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It was October the 9th, the day before the annual Kyuubi festival. It had been almost 5 years since the Kyuubi no Kitsune was defeated by the Yondaime Hokage.
In the orphanage a nearly 5 year old Naruto Uzumaki trembled in fear as he looked at the calander on the wall. Everyone in the orphanage had thier birthdays placed on the calander so they would remember it but Naruto was the only one written in red.
All the days were marked out showing that the day circled in red, his birthday was next...bong...bong...bong.."
Clenching his eyes tightly with fear Naruto heard the antique clock chime 7...8...9...10 times.
Naruto hearing the 11th chime thought "Someone, anyone save me." BONG.
As the 12th stroke of midnight sounded something inside of Naruto feeling the fear inside of him awoke.
As the 12th stroke went silent in place where Naruto had been was nothing but a sheet that fell slowly to the floor.
When Naruto opened his eyes looking around for danger he found himself standing in a white circle room with a falcon crest on the floor, 12 closed doors around the room with pilars between each door. Above him Naruto could see a glass roof and thought "What the...were am I."
A voice said "You are in the hall of memories."
Naruto eyes widne and looked around and said in a scared voice "Whose there."
The voice said "A name has power. By giving a person your name you are giving them power over you. You are telling them who you are, where you are from, who you associate with, what weakness that can be exploited, and what strengths you have. To give your name means that you trust that someone with your entire life...But I am the Oracle."
Naruto bit his lip and said "Where are you. I can't see you."
Oracle said "Because I do not want to be seen. You have not earned the right to see me."
Naruto said "How did I get here."
Oracle said "When the innocent live in fear the world is corrupted by evil. It is for this reason that we exist. To fight that evil."
Naruto looked confused and said "I don't understand."
Oracle said "You will."
Time skip, 5 years later.
5 years is a long time. A lot can happen in 5 years. A village could be destroyed and consumed by the earth. A river could run dry or flood. Kingdoms can change names a dozen times and War could leave nothing but pain and suffering.
A figure around 5'7 entered the gates of a small village on the boarder of Wine country dressed in a smoky black cloak and black boots.
The figure had the hood up hiding his hair and shadowing his face hiding what he looked like as well as hiding his arms since the cloak looked to be just a size bigger then what the person actually needed.
Walking through the streets the figure saw the village was in a state of poverty.
Glancing left and right the figure walked into an empty ally.
A few moments later 4 men entered the same ally looking for the figure who had entered moments before they found no sign of the figure.
Glancing at each other one said "What should we do boss. He matches the description of the guy whose been targetting the Tichi Yakuza.
The tallest of the 4 men said "We report back to boss and see what he want's to do."
As the 4 men left across the street from the alley the men had entered was a figure crouched down on a roof watching them.
Jumping from roof to roof following them the figure narrows his eyes as he sees the 4 men enter an expensive looking courtyard that seem to be wealthier then everyone else in town.
The figure looks to his right and see's a shrine bell hanging from a shrine next to the mansion and the figure disappears in a puff of smoke.
20 minutes later the monk in charge of the shrine saw a figure walk toward the alter before kneeling on one knee in front of the alter.
The monk said "Hello my son, welcome to the shrine of the..."
The figure said "Save your words of peace father for you will need them soon. A messanger of peace has come to remove the sins of the world. When asked who was this messanger please show them this card and pray for the souls of those I am about to clense." as he disappeared in a puff of smoke and in his place was a card with picture of a falcon on it with a spiral on the breast of the falcon.
As the monk picked up the card an explosion was heard outside the temple and the monk's eyes widen before he moved to go outside to see what the explosion was.
As he reached outside he saw smoke coming from the mansion next to the temple.
Inside the courtyard of the temple the figure spun around a sword strike before swinging upwards with a wrist blade splitting a mans head in 2 from his neck to his forehead.
Grabbing a pair of smoke bombs the figure dropped them before the sound of metal cutting flesh was heard.
The monk along with several villagers moved closer to the gate where they could see inside the mansion and when the smoke cleared the monk saw the figure he had seen in the shrine walking toward the mansion front door while there were the bodies of at least 30 men all dead in almost a perfect circle.
As the figure reached the door the doors blew off the henges before the figure stepped in and the monk thought "Kami, help the poor souls who are coming to you know and have mercy on them because I doubt they will recieve mercy in the last moments of thier lives.
Inside the mansion an elderly looking man who was wearing expensive looking silk cloths looked on in worry as the sounds of explosion was heard in the courtyard before it moved into the mansion and was getting closer. The elderly man looked at the 4 men who came to him earlier and said "Fools, you lead him right to me. If I didn't think I needed every man I could get I would kill you myself. Now arm yourselves and prepare for..."
Just then the doors of the room blasted open followed by a strong gust of wind carrying the doors over 20 feet away from where the henges were. Standing in the door frame the figure who the men who saw early and as they looked at him with fear in thier eyes it was the last thing they would ever see as 4 throwing knives entered into thier heads that had been thrown with 2 in each hand from the figure who turned to the only other person still alive in the room and said "Anti Rido, 13th head of the Tichi Yakuza and last living member of the 6 great Yakuza houses. You are guilty of spreading fear and corruption around these lands. Make peace because this is your last moment of life.
The elderly man blinked a moment before he felt a blade stick through his heart in the back.
The figure looked down at the elderly man at his feet that he just killed and pulled out a card similar to the one he gave the monk except on the back there was a seal on it that he placed on the body of Anti who went up in smoke.
