Rayne Says: Oh. My. Jashin. I have not updated this story in almost a year. I apologize severly. I do like this story a lot, but I do have a life away from my computer. I will try to work on this over the summer, and hopefully finish it! I am also going to work on Akatsuki Heartbreaker and Sakura Ai. Mainly this summer is going to be about my writing. So please, read and review!

Also: WARNING THIS NEXT CHAPTER CONTAINS AN ALMOST RAPE AND A LOT OF GORE!!! (why would you be reading a story about Jashin that doesn't have gore though, huh?)

Also, also: THANK YOU ALL YOU REVIEWERS! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS STORY ACTUALLY HAS READERS A YEAR AFTER I POSTED IT!! I 3 YOU!!

Recap:

As my blood sates a God's hunger,

My contract with the Devil signed,

I know that the bloodshed has only begun,

But strangely,

I do not regret,

The fact I'm going to kill again,

In actuality,

I look forward to it…

Reborn

I almost feel a sense of sadness when I wake up. Today is the day that I'm leaving Suna. The day I become a rogue ninja. The day I officially become Shiro Hana.

I dress quickly, deciding to do something I intended to do from the beginning of my journey. I walk down the streets of Suna, absorbing the brilliant life of the city. Staring at the shops and people walking down the street, I contemplate my plans. Do I really have to be a missing ninja? Why can't I just settle down here and live my life as a civilian- shock.

Oh right, my perverted God doesn't want me to…

I have a name. Use it!

'Sure thing, Kami-hentai,' I think.

I receive a particularly scorching shock for that one.

I eat my ramen as usual, but then walk off in a different direction from yesterday. I am wearing my Suna civilians' clothes as to not look suspicious. Although my exterior appears nonchalant and innocent, my interior is already planning my escape. I have to do something extreme if I want my name to be known. Like kill the Kazekage.

… But I won't kill Gaara, will I?

I mean, I don't know the guy that well, but as far as I can tell, the fact he became Kazekage is enough to say that he's a lot nicer than he used to be. And I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to get within ten feet of him without being noticed. So that idea's a no.

And killing civilians doesn't sound good to me either. I need to have some justification in my killing.

I finally reach my destination and quickly walk in.

"Hello and welcome to Sunagakure Hot Springs!" a cheery, blonde female says. "What can I do for you?"

"I'm just here to relax," I smoothly say, offering a smile.

"Very well. Women's spa is on the right. Please enjoy your stay. If you need anything let me know."

"I will. Thank you."

I walk past the woman and into the female section of the hot springs. I take off my clothes and place them in a basket. I wrap a towel around my body and walk out to the springs. Thankfully, no one else is there. I remove my towel, and yet again find myself marveling over my unmarred body. I'd become so used to having scars that not having them is making me feel more naked than I already am. I test the waters with my foot and sigh in happiness. The water is nice and hot. I sink into the pool of glassy water and dip my head under. Finally, some peace and quiet.

How long do you plan on staying here?

'Not very long. Now, please go away so I can relax.'

You do not command me. I am the one who orders you around.

'Point taken, but I really would like to plan out how I'm going to become known as a rogue ninja.'

I like the sound of a mass murder.

'You like the sound of anything to do with genocide.'

I will stick to the idea that killing is the best way.

'Your opinion is noted and under consideration. Now can you please leave me alone?"

For now.

Jashin's voice fades away and I let out a sigh of relief. Hearing voices in your head is never a good thing. Even if the voice is the voice of a God.

I spend the next hour relaxing in the water and pruning myself up. When I feel that I'm sufficiently relaxed, I climb out of the water and dry myself off. I put back on my clothes and wave farewell to the lady at the counter. I wander around the streets, looking at some of the shops and their wares. I'm browsing through a shop with antiques when I accidentally bump into someone.

"Oh, I'm sorry," I apologize before looking up to the person who I happened to have bumped into.

…Someone who looks very familiar…

"No, I should be the one apologizing. I wasn't looking where I was going and ran into such a beautiful woman," Kankuro says.

"Oh, um, okay," I say, trying to hurry the conversation along so that I won't risk having my cover blown.

"Please allow me to take you out to eat to formally apologize," he says. "I'm Kankuro, by the way. Might I know your name?"

"Hana," I answer simply.

"It fits," he smirks. "Follow me, I know a place that has the greatest food in all of Suna."

"Really, it's okay. It was just an accident, there's no need-"

"I insist," he pushes.

Well, what could one meal hurt, right?

So, I allowed Kankuro, the man I had healed only days before, to take me out to lunch at a fancy restaurant and I even let him pay. We made small talk throughout the meal (with every other thing from me being a complete and total lie). He seemed fascinated by the idea of living by the ocean, and wanted an in depth description of what the ocean was like. I actually did enjoy the meal and the company, and not once during the meal did Jashin-sama interrupt, which made the few hours I spent with him pure nirvana.

When the meal was over, Kankuro seemed a bit reluctant to let me go, and he did ask me out again, but I told him that I was leaving the next day. His face did fall, but I gave him a random address and told him to drop by if he was ever on a mission in my area.

As I'm about to walk away, he grabs my arm and looks deep into my eyes. "You look familiar," he says.

My heart starts pounding at least one thousand beats faster than normal, and I feel sweat start to bead on my forehead. "Uh, I just have a very common face is all."

"Oh, well, I guess this is goodbye," he says nervously.

"Yeah, maybe we'll run into each other before I leave tomorrow. Who knows?"

