Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto at all. I also don't own any pictures I use unless I say so.
Warning: This chapter will have graphic depictions of violence and sexual violence. (I won't be writing explicit sexual scenes. Also, it's not gunna be common and will only be mentioned.)
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"CLOUD NINJA ARE ATTACKING!"
Raicho's mind was racing, pessimistic thoughts ran wild in her head. Was she going to die, Is it the end of the road for her? Natsumi looked over to her cousin and knew exactly what Raicho was thinking from her facial expressions. Natsumi ran over to Raicho and grabbed her shoulders, shaking her slightly, and looked her in the eyes. "Raicho, we're gonna be fine, stay focused and everything will turn out well," Natsumi told her sincerely tossing her out of her thoughts.
Raicho shook her head and pushed down her fear. Natsumi was right they were going to be okay, they just had to stay focused.
The village was still under attack and it wasn't ending any time soon. Fights were breaking out everywhere and Yasame was trying to lead the group to safety. The Suraisu clan members were the only thing stopping the Cloud Shinobi from massacring the whole village.
The plan was to reach an emergency meeting point not too far outside the village and things where some seasoned Suraisu clansmen would protect the weak and unable. Raicho steeled herself, preparing for what was to come. She couldn't die here, there were still so many things she had yet to accomplish.
The group took off towards the first, everyone mastered the tree-climbing exercise, so they were able to travel by jumping through the trees. While being a bit chakra taxing since they had to use chakra to stick to the tree branches, was the best option the group had.
Unbeknownst to them, the Cloud Shinobi wasn't taking any prisoners. The Cloud Shinobi had come for blood and wouldn't settle for any less. They were destroying the defending villagers and brutally slaughtering anyone on site. Men, women, and children were killed, nobody was spared this bloodbath.
Fortunately, the trio was quite lucky in their escape, the Cloud Ninja attacked from the Northside of the village and the group was luckily on the South end. The emergency location was pretty close to the Southern part of the village, so they already had a headstart on their escape. Maybe lady luck was favoring them slightly?
Or so they thought...
Yasame looked back at the two running girls behind her. They had only been running for about five minutes and already put a decent amount of distance between them and the village. Yasame used to train in the Shinobi Arts and was about Chunin level, but she's still pretty rusty as she gave up on the ninja life a year ago. She ended wanting a more relaxing life instead of living the exhausting life of a Kunoichi.
"We're not too far from the emergency meeting location, once we get there we'll be safe. A few of your clansmen will be stationed there to keep us safe," Yasame said a smile forming on her face. Yasame loved the two girls and saw them as her two little sisters in all but blood.
Natsumi turned to Raicho as the two jumped through the trees, side by side. Natsumi nudged Raicho to get her attention and Raicho turned to her. "See Rai-chan were gunna b-"
A huge explosion cut off Natsumi and sent the two girls spiraling backwards, back to ground level. Raicho hissed in pain as she roughly landed on her side. Natsumi was also in quite the pain as she landed on her head, she felt a bit lightheaded at first but it quickly faded away.
Raicho gritted her teeth as the explosion which she quickly identified as a Fire Jutsu created a dust cloud that blocked her vision. "Natsumi! Are you okay? Where are you?" She shouted out hoping for a response. "M-my head hurts like hell, but I should be fine!" Natsumi shouted back. She couldn't see Raicho but judging from her voice knew she was close.
Raicho while still terrified was grateful Natsumi was still alive and somewhat well. Then she remembered they were forgetting someone, "Yasame! Where are you!?" Raicho yelled hopeful for a response from the older woman. Yasame was the only one unaccounted for and the Ninjutsu went off, right in front of them and Yasame was the one in front...
There was no response but the dust was slowly starting to lift and Raicho could finally see Natsumi, although a bit blurry. Natsumi also was just about able to see Raicho and as she was opening her mouth to say something, another came and voice alerted the two girls.
"Ahh... So her name is Yasame, a pretty name for lovely face, don't ya think?" Sounded an unknown man's voice from behind the slowly disappearing dust cloud.
