mission 3:the ultimate blessing and the red rain
ahour and a half after the arrival of Eathen Heroshy,a man who fell from the sky,landed hard and opened up a hell of a lot more then a can of worms.
a group consisting of the gennin 12,their teachers,iruka,the sanin and of course the 2 owners/operators of narutos favorite food stand,now watching in amazement as eathen quickly approached narutos record of ramen, Eathen was now on his 56th bowl of what could only be called meat ramen with about 3 pounds of meat in it consisting of chicken, pork and mostly beef, eathen like a da beef. old man ichiraku needed to get a special bowl to fit it in,or maybe troth is a more accurate description of it
as eathen finished his 57th and was about to get started on lucky number 58 many in the group were getting restless watching the teen devour his weight in ramen
naruto decided to break the silence"so eathen,you think you might clear up some of those uber bombs you dropped earlier?"
eathen finished his bite and looked at naruto "sounds fair quick question first,who the hell are all you people?i know naruto and i would bet my center nut the big boobed blond lady is your leader but who the hell are you guys?"eathen said with a completely blank,almost oblivious stair
now it was not an unknown fact that when someone of the male persuasion brought mention to the slug queens mammary glands she had one reaction and everyone in the group took 3 steps back to stay out of the line of fire.
"big boobed lady?"tsunade muttered out in her rage and the pulsing vain in her head only amplified the mood as she clenched her fist which is a well known precursor to one of her painful chakra punches
eathen of course was oblivious to this act of aggression and continued eating his ramen at a surprising pace"yes i believe thats what i said but back to my question,who are..."
BAMMMM!
and our new found hero goes flying right into the wall of ichiraku ramen then quickly stands up,head covered in blood, with an uncommon reaction
"WHAT THE FUCK MAN?!WHY?!WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"
everyone just starred and naruto spoke up to inform his cousin of the etiquette around tsunade"well when you bring up a ladies private areas you better be prepared to get hurt"
eathen had a look of confusion that was new to the ninja"hurt?I'm not hurt."
now the look was shared by all"not hurt? then why the language?"
eathen now looking like he was on the verge of crying"she made me spill my ramen"
everyone was floored by this statement as no one expected anyone but naruto to be saying it
"but your bleeding"
eathen then looked at himself up and down not seeing blood"where?"he said with a clueless expression
naruto felt the need to point it out"uh,your head."
eathen then,in curiosity,wiped of his forehead and looked at the blood on it,then proceeded to sniff and then...lick the blood on his hand,much to everyones disgust
"that ain't my blood"
at this new revelation the group looked over at the lady hokage to see her cradling her own fist,her bleeding,probably broken, fist
"what the hell is your head made of kid, i mean hell are you even human?"
shizune rushed over to heal tsunade and everyone else just looked at eathen in astonishment
cleaning the hokages blood off his forehead to reveal not a mark on it eathen answered with a slightly cocky grin"hell,who knows?not even sure myself,but seeing as i did more damage to you then you did to me and i really don't want to be accused of assaulting the hokage I'll answer your questions first,but lets walk and talk,i am really not the kind a person to sit around and do nothing"
he then reached to the back of his jacket and pulled out a black pouch barely bigger then naruto's equipment pouch and looked at ayame
"so how much i owe ya sweety?"he said with a kind smile
the ninjas,let alone ayame,where taken back by this"um,uh,just a second."the girl said with a faint blush"you owe...wow, 2,312ryou"
now seeing as he was narutos cousin every one present expected him to ask for money, and as such started digging for enough to pay,at least until they heard something totally unexpected"cool,lets make it a solid 3,000,after all you guys did all the work"they all looked at him like he had just proclaimed himself a necrophiliac,as he handed ayame the money and put the pouch back in his coat.
ayame and tsuchi just looked dumb founded"um,thanks a lot mister um,I'm sorry i didn't catch your name?"the young lady said with a faint blush on her face
eathen responded with the same kindly grin"eathen,eathen heroshy,at your service"he added a slight bow at the end making the girl only blush harder
the group looked at the scene quite wide eyed
jiraiya leaned over to kakashi and stated what was on his mind"this kid is very,VERY,good"kakashi stated simply"no kidding"
finishing his interaction with the lady ramen cook,eathen turned to the party"well you guys ready?"
tsunade,with her hand now sporting a wrap to help it heal faster,took her place next to naruto at the front of the group"after you my hard headed friend"
eathen just slipped on his sunglass' and pocketed his hands as he left the stand
"so first question?"
tsunade stepped up,er walked a little faster"you said your dad was the 4th hokages brother,but i wasn't aware he had a brother?""
