Alright well here's something that I probably shouldn't be starting but I just couldn't help it because I've recently come up with this idea that I have to get out of my head before it explodes!
I am also considering getting a Beta Reader for this story just because I might need some help with Kisame's character as I'm not all that familiar with him and I want to keep him as true to his personality as possible.
Warnings for this story include there will be lots of language, as well as violence and some sexual themes later on. This will be your only warning so if you don't go for that kind of thing then you have the wrong story I'm sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, only any original characters that I've put into the story.
Hope you like it!
Again. Once again that bastard had beaten me to a kill. I forcefully ripped out a page of my bingo book that held the identity of a promising prospective pay day. However that complete dick had once again taken the bounty out before I'd even had a chance of getting there before him.
Slamming the small book closed I stood up from the bar stool I was sitting on and stowing it in one of the pouches on my belt I left the dingy place. Despite the fact that I had entered alone, I did not leave alone. I could feel a group of men get up and follow me. Not that I was particularly worried mind you but it was fairly annoying that this happened every single time I let my long blonde hair free from the hood I usually wore it in. walking calmly I began to lead them to the forest just outside of the town I was currently staying in. like the idiots I knew them to be they foolishly followed me.
Once in the tree line I turned to face them and the moment they met my distinctly red gaze I could see the confidence drain from their faces. My scratched Waterfall forehead protector flashed in the dappled light and I was slightly surprised that they were fellow rogue ninja like myself but that currently meant nothing to me other than the fact that you'd think they'd be able to be a little less obvious. Well either way they wouldn't have to worry about it for much longer because after today I was happy to say all their problems would over. Permanently.
"You're not Deidara…" one of them stated fearfully and backed up a step, "You're the Crimson Lightning from the Hidden Waterfall…" I drew an empty sword handle from my hip and with a single command had a blade made out of solidified lightning.
"For that I suppose you earned a quick death." I said with deadly purpose before I rushed the group so quickly none of them could react in time.
Needless to say the battle was so extremely short and one sided it was actually quite sad. After it was over I dug out my bingo book and after a quick flip through it I deduced that none of them were worth anything and with a dramatic flair of my cloak I continued on my way. My blonde hair flowed in the wind as a testament and a challenge to any other to mistake me as someone I was not.
What I failed to realize was there was someone else back in the clearing that had guessed my identity correctly the first time and wasn't finished with me quite yet.
Setting up camp for the night was as always a chore but just as I sat down to start cooking the rabbits I'd caught earlier I had when I suddenly felt a second presence within my camp. I dropped the rabbits in favor of a kunai and assumed a fighting stance, "I know there's someone there." I called into the darkness. I waited for an answer but after a few minutes the presence faded and after a few more minutes to make sure whoever that was truly gone I sat back down to continue my meal. I didn't let my guard down for the rest of the night until morning there was no telling who that was or what their purpose was or if they would be back later.
After a very restless night I packed up my meager campsite after making sure there was no sign I'd been there at all the night before then I once again set out. It was only early morning but already it felt like it was going to be another extremely hot day in the Land of Fire. I decided to once again leave my hood off but of course kept the black mask that covered the lower half of my face. Heading north I started to track a bounty that I had been tailing for the better part of a month and hopefully with any luck I would finally beat my competitor to one of my targets before he did.
Hiking my bag higher I set a brisk pace that would hopefully take me a good distance across the country while making sure to keep a good distance between me and Konoha. The last thing I needed was to be caught by a group of ANBU chasing me across the country.
After a few more hours of walking I finally decided that this just wasn't fast enough to get where I wanted to go. Making sure my pack was secure on my back before I jumped into the highest branches of the trees and began jumping. Despite the fact that I didn't typically have the best relationship with my village either in the past or in the current present, I have to admit this feeling was one of the things that made me continue to want to be a ninja. Well that and I liked being able to kick ass whenever I wanted. Although I have to say there were plenty of downsides as well, a specific case being having your Kage falsely accuse you of a crime before demanding your execution as punishment.
I sliced through the next tree trunk that I passed in my anger and listened with satisfaction as it crashed to the ground raising havoc in my wake. Feeling somewhat better I continued on my way before I picked up on a chakra signature a distance ahead of me. Confident that I was still a good distance from the Village Hidden in the Leaves I wasn't really concerned it could be ANBU but nonetheless I prepared myself for battle.
The signature was fast approaching and I concluded that like me, they were using the trees to speed their progress up. I didn't bring any lightning to my handle just yet but I was definitely holding onto it just in case I would need it. Once I got a bit closer I recognized it as the chakra that had visited me that one night. This time I was determined to find out who it was and picked up my pace a little bit lighting up my sword with lightning.
Just like the last time though once I got to the area I felt the chakra it disappeared. I yelled my frustration to the world as I cut down all the trees around me. I didn't like being followed by this unknown person in my life and I really wished that they would either reveal themselves completely or just fuck off entirely. I was getting real tired of this popping in and out of nowhere shit. Anger back, I jumped back into the trees and continued on to my still distant destination.
Finally on the morning of the second day, I'd finally caught my pay day and I was never so happy to have taken down a bounty than I was at this moment. I released the lightning from my sword and put it away in my pouch while I instead pulled out a containment scroll so I wouldn't have to physically carry the dead body to the outpost where I would be officially collecting my well-earned and deserved money.
Just as I finished the sealing, I felt the presence of two shinobi behind me and approaching at a moderate pace, they obviously weren't in a hurry. Normally I would have ignored them but their chakra gave the distinct impression that they were both formidable ninja. My curiosity over ruled my sense of self-preservation as I decided to wait for these two to approach me. Despite the severe heat, I'd put on my cloak and pulled the hood up which concealed my scratched forehead protector and my blonde hair and when combined with my half-mask left only my red eyes visible.
