Revenge of the New Generation
By
Kage of Seireitei
A/N: I hope you enjoy this story as much as I wrote it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Sadly. T.T
Summary: Two decades have passed since the time of the teen ninjas of konoha. Akatsuki won and now that they were unmatched in power, they took over all of the Elemental countries. Kira the lavender pale eyed, blonde haired boy and Kesu the lazy yet strong willed blonde girl have gone through their entire lives without knowledge of their origins or family. Instead, since they could remember they were raised to be highly skilled assassins working for the new Akatsuki regime who are responsible for eliminating any rebel uprising. But a simple assassination mission turns into a quest for the teens who now wonder of their purpose.
Speech/Narration
Dreams/thoughts
Kyuubi/Demon talk
Chapter 1: Kira
Blazing heat, bright and intense flames, melting fury.
A fire.
Desperate cries from a woman in the distance.
A scream.
Two crying babies lying in a crib, a boy and a girl, alone in the midst of all the destruction and chaos.
Twins.
Blurred vision. Dark figure approaches.
A kidnapping.
One was left alone that night to die and the other's fate was sealed.
"Kira! Kira! Wake up!"
"Huh, wha?" The 13-year old boy slowly opened his eye lids and took the time to analyze his surroundings. He was sitting on the ground with his back up against a tree in the center of a clearing. It was the middle of the night and a full moon was visible just above the tree line. He finally set his gaze on Kesu (roughly translated to be "Erase") his best friend. She was giving him an annoyed look, Kira (English translation: "Killer") realized that he must have dozed off.
"You were shaking furiously in your sleep. Probably had a nightmare. You alright?" Kesu asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine" Kira assured his friend, as he got up off the ground and picked up his bag of supplies. The crisp cool night and the feeling of the damp ground on his uncovered feet would have been relaxing to any normal person.
But not to him.
My name is Kira. Or at least that's what I've been called for as long as I can remember. I don't know my real name and I have no parents. I think I'm around 13 years old but I'm not sure because I don't know when my birthday is. I'm about the same height as anyone else my age. I have spiky yellow hair that I dye silvery-gray to help hide my presence whenever I'm on missions. My eye color is rather strange: lavender-pale. It's unusual for people to have lavender eyes, so I hide them behind my mirror sunglasses which I choose to wear at all times. There is also something else weird about me. Something that only my best friend Kesu knows about: on my face I have three whisker-like markings on each of my cheeks, sort of like a birthmark. But whenever I'm out in public or around anyone else, I conceal them with a cloth mask that covers the bottom half of my face.
Kira pulled out several articles of clothing from his bag and began to dress himself for the mission he was about to encounter. Kesu turned away to give him some privacy but she continued to keep up a conversation.
"Kira do you think we can handle this mission?" she asked casually.
The teen snorted before replying. "It's just an assassination mission, Kesu. We've done plenty of those before. I don't know why you're concerned."
"I know. But I can't help but think that with every mission we go on, it'll be our last." Kesu said furrowing her eyebrows.
Kira put on his black pants and tied a dark violet belt around his waist before strapping his kunai pouch on his right leg and sheathed katana on his left side. "Is that fear Kesu? Are you scared?" he teased.
The blonde haired girl spun around completely disregarding her best friends lack of dress and was about to retort until she saw Kira without a shirt on…….bare-chested. He's more built than I would have imagined. Ooooh and those strong arms. Before Kira could notice, Kesu caught herself staring and quickly turned back in the other direction. A small blush dawned on her face.
"I'm not scared. You know for a fact that we were trained in the academy not to fear anything." She stated a matter of fact. Ugh. Why am I thinking about my best friend like this? Sure he's more handsome than any of those other guys in the village……NO NO NO! Stop that. Anything more than camaraderie is looked down upon and even against the law back home. Kesu was saddened by this thought. This is just way too troublesome. She quickly put her emotional mask of indifference back on and hoped Kira hadn't noticed.
However, the battle hardened teen had noticed. I wonder why she was sad when she mentioned the academy. Then after Kira thought more about it he finally realized. Kesu had hated the academy and Kira could understand why.
Our country is a war based nation that is divided into separate regions: North, South, East, West, and Central. The leader of the entire country is only known as 'leader' or 'king' to the public and resides somewhere in the Central region, former Fire country. In fact nobody has ever seen him in person, not even a single photograph has been taken of him. It's said that he is immensely powerful, the strongest person in the world, almost god-like. Actually those who have seen him are the elite of the royal guard, known as 'Akatsuki'. Only a little is known of this group but what is common knowledge is that they oversee the military and command the battlefield. Each region is leaded by a single akatsuki member.
