Hey people! this chapter is super long for some reason...anyways enjoy!
-Chapter 4-: Collision
Kairi stood next to chief Yoshitsune in her lovely blue kimono.
"My my Kairi-chan" Yoshitsune smiled polietly. "You grown so much since I've last seen you..."Kairi, Gave a short laugh.
"Yoshitsune-sama, You just saw me a couple of days ago!"
"Ah child but when you get to be my age time seems to loose its structure...A few days can feel like a couple of eternities!" The old man gave out a hearty cackle… that eventually morphed into a slight coughing fit that often accompanies those who laugh too hard at their own jokes.
Yoshitsune was just your typical short old man with a white beard that was probably too long for its own good. But despite his age he still had a sense of humor...at least one that was popular in his youth. Nonetheless He was a gentle and thoughtful leader that valued strong ties with the community.
Kairi took the time while the chief recovered to look around the grand ballroom. Many officials and village nobles had shown up in their finest attire for the celebration of our new trade agreement. Ryouta Fujioka, a noble man from one of the inland countries, had offered us some of the stock from his business in return for using our port as the main base for his company's shipping operation. Kairi wasn't clear exactly what the man did for a living, but that was really only important for the Village officials to know anyway, right.
"What a wonderful celebration Yoshistune-san, why I feel humbled by its extravagance being the guest of honor here tonight…" A rough, sounding voice resonated from behind Kairi and the Chief. The man that approached them was dressed in a very becoming male kimono, yet he face look anything but becoming, especially the look he gave Kairi as he approached the duo.
"My my and who is this lovely lady tonight?" the man gave reached out and gave Kairi's hand a kiss. "Such soft hands… I wonder what they are capable of? His dark eye held a tint of mischief as he gave Kairi a half smirk. She grimaced, inwardly choking back the bit of vomit that had just now tried to escape from her throat
" The hell!? 'Capable'!?Who the hell is this pervert!?
Oblivious to Kairi's disgust, Yoshitsune turned to greet the stranger.
"Ah Fujioka-san! What perfect timing!" Yoshitsune beamed."This is Kairi Takahashi, the daughter of our village's oldest fishing families."
"So THIS is the so-called Ryouta Fujioka we're signing this treaty with?" Kairi thought to herself. "Good God… the hell were they thinking!?"
Yet as this man was the guest of honor, It would be rude to simply call him out his...inappropriate comments. Clearing her throat, Kairi pulled together whatever shred of manners she had left and politely bowed to the man.
"A pleasure to meet you sir..." she spoke in her most formal and refined tone."The Takahashi family sends their thanks for the business you have done with our village"
"Does that thanks include a kiss from you?" the man said slyly. A slight anger vein appeared on Kairi's forehead from her bowing position.
"This baststard…"
Fujioka gave out a small chuckle " Ah! I kid, I kid…" He smiled innocently at both the Chief and Kairi. Kairi popped her head back up and gave him a forcefully sweetened smile.
"Pardon me Fujioka-sama, but I must prepare for my performance tonight during the banquet...If you will excuse me" Kairi bowed slightly, and turned to leave as quickly as possible.
"I'll be watching you, kairi-chan" Kairi shuddered at the tone of the Fujioka's voice
"Seriously what the heck is wrong with that guy?!...perverted old bag" Kairi shook her head. "Never mind him. I just have to get through this one performance and then I'll be outta here…"
A cloud of smoke cleared as Kisame and Itachi completed their transformation jutsus. The bodies of two noblemen lay in the bushes behind them. Itachi, now a tall and muscular blonde, dug through each of the mens' pockets and produced two wallets, handing one to Kisame.
"Shirou Wanatabe…" Itachi mumbled looking through the man's id.
"It seems I am the personal assistant for your man." Kisame looked at the name on his own wallet.
"Hideki Koizumi…." Kisame flipped through the id of his new identity
"Brown hair...green eyes.. tanned complexion...Age 27... heir to the Koizumi clan ...as well as their shipping business…" Kisame smirked as a small photo clip unfolded from the wallet.
