Sleepless D: Update and I hope you enjoy the update. Peace out.
The cold floor is a calming sensation. Pain strikes Naruto's neck and pain shoots up and down his limbs. Naruto coughs heavily and nearly vomits as he gets up, falling onto his side from the lack of functional limbs. Naruto scans around him, seeing cold, rust covered bars that show close to nothing beyond. Naruto coughs once again, his limbs raising and pushing against the floor and this time gains steady footing.
"Easy now, kid. Most people that get up too fast tend to face-plant, or at least from our predicament." a gruff voice comes, making Naruto turn his head to look for it. The sudden twist of his head makes Naruto hit the floor once again. A small chuckle comes from the same person that distracted him, "I told you so."
"What...who...where am I?" Naruto asks, his eyes managing to scan the roof and soon settles on the edges of prison bars within the roof.
"Well...depends on the view. To me, this is my home, to others, their place of death, and to you, your own view of things." the voice says, sounding somewhat bemused and happy, considering the aura of this place being close to a man planning your death and does everything else to destroy you soul until then.
Naruto slowly rolls onto his side, seeing outside the bars to see a narrow hallway that leads either side of his cell and continues onwards into darkness and sickening moans. Naruto's eyes slowly adjust and he soon sees the cell on the other side.
A young man, perhaps in his mid-twenties sits behind the bars, his eyes black, serious yet seem to show an unusual comfort. His hair is short and a mess which matches his rugged, short beard. His body is covered in bandages and what little his flesh was shown had scars, both old and new. His only clothing is a ragged, black pair of trousers and what look like partially destroyed sandals sitting neatly by the cell gate.
Naruto looks somewhat confused, figuring that he's trying to make the best of his home. Naruto coughs a little as tries to straighten up, looking at the cell. Musky smells come from the floor, a mixture of sweat, vomit and blood, along with a dash of dread. A sudden hand rushes forward, grabbing Naruto's arm tightly and making Naruto scream in shock, fear and pain as jagged nails cut into him. Naruto uses what strength he has to rip himself free of the grip and rolls across the floor and hits the bars that he soon realises on either side of his cell are more cells.
A beast of some kind crouches within the cell next to Naruto's. It is human shaped, but looks like some dog like beast. Its gleaming red eyes staring into Naruto, almost like he is nothing but food. It seems to chuckle, straightening and Naruto soon realises it's very large, almost eight feet tall, even though it's hunched. Its appearance is something that would remind him of those old books about werewolves. It chuckles, or something that seems like a chuckle, echoing across the cells and it licks its claw like fingers, tasting Naruto's blood and what little flesh he could get. "Tasty...Hyrn enjoy taste, human..." it says, its voice more beast like and demonic, even more than when he hears the voice of the Kyuubi.
"What the fuck are you!?" Naruto yells, holding onto his left arm and feels the deep cuts into his flesh. Luckily, it didn't tear into his muscle and he can feel the wound healing already.
Pressure is soon felt around Naruto's neck as a swift arm wraps around his neck and tightens. Naruto's feet kick as his fingers wrap around his assailants' forearm. Naruto's fingers quickly go for his hand, aiming to dislocate his fingers. His fingers brush against rough skin, finding no hand and soon realises his right hand is but a stump. a jagged scar for where his hand use to be. "Now, now blonde chink. You woke me up from a pleasant sleep. I'm already tired of your chinks and ball licker over there." the man says, his accent sounding somewhat croaky and motions towards the beast on the other side. "And ginger over there hasn't been helpful neither. So if you'd be so kindly shut the fuck up, or I'd beat your ass one handed...as the case may be." a small chuckle comes, his stump remaining tight around his neck.
The red haired man chuckles a little, "Come on now, he's just woke up next to Black-tooth over there. Even you would question your life choices with that." he chuckles, gaining a chuckle from the man.
"Fair enough, ginger." The man chuckles, muttering under his breath and pushes Naruto away. Naruto spins, looking fearful towards his other attacker. The man sits by the bars, chuckling in the shadows. His face is old, having brown stubbles that are greying from age with his short, brown hair. He wears a sleeveless leather jacket, a ragged shirt underneath and a worn pair of jeans and worn boots, almost like he's been through hell for months and came back for a holiday.
"They sure put you between a rock and a hard-place." the red haired man chuckles, looking at Naruto with some hint of sympathy for him.
"More like a wolf the size of a horse and a mental guy with a pair of scissors and his sights on your nuts..." Naruto says, coughing deeply as he rubs his neck.
