Inside the abandoned village.
"Hey Maku! Look who I found!", a jonin yelled as he dragged a girl.
"What is it? Ooooo look what do we have here a a fine lady survived.", Maku a jonin said.
"Yeah! And she the daughter the that busty women you the know the one who was loose and tight at teh same time!", he grabbed her hair tighter.
"That one, girl your mother was packing something. Hahaha hah", Maku laughed.
Behind them, another shinobi walked through the street checking bodies. As he passed, his boot stepped down on two corpses lying together—the girl's parents.
He didn't even notice.
He just kept moving while scanning the houses.
The girl trembled but didn't speak.
One of the shinobi beside Maku frowned.
"What's your name?" he asked roughly.
She stayed silent.
The man's patience vanished instantly. He struck her across the side of the head, knocking her to the dirt.
"Answer when you're spoken to."
She coughed weakly, trying to push herself back up.
Another shinobi grabbed her by the shoulder and forced her upright again.
"Well?" Maku said impatiently. "What's your name?"
Still she hesitated.
A second strike landed, harder this time.
The girl gasped, clutching her side.
"…Lashi," she finally whispered.
The group went quiet for a moment.
"Lashi, huh?" one of the shinobi repeated.
Maku chuckled under his breath.
"Well, Lashi," he said slowly, looking down at her.
"You're the last one left in this village."
Around them the ruined settlement remained silent, the wind moving through broken doors and shattered roofs while the bodies of the villagers lay scattered across the ground.
"Well let me enjoy myself before we lea-", he was cut short as his head was cut in half.
Behind him was a 9 feet tall, muscular humoid Demon wolf type of creature.
He had Orange fur and red eyes as it standed on both of his feet. Sharp fangs and teeth, he or it looked angry.
For a moment, no one moved.
Then one of the jōnin shouted.
"What the hell is that?!"
Another shinobi drew a kunai immediately.
"A summon?!"
The creature slowly lifted its head.
And growled.
[Akira's POV]
My heart was beating strangely fast.
I didn't know why.
Maybe it was the village earlier.
Maybe it was watching those men laugh while standing on the bodies of her parents.
Or maybe I was just tired of pretending this world was something it wasn't.
Whatever the reason…
I was angry.
Very angry.
My claws flexed slowly as the transformation held steady.
The shinobi backed away slightly, trying to regroup.
"Kill it!" one of them barked.
Two jōnin lunged forward immediately.
Earth spikes burst from the ground toward me.
Too slow.
I stepped forward.
My claws tore straight through the first shinobi's chest before he could even react. His ribs snapped under the force and his body lifted off the ground before crashing into the dirt.
The second one swung a blade at my neck.
I caught his wrist.
Then crushed it.
Bone shattered inside his arm before I slammed him face-first into the road.
Blood splattered across the ground.
Behind them, another shinobi formed hand seals.
"Earth Style—"
I moved before he finished.
My claws tore across his throat.
Three down.
The others backed away now, panic creeping into their voices.
"What kind of summon is this?!"
"Where's the summoner?!"
One of them launched lightning jutsu toward me.
Pain sparked across my shoulder as the attack hit—but the body held.
I bared my fangs.
You think I can't do that too?
My hands formed seals.
For a moment the remaining shinobi froze.
"…Wait."
"Did that thing just—"
"Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Destruction."
The flames exploded from my mouth in dozens of blazing projectiles.
They rained across the street like a storm.
Two shinobi were struck instantly, their bodies igniting as they screamed and collapsed.
The rest stared in shock.
"That thing used—"
"A jutsu?!"
The fire spread quickly through the ruined settlement.
Wooden houses caught instantly.
Flames climbed the rooftops as smoke filled the sky.
One jōnin tried to escape through the alley.
I caught him from behind.
My claws tore through his back and out the front of his chest.
The another shinobi stood frozen in terror now.