eathen just kept walking with a calm expression"well not many did,my dad was only in the village till he was 10 then he left to do something better,in fact the only people who really knew about him were uncle minato, his teacher and old man sarutobi."
most of the group was placated by this but tsunade fixed that"wait,jiraiya,weren't you the 4th's teacher?"
everyone in turn looked over at the village mega perv to hear his answer,but eathen saw fit to answer for him
"yes he was in fact i meet him on a few occasions when uncle minato and old man sarutobi came to visit dad"
many of the ninja noticed quickly something funny in his statement and probed deeper into the subject
kakashi started"so where is your dad now?"
eathen didn't skip a beat"dead,been dead for 13 years"
"so how old are you, if you remember multiple visits from the 3rd and 4th hokages and jiraiya and judging from your appearance you would have to be at least in your 20's?"
still on a roll and keeping up his very leisurely pace"actually I'm 17, be 18 next September"
eathen then stopped and yelled rather loudly "ya hear that ladies of the world:Eathen Heroshy is gonna be legal!"
the group became a bit wide eyed at this revelation and slightly mortified by his blatant display of sexual bravado
kuranai now stepping up"but how could you remember that much from when you were 3?"
eathen then turned to face the group and started walking again, walking...backwards"hereditary genetic mutation,i mentally mature 4 times faster then normal and its also the cause for double D's broken wrist,my bones are harder then steel and my "chakra"" making the quotation gesture "'is 20 times thicker"he said nodding at tsunade,who was not happy with the nickname, an knocking on his forehead like you would hear a metallic ping from it.
then he turned to walk normally.
neji then felt then need to take the baton"a kekka genkai?!"
"whatever you call it, i call it a curse, live long, heal fast, mature fast, retain untold amounts more info then the average human and the good ol super bones. all in all it really sucks"
sakura then decided to enter the conversation"how can a bloodline like that be called a curse,it sound like the ultimate blessing?"
at this eathen stopped,turned around and walked right up to sakura""the ultimate blessing"?this ultimate blessing was the cause for the death of my entire family and the reason i remember it and will never forget it"
now everyone was speechless at this horrifying revelation
sakura was trying to say...something,anything,but all she got out were gasps and mutters
sasuke then,thinking only of him self, compared it to his situation,the fucking fool"thats nothing compared to what i went through."
now this struck a cord for eathen,he turned and made a b-line strait towards sasuke with a really pissed look on his face and the second he got to him sasuke felt the fury radiating from him"what did you say punk?"eathen then picked him up by his collar and looked him in the eyes"OK,picture this:your 4 years old,and just days after learning your uncle died,a massive beast of true horror and power appears and starts killing everyone demanding your head and killing all that refuse or don't even know anything, you then sit hiding as it kills your mother,then your brother,then your sister and then you watch as your dad dies to save you and the whole time you know..."eathen stopped, sniffing the air a few times and the look on his face shifted to one of shock and worry
(theme music:Devils Never Cry(full version)-ramstein(?)-devil may cry 3-5:20)
(alternative theme music:haunted-evanescence-fallen-3:06)
"everyone get under cover now!"eathen said with the utmost seriousness
naruto questioned this"uh,wh..."
"NOW NARUTO,ALL OF YOU GO!" they still just stood there
at the lack of the groups movement eathen acted,swiping his arm and the entire group was sent flying into the side of the building on the left of the street and eathen whispered something in sasukes ear and threw him to the group, now inside buildings on both sides of the street.
they all watched as several dozens of blood red flying serpents the size of a full grown man appeared and swooped down at eathen
he then twisted to dodge one swooping down at him and at the same time a trail of fire is seen tracing over his right shoulder,across his torso and splitting into a T shape under his jacket and where it traced a red strap was and in a large burst of fire a massive broad sword appeared on his back.
Easily 6 feet from tip of blade to end of hilt and 5 inch's wide at the thickest part of the blade.
A double sided blade with slight indentations 4 inch's from the tip on both sides an inch deep with a red fire pattern going 6 inch's up the blade from the hilt that pointed out on each side of the blade looking slightly like a red moon on its back.
The handle was mainly black with a red line twisting around it till it ended at the silver upside down V shaped end with a perfect red diamond lodged in the very center.
eathen then grabbed the sword and ripped it from its spot and swung it,cleaving one of the monsters in half with blood splattering every where
and with a cocky grin on his face eathen muttered with total confidence"lets rock!"
he then proceeded to cleave another of the beasts diagonally, then jumped, easily 15 feet in the air, to stab one in the head and fling its body at the ground scaring the hell out of all those
who couldn't see him.
