NARUTO: The Village Doused In Rain

© NARUTO/ Mashashi Kishimoto

Scroll Two: "Lone Wolf: Snake in the Ground...!"

It turns out that the cry for help was nothing but an ignorant squeal from two lovers down below who had been carrying out games of blissful unawareness.

'Must be nice to have brains made of mush' thought Ena, heading back towards her home. 'I'll never fall in love for the fact that my mind may share the same fate.'

Subsequently, the Kunoichi's nose hit a rather resilient-like surface, but since it was soft and warm, she could quickly identify that she had bumped into a person of flesh and blood.

"Hey," the dark-haired female Shinobi shot aridly, "Watch where you're walking!"

As she poked open an eye, all the while rubbing her throbbing nose, her culprit came into clear focus…

It was Uchiha Sasuke, a.k.a. the village "Heart throb." Bluntly Ena thought he was a cold hearted jerk who selfishly attended to his own needs before others. However, many of her classmates and peers saw Sasuke as a vision of perfection: raven colored hair and eyes, a slight, yet strong, physique, and that damn annoying "hard to get" thing that turned all the Kunoichi on- except Ena and her gang, that is. The trio wasn't into the opposite sex at all, especially not with all the assassins and mercenaries around.

Anyway at the tone of Ena's voice, Sasuke had simply brushed her off and continued on his merry way.

'Jerk,' Ena thought, sticking her tongue out at him and settling for a nice afternoon stroll.

On her way to the local book shop, the female Shinobi sensed a disturbance in the air around her. Glancing around, she headed off in the opposite direction, towards the forest. 'Someone's following me… and I presume they're lusting for some blood'

In the camouflage of the tree tops, Ena crouched down low against the tree trunk's rough, coarse bark and silently waited. A slight breeze was stirring, signifying an approacher. Tense, the dark haired Kunoichi grasped the Kunai she kept with her at all times, and prepared to strike.

Unexpectedly, the stalker striked from behind and knocked Ena out of tree with hardly an effort. Focusing enough chakra into her feet she gained balance by digging her soles into the rear base of the tree's roots, saving her fall. Her attacker seemed to expect nothing less and continued his pursuit by moving nimbly in coincide to the wind and assaulting at precise moments.

Ena could hardly keep up, and as she tripped and stumbled backwards, a gracious hand helped her steady her trembling body.

"Th-thanks," she huffed, gaining her breath. "But next time, could you take it easy, Uncle Kakashi? I am a girl you know; it's unfair to go all out on me."

"Uncle" Kakashi was a young man preferably in his late twenties. His tall, silver hair only added to his incredible height, and his left eye was constantly hidden beneath his hitai-ate leaf headband, the symbol of a ninja and Konoha school graduate. And speaking of…

"Ena," the elite Shinobi started, "isn't your graduation tomorrow?"

She nodded, "Uh, huh, but it's nothing I can't handle, Uncle Kakashi?"

He sighed exhaustedly "Fine, fine, but enough with that "Uncle" stuff! I'm not even thirty yet, so I'm not that old, so much that you have to call me Uncle!"

Ena grinned impishly. "Ah, you're old enough. Now, are you coming home, or are you in the middle of a mission?"

"The latter," replied Kakashi, "however, I'll be at the graduation tomorrow."

"I'll expect you then."

With that, the female Shinobi sluggishly waved farewell at her guardian until he vanished into the darkening evening sky. 'Wow,' thought Ena, 'time sure flies. It's almost nightfall… and I also didn't notice how far we spared ourselves into the Forest… Man it'd be polite if Uncle Kakashi escorted me back home once in a while… Oh well it can't be helped.'

And she slowly trailed her way through the burdensome clingy bushes and lashing tree limbs, all in an effort to find the main road back to the village.

"Huh," she thought out loud, "I've already been down this road…"

She then back tracked through her steps and did some careful reconnaissance, finally attaining the perception that her running around in circles was not a mere coincidence; far from it, to be exact.

'Wait a minute," Ena muttered hoarsely. "This is a type of illusion jutsu!"

