Crystal Snow

Chapter 7 - The Beginning of the Start and the Start of an End

I do not own Naruto or anything relating to Naruto


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2/11/14 - Correction on this. I do NOT want people to vote! I just want people to check out the poll and have a lot of time to give me ideas for really awesome stories. Sorry about the mix up.

10/21/14 - Removed the warning before more graphic events for better immersion.


I leaned back against the wall. I let the warmth of the bed warm me as my thoughts were so cold. Feeling something brush against me I looked down to see Hanabi curled up by my side. We both got a light blush on our faces as we look at each other. "Hanabi," I felt the raven haired girl gripped on my cloak. "My past… Its not… happy" Hanabi raised her hand and touched my face. I don't know why but that little action made me feel comforted.

"I don't want to know your past just…" I put a finger to her mouth.

"Hanabi, you need to know my past to know why I did what I did." Seeing her nod slightly, I took my finger off of her mouth. "One of my first memory… my sixth birthday…"

Alone. I was sitting alone in a small alleyway. Looking up I saw snow slowly drifting from the from the pure sky. I always wondered what it was like in the sky where nothing could touch you. The frozen water touching my skin didn't bother me. I didn't understand why when people said that they wanted to get out of the snow and that it was cold. I didn't know what cold was but from what I heard that it was a bad thing that snow did, but it didn't affect me. Something that I never understood as a child. I didn't know how long I watched the sky but soon I started to get tired. I however could not go to sleep. No, today was the celebration of the defeat and sealing of the ice beast. Children under six never went to the festival as there was dangerous games and alcohol there. So this was the first year I could go. I never had any family so I was never told that I had the beast sealed into and I guess people figured that I already knew somehow.

After an hour of wandering around on the snowy ground a group of men stopped me. I could feel a false sense of peacefulness on them. One of the them, the largest and obviously the leader, took a step forward. "Hey come over here. We have something cool to show you." I could tell now that these men were obviously lying but at that time no one wanted me. No one ever spoke to me except to yell at me. So I went with the men, hoping that for once that I was going to learn what it was to have a father-like figure even for a little bit even if they had a odd smell on them. It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

I felt tears now running down my face. They gave me a strange cold warmth. A feeling that I was not use to. I felt a hand gently rub away the tears. I looked over to Hanabi who was still curl up next to me. I could feel her body slightly vibrate as she was crying to. I started to replay the memories of the past. I wanted to censor the so Hanabi may stay at least see me as a normal person but when I looked into her eyes. I felt all my fear slowly go away. I don't know why but the closer I was to Hanabi I felt more confident, more me. Do I like Hanabi more than a friend? That would explain things up to now but I shook off the idea. Someone like Hanabi was going to get some rich, handsome prince. That was how these things went. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. This was going to get bad.

As I followed the men they lead me around the fair. They soon lead me to an alleyway. This being the first time a people have actually talked to me I trusted them as I walked into the dark narrow passage. Arriving at the end I saw the men surround me. I started to get scared. Only then did I notice the look of pure hate in their eyes. I saw them start to chuckle at my poor shaken form. What else was I suppose to do? I saw a one of the men take a step forward with a metallic object in his hand. Even without anybody to tell me I knew that whatever object was bad. Looking for a way to escape I saw that I was behind me there was a large wall and no other way out except through the men. I was trapped.

I took a deep breath. This was now the part that Hanabi's view of me will change. May it be for better or worse.

A man, the leader, grabbed me and held me down in the snow. The others slowly started to advance to me. The one with the object slowly stepped forward and put the object on my shirt. I saw the object slowly peel away my shirt like it was nothing leaving a small red line down my body. Feeling the pain from the cut I started to struggle but I could do nothing to the full grown man who was holding me down. I felt it on my stomach again but deeper this time making more blood come out of my little stomach. The man kept doing this this until the snow around us were drenched in my blood and the walls splattered with it. The man then stood up and walked away. I sighed in relief, at least the pain was over. That was until I saw another man walk up to me with a large log of wood. Not knowing what he was going to do with it I just waited. Hoping that the man was going to help me. My answer came when the man raised the log above his head with a grunt and slammed it down on my arm. Crushing the small bones in my arm. Tears coming to my eyes again as I felt the pain flow through me. The man raised the log again slamming the log on my other arm. I lost all rational thought as my pain receptors overloaded. I could feel him doing the same to my legs but it just didn't hurt anymore.

