Chapter Thirteen
The escapade begins: Pt.1
Kiba looked down at his dog. "Oi Akamaru…are okay?" Kiba asked as he looked down at his dog. No longer the little puppy who could ride on Kiba's head, Kiba can now ride on Akamaru's back. Akamaru looked up at Kiba and then he looked ahead of them growling.
"OI you guys looks like we have some company up head" Kiba informed everyone. Everyone looked ahead as they all continued walking ahead getting ready for any surprise attacks.
"What the-"Naruto looked at the paper on the ground as did Neji. "That's an explosive tag" Neji eyes went wide.
"Everyone get out of the way" Neji yelled as he jumped up in the nearest tree. Everyone else ran out of the way as the explosive tag exploded.
"AHHH" Naruto yelled as the explosion blow him right into a tree. Naruto slid down the tree slowly. "Ah, that really hurt" Naruto explained as he looked around only to find that he was blow away from the others.
"Aw man…where am i?" Naruto questioned himself as he looked around. "SASUKE…NEJI, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?" Naruto yelled. He walked around looking completely lost to where he was.
"THICK EYEBROWS…KIBA…ANYBODY?" Naruto sighed. "Well I better look for them" Naruto started to walk but was stopped when a kunai flew pass him cutting his cheek. Naruto touched his cheek wiping the blood away.
"Oh…man I was hoping to run into Sasuke, I really wanted to fight him" Akira pouted as he looked at the blonde before him. Naruto made a contortion an expression as he looked at him.
"Where's Hinata-chan?" Naruto hissed. Akira smirked. "She's nowhere near here I can tell you that much" Akira smirked. "I knew that you guys would be coming after her and I figured that you'll be somewhere out here by now…but you'll have a long way to go if you ever want to find her" Akira explained.
Naruto growled as he looked at the blue haired teen. "Why are you doing this? I thought you were Hinata-chan's friend?"
"…Funny she asked me the exact same question…and you know what I really don't feel like explaining it again…especially to you none the less…fox boy" Akira glare.
"What did you just say?" Naruto asked as he felt his anger rise as he glared at him while growling. Akira laughed which caused Naruto to grow even madder.
"Don't worry…I'm not making fun of you because you have that monster inside of you"
Naruto looked at him still frowning. "…Because…because I too also have one inside me as well" Akira confessed as he smiled eerily at Naruto. Naruto looked at him in shock.
"That's right I bet you didn't know that. You see yours is the nine tail fox I believe…mine is the Seven Tailed Shichibi. He's called Makumori, 'Black Bat', Makumori is a demon bat with seven tails, making him the third most powerful Biju. But this title isn't what he's known for. The power that is associated with him is the power to turn the despair, sadness, and suffering into power by channeling it through his demonic chakra and focus it. I give him this power because of all the suffering that I have been through and sadness…when he killed her"
"Mai was her name…she would be twenty right now if the teme didn't kill her. The person that killed her was Reno, he was her older brother. You see he's a missing nin, he left the village right after he killed his whole family" Akira explained.
Naruto looked at Akira in shock. "He's just like me…he too has a monster inside of him. But this Reno guy sounds just like Itachi…Sasuke brother" Naruto thought to himself as he looked at Akira.
"I remember the day when I first met her…she was always so kind to me"
(End Flashback
Chiba Akira stood by the river crying. "Why…why do I have to be alone? Why can't I have parents just like everyone else?" Akira continued crying as he looked at his reflection in the water. "I'm so pathetic crying like this…I'm a boy and boys aren't supposed to cry like this" Akira frowned as he throw a rock in the water at his reflection as he watched the ripples in the water.
"You know that's not true…everyone cries rather it's a boy or a girl" The voice said in a soft tone. Akira turned around and frowned at the person.
"Who asked you anyway…I don't even know you so just leave me alone" Akira retorted as he turned back around facing the river again. The person sat down next to Akira.
"I'm Mai Yokoshima, what's your name" The young girl asked the young boy. Akira glanced over at the girl. She had on a flower dress that was white, along with white shoes, she had short brown hair and in her hair she had a white ribbon, and she had hazel brown eyes.
"My name is…Akira" He mumbled. Mai smiled at the boy. "Akira that's a pretty name" She smiled. Akira looked at the girl in shock, no one had ever said anything like that to him before nor has anyone tried to even try to talk to him before.
Akira turned his head away from her as he frowned. "I thought I told you earlier to leave me alone" Akira stated. Mai looked at the boy and could tell he was alone just like her.
