Chapter 2: The Escape
*Gasp*
Uzumaki Astier sat up in his bed grabbing at his chest breathing hard. 'No matter what happens I can't get out that night out of my head. Ever since I turned three that stupid Memory Recall ability Tou-San explained in the study that day has been a pain to get used to. I got the compartmentalization down really good, at least that way I don't get overwhelmed with my memories all the time. But when I sleep, they all come invading, they even have the gall to change the original already vivid memories into even worse outcomes. Even if he didn't realize which memories, I was talking about at the time that man's advice was truly a good thing to focus on. I live in the present and should be looking forward to the future, not living in the past.'
Uzumaki Astier a five-year-old child, while not overly energetic like his "brother". Astier is a quiet and withdrawn boy while in the presence of others, if he ever was around others. Watching his brother is the only time he seems happier though the old crone that runs the orphanage does her absolute best to keep, what she calls the demon brothers, apart from another. Because she says they will plot our downfall if their allowed to be around each other. That's why he can only observe from afar.
In the last four years since they have been at this orphanage, the last two have been horrible. Knowing his brother is in the same building as him but not being able to interact with him. 'Although from what little I've seen and heard no one seems to know that I also have something sealed inside me. They only truly seem to think that Naruto has the Kyuubi inside him, or as most seem to think the Kyuubi reborn.
Considering how much alone time that Astier's been in the orphanage and always locked in his room. Besides the fact it seems they continue to forget that he's even in here at least it feels that way with how often they forget to bring him food since he can't leave. He has had plenty of time to read over the document's that his father sealed into what Astier calls his family's legacy. He can't practice any of the jutsus that he knows at least theoretically, because in a ninja village any sensor would easily find out about it. Astier can't tell if the sensor would be sympathetic to him or due to his brother's reputation the sensor would tell on him to the old crone.
The only solace is that even with his reputation his brother is not locked in his room. Astier with his one window can at least see him almost every other day in the yard. He may not play with other children, but he's let out of his room.
That's where we find our Uzumaki now after getting ready for the day sitting by his window. Looking out at the yard on October 10th. Astier realizing what the day was all of a sudden as he saw Naruto appear in the yard with the other children and make his way over to the outcropping of rocks in the yard. Sitting on the biggest one watching over the crowd of other kids with a sullen look on his face. Astier opened his window as far as it would go and spoke to his brother even if he knew he couldn't hear him over the noise of the other kids.
"Happy fourth birthday baby brother. I wish I could walk up to you and give you a hug. I miss you and our parents I wish with everything that I am I could be there with you." Astier continued to watch the kids for the hour of play they were designated to have. Though something happened while he was watching the matron walked outside of the building of the orphanage flanked by three of the other caretakers and walked towards Naruto. Two more emerged out of the building and motioned for the other kids to go back inside.
As the other kids were escorted inside the matron with the other adults surrounded Naruto. Astier couldn't hear what they said to him but he did see Naruto start to cry. After a few more moments Naruto continued to cry all Astier could do was clench his fists together. Desperately wishing he wasn't locked in his room and down there with his brother. The matron obviously not getting what she wanted stomped up to Naruto and grabbed his wrist harshly. It obviously hurt based on Naruto's face contorting in pain.
The matron then yanked Naruto to his feet and dragged him to the gate of the orphanage and threw him onto the street. She then screeched so loud that Astier could clearly hear her even though he was on the third floor and in the far right of the gate.
"Get out of here you demon. I'm tired of your presence here and you trying to corrupt the poor souls of the other children. You don't deserve to be under this roof, you are never allowed back within these walls. Go die you demon, get OUT OF HERE!"
By the end of her speech Naruto got up and went off crying. Stumbling and falling every few feet not making his way down the street at a fast pace though it's not like Astier would have been able to see it. As soon as Astier heard the first sentence all he saw red. He got off the window seal and turned to grab his desk chair and picked it up. Only for a second did he consider what he was doing. Then he heard the word corrupt and proceeded to weakly through the chair at the window. It bounced off creating spiderweb cracks all over the window. He picked up the chair and threw again this time the chair sailed through the window. He walked up to the empty space where the window used to be and looked down and nearly fainted from the height.
