The forest of death was exactly as it sounded. A thick looming forest, deadly animals, poisonous plants and of course people like me. People with no qualms with killing and actually go looking for trouble. Usual ninjas would be sneaking around silently, hoping to sneak up on a team with the opposite scrolls. Usual ninjas wouldn't be walking with their scroll out in the open and singing quite loudly to draw attention to themselves. Whoever said I was a usual ninja was wrong.
"Well look here. We stumbled across the jack pot. We'll be taking your heaven scroll now. Hand it over and we might let you live." A masculine voice spoke behind me. Perfect. Not only has he revealed to me he has an earth scroll but he also made the mistake of assuming I could be injured by someone as weak as him.
I start to chuckle darkly with a crazed smirk on my face. "Oh what fun! Blood, blood will be spilled!" I spoke creepily and my sand started to swirl around me in deadly waves. "What a shame though. You won't live to see the master piece your blood will make."
"What do you mean! How could someone alone take my team down! What a joke!" The male started to crackle. Oh what a mistake he made and he shall pay for it with his life.
"Zuko. Back off. If you knew anything you would know she is the demon of the black sand. Rivaling the sand's own third Kazekage with her offensive and defensive capabilities." The female spoke from in front of me. A dainty little girl with a mist headband. What was unusual was her eyes held no color for she was as blind as a bat, using a chakra echolocation from what I could feel in the air.
Zuko, a rather well muscled boy with a katana strapped to his back, scowled. "I don't care if she could rival the Mizukage, Yuki! Akiko now!" Ah. So this boy had a plan. Chains shout up from the ground and started to closely bind my arms to my torso, making any attempts at forming hand signs futile.
I chuckled dangerously and the girl, Yuki, appeared worried for a second before she reigned in her emotions. "It's your funeral, I only hope she will spare me from your stupid choice." She spoke coldly to them. She could prove to be challenge to should she live.
My sand swirled slowly towards the boys and their eyes widened in fear. "How!" They yelled out.
"Bye boys." With that I held them down with my sand and slowly forced my sand down their throats into their lungs. Tearing their insides apart before forcing the sand out in all directions violently. I felt something warm splatter my cheeks and stain my clothes. Blood. Wonderful blood. The chains dropped and my sand carried their earth scroll to me.
As I turned to leave Yuki spoke up. "Why? Why leave me alive? All the information we have on you claims you leave no survivors."
"Something is whispering to me. Whispering that soon I shall be changed by who I'd least expect it and start letting people in. Not only that but I can feel it. Whoever is supposed to change me is here. This something is also telling me to leave you alive." I walked off leaving the blind girl before I continued my singing in the way to the tower with my first genuine smile on my face, strange for the song I was singing.
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I've only ever been alone. No friends and no guardians. At first I had wanted friends, yearned for someone, anyone to be my friend. However over time no one came and I grew dark and started to hate.
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
I may not like it but soon someone is going to change me. Soon I may even have my first friend but until then I will still be alone.
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
No one will understand what I have had to endure. The silent keeping of Shiku, secret assassination attempts on me due to being a flight risk to the village and yet here I am. Everything was always twisted to fit others plan. Accusations of dozens of murders were pegged against me yet I never committed a single one. No one believing my pleas of them attacking me. Oh no the demon was never believed. Yet someday it will be better. It wont be easy and I will be more likely to push them away but I won't be alone.
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
Soon the tower loomed in front of me almost menacingly. Upon a closer look I was quite surprised to find that I wasn't the only one who had secured a scroll and made it here early on. I push open the second set of doors, breaking the seal over the center and most likely alerting someone of my entrance.
I laid the earth scroll in the ground and unraveled it with the heaven scroll over it in an x. An audible poof signaled the lone chunin's appearance. No doubt nervous about being so close to Konoha's demon.
"C-Congratulations Akuma-San. P-please await the next section of the exam here." The man stuttered out. "E-Enjoy the amenities on the ground such as the hot springs." The unnamed chunin disappeared just as quickly as he came. I could really care wether if they wanted to be near me or not. Though I guess it could be expected it unnerved him somewhat as I was drenched in other peoples blood.
I pushed open the second door before heading off to find the available rooms. My first order of business would be to clean up then find out which team made it here. In only the walls didn't block out chakra otherwise I would have known who was in here with me.
I open the door to room eight to reveal three beds and a small bathroom with a shower. Quickly I threw my pack to the first bed and headed to the bathroom. Swiftly I grabbed a rag and dampened it to rinse most of the grime off of me. The dried blood however was rather difficult to rinse away without the help of a full shower. That would come soon.
I turn on the shower, toss my sand filled scroll in the counter before grabbing a towel from under the sink. As soon as the water warmed I stripped and dropped my clothing into the sink to soak and my bandages in the trash. From experience I knew blood wasn't easy to remove from clothes.
Fortunately I was smart enough to bring one of my few spare outfits. An ebony battle kimono with a red threaded dragon curling around my waist. The sleeves were long and drooped down over my hand and held secret pockets for quick kunai retrieval. Effortless I pulled on the ninja mesh leggings and pulled my hair up into a braided bun with two braids hanging down, framing my face.
Quickly securing my scroll to the length of red silk wound around me once before tying in a fiery yet elegant bow by my hip. Silently I stepped into the towers kitchen to find the girl from the sand team. 'Ah so they beat me here.' I thought in my head.
"Hello." She greeted, strangely friendly. I nodded a greeting back, keeping my silence. Effectively avoiding a conversation and allowing me to snag a blueberry bagel with about half of the container of cream cheese on it. I knew automatically that this was going to probably be an annoying couple of days.