Chapter 4 – Missions
"You're too nosy. I just don't want to; one other Goyousei is on the mission too. They don't know that you're here so don't spread it around. I suggest you keep your distance from me." A shadow appeared in front of Sakura.
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The shadow who had appeared was Shinrei.
"Why don't you kill him?" Shinrei asked.
"I have my own reasons." Sakura replied.
"I'm afraid that if you don't complete the mission I'll have to kill you." Shinrei took out his two-edged sword, the Bukyokusui.
"Fine with me." Sakura took out his sword and gave the sheath and the empty tea cup to Yukimura. Shinrei used the attack 'A Dance of Swords', Sakura closed her eyes and dodged them all.
"What!?" Yukimura shouted.
"The Mumyosaikyo School Ultimate Technique—Water Sevensplit Dragon!" Shinrei shouted and the dragons appeared. Sakura made no move to dodge the attack; she put her sword in front of her the sword looked like it was shaking. It was like she was timing it.
"Mizuchi!" Sakura shouted and Shinrei felt a gentle wind went through him. The Mizuchi destroyed the dragons. Then he suddenly had cuts and was bleeding and was spitting out a bit of blood. (A/N: Sorry Shinrei fans! I'm a fan of Shinrei's too!) "Shinrei. Did you hear it? The voice of the wind." Sakura sheathed her sword as Shinrei fell on the ground.
"Amazing…" Yukimura whispered.
"Are you going to abandon your clan like how Muramasa-sama did?" Shinrei asked.
"I'm not abandoning it. I just don't want to do the mission for now. Are you going to withdraw or you're going to keep fighting?" Sakura replied.
"You know what happens when we don't obey an order… I'm going to withdraw for now."
"For your concern Shinrei, they won't assassinate me so easily. I'm sure that Fubuki or Hishigi will keep a close eye on me when I report about the mission."
"Do you have any loyalty to the Mibu?"
"None."
"Then why did you join the Goyousei?"
"They wanted me to and I had my own reasons." Sakura took the tea cup back from Yukimura and refilled it with the pond's water and handed the cup to Shinrei. "Drink it, it's a potion." Shinrei took a sip from the cup eying Sakura and Yukimura.
"Why?" Shinrei's wounds healed a bit and the blood was stopped and gone.
"You're still my friend." Sakura said and offered Shinrei a hand, he took the offered hand and stood up slowly careful not to open his wounds. "Shinrei, this never happened… If they ask tell them that we cannot find them." Shinrei nodded.
"I need to leave now, thanks." Shinrei disappeared.
"Let's go back shall we?" Sakura and Yukimura walked back toward the house.
"How old were you when you joined the Goyousei?" Yukimura asked.
"I was about 16, I'm currently 24. Total is I've been in the Mibu for about 8 years."
"Oh."
"We're back!" Sakura shouted as she burst into the kitchen followed by Yukimura both with full energy.
"What took you so long?" Kazumi asked.
"Oh. They were looking for me. Don't worry." Sakura replied. "Where is everyone anyway?"
"They went to pick some fruit, you should join them."
"Yukimura, want to go?"
"I'm sorry but I'm a bit tired." Yukimura said and went to his room.
"Okay…. I'm going to my room too." Sakura said and went to her room while Kazumi nodded.
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Sakura was inside her room, staring out the window when a tall man with black and while hair wearing a black coat and a half-faced mask appeared. He was silent and looked at what Sakura was staring at. She was staring at her new friends picking fruit happily; it was a comforting and a happy sight. Sakura, who already knew that the guy was there, was silent too. Finally one of them spoke.
"Hishigi… Why are you here?" Sakura asked.
"I heard you talking to Shinrei. Why don't you complete the mission?"
"I have my own reasons."
"What are your reasons?"
