I'm Gonna Be WHAT!?
I don't own Naruto, but I'm not that good at law yet.
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One year later"Hey Hikari!"
Hikari looked up. It was her friend and roommate, Karin. After her family's murder, she hastily left the Land of Waves and moved to Iwakagkure. She is now nineteen, twenty in almost three weeks. She works as a singer in a club during the night, and a waitress in a ramen shop during the day. Right now she is on a rare break, having lunch in a small park.
"Hikari I received a letter for you from Kohonagakure. It's from their Lord Hokage."
"Kohonagakure? But I've never been there. Why would I get a letter from the Hokage of all people?" She asked, perplexity shown in her face.
"I don't know. Open it and see what's inside." Karin asked with a shrug.
As she opened it, she had a sinking feeling in her stomach that this letter will change her entire life forever, and she would have no say in the matter.
Two sheets of paper fell out of the thick envelope. One sheet was new and the other was starting to yellow from age. As she read the newer sheet of paper, which was from Lord Hokage, she thought she was in a terrifying horror movie.
Dear Hikari,
As you're probably wondering why I am writing to you, I will try to make this as strait to the point as I can without causing a myriad of questions.
Your father was a very good friend of mine, and a few years ago he made me promise if anything should happen to him that I would take care of you and protect the family line.
The best way I can think of keeping these promises is having you move here and get married to one of the shinobi here. His name is Hatake Kakashi.
I know it will be a shock for you, but on the other sheet of paper you father wrote a letter explaining why you MUST do this.
I will be expecting you to be in Kohonagakure in two weeks time.
Sincerely,
Sandime Hokage
She stood there in shock for a few minutes, while Karin took the letter from her hand and read it. When she finally got some things strait in her head, she was royally pissed off.
"Well girl, looks like your getting married a lot sooner than you thought" Karin said.
...pause... (Wait for it, wait for it….)
"I'm gonna be WHAT?!"
"Calm down, Hikari. Maybe reading that other letter will clarify some things for you." Of course Karin was NOT phased out at all by this. NOTHING freaks her out; if it did Hikari would know the apocalypse had arrived.
After reading the first letter, Hikari totally forgot about the letter from her late father. He always had good sense.
Dear Hikari,
I must be dead if you are reading this and I'm sorry I'm not with you now. The Hokage has been a good friend of mine since we were young genin, and I asked him to take a care you if I died.
I know you are able to live on your own, but there is a secret about the Tsuki bloodline I never told you about; I never wanted to tell you this, I hoped it would never happen, but I believe it did.
If there is only one person form the Tsuki Clan left, that person has the ability to become a Berserker at will. If our enemies control the Berserker, the world can go into a dark age no one has ever seen. But if the person is married, the Berserker can still arise, but it is leashed buy its master.
That master is you, Hikari. I'm sorry I wasn't able to tell you before.
You will start to feel the Berserker inside of you when you are 20 years of age, no earlier.
And remember that I will always love you,
Tsuki Kame
"That's impossible. How can I be anything like that?" You said.
"I don't know but it kind of makes sense now," Hikari sighed thoughtfully.
"Wait a second… say WHAT!"
"Well you said there were some people after you when you first came here. "This," she said pointing at your father's letter, "would give them a great reason to come after you."
"Question: What in Heaven is a Berserker? I mean, I've never heard of it. Have you?"
Karin did one of those anime falls "Didn't you ever pay attention while we learned about mythology from Mrs. Folklore?"
Mrs. Folklore was an old lady who lived in the house next door and worked at the academy for History Class. She would tell Hikari and Karin old myths when they came over to her house for tea.
"Hmmm, let me see... I didn't think I needed to know about stuff over 1,000 years old so day dreaming was a good option at the time," Hikari said.
Karin had a sweat drop, "She said in ancient times the Berserker was a beautiful creature-"
"Well that's not so bad now isn't it?" Hikari cut in.
"Will you let me finish? As I was saying, it was a beautiful creature, but stronger and faster than any 20 men. Also in battle no one could defeat it, because it would go crazy with bloodlust." Karin ended with eccentric hand waving.
"Greaaat," you said sarcastically "just the perfect thing to make me feel better on a Tuesday of all days."
An old gong was heard five times in the distance, signaling the time of day. "Ah well, guess I'm not going back to work today."
Hikari looked up and Karin was reading both letters closely, and there was an expression of understanding on her face.
"I don't think you will have to worry about the Berserker."
Her head snapped up. "What the hell do you mean by that? I'll be twenty in three weeks. Which is, might I remind you, when IT awakens!" Hikari finished, almost sounding like a crazy person.
"Yes, but you'll be fine by then."
"What do you mean by that," you repeated.
"'Marriage is able to leash it'" Karin said reading from the letter. "You will be in Kohonagakure in two weeks and then you'll be married to," she looked for reference to the Hokage's letter "this Hatake Kakashi guy. Well, let's hope he's good-looking."
"Wait a minute. What's with this me stuff? Aren't you coming too?"
Karin sighed "No, remember I have family here, so I can't move to another village."
Ohhh, that was a low blow. First, being a monster, then getting married and not having she best friend come. This was a bad as things could get. "Well, could be worst" she thought, remembering of what happened a year ago.
"Well," Karin was speaking again. "Seeing as you are needing to be in Kahonagakure in two weeks you're going to be leaving tomorrow. I'll help you pack."
"TOMARROW! Aww shit, well I know I won't have to pack all that much."
Why didn't she have to back much? Easy, since she lived with Karin she didn't own a lot of stuff and even then, since she thought that she might have been followed, she needed something to grab quick in case Hikari was found by whoever was after her.
After some light packing Hikari went to bed, well knowing that this will be her last night in Iwakagure.
I hoped you like this chapter and please review. I don't mind constructive criticism.
