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Psychedelic Soul

Prologue

"Uhm, happened in Konohagakure; afternoon. Must say it's a rather mundane one, the sun overwhelmed by clouds, and yeah, crisp winds too, as if swaying against people, almost perceivable. A man walks in the distance, and you could see from his eyes a certain kind of resolve. Somewhere, of course in the woods, the kunoichi stretches her right arm while her left foot adjusts, swiveling next and begins concentrating her energy. She steps her right foot forward, her left arm become weightless. Her tresses started to dance with the winds, then the clouds start to thicken, winds become colder this time. You can tell she's chuunin of course. She breathes heavily, and the rain starts to drizzle, and she halts after heaving a sigh; I can tell though she's in some revelry, her eyes closed but smiling nevertheless."

"You're overdoing it. It's... too poetic. I thought it was supposed to be... uh, apparent?"

"Well it's that good if you ask me. Do you want me to continue or not?"

"Uh, go on."

"A kunai flew straight at her, avoiding it just in time to sense another one, and emits her chakra; kunai misses and lands on the softened ground. She tries stretching her sight, but she only creates outlines – shinobi vest, she can tell it was a jounin. She steps backwards. She sees the man, and she stands firm. He asks if she's training or something, like in the exams and she says no, blushing of course, and I can tell the girl's brooding why the man was there."

"How can you tell?"

"I just do. Anyway, the girl can't stare at him and the guy tells her he was visiting a friend and he got lost, and he dunno where to go, it starts to rain and perchance spots her. Actually reminds me of someone."

"Why did he throw kunais at her? Not to test her of course."

"Well, I think he was already attracted to her that he was, uh, how do I put it? Oh yeah, later he confides that he really likes her – that explain why, some sort of flirting I'm sure. Anyhow, the girl finally stares at him, it seemed to show how happy he is, nut desolate and empty altogether. The chuunin says she's trying to mold her chakra; he smiles, and then silence. Only the rain is audible, they stood there, it's kinda crappy to see them just standing there, at least for me. Silence grew uncomfortable and the man walks off, saying she's improved and all, the girl thanks him, the man began again his strides, and the chuunin can only close her eyes as the rains fade, clouds clearing and all, and she's alone again there in the woods, and halts her practice because she doesn't want to anymore."

"Great. Not even a kiss."

"Hell yeah, I thought they're going to do it there, y'know how the toad-man thinks; I think though he's trying not to stigmatize his thing anymore."

"Hey, you didn't even describe the girl."

"Uh, well, let's see, her hair's pretty long, up to her shoulders I think, and she got a pale skin but velvety, she seems to be the simple type but absoluely beautiful, she's not that tall though."

"What was she wearing all the time?"

"She got that usual shinobi shirt, the usual pants but black this time, and she wore some black shirt with sleeves that extended up to her elbows. And, she got a great figure, her dress didn't hide her assets, if you know what I mean. And thank kami-sama for the rains..."

"Of course."

"Well, uh, you... would you go for that type?"

"I have fluidity."

"Eh? If you ask me, I say that type doesn't exists, at least not here. You meet different kinds, but not the perfect ones. Kinda frustrating, and you get to endure the others."

"..."

"But I'd prefer Tsunade-sama,"

"Isn't she half a century old?"

"Doesn't matter. She's probably... ugh... darn,"

"What happens next?"

"Where are we? Oh, the girl doesn't practice anymore. She's obviously distracted and decides to go home. She gets there after some minutes and got welcomed by a messenger, Hokage needs her; she thought it was some C-class mission, turns out she must momentarily teach in the academy because the shinobi in charge's off to Sand to deliver something. Meanwhile, the jounin before, he was taking a shower – something I'm not very fond off – I think it's for the girls, and his face looks depressed, somehow; I'm sure it's cold water because there's no foggy ambiance only a hot shower could have. So he slips out, and he's off to Hokage's office. He's got A-class; an important document was stolen in the archives and they think it's jounin from Stone, since the two villages are in some sort of cold war; y'know, spying and all."

"What kind of document?"

"Who cares? So, the man was dismissed. Stopped by the academy to submit his last report which was due weeks ago; he left, of course not before seeing the girl, seeing her teaching the children as he passed by a corridor. It becomes intense, he sweats, gulping for some air and I think he even shrugged himself off. And there's something in his eyes, I can see, like an excitement, something like that. And then the girl notices her, and he doesn't know what to do. The class was over anyway so she walks towards him, asks her where he'd headed, he stutters, answers he's on a mission. She wishes him luck, the man stutters and then he's off. Back to the woods, at the borders of Konoha. Wait, have I told you the jounin, although obiously a pervert, is kinda serious about missions?"

"No."

"Well he is, and as he was about to finally cross over another village a kunai flew straight at him. He dodges of course. An unknown shinobi walks, but you can tell it was a kunoichi because the... uh, lumps... the lumps were pretty obvious. She wears the same shinobi pants, greenish black this time, and she got some bandages for top, bandages with some markings; they extend up to her shoulders and arms, then to her stomach, and she wears a meshed shirt, the usual, but that villain's a kick-ass. She got bluish-black hair, tied up like rice ball, but she had layers of hair at the sides of her face and let them fall down to her shoulders."

"And her face?"

Sadly my friend, she wore a mask, only those beautiful blue eyes can be seen. The said document she was holding it, and the jounin starts running. The fight commences. The kunoichi starts with some seal and creates a doton, the man dodges and takes out his kunai, they're pretty sluggish, like waiting for each others' strikes. It's crappy to see. Anyway, cut the story short, Konoha jounin wins of course, pinning the girl in some tree only with bare hands, and his knee was pressing her thighs... ugh... and searches her clothes for the document and he finds it. And but curiosity killed him, so he tried taking off the mask, and it turns out that it's bunshin and the document turned into some smithereens of dust. Then you get to see the girl running off, caressing her left shoulder, because a kunai got it wounded during the fight. She takes the mask off, it's the girl from before."

"Hmm... Toad-man actually never thought of that before."

"They say it's based on some real thing."

"In Konoha?"

"I'm not pretty sure."

"..."

"..."

"They're here... tell me the rest when they're gone..."

"..."

"..."

"Kurenai! Asuma!"

"Anko-san. Where are the others? It's not yet started?"

"We're early. Hokage's on her way. The others, too."

"Hey Asuma, watched the Icha Icha?"

"..."

"Eh? That's a no then. Quite good y'know."

"You should ask Kakashi, Ebisu-san."

"Where is he anyway?"

"On a mission I think. Hyuuga girl told me when I passed her by on the academy earlier."

"Anko, you mean Hinata?"

"Hinata? Uh, yeah, she got her hair long I didn't notice."

"How'd she know anyway?"

tbc.