Memory of a Sunflower Chapter I Tempestuous Temperaments, a Naruto + Samurai Champloo Crossover fanfic

Authors Note/ Pt 1/

Thank you for taking the time to read my fanfiction, I truly appreciate it. I know I have just started out writing, and my story may not be that good, but I ask for you to give me constructive criticism, don't be afraid to be harsh. I'm sure whatever you need to say, I can take it. I'm always looking to improve.

But if you don't like it, please don't plainly say it sucks, because everyone hates that feeling of a bad review. Anyway, I hope you can enjoy my fanfiction!

- Ni Pa-kun

恋しパくん.

[Naruto: Shippuden x Samurai Champloo fiction-]

[Fanficition written by Ni Pa-kun]

She had stepped into a world not her own, a place of samurai and sunflowers. Far away from her own home, wandering with two samurai and waitress- on a quest to find the Sunflower Samurai whose existence is questioned.

Chapter I

Tempestuous Temperaments

They arrived at the middle of the execution ground, it was sunset, her favourite part of the day, how fitting. She looked up, blinded by the sun, but she could still see the civilians watching anxiously.

"Are you at peace with yourselves?" Jin asked, with a charming smile on his face. He looked cheerful, almost amused. Sakura frowned, what on earth was he up to now? Mugen let out a light laugh "Hell, every freaking day I have to ask myself; will this day be the last day I'll be able to lie in the sun?"

She chucked lightly, "I'm not dying today." Sakura stated confidently, "How are you so sure?" Jin inquired, "I have some unfinished business. Although good luck to you two, hope you make it out alive." Sakura said politely before the three were pushed to their knees.

"Vagrant Mugen! Vagrant and ronin Jin! Vagrant Sakura! These three will here by be executed by decapitation of the heads and to be put on display!" Sakura smiled nostalgically; so many times she had been scheduled to be executed, too bad she killed everyone at those execution grounds, even the spectators.

The governor from before stood in front of them cockily, was blocking the sun from their view with his fat form. "Hey dumbass. You're blocking the sun with your fat ass." Sakura remarked cockily, grinning at him foxily.

"Someone's cocky." Commented Mugen. That sounded like something he would say. The governor stepped forward and kicked her in the head, but she didn't budge from her kneeling position, she only looked up at him with a blood dripped mouth.

"Are you ready to apologize?" The governor asked formally, his arms crossed in a confident manner, he also had a disgusting grin on his face. "Are you ready to grovel at my feet and beg for forgiveness?" He asked, cockier if possible.

There was a slight pause, before Mugen spoke up. "If living means bowing down to the likes of you bastards, I'd rather die on my feet with my head held high!" Mugen exclaimed, confident, feral grin plastered on his face.

"Well said. I agree with him." Jin said with a light chuckle. Sakura nodded in agreement, "There is only one person I bow down to, and it is not you." She remarked disrespectfully.

"Very well then. I will grant your wish and send you straight to the afterlife!" Shouted the governor as the executioner's swords were hoisted up into the air, and suddenly brought down.

One day earlier

"...Ow... my head..." Sakura's eyes lazily flew open; she looked around dizzily, where on earth was she? She rose from her leaning position against the stone wall. She clutched her throbbing head, this felt like a really bad hangover.

She sighed and opened her medical pouch; she retrieved a green pill and swallowed it, unhesitant. "Well, wherever I am. I'll just get moving to the Fire Country." She said as she got up, dusting herself off. She noticed that her wounds were closed up, and the blood that had stained her hakama was gone, weird.

She ignored it though, the main thing she was concentrating on was: 1) Finding Konoha 2) Where on earth was she. She ran a hand through her hair, she so wasn't in the mood for another mission. Tsunade better have a big pay check for her when she get's back.

Sakura walked out of what she assumed was an alley and looked at her surroundings, it looked like Konoha to say the least, but it definitely was not Konoha, there were no shinobi around.

She watched a woman walk past her; she ran up to her and tapped her shoulder. "Excuse me, but could you tell me how to get to Konohagakure from here?" The woman gave her a worried smile, "Um sorry. I've never heard of a place called Konohagakure." She had already left before Sakura could ask anything else.

