Kanashima-mono-gatari
Chapter 1: The beginning of sadness
I only own the whole Kagewa family here and everyone else is Kishimoto-senseis credit.
The winds swept through the woods but this wind was cold as ice and not like the known gales of the land of fire Kageyasu noted. He stood at the battlements at the old Kagewa fortress that had been his familys home for about 100 years now, like all other noble familys they had been a powerful power factor in the past but now their power had diminshed and they were reduced to a clan that drowned in other clans. Kageyasu sighed, it was for the better perhaps. When the clan had power they were involved in the great ninja wars and was nearly destroyed it was only thanks to the mercy of Konoha-gakure and the Sandaime Hokage that the clan could surivive to this day. Some chunin ran past him obviously in a hurry Kageyasu could only understand why, he himself had given orders to fortify the battlement and the stronghold because of the threat he heard of from his good friend Minato yesterday: ''Is Kushina-san well Minato? Very well thank you Kageyasu. So what is it you wanted to tell me? I wanted to tell you that some ninja from Konoha spotted a bijou heading your way. Which one is it? Its the 7-tailed wolf.'' Kageyasu was interupted in his toughts when a jounin appeared before him it was Kagehisa, his brother. ''Everything well nii-san? I am well enough Kagehisa how is everyone else?'' Kagehisa sighed, ''They feel like we're chasing a ghost and not a fearsome beast, is it really true that it destroyed a village on its way?'' Kagehisa was shivering a little. ''That I don't know about Otouto. Tell me how Chigusa-san is doing'' Chigusa was the wife of Kageyasu she was a noble from birth more clearly from the Hyuga clan where she had had achived the rank of jounin before marrieng Kageyasu. Kagehisa nodded. ''Tsunade is with her now, it be long before we have a new one among us. ''Good.'' ''Kageyasu sighed I still can't believe that I am doing this. Its the only way to be rid of the beast nii-sama. I know but why must I use my own son?'' Kagehisa would gladly have answered the question but suddenly a shinobi shouted something and everyone turned to look.
A heavy panting Chigusa could hear all the commotion from the ouside, it only meant that the 7-tailed was here. Tsunade could hear it too but choose to concentrate on helping her friend with the birth ''Just a little further now Chigusa'' Tsunade said. She wondered if she actually heard her but she felt that every little word she said was helpful and could ease the birth. 2 hours later a newborns cry could be heard. ''Congratulations Chigusa! You have given birth to a fine and healthy looking baby boy. He looks so much like his farther.'' Chigusa laughed at her remark but quckly stopped as a loud roar could be heard.
Everything else he had encountered was a school trip. Kagehisa had been in various military campaigns including the one his late brother had fared against Kiri-gakure in there they had battled with thousends of ninjas, who was willing to die for the mizukage. Now he stood over for a beast that couldn't be harmed its thick black coat of chakra was repelling kunai and shuriken alike and everyone who too close would feel its mighty fangs, talons or tails. Kagehisa made some seals for the shoki no kyohaku, as the breath of the miasmic shoki left his throat and danced up towards the sky everyone looked up they had just seen one of the secrets known only to the inner circles of the clan. The miasma came down again and engulfed the wolf, as the dark purple smoke and liquid cleared the wolf came into sight again altrough it was unharmed do to its coat it was staggered. This was what Kageyasu had been waiting for, three jounins and himself rushed foreward and bound the wolf with the akuhei sealing. It only held the wolf barely, Kageyasu brought forth a scroll and begin to pray silently, each of the jounins took a kunai and stabbed themselfes. As they fell onto the dusty ground their souls emerged from the dead bodies and went for Kageyasu and his scroll. One by one the souls become bound to the scroll and Kageyasu stopped praying, instead he now read up from the scroll causing the wolf to howl like it had been stung with something. The wolf cried out once more before forming into a little ball of energy and flieng into the scroll. The impact caused Kageyasu to fell over but he quckly regained his balance took the scroll and dashed towards the keep where his wife had given birth.
Once he was there he didn't stop but cleared a little table of everything and placed the scroll, he spotted his newborn son took him and painted a seal on his forehead. Once he was done he shouted: ''Release! You foul beast and take home in this infant who will offer you a home in the humble body.'' The ball of energy came forth and flew into the babys forehead. Once it dissapeared the seal glowed and everything was silent.
The crisis was over but it had come at a price Kageyasu noted while he sat on the top of the tower keep with his newborn son in his arms. 15 jounin were dead, 23 chunin were dead and 34 genin were dead, not to mention a whole lot was wounded seriously. It looked like Tsunade was going to stay a couple of days more even through she had hinted that she would be off in the morning. A part of the wall was also destroyed but no civilians had been harmed Kageyasu thanked the gods for it.
He looked down at the now sleeping boy, he looked so peaceful but Kageyasu hated himself for what he had done, there was no other way like Kagehisa had said but he had given his son a curse and he couldn't even do anything against it. Chigusa had eased his pain a little by saying that there was no other way, at least his wife didn't hate him. He smiled at his little joke. Chigusa had gone to bed and had told Kageyasu to come up with a name, ''Don't worry love, I trust that you'll find something fitting.'' She had said. Kageyasu looked down on the fields, Tonight is indeed a sorrowful night. He tought to himself. He tought about it a little more and then gained an idea. He looked down on his son and told him silently: ''From now on my boy your name shall be Kanashima it is a sorrowful name but even the most sorrowful thing holds some good in it, and that good thing is you my son.'' He kissed Kanshimas forehead and took one looked over the fields.
That day a story started, the story about a sorrowful boy, but as his farther said even the most sorrowful thing there can come something good out of, and the good thing was Kanashima. This is his story, Kanashima-mono-gatari.
That does it for the first r&r please!