An: This is probably gonna be a late chapter.. Sickness is flaring up again.

I don't know how long I sat on the bathroom floor. Eventually Rin came in and saw me and she sent for someone to take over my tables.

Seeing my state the Madam gave me the day off for rest. When it came time for an explanation I just told her the nin's clothes looked familiar to the ones who had attacked Reku previously.

She gave a short look of pity and didn't give any punishments that I am grateful for.

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Many months have passed and I have saved up a considerable amount of money from my job.

I am six years old now, my self assigned birthday being november 5th. I am glad for my memories being clearer than a normal six year olds would be or else I wouldn't have even known I was born early winter.

It's getting colder and the prices for food have gone up a bit. I want to head to Konoha once the caravan comes through and ask if I can hitch a ride.

Being in the town for two years now I have citizenship paperwork, after the first year of residency I was added to the town's census and adopted under the Madam's care, but not receiving a last name, not that I want one. I much rather have no last name so when the time comes I might be able to claim my Uzumaki heritage.

Initially I thought I might be able to ask for a blood test of some sort to prove I am Uzumaki to get into the hidden village,with Konoha being allied to Uzushiogakure, but I will have to keep it to myself now.

What if they find the Uchiha genes as well in the cross test? It would be a quick one-way ticket to the Root forces.

Currently I am walking to the bakery on the edge of the village that sells Taiyaki, it's different flavours seasonally. This season's flavour is tuna-stuffed Taiyaki imported from the Land of Water.

I bought two taiyaki, one for myself and one for Rin.

Upon exiting the shop I feel several signatures flare up a few miles from the village, opposite the direction of the guard tower.

It's strange for the patrol to switch already, as it's only been half a week since the last shift change.

Normally the guard shifts every two weeks, my sensory abilities picking up on their movements.

Occasionally there is forgin nin that emit bloodlust but they are few in number, travelling in packs of four at most.

These signatures are cold and emit ill intent and greed, and there are more than twenty of them.

But If I can feel them, then surely the guards can too right? Shi himself told me I was flaring my chakra and they could feel it a little over a year ago.

Besides I am a civilian girl anyways, they likely wouldn't believe me anyways.

It's not my problem.

I start to head towards Attakai's Tea Shop with my Taiyaki in tow.

The signatures seem to still themselves and linger around the town.

Waiting, watching.

They emit a strong intent of bloodlust, like they could pick us apart and be gleeful at the same time.

I grip my Taiyaki bag. Beginning to reroute my path to the guard tower.

I can lie and say I saw bad guys, I am only six they can't suspect a six year old.

The signatures seem to focus on me as I walk towards the edge of the town closest to the Guard Tower.

I suddenly hear a crash, then the smell of iron and ash.

I flare my chakra as hard as I can repeatedly. Hoping the guards feel it, I run back to Attakai's Tea Shop as fast as I can, they are most likely to have allied nin in there.

I see smoke billowing from two blocks away , the smell chokes me as I get closer.

The second floor is on fire. As well as several nearby buildings.

Of course Attakai's would be targeted, It is an information exchange spot for nin. It is the only-of-note place in this entire town.

Crows swirl around the town, their calls seem to mock me.

The birds caws circling me outside the shop, as if they know there will soon be a feast for them below.

I hear a blood curdling scream and I run inside.

Behind the front desk a pool of blood gets larger ,spilling to the front of the counter.

Standing in front of the counter I see a nin.

I offhandedly register that the nin has no headband, only the sickening smile on his face.

Another nin comes from behind the counter , holding a tanto dropping in blood.

"Clean up here, then join us north." The Tanto-holding nin says before walking past me with a glance.

"Yes Captain!"

The Captain nin exits the building and I feel the remaining nin's bloodlust weigh down on me.

I hear a gurgle of blood from behind the counter- oh kami- that is Rin's chakra.

I run past the nin, getting struck to my knees as I run past.

Behind the counter; there lies Rin, the girl who fed me taiyaki and did my hair when I was too lazy to do so. My big sister in all but blood.

Is gurgling on her own blood.

Her chakra is quickly slipping, I crawl to her trying to apply pressure to the wound on her neck, I know it's pointless, there is so much blood, it is seeping up into my yukata from the widening puddle on the ground.

Rin brings her hand up to my own that was pressing on her neck wound, she seems to smile and mouths something that comes out as a gargle with no air in her lungs to push out.

Then her hand falls and her chakra flickers out.

The nin watches in front of the counter in some kind of sick amusement.

He let me crawl up to her, having more than enough time to kill me several times over.

As the last of Rin's chakra eases into the surrounding natural chakra I scream.

Clutching rins blood soaked yukata I close my burning eyes.

The nin is enjoying this, relishing in our suffering like it's a theatre.

And it's my fault for letting them, I felt their signatures craving for violence on the outside of the village and I didn't go for help.

My laziness killed Rin. And it is going to kill me.

At this very moment something inside me snaps.

I feel chakra flood my eyes.

I hate him, I hate all of them, most of all I hate myself.

The nin that was left behind to 'clean up' starts walking towards me.

I am so tired. My legs are feeling bruised from the blow that knocked me down earlier.

I could only muster energy to glare at the approaching nin with hate fueling my heart and feeding my gaze.

The nin looks at me for a moment of surprise, My sharingan must be on at this point.

A useless addition in my opinion, now they can just steal my eyes once I am dead.

The nin grins and grabs his tanto- a match to his own leaders I grimly note, and begins to swing down.

All the chakra in my body seems to disappear as all I can do is stare.

And then the nin bursts into flames.

Black flames.

I feel blood trail from my eyes, feeling like thick tears, but I doubt it makes any difference to my appearance as I am already drenched in Rin's blo-

I let my thoughts cut off at the nin's screams as he tries to get the flames off him, curling himself into a ball before his screams cut out and his chakra goes out.

His body burns until not even ash remains.

My eyes burn and I try to stay awake.

My Chakra is nearly gone at this point, I feel darkness crawling to the edges of my vision.

At the last point I feel the guards' chakra signatures encountering the rest of the enemy nin.

I do my best to crawl to the door of the shop, knowing the burning of the second floor will collapse onto us… well me, Rin isn't here anymore… only her body remains.

I manage to reach the door and get half my body out to the street before the darkness in my vision wins. The last thing I see before I pass out is Reku, his face filled with horror.

An offhand thought that the caravan wasn't supposed to arrive till next week; the last coherent thing I can think before unconsciousness takes me.

AN: Did I mention I think trauma counts as character development?

Also I tried to portray a meaningful and happy relationship between enkai and rin but I know it is lacking, I myself don't have any happy relationships so I struggle to write them as I dig deep and still can't find any.

Also both these nin remain unnamed forever. :) after all the black flames burn until nothing remains...

Also I apologize from going against my set schdule, there likely won't be a chapter tommorow. maybe none wednesday because I am in the process of moving, idk if my pc will be around by wednesday, if possible ill try to double update wednessday