The Eastern region, formerly known as Water Country is commanded by a sadistic blood thirsty tyrant known for his command over the navy and powerful water jutsu arsenal. His name is Kisame-sama and he is the third strongest of the akatsuki.
The Northern region, formerly known as Lightning country is leaded by an emotionless efficient killing machine whose fire jutsu are world renown: Itachi-sama who is the second strongest akatsuki member.
Kesu and I live in the Western region, formerly named Earth country whose leader is the strangest looking of them all. He actually looks like a venus-fly trap with limbs: Zetsu-sama, the weakest of the akatsuki. However he is still quite strong and his powers remain unknown to even us, his subordinates.
Then there is the southern region, former Wind country, whose leader is the direct right hand of the 'king'. Her name is Konan-sama and she is most powerful of the akatsuki royal guard, distinguishable by her blue hair. Her abilities are unknown as well but she is famous for being second strongest in the entire world, behind leader-sama.
Being a war influenced nation, children born into the world are almost immediately enlisted into the military ninja academy as soon as they could walk. Then they were taught to kill at an early age, without remorse or feelings. The military trained an army of emotionless, efficient, killing machines. And if they couldn't learn fast enough, they were either killed, or as some of the lucky ones, sent to slave camps where they would work to supply the growing army.
Luckily, if you could call it that, Kesu and I were one of the best ninjas at the academy and soon excelled enough to be put out on the battlefield at the age of eight where we both made our first kill. Since then, we have been teamed together and were soon feared as the demonic duo. Our reputation spread throughout the West region and we would always be recommended to perform missions directly assigned by Zetsu-sama.
Recently, Zetsu-sama has assigned us the task of assassinating the leader of a growing rebel force. Our country is rather large, encompassing most of the earth, but there are still rebellions that pop up every once in a while and that's what the military is charged for eliminating. Not much is known about this man except the distinguishable blue scarf that he always wears and the diamond hard staff he wields.
Kira tied his necklace around his neck and was suddenly attracted to the strange aura it was giving out. The small dark colored stone attached at the end was said to be rare. Actually after doing a little research, Kira found out that it was so rare that he would have been able to buy three mountains with it. The odd thing was that Kira had this necklace with him for as long as he could remember and he would always carry it with him.
Shaking his head out of his daze, Kira dawned his tight black shirt and mask combo before putting on his sunglasses and black coat/cape. Turning to Kesu, he silently watched as she started to disrobe right before his eyes. Kesu had thought that Kira was still changing and decided to get into her uniform as well, not knowing that Kira finished and was now watching her with an unknown feeling creeping through his veins.
Suddenly feeling like she was being watched, Kesu stopped removing her clothes and spun around to glare at her best friend, completely ignoring the fact that she had removed her shirt and pants and was left dressed in a silk black bra and underwear.
Kira's eyes widened behind his sunglasses and his mouth dropped open to a point wear the mask fell off. The next thing he felt was a tremendous amount of heat rush to his face just before a trickle of blood trailed down his cheek from his nose. Immediately, Kira lost all feeling in his legs and so collapsed to the ground in surprise.
Kesu cocked an eyebrow at the strange behavior of her best friend only to look down and realize her state of undress. Her face heated up in embarrassment, as she quickly changed into her kunoichi uniform, and equipped her two small battle fans.
After Kira regained feeling in his limbs, he slowly got up and tried to regain his bearings. He caught sight of his blonde-haired friend sitting on a stump with her legs crossed looking annoyed at him. Kira noticed she had tied her hair into her trademark pineapple shaped pigtail which she only does right before going into battle. Her short dark purple skirt barely covered down to mid-thigh and hugged her very well, showing off her curves, as did Kesu's black top that went over her fishnet undershirt which only left some of the stomach area visible.
"Uhh…..sorry" Kira smiled sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment his cheeks still a blazing red.
"Whatever…….troublesome……..let's just get on with the mission." Kesu said ending the matter, although she tried to hide her small blush at the same time.
Kira coughed and put his cloth mask back on. Finally, both of the teen ninjas pulled out their forehead protectors and tied them into place, displaying the insignia of their country, a fan shaped symbol of a long lost clan. With a deep intake of breath and a large exhale both ninja prodigies vanished into the dark woods where even the moonlight cannot reach.
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(Moments later at the outskirts of the enemy camp)
Two rebel sentries stood guard at one of the makeshift outposts whose purpose was a first line of defense against an enemy attack. The silent black void that was the forest was enough to unnerve any soldier or ninja if they were assigned the midnight watch. However the silence was broken when one of them began to speak.