"Your eyes…they look just like mine" Mai said in a whisper. Akira looked at her. "M-My eyes? What do you mean?"
"You're all alone aren't you?" Mai asked. Akira looked the girl in shock as he looked into her eyes. "She's right…her eyes are filled with loneliness too" Akira thought as he looked at her.
"Well…I better get going home now…it's getting pretty late, you should get home too" Mai explained as she stood up. Akira watched her as she stood up.
"I'll see you tomorrow Akira-chan" Mai said as she walked away. Akira watched her retreat. "Yeah…Ja ne" Akira whispered. He stood up as he looked at his reflection once more before walking away.
As the next day finally came Akira went to the same river where he met her in hopes that he'll find her there waiting for him. But to his dismay he didn't see her there. He made a poignant expression.
"Looking for me Akira-chan" Mai said in a cheerful tone. Akira spun around smiling at the girl but his smile faded. "Who said that I was looking for you anyway…stupid girl" Akira said as he pouted. Mai frowned at first but then she laughed which caused Akira to give her an odd look.
"You're really funny Akira-chan…"Mai giggled. Akira frowned but replaced his frown with a small smile. "Do you have any siblings…Mai?" Akira asked.
Mai frowned as she looked down at the ground. "Yes…I have one…he's name is Reno, but he's not here in Konoha"
"Is he a missing nin or something or is away on a mission?" Akira asked being nosy. Mai looked up at Akira smiling. "It doesn't matter anymore…so Akira-chan is there anything that you want to do today?" Mai asked. Akira looked at her for awhile, he noticed how quick she changed the subject but he didn't comment on it.
"Well…no not really?" Akira said really not knowing what to say. "Hmm, I see well maybe you ca just tell me a little about yourself or you can ask me whatever you want" Mai smiled.
"Okay then…why are you being so nice to me?" Akira asked bluntly. Mai was taken back by the question at first but she just smiled. "Because I want to get to know you Akira-chan…we both are just alike and I've always seen you around the village, by yourself and I could tell that you were just like me and I felt like you needed a friend"
"I don't' need your pity…I can make friends just fine I just choose not to because I just don't want any" Akira pouted. Mai ruffled his hair. "You know you remind me of my little brother when he was your age"
Akira grinned. "Really the one that isn't here in Konoha?" Mai shook her head.
"No, not that one…" Mai replied. Akira mouthed an 'oh' as he nodded his head. Mai looked at Akira. "Any other questions you have for me?"
"…Um…well are you a Genin?" Akira asked as he looked up at the girl. Mai grinned. "Why…yes I am" Akira grinned. "Wow really…that's so cool that you're a ninja" Akira proclaimed as he smiled.
"Are you strong?" Akira asked. Mai nodded her head. "Of course I'm strong…I'm the strongest in my class and on my team, I'm also the leader of my team" Mai grinned. Akira eyed her as he smirked. "You're a little too much arrogant don't you think?" Akira smirked.
"You sure don't talk like an eight year old kid" Mai smirked back.
It has been two years since Akira met Mai, Akira is now ten turning eleven soon. Since then Mai as offered to take care of Akira and he has been living with her ever since.
"How was your day at the academy?" Mai asked.
"It was okay Mai-chan…" Akira sighed. Mai looked at Akira, she noticed something different about him. "Are you sure nothing happened?" Mai asked once more.
"Well…it's this girl…at my academy…she's really cute Mai, I mean she's really cute" Akira blushed at the thought of the girl. Mai smiled at Akira who has grown to be like her real brother.
"What's her name?"
"Hyuuga Hinata and she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen" Akira sighed.
"Hyuuga…that means she's from the Hyuuga clan" Mai said in a surprised tone. "Yeah…but she doesn't seem to notice me because so into the baka that goes to our school" Akira frowns. "Well maybe if you talk to her-"
"I can't do that…I mean, if I did what would I say. 'Hi I'm Akira Miyazki I'm not in you class but I always watch you and I think you're very cute'. She'll think I'm some kind of pervert stalker" Akira yells. Mai looks at Akira as sweat drop forms on her temple.
"You're thinking too much into it…I'm sure she won't think that. Besides from I heard she's really shy and quiet" Mai informs him. Akira sighs. "Yeah she is pretty quiet…but so I'm I"
"Listen Akira-chan…I'm going to the training ground you want to come?" Akira grinned. "Of course and then maybe you can teach me some new moves" Akira exclaimed. Mai nodded her head.
