Abyss of Fire (Finished)

Assassination Attempt

Streets of Konoha

  Despite the fact it was getting later in the day, Raijin went for a walk of the village as he usually does when the sun starts to set. He was walking down various streets when he felt he was being watched, and not with the usual stares and glances he would receive from the villagers, but something more akin to malice. Slowly he would unsling his rifle from his shoulder and make ready, he stopped dead in his tracks as various Konoha shinobi appeared from the shadows and surrounded him, none of them he recognized or knew.
  "Your constant protecting of the brat has gone on long enough, and you presence is no longer welcome in this village." One fo the shinobi states as he makes himself known as the leader of the group.
  "The Hokage and other Jōnin would say otherwise." A scoff comes from the lead shinobi, along with various laughs from the others.
  "That old fool is no longer cognoscente of what is going on in this village, he needs to be replaced. Maybe getting rid of you and that brat will see to it." Killing intent washed over all of them and made some do them cough because of how potent it seemed, the clicking sound of Raijin's las gun being placed on fire from safety could be heard.
  "That is treason, admitting you plan to do such deeds makes you all traitors. All traitors must die!" Raising his las gun, Raijin sends a bolt of energy flying towards the leader, the power of the bolt blows a hole through the mans stomach and sends melted flesh and offal falling to the village street. The sound of the las gun was loud enough to alert any other shinobi throughout the entire village, so the traitors knew they had mere seconds to run away or attack, seeing as how they had no other option as they would be labeled rogue nin either way, they launched themselves at Raijin. Raijin fired his las gun and dodged various strikes from the traitor shinobi, he had no idea things would come this far but he had no choice. One by one the rogue nin fell to his las gun, reinforcements arrived in the wake of Kakashi, Kurenai, Asuma and various other shinobi. Besides his former sensei, the other Jōnin and shinobi were outright surprised by the carnage Raijin left in his wake. Kurenai looked on in shock as Raijin extracted his serrated bayonet from the chest of one of the traitors. The other traitors, realizing their situation, threw down their weapons and fell to their knees.
  "What the hell is going on here?!" Asuma yells, the usually laid back Jōnin enraged at the sight before him.
  "These traitors attempted to kill me." The voice of Raijin reaches them as he aims his las gun at the traitors. Many of the shinobi look on in disgust at the traitors on their knees, Kakashi himself walks up to Raijin's right and talks to him.
  "We only need one alive to interrogate, kill all but one." A snap of his fingers and four shinobi come to standby in case any of the traitors attempt to run. Kurenai, who is usually one to allow judgement to be passed by the Hokage stays silent. Before much else can happen, various other Jōnin and shinobi arrive on the scene, many look on in shock at the bodies laying in the street, do to the state of their bodies being outright mutilated by Raijin's weapon. Many stand aside as the Hokage himself arrives on scene with ANBU bodyguards.
  "What happened here, Raijin?" The man of Krieg does not turn away from the traitors as he relays to the Hokage.
  "These men made an attempt on my life, and said that you were no longer fit for your position and needed to be replaced. They are traitors, sir." Hiruzen stares harshly at the men on their knees, smoke almost seeming to billow from his pipe in rage.
  "Ibiki will take care of you all." Looks of pure fear come across the faces of the traitors, one opens his mouth to speak but in mere seconds he no longer has a head as Raijin sends a las bolt through his head, turning into molten flesh.
  "Traitors have no right to speak in their defense, the Hokage said you will be sent to Ibiki, and to Ibiki you will be sent. Take them away!" His growled voice shouts as various shinobi subdue and start dragging the traitors away. Turning to the Hokage, he nods respectfully to the old man whom returns the nod of respect.
  "Everyone, return to your homes and to your posts. The rogue nin have been subdued, and they will be interrogated, dismissed." With the words from the Hokage, the shinobi besides the various Jōnin disperse. Raijin gives a silent nod to the other Jōnin before leaping up to the rooftops, intent on finally going to his destination. All of them watch him leave including the Hokage and his ANBU guards.
  "He sure is an interesting fellow, I'll say that." Asuma says while lighting up a cigarette, which earns him a glare from Kurenai who doesn't like that he smokes.
   "That he is, my son. However, I highly doubt any of us wish he was anything else." Asuma chuckles, agreeing with his father. Kakashi nods his head in agreement with the Hokage, much like the loud mouthed blond on his team, Raijin brought an entirely different element to the village. Naruto was a loud mouth but he was courageous and willing to do anything for the village, despite everything the villagers and even shinobi have done to him. Raijin on the other hand was a stone cold professional killer, but he wasn't one to be swayed by money or power, he was loyal to a fault and it was obvious he'd never turn his back on Konoha unless absolutely forced to. Kurenai could only smile sadly at her own thoughts, Raijin had been on her team for a month, and already he had been field promoted to Jōnin, despite that she was still prideful of the fact he was apart of her team before his promotion.