"You ever wonder why we're here?" The guard dressed in maroon asked his partner dressed in orange.
"It's one of life's great mysteries, isn't it? Why are we here? Are we the product of some cosmic coincidence? Is there really a god watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night." The guy dressed in orange said. There was silence between the two for a moment before
"No, I mean why are we out here? In the dark." The maroon dressed man clarified.
"Oh…..uh….yeah."
"What's this stuff about god?"
"Nothing."
"Want to talk about it?"
"No."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Did you hear that?" the orange guard asked his teammate who tried to look through the dark night with his flashlight for the source of the sound. Both watchmen sighed in relief when they soon found out it was a forest rabbit. The rabbit looked at the two guards curiously before slowly making its way to them.
Revelation struck the guards. Wait a second! Rabbits aren't nocturnal! But before either of them could act, they were suddenly frozen into place by an unknown force. This mysterious power then made their bodies move unwillingly, turning around to face their captor.
Kesu smirked triumphantly as she removed her hands from the basic ram hand seal. "I have to thank you guys for setting up these lanterns around your little outpost. My technique wouldn't have worked without light to produce a shadow." The guards looked down to see that their shadows were somehow connected with the intruders and that was freezing them in place.
This jutsu is like Nara-sama's. One of the guards thought worriedly. Suddenly, the binds they felt disappeared as the shadow of the girl retracted from theirs. A poof sound was heard behind them and suddenly the two guards fell to the ground unconscious. The smoke cleared to reveal Kira in place of the 'rabbit.'
"Why didn't you kill them?" Kesu asked with her arms folded across her chest.
"They weren't worth the time and effort. Besides, we're only here for the rebel leader" Kira replied evenly before the two ninjas dashed through the gate into the enemy camp.
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"Sarutobi-sama!" a ninja shouted.
A girl of about twenty years shot out of bed at the call of her name and opened the front of her large tent to the sight of panic amongst the camp.
"What's going on?!" she demanded to know as she saw half the tents and buildings were on fire.
"Enemy ninja have raided the camp. We are certain that it's those from the Western region."
"How many of them are there?"
"Two ninjas. One male and one female." The reporting ninja replied.
The girls eyes widened in surprise. Just two ninja were able to cause this much destruction.
"What are your orders?"
"Go gather the remaining forces and try to halt the enemy. I'll go get sensei." She commanded.
"Hai Sarutobu-sama!" the ninja disappeared into the middle of the chaos.
No more than ten seconds passed, as the twenty year old black haired, red-eyed, beauty emerged from her tent, battle ready. In a poof of smoke, the woman disappeared in the direction of her sensei.
An explosion in the west toward the direction of the weapons stockpile, halted the woman in her tracks for a moment.
Dammit. Whoever these guys are, they're good. They already eliminated the weapons supply. We need sensei for this battle it seems.
About a minute later, the woman found her sensei outside his tent, barking orders and trying to get some organization from amongst the discord.
"Konohamaru-sensei!" she shouted. The tall man of about six feet looked at her at the sound of his name.
"Aiko!" the man shouted back.
Suddenly a colossal gust of wind blasted through the area. Several of the ninja were blown away into the distant forest. Those who remained, used chakra to stick to the ground. After a few more seconds the wind died down and so did the fires.
Out of the shadows appeared the enemy ninjas. Kira and Kesu slowly walked to the center of the cleared area. The group of about fifty ninjas tensed at the sight of the impassive expressions the trained killers had. Half of the ninjas withdrew their kunais and charged blindly at the unmoving teens.
"Wait!" Konohamaru shouted but it was too late. Faster than the untrained eye could see, the group of charging ninjas were blown away into the distant woods.
Aiko was shocked at the speed and power these kids displayed. They took down 25 ninjas, no sweat at all. "Who are you?!" Aiko shouted.
No response.
"I'll ask again! Who the hell are you?!"
Still no response.
The tension seemed to be too great for the rest of the ninja force who charged in just as randomly as the first wave. But before Aiko or Konohamaru could prevent it, Kira and Kesu took them out as well, hurling them far away.
"Who do you think you are to come into our camp and kill our comrades?!"
Silence.
"Aiko, stop!" Konohamaru yelled.
"Grahhhh!" Aiko equipped her trench knives to her knuckles and charged alone. Empowering chakra into the knives, Aiko made a swipe from a few meters away from the enemy ninjas. A thin stream of wind empowered chakra blade exploded out of the end of the knives and struck the two head on.
Aiko jumped back to her previous position besides Konohamaru, a triumphant grin painted on her face. Konohamaru still looked tense though.