As they were walking to the training ground Akira looked at Mai. She seemed to be in deep thought about something.
"My birthday is coming up and I'll be sixteen…and he'll come back for me" Mai thinks to herself as she frowns. Akira pulls her arm sleeve.
"Oi are you okay nee-chan" Akira asked. He began to think of Mai like his sister and he would call her sister sometimes. Mai snapped out of her thoughts. "Yeah…I'm alright don't worry yourself about me" Mai reassured him. Akira watched her actions and knew that something was on her mind.
Over the passed few years that he has been with her he has grown to know how she feels just by her expressions that she makes. Mai was a very easy person to read because she couldn't hide her expressions, if she was sad about something and tried to made herself appear happy she would always fail miserably.
"You aren't a very good actor Mai and I think you should know that I know that by now" Akira said as he stopped walking. Mai looked to the ground with her bangs covering her eyes.
"Akira-chan…there is something that you should know" Akira looks at her and can tell that this was serious.
"Remember when I told you that I had a brother but he wasn't in Konoha" Akira nodded his head. "Well…you were right he is a missing nin…you see, he killed my whole family when I was just eleven years old. He had became obsessed with power and both mother and father noticed it, he started distancing himself from us…the family he was always in trouble and then he started killing random people just to test his strength, then one day he got into an argument with mother and father about his behavior and brother got mad and decided to test this one technique that he learned on our parents, even our little brother and then he went after the rest of the family. I wasn't there when it happened…but when I did come I was too late everyone was dead. He told me that I was too young to fight with him and that he'll spare my life but that he will come back for me when he feels that I'm strong enough and he told me that…he was going to come on my sixteenth birthday"
Akira looked at Mai in shock. "But…that's in two days" Mai nodded. "H-Hai…it is" Akira frowned at the thought of Mai's brother. The blue haired kid looked up at Mai. "Don't you worry Mai…I'll protect you with my life when he comes" Akira states with a determined expression. Mai smiled at him.
"Thank you Akira-chan" Mai smiled. "But you are too young to fight with someone as strong as him" Mai thought as she looked away from him. "We'll you still want to do that training?" Mai grinned. Akira nodded.
The day was finally here…Mai's birthday. She didn't want to celebrate it though because she wanted her mind clear and didn't feel like being bothered with anyone that whole day. She has been on high alert all day…knowing that he was going to come for her any moment.
"Stop looking so nervous Nee-chan…" Akira said to his sister. Mai nodded. "You're right…it's just that I don't know when he could come…Reno is full of surprises" Mai states. Akira just looked away from Mai looking around their surroundings.
"Looking for me are we?" The voice asked. They both froze at the sound of the voice as they turned around. Mai looked at the person in shock.
"R-Reno-niisan" Mai said in a trembling voice. Reno smirked as he looked down at his little sister. Reno was eighteen years old, tall, long black hair that was in a low ponytail, he was wearing loose long sleeve shirt which hangs open across his chest with black pants and he was carry a needle umbrella.
"You thought that I forgotten didn't you?" Reno asked as he glanced over to the boy standing next to her. "Who is the kid?" Reno asked as he frowned.
"It's none of business who I am" Akira snapped. Reno looked at the boy and frowned but then he laughed. "Funny kid…but listen kid this has nothing to do with you so go home and play with your toys or whatever you kids do" Reno said with a smirk.
"I'm not leaving Nee-chan's side…I'm staying" Akira hissed. Reno looked at Akira then back at Mai. "Nee-chan…? Humph it doesn't matter…are you ready Mai-chan?" Reno asked as he grinned in a evil way. Mai nodded her head.
"You stay right here Akira-chan…I don't want you to get hurt" Mai said as she stared at him sternly. Akira nodded but he knew if she was getting beat badly he would jump in.
Mai turned towards Reno and threw a flying kunai at him but he catches it before it could even hit his face as he catches it with his index and middle finger.
He smirked as he looked at her facial expression. "Kokuangyo-no-Jutsu" Reno yelled as complete darkness surrounds Mai, doing this enabling Reno to attack Mai without being seen by Mai.
He starts attacking Mai by punching her in the stomach and giving her one good punch to the face which knocks her into a tree. "You know I thought after all these years that you'll become stronger but you're still weak" Reno smirked.
"NEE-CHAN" Akira yelled as he ran towards her trying to help her up. "I'm fine Akira-chan…this is nothing" Mai explained as he wiped the blood off from her mouth.