"Who are you?!" Natsumi yelled nervously already creeped out and scared. There was no response but the girls didn't have to wait long for their answer as the dust finally cleared and the man came into view.
The first thing the two saw was a ninja headband. Raicho's blood ran cold as she saw the Village Hidden in The Cloud's symbol embroidered into it. Natsumi immediately started to shake uncontrollably in terror. She already was trying to deal with her home being pillaged and now that one of the attackers lay just a few feet from her... She almost fainted due to emotional stress.
The man grinned unnaturally, "Hey ladies... I bet you'll like to see what I found..." He hid one of his hands behind his back and it was clear he was holding something. He moved his hand from out to behind his back to reveal what he "found".
The man presented Yasame's severed head to the two horrified girls.
Natsumi's eyes widened and she started to breakdown and cry, "N-n-no! This has to be a lie,
Y-Yasame can't be dead!" She screamed out in pure agony. The man started to laugh as Natsumi continued to grieve for her loss. Yasame was the big sister Natsumi never had, she looked up to her in so many ways. So, seeing this man holding Yasmae's head like some sort of toy crushed her.
A few moments later, low grunts and a bit of shuffling caught Natsumi's attention, and she looked over at Raicho and was bewildered to watch as the young girl struggled to her feet. Natsumi couldn't see Raicho's face because Raicho's hair was in the way, but a dark sinister aura that seemingly started to emit from Raicho told Natsumi something was wrong with her.
"What's this vile energy I feel coming from Raicho? It feels so evil... What's going on with her? Natsumi wondered, afraid for her little cousin.
Raicho stood up on wobbly legs and slowly started to walk towards the wicked man. Her head tilted downwards causing her bangs to fall and mask her face. Had anyone been able to see her face and eyes they would see eyes full of hatred, and a face radiating the darkest of emotions.
"Monster," Raicho whispered coldly.
Natsumi froze as the low husky voice made its way into her ears. She was shocked, Raicho had never once acted in such a dark manner...Maybe Yasame's murder is what set her off? The thought sent shivers down her spine...
The Shinobi also heard this and his laughter ceased for a moment, but then he exploded into another fit of laughter. The ninja thought it was hilarious, some puny little kid wanted him six feet under. He was seasoned a Chunin of the militaristic Village Hidden In The Clouds, some tiny girl was no match for him.
What goes around comes around...
He continued to mock and laugh at Raicho who was still slowly making her way towards him. "Look at you, you can barely walk. Maybe I should just put you out of your misery and kill you right now! Even if you do make it out of here you'll accomplish nothing. You're really nothing but a nuisance to this world!"
Raicho tripped on herself but just barely managed to catch herself, nothing would deter her from her current goal... She slowly limped past Natsumi who was filled with grief and sadness. "R-Raicho! What are you doing, there's no way you can kill him!" Natsumi shouted trying to reason with her cousin. "I c-can't lose you, n-not after everything w-we've been through..."
Raicho said nothing in return to the heartbroken Natsumi and continued to trudge on.
A deranged look made its way onto the face of the ninja soon after hearing that. "Hey, how about we cut a deal? I'll let you two little ladies go, I guarantee your safety, but you'll have to do something for me..." That something didn't need to be expressed upon because everyone in earshot knew exactly what he was referring to.
All color drained from Natsumi's face as she heard those words. How could anyone be so cruel and evil?
"Absolutely sickening," thought Raicho but still moved along towards the man. "G-get away from him Raicho!" Natsumi screamed terrified for her cousin. Maybe they still had a chance to get away if they ran fast enough. Raicho totally ignored her and was now within arm's length of the deranged man. A lustful look made its way onto the man's face as he took a step towards Raicho.
"I hear no complaints, so I guess it's a deal!" He said sounding giddy. Raicho's bangs were still covering her face and he reached out to push them aside.
Natsumi was screaming bloody marry for Raicho to move but was paid no mind.
Time seemed to go in slow motion as the man's hand neared Raicho's face.
