Ketsueki Kuraiya the Red Deity: The Past of Extinction.

Chapter One, Part One - Memory of a Lifetime.

I still remember that day... yes, as if it was just yesterday. I remember... death... my people, killed in front of me. It's time to give my memory a turn.

It was just like any normal day. I woke up, greeted my brothers and sisters, ate breakfast, bid my parents farewell, and left the Kuraiya clan palace. I had to meet up with my fellow ANBU Black Ops team members at the Hokage's mansion. As usual, I was the first one there. Later, my best friend Rotao showed up with the rest of my team.

"Wow. Things never change, huh?" Rotao said with a smile. I laughed. Soon after, Kakashi Hatake, the Hokage, dispatched us with a mission to eliminate an enemy of Konoha. The man's name was... Orochimaru. I immediately said, "Lord Sixth, Orochimaru helped out in the last war! Surely he can't be an enemy!" The Sixth sighed. "Orochimaru was kept close eye under Konoha surveillance. One of our ANBU Captains caught Orochimaru with multiple test subjects, ninja from Kirigakure. We know he's up to something. Eliminate him."

We had no choice but to fight him. Unfortunately, he escaped when we engaged him. That same day, Naruto was made the new Hokage. I knew he stopped the last war so I deeply respected him. But. My clan was suddenly cut off from the village for some reason. I remember the Kuraiya clan founder's great-great-grandson, Tachinara Kuraiya, leaving off to a meeting. I didn't know what was happening, but I paid no mind to it. I was a fool. Rumour had it that Tachihara Kuraiya provoked the Seventh Hokage and threatened his life as well as the village's safety. The following night, I woke up late to get a glass of water. Not even God himself could prepare me for what I saw that night.