"Never heard of Konohagakure...?" She asked to herself, she crouched into a thinking position, which earned her many strange stares. "Konohagakure is one of the biggest and most populated cities- if no one knows it, than I must be a long way from there..." She muttered to herself, "Oh well, better get going then." She said to herself as she stood up, she started to walk down the street, heading to who knows where.

"I wonder… what is there to do around here?" Sakura asked herself lazily, staring up at the sky where all the birds flew and the clouds floated, they're lucky they don't have to deal with the crap she does. Bastards.

Sakura was walking close to a river, what looked like it, it flowed close to where she was standing previously and decided to follow it, having nothing better to do. Her eyes were kept on the still water as she walked, so calm…

"Ow!" Sakura looked up, she had walked into someone, it looked nothing more then a villager. "Apologies." Sakura said automatically, he nodded and went back to trying to look over the other heads in the crowd.

'I wonder what's going on…' Sakura wondered as she stood on her toes, to see what all the commotion was about.

"Oh please governor!" A man was on his hands and knees, "I beg you, sir!" His head was lowered down in front of him respectfully, "If I lose this construction job, it'll be the death of my whole family!" He exclaimed desperately, beads of sweat forming on his face.

The what she expected to be, governor, blew a puff of smoke into the air and outstretched his hand. The man looked up with wide eyes, and pulled out some coins, he placed them in the governor's hand and started to walk away.

"You dare give me this?" The man turned suddenly, "Well, I-" The governor glared at him, "Your spare change?" He threw the money back at him, "You men, kill this insolent peasant for me at once." The governor ordered to the men dressed in green surrounding him.

Sakura growled and stepped forward, "Hey… even if you don't like it, you can't stop him. Those men… they are the top fighters in Edo, you wouldn't stand a chance..." The man she had previously walked into said, a caring look in his eyes.

Sakura kept quiet for a moment, her sense of justice kicking in "Strong my ass, I won't sit still while an innocent is being harassed" Sakura growled as she stepped out of the crowd. But another man had beaten her to it. She looked over at him, he was around 20, and long black hair, glasses and navy hakama, and he also had two katana tied to his sash… a samurai?

"Please move… You're blocking the road." The samurai said calmly, stepping forward. "Is that so? Who the hell are you?" Asked one of the green samurai, Sakura watched carefully as the samurai dressed in blue stepped forwards again.

"To serve your lord… and do his bidding. Is that honorable?" The blue samurai asked, one of the green samurai scoffed. "Of course it is!" The blue samurai paused, he looked unphased. "Even if… that lord is an unimportant piece of shit?" The green samurai growled, "Hey, you'd better watch your mouth of yours!"

"Cutting down a man who's done nothing wrong… is that what you've spent all those years honing your skills for?" The blue samurai asked again, "Why I outta-!" The blue samurai cut the green off, "In my opinion, you're worthless." The four green samurai growled and lunged at the blue.

Sakura stared in wonder, this guy… really had some balls, standing up to these so-called best of the best samurai. The blue samurai threw his straw hat in the air and released his blades; they easily cut through all of the samurai in one swift motion.

The green samurai all fell to the ground, Sakura stared, impressive. The governor stared in shock, "Y-you want money? Is that you want? You can have it! How 'bout it?" He asked desperately, sweating immensely. The blue samurai ignored him and picked up the three gold coins from the ground.

"You…!" The man on the ground exclaimed, staring up. "I'll take these." He stated as he placed the coins in his pocket reluctantly. The blue samurai started to walk away, the crowd split in half so he could walk though.

The governor growled and jumped out from the small carriage-like thing he was in. "S-somebody stop him!" He shouted, pointing straight towards him. He turned around sharply, "You miserable good for nothing cowards!" Sakura sighed, her head immediately perked up when she thought of the blue samurai.

She looked down at the direction he walked in, she was looking for someone to test her skills on, and he seemed perfect. She dashed down the road he went, kicking up dust on her way. She spotted him enter a tea house, she grinned and followed.