"Kasumi Jusha-no-Jutsu" Mai creates a large amount of clones that phase in and out of the ground as almost as if they were made of blackish oil liquid. Mai smirked as she watched her clones make they're way towards Reno. "I hid kunai knives in those clones so he won't even know what hit him" Mai smirked to herself as she watched Reno getting hit with all of her kunai knives.
"Pretty sneaky Mai-chan…I'll give you that but you won't be smiling in a minute" Reno says as he pulls out a kunai that was in his leg. Akira watches Mai in amazement. "She's so cool" Akira thought at he looked at her but then he looked back at Reno.
Reno uses Doton: Retsudotensho (Earth Release: Split Turn around Palm). Both Mai and Akira look at the ground near Mai as rocks and stones began to lift up into the air spinning around Mai.
"What kind of Ninjutsu is that?" Akira asked to no one in particular. Reno looks at the young boy and smirks. "I'm glad you find this jutsu so amazing kid…you see this is call Doton: Retsudotensho which is the ability to lift rocks and stones that are near the opponent and they will began to hit and spin around the target crushing all those in it" Reno smirks as he watched the rocks spinning around Mai.
Akira looks at Mai as the rocks starts hitting her. Akira growls as he balls up his fist. "I'm not going to sit here and watch this" Akira pulls out his Kanata as he runs towards the rocks hitting each one and it breaks in tiny pieces. Reno watches in amazement at the kid.
"Are you alright Mai?" Akira asked as he looks at her bruised face and arms. Mai smiles at him. "I-I'm okay" Akira looks back at Reno as he pulls out as kunai and throws it him but Reno catches it.
"I thought I told you once before kid to stay out of this" Reno says in an impatient tone. Akira doesn't listen as he continued throwing kunai knives at him.
"I had just about enough of you kid" Reno hissed as he runs towards Akira with his double blade kunai in his hand. Akira watches as he gets closer and closer towards him as he too pulls out his double blade kunai and just in time to block Reno's attack. "Why are you protecting her?" Reno hissed as he tried pushing the kid with his kunai. "Because…she is my friend that care for deeply" Akira replies as he pushes Reno away from him.
"You're pretty strong for a kid" Reno states as he frowned at him. Akira looks back at Mai. "Thanks to Mai-nee-san" Akira smirked. Reno growls as he runs towards Akira.
"AKIRA-CHAN GET DOWN" Mai yells as he throws a star shuriken as Reno. Akira ducks downs as he watches the shuriken hit Reno in the stomach as he falls to the ground.
Mai continues her attack as she throws countless Senbon Needles at Reno's falling body. Reno holds himself in hopes to protect his body from the needles. Mai watches as Reno howls in pain. Akira runs towards Mai.
"Mai you're so cool" Akira explained. "Now finish him off before he gets back up" Akira says. Mai glances over at her brother's body…in pain…bleeding from the needles and shuriken. "I-I c-can't…I can't kill him" Mai says as tears came from her eyes. Akira looks at her in shock.
"What do you mean you can't kill him…do you remember what he did to you're family? Or have you forgotten that quickly?" Akira asked as he frowned at the teenage girl. Mai looked once more at Reno…but he wasn't there.
Akira looked at her expression as he turned around to also found no Reno. "Where'd he go that quickly?" Akira asked as he looked around.
"Hyoton: Kokuryobu Fusetsu" Reno yells as he creates a black dragon stream with red eyes that was sent towards Mai. Mai pushes Akira out of the way as she too jumps out of the way.
"Soryubo Fusetu" Reno shoots two black dragons at Mai as they create a large black tornado. The attack hits Mai as she gets caught up in the tornado.
"MAI" Akira yells. "I can't even see her in that thing" Akira looks up at the giant tornado with a worried expression. Reno watches as he grins.
"It's over now…there's no way she can survive that attack, she's too weak. Say goodbye to you're so call precious person because she's a goner now" Reno smirks. Akira looks at Reno as he frowns at him.
"What I'm I going to do…ah I know" Mai pulls out strings as she throws it outside of the tornado in hopes that it grabs onto something she can pull herself out of the tornado.
"Come on…come on…ah yes" Mai pulls on the strings and notices that it was wrapped around something. Mai slowly climbs on the string as she pulls on it. "I can do this" Mai slips when the wind inside the tornado blows her back. Mai grabs back onto the string. "That was a close call"
Mai opens her eyes to notice kunai knives and shuriken's flying inside the tornado. Mai pulls herself more and more as the kunai knives graze her face, legs and arms until she finally pulls herself out of the tornado.
