Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, if for some reason you thought that I did.
Have you heard the ancient stories of the time before the Sage of Six Paths arrived? Did you hear of the endless war and the many lives it took? Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live back then? What it would have been like? What would you do to survive? Here is a story that can show you the hardships and difficulties that were overcome to put an end to this time of suffering and death: the story of the Sage of Six Paths.
Yuki looked around quickly through the pouring rain. It was so thick she could barely see. "Grandmother!" she yelled. "Where are you?"
"I'm right here, child." A hand appeared on her shoulder.
"Grandma." Yuki could feel her warm, gentle chakra.
"Let's go, Yukiko." The old woman took off, sprinting through the trees, so fast she seemed to cut a path in the rain as it fell. Yuki followed after. Suddenly, the tree next to her burst into flames. She shrieked and fell, missing the next branch, slamming into the hard ground.
"Ugh…." She tried to sit up, but her leg wouldn't hold her. A foot appeared next to her. As well as a blade at her throat. "D**n," she thought, "not again."
"Stay down," the ninja said. Yuki happily followed the stranger's command. She suspected her grandmother was already far ahead, too far to help. The ninja had bright pink hair and loose fitting clothes made of a dark, cheap fabric.
"Be quiet," she said in hushed tones. "Don't say a word and we might survive."
"Didn't you just blow up that tree?" Yuki whispered as best she could with a knife at her throat.
"No, that was the beast." Another tree toppled over. The pink haired ninja's eyes widened. "Oh no, here it comes." She leaped away. Yuki struggled to get up, but couldn't. Something crashed through the trees. A giant tentacle wrapped around Yuki and lifted her away. She was suddenly face to face with a giant ox with tentacles. "AWESOME!" Yuki thought, "its like an ox-topus!"
"What did you just call me?"
"What who said that?" Yuki wondered.
"It was me, the 'ox-topus.'"
The voice did seem to be coming from the giant monster. "Do you speak English?" Yuki asked carefully.
"No, but I can use telepathy to communicate."
"That is so cool!" Yuki's jaw dropped in amazement.
"However, it usually doesn't work with humans. I don't understand why it worked with you."
"So, are you actually half ox, half octopus?" the young girl asked in wonder.
"No, this is just one of the many forms I can take. "
"Do you usually answer questions people ask you?"
"Well people don't ask me many questions before I kill them." The ox-topus licked its lips.
"Y-y-y-you're not planning on eating me." Her eyes widened. "Are you?"
"Well, I was, but now that I've had such an interesting conversation…" the beast looked down sadly, "I haven't actually had a conversation with a human before. May I ask you your name, human?"
"Yuki," the girl answered.
The ox-topus set Yuki down. "Maybe we will meet again, Yuki. I hope to have a 'conversation' with you again." The beast then lumbered away, knocking over trees as it went.
Yuki sat down in the grass. "Well, well, well," said a voice from behind a tree. Yuki looked over. It was her grandmother.
"You still alive, child?"
"I believe so," Yuki answered, a little shaken.
"Never seen a person have a conversation with the 10 tails before, not in all my life." She shook her head. "You have a talent, Yukiko. Learn how to use it."
"Yes, grandmother," Yuki nodded her head obediently.
"You must do this on your own, child. I cannot help you." The old woman ruffled her granddaughter's snow-white hair. She smiled sadly. "This is good bye."
Yuki's eyes filled with tears. "Why do you have to go?" she shouted. "This isn't fair!"
"This world isn't fair, child. People die everyday for no reason. The ones who live, always live poorly. Life is filled with death and suffering. Remember that and only trust those whose thoughts you can hear."
"Hear?" Yuki turned her head to the side. "I suppose I do hear things from you even when you don't say anything."
"Yes, child. That is your talent. I wish you the best of luck in learning it." The old woman's eyes welled up with tears. "I'm so proud of you, Yukiko. I will never forget you. Good bye." And the old woman vanished into the dark, wet, forest.
Well, that is the first chapter! I hope you liked it. I WILL write more of this one than my last one. (I actually have a plan for writing, this time). * wink * I will do my best to be historically accurate to the anime/manga, so tell me if I do happen to majorly contradict it somehow. Anyways, more to come! Soon!