He could barley think straight through the equal amounts of nausea and anger. He intended to jump but the height was making him think twice. Though thanks to the matron and the words "go die" he only had one thought running through his mind as he jumped out of the window. 'Fuck it' as he jumped he cut his right bicep and left shin quite bad with the jagged pieces of broken glass. He landed on his butt just as the matron finished her speech.
As soon as he could stand to his feet he limped towards the gate of the orphanage. He looked up to see the matron make a few hand signs to her left. Who ever she was signaling he couldn't see. He got to the front gate right as she turned around to see him walk through it. She watched him look left to see a few men at the intersection to the street. He then looked to his right to see Naruto jog a few steps then fall on his face quite obviously still crying. Astier went to go towards his brother when he was stopped by a hand clamping on his shoulder. He looked up to see the face of the matron sneering down at him.
"And where the hell do you think you going?" Astier just looked at him in astonishment
"I'm leaving the orphanage, since obviously my brother is not welcome. I'm not staying here without him." She responded and the tone of her voice sounded with pure amusement.
"And what makes you think you can leave" The tone of Astier's voice in response would have made a Jounin think twice let alone a old civilian woman.
"You will let me go or I will become the demon you fear so much. Trust me on that the Kyuubi is hungry and I would not mind a snack even if your more bones than meat." The matron just backed up and tripped over nothing falling onto her ass. She looked at him in pure terror not expecting that to come out of his mouth.
"Ho-how do you know about that? Wh-who told yo-you? He-he is the de-demon, ho-how would you beco-come the demo-mon?" Astier didn't even bother to respond to her, He just looked to his brother. Naruto was just sitting against the wall of the orphanage near a alley entrance a few dozen feet from Astier and the shaking Matron. Astier spared one last look at the terror stricken matron before limping towards Naruto. 'Kaa-san's journal was totally right, information can be just as deadly and destructive as any justu if you use it at the right time and place.'
While Astier was limping Naruto got back up and started walking away from the orphanage's entrance again. It took over twenty minutes of both young boys walking/limping before Astier using his slightly longer legs to catch up to Naruto's hunched over form walking just in front of him. Astier called out to Naruto trying to infuse as much love as he could into his voice while trying to make sure none of his pain seeped into his tone.
Naruto turned around at the voice, he flinched back while using his arms to shield his face. He had never heard that voice before usually when he had never heard a voice before it came with a beating of some kind. When he didn't receive the hit he was expecting he lowered his arms and looked up. Standing not two feet in front of him was a boy a few inches taller of him. He was wearing the same plain beige shorts he was wearing and a cream colored short sleeve shirt with the symbol of the orphanage on the right side of his chest. But what really drew his attention was the crimson red mop of hair on his head, and deep purple pupilless eyes, something about his hair was drawing Naruto's attention making the boy seem family though Naruto was sure he's never met the boy before. Though the hair had his attention it didn't stop him from noticing the blood flowing out of the cut on his upper arm and from his lower leg. As he followed the blood he noticed how much blood was on the boy, that and he wasn't wearing shoes.
"Excuse me sir, I did not mean to get in your way." When the boy did not respond Naruto looked up at the boy to notice he had cocked his head at angle in confusion. Naruto not used to people not berating him was confused as to what to do.
"Sir? Is there something I can help you with?" Naruto asked with complete befuddlement as to what was going on.
"Naruto, do you really not know who I am? I mean I know that horrible woman looked me in my room so I couldn't see you but seriously you don't recognize me?" The boy asked Naruto while limping closer to him.
