The Lost Phoenix
A/N: This is a story I had been brainstorming about for the past two years, and I couldn't figure out how to write it, when to write it, where to post it up, and so forth. This story me and my lil' sister have been working on, and it's written in POV, (Point of View), form for our own pleasure, as we were originally thinking of making it an RPS, (Role-Playing Story). The characters, or OC's, that we made up are Hotaru and Rika Micamura, Hotaru being my sister's character, and Rika being mine. Then my sister convinced me to post this up on here and so here I am, posting this up for you. If you don't understand whose point of view you're in, it'll be in the chapters, and written before each chapter. Please enjoy, and don't forget to review for me. Thanks, it would mean a lot to me, and my sister.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. It is owned and created by Masashi Kishimoto-sama, and I also do not own the things that helped inspire this story, as well. I give most of the credit for this story to Kishimoto-sama, the creators of Elfen Lied, as it was their idea for vectors that this story is partly based on, to the bands, Within Temptation and Delain, as a lot of their songs inspired this story. I also want to give my sister some credit, as she has believed in me when no one else would. Thanks a bunch! Peace!
-Naruto's POV-
It was no more of a big surprise when Kakashi-sensei came to me one day, asking me to welcome in two strange shinobi into the village of Konohagakure from the Barragakure, (Village Hidden in Darkness). After all, I am the best ninja in the village. And who better to show them around than me, Uzumaki Naruto? However, what I didn't expect was to find out that these two strange shinobi were really Jonin from the Barragakure. And they were my age! How cool!
I went to the gates surrounding the village that separated it from the outside world, hoping to find them. When I got there, I found these two girls standing there amongst the trees. One had long black hair and silver eyes while the other had short brown hair and hazel green eyes. The one with the black hair seemed to be the oldest, and when I approached, she at once saw me, and threw a shuriken at me. I barely dodged it.
"What the hell was that for?!" I screamed at her. Her silver eyes were so cold and sharp, they looked just like the blades of swords.
"Who are you?!" she yelled at me, while her companion merely stood there, watching me with hazel eyes of interest. The younger one was kind of cute...
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto! Why did you do that?!" I demanded of the older girl, who continued to glare at me. Her eyes...they were so familiar...
"Who sent you?" she responded again.
"Kakashi Hatake!" I yelled back. It was at that moment her eyes seemed to soften, as well as her face, and she merely looked at me, while her companion joined her side once more. She smiled innocently, and then spoke to me.
"You must forgive my sister, she is more experienced as a shinobi than I am. My name is Micamura Hotaru and this is my sister, Rika," she told me, approaching me and offered her hand to me. I didn't take it, but looked up at the older girl, Rika. Something about her was strange and different. She didn't seem like this girl's sister. She was pretty, yes, but not...not like the other...
"Listen, we have come to this village to talk to the Fifth Hokage of the Konoha village. Take us to Tsunade-sama," Rika demanded of me again.
"Hold up! I'm not taking you anywhere if you're that demanding! I only came here to show you around the village, that's it! So don't you dare order me around like some servant boy!" I responded to the older girl, who merely gave me a cold glare.
It was all so quick and sudden. The black haired girl that stood over a yard away gave a piercing glare, and what felt like a hand crossed my face, causing me to yelp out of pain and fall to the ground while my cheek split at the seems, and crimson blood fell gently in small blossoms. I groaned, feeling a sudden rage surface inside, but I stumbled back onto my feet, unsure of what had happened. I looked from the girl in front of me to the one behind her, standing still, unsure of what had happened. Hotaru merely grinned with knowledge, like she knew that would happen, and looked at me warningly.
"As you can see, my sister is not one willing to take disrespect. She has an extraordinary ninjutsu, enabling her to control and manipulate vectors. Powerful, aren't they, and she hasn't even used a centimeter of her strength when using them. I am nearly as powerful. If you don't assist us and take us to Tsunade-sama, you will get a full view of our strength," Hotaru warned me.
Out of pure fear, I looked up from Hotaru to Rika, and for a moment, I saw a flash of red deep within the silver pools, but ignored it. I had no choice but to obey. After all, I didn't want to die...but this girl...these girls...were they terrorists? They couldn't be, otherwise, Kakashi-sensei would be here, instead, trying to subdue these strangers. I looked down at the ground, unsure of what to do. If these girls were terrorists, they would kill Tsunade, like how Orochimaru killed the Third Hokage.
"Please...take us to Tsunade-sama," Hotaru's voice broke through my thoughts like a kunai, sharp, piercing, and vicious. But somewhat sweet and innocent. I looked up, and saw that her eyes were even greener than usual, and her short brown hair seemed to frame her face like an elegant picture frame. Her smile was sweet, caressingly sweet, while her hands, which fell softly against mine, were soft and cool. She was so...
"Alright..." I didn't know what came over me. I looked at this girl, who was most likely my age, if not, younger, and saw her in a beautiful way. Puppet strings tug at my heart, (don't screw with me, Kankuro), and I felt like a marionette at her mercy. She controlled me, she controlled my heart, and she controlled my mind. I couldn't say no, I couldn't pull away. If this was a genjutsu, it was an excellent one...
I had no choice. I led them into the village, not even giving them the names or information of the different shops, restaurants, and places of the village. My only objective... find Tsunade. It was like a little voice in the back of my head, speaking softly to me. Find Tsunade. Find Tsunade. Find Tsunade. An annoyingly pleasant, sweet, sincere voice speaking to me in the back of my mind, controlling me. The two girls followed me, and it was at once that I would have realized the dark, sinister grin on Rika's face as she beamed at her younger sister while I led them away. But it was at that moment I couldn't pay notice or attention to it. I was more focused on taking the two of them to Tsunade, obeying the little voice in the back of my mind. My memories flooded back to me quickly, and I then remembered a place that Tsunade normally would be found in. A local pub that most of the adults in the village hung out in. I led them away from the gates, away from the many shops, and towards the end of the walkway where I saw a small little building that I immediately recognized as the pub. This was the place where Tsunade and that pervert, Jiraiya, would mostly be found in.
"Tsunade-sama hangs out in this kind of place? What a shame..." spoke Rika from behind me, her voice cold and dark, but I couldn't move or turn around to see her silver, sharp eyes. The voice in the back of my head was still chanting, find Tsunade, find Tsunade. It controlled my every will and whim, and I was helpless against it.
"It's...charming, I guess," Hotaru spoke up from really close behind me. Her voice literally whispered in my ear. It was then that I realized that it was her voice that echoed in my mind, telling me, commanding me. It was then that I realized that she had performed a genjutsu on me. That bitch...
"We'll take over now, Uzumaki. You can leave."
A cold hand wrapped around my shoulder firmly, and then drifted away as the pull on my mind quickly faded. I looked up at once, my own will returning to me, and saw Rika and Hotaru vanish behind the pub's curtains. Something about those two was strange and unusual, and a horrible knot formed in my stomach, twisting and turning as I walked away from that spot...
A/N: That's all for now. I hope you guys enjoyed it. I've been working on this story for a while now, and I have a lot to go through. Please remember to rate for me, and thank you for reading. Peace!