"...and apparently has a striking good taste in women, ne itachi? " kisame waved the picture of the half naked lady around in the air with a snicker.
Itachi simply turned and began making his way to the scene of the party.
"We have to make haste if we don't want to upset the leader"
Kisame narrowed his eyes.
"Well at least you could have a little fun with the mission while we're at it…" he mumbled.
The party was alive and full of random chatter as they made their way across the main hall. Music from the band filled the air with a cheerful yet elegant melody. It was crowded, and many people stopped the "head of the great Koizumi's" to ask about current company affairs and the like. Luckily, coming from a great house himself, Itachi was already well versed in handling these certain situations, yet that still couldn't help curb Kisame's growing frustrations with finding their target.
"Damn it! " Kisame eyes held an obvious sign of annoyance. "Where is this bastard!? Who the hell invites this many people to a party anyway …" As he looked around the room, Kisame spotted an area near band's stage optimal for view all corners of the ballroom.
"Finally!" he thought as he hastily made his way toward the area " I'll just stand here for the remainder of the night and -"
"ooff!" kisame looked down to see he had bumped into a young woman wearing a light blue kimono.
"Ah!" the woman looked up surprised. her blue eyes dazzling in the light complemented her tan complexion like the blue waves on a beach. Kisame found himself frozen out of shock.
"Sumimasen…" The girl bowed politely, her long black hair falling over her shoulders."If you don't mind sir, I actually have to be on stage right now…" she smiled sheepishly. Kisame snapped out of his trance.
"O-Oh! yes, um sorry about that…" Kisame moved out of her way and bowed politely as she made her way onto the stage. Just then, Yoshitsune gathered everyone's attention.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Yoshitsune cleared his throat."I would first like to thank everyone for coming to celebrate this ground breaking deal between the Mizushima villiage council and Fujioka incorporated. As part of our evening festivities, I am proud to introduce the miss Kairi Takahasi for your entertainment tonight! Please enjoy the performance! "
The audience clapped as Kairi took a bow. Kisame watched as the lights suddenly dimmed to focus on the girl onstage. The music began slow and steady as Kairi began her song. Her voice light floated through the room as clear as the air itself.
Kisame took a quick glance around the room. Everyone in the audience was captivated by this girls voice, almost as if they were put in a strange trance. Itachi, having finally caught up with Kisame near the stage, commented on the performance.
"To be able to capture the attention of so many people...this girl truly has talent." Kisame nodded.
"she's most likely a professional. Maybe even a prodigy…"Kisame took one last gaze at the girl as she ended her song, the audience erupting into an enthusiastic applause.
"Kisame."
Kisame looked down to see Itachi activating his sharigan.
"I think I've located the target in the crowd. Follow me."
"Well that was delightful Miss Takahashi!" Yoshitsune exclaimed walking onto the stage."Thank you again for such a wonderful performance!"
Kairi bowed both to her audience and the chief. As she walked off the stage, Kairi gave a slight tug on Yoshitsune's sleeve.
"Thank you so much for inviting me to perform for the party today, but I'm afraid my father will expect me home soon…"
Yoshitsune smiled at the girl.
"Go on ahead. I can handle things from here. you really saved me this time Kairi-chan"
"Do you mind if I could use one of your back rooms to change first?" kairi asked?
"Sure! they should all be empty now." Yoshitsune patted Kairi on the shoulder "I shall see you later young lady" Kairi smiled.
"You too Yoshitune-sama!"Kairi quickly grabbed her change of clothes from under the stage and headed off to the residential side of the complex to change. Unaware of the figure slowly tailing behind her.
Kairi briskly walked down the dark hallways of Yoshitsune's home. She had often come here to play when she was younger, so she was familiar with homes layout, even in the dark. Her favorite place to play was always near the inner garden of the house, wear a small pond of koi fish resided. She would often watch and feed the koi fish with her mother when she was young. Just as she was about to enter the room closest to the garden, a hand suddenly pulled her by her shoulder and pinned her to the door.
"My what a coincidence to meet such a beautiful flower here…." the stranger whispered uncomfortably in her ear. Kairi gasped at the sound of the man's voice.
