Author's Note:
Hi there, my readers! I'm sure if you all have questions regarding the other characters, especially Naruto and the story being rewritten.
The story itself is currently being rewritten into a saga (from wonderful encouragement from my watchers of my D.A account) as we speak (Mainly due to me finding mistakes left/right and providing little (or too much) detail in the fight scenes) - So far so good, the story is becoming more better than the minute, along with how the young protagonist's past is slowly being revealed (notably from P.O.V of her fellow friends).
Now in regards to the characters - Over the years of writing this fanfict, I've been questioning myself on whether or not of keeping the Naruto characters (in this case; Naruto and Hinata) the same or genderbend (not to mention reading a fair few of fem Naruto/Male Hinata fanficts) and after careful consideration, I've decided to make some Naruto characters genderbents!
With that said and done, I hope you all have a wonderful day of reading the story 'Shinobi Journalist ~Natsuki~' - Stay tuned for more chapters, My readers!
And P.S., I own neither Naruto, Rosario+Vampire nor anything else that will be viewed here except for the ones that have this symbol (*). The ones that have this symbol (**) are the ones that my pals from D.A and I have created.
P.S., here are some pointers:
- "'[...]'"/"[]" are for thought, whispering and notepad writing (ex.: Otonashi San and Amano Hijiri).
- Bold Italic is for V.O (voice over)
- Capitalized Typing are for English Pronunciation.
Now... ONWARD WITH THE CHAPTER!
- Sincerely, Yuuguregurl21
P.S., Here is a little sneak peek of the upcoming-in-the-nearer-future fanfict (the first of the two-part series): 'Shinobi Journalist ~Fuyuki~', hope you enjoy it!
Chapter I: Explore the World of Unlimited Light and Diving into the Sea of Unfathomable Darkness
~(Prologue)~
Within the deepest depths of darkness, a small child, wrapped inside a blue bundle, was sitting in the midst of the dark space, hearing neither a single sound before the silence was broken.
**My earliest memory was being all alone inside a dark world of silence and a voice riddled with sorrow and regrets...
"...Sorry..."
Suddenly, a voice called out as tiny drops of blue-tinted water fell from the endless ceiling as the voice apologizes to the little one softly.
"...I'm so sorry..."
It was calling out to me from the endless beyond as droplets of water came raining down as if it was the late autumn rain...
Its voice riddled with choked sobs as the droplets come in one after the other like rain in late autumn, miraculously missing the newborn and caused the ground's stillness to deteriorate into a thousand ripples.
"I'm truly sorry for what I am about to do..."
Very soon, the ripples' hue soon changed from the mesmerizing copper-blue to the eeriness of maroon-red as muffled rumbling was heard, accented with the sound of cracking as if glass was on the verge of breaking.
It was as though, it was apologizing for leaving me to experience something very lonesome and scary.
"I won't deny that the road ahead of you is riddled with hardships but you mustn't give up or lose sight of yourself."
"I'm sorry for making such a decision for you but the least I can do is to pray that you don't spend your life hating me."
The cracking soon became louder and louder until finally it had shattered into a thousand of pieces as light chased the darkness away until the scene itself was dyed in shades of indigo blue/purple.
My second memory was the prelude of my story...
~(Somewhere on the 1st Floor of Yōkai Gakuen's Main Building – 18 years later)~
The coldness of the midwinter winds sailed across the land as light clouds of smoke ascends towards the gray-colored sky as disembodied chatter was heard throughout the school as the students had started to clean the classrooms while going over their plans for the holidays along with discussing club activities.
"Oh wow, you're actually going over to Paris for Christmas? I'm so envious!"
The majority of the chatter belongs to a small group of female students as a young 1st year with apple-blond hair tied into swirling pigtails discussed her plans of inviting another person much to her girlfriends' shock.
"No way! Who're you going to ask?"
"Fu fu, it's gonna be Kanaka-sempai of Class 2-3!"
The girl said before letting out a squeal as her classmates gaped in surprise before letting out a huge squeal as it resounds inside their classroom much to the chagrin of the male students.
