"All Kill Landing Edge"

By Nes Mikel

Acknowledgment;

I hereby acknowledge that the work of fiction presented here is for my own personal amusement and entertainment purposes alone. I hereby also acknowledge that while this story is mostly based on Kishimoto Masashi's "Naruto", certain crossover elements from Type-Moon's "Garden of Sinners/Kara no Kyoukai" also exist, although knowledge of it is not a requirement. Thus, I acknowledge that the original story concept and ideas, while heavily altered for the sake of the crossover, are copyright of all its associates.

For non up-to-date readers, this fiction will contain spoilers up to the latest Naruto manga chapters.

With that said, enjoy.

"All Kill Landing Edge"

- Chapter Six -

"Des Beses Solides"

French – "Firm Foundations"

Nanaya.

Fujou.

Asakami and Asagami.

Ryougi.

They were names of great legend in the long forgotten eras when the Sage of Six Paths was still present among the living in the world. Four clans, four families; they were the four that composed of the greatly infamous 'Demon Hunter Organization' in ancient ages of past.

Centuries ago, when the great Sage defeated the most powerful ten-tailed demon in the entire world and sealed the beast within him, not everyone had praised him for the great accomplishment. Instead, it was these four clans, who once held great influence over the land during that era, which raised the concern over the fact that the Sage of Six Paths was now a jinchuuriki and possessed the ability to harness and control the overwhelming power of the Juubi demon. They were wary of the fact that a mere individual had come into possession of such unimaginable power and feared the balance the world would be thrown in to chaos again, just by his mere presence. After all his efforts in trying to lead the world into an era of peace instead of conflict, such was the fate of the savior of the world.

The Sage of Six Paths himself knew that his solution of sealing the demon within him was only a temporary one. He was well aware that if he were to die the seal he placed on himself would shatter and the demon would break free, rendering all his efforts for naught. To remedy his problem, and quickly – for his time remaining was short – he utilized his banbutsu souzou, his Creation of All Things technique to divide the ten-tailed demon's charka into nine separate entities, creating the nine demons in what the later world will come to know as the tailed beasts. After making sure the physical remains of the Juubi were safely entombed within his chibaku tensei stone prison which would eventually become the moon, he hurled the heavy construct into the sky and passed away soon thereafter, entrusting his strength, dream and legacy down to his two sons.

His efforts, however, did not satisfy the four great families. As the Sage's dream for peace and prosperity went down in flames as his two sons descended into a long bitter feud ignited from the war of succession that would be carried over into their Senju and Uchiha decedents, the four families banded together as one to form the Demon Hunter Organization.

Created as their own way of responding to the 'solution' to the Juubi problem, the organization's main purpose had been simple. The families did not see the Sage in the same light when he split the ten-tailed demon into the nine tailed beasts and called the problem solved. Rather, by splitting the immensely powerful chakra of the ten-tails into the bit-more-manageable nine other entities, it had in fact extended the problem when new conflicts arose and entire wars were beginning to be fought for their possession. Alarmed by these new emerging conflicts, the four clans created the organization with the goal of exterminating the problem directly from the source. Thus, their purpose: to wipe all demons and their jinchuuriki hybrids off the face of the earth. They saw the demons as an evil that needed to be cleansed, an abnormality in the world that needed to be corrected.

During their prime, the Demon Hunter Organization was greatly feared throughout the land, led primarily by the Nanaya, the considered-to-be most powerful clan of the four. The Nanaya possessed a form of psychic ability reflected upon their eyes called the jougan, also known as 'Pure Eyes', that allowed them to see things like Chakra that could otherwise not been seen by the ordinary man. But what made them truly feared were not their eyes, but their super-refined assassination skills and the extent to which they pushed their physical bodies to the limit that allowed them to pull incredible feats of athletics which put people under the illusion that the Nanaya were able to defy the very laws of gravity.

The Nanaya's abilities were then further enhanced by the Fujou, who had descended from a long line of miko shrine priestesses. An ancient lineage full of expert healers, they were also incredibly skilled mediums who held extensive knowledge over seals and curses. Although the Fujous were capable of holding their ground against average assailants on their own, they mostly hid in the backgrounds of the other three families and provided them with support as their skill branches mostly fell under those departments. By focusing on the areas of support instead of direct fighting, they thrived under the protection of the Organization.

The Demon Hunter Organization's heavy hitters were the Asakami and the Asagami, a clan that was, while technically the same, were actually two separate houses of the same family, the main house Asakami and its branch the Asagami. Of the four great families, they possessed the strongest doujutsu of them all, granting them powerful telekinetic techniques that allowed their eyes to bend space around them. A surprisingly mercantile clan, when the time came for them to battle, devastation was all that remained in their wake.

Compared to the other three families, the Ryougi were a relatively normal bunch. They were strong, capable fighters, but compared to the Nanaya and the Asakami/Asagami they lacked that definitive offensive power and held no qualities for special support like the Fujou did. What made them unique among the members of the Demon Hunter Organization, however, was that members of the Ryougi clan held 'two lives' within them, multiple personalities with actual separate lifeforces. It allowed the Ryougi to freely switch between one personality and another, thereby allowing the members of its clan to specialize in two entirely different things by assigning each personality with a different skillset. Nevertheless, their capabilities were still lackluster compared to that of the other three families and hence maintained their position within the Organization through intrigue, by being their resident spymasters.