"How nice of you to notice, my liege."

Suddenly, the atmosphere around her dissolved and everything- the thicket, the ground, and the fiery sky- was spinning in an unsteady spiral, causing the female Shinobi to lose balance and fall to her knees.

"I need to do something!' thought the immobile Kunoichi who was struggling to focus in the twisting and turning world around her.

Closing her eyes to block out any visual distractions, she concentrated her inner chakra and signaled various hand signs, finalizing her procedure with "horse" and "tiger" in order to unleash a signature technique to the Konohagakure village.

"Fire style!" Ena cried out, opening her eyes and standing up hastily "Fireball Jutsu!"

From her mouth shot out a large line of dancing flames that flew forward and exploded into a large sphere of orange and red when it hit her target.

"Take that, fool," she gloated as the scenery successfully halted to an abrupt stop. The flames burned out, leaving behind a scorched plane and smoking embers… but no corpse.

"What the…?" the black-haired ninja gaped, scanning around in awe. "But I thought...!"

"You thought wrong."

And from behind, a large, mountain of snake blasted up from the earth and hissed viciously. Its forked tongue flickered in delight as the vile reptile opened its enormous jaws and lashed at the spot where Ena stood.

Luckily she was skillful enough to dodge but a pair of cold hands restrained her as she had leaped into the air. Reflexively, she completed another raid of hand signs, and accomplished the means of one of her favorite techniques.

Turning her head to face her pursuer, she opened her mouth wide and bellowed, "The art of fire! Dragon Flame Jutsu!" and again, a stream of burning crimson flame poured out from her being and smoldered the area around her. Forthwith, her captor would not release her from his grasp despite receiving third-degree burns.

"Very nice," he cooed," You killed my snake. But you are not even close to holding the power that I mistook you for…"

Ena gasped, "How are you still alive? You've taken two direct hits from some of my most powerful jutsu!"

The persistent pursuer grinned from a charred face, "It's just like I said- your too weak. But you are a good secondary candidate to what I crave. Maybe I should use you after all Ena…"

"How do you know my name?!" the Kunoichi exclaimed, letting down her guard.

"Never mind that," purred the un-dead Shinobi. "Oh and give Sasuke my regards!"

With that, he proceeded to sink his snake like fangs into her neck, but she rapidly sensed his actions and shielded herself with her right fore arm.

Bending his neck like an invertebrate would, the bizarre Shinobi bit into Ena's bicep and retreated quickly after a shadowy marking appeared around the fang marks.

Feeling a burning sensation around her arm, the Kunoichi growled, "Dammit! What did you do!?"

The venomous one licked his peeling lips, "It's just a little seal… actually, think of it as a test- if you die you aren't worthy of fighting me again, but if you live… well, let's just hope and pray you make it through the first hour, eh?"

Almost unable to stay conscious due to the excruciating pain, Ena decided it was time for this devil to perish. She gathered what chakra she had left to use, without expirating herself, and sent it all to her right hand. A turquoise light surrounded her wrist and fingers as her eyes rapidly took on a red hue.

"The Sharigan?"" the snake-like ninja spouted, impressed. "And could that jutsu be…?"

"Yes!" roared the female Shinobi in full confidence. "This is my ultimate technique- Chidori!"

And as fast as the swirling illumination that surrounded her hand, Ena charged forward with no intention of mercy.

Shockingly though, her opponent was fleeing from her reach and heading straight towards the village…

"Oh, no, you don't! Eat my fist, freak show!" and she protruded her arm forward, releasing an incredible amount of energy on her prey.

A blinding white light exploded as a result and everything stood still for the few moments that seemed like forever.

Knowing fully that no one had ever survived that jutsu, Ena staggered and leaned against a nearby solid surface, falling forward in satisfaction.

"Dumb bastard," she grumbled, giving in to the agony that coursed through her being, and blacked out.

...

A single ray of sunlight shone through a barren window and warmed Ena's face. Her head was resting against a down-filled pillow, and a thick, wool blanket covered her aching body. Opening her eyes lazily, the Kunoichi laid on her make shift bed staring at the plaster white ceiling, in a quiet daze. She forced her neck to turn her head to the side and was left wide-eyed at her company.