"Hey!" Sakura shouted as she entered, everyone's attention was diverted to her, she stood there stiffly. "Yo." She said plainly with a wave, "You, I want to fight!" Sakura said as she gestured towards the blue samurai on her left.

"Screw you bitch! I'm fighting this asshole!" A scruffy haired man shouted, Sakura looked a little taken aback, she then growled at the asshole. "Okay jackass! I'll take you on then!" Sakura shouted cockily, she jumped forward with her katana in hand.

"Fine, I'll kill this bitch first! I couldn't care less!" He shouted back as he jumped onto a wooden pillar, he rebounded back towards Sakura, his katana in his hands, he sliced down at her, but she blocked it with her katana and pushed him back outwards.

"You're actually kind of strong… Girly!" The scruffy man shouted as he lunged at her, she stepped back and bumped into the blue samurai. She looked up and smiled, a bad plan stirring up inside her little head.

She slashed at his mid torso, he dodged and moved behind her, swiftly he attempted to stab her back. She jumped forward towards the door way, "You guys, are better than I really expected." Sakura grinned.

"Don't get too cocky…" The blue samurai muttered as he lunged towards her, his blade sliced swiftly through the air, almost cutting her limbs off with every swing. She ducked to dodge the blade and swiftly attempted to kick him off his feet. He jumped up and dodged the blade from behind.

"Two on one is hardly fair…" The blue samurai commented again, "But I will enjoy killing both of you." He said as he lunged towards the scruffy haired man. Sakura smirked, "Whoever said we were working as a team?" The scruffy haired man shouted and he pushed passed the blue samurai and slashed at Sakura's head.

She dodged and attempted to kick him, but he grabbed her leg and threw her off balance. She fell to the floor with a thump, she rubbed her sore backside. The scruffy haired man lunged towards the blue samurai.

The scruffy man slashed at the blue samurai, who dodged and slashed multiple times back. The scruffy man jumped back onto a table and leapt from each one, until the blue samurai decided to slash at him so he would lose balance.

He fell behind one of the tables and kicked it up, the blue samurai held it up and waited for the scruffy man to pop back up, when he did he jumped back as the scruffy man used multiple slashes and kicks, the blue samurai dodged all of them, whcih seemed to anger him. Sakura could only watch.

The blue samurai slashed down on the scruffy man, he fell backwards and blocked the blade with his steel plated geta shoes. He kicked the sword back up and jumped back, the blue samurai slashed again but he dodged and jumped back towards the kitchen.

Sakura growled, no way was she missing out on this! She leapt off her backside and made a dash towards the kitchen. She could suddenly feel a blast of heat; she turned sharply to see the whole place on fire. Everyone had rushed out, except for the three.

"I can't imagine a more perfect setting..." Said the scruffy man fiercely, glaring at the blue samurai and Sakura. "Aren't you going to run?" Asked the blue samurai, readying his katana again. "Nah, don't you two stay on my account."

Sakura lunged towards the scruffy man, her blade slashed at him swiftly, cutting off pieces of messy hair. Suddenly, the roof came down. The flames blazed around the three, Sakura could feel herself grow tired.

"S-smoke… inhalation…" Sakura whispered before collapsing, the blue samurai did the same. The scruffy man stared at the two, the blue samurai was bathing with his thing hanging out and the girl… well was dressed as a prostitute. He stared at the two.

"What the hell?"

Sakura stared down at her legs as another bucket of water was thrown at her. She looked up wearily, six men dressed in black and brown were standing in front of her, it was night and one was holding a bucket. She wriggled her wrists slightly; she was tied to a post.

Buckets of water were thrown at the scruffy man; he woke up slowly, staring at the men tiredly. "What the hell… is going on here…?" Sakura sighed, clearly remebering all the past events "Don't you remember?" Asked the blue samurai calmly, the scruffy man looked thoughtful.

"I remember… a dream..." He paused, "There was fire all around me…" Sakura coughed, the smoke had really taken a toll on her. "That, ack, wasn't a dream." She explained between coughs. "…So he was in a bath tub with his thing hanging out? And you were a prostitute?" He said questionably, "Now that was a dream." The blue samurai stated.

