Disclaimer:I do not own any Naruto characters! I only own Ookami and Shaji! Fellow oc's Yuki and Hebi belong to their respective owners!
Rating: Pg13
Note(s): This is a Shakixoc fanfic (though it comes waaay later this is mostly action and adventure ^^;)
Akatsuki's Daughter
Chapter one- Prologue
Fire. The blinding light and unbearable heat was everywhere. Screams of terror echoed out around the burning village as the residents ran about, trying to escape the danger that had invaded their home. Blood splashed across the ground and onto the feet of the murders, who held their weapons high and had the fires light reflecting off the headbands of their own village.
A pale man with long black hair put into a messy side bun and shocking red eyes ran over to a small girl, probably three years old, and took her into his arms before running straight to the exit of the village. Smoke wafter around the battle feild, making it hard to see friend from foe, only dark shadows could be seen, and the blood continued to spill on the earth.
Clutching the small child tightly, the tall male forced his legs to run faster, praying that he would be able to get her out of this horrible place. The little girl's eyes were wide with fear and confusion, the poor thing didn't have a clue what was happening, and so she clutched the mans dark clothing, as if even if she loosened her grip slightly she would end up like the people on the ground whose red life pooled around them.
A cough escaped the pale man's thoat and blood splattered onto his pantlegs, making him stumble and his vision blur. A wound that had been inflicted to his side earlier had reopened and was causing him serious damage, but still he forced himslef to move forward.
Suddenly, out of nowhere a figure with his face covered by a mask that reminded others of a dog appeared in front of the duo. The man gasped and stopped trying to turn and run in the opposite direction, but the masked figure had already plunged a sword through the mans gut and out his back, narrowly missing the tiny child still in his arms.
A twist of the blade and a loud frightening crack sounded out, the sound of several bones breaking. A misty veil quickly overtook the mans eyes and he dropped the girl slowly before falling forward deeper onto the weapon in his gut.
Grunting, the masked killer swung his sword to the side, making the man slide off and collapse to the ground in a broken heap, his black midnight hair loose and scattered around him, making it look as if the night sky had opened beneath his head.
The little girl shook in fear as the masked man turned to her, the red liquid still dripping off his weapon. Dark eyes shown through the holes off the mask and he leaned down to inspect the girl further.
She had brown hair that ended in the middle of her shoulder blades, and oddly spiked out in layers, short bangs covered half her forhead and two big eyes peeked out below them, glowing the same light red as the man who was just slaughtered.
Pity flashed in the murderers eyes for a moment before he looked around, making sure no one saw him. Then he grabbed the child and ran off to the clearing. He clamped his hand over her mouth to keep her from screaming in fright as he dashed through the woods.
He arrived at a shoreline, with many boats lining the beach, the waves washing over the bottoms and moistening the sand bellow. The mans feet softly pushed down onto the soft sand as he trudged over to the boats. He silently placed the girl in the boat and grunted as she slammed her feet into his chest and tried crawling out.
"Stop that." He ordered grabbing her and setting her back inside. Large tears began forming in her red eyes as she once again tried escaping the boat, only to be placed back where she was. "I'm trying to save you. Now stay still."
Finally listening, the girl settled for sobbing loudly and rocking back and forth. The man sighed but got into the boat as well. After a moment they were afely out into the dark blue waters, only the girls loud crying and the sound of waves crashing into the sides of their boat blocking the silence and keeping it at bay.
The sobbing became softer and soon only sniffeling remained as the girl rubbed her tear stained face. The man turned back to her and paused in his rowing, he hadn't take off his mask, so reading his expression was impossible, but somehow it seemed as though he was pitying the girl. He village destroyed and her clan mostly killed but with some lucky survivors such as herself getting away from the masacre.
He sighed again as the little child began coughing and her eyes slowly closing before she was asleep.
The little girl awoke in a little cabin with a young woman sitting next to her. The lady had long wavy blond hair and kind green eyes. She softly ran her fingers through the childs hair, immideiatly calming her.
The masked man from before was nowhere to be seen, and when the girl asked where he went the woman gave her a questioning look and simply said.
"What man, sweetie? You were alone when I found you at the shore in a boat." After she said that a confused look was given to her, and it was never spoken of again.