Soon the man went away leaving me and the last man who was holding me down. He looked at me with a look in his eye that scared me. More than the other men. He then waited, waited for my body to be able to feel again. The bastard. He stood over my broken body and flipped me on my stomach. Making pain surge through my body again. Heard him shifting around things behind me that sounded like cloth. I heard his voice with an edge of excitement. "Ice brat," I knew he was talking to me, but I still had no idea why he called me that. "I am going to do something that you're going to enjoy….."

I stopped when I felt a massive surge of chakra. Closing my eyes I tried to figure out who's chakra it was. Feeling a large amount of hate in it I knew it was Naruto. Getting out a Hanabi's grip I heard her speak up. "Kurai, what's wrong?" Turning around I gave her a smile. Mostly to try hiding my fear.

"I just have to check on Naruto. I feel him using its chakra." Seeing Hanabi curl up in a ball I felt bad. She looked so weak right now. It made me just want to hold her until all her fear went away. Feeling another surge I knew that something bad was happening. I started to form a small amount of chakra in my hands. I could feel that Hanabi was watching what I was doing but I ignored her as this took a large amount of concentration. Feeling that the form was detailed right I hardened the chakra and made the form solid. In my hand was a bud of a rose made entirely of center of the rose shimmered and was slightly mis-colored to the near transparent petals.

"Kurai, what is that?" I smiled at the white eyed beauty. I gently pulled her hand out flat and put the bud of ice in her hand. I watched as she examined every little detail of the from the center of the rose to every single petal.

"This, Hanabi, is the way to tell me if you need me." I saw her confused look on her face and chuckled, receiving me a pout from Hanabi. "If you're ever in trouble then crush the rose." I saw her eyes widen at the fact of crushing something that I've made that, to her, looked beautiful. "The center contains part of my soul so I will always be around to protect you." I saw as Hanabi stared at the the bud that was now in both of her palms. Her head quickly shot up when she heard the soul part.

"Isn't that dangerous?" I nodded. It was extremely dangerous. If somehow someone captured Hanabi and extracted that part of my soul they could turn me into their unwilling slave. I saw Hanabi having an internal struggle with herself, probably over if she should take it or not. I didn't leave her a chance to as I left the room and then out of the Compound. The instant I was outside I could see a giant frog and the one tailed demon. I quickly rushed toward their direction. Mentally shouting to try waking up Koori.


"Koori!" I could finally hear the ice dragon shuffling around inside of my head. Too bad I was already almost at the battlefield. I could hear the ice in my head making a odd cracking sounds.

"L..Little one, what is it?"Something seemed off to me. Koori always had an all powerful voice that the embodiment of ice should have but now, now it seemed so weak. Making a note to visit Koori after all of the fighting I refocused at the task at hand.

"The one tail is loose." I could hear Koori sitting up slightly."Naruto is on some kind of giant frog and is releasing large amounts of nine tails chakra." I could feel the dragon pacing slighting in my head, each step followed by a cracking sound.

"A full transformation is out of the question." I nodded my head. That was for life and death situations only."I think a summoning of a ice clan dragon would do well." I paled and almost missed the next jump at thought of that. The ice dragons, which Koori was technically a member of, was not happy when they found that they had a summoner as the ice dragons didn't like meddling in anything. Landing on one larger branch still a decent distance from the two beasts I kneeled down.

