My name is love. Yes I love you? Yea that's my name but its spelled LOVVEE. Because I guess 2 E's and 2 V's make it a name. I think my parents bless their soul were a little out of their minds.
I'm a ninja. Yes I'm a female ninja, and if you were smart you'd know that there's a total of my guess around 5 in all of Japan, Or none other than me because I've never met another one. Because woman aren't usually allowed to fight, because according to most men in this country woman are put on here for men and are best at use "getting married, having kids" as the last man in the village who turned down training me said. Not that I'm not already super strong already I'm just looking to get stronger. But most men laugh in my face at the thought of training me. My last trainer was my father in our village. But he along with everybody else died when some bandits came and burned and slaughtered everybody. Men, woman, children their pets? EVERYBODY I knew. I simply wasn't there when it happen because I was practicing in the forest like I always did. I know if I was there I could have saved my family and to my day it is my biggest regret.
People tend to judge my appearance and my name. So now I go by lo, (pronounced low) short for lovvee. My appearance is used against me still. I have light pink hair. It used to be really long but when I left the village but I cut it off with a sword, and it is shaggy and only about to my neck. My appearance is used against me because I'm not tough looking. The thing is I'm already a full trained martial artist and swordsmen. This was all my father knew how to teach and could teach me. I wear a short kimono and headband with matching arm and leg warmers. Except it is in black instead of white, my mother made it for me when I told her I wanted to be a ninja. "Well you should look like one than?" she told me.
My mother was very pretty and girly, I really miss her.
The only ninja weapon I have is ninja stars though. (And a sword of course) Because a man that was traveling the village saved me from getting stolen and taken to china as a mail order bride. He was a ninja. When he fought it was like nothing I've ever seen in my life the way he moved and I wanted to do that. I didn't want to have to get saved by a man. I simply wanted to do it myself
"Here kid" he said ducking down to my 11 year old head
"Take these ninja stars and become a great ninja that any man would fear so this doesn't happen again" he told me with a warm smile. I've never met anyone like him, a ninja who believed I could be a great female ninja. That was when I begged my father (who was a martial arts teacher) to teach me. At first he was against it but I kept begging and he taught me eventually. So that is what I will do again, take rejection as a way to keep asking because someone will teach me soon and it will pay off.
I strolled into yet another small village that looked the same as the last 7 I've past through
"No ninja teachers here" I thought to myself with a sigh. Out of the corner of my eye though I saw an interesting door in between a market and clothing store. It was simply a white door with one little window and the word fighter above it in an inked sign.
I walked into the dojo. The first part appeared to be empty but I heard fast movement and slowly made my way farther into the dojo until I saw what appeared to be some kind of studio. With 5 people in it. The first was a brown spiky haired boy with blue eyes who looked about my age. He was fighting with incredible fastness that only someone training to be a ninja could have traveled. He was fighting with a long silver haired boy who looked mature. I peaked my head out more from the side in the door.
There were others on the side. A blonde spiky haired boy who looked like her was related to the brown haired one fighting and had similar blue eyes. Also next to him was an even older looking but less mature looking red haired gut with a tattoo on his face. You can't be serious I thought face palming myself. Until I saw….A GIRL in a similar outfit to mine but it was white she had hair a little shorter and black.
Maybe they teach girls I though hopeful as I watched the silver haired and spiky brown haired boy fighting
Who's the master…..I thought until I saw a guy with brown hair who looked much older than everybody except maybe the redhead but he still had that goofy teenage look to him.
"that was good but sora you need to keep better guard and block as fast and you jump in the air trying to punch him and show off" the man said to the spiky brown haired boy in a serious tone
"Anyway we have a guest" he spoke to everybody looking to the door to my shaggy pink hair and eyes peaking out while everybody followed his gaze to me.
Shit... I though walking out and giving a timid wave
"Look she's a female martial artist like me!" the girl said hoping up and flipping to me and shaking my hand my face full of comical surprise
"Great ninja yuffie here!"
"You're a ninja..." I said surprised. Well that makes 2 in the world I've met...well... when I become a ninja it'll be two
"Well I'm training to be one..." she mumbled embarrassed looking at the floor
"You're training…here..." I said until the brown haired one named sora pushed her out of the way and shook my hand with a friendly comical smile "I'm sora and everybody is here to be a ninja!"
"So…you train girls?" I asked can't believing my luck until the serious and sorta scary brown haired one spoke up
"No I train people who could be a good fighter, and I'm not taking in some pink headed wannabe ninja who doesn't know anything"
"EXCUSE ME BUT I AM ALREADY A TRAINED MARTIAL ARTIST I DON'T JUST WALK AROUND LIKE THIS FOR THE FASHION YOU KNOW!' I yelled frustrated. Nobody insults my hair/fighting skills. In fact I've beat up a lot of people who did that.
