Requiem of the fallenchapter 1
Ahhhhhhhh! The piercing scream rang throughout the forest
I had to get away from him I just had to. I kept running the screams of my fallen comrades still ringing in my ears I looked over my shoulder trying to see thorough the blackness that filled the forest as I turned to look forward I had to shield my eyes from the rain. Looking to my right I could barley make out the last two members of his six-man team.
Flashback
We had been keeping a very low profile for the past couple of hours and once it became night we decided to risk a fire in order to keep warm. We were a motley crew from the hidden village of the mist, consisting of four chunnin and two jonnin. Our mission was to head to leaf and deliver a message to the Hokage.
What it was concerning, I hadn't the slightest idea, nor why it required two jounnin and four chunnin to accomplish. But the pay was good for that kind of mission so I accepted it with out much thought. I should probably tell you my name, I'm (insert name) I grew up in the village surrounding the hidden village of the mist.
And I was accepted to there academy and the rest is history I rose through the ranks and got to where I am now. It was about three in the morning when it started to rain at first it was light not more than a drizzle but it soon grew to a full on down pour. At about three twenty our perimeter alarms went off.
A couple of flares we had rigged to go off in case any one came within a thousand feet of us it would hopefully give us enough time to escape while keeping what ever tripped it busy. We were instantly on full alert and within seconds we were in hiding awaiting what ever had tripped the flares.
We had put out the fire only fifteen minuets ago and there were still some coals left glowing and there wasn't enough time to use a water jutsu to put out the hot coals so I decided to let them burn and hoped that the rain would take care of it.
A couple of minutes passed and I started to think it was just an animal that had tripped the flares, and I slowly lowered my guard when one of the chunnin screamed out in agony and I watched in horror as a hand was put through his chest and another broke his neck. His body slumped lifelessly to ground and as it began to soak the already rain soaked ground with his blood.
Simultaneously me and the other jounnin went through a short series of hand signs and used a jutsu to dispel to rain in the immediate area. I then jumped from my position to another nearby tree that held another chunnin and as I grabbed his shoulder to tell him get out of here I gasped in shock as his head rolled to the side and fell of his almost completely severed neck only a small amount of skin kept it from falling off entirely.
Looking up I shouted for the rest of my team to get the fuck out of there and I then turned around and began to run as fast as I could through the forest. As I ran I heard someone scream in agony. And I recognized the voice as the voice of the other Jounnin who had come along with us on the mission.
End flashback
As I ran I tried to think of how two Chunnin and one Jounnin had been killed in less than ninety seconds and I found that I was scared of the thought of a being that powerful. And I shuddered to think about it. But I had to keep going. I turned to look to my right again and I almost tripped when I saw no one there, shit he must have gotten them without my knowing it.
As I looked forward again I ran face first into a tree. I yelled out in pain as covered my face with my hands to try and stop the bleeding from my nose and closed my eyes and tried to block out the pain. When I opened my eyes and looked up I could see two blood red eyes staring at me from the branches of the tree above me.
My voice caught in my throat and I pulled my hands from my face and the rain began to once again pelt my face. As I stared into those eyes the storm began to get worse, and drops of water fell into my eyes and I closed them to clear them of water and when I opened them again, and the eyes were gone.
I slowly stood and got to my feet and started to run once again it was almost two and half hours before I got out of the forest and I still hadn't seen the eyes again. I took this to be a good sign and I took a small break to catch my breath and have a drink of water.
Pulling out my hip flask I brought it to my lips and took a long slow drought from it and I closed my eyes when I was done and let out a sigh of relief, as I opened my eyes I surveyed my surroundings a expansive wide open field with no cover. "Hmm, not to good but at least I'll be able to make better time. Ok I guess I should leave in a few minuets."
Closing my eyes I got ready to take a little rest. "Don't worry, take all the time you want I'm not in a rush." The suddenness of his words startled me, and my eyes shot open and beads of sweat began to form on my forehead. As my head slowly turned to left my eyes came to rest on a lone figure cloaked in darkness, his form leaning almost casually against a tree trunk not ten feet from where I was sitting. His face was bathed in shadow and I could only make out slight details of his face.
He had dark eyes and darker hair, a strong face. His body was as far as I could tell, well built. He had black ninja pants on, covered by a black long sleeved jacket on. Over the jacket was a black vest, and Judging by how the rain beaded on the surface of the vest I guessed that it was probably made of some kind of waterproof metal or some other similar composite. Oh his hands he had black Jounnin gloves. (Think of the ones that kakashi wears)
Well that part made sense considering only an elite Jounnin or a Sannin had that kind of skill. The forehead protector he wore had the symbol of the cloud on it with a deep and jagged cut running horizontally across it, and another protector attached to his forehead above the other one. He wore nothing that could link him to any of the hidden villages. I had no idea who he was but I knew he was dangerous. I had to get away from him, or I was dead, but I couldn't.
My body was frozen stiff and my brain was racing I couldn't comprehend how he had gotten there with out me seeing him, I just couldn't grasp it. "Relax, take your time." it was the calmness in his voice that bothered me so much. How could he be so calm and casual when he had just killed five people not even one hour ago?
"Wh.. Who...are you," I managed to say before fear once again took over control of my body. "Who I am is no concern of yours what should be your concern is defending your self!" and with blinding speed he had kicked me with such force that I flew twenty feet into the field. I was on my feet only seconds after I hit the ground despite that his kick had shattered three ribs in my chest.
The second I was on my feet I performed a quick series of hand signs before launching one of my own attacks. "Ice spear jutsu" the frozen javelin formed in my hand and I hurled it at his chest. I was surprised to see it shatter two feet in front of him, in a flash of light and some steam. When the steam cleared his hands had formed a triangle. And jumping between his hands was a massive amount of chakra and blue electricity. "Hmm not bad I must say, I'm impressed. While your attempt was futile it was a good try. Now it's my turn to show you what power is." And once again those eyes of his glowed red.