"DIE"
Raicho screamed in anger causing the man to jerk his hand back in fright. Raicho finally looked up and revealed her furious-looking face, pure hatred bled through her eyes. Never in her life had Raicho ever felt so angry and hateful, one of the few things she could feel at the moment was her genuine desire to see this man rot in hell.
She let out a dark growl as she grabbed the man's arm and pulled him towards herself. The Cloud Ninja was completely caught off guard and was actually scared by the girls' reveal of bloodlust. In all his years of living, he had never felt such potent and raw killing intent directed towards himself.
Raicho then jumped on top of him wrapping her arms around his neck and used her momentum to swing onto his back. She quickly circulated her chakra to her muscles and enhanced them and then put the Cloud Shinobi into a deadly chokehold. The man's hands went to her arms and tried to pry her off but to no avail, Raicho wouldn't budge one bit.
"DIE!" Raicho screamed into the ninja's ears. The man thrashed about trying to shake her off, but Raicho securely attached herself to him and wasn't coming loose. The man started to foam in his mouth as he desperately tried to gain the oxygen he needed oh-so desperately.
His legs became wobbly and he ended up slipping causing him and Raicho to come crashing down onto the ground. Raicho gritted her teeth in pain as the man fell backwards right on top of her, causing her to lose the grip she had around his neck.
Raicho grimaced as she realized that she was now pinned beneath the man, and she couldn't move. Natsumi was slack-jawed as she watched the scene unfold. She totally thought Raicho was going to kill the man. But when she saw the man on top of Raicho, her heart dropped...
The man grunted and wiped his mouth, "You little shit!" He shouted clearly pissed off. Raicho wiggled and squirmed underneath him, she was completely aware that the only reason she came so close to killing him is because she caught him off guard. That was very unlikely to happen again. She had little to no options now, she knew that she was very weak physically compared to the man.
"You know you really almost had me there you little shit." The ninja started to leak his own killing intent, and Raicho swallowed hard. The ninja recollected himself and stood up, towering over Raicho's small form. "Now I'm really gunna have my way with you..." He grinned as he reached down and grabbed Raicho by the throat, pulling her up to look her in the eyes. Raicho tried resisting but it was futile, he easily overpowered her.
"P-put her down!" Shouted Natsumi. Even in her current state, Natsumi wouldn't just stand by and watch as her best friend/cousin was being abused like that. Her outburst quickly caught the man's attention and he raised an eyebrow. "So the other little shit thinks she something now? You going to come over here and make me put her down?!" He bellowed in amusement. He was at a total advantage now, there was no reason to be afraid of some little brats.
"But, since you seem so adamant about it, I guess I will." Natsumi's eyes widened, surprised that he would actually listen. But instead of being gentle, the man threw her at a tree, Raicho yelped in pain and coughed out some blood.
Natsumi winced and the man started walking towards her, now seemingly interested in her. "Mhmm... You look fun... I think I'll start with you." He said sickening lustfully. Natsumi's eyes mirrored horror and she started to step back away from the man.
"N-n-no..." She whimpered horrified. The man brought out a Kunai, "I think ill have fun torturing you. I love it when my toys scream..." Natsumi tried to speed up and get farther from him, but she accidentally slipped on a rock and fell on her back. She squealed in terror as the man caught up with her and now was hovering above her. He smirked sadistically down at her and got to his knees...
Raicho eyes were hazy, she was still slumped down by the tree. The man really threw her like a ball and damn did it hurt like a bitch. She realized that she actually blacked out for a second, but it didn't look she was out for long. Suddenly an earsplitting scream caught her attention. Her head snapped up in the direction of the noise and what Raicho saw made her want to kill herself...
The cloud Shinobi was grinning from ear to ear insanely as he swiped at Natsumi with a kunai. Natsumi was bleeding badly and needed treatment, there were many stab wounds but weren't lethal on purpose. The man was clearly trying to make Natsumi suffer as much as he could, and he was definitely succeeding.