The figure heard the sound of foot steps and turned quickly but relaxed when he saw the monk from earlier standing there and the figure said "Peace be to you father. Ring the bells of your shrine and let the people know the last leader of the 6 great Yakuza of these lands is dead along with all the other leaders. Let the people rejoice as they no longer have to fear these men causing them pain and suffering.
The monk said "Who are you."
The figure said "Names have power Monk for good and evil. I have no name." as he pulled the throwing knives out of the skulls of the 4 men he killed moments before.
The monk said "Then what do I tell the people who ask who save them."
The figure said "I already told you in your shrine." before he was covered in smoke and when it was clear the figure was gone.
1 month later
In a bounty office near the border of grass country a bounty officer saw a figure wearing a cloak walk into his office and said "Howdy stranger. Can I help you with something."
The figure said "I have some bounties I want to turn in."
The bounty officer said "You came to the right place. Where are the bodies so that I can identify them."
The figure pulled out a stack of cards about the size of poker cards but there was nearly 200 cards there and the figure said "The heads are all in these. I'll return tomorrow for my payment. Just send chakra into the seal on the back and the heads will pop out." as he set the cards on the counter and walked away.
The bounty officer said "What's your name stranger."
The figure stop walking and said "I don't have a name. If you must identify me then copy my symbol on the front as my identity." as he walked away.
2 years later.
Jiraiya of the Sannins face was neutral as he walked into the Hokage tower. As he made it to the Sandaime's secretary he said "Cancel all meetings for sensei the rest of the day." ignoring her and everyone else in the office as he kept walking up to the Sandaime's door.
Walking in without knocking the Sandaime looked up from his paperwork and saw Jiraiya walk in and blinked before looking at the window and said "I take it this isn't one of your usual friendly visit's Jiraiya."
Jiraiya said "No sensei. I already cancelled your meetings for the rest of the day. You and I have much to discuss."
Putting up a privacy jutsu Hiruzen said "What is it you need to speak to me about Jiraiya."
Jiraiya said "I've been trying to locate Naruto all these years ever since he disappeared like usual while also running my spy network. Over the past 3 years my spy network had started to get information about a new player on the board. An assassin."
Hiruzen said "Last time I checked Jiraiya, assassinations was something ninja do."
Jiraiya shook his head and said "You don't understand sensei. Who ever this guy is he's good...no good isn't the right word for him. If anything I would call this guy perfect. Nobody knows his name. Nobody knows where he comes from, where he goes. The people who see him are either the ones he lets see him or the ones he's killed. Look at this." as he pulled out a book.
Hiruzen glanced at the book and said "It's the standard edition of the bingo book. What about it."
Jiraiya said "Look through it and tell me what's wrong with it. Start in the back."
Hiruzen frowned and took the book and opened it and began to go through the pages and said "I don't see what's wrong with this Jiraiya."
Jiraiya said "The Bingo book are wrote in alphabetical order but also in rank order. What's the last page.
Hiruzen turned to the last page and read
Hiro Hito
C-rank missing ninja of Iwa.
Hiruzen said "What about it."
Jiraiya said "Where are all the Yakuza sensei or the D-rank ninja, what happened to all the C-rank missing ninja who come after Hi in the alphabet. Where are thier pages.
Hiruzen blinked and looked at the book and said "Maybe it's a printing error."
Jiraiya shook his head and said "I've checked 3 times with 3 different publishers in 3 different countries. Every bounty on every Yakuza, D-rank missing ninja and over half of the C-rank missing ninja in the general Bingo book are dead and thier bounties have been turned in by this assassin. Turn to page 1 sensei."
Hiruzen whose eyes were wide quickly flipped to the first page and saw a picture of a person in a smokey color black cloak but no other feature about the person could be seen. Beside the picture was a symbol of a falcon with a spiral on it. Under the 2 pics he read.
Name:?:Suspected name Assassin, Demon, Savior, Hero,
Age:?:Suspected Teen
Country of Origin:?:Suspected HELL
Home village:?:Suspected HELL
Skills:?:Suspected Assassination
Rank:?:Suspected SS rank - Flee on sight
Known abilities :?:Suspected Life taker, Soul stealer, Immortal, Ghost.
Confirmed Kills
211 Yakuza members
111 Banbit/Mercs leaders
144 D-rank missing ninja
96 C-rank missing ninja
Uncomfirmed Kills
If someones commited a crime in the last year and mysteriously died or turned up missing odds are he was killed by this guy. If your a criminal, turn yourself in and stay in jail. It's safer for you. Even if you would be executed if you did at least you will live longer then if this guy see's you.
Hiruzen sweatdropped and said "Is this some kind of joke Jiraiya."
Jiraiya said "This is no joke sensei. I came back to beg you to put this guy in our bingo book and tell any of our people that if they cross his path avoid him at all cost. So far he is only going after the criminals but I don't know what makes this guy tick. He could just be greedy which means sooner or later he will go after other bounties like the one on your son Asuma for being a Fire Temple Guard."
Hiruzen frowned and said "See if you can get anything on this guy. If you have to then go after his targets. If he's going in order then all you have to do is find them before he does."
Jiraiya said "It's not that easy sensei. This guy only turns in a bounty once a year, rents a hotel room and collects his money the next day before vanishing. He doesn't use the same office, he...I can't explain it sensei. He's got a month head start on me so he may already be way past the last guy in that book."
Hiruzen said "Then go after the first C-rank and work your way back until you meet him. Find out all you can. There are just to many questions about this guy and not enough answers."
Jiraiya said "I can't agree more sensei. I'll begin searching right away."
Hiruzen said "Good luck Jiraiya." before Jiraiya shushined away.