The Fall of a God

Where did it all go wrong? Where had he made the error? When...had his judgment faltered? For many years, he had laid the groundwork for the construction of his underground empire. He held a hand in every arms deal under Konoha and between the Five Great Nations. He was a part of an inner circle of the world's underground that only the dangerous elite of society could fathom. His very hand was enough to move even the Kage to action if money passed enough.

Those foolish village leaders and elders might think that they were the supreme power that moved the very structure of modern society, but they couldn't fathom their own insignificance. He, and the numerous connections that he had made, were the ones in control. He was the one who decided who lived and who died. He was the one who bent the arms and knees of civilizations. He...was a god.

So why...was he staring at the corpse of his son while his wife laid chained against a wall? Why was Takamura Shingen trapped against a chair, his face bloodied and bruised by a miserable Uchiha slut that he had taken for his own in his dungeon?

The plan had been simple. Uzumaki Naruto, for whatever reason had let him go. Since then Shingen spent every waking second plotting his revenge. He was amassing an army to retrieve his wife and escape with his son. While he coordinated the destruction of Naruto's forces from a safe distance, he would begin the plot to retake his empire.

Where had Shingen gone wrong? He had planned to retrieve his son secretly, but each day he felt like he was being watched. Every corner he turned there was only silence to greet him, but paranoia and anxiety became his neighbors. Not even masked in a crowd of civilians did he feel safe.

As soon as he came into contact with his son, his world had gone black. When he had awoken, the sight before him was Izumi Uchiha standing over the corpse of his son. A sword rested in her palms caked in blood and splattered organs. He hadn't even heard his son scream for him nor his mother. He hadn't even...seen his son's face one more time before he fell over dead.

Then, came the pain. Nothing stopped Izumi Uchiha from releasing years of pent up rage in her body against him. No scream was too loud, no cry was too wet, and no mercy was too big, to get her to stop her assault. Minutes seemed to pass like days until the pain finally stopped, but only for a moment.

Izumi removed herself from Takamura and stood in the doorless, windowless, cage that she had created for herself and her victims. "It hurts, doesn't it Shingen? You have no idea how many nights I slept on thinking of this moment. A shame about your son. I suppose was just...unlucky that the circumstances weren't in his favor. Isn't that what you used to tell me?" Izumi asked.

"ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU USED TO TELL ME?!" Izumi asked with a snarl. She kicked Shingen's chair sending his face crashing to the floor. A painful grunt expelled from his body.

Izumi brushed a piece of her hair from her face. She then lifted her foot and slammed it on top of Shingen's head. A scream expelled from his lips as he felt the bones in his face groan between the floor and Izumi's heel. "Hahahaha, I remember the first time I woke up. I was chained to a wall, the only thing covering me was a dirty rag. You enjoyed passing the time telling me about my clan. You even...dug up the bones of my mother...and threw them in your fireplace. I could only watch as you laughed, and taunted me. Your wife...kissed me more times than I could fucking count. Day in and day out I thanked Kami that I was not tossed around by you like some horrid plaything," Izumi said.

She stared at Kai Shingen, the wife of Takamura, who glared at her with the flames of rage that burn from a distressed parent. Izumi stepped up to Kai. The female Uchiha frowned. "What a horrid look on your face. You should be thanking me. At least I let your sniveling offspring die with some dignity. It's more than whatever you gave me," Izumi answered to the glare the former underlord's wife gave her.

SMACK!

Kai felt pain as her head slammed into the side of the stone wall she was tied to. A grunt of pain flew from her mouth. Kai felt her body slump, but the strength of her restraints only caused her insufferable amounts of pain each time her body slouched. "You're lucky. You could bury your son if I allowed you to. I can't even do that for my mother anymore," Izumi said.

The female Uchiha held up her blade and watched it shimmer in the lamplight. "Hehehehe, well dear, look at our little Uchiha. She's moved up in the world. Now, I regret that I left my wife have all the fun with you. I never got my turn," Takamura said.

Izumi stared at him. He offered her a bloody smile, but she did not return it with rage. Instead, she returned it with death. Her gaze froze him from where he laid. She turned back to his wife. Takamura felt anger rush through his body. First his son, and now...his wife.

"Takamura Shingen, I'm going to ask you a series of questions. If I don't get the answers I want, I have my own entertainment with your wife. First question, where is Itachi Uchiha?" Izumi asked.

"How the hell would I know where an S-rank missing nin travels?"

Takamura then heard the gut-wrenching cry of his wife. His face clawed at the ground to turn him over so he could see. The best his vision could give him...was the ring he had put on his wife's finger when he asked for her marriage. It laid in front of him...along with the finger he had placed it on.

Shingen balled his bound fists and snarled at Izumi like a rabid beast. He could see the glimmer of blood staining her blade. She swiped it off. "Where is Itachi Uchiha?" she asked again.

"...I don't know. The only contact I've had with him was before he left the village. He must have blackmailed our organization's doctor because she was treating your injuries. You almost died about seven times in the process of your recovery. You were to be confirmed dead so he sold you to me. He reasoned that I might find a suitable client that would take you out of Konoha. Heh, he probably was too soft in killing all of you so he think of some way that one of you could escape," Shingen replied.

"Well, I'm glad my survival meant so much to Itachi. Why did Itachi kill my clan?" Izumi asked.

"Do I look like the head brass of Konoha? How would I know? All I can say is that life in Konoha has been much better with your family feeding the worms. Any village that would harbor a bunch of potential traitors is bound to collapse," he teased.

Izumi did not seemed interested in his taunts. She then heard Kai chuckle. "A shame he killed them all. I was trying to entice my husband about potential Uchiha offspring. I guess the offer came too late," she said with a hard cough.

Izumi placed a finger to her chin in thought. Her mind raced through the numerous possibilities of what this information meant. Her only lead to Itachi and it had turned up in smoke. This could not be the only trail that she had left to her. There must be more. She did not wallow away in a cell for so many years TO COME TO A DEAD END!

"GAH! UGH! RAH!" Kai screamed as Izumi pushed her blade into the former's abdomen. Izumi stared mercilessly as she heard her sword meet bone. She pushed until she heard the snack and crack of those in the path of her blade until it touched the stone wall behind her prisoner.

"You know, Shigen Family. I've served under Naruto Uzumaki for almost a year and a half now. Now that I have you here, I now see why he allowed me to hunt you. It was because he wanted to see if I was just in this to make you suffer or...hehehehahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Izumi grabbed her blade and tore it out from Kai's body. The wife of Takamura screamed as her blood splattered on her husband's face. Takamura stared up in shock as Izumi released a wide smile. "Talking to the two of you, I now realize at first...it was about revenge. Now, I love seeing that look on your face. I like the despair, the pain, the anguish, and the fear running through your eyes. I love seeing the grief strike you like a plague of locusts on a well-kept garden. The closest thing I've lost...is my own reason," Izumi said.

....

Join my P*atreon for early access to premium chapters ahead of the public release. 

Free members also get 4+ advanced chapters for free.

Link: pa*treon.com/MysticVerse (Remove the *)