"Really, you're going to ask the Newspaper Club's *'Oni no Fukushuji'?! As in the one who takes the commands of Headmaster Mikogami, the one they call the *'In'ei no Kijin'?"
"The one who's on the par with Morioka Gin'ei, the 'Mad Dog', the one they call the *'Gettōgisha'?"
"The one that can freeze even the most scariest delinquent in their tracks, the *'Byakuyagō'?"
"That's the one!"
The girl confirms their suspicions before running out of the classroom at full speed as her friends looked to one another and rushes after her, leaving the classroom nearly silent before it was broken by one of the 1st year boys.
"Wow, I guess that the rumors weren't so far-fetched after all, but I'm surprised that they didn't hear about what Kanaka-sempai had in mind..."
The boy, now known as *Takahashi Atsumi, said after the scene had confirmed the unknown rumor before his right-hand man, *Minamoto Kakeru, looked over to him with a confused expression along with the other three as they leaned in close to Atsumi.
"Eh, informed of what?"
"What? You mean you guys didn't hear about it? Kanaka-sempai's..."
~(Around the same time...)~
As the girl approaches the classroom, she opened the sliding door immediately as it slams against the panel with full force, causing the 2nd years to flinch in shock and discomfort while others were taken by surprise as they cried out in pain due to spilling their hot beverages onto their laps.
"Kanaka-sempai! My family's hosting a Christmas party over in Paris, so I was wondering if you would like to come as a guest?"
She shouted aloud as she scares her upperclassmen with brimming confidence, unaware that her plans will all be for naught once she finds out.
"Huh? Oh, if you're looking for Kanaka, don't waste your breath, kid. The boy had already left an hour ago."
"Eh?! Well then, where is he?"
"You mean you didn't hear the news?"
Said one male student in irritation as he groans from the pain of having spilled his hot beverage onto his lap, causing the girl gave out a gasp and demanded the whereabouts of his classmate much to the latter's chagrin.
"What news?"
"Kanaka's going with his club for a retreat in the Human World."
"EH?!"
The student's friend said as the girl gaped speechlessly, the color began to drain from her entire body until she lets out a ear-piercing scream as it resonated throughout the campus, causing a familiar young priest to winced at the velocity before he shakes the feeling off and resumed what he was doing.
"18 years, huh...? '[So the day has finally come... I wonder how he'll handle it...?]'"
The mysterious figure said curiously as the wind howled vividly as the hood's hemline begins to waver and takes it off entirely as his silvery-white hair flows along with the wind – He leans against the bars as his eyes looks pass the fence as he sees a group of 2nd years walking towards to bus stop.
"'[However, knowing the boy's temper...]' *sigh* Looks like I have to prepare myself a couple of all-nighters––?!"
Smiling at the scene before he recalled past events that a particular boy was in, Tenmei sighed exasperatedly as he prepares himself a grand amount of paperwork before sensing an familiar presence from and saw a tall *Bishōnen with long unkempt black hair – He wore a black robe tied with a decorated sash around the waist followed by a white bell-sleeved robe.
"Oya~ Now this is a sight! The 'Strategist', Tenmei Mikogami, is displaying a depressed look but then again, this isn't the first time that something like this has happen..."
He said while leaning against the stone railing as he inhaled tobacco from his *kiseru and exhaled puff of smoke as he re-adjusted his dark circular glasses neatly to the bridge of his nose as Tenmei stayed silent for a moment until he broke the ice by smirking as he gives the young man his second opinion.
"Tōhō Fuhai, I prefer the term 'Honored Student' however you're right about one thing; the boy definitely has the capacity to surpass his peers if desired but... I can't shake this foreboding."
Tenmei said as Fuhai raised a brow when the wind howled even louder than before as he stretched out his arms as he walks over to his teammate and stared out in the distance.
"You know, I once read an article that distress can cause gray hair to grow––?!"