"Sir, I have no idea who you are. I'm truly sorry but am I supposed to know who you ar-" Naruto was interrupted by the boy grabbing Naruto around the shoulders and pulling him in a hug. Naruto flinched from the contact expecting to get hurt. After a few moments he relaxed not knowing what to do when he felt a wet spot on top of his head seeping through his unruly blonde hair. Naruto looked up to see the redhead boy with his eyes closed and tears streaming down his face.
"Naruto, Naruto, Naruto. I'm so so sorry. I should have broken out of the room earlier; I had no idea that you had forgotten about me. I'm so sorry. I promise that no matter what no one will take me away again. I will kill anyone who tries to take me away again. Naruto. I. Am. Sorry." This strange boy said while choking on his sobs. Naruto was so surprised and confused, something about this boy made Naruto feel comforted and defenseless. Not in a bad way but in a way that he doesn't need to wear a mask or hide anything. That no matter what this boy would accept him.
"Sir, can you tell me who you are and why would you be apologizing to me. I'm just a stupid demon orphan that is always in the way. Hell, I just got kicked out of the orphanage." Naruto stated while the boy pulled back with a look of anger in his eyes. Naruto shirked back thinking that he just pissed off the strange boy and he was going to get beaten again. Before he could run away the boy grabbed Naruto by his shirt and pulled him close. He used his other hand to softly grab Naruto by his chin and lift up his face to look each other in the eyes.
"Naruto do not ever call yourself a demon again. Never again, I swear to Kami I'm going to teach everyone one day the difference between a sword and a sheath. These stupid civilians, and yes Naruto we are orphans we weren't kicked out of the orphanage we were just set free of that hell. To your first question Uzumaki Naruto I am your big brother, Uzumaki Astier." Stated the boy. His voice started with so much venom that Naruto was struggling to get away to then turn into confusion. The tone that Astier declared that he was Naruto's brother held so much warmth that Naruto wanted to hug the boy, but he was so confused. Did he just say?
"Di-did you ju-just say that you're my bro-rother?" Astier looked at Naruto with so much sadness in his that Naruto felt bad for just asking a question. Then the overwhelming feeling of guild hit him. If it was true, then he just made his brother sad.
"Of course, I am silly. Who else would be coming up to you to give you a hug?"
"Jiji gave me a hug yesterday when he checked on me. Though he is like really old so he couldn't be my brother. Wait Astier, as in Tier-kun, Jiji asked me yesterday just like always if Tier-kun was doing alright? But just like always that old which just said that he was sick again. Are you the Tier-kun that Jiji always asks about?"
"By Jiji do you mean Sarutobi Hiruzen?
"Yup Hokage-jiji."
"Thank god, I haven't seen him in two years ever since that old crone locked me up in that room. I thought he forgot about me to." As Astier was talking he noticed all the surrounding villagers were glaring at them while a few others were smiling. While there's was a smile on their faces it was more malicious than happy. That made Astier feel danger.
"Hey Naruto, while speaking of Jiji let's go see him. We're technically homeless and we should probably go ask for some help."
"I don't think we should Jiji's always busy. We shouldn't bother him."
"Oh, don't worry about that Naruto. Jiji owns Tou-san quite a few favors. He will always be there to help us. If not, then at least I need to inform him of my living conditions and that crone's lies."
"Okay Nii-chan let's go!" Naruto said with a small energetic yelled and went to run off. He almost got away before Astier grabbed him by his arm stopping him in his tracks. He looked back at his "older brother" with confusion when he saw the wounds again and the now small but noticeable puddle of blood at his feet.
"Naruto can you help me walk; I can limp but not that fast. I just fell from a third story window.
"Of course, Nii-chan come on let's go." Naruto grabbed Astier around his waist leaning his body against his and together the slowly moved down the street towards the Hokage tower in the middle of the village. Astier calculated they were at least six or seven miles from the tower.
