Author's Note: Before you begin reading this please note that this is going to be a long progressing story. The beginning will be a little dry but I promise it will get better. So please don't kill me for not rushing to the action.
Fallen Heroes: The End of an Empire
"This can't be! It just can't be true! Father! Mother! Why is this happeni—uhh""I watched as the young woman fell to the ground. A shuriken thrown straight through her chest like a bullet from a man dressed in white. He was the captain of his team of soldiers. They were one of many teams sent to our village to eradicate the rebellions. They were sent by none other then the Akatsuki; the organization that single handedly took over the entire world over 100 years ago. Many tried to stand up to them, eventually they defeated the Akatsuki....or so they thought. 15 years later the Night of the burning Leafs shocked the world.
The Akatsuki wiped out the village in a single night after not being heard from for 15 years. All seemed to be lost until one man stood up to protect the village. His name has been lost in history but they say he was the most fearless and cut throat ninja in the history of the leaf. When he appeared on the battlefield the weak fled with their lives. That didn't matter though, his greatest attempts to thwart their assault ended in their favor. After eliminating 3/4 of their forces he still couldn't defeat their leader. The leafs greatest hope fell along with the others.
After this many countries simply surrendered out of fear of the same happening to them. The sand though; who had fallen to the leaf 15 years ago, stood up to fight. They also had a great hero stand up for them. This man was known as the untouchable. He fell in due time, the world belonged to the Akatsuki now.
Many parts of history have been covered up by the Akatsuki. This is all that is known of what really happened. Any attempts to go against the Akatsuki or to learn the true history are stopped very quickly. They are seemingly an unstoppable force. 100,000 men here at their headquarters (formerly the Leaf Village), and thousands spread across the globe in all different villages.
Every village has a Hokage who works for the Akatsuki and each village recruits for them. Here at headquarters though, the Hokage is the head of the entire Akatsuki. Somehow he is strong enough to control all these men. He has 8 guards who never show their faces in public so as not to be recognized. Then he has 100 Jounins. Always 100, no more, no less. If one dies he has them replaced with the next best. He has 5000 Chuunins at all times, same system implied. The rest of his army are Genins.
Last month they sent Genins with Chuunin captains. That is how strong they are. That
is how far the gap between a normal man and an Akatsuki ninja is. My parents were killed in front of my own eyes. I watched my own sister have a shuriken slice through her chest, collapsing two of her lungs. I watched her suffocate in the street telling me she'll be alright while slowly fading away. All of this because of a few protestors."
"So this is why your leaving the village? Are you insane! You'll be killed if your found outside the village! Nobody is allowed to leave!"
"I know that already. I don't care. I'm going to do this."
"So your just going to leave. You're a sixteen year old kid with $300, a couple Kunai's, and four exploding tag's. With that you expect to take down the entire Akatsuki organization."
"I'm going to train as well. I've been doing so here and it's been coming along great."
"Yes, your strong for a normal guy, but your nothing compared to a ninja."
"Listen to me Kaira, you need to stop worrying about me and just try to survive here until I come back and destroy them. Promise me that you will not die like my family and will be here to see me take them all down!"
".....I p-promise....Tressa. There really is not stopping you is there?"
"I'm leaving to become a ninja. I'm gonna become so strong I'm gonna wipe out the entire Akatsuki! My name is Tressa and I'm going to destroy the Akatsuki!" 'There's the gate. It's guarded by two Genin's who can alert their superiors with devices in their back pockets. If I can get passed them I'll be alright. All the traps set are to keep people from getting into the village. They're much easier to combat coming out of the village. Now for my all star acting skills'
"Hey you two!" The both turned around looking at each other. Then one spoke.
"Yeah what do you want kid? We're busy!" He said duller then I previously thought possible.
"Um, your staring off into the forest surrounding the village."
"Yes, it's very important that we don't let anybody into the village that doesn't have permission to be here. Especially someone who actually makes it to the village gates. The traps set are very powerful. It'd take a Chuunin or better to get through them without being told before hand how to get through."
