Fire And Snow

The sky was bright and the sun was shining in its glory while the ground shook and weapons drawn. Screams and shouts filled the air as was raged across the land, each second taking lives. Blood splattered on the ground and desperation was seen on the faces of the soldiers.

“Nano Arrows, Fire!!” a woman with blazing red hair commanded, a giant sword in hand.

Clanks of metal sounded and moans of anguish followed as blood covered the ground even more.

“Nano Arrows? Now? Really?” a melodic voice sounded from behind the red hair woman.

“Knew you’d be spying on me. Besides, what’s wrong with shooting those Nano Arrows now?” the red hair woman retorted.

“Nothing, except that it’s better to launch it on the Sea Talons catapulted this way?” the voice remarked sarcastically. “Your IQ on this is depressing me.”

“Sorry I’m not a brainly genius like you,” the woman flushed and she snarled. “Where are you anyway?” A laugh answered her and the voice disappeared.

“Gah!” the woman groaned. “Calm down, genius has their own way of thinking.” Yet the more she thought about the woman in the shadows, the angrier she got. Finally, she roared.

“After this war is over, I’m going to shove my middle finger up your ass!!!”

“Kinky,” an amused whisper sounded.

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Hino gasped a mouthful of air as she woke up with dizziness attacking her. Her mind was hazy as she started to look around her in a daze. She then remembered what two certain female shinobis did to her before letting an angry growl.

The hell! Who the f*ck organize this whole reincarnation sh!t?! I’ll kill you!

Letting out a deep breath, Hino tried calming herself down. She knew that anger in this kind of moment was not helpful at all. Since Inuzuka Tsume wanted an obedient pretty daughter, then why shouldn’t she grant it? A game, after all, was much interesting when all players were willing to play.

Vroom!!!

Hino cursed as her body went ablaze, her previous cunning and calm expression all gone.

Seriously! Who is the mother f*cker little piece of sh!t that put her in this bizarre body?!!?

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Yukino had no idea why birthdays should an occasion to be celebrated, not with how busy people would be with all the preparation and the invitation and all the dangerous things that should be kept away, especially when it’s celebrating the heiress of the Yamanaka clan who was still an baby.

And she had to wear all smiles and a frickin’ lacy pink dress to please the guests all the while donning on a cute innocent baby persona. She was a mafia leader, for goodness sake! How in the world would she be able to act like an unintelligent baby?!?!

Ugh, she wanted to launch a Nano Spiral Bomb on this whole thing.

Wait. What was it again?

A pair of hands gently lifted her small body and Yukino saw Inoichi’s tired yet somewhat happy face. Mayumi’s disappearance still had a big impact on him and it was nothing positive, but the birthday gave him some distraction from his chaotic mind.

How normal. Yuki mused. But then again, although clan kids have superior start and skills than civilian, but their mental strength isn’t like that. As a noble and mafia leader, she knew that better than most. Her past was not any laughing matter even in this chaotic shinobi world.

“Yuki-chan~ Are you feeling happy? Excited? You’re going to attend your first birthday party!” Inoichi cooed at her while Yuki restrained the urge to beat him up. As a mafia leader infamous throughout the whole world, she had her pride and arrogance that stemmed from her success.

Just imagine, the mafia leader as famous as Justin Fiever and Hithler, being cooed at and pampered like she was something really frail.

As an orphan growing amidst the flames of war, she was not used to this. Not a bit.

“Yamanaka-san!” a youthful girl’s voice sounded out in the compound, making Inoichi sighed.

“Wait here obediently, okay? Daddy is going to be quick,” Inoichi patted Yuki’s head lightly and then disappeared from her sight. With curiosity filling her mind, Yuki crawled towards where the sound came from.

She did not want to brave the risk of being called a devil's reincarnation just because she possessed her past life's memories, so she crawled instead of walking. She could even run and throw kunais already. Her hard work paid off.

When Yuki crawled all the way to the door, she could see a two females with one holding a baby girl in super frilly pink dress with a smile that made her suspect the baby just ate a pile of sh!t and still had to smile. It was an ugly forced smile.

"Yuki!" Inoichi called out as he turned his head. He walked towards her, scooped her up, and brought her in front of them. "Yuki, meet Inuzuka Tsume, Inuzuka Hana, and baby Inuzuka Hino."

Yuki stared at the baby who was grinning too big for it to be natural. Something about this strange baby felt familiar. Very familiar.

If Hina knew what she was called by Yuki, she would have shouted and demand a match of brute force. Who are you calling a strange baby?!

"Aww, she is so adorable. Hello, little one. I am Inuzuka Hana," Hana cooed at Yuki who was like an SD baby, meaning a baby who looked so cute and pretty like a doll.

"Ah-lo~" Yuki decided to greet them with an adorable smile.

Hana's eyes practically melt at the sight of Yuki seeling her cuteness. She squealed and gave Yuki a toodler bone crushing hug.

Child abuser! Help! There's a child abuser here!! Yuki flailed her arms in an attempt to break free of Hana's imprisoning hug.

From the corner of her eye, Yuki could see the gloating and schadenfreude on the face of the auburn haired toodler the woman was holding. She narrowed her eyes slightly at this as her mind processed thoughts and hypothesises.

Yuki stretched her arms towards the smug toddler in frilly pink and used her wide eyes to stare at her. She even imitated baby's incoherent speeches as if she was trying to rely something to the new toddler she had just met. If it was truly a toddler.

"Aww, does little Yuki wants to play with little Hino?" Hana asked as she pinched the velvety cheek of the black haired toddler. Hana carried Yuki as gently as she could and walked to in front of her mother so the two toddlers were facing each other.

A glint of mild sadism flashed through Yuki's eyes but it was gone before anyone could notice it. With an innocent smile, Yuki pinched Hino's cheek, stretched it until her face looked like an oval-shaped pancake and then slapped her. As if not satisfied, Yuki tried her best to drool and wipe it with both her palms and slapped Hino's cheek once again.

After being treated that way, Hino froze, a shocked wide eyed expression was donned on her face. She went really still, as if she was transformed into a stone statue by Medusa. Then Hino looked as if it was the end of the world for her as she screamed.

She was slapped with palms filled with drools, drools, and combusted into flames at the shock.

With practiced movements, Tsume took out a galloon full of water from her storage seal, and doused Hino with it.

Hino halted her screaming before resuming it.

Yuki slapped her again with a palm filled with saliva. Hino stopped screaming.

She slapped Hino again in the other cheek. Hino screamed even louder.

Suddenly, Hino ceased her screams and stared malevolently at Yuki and slapped Yuki. Unfortunately for Hino, Yuki opened her mouth and bit her chubby hand.

Fvck!!!! Hino thought. What in the name of Leonardo Da Vinci's madness is this sh!t doing?!?! Do they teach even cannibalism here?!?! More like, what did I do?!?!

Hana carefully placed Hino's hand out of Yuki's mouth and said, "You both really get along well. Isn't that good for you, Hino? You finally got a friend~!"

Woman! Hino glared at Hana with the most threatening glare she could muster at that moment. Which eyes did you use to see that we 'get along well'!?

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Meanwhile, in a secluded dark corner of the Yamanaka Compound, a shadow was biding his moment to end the life of an innocent.

The sharp poison-laced kunai glint ominously in his pocket.