AN- Sorry for not updating. I got some major writers block then school happened and I didn't have any time. This is an idea that I had for awhile that I just didn't use yet I will update the other stories but this is what I will most likely focus on for sometime.
There is a legend
Of a reaper in the night.
Black cloak fluttering
Black scythes swinging
Silver blades flying
Blood falling
Those who encounter him
They will be judged
Their fate decided
The good live on to tell the story
The evil die without another morning
Five bandits are sitting around a camp fire taking about their recent raid on a nearby village. They got several women in the raid and are celebrating that fact with jugs of sake and ghost stories they heard of or made up. "Man I got to tell you, that was some story," one slurred slightly tipsy in his deep gravelly voice. One of the bandits was shivering slightly "Guys, What if there is a guy like that? We could die!" He was a new recruit they got a week ago and still wasn't used to the environment. He hasn't touched a single bottle of sake that night and was a-little intimidated by the people around him. He was only seventeen after all and has spent most of his life sheltered and guarded leaving to find excitement he doesn't get back home.
"BAH who would believe That. It's just a story! Now shut up and grow a pair. We still have to enjoy the company we got in the last village." All of the Bandits froze as they heard a deep chuckling "That you do." Another voice rang out, unfamiliar to any of the bandits, coming from all directions. "W-Who's there?" the lone sober bandit asked. "Your worst nightmare." the voice came again scaring all the bandits in the area. "Too bad for you I was just passing through when I saw you attacking the village. We probably could have been friends otherwise. Hmm or maybe not. I still have to judge you after all." A man standing six foot five appeared in the clearing a black cloak moving, as if alive, around him with a hood over his head casting his face into shadows.
"E-It's HIM! He's come to kill us All!" Another of the bandits called as he scrambled back. He didn't get far as the man in the cloak held out his hand from under his cloak revealing the black full body coat he's wearing underneath with wide sleeves and silver trim and flame outlines made with strips of blood red clothe sown in with black thread. If you look hard enough you could see black smoke embroidered into the coat. There was an ominous blue glow coming from his hand before smoke burst into existence dissipating as fast as it came to reveal the scythe that appeared in his hand. The shaft was five feet long and black as the night around it gently curving toward its wielder before an eleven inch silver blade came out at a hundred-forty degree angle curving downward with edges sharper than any razor on both sides of the blade. Sharp tribal markings have been etched into the blade, dried blood that wasn't removed from the markings have been polished to shine just as bright as the blade.
"You are guilty." was what he said before disappearing and reappearing next to the bandit on the floor that has been crawling away. The blade fell the bandit's head with it as the cloaked man disappearing again and again each time only showing himself to simply say "Guilty." with a flat voice that almost sounded remorseful before removing the head of the closest bandit to him. In time only the stuttering seventeen year old remained in the entire camp of thirty, now dead, men shaking and waiting for the death that never came. "I saw you spare all the children and women that you encountered in the village. Why?" the man slowly looked up saying "Th-the children all have th-their lives a-ahead of them a-and they n-need at least a m-mother to take k-care of them." "Then what of the fathers that you killed, children should have both a mother and father; a mother to make sure that they don't fall emotionally and a father to teach them to be strong." The bandit lowered his head again and spoke "If I didn't k-kill them then they w-would kill me and if I do survive the other b-bandits would have killed me for sh-sure." The cloaked man paused weighing his choices before lowering his scythe "I sense no deception only fear, you are innocent." with that said he walked away to the tent with the women in it. Cutting their binds and waking them up.
He started to leave when one of the women stood. "Wait!"she called "can you tell us the name of the man who saved us?" Turning around revealed to him that each of the twenty women were staring at him. Giving an unseen smile he lifted his hood showing that his face was covered by a high collar. Pulling the zipper on the collar down shown that he had a chiseled chin and high cheek bones with black hair. However the most striking feature was his eyes. They had a bloody red color for the iris with five extra pupils within it on the edge of the iris is ten more pupils each one touching each other in a circle around the iris. Then surrounding that is a plethora of other dots going past the eye lids. Each and every dot and pupil is spinning clockwise in time with each other. If one was to count each dot in the whites of his eye the number would be fifty each with a total of thirty pupils and a hundred dots in the whites of both eyes.
"My name is Kibou the Shokaritoriki." Without another thought he vanished leaving the women to go back down the path to their home.
