Tama: Hi, there Readers! We meet again!
Rika Tylore: When I said the next chapter will come out very soon I didn't lie, right?
Suzaku: By the way, where's Kakashi - san? I thought he's the guest star today.
Rika Tylore: He's right over... *only see a scarecrow dressed as Kakashi, sweat drops*
Tama: What the hell? He ran away!
Suzaku: I bet while you two were greeting the Readers, he quickly disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Tama: Why didn't you stop him?
Suzaku: He's too fast! After all he's my senior!
Tama: You're an ANBU so you should've in the same speed as he is no matter if he's you senior!
Suzaku: Shut up, Flat Chest!
Tama: How dare you Doggy? *starts abusing Suzaku violently*
Suzaku: Anybody, please help me! *tries to block Tama's fists*
Rika Tylore: Nothing can stop Tama if she is abusing someone... Readers, due to the situation here I better do the disclaiming by myself...
"I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS
OR THE STUFFS MENTIONED IN PARODIES.
HOWEVER I OWN THE OCs & SOME OF THE PLOT THAT
ISN'T FROM THE MANGA OR THE ANIME"
Rika: Enjoy & please review... *turns to Tama & Suzaku who are still fighting* Ne, they haven't done yet?
Konoha no Mizu no Ryuu
Chapter 2:
The Chosen One
"With great power comes great responsibility..."
~ Stan Lee ~
After that whole swords - kunai & spiritual energy - jutsus clashing, it finally stops inside the Hokage's office. Tama is still in the middle of surprise to see fictional characters she used to see from the television & manga are right before her own eyes. Meanwhile, Hiruzen seems to be observing her until he speaks.
"I understand now." Those words rather confused Tama.
"Did you find anything Hokage - sama?" Kakashi asked the old man.
The Hokage smiles calmly to the girl, "What is your name, child?"
"Okazaki Tamaki, 13 years old," she stares at Hiruzen for a while. "Are you Sarutobi Hiruzen - sama?"
Hiruzen simply nods, "It seems you knew about us already. Is that pendant belongs to you?"
"Yes, indeed." Tama now alerts herself to be careful if the Hokage wants it.
"Hokage - sama, what did you find about her?" asked the ANBU boy.
"Kakashi," heard his name called, Kakashi pays direct attention to the elder. "You remembered what I told you about the prophecy?"
"A child who holds a great power with deep black hair & eyes...! Hokage - sama, she's..." Hiruzen cuts him off.
"Correct, this child before us here is the said reincarnation of Mikado Aoi."
Tama doesn't really understand what's going around here, "Uh, I'm the reincarnation of whom?"
"Mikado Aoi, she came from the Mikado clan. The one who previously was the guardian of your pendant, Mizukami no Tama before she transported it into your dimension so nobody will find it until today." Kakashi explained.
"Welcome to Konoha, Okazaki Tamaki." the old man greets her warmly.
"Sorry for my impoliteness, I'm Hatake Kakashi. It's nice to meet you, Okazaki."
"It's nice to meet you as well. Hiruzen - sama & Kakashi - sensei."
"You've been spying on us." said the ANBU cynically.
"Think logically ANBU, I just arrived here. How can I have the chance to spy on you? I know your names because in my dimension, you're all fictional characters created by the people we called mangaka & animators," Tama seems to be cynical to the ANBU. "And I'm the one who enjoyed their artworks as a person called otaku."
"Where are you from?" asked Kakashi.
"Shibuya district of Shibuya ward, Tokyo, Japan."
"Do you live with your family?"
"Yeah, I live with my younger brother, Yuji while my parents are busy with their business." In this she is referring to her parents sarcastically.
Hiruzen walks back to his table & sits on the chair, "Okazaki, how did you get into our dimension?"
"I'm not really sure; I was with Yuji & my guardian, Toki. We were on our way to my school for my training. There's a kendo tournament for the next 2 days & I'm participating. Suddenly rain started to fall while the sky is actually quite clear," Tama stops for a while to try to remember then continue.
"Last thing I knew my reflection turns into a long dark brunette haired girl with blue eyes & my pendant shone along with the river as my hand got a grab of hers, I tried to pull my hand but I can't, like there's a force that didn't let me go. That's the moment I slipped & fell to the river. And I ended up here; everything was fine until he forcefully wanted me to hand over the pendant." Tama glances to the ANBU boy.
"Well, sorry for the mistake!" said the ANBU annoyed.
"Whatever, Doggy."
"Stop calling me that! What the hell is that nickname?"
"Well, you're wearing a dog mask & since I didn't know your name, for the mean time I'm calling you that." Tama sneers, which startles Kakashi & the ANBU.
Probably this kid has a sadistic side, I guess... Kakashi thought, "Forgive him Tama, Suzaku is an obedient one as far as I know. So what he has done is just the part of his faith, you could say."
As Tama stares at him, Suzaku starts to feel irked. "What?"
"Your name is Suzaku?"
