First Kiss—Chapter Seven
"Your elders protect you even in death."
"Naruto!" shouted Kakashi. "Stop! Let the Fox leave you! Do not kill him! He has never killed anyone, everyone in this village is not dead, are they Eo?"
"W-What. . ." said Eo. He was a whole new person. He looked around, finding his new surroundings, and then gasping, "What are you talking about!?" Fear turned to anger.
Naruto, stood, following his leaders orders. "You didn't kill them, did you, I watched the movements in your hand, they are of inexperience." Kakashi slowly stood, his strength all on his unhurt leg.
"No. . .I didn't kill anyone. . ." Eo said slowly. Naruto studied his face, and his mind, reading what he thought, his eyes as if they were on Eo. Tension arose, this time higher, as Eo made the fatal mistake that Kakashi was hoping to catch, "I didn't kill anyone Kakashi. . ."
Kakashi sighed as he said, "Naruto, if you want, kill him."
"What!? I didn't kill anyone!!!" Eo pleaded.
"If you did not, and the only way you couldn't have done it is if some kind of ninjitsu had taken you over and taken your abilities from you, but if this had happened, you wouldn't have known. You would not have known my name." Eo knew that he was cornered in between a strong ninja and an even stronger Fox.
He acted, knowing that it was over, and tried to catch Naruto off guard, and threw a punch. Naruto caught it with ease as a glow surrounded him. He held Eo's hand up, against Eo's will, and then threw a punch into his stomach, Eo did not move though.
All was silent, the wind hurled through the empty town, and Sasuke, after standing up, stared at Naruto's bloodstained fist, through Eo. It reached inside his body, and then made itself back to the outside, where the blood glimmered in the sun.
Through all the silence, a laugh was heard. Naruto's eyes stared into Eo's as Eo laughed at him. This man could not die, no matter what he tried. The Fox instantly left him, as if it had sucked itself inside of him and his hand fell from the hole inside of Eo. He then fell, looking up at Eo, who still, laughed at him.
He walked forwards, and then said, "That little 'innocent' act almost fooled you all. I did that on purpose, and as you have found out it was an act, you are more sharp then I expected Kakashi."
"Don't underestimate your opponent," Kakashi added in.
"I won't, you are all going to die eventually. I cannot die!" he laughed, and then jumped over to Kakashi, who he speared. Sasuke ran to his aide, and as he got to Eo, was punched in the chin, so quickly and so fast that neither he or Eo knew that he had fallen in till a second later. Naruto stood slowly, and looking at Hinata's dead body, his anger turned to despair, and despair turned to his fate.
"Eo. . ." Naruto said. "If you cannot be killed, and I've seen just that, then kill me now. . ." Naruto let his hands fly open, and Eo laughed at this opportunity.
"Naruto!" shouted Sasuke. Kakashi sat silent, Naruto was only doing the honorable thing, he thought he had lost, so he was willing to die for it. Eo jumped forward, throwing out a kunai, Hinata's own kunai, and threw it at Naruto. It flew through the air, in till it suddenly stopped.
It fell to the ground, as if it had been a bird in flight, which then died and landed on the ground to be its deathbed. "What the hell?" said Eo as he walked forward to where it had stopped, or where he estimated where it had fallen. His hand reached through the empty space. Naruto just gave him a blank look, staring forward, not even knowing what had happened.
The day turned to night, as if the sun had fallen from the sky, the night turned on so suddenly. Lights all around them on the surrounding buildings flickered on, and a figure appeared in front of Eo. Iruka stood not three inches from Eo. Eo jumped back, landing back first. Iruka said slowly, not as if he was a ghost, but as if it were him, just angered, "Eo you said your name was. You said that you could not die. . .But Eo, I want you to know, you can not die from a living thing. That was the curse put on you, and that does mean a living thing. . ." He held his kunai up.
"What are you getting at?"
"The villagers are here to kill you, simply put. And when we do, we'll be free, alive again." he smiled as he said it. The villagers walked up forward, their own figures showing in the dark, and Naruto turning from his depression mood to now and happy one.
Kakashi smiled, looking at what he thought was not there but he knew that his eyes did not deceive him. "Eo, looks like this is your end. . . Naruto, Sasuke, get Hinata and Sakura. . ."
Naruto walked over to Hinata's body. He felt the emotions running at him as he kneeled down to get eye level with her. "Naruto. . ." said Sasuke as he kneeled as well. "I want you to watch Eo die first, there is something that interesting you may want to know. When Eo dies, everyone he kills comes back . . .it's part of that curse thing that Iruka was talking about. She's not going to be dead forever, like most."
Naruto acknowledged that, and then said, "Yeah, but I do not want to ever see this again. Not for her, only for the enemy. . .but then again, Eo's enemy was her. . .I don't know what to think, I just want her back." His voice was soft, caring, and faint.
"Time to go Eo," said Iruka as the village people, with their weapons, pitchforks, knives, the regular things that farmers or other villagers would have around the town. Eo looked at them angrily, and he ran towards them, screaming a battle chant. He threw his fist at one, and it went through, he felt pain as his back arched and a kunai dug itself deeper into his skin. He collapsed as the rest of the villagers surrounded him, kicking and stabbing him with whatever they had.
Dust collected, and when it came down, the villagers were gone, as was Eo. It was mysterious, and very creepy, it had happened so fast and so fast gone away, that no one really knew how to recover.
The night went on, and Naruto started to loose hope on Hinata coming back. They stayed at a house close to where the battle had happened. He finally went to sleep after staying at the coffee table for hours, and when he awakened, he walked outside, hearing everyone talking.
