Authors note: Due to saving the plot, Im going to skip forward every few days. Im not going to skip out on important details. Like Akihitos and Miekos Wedding Announcement. The introduction of this clan is good for the future of the story. Im not going to stray far from the plot, as I dont want to ruin the original story. Around this point, Team 7 is facing Zabuza and Haku in the land of waves. Im honestly flying by this on a whim. However, im looking forward to seeing this story progress. Im also planning a rewrite of this once I get it done. Also, to those who entered their OCs to be in the story. I have something planned for them. A chapter dedicated to each of them. ^_^ Tell me if I mistakenly mess up on your characters personality. Should they be more aggressive? More compassionate? , Are you okay? I actually look forward to reading your reviews as they help me improve the story. I actually want to get more chapters out around every sunday. But for me to do that, they will have to be shorter then what I usually write. Is that a good idea?
I should also address the fact about Asukas Cat and the boy OC from the inuzuka clan sharing the same name. It was a suggestion from my friend. She thought it would be ironic if that happened.
Im happy to announce that Im looking for a beta reader! I want someone strict, but wont insult my feelings? It has to be someone who will point out my mistakens, and show me how to correct them.
Poll time!
What show should I make a fanfiction off of next?
1: Akagami No Shirayuki Hime/ Snow white with red hair
2: My Little Pony
3: Fairy Tail
4: Blue Exorcist
5: Owari No seraph/Seraph of the End
6: The Ancient Magus' Bride
Feel free to add your own thoughts on what show I should make an story on.
I should warn you, I will not do DBZ. I havent seen a single episode of DBZ and I dont really see the point in watching it. Its not something that catches my attention despite how similar it is to Naruto apparently. I was going to add in Avatar:The last Air bender but I havent watched Korra yet. Also, Fullmetal alchemist. I have been a big fan of that series for years. But I cant come up with a plot with an OC that would work correctly so that wont happen anytime for me. Im a little unsure on doing an OC Fanfiction on The Ancient Magus' Bride. Seeing as how its new and that its not finished. There isnt much information on it.
Also, is anyone else a big fan of Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks? I was thinking of doing a remake of some of the plots of it in order to write fanfiction about it. But im unsure if I should use OCS (Yaoi,Yuri,Straight) or if i should use characters from an show?
:Day 2: Setting: Festival day 1:
The streets were light dimly with candles and lanterns with the hattori clan symbol on them. The Lanters were strung from streetpole to streetpole. They shifted lightly in the wind as the sound of happy chattering and laughing children filled the air. The arouma of cooking fish and the fresh ocean breeze made most of us wear long sleeved kimonos.
I was given permission by my father to wonder off with my friends. I held a red lantern in my hands as I walked. My kimono was traditional and had the hattori clan symbol on the back of it. It was red in color and swayed a little as I walked. We had tied red scarves around each of our wrists and attached them to our partner in order to not get lost. Ryuichi with Masako and me. I was leading the group since I had the lantern. It was still quite dark out. We looked at the multiple stalls and smiled.
"What should we do?" I asked. Masako had her attention on one of the more childish games. She was staring at an catch a koi game. Ryuichi and me noticed her interest. I smirked and nudged him.
"Lets go catch a fish." Ryuichi said. He tugged the red scarves and brought us over to the small pool. He looked at the prices. 5 yen for 3 tries? He dug out a small coin and handed it over to the stall owner.
"Here you go." The old man said and handed each of us a net. I went over to one of the mats and sat down with my legs under me. I pushed back my kimono sleeves and looked up at Ryuichi and Masako. I smiled at the two.
"Lets all aim for one fish and catch it." I said looking at the decorative pod of koi. They came in a variety of colors. Masako looked at the pond and she tried to find one that she liked.
"You have 15 minutes to catch the fish." The owner said.
"I want the red and gold one." Masako said pointing at one of the smaller koi. It was swimming around desperatly trying not to be caught. I smirked and stuck the net into the water and began to chase the koi with it.
"Chase it into a corner!" Ryuichi said and followed the koi. It swam away from Ryuichis net and headed the opposite direction. It met up with Masakos net. We had it for a few seconds but then it darted back out before she had the chance to pull her net up.
"Almost!" I said and chased it with my net.
"Lets meet up in the middle." Masako suggested and chased the fish around. She met up with my net soon. We chased the fish toward the corner. The koi swam in circles to try and avoid being swooped up. But, its tries were in vain. Ryuichi ended up sweeping it up into his net. He quickly pulled up his net, the fish flopped around.
"Get the bag!" Masako said and held her hand over the top of the nets entrance. She wasnt going to let it flop out. I turned around and grabbed the water filled bag from the guy. Water sploshed around inside as I held it underneath the net.
