Days of Future Resurrection 10: The Past and Present
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A kick to the head woke up Keito.
"What the hell is your problem?! Are you trying to kill me, Rei?" yelled Keito as she jumped from bed.
"Sorry, did I wake you?" asked Akane.
"Oh...Miss Akane, um. How's the weather?" asked Keito with a grunt.
"It would be better if you got your ass out of bed. Now let's go." said Akane.
"Why certainly Akane, I mean, Yes, Miss Hyuga!" said Keito trying to mimic every boy in her class. Since Akane joined the group, Saruame had her be his "assistant teacher." She had joined the group a month ago and was a teacher through the week and did Saruames' bidding through the weekend. School life hasn't changed much and there is no one chasing us, thought Keito. Keito changed out of her pajamas and got into her school uniform, white with a green accent color and a plaid green skirt.
"Sorry but we're not going to school today." said Akane.
"Then why did you have to get me out of bed?" asked Keito.
"Saruame is demanding that we get you ready for the Chunin Exams." replied Akane.
"What's the point? No one will recognize us for our rank. And if anyone does it will be a shinobi from the government who will then report it to his superiors." said Keito.
"First of all, rank are, in all reality, meaningless. When the Seventh Hokage fought in the Fourth Great Ninja War, he was still a Genin and by the end of the war, he was easily the most skilled and valuable shinobi in the entire war. Every time he faced certain peril, he emerged victorious.
Second, earning the title of Chunin means more respect from your elders." explained Akane. "Now if you will excuse me, I have to go wake up Satomi."
Akane left the room. Keito stood outside of Satomi's dorm room for all of five seconds before loud clashing was heard from behind his door.
"Someone isn't an early riser." said Keito.
"If you ever wake me-" Satomi's head went through his door. "Hey Keito, good morning. Would you like some coffee or something?" asked Satomi.
Akane, Keito, and Satomi gathered into a car, and got onto the train. The train was east bound to the Rain Village. Akane fell asleep and started dreaming.
The Hidden Rain Village. Home to the legendary Lord Pain and Lady Angel. Many years ago, they ruled the village and made life in the small war torn nation easier for everyone. It was also where she became a war orphan.
"Mommy look! How does it rain so much?" asked a child Akane.
"No one knows sweetie." said Akanes' mother as she smiled. Akane was six years old and was touring the country side of the Rain Village.
"Mommy it's so cool how it is always raining! We should walk around, I love the rain." said Akane.
"Well that's my Little Red for you." said Akane's mother. It had finally stopped raining in the village. Akane ran up and down the streets with her mother holding her hand chasing after her.
"Mommy when will it rain again?" asked Akane.
"It will probably rain in a few minutes sweetie." replied Akane's mother.
"Akane wake up!" said Keito. Akane jolted up and was covered in sweat.
"Where are we?" asked Akane, and why am I covered with sweat?"
"That's not sweat, its rain. We're in the Rain Village." replied Satomi.
"Saruame and Rei have been waiting for us. They're staying at the Lady Angel Hotel." said Keito.
"When did we get off the bus?" asked Akane.
"Five minutes ago but you were sleeping so hard Satomi and I had to carry your ass off. It seems the rain helped wake you up." said Keito. The Rain Village was thick with smog. It was entirely different then 20 years ago when she was a kid. When she was a kid, the country was a non-hostile nation that implied strict environment laws and attracted lots of tourism. But ever since its annexation by the Stone Metropolis, the city has gone to hell.
Crime and drugs plague this town. Stepping off of the bus felt dangerous.
"Why the hell would Saruame stay here?" asked Satomi.
"Your guess is as good as mine." replied Akane.
The group walked the streets of the village. The clouds were black and spanned out in every direction. The rain beat down on everyone as they walked through town. An intoxicated man stumbled upon the group.
"Heyyyy therreeeeeeeeeee! They call me-" the man vomited.
"Are you alright sir?" asked Keito. She started to bend down to help him up. Akane grabbed her arm.
"Don't you dare!" said Akane. "These people are plagued by disease. By simply touching one of them, you could become infected by whatever they have."
