He fell to his knees, too shock to even think about where he was. There she laid, slowly dieing, with an ever present grin on her face. He slowly grabbed her head and she chuckled painfully. "O-O-Oh w-what's with the l-long f-face my l-little f-fox?" A bit of blood escaped her lips.
He looked her fatal wound and placed his hand on it, hoping to pump his tenant's chakra into wound. "W-We both k-know that's not g-going to w-work." She softly said as she weakly grabbed his much larger hands. The sounds of battle in the background was drowned out as they looked at each other.
Feeling his face getting wet, he knew he was crying and couldn't hold back the small choked sob. "N-No, this can't be happening!" He brought her closer to his chest. "I-It has to be a d-dream!"
"S-Stop b-being such a-a b-baka!" She grinned out before it slowly fell. She weakly reached up and placed a hand on his cheek, turning his attention to her face. "I-I d-don't have much t-time a-and I-I know I-I b-broke your promise but please d-dont g-get hung o-over m-my death." Tears slowly slipped from her eyes.
He breathed deeply and shook his head. "No, you were my one and only. They'll pay for w-what they did to you."
Her smile returned. "A-Ah I k-know you w-will b-but please f-find h-happiness after….this...I w-will….always ….love you."
Her hand slowly fell off his face.
-(Outskirts of Gotsumon village)-
He has been following the group out of sight in the trees, gathering data on all of them as part of his mission. From what he was gathering, the ebony haired one, called Koji, is clearly the strongest of the group. Naruto had to calm himself down before he beheaded the guy as someone he once knew replaced Koji's spot.
The second strongest and pseudo leader, Takuya, annoyed the blond with his all-round optimism. The gaki obviously thinks all digimon can be good and that evil doesn't exist. Naruto scoffed quietly from his perch. Idiots like that usually cause death to themselves or the people around them.
He knew from experience.
The larger one of the group, JP, irked Naruto in some way. Maybe it was his dumb ego and high arrogance or the fact that he kept on flirting with the only female in the group. Whatever it was, Naruto wanted to slam his face in. He'll have to keep an eye on him and resist the urge to lop the fool's head off. Cherubimon wanted them observed not killed.
Yet.
The next one, Tommy, was clearly the youngest and nothing more than a boy. He was quiet and kept to himself for the most part unless spoken to. There was something off with the boy and he kept close to the blonde haired female, who was the only one speaking to him.
And finally the person that pledged his thoughts ever since he laid his eyes on her. Zoe was like the glue that held the small group together and broke up most of the little scuffles. Every so often her form would disappear and in her place was another female. The female was little more muscular and taller due to her profession. The female would then turn up to where he was hiding and with a sweet smile, beckoning him to her.
Naruto had to stop himself multiple times before he would reveal his position. This woman, Zoe, had something to do with his late love and Naruto didn't even know how. The resemblance between the two terrified the silent blond man. But back to the mission at hand.
Naruto quickly shook those thoughts away as he saw the small group stop and stand still for awhile. They talked among themselves before breaking off and venturing into different parts of the forest.
-(With Zoe)-
Zoe sighed quietly to herself as she picked up another piece of wood. Her thoughts quickly went to earlier events. "Man, who was that guy? Is he like us?" She looked up at the darkening sky as his cold and calculating face flashed into her mind. "His face seemed….lonely, like he was lost or something."
She then cradled the sticks together as she walked back to the camp. "But he face...why does he look familiar?" Zoe wasn't going to lie, he was indeed handsome in the very short time that she managed to gaze at him. Her mind then went to her D-Tector before she sighed sadly. "Nice to be the weak on again." She said bitterly before beginning to walk back to their makeshift camp.
-(Later that night)-
The sun completely disappeared, allowing the moon to do its job as it bathed the forest in a dim glow. Zoe awoke with a small yawn and stretched out her aching back. The forest floor becoming more of an annoyance the more she slept it. She looked around their camp and saw that their fire had died with glowing embers in the ash.
Everyone else was asleep and the forest was essentially quiet saved for the few chirps of the bugs that were around. Zoe smiled faintly to herself before getting up and nursed the fire back to life. Seeing the flames engulf the remaining wood and the heat spread to her face the blonde female looked around the forest as if she was debating on an internal thought.
She then shrugged to herself before walking into a general direction in the forest. She did this every night as she was always an explorer at heart. Something that her parents often found annoying. She stopped walking and smiled sadly. 'I wonder what ma and pa are doing? I hope they are not too worried about me?"
She could imagine her mom having the biggest fuss ever and her dad trying but failing to calm the worried woman down. Zoe was then broken out of her thoughts by the sound of running water and she came up to a small creek. She sighed and sat at the edge looking at her reflection with the help of the moonlight.
She pulled her knees up to her chest and laid her chin on them. 'How long have we been here?' She thought to herself while taking out her D-tector and gazed at it . 'It feels like we've been here for several weeks. Yet so much shit has happened since then.' A new thought pledge her min. "Is there even a way out of here?"
Suddenly a small crack took her out of her thoughts. She quickly stood up and look at the general direction she thought she heard the sound. "H-Hey is anyone there?" She didn't mean to sound so afraid but without her spirit placed her at a disadvantage if any digimon came looking for a fight.