A few hours later in ANBU Headquarters, just after sunset
"Teichō, we just heard that there's a mob formed near the orphanage. It has over five hundred adults prepared for what they called the great fox hunt. Weasel was confused what was going on asked the Matron what was going on. She said that Naruto and Astier haven't gotten back yet, and those kind villagers were trying to help her to find them. Weasel came here directly after that, and I just heard. All of that sounds highly suspicious. What should we do?" A ANBU said while rushing into Inu's office. Inu looked up to see a small girl wearing the standard ANBU uniform and a Cat mask. She had dark purple hair coming from out of her mask in a low ponytail, standing directly in front of him waiting for orders.
"Send Weasel to the Hokage to inform him of the situation and then get the rest of ANBU active or off-duty to find the boys. I'm heading out. Neko when I say everyone, I mean everyone." With those words Inu shunshined out of the office leaving a swirl of leaves behind in his wake. 'Otouto please be alright I just got back I should have checked on you first I'm so stupid. I'll be there soon'
A few moments prior in the park less than a kilometer before the Hokage's Tower
Naruto was holding the slightly older boy up. At this point the other boy could barely stand on his own two feet. Naruto was more dragging him than actually helping him walk. 'He says that he's brother. I can't even try to deny it, something about him just feels familiar. But I can't remember him no matter how hard I try. Though one thing that I can see is that he is extremely weak his wounds aren't as bad as they were when we started walking. It's like he has really moved a lot in a while. He was panting after a few minutes of us walking, I offered to stop so he could rest multiple times but he always looked behind us at the villagers following us. He may have never said it but he doesn't want them to get closer. I can understand that if we get to close things get thrown at us. I personally know that to close means fists and feet. I'm just glad that none of the ones wearing vest have shown up yet. They like to throw those thin knives. They go in easy and even easier when I pull them out, but it always causes extreme pain. Though they do end up leaving when I point it at them after I pull it out. Maaan, I would have gotten there already if I was by myself. He's slowing me down, but something in me doesn't want to leave him behind. At least we're almost there probably about another twenty minutes or so. Thank Kam… Oh noooooooo'
Naruto's thoughts were interrupted by the massive crowd that just melted out of the trees in front of the brothers. Naruto could see a dozen of men and women all adults wearing a Hitai-ate with the symbol of a leaf with a swirl in the middle. The design of a Konoha Ninja. More than a few of the ninjas were wearing a light green vest, a few less had the same vest but from what Naruto could see they had a darker color design and bulkier. Though many of the crowd in the front had no vest and outfits of different designs, all with one purpose to blend in with the night they all found themselves in.
Behind Naruto and Astier were dozens of regular civilians, all with a weapon of some kind in their hands. They varied from a simple household mop, a paring knife, a butcher's knife or some kind of ceremonial blade. They all took advantage of what they felt as their comrade ninjas and made their was closer to the demon and his kin. As they got closer they stopped being quiet and started speaking their feelings.
Astier was woken out of his daze when he felt Naruto come to a stop. He was about to tell him he was fine, and they could keep going. That was until he felt Naruto shivering that got Astier's head up and scanning their surroundings. They first thing he found was maybe twenty or thirty ninja directly in front of them. More than half of them being genin with a few chuunin and three jounin. There was one in the back of the group with a mask that looked like what an ANBU mask, at least from what his father's journal said they looked like. Though this one was blank with no animal depiction on it just a kanji on the forehead, but Astier was to far away to see what it said. Astier heard murmuring behind him and against his better judgement of never take an enemy ninja off his sights to look behind him that was even more terrifying to the five year old, regardless of how mentally mature he is. The sight of easily over a hundred or more civilians standing behind him and Naruto truly almost made him piss his pants.
"OI! Demon brat your gonna die today."
"Yeah see here I got my brother, he's on the civilian council, to keep the Hokage busy. There will be no one saving you." Astier hearing what they were saying looked around quickly and saw several truly massive trees surrounding them all. One big one closer to the brothers than the surrounding trees or the two crowds. As the civilian crowd was inching towards them while yelling their threats Astier had truly put his body weight on his barely functional legs and inched the now blatantly shaking Naruto towards the tree.
