The Yin of the Phoenix
Azazel flew through the forest, occasionally jumping off of a tree to gain lost air.
'I can't believe that I fell for that.' He told himself in disappointment. 'I should've known that he would try to do something like that instead of killing us.' But Azazel was so caught up in his own failure, that he didn't notice seven green ninja in front of him. (Most likely because of his speed, he couldn't recognize how the green in their uniform matched the environment.)
The four of the ninja each, telekinetically picked up a rock, then threw them at Azazel. He saw them coming, and smashed all four dropping to the ground.
"I don't have time for this!"
"The Phoenix must die!"
Azazel rose in the air as one of the ninja covered himself in a thin rock-like armor. Charging into the wind earned the ninja a fatal beating as the force and pressure of the wind crushed him the minute he entered it.
Spinning so fast that his fists where blazing, Azazel spun at the three ninja in his way at a dangerous speed. The first one was smacked with white fire, which sizzled his mask and most of his face. With the force of the wind he was thrown against a tree, and lay motionless.
The second ninja was hit with a large bolt of lighting, that sent him flying into a tree with a rather large hole in him. With the energy from his increased spinning, Azazel was able to shoot one final bolt of lighting at the third ninja that wasn't quick enough to realize his power. He smashed on the ground, making a prison for the other three, who ironically couldn't get out, Azazel's power outranking theirs.
Azazel concentrated on the air, and made an orb of water. He turned it into a sword of ice, and threw it at one of the ninja, decapitating him quickly. Controlling the movement of the sword, he beheaded the other ninja before the third gave a small chuckle.
"Did I miss something?"
"You don't get it?"
"Get what?"
"We've come to bring you home."
"I-have-no-home."
"Yes you do. You have a home and a family."
"I know you think my power is too great."
"No."
"I don't believe your mind games are going to work her ishi no shinobi. But you want to control me."
"No."
"You do!"
"No! I want to help you!"
"Help me, what's wrong with me? Absolutely nothing!"
"Azazel stop!"
"NO! Not this time! Your people have always tried to keep me in hiding! To try and make me into some kind of tool!"
"It was for your own good Azazel."
The ninja with the hole in his body suddenly burst into flames, a sign from Azazel's power.
"Stay outta my head!"
The wind began to pick up, and the sky began to get cloudy. The ninja began to panic; he was afraid that this might happen. He freed himself from his prison and anxiously said,
"Azazel I can help you. Look at me!"
"Get out of my head!"
A powerful gust of wind came and knocked the ninja off his feet. Before he hit the ground, he made a seat to catch himself in.
"You're a danger to yourself and everyone around you, but I can help you!"
The sky became dark and everyone in the forest seemed to be taken by surprise.
"What's that energy that I feel?" Shino asked, looking in the direction of Azazel.
"Look what happened to your village! You destroyed the people you love because you couldn't control it!"
"NO STOP IT!"
There was a burst of wind that shook the forest and all of Konoha. Trees began to bend all around Azazel as he looked at the Stone ninja with hatred.
"Azazel let me in!"
But there was no sound from Azazel other than the cold stare. The water in the ponds began to rise as well as the creatures in the environment scurrying away. Looking at Azazel, the ninja saw his face change. His eyes became more demonic looking, becoming a blood red with a white pupil, and his skin changed from brown to a pale stone color.
Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura where running in his direction, as was Hinata, Kiba and Shino. The ninja was lifted out of his chair, and stared into the face of this demonic Azazel.
Suddenly, the clothes and skin of the ninja began to tear off, as if he was being burned. The grass and the trees around them also showed signs of incinerating. Everyone arrived just as Azazel's power pinned them to the ground or a tree.
Azazel lifted his hands, like a bird. Time there seemed to quickly slow down, as everyone saw, in literal slow motion, the stone ninja incinerated before their eyes. Everything went back to where it was as Azazel, regaining his original facial features, dropped to the ground, unconscious.
He woke up to see Sakura and Naruto staring at him. He rose and rubbed his head, which was hurting a lot.
"What happened?"
But he already knew the answer when the flash of his uncontrolled power came back to him and showed the memory of the ninja being incinerated.
"Well, you kinda went semi-demonic and killed that ninja." Naruto answered.
"What was that?" Sasuke asked showing up on the scene.
"That was the Phoenix."
"I was expecting a bird." Naruto said scratching his head.
"That's its spirit. When in an avatar, or a human host, like you are an avatar for the Demon Fox, the spirit can mold the body into the creatures feature. Because I was enraged, the Phoenix came out in a way that makes me look demonic with anger."
"Well, that's was quite a display of power." Everyone turned to see a ninja with white hair and glasses.
"Hey Kabuto."
"Hey yourself."
He jumped down, at which case Azazel, not quick to trust a new face. Punched the earth, sending the scrolls (that Naruto was about to open before his awakening) towards his hands.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to steal your scrolls." But Sasuke and Azazel still eyed him suspiciously.
"Then what are you here for?" Sasuke asked.
"Well, you guys want to get to the tower don't you?"
"Yeah."
"Well then, follow me."
They were off through the forest, but Azazel was still skeptical about this Kabuto fellow. The wind was telling him that his movements seemed chuunin level, and the wind was telling him that his strength and stamina were that of chuunin. But why then, was he, a powerful shinobi, helping underlings like themselves?
