High in a disguised cave near Hokage Mountain, Nagato's body jerked and he spat blood, coughing fiercely. Kohan started for him and but he jerked his head.
"The last Pein has been destroyed."
She looked to him in shock.
"Take it."
She stared at him hesitating, before she did as he asked. She bent down removing an old scroll that lay at the base his life wheel, the device that was fixtured to his body. It had allowed him to manipulate the seven Peins but as she withdrew the scroll a shudder passed over him.
"You must leave," he rasped.
"I won't," she said just as the faux wall that had hidden their location exploded to reveal the nine tailed host.
"Nagato," Konan questioned.
"This was always a possibility," he said lowly as he watched the boy make his way over, his eyes focused solely upon him.
Kohan thought about preparing her special jutsu anyway but stopped. It would be futile. She had a different mission now. She met Nagato's eyes once more.
"I'll find them," she replied before turning and heading towards the the small tunnel behind them.
She moved as fast as she could, already she could make out several other chakra signatures moving towards the mountain.
She didn't stop not even when a giant shudder racked the tunnel. The result of what she was certain had been a killing blow.
Legend...
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"Something wicked this way comes."
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After the end of the first great ninja war the five countries had all stood in attendance for the very first time.
It was there that each village respective Kage had determined that despite inevitable war and conflict certain powers were far too strong and damaging to be left for ones to make use of freely. The tailed beast, forbidden death jutsu, curses, exceptionally strong Kekai Genkai and The Scrolls of Power were all considered among these.
The eight demon tails were collected and scattered among different regions of the land, to be left to their own devices.
The practice of death jutsu and curses were to brand the user rogue and an outcast.
Those whose lineage was strong in a blood line limit were to be regulated.
However, such steps were not enough for the power scrolls.
Long before the ninja system had been established, they had existed. The scrolls had originally been found in a hidden cove outside a region, where even now no village rested.
Alone each scroll possessed strong abilities and as such, their repeated use was determined to be at the heart the worlds first multi-land conflict.
From where they conversed, an alter stood in place in preparation of the five power scrolls. Even the wisest of the ninja were not privy to exactly what would transpire if all of the scrolls were used in conjunction. It was then settled that the scrolls would be dived among the Kages only to be passed onto their successors.
This would be the fist and only time that every village was in accord with one another. But as they began to depart the most powerful of them stayed.
He understood war and death differently than the rest. As the strongest, he concluded that it wouldn't be amiss or unfair to lay down much of the destruction upon his hands. Before he had been given the title of a Kage he had commanded fierce warrior's and they had left the wars victorious.
Never did he want such for the world again.
He sealed the cove using complicated hand signs, a vast amount of chakra and rare tags dug up in the sands that lay to the west of his village. He took the small bit of rock he had broken off of the usual stone alter and using the rest of his energy he fastened it into a key. His hands, large and weathered glowed and worked, palms pressed together. Once he was finished he rejoined the village leaders. Only one made note of the gleaming gem that hung form the Leaf Villages Hokage's neck.
It would be many, many years later that the soon to be Godaime Hokage would bestow it upon a boy.
One who is prophesied to be remembered throughout the ages.
And there against Naruto Uzumaki's chest rest the Death Necklace....
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JadedSiren's Fighting Dreamers: Someday
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............ohh this sounds good.
* And the full quote from Macbeth is as follows- "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes."
I used that is because for those not familiar with story by the time the phrase is spoken Macbeth himself is the antagonist, and that has to be one of thy dopest quotes ever, it really is self explanatory and though cliched it makes helluva statement.
and i am officially beyond cheesy and dramatic^^
but i'm kind of excited cuz i had to do lots of thinking about where i wanted this story to go because the beginning just wouldn't move for me so
i went back to square one. However most stuff I previously wrote before the plot changes will still manage to wiggle itself back into the story. I'm sorry but I just couldn't bring myself to scrap anything. Writing is way too hard.