Akira watches as Mai's body is falling from the sky. "…Mai…" Akira runs towards the falling body and jumps in the air to catch her before she falls to the ground. Reno looks at Mai's body. "She's still alive!" Reno fumed as he glared at both Mai and Akira.
"This has gone far enough" Reno states as he runs towards Mai.
Akira holds Mai in his arms. "Mai-nee-san please be alright…please don't die" Akira sobbed as he held onto her body. "You're all I have…and if I lose you I won't have anyone else" Akira clutches on her tightly.
"…Akira-chan…"Mai slightly open her eyes. "Don't worry…everything will be okay…I'll always be with you no matter what" Mai smiles. Akira looks at her and can tell that her chakra level is low.
"Now that's where you two ran off to" Reno smirks but the smirk turns into a glare. "Party time is over now brats…Magen: Jubaku Satsu" Reno makes himself disappears so he can approach Mai. Both Mai and Akira look around themselves.
"Get behind me Akira-chan…" Akira gets behind Mai. Reno smirks to himself as he watches the two until he gets close to Mai as tree grows at Mai's feet and braches from illusory an tree binds Mai from behind so that she unable to even move or use hand seals.
"Mai!" Akira says as he looks at her body tied up onto the tree. Mai looks at him. "Where could Reno-kun be…?" Mai looks around for him but doesn't see him until he reappears into of her.
"Looking for me…?" Reno smirks as he looks at his sister as he glances over at Akira and grins. "This is the moment that I have been waiting for and now…it's here" He looks back at Mai. Mai looks at her brother as tears forms in her eyes.
"P-Please…don't Reno-kun" Mai pleads. Reno looks at his sister as his face softens.
"…Wait a minute what I'm I doing…you're my sister who I love I can't kill you can I?" Reno asked as he looks at her. "Then again I can" Reno pulls out a kunai knives and slashes her throat.
Akira watched in horror as Mai was killed right in front of him. Tears come out of his eyes as he looks at Reno in fear as he stands up and walks towards him.
"You know I should kill you also for getting in my way…" Akira looks up at Reno as he starts balling up his fist drawing blood. Akira starts throwing punches at Reno but Reno dodges each one.
"You're pathetic kid" Reno grabs both of Akira's fists with one hand as he uses the other hand to deliver a hard punch to the gut causing Akira to spit blood up. The black haired man throws Akira down on the ground.
The blue haired boy holds his stomach in pain. Reno kneels down towards Akira. "You know what I'm going to do you a favor, I'm going to let you live…if you want revenge on dear Mai here then you come looking for me and I'll be waiting" Reno states as he stands up walking away.
Tears come out of Akira's eyes as memories of him and Mai together flash through his mind. "Mai-nee-chan…I'm sorry…I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you, please forgive me" Akira said quietly as he stood up.
"I will promise you this though Nee-chan…I will revenge your death and kill him for doing this to you" Akira stated to himself as he looks at Mai's body.
End of Flashback
"That's the whole story of how I met her and how she died" Akira stated as he stared at Naruto with expressionless eyes. Naruto looked at Akira in shock. He felt bad for Akira because he had been through so much just like Sasuke and himself. "And you think working with Orochimaru is going to make you stronger?" Naruto asked.
"I don't think I know…he's a strong guy…he's my sensei who I look up to and will do anything to help him" Akira states. Naruto frowns as he glares at Akira.
"You don't know what you're getting yourself into…How can you look up to someone like him you baka, you're so stupid. I bet he's just using you"
"He's not using me…look I'm not you or Sasuke, I'm different I can do what I want when I want and I don't need you telling me what and what not to do" Akira yells but then he grabs onto his head holding it.
"NO…NOT NOW" Akira yells as he holds his head. Naruto looks at him not knowing what to do. "I don't need you now Makumori" Akira hissed as he starts growing black ears on the top of his head.
"What the- what's going on" Naruto asked himself. "Makumori…that's the same thing that he was telling that's inside of him" Naruto thought to himself as he looks at Akira in shock as he was transforming. Akira looks up at Naruto and then to his side to see two of Orochimaru's followers. "T-Take it from here" Akira said in pain as he teleported away.
"HEY AKIRA WAIT" Naruto yelled but it was already too late. Naruto looks at the two ninjas. "Humph this is nothing that I can't handle" Naruto smirks.
Okay that was Chapter 13…phew I had a hard time writing this one because I didn't know what to write. Well I hope that you enjoyed it please leave reviews and chapter 14 will be here soon.