The older man raises a middle finger from his left and only hand. "And a fuck you too, chink."
Naruto glares at the older man, not knowing what chink means, but he's guessing it's an insult from his attitude. "...Who are you, and what's your problem?"
The man begins to open his mouth to reply. "His name is Merle," the red haired man tells him, "and he's a bit of a racist, but he's better company than Hyrn, but you can call him Black-tooth. He's the dog man over there." the red haired man tells him, pointing at the beast on the other side of Naruto's cage. "And as for me, I am Daichi Uzumaki...though most call me Ash since I'm apparently all that remains of a burnt down house. What's your name, little one?" Ash asks, smiling warmly at Naruto, still disguised as a street urchin.
"...N-Naruto...Uzumaki." Naruto tells him, gaining a surprised look and a raised eyebrow.
"Uzumaki? Certainly don't look like one. You don't have the hair...unless father or Koichi fathered a child or bastard whilst I was away...I'm going for some Uzumaki survivor managing to escape the war and procreated with a blonde."
Naruto slowly gets up, trying to keep himself steady as he slowly finds the wall nearer than he originally believed and soon rests against it. Naruto stares at the older man, seeing a smile that reminds him of himself; a cheeky smile that hides the pain. "M-My mother was an Uzumaki..." Naruto tells him, glancing towards his red hair. His brain gives a sudden surge again. A woman stands before him, standing in pure while and a sweet smile that shows love that reminds him of Mother Sayla's. Her red hair flowing from her head like a stream of water that brings out a smile on his face as his eyes blur from the tears flowing from them. Blood runs from Naruto's ear and nose, tears mixing with the blood running from his nose.
"You alright, kid?" Ash asks, having witnessed Naruto have a seizure of sorts, banging his head against the wooden wall behind and blood running from his orifices.
Naruto coughs, nodding in response, "Yes..." Naruto tells him, slowly getting up. Naruto empties his stomach contents from the sudden motion and nearly falls into it. "...Maybe not..." he says, slowly and carefully crawling away from the vomit and rests against the bars, nearer to Ash who watches him with worried eyes. "I just...I get visions...your hair...reminded me of...someone...mother?" Naruto says, his voice getting quieter as he enjoys the coldness of the bars against his pounding head.
"Visions?" Ash asks, somewhat confused, "Visions of what?"
"If I had to guess..." Merle says, looking at the boy, "Maybe it's the chink's impending doom in this shit hole. Or maybe the chink's high...you got dope on you, chink?"
Black-tooth gives a throaty laugh, surprisingly higher pitched than most would've thought. "If he dies, I'll eat his body."
Ash shakes his head, "That's not a pleasant way to dispose of bodies, Black-tooth. And now I know what you look like, a hyena! It's been bothering me for the past week." Ash says, smiling a little as if a weight has been lifted from his mind, "You sure you're alright, kid?"
Naruto nods, spitting out of the cell in a futile attempt to remove what taste of vomit remained in his mouth. "Yeah...it's not the first time it's happened..." Naruto tells him, rubbing his head painfully, "And I get these visions...just about a past life..." Naruto says, being half honest and keeping the details to himself.
"Ah, past life. I always wondered what my past life was." Ash says, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Things go quiet and time passes, from minutes to hours and down here, hours seems like days. Naruto feels somewhat better, his head still pounding, but it's easier to deal with. Heavy footsteps come followed by a few lighter ones.
"Are you the prophet that Haku mentioned?" a deep voice comes.
Naruto's mind surges, his eyes rolling back and a figure standing before him, holding a blade that could crush a man by just leaning on it. His chakra is dark, evil, even demon like as he charges through an army of blades. His presence screams evil, yet his heart isn't truly evil as he cries before a fallen Shinobi.
Naruto twitches, his head sliding up and seeing the man from his visions and feels groggy. 'If this is going to happen every single time...I'm going to punch Hinata for breaking space and time...' Naruto says, half joking and smiles innocently at Zabuza, as best as he can which proved poor. Blood stains his lips and clothes from the amount running down his face. "Hey Zabuza...killed Gato yet?" Naruto asks, chuckling a little as his brain doesn't fully process from the sudden bolt of memories.
