A few days had passed since I last saw the old lady, everything in my head was foggy and in a haze I didn't really know what I was doing or where I was going when a young boy bumped into me.
He fell to the ground as he stared at me with a smile on his face before saying, "Your eyes are really pretty like an angel. How did you get it to do that?! That pattern I've never seen anything like it before!"
I glanced at a window realising my eyes were activated. I didn't reply to him as I reduced the amount of chakra going to my eyes making them slowly deactivate.
"Wow, you're so cool! Now your eyes are black!" The boy exclaimed.
I flicked his forehead out of reflex as he somehow reminded me of Naruto before saying, "Thanks, and watch where you're going next time, you could get hurt or someone else could."
He rubbed his forehead and pouted before exclaiming, "Okay!" when he spotted his mum running towards her.
I entered an alley as I thought of visiting Naruto, Hinata and Hanabi soon when a ball of paper hit me on the head. I caught it before it hit the ground.
I turned as I saw a few men laughing. They noticed me staring asking, "What's wrong kid, do you have a problem with us?!"
I didn't reply as one of them asked, "What can't you talk?"
"I- I can." I replied, barley processing what was happening.
A wide smile appeared on his face as he said, "Hey guys let's rob this kid. She can barely even talk, it's not like she's going to tell anybody.
I started laughing as they looked at me confused.
"Hey brat what's so funny?!"
One of them stumbled back as they said, "Hey, you guys, her eyes are turning blue, and there's a weird pattern on them, is she from the uchiha clan?"
"No you idiot, their eyes turn red not blue. It's probably just a party trick or a genjutsu."
I couldn't help but chuckle as I walked towards him saying, "I can assure you this isn't a genjutsu. Because if it was, you'd already be crying."
He just laughed saying, "Is that so?"
Before grabbing a knife from his pocket as he tried to slash my face.
I moved back dogging it easily before saying, "That's right. Why don't I show you."
The man stopped moving, he didn't say a word or blink. His friends looked at him confused as one of them approached him.
Before they could tap him on the shoulder he suddenly fell to his knees, as blood started dripping from all over his body.
He turned towards one of his friends a single tear rolling down his cheek as he mumbled, "End it, 2 years of torture, please just end it. I'm sorry. Kill me, I'm begging you. Just end it."
I handed him a kunai as I mumbled, "No you do it. End your life. End your suffering."
He collected the kunai, placing it against his throat. One of his friends tried to get the kunai from him but it was too late as his blood splattered everywhere.
I couldn't help but laugh. He actually took his own life without hesitation. My hand slightly trembled as I stared at the blood that had landed on it.
What was I doing? Why was I stooping down to their level? No even lower than them.
One of them suddenly pinned me against the wall exclaiming, "What type of monster can convince someone to kill themself and then laugh?!"
He let go of me as he stumbled back. His hand placed on his stomach, he lifted his hand up with blood on it.
I started walking towards him grabbing a kunai from my pouch when 2 others lunged at me.
I dodged their attacks before punching one of them in the stomach. I kicked the second person in the face as they hit the wall hard.
Their head started bleeding badly when the second person grabbed a metal bar hitting me on the head with it or at least what they thought was me.
By the time they realised it was a genjutsu it was too late as their head fell to the ground, the smell of blood thickened, and for some reason, I enjoyed it.
My kunai shattered as I mumbled, "I guess it's only blades like Asuma sensei's that can withstand that much chakra."
My white hair had started to turn red from all the blood as I turned towards the last person that was looking at me in fear. The one who had thought my eyes were the sharingan.
He tried running away but I appeared in front of him before catching his hand as he tried to punch me. His hands were trembling.
I punched him in the stomach as he fell to his knees.
I kicked him in the face while he begged for mercy his voice trembling with fear. He looked at me as though I was a monster.
Were they right? Am I a monster?
I hesitated before I started punching him, he continued to beg for mercy, tears running down his face.
A small smile was on my face as I punched his skull in again and again.
At one point I couldn't even hear his screams anymore all I could think about was punching him in the face I couldn't stop it made me feel alive.
I didn't notice when he stopped begging. I didn't notice when his screams stopped. His face was no longer recognisable.
My vision only grew blurrier and blurrier as I started to lose full consciousness.
I stumbled as I stood up making my way out of town through the path that had the least people.
While I was walking in the forest I sensed somebody's chakra as I glanced at my hand, a fire bow slowly formed.
I abruptly turned around as I shot a fire arrow. But then I saw the person's outline. I lunged towards the person that was holding a basket with flowers inside, my vision clearing, hopping to push her out of the way or do something to stop it.
But I was too slow as I wasn't able to get the person out of the way in time as the arrow pierced them in the chest and then exploded.
I was thrown back by the medium explosion as I got up running towards the person my arrow had hit a few light burns on me.
I stared at the burnt corpse of a woman in her 30s. I fell to my knees as I tried to heal her. I had already checked, she was dead.
My medical ninjutsu was average at best. There was no way I could heal her. Yet I kept trying.
Why was my first thought to kill her? Why was killing the only thing I could think of? When did blood become this beautiful?
"Mum! Mum! Mum, where are you!" I heard a young male voice scream out.
I turned around as I saw a young boy, about 9 years old staring at his mum in shock before running towards the woman in front of me, tears falling down his face.
I stood up taking a step back not knowing what to say as he shook her, trying to wake her up. It was the boy from before.
"Did… Did you do this?" He asked me in a barely audible voice.
"I'm sorry I really didn't-"
Before I could finish he interrupted me exclaiming, "What could she have possibly done to you, she's the nicest person?! She was pregnant! Why? Why did you kill her?!"
He stared at me, waiting for an answer.
"I-I didn't mean to. I just… I'm-"
"You're a monster. My mother's dead and you're smiling? You're a monster!"
That's when I realized that I had been smiling. Since the moment she died. The smell of her burnt corpse, the boy's cries. They all brought joy to me.
I stumbled back as he screamed, "A devil. That's right that's what you are. I take it back your eyes aren't that of an angel but a devil! You're a devil!"
"Stop, please stop." I thought to myself not being able to say a single word to defend myself because he was right.
"You hear me, you're a devil!" he exclaimed and I snapped.
No one else had to know, if he was dead he wouldn't be able to tell anybody after all the dead tell no tales.
I ran at him with a kunai in hand when suddenly out of nowhere someone grabbed him.
I turned to the person as I saw Haku.
I smiled, saying, "Haku. Give me the boy."
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