~Chapter 2~

~Kakashi’s POV~

“Minato-sensei! What exactly  happened?!” Obito questioned as we raised through the trees.

“A carrier-hawk was sent to the Leaf, telling us the Hinome Village was under attack by Rock Ninja.” My blond-haired sensei replied.

“Hinome Village?” Rin asked.

“They are one of our most trusted and powerful allies. They live deep within Kusagakure’s country, hidden so well it’s almost hard to find them. That’s why it’s urgent we get there. If someone was to find the village with about a thousand shinobi, the Hinome Village will either be wiped out or taken as slaves. And after this, we need to move on to our next assignment.” We all stared at him for a moment before facing forward and starting to go faster. After awhile, Minato-sensei ordered us to stop. And now.

We stopped on a branch just as a huge open area expanded and I felt my eyes pop along with everyone else’s there was six rows of gravestones-all looking new.

We all jumped down, waiting as Minato inspected them. When he looked down at the writing, reading quickly he bowed his head, mumbling a prayer under his breath quickly.

“These are all dated today.” He told us and we stared between him and the gravestones in shock.

Suddenly a huge burst of flame came out, about a hundred feet away and we all rushed towards the fire, our blood pumping with adrenaline.

When we got there, I felt my blood freeze.

A girl, no older than us, was sitting with her arms wrapped around her knees, covered in blood and sitting in front of a hundred foot tall fire. I looked at what was in the fire and even my strong stomach lurched. Bodies. Hundreds of bodies. The acrid smell of burning flesh filled the air as the girl patted a small dog on her lap. She didn’t even pay us no mind. That was, until Minato-sensei tried to get closer to her.

“I suggest you stay away, Leaf Ninja.” A velvety, song-like voice spoke. The girl turned to us and I saw Obito’s and Rin’s mouths drop as I tried to stay composed. One eye was glowing red and the other was gold, her hair was white and red (some from streaks, mostly from blood), and there were weird tattoos spread on her arms and face that was barely visible by how covered in blood she was.

“I saw you coming. Thank you by the way for praying at my clans graves. For that I won’t try to attack you. This kekkei genkai of mine just came in, and it’s hard to control. But, giving the fact I just killed two-hundred men straight, that’s to be expected right? Oh look at me, rambling to myself like a crazy lunatic. Though I should be deemed psychotic from what I just experienced….” She tilted her head as if thinking, her fingers still stroking the puppy.

~_________’s POV (Hehe, secret x3)~

I glanced towards the fire again, enjoying the scent of those people burning to ash. They got what was deserved.

“You….you what?!” A black-haired boy with goggles exclaimed and I glanced over at him.

“Don’t be surprised, boy. I thought you were a shinobi? This is war, you’ve been trained.” I spat, sounding like one of my teachers. They taught us basic shinobi criteria.

I glanced over at the Jonin of the group, a tall blond man in the regular Shinobi attire of those from the Leaf.

“Someone sent a hawk to Konoha, I’m guessing.” He nodded and I sighed, getting up as the fire dwindled down.

“Nothing to worry about. I’ve taken care of any live ones.” I flicked my hand to the side, hearing a ‘thunk’ and I turned to see a Rock Ninja stuck to a tree. He had been trying to run away. All that got him was a kunai through the eye and head.

I snapped my fingers, my eyes narrowing and made the sign for tiger. He burst into flames, letting out a whimper before he died.

“You sure about that?” The blond questioned.

“Yeah. In a ten mile radius anyway. That’s as far as I can see with my untrained Dōjutsu.” I replied, closing my right eye as I felt the tattoos slowly recede. My nails and toenails that had previously been claws turned to normal and I picked Chi up to sit in my sleeve-less, blood-covered jacket.

“Dōjutsu?! Like the Sharingan?!” The black-haired boy questioned the blondie.

“Yes but….hers is more advanced.”

“What is it, Rinnegan? Byakugan?” The only girl of the four-man-group asked. She had some bold lines on her cheeks.

“No….it’s the Hinome. They’re last name is the name of their kekkei genkai. Hinome means ‘fire eye’.

“WHAT?!” The girl and ravenette yelled. My eyes caught silver hair and for a moment hope rushed into me but when I met solid black eyes I knew the young boy wasn’t part of my clan.

“Anyway, ninja, leave. You’re not needed here.” I told them, getting bored and started walking back towards the village. I’ll shower, pack and then leave.

They followed me anyway and I let out a sigh, not even bothering. “If you’re going to follow me, tell me your names. I rather not be calling you guys Blondie, Goggles, Stripes and….I haven’t thought of the silver boy’s nickname yet, give me a moment.” I mumbled, tapping my head while they sweat-dropped at me. Blondie spoke up.

“I’m Namikaze Minato, this is Rin, Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi.” He pointed to himself then the girl then the raven and finally silver-boy. Maybe I should call him spoon….

