Kaito: We are so sorry me and my little brother have been so busy we forgot to our chapter.
Hiko: We've had a lot of problems with tests, projects, Raine landing herself in jail...again. So yeah we've been busy and we only remembered the story cause Moonlight reminded us.
Kaito: So please enjoy the story!
Kaito & Hiko: We don't own Naruto if we did why would we be writing FanFiction?
Kaito: I'd make it a yaio anime.
Hiko: I'm so glad you don't own it then.
Chapter 3: The Red Death Appears
She was walking at a fast pace while holding Naruto's hand, they had watched the shinobi fighting with interest, the battle was purely hand to hand combat and the battle was hard to follow due to sheer speed that they were fighting but that's not what made her practically run to the apartment, no it was the constant nagging of her instincts that told her to run and hide. The feeling just kept getting worse and worse as the day progressed, the constant feeling of being watched was eating away at her and made her look at her surroundings every five minutes.
The role of predator and prey was switched without her knowing and she hated it.
She was not the only one to feel this, Naruto did as well. The blond also got the feeling of being watched as well and it worried him but his friend was worrying him as well, when they were done hunting she always cleaned her hunting knife and arrows but she just took the arrows and put them back in their quiver without doing that and her knife had blood staining it. That and those strange vials that she carried around with her she took one of those out and poured them into the quiver and on her blade, the liquid was a golden color.
The former seventeen year old poured the poison into her quiver, she had no idea what was following them but she would see that it will be in for a deadly surprise. The sky changed showcasing the many hues of the setting sun as night approached. The safety of daylight was almost gone as they neared the slums, a few more minutes and is would be nothing but darkness. Darkness never made her feel anything but a tinge of sorrow but now she felt fear with the unknown that lurked in the dark abyss with their predators just waiting to pounce on them. She was unprepared for this, unprepared for what their predators had in store for them.
"Our life is made by the death of others." A voice whispered in her ear, the voice was obviously belonged to a woman. "Don't waste your chance, Hanta-chan." With a small giggle the voice was gone.
The raven haired girl turned around to see who was whispering to her, but no one was there. 'Hanta? My name is not Hanta.' She thought as she took out and arrow and strung her bow. Multiple footsteps rang out as well as the hush whispers through the quiet streets where everyone should be in a deep sleep resting in their lost memories, desires, wishes that they call dreams. She turned to Naruto and gave a weak smile and took out her hunting knife and handed it to him. His eyes widened at he looked at her, a lone tear had fallen from his eyes.
I trust you and accept you as family. Something that would mean nothing to others if they were to see it but to people who have seen the darker side of humanity it was something that spoke of high value to the amount of respect and trust you were willing to put on a person.
With swift movements the former seventeen year old pointed the arrow at their would be attackers. The looks on their face was that of shock that soon turned to anger and hate.
"Step aside brat this has nothing to do with you." A man shouted. His inky black hair shone in the moonlight, as his pale skin glowed in the darkness. His dark obsidian eyes flickered to a deep blood red with what looked like three camas begun to spin in his eyes. The man was an Uchiha.
She pulled the arrow farther back aiming at the center of his torso, where his heart was. "If it involves my friend then it also involves me." She called out. A drop of poison fell from the tip of the arrow and hit the compact dirt floor, the Uchiha male smirked as if she wouldn't dare shoot him.
"Well that's too bad," he began as he took a step closer to them only to clutch his chest that had an arrow embedded in it. The small girl smiled as the people crowded around him with shock and surprise.
"It's no use trying to save him." She whispered. Their eyes turned to her as she pointed another arrow at them readying herself for the inevitable violence that would follow. "The poison I used on him has no cure," She said. 'Well none that you know of.' She thought. "And if there was one it'd be too late to save him. The poison is already coursing through the bloodstream affecting his motor functions, immune system, and nerves system. Death is but a few minutes away waiting to take him."
With that said they came rushing at them like animals going in for the kill.
Another arrow flew in the air hitting someone in the neck as all the people came rushing towards them with the intent to kill them where they stand. She turned and ran with Naruto not too far behind her, the stampeding hordes of people were out for blood to night and it was their blood that they wanted to spill. They ran to the back alleyways to throw them of, but it was no use. They kept running stopping a few times for the raven haired girl to shoot their attackers that dropped to the floor with haunting hallow emotionless eyes that will give them nightmares for years to come.
Naruto ran a head of his friend as she stopped again and shot another person down, she was tiring herself out. He noticed her slowing down with each step and her movements were getting sloppy as she ran. With each turn or a corner and each doge from a thrown kunai she was getting slower and Naruto was worrying about her as their attackers eyes showed mirth and bloodlust. At a sharp turn they reached a dead end and she was collapsed on the floor breathing heavily, he kneeled to her helping her stand up she smiled weakly at him and whispered a weak thank you to him. She pulled out one of the few arrows that she had left and shot it killing another person as the other people ran stopping at the entrance of the alleyway. He could see the anger, pain, and hatred in their eyes directed at him as well as her.
