THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS GIVEN THIS STORY A CHANCE! YOU ARE ALL AWESOME! Please review and tell me what you think, I am open to suggestions to making this story even better! I apologize if there are some grammar and syntax errors, I have no beta and even though I try, I am not at my Onee-chan's level, I can't correctly beta my own story...yet.
Without further adieu:
Rakka left Azayaka's room with a pleasant look on her face. She was happy that the young child was faring well considering all that happened. Part of her understood that the child did not truly understand what was going on around her. Ignorance was bliss after all.
Soon the scenery around her changed as she left Big Mama and approached Massive 2. The hospital of Gekkogakagare was feared because of a certain person. This person could deceive anyone who met her, she was almost like a living chibi. She had a small stature, and large bright orangish brown eyes, magnified by her circular glasses. Her hair was a chestnut brown with bright white roots, which framed her chubby cheeks and button nose. This person was none-other than Hakai Naosu, a person Rakka was very close too.
Rakka began speeding towards the Hospital, pumping more chakra into the line to propel herself faster. Suddenly the line shot upward vertically, she needed to get to Naosu's office located near the top of the tree. With the wind whipping across her face, Rakka finally came to the window that led to Naosu's office only to find it was closed...a bit too late.
After nearly shattering the window, Rakka angrily stood on the ledge of the seal tapping her foot in annoyance, as Naosu was caught in a laughing fit.
"Open the window already you overgrown stuffed animal!" Rakka snorted, a vein slowly growing larger on her head as Naosu only laughed louder.
"Aww, Akka-chan is that any way to talk to me?" Naosu mused with a sickeningly sweet smile. Rakka just snorted again while turning her to the side in annoyance.
"Oh fine no need to be a big baby about it, geez it wouldn't be the first nor last time you forgot to check if a window was actually open. It's your own fault really, everyone and their mother knows to check first instead of zooming in! But regardless if you got hurt you know I'd fix you up" Naosu finished with a wink as she opened the window and allowed Rakka into her office.
Rakka shivered at the thought of Naosu 'fixing her up' knowing exactly what that would entail. "What are the results? How did the procedure go exactly?" Rakka said with a sudden seriousness that engulfed the atmosphere of the room.
Naosu pushed her glasses up, casting a glare on them that prevented you from seeing her eyes.
"It went well, the suppressant will be broken away overtime, but for now it will allow her to handle things. It should be completely gone within a year or two." Naosu finished, picking up a clipboard and double checking the result to make sure what she was saying was 100% accurate.
Rakka sighed, her shoulders relaxed and she removed her hand from the hoister of her fan, a habit she had gotten into when she was younger, happy that everything went well. Azayaka could have potentially became a sociopath if the procedure went wrong, but she would have equally had the chance to go insane if nothing was done at all. It was a gamble, but one that seemed to have paid off.
Naosu lifted her face up, removing the glare of her glasses as she placed her clipboard down. She walked over to Rakka and placed a hand on her shoulder, causing Rakka to visibly shiver once again. "It's alright Akka-chan, I'm sure things will be alright, even if we fail, what's the worst thing that can happen to us? Death? Ha, a thousand years ago." Naosu finished, lightly rubbing Rakka's arm before removing her hand.
A slight frown on her face, Rakka went back to the window and jumped on the seal. "Thank you for telling me, I have to report to Massive 6 and then to the Hikarikage."
As Rakka summoned a zip line, Naosu nearly whispered while looking at the ground "You're still coming over later tonight, right?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world" and with a bright smile, Rakka was gone, off to the place where dreams died and nightmares became reality, Massive 6.
Naosu smiled and looked out the window as Rakka went further and further away, eventually completely out of sight.
Rakka had a light smile on her face as she left Naosu's office, looking forward to the evening up ahead. "That woman...I swear that woman" Raka mumbled to herself as she turned a hard corner to avoid a branch. She jumped off of the rail she was on, did a series of acrobatic flips and landed on a branch. She ran the length of the branch before jumping on another rail, shouting a few 'hellos' to fellow zip liners who zoomed past her.
Soon the amount of people riding the line she was one began less frequent. Eventually she was the only one on that line. This was a frequent event when one chose to ride the line connecting to Massive Six. The sound of children's laughing had long since faded, along with the noise of everyday life. It was quiet, so quiet that you could almost hear the muffled screams of the test subjects of Massive 6.