When the dust died down, it revealed the two ninjas, without a single scratch or injury.
"Im-mpossible!" Aiko stuttered in surprise. Konohamaru looked thoughtful for a moment, before tossing a single shuriken in the direction of the unmoving teens. Just as the projectile got within a foot of the pair, an explosion of wind erupted outwards sending the shuriken right back at Konohamaru who side stepped out of the way and watched as the shuriken sailed past and split a tree in half.
Konohamaru turned back to the intruders and spoke directly to them for the first time. "That is a powerful wind-based defensive jutsu. I also noticed you didn't kill a single one of our ninja, only knocked them out. Who are you and what is your purpose here?"
"My name is Kesu and he's Kira. That was my own personally developed jutsu used for a battle against a large number of enemies. As for our reason for being here….."
"We were assigned a mission to kill the leader of a band of rebels. You" Kira interrupted, pointing to Konohamaru.
The tall brown-haired man cocked an eyebrow, while Aiko looked furious. "Who sent you?" Aiko growled.
"Zetsu-sama, leader of the Western region sent us personally to assassinate him." Kesu replied as she stared down the man. He was about six feet tall with long brown hair that covered his forehead and right eye. His long blue scarf wrapped around the bottom half of his face.
"As if you two could ever hurt Konohamaru-sensei." Aiko said defiantly.
"Aiko" the season trained shinobi cut her off. "Gather whatever remaining forces we have and collect the injured and unconscious. Then retreat while I fend them off."
"WHAT?!"
"You have no choice. These two were personally sent by Zetsu meaning it can only be the demonic duo we have heard so much about."
Aiko was surprise once more. These kids are Zetsu's legendary tools of battle. "Then that's more a reason not to leave you here to fight them alone!"
"Please! I'm not asking as your sensei but as your cousin. I promised your mother Kurenai, before she died, that I would keep you safe from harm. That includes now." Konohamaru said seriously.
Aiko looked worriedly toward her older cousin but finally and regretfully retreated. With one glance back at Konohamaru, she saw something in his eyes, she hadn't ever seen before.
Hope.
She was left confused at the emotion. Why would sensei look so hopeful at time like this?
As soon as Aiko left, Kira stepped forward withdrawing his unnamed sword. "Let's get this over with."
Konohamaru nodded, summoning his staff: Enma. "Kesu do not interfere. I want to fight this alone" Kira told his partner leaving no room for argument. Kesu puffed indignantly, muttering troublesome, and jumped over to the roof of the only standing building to get a good view of the fight.
Both combatants stood across the charred remains of the rebel camp, weapons in hand. Suddenly, both disappeared, and reappeared in the middle of the air, weapons clashed with a loud sonic boom. Then they disappeared again using high speed and their weapons met once more with just as much force as the first blow. They continued to exchange blows, neither gaining an advantage over the other.
Konohamaru jumped high into the air, throwing a single chakra enforced shuriken at the grounded Kira. "Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!" Konohamaru shouted, and suddenly one shuriken turned into hundreds.
Kira looked up to see a rain of dangerous projectiles heading for him, no opening left to dodge. Thinking quickly, he attached an exploding note to a kunai and threw it at the center of the cloud of shuriken. The explosion was enough to deter most of the weapons. But a few came dangerously close to seriously injuring Kira.
As soon as the shuriken stopped falling, a loud rumbling sound echoed throughout the battlefield. Suddenly, the ground split and out of it came the head of a mud dragon.
"Earth Style: Mud Dragon Jutsu!" Konohamaru shouted as he landed on the ground and commanded his technique to fire mud projectiles at the evasive Kira.
Kira was starting to get tired of dodging so he stopped and performed a number of seals at a fast pace. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" Konohamaru looked in awe as a dragon made of the water particles in the air formed and charged full force at Konohamaru and his Mud dragon.
"Earth Style: Earth Wall!" Konohamaru spat out mud which quickly turned into a gigantic wall. The water from Kira's attack collided with the dragon, eliminating it, then struck the unmoving wall canceling the technique. Konohamaru jumped to the top of the wall and performed a large number of hand seals. He shouted "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu" and blew a large stream of fire.
Kira saw the fast approaching inferno and quickly performed another Water jutsu. "Water Style: Water Shockwave!" Gathering more particles from the air, Kira spit out a huge amount of water, covering the entire field up to the waist. Jumping on top of the water, Kira decided to perform a technique he's only ever read about. Spinning rapidly and releasing chakra from his palms, Kira yelled out the new jutsu.
"Kaiten!"