"Turn it! Turn it!" I said holding the bag open. Ryuichi gently turned it, trying to keep the evasive fish steady as it dumped it into the water baggy. I swear this fish was evil. I pressed itself against the sides of the bag trying to get out. Masako had a happy smile on her face. I smiled and tied the bag ends tight so that it wouldnt escape.
"Congrajulations!" The booth guy said and pulled out a small confetti canon. He pulled the string and it blew out strings of confetti at us. He tossed the confetti canon in the trash can nearby.
"Now go away." He said with a happy smile. I sweatdropped and got off the mats. I watched Ryuichi help Masako stand up and felt myself beam with happiness. Oh my.. I walked up to the two and help the koi fish bag out.
"Heres your fish,Masako."I said and handed it over to her. She held the bag carefully and stared down at the koi and got a happy look on her face. Her eyes squinted in happiness as she stared down at the koi.
Ryuichi took off his glasses and used his kimono sleeve to wipe off the droplets of water off of the lens. I noticed him getting frusterated with it. I held my hand out for it.
"Let me see it." I said. I took his glasses and used the softer part of my kimono to wipe off the streaks Ryuichis kimono left on it. I held the glasses up to the light of one of the lanterns and saw a small smudge in the corner. Careful not to touch the lens, I adjusted my hands and cleaned the glasses a little more affectively.
"I hope this will work better." I said and handed him back his glasses. He took the glasses and slide them back on. He looked around, his eyes darting. You could tell he was checking for Spots.
"Meh, good enough for now." Ryuichi said. I pushed my kimono sleeves back down and nodded.
"Where should we go now?" I asked. I looked around at the booths, my eye caught the sight of a small panda bear with green eyes. I looked at the booth. It was one of those kunai throwing booths. Ya know, the ones where you have to hit a certain target in order to win a prize. I frowned. Those things are almost always rigged. I heard Masakos gasp. I looked back and saw the scarf had come undone on her wrist.
"It came undone." She said frowning. Ryuichi and me approached her at the same time. I looked at him and smiled.
"We should tie them tighter." I said and untied mine. We tied the scarf tighter around our wrists and looked at eachother.
"Hey, do you want to go try that booth?" Masako asked me and motioned to the booth I was looking at. I shook my head.
"Nah. It could be rigged." I said as we walked forward.
"Arnt they always though?" Ryuichi asked with a smirk. I shook my head in amusment as we walked down the dirt path.
"We could go visit the shrine." I said pointing upwards. On one of the cliff edges, there was a shrine that was partically carved into the cliff. There were lights shinning out from it and the faint sound of music was heard.
"Stairs.." Ryuichi said looking forward at the stairs that lead up to them. As we walked up the stairs, I noticed that most of the structures and pottery was made up of limestone. These stairs were no different. As we walked up the stairs, I noticed the happy smiles that were on most of the childrens faces here. My mind flashed back to Miwa. She wouldnt be able to experience that. I drew an inward breath and looked up as we got the the top. I noticed a string that hung acrossed from two poles. It had multiple pictures on it, including one of my mother. We walked inside, My eyes never left the photo until the shrine doors closed behind us.
"Oof!" I made a noise as i accidently ran into the back of someone.
"Asuka?" Masako said looking back at me wondering why I stopped. I looked up wondering who I ran into. I flinched seeing who it was. It was the guy who beat me yesterday. He looked back at me.
"Oh, Asuka right?" He said turning around facing me. I felt a little nervous under his stare. There were so many people in here...
"..Yeah. You are Hiroyuki?" I asked staring up at him. He was way taller then me. How old was he?
Hiroyuki nodded. He looked at the other people dancing and then at me. He held his hand out.
"Would you like to dance?" He asked bowing slightly. I looked down at the scarf attached to my wrist. I looked at Masako. She stared at Hiroyuki and blushed. She untied the scarf from my wrist.
"Go have fun." She said and shoved me forward. I looked unsure. Dad said I wasnt supposed to go far from my friends. Ryuichi noticed my hesitation.
"We will be right over here." He said motioning to the snack bar. I sighed and took Hiroyukis waiting hand with my own shakey hand.
Hiroyuki swept me onto the dance floor. His hand placed on my waist and my hand on his shoulder. Dancing in a kimono is strange but luckily, It was stretchy. He danced to the center with me. I tried to keep my steps easy with his, not wanting to accidently step on his foot. I felt a lump under my foot and winced.
"Sorry.." I said and kept my eyes adverted from his. This was so awkward.
Hiroyuki smirked and twirled me around. I noticed that the Ichikawa music took after western music. The dance style? Western. But it was nice and simple. I looked at the time. Should I head back to my friends? As we danced of to the side, we parted. Hiroyuki bowed to me and I curtsied back.
