge after him when Sakura stopped him.
"Naruto, we can't just go charging at him!"
"I agree, he was able to take down the guards of this village and destroy it, all by himself. There's more to this guy than meets the eye." Kakashi said.
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Sasuke and his team jumped through the trees towards their next objective. Suddenly Karin felt it.
"Someone's coming!"
"Who?" Suigetsu asked.
"I don't know, but there's something unnatural about his chakra."
"Is he coming our way?" Sasuke asked.
"Yeah, it looks like he's coming straight for us."
Suigetsu got out his sword. The guy landed on a branch and stared at them all, his eyes now lost their rage, but still held his madness.
"Move."
"Or else?" Suigetsu taunted.
"Or I will kill you."
"I don't think you know who you're dealing with."
"I could care less."
"Who are you, and what do you want?" Sasuke asked.
"None of your business, now move!" he said angrily, unsheathing his katana. He sliced the branch he was standing on and kicked it a them. He jumped off, traveling quickly through the trees.
"The nerve of some people." Karin said.
Sasuke didn't hear her; he was surprised at how strong and quick that guy was. What he, and everyone else found confusing was how he just kept going, as though they became invisible to him. Another thing that bothered Sasuke were his eyes, bloodred, full of subtle madness and rage. Where was he headed?
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The guards of the Sand Village saw someone in the distance, his black coat flowing in the wind, his katana gleamed in the sunlight.
"Who is that?" one asked.
"Not sure." said the other.
They jumped down to meet him at the gate.
"Move aside..."
"Um, welcome to the Sand Village."
"I said move aside." he said dangerously.
"Listen, there's no need to take that tone with us." one said indignantly.
"Get out of my way, or I will make you burn!" he snarled.
"Okay buddy, you're coming with us!" One said reaching for his arm.
With a flick of his wrist he cut his hand off. His screams were cut short as his throat was quickly slit. As the other called for back-up, he was impaled with the sword. The boy turned his sword sideways and sliced his stomach open.
"Kazekage! There are reports of an assault on the wall!" A guard said running in.
Gaara quickly got up and ran out the door, Temari and Kankuro at his heels.
At the wall, guards ran up on him, but were no match. He killed them all, a look of total disgust etched on his face. He landed on the ground, then quickly jumped from it as a giant hand of sand rose up.
"So you're the one terrorizing the village wall?" Temari asked.
He turned to look at her, his stare made her uneasy.
"If I were you, I'd stop looking at her like that." Kankuro said threateningly.
His gaze then fell on Kankuro, a more menacing look in his eye.
"If you know what is good for you, you'll move out of my way." he threatened.
"Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you." Temari shot back.
"Listen, I don't know why you're attacking my guards, but I won't allow you to move any further." Gaara said.
"Then it shall be your corpse buried in sand..."
He rushed at them so fast Gaara's shield of sand almost rose too late. He slashed straight through the sand, but it grew back. He jumped back as Kankuro's puppets almost had him. He suddenly looked at Temari, now noticing her giant fan; she prepared to swing it. He pointed two fingers on his right hand at them and muttered, "Burn..." From his fingers came a rolling fire ball. Gaara easily blocked it with his shield of sand. As he landed another hand rose up and grabbed him. Gaara prepared to perform his Sand Coffin technique, but the boy had already sliced his way through the hand. He looked Gaara straight in the eye, who didn't flinch at his empty stare. He stood up and looked around, as though he were thinking about something. He suddenly jumped up towards the top of the wall, and into the city.
"Son of a bitch!" Kankuro shouted as he Temari and Gaara gave chase.
They were soon aided by the town guards, who now joined the chase. He never looked back at them, and seemed to be speeding up. He suddenly dropped into the city, much to the dismay of Gaara. He dashed through the streets, moving so fast the villagers who weren't paying attention thought it was a light breeze.
He looked up at the wall that he was coming upon, his path to escaping. He jumped on a wall, then jumped on the one across the way, rising with every jump. Kankuro and Temari started after him, but Gaara stopped them.
"No, let him go. It's obvious his intentions weren't to really fight us."
"Or he's just scared and likes to run away when it's too much for him." Kankuro said.
He reached the top of the wall, then looked back directly at Gaara, turning back around and dashing off into the horizon. He ran for a good one hour and found himself out of the desert and in a forest. He stopped running and began to walk again. He looked up at the sky, the moon was full, it's light making the grass glow. Suddenly, his eyes went wide as he clutched his chest. He gritted his teeth in pain as he crumbled to the floor. Images flashed in his head, things he didn't want to remember. Then more images, ones he had never seen before, and confused him: A mountain with faces, pink hair, a fox...