Rakka launched herself off of the rail, and fell down a good ways before getting close enough to the tree that she could stick her feet on it. The window's of Massive 6 were never open, if one wanted entry it would have to be at the base.
After the 4 or 5 mile trek down the remainder of the trunk, Rakka finally came to the entrance. The building wrecked of sterilizing agents, it was a ghastly white color on the inside. No color, no life, just a cold room with dim yellow lighting. Rakka approached the front desk and spoke to a person who was covered from head to toe in bandages, including their face.
"I am here to pick of the result of Hyuuga Hinata by order of the Hikarikage" Rakka stated, hands by her side as she did not want to touch anything. The person 'looked' at her, more like in her general direction before ruffling through a file cabinet and passing Rakka a file label 'Top secret'. With a bow, Rakka was out of the place, happy her business there was done.
The Hikarikage was sitting in his chair, staring at the still crescent moon in the window of his office. He told himself he was definitely not wasting time, and that meditation was good for the soul. Once again however, his assistant entered the room with a massive stack of paperwork, adding to his already overflowing desk.
"Hikarikage-sama, the door is slowly becoming more difficult for me to open, I understand you do not wish to do paperwork, but please do not hinder my entrance" the young man asked in a low bow. He was a plain looking boy, he had brown hair with the common white roots, and a face easily forgotten. The only thing that stood out about him was his height, he was 5'11 which was short for men of Gekko.
It was rare that Haaku had such a good assistant, most left after a month due to the insane amounts of paperwork. He sighed and waved his hand towards the boy "Gomen Kinben'na-san, I was in the middle of meditation, so I didn't want to be disturbed" the Hikarikage answered, causing Kinben'na to sweat drop. 'He just doesn't want to attend to his duties' Kinben'na mused. "Hikarikage-sama if you would like, I could do a little bit more of your paperwork for yo-" Kinben'na was cut off by as massive stack of paperwork being shoved into his arms "Arigato Kinben'na-san you are the absolute greatest, remind me to give you a raise" the Hikarikage beamed while Kinben'na struggled to get out of the door.
Once back in his seat with a considerable amount of paperwork removed from his desk, the Hikarikage laced his fingers together and began to think seriously. 'What am I to do about Azayaka? Eventually she will have to leave the village. What am I to do about her eyes, if she possess his blood then she will be able to evolve them, but just how long would that take? And if she doesn't then what? Too many gambles are being placed here. Hinako assured me she had his blood though, I can trust her, where is Rakka with those results'
" Right here Hikarikage-sama" Rakka answered while crouched down on one knee, the file in her right hand. "Whenever you are wondering where I am, you ruffle your nose and your eyes squint slightly" Rakka stated, and Haaku simply sighed in agreement.
"The file, please hand it to me" Haaku asked. Rakka rose from her position and handed him the file before returning. After an eternity passed by, the Hikarikage looked up. "It seems she does have his blood after all. It's just a matter of her unlocking it now." "What are we to do until then? How will we explain her to outside villages? A time will come when that must happen." Rakka asked, her voice muffled from her crouched position.
Haaku's face became sunken as he was deep in thought. What was he to do about this, what could he do about this. "I suggest we put a blindfold over her eyes and say she's blind" Rakka suggested.
"No, that won't do, it's already been done Rakka" the Hikarikage sighed once again. "As of right now her lineage will not be matter, we have at least a few years before we must have a convincing story. For now we will see how this plays out, patience is the key, thank you for the report, you are dismissed" The Hikarikage finished, magically spinning his chair of vines around, once again looking out of the window.
By this time Azayaka and Yume had already been asleep in Yume's second secret place for a few hours. It was night and the moon that hung unnaturally close to Gekko was shining brightly. Azayaka awoke first, due to Yume kicking her in the face.
"Owwww, Yume-chan, Yume-chhhaaannn wake up, wake up, its dark out now" Azayaka softly shook Yume, who continued to mumble in her sleep "Mmmm No Oka-san I couldn't eat another bite"
Azayaka bit her lip and thought of a way to get the girl up. "Hmmmm...Nay Yume-chan Debu-san had made more Cinnamon Buns" "WHERE!" The teal haired girl jumped up in a flash, ready to hunt Debu-san down.
Azayaka sat there giggling as Yume came to the realization that there was no cinnamon buns. "That wasn't nice Azaya-chan!" She said with large tears in her eyes.
