A/N: Well another day, another chapter. Some of you may have noticed my little one-shot I posted the other day. As I mentioned in that it came into my head and wouldn't leave until I wrote it. 'Solrac III', I made Naruto a blonde version of Kyuubi simply because she used her pure youki to revive him. It made sense to me for him to be altered like that. I'm sorry you didn't like that part.
Back on topic, I really need to get some more of this written up. One of my Digimon stories is demanding most of my writing time due to it's frankly overwhelming success. I thought it was just a story of my rambling mind, turns out people like it... But don't worry, this story won't just stop, even if there's only a few people reading it...
Naruto: The Mishap
Chapter 8
Kurenai and her team reached a river in their path. Kiba tracked the scent leading into the water before he lost it.
"He's gone in the river to mask his scent. He's clever, but my nose is smarter." He stuck his head underwater momentarily. "He went downstream and across to the other side."
"How do you know that?" Ino asked.
Kiba tapped the side of his nose. "My sense of smell never lies. Besides I'm sure you can track him as well right?"
"Obviously not as well as you. Let's get going."
They ran across the river using their water walking technique until Kiba found the scent again. Back on the trail they raced on, eager to retrieve the Karani boy before he went too far.
No matter what direction I went I found people looking for me. I had youki blasted most but they just got back up again. I couldn't blast them anymore as my youki was almost depleted, I didn't have much to begin with. Kyuubi was too busy finding escape options to lend me more of its youki and its toxicity was still too strong for my body to take anymore. I had to evade them on my own.
What was worse was Kakashi standing before me again, his team in tow. I was still in my beast form, hoping I looked intimidating enough to put them off.
Other villagers had gathered around me now, trapping me in a near circle. The only gap was behind me, but I could sense four more people approaching from that direction. They arrived in a few seconds.
Kurenai addressed Kakashi. "You found him. Good. He's been trying to give us the slip for a while."
"We have him surrounded as you can see, but where do we go from here?" Kakashi asked, unsure of how to proceed.
Meanwhile I grew uncomfortable with where I was. Did I mention my dislike for being surrounded by faces?
I coiled my legs in preparation for a charge through the weakest person. My actions didn't go unnoticed.
"Watch him, he's trying to run!" Anko warned.
Kurenai ran through a set of hand signs before releasing a Genjustu on me. I knew it was a Genjustu as my bloodline took this moment to activate, instantly dispelling Kurenai's tricks and sending a chakra backlash to her.
"What the... He broke my Genjustu without doing anything!"
"How is that possible?" Anko asked, shocked at what was going on.
Sarutobi offered one word. "Karani." Everyone looked to him except me, I was still looking for a way out since my earlier option had just closed. "His family held a powerful bloodline that renders all Genjustu useless on him. It's the reason they were all hunted down and killed, no one wanted to risk fighting against them."
"Quiet!" I had enough. Everyone froze at the sound of my voice. "Enough of your words, I already know all this! Now stand aside before I vapourise you all!" I acted violent to put them on the back foot. There were some present that I wouldn't care about if I did kill them, but that didn't mean I wanted to start killing for my survival yet.
Kyuubi's attention was drawn back to me when I spoke. It observed without comment as I grew more and more agitated.
"Karani, please. Calm down and just come home. We can fix all this." Anko pleaded.
"No! I cannot go back there! Look at me!" I shifted into my anthro form before taking my human-like body, red youki pouring out of me and concealing my masculinity. "How can I be accepted in the village that wants me dead? I don't even look human enough anymore!"
"We can sort this out Karani. Trust us, we've been your family for ten years." Kakashi stated, trying to calm me down.
My voice became deathly low. "Family." I shifted into my anthro form again. "Family? You speak of family?" My beast form followed, my voice turning into a yell. "I have no family left! They died at the hands of traitors and murderers! And don't speak to me Kakashi, I know full well that two of my line died at the hands of Hatakes!" Kakashi's visible eye widened at the implications of my words. "What's to say it wasn't you who killed a member of my family? How can I trust someone like you after what you or your family has done to mine?" My form expanded slowly, absorbing the remnants of my youki to boost my size. My voice deepened with every inch I grew, sounding more and more demonic. "Stay away from me!"
With a final burst of my remaining youki, even releasing what I used to swell my form, I stunned everyone before plowing past them and into the cover of the trees. I didn't bother to look back to check if I was being followed, I knew my words had shaken them all enough to prevent them from moving. My youki burst was just to hold them for a few seconds more, it was a very weak release.
The truth of Kakashi's family was hard enough for me to accept, the man I had seen as close to a real father as any, possibly being one to kill a member of my family. It didn't sit well with me. I had learnt of other family names too, some of them were also present.
I had never felt so betrayed in my life.
Kyuubi tried to alleviate my discomfort by talking to me, but I wasn't interested. I couldn't shift my thoughts away from my betrayal so I simply let them be as I ran. Kyuubi soon stopped trying to comfort me and went back to guiding me to the safe place it knew of.
I dodged a few more groups of villagers with ease and by the time the sun touched the horizon Konoha was behind me. I had reached the south side of the village and headed away from its walls, the forest quickly obscuring it from my view.
My old life was gone, a new one awaited me once I reached my destination. What it held for me was anyone's guess, but I hoped it to be better than what I left behind.
Kakashi once again paced around the kitchen. They had all lost track of the Karani boy after his proclamation, Kakashi had gone straight to Sarutobi and demanded the truth about what he had said.
He found out that two members of the Karani household were indeed killed by Hatakes, although a few generations before Kakashi himself was aware of what was going on. They had claimed to be under orders from an unknown figure well before the Kyuubi attacked the village. Who this person was remained a mystery, but the murders stopped once Sarutobi released the news of the Kyuubi's death. Even if it was a lie it seemed whoever was behind the killings lost interest once they thought Kyuubi to be dead.
With his adopted son now roaming the lands looking like a smaller, darker Kyuubi it could only be a matter of time before the shadows of the past came back to finish what they started.
