Blood on the dagger part 1
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Thanks to the money, Kuroi made there lives a little more comfortable, and bought a apartment to live in.
"You get that room I get this one." Kuroi said
"Fine, as long as I don't have to hear you snore." Naruto replied and went in to put his possesions in his room
"I don't snore, I just breath loudly." Kuroi retorted
"I'm going to get food, seeing how this place came with everything we need, save for food." Naruto said and was gone
Going into the marketplace was weird for Naruto. He still wore his armor, save for the helmet, and got strange looks from people. He went into the store, and bought up several package's of ramen, meats, fruits, vegatables, and other things, and then left with two bags full. When he left the store, a stranger in black robes knocked him over, and attacked a little girl with a dagger.
"Your asking for it pal!" Naruto yelled and punched him in the back of the head
"Do not interfere boy!" the stranger yelled back, and began attacking Naruto with his dagger, leaving the girl with large gash marks
The man in the robe's other hand sparked with embers. With a small incantation a fireball flew at Naruto. Quickly, Naruto flipped sideways and landed in a budda squat. They repeated this till Naruto flipped up to him and split his head in half with his axe. Kuroi ran up to him.
"The hell happened here?" Kuroi asked
"This guy tried to kill this girl." Naruto replied
"Hang on, lets try and figure out who he is." Kuroi said and started dragging his away
After they dragged the body away, the only things that they found were the dagger, and a book titled "book of Xitherion." Reading that gave Kuroi shivers, and finally realized something about the dagger, it was a magic weapon.
"Careful Naruto, its a soul trap dagger." Kuroi said
"I'm more interested in the book." Naruto replied
"Xitherion. Oh no, the greater demon of Destruction." Kuroi gasped
"They have a list of victims too, in the notes section. It looks like they got everyone on the list, save for one.
There were 13 girls names on the list, including the one Naruto saved. The only one not labled as terminated was Hinata Hyuga.
Hyuga manor
Little did the duo or the Hyugas know is the enemy was already in motion in there assasination of Hinata Hyuga. The assasin wore black leather armor from neck to toes, and wore a black hood over his eyes. He wielded two black daggers, with a straight back, but the blade curved like a snake till the point which was slightly curved back, but not enough to inhibite thrusting ability. The assasin snuck skillfully around the guards, and found Hinata tending to her garden. From where he was, the flowers blocked his view of her vitals, preventing a knife throw. He waited for the nearest guard to turn his back, and he attacked. Hinata yelped as he grabbed her, and gave his position away. The guard turned around and activated his Byakugan. With a swift kick to the face, he seperated the two, and then dropped the assasin to the ground with several strikes. Hiashi then came running over to see what happened.
"Hiashi-sama." The guard stood at attention
"Explain what happened." Hiashi ordered
"This man tried to kill Hinata. He's unconsious now, but for how long." the guard replied
"Bring this man to intellegenice. I want to know who he's working for and why. Hinata, come with me. We are going to talk to the Hokage about this." Hiashi said sternly
"Thank you for saving me." Hinata thanked the guard
"Just doing my job." the guard replied
Hokage office
"Dad, this guy tried to kill that girl, his intentions were obviously not friendly." Naurto said
"I agree, but these murders were all conducted by different people, theres no pattern to them." Minato replied, with a stack of files on each of the murders
"All those that were killed, there killers had the book on them, and each had some sort of enchanted dagger, all with a soul trap on them." Kuroi explained
"Whats a soul trap?" Minato asked
"A soul trap is a enchantment you can put on a weapon, and if the being dies within a certain amount of seconds, there soul will be trapped in the weapon." Draco answered
Hiashi and Hinata walked in, and were surprised to see Naruto, Kuroi and Draco in there with the Hokage.
"Sir, this is urgent. A man tried to kill my daughter and I want answers!" Hiashi yelled
"Let me guess, he had daggers and wore black?" Kuroi asked
"Yes. How did you know?" Hiashi asked
"Were trying to investigate murders that fit that description." Naruto replied
"How many were killed?" Hinata asked
"11, and one is mortally wounded in the hospital." Naruto replied
"Well you three seem to have a common cause, how about you calaberate." Minato offered
"Whoever is after these girls will try again to kill your daughter." Draco chipped in
"Minato, I want these boys to guard my daughter." Hiashi demanded
"What? Why us?" Kuroi asked
"You two seem to understand this more than all of us, and while guarding her, you two can also figure out this." Minato said, understanding Hiashi's plan
"I call day shift!" Naruto yelled
"Crap. I just remembered, I have to go to the academy." Hinata yelped and grabbed Naruto and ran out
"Help!" Naruto yelled in surprise
"You wanted the day shift! Thats what you get! Well, night everyone. If I'm going to do the night shift, I need my rest." Kuroi said and left for his apartment.
Academy
Hinata ran in, but suprisingly she was the first on there. Naruto, being weighed down by armor and his axe, was gasping for breath and sweating like a pig. He then plopped down on the floor right next to Iruka.
"Hinata, who is this?" Iruka asked
"He's my new bodyguard, Naruto Namikaze." Hinata replied
Naruto finally caught his breath and stood next to Hinata. Slowly other classmates trickled in till everyone was there an hour later. There was much gossip about Naruto, about either he was a student or something else. Ino decided to see why he was here.
