**Disclaimer** I do not own any and/or did not help in creating Naruto or Soul Eater, any of their characters, places, or content (Except those not in the anime/manga). This is only created for my own entertainment and those who may want to read it. Sorry for typos or if anyone seems OOC, but other than that, enjoy the story. UNEDITED.
Promises
-It gets better, I promise. Sorry, I'm really bad at beginnings.
"Twelve years ago, the Soul village, home to the Leaf village neighbor's was attacked and destroyed. Mother Reika was the leader of the Soul Village at the time and possessor of great power bestowed by Akira, the tailed beats' creator. (Yes, I know all about Shinju, Kaguya, and all that good stuff; I'll explain how Akira was their creator later on in the story) Mother Reika died trying to defend her village and its people, her powers being passed to the next suitable individual, a mere two month old child named Satomi. Satomi was kidnapped by The League and taken from her home, the citizens going into hiding until their new leader rose.
"However, a nine tailed fox was angered by Reika's murder and massacre of majority of the Sacred Soul Village, blaming their neighbor's, the Leaf village for not coming to their aid. And so, the fox's tail's lashed out, smashing mountains, and sending tidal waves crashing to the shores. The ninja rose up to defend their villages. One shinobi faced the nine-tailed fox in mortal combat. He sacrificed his life to capture the beast and seal it in a human body. This ninja is known as the fourth Hokage."
*Present Day*
A girl with dark brown hair in a tight bun and chocolate brown eyes woke up in the middle of the night to a loud banging and a scream. She hurriedly grabbed her cloak and pulled on her mask that covered the bottom half of her face then ran to the room it was coming from and seen Shigekazu, a member of the League, holding a girl with amber eyes and red hair, by the neck.
The brunette gasped, "What are you doing to her?!" she yelled, pulling his arm away. The red head gasped for air when she fell on the cold hard ground.
He got in the brunettes face, shoving her roughly to the ground, "Move it, girlie. Your friend here is too weak for you to wield, therefore we have no use for her," he pulled out his sword and stood above the frightened child. He lifted the sword and swung down, but the girl was pushed out of the way by the brunette, "Dammit, move!" he pushed her again.
She was dazed for a few seconds, but a few seconds was all it took when she opened her eyes and seen her friend holding a bloody wound on her side, the wound itself not fatal. The usually calm brunette seemed to have snapped when she took the sword out of Shigekazu's unsuspecting hands and stabbed him straight in the heart. He fell, blood seeping out of he wound, as he lie there dead.
The brunette quickly bandaged the other before grabbing an off shoulder bag and some money from the dead man's pocket before lifting her friend on her back and making a run for it through the trees.
"It hurts," the red head whispered.
"I'm sorry, but we have to get as far away as possible or the rest will find us."
"But, Shigekazu's-"
"We'll deal with that later," the brunette interrupted, hopping from tree to tree. They ran in silence up until noon when the brunette stopped in a tree, closing her eyes and focusing, "I do not see any souls but I am tired and my range is not too good to begin with. We should keep-"
She was stopped when she hear a loud coughing fit and felt something wet hit her neck. The red head was coughing blood on her. She jumped on the ground and laid the injured girl in her lap, "I don't want to run anymore," The brunette frowned, but nodded.
"Hum me a lullaby," she did as told and ran her fingers through the others soft hair. It was silent as they watched a butterfly land on the brunette's shoulder, "Hey, sis?"
"Hmm?"
"You're gonna have to go yourself."
"I know," she whispered.
"Promise me you'll do your best."
"Promise. It is my purpose, after all."
"And try to make friends," the other was quiet, "Friends can become family like us. Give people a chance." The brunette hesitantly nodded, but that satisfied the red head who now looked to the sky, "Do you think there are butterflies up there?"
"Yes."
"What about candy?" she giggled.
"Yes."
"...What about my parents?"
"Of course," it was quiet as the red head's breathing grew heavy. The wound wasn't fatal, but the poison laced in Shigekazu's sword was.
"Sis?" the injured croaked.
"Hmm?"
"I know you don't cry because the League, but also because you don't want to scare me. It does, scare me, I mean, but I think people need to cry sometimes...," The brunette froze as she looked down, seeing the red head smile up at her and though she was visibly weak she pulled down the other girl's mask, "There she is, no more hiding, we're free," she smiled, her hand on the brunette's face, "I'm glad I get to look at you last...I love you...," she struggled for a second before her eyes shut close, "Take care of yourself, Satomi." she breathed and Satomi felt her breath hitch as Manami, the only person who actually cared about her well being and who she considered family died in her arms.
Satomi gulped, shutting her eyes so the tears would not fall before taking a deep breath and moving out from under Manami. She squeezed her fists and carried Manami's body to a nearby cave. The rest of the day was dedicated to digging a deep grave with her one kunai and burying her sister under a tree. That night Satomi was tired more than anything but as she placed a couple more big rocks on Manami's grave she quickly grabbed her bag and walked away.
