The next week after, I was sent outside the village to pick up some herbs for my mother from someone who comes by once each month. It had been a special day for me, for my dad had said yesterday that I would receive my headband today & finally become a full-fledged ninja. I had gotten the herbs before, so this wasn't anything new, but she seemed almost worried & rushed to get me to leave. I had even forgotten the hoodie I keep with me. While going back to the village, something didn't seem right. I got to the gate & saw no one outside, but I heard fighting. From MY clan's area of the village.
Then. I heard screams.
My eyes widened & I ran, worried, to get there. When I get there, my eyes widened in horror as I dropped the satchel full of herbs. My clan, our section of our village, everything that was part of us, was being attacked & destroyed. From what seemed to be… the Raikage's own personal ninja. It had turned out that the Raikage had decided he had no need for me & was going to kill me off. But then knew that the entire clan would backlash & revolt if that was done. So he decided to do something simple:
Extermination of the entire Mazunuka Clan.
I stood in horror & amazement as my clan, my family was being attacked by these monsters. Then I had realized & said softly "My family… DAD!" I started running as fast as I could to my house, seeing & watching all the bloodshed that was being done. I noticed that after a while, I had started to get attacked, as kunai & shuriken were thrown at me. I had dodged most them, a kunai & shuriken or two hitting my legs & arms. I had felt a kunai go in my back, had managed to ignore it, the chakra inside slowly building up. I knew what it was & had managed to keep it down. But then… I had gotten to my house.
It was on fire.
They had lit it to burn me & my family, but my mother had gotten me out. Feeling the tears form on my face, I ran into the house, looking for my family. I had seen the koi pond me & my dad loved so, stained red with the fish's blood. I quickly ran into my room, to grab my hoodie, which had been burnt slightly on the left sleeve & left-bottom part of it. I quickly put out the flames & tied it around my waist, then quickly grabbed my lightning katana as well. I ran through out of my room when I heard screams. I knew who they belonged to, & I quickly ran the living room to see something, which to this day, still haunts my mind.
My father had been stabbed straight through his chest. My eyes widened as much as they could, I felt tears falling down them, I was paralyzed from the sight unable to move. He coughed up blood on the blade as he kicked my father off it to the ground. He would have gone after me if my mother had not began fighting the assassins, anger in her voice. I ran over to my father, crying, begging him not to go. He simply smiled softly & looked at me. He struggled to put his arms around me for one more hug as he said with a dying breathe
"H-Hotaru… n-nev-ver d-die… k-keep-p g-going-g… & l-live…" His body went limp & his eyes closed with a smile on his face. My father had died. It took everything I had to keep from losing it as I looked in his hands & saw something. A forehead protector that looked almost brand-new. He had mine. I quickly took it from his hand, as well as his own & gotten up to hear the cries & screams of my mother. I looked over to see that she had lost against her opponent… & paid with her life. I was sobbing & couldn't move, gripping the headbands tightly, waiting to join my parents. When someone had grabbed my hand.
"COME ON, HOTA! WE HAVE TO GO!" I turned to see my sister's face & gained the ability to move, but couldn't speak. I ran with her as we went out of the house, running to escape the village. We got to the exit of our clan's area when another assassin appeared. My sister instantly stopped & glared at him as he rushed toward us. She pushed me out of the way, pulled out a kunai, & began fighting him. She turned & yelled at me. "HOTA! GET OUT OF HERE! PLEASE, RUN!" I had tears falling from my face, yet my eyes were wide in horror. I managed to scramble up & run, looking back at my sister. I had saw her get hit many times, then as I turned to go forward, I heard a scream of pain & death. I knew what had happened, but I glanced back anyway. My sister was on the ground, unmoving, in a puddle of blood. I looked straight forward, eyes closed, tears, gripping the headbands, as I ran through the village to leave.
Sadly, the torture wasn't over, as the villagers for some reason, as they came out & actually had started to chase me, to kill me, screaming at me. I had no idea why they did this, but then I knew why. The Raikage. As I ran, a shuriken hit my hand holding the headbands painfully, causing me to finally yell in pain as I unknowingly dropped a headband: My dad's. I looked back to see if I had dropped anything, but nothing was seen in the road. Unknown to me, a friend had grabbed it & saved it from harm… but this same friend, one who I had trusted, did nothing to save ME. I was so confused, scared, horrified. Mixes of emotions were swirling around in me, & none of them were good. I had managed to escape the village, fleeing into a forest, as the villagers stopped there & went back, saying "He's not worth our time… he'll simply die in the woods… let's go." I ran for who knows how long, kunai & shuriken were in me, I was crying until I couldn't cry anymore, then I tripped over a tree branch & slid on the ground into a tree. I had managed to get up, knees to my chest under my chin, holding them there tightly. My head was down, & had managed to find the tears to cry again. I couldn't believe everything that had happened to me. My village… My friends… My FAMILY… there were all GONE… …I sat there, crying, eyes closed, when I sensed people around me. I heard them speak.
"Hotaru Mazunuka, the Raikage sends his regards about your family… & wishes for you to join them…" I heard them laugh. LAUGH at this. & then… I had lost it. My head looked up, eyes red instead of green, as the chakra inside me began pouring out & forming some sort of cloak around me. I had no control of my body, but I did not care. I felt anger & hatred course through me as tails grew out of the cloak. After the 3rd tail grew, I had blacked out.
…I had finally awoken after a while, confused as to what happened. But sadly, it didn't take me long to see what had happened. My hands & body had blood on them as the bodies of the 4 assassins were strewn around me.