Zabuza looks at him, annoyance and confusion mixing together. He is bandaged up from his fight with Kakashi, having failed to defeat Kakashi, but surviving the experience and did do some injuries to the legendary Jonin. "So this is the brat that knew your past?" Zabuza asks, looking behind him and stares at Haku who comes into Naruto's view, followed by three other Shinobi dressed in a similar clothing as Zabuza and all wear the Hidden Mist headband. Naruto smiles a little, his brain activity still not recovering.
Haku nods, looking at Naruto and is slightly surprised by Naruto's condition. He saw Naruto suffering when they brought him in, now he's wondering if Naruto's ill or more injured than he's letting on. "Yes, Zabuza. This is indeed the one we brought in. He told me things that have happened and if he in in fact a fortune teller or...prophet...as Kenta said. His information may be of importance."
Zabuza looks back at Naruto, seeing him smiling still which annoys him still. Zabuza launches his large foot towards Naruto's face, hitting it and making him yell in shock and pain. "Right, brat. You are going to tell me everything you know about me, if they ring true, I won't kill you for wasting my time.
"The boy's a prophet?" Ash asks, chuckling a little as he tries to lighten the situation. Annoyance is clear in his eyes, having witnessed Naruto get kicked. "I'm sure it's just puberty and nightmares. You know how it is...bleeding from strange places." he says, giving an awkward smile and a couple of chuckles from Zabuza's goons.
"If this blonde chink's the prophet, then about a billion people are going to be pissed." Merle chuckles, watching the scene play out.
Zabuza opens the gate, ignoring the other prisoners and the beast in the next cell. "Are you going to tell me what I want, or do I have to kick you again?"
Naruto groans a little, his face showing pain as he tries to get back into a sitting position. The physical pain brought him back to the real world and it sucked worse than before. He holds his vomit back and he twists his body and his back meets the wooden wall and his eyes meet Zabuza. Fear comes to Naruto, not knowing what's going to happen. "I am Naruto Uzumaki...I've got some things to tell you...believe it." Naruto says with a smile that would've been infectious if the cell wasn't such a horrid and dark place.
Xxxxx
Several miles away, within one of the Leaf hideouts. Hinata sits in the corner, feeling depressed and worried for Naruto's safety. He is missing from his position and those eye witnesses say members of Gato's cronies attacked a blonde boy and took him with them. A tear runs down her cheek, taking a shaky breath as she tries to calm herself down. Kakashi has received several small injuries from Zabuza's blade, but they weren't serious. He is currently sitting on the edge of a mattress as a Medical Ninja is cleaning the wounds.
A sudden ruckus comes from the next room. The Leaf forces have captured a small collection of Gato's thugs, all being hired swordsmen thus far since Lightning Shinobi have been travelling with teams and would risk too much for any reward it may give.
"Don't worry, Hinata." Kakashi says, looking her way and giving a soft eye smile to try and give her some form of reassurance. "The prisoners we've obtained shall give us information. One of them will break, sooner or later."
Hinata nods, not really listening to her Sensei. Sasuke curses under his breath, annoyed that he's had to retreat from the battle and calling Naruto an idiot for being captured.
Talking suddenly comes from the adjacent room, the group know that half a dozen of their comrades, one of whom is Samui.
Xxx
The Leaf Ninja are standing before a small group of prisoners, tied up and forced to lean across the wall. They watch the Leaf Ninja, some scared, some annoyed and the rest relaxed, oblivious to the situation. "Come on bitch, we're Gato's men. Do you really want to piss him off by keeping his men hostage? We've got the Lightning and Mist Ninja forces backing us."
The Leaf Ninja ignore him and keep whispering to each other. They look at the goons, then looking at one of the Shinobi who nods confidently. "Alright." One of them says and backs away.
The confident Shinobi nods, smiling and pulls out a kunai as he walks and stands before the prisoners. Two of the Leaf Shinobi walk and grabs the loud mouth goon and force him into a chair against the wall. "Ah, so my threats have gotten through your heads now?" the good asks, smirking .
The confident Shinobi smiles and holds the kunai in view of the goon. The other two Shinobi quickly back up and stand with the others, watching. The confident Shinobi becomes serious, "You're to tell me everything about Gato, his plans and any key details that will prove useful for us and the downfall to Gato. And you're going to tell us where you keep your prisoners." the man tells them, spinning the kunai in his hand and glares at the man.
The confident goon smiles back at the Shinobi. "Fuck you, you ain't going to do nothing."
The Shinobi smiles, pulling the kunai back and goes to throw it. "Last warning." he says, gaining a spit from the man.