The former seventeen year old, without looking at the blond, in a soft voice began to speak letting only Naruto hear her. "Whatever happens we'll always stay together, otouto." A small smile graced her lips as she turned to look at the villagers. She didn't notice Naruto's eyes widen or the tear that fell from his eye staining his whiskered cheek. Another body fell to the floor, his eyes that showed nothing but complete and utter loathing had dimmed as his breathing slowed down till it his chest stilled. He was dead, just another insignificant body lying on the ground. So why did it make her body freeze and make her blood turn cold? She had no more arrows left to use, she had nothing left to use to defend her and Naruto. She stood in front of making her body shielding him so that no harm would come to him.
She was willing to give her life away for his safety. She stood knowing that these people (If you can call them that) were out for blood, for both Naruto and hers. Her raven hair was pulled and her cheek stung as the fist connected to it, it kept coming making her spit out blood. Her hair was tugged and pulled, her lip bled out, bruises were forming on her as she resisted clawing at their wrists making them bleed as well. Naruto was in no better condition, he had long deep cuts decorating his body, and his screams echoed the alleyway, engraving itself in her mind as she fought to reach him. Her arm reached out to him as if to make him know that she was still here for him.
A sharp pain in her chest made her cough up blood; her body shook as she looked down to her chest to see a kunai embedded right next to her heart. She looked at Naruto who was on his knees with blood pooling around him as they made him look at her. His eyes were filled with unshed tears that threatened to spill over and stain his whiskered cheeks. Those azure eyes told her what no words ever could.
You're the light in all the darkness that surrounds me.
I would have broken if not for you.
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me alone in the darkness.
Don't leave me onee-chan.
Tears fell from her eyes as she saw the unspoken words. Things blurred together as she strained to see, she was unable to make out the voices over her loud heart beat, the edges of her vision were turning black as her body was lifted and thrown hitting the brick wall. The last thing she heard was Naruto screaming "Onee-chan!" as the world around her turned black and her beating heart stopped.
'No, no she couldn't be gone, she can't be dead'. His heart was racing, as he saw the blood, so much blood, pooling around her staining her skin and clothes. Why? Why did they do this? Why did they hurt him? He had done nothing wrong yet they hated him! Deep within the blonds mind something snapped, causing his eyes to glaze over. 'I wish,' he thought 'I was dead. Then I would be with onee-chan and-'his thoughts were interrupted as long gashes form the kunai cut his skin making blood flow out of him. Anguish cries and screams filled the quiet night, laughter followed soon after.
Pain
Agony
Hatred
Sorrow
All of these feelings were in their eyes as the kunai cut open his chest, the poison left in his onee-chans quiver coated the blade as it pierced his heart. Naruto tried to stand but his body said otherwise. When he tried to use his left hand his right leg would move, it was like that every time he wanted his body to do something. His glanced to her, her short hair clung to her face with her eyes closed, if they were not in this situation he would have said that she looked cute when she slept. But he knew that she was not sleeping. She was gone. Gone because he could not protect her; maybe they were right. Maybe he was really better off dead.
The corner of his vision was turning black and blurred everything together; he could barely make out the laughter as he lay there just a few feet from onee-chan. If only his body will do as he said then his hand would be close enough for their fingertips to touch.
The world went black as he closed his eyes as his heart stopped beating.
They walked away from them with savage glee in their eye and the look of accomplishment graced their faces as they walked out of the alleyway. Even while picking up the fallen their smiles never wavered. The cries and barks of the animals were silent as if they could feel it in their bones that after this night nothing will ever be the same. Killing intent leaked out of the alleyway stopping them in their tracks, when they turned their head what they saw made their blood run cold.
Its body was a dark shade of crimson as it stood up on its hind legs, nine tails flickered violently its hands were claws that dripped blood, its eyes as red as blood with a slit in the middle that looked like the eyes of a cat…or a fox. The beast reared its head back and let out a roar, a roar that shook the village and awoke many of its inhabitants. It was the very same roar four years ago that belonged to none other the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the bane of all of Konoha was free from its prison. Blood decorated the streets of the people that killed the two four year olds were now dismembered body parts or stains on the dirt ground.
With another mighty roar the beast ran heading towards the clan enclave of the Uchiha, may Kami have mercy on them.
Kaito: As stated before we are sorry for the late update.
Hiko: A lot of shit came up and we had to suffer it.
Katio: Well Shinji and Ren have the Next chapter or was it Hana and Mana?
Hiko: It's Shinji and Ren.
Kaito: Leave us your thought's on how we did, please leave a Review.
Hiko: Will till next time! Kaito and Hiko out!