"Gomen Yume-chan but its late nay? Shouldn't we go to sleep sleep?" Azayaka asked while tilting her head to the side.
"OH NO!" Yume scream as she realized she was out after dark. "I have to get home, I have to get home now or else I'll be in big trouble, Zankokuna-san must be looking for me! I can't make him mad! If I do then I get red marks everywhere" Yume said on the verge of true tears.
Yume grabbed Azayaka's hand and they began running, their stubby little legs moving as fast as possible, as Yume's face appeared to have more and more dred with every step.
"I hope he's not mad, I hope he's not mad.." Became Yume's mantra as they grew closer and closer to level 7. Once there they ran down a hall, leading towards Azayaka's room.
"I'll leave you here and then I'll go to Zankokuna-san, hopefully he isn't-" Yume was cut off by a very angry growl. Yume and Azayaka both froze in their place. Yume slowly turned around to see a very angry Zankokuna standing behind her. Zankokuna was a member of the Warai clan. Like most members of his clan he had dark yellow hair, with the village trademark of white roots. He stood at 6'7 with an average build. You could see the definition in his muscles, a dead giveaway that he was a shinobi. His eye's were the clan's trademark honey brown, and there was nothing but rage on his face.
"Gomen Zankokuna-san I was with Azaya-chan and we fell as-" "SILENCE" Zankokuna boomed, quieting the little girl, causing her to cower where she stood. "You are well aware that the Mistress wants you home before the sun sets. Kami knows it is by her kind heart that you are even allowed to live you wretched scum. If you had been the child of any other Warai woman you would have been terminated, you filthy mudblood-"
"STOP SAYING THOSE THINGS YOU MEAN MAN YOU ARE HURTING HER!" Azayaka yelled, running between Zankokuna and Yume, hoping her small body could act as some form of a shield.
"And who are you? Another bastard of some Shinobi foolish enough to have a child without support?" Zankokuna pulled his right hand back, preparing to strike Azayaka, but Yume pulled her out of the way and received the blow. The force sent her into a wall.
"YUME!" Azayaka scream as her friend lost consciousness. "Serves the half breed right, and you" He picked Azayaka up by her collar and slammed her against the wall. "You must know not to interfere with clan affairs. I will teach you a lesson you shall not forget"
Zankokuna began to push his fist harder on Azayaka's chest, she panicked afraid of what was happening but losing consciousness quickly. She remembered how the blue stuff had helped her with the other bad man.
With a shrill scream the little girl pumped as much Chakra as she could into every part of her body. She felt veins on the side of her head enlarge then suddenly go away as her vision went black and white, and she could see everything around her.
It hurt, everything hurt but she could see the blue stuff her Oka-san told her about in the man, she wrapped her arms around Zankokuna's and focused as best she could, her chakra there. She could see the blue stuff in his arms fading, but not only that, she could see the things the blue stuff was inside burning.
"AHHH YOU WORTHLESS BASTARD" Zankokuna scream as he dropped Azayaka and examined his arm, he was losing all feeling in his entire arm. "I'll show you not to mess with-" Zankokuna was suddenly unable to move.
"How DARE you lay your hands on any child" Rakka stepped out of Azayaka's room, her voice laced with venom. "Susana no Hoshi Justu!' Rakka yelled as she completed the last of her hand signs. Hundreds of what appeared to be tiny stars formed around Rakka, they began to spin viciously and flew towards Zankokuna, settling on his skin before twisting inside his flesh. Zankokuna's eyes rolled to the back of his head and he out.
Azayaka looked up at Rakka, her vision hazy "Yu..me..chan.." She mumbled as she finally lost the will power to stay awake.
End of Chapter 3
Sorry this is the shortest chapter I have written yet, but this just seemed like a good place to close it, I promise I will make a much longer chapter next time!
Again thank you all very much for reading this story, as the chapters get longer it will take me longer to update, especially being in college and all. I'll try to do at least a chapter a week though! Not sure how that's gonna work out!
It's our favorite timmmmmeeee, Ruff Translations with Wolves-san (See what I did there?)
Hakai Naosu- 'To Cure by Ravaging'
Kinben'na- 'Diligent'
Warai Zankokuna- 'Cruel Laghter'
Debu- 'Chubby'
Susana no Hoshi Just- 'Burrowing star' justu