The arm moves fast to throw. The door smashes open, causing everyone to spin round, weapons drawn. A thud comes from the kunai while everyone watches the intruder. They relax when they see it's just another Leaf Ninja, taking a few breaths as he looks at them. He takes a few steps forward and whispers to the group. "Gato's goons heard of Kakashi's attack with Zabuza...there's a lot of Gato's enforces entering the village." he whispers, soon looking at the prisoners and his eyes widen.
The others soon follow his sight and their eyes widen. The cocky goon remains sitting in place, his head pinned to the wall with blood running down his face and the wall. The kunai had pierced the goon's head, straight through the eye socket, the very end of the kunai the only thing seen from the socket. The other prisoners are as well focused on their dead companion.
Their eyes soon set on the guy that threw the kunai who just stands there, as shocked as they were. He turns to them, his eyes wide as they knew he was going to throw kunai near his head to frighten him. The sudden barge must've distracted him and accidentally kill the prisoner.
Samui rolls her eyes and takes a step forward and stares at the prisoners. "Right, now that you know we're serious. You best give what information you know and asked for, or..." she says and waves a hand towards their dead companion. "So are you going to be cool, or are you going to try our patience?" she asks, gaining scared nods from the prisoners.
Xxxxx
Kakashi stands at the table with several others, mostly that of the Leaf squad leaders and other Nation allies representing them, Fumio, the Lightning expert resting on a chair and Kaiza; the rebel leader. They managed to gain word from him since he found out that the Leaf Ninja are assisting Tsunami. Kakashi can see that the man is out for vengeance for the loss of his son in law and all those that have suffered from the chaos of Gato's organisation. His numbers of the rebel group are unknown, but they seem to be double the forces the Leaf and allies have brought. They have the numbers, but many lack the experience in actual combat.
Kaiza looks at the Ninja, looking very serious as he tries to measure them up. "Are you sure you can beat Gato with these numbers?" Kaiza asks, looking nervous as he looks at the table, seeing the basic maps of the entire village they're within. The details are vague, but they have certain buildings that Tsunami had marked as safe houses they could use. The buildings are abandoned and not used by anyone since the residents of the buildings have long since fled, gone missing or died since Gato's rule came across the Wave Nation.
"It'll be hard, but not impossible." Kakashi admits, looking at the maps as Kaiza marks his bases so they can unite resources and manpower. "We're to expect loses, but Gato doesn't know our numbers. We still have the element of surprise and a majority of Gato's forces are just mercenaries and bandits. We have the physical advantage against them...the biggest threat is the Lightning force and those of the Mist...and that...goliath they have. We have to hold this town for the sake of the citizens. If Gato hears of our numbers being higher than a team or two, he'll aim to wipe out the entire town, just to be sure of us being taken care of, at least that's what his men say.
"Enemy numbers are higher than ours, perhaps four to one. We need to root out all enemy units, both those on leave and Gato sends to purge those that interfered with Zabuza's plan and Kaiza's rebellion. We'll also need to make the means of invading this village too hard to risk an attack. Kaiza, do you have any ideas? You're the only one that's been fighting on the streets long enough to know every nook and cranny."
Kaiza nods, looking at the map and points at a main road that leads out of town in the northern road. "This is the main route to Gato's town, most patrols come from this direction. The only other patrols come from here." he says, pointing at the a small road leading from the south-east. "But they've only come that way three times, from the small port village, five miles down. But there's always a small ship patrol that circles the island. The boatmen that took you here have memorised the sequence they come by, there's always the risk of them coming in by the docks."
"What about the forests? Any risk of them coming through there?" one of the Shinobi asks, looking around and seeing a lot of forest lands.
Kaiza nods, but has a small smirk, "Yes, but only by ninja. We've set up several lethal traps around the forests. It's hard to set traps for ninja since they're trained professionals. All we could do is hinder and limit their movement."
Kakashi nods, looking at the information and looks at certain streets. "We'll assign several teams to cover both roads. We'll need to add a majority of defence and long ranged capable teams for the main road to help prevent any patrols from reinforcing the enemy patrols. We'll need two teams to guard the docks, they will consist mostly of ninja with a superior water affinity and powerful Water Jutsu. We'll have three teams to secure the other road that leaves the village. We'll also keep teams along the boarder of the village that leads into the woods, keeping spaced apart to keep any enemy sneaking in and taking us from behind. Kaiza, you're to have several of your most capable cause enough of a distraction for Gato's men, draw their attention while our teams wipe them out with ambushes to these assigned areas. The rest shall assume to purge Gato's forces from the village, mostly focusing on the ambush points. Once complete, they're to await orders and go where they're needed."