"See here it's even sanctioned by the Ninja of the village."
"Yeah, their here to back us up if you somehow get away from us."
"Look there the demon already has back up. Or is he on our side lets find out" Astier got Naruto to the tree and pushed him into the tree with his back firmly backed against the tree. Astier then wrapped his slightly bigger body around his brother as if to shelter him from the outside world. Astier placed his right arm around Naruto's head and placed his head against the left cheek.
"Naruto, I swear no matter what happens I'm never leaving you again. No ones taking either one of us again. Just stay here and please don't try to get away they'll have to get through me first." Astier whispered into Naruto's ear but if he heard he didn't acknowledge Astier. Naruto stood there just shaking in shook from the largest crowd he had ever seen. Sure every once in a while a group of three or four adults would surround him but he could always get a away. Though usually with a few scratches.
"OI! Boy are you with us or the demon brat." Said one of the bigger men of the group. The way he carried himself in the front of the crowd and the ceremonial Tanto in his hands made him more intimidating than the rest.
"One he's not a demon and I know why you are calling him that and he's not a demon. Two he's my little brother and you will not be taking him." Astier responded with a yell. The yell made about half of the crowd stop walking and made Naruto stop shaking and start mumbling.
"Wh-why are you sti-till here. Run th-they won't chase yo-you. The-there here for m-me." He got out while trying to push Astier away. Before Astier could respond he felt a hand on his shoulder. No matter how much he tried to struggle he already tried body got forcefully pulled away from Naruto. He spined like a top and landed on his ass looking up at the giant man with the large knife.
"Boy trust me you don't know why we call him demon if you did then you would be trying to defend him. But not like it matters we will be riding this village of the curse." Before Astier could even react the large man grabbed Naruto by his shell shocked head and showed his tanto right into Naruto's upper stomach. Astier just watched helplessly as the man pulled his knife free. Naruto fell face forward onto the ground right next to Astier.
"Naruto. NARUTO." Astier started screaming and crying as he crawled towards Naruto. When he got to him he picked up his baby brother and pulled his face and torso towards his chest cradling him while rocking back and forth. All Astier could focus on was Naruto's cerulean blue eyes as they stared up into Astier deep royal purple eyes. Astier completely oblivious to the outside world except for his brother ignored the fact that the civilian mob was throwing their weapons at the brothers, while screaming obscenities. Given the fact they're not ninjas their aim was way off and the dozens of weapons missed the brothers but quite a few struck true. Astier's back had a few small knifes and pieces of shattered glass bottles, Naruto's unshielded legs had only two knifes sticking out of his left calf.
'Maybe he is my brother… He didn't run away... He's even blocking those weapons… I don't think I can stay awake… I hope this isn't the end… I have a brother… Hehe it's funny… First time I truly feel safe… In his arms… And I'm gonna die… Loud… Sleep…' With Naruto's last thought he faded into unconsciousness from the blood loss. Astier watched as the light faded from Naruto's eyes as they closed. Astier couldn't even think properly as all he felt was guilt and anger. Guilt that he failed his brother and parents. Anger, anger rose to the forefront of his mind. Anger at the civilians for their ignorance and bigotry.
As the man grabbed Astier at the Hokage tower, Council Room
"Can you all QUIET down please." As Hiruzen raised his voice the civilian side of the council wisely closed their mouths. 'Ugh, I don't know why I keep putting up with this. We've been here for hours over these stupid taxes. I mean seriously they just have to draw up a plan and I sign off on it why is there a need for them to call a meeting for this. Oh, I know cause the merchants can't agree for shit. We have half trying to hike it higher and the other half not wanting to because it's a shinobi village and higher taxes means greater chance of my shinobi taking it out on the civilians that don't truly bring a profit into the village. Ughhh, Kami whyyy me? Minat-'
Sarutobi Hiruzen was broken out of his musings by the Council Room doors busting open with a ANBU wearing a Weasel mask sliding into the room gasping for air. Hiruzen noticed he was barely on his feet from the excursion from getting here from wherever he came from. The shinobi side of the council did not take kindly from the interruption. Their patient was not at an all-time high from what they have had to sit through for the last four hours. Tsume decided with her brash nature that she would be the one to address the afront.