"HELP!" Natsumi coughed up blood, "A-AnYONe!" She screamed in a hoarse, broken voice. The man started to laugh in insanity as continued to inflict pain upon Natsumi. "Yesss! Yesss! SCREAM FOR ME!" He bellowed in what was to him, pure ecstasy...
Raicho watched with a broken heart as Natsumi was brutally tortured, she pleaded for her body to move, and just do something. But no matter hard she tried her body was badly beat and essentially shut down.
With every other stab, the man started to hear less and less of Natsumi's cries, after a few minutes of straight screaming, Natsumi lost her voice. All she could do was open her mouth wide and let out a soundless scream. The man realized this and halted his assault. His grin dipped into a frown, "I was hoping you'd last a bit longer, but it appears you're as worthless as you look..."
He raised his bloody kunai into the air and looked Natsumi in the eyes, "Useless..." Natsumi's eyes widened and she tried to break free from his hold but it was completely futile. With the clear intent to kill, he brought the kunai down and jammed it straight into her stomach.
Raicho watched as Natsumi's body convulsed and went limp. The whole world froze around her.
She felt part of her heart break when she saw Natsumi being tortured by that man...
She felt part of her soul crack when she saw Natsumi's body jolt and go silent...
She has had enough... Raicho has had enough of this monster in front of her. She can't stand him or anyone like him.
She wanted him DEAD.
Raicho felt the dark energy she felt before swell up inside herself, this time it felt way more potent and she felt it start to consume her. Last time she resisted and didn't fully give in, but this time she put up no fight. She knew that this dark energy would get her what she wanted, and she wanted it bad...
Make him pay...
Blood for blood...
It's only fair...
KILL KILL KILL
As if the gods deemed her ready, the world started to move again.
Raicho radiated utter hatred and anger, if anyone saw her and lived to tell the tale they would without a doubt deem her a demon. Raicho couldn't have cared less at that moment because she was hellbent on revenge.
The bloodied Shinobi turned around and as he laid eyes on Raicho, shivers were sent down his spine as he did. She was now standing perfectly straight up and she looked deadly. The wind had suddenly picked up and her hair was being blown all around making her look all the more menacing. But of all things, by far her scariest feature was her eyes.
Originally a shade of dark lovely gold, Raicho's eye color dropped a few shades and now had a lifeless black and gold look. Any and all life had been sucked straight out and replaced with a gloomy and dark touch.
To say the least, he was terrified, her previous display of killing intent and bloodlust felt like nothing to this horrid surreal feeling. He opened his mouth to try and say something but was stopped as she lifted her arm and pointed her hand towards him.
"You are damned... You are cursed... You are not fit for this world..."
A low sizzle and then a loud crackle erupted from Raicho's hand and a dark purple streak of lightning burst from Raicho's hand. Moving at light speed the current of purple lightning connected with the Cloud ninja... Not a sound was made as an eerie silence took over. The silence ended as the Cloud ninja head slid right off his shoulders...
Raicho watched as the man's head slipped clean off his body, she didn't feel any remorse as blood started to rapidly gush from his decapitated head and body. She looked at his lifeless form deeming what she did as just and heroic. The man was a monster, The real demon in this situation. She had done the world a favor in ridding everyone of his meaningless existence.
She then remembered Natsumi and looked over at her, she hadn't moved at all since she last saw her. Raicho immediately ran over to her side, praying to the gods she was still alive. "Natsumi! Natsumi! He's gone, we're safe now!" She yelped hoping she would open her eyes and say something, anything. Looking at her all her wounds Raicho quickly lost all hope. About 20 shallow kunai stab wounds spread out all over her body, and one kunai jammed deep inside her stomach. Raicho didn't want except the fact that Natsumi was going to inevitably die today...
Tears started to stream down her face, "N-no... P-please Natsumi don't go... I still need you! You can't die yet!" Raicho wrapped her arms around Natsumi and cried. "Shh... Rai-chan..." Came Nastumi's voice barely above a whisper, but Raicho still heard it. Her eyes widened and looked at Natsumi's face see to her eyes open halfway.
