What I didn't know was that was the last time I would ever see my father. We got the news from a kohona shinobi. My mother didn't even care. She just ranted about how she couldn't start working, and it was his entire fault for dyeing. My sister came by when she heard a rumor about a shinobi coming to our house. She started to cry with me. I didn't know she loved our father so much until that moment. She was so much worse than me. But I knew I would fall apart when night came when I was alone. All I could was comfort her.
When night came I was a total wreck. I cried for the first time in a long time. I remember my past life when my parents died. But the sad thing is I don't know how they died. Alot of my memories eighteen and younger is fogy. The worst thing this time though is I really don't know how my father died the shinobi didn't tell us how just that he died, and they were sending the body. Thinking of my father is hard. Thinking of the hugs, smiles, even in training when he worked me to the bone. The irony is that my father used to joke about his death. Going on about how he would go out in a fiery glory. Warning me about my mother, and a box I should open if he ever died.
The box! All this time wallowing I forgot about the box. My father always stressed about an old box in the bottom of his scroll chest that was in my parent's room. Sneaking into their room I saw my mother was asleep on the bed. In the corner of the small room was the chest. Opening it up looking around I saw it. It was an oak box with my name engraved on it. Sneaking back into my room I sat down on my futon. I just looked at the box. It was simple just a box and a lid. But I could tell it was made by my father. That's what made it special. I opened the box I looked into the box guess what I saw. A letter. I could tell it was written by my father. It read.
My dear water lily,
If you're reading this that means I'm most likely dead. Don't cry for me but know I love you. But there have been somethings I have been hiding from you. The first is that your sister is not your full sister but your half. I noticed it when you were born. You had red hair and looked like your grandmother. Your sister though has none of my features. But you were just born so I couldn't take you away with me if I left your mother. Now the second is not that big of a secret but, still a secret. I was a bastard child. I am not just a Ryujin, but an Umazaki. Your grandmother fell in love with the head of the Umazaki. The reason that they never got married was because he was in an arranged marriage. But they loved each other, by the time I was born he was married. When I was seven my father had another child, Kushina my sister. My mother never did fall in love and marry. Now the last thing I want to tell you is my biggest secret. I am a ninja. A kohona ninja to be exact. After the fall of Uzu I was fifteen and alone. I remembered that my sister was in kahona so that's where I went. Since I was from Uzu I got to become a ninja there. Even when I became a jonin I got a seat on the council. Now I bet your wondering how I meet your mother. Well I was coming back to the village when I came across Hanu. And I saw their bar that's where I meet your mother and the rest is history. I'm sorry I never told you these things. I love you Ren,
Father
P.S. I left you something else in the box.
All I could think was what the hell. That was a lot of information to take in. First that Ryo is only my half-sister. Well that one is not that farfetched. I always did wonder how she ended up looking more like mother than my father. In my medical studies some of it was on genetics. And with Ryujin being a clan our genetics would be dominant, not a civilian born. Now the second is not that surprising. Well not the bastard thing, but the Umuzaki. Being that the Ryujin and Umuzaki being close and all I'm not surprised that some would marry each other. It also explains why my father never talked about his father. He was probably mad at his father for not marrying his mother for love. I know I would. Now the last thing is huge. I knew that he was a ninja in Uzu when it fell, but Kohona? But some of the things did add up. Like when I when to hospitals when we first get there he makes me wait outside to talk to the head medic. And he always called me his apprentice when we worked. It also explained why he was gone for so long for some periods of time. Also how his skills never diminished after the fall of Uzu. Because he was still a ninja! The Signs were all there but I guess I never questioned him about them because he was so tight lipped. I feel so stupid though for not seeing it. Calming down from my melt down there was still one question. What else did he leave me? The only thing that was in the box was this letter.
Picking up the oak box I tried to figure out what he left me. Long on the inside there was nothing. Then looking to see if something was special about the carvings. But it was a dead end. When I turned it over to look at the bottom I saw it. There was a Fuinjutsu seal for sealing objects painted on the back. It was a simple seal all that was needed was chakra to open it. When I flowed my chakra into the seal there was a distinctive pop something came out of the seal. First was money that was the amount of five hundred dollars in my past life, a letter to the Hokage. And a piece of paper with my name on it, numbers, and a bank name. Sealing the items back into the box I laid back into bed to try and get some sleep. Even though I know I won't. A question bugged me. What am I going to do next?
The next morning came too soon for me. Like I suspected I didn't get a lot of sleep. I kept thinking about what was going to happen to me. Getting up to make breakfast was a hassle. I didn't want to get up all I wanted to do was wallow in my misery. Mother came inside from outside with a grin on her face like the cat ate the canary. When I put our breakfast in front of her she made me sit down telling me she had great news. I knew something was up. One my mother doesn't like eating with me. Two the grin on her face spells trouble. And three mothers never has good news, well for me anyway. And I was right she dint have good news for me.
"Ok Ren I have great news I got you a job!" She smiled like it was the best thing in the world.
"What Job?" I knew I was setting myself up for something bad, but I had to know
"Well one town over there is a bar that needs some entertainment. So told them about you, and they accepted you." When she said bar in next town over I knew I was in trouble. Hanu village was one of the biggest villages in the area that had a bar. But one village over there was a trading post of sorts that had a bar. And calling it a bar is nice. It's actually a whore house for travelers. And I don't think their hiering me for my singing. That's when I knew what to do.
In the middle of the night I packed all of my things and sealed them up into scrolls. I packed all of the clans' scrolls, and scrap book into one scroll and put it into my duffle bag. Next was my clothes and food and sealed them into another scroll and into the bag. The last one was my grandmother's necklace and the box it came in. I also sealed my father's letter and box into the scroll. When I had everything into my bag I set of to the only place I would be safe, Kohona.