"What happened?" Naruto said looking around wildly trying to see something through the thick mists that bordered the Hidden Mist village.
Sasuke and Sakura got up from the ground where they'd been dropped and started to look around.
"I don't know," Sasuke started, "But that guy was far too powerful to be human."
"Do you think is was a demon?" Sakura said as her limited sensory capabilities checked the surroundings, "But then how did we get here?"
"A better question is where is here?" Naruto interjected
"You are at the entrance to the village hidden in the mists." Came a voice from the fog
They all looked around themselves again and from the thick fog all they could see was the swirling mists.
"WHO ARE YOU!" Naruto yelled out into the air
"No need to shout! I'm right next to you." The voice said as the trio looked wildly to each side
"Where are you?!" Sasuke shouted angrily as he built up his lightning chakra in his palm
"Please there is no need to fight I'm up here!" The voice said and the three looked up to see a small child with white hair and completely white eyes descend from the sky as though he was walking on air.
"Whoa!" Naruto said stunned as the boy touched the ground.
Sasuke released his Jutsu and everyone just looked at the small boy. He had an androgynous appearance with a white shirt and green pants. On his back was another katana like the other two had but his body was emanating with a white chakra that he seemed to call back into himself.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked kindly though hesitantly
"My name is Aiko!" the boy said and bowed
"Who were the other two?!" Sasuke asked roughly
"Ishida and Yagami they are my brothers." The boy responded turning to Sasuke
"Why did they want me dead?" Naruto asked getting excited and putting a fist in front of him
"They didn't, Ishida did!" The boy responded, "Ishida wants the power of the one who defeated the ten-tails. He believes this will make him stronger than his brothers so he can finally consume the world in fire."
Everyone looked shocked, "What do you mean consume the world in fire?" Sakura asked
"To understand the dilemma you must first understand the origin." The boy stated and built up a little chakra that he used to control the wind currents and cause the mist to form into a story board as the vaporous characters played their roles.
"Long ago when the sage of six-paths first started the way of the ninja there were wars and fierce battles fought with elements and not ninjutsu." The boy said as an army of mist warriors attacked with what seemed like water and another attacking with earth.
"These battles ripped the landscape changing mountains to valleys and valleys to mountains as the power of the elements reigned supreme." The mist formed into crumbling villages and vast plains
"Those that were not adept were taken by their enemies and used as slaves to build their fortresses and armies and those that were adept were killed. Having said this every element was evenly matched none prevailing over the other so the battles would last for weeks and the war itself lasted over a thousand years." The elements in the mist collided and created an explosion.
"From the fighting emerged four champions of each realm tempered in battle and each having power that surpassed the entirety of their nation. These men were called the alchemists and each had unique control over their element. Ishida of the fire, Yagami of the water, Katashi of the earth and myself of the wind." The mist formed into four figures three of which were recognized immediately by the trio and the fourth looked like a large thick man with armor and a beard tied at the base of the chin.
"These four stopped the fighting in their own lands and met on terms for peace around the same time that the sage of six-paths found a way to control chakra to a fine degree and started the ninja way. We all met at the summit where, long before, the fighting had started for reason's no one remembered. We signed a treaty saying that the way of the elements would no longer be taught to the children of our respective people it was at this time that the the Sage of Six-Paths finally conquered the Ten-tails for the first time and attained peace to his land by becoming the Jinchuriki." The mist showed the sage and the Ten-tails being absorbed into his stomach in a vortex-like fashon.
"At this he became one of the most powerful men alive and joined us as an elemental father of chakra. Ishida, however, was not content with his place as one of five elementals or alchemists he wanted to be above us all, the flame of battle stirred within him again as he secretly went and excited his people against us. We could not allow such a being to upset the balance so we banished him into a stone corpse of the demon Detashi. He has been storing his energy for many years now seems to have broken the seal on his prison. In his quest he seeks the power that defeated the ten-tails for a second time hoping that this will give him the advantage he seeks to overwhelm us and become our ruler." The mists dissipated and the group stood there looking on in silence.
"Wait a sec'! If he was sealed inside a demon how did he find out that I was the one that defeated the ten-tails?" Naruto asked standing up
"Some treacherous wind currents have been feeding him information." Aiko said with disgust
"But aren't you the Alchemist who controls the wind?" Sakura asked
"I don't control it." Aiko said shaking his head, "I merely manage it. It is just the same with my brothers they will manage their elements but in the end some of their own stewardships will fight against them."
"So why did you help us?" Sasuke asked
"I cannot allow Ishida to gain control over us he must be prevented from knowing where to find you if we are to succeed so I have decided to join you!" Aiko said simply
"Sorry but we aren't babysitters." Sasuke said waving a hand in Aiko's direction.
"DO I LOOK LIKE A BABY TO YOU!?" Aiko yelled towering above Sasuke who let a sweat bead drop down his neck.
"That's some temper you got there!" Naruto said under his breath with a worried expression
Aiko calmed himself, "I am more than capable of handling myself." He said brushing himself off.
"Fine but the first time we need to save your neck you're gone!" Sasuke said in an even tone.
"Agreed!" Aiko said
"Now we just need to find how to get out of this fog!" Sakura said looking around
Aiko walked in a direction and made some hand signs that Naruto didn't recognize, "Elemental technique Wind Rush!" He yelled and a blast of wind cut through the fog to reveal a small bridge with the symbol of the hidden mist village on the signpost.
"This way!" Aiko said and they walked through the mist tunnel towards the bridge.
Thanks for reading today's chapter I know it seems like they are short but that is because I want people to be able to read my stories on a short time budget so each chapter will advance the story line ahead a certain degree before cutting off to the next chapter making it easier to read in general I believe, Ultima S. Special thanks to Mitsuki Uchiha Namikaze for being the first to fav the story. Next The Hidden Mist Village.