Tōhō Fuhai said jokingly before he raised his left hand over an angered Tenmei's mouth as the latter pulled out a rosary from his chest with the intent of casting a dangerous spell.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding~! Man, don't you learn how to take a joke, Mikogami?"
"We've known each other for the past 200 years and not once your jokes has ever impressed me..."
Fuhai asked nervously as Tenmei frowned and replied bluntly much to the man's chagrin as he retracts his hand as images flashed before his eyes from the time as the said boy was brought at a young age as if it were only yesterday.
~(5 Years Ago – Yōkai Gakuen Main Building, Tenmei's Office)~
The clouds rumbled and moved slowly as the air remained constant inside the secret world as the trees surrounding the campus were stripped of their leaves and stood bared with their pride intact as the silence which had lingered in the air was broken by the sound of someone drawing in the dirt was heard.
"So that's the boy?"
Tenmei asks as he sees a young boy wearing a cobalt-blue/black overalls with a starlight-gray long-sleeved shirt underneath a dark indigo hooded cloak followed by white shoes hunched over as he continues to draw wolf pictures in the dirt, unaware that he was being watched by the Headmaster himself from his office's window.
"Yes. Saren A.I Kanaka: He's the 2nd son of the renowned *Shinrinmura no Sonchō, Leland Williams and the younger brother to the Captain of the Sanrō, Nakate Sakaru."
"... ... …"
Said one of Tenmei's subordinates as he looks over the said child's profile and informed his employer the rest of it whereas the listener himself was preoccupied by the appearance of a volleyball rolling towards the boy's way and sees a few preschoolers walking up to the latter down, engaging a conversation with the little one.
"Oh...? So he's a member of the mysterious class, the *Ainokoyō?"
"Yes, they're considered as the subspecies of the *Hanyō and––?!"
"How very interesting, something tells me that he'll bring about the winds of change..."
The man said but was interrupted by Tenmei as the young boy's upbringing will become much more interesting during the latter's stay here in Yōkai Gakuen, something in which would later become a reality 18 years later...
~(End of Flashback - Present time)~
"'[Is what I said at the time but what I didn't realize that the boy had exceeded all my expectations despite being ignorant of his history.]'"
Tenmei thought back to his charge's arrival and how interesting of how he'll grow over the years as he looks beyond the gates as the wind grew strong enough to rustle even the most stilled forests as it breaks their silence.
"Don't worry, if there's one thing you must know about the *Sanjin is that they're much more feistier than the average country bumpkin."
"If you say so..."
Tōhō Fuhai said as a light snowfall begins to descend from the heavens like fleeting *Hakuōki petals blossoming out-of-season as the wind has caused huge flocks of bats scared a group of teenage schoolboys when suddenly, one of the boys let out a sneeze loud enough to scare his fellow classmates and cause him to drop his dufflebag due the backlash.
"Ah–– Ah–– Ah-choo!"
"Whoa... Hey man, you OK?"
The first on the scene is *Kagenashi Masaki - An 18-year-old young man with thigh-length autumn-plum hair tied into a ponytail and cosmos-blue eyes - He wore a sea-blue sleeved hoodie followed by a rondo-purple bracer on his right arm along with a pair of grey shin-length pants and calf-length dark brown boots, asks worryingly as his friend sniffs groggily.
"Ugh, yeah..."
Answered a relatively slimmed young man with dark rondo-purple longish hair tied into a loose braid as his semi-long fringe hides his eyes.
"Ugh..."
He wore an navy-blue sleeved tunic beneath a black-amethyst jersey zipped halfway as it shows an dark purple fluorite crystal bullet pendulum entwined with a pair of blue zircon dragons tied with *sōraniro ribbon followed by dark blue jeans along with charcoal-black boots.
"You know, this wouldn't have happen if you had been a tad discreet the other day."
Said *Mizukiri Ritsuku - A 17-year-old light-skinned young man with rosy-red semi-long hair pinned with a scarlet clip and a pair with deep blood-red eyes - He wore a slim-fitted black sleeved shirt with a sleeveless midriff-length burgundy-red jean vest followed by dark rondo-purple fitted armband worn on his left arm along with blue jeans and grey sneakers.