He then used one of the creatures as a spring board to gain more altitude and twirled mid-air slicing many more of the creatures.
with every cut on the beasts, blood is sent flying in gruesomely gratuitous amounts,as if they had more blood then they needed.
as eathen feel to the ground he left a bloody trail of blood as he went, slicing, cutting, mincing and destroying all in his path so that when he landed it looked as though it was raining blood on him.
The second eathen landed he jumped back up in the air, using the force of his landing to spring him back into the air and as he did he shoved his hand strait into the head of one of the
bloody serpents and threw it to the ground so hard that the blood splattered all those not smart enough to duck into the safety of one of the stores on the side of the street
the creatures then decided to swarm eathen in hopes of ending his time on this planet, but alas, to no a vale, eathen only hurled his sword strait at them towards the ground in a spin shredding more then a few and landing tip first into the ground, perfectly strait up and down, and one would surmise that it was intentional, especially when eathen planted his feet on each side of the handle and once again using the force of his landing to springboard himself air born, but this time there are 2 new factors to it:1, he is using a hundred times the power as before and 2, the second he kicked off, his sword followed him into the sky by some unseen force, hidden by the tail of his coat.
as he went flying past the hordes of monsters he started to spin dicing all that came within 30 feet of him, for those on the ground with only regular sight it was impossible to make out what was happening, but for others, others like neji who had very good "sight" they would see that the spiraling mass was impossible to make out due to an unknown addition to the spinning red and black object mixed into the twisting mass making it a very effective corkscrew.
As Eathen finally reached the peak of his climb EVERYONE could see a lot of fire surround him in a large burst as he stopped spinning and began falling, slicing each and every devil on his way down.
As he finally hit the ground, all the blood and chunks of monster were sent into the air by the shock wave with eathen in the center in a kneeling pose with his sword in his right hand pointing behind him.
and just as naruto and the others were about to come out and ask eathen about the event, the sky above him darkened and suddenly it rained, it rained the blood and entrails of Eathen's
slain enemies
the scene could only be described as one of the most dramatic, bad-ass-looking and horrifying scene's to ever exist, Eathen's shining silver hair and blade were dyed red instantly along with every inch of viable skin and ground under the gruesome red rain.
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as the rain of blood ended the ninjas and civilians alike emerged the the gruesome scene in fear, they all just starred, at the red street, the halved chunks of the monstrous beings the now lie dead in the red street and the disturbingly calm and stoic warrior that killed the the beings now laying dead in the red street.
naruto being the first to speak after that traumatic display said what on any other occasion, any at all, would be really stupid but right now it was what was on everyones mind
"anyone else feel like shiting their pants?"
instantly everyone present, save the blood covered man, raised there hand in perfect unison and at seeing this Eathen broke out into hysterical laughter, mimicking the movement of the group and continued to laugh, this went on for nearly a minute and only helped to make the situation that much more uncomfortable
when Eathen finally calmed down he looked around and said loud enough for all to hear "well i guess i should clean this up,then we can go on with our Q & A, kay" he then raised his right hand and EVERYONE practically dived into the pool of blood that they where doing everything to stay out of and eathen then snapped his fingers and a wave of red fire washed over the ground, incinerating all thats left of the creatures.
he then looked at himself and realized he was covered in blood, after his sword and holster strap vanished in a burst of fire he looked over at a near by park and saw what looked like a
a pond there he then looked at the ninjas and said simply "you coming?" and walked in the direction of the body of water,the civilian crowd, of course, all but dived out of his way.
Most of the group where following him but then sakura looked back and noticed sasuke siting there in the same spot eathen had thrown him with a look of pure horror and fear on his face.
"sasuke-kun?whats wrong?"
saskue looked at her shakily and said all he could "watch carefully, if your attitude towards me doesn't improve i swear to all the deities in heaven and and the devils in hell your next"
sakura looked at him confused"what are you talking about?"
sasuke then grabbed her shoulders and looked her strait in the eyes and if it weren't for the"i am about to shit my pant"look on his face and in his eyes she would have most likely fainted
but all possibility of that happening vanished as soon as he said what he said next"thats what he said to me"watch carefully,if your attitude towards me doesn't improve i swear to all the deities in heaven and the devils in hell your next"thats what that man said just as he threw me over here."
sakura was speechless about this, oh who am i kidding, its sakura, she's never speechless "lets go sasuke-kun!I swear I'll sort this out for you!"she then helped him to him feet and and he practically clung to her like a human shield and they both walked over to confront Eathen.
