On the night of October 10th, Jun did not sleep. He stayed awake, dressed, and ready to move out. He acted like he was reading a book while he was looking through his window anxiously. He heard his parents talking in the living room and sensed the chakra of his sister in her room. She was sleeping. Everything was peaceful, but Jun was tense. He couldn’t wait any longer; he wanted Kyubi to appear right away. He was on high alert for any unusual chakra signature. He was confident he could pick up the huge chakra of the tailed beast from a distance.
He suddenly felt like a bus hit him. Without warning, Kyubi’s chakra appeared out of nowhere. It was huge, overwhelming, burning, and inhuman… Jun couldn’t breathe. He gasped. The book fell from his hands. That moment felt like an eternity as if everything was moving in slow motion. Kyubi’s chakra was dense. In the living room, the whispers of his parents stopped. He heard his mom calling his name.
Simultaneously, a deafening roar tore through the night.
Time resumed its normal flow. His mother burst into his room. She was pale. Jun looked at her in horror. His mind went blank, and it took him a few seconds to regain his senses.
“The shelters… We must go to the shelters.” He said.
The alarm sounded. In the confusion, Jun could not remember how they had gotten out of the house. They were currently in the streets, running to the nearest shelter. Izumi was crying. She was terrified and shaking. A handful of other people came out of their homes. Some were terrified; others were perplexed. They had yet to comprehend what was happening. Jun looked as he ran and almost tripped himself.
The Nine-Tails was gigantic. It was more massive than the cliff that dominated the village. The beast seemed so close. It hit the ground with its feet, and houses flew away. Kyubi was conceivably ten blocks away. There weren’t even in the path of the rubble, but some debris rained down on them. Panic took over. People started screaming.
The instructions of the ninjas were lost in the terrified cries of the civilians. Kyubi roared again in fury. Jun felt the sound travel throughout his body. He stumbled; someone pushed him, and he found himself swallowed by the crowd. He had lost sight of his parents. It was one of his worst nightmares.
He ran without knowing where he was going, overwhelmed by a visceral fear. He experienced the terror of a prey confronting its greatest predator. It wasn’t only the size of the creature that made it so terrifying. A shinobi could freeze an opponent by letting out a murderous intent using chakra. It was a principle everyone knew. However, this wasn’t a ninja enemy or another human being. It was a force of nature fully unleashed, filled with rage and hatred. Its chakra was raging. It was infused with murderous intent so intense it could freeze your blood. Jun ran aimlessly, driven by fear.
He had no idea where his family was. He used his elbows to make way, but his movements were clumsy due to fear. The fact that he lost his family added to his despair. He had vowed to protect them.
There was a sudden explosion, and Jun was thrown backward. He rolled over, got up, and froze. About thirty meters from his position, something had pulverized the landscape. There were corpses in the streets, smashed to the ground by the force of the explosion. Some were launched in the air and were impaled on debris. People were yelling. Jun’s ears were still ringing. He wobbled, stunned. He turned around and realized with a shock that the street behind him was no more. He saw more bodies. Jun forced his legs to move. He had to go to the shelter, to safety.
Jun heard a sound and saw the remnants of a building flying through the air. He began running. The debris crashed to his left, and he felt the impact shaking the ground. The cloud of dust raised by the impact rushed into the street like an avalanche. Jun threw himself behind a wall, avoiding the shockwave. He no longer knew where he was. The landscape had changed. The familiar buildings were demolished. How long had it been since the appearance of Kyubi? One minute? Five minutes? Ten minutes? He had no idea. Time had become irrelevant.
A panicked crowd ran down an adjacent street. There were people crying out for help; others were desperately calling out the names of loved ones. Some were simply screaming in terror. Then another big impact shook the ground so violently Jun fell to the floor. There was silence. The screams died down. The Nine-Tails roared again.
I have to move. If I stay here, I’m dead. I have to move; I must move, move, move, move…
His body no longer obeyed him. His muscles were petrified in fear. He was shaking and breathing unevenly like a cornered animal. He felt tears streaming down his cheeks. He could not move. A primitive part of his brain had taken control and reasoned that by not moving, the predator wouldn’t slay him. But Jun knew better. There was no stopping Kyubi’s rampage. He must move.
