Chapter 2: Sensei Karai
A/N: So here's the next chapter in this tale. I am so gad that people are reviewing this story and that you like it so far. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing as you have done. I hope you like the chapters to come.
Guest: I'm glad you like this story so far, and I agree that there should be more stories about Karai and Shinigami which is why I wrote this in the first place. Sometimes if you want something done, you've got to do it yourself. Thanks for reading and I hope you like this chapter too.
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Shinigami was excited for her first lesson with Karai, but she made sure to get the message out that they weren't allowed to meet at her home because of her mother. Karai wasn't too bothered by that and found an abandoned building for them to practice in.
"Our parents are so stupid," Karai stated. "Why do they have to act like this is so wrong?"
"I don't know, but I think it is stupid," Shinigami stated.
"Well, let's forget about them. Now, let's start making you a kunoichi. I'm going to start by teaching you the basic punches and kicks first."
"What about the flips?"
"That will come later," Karai answered. "Watch me first." She balled up her fist and made a punching motion in the air. "Now, you try."
Shinigami did as Karai asked, but Karai immediately stopped her.
"No, your stance is all wrong."
"What do you mean?"
"You have to stand a certain way." Karai demonstrated the correct way to stand and even aided Shinigami.
The girl pulled away. "You don't have to touch me like that!" she protested.
"But if I don't do that, then you won't know how to stand."
"Why should it matter how I stand as long as I can punch someone?"
Karai sighed in exasperation. "Because it matters how you stand so you can punch correctly. Stop questioning everything I say to you and just listen to your sensei!"
Shinigami giggled. "But if I don't question you, how will I learn?"
Karai started to get angry and then burst out laughing. "Let's just keep practicing, okay?"
Shinigami nodded. "Hai, Sensei, Karai."
The rest of the lesson went better and Shinigami soon learned how to punch and kick correctly. Karai felt that was enough for the day and said that they would learn more the next day. The witch girl was happy and said goodbye to her friend and sensei before heading home. She really wished she could tell her mother about this, but she knew what would happen if she did.
Her mother was in the living area when Shinigami came in.
"How was your walk?" her mother asked.
"It was fine, Mother," Shinigami answered.
"Where did you get that bruise?"
Shinigami's hand flew to her cheek where Karai had accidentally punched her when Shinigami failed to dodge the punch. "I fell down," she lied.
"Well, get it taken care of then. I hope you did not see that girl today."
"No, I didn't see Karai at all. Mother, why do you hate Karai's father? Did he do something to you?"
"He refused my help and called me an abomination," her mother answered. "That is reason enough to hate him."
"Karai's not like that. When I told her you were a witch, she wasn't upset by it. She was actually intrigued and wanted to learn more about it."
"Maybe so, but she could be spying for her father. You must not trust her, my daughter."
Shinigami sighed. "Hai, Mother." Then she went to the kitchen and retrieved a jar filled with a concoction that helped heal bruises. After putting some on her face, she went to her room and pored over her book of spells and wondered if there was a spell to undo the hatred that existed between Karai's father and her mother. How simple that would be!
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Karai went home feeling pleased with herself. The practice session had gone better than she'd expected and she really hoped that it would pay off. She really enjoyed being a sensei and getting to bark out orders to someone else. Maybe one day she would rule the Foot Clan in her father's place as long as he had faith in her.
She found her father in the dojo going through a kata. He seemed to be in there a lot and when he wasn't there, he was either in his office or at the shrine he had dedicated to her mother. She had heard tales about her father's former friend, Hamato Yoshi, and how he had been the reason her mother had died. It made her angry that her mother was no longer in the picture, and she wished she could meet Hamato Yoshi to tell him just what she thought of him, but he was dead so she would never get the chance to do so.
Her father finished his kata and turned to her. "You are late, Karai," he said. "How many times have I impressed on you the importance of being on time?"
"I'm sorry, Father," Karai apologized. "I got carried away when I was walking."
His face darkened. "You didn't see that witch's daughter again, did you?" he demanded.
She shook her head. "No, Father, I was assisting a small child who lost his ball. I helped him find it and then came right home."
He smirked. "It must have been very lost for you to arrive home so late," he remarked.
Karai tried not to let her emotions show, but she couldn't help but be apprehensive. Did he sense she was lying to him? How would she get out of this predicament?
"Father, can I ask you a question?" she asked him.
"I do not have time for questions or answering them," he replied.
Karai plowed on anyway. "Why do you hate Shinigami's mother? Did she do something to you?"
"I do not have to explain myself to you and I already made it clear why I hated her."
"But there must be more than that, Father. You talk as if you hate her almost as much as Hamato Yoshi."
Saki growled a little but then sighed. "I suppose you will never let me rest until I tell you. Haru Gawari was your mother's friend. After she died, Haru came to me and wanted to know if I needed help getting over her death. Her husband had left the family, and she wanted to still be friends with me. She gave me something that would help with the grief, but instead, it caused me to have feelings for her that I did not want to have. I later found out she was a witch and had used the potion to make me fall in love with her because she had loved me for a long time even though she felt Shen would have chosen me. After I found out what she had done and what she was, I grew angry and forbade her from seeing me ever again."
Karai was shocked, but she felt htat Shinigami's mother must have had good intentions if she had wanted to help her father. She just couldn't think of the woman as mean or anything like that.
"Is that all you wanted to know, my daughter?"
"Yes, Father. Thank you for telling me."
"That is why you must stay away from that girl, Karai. If I find out you are with her or have talked to her, the consequences will be dire. Do you understand me?"
She nodded. "I understand perfectly, Father."
"Good. Then let us continue our lesson."
Karai could tell her father was angry with her because he struck her harder than normal. She took the hits well, knowing that he would just get angry if she showed any weakness. After the lesson was done, she headed to her room and thought about the story her father had told her. Even if Shinigami's mother had done that, she still felt it wasn't a bad thing. In fact, that meant her mother was a pretty good witch, and Karai hoped that maybe Shinigami would teach her to be a witch like that too. How fun would it be to slip a potion into someone's drink to make them fall in love with you? She really wished her father would have fallen in love with Shinigami's mother because then they could have been sisters and she would have had a mother and Shinigami would have had a father at last.
Sometimes, life wasn't that easy, but that didn't deter Karai. She was still going to be friends with Shinigami and teach her all she knew about ninjutsu so they could both fight together. They would be great fighters and help stop any rival clans that got in their way. Karai figured that once she took over the Foot Clan, she would make Shinigami part of her guard to help advise her. Yes, that would be the thing to do.
Smiling to herself over her daydream, Karai finished her homework and then began to draw a picture of herself and Shinigami. Her talent for art was well known though her father never cared about her work and never wanted to see anything she ever drew. She was glad of that now because she knew if he saw this picture, he would be furious. She thought of his words and how he said that if he saw her with Shinigami, the consequences would be dire. What would he do? Would he beat her? Exile her from the clan? Kill her? No, he would never do that because then he would have no heir left. Shaking her head, Karai decided it didn't matter. If he found out about Shinigami, then she would just run away to be with her friend forever. Maybe that would teach him not to run her life! She finished her drawing and put it away, satisfied with how it turned out and decided she would show it to Shinigami tomorrow.
A/N: Yay! Another chapter is finished and I hope all of you enjoyed it. I'm having a lot of fun with this story and can't wait to think of more things to add to it. Feel free to leave a review and have a shelltastic day.