Coming out of the trees were two men wearing the same black cloaks adorned with red clouds except the men themselves couldn't have been more opposite if they tried. The one on the left was shorter of the two and had silver hair with magenta eyes and a giant red scythe slung over his back. Not to mention the fact that his cloak was open at the front to reveal a nicely muscled chest with a circular pendant with an upside down triangle in the center.
The taller was someone I knew quite well in fact. He wore a modified version of a forehead protector that wrapped around his head and over his ears and held down a white cloth that covered the top and back of his head completely covering him. His eyes were by far the creepiest thing about him though, the sclera part was blood red and his iris was an acid green with no pupil. Unlike his companion, his cloak was done up completely which was something I was grateful for. Upon seeing him I once again switched my scroll for the sword handle. I noticed the white haired one watched me do this and I saw his amusement when I only pulled out a handle rather than a full weapon. I could barely hold back a smirk.
"Ishiyama Tokoryu…" stated the creepy one and I admit I was in fact quite surprised that he knew who I was but I didn't let me faze me for a moment.
"Kakuzu, I supposed I should be honored one such as you knows my name." I mock bowed towards him and he gave a glare that I found pretty unintimidating, "You don't know how long I've waited for this day," lightning flared on my sword, "luck must be on my side for once." I stated and before either of them could do anything more than utter an undignified 'What the fuck?' I leapt at my target. No longer would he be stealing any of my bounties.
"Brat, you're one hundred years too young to beat me." He replied before black threads shot out from underneath his cloak. I dodged all of them easily due to my years of studying about this asshole, I thankfully had some connections back in my village that were able to dig up all the information that we'd had on this guy. Apparently he was nearly immortal having been around back when the Senju clan still existed in Konoha and it had been his job to assassinate him and when he returned to the village having failed, they did unspeakable things to him before he killed them all and took their hearts. He then escaped with a forbidden jutsu that had obviously turned him into the monster he was now. All things considered we actually weren't all that different. That still didn't change the fact that I was going to kill him though.
Slashing right and left I was able to cut through the threads racing towards me before I teleported behind him and slashed at his back. He too teleported away just before I made contact and less than a fraction of a second later I felt his presence behind me, twisting as quickly as I could I was able to brace myself against the blow that came and my body made a small crater in the ground.
"What the fuck Kakuzu you hypocritical piece of shit, I thought we weren't allowed to kill this fucking bastard." Voiced the second of the two and I just about laughed out loud, so he thought I was male, I guess I can't say I'm surprised my voice is indeed quite low compared to most females' and I was also a lot taller than everyone I've ever come into contact with.
"Shut your mouth Hidan." He growled and using his momentary lapse in concentration I activated another one of my favorite techniques that allowed me to shoot lightning from my palm. Unfortunately he blocked it quite effectively but I was already swinging with my sword aiming right for where I knew his heart to be, or at least one of them. He jumped away but at the last moment I extended the lightning just a bit and ended up catching the front of his cloak. The minute he noticed I saw his glare increase tenfold and for the first time I was finally afraid. "You'll pay for that, bitch." He promised darkly "This ends now."
Just as he said that threads literally sprouted from the ground to wind around my arms, legs and my neck. There was a cry of "Bitch?!" somewhere to my left but I paid it no heed as I continued to stare down the man before me. I could feel the cords tightening around my limbs and my neck but I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of the pain on my face. I did my best to hang onto the hilt of sword that no longer had any lightning on it but once I lost feeling in that hand I heard it clatter to the ground.
"Oi, Kakuzu we're supposed to be requiting him not fucking killing him snap out of it you fucking prick!" the other one shouted as my vision started to black out. I felt the cords tighten a little bit more before the released me completely and I, much to my shame, crumpled to my knees. With my airway once again free to breathe I started coughing roughly to clear it and rubbed the sore spots where the cords had been on my neck and wrists. I wanted badly to take off my mask but I didn't dare with these two right in front of me.
"Are you done?" Kakuzu demanded of me and I chanced a look up at him to find him standing right in front of me. Deciding I didn't like to be looking up to him in this manner I got to my feet and discovered that we were actually the same height much to my liking. On a side note I was also taller than his light haired companion which also pleased me.
"That depends, what do you want?" I asked backing up a few steps to gain some distance between me and the older ex-Waterfall village ninja.
"We were sent by our Leader, he is extending you an invitation to join our group known as the Akatsuki." He stated plainly but still in a highly irritated tone.
"Akatsuki? What the hell is that? I've never heard of them."
"They are an organization comprised of elite S-Class shinobi dedicated to making world peace."
"World peace? Seriously, I call bullshit. There's no such thing." I retorted and I heard the other one scoff.
"Yeah I fucking know right? That's what I fucking said when these heathens came and asked me to join but at least the pay is fucking good even if I have to deal with this asshole every day." He stated and I raised an eyebrow at his choice of words, it seems he certainly had a colorful vocabulary. I have to admit the thought of getting paid on a regular basis with a nice fat paycheck at that sounded quite nice actually.
"Would I have to wear one of those awful cloaks too?" I asked and Kakuzu gave me another glare.
"Yes, you damn brat now are you in or can I kill you now?" he growled and unfortunately I knew he would stick to his word and kill me if I declined plus he was so high above my level of skill that I also knew I had no chance of stopping him whatsoever. Plus I really liked the sound of a solid source of income.
"Sure I guess, I don't really see a reason why not to." I accepted and because I for once was tired of wearing the mask and also partly because I wanted to see the look on the second one's face I took it off and pulled down my hood, "Oh and by the way, I'm a woman you dumbass."
Revealing what I looked like for the first time in a long time was totally worth it to see the dumbstruck look on his face.
The next chapter will be up sometime next week :)
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