"What is the meaning of this? There better be a good reason, like the village is under attack of something. Not like we could hear over all this racket." Tsume finish with a barely below a hearable decibel for last of her sentence. The civilians couldn't hear it, but all the shinobi did with there trained ears. Everyone who did hear including Hiruzen chuckled at this.
Once the ANBU got his breathing under control and his feet under him crouched into a kneeling position and saluted his kage. Once he got into position the room noticed for the first time how small he was. 'Itachi, huh, why are you here?'
"Hokage-sama, I was ordered by Inu-teichō to deliver a message to you. I quote "I don't care what's in your way relay the message"."
"Then by all means Weasel, what's the message?" Hiruzen said all a sudden getting profoundly serious. A shiver went down his spine having a horrible dread come down his spine as if what would be uttered next would age him dramatically. Just like the day he watched Minato and Kushina die.
"Sir, there is a crowd of over five hundred civilians currently on a "hunt". The boys are not in the orphanage and Inu ordered every available ANBU to look for them except for me to deliver the message." Weasel stayed in his salute waited for his kage's response. Hiruzen on the other hand felt his blood run cold. He couldn't help but go pale at the thought of anything happening to either of the Uzumaki boys. When his brain rebooted he for the first time in hours focused on the world outside the council room. With the aid of the doors being opened thank to Itachi he could hear the murmurings and shouting of the villagers. They all were asking things like. "You found him yet?" "Eh we have until nine then the meetings over. We need to find him." "Where is he, he's just a little demon brat. It shouldn't be this hard."
The feeling of dread was quickly replaced by anger. He looked towards the civilian side of the council to find the majority of them looking sheepish of being found out only two of them actually looking genially confused. Looking back on it they were the only two that didn't join in the discussion of the taxes.
"Inoichi please escort our esteemed members of the civilian council to go see the inside of our T&I department. I'm sure their dying to have the grand tour. I want to know who exactly is in charge of the grand deception of the day and wasting our time as a distraction." Hiruzen said with so much KI, Killing Intent, laced in his voice that a few of the council members passed out before he even finished his sentence. The ones who managed to stay awake either were sweating bullets in terror or went into a daze and pissed themselves.
"Hai Hokage-sama." Inoichi said while getting to his feet. None of the shinobi even batted an eye lash for they were all council heads and have faced much worse than the little dribble that the Hokage was leaking out right now.
"Now it looks like I need to find…" Hiruzen was interrupted in the middle of his sentence by a massive spike in chakra. The feeling that came afterwards was an extremely oppressive feeling that made all of the shinobi in the room gasp from shook and sent the remaining awake civilians into unconsciousness.
"Is it the Kyuubi, is it unleashed" Choza asked with more than a little terror in his voice. Remembering this exact day four years ago.
"Troublesome, no the Kyuubi's aura comes with a massive amount of malice and bloodlust. This feeling has none of that. It honestly feels like just a massive amount of chakra, but it feels raw. There's no control in this spike, if it can even be called that. What is this? An uncontrolled burst of chakra that's not dissipating."
"Wait it's fading. Inoichi you know what your duty is, ANBU help Inoichi with his task. Men let's head out to figure out what that was." Hiruzen said with so much steel in his voice every shinobi in the room felt like they were back in war times.
'HAI HOKAGE-SAMA!"
Back in the park with the shinobi watching, just before Astier fell into his rage
The shinobi standing at the edge of the mob honestly did not know what they were seeing. They watched on from the moment they arrived to the entertaining spectacle of the villagers punishing the demon brat. First they cornered him and the other boy against a tree. The older boy trying to protect the demon, but that didn't last long as Kizashi grabbed the boy and threw him to the ground. He said something that was to quiet to hear from the distance they were at. Next thing they knew the large civilian stabbed the demon with a rather large knife.
