The colurs of the sunset dappled through the foliage of the trees in the forest. Considering what was happening in the clearing, it was totally out of place. Clashes of weapons could be heard for miles, but the clan was to far away from Konoha to get back up. They needed to stop they enemy nin before they reached they village. They NEEDED too!
Sounds of metal clashing against metal, of jutsu's, of agonized crys wrang through the forest. It was impossible to tell if it was from the enemy nin or a nin from Konoha. The ninja were spread throughout the whole area. Currently, the enemy ninja had the upper hand, as the Meishō clan had been totally unprepared for an ambush.
Two young girls, only aged six, stood back to back, fighting alongside the rest of their clan. Neither of the two had yet delivered a fatal injury to an enemy, instead knocking them out or passing them over to more advanced ninja from they're family. They were too young, too pure, too innocent to kill. But that didn't change the fact that the two of them were formidable opponents. Thanks to the clans early training, they both worked flawlessly as a team, using all their skills to help. Even though they were young, they knew they had to do anything to stop the enemy shinobi from reaching the village. They had to do everything within their power to prevent that from happening. And even though they were so skilled for such a young age, the amount of determination they both held and even that they worked flawlessly together, wasn't enough. Both were covered in bruises, scratches, wounds of all sorts. The enemy were battle hardened shinobi. They weren't going to go easy of a pair of children. The children's own mother was only several yards away from them battling it out with four enemy ninja. This wasn't just an ambush taking place. It was a full our battle.
Springing out from the trees, a young man, in his late teens a most charged towards the girls,attacking their opponents mercylessly. The girls cryed out to him in relief, before he bounded over to his mother to help. As they finished off the last enemy shinobi, the girls realised that they weren't surrounded by the sounds of the fierce battle anymore. Instead, an eary silence bared down on them.
The mother turned to her son before asking him the situation with the rest of the clan and enemies, only to see him advancing on her, with a cold hard glare in his eyes.
" They are fine. All the battles have already ended. And as for the welfare of the members of our clan, well, your about to join them!" The man looked into his mothers eyes, before swiftly drawing his katanna and stabbing her through the heart.
The girls stood, paralysed with there own horror, as they watched their own brother murder their mother. When he span around to face them, the girls could do nothing but watch as he came closer, his clan's Kekai Genkai activated. With swift, predator like moves, he moved closer to them, before swinging his kattanna.
Time seemed to move in slow motion as the younger of the girls watchd the katanna move closer to her and her sister. she felt her sisters hand grab hers, before her sister shoved her out of the way, taking the force of the blow by herself. She coughed twice, blood coming out of her mouth, and pouring out of her back, before she fell slowly to the ground.
The younger sister looked up at her brother before asking him, " Why? WHY? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
The man caught his sisters gaze, before saying " You are worthless. Such matters are not of your concern. You are weak. You let your own twin stand infront of the blade for you. Your Frail, Helpless older sister..." He sneered at her, " Pity. But why don't I show you something? Something special for my darling little sister..."
The girl was covered in darkness, before shapes started to appear from the shadows. She watched on helplessly ,for what felt like years, as her brother slaughtered every member of her clan. She knew this wasn't a dream. This was a Memory.
The girl fell to her knees, trying to forget the faces of her loved ones suffering. Their faces swam infront of her, twisting in pain. Something inside her snapped.
The memory vanished, as her vision of the forest came back. She glanced over to where the body of her twin lay, still as stone, before looking towards her Mothers body. She could feel her rage growing.
" What......What were we to you? Worthless scum that you could easily defeat? Trash that you could get rid of in a moments notice? We LOVED you, and this in how you pay us back? You....You......" The girl charged towards her brother, pulling a kunai out from one of her wounds, " B*st*rd!" The girl was about to plunge the kunai into his stomach when he disappeared and reappeared behind her, grabbing her shoulder with one hand and drawing his katana once more.
" Well, well......You've already activated your Kekei Genkai! What a pity though, you'll never master it....Unless..." He lent in closer to her, " ....I'll let you live. If you want to seek revenge for what I've done, you'll need to have mastered the Kekei Genkai. Go to the Masters Underground Forge, all you'll need is there. And you'll need to hate me.... Dispise me with your whole being... As for why I did this, your not even worthy of knowing that. Your worthless just now to me, but I'll look forward to our fights in the future..."
The girl span round in his grasp before snarling at him, " No. Fight me NOW!"
She began throwing attack after attack at him. He was more experienced than her though, and he dodged and outmaneuvered her easily.
" How pathetic. Do I really need to knock you out? Your being annoying." With that, the man appeared behind her, and slammed his hand down on her neck. Her body crumpled, and the man caught her in his arms. He looked down at her, before planting a kiss on her forehead.
"I'm always going to be there for you. You may hate me now, but you have to grow stronger. For the clan, you have to grow stronger. And even if it means you hate me, I'll be the one who pushes you. You aren't worthless....You never were and never will be......You were always my favourite. You'd do anything for anyone, no matter what.... You are my Sky, the stars and the clouds that watch over me forever..... Even though you hate me, I'll help you become stronger. I'm always going to be watching you....Helping you....I promise....My Sky.....I Love You.." He stroked her hair, unaware that she could still somehow hear him.
He lifted her small form in his arms, and walked slowly over to the body of his other sister. He layed the unconscious girl down next to her, and ran his fingers over the older girls cheek, before taking both of their hands in his.
"I'm sorry, I really am." He whispered, looking at the older girl, before slipping four hand-made pieces into their hands. He took away his own hand and looked at their intertwined fingers, before jumping up onto a tree branch.
"Happy birthday, my butterfly's..."
A single tear rolled down his cheek as the man took one last glance at his sisters before he jumped away into the distance, far away from Konoha.
........I love you, Akashi.......