"than show me." He said "fight one of my students and if your skills are good maybe I'll consider you for school pinky" he said with a smirk
"pinky…: I said my face red with anger
"roxas." He said waving over the blonde haired boy while the red haired one said something like "tough break you've gotta beat up a girl" to him while he got up and walked over to lard brain. To be honest I'm surprised he's giving me a chance. Most people don't even give me that. Everybody backed away to the side lines while roxas stood in front of the guy
"sensei"
"I need to fight her and tell me if she's worth anything, I'm going to go take a shower" he said yawning and walking away
"WOAH YOUR NOT EVEN GONNA WATCH! OUT OF ALL THE DISRE…"
"just forget that, just fight me" the blonde named roxas told me while we walked in the middle of the dojo
"GO PINKY!" sora yelled while my face heated up
"MY NAMES NOT PINKY!" I screamed back at him still red
Taking a deep breath I watched roxas move. He came running to me, fist to fist combat? I guessed jumping in the air avoiding his kick that can't be right it's a ninja studio. I thought avoiding a couple of punches and kicks getting tired from moving so fast. He was really good. Even better than sora and that other guy fighting earlier. I was dodging and trying to attack at the same time but even for the second I would try to hurt him he would attempt to get me, me having to block again because he was too fast.
I thought I was going to lose for sure until he pulled out his sword yes. I thought smirking grabbing mine. I was better at swords than fist to fist for sure. He jumped in the air at me aiming for my head in almost blinding speed but I raised my sword to block him. His face inches away from me our swords meeting in a cross, staring each other in the eyes. He broke off and stopping and jumped back. It was silent until "sensei" as he called him walked in.
"that was better than I thought" he said a cocky look I wanted to wipe off with my sword on his face
"what do you think roxas?" he asked Blondie
He replied timidly "I think she's pretty good" a small smile curling on my lips
"WELL THAN. Welcome to my school!"
I have to admit I was a little shocked he would even want to teach me. And lets me
"just call me sensei?" he said winking at me, I blushed and turned to everybody crowding around me.
"YAY another girl!" yuffie yelled
"I knew she'd do well I could just tell. And you've never had any ninja training?" sora asked, I nodded
"well she is one tough chick huh? My name is axel, got it memorized?" the red-headed tattooed one said holding out his hand and I shook it
"riku" the serious one said right after me shaking his hand to
"and of course I'm roxas!" the blonde said in a teasing matter, not like his fighting ninja alto ego which was very serious
"com'on I'll show you to our room!" yuffie said pulling me away from the group of ninjas in training as I gave one last wave.
She pulled me into a room with two cots on the ground, wooden floors all that same stuff most houses have except yuffie had it decorated ninjaish
"nice." I praised looking at her bed
"yup! You can put your stuff their because that's your bed, If you haven't figured it out yet" she said laughing at her own ditziness
"okay." I said tiredly slinging my backpack onto the cot
"I'm so tired, that roxas kid is good"
Yuffie giggled "yea he's probably the best here, him or sora..." yuffie muttered thoughtful
"but he's super cute huh? I'm so happy there's a girl here…"
"WAIT I DON'T KNOW YOU NAME!' she said throwing her arms in like she was stopping traffic
"ah my name is….just call me lo" I finished
"lo? What's that short for?"
"its short for lovvee. But spelled LOVVEE, not like I love you" I said laughing
"wow lovvee? That's pretty but I can understand why you go by lo, I mean who's afraid of a pink haired ninja named lovvee?"
"exactly" I replied happy to have a friend
Knock knock knock
"who is it!" yuffie sang
"it's us we want to talk to pinky!" a voice I think is axel said
"finnneee" she said whining getting up and opening the screen
"MY NAMES NOT PINKY!" I yelled trying to get it through everybody's thick skulls
"what is your name actually?" sora said walking up to me
"lo"
"lo what's that short for?" riku insisted not letting it go
"love, but not spelled LOVE like I love you, but SPELLED LOVVEE!" yuffie answered for me
I smirked
"pink haired ninja named lovvee? Wow" roxas laughed
"I can't help how I WAS BORN! AND WHAT I WAS NAMED" I told them pulling my hair out
Roxas just laughed "it's cool I kinda like it." Roxas told me smiling at me, I blushed
"O LOOK AT LOVE BIRDS?" axel said, roxas blushed I screamed
"WATCH IT BUDDIE I HAVE A SHORT TEMPER" I told him
"gee we didn't notice" axel said sarcastically laughing, I pouted
"anyway let's leave the ladies alone, see you at dinner!" axel spoke for everybody again as they followed him out with bored faces. My guess is he wants to be in control
'wow." I said simply
"yea axels something huh?" she said her eyes half closed, slumping with her hand on her heart with the crushy face on. I wasn't one to pry so I didn't ask.
Dinner.
"pass the curry" I told sora, him handing me the bowl.
"the attacks are getting worse" sensei told us, speaking for the for the first time
"attacks?"
"demon attacks." Sora whispered to me
"to many innocent humans are dying, we think they're coming from the continent, so be on high guard"
This confused me, I've never seen a demon in Japan, I've heard of them from stories. On time my father slayed one but I never saw it. So this was none the less confusing and also scary at the same time because I'm only trained to fight humans.
"pinky, have you seen any demons in your travels?" sensei asked me
"*animie vain* my name is not pinky, it's lo and no I haven't" I told him a bit snobby taking more rice.
"sensei what do we do if we see one, ninjas are only trained to fight humans?' roxas asked sitting next to sensei
"use your ninja skills and I will teach you some things I've learned from a demon slayer I met long ago"
"demon slayer?" I whispered to myself and continued eating
more chapters to comeXD