"U-Uchiha-kun?!" She unbelievingly stated.

The raven-haired Shinobi glanced at her, got up from his post, and walked out of the room, without saying a word.

Ena's temples twitched and when she tried to lift up her torso a sharp jolt pulled her down again, following by a quivering throb from her right bicep, which was bound tightly with bandages.

'This is horrible!' She thought, 'today's the day of graduation, and I can't even lift a finger! What am I going to do?! I don't want to be held back a year like Naruto did! That would be humiliating and repulsive! Oh, crap, why did I have to bump into that weirdo last night?!'

Growing even more aggravated, the female Shinobi screamed, at the top of her lungs, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, UNCLE KAKASHI, YOU OLD FART! I HOPE YOU GAIN WRINKLES AND BECOME BALD!!"

Taking in deep breaths, she finally relaxed and settled down. She scowled dramatically at the plaster ceiling, seeing how it hurt to turn her head, so all that she could stare at was anything above her, and sighed discontently. "Who am I kidding? I guess I deserved this for gloating yesterday… still, I wonder why I'm at Uchiha-kun's house. He's the last person I would expect to attend to a wounded neighbor…"

Hearing footsteps approaching, Ena lifted the blanket over her head and groaned. She did not want to talk to Sasuke at a tensive moment like this. However, he yanked the wool cove off of her and grabbed her left arm.

Get up," he shot, "or you're going to miss graduation."

The Kunoichi flinched as she struggled to raise her body off of the hard wood floor.

"But I can't go anyway," she replied as-a-matter-of-factly. "I've got go more chakra left in me- I think I might've reached my limit."

The cold eyed shinobi gave her a solemn frown, "Still doesn't mean you shouldn't attend."

Ena decided to cut to the chaise. "Why're you helping me?"

"Kakashi told me to… he's your uncle, right? You look nothing like him." Sasuke bluntly put.

The female ninja gave a forced laugh. "He's actually kind of my adopted parent… my father had killed my mother and, coincidentally, he, um, ended up dying also… Strangely I was spared, and that's when Kakashi began to look after me. I think I was eight or nine at the time.

The raven-haired Uchiha said nothing.

"But I think it may have been for the better. I mean, Kakashi taught me a ton of effective moves and helped me become stronger too! So strong that my rank is equal to Chunin…"

"What?!" Sasuke gasped.

"N-nothing! Nothing at all…" Ena wiped a bead of sweat from her brow and was glad that she caught herself before she spilled any major information. "S-so what about you Uchiha-kun? Who so you live with?"

He continued to remain in complete taciturn.

The Kunoichi realized from this awkward silence that he must be alone, too. "You're a loner, huh? I'm sorry."

"If you don't leave now, you'll be late," the hard exteriored lone wolf stated.

"But there's still a few hours until class starts."

"Yeah, and you're injured."

"What about you? Aren't you gonna help?"

"I've already done enough."

Pouting, Ena slowly slipped out the window, that she herself had to open, and mumbled, "I guess… you're not such a jerk after all"

Sasuke "humphed" and did not give a response. Instead, he, once again, dismissed himself from the room with a click of the door.

The female shinobi laughed at his arrogance and started on her harrowing journey.

...

So you have the Sharingan as well...

When reading this fanfiction, the readers can already tell that Ena is an Uchiha. But I guess that was the type of irony I wanted to use when writing this. (I think I had been inspired by William Shakespear's "Romeo and Juliet" when I started this. I loved how the audience would know exactly what would happen next, but the actual characters were ignorant and uninformed.)

The chapter title "Lone Wolf: Snake In The Ground...!" comes from the fact that Sasuke really is a loner and prefers to give people a cold shoulder. Orochimaru is then literally the snake that pops out of the ground and suprizes Ena with his sneak attack.

That's all for now, I guess. Please stay tuned, everyone. ;D And leave any comments or thoughts if you want.