Author name: DarK aka dark1977
Title: Rocks
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Beginning of the manga and anime series. Whole situation is describing from Iruka's father's point of view. Two last lines are part of song "World of Stone" (Blackmore's Night).
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Naruto characters. Naruto and it's characters are property of Kishimoto Masashi. I just love them "World of Stone" is property of Ritchie Blackmore.
Credits: This is the first fanfiction I wrote in English and I want to thank my generous betas Erisabesu and Ni-kun for their help.
Rocks.
There came a howling gale. It rose suddenly as if it were a wild beast awakened by hunters. It was blowing from the forest, crashing through the trees and breaking the windows. The ground was shaking and cracking. An evil and angry red light was swirling in the forest, sending chilling waves of horror, the horrible source of all the havoc.
Konoha was in chaos. Houses burst into flames as though they were made of paper. Boiling water tore through a water-pipes, and electrical wires were melting and falling from burning poles. People were running and screaming, leaving their belongings behind in desperate hope to survive.
I was running too, as fast as I could, avoiding a rain of tile and bricks from the crumbling and collapsing buildings. Unbearable wails pierced the night sky. Something terrible was coming, an unimaginably malicious creature full of rage and hatred, and I was in blinding fear for my wife and son.
And then I saw him. The flames on his flapping coat looked like real, a stunning contrast with untamed fury of blazing hell. He stood there, in the middle of the street and this time his appearance was not like the wind, but like ancient rocks, parts of the mountain which had his face carved on it. The look in his eyes was saying: "Do not retreat a step, Konoha is right behind us."
And again I understood why this man was our leader. No one could have been our Hokage without such power, such will, such love. And I stood by his side because my wife and son were there, in Konoha.
Together we will win
If we stand as one.