The Sandaime Hokage sat at his desk doing paperwork and he can just tell that he's going to get a headache soon. 'This last month has been quite eventful.' and indeed it has with the Kyuubi attack and the birth of the Yondaime's son. 'It's too bad that he will grow without any parents I should probably announce his existence to the counsel soon.' He could feel the headache coming. Giving a sigh Hiruzen stood up and called an emergency meeting with the counsel thinking of how this is going to go. 'It shouldn't be too bad. They should know the difference between a kunai and the scroll it's sealed in.' that thought was finished as he got to the secret nursery for Naruto before gently picking him up and shunshining to the counsel room.
As the last of the counsel filed into their seats muttering their confusion at the child in the Hokage's arms, Hiruzen couldn't help the thought that said this wouldn't turn out well before banishing it from his mind. They wouldn't try to harm this child It Shokaritoriki is but a child after all! Why would anyone want to hurt anything so innocent.
"I'm sure you're all wondering why I called you here," The Hokage's voice rang out. "especially when I have this child with me but I assure you this is of the utmost importance but first we shall discuss the casualties of the attack. So far we have two hundred unaccounted for with five hundred injured with three hundred dead and counting," That shut up the entire room as everyone gave a sigh of relief that it wasn't worse "Among those who are dead is the Yondaime Hokage. He died sealing the Kyuubi away..." That brought more questions as all in the council froze "... into this baby." Everyone went crazy. Shouts of 'Kill the Demon!' and 'We Must Finish what the Yondaime Started!' filled the room.
"Enough!" the Sandaime had enough. Here is this child, this baby and these people are demanding his death! "This is Unacceptable! This is a Baby nothing more, nothing less. You should be ashamed of yourselves! What has this baby done?" The killing intent radiating from the enraged Hokage had each member of the council cowering in their chairs. One of the older members had a heart attack in her seat from the shear pressure suddenly weighing down on her. Realizing what is happening Hiruzen let the pressure go before Naruto woke up. One of the braver in the counsel decided to speak up. "But we must kill the demon! If we don't it will surely break free of the prison the Yondaime put it in." "How many times do I have to say it! This is a baby not a monster and if you kill him it will just free the Kyuubi. It is impossible to kill a biju it will just reform after some time. This baby is a hero by his very existence." giving a sigh Hiruzen decided to use his power as Hokage to protect Naruto. "From now on it is illegal to talk about Naruto being a jinchuriki. It is to be considered an S rank secret to be revealed to Naruto when he makes the rank of Chunin. Only Myself or Naruto can reveal this secret and to not follow this law it is punishable by death. If you have permission from Naruto (If he knows already) or myself than you can reveal this secret to others.
Sighing Hiruzen glanced down at Naruto remember the time when he was born. 'Oh yeah I should probably tell the shinobi council that as well.' "The civilian council is dismissed I need the Shinobi council to stay a little longer." That brought a lot of questions from the civilians however a glare from the aging Hokage stopped them from voicing them before they left the room however Shikaku, the head of the Nara clan muttered troublesome sitting back down having stood to leave.
Inoichi Yamanaka was the next to speak in the room. "What is it you want to talk about Hokage-sama?" "The parantage of this child I figured you would be better suited to keeping this secret." Hiruzen let them mutter for a few moments before making the declaration. "The boys mother is a women named Kushina Uzumaki. Most of you know her as the 'red hot habanero'. The more dangerous parent is his father Minato Namikaze." Silence was the only answer to that as each person in the room examined the only child in the room.'Time to drop the big bomb.' "I was also there when he was born. At that point in time he had fully awakened chakra as well as the chakra level of a low to mid Genin." More silence but this time there was a heavy atmosphere of surprise and awe. This was only proven by the straight face of the Hokage as he said this. Giving a sigh Hiruzen realized that he will be the only person talking now. "He also has not opened his eye's once since his birth. I do not know why but any doctor I bring him to says he's completely healthy with no problems in sight. Now I'm tired and I'm sure all of you are too so this meeting is over. Goodnight I'll see you all next meeting or if you have any thing to discuss in my office tomorrow." The Shinobi didn't even blink it wasn't until an hour later until they left all of them with the same thought on their minds. 'What the hell?'
AN- Again I just want to say I sorry for not updating I'll try to update more often but no promises. On the bright side, Summer vacation is almost here but that means Finals are almost here too! YAY!(not really but don't tell the school I said that) don't expect any updates for at least another two weeks. Now It's one in the morning and I have school tomorrow Goodnight and see you later. I'll make sure I try to write as soon as I can for you.
Shokaritoriki means first reaper.