"I… I wanted to live a peaceful life, yet some part of me still wants to be part of the Mibu. Being in the Mibu makes me feel like I'm at home, the Mibu knew about me the most. I felt happy because I was surrounded by people I called 'friends', you took me in and showed me the meaning of life. Yet I do not want to kill people for no reasons. I'll still stay as a Goyousei but I just don't want to be on a mission that makes me kill."
"I see…You are a bit like Muramasa, he wanted to live a peaceful life and that was why he left the clan. You are a bit different from him, you do not wish to leave the clan but stop doing missions. You shall still be part of the Goyousei; you shall not do certain missions."
"Thank you." Hishigi left as they both heard a small knock on the door. Sakura walked towards the door and opened it, she saw a chibi Yukimura. "What?!" everyone else was behind him, it seems like she was the only one who didn't turn chibi.
"Sakura-san, we suddenly turned chibi… What could we do to reverse it?" Yukimura asked and Sakura stared and laughed then stopped.
"This is… stupid." Kyo said while frowning badly with Benitora, Sasuke and Saizo.
"Drink some of the pond's water. It'll reverse it." Sakura replied and went outside followed by the chibi of everyone. Outside near the pond she saw a confused chibi version of Shinrei. He stared back at her as she stared back at him. Sakura ran toward him and hugged the chibi. "I can't help it! You all look so cute!" Sakura put him down realizing that she was being childish. Then she laughed and picked up everyone and hugged everyone. "You all look so cute! Sorry but I can't help it!" She laughed some more and set them down. Everyone bent down and drank some of the water then they grew back to their normal size. Almost everyone was either blushing a lot or frowning badly, Yukimura was the only one smiling oddly enough he was smiling joyfully.
"What happened Sakura-han?" Benitora asked.
"You see this island the longer you stay on it, it makes you chibi sometime. When your chibi you could still use your weapons and stuff like that if you were holding it when you shrunk. Other than that the weapon will be a bit too big for you to hold. I'm the only one who doesn't get affected because I'm from there." Sakura replied.
"What is there?" Yuya asked.
"I am from the Mibu, I am currently a Goyousei. Currently my mission with Shinrei is to eliminate Yukimura, Yuya, Kyo and Benitora." Sakura replied.
"What?!" Yuya and Benitora and Sasuke and Saizo shouted. Sasuke and Saizo pointed their sword at Sakura's neck; she was 1 inch away from death.
"Don't worry, she told me everything." Yukimura said while patting both of their heads, and Sasuke and Saizo sheathed their swords and backed up.
"As Yukimura said, I'm not going to finish that mission. I don't know since Hishigi called the mission off, he didn't tell me… Shinrei, I won't be removed from the Goyousei." Sakura said and Shinrei sighed.
"Hishigi has decided to call off the mission." Chinmei said and appeared out of the shadows.
"Why?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Sorry but I do not know the answer, but Hishigi wants you back with the Mibu."
"Why?!"
"We cannot have a Goyousei around the enemy."
"What if I don't want to go?!"
"I'll do this." Chinmei swiftly moved toward Sakura and hit her on the forehead then she fainted.
"What are you going to do with her?" Kazumi cautiously asked.
"I cannot tell you that." Chinmei replied.
"We'll have to do this then." Kazumi said and everyone surrounded Chinmei. Yukimura had his sword ready to remove it from its sheath, Yuya pointed her gun toward him, Kyo had his Tenro out, Sasuke had his Shibien out, Benitora had his Hokuraku Shimon out, Saizo had his sword out, Ira had a sword out, Kazumi had her sword out, and Suzamu got out his shuriken. "Now would you let her stay here?"
"No. Why would you all want to give your life away to a stranger?"
"She's our friend." Everyone except Kyo said Kyo just nodded. Suddenly everyone dived in with their weapons then Chinmei jumped up, everyone hit each other. "Ouch."
"Goodbye, love and peace make the world go round and round!" Chinmei disappeared taking Shinrei with him.
"Sakura!"
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Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter, the next one will be a bit longer. I hope you like it! – Kookie-chan