The others nod, agreeing with the plan. Kakashi dismisses them as they go inform the tactics to the specific teams. Kaiza stays there, looking at Kakashi with serious eyes.
"We've still have Gato to deal with...he's got an entire army and enough money to buy another army. And didn't you mention that one of your people is missing and possibly captured?"
Kakashi nods, "I know, and we're going to retrieve him. Naruto...he's important to the Leaf and the ANBU teams will retrieve him. Naruto is hopefully still under his guise and isn't in immediate danger."
"And if not?" Kaiza asks, knowing Naruto is a child and only a few years older than Inari was.
Kakashi nods, somewhat unnerved, "Then they're in for a shock." Kakashi simply says, knowing Naruto has been getting more agressive from his insomnia. His outburst with the Stone Shinobi incident and he once tore off the head of a rampaging boar with his bare hands. But Kakashi would know if the Nine Tails manifests itself and is prepared for said incident.
Xxxxx
Hours pass and the village has gone eerily quiet. Five men stand at a stall that holds nothing but a few knick-knacks and no store owner present. One chuckles, grabbing something that looks like a toad with clothing and he throws it violently at a nearby house. The knock-knack collides with the window and shatters from the force, leaving little glass to remain in the window.
"This is boring. It's more fun when there's people panicking." he says, turning back and kicks the stall, causing it to fall and it the ground. "No fun at all."
"Could be worse...at least we're not checking house to house for this supposed 'Enemy Ninja'. That sounds like too much work." His companion says, stabbing the stall with his naginata.
"True eno-" the man began. A sudden loud crack comes and blood splatters across the wall behind the man. A small hole sits within the skull. Brain matter and blood stains the wall and floor before the man collapses, motionless and eyes unfocused.
Eyes quickly whip to a nearby alley way. A man stands within the darkness, his clothes ragged and stains of mud and blood, old bandages wrapped around the side of his head and arm. Smoke rises from his old rifle before he quickly dives into the shadows.
"GET THAT MOTHER FUCKER!" One of the men screams and rushes, soon followed by the remaining three.
The four goons rush into the shadows, following the man. One throws a small tanto at the man, narrowly missing and colliding with a metal dustbin near him. A sudden heavy spinning sound comes and something flies through the shadows. Two of the goons sees the thing coming, one immediately dives while the other grabs an unaware, nearby companion and drops as well. The fourth doesn't see it coming and the object flies by and a heavy thunk comes. Screaming comes from the warrior that was pulled down, holding onto his left hand as blood gushes from half a hand that remains, having gotten in the way of the blade when he was pulled down.
"Calm the fuck down!" the man who pulled him down yells, grabbing the wrist to try and slow the bleeding. The bleeding man shakes and his eyes roll back, going into shock.
The fourth man stands there, looking in shock as a thin line appears around his neck. Blood seeps from it and his head slides off. A heavy thump comes and blood sprays across the area.
"Fuck!" the man continues yelling.
"WHERE'S THAT FUCKER!?" The first man screams, looking for where the shooter went.
"I don't kn-GHAA!" The second man screams, a sudden thump comes.
The first man turns, looking and seeing his last companions severed in half by an unknown attacker wielding a katana which is spotless. Blood and intestines flow from his companions from the single swing from the ninja.
"YOU FU-" he began to scream.
A flash comes and a new ninja came from nowhere and a katana hangs near his neck. Blood slowly seeps from the man's neck and soon sprays across the floor and the katana is pulled away before the blood could stain their katana.
"More are coming!" a voice yells from the roof, gaining nods as the shadows seem to consume the bodies.
Xxx
Screams, roars or rage and pain soon echo across the town. The Allied Shinobi have all but slaughtered Gato's mercenaries. The most problematic part of the purge has been with the Lightning Units and the few Mist Ninja within the village. Small pockets of Gato's forces remain scattered and the chaos is having a ripple effect. One destruction from a building or a cart, followed by a death. This is followed by another and another and another and another.
A few of Gato's people narrowly escaped the village, taking to the woods where chaos and screams follow. The fighting ground down to a halt, leaving only dead and dying within the village. The Allied Force has suffered few loses and the results proved more effective than they anticipated. None of Gato's men anticipated such an attack and were close to obliteration, save the few that realised the threat and hid as best as they could.