"Your elders protect you even in death."
"Naruto!" shouted Kakashi. "Stop! Let the Fox leave you! Do not kill him! He has never killed anyone, everyone in this village is not dead, are they Eo?"
"W-What. . ." said Eo. He was a whole new person. He looked around, finding his new surroundings, and then gasping, "What are you talking about!?" Fear turned to anger.
Naruto, stood, following his leaders orders. "You didn't kill them, did you, I watched the movements in your hand, they are of inexperience." Kakashi slowly stood, his strength all on his unhurt leg.
"No. . .I didn't kill anyone. . ." Eo said slowly. Naruto studied his face, and his mind, reading what he thought, his eyes as if they were on Eo. Tension arose, this time higher, as Eo made the fatal mistake that Kakashi was hoping to catch, "I didn't kill anyone Kakashi. . ."
Kakashi sighed as he said, "Naruto, if you want, kill him."
"What!? I didn't kill anyone!!!" Eo pleaded.
"If you did not, and the only way you couldn't have done it is if some kind of ninjitsu had taken you over and taken your abilities from you, but if this had happened, you wouldn't have known. You would not have known my name." Eo knew that he was cornered in between a strong ninja and an even stronger Fox.
He acted, knowing that it was over, and tried to catch Naruto off guard, and threw a punch. Naruto caught it with ease as a glow surrounded him. He held Eo's hand up, against Eo's will, and then threw a punch into his stomach, Eo did not move though.
All was silent, the wind hurled through the empty town, and Sasuke, after standing up, stared at Naruto's bloodstained fist, through Eo. It reached inside his body, and then made itself back to the outside, where the blood glimmered in the sun.
Through all the silence, a laugh was heard. Naruto's eyes stared into Eo's as Eo laughed at him. This man could not die, no matter what he tried. The Fox instantly left him, as if it had sucked itself inside of him and his hand fell from the hole inside of Eo. He then fell, looking up at Eo, who still, laughed at him.
He walked forwards, and then said, "That little 'innocent' act almost fooled you all. I did that on purpose, and as you have found out it was an act, you are more sharp then I expected Kakashi."
"Don't underestimate your opponent," Kakashi added in.
"I won't, you are all going to die eventually. I cannot die!" he laughed, and then jumped over to Kakashi, who he speared. Sasuke ran to his aide, and as he got to Eo, was punched in the chin, so quickly and so fast that neither he or Eo knew that he had fallen in till a second later. Naruto stood slowly, and looking at Hinata's dead body, his anger turned to despair, and despair turned to his fate.
"Eo. . ." Naruto said. "If you cannot be killed, and I've seen just that, then kill me now. . ." Naruto let his hands fly open, and Eo laughed at this opportunity.
"Naruto!" shouted Sasuke. Kakashi sat silent, Naruto was only doing the honorable thing, he thought he had lost, so he was willing to die for it. Eo jumped forward, throwing out a kunai, Hinata's own kunai, and threw it at Naruto. It flew through the air, in till it suddenly stopped.
It fell to the ground, as if it had been a bird in flight, which then died and landed on the ground to be its deathbed. "What the hell?" said Eo as he walked forward to where it had stopped, or where he estimated where it had fallen. His hand reached through the empty space. Naruto just gave him a blank look, staring forward, not even knowing what had happened.
The day turned to night, as if the sun had fallen from the sky, the night turned on so suddenly. Lights all around them on the surrounding buildings flickered on, and a figure appeared in front of Eo. Iruka stood not three inches from Eo. Eo jumped back, landing back first. Iruka said slowly, not as if he was a ghost, but as if it were him, just angered, "Eo you said your name was. You said that you could not die. . .But Eo, I want you to know, you can not die from a living thing. That was the curse put on you, and that does mean a living thing. . ." He held his kunai up.
"What are you getting at?"
"The villagers are here to kill you, simply put. And when we do, we'll be free, alive again." he smiled as he said it. The villagers walked up forward, their own figures showing in the dark, and Naruto turning from his depression mood to now and happy one.
Kakashi smiled, looking at what he thought was not there but he knew that his eyes did not deceive him. "Eo, looks like this is your end. . . Naruto, Sasuke, get Hinata and Sakura. . ."
Naruto walked over to Hinata's body. He felt the emotions running at him as he kneeled down to get eye level with her. "Naruto. . ." said Sasuke as he kneeled as well. "I want you to watch Eo die first, there is something that interesting you may want to know. When Eo dies, everyone he kills comes back . . .it's part of that curse thing that Iruka was talking about. She's not going to be dead forever, like most."
Naruto acknowledged that, and then said, "Yeah, but I do not want to ever see this again. Not for her, only for the enemy. . .but then again, Eo's enemy was her. . .I don't know what to think, I just want her back." His voice was soft, caring, and faint.
"Time to go Eo," said Iruka as the village people, with their weapons, pitchforks, knives, the regular things that farmers or other villagers would have around the town. Eo looked at them angrily, and he ran towards them, screaming a battle chant. He threw his fist at one, and it went through, he felt pain as his back arched and a kunai dug itself deeper into his skin. He collapsed as the rest of the villagers surrounded him, kicking and stabbing him with whatever they had.
Dust collected, and when it came down, the villagers were gone, as was Eo. It was mysterious, and very creepy, it had happened so fast and so fast gone away, that no one really knew how to recover.
The night went on, and Naruto started to loose hope on Hinata coming back. They stayed at a house close to where the battle had happened. He finally went to sleep after staying at the coffee table for hours, and when he awakened, he walked outside, hearing everyone talking.