The water around him started to spin as well, circling the dome of chakra Kira created from his rotation, till it rose high into the air, making a water spout. The fireball struck and the two elements cancelled out. A thick steam rose from the result of water meeting fire. Konohamaru jumped down to the top of the water.
When Kira stopped spinning, he realized his sunglasses fell off at some point in the battle revealing his lavender-pale eyes. The water from the water sprout washed out his hair-dye, leaving the blonde hair in its place. Not only that but the cut up remains of his mask finally fell off due to the amount of elemental chakra it was in contact with during the battle.
That kid performed Kaiten. Only two other people in the world are left that can still perform that move. His expression, its just as fierce and determined as HIS use to be only it seems he is not fighting for any true purpose. Konohamaru withdrew his staff and charged at the panting blonde. Kira was caught surprised as he was struck in the side with the diamond hard staff. The wind knocked out of his lungs. But that wasn't the end of it. Konohamaru shifted stance and performed a quick 360 striking Kira's other side.
The grandson of the late third hokage used the Enma staff to uppercut the stunned teen. While Kira was airborne, Konohamaru jumped high into the air and slammed the end of Enma into Kira's gut.
"Extend!" Konohamaru shouted, commanding Enma to rapidly grow and further impale the descending blonde ninja into the ground.
The earth shook furiously when Kira finally collided with the water, then the ground. The hole created from the impact was deep enough to cause a small whirlpool that drained the small lake of water. Konohamaru landed on the damp ground, panting from over exertion in high speed taijutsu. He had to open the first gate to perform that last combo, and the after effects were showing.
A moment later, a beaten and battered Kira jumped out of the hole of water, barely able to stand. "Konohamaru is it? You have been a tough opponent, I will not hold back any longer."
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Several poofs of smoke later, and suddenly there were ten Kiras. "This battle is over" all the clones said in monotone.
One of the clones charged forward, palm glowing with blue chakra. Konohamaru's eyes widened in surprise. That technique solely belonged to the Hyuugas. That's the Gentle Fist style for sure. But his technique seems a little different and sloppy. He must have taught himself. Konohamaru easily knocked away the first clone with his staff but was caught by surprise when two more struck him in the back forcing their chakra into his system disrupting it. The rebel leader coughed out blood but fought the urge to collapse, swinging his staff horizontally he got one then diagonally, he got the other.
Unfortunately for him, the rest of the clones circled him and began striking him with their open palms. The clones finished with their combo as the real Kira struck Konohamaru hard in the chest exploding chakra throughout his coils and effectively halting anymore jutsu use from the adult for a while.
The clones poofed away as did the Enma staff. Konohamaru collapsed to the ground out of chakra exhaustion and physical fatigue, not to mention the amount of blood loss. Kira fell down on one knee, panting heavily from the amount of chakra he had to use to defeat the rebel leader.
"Kira are you alright?" Kesu asked with a worried tone after jumping off her high platform.
"I'm……pant……alright……I'll be healed……in a minute." Kira nearly passed out, when he coughed up more blood. But then felt relieved when a red chakra leaked out of his sword and started to coat his wounds in a healing energy. This guy is stronger than anyone I've ever fought. He wouldn't give up and his eyes held determination like I've never seen before.
"Kira. Shall I finish him off?" Kesu asked indicating the severely injured but still alive Konohamaru.
Kira looked intently at his unconscious foe, and suddenly felt a deep connection with him, that he couldn't explain. Maybe it was because it was hard to finally strike him down, or maybe because the rebel leader earned his respect for never backing down, but Kira finally decided not to kill him.
"No. Instead, we will bring him back to the West capital and have him interrogated for any information on the rebels." Kira said finally feeling better, as his wounds were nearly gone.
Kesu shrugged her shoulders and lifted up the knocked out man. Using chakra and natural strength, Kesu was able to easily lift up the much larger man.
"Alright then. I think our business here is done. Lets head back home." Kesu finished turning her back on the devastated field and jumped into the dark forest.
Kira was about to follow when he noticed something on the ground. A closer look concluded it was an old forehead protector. It was severely dented and scratched, displaying its antique age. It must have been that leader's. Kira wondered, as he picked it up and studied the foreign design carved into the forehead protector.
I wonder what kind of village would have a leaf as their insignia. Kira pondered a bit before stuffing the piece of tattered metal and cloth into his weapons pouch and re-sheathed his sword.
Kira turned away from the scorched land and disappeared into the woods on his way back home to report to Zetsu-sama.
End Chapter
(A/N: So how do you like it Reader-sama? Please review and I will update with the next chapter as soon as possible.)