"Sorry, but I don't-" the man started vomiting again. This time, it was blood. The man died at the feet of Keito.
"We can't stay here for long. His body will start attracting more disease." said Akane. Akane and Satomi had to grab Keito by both of her arms to get her to move. They moved down the streets, through the alley ways, and to the top of the tallest building in the Rain Village.
"Lord Pain use to live here..." whispered Akane to herself.
"Welcome, glad everyone could make it." said Saruame as he walked out of his hotel room to greet everyone.
"Saruame, what were you thinking bringing everyone to a place like this?" asked Akane.
"The Chunin exams have been delayed for a week." replied Saruame. "Since this is the closest city to the area we need to get to, I thought we would rest here at the safest hotel in the Village. Keito and Satomi, why don't you go inside and cheer up Rei. All of this rain has been making her sad."
Keito and Satomi entered the room. Saruame closed the door. "Akane, I have gathered intel on this area with the help of Gamatatsu. It is true that the exams have been stalled by a week, but there are far closer cities to the exams. We're here so that we can investigate." said Saruame.
"Investigate what? All I see is a city of plagued, disgusting, pitiful, beings." replied Akane.
"That's why we're investigating. Twenty, no, even ten years ago, this city was almost a utopia and model for all civilizations. Shortly after the city was annexed, it became incredibly ill. To prevent a liberation of the city from foreign powers, the city was divided into six districts.
One for each of the great nations, and one that circles the interior of the city and carves roads into the center. The other nations could live with this new faction of the Rain Village. I think that due to this city's extremely beneficial location to the rest of the world in terms of strategic power, all five of the great nations have been conducting experiments. This experimentation has led to the disease and plague that had infected the city. According to what I learned from Gamatatsu, this city has a strong indication of involvement with Project Watasumi." Saruame described.
"So were here to find out if this is really the playground for scientists?" asked Akane.
"More or less." replied Saruame.
Far away but still in the city, two scientists from Leaf City were performing surgery on a man.
"Damn it stop moving!" Scientist One said.
"I'm trying to hold him down but this man has the strength of a pack of wolves!" shouted Scientist Two. The man ripped away at the air. The heart monitor next to him was bleeping incredibly fast and loud then, one never ending beep. There was a simple "0bpm" on a large monitor.
"Blasted hell we failed again!" shouted Scientist One.
"All of our research points to the fact that the Sharingan Eye can be implanted and take the place of anyone's eyes! History even proves that point so why the hell are we failing so horribly?" shouted Scientist Two.
"The bodies of the experiments keep rejecting the eyes and not to mention they are both Mangeko Sharingan and from two different Uchiha." Said Scientist One. "It could be that fact in itself! Or it could be that the eyes are over 6000 years old!"
"But we've already discovered that Sharingan, Rinnegan, and Byakugan eyes never actually deteriorate. We have the eyes of Uzumaki Nagato, Uchiha Madara, and Hyuga Hinata amongst many others and all of them are completely intact and functioning as they should be. The only time that implanting eyes hasn't worked is with this Watasumi!" retorted Scientist Two.
"Well maybe it's because we are trying to implant the right eye of-" Scientist One was interrupted by a flash on a giant monitor.
"How is the progress going?" said the black silhouette of a figure on the monitor.
"Well sir we...erm"
"If you're about to tell me that you haven't made any progress, then I will cut all funding to your project right now!" shouted the Black Figure.
"Actually sir, we have made an amazing break through!" said Scientist One. Scientist Two looked over at one with a blank expression.
"What is this good news?" asked the figure.
"We have found out that in order to make the surgery successful, the patient will have to be an Uchiha with the Mangekyo Sharingan." said Scientist One.
"That's incredibly good! Don't fail me, you should both know how I feel about failure and how I will deal with it." said the Black Figure. The monitor shut off.
"I'm sorry, but where did this come from?" asked Scientist Two.
"It's only a hypothesis." replied Scientist One.
"Where the hell are we going to find an Uchiha like that? Ever since the Surge of Shimura Rito, there are hardly any Uchiha left in the world!" said Scientist Two.