"I know Ritsuku... I know–– Ah-choo!"
Said the former as he crouches down to the ground and unzipped his dufflebag while remembering the time where he was summoned to the Headmaster's office.
~(Flashback – 2 months ago)~
**For as long as I could remember, I thought that my new-found life here at Yōkai Gakuen would be no different than spending time in a detention center.
The moon illuminates small portions of the campus which can be seen through a window to room filled with candles acting as a source of light to the room as they flickered slightly as it caused the shadows to move almost like they were dancing as the silence was broken by the sound of knocking at the end of the room.
"Yes, what is it?"
Asked Tenmei as he looks out into the window with his back turned against the door as the muffled sound of a young woman was heard from the other side.
"Pardon my intrusion, Chairman but I've brought the boy."
"Ah yes, send him in please."
Tenmei said as he asks for the woman to send in the recipient as it reveals to be the same one as before only he was dressed casually but still possessed a polite demeanor as he walked into the room softly as Tenmei smiled politely as the boy bowed and seated himself quietly.
"You've summoned for me, sir?"
"Yes, there's something I want to discuss with you. … Are you still aware of what had happen during your 3rd year in Junior High?"
The boy asked as Tenmei nodded and asked about the boy's well-being since his Junior High years curiously despite how the matter itself had caused the boy some discomfort whenever it is mentioned as the latter himself thought about it before answering the former reluctantly.
Due to an incident back in Junior High, I'm prohibited from ever leaving the school grounds until graduation and that's something that I had to accept...
The boy frown slightly as he answers the older gentleman's question hesitantly while remembering the details of the said incident as the images flashes inside his mind like a cinematic record.
"Yes but what does that got to do with––?!"
"I'll cut to the chase: You now have the opportunity to go with your club on their winter break."
"Eh?"
...Or at least, that's what I thought.
"Wait, WHAT?! But Headmaster, the condition––?!"
Tenmei said bluntly as the boy went silent for a brief time before letting out a sound as Tenmei remained calm in a professional manner.
"'Unless you are on his person at all times, you are not to step outside the barrier's boundaries'. Well, the condition only applies IF a portion of yourself is on his person PHYSICALLY but..."
The boy stammered nervously, Tenmei inquired that he has found a loophole in the condition, much to the latter's shock as Tenmei chuckled softly and explained to the latter carefully.
"So long as Kagenashi-kun is within your 5m radius, you can keep a close eye on him. Starting Winter Break, you may now enter the Human World, *Saren A.I Kanaka..."
From that moment on, my caged world of loneliness, which was veiled in darkness and cryptic secrecy, had now began to brighten up.
~(End of Flashback - Present time)~
Saren felt a pat on his shoulder as he looked over to *Amano Hijiri – An 18-year-old fair-skinned young man with brown hair and amethyst-purple eyes - He wore a cardinal-red rib-tank-top underneath a dark burgundy-purple short-sleeved shirt slightly unbuttoned halfway down followed by black slimmed jeans and white-gray laced boots.
"[You sure you're not coming down with a cold?]"
Hijiri looked concerned for the poor boy as they all continue their way over to the bus stop before Saren reassures Hijiri before letting out another sneeze.
"Yes Hijiri, I'm sure. It's just that ever since word got out, everyone started talking about it practically non-stop––?! Ah-choo!"
"Well that's what you get for leaking out information––?!"
Saren said before he felt a sneeze coming along until he heard the sound of Ritsuku tsking as well as the distant sound of an engine coming from the end of the pathway as the young schoolboys looked over to one another before...
"Haul ASS~~!"
Ritsuku shouted as they grabbed their stuff and broke into multiple sprints as Saren recalls his misfortunes prior to the now as the wind became more lively as it brushes the boy's bangs out of his face as it reveals a handsome pair of narrow-shaped deep navy-blue eyes.