"Love you too, Manami," she whispered before fixing the strap on her shoulder and heading to the nearest village.
'I will do my best, Manami. For you and our people.'
*Three weeks later*
The Hokage was sitting at his desk, leisurely smoking from his pipe while looking at over some papers when suddenly he heard his door bang open and a very out of breath Kakashi entered, "H-Hokage."
"Yes, Kakashi? What is it?" he asked, standing up and on high alert, "Is the village in danger?"
"Huh? Oh, no. Asuma and I finished the mission. We were able to escort her safely and with no troubles, however..."
"However?" The Hokage asked, sitting back down, clearly getting irritated from the anticipation.
"On our way back I ran into a girl who recognized the Leaf village symbol-"
"No offense, Kakashi, but I don't have time to listen to some romantic nonsense-"
"Hokage-sama," he said firmly, "I apologize for interrupting, however this girl...She...She has the mark of the Soul Mothers."
The Hokage abruptly stood upright, "Where is she?"
Satomi walked down the streets of Konoha with the man known as Asuma walking beside her. She met him while she was in a small town when she caught sight of he and Kakashi. Noticing their headbands, she stopped them and told them who she was. After a lot of questions she decided to just show them the mark on her shoulder blade. It was a pair of wings with short handled twin scythes in front. Some of her people had weapons on them, but the wings showed she was the new possessor of the first Mother's and tailed beasts' creator's power, Akira. Whoever possessed the power was to be the next leader of the Soul Village. That certainly got them interested and escorted her the rest of the way to the Leaf Village.
Asuma stayed with her and even took her to get a new set of clothes while Kakashi sent a message and told the Hokage. So here she was, her blank expression plastered on her face as she ignored the pain of seeing happy families with eyes shining as they passed her by. When they finally arrived at the Hokage's office Asuma let her in ahead of him and she seen Kakashi standing near an old man wearing the Hokage hat and robe, "Pleasure to meet you, Lord Hokage."
He nodded, "Mother Satomi."
"Satomi is fine."
He studied her for a while, "You certainly have grown from when I last saw you. You were just an infant then."
"Yes, well, any other child would after twelve years. I do not mean any disrespect, but I did not travel all the way here for mild idle chit chat. In fact, I wanted to know if you would do me a favor."
He smoked his pipe, "Go on."
"I ask that you let me stay here for the time being, that is, until I have properly grasped Akira's skills. As soon as I am strong enough, I will leave and plan on restoring the Sacred Soul Village. I am sure once our village is in better shape we can discuss some sort of repayment."
She held her breath as she watched him dip his head and a puff of smoke came out of his pipe. He took long to answer, too long for Satomi's liking. She began wondering what she would even do or where she would hide until she properly grasped her powers. If he denied her help she may never be able to restore her home and her promise would be broken. At last, the old man spoke, "Satomi, the Leaf Village would gladly help your people without any repayment. Our villagers were close very close and would not ask for anything other than your forgiveness," He suddenly smiled, catching the girl off guards. She knew the villagers were allies and even friends, though she did not see this coming.
"Forgiveness?" She raised an eyebrow.
"For not getting to your village in time to help. It was a tragedy what happened to our friends and because of the short distance, many of us lost family there. We apologize for our faults."
"There is nothing to forgive," she responded, "So then, you will help me?"
"Gladly," he walked forward, his smile reaching his eyes, "In truth, we have had a plan of sorts for if you were found. We must first address the issue of your cover, where you'll be staying and who can train you in your meister abilities while your here. Kakashi?" he looked to the silver haired ninja.
"I already sent him a letter. He should be-" Suddenly there was a poof and a handsome ninja that appeared to be in his mid twenties, appeared in front of them. He had dark blue hair that fell in choppy layers to his shoulders, bangs hanging slightly in his face and golden eyes that were the brightest Satomi had ever seen. He wore a short sleeved black shirt, dark brown pants, a long brown scarf, black shoes, and wrappings around his hands and bottom calves, a weapon pouch on his right thigh. He had a serious and almost bored expression until his eyes fell on Satomi and he broke out in a huge grin.
"Satomi-Chan!" he ran and brought her into a tight hug, spinning the girl around in circles, causing her eyes to widen slightly at the display of affection.
"E-Excuse me," she gasped, "I can hardly breathe."
"Oh, right," he put her down and rubbed the back of his neck, going back to his cool self, "Sorry about that."
"Ryuu, Satomi-" Asuma started.
"Kakashi told me everything," he said as he eyed the girl, "As we discussed, Hokage?"
The Hokage nodded, "We have been expecting you for quite some time, Satomi. Ryuu here is a meister from your village and a close friend of mine. He can help train you in your village's ways. As I said, there is the issue of where you'll be staying. I think it best if you stay with him and pose adoptive father and daughter, who have just moved here together. I say adoptive because Ryuu is too young to have a daughter your age and doesn't look too much like you. It would provide as a better cover."
She turned to Ryuu, "Are you okay with this?" he gave her a close eyed smile and nodded, "Very well then."