Later in their history, the opportunity for the Ryougi to elevate their position within the Organization came when a particular heiress of theirs had awoken her 'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception', an ability that, if it was harnessed correctly, could've very well tipped the balance of power within. The chokushi no magan opened a circuit in the brain that allowed the user's eyes to perceive 'death', their signs visible in the form of black lines and, in its advanced form, black points as well. Invisible for all else to see, the lines and points were representation of an end, as anything with an origin was faced with a fated death eventually. By directly tracing the black lines, the user was able to erase the connection that held the targeted object together from existence and cut it apart into two no matter what. By striking the point, the mystic eyes allowed the user to ignore all causes of effect and deliver absolute death and destruction to its victim. Because striking the point of death caused the death of the existence, whatever that made a living person 'living' or whatever that made an object an 'object' was ended in the most simple way by unraveling its matter and being permanently made into no more.

But, by then it was too late. For all of them.

Although the Demon Hunter Organization had scored successes by assassinating quite a few jinchuuriki demon hosts captured by powerful groups of people or individuals that had attempted to harness their power for own use, it was never successful in killing any of the tailed demons during their reign. It was further complicated by the reality that after each successful jinchuuriki assassination, resistance to their Organization grew stronger each time. The four clans were primarily able to achieve their dominance in their era due to the fact that they pretty much held the monopoly over utilizing chakra, and, going by today's standards, their extent of knowledge was shallow at best. When the ultimate wildcard that was the Sage of Six Paths came around and unravelled many of the mysteries around chakra, much to their chagrin he had then decided to spread his knowledge of what he called ninjutsu around in the name of peace, breaking what leverage the four clans held over everyone else. When the Organization was first founded the four families still had a commanding lead over their competitors, but as time passed and generations compounded on top of another their lead was cut shorter each time, only to eventually disappear and finally fall behind.

The Demon Hunter Organization's collapse came naturally thereafter, and it was mostly self-inflicted. The demon-hunter became the hunted when the Asakami started worshipping the tailed beasts as their gods after their linage became so diluted with interbreeding hardly anyone was emerging with their doujutsu ability no more. Their attempted revival of the clan by capturing a jinchuuriki of their own was thwarted by the betrayal of the Asagami and the subsequent conflict wiped both of them out in the process. The Fujou clan collapsed after her last pure-blooded descendent died, and was subsequently overwhelmed by those who lusted after the Fujou's cradle of great knowledge. The Nanaya, diminished in power as their taijutsu techniques had been long studied and learned by their enemies – so much so that it had become the norm – finally lost their title as the clan most skilled in physical combat and was exterminated by a jinchuuriki that burned their village completely to the ground.

It was during these turbulent times for the Organization when the Ryougi heiress came into possession of the ever-famed 'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception'. There was much faith placed in the heiress in the hopes that she would bring about the Demon Hunter Organization's grand revival, but it was soon proved that her powers alone were not enough. The ability, although powerful, was in the end only a useful anti-personnel tool at best, for while it was deadlier than the byakugan – a bloodline that will emerge later which took the mystic eyes as a model – comparing the two revealed the flaw that the mystic eyes held far less utility and was highly unstable as the strain it placed on the user's mental physique was immense. The user of these eyes also needed actual physical contact with the target in order to deliver the strikes of death, and there was the crucial flaw in which that in the face of entire armies there was nothing the user could do. The Organization's enemies had no qualms of producing armies of such scale en-masse, and just like that the advantage they thought they had disappeared just as quickly as it came. The nail in the coffin came when the Ryougi heiress suddenly announced her retirement by saying she no longer held any particular interest in the conflict and just simply up and disappeared. The Ryougi clan fell into disarray soon thereafter.

Thus the Demon Hunter Organization faded away from history, but their legacy remains. The Nanaya's taijutsu skills had become the standard for all ninjas to learn. Fujou's skill with curses have since revealed themselves to be an early form of genjutsu and unfolded itself as a strong foundation for the particular technique group, and their healing techniques continued to save countless of other lives. The Asakami and Asagami had perhaps left behind the biggest legacy of them all, as while their abilities in the purest form no longer exists, their lineage evolved and provided the basis for countless doujutsu bloodline abilities scattered throughout the land, some famous, some not so much. And the Ryougi… well, they had their last minute of fame with their 'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception'. It was really all they were known for now, for it was a thing of legend, and while there had been many attempts to replicate it all have failed. Their primary abilities of having multiple personalities were cast aside in favor of the spotlight and were seemingly forgotten.

Yamanaka Inoichi, though, was someone that hadn't forgotten. When his daughter first stumbles upon the inner personality of Haruno Sakura by accident and he is told of it after they calmed themselves down from Ino's terrible attempt at a prank, it catches his attention immediately. For it was this particular trait the Yamanakas have been searching for their entire lives – an ability that would allow them to ascended to a higher plane of existence.

And he felt guilty every moment for it.

"All Kill Landing Edge"

- Chapter Six -

-END-

Author's Notes:

Chapter six.

Mostly background, so for a few people it might prove boring, but strangely its stuff like these that are the most enjoyable for me to write.

A certain reviewer has mentioned that I broke my promise that I made in chapter three, thinking that the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are overpowered. By reading the chapter above, I think you can see some of the reasons why I beg to differ. There are so many abilities/techniques/individuals that exist within the canon Naruto storyline that are so over-the-top (*cough* Sage of Six Paths *cough*), it puts the Mystic Eyes to shame really.

The crossover elements have pretty much been all revealed with this chapter. Thus, for those who are worried that happy-go-lucky vampires or heroes of ages past summoned as spirits might show up, worry not. The crossover elements in this story are mostly referenced from "Garden of Sinners/Kara no Kyoukai" that have been Narufo-fied for things to make better sense. I think I did a pretty good job with it to make the transition as natural as possible, as I could very well see such conflicts happening after the Sage of Six Paths pulled off what he did, but that's for the readers to decide.

Thanks for reading!

- Nes Mikel

All Kill Landing Edge, Chapter Six "Des Beses Solides", First Edition: February 21st, 2013, Last Edit: February 22nd, 2013