"Aw man, talk about bad luck! First I get chased by rabid 2nd/3rd years for 2 weeks, then my favourite blades gets chipped during practice (That's *¥1,075 down the toilet!) and now I'm sneezing up a storm! Seriously man, what could be more worse than this?!"
"Oh c'mon, Saren! Are you still going on about that?! I said I was sorry!"
Piped Ritsuku as he irritably harps the young nōshishoku-haired boy while they continued to run over to the bus and saw most of their fellow classmates seated inside along with his club advisor and assistant in tow.
"Are we late, Nekonome-sensei?!"
Saren asks breathlessly as he looks over to his homeroom teacher, Nekonome Shizurō - A young man with sandy-blond hair with slanted eyes and dark auburn-red glasses - He wore a dark red shirt underneath a white dress shirt followed by brown trousers and low heeled loafers.
"Nope, you guys made it just in the nick of time..."
He said as he greeted the boys with a kind-hearted smile, much to their relief and started to make their way over to the back while Saren makes his way over to the left, unknowingly took up a seat next to Kokota before Tōjō Rubi walks from behind the young teacher.
"That's everyone, sir."
"Arigato, Tōjō-kun."
Tōjō Rubi said politely - A young girl with long dark black hair with two locks tied into ponytails on either side and reddish-pink eyes - She wore a Gothic pink corset with long blackish-brown skirt with frills at the end and high-heeled shoes.
"Arigato, Tōjō-kun. Please have a seat next to Aono-san."
"Hai, Nekonome-sensei."
Shizurō said as he asks Rubi to take a seat next to the one of the few girls in the Newspaper Club, Tsukuyo.
"Ah Rubi-san, *Ohayo-gozaimasu!"
"*Ohayo-gozaimasu, Tsukuyo-chan."
Aono Tsukuyo greeted the older girl in a friendly manner - A young girl with dark brown hair and matching brown eyes - She wore a white sleeved-shirt underneath a princess-style pale beige coat followed by light blue jeans along with white sneakers.
"*Ohayo, Minna!"
Said Akashiya Mokato - A young man with peach-blossom hair and emerald-green eyes - He wore a long-sleeved black u-shirt exposing his choker-bound rosario underneath an off-shoulder grey short-sleeved shirt followed by a pair beige pants and black loafers.
"Took you guys long enough, we were about to leave with you!"
The fourth to ask was Kurono Kumaru - A young boy with light ocean-blue spiky hair and deep purple eyes - He wore a sleeved white-blue jersey with matching pants and brown sneakers – He sneaks up on Tsukuyo and hugs her from behind while she blushes at the misfortune of being groped by the playboy 2nd year, much to Mokato's chagrin.
"Kanaka-kun, you're also coming with us to the Human World too, -de ne?!"
The second to greet was Sendō Yūko – A young boy with chin-length dark brown hair underneath an black cap and purple eyes - He wore a mahogany-red button-up shirt with a matching vest along followed by pine-green shorts along with bright pale yellow socks and brown shoes.
"Oya, oya, Kanaka-san; you're here too?"
The third to greet was Shirayuki Miro – A young boy with short light purple hair and blue eyes - He wore a black tank-top underneath an midnight-blue hoodie and a yellow pendant followed by brown khakis along with white sneakers and a black belt tied to his right thigh.
"Now that's a first, usually you never have the time nor the day to participate in the retreats for the Human World."
"Well, someone has to keep on eye on you guys from going all-out, especially after the *PSC battle, the Field trip Incident and oh, the *Ririsu Affair."
Kumaru said as he remembers how Saren would have errands due to his 'job' before the latter remarked playfully about their 'misadventures', hearing how they managed to cause 3 disturbances within 2 years' time and how they assumed the latter's schedule was so booked that he was unable to have a day off.
"What, did you guys honestly think that I'm so busy with my services that I have no time for a little R&R?"
"Well, who wouldn't be, considering the fact that you go on errands once a week and undertaking menial tasks 24/7. Hell, I'm surprised that you haven't peel over and died of exhaustion."