"Hello there." She said
"Hello." Naruto replied
"Whats your name sweet cheeks?" She asked
"Naruto. Don't try anything girl, you don't want want to mess with me." Naruto replied
"Don't worry, I will not do anything at all." Ino said and touched his nose, and left to sit next to Hianta
"Hi Ino." Hinata greeted
"Hinata, you sure know how to get cute guys on you." Ino complemented
"He's just a bodyguard." Hinata replied
Iruka began when he was sure everyone was there, and Naruto instantly fell asleep during his lectures. Hinata woke him when she noticed he was asleep, and Naruto was forced to endure the class. During his training, he had worked in mines, trained endlessly, and sleeped through whole winters, but this to him was more unbearable out of all those things. To him the way they taught them how to be warriors was a mix of honor and cowardice. He liked they taught them basic jutsu's, but other than that, it was a pathetic way to train them. After they graduate, they were trained by senior ranking shinobi, depriving the military of prescious resources. To him, give them all the training they need at the academy, and then see if it payed off in the field.
"Today we have a guest speaker, the hero of Konaha that save it from destruction by the hands of the nine tailed fox, Draco." Iruka announced and Draco squeezed through the doorway.
"All of you are going into this for your own reasons. Some of you want revenge maybe, others fame, or other reasons all together. In military terms, you are called mercaneries. You are paid to do your job, and none of you feel any loyalty to the village at all while you do your job." Draco boomed
"Thats not true!" One student yelled
"Is it? Then why are there so many missing nin's?" Draco asked
"Cause they have goals that cannot be fofilled by shinobi's." Sauske replied, who was in the front row
Draco walked up to him, "This boy hit it directly on the bullseye, and that makes you the worst one in this room."
"What?" Sauske growled
"For someone to know that fact, you would have to had something of a similar goal. Tell me boy, whats yours?" Draco asked
"Why does it matter to you?" Sauske asked
"Cause you seem like prime missing nin material." Draco smartly replied
Sauske rose and looked into Draco's eyes, but quickly looked away by the omnipotent piercing gaze. Draco smirked and continued his lecture.
"To be a true warrior, you must understand that most warriors want to survive in the end. Thats why if you get attacked high, you duck. If a shield will save your life, you carry one. But you have to use strategy and speed to keep yourselves alive." Draco said
Everyone was surprised he acted like this, bashing shinobi like they were nothing. Draco smirked at there reponse.
"Thats not to say you are weak, you all have potential to become strong, and serve the hidden leaf village, and the land of fire well. I bid you goodbye, and to a successful year of classes." Draco said and left
Iruka then continued on with the lessons, and Naruto still didn't pay attention to them. He was only there to protect Hinata, and nothing was going to distract him from that. The gossip about him however, did get his attention. It wasn't from the male students, but from the female half. Hinata was being constantly asked how Naruto came to be her bodyguard, and other questions pertained to that. Minutes turned to hours, and they were finally let out.
"Um, that wasn't so bad, was it?" Hinata asked Naruto
"Depends on your definition of bad." Naruto replied, bored out of his mind
"You just came on a slow day. Normally we have sparring matches and other things like that." Hinata said to try and cheer Naruto up
"So where to now?" Naruto asked
"Well, I'd like to do some shopping." Hinata answered
"Lead the way." Naruto replied
Hinata went into the marketplace, and pulled out a small wallet. She wanted to see Naruto feel welcome in his position, and didn't want to make him do anything he didn't want to. Hinata already had experience with this sort of thing dealing with the lower branch of the hyuga family.
"Are you hungry?" Hinata asked
"No." Naruto replied, but his belly growled in difiance, "Okay maybe."
Hinata smiled and they went to a restraunt. Hinata ordered red bean soup and sweet rolls, but Naruto asked to order a little later. Through his training, he ate whatever he could get his hands on, and now choosing was hard for him.
"Aren't you going to have anything?" Hinata asked
"Kinda hard when you live off the land for all your life to choose what you eat from all this." Naruto replied
"I'm sorry." Hinata said softly
"Why are you sorry?" Naruto asked
"I didn't know how hard your life has been." Hinata replied, she started to crinch up, and back away from Naruto
"Waiter, I'd like some Ramen and ribeye steak." Naruto said and the waiter went off
After eating dinner, Naruto escorted Hinata home, and the sun was setting, indicating the changing of the guard. Waiting for Kuroi, Naruto needed to know something.
"Hinata, do you have any idea on why someone would want to kill you?" Naruto asked
"Um, well, some in the lower house sorta resent me being higher than them, but other than that I don't know." Hinata replied
"Alright, I'm here." Kuroi said
"See ya pal. By the way, be careful watching her." Naruto warned
"Why?" Kuroi asked
"Cause if you watching her change, Hiashi-sama will attack you of being perverted." Naruto chuckled, Hinata blushed, and Kuroi wanted to punch Naruto.
The first day to Naruto went by quickly, but little did he know the enemy was wheeling around for a second shot, and this time they'd come in with heavy firepower.
MHG: Can Naruto and Kuroi keep Hinata safe from whoever is trying to kill her? Who exactly is trying to kill her, and what do they have up there sleaves to try and kill them and her with? Next time we will gather info, and start to figure out whats going on.