"You guys are really bored aren't ya?" An obvious "no duh" look crossed both their faces instantly. "How about you guys give me some tips on working out? I've been trying to get stronger so I can join the Akatsuki one day." Their faces lighted up, eyes shut grinning widely.
"Well first off you have to have great work ethic! You have to have something pushing you to become stronger."
"Really? Like what?" I said holding back the fact that what was really pushing me inside made me want to rip this guy's throat out.
"Well, like me. I always concentrate on killing off the evil in the world. Like those protestors threatening to attack our men last month. Something had to be done!"
"Yes" The other one who had been watching the other the entire time finally spoke. "This one guy came at me so I was forced to kill him. It's a shame really. It was right after his wife, I assumed, came at me with a spear."
'My mom was holding a spear then, she bought it as a gift for me that day. No it must be some other lady.'
"Yeah after you killed those two some girl went hysterical. Who knows what she would have done if I didn't take her out with that shuriken"
"Sh-.....Shuriken!?" I said.
"Yeah, right through the chest. I have to say I've got damn good aim.....hey kid you look a little pale. Wait, you kinda look like that kid who ran to who her side after she fell....."I grabbed the man by his shirt and picked him up.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT? HOW! THEY WERE INNOCENT PEOPLE DAMMIT!" He slapped me down to the ground and began laughing.
"We were ordered to by our captain, kid. Anybody who shows any kind of resistance against us is to be killed immediately. And, since you just pissed me off by yelling and spitting in my face....what are you doing kid?"
'How could he? They were innocent dammit! This just isn't right! You can't do this kinda thing!'
"I'll kill both of you!" I ran at the first one trying to land a punch but missed. He punched me in the stomach and landed his knee on my forehead knocking me flat on my back. The other one stomped on my ribs causing a loud crack sound to occur.
"Listen kid, go to a doctor and get fixed up. Don't bother us again."
"You 'cough cough'......you bastards! I kill both of you!" I rose to my feet somehow. They both connect kicks into my stomach. I coughed up enough blood to cover the ground in red....
I began thinking bout everything. About how much I hate the Akatsuki. The adrenaline rush going through my body was one I've never felt before. So much hate was running through my veins. I couldn't see straight. I felt so strong though. I tried to get up and pain shot through my body. I definitely had broken ribs. It felt like I was breathing glass. Everything seemed to make my body hurt more. I'd never felt this much pain before. Then it happened.....the flashbacks came. I saw my family fall to these guys. I had to do something. I couldn't move though....it hurt too much.
"Fuck it!" I screamed jumping to my feet. It hurt so much. I was screaming just to stand. My body was ready to shut down. I grabbed two Kunai's out of my pockets.
"Weapons? Well sorry kid but now your threatening our lives. We're gonna have to take you out now." He said laughing with his partner. "What's with this wind all of a sudden? Whoa! The rocks are lifting off the ground and dirts flying everywhere! What the hell is going on! Hey! That kid has Chakra coming off of his body!"
"We better take him out right now before he does something stup–" I caught him directly in the throat with my first Kunai. He fell to the ground holding his neck struggling to breath...just like my sister did. My sight and aim were so well I could see everything around me. I felt so strong too. This had never happened before. How could I be this strong! I ran at the other guy. It seemed like he didn't even move out of my way when I shoved mu Kuani through his chest. I heard him yell out in pain but his eyes rolled into the back of his head seconds later. I hit the heart causing a quick death he didn't deserve. He should have suffered like his friend did. Even he didn't suffer long enough to satisfy me.
Both of them were dead. I saw the other press the button while he was struggling with the Kunai. I felt even weaker then I felt while laying on the ground. I needed to get out of here though. I ran out the gate and continued running as fast as I could which really wasn't that fast. The pain had returned to my body. If I stopped for a second I wouldn't be able to start again. I finally escaped the forest. I saw through most of the traps having overheard people who entered the village before. I saw a woman in the field outside the forest. She called out to me but I couldn't hear her at all. She began running towards me. She must have seen the blood all over my body. I fell to my knees giving in to the pain finally and everything went black.....