Chapter 3
The Nidaime kneels with a finger pressed against the ground, his students surrounding him. The Kinkaku unit is closing in on them. They talk about a decoy. Hiruzen volunteers, and Danzo after him. The Nidaime tells them that he will be the decoy while they all escape. He is about to stand, about to appoint Sarotobi Hiruzen as the next Hokage. Senju Tobirama is about to go to his death, but before he can, the forest shakes. He can hear the trees fall to the north of them. He closes his eyes and focuses back on his sensing.
"What is that?"
"What are they trying to do?"
"They're closing in!"
"No." Tobirama opens his eyes and frowns. "Someone is fighting Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Their chakra is familiar tho."
"A friend or foe?" asks Saru. The ground trembles and Tobirama shakes his head.
"I don't know." He pauses and his frown deepens. "Ginkaku has been struck down. His chakra is fading."
"Who could possibly be fighting them?" says Koharu.
"What should we do?" Homura asks.
"We will take full advantage of this turn of events." Again he moves to stand, but before he can, "Kinkaku has been defeated as well." He can't keep the surprise out of his voice. And, "The rest of the Kinkau unit is closing in on their location." A pause, "The newcomer is striking them down."
His students fall silent and Tobirama focuses entirely on the battle taking place. Whoever this is, their chakra is dark and twisted and there's a lot of it, more than even he has, yet it's so bright. It speaks of unbound love and devotion, that they are willing to do whatever takes to protect their loved ones. Currently tho, the darkness speaks of untamed greif, rage and pain. And they are killing the members of the Kinkaku unit at an alarmingly fast rate. After a few minutes of tense silence, Tobirama opens his eyes to look at his students.
"The entire Kinkaku Unit is dead."
"Wasn't it only one person, how is that possible?" Homura asks, and he can't keep the edge of fear out of his voice.
"I intend to find out." And this time nothing stops him from getting to his feet. "Follow at a distance. Stay out of sight."
"Yes sir!"
Then they're rushing through the forest, jumping from branch to branch. With his students a safe distance behind him, he lands at the edge of the newly formed clearing. Trees have been destroyed, the land is scorched, and the ground is littered with bodies. And in the center of it all is a man cleaning blood from a katana.
Tobirama takes a step and the man turns towards him. He thinks he sees surprise flash across his face, his face which is painted with blood spatter. And his eyes... Uchiha. But he doesn't recognize this Uchiha and with this kind of power, he would remember his face.
"Who are you?"
"They call me the Red Demon." Ah.. so this is the Red Demon. His voice sounds familiar as well. He stands and slips the katana back into the sheath at his side. Moonlight falls across him and Tobirama has never known anyone with a more fitting name. His clothes are a black kimono(think of Otsutsuki kimono but female and colours swapped) hair are black and curly, skin pale, but what attracts attention is the red. His eyes are the glowing red of the Sharingan... the mangekyou. His is that of a lily And the blood... It's not just his face but his neck, hands, and clothes are all stained with it. And it doesn't look like a drop of it belongs to him.
"Though I've never liked it."
"It is a suitable title. But what about an actual name?"
The Uchiha hums, a hint of amusement showing on his face. "Blunt as ever I see. Aren't you ever polite when you first meet someone?"
Tobirama frowns. "Excuse me? We've never met before."
"Ah, my apologies Nidaime. This is all just a bit confusing for me and I'm having trouble deciding how to proceed."
"Start with a name." He says, looking at the Uchiha with narrowed eyes. The way he's acting is strange. Proceed with what? "Hahaha." "What is it that you find you find funny?" "You don't even recognise me. It's me, Kagami."