Easier to Run (Redux)
Chapter 1: Clinging to the Light (Preview, Still in working)
The sun shone brightly in the summertime village of Konoha as everyday people moved about doing their everyday deeds. Crows cawed, and cats meowed. Young genin squads leapt after another chasing down the infamous Tora the Cat as their jounin teacher watched near by. A warm pleasant feel drifted through the village illuminating it in a sort of holy, untouched light that seemed to cover up its dark deep secret.
Over fifteen years ago, the nine tailed fox, Kyuubi no Yoko, attacked the village hidden in the leaves in outright anger after being seduced and placed inside of a massively powerful genjutsu created by the man named, Madara Uchiha. In its blind rage it struck out at the village destroying countless acres of forestry and killing thousands of brave ninja in its assault.
To quell the beast without risking even more of his ninja’s lives, the fourth hokage, by the name of Namikaze Minato, sealed the great demon inside of a baby boy. The boy named Naruto by his godfather and given his mothers surname, Uzumaki, was trusted with this heavy burden ever since birth. He’s taken to his role as the village pariah well but for some reason as his fifteenth birthday approached, he could almost smell that something new was coming.
The village grew restless as nightfall fell over it, filling it with apprehension as the yearly Kyuubi Defeat Day, or KD Day, celebrations began. Scores of people rushed out of their homes in masks and decorated clothing as they danced the night away. The masses celebrated unhindered as the night grew older, but alas there is always a problem lurking around every corner as the drinking and heated talks began. And then one by one, the most unhindered of people formed into small mob squads and set out in search for the one jinchuuriki they loved to hate.
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We find our young jinchuuriki just returning home from a day of training with a close friend of his that he had met on his training journeys. A demonic ninja named, Emanyeru Ai Kouseitan’i. He had grown close to the elder demon after learning that he too would become a fox demon just like the man once he was done absorbing Kyuubi. It was a fact that thrilled him, yet scared him at the same time. What will they think of me when they find out I’m a demon. I mean I’m already hated by just about everyone…this will only make things even worse than before.
His thoughts steamrolled for many a moment as he pondered one what he could possibly do to get Lady Tsunade, the Godaime Hokage, also known as Grandma Tsunade by Naruto, to accept him as the peaceful new Kyuubi no Yoko. He highly doubted that the village would so much as bat an eyelash before crying out for his ultimate death. But he hoped that his Baa-chan could keep them from killing him immediately.
He walked as though he were on autopilot, and didn’t look very well, or very hard for that matter, in the direction he seemed to be going as he continued on his mental map of the village. He noticed however that it was nighttime and saw a small glares of lights that dotted around the village signaling search parties. His face furrowed in thought as he wondered what the village could be looking for before remembering that today happened to be his fifteenth birthday. And he knew that, that meant that there was going to be an enormous search party after him.
He looked around noticing that no one was in this section of the village yet before leaping up onto the room of a nearby building. He used his altitude for his advantage as he checked where the various “death squads” were position before sighing happily that none were near his house yet. He quickly sprinted along the roof aiming for his own apartment building where there was bound to be refuge for a short while, while he gathered a few things for the long night.
His thoughts once again, however, claimed his main stream of conscious and caused him to ponder over his plan as he flew through the night sky. Thankfully it was a new moon tonight or he would have been seen almost immediately. He came back to shortly before reaching his own apartment building and perched himself along the railing of an adjacent building and looked up and down the streets to see if there were any mobs converging on his house just yet.
Seeing none however, gave him the okay he needed before leaping across the open space to his window. He hooked his fingers around the thick rubbery seal of his window before sliding it open and stepping onto his floor. He realized his mistake almost immediately however when he felt the presence of three people in his room. Though he couldn’t see them, he knew they were there. His fight or flight instinct kicked into full effect almost immediately as he attempted to jump back out through the window only to slip on the seal sending him tumbling to the ground.
He landed roughly on his back feeling it crack only slightly from the fall. His head pounded dangerously as his limbs screamed in pain. His vision swam as he looked all around noticing that the people who were in the building were piling out into the street and surrounding him. He struggled to get on his feet, telling his body to move before the beating started, but alas his body protested.
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