Jun perceived something over him. He looked up and recognized the head of Nine-Tails above the collapsed buildings. The beast wasn’t closer than the last time he caught a glimpse of him, but it didn’t need to be near him to cause some serious damage. Jun saw its shoulders, its back, and its tails moving like snakes under the full moon and casting huge nine shadows over the village. Kyubi turned toward the other side of the village. He saw the muscles in its shoulders move, his paw crashing down several blocks away and shaking the ground.
The monstrous head of Kyubi swiveled. It was unbelievably swift for a creature its size. He saw his chin; his jaws were gaping open. When the beast spun around, he saw his eyes, red eyes. They radiated hatred. The gaze passed over the street without sighting him. He felt like an insignificant insect. He was so close to making eye contact with such a creature that his instinct kicked in.
Jun came back to his senses. It was like he had been seeing the world in black and white and now colors returned. His vision became clear. His muscles freed themselves from their paralysis. He found himself able to move. He turned in the opposite direction to the NIne-Tails and took off. He did not run; he sprinted. He had never run so fast in his life. Adrenaline was kicking in. He went through the debris, his muscles filled with chakra. Each of his strides covered more distance than the previous one. He moved so fast that his vision got blurry. But he still perceived everything clearly, the specs of dust, the small stains of blood. He omitted nothing.
Kyubi roared behind him. He felt the breath of a new wave of destruction pass through his back. He did not turn around. He ran even faster. His fear gave him wings. The shelter was no longer in his mind. He was merely running in the opposite direction of the threat. He passed through devastated areas, ruins, and corpses. He saw some streets that have yet to get destroyed but did not stop.
“Jun! Jun!”
He recognized his father’s voice. The fear clouding his mind evaporated, and he stopped running.
“Dad?” He called.
A figure leaped from a roof and ran after him. Renzo emerged from the smoke and dust. He was covered in mud, and the front of his uniform was smeared with bloodstains. His father opened his arms and ran to him. Jun also threw himself into his arms. Renzo hugged his son tightly for a brief moment, overwhelmed with emotions. Then, he forced Jun back and examined him attentively.
“Are you hurt? The explosion separated us. Your mother and sister are not with you?”
Jun’s relief disappeared. He shook his head; his throat was dry. He identified several expressions on his dad’s face, surprise, shock, terror, doubt, resignation, and determination. Everything happened rapidly, but he saw it so clearly. It was like he was seeing in slow motion. Renzo opened his mouth to speak, then froze. With a delicate gesture, he put his hand on Jun’s face and looked at him.
“The Sharingan.” He said in a low voice.
Jun blinked cluelessly. His mother was an Uchiha. He was half-Uchiha. Therefore, he possessed the potential to awaken the Sharingan. He just never thought about it before. It explained how his vision was so much better in the last few minutes. The amount of detail he was able to discern and process was abnormal.
A loud explosion shook the ground, and a wave of burning dust washed over them. His father instinctively moved to shield him. For a moment, they stood still, waiting for the shockwave to pass and the wind to die down. They could still hear Kyubi’s roar ripping through the streets and buildings, but they couldn’t see it. The creature was hidden from them by the surrounding ruins. Renzo looked around, then stepped away from his son.
“We can’t stay here. It’s too dangerous. The route to the first shelter was destroyed; you have to go to the second shelter. Do you know the way?”
Jun’s mind went blank for a brief moment. He knew the way; he had memorized the route to every shelter. He knew the streets to take, the landmarks to follow, the trees for the shortcuts… But the landscape was altered now. There were no more streets, no more houses, no trees; nothing but debris on the ground. How could he find his way?
Thanks for chapter ~~
Great story so far, am eager for more …
Yeah the pure destruction caused to Konoha really is something. It would be very scary for the powerless, same with the Pain incident…
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I'm glad you're enjoying the story.