"Okay," he says, smiling. "I can walk you back to your hotel. It's not safe for a young woman to be by herself this late at night."

"Oh, don't worry about me. My hotel isn't that far from here."

"Oh, okay. Bye."

"Bye," I say.

I walk back toward where my hotel is, in a pretty good mood overall, because of the last couple hours of bliss.

You do remember that you're supposed to be leaving tonight, don't you?

'I forgot,' I reply.

What do you plan on doing to make a name for yourself?

'I still don't know. Rob somewhere?'

Not evil enough. Don't make me regret giving back your pathetic life.

'Yes, Jashin-sama,' I reply dully.

He doesn't reply so I assume that he's gone off to do more important things. That still leaves me with no idea what I'm going to do to make my name strike fear into people.

"Hey guys, look at that piece of ass!" a drunken voice slurs.

I turn around and see a group of four or five men- big men. They look like they've been drinking away most of the night and their walking is wobbly, but they walk with purpose toward me.

"Hey baby, why don't you come back with us to our hotel and we'll have a good time?" one says, while another is making sexual movements with his hips, clearly displaying what he'd like to do with me.

"No thanks," I reply, my voice surprisingly high. What happened to the fearless and bloodthirsty Hana? When did Sakura come back?

"Now, now, honey. You know you want to," one teases.

"Actually I don't."

Somehow, they've surrounded me and I can't escape without taking one of them out. Someone's hands place themselves on my hips and pull me back into his body. My lips curl in disgust as I can clearly feel how aroused he is by the idea of raping me. "Let me go, please."

"Come on, sweetie. It won't hurt. You're probably a virgin, huh? We'll make it feel so good."

The guy holding me to him has started nibbling my neck and my knees almost give out. I feel so weak. I feel like Sakura. Why am I always so weak? No one is here to save you this time, Hana. You have to get out of this yourself. I pause as an idea strikes me. I smirk, but they can't see it in the darkness.

I start making fake noises that sound like I'm enjoying what the man is doing to me. "See baby? I knew you'd like it."

I reach around and wrap my arms around his neck and, using my super strength, I easily snap his neck. The others appear not to notice when they're companion falls down to the ground.

"Hah, Ichigo is going to be sorry he drank too much. He's going to miss out on all the fun," one comments.

"Why don't you come over here next, honey? You look like you need a real man."

I walk toward him as sexily as my kunoichi training taught me and started kissing him intently on the lips. He moans his approval and I steadily reach my arms around his neck too. Snapping his neck is as easy as the first one was. This time, the other guys catch on to the fact I'm not going to let them rape me without a fight and they start murmuring a string of curses. Two of them pull out a kunai, while the third just stands there trying to look like he knows to fight (even though to a trained shinobi it's painfully obvious that he doesn't).

The untrained guy runs toward me, clearly underestimating me because I'm a woman. I gather chakra to my fist and punch my fist right through his head. His friends, upon seeing this, throw their kunais at me. I easily dodge one and catch the other one. I run toward the men, with the kunai in my hand, and stab one of them through the chest. The other guy starts making hand signs and I quickly punch a hole in his chest, pulling his heart out with my bare hands. His eyes widen and he falls to the ground.

The whole skirmish took a total amount of time of about three minutes and twenty seconds.

I smirk to myself and, using the man's heart as a paintbrush, draw Jashin-sama's symbol upon the wall. I walk up to the two bodies that I didn't harm very much, and quickly castrate them. Using the kunai, I draw Jashin's symbol on every single one of the bodies. I shuffle through one of the shinobi's packs and find a blank scroll and a brush. I use their blood as ink and write a special message to the world.

I walk away from the gore without a second glance, and leave Suna within the next ten minutes. In my head, I hear Jashin's delighted laughter and he speaks praised to me. I only smirk in the moonlight…

Gaara of the Sand stood silently, observing the morbid atrocity that had some of his strongest shinobi spewing their guts in the streets nearby. If he hadn't been such a bloodthirsty child who had been the cause of many deaths in his youth, he might have joined them. Five bodies, all dead, all mutilated beyond the imagination.

He had already contacted the families, who were now in mourning. As Kazekage it was his job to find out who had committed this horrible crime. A Jounin shinobi approached him, holding a scroll. Gaara took it, murmuring his thanks, and opened it.

…Well, this saved him the trouble of investigating who did it…

Kankuro showed up a little later, much to Gaara's displeasure. He had specifically told Kankuro to stay in bed and heal. Clearly, Kankuro would have to be strapped down.

Gaara handed the scroll to Kankuro and said, "What do you make of this?"

Dear Kazekage-sama,

By the time you get this I will be halfway to Konoha.

Clearly your security is a little relaxed at the moment, especially after the attack from the Akatsuki. Letting a woman without her papers in without a question is certainly not going to help protect your citizens. I have disposed of this trash without order or request, because they deserved to die. Any man who would rape a defenseless woman deserves to die, doesn't he? I apologize for the mess, but I had to get your attention somehow. Don't worry, you don't owe me anything. It was my pleasure.

Sincerely,

Shiro Hana

P.S. Tell your brother, Kankuro, I enjoyed spending time with him.

As I ran through the lonely desert,

I discovered that I carried no guilt for killing those men.

I felt no pride in what I had done,

but I had enjoyed every moment of it.

And I looked forward to killing again…

So what do you guys think? I know I've been out of touch with the story, but it isn't that bad right? Please review!