Natsumi smiled at Raicho, "Come on Natsumi, the monsters gone now, we can go now." Natsumi was saddened by Raicho's words but kept her smile. "R-Rai-chan... I'm happy I got to know you," Natsumi said weakly, her voice becoming harder for Raicho to hear.
Raicho realized what she was trying to say and she shook her head, more tears streaming down her face. "No, you're not leaving me! What about becoming the strongest swordswoman?!" She shouted in agony. Raicho just smiled, "I'm sure you'll be able to accomplish that for m-me," she started to cough up blood and knew her time was just about up. It really hurt so much knowing that she was going to leave Raicho all by herself but there was nothing she could do about it.
Natsumi managed to grab a hold of her hand and squeezed it. Natsumi looked Raicho straight in the eyes and gave her the best smile she could manage. "I'll be watching from up above, d-don't f-forget..." Natsumi croaked. finding it hard to stay awake and keep her eyes open. "I-I won't, I'll n-never forget!" She shouted and watched as Natsumi weakly nod her head and close her eyes.
"Love you..." Natsumi barely managed to say right before she fell into an eternal slumber...
Raicho listened intently as Natsumi gave out her final breath and heartbeat. Raicho felt a piece of her damaged soul break at that moment. Losing someone as precious as Natsumi to her was like losing a part of herself. Understandably, Raicho spent the next 30 minutes clinging to Natsumi's lifeless body, crying her heart out...
Raicho felt very vulnerable, weak, and defenseless, she didn't like it one bit. Despite this, she weakly stood up and let out a shaky breath. It took her a few minutes to recompose herself, but once she did she felt a bit better. Raicho looked down at Natsumi and sighed, she would come back for her and give her the proper burial she deserved. She took off her blood-stained jacket and placed it over Natsumi's bloodied body. She closed her eyes and gave her a moment of silence.
"I'll be back for you..." She whispered and ran off but not before curb-stomping the Cloud ninjas head in, she left him only identifiable by his forehead protector. The power surge she felt before had finally dissipated, and she no longer felt like she was supercharged with power. She felt significantly weaker but didn't let it deter her. Instead, she started to wonder about that dark purple lightning that shot from her hand. When she did whatever she did, it felt so straightforward and simple. Now she couldn't remember for the life of her how to do it again.
"Did the Suraisu clan have a Kekkei Genkai or something, I haven't heard anything?" Raicho wondered. She didn't know but wanted to find out. But that would come later she still had to get to the emergency meeting location. Raicho thought and estimated it's been a little over an hour since they were stopped by that ninja. Judging by what Yasame told her, all she had to do was make it through the forest and she would see people gathered around.
It was hard to think optimistically with all that had happened moments ago but Raicho tried. So, with half pessimistic and half optimistic thoughts in mind, Raicho marched on...
Thankfully it didn't take long, Raicho finally made it out of that God-forsaken forest and was now at the base of a small hill. She couldn't see over it but she could see smoke ascending up into the air, it was pretty cold out so a bonfire probably was made. Her destination was definitely right over this hill, she would stay here for a while then she would go back to her village and meet up with her parents. She would figure everything else out along the way, she just needed some rest.
She sighed ready to get some much-needed sleep and walked up the hill. She reached the top of the hill and looked over to see that she had indeed made it to her desired location, there was only one problem. Everyone was dead... Men, women, children, EVERYONE was dead, their bodies mutilated beyond recognition much like the Cloud ninja from earlier.
Raicho felt her head spin and ache. She raised her hands and grabbed her head to try and stabilize herself, hoping to alleviate the stress and pain. She fell to her knees and clenched her teeth, "Why..? WHY DOES NOBODY SEEM TO HAVE ANY SENSE OF MORALITY!? IT'S ALL JUST BLIND AND SENSELESS KILLING!" She screamed venting all her anger and frustrations. But she really did want to know, why does a massacre like this not have any repercussions?
"Why do people just let things like this happen and only act when it directly concerns them?" I'm sure the Raikage was the one who authorized this attack, but why? What does massacring a whole village help, what does anyone gain from pointless bloodshed? This was clearly an indirect attack on Konoha but why bring innocents into the mix?"