He was watching the moon when he heard a yawn coming from the camp below him. Glancing down, he saw Zoe get up and nurse the fire before walking off in the barely lit forest. He raised an eyebrow curiously and took one more glance at the moon. He guessed it must be around midnight before silently jumping through the trees following the female.
He shook head to rid of the ghost that walked next the the girl like he has been ever since he saw Zoe. However the temptation to confront her has been growing stronger and it was only his determination to complete his mission that stopped him from doing so. He heard laughter in his head and gritted his teeth as his fist tightened.
"My, you have gotten pathetic." The new and very deep voice said from within his mind. How Naruto wished to remove it from his mind, maybe he could sleep easier if the thing wasn't fucking with his dreams. "Aww quick to remove me? I would shed a tear if I could." Two rows of sharp teeth in the shape of a grin flashed in his mind and the blonde tried his best to ignore the voice.
"Come now, we've been over this, young one. You're stuck with me forever, bonded to my soul for eternity." Naruto took a few calming breaths as he watched Zoe sat down on the creek's bed and pull; her knees up to her chest. Yet the voice wasn't done. "Give it up, boy, you know better than anyone that you'll never see her again. If you die your soul goes to Makai with the rest of the demons and monsters of the world! You'll never see her in this life or the afterlife!"
'SHUT UP!'
It was the most the most emotion he shown in a while as his fist tightened hard enough for blood to seep through his fingers. The voice chuckled softly to itself before retreating to back of Naruto's mind, its job done for the day. Naruto felt an eye water and stuff the idea back down as his whole form slumped.
"H-Hey is anyone out there?" Came the fearful voice of Zoe who looked in Naruto's general direction. The troubled blonde silently cursed as he froze and blended into the darkness like his training entailed. Zoe stared at the bush he was behind for a little longer before she left to go back to her camp.
Making sure that she was gone, Naruto walked out towards the creek. He look at his reflection in the water seeing that his eyes changed to a slightly purple tint, no doubt due to the small influence of the demon's energy. He stared at the reflection a little longer before jumping back into the trees for another restless sleep.
He grunted as another kunai lodged itself into his back. He headbutted a man away before grabbing the kunai out of his back and stabbed it into another man's head. The body quickly went limped as the blood pooled into his hand and used the body as a shield before snapping another man's neck. He felt the wound heal and frown as he saw three men charge at him at the same time.
He felt himself become more frustrated as his red eyes stared at the charging men with hatred and black energy surround his form. The men stopped running as the look at the energy in confusion and slight fear. Of course that was a mistake as the energy erupted and incinerated the men till ash replaced their spot.
The energy disappeared and he let out a small sigh that was quickly replaced with a grunt of pain as he looked down to see a sword impaled into his stomach. He looked to see the remaining man smiling cruelly at him. "Rot in hell you fucking monster!" He growled ferally at the man before grabbing him by the neck thanks to his now impressive strength.
He looked the scared eyes of the man and slowly pulled the sword out of his stomach without a sound. The man's eyes widen in fear and disbelief. "W-Wait, d-don't kill me, p-please." The man choked out pitifully as he squirmed in his grip. "I-I h-have a family!"
He positioned the sword at the man's stomach before looking him straight in the eye. "Rot in hell you fucking monster." He repeated coldly before harshly shoving the sword into the man's stomach. The man struggled as his blood pooled on the floor and life slowly drained from his eyes. He threw the dying body to the side before look at the destruction made in the small room.
"Splendid, just simply amazing as usual." A high pitched masculine voice rang out as the only door opened to reveal a white spiky haired man in a lab coat with two gruff looking henchmen on either side of him. He hated this man with all the passion in his body and gripped the sword in his hand tightly. "It seemed your body is adapting to the new DNA well, it even gave you a new color and higher regenerative abilities." The man said before writing something down a clipboard. "And you finished this trial in under five minutes. Simply amazing."
He stopped writing and looked up at his bloody figure with a smile. "In fact I believe you're ready for the next step in the experiment." He growl and charged at the scientist with a yell. One of the henchmen tried to get in the way but found his head rolling on the floor without a second thought. He was so close to the scientist and was ready to lop off his damn head when a screeching noise slammed into head.
He paused and dropped to his knees and held his ears as the noise got louder and more unbearable. He refused the urge to scream out, not wanting to give the bastard any satisfaction over his pain. He slowly lifted his head through the pain, to see the scientist giving him a cruel smile. "And I see the sound treatment is still going on strong. But let's see how much you can really take." He placed his hand in the ram sign and the sound got to the point where he swore his ears started to bleed.
He felt himself go in and out of consciousness and the last thing he saw was the smiling face of the scientist.
It's a little shorter than I wanted but I felt like I needed to get this out there to show that I'm not dead. So yeah, I'm still alive and kicking, literally. I'll have my other stories up a little later on, hopefully...don't quote me on that.
As for this story I think I'll do one more "introductory" chapter before any real things go down. And yes there is going to be little bit of Naruto's background in flashbacks all over the stories. Some chapters may have more than 2 flashback just for a little warning and most are relevant to the plot.
A virtual cookie(because I can) if anybody figures out why I love mentioning the moon so damn much. Still wondering if that'll get annoying soon *shrugs* Who knows?