Seconds turn to minute and minutes turn to hours and the first attack had proved a decisive victory for the Allied Force. Kakashi heard of the success and immediately issued orders of securing the town from every sight and apply barricades for all possible exits, ensuring that retaliation will prove difficult. Squads searched the buildings for any stragglers of Gato's force. The rest are preparing barricades and supplies, ranging from food, weapons and medical gear, though they lack two out of three of the supplies.
Xxx
Within the docks, the mist thickens and the boards creek from minor movement, giving away nearly all positions of anyone bold enough to be in a corrupt place. Death lingers here from Gato's people drowning several people as a source of punishment and entertainment. The waters are a different shade than normal, stained with blood of what remained of Gato's men.
A body drifts along the current. His eyes wide, or rather eye as half of the man is burnt beyond recognision. All that remains is a small trace of purple hair, dark skin that nearly matches the burnt crisp of his flesh and the remains of the Lightning uniform. The body twitches, suddenly sinking and a small motion comes, almost like something large is moving below the surface of the water which darkens into red.
Minutes pass and a severed hand floats to the surface and floats away, vanishing into the mist. The water is still, almost lifeless and the only signs of movement in the waters comes from a barrel, bobbing up and down from the surface.
"Another barrel!" A voice comes from the mist. Creaking boards come and a hand reaches down, trying to grab the edge of the barrel to keep it in place. Fingers brush the edge, causing it to sink a little before it bobs back up, out of his reach. "Damn it..." the person says, standing up awkwardly, showing a dark, rough foot and a peg leg near the edge. "Oi! You Shinobi types walk on water, right?" he calls, pointing at the barrel as it begins to go further into the mist.
A sigh of tiredness comes as a Leaf Shinobi steps forward. His left hand reaches towards his face, his index finger pushing up his sunglasses. "Are you sure it's necessary to have every barrel?"
"There's always the risk of containing one of Gato's thugs...or something good, like beer or something."
Ebisu sighs, "Very well. This seems degrading for the man that teaches the honourable grandson." he says and jumps down, hit feet touching the surface and begins to walk towards the barrel. He stops before the barrel, his hands grasping as the soaked wood that seals the barrel, proving that it hasn't been tapped yet. "There doesn't seem to be anyone in it...it is still sealed."
Ebisu lifts the barrel and gives a final once over, seeing no puncture or markings. He secures it around his arms and begins to make his way back.
The water darkens, exploding. A solid mass, larger than a mass even greater than a shack flies at Ebisu. The water shakes violently, causing Ebisu to lose his footing as the shadow of the mass shadows him. A mouth larger than he is surrounds him and slams shut. A scream of shock comes, followed by a sickening splattering of blood and crushing of bones, flesh and wood. Its sharp teeth cutting through the wood and metal binding like paper while Ebisu's head, neck and a third of his left side of his torso and arm falls. The creature crashes back into the water, causing it to explode again. Ebisu's remains vanish along with the remains of the barrel from the force and the large wave that follows hits the docks.
Screams of horror and shock follow. The wooden walkway shakes violently and a large section of the dock collapses. The man with the peg leg narrowly avoids falling into the waters and holds onto the boarded up windows of the nearby building. His voice high enough to shake glass as his only foot kicks and tries to find purchase on anything.
The few witnesses scream in fear as they flee the scene. The peg leg man screams continuously, his fingers holding on like the jaws of life. "HELP! SOMEBODY GOD DAMN HELP ME!"
Xxx
The sky cracks and white seeps from the cracks, almost like a haemorrhage. The earth itself begins to crack now, though they're paper thin compared to the sky. Traces of white come from the cracks as well, seeping and mixing with the world's air. The white odour seems to turn to a black smoke, vanishing into the wind. Nature seems to die, silent as a grave as they sense the dangers that no human can sense.
A figure stands within the woods, watching the world seemingly die from the cracks, yet, he can see new life come from it that no one and nothing can sense nor see. His ragged blue cloak waves from a wind that doesn't come from this world. His hood hides his face, the only thing in view are his glowing, yellow eye goggles that show no eyes behind it. An echoed breath comes from him as he listens, hearing the carnage of this world and beyond the cracks. Another echoed breath comes as the man steps forward, reaching out and a ragged brown glove reaches and touches the fracture. A sigh follows before he erupts into a blue light and vanishes from this world, this plane of existence into unknown existence.
Sleepless D: Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm going to University, so my updates may vary in when. I'll update when I can. Peace out.