"Well one way to find out if it's a good idea!" "Summoning Jutsu!" Going through the hand signs I placed my hand on the branch and watched as the formula spread out across a large area. With a large poof of smoke I was high in the air along with I very slick and, to a normal person, cold head. Looking down I saw that I had summoned the boss, Fubuki, a long very slender dragon who was a foggy white color, and by the look of his eyes I could tell he was not happy.

"What the hell? Hatchling what the hell did you summon me for?"I sighed. This was either going to go really well or really bad. I was putting my money on the latter.

"Lord Fubuki, I have a request for you." A slight shift in his large form told me that he was listening, more so for a reason to kill me than for actual caring probably.

"Tell me why should I get involved in little human matters?" I looked up and saw that the giant frog, Naruto on the frog, and the one tail were looking at us. I gave them a brief smile before glaring at the boss dragon.

"Because it's not just human as there are demons here." I pointed to the one tail. "And the fact that you always wanted to test your strength. And," I pointed to Naruto and the giant frog, which Fubuki was eyeing like it was a free meal. "That boy who summoned the frog is the nine tail host. Think about the training if we help him." I didn't bother telling him that Naruto couldn't control the nine tails yet. Those were details for later. I saw the dragon close his eyes contemplating the reward and risks. I knew I had hit a sweet spot though. Fubuki, being the strongest dragon, had no one to test how strong he was, something that dragons loved. He's eyes snapped open with a intense glare at me. Either he was going to eat me or help me.

"Hatchling…" I waited for the launch into the sky and the giant jaw closing around me."Let us freeze the sky!" I was suddenly pushed against Fubuki's head as he beat his massive wings. I couldn't believe what was happening. I just got the boss summoning to actually help me! Shifting my eyes to our target, the one tail demon. I saw it start to gather something in it's stomach."Holding on hatchling!" Before I could even reply Fubuki started to spin around in the air, making me almost lose my lunch as the one tail shot something at us. Suddenly I saw the frog jump at the one tail demon. Feeling a large chakra surge Fubuki backed off from the two. Suddenly a huge puff of smoke covered the area and in the frogs place there was the nine tailed fox.

Oh fuck no! The nine tails got out! I felt Fubuki back off even more, I could understand why. While a boss summon could face a low tailed beast the nine tail, and any other high tail beast, was just out of the question. For us it was just a waiting game. We watched as the two demons duke it out. The one tail shooting from what Fubuki told me chakra enhanced air while the nine tails was only using tress? Something seemed off about that. Closing my eyes I focused on the area where the nine tail's chakra and found out that it wasn't the demon's chakra but Naruto's. I couldn't figure out how the nine tails was using Naruto's chakra instead of its own. Unless that isn't the nine tails! A large explosion of smoke showed the frog again, who was holding onto the one tail, and a lack of Naruto on the head of said frog. Looking around I saw him running on top of the one tail demon's head. "Lord Fubuki!" The dragon's head shifted to look at me. "I need to get on the head of the one tail." Fubuki had to flap a second time to catch up with the one he missed.

"You want me to do What!" I pointed to the one tail that had Naruto on it.

"I want you to fly me close to the one tail so I can get on its head." I dragon gave me a odd look but then saw what Naruto was doing and nodded.

"You are insane hatchling. I like that." With that Fubuki flapped his large wings and rushed at the one tail with a breakneck pace. Before I knew it we were right above the demon."Jump!"I didn't even think, I jumped off and started to form ice under me to soften my landing, even if just a little bit. Hitting the solid surface and rolling to avoid breaking a leg, I looked up and saw Naruto surrounded by sand. I chakra rushed to Naruto and touched the sand and froze it. I knew that the one tail used sand to attack and kill from Hinata so Naruto being layered with the stuff was bad. Punching the frozen ice I saw Naruto have a confused look on his face.

"Kurai? What are you doing here?" I was about to answer when a stream of sand shot past us. Looking I saw a red spot ahead of us. I pointed to the figure.

"No time. What is that?" I saw Naruto follow my finger and saw the red thing. Naruto's face grew grim.