"Tsukigami Suzaku of the Tsukigami clan."
Unpredicted by him, Tama smiles, "Forgive that I called you Doggy, Tsukigami."
This girl is definitely weird... Suzaku replies her, "Whatever, I accepted it."
"Hmm, you have many personalities hidden while you keep in your cool attitude."
"What are you talking about?"
"Now, now, please calm down. Okazaki, may I call you Tamaki?" asked Hiruzen.
"I prefer Tama more, but okay."
"Tamaki, do you have some sort of power? I just want to assure myself that you really are Mikado Aoi's reincarnation, as the prophecy-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. "A child who was born with a deep black hair & eyes in the middle of winter's last days. Holds a great force that only the child able to control, attracting many spirits whether it's good or evil." I'm the child & that's a popular prophecy around spirit masters in my world. How can it reach here?" Tama seems rather irked to tell the prophecy. It's a kind of a burden to her to hold something that makes her hunted, but she tries to accept it.
"What is this spirit master you mentioned?" asked Kakashi.
"People, who can interact with spirits, exorcise demons, purify possessed things; whether it's living or non - living things. Create seals which expel demons, & create protective barrier. They are called spirit masters & I'm the one of them, still in training though."
Silence spreads in all over the room, made Tama starts to feel they think she's crazy. "Alright, just as I thought you won't believe me. Or maybe you need a proof, that's not I can give for now."
"No, we believe you but," Hiruzen isn't sure if he can't tell it to the girl. "We got a situation here."
"Huh?"
"Mikado clan has an enemy named Takura clan of Kusagakure. They believed that you'll someday come to this dimension so that they can claim Mizukami no Tama from you."
Tama gives him an awkward expression, "From the Land of Grass?"
"Yes, I've prepared anything just in case they will come for the pendant. The thing is, now that you're here probably Aoi's soul wants you to defend Konoha as well, to defend her beloved former homeland."
Aoi - san, wants me to fight those who aim for this pendant? Tama doesn't expect that she suddenly becomes a savior. She just doesn't feel she's ready for this kind of thing, knowing that if she loses from the Takura clan it costs her life.
Hiruzen seems to know how Tama feels right now & he tries to comfort her, "You don't have to decide whether or not you want to involve in this right now Tama, it's your own choice after all. But just need you to know, if you choose to involve you'll have to be a ninja. It's the only way, Tama."
"I don't know which one I have to choose, in this war there's no guarantee that I'll come back alive, right?" Tama looks at Hiruzen directly, then to Kakashi & Suzaku.
Suzaku nods like he doesn't care, but his face which is hidden by the mask is now showing some mercy.
Kakashi merely nods, he pities the young girl who now realizes her fate. "We didn't want to tell you this earlier because we know it will be much of a burden to you."
Tama sighs at the statement & gives a bitter smile, "There are no secrets which last long in this world..."
Suddenly the door breaks open & Naruto comes in, together with Sasuke & Sasuke. This time Tama is able overcome her startled self to see the trio. And just as predicted, Naruto starts to speak loudly.
"Hey, who are you? I've never seen you around here!"
"Naruto, low your voice. She's Okazaki Tamaki, just back from a long term mission." Kakashi knew if he explains to Naruto that she's from another dimension, it will be too hard as Naruto's brain considered to hard to absorb anything unusual in this dimension.
As Tama turns to Naruto, she stretches her arm to shake hands. "Nice to meet you, Naruto. I'm Okazaki Tamaki, but call me Tama. Just came back from the Land of Rice." She just used the memory of an otaku to seek an explanation as she got what Kakashi's doing.
"How did you know my name?" asked the blonde boy.
"I read the ninja data book & memorized your names. You 3 just graduated from the academy, right?"
"Of course, I'm Haruno Sakura. Welcome back, Okazaki - san."
Tama smiles at Sakura as a reaction, then glances to Sasuke. Mentioned Tama gets her eyes on Sasuke, Sakura quickly moves towards to the latter.
"Ah, this is Uchiha Sasuke. You've known him from the book, right?"
"Yeah, of course I did. Anyway, there's nobody who doesn't know about the talented survivor." Sasuke gets insulted when Tama mentioned the word "survivor". Tama herself knows that, but she feels she won't miss the chance to tease the serious boy.
This child really acknowledged people around here, still why did she try to provoke Uchiha Sasuke? thought Hiruzen.
Finally, Sasuke gets to speak, "Kakashi, Naruto drags us here to get a C - class mission. He won't stop until he gets one so get over it."
"Yeah, gimme' one, old man that I can improve my skill with it!" after that he catches a glimpse at Suzaku. "Why is there an ANBU in here?"
"Suzaku is Tamaki's guide from now on. You may take off your mask, Suzaku." explained Hiruzen
Suzaku rips off his mask, "I'm Tsukigami Suzaku, Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, & Haruno Sakura."
What the? His face almost looks like Seto! Only with blue eyes & spiky brown hair. Tama is surprised to see Suzaku's face is quite similar with her fellow classmate, Sakurai Seto. While the other ninjas just simply ignore him after identified him for a while.
