DEMONS OF THE SWIRL

LONG...LONG AGO IN A WORLD OF NINJA AND SAMURAI. THE LAND WAS TORN INTO 6 DIFFERENT NATIONS AS WAR PLAGUED IT OVER THE YEARS.

THESE 6 NATIONS BECAME KNOWN AS THE LANDS OF

FIRE

WATER

EARTH

WIND

LIGHTNING

AND IRON

OUR STORY BEGINS WITH THE SECOND SHINOBI WAR. ON THE BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF THE HIDDEN STONE AND THE HIDDEN LEAF.

CHAPTER 1

The battle had been going for months. Good men and women gave their lives defending their homes and families as villages tried to expand their borders. War orphans became plentiful as rogue ninja stormed villages for supplies. But that isn't of importance at the moment. when this war is done, they will be sorted and taken in by the villages...if they are left standing.

"Arghhhh" shouts and battle cries raged over the blood covered field. bodies strewn everywhere as shinobi clashed continuously. Kunai after Kunai, shuriken after shuriken. Weapons scattered as they lay forgotten. This is the scene that the Sandaime hokage overlooked.

"Hah, hah. Lord hokage, the enemy is finally retreating. Should we pursue?" A chunin asked Sarutobi. The young man was very young, too young to have to be subjected to war, but every capable warrior was needed.

"No, we shall fall back as well." Sarutobi told his young ninja. "Retreat. Grab all of your fallen comrades, make haste. This battle is over" the leader's voice echoed over the fighting. Seeing his ninja follow his command, he sighed. 'I'm too tired for this shit. If only the other villages could resolve things without violence.'

As the Sandaime thought this, a foreboding evil suffocated the battle field. On the horizon stood a single red haired warrior. Applying chakra to his eyes, Hiruzen Sarutobi was able to see the figure in greater detail. His face grew pale of all color, his heart beat raced and his knees quaked.

The hidden Rock had just let a demon onto the field. A demon in human flesh. Born and raised to fight as viscious killers. Enslaved during the beginning of the Second war for their skills in battle and their mastery of Sealing. Uzumaki made the difference on any given battle field. Being closely related to the Kaguya clan they had the ability to use the Dead Bone Pulse, and also being linked to the Uchiha and Senju. It made sense to have control over the strongest unmarked clan in the lands.

Originally, the Uzumaki were peace lovers, unlike their cousin clan Kaguya. They were a mix of four bloodlines, mutating them over the years. Mokuton, Sharingan, Dead Bone Pulse, and their own bloodline, the Ketsueki Sosa (Blood Manipulation). Any Uzumaki could have one or a combination of the bloodlines. Marking them highly valued. When their home was overrun by a joint force from Lightning, Earth and Water. The Uzumaki fought valiantly and aggressively. Crushing the massive force against them until after ten days of constant fighting when they all just stopped fighting once their leader was slain in battle.

But back to the battle at hand.

The lone warrior on the horizon just stood menacingly. Saturating the air with his overpowering killing intent. Giving each and every ninja on the field a vision of their incoming death. This was the skill of an Uzumaki looking for blood. This is why they chose peace over battle. Once they were out for blood, nothing short of a Kaguya could compete with them, because Uzumaki didn't fight other Uzumaki. Family was everything to them.

Sarutobi took a step back in hesitation. 'I may be able to hold him off, but I do not wish to forfit my life out of stupidity...I know, perhaps if she were to fight'. "Kushina, front and center!" the kage yelled seemingly to no one. That is until a single red headed woman appeared beside him, her back to him as she lazily looked at her "comrads" running for their useless lives.

"What do you want old man, I have better things to do than play soldier with these low lives." Kushina Uzumaki drawled. Her long scarlet hair cascading down her back. Her silky smooth skin visible through her fish net crop top. Adorning a customized sea blue anbu vest and jet black pants that billowed out near the thighs and were skin tight near the ankles. Black ninja tape wrapped around her feet and the legs of her pants. On her smooth stomach, visible for all to see was a red skull tattoo with a black rose sitting just above the right eye hole.