"Too bad it wasn't a dream! My son burned to death in that fire!" The governor said as he walked towards the three, "And now you three are going to pay for it!" He exclaimed harshly. "Fortunately, it wasn't long ago this place was called a tortured department store. You're going to be well taken care of here."

Sakura mentally winced. 'Torture… not good…" Quickly they were stripped to their undergarments, much to Sakura's dismay. She looked down at her half naked body, all she wore were her chest bindings and dark baggy pants, and they smelled absolutely horrible- like urine, to be more precise.

Suddenly her wrists were pulled back and tied with thick, tough, itchy rope. She was pushed towards an open ground; she looked up to see two wooden pillars with ropes placed at the top. She could only frown at what she was in for.

Before she knew it her wrists were tied to the top of the pillars, her legs hung dangling. She was way to short for this thing; suddenly she heard the whip snap against her skin. Her eyes widened, "Gah!" She screamed sorely as the blood ran down her pale back, she looked to the other side of the torture ground. The blue samurai was being dunked… into a liquid something. She didn't know.

The whips kept snapping at her skin, she was used to torture and interrogations so this, but she could never get over the pain of it all. She remembered what Tsunade had told her long ago, but she was drunk at the time, so she didn't really know if that advice was good or bad, really. She grinned at the man standing in front of her, "Is that all you've got? You fat piece of crap!" She screamed shrilly, her eyes suddenly a blazing green.

He stared, stunned. "Y-you bitch!" He shouted as he punched her in the stomach harshly, she coughed up some blood, but grinned at him. "Is that all you got? Asshole!" She whispered hotly as she spat blood in his face.

She was suddenly cut down from the tall pillars; her frail body fell to the dusty ground with a thud. "B-bitch!" He whispered as he kicked the girl's side, hard, all she did was take it. It hurt, but... it almost felt like nothing.

She coughed more violently this time, blood splattered to the ground beneath her. She mentally winced as she was pulled up again, she turned her head fiercely to face him, "Fuck off, you fat piece of shit!" She spat in his face again.

He threw her to the ground; she lay limp with her face in the dirt. "Ow." Was all she managed to say. "We're going to double the intensity of your torture!" He stated as he walked off, letting the others take her to the other torture.

She wiped the blood from her mouth with her shoulder and walked off to wherever the men were taking her. She glanced back at the scruffy man and the blue samurai; they both looked like they were going to pass out at any second.

She sighed. This was going to be a long day…

The three lay quietly in the cell, it was night and the crickets started to chirp, to their annoyance. Sakura rolled over to her side and winced, they had done more damage to her body then she would have anticipated.

Suddenly, she got up. Her eyes were half closed, she was half asleep. "H-how the hell can you move?" The scruffy man shouted angrily, only to wince as is lungs started to hurt. Sakura stared at him robotically, before muttering something unknown, than suddenly falling back to the ground. It seemed she didn't have enough energy after all.

She slowly reached into her hakama sleeve; they were given their clothes back after torture, and pulled out a small container filled with little blue pill shaped things. The scruffy man and the blue samurai stared in curiosity, "What's that?" Asked the blue samurai curiously.

Sakura looked in thought for a moment, should I tell them that these are chakra pills? She thought carefully, she then looked back up at the boys. "They are… pills." She simply stated as she took one, swallowing without hesitation.

"Well we know that! What the hell are they for?" The scruffy man shouted angrily, trying to look threatening, failing miserably though. Sakura sighed, "None of your business." She said as she slipped the pills back into her sleeve.

The pills she just took were special chakra pills. They drain all of your remaining chakra, after a few hours it restores it to the maximum and aids in chakra control and consumption rate. They tasted awful though.

The blue samurai sighed, "You're the lowest of the low." He muttered deeply. Sakura looked at him; he was talking to the scruffy man, obviously. "What did you say?" Barked the scruffy man angrily.