"Walk with me?" He asked. I pulled my hands back to myself and looked around for Ryuichi. He and Masako arnt by the foodstand where I thought he'd be. I sighed and looked at hiroyuki. He seemed trustworthy. I suddenly remembered grandpas words and frowned. I shouldnt trust him but i'd do anything to get away from this crowd.
"Sure." I said and stood beside him,expecting him to lead. He guided me out of the shrine. We stood in front of the two polls with the string tied across from them.
"Do you have someone up there?" Hiroyuki asked staring up at the string.
"...Yeah. My mom." I said staring at her picture. Did grandma put that up there? I smiled and rubbed my arm.
"Both of my parents are up there." He said and unknowingly took my hand. That got me curious. Is the string supposed to represent the dead?
"Is the string supposed to represent the dead?" I asked watching the string waved from side to side.
Hiroyuki nodded. "Yes." He said as we walked down the steps.
"Is it your first time here in the Hattori Village?" Hiroyuki asked. I shook my head.
"I was here once before." I said and went to lift my hand to push back my hair, but then I noticed our hands. My eye twitched and I let go of his hand.
"So, We have to be related in someway right?" I asked as we walked down the road. I heard a familier voice behind us and turned.
"Yes, Your grandfather and my grandfather were brothers." He said smiling. I flinched when I caught sight of Yosuke and Kiyoshi. I took Hiroyukis hand again and darted off toward the beach.
"Wo-woah!" I almost made Hiroyuki trip as we darted off. I dont know why im avoiding them. Probably because their annoying to me. Once we got to the beach, I let go of his hand and placed a hand to my chest.
"Why *cough* were we running?" Hiroyuki asked and pulled out a small container thing. He put it to his mouth and drew in a breath. Did..did he have asthma? I shook my head.
"It dosent matter, I just saw some people I really didnt want to talk to." I said.
Hiroyuki looked up at me curiously. He shrugged.
"Oh. I see. Avoiding your family?" He asked.
"What? no, I was just-"
"No no, I understand. " Hiroyuki said and brushed a peice of hair out of his face.
I let out a sigh and started to walk along the beach with him.
"We are family right? How come dad never mentions you?" I ask him. The waves were calm tonight. They crashed against the beach gently.
"I live in Sunagakure." Hiroyuki said blankly as if that was a simple answer. I shrugged taking that as an answer.
"Alright then.." I said and slipped off my sandles. I noticed a small little island just off the coast of the beach.
"Whats that?" Hiroyuki asked me. Why was he asking me?
"..Wanna go explore it?" I ask mischeviously.
"Hey!" I heard Masakos voice. I turned and and nearly had an heart attack. Masako was dragging a large bear with her as she walked up to me. However, that wasnt the reason I nearly had a heart attack. Not only was Ryuichi following her, but the twins from hell were following her too! I gulped as they approached me.
"What's up? Were you two out for some late night smooching?" Yosuke asked me as they got to stand side by side with me.
"W-well...I uh." I looked to the side. A small blush covering my cheeks. That was a big mistake on my part, Ryuichi noticed and got the biggest grin on his face. I glared at him and zipped my lips practically telling him to be quiet.
"Yes, We were about to head over to the island." Hiroyuki said and pointed to the island. I blushed even harder. Yosukes mouth dropped open not expecting that kind of answer.
"Oh ho, What business do you have on the island? We are not permitted to go on that island." Kiyoshi said with a frown.
"Yeah, you arnt. But we might be." Masako said and put an arm around my shoulder. She was practically sparing me of all the embarresment.
"Well...are we going to go on the island?" Ryuichi asked.
"Now? But the festival-" Kiyoshi began.
"-Is happening now which means if there is security on that island, its going to be light." I finsihed for him.
"Well! Im up for a little adventure." Yosuke said and adjusted his rather..expensive looking kimono.
"We can take one of the canoes over!" Ryuichi said and pointed at the line of canoes that just so happened to be placed here.
"Cant you ninjas walk on water?" Kiyoshi asked.
"No, My team are genins. We havent been taught how to walk on water." Masako answered.
While we were talking, Hiroyuki rowed one of the larger canoes over to the side of the sea bank.
"Come on!" Hiroyuki said.
We looked at him and began to pile in. I sat behind him, Yosuke had the second pair of rows. Masako and Ryuichi shared a bench and Kiyoshi sat beside me.
"This is going to be fun." Kiyoshi said bluntly. What a kill joy...
Authors note:
Hi! Its the author here. I have some news! Im going to be gone on the 9th to go to Michigan with my family and right after that im going on a small trip from the 22-29 to Myrtle Beach. I am going to be very..very busy so I wont have time to update. I uploaded this short chapter just to get it out there! Im pleased to announce that I will be making a Blue Exorcist fanfiction! Its nothing special, but its in the makings.