On her back was her katana in a slate gray sheath. The handle wrapped in a diamond pattern with red silk. On her arms were black armbands adorned with suppression seals and resistance seals. Her eyes were deep violets, once filled with life, now dulled with nothing but hatred and boredom. Her face was one of an angel, and her voice could make any battle hardened man melt.

"What I want, is for you to stall that man while the troops retreat with the dead and the wounded. He might provide you with a challenge, I know you have been rather bored lately with the cannon fodder lately." Hiruzen said, trying to appeal to her longing for battle.

"Why should I? Fight him yourself bastard. You're the supposed god of shinobi right? Surely you ca-" "He's an Uzumaki. Roshi Uzumaki to be exact." Hiruzen cut Kushina's blatant sarcasm off promptly. "Will you stall him or not" the kage said, quickly losing his patience when he recieved no answer.

Looking over, the man face faulted. Kushina had started eating Onigiri in the middle of him talking. With a muffled belch, Kushina stood. "You talk to much old man. After this battle consider my services for the leaf terminated. I'm sick of having to fight all of your battles." Kushina stated before she shunshined towards Roshi.

With Roshi

Walking slowly towards the stragglers Roshi whistled a simple tune. (think Devil went down to Georgia) Picking up a discarded wakizashi, Roshi smiled deviously as he rushed three shinobi. The first, he grabbed by the neck slinging him into the air, spinning low he slashed the second ninja in the kneecaps before slitting his throat as he crumbled to the ground. Throwing the wakizashi like a spear, he impaled the third ninja right between the eyes. Staring as the ninja fell faced first to the ground, forcing the blade further through his skull as the first shinobi finally fell from the sky and landed directly on the blade. Piercing his heart as he slid down. The entire time Roshi had never stopped whistling.

Moving forward, he kicked a fuuma shuriken and watched as it flew through five ninja consecutively, their bodies falling apart simultaneously as blood gushed out of them like gysers. As he got ready to kill another four measley ninja, a redheaded woman landed beside him with a kunai resting just under his adam's apple.

"Having fun killing cannon fodder I see? How about a real challenge, aye cousin Roshi?" Kushina spoke in a cheerful voice. Not waiting for a responce as she slammed him to the ground, kunai still held at his throat while she brought a fist down to smash his face in. Roshi had other plans as he launched her into the air with a punch to the jaw.

"I see you haven't changed at all little Kushina." Roshi spoke as he went through handsigns. "Fire style: Breath of the demon king, Roshi said quietly before unleashing an ungodly stream of jet black fire. The flame shot up into the sky claiming it's target with a fiery explosion as chunks of burnt log fell from the sky. Roshi back flipped over the slash of a Katana. Flipping back several feet, he brought his left arm up to gaurd against Kushina's bandaged heel. His bone's creaking under the force of the blow, as she used chakra to stick to him, she swung her other leg and slammed it against his head sending him plowing through the earth.

Smoke and dust consumed the trench dug by Roshi's body as Kushina swiftly twirled her katana and placed it back into it's sheath. Turning her back and walking slowly towards Hiruzen 'Stupid old man just sat and watched, surely he could have at least left so I could fake my death easier'. "And just where do you think you're going princess Kushina" Roshi spoke darkly in Kushina's ear.

Standing perfectly still as Roshi's shadow consumed her, Kushina counted the seconds down before pain was all she knew. Roshi backhanded her with a chakra induced slap. Grabbing hold of her arm before she was sent sprawling, he whispered into her ear. Tossing her to the ground, he stared directly into the eyes of Hiruzen Sarutobi, and slammed a serrated dagger through her heart. Blood spurted out around the dagger as the life finally left Kushina with a shuddering gasp.

