A slight puff of smoke, and suddenly, where their was nothing before, there was now a figure standing their. The figure was like nothing seen in this area before. Taking a few moments to adjust to his new surroundings, the figure takes to the trees and moves quickly towards the leaf village.
15 minutes later, at the village gates."I'm telling you, I felt a slight chakra surge." said one of the gate guards.
"It doesn't matter, we've got two Root ANBU watching our back, we're in no dan- WHAT THE HELL!?!"
Both guards looked at the body that landed right in front of them. A second later and a mask fell on the body.
"Isn't that one of the root...."
THUMP
Both men turned to see another body had landed behind. This one with his mask still on.
Both men look up to see a terrifying figure. It had to be at least 6' 5". It looked to have some sort of cape or cloak on. It's head had to points coming out where ears might be. It looked at them, spread its cape and drifted silently to the ground. Then the creature looked them in the eyes, and spoke, in a soft, yet demonic sounding voice, "Do you follow the Hokage, or Danzou and the council."
"We follow Danzou of course, he had the guts to put out the kill on sight order for the demon brat." said one of the guards, as if this were the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yes," said the second guard, "he wants to finish what the Fourth started."
"I find it amazing you two are ninja. The Fourth's dying wish, was for the boy to be seen as a hero." The figure sighed, "Oh well." The figure twitched , and one of the guards went down, bringing his hands to his throat, trying to stem the flood pouring out from the ear to ear cut that suddenly appeared there. The other guard opened his mouth, just have it shut again as something very sharp pierced the under his chin to the roof of his mouth. Then he felt a hand on either said of his head.
SNAP
The guard dropped, the figure collected his K-Bar, cleaned it and put it away. It took out some scrolls, sealed all four bodies into them, then, making sure there was no blood left, he dropped a small pellet, that released a chemical in the area to remove any and all scents. The figure turned, walked a few steps, and exploded into bats.
Minutes later, at the Hyuuga compound.Hinata screamed in pain again as her tormentor, Sasuke Uchiha, used the caged bird seal on her forehead. "Submit to me Hinata," said Sasuke. "You might as well, no one cares, no one will come to save you, just submit, your family has given you to.."
There was a loud crashing sound as the window to Hinata's bedroom shattered and the figure from the gate entered. The next second, the figure grabbed Sasuke's neck, lifted him up and tossed him through the bedroom door. Hyuuga clan members ran into the room just in time to see the figure wrap it's cape around Hinata, and both of them exploded into bats.
Hinata opened her eyes, as she looked around, she noticed that she was on top of the Hokage monument. She looked around to find her self staring into to pools of pure black. "I need you to be completely quiet, when I ask you a question, just nod, or shake your head, OK?
Hinata nodded her head. "Are you hurt?" Hinata shook her head. "Good, follow me."
"How do I know that I can trust you?" Asked Hinata.
The figure turned, walked up to her, ripped the bandages from her forehead, quickly went through some hand signs mumbled something under his breath and placed his hand on her forehead and his other hand on her mouth. Hinata screamed into his hand as her head was wracked with pain. When the pain stopped he removed both his hands and took a step back, and pointed at a nearby puddle. She looked into it to see that the caged bird seal had been removed from her forehead.
The figure held out his hand. "Come with me, I'll explain everything when we are safely inside."
"I-i-inside where?" she asked.
"Just follow me, please. I can not tell you what I need to out in the open like this." said the figure in his soft voice.
Hinata still looked very uncertain. The figure walked up to her, and put his mouth up to her ear. "Once upon a time, I swore on your blood to defeat your cousin, now come with me, we are not safe out in the open, and every second you spend standing here being unsure, is another second giving to your clan to find you. Now, are you coming with me to safety, or wait here for your clan to put the seal back on your forehead, and allow the Uchiha to have his way with you? The choice is yours, but I can't stay here anymore trying to convince you." With that, the figure started to walk away. Hinata stood there long enough to process what was said and quickly ran to follow the figure. She opened her mouth to say something, but he held up a hand to silence her, is other hand twitched, a second later there was a thump behind them. The figure quickly moved towards the sound. It returned dragging a body. Looking at the body, Hinata realized it was a member of Root. She looked back up at the figure.
"This is why we need to move quickly and silently, so please, follow me, and save any thing you want to say until we are safely inside, OK?"
Hinata nodded her head, watched as he sealed the body into a scroll, then they were moving again. A short while later, they stopped at one of the thicker trees. The figure lead her around to the other side of the tree. "Hold on to me." It said. She wrapped her arms around it's shoulders under the cape. The figure bit it's lip and wiped the blood onto his thumb, did a few hand signs and, lifting up Hinata, stepped into the tree. Almost immediately they began to fall down what appeared to be a tube. "Whatever happens," said the figure, "don't let go." Hinata nodded and held on tighter. The tube ended and they were in a vast cavern, she could feel a slight vibration. Suddenly, the figure spread it's cape, and there fall slowed into more of a downward drift, until they finale landed.
"Are you who I think you are?" asked Hinata as she let go of him. The figure looked at her, then turned and began to walk towards what looked like a very tall safe.
"Depends on who you think I am," it answered. As it said this, it opened the safe, to reveal what appeared to be a walk in closet. It then grabbed at it's upper chest area, then turned back to Hinata, "can you keep a secret?" Hinata nodded her head. The figure pulled up and she noticed that he was lifting up the cape as well as what she could now see was a mask. As the mask came up the figure turned his back to her, she was now almost convinced of who it, no, he was. Then the mask came off and she saw a mess of short, spiky, golden hair. Her hopes were raised even further as he turned toward her and she could see the three whisker marks. But what settled it for her, was once again looking into those deep, warm, soft, beautiful blue eyes.
"Naruto" she whispered, then fainted.