Chapter 1 – Naruto POV
I finished another useless mission. "Grandma Tsunade is always giving me these lame missions!" I shouted to myself," When will it be time when she gives me a real mission!" I reached the footprints of some creature. It was a rather unfamiliar and sort of, disfigured footprint. It wasn't anything I could recognize from memory or a picture from a book. Suddenly, I started to hear leaves rustling around in the trees. I looked up, but saw nothing thanks to the blinding sun. I chose to continue my walk and ignore the eerie situation. When I reached the Leaf Gate, Sakura was there to greet me. She asked," So how did it go?" I gave the first answer that popped into my mind," A success, as usual!" I didn't even realize what I had said until I saw the look on her face, she was annoyed. She said," You're so full of yourself, you know that!" I laughed at the insult. Sakura left to go run an errand; I finally reached the Hokage's Mansion. I rushed up the stairs and into her office. I slammed my hands on her desk and yelled," Alright, another mission finished, now give me a real mission!" She was startled at my sudden outburst. She said," I have no missions for you at this moment, but I want you on standby." I groaned.
As I was storming down the stairs, a voice popped in my head, 'Found you' it said. Once again, I couldn't recognize it. And it didn't sound like someone's voice I've heard of before. Not only that, but it didn't sound too human either. I was a soft, woman's voice, but it had growling mixed in with it. Weird. I was sort of calmed down now, I got my mind off of stubborn Grandma up there. I suddenly forgot what I was doing, so I decided to go get some Ramen. When I got there, the aroma was too much to ignore. The old man greeted me and he and his daughter cooked me a few bowls of Ramen to satisfy me. After that, I walked out and went to the training field. I got there and saw Hinata, training. I didn't ask her anything, I didn't want to disturb her, and I always hate that when it happens to me. Out of nowhere, that voice got in my head again, 'you can't hide from me.' Was I communicating with someone and not even realizing it? Again, I chose to ignore it. I got to my little area for where I train. I started practicing my Shadow Clone Jutsu, but before I could build up chakura something flew into my back and stuffed me into the ground. I lifted my head, spitting out dirt too. I could taste blood and my head ached.
I sat up, and suddenly heard growling behind me. And this was an evil growl, not a dog-type growl, but a rather deep, dark, and loud growl. I didn't dare turn to see what was behind me. That might trigger its battle-mode. 'I said I found you.' My eyes widened, thinking that the creature behind me could possibly be the voice in my head. No! That's stupid, it can't be telepathic, what a stupid theory. Although, it was my only theory. I stood up slowly, its growling grew louder. It was obviously getting it agitated, but I don't know how I'm doing that anyway. I slowly walked forward a couple of steps, then I slowly turned. Its growling turned into a loud hiss, sharp toned. The sound made my ears feel like they burst. The temptation was too much for me, I had to see what I was dealing with. Also, why hasn't anyone come to my rescue? Hinata has to of heard it by now, and someone must have seen it come through the village. I was fully turned around now, looking eye-to-eye with the creature. It spread its wings out, ready to fly, I think. It had a round head with spikes on the sides and along the top of its head. It had no lips; the teeth were completely uncovered but matched its skin color, black. Its eyes glowed blood red and its snake-like tongue whipped me in the face. It was so close I could feel it breathing on me. It was basically just skin and bone; it looked like it was starving. The creature also had an extremely long tail, covered in spikes and its feet were held up by its claws. It had spikes on its arms and along its back too.
I think I could feel myself shake with fear. I felt like running, but that might anger it. Although, I think it's already angry. I chose to stay put. Its eyes were staring right at me, and I was staring right back. 'I can feel your fear,' it said. I started to sweat; it took a step forward and opened its mouth a little. Suddenly, it quickly opened its mouth and nearly chomped off my arm if I hadn't moved. I started running as fast as I could, trying to get to safety. Behind me I could hear breaking wood, I glanced back and saw it crashed down trees and made claw marks in the ground. It ran towards me, it was nearly on my heels. The sounds it created made me want to get away from it even more. I ran down a hill, through more trees, and jumped across the field. It crashed down a few more trees until it gave up on running and leaped high and spread its wings. I saw Hinata, lying on the ground, next to one of the logs. I rushed towards her and slid down on my knees. I checked her pulse, she was okay she just took a hard hit to the head.