Turns out that the woman was the owner of an orphanage, she took care of at least fifty kids, the reason is because they were in the rain village. The village was poor and a battlefeild for most wars so when kids came into the picture, their parents were either killed... or gave up on the children and threw them away.
Now this new girl with her red eyes was the newest addition. She quickly made friends and cared about each and everyone of them, saying she would always protect them and make sure their dreams come true.
A year. She had been at the orphanage for a whole year, and during that year, no one had come to adopt a single child, because no one wanted children. The woman who owned the orphanage was finiding handeling the children hard and pushed herself to her limits to care for them, which had only resulted in her becoming quite ill...
The red eyed girl saw this and went around the village asking what or who could heal her foster mother. No one helped, but one kind man who owned a teashop said that there was an herb that would help her and that he could turn it into medicine.
Sadly, the man had lost his leg during one of the battles taking place in the rain village and couldn't walk, but he told the small girl what the herb looked like and that it was located a few miles out of the rain village, and that if she got it for him, everything would be fine.
So off the girl went, climping slippery hills and many times falling and getting covered in mud and grime. Still she searched for the herb, until finally, finally, she found it. Sitting alone on a ledge that hung over the forest below stood the pure green herb, it stood tall over that grass and hung limply because the harsh fain fell upon its leafy head.
A smile, the biggest smile ever formed on her small face, appeared on the girl's face and she ran forward, not caring that she slipped and fell in a mound of mud and that it coated her front, she stood again and quickly stopped in front of the herb, picking it and holding it out in front of her face.
She glanced down in front of her and shivered when she saw how high she was. Turning slightly she was about to leave when she flet a hand on her back. At first it was just a soft touch, but then it turned into a shove.
The ground below her disappeared and the plant she was holding slipped from her hand as she fell down below. Wind and rain pressed against her small form as the ground came closer and closer to her until...
Crack. The small girl fell limp as her head collided when a jagged rock that was resting at the bottom of the cliff. Blood oozed out of the slash in her head and ran down her face, staining her hair and her clothes, her eyes were closed and it looked as though she had fallen unconcious, but inside her head millions of thoughts ran questioning everything.
Where was she? What happened? WHO was she? How did she get here? Where were her parents? Did she have parents?
All these thoughts played through her as a sea of silence slowly fell over them as well, soon being drowend out completely and leaving a dark abyss of nothing to take their place...
Rain fell on the face of an orange haired man as his ring eyes took in what he saw. He only went for a walk, to get out of the busy atmosphere of his home, only to walk upon this.
He blinked as he felt rain drops hit his bare eyes, but continued looking up, seein a small girl fall from the cliff, her dark brown hair waving messily in the wind as she tumpled toward the Earth. No, she hadn't slipped, she had been pushed.
He saw it, the dark skinned girl with black hair timidly walking over to the girl who was glancing down the cliff edge. Sticking out her small hand and touching her back, and then shoving, making the child fall.
The dark skinned girl stood frozen for a moment, as if not believing what she had done, and then slowly took a step back before running head long back into the forest, soon being hidden by the mans vision.
He cringed slightly as he heard a crack and turned back to look at the girl who had been falling. She was laying on her side next to a rock that had blood sliding down its side and onto the green floor below. Her brown hair was becoming stained by the dark liquid and her eyes were closed.
Taking slow steps at first the man walked over to her and kneeled down, inspecting the small girl. She was pale and skinny, with small hands that were now clenched into fists. Blood slipped down her face and the man took his sleeve and tried wiping away the blood.
He cringed again when he saw the dark gash going down from her left eyebrow and ending at the left corner of her lip. He hestitated slightly before taking off his dark cloak with blood red clouds on the bottome of it and wrapping the girl in it and scooping her up. Cold rain hit his bare arms as he turned toward the forest and carried the small girl in his arms.
He could feel it radiating off her. A dark chakra... almost like shadows. Who in the world was this child and why did she have this strange aura?
...Well, he would just have to find out. Wouldn't he?
Ahahaha... sorry it's so short ^^; But it's the prologue its suppose to be short XD I'm sorry if there are any mistakes, my comp doesn't have spellcheck so I can't tell if I spell things wrong ^^; Comment are appreciated!