"Your stance leaves you wide open and your moves are totally inefficient. Your entire fighting style is a mess." Continued the blue samurai, as he stared steadily at the scruffy man. Sakura inwardly smirked, "Yeah, that's true." She agreed. "And you, your fighting style is clean, but you have to many weaknesses that you show." Sakura shut her mouth after that.

The scruffy man growled deeply, "You son of a…" The scruffy man started, after rasping out a desperate breath, his head lowered again with a low 'thunk'. "I swear… You are the most undisciplined fighter I've ever known…" Said the blue samurai coolly, retaining his laid back position. "Shut your damn mouth." Replied the scruffy man, "...And the only one I wasn't able to kill." He continued.

Sakura looked over at the men, they were completely ignoring her now, she wanted to interrupt their little moment, but decided against it. She sighed, she could easily break through the wooden bars that sealed them in, but she was at her weakest stage, after taking those chakra pills. She decided just to wait out until morning.

Sakura's eyes softened, she missed Naruto, Sai and Kakash-sempai… tears began to well up in her eyes, "Don't cry… Not now…" She whispered almost silently to herself, the tears stopped forming and she looked over at the scruffy man and the blue samurai.

"Naruto… Sasuke…"

"Mugen is the name… you both got that?" Asked, now Mugen, breaking the silence that surrounded the three. "Mugen?" The blue samurai repeated, "Right." Mugen said. "My name… is Jin." Jin said. "You should remember it." He added confidently. Jin and Mugen stared at Sakura, expecting her to reveal her name.

She sighed, "Well if you guys did so…" She started quietly, "My name is… Sakura." She finished she was actually considering giving them a fake name, but it wouldn't make a difference. "That name is fitting of you… Sakura-san." She smirked and closed her eyes nostalgically, "I hear that a lot."

"Oh wow...from the looks of things they really put you guys through the ringer." Sakura blinked an eye open, "You're that chick…" Mugen muttered, "The one from the tea house…" Jin finished for him. Sakura looked over at the girl, she indeed was from the tea house they fought in.

The girl giggled cutely, "Well, don't you want to know why I'm here?" She asked with foxy smile. Everyone stared, "No." Mugen stated bluntly. "Okay, see ya." She said disappointedly, walking slowly towards the exit.

"Wait, I was just kidding," He commended, Sakura glared at him. He's ego is way too big to accept help from others, especially a young girl. The, what Sakura presumed, young adult looked back at them with a pitiful look.

"Listen, if you promise to do me one little favor. I'll help you escape. Do we have a deal?" She asked slyly, holding up a key tauntingly. Sakura grinned at her, she definitely had the upper hand here, she liked this girl's cockiness.

"You serious?" Mugen asked suspiciously, Sakura hissed at him, "Shut up, open the door. Please." Sakura asked, no more like ordered, politely. The girl grinned and started to get to work on the lock.

Sakura watched the girl struggle with the lock, amateur. She waited for one pitiful minute before deciding to 'butt in'. "Yo. This is a regulation prison lock- it's the tumbler kind. You don't have the right tools to pick it, but I guess what you have will do. First off, you're doing it all wrong." Sakura inched closer to the girl. "You have to push up each pin a specific way with light pressure, or else it won't work and we'll be here forever." Sakura explained monotone and all.

"You're a thief?" Jin inquired curiously, Sakura pondered whether to answer that or not. "No." She simply stated, even though it was a lie, she stole from time to time if it was necessary.

"So, what's the deal with this favor of yours?" Mugen asked bluntly, Sakura frowned when the girl stopped to answer his question. "There's someone I need you to find…" The girl said sadly, "A samurai… who smells of sunflowers." She added. Sakura cocked her head to the side slightly, "Sunflowers don't smell." She whispered, mainly to herself.

Everyone's ears perked up at the voices in the distance, "Hurry up!" Jin whispered harshly. Suddenly, there was a 'clank' of broken metal. Sakura looked down in horror, the key broke.

"What is it?" Mugen asked, "The key broke in half..!" She exclaimed in disbelief. Sakura sighed, so much for that. "She's over there!" Came a voice not to far away. "Get out of here!" Sakura ordered sharply, glaring at her with blazing eyes.