“Gotcha. Blondie, Stripes, Goggles and Spoon.” The Hatake kid glared at me while the Uchiha-boy cracked up.

“Wait a moment….Namikaze….ohhhh, you’re the Yellow Flash of Konoha!” I said, tapping my head in memory as I pointed at the Blondie. He sighed but nodded.

“Yes, why yes I am.”

“Pfft. Jerk face.” I muttered at his arrogant tone, crossing my arms as I walked across the blood that practically filled the streets.

“Come in if you want, it’s not clean.” Yeah, my parents weren’t huge on the cleanliness of a house thing.

The four ninja stepped in as I put Chi on the ground and pulled off my jacket. I tossed it on the ground, not caring. It’s not like I was coming back.

“Go check out the village if you want, I know you’re itching to, blue-eyed Blondie.” I ordered, waving over my shoulder as I disappeared down the halls.

After taking a very relaxing in the shower, crying silently the entire time, I got dressed in what would now be my ninja clothes. A black tank top with blue fire on the bottom all the way around that also came with a hood, fishnet underneath going down to my elbows, a pair of black cargo’s with my shuriken and kunai holsters on my right leg and a belt around my waist holding three pouches. The belt continued down my left leg with four more wrap around pieces that also held three pouches. On my feet were traditional black open-toed zori, or ninja shoes.  And I finished off the look with putting on my favorite jacket. Well, actually, I guess it’s more of a cloak. It was black overall with a blue diamond on the chest and the bottom. On the back where the diamond stopped was white flames leading up to where a blood red eye was put right in the center of my back. It was the Hinome clan symbol. The inside was furry so it kept me warm and had several pockets. The front of the cloak went down to a point, rising up at the back and then lowering down again at the front. Kinda like an upside-down U if you really thought about it, I guess.

After putting the also showered, but now dry, Chi in my tank top hood I walked out of the bathroom to my room, putting my sword on my back again under my tank top but on top of my fishnet shirt, kunai and shuriken in their holsters along with some of the pouches. I then filled the pouches up with wire, smoke bombs, poison bombs, paper bombs….a lot of bombs, really. Then I left one open before going down to the kitchen and filling it with medical supplies. I wouldn’t show anyone but I also had stuffed my stuffed animal since I was a kid in one. It was a gray and white wolf and was really soft. I brought it for….sentimental reasons. Plus I probably couldn’t sleep without him.

I headed down the hall, ignoring the fact that the ninja had returned and went into fathers study, going over to his desk and opening my right eye, my tattoos forming as I put on my pointer finger claw in one of the drawers and unlocked it. I then shut my eye, the tattoos disappearing along with the extra features and grabbed out an eye patch that wrapped around my head and ear. I put it over my right eye so I wouldn’t have to worry about it all the time and then grabbed the things needed to train myself on the way of the eye. Scrolls, special bracelets, etc.

When I was done I closed to drawer, locking it again once I lifted up the patch and then walked out as I put the things in a pouch. I headed into the living room, flipping down my patch and nodded to the Leaf ninja.

“Have fun exploring?” It was a rhetorical question as their eyes followed me going over to a family portrait and taking it out of the frame, putting it in my wallet full of cash. My family the wealthiest in the village. But we still helped everyone. My dad being the chief of the clan made sure of it.

“What’s your name?” Minato asked suddenly, getting weird looks from what I’m guessing was his students.

“Hinome Rairō Hokori.” I answered, glancing over to them.

“Age?”

“Ten. Eleven in two months.”

“Where do you plan on going?”

“Maybe the Land of Waves. I don’t really know. Somewhere peaceful, that’s for sure. Then, once I’m done with training my kekkei genkai, I plan on returning to the Leaf Village and becoming a ninja. Then I can kill every single Rock ninja out there.” I smiled brightly at that while Blondie’s eye twitched.

“That’s so….”

“Don’t find an adjective.” I told him, waving him away as I exited the house after pulling on my zori.

“See ya, Blondie, Stripes, Goggles and Spoon.” I put a hand up over my shoulder and took my time, looking around as memories of the village without blood spattered everywhere came into my mind.

My stomach gurgled suddenly and I blushed, holding it. Chi let out a bark and I chuckled, heading into a bakery. I grabbed all the food out, putting it in my pouches in case I got hungry later and chowed down on the donuts.

I even grabbed Mrs. Kyoko’s cookie recipe from her house for….future references. I wouldn’t let the best cookie recipe ever go to waste. Plus she’d probably crab at me from the afterlife if I did.

Soon I had gotten to the gates of the village and I sighed, looking up at the blood red eye. I suddenly felt water on my face and touched it. Rain.

Soon the skies opened up, dousing the earth heavily and, in turn, also washing away the blood as I headed down the road without looking back.

What a fitting end to one chapter of my life.

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Authors Note

The next chapter will be a time skip. She’ll be fourteen at this time.
Peace!
~Mew