"That's Gaara. He's like us." I nodded. I had already figured that part out, we were standing on the one tail demon. "I need to wake him up." I looked over to the dark orange figure. I shook my head a little. I wanted to know why he was sleeping but figured now was not the best time to ask.

"Okay. You make a dash at him and I'll keep the sand off of you." Seeing Naruto nod I started to gather large amounts of ice chakra in my hands. I wanted to be able to freeze large sections of sand quickly. Seeing Naruto getting into his running stance I got into a mobile form of ice fist. It was incredibly flawed and almost useless but it was going to help a lot in this situation. The both of us shot off and rushed at the red haired figure. Seeing sand shoot out from behind us I turned and jumped back as to not lose my position with Naruto. Going through hand signs I brought my hands up to my mouth and shouted "Crystal Ice Style: Dragon's breath!" I forced chakra into my lungs and breathing it out and freezing the sand. Turning back around I saw that we were almost to the one tail's host. Suddenly I saw Naruto stop. I landed next to him to ask what was wrong but I noticed before anything was said. This part of the head was made out of quicksand and we were quickly sinking. I started to rack my brain of a way we could get out. I could freeze all of the sand around us but in doing that Naruto would freeze to death. Suddenly I felt a large spike in demon chakra from Naruto. Looking over I saw that he had a loose tailless beast cloak. Seeing that the sand was getting loose I started to gather my own chakra for my cloak. The two of us were soon covered in blood red color, Naruto, and pure white, me, and with the sand being shaken loose from us. We both shot at the sand host and punched him in the head at the same time.

The sand that made up the one tail demon started to break apart. I saw Naruto sink through the sand and I went to dive after him when my legs failed to respond. Soon I was sinking through the sand along with gaara. Falling to the ground I was wondering where Naruto was. Seeing him lying on the ground I attempted to adjust my fall to land near him only for my body fail to respond. Before I could wonder what was going on I landed on a branch. Feeling something snap in my chest I started to question my partner."Koori what's going on?" I couldn't hear a response from it, which scared me. In situations like this Koori was always two steps ahead of me and able to respond to me instantly. Having silence in my head was honestly freaking me out."Koori are you there?" I heard a sound that sounded like ice cracking, something that was not good if your entire mind was made out of ice. Soon I heard Koori which was good but the sound of its voice was weak and pathetic sounding.

"L...Little… One… Come…" I didn't even worry about Gaara or the leaf right now. My only concern was my ice partner. Entering into my mind I sprinted to the cave that held Koori. Entering the cave I saw my Koori and I couldn't help but let the tears out. Koori, the being of ice reincarnation, had a sickly white coloration of its body and was lying on the ground, not moving. I reached out and went to touch Koori but the seal forced my arm away from the bars of crystal ice. Tears flowed through my eyes freely now. I had no idea what was going on but my deepest instincts told me whatever it was it was bad."Lit..tle one," Hearing Koori's real voice being so weak made a fresh wave of tears flow."I am sorry. I.. Must go soon." I shook my head. I didn't want to believe what was happening. Koori was dying.

"No… No No nonononono…" I held my head as thoughts about Koori and being alone went through my mind. Wait, Koori was sealed in me! That means Koori had to listen to me. "No, I...I command you to stay." I heard the ice dragon give a sad laugh.

"In all my time…. with you…. you have never commanded me before…" I couldn't help but give a small smile. It was true. I never saw Koori as someone to command but someone closer."I.. will force myself to st..ay until you get your ey..es but I have to go after…" I looked at my friend. I couldn't help but give a small sad smile as I knew that Koori was fighting to stay alive just for me.

"Thank you Koori." Something then crossed my mind. I never asked Koori what its gender was. "K..Koori?" The figure shifted slightly. "I know this is a.. odd… question, especially right now, but… are you a guy or girl?" I heard Koori give a small laugh.

