My Soul To Keep

by kibasluv

In this world where 'Chakra' is exiled, only status and money can bring you above the bloody water. Those with this energy and from clans are called "Knight", those with out clans are called "Breakers" and live in the slums. Then there are people like me, who do the government's dirty work as we are hunted by them. We are assassins. My name is Inuzuka Kiba, I am a Death Stalker.

1. Prologue

My Soul To Keep

Prologue

In the world state has been overruled for years now. Destruction has begun. Five main countries rule the world. The land of Earth, Iwagakure, The land of Lightning, Kumogakure, The land of Water, Kiragakure, The land of Wind, Sunagakure, and The land of Fire, Konohagakure. These lands are rich and prosperous but only for the higher classes. Energy that once ruled the countries was known as 'Chakra'. A power that can be stabilized and used by the person to preform powerful attacks.

During these times, nine,true demons had appeared to terrorize the nations into submission. They were referred to as 'Bijus', behemoth monsters that were named by the number of tails they had. The more tails the creature had, the stronger and more powerful it was from the last. A war began, by using these powers and seals each country thought they could conquer the world.

Eventually the rulers known as 'Kages' started to blame the power they once desired for, the essence of 'Chakra' and the magical properties 'Bijus' and thus decided to destroy it for peace. Only those who lived in 'Clans' were spared from the massacres and instead were forced into slavery of the state to protect it. Each countries calls them different names, they are 'Knights', people who are allowed to use 'Chakra' under government authority.

Those who are not 'Knights' are known as a 'Death Stalkers' or 'Breakers'. 'Breakers' are people who have 'Chakra' but are clanless. They are only allowed to live with the lowest necessities because they have broken the rules by living. 'Death Stalkers' are the hidden 'Chakra' users the even the 'government uses for their dirty work. They are on the thin line of life or death, the ones who hunt for the government and are being hunted by the government. The more common name is assassins.

The 'Bijus' that had wrecked havoc across the nations were put into children known as 'Jinchuriki'. They first thought that killing the child after being seal would end the lives of these powerful creatures, but they were far from the truth. They quickly realize they would have to keep sealing them through out the years, keeping the children that they called 'monsters', locked up in cages, to prevent other countries from taking them or from them escaping. Soon some had disappeared without a trace through out the years, others are still caged, hidden from society.

Now the world is supposedly at peace. Poverty has taken its toll against the countries and most of the land has been turned into waste. Most areas are not in any conditioned to live in because nothing can grow, water has disappeared and left over 'Chakra' is scattered making the air poisonous for people to enter.

My name is Inuzuka Kiba and I am a Death Stalker.