TOKYO NIGHTS
FROM THE MIND
OF
REBECCA GRIFFIN
Hey there Twihards. Itz more from mi mind n this time I decided 2 write about Bella n Naruto. I waz struck aftr watching Twilight {again cauz u oughta kno once iz never enuff!} and I wondered wat Bella'z life wuld b like if she waz 2 meet Naruto n Japan I noticed that no one culd tell mi wat time period Naruto takez place n so I decided 2 place this during thuh EDO period in Japan which began n 1603 with thuh rule of Tokugawa Ieyasu. I also decided 2 giv Bella magical powerz so she'd b on a more evn footing n feudal Japan …GRRRL POWER 2 THUH MAX! And I also decided to include Kagome Higurashi from Inuyasha. ! N I also decided 2 try a more poetic style … Hope U Like itJ
In the cold of winter … even though life retreats … truth always remains in existence. And while truth is supposed to remain constant … sometimes even it remains hidden in order to protect the existence of something that is far more valuable. Truth … Reality … sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference… What is true … What is real … What is imagined … I have no idea.
These are my thoughts. Perhaps they are the only thing that is left to me in thus vast wilderness that speaks only to confuse me. Yet it is in the midst of all this delusion that I have seen what some would call a blessing, as though knowledge of the location of the prison where one is being held can actually be called salivation it was something that Kagome and I noticed as we slowly walked through the forests outside Chiyoda collecting Wild Iris flowers.
"Look … they're beginning to construct the EDO castle. "
And indeed they were. Kagome had noticed it first … probably due more to her knowledge of Japanese history then anything else … and I could picture the workers sacrificing what little remained of their life in order to support a regime I doubted they understood. I couldn't foresee the future without the use of magic yet I easily understood that they would not receive just reward for their efforts when the castle was completed in 1637. I wondered how many people would have sacrificed their efforts on this project if they had known that the castle would have a shorter lifespan then Alicia Silverstone.
"Yea …"I finally muttered as I broke my stare upon the workers and met Kagome's eyes with my own. "But the castle was destroyed in the great fire of Meitei in 1657. " I gave a little grin as I watched the expression on Kagome's face … if looks could kill then I would have been a corpse. But the thing was that that they didn't. And I wanted to show Kagome that she wasn't the only one who knew about Japanese history
"Miereki no taika …" Kagome finally spoke in a softened voice as she stared forward at the worksite and muttered" So much of life is tragedy." For some reason emotional situations seemed to deeply affect Kagome and I could sense the frustration in Kagome's voice as she talked with once-manicured hands and described world in which she had actually visited the Japanese Imperial Palace that would eventually be built upon the very ground on which they stood. And tears welled Kagome's eyes as she talked in great detail about a wonderful palace that was worth more then all of the real estate in California. It was seriously all the more painful because Kagome had actually been there yet she was now a prisoner of time just like myself. .
Kagome then turned towards Bella and looked a little apologetic and a little scared as she placed a single Wild Iris flower in Bella's hand. It was Kagome's way of apologizing. She thought that if she wiped away her insecurities with kindness then Bella would just forget about it and everyone could be closer to happiness again … whatever that was.
Yet the thing was that Bella wasn't even angry. Okay…Kagome had tried to make use of a supposed home court advantage and she had glared at Bella when the plan had gone awkward. But Bella wasn't concerned about whatever issues they had in the past. Instead she was more worried about Kagome and what she was becoming.
"Do you like it here?" Kagome sounded distinctly remorseful as she sat down upon a fallen tree and tossed a pebble towards the construction site. Looking sort of like she knew that she shouldn't let her emotions affect her so strongly but she just didn't have it in her. Being human just didn't come without having deep feelings for the ones that were close to you. "My family in Tokyo might not even remember me after all of this …" Kagome stated sadly as her eyes searched the woods for where the pebble might have landed. "After that demon dragged me into the well … I always though that the next day I would return … or it had been a nightmare … or something … now I just don't know …"
"Kagome … you're not alone…"
"Oh … there's Sasuke and Naruto!" Kagome arose suddenly and called out to them as if to prove what Kagome had just said was true. Both of them looked surprised … as though they had honestly expected no one to be out here …. As if this was their own private trail … before Naruto finally broke a stupid grin across his face and answered. Naruto then mouthed something to Sausuke who shrugged before Naruto headed towards Kagome.
Sasuke stood like a mannequin in a Prada showroom as he stared at Bella in a seemingly unbreakable trance before he finally spoke. "I sense that you're skilled in Kinjustsu."
Bella just shrugged as it now somehow seemed as though all eyes were suddenly transfixed on her. Somehow the words "Oh I'm a level one witch in Kinjutsu." had never escaped her lips during her recent hike through the woods. Sue me Kagome … I'm more concerned with your feelings then personal adoration.