"Little o..ne, I am female.." I nodded I saw Koori's figure shiver. Something that made me cringe. Koori shouldn't be someone who cringes, she should be roaring with pride."You ha..ve to go no..w. I will sl..eep until you..r eyes are tak..en. Do.. not use my cha..kra if possi..ble…" Snow slowly started to flow around me as my vision went white.

Opening my eyes I saw leaves slowly swaying in the wind. My mind was still stuck on the fact that Koori, my partner who was with me for the most important events in my life, was dying and would die when I received the byakugan transplant. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't notice a single thing that was happening in the world around me.

"You can't end my existence!" I don't know where that came from but the words took me out of my stupor. I looked down at the ground and saw Naruto slowly crawling toward Gaara. I went to stand up but the pain in my chest made me stop halfway. Taking a deep breath I stood up fully, although it caused me a large amount of pain. I jumped off the branch and landed next to Naruto. Gently I picked up my demon brother and helped him stand on his own two feet. "Why?" My eyes shot to the one tail host. I looked him straight in the eyes. I saw how alone he was his entire life. How no one wanted him. How he was always feared as a monster. Naruto spoke up, quieting the entire forest.

"Because… We all have been hated Gaara." I saw the one tail look between Naruto and myself. I slowly let go of Naruto.

"We all have a demon inside of us…" I had to pause to keep myself from crying. That wasn't going to be true for long, at least for me. "We all know what it is like to be feared. To be hated. To be blamed for things out of our control." I saw the others close their eyes as they probably remembered their past. "We shouldn't hate each other. We should help each other." I looked over to Naruto and saw him beaming a smile. I drifted my eyes to Gaara and saw him holding his head.

"Mother wants your blood." I gave him an odd look, glancing at Naruto I saw him patting his seal. I snapped my fingers and saw Gaara's head look right at me. I started to walk toward him but he crawled backwards. I suddenly stopped. He looked so much like Hanabi when she was in fear of me after I lost control. Shaking my head I looked back and saw Gaara surrounded by two other people, one female and the other male. I saw them pick up Gaara and was about to jump away but I took a step forward and saw the two newcomers get in a defensive stance. I held my hands up.

"I just want to say one thing to him." I saw Gaara push past the two and stand right in front of me. "Don't treat it like a demon. Treat it like a friend, like family…." I felt tears start to come. "The demons, they are dying while in the seal." I saw the three sand ninja's eyes open wide. I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder from behind. Looking back I saw Naruto with a serious face on.

"Kurai what are you saying?" I took a deep breath. Knowing this myself was one thing but actually admitting to it was a whole new level of pain.

"Koori, my partner," I started to rub the seal on my stomach. "Is going to die." I felt warm tears fall down my face. "The seals… they absorb chakra. The demons are made out of chakra. See where this is going?" I saw Naruto give a grim nod. "That's why they want out. They don't want to die." After I finished I just let the tears fall. I didn't care about looking tough anymore. I just wanted to let out the feeling of hopelessness. I felt Naruto's hand tighten on my shoulder. He may not have known the details but he knew that Koori was a major part of my life. I was shocked when I felt another hand on my other shoulder. Looking over I saw Gaara, with a sad look on his face.

"While I do not know much. I do know that ,even for me, the thought of losing the demon inside is a painful thought." I gave a sad smile to Gaara. I was glad that we were able to get through to him. Looking at the sky I saw that the sun was now moving East meaning that it was past twelve, half an hour after I left Hanabi. I looked at our little group. So much hate was thrown onto the three of us but we overcame that hate and hopefully we will be stronger in the future for it.

"Look. You guys should get going. The leaf should be beating back the rest of the sand's forces." I saw the sand trio nod and jump off. I let my vision float over to Naruto. "Naruto, let's go home." Seeing the blond host nod we both jumped back to the leaf village. "So where did you find the frog contract?"


