human sacrifice

"It's time Hinata, no more waiting." Hiashi orders and she withers under his stare, knows her time is up. Though she's known about this day for years, she'd been wishing, hoping he would change his mind and not give into one of Konoha's oldest and cruel traditions. When a suitable girl comes of age and the bribe isn't made, you're sacrificed to the village's jinchuriki…Canon AU

Every year, on the day of the harvest ritual, the village leaders chose someone at random to be sent up the mountain to be sacrificed to the dragon gods, to ensure that they had a good planting season and a bountiful harvest for the upcoming year. This year, Seonghwa was chosen to be the sacrifice. He wondered what he ever did to deserve a fate like this.