"F-Fujioka-san!?"
The man flipped Kairi over so she could see his face. His lustful eyes and yellow jagged teeth only added to his monster like appearance. He licked his lips as he looked Kairi up and down.
"You know you've got such a lovely figure honey..." Fujioka slid a hand down to grope Kairi's behind.
"OI!" Kairi screamed and pushed Fujioka off of her while simultaneously stumbling into the room behind her. She turned to run to get help, but Fujioka caught her arm and threw her to the ground.
"Ah!" Fujioka cackled like a mad man as she landed with a thud.
"You're voice is just as beautiful as your body…."he slowly walked over to Kairi as she tried to get away, but sat on her stomach before she could get up. As she struggled under his weight, Fujioka lent down near her ear.
"How about I make you scream out those beautiful tones just like you did on stage?" Kairi's eyes went wide as she struggled harder.
"NOOO!" she screamed. Finally wriggling a foot out from under the man, she kicked him in the stomach.
"GAH!" Fujioka rolled over, enabling kairi to crawl away again.
"YOU LITTLE BIT-!"suddenly Fujioka stopped yelling. Kairi turned around to see two men in black cloaks with red clouds standing before her. Their faces were obscured in the dark but she could tell that the tall one had his foot of Fujioka's neck. As the other man spoke, his eyes began to grow red.
"Fujioka...no, Minamoto is it?" Fujioka's eyes went wide as he broke into a cold sweat.
"no..no.. you have me mistaken i'm Ryouta Fujio-"The red eyed man revealed a katana from under his cloak.
"Consider this your retribution for your crimes…" he spoke as he raised the sword overhead. Before Fujioka could even scream, the red eyed man brought the blade down with unspeakable speed. blood splattered all over the room. Kairi sat too terrified to scream in the doorway leading to the garden. Blood was splattered across her face and kimono as well. The taller cloaked man finally spoke.
"Nice job Itachi" he mused. "Got him straight in the heart."
Kairi looked at the man mortified.
"How…" Kairi started. Kisame turned his attention to the shivering heap of a woman on the the ground, the only thing visible dark being her ice colored eyes. He frowned slightly.
"I've seen those somewhere" he thought.
"How could you say that so casually !?" Kisame train of thought derailed as she screamed at him. He raised an eyebrow.
"I'm sorry lady but wasn't this man about to assault you? You ought to be-"
"I KNOW what he was going to do... " Kairi spat back. "And... I thank you for saving me... but... don't you think murdering him was a bit much!? what about the police? Jail time!? We DO have a legal system!"
Itachi casually spoke as he removed the katana from Fujioka's corpse, causing Kairi to inwardly shudder."This man is a criminal by the name Yoshi Minamoto, wanted in several countries for a various heinous crimes. Most likely this man was going to make use of your village for some sinister plan of his."
Kairi glanced at Fujioka's, well Minamoto's, corpse.
"Fujioka-san was really someone like that….." Kairi mumbled. Not that she hadn't thought such a monster as he could be capable of such accusations, but to actually be right about someone's hidden character…
"That being said miss…" Kisame took a couple steps forward towards where Kairi was sitting, still too shaken from the previous events to stand.
"This Was supposed to be a covert assassination. I can't leave any witnesses" Kairi's eyes widened with realization.
"No- don't-" Kairi started. However Kisame had already pulled out samehada to attack.
"This is the end of the line kiddo…"Kisame gave her a small sadistic smile as he raised the sword in the air.
"No- please..!" Kairi pleaded backing further and further towards the garden.
Kisame ignored her pleas as he brought down samehada with full force.
"STOOOOOOP!"
*BANG*
-END Chapter 4-
Kairi: Oi TEME! what the gives!?*glares evilly at Kisame*
Kisame: Look it was Leaders orders. Not my problem*looks away nonchalant*
Kairi: why you little...*begins to activate attack mode*FEEL MY WARTH SHARKY!
Me: hey..guys please don't fight...heheh.. n_n' *sweat drop*
Raidan: R&R!
Me: I seriously need to plug that hole in my internet...-_-