Raicho started to think this over and she came to a realization. This world is filled with monsters... monsters ready to pounce and capitalize at any given opportunity, for their own personal gain... Raicho realized that she was ignorant. Ignorant to the fact that these monsters existed. She became so engrossed in her own little fantasy, meeting the Naruto Anime's main cast and becoming a Kunoichi, she forgot about all the other factors.
Raicho forgot that this world would have sick and utterly disgusting people like Orochimaru or Kabuto. Raicho didn't realize this world was more than just the anime, Raicho never thought about what else could be happening that wasn't included in the Anime.
"I hate this world," she concluded. "I'd take my lonely old life over living in this world any day. Living in a world where people have normalized killing and similar acts is hell." She told herself aloud.
This was Raicho's realization, the realization that this world is horrible. Nobody besides the smart and strong can efficiently survive in this world. Raicho thought that maybe she should just kill herself... It may seem farfetched at first but when she really thought about it... Did it? She had already died once and was reincarnated into this hellhole, so couldn't she just died again? But something odd had been happening ever since she started to lean towards taking action.
When she thought about it she came up with 2 reasons that prevented her from dying so early. The first reason is that she felt as if she needed to keep disposing of these monsters. She found that when she killed that Cloud Shinobi a wave of satisfaction and justice rushed through her. It was the satisfaction of bringing justice to the world and ridding it of an unwanted rodent, that made her want to live.
The second reason is a very odd and unusual one. It was like a divine or outside force was telling her it wasn't her time. She first felt this force when she thought about killing herself after seeing the Cloud Shinobi hold Yasame's head (She vomited upon remembering this), the second was seeing Natsumi's assaulted body, and the third was moments ago for not wanting to stay in this horrid world. Was this outside force maybe linked to that surge of power?
In the end, she decided she wouldn't kill herself. Despite this being a really shitty world, there was much to see and do. Truth be told, she was actually quite interested in the beings of this world like Madara and many others.
So her new goal for this world was to bring about change and not just any change. She would bring this world to a never before seen peace. Raicho knew what she was after and knew it wasn't going to come on a silver platter, she wasn't stupid enough to think like Naruto on this matter. She also definitely couldn't do it alone so allies would have to be made and people would have to die. She would spare as many innocents lives as possible and destroy as many corrupted lives as she could. She didn't have an exact plan throughout but had some ideas, nothing was final and wouldn't be for a while.
Hell for all she knew she wouldn't even come close to changing anything at all. But for now, Raicho would continue to learn and grow, that was enough for her currently. A small smirk made its way onto her face as she imagined possible outcomes, This was her true beginning...
ANDDDD Chapter 2 is officially done!
My little Raicho has really done a 180 in this chapter, hasn't she? I wanna make this change as realistic as possible. I want her change to make sense and not just be all out of pocket plot twists. I think I did a pretty good job starting her change, and I hope you readers do as well.
About Raicho's special dark purple lightning. I don't want to spoil it too much but it's not going to make her immediately stronger than a Kage. That's bullshit and basic asf, Raicho will definitely make it to kage like strength, but she will work for it. I don't like stories that have an op mc right off the bat for no reason. I prefer building up my character. As for what you'd call I guess it's kind of like a kekkei genkai but it's basically differently colored and stronger lightning. There will be more backstory and depth to this in the next and future chapters. There will be more to it that will set her apart from normal lightning-style users.
As for the outside force, I want to explain it a bit more without giving much of a spoiler. First of all, it's not gonna be a damn-tailed beast. Again that's cliche and basic asf, I want to make a unique story that will be different from others. This "force," will play a special role in the story but not in a way you'd think.
That just about wraps up what I wanted to say about the story itself.
Answer to my question last chapter, what's your favorite movie and why? Mine is Top gun. Tom Cruise is probably one of my favorite actors and when my dad showed me that movie I rewatched it like five times.
Here's my new question for you and ill answer it next chapter. Who is your favorite singer or band?
Reviews are heavenly, PEACE!