Said a young boy with emerald-green eyes and red-orange spiky-flat hair - He wore a red/white sleeved shirt followed by dark red/black plaid pants along with shin-length black buckled boots – He said as he remembers seeing Saren going back and forth between his assignments and his club activities over the past weeks much to the latter's annoyance.
"Uh, *Kokota-chan; you got it all wrong... You're suppose to say 'Well considering how much of a hard-worker he is, Kanaka-sempai is the absolute coolest~!'––?!"
"Now why would I do that? It's obviously a lie."
"Kokota, temē..."
"And what're you going to do about it, *Nadeshiko-kun––?!"
Saren enunciated through gritted teeth, only to have Kokota shrugged it off and retorted with sarcasm as Saren snapped briefly before Kokota continued his assault by uttering a forbidden word much to everyone's dismay.
"Who're you calling an obedient little kid whose more feminine than the women and gets turned down by them because he looks 'flaky' and 'unreliable', you bastard!?"
"Nobody even said that, you selective-hearing idiot!"
Saren shouted as he heard the term 'Nadeshiko' while Kokota retaliated, causing he and Saren glared at each other before delivering insults to one another as a means of injuring their pride.
"Clingy Redhead!"
"*Hot-blooded Joseirashī!"
As Saren and Kokota continued to verbally assault one another, they were interrupted by Huáng Fān-Fān – A young Bishōjo with black hair tied in a long braid and pink eyes - She wore a light baby-blue qípáo dress followed by black thigh-length stockings and matching flats.
"Now now, Kokota-kun––?!"
"C'mon guys, break it up, break it up. Look, today is suppose to be a good day so let's let bygones be bygones and get along for a few minutes, Ok?"
Fān-Fān comes in between them and tries to calm the two snarling boys down before Yūko steps in and reasoned along side her until Saren and Kokota resorted in glaring daggers before they walked away from each other in a huff, much to the relief of the others as they all settled down.
~(Minutes later...)~
After the club settled down, Shizurō boards the bus and takes out the attendance book as he turns around and addresses his club as the advisor.
"Now when I call your name, raise your hand high so I can see you."
"Hai!"
Nekonome said as he was greeted with responses and prepares to take up roll-call, calling on his students' names one at a time.
"All right, Aono Tsukuyo-san?"
Nekonome called out to Tsukuyo as she raises her hand into the air before moving onto the next name.
"Akashiya Mokato-kun?"
Mokato also raised his hand out while Nekonome had checked him off before going to the next name as Saren looks out the window to see the dark clouds gathering before sensing an unknown sensation emitting from his right eye.
"'[What? What this is? This feeling––?! Ow... M-my eye... It's hurting something fierce...]' O-Ouch..."
Saren thought, the white-hot searing pain begins to threaten to draw out blood as he hunched over his seat and grasps it in pain with his right hand until he hears Nekonome calling out his name.
"Saren A.I Kanaka-kun?"
"'[Not good... I have to call out otherwise Nekonome-sensei will mark me absent––?!]'"
"Kanaka-kun?"
Saren thought, struggling to raise his left hand but the immense pain was preventing him from doing so, his hand begins to falter until suddenly someone grabs and raised it into the air while someone impersonates the latter's voice much to Saren's surprise.
"Here I am!"
Said the impersonator as Saren holds his breath in suspense before Nekonome looks over in his direction and sees the boy's hand.
"Ah OK! Kagenashi Masaki-kun?"
Nekonome said as he calls on another while Saren looks over to his side to see Kokota seated next to him until he lets go of the latter's arm and saw Hijiri seated behind them as the young nōshishoku-haired boy when all of a sudden Kokota hands the latter a small bottle of eye drops.
"You can be a real handful, you know that? You know that your eyes gets dry during this time of year, so don't give us a hard time, got it?"
Kokota huffed indifferently as he complains to the baffled nōshishoku-haired boy and feigns annoyance, causing Saren smile as he laughs lightly and gives a playful retort to the young 1st year.
"Like you're one to talk, Mr. *Anisakutai..."