I entered the Compound and noticed that the entire place was dead quiet. I silently shuffled to my room. At first I thought of going to Hanabi's room and telling her about everything but I was exhausted both physically and emotionally. Sliding the door to my room open I stepped in and closed the door as quietly as possible to not wake anyone nearby. I took a deep breath. I will not cry. I will not cry. I kept chanting this to myself as I stood trying to keep Koori's ultimate fate from my mind. After getting my emotions under control I went and got undress from my now destroyed clothes. I put on a white shirt and gray pants, i decided to keep a cloak off until I had to leave my room. Laying down on the bed my eyes slowly started to get heavy.


My eyes fluttered open as a strong light was shined into my eyes. Shifting positions I tried to get the light out of my eyes but no matter what angle I moved to the light just kept hitting my eyes. Slowly I sat up and saw the sun at the perfect angle to get sunlight into every single windows of my room, making it look like the room was painted orange. I don't know why but the sight of the room being such a contrasting color made me mesmerized. So much so that I nearly missed someone knocking on my door. Making my way to the door I slid it open to find Hiashi standing. My eyes shot wide when I saw him. "Lord Hyuuga, how are you this evening?" I bowed the the clan head, you never know when an elder could be watching.

"I am fine. Thank you. However pleasantries must be set aside for now." Seeing how serious the older Hyuuga was I knew whatever was up was bad. "Kurai, I have bad news." I kind of figured that out but kept silent like a good little guard should. "The Third Hokage has died."

"Fuck." I couldn't help myself at that moment. I saw Hiashi give the patented Hyuuga death glare. I quickly raising my hands in a defensive position. "Sorry for my language Lord Hyuuga. It's just that our agreement with the Third is now at a very difficult point. I don't think anyone else would know about that thing we need from him." Seeing Hiashi nod I knew that now, with the death of the Third, the sharingan was now out of my grasps.

"Luckily we can wait until the new Hokage…" I shook my head at Hiashi. "What's the problem?" I was quiet for a second, steeling my nerves for telling another person Koori's situation.

"Koori the one that is making all of this possible." I closed my eyes. I felt tears starting to surface again. "She… She is dying…" I could feel the room get tense with that fact. With this time hitch in the plan, along with the third's death, made it almost no reason to actually give me a byakugan eye as their was no true gain for the Hyuuga now. "I understand if you want to retract you end of the deal seeing no benefit for the Hyuuga now." I opened my eyes to see that Hiashi's face was set in a deep thinking position.

"Tell me Kurai, could your partner make the byakugan better?" I nodded. Koori would probably make the doujutsu a lot better, even in her current state. "Would the eye help you guard my daughter better?" I nodded again. I still wasn't fully following what Hiashi was getting at. "And tell me this, could you pass on the enhancements to your children?" I went to nod again but went wide eyed. I smirked at Hiashi as he did the same to me. We now had a way for the byakugan to be transplanted without the elders getting angry someone out of the clan would have the eye. My smirk however quickly turned to a frown. Something did not add up here.

"Lord Hyuuga, why would you help me get a byakugan eye? I thought you'd be against it now." I saw Hiashi's face go to his normal political figure face. The one that he used when dealing with only the highest of diplomats.

"The reasons are two-fold. The first being the knowledge that someone with your ability AND the byakugan is guarding my daughter. The second being that the new eye will eventually spread throughout the Hyuuga and make the clan stronger as a whole." I frowned a little at the thought of my children being exploited like whores just to give the Hyuuga a better position. "Do understand that the process of spreading the new eye will not be forced so no one will be in an …. unsavory… situation." I sighed. I could see nothing wrong with this situation.

"Lord Hyuuga, I agree with the new terms." Seeing the clan head nod I relaxed. With that problem solved both of us were able to move onto more non critical topics.

"Kurai, Let me know why Hanabi was alone sleeping muttering about you and something about 'bad people' attacking you?" I tensed. So much for non critical topics I guess. I tried to think of a way to tell Hiashi the truth without lying to him. I noticed that I was taking too much time so I just started to talk, hoping not to trip on my own words.