Inuzuka Compound

   Tsume was pacing back in forth near the front door into their home at the Inuzuka compound, her partner Kuromaru kept her from rushing off into the village, they had heard the sounds of the las gun but when they fell silent is when she had become afraid that something had happened. She also stayed back to make sure that Kiba didn't run off to check on his pack mate, despite the fact he was technically no longer apart of the team. A knock at the door made her jump, as she was too engrained in her thoughts. Walking to the door she opened it and nearly jumped on the man standing there, Raijin stood in the light of the doorway and stared at her with a small smirk.
  "May I come in?" Tsume has to slightly shake her head, so she can reorient herself.
  "Sure, come in." She moves aside and allows him to enter the home, walking beside him they go to the kitchen where she has a bottle of sake and two drinking cups sitting on the table. Both of them sitting down at the table she fills both glasses with sake, she almost chuckles when Raijin looks at the glass oddly before downing the rice wine liquor in one gulp with no reaction at all.
   "Has a slight burning feeling, but tastes fine to me." Tsume actually laughs at his statement, the fact he never drank sake before yet was able to down a whole cup with no reaction was priceless. Raising her own cup she starts to drink her sake, enjoying this little moment.
  "I came here to accept your offer." Coughing would be too nice of a word to use for what Tsume experienced, she felt like she actually drank the sake into her lungs with his words and now she was fighting to breath again. Standing from his seat, Raijin walked over and placed a hand on her back and other directly on her chest, which made her blush immensely as he gently patted her back to help clear her lungs. After a few more seconds of coughing she was able to catch her breath, to her disappointment Raijin moved his hands away. Looking up at him she gave him a questioning gaze, trying to decipher if he was serious or not.
  "You mean, you're willing to join my clan." A nod from Raijin makes her feel like she wants to faint on the spot, 'stop being hormonal, he's not yours yet', she scolds herself.
  "I realized that because I'm the only one of my people in this land, that it would be better to find those that I can trust. You and your clan are the first that come to mind, would you be willing to allow me into your clan?" A bright smile comes across Tsume's face as she stands from her seat.
  "Yes, I would be very willing to allow you into the clan." She pulls him into a hug which surprises him at first, but to her surprise he returns the hug and is a lot less awkward about it unlike before. Unknown to Raijin, he just boosted the power of the Inuzuka clan within the village immensely by Tsume accepting him into the clan, 'Raijin Krieg-Inuzuka, has a nice ring to it', Raijin thinks to himself while both of them still hug each other, sitting around the corner hidden from both of them, Kiba is silently fist pumping the air at the news that Raijin will be apart of the clan from now on. Even amongst the Inuzuka clan itself the Kriegsman had a name for himself, as he was the only one to have beaten Tsume in a fight and the fact he didn't demand anything from her boosted the level of respect he had from the other clan members. The power dynamic amongst the clans shifted greatly within one night, hopefully nothing drastic would come of it, but time would tell.