"As if you're any better, Ice Princess. It's going to be a few hours till we reach the Human World, I'm going to sleep. Wake me up and I'll bleed you dry."
Kokota closed his eyes while Saren smirks as he applies the drops to his eye before looking out the window until the scene deteriorates like water, revealing a opened clearing located somewhere outside the Great Barrier as it was blanketed by a large cloud before the sound of pacing was heard from inside a deserted cabin.
"'And so, the caged bird has been freed from its cage and set its sight to soar the limitless sky...' But what awaits him is not the joy of freedom but rather, DESPAIR."
Said an unknown figure, pacing back and forth inside the cabin before turning his attention over to his cloaked assistant who was kneeling down in respect before disappearing into thin air as the man was left alone for a minutes until he picks up a dart and takes a few steps from the wall.
"Very well then..."
"'[… … ...]'"
"Let the Hunt begin."
He said, twirling the dart in his hand until he threw it across the room as it lands a few inches from a photo depicting a much younger Saren before it was dyed crimson-red, making the man smirked sinisterly and broke out in laughter, revealing that an intruder was listening from the outside as a small stream of blood flows from the wall to the ground.
~(Elsewhere...)~
"'[Dammit, I got careless...!]'"
The mysterious figure thought bitterly as he leaps from one branch to another, gripping his left shoulder in pain, leaving behind a trail of blood, staining the ground like paint on a blank canvas until he slowed down and rested against the tree, calmly rethink the situation as he hisses in pain while the sky darken and shadowed the landscape briefly.
"What the––?!"
But before he can even take a breather, he was ambushed from all sides as they launched an all-out assault against the latter, resulting the boy's descent to the ground as pieces of bark and splinters lands onto the floor while the attackers lands away from it.
"Tut, tut, didn't your master teach you that letting your guard down is a HUGE no-no?"
The leader smiled smugly as she mockingly reprimanded the down figure, prompting the other two to join the jeering and waited for the fire to die down.
"No one has EVER survived an attack of the *Senryōken and lived to tell the tale about it, so let this forest drink deep of your blood as you atone for your ignorance."
The smoke finally cleared and revealed the charred body of the intruder but before they can savor their victory, they were rendered speechless as they find that their target had survived the attack and disguised a log with the cloak.
"What the––?! *Kawarimi no Jutsu?!"
The Senryōken looked around the clearing for the eluding target as they slowly closed the space between each other before feeling a strong amount of yōki until a flash of black and purple appears and began its assault, the sound of punching was heard as the clouds moved out of the way and illuminated the landscape as a lone shadow looms over them like a banshee.
"Sorry, but it's gonna take more than a surprise attack to take me down."
It was a tall young man with dark rondo-purple hair tied into a long ponytail and dons a long black scarf as it covers his mouth, revealing a pair of sharp navy-blue eyes – He wore sleeved kimono-style black shirt with matching pants followed by shin-length low-heeled ebony-black boots.
"I've heard that they're strengthening their influence but I didn't think it would this powerful..."
As he voiced his displeasure of the enemy's upper hand as the wind sailed throughout the trees before he pondered the serendipity, narrowing his eyes in thought.
"'[But I got to hand it to them, to make their move the instant that the 'Strategist' made his...]' If they get to him first before we do, then..."
He whispered before trailing off, not wanting to think about the outcome as he takes out a blank *makimono along with a modified *sumizuriko, writing a message with swiftness before sensing multiple outbursts of *Sakki as a hoard of kunai and shuriken sailed from the dark canopy until they were deflected by the latter's scarf, much to the enemies' shock.
"But regardless, I won't let that bastard's plan come to pass, I swear it upon my life."
He calmly declared as the wind howled ferociously, the leaves fall from the trees and fluttered about, encircling the clearing.
~(In the meantime, over in the outskirts of the Kyoto Prefecture)~
As the cold wind sails across the land and carried the dead leaves of the *sakuragi as it reached to an old-fashioned building, the *Tōyō-jisho, and landed gracefully onto the wooden floor as an announcement calls out from the end of the hall.
