NARUTO: THE VILLAGE DOUSED IN RAIN

© NARUTO / Masashi Kishimoto

Scroll Eleven: "A Peculiar Ninja Attacks: To Kill, Or Not To Kill…?!"

The night steadily emerged into the sky, and from its darkness ascended a waxing moon that hovered over the slumbering figures of the eight shinobi. Ena, however, was up and aroused; her mind in a hapless, deviating spiral. She wasn't the only one, though…

A splash sounded and Ena shot up in prehension, vigorously looking around for an intruder. Notwithstanding, it was only Naruto, who was dipping his feet in the shallow end of the river.

Approaching him slowly, the black-haired Kunoichi snuck up behind him and whispered, "Can't sleep?"

He shook his head. "Nope. How can I? I'm too excited for this mission!"

Sitting to his left, Ena said, "But you know, it's not all fun and games. This is going to be real time danger and combat--are you sure you're up for it?"

Ramming his fists on his chest like a gorilla, the blonde snorted and exclaimed, "You bet!! Beware, all of you third-rate shinobi out there, Uzumaki Naruto is gonna kick all of your asses!"

"Ha, ha, ha! You weirdo!" Ena laughed merrily. "But I have to ask…are you good at keeping secrets?"

"Huh?" Naruto raised a brow in speculation.

Subsequently, in the midst of their conversation, a windmill shuriken whizzed past their noses, only a millimeter away from impact. Hearts racing, Ena and the blonde stood up, clawing for weapons from their packs and hoisters.

A figure stepped into view and remained concealed in the shadows of the night.

"Who are you?!" Naruto screamed.

Stepping back a pace, Ena hissed, "Get back, Uzumaki-kun."

"Wha--?"

"NOW!" and the black-haired Kunoichi pushed him out of the way, charging towards the intruder. She got close enough to examine his personal features, but was disappointed to find out that he was completely concealed by a hood and wore a ninja mask over his mouth, making only his dark eyes visible.

"Ena!" Naruto called out, confused of what his actions should be.

"Go wake the others! I'll hold this guy off!" she ordered, readying her trusty kunai that had dealt over one hundred deadly blows.

He nodded and sprinted off, the mystery man preparing to follow, but Ena blocked his path.

"You're my opponent!" she informed, taking a slice at his face.

He stylishly dodged, and retorted with a raid of hand signs.

"Oh, no... I won't let you use any jutsu!" Ena sneered as she head butt him in the gut, causing him to addle in pain.

Taking this moment to her advantage, she slipped out several shuriken and thrust them forward, pinning down the peculiar ninja's clothing to a tree trunk, leaving him immobile.

And as she felt triumphant, a cold, hissing voice whispered to her from within...

Finish him.

Wincing in pain, Ena's curse mark was burning from beneath the icy metal of her headband.

Do it.

Demanded the voice.

Kill him! Prove your worthiness and kill him!

And as if a deus was controlling her as a marionette, the black-haired Kunoichi's eyes shifted to that of the sharingan without question, and a wicked smirk found itself on her lips. She took out her kunai, again, and slowly walked towards the pinned shinobi.

He remained motionless, as if he suspected as much from his opponent. Ena quickly attacked and stabbed her opponent in the chest, only to witness that it was a doppelganger. Turning around immediately, she was propelled backwards by a thrusting punch from the real mystery ninja.

Still acting out of her will, the possessed Kunoichi dished out a range of hand signs and released her fire style jutsu. "The art of fire! Dragon Flame Jutsu!"

And in a span of less than a second, Ena released a stream of trailing crimson flames from her mouth, smothering everything in her way. It seems to have been effective, though, because the hood, in which her opponent kept up, lit aflame, and caused the ninja to remove his cloak and mask, revealing his identity.

At the same time, Naruto arrived with the others, who were ready for combat.

However, Risu was stiff, trembling, eyes widened in horror as she spouted, "N-Nii-san?"

At that moment, Ena awoke from her trance and shuddered, "Your…brother?"

Gulping dry air, the black-haired Kunoichi took note of his physical features.

He had light, shaggy hair, almost like Kakashi's, but in a pony tail, and a rather slim build. After realizing that his identity had been revealed, he then slipped on a pair of thinly rimmed glasses and placed them over his dark eyes.

This was Kabuto… Risu's older brother. And even though they looked nothing alike, one could easily sense the strong kinmanship between them.

"Nii-san," Risu gasped, approaching him, "Why are you doing this? Why are you…"

Then he fled. Kabuto had given his sister a sympathetic look with, yet, a hint of disgust, and vanished into the heart of the forest.

Silence engulfed them all until Naruto shouted, "What the hell was that all about?!"

"Naruto, shut up," Sakura shot sternly.

"He has a point, though… What just happened here?" Katone folded her arms across her chest.

"Yeah… H-hey! E-Ena?!" Kiri jerked awkwardly in alarm as she looked at Ena's right arm from the bicep down.

It was covered in peculiar tattoos...

All staring at her, the black-haired Kunoichi spoke not a word and then passed out.

That sickening voice then echoed in her head once more...

Do my bidding, Ena. You shall kill for me… you shall live for me… For the more you destroy, the stronger you become. And as your strength increases, so does your chance of our reunion. So, until then, Kill. Kill and enjoy the blood baths that you shall create. Kill…

Kill.

...

Malicious forces are at work, and trust is broken.

Fwaah, finally. It's done. This chapter I had to actually edit a lot. The original was too choppily written and it would've been a disgrace to upload such a thing...! Anyway, this chapter begins Ena's hellish experience with the Curse Mark. There's the future chapter approaching of which my friends and fans, who have read the hard copy, like to call "The Brains Chapter"...X'D I will not reveal any more than that because I'm SPOILER free...

(Most of the time. ;3)

Ah, to get off topic, Midterms went over peacefully, but my computer has been acting up all week...!!! I wish myself luck on getting the rest of this saga uploaded... same for my other fanfics as well. (Please check out my rather popular Final Fantasy VII fic, "L o y a l S O L D I E R" as well!)

So please review for the next one! And see you soon!

SPECIAL THANKS:

Kaishun2 a.k.a. Caz/Reno-kun! I'm glad you read and enjoy my stuff! ^^ Please continue to support me, and I promise to continue to try my hardest!