The girl stared at Sakura, but bolted when she saw a man come running. "Gotta go!" She said before running. Sakura watched anxiously, she hoped that girl had gotten away. It'd be a shame if she died trying to save them.

"Stupid chick. What'd she even come here for?" Mugen asked, pissed off.

The three walked out of their cell solemnly, towards the execution ground.

They walked slowly; it was if the executioners wanted them to savor every second before death. Sakura inwardly smirked; there was no way she was dying today. She looked over at Jin and Mugen, their faces were like stone, it was a shame that they were dying today, and she actually grew fond of them, somewhat, not really.

"Well said. I agree with him." Jin said with a light chuckle. Sakura nodded in agreement, "There is only one person I bow down to, and it is not you." She remarked disrespectfully.

"Very well then. I will grant your wish and send you straight to the afterlife!" Shouted the governor as the executioner's swords were hoisted up into the air, and suddenly brought down.

Sakura's eyes flashed, she leaped forward, to have her face in the dirt, but avoiding the blade completely. She quickly, but carefully got up with her two feet, with perfect balance I should add, her hands still tied tightly behind her back.

At the same time Mugen flipped over and span around quickly on his back, he knocked the sword from the executioner's hand and sent it flying towards where Jin was positioned; who leaned backwards slightly and cut himself loose, grabbing the sword as he got up.

Jin slashed at a man, earning himself a scream of pain from the dying man. He grabbed the man's sword before it could hit the ground, turning around he sliced the ropes that bonded Mugens's wrist. He looked around fiercely for Sakura; she was currently holding her own with a few samurai, with her arms tied behind her back.

In a matter of seconds the three were all surrounded by samurai. "Yo, someone cut me loose." Sakura ordered casually, they both ignored her. "We're putting our fight on hold until we get out of here, agreed?" Mugen asked, he pressed his back against Sakura's, who nodded in agreement.

"You intend to kill them all, don't you?" Asked Jin, as he stepped back again, the three's back pressed against each others. "I swear, you really are the lowest of the low." He added with a scowl.

"Guys, you know what would be just swell? If you cut me loose." Sakura grit through her teeth, these guys were really starting to piss her off. They didn't comply like they were supposed to, instead they jumped into battle. Sakura squeaked as men started to surround her, katana in their skilled hands.

"Ah, well at least I'll get some training in." She said with a grin, she round house kicked a few men, sending them flying. She jumped back, her back now against the wall. She scowled distastefully. She looked over at a blade struck into the ground, "Great." Sakura muttered.

Sakura skid past to men and rubbed the rope on the sword, it fell off easily. Grinning wider, she picked up the sword and dashed towards an oncoming group of men. She slashed through them easily, ripping their bodies apart, blood splattered everywhere, but she was careful enough not to get some on her clothes.

Sakura slashed through the men, steadily making her way towards the shed which held their things. A samurai jumped towards her, she ducked under and leapt into the shed. Her eyes darted around for her things. Her weapon pouch and katana were tossed on the ground clumsily. She growled and picked them up in a second.

"Ah, now this feels better." Sakura murmured as she gripped onto her katana tightly, she lunged forward and stabbed a samurai in the stomach, ripping it out painfully. "May the saints forgive you... because I won't." Sakura's attention was diverted to Jin, he had the governor pinned to a tree, and quickly he sliced his throat. She mentally winced, he was ruthless alright.

Sakura inched her way backwards, her back pushed against Mugen's, Jin was only a few feet away from the two. Sakura glared at the men, they were everywhere! It was like they had an endless amount of samurai hidden, somewhere.

"Damn, these cockroaches just keep on coming!" Mugen shouted angrily, gripping his blade tighter. "Hey look..." Jin said quietly, looking up at the roof. Sakura and Mugen gave him a curious glance, before following. "Is that the…" Mugen murmured as the girl from the tea house dropped two golden bombs, rolling down the roof and about a foot off from Mugen, Jin and Sakura.