"The reasoning behind that is that… I told her a little more about me." I saw Hiashi give me a glare. I don't know if the man knew that I was avoiding the topic. Seeing him turn around I relaxed. That meant that he would be leaving and I could go back to my own devices. I saw him walk to the door and walk out. He put his hand on the door but didn't close the door.

"Kurai, finish telling Hanabi your past. She is very angry with your past clan and even more at you for suddenly leaving." With that he closed the door. I couldn't help but sink to the bed. I had no idea that Hanabi would be so affected by my past. I sat on the spongy bed going over everything that happened today. The further and further I thought the heavier my body seemed. How the heck did my life go from simply going from one job to the next to being stuck in the leaf with all of these complex problems. I started to want my simple life back. One without worrying about clan politics or having to worry about what a girl thinks about me.

I stopped my thinking for a second. Was it really important to me for what Hanabi thought of me? I started to dissect the question. Answering in small bits. Soon I came to the realization that, yes, I did like Hanabi more than a friend. I let out a dry laugh. It was just one cruel joke to me. The fact that the one girl that I even thought more of than whether if I should kill her or not and it's the daughter of the clan head and the girl I am suppose to guard for the next foreseeable part of my life.

I was going to go back to sleep but the door slid open again. Looking over I saw it was Hanabi, in her hands was the ice rose. I made no motion to stop whatever she was going to do because in truth I deserved it. I had just left her alone with her unanswered questions. She bent down and I closed my eye waiting for a slap. Feeling my bed move I opened my eyes to see Hanabi sitting next to me, her hands in her lap. I heard her something so light that I couldn't make it out.

"What did you say?" I saw Hanabi close her eyes and shift. I could tell that she was uncomfortable with whatever was going on.

"I… want to hear the rest…" I couldn't figure what she was talking about. The rest of what? I quickly figured out that she was meaning she wanted to hear the rest of what happened to me on my sixth birthday. At first I didn't want to as the the next part got very… disturbing… but then I remember that Hanabi was getting use to stuff like that because of her being a main family member. Also the fact that after the incident is when I first meet Koori. I felt a painful pang in my chest as I thought about losing my partner. My vision locked onto Hanabi, as she would be the only reason for me doing anything after Koori was gone. I then realized that the ice dragon knew this for a long time. That is why she wanted me to get closer to someone, so when she was gone I still would have a reason to continue to live. I gave a gentle smile to the sleeping ice being. She was always so kind to me. I suddenly snapped out of my trip through memory lane. Hanabi was still waiting for me to answer if I would continue. Well if Koori wanted Hanabi to be my next important person in my life then she would have to know of my past. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Okay… but I just want you to know that this part is going to be worse than the other part." I saw Hanabi think for a second before nodding her head. I laid back into the soft bed and got comfortable, this was going to be interesting.

I heard his voice with an edge of excitement. "Ice brat," I knew he was talking to me, but I still had no idea why he called me that. "I am going to do something that you're going to enjoy….." I felt him move behind me. I wasn't able to move or see him of my broken and mangled limbs. I felt him start to remove what was left of my shirt. He made sure to shake my arms as much as possible while doing it causing large amounts of pain to course through me. I felt him drag something cold down my spine. Whatever the object was I felt it cut lightly into my skin. "Do you know what this is demon?" I couldn't see him but I could tell he was furious. "It was a gift to me from my daughter. The daughter you killed six years ago!" I felt the object pierce my body to the left of my lower back. I didn't know what he hit but I felt something in my body pop like a balloon. I started to cry when I felt him slowly start to twist the blade in the wound, tearing the muscles and causing blood to splatter all over the place. "Oh sorry did I hurt you? Well FUCK YOU!" I felt him hit the object deeper into my body causing the object to move through my entire body and poke out of my stomach. My head started to get light as the pain flooded my body. I felt the object being removed in one slick motion. My body relaxed slightly with the pain being stopped, even if it was for a moment. I felt a feeling in the back of my head that screamed for me to run away. I heard the man's heavy boots start stomp right next to me. Right afterward the same boot connected with my head causing my nose to be crushed against the ground. He started to dig the boot even deeper into my skull. "You like this you piece of shit!? Do you!?" I couldn't answer him as tears were caught in my throat. "Just wait you scum, I'm going to make sure you can do some real good for the clan before you die." I left the boot lift off my head for a second before my world went dark.