※In local news, it appears that it'll be windy weather for the next few days thanks to last week's typhoon...!※
"'[… … ...]'"
Suddenly, the room's occupant began to stir – It was a young man with dark chocolate-brown unkempt hair and a light sky-blue eye as his bangs obscures his right – He wore a navy-blue hakama underneath an black thigh-length *haori.
"Looks like we're in for some strong weather this year. The announcement says that it'll be like this for the next few weeks..."
The young man said as the winter wind brushes his cheek-length bangs briefly as it reveals an black octagon-shaped eye-patch over his right eye before the door slid opened – It was a young woman with slightly long coffee-brown hair and light brown eyes – She wore an red kimono-shirt followed by a pair of form-fitting black pants.
"Is something wrong, Masamune?"
She asks curiously as she looks over her husband before she gets up from the floor and walks over to him, seeing the sky turned to the darker shade of storm-gray as the clouds gathering from the west alongside her husband.
"The wind's starting to pick up..."
"Yeah... And that can only mean one thing: A STORM is brewing..."
She said, feeling the midwinter wind caressing her face while Masamune wraps his arm around her waist, the clouds rumbled softly as tiny snowflakes descends from the *nōkaishoku-colored heavens like out-of-season *Shirazakura.
"Looks like it's going to be one of those days again..."
"'[… … ...]'"
Masamune said before the scene changes back to the mysterious figure as he stands triumphantly among the fight, donning neither a single scratch until he sensed a change in the atmosphere and looked up to the sky, revealing to be–– Saren...?!
And that includes Ch. 1 of 'Shinobi Journalist ~Fuyuki~' but before I forget, Saren's nicknames are somewhat the same as his *OS (Original Story) counterpart and how they were formed (though the full explanations of the nicknames with be revealed in the A/N chapter).
Once again, here are some notes~!
1.) The Alternate Hero's nicknames are the alternate counterpart titles of the original story's main heroine:
- 'Oni no Fukushuji' (鬼の副主事 'Demon Vice-Secretary') = 'Oni no Fukukaichō' (鬼の副会長 'Demon Vice-President').
- 'Gettōgisha' (月灯記者 'Moonlight Reporter') = Higure no Paparatchi (日暮れのパパラッチ 'Twilight Paparazzi').
- 'Byakuyagō' (白夜公 'Arctic Night Prince') = 'Byakuyagi' (白夜姫 'Arctic Night Princess').
- 'In'ei no Kijin' (陰影の貴人 'Nobleman of the Shadows') = Aiganchō (愛玩鳥 'Caged Bird').
- The money regarding ¥1075 yen is equivalent to the US 10 dollar bill.
- Saren's given name has two different meanings in kanji and is short for either 'Supported Love' (サ恋愛 Saren'ai) or 'The difference between love' (差恋愛 Saren'ai).
- In Japan, it's said that when a person sneezes, it means that there is someone talking about him or her.
2.) In this version, Saren's hobby is Ice Skating and that it helps him think things out (due to me being inspired by the new anime 'Yuri! ON ICE').
- Sanjin means 'Mountain People' in Japanese.
- Bishōnen/Bishōjo means 'Beautiful Youth' and 'Beautiful Woman' in Japanese and are terms to address either Shōjo or Shōnen protagonists.
- Kiseru is a Japanese smoking pipe that Geisha and Daimyō used to have back in the Sengoku Era.
- Ohayo-gozaimasu - 'Good Morning'/'Morning' in Japanese.
- 'Nadeshiko' is derived from 'Yamato Nadeshiko' and is a term for the 'Ideal Japanese Woman', particularly define as shy, pure and obedient.
3.) Anisakutai means 'Older Brother Complex' in Japanese and is rather appropriate due to Kokota's persistence to the Inner Mokato and is a reference to Rosario+Vampire II characters, Moka and Kokoa.
So what'd you guys think? There will be another Bonus Chapter featuring footnotes and trivia points regarding the chapters. That's all for now - I need to work on the 7th chapter (and make changes for the sixth as well). So peace out, my readers!
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