Sakura's eyes widened, she knew exactly what they were. "Firewo-!" She shouted, but was cut off by explosions. She stood stunned; the bright light engulfed her vision, thus blinding her. She raised a wrist to rub her eyes, but it was grabbed forcefully and pulled her away. "Come on!" The voice was muffled by the explosions, but she knew it was either Jin or Mugen.

Sakura stood between the two men, watching the fireworks go off, lighting the night sky with beautiful colours. She looked at both of them wearily, she had no idea who grabbed her hand and she was so curious, so…

"Which one of you grabbed my hand?" She asked suddenly, they both suddenly looked shaken. "I didn't grab your hand." Jin stated in defense, "Well I didn't!" Mugen shouted. She looked at the two, she knew who was lying and who wasn't, she was always good at this thing.

"Oh well, it's not like it matters." She said, sighing, "Oh, I almost forgot." Sakura quickly pulled out her katana and slashed at Mugen, he blocked it easily with his own. "Getting straight to the point, eh? I'm down with that!" He exclaimed as he slashed down at her torso.

She jumped back, barely dodging it. She grinned and lunged at Jin, she got ready to strike when… "Just hold on!" The waitress shouted, tapping her wooden sandals disapprovingly. "You made me a promise! You haven't forgotten, have you?" She shouted angrily as she ran up the steps to their sides.

Sakura sighed and started to walk off, "Hey! Where are you going?" The young girl asked, Sakura turned her head slightly, "I made no such promise to you… but…" She jumped forward at Jin, her blade outstretched; he blocked it easily and jumped back.

"Hey, hey! Stop it!" She shrieked again, Sakura paused, her blade in mid air. "What now?" She asked, obvious annoyance in her voice. "A promise is a promise! If you three end up killing each other there won't be anyone left to help me! What good is your promise then?" She shouted again, Sakura sighed. "Again, we did not promise..."

"All right, we'll decide by tossing this coin" She pulled out a coin from her sleeve and showed it to everyone. "If it's heads you guys fight each other but if comes up tails you all forget about the fight and come with me, are we clear on this?" She asked slowly, making sure they understood.

Sakura scowled, "I have horrible luck though…" Mugen huffed and grabbed the coin, "Gimme that." He threw it high up into the air, it went so high you couldn't even see it. The four stared upwards. "Dumbass…" Sakura muttered dryly. "I think you tossed it too high." The waitress sighed.

"He doesn't know the mean of restraint" Jin said bluntly, as if talking about an animal's habits. "Kiss my ass." Mugen replied to all of them. "Where is it? It should have landed by now but I don't see it!" The waitress exclaimed, still staring upwards, Sakura and Jin had given up moments ago.

The coin's predicted arrival came and the small circular piece of metal had fallen smack dab in the middle of the waitress's forehead. The three leaned in, they were all curious if they could fight or not.

"Hey there they are! Get them!" Sakura glanced towards the group of samurai from before closing in towards them from down the street. The waitress picked the coin from her forehead and beamed "Hey, I won!"

The waitress, later who will be known as Fuu, grabbed the sleeves of the two men who would be her bodyguards and tripped over her broken sandal strap. Jin and Mugen fell forwards, knocking into Sakura, ruining her calm posture.

"This is… not at all what I expected…"

End of Chapter I

Tempestuous Temperaments

Next on Chapter II

Redeye Reprisal

"Alright, is everybody ready? Remember, no holding back, pull out everything you've got, even your secret stash! No holding back!" Everyone nodded in agreement, "One... two… three…!" Everyone looked at each other's opened palms. Jin had three copper coins, Fuu had two, Mugen had two acorns and Sakura had absolutely nothing.

"Are you kidding? That's it?" Fuu exclaimed, "Dude, are you sure you're not holding out on us?" Mugen asked Jin suspiciously, Sakura remained silent, truth was that she had money, but barely any. No way would she have them spend it all.

Authors Note/ Pt 2/

Thanks if you read it all the way through! I would appreciate any criticism you can give me, I'm always willing to improve.

- Ni Pa-kun

恋しパくん.

[Naruto: Shippuden x Samurai Champloo fiction-]

[Fanficition written by Ni Pa-kun]