The shinobi watched as the boy fell and cheered as they knew the demon was going to die tonight. They watched and jeered as the other boy crawled over to the demon and pulled him into his chest. They watched as he proceeded to rock him back and forth as the civilian crowd yelled at him to move aside. When he didn't they started to throw all there makeshift weapons at the boys. Even as more than a few knives lodged them selves in his back he didn't move or let go of the demon.
What happened next shocked the shinobi watching the exchange. The civilians realizing that the boy wouldn't let go of the demon. Marched right over to the boys with the intent of finishing the demon and things went to shit. Almost the entire mob of civilians surrounded boys and the ninja watching on lost sight of the demon. The entire mob fell to the ground en-masse. All the shinobi felt it, the massive chakra spike. Ever from where they were easily forty meters or so away from the boys all fell on their ass. Only the Jounin stayed on their feet and that's cause the enforced their body with chakra but that didn't stop them from wobbling. When the first spike dissipated the first to their feet were the shinobi, what they saw just made them want to run. Though when they turned around to flee all they saw was flash of grey and their head separating from their shoulders.
All Astier could feel was rage, even if he didn't know what it this feeling was truly called. He was consumed by it he felt a voice in the back of his head saying something. It could be his conscience or something else but for right now it didn't matter. Naruto was either dead or dying in his arms and these stupid civilians. Who should be thankful he's alive and keeping their greatest fear locked. Their parents died to keep them safe, and they repay their Hokage for losing his life for their sake by trying to kill his youngest son. 'No, no you don't deserve to live if you are trying to kill what is precious to me.'
When Astier saw the mob surround him and Naruto he felt something shift inside of him. He then felt as the chakra he could barely move in the past rush out him in a burst of pain. He could feel his bloodline "the Ice" in his core try to rush out, but he felt it stop. As if subdued the ice retreats, back to his core and he felt something else rush out of him. He felt agonizing pain pierce out of his body, one from each of his arms and two from his lower back. He had an idle thought about why it was going out and not going in. That was until he looked down at his arms and saw his mother's chains. Correction his chains, his mothers were golden and kinda rigid. Astier's were pure silver and looked alive like a flame. He stopped his train of thought as he felt the civilians stirring to their feet after being pushed back by his way a chakra.
Astier gingerly put Naruto on the ground and got to his feet. He turned around to see a lot more villagers than he initially thought made up the mob. The dozens that got to their feet saw the chains extending around him shouted in fear and turned and ran away. Astier saw this and fell back into his blind rage. 'You see my Otouto as a demon and attack him and possibly kill him. Then you see a child fight back and want to run away. Hehe you say you want to rid this village of the demon. Guess what all I see you all as is demons, how about I rid the village of you scum instead.'
Astier not thinking but acted on instinct started to wield his chains in sweeping motions. They passed through fleeing civilians as if they were nothing but air. Everything the chains directly touched faded into nothingness. Not to say the civilians just disappeared, but for example a chain swept through Kizashi's chest and what happened scared several civilians for life. Kizashi was cut in half, the middle of torso just disappeared directly where the chain touched. Astier didn't stop at the immediate surrounding and started to make his way into the crowd. He didn't make it too far not even three steps from Naruto did Astier fall to his knees from the blood loss from all the wounds on his back. The chains disappearing shortly after.
With the chains disappearance and the exhaustion of the day hitting him full force Astier sat on his knees barely able to move and slowly falling unconscious. The last thing he saw before passing out was the remaining members of the mob turning around to look at him in hate and anger. That was before a man landed directly in front of him in standard ANBU armor. The only thing about him that made Astier pay attention to him was the gravity defying silver hair. His last thought before passing out and was able to get out of he tried body.
"Kakas… niiii…"
AN: This story was written months ago I only have two more chapters and once that is posted it will be sometime before I come back to it. I'm currently focused on my Harry Potter FanFic
