4: Awaken
"I heard that you became tokubetsu jōnin this past month, and yet you are now assigned in ANBU, what next? Hokage-sama would appoint you as the next successor of the hat?" a round man asked, after slurping down his ramen,
Shijin chuckled, "Hush you, Taro-kun. After the casualties during the Kyuubi's attack and Yondaime's death, Sandaime needed more people to ensure the safety of the village." He twirled his chopsticks on his hand, "How about you, though? How's Akimichi Clan going?"
"Our strength were needed to carry out the heavy task of rebuilding some foundations, it's so tiring ya'know?"
Shijin smiled at the man, "That's also mean that they trusted your clan enough to finish the ongoing task with just limited time, I know you can do it."
Taro scowled at the man smiling beside him, "I don't know where you pull that determination out of yourself, your so called hope is so bright it makes me want to cry."
"I'm an Hitsuki as you are an Akimichi. I'm bound to have great resolve during this circumstances."
"You are a Civilian Prodigy. Of course the council will be interested in you."
"From now on, you shall operate yourself in ANBU factions, refering yourself as Lion, you will meet your team tomorrow."
"Understood."
"Be careful though. From the man surrounded by faceless masks."
"I am Tigress, the ANBU squad Leader, and these idiots are Turtle, Dove, Panther and Deer, respectively, are your squad members."
The four other members dipped their heads in greeting, Shijin did the same.
"Welcome to the squad, Lion."
He stood there, blood pooled down everywhere, decaying bodies of his allies sprawled lifelessly on the ground, kunai glistening from the light, he screamed—
"So... This is our next mission-Listen up you brats!"
Shijin winced at the tone, Turtle and Deer straighten up.
"Alright," Tigress coughed, "The mission is..."
He kept screaming, he screamed and screamed, the damned seal imprinted on his tongue slowly fades away— until finally, he collapsed.
Tsunayoshi stood up, breathing heavily, "Wha... What was that?"
"Are you awake, Sawada-sama?"
Tsunayoshi jerked up, his fist flew towards the man who spoke behind him— the man jumped in instinct— few meters away. Tsunayoshi twitches, before coughing, "G—Greetings."
The man smiled wearily, "... Yes, of course- hello."
Tsunayoshi looked at the man wearing a black yukata, his left arm tattooed with a dragon— 'Just like Fon's.' Tsunayoshi smiled with mirth, then he noticed the man's face who looks identically like him, though instead the orange eyes, the man has brown eyes, just like his when he's still a kid.
Tsunayoshi smiled, "May I ask who you are?"
The man looked baffled for a second before straightening up, "I— I apologize, I am Hitsuki Shijin, your supposed to be counterpart, Sawada-sama."
Tsunayoshi's smile fades away, "My what?"
"Counterpart, sir."
"... How?"
The man looks up, "I am supposed to be 'Sawada Tsunayoshi' of this world, though I have different name. I am your counterpart courtesy of the Law of Polarity, I am the... ''Different' Sawada Tsunayoshi'; let's say, I am the opposite of you. You don't give up easily, but I do."
Tsunayoshi looked puzzled, "Then, what are you doing in here?"
Shijin grinned, "I died."
Tsunayoshi choked, Shijin explained,
"I died for you. That's my will in this world— 'To die.', you see, every people has Will to finish to move on with their lives. When they achieved the Will— they will meet their end. Like what happened to me. I died during a mission, I'm supposed to die there to complete my Will, and that Will is to preserve a body for you. You are Hamura. You are Sawada-sama too. I am just a pawn, I need to aid you because you are also needed here. You finished your Will in your universe, and that Will is 'to protect the future, to protect your loved ones'. But Suihei sent you, because you have the potential to complete the important Will here."
The other hummed, "And that Will is being the 'Guardian', yes?"
Shijin nodded weakly, "Yes. You have the potential to do it, that's why Suihei-sama sent you here— and you are Hamura-sama too, after all. Ah. My time is up. Thank you for everything, Sawada-sama."
Then, it's gone.
Tsunayoshi, no, 'Shijin' woke up, his 'orange' eyes glared at nothing. He smiled. 'Alright, though the explanation is lacking, I guess I will be the one to find out what it totally meant.'
"Come back here, you demon brat!"
A blonde kid laughed, running around the street as a man chased him down, he ducked and head towards an alley way, the blonde hastily pulled his clothes up, revealing a stash of bread inside, he eats it slowly, savoring the sweet soft loaf in his mouth, his ears perked up, as the sky starts to rumble, he ran again towards the sickening orphanage. He needed to hide, there's storm coming.
A nurse almost fainted after screeching like a madman, Tsunayo—Shijin looked at her in bewilderment. Another nurse comes around to help the hyperventilating nurse, Shijin is confused. What is happening?
The second nurse looked over him, then her eyes become wide as saucers, before calming down and smiles, "You... are awake, Hitsuki-san. Do you remember what happened?"
The said man answers, "... No?"
The nurse nodded meekly, before glancing down at the first nurse, "Riri-san, inform the Hokage that Hitsuki-san is awake."
The first nurse stood up and ran, the second nurse giggles, "Sorry for that, Hitsuki-san, She is a civilian nurse, she's not used to seeing people with dōjutsu."
Shijin looks confused again, "Dōjutsu? I'm sorry, but I don't have dōjutsu." 'What is dōjutsu, anyway? A food?'
The nurse stares at him, "What? L—Let's run some tests first, shall we?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, exhaled a puff of smoke from his pipe, things are going good— that's for sure. Then the tranquil atmosphere shattered when a nurse came stumbling down through the door, Nara Shikaku doesn't look amused.
"Sa-Sandaime-sama! Hitsuki-san is awake."
He almost inhaled his pipe from the announcement.
Afterall, who's not going to be so startled when someone informed that a person who was announced dead a day ago became alive again?
Probably Orochimaru.
"And- and he acquired a strange dōjutsu, he has strange glowing orange eyes."
Nara Shikaku choked.
Hiruzen is contemplating if the mission to spy on Orochimaru's works backfired, resulting to the poor Hitsuki obtained a set of experimental dōjutsu.
A/N : Hundred of Favorites and Follows?
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