"This battle is over, leader of the leaf. If you value the lives of your shinobi, you will leave now and never look back." Roshi spoke, letting the unspoken threat linger in the air. Heading the warning, Hiruzen and his troops left immediately. Not even caring to secure the body of Kushina Uzumaki. A broken tool was better left forgotten after all.

Roshi stayed on the battle field and waited. After hours, the blood clone of Kushina dispelled as she dug her way out of her hiding place within the earth.

...Back in Konoha...

In the council chambers sat the elders, Danzo and Hiruzen. Muttering over the final battle and the lives lost. None seemed too concerned about the Uzumaki though. Well none other than Danzo.

"Tis a shame, Kushina died a young death. She was an excellent anbu operative. We could have bred strong shinobi with her to produce better ninja for the future of this village. Whatever happened to the body Hiruzen?" Danzo asked curiously, as his root ninja were unable to find traces of the body, only un-useable blood that was tampered with to make it contaminated.

"I'm afraid her body may have been claimed as the spoils of war. She was killed by Roshi Uzumaki of the Hidden Rock after all. The village loves collecting spoils of war just as much as Kumo does.." Hiruzen stated calmly.

Just as he finished speaking the chamber door's opened. "Where is she? Where is Kushina? She hasn't returned with the rest of the people so where is she!?" Minato shouted. Jiraiya and Tsunade stood behind their illegitimate child, Jiraiya not even having a clue that the boy is his since the night was a clouded memory for him. Not that Tsunade would ever let him know that they had sex that night years ago and she sired a child because of it. (Fucked up right?)

No, her heart belonged to Dan. So she would let that secret die with her. Having given the boy up for adoption to one of the women in the traveling Namikaze clan. Her heart nearly shattered the day he showed up in the leaf to become a ninja. The boy was a genius, making Jonin at 13 and aspiring to become hokage at the age of 20.

"Answer me! Where is she?" Minato broke down. Tears streamed down his face as his voice hitched. "She...was...carrying my child!" he spoke between sobs. At the revelation everyone was shocked. Tsunade was shocked because she would have been a grandmother, Jiraiya because his prized student would have been a father, and he a god father by association. The elders and Hiruzen were shocked because they lost the chance at having more Namikaze within the village. Danzo, only cared that he lost both a potential weapon and the spawn of the Yellow flash.

"Please...tell me...what happened...what happened to Kushina..."At this point the sun kissed blonde was being consoled by two of the sannin.

"She was defeated and killed in battle today...by Roshi of the hidden rock." Danzo spoke. Answering for Hiruzen since he could see the man was troubled, and sensing that he could use this event to get the yellow flash to destroy the village hidden in the rock once and for all.

Hearing this made Minato's already hurt heart shatter. As if a switch in his mind was flicked, the aspiring kage donned a blank cold look in his eyes as he slowly stood. The tears on his face would be forever burned into Hiruzen's memory for it was his fault that the possible Yondaime shut off his once kind heart and went over to the dark side of the leaf.

With the Uzumai...

"You're positive that our family has returned to Uzu? We can finally go home and rebuild? Kushina asked her older cousin and former guardian Roshi. It had been 12 years. 12 long years stuck in the village hidden in the leaves. Outcast and treated like nothing but a common tool and scapegoat. Having to lay with a man she didn't love and act like she had a connection to the village allied with her homeland that left it to be destroyed when she was younger.

She felt sick to her stomach. She knew she was pregnant, she would never take her rage and grief out on her children to be, it wasn't their fault. She would raise them to be strong and she would tell them of their father but she would never go back to the leaf. An Uzu ninja through and through she was, and so her children would be.

"Come princess, let us go home. Soon the world will know of the Uzumaki wrath. Our cousins, the Kaguya have already gone to Uzu to finish the repairs. We will not inform the Uchiha and the Senju. They don't deserve to know we have survived." Roshi spoke softly. Turning and jumping to the tree tops as he and Kushina made their way home.

And that's a rap people. If you enjoy this, I might make it into a full story :)