I awoke in a world of pure darkness. I went to open my eyes but only to find out that there was something blocking my view. I went to take whatever it was off but found that my arms and legs were healed but that they now were tied to something very heavy. As I shuffled around the ground I soon heard a pair footsteps far off. I quickly became limp and pretended to sleep. Soon both footsteps came to a stop right in front of me. "So this is the one that could give us a bloodline?" The voice was light and warm but for some reason it made me fear the voice even more. Also what was a bloodline? I never heard the term before. I thought it might be the reason why everyone hated me.

I felt Hanabi clutch tightly onto my shirt. "Kuari, you don't need to tell me this." I could hear the fear in her voice. The wanting to think that my life was not that screwed up. I ignored her and continued the story. I don't know why but I just did as if I was in some type of pseudo-trance.

"Yea, unlucky for us. Well you want me to wake him up?" This voice was very heavy set. It sounded like a bear that knew how to speak. There was silence for a second before I suddenly felt pain explode in my right knee. I entire body wanted to curl up in a ball but was stopped by whatever tied me down. "There he's up. Now make sure you get him to pass along his power along so we can kill him." My body went rigid. I've had to suffer a lot before but people never went this far.

"Yea, yea. Just leave now so I can get this disgusting act over with." I didn't understand what was going on. What act was this, what I assume to be, women going to do and why did it involve me?

"Fine I'll be waiting outside." I heard booted foot steps go away from me. Soon they were so far in the distance that I couldn't hear them anymore. My attention shot from the noise of the man to the women as she was shifting around cloth. I tensed. Last time cloth was shifted around I got something stabbed through me, so I was expecting pain when I heard light foot steps come toward me.

"Okay you disgusting freak of nature," There went my hope for any escape. "I don't want to do this at all…. but it is a necessary evil." I felt her start to pull down my pants…

I felt a wet spot on the front of my shirt. I looked and saw Hanabi had her head buried in my chest with tears pouring out of her eyes. "No more," I could barely hear her. "Please no more." The sight made me crack on the inside. I started to rub her back as she kept crying into my shirt. Soon she shifted upward and looked me in the eye. Her face just a few centimeters from mine. "Kurai… I'm so sorry." I just closed my eyes and smiled.

"It's not your fault. I understand if that was a little heavy for you." I opened my eyes to find Hanabi shaking her head.

"Not about that." I gave her a confused look. If it wasn't about the story then what was it about? "For this." Soon I noticed the pink tint to her face and before I could do another thing her lips touched mine. It was for a brief second but that brief second had stopped my world. My feeling for Hanabi solidified. I went to say something but was beaten.

"Lady Hanabi!" We both whipped out heads to the door to see one of the elders standing there, a huge smirk across his face. We both quickly paled, this was bad. If the elders knew about this then this could destroy the entire plan. The elder went dashing off leaving the door wide open. I turned to Hanabi and said the only thing that came to mind.

"Shit."


Kurai's Stats

Taijutsu - Chunin (Genin without Ice Fist)

Ninjutsu - Elite Jonin (Low Chunin without Crystal Ice Style)

Genjutsu - Low Genin (Only able to break genjutsu, not cast it)

Fuuinjutsu - Chunin

Kenjutsu - Elite Chunin

Chakra Control - Elite Chunin

Chaka Capacity - Kage

Unique abilities - Crystal Ice Style, Advance healing, Full sync, First form, Summoning Jutsu: Ice dragons

Average ability - Elite Chunin (Low Chunin without Ice Styles)