I picked her up just in time before the creature landed right front of me. Making a big thumping sound when it landed. This thing was huge; it was taller than me, and probably heavier than Choiji. It saw I picked up what was later going to be its dinner, it hissed at me again. Making me flinch and making my ears hurt. I cringed at the sound. I got a good grip on Hinata, and then started to run towards the hospital. It slid through the two logs where I got tied up as a kid, giving it nothing more than an ugly surface. A tear ran across my face and hit it in the forehead. It stopped and shook its head; I could slow down a little. When the tear was completely off of its face, it just stared at me as I fled. I probably pissed it off, but I didn't care at that moment. I dropped off Hinata in the front office at the Hospital, and then I visited the Hokage's mansion once again. I got to Tsunade's office, and she didn't look surprised to see me. She said," What, getting restless?" I said," A little, now with all seriousness, I saw something just now that I think you should know about." I told her about what just happened. She listened hard, grasping every word I said. When I finished, it looked like I scared the crap out of Shizune. Tsunade made a sigh and brought up her hands to her face. She said," I see. Did you make direct contact with it?" I answered," Well, I didn't touch it if that's what you mean."
She replied," Naruto, you don't know how lucky you are. Do you realize how many ninja they can take down just by themselves?" "Where are you getting to Grandma?" She continued," Well, it all started about fifteen years ago. Millions of those Debirus use to roam the Nations. They killed millions of good, hard-working ninja, like it was child's play. After a few years the human population began to decrease dramatically. Sooner or later we would find out their weakness. And we did. It turns out you need Rasengan mixed with Chidori and land the hit successfully onto it, unfortunately, the two who cast the jutsu, were also killed." I looked down at my shoes, I said," Well, how many are left?" She hesitated before answering;" They were suppose to be extinct." My head shot up," Ex-extinct! So, this one is the last of its kind than?" "I sure hope so." I continued," Than that means. . . I need Sasuke." Shizune agreed," Indeed, but to find him is another problem."
"Oh, there's no need to find him, I already know where he is. I'll go alone." I stated. Tsunade shot up out of her seat. She said," No! If you leave, the Debiru will follow you." I said while walking out the door," I know." I was outside now, on my way to my house I ran into Sakura. She said," Where have you been! I've been looking for you!" She took my hand and dragged me away. We stopped at the Hospital. I asked," Why are we here?" "Hinata woke up and won't stop yelling your name." We ran into the front office, up the stairs and into her room. I stood beside her as she lied in her bed, she stopped screaming. She said," Oh good, you're okay. I thought the thing got you." I shook my head saying," No, but now you need to rest, I'm fine." And just like that, she was completely comfortable and slowly closed her eyes. Sakura looked at me with confusion and curiosity. When I stepped out of Hinata's room she asked," So what was this thing that might have gotten you?" I hesitated before answering," Just nothing, I didn't want her to panic if I said she was wrong." "So what you're saying is that the thing doesn't exist, she's just making it up?" I nodded," She's just hallucinating, probably because she trained too hard." Then she asked," Oh yeah, than what's that." She pointed to my shoulder, my clothes were ripped.
I guess I didn't totally escape that bite that the Debiru gave me; its teeth scratched the surface of my skin. I said," Umm, I was training too, I heard Hinata collapse, that's why I dropped her off and got some Ramen." She nodded, not believing me," Okay, than what were you doing at the Hokage's Mansion?" That was an easy answer, an answer she will believe. "I was just making sure that Grandma Tsunade wasn't giving away any of my missions." She rolled her eyes and walked off. I let out a sigh of relief. I don't like lying to Sakura, but if she finds out that I'm going to search for Sasuke just to kill myself, well she's going to try and stop me. And I don't need that right now.