"By the way, about the mission you wanted are you sure you're ready with it? I know the last mission to the Land of Wave finished well. But Naruto & Sasuke were almost dead according to Kakashi's report. Still, you want to take on this mission aren't you?" the Hokage waits for an answer.
As an otaku, Tama has predicted what will happen next. Naruto will loudly agree, Sasuke will stay calm but agree anyways, & Sakura will stay normal as she is. Which in this case, normal means she will follow Sasuke wherever he goes. Typical but that's how it goes every time. And those predictions come true.
"Okay, I'll give Team 7 a C - class mission," Naruto is really satisfied with what he hears. "You'll go on a mission at the Land of Shadow... Tama, maybe you can lend a hand in this mission."
"Eh? What's wrong with it?" as Hiruzen offered the mission description file, she takes it & immediately reads it. "Yeah, I clearly understand what you mean, Hiruzen - sama."
"What? What's the mission?" Naruto asked curiously.
"The Land of Shadow is currently has problems with disturbance of spirits. People there need us to exorcist the ghosts."
"S - Spirits?" frightened, Naruto's face turns gloomy.
"Huh, there is no such thing as ghost." Sasuke claims.
Clearly heard the words Sasuke spat, Tama smirks. "No such thing, eh? It's just because you can't see, hear, or feel them so that you believe they don't exist, aren't I right? In fact they exist, those spirits are the souls of departed ones which can't leave this world because of unsolved things when they're still alive. Saying that they don't exist is a disrespect of the dead." the others in the room couldn't help but keeps silent at Tama's speech, until Hiruzen breaks it.
"Apparently Tama's previous long term - mission is exorcism in many places, she is an expert in this kind of problem. So I suggest you will go with her so the mission will go without any problem. The mission starts tomorrow so you can get some rests to restore your energy. Do you understand?" everyone in the room nods at the Hokage's instruction & he proceeds them to leave accept Tama, Suzaku, & Kakashi.
"Great work, Tama. You can adapt easily in every situation." praised Hiruzen.
"In my school, my positions required me to be like that all the time. So I got used to it very well."
"Are you some kind of a leader in your school?" Kakashi seems curious.
"Uh, Student Council President & a Class President." Tama really doesn't sure they understand this.
"Anyway after I saw Naruto & his determination to ready to face anything... I've decided it doesn't matter if I have to be a ninja. I can't simply run away from this destiny, furthermore I can't let Aoi - san down if she left Konoha's sake to me. It would be just my ego to run like this has nothing to do with me." Tama widened her black eyes.
Hiruzen smiles & puts a forehead protector the desk. "Okazaki Tama, from now on you become the ninja of Konoha. After the mission's over, please come to the mission reception to take your identification file. Of course after you got your photograph."
"Thank you very much, Hiruzen - sama. But I didn't pass the academy's exam. It's not fair enough for the rest of the genins, do you think?" she doesn't feel right that she receives the forehead protector even before she accomplishes one year study at the Ninja Academy. She just feels that she can't.
"That's why Hokage - sama asks you to take your identification file after the mission is over. Tomorrow's mission is meant for your exam, Tama." explained Kakashi.
"By the way, Kakashi. You will be her proctor to decide whether she is qualified to be a ninja."
"As you wish, Hokage - sama."
She hesitates for a while to grab the forehead protector & gulps, she feels a sudden nervousness. Here goes nothing, calm down Tama. You'll be just fine, you've decided after all. After she wore it, she's proceeded to leave the office along with Kakashi while Suzaku stays in the office.
Hiruzen is preparing himself to go home & for a while he tells Suzaku something before proceeds him to leave. As he watches the boy loses from his sight, he whispers, "Everything starts now..."
~ End of Chapter 2 ~
Rika Tylore : That's chapter 2 for you! Some notes for you, Readers :
1. Shibuya ward is a special ward from Tokyo, Japan. It's very famous for its shopping center Shibuya 109 & its night life.
2. The words "disrespect of the dead" parodied from Shinrei Tantei Yakumo ~ Akai Hitomi wa Shitteiru ~ (Psychic Detective Yakumo ~ The Red Eye Knows The Truth) manga. I recommend you to read it.
3. Either in the anime or the manga, there is no Land of Shadow. It's just my own creation.
Naruto : Why did you make my next mission confronting ghosts?
Rika Tylore : Hmm, why did I do it? Ah yes, because I just want to know what happens next if that mission really happens.
Suzaku : You lie, actually you want to say "Because I felt like it. Waakh! *punched*
Tama : Respect the creator, Suzaku... Or do you want me to abuse you once more?
Naruto : Eep, Tama is more scarier than Sakura...
Rika : *Cough* Guys, please don't make any violence. Alright Readers, I hope you enjoyed the story & please send us reviews as much as you want. Some characters crossovers will appear, just be patient.
All : Goodbye for now!