-back with the others while sasuke and sakura talked
everyone was sending question after question at Eathen at the same time and he was losing his mind
"one at a time please!"
and he saw he was less the 20 feet from the river that he thought was a pond and said simply and LOUDLY
"aw, fuck it"and took off and top speed and dove head first into the water, this caught everyone quite off guard and they were speechless but what came next, no one was ready for.
as Eathen emerged from the water doing a classic "wet-hair fling"that really doesn't work for most men but he pulled it off disturbingly well, probably the long hair, he then made his way to the shore and all the girls were thinking the same thing, or should i say:having the same fantasy
(shortened theme music:moving in stereo-the cars-if you know this you are very dirty-original-4:36-short-1:00)
-fantasy
Eathen slowly makes his way to the shore and along the way removes his jacket to reveal his short sleeved-zip up shirt and nice bisepts, the he procedes to zip his shirt, revealing is gorgous lean body, the scars covering his body seem to only make it hotter some how for them and each one of their fantasies ended the same way, with Eathen walking up to them saying the perfect line and kissing them very deeply and very passionately
(end music)
-reality
Eathen made his way to the shore and sat on the dry land, took off his boots then removed his shirt and jacket, revealing an amount of scars that would make ibiki and anko flinch.
Eathen examined his jacket to find a massive rip in the back "son of a bitch, oh well, lets continue with the questioning shall we"
though the guys wanted to ask about his fight with the creatures,the girls had different things on his mind with ino up fist
"how much do you work out?"
Eathen still looking over his clothing gave no outward expression with his answer"um, about 2 or 3 times a month, not including training, that i do like every other day maybe. Next?"
now it was tenten's turn"how strong are you?"
same as last time with no change in expression"well i can bench about 750-800 lbs give or take. Next?"
this find nudged the girls a little bit out of their trans' and tsunade gave an intelligent comment "thats almost as much as me with the help of chakra"
at this Eathen looked back at her "i could tell," and pointed to the spot on his forehead she hit"about 1200lbs?"
"um yeah. no ones ever guessed that closely before"
hinata not in a trance at all anymore noticed some thing and just had to ask "why are these 2 scar's different then the rest?"as she felt the 2 parallel marks on his back that go from his shoulders to his lower back on the edge's of his back.
at that statement everyone noticed the difference in the rest of his scars that are indents while those 2 bulge,they where also a bit of a darker color and those present dirty enough to look that low noticed another mark exactly like the others starting just above his waist band and going down...well, down.
eathen knew instantly what she ment and knew what needed to be done"good eye there, um you all know who i am but i still have no idea who the hell you all are"
naruto stepped up in a hurry to learn more about his family "hinata, kiba, shino, ino, shikamaru, choji,tenten, neji, lee, iruka-sensei, kakashi-sensei, asuma-sensei, kuranai-sensei, guy-sensei, granny tsunade and shizune. where are sasuke and sakura, oh here they come, now answer the question so we can move on!"he rushed out pointing to each one and is now trying to catch his his breath, everyone was totally caught of guard by this, Eathen simply stated"damn, right to the point"
but jiraiya had to bring up"you forgot me."playing dumb a bit
naruto looked at him annoyed "no i didn't, he said he already knows you, now answer the ladies question!"
"o-kay, well,hinata?"he check if he got it right, which she nodded to confirm"good eye, these look different from my other scars because these arn't scar's. I was born with them and the serve a very interesting purpose, they...aw hell it'll just be easier to show you. Back up a fair bit."
they all take 2 or 3 steps back
"more."
2 or 3 more steps
"20 feet people, 20 feet, 20-feet,pretty-neat,pretty-neat"
a little confused by the distance and saying but just went with it
"ok, thats good, here we go..."
eathen takes a deep breath, mainly to increase the drama and just as sasuke and sakura get with the group and she id about to yell at eathen something happens that no one expected.
after a burst of fire from the marks on his back 2 giant appendages sprout from his back but not human appendages, no, not arms or feet, but wings.
red wings with black stripes along them,these wings easily have a 25 foot wingspan and 3 large taloned claws on each wing and look like they go to a...dragon.
"what do you think, cool huh? wait theres more"
in another burst a 6 foot long dragon tail with matching color scheme appears from his tail bone mark, but no it doesn't end there, his finger tips are sporting 1-inch talons and his fangs are now at least an inch long and his hair looked slightly more spiky, but the finale and most intimidating thing was his eyes.
no longer the golden-yellow-ovoloid of eathen heroshy,but the blood-red-trigger-slits of a dragon that only jiraiya noticed earlier
'i knew it. This can't be good.' the toad sage thought to him self in concern
"what the hell are you?"
Eathen with his new features said with a half-cocked grin answered in a way that was quiet expected
"me? I'm Eathen Heroshy,the Blackfire Knight"