Konoha did suffer a few destructions. The Pain incident was even more brutal than when Kyubi went on a rampage. If Nagato didn't resuscitate all the victims, the village would have been in a really bad shape. These kind of attacks are hard for everyone, and specially for the powerless as you said. Imagine sleeping peacefully and a monster suddenly appears and start to destroy everything on its path. It's also quite traumatic.
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@MilexKor While it is sad that he was not able to do anything in this incident. However your writing in this chapter is absolutely amazing. The feeling of a disaster occurring and the chaos that accompanies is correctly shown here.
Most fanfics which mention this incident focus on confrontation between main Ninjas and the Kyubi. The scene in village at time of the incident is never described in such detail.
Anyways I hope you are able to describe more story incidents so vividly it was really nice to read despite the grim setting of the chapter
@vivekdtiwari I'm glad you enjoyed reading this chapter :)
Thanks for the chapter
This feel kind of stupid, I know the author want the mc to experience this event as a powerless person, but then don't mention about him knowing the exact future, even the date and time, yet done nothing he said he would do.
It done nothing but made the mc incompetent. no sane person would risk their family dying if they know anything about it.
at least make it to where he doesn't remember about it, or just don't make him a reincarnated person, instead just a random character POV instead.
So is this MC gonna start training seriously now? Jeez author I now understand why many are saying this is so annoying, even if his talent his average but just knowing the dangerous future and possible dangers around him, he should be filling pressured not leisurely! What the f*cking heck author!
Tell me author will you feel leisure knowing that a criminal will ambush you in the future, since the police and the law can't protect you 24/7 aren't you at least pressured to train how to fight?! Do you have something wrong with your head!
Yeah, I also found it pretty absurd.
Jun says that he doesn't want to become OP, but just a decently strong ninja. Newsflash: A "decently strong ninja" can't protect his family from Itachi.
I didn't really care that the MC was taking it easy until now since it was reasonable that he didn't want to become a genin and go to war, but the war's been over for more than a year and the MC is still messing around like he isn't living in a world that's going to be destroyed within a decade.
And saying that teachers don't pay attention to him because he's not from a big clan is such a lame excuse. Teachers pay more attention to kids from big clans since those kids are generally more talented and more likely to become chunin and jonin. If MC showed his talent instead of hiding it, maybe they would pay more attention to him, as well.
And the worst thing I found about MC's action was that, despite knowing that the Kyuubi will attack the Leaf, he made no preparations. What's the point of being a ninja if you're just going to freeze up like a common civilian?
@BookTycoon you think you will reach better than the MC?
@Trans_Later exactly it feels. f*cked up. from author's side. a guy who knows that sh*t is coming up will train his hardest and not goof around.
pathetic display.
@Iccang at the minimum, I would at least bring my own family outside konoha, MC even remember the date, he really done nothing at all here.
@ZachZaywer
@Iccang I for one would have at least tried the plan of arranging a trip on that day an probably thrusted my parents whit the fact that i have dreams of the future (probably would heve told them just befor the war ended so i can predict how it ends and the next hokage as prove) thus not even being there and depending on how they take it they could perhaps help whit warning kushina (i believe in the original the uchia clan takes some blame from this incident as it happened close to their compound and anny excuses is a good one for danzo and if you are able to prevent it you would have probably delayed the masacre and by keeping the 4th alive that might even outright prevent said masacre even if it doesn't or they can't prevent the 9tails attack now that the parents know you can predict the future you can just tell them that if they join up whit the uchia again they will all die and your part of the problem is solved if they did prevent the attack and naruto's parents live you have probably enough trust to tell minato all about danzo who at this point doesn't have all his OP eyes so can easily be killed problem solved) how is that for better than the nothing the MC does (the only risk in that whole plan is that info leaks to danzo early and him trying to kill you but those are still better odds than praying to an nonexisting god that the 9 tails won't kill you or that the half-assed training will be enough to deal whit itachi not to mention that itachi is not the cause of the masacre and thus not even the main problem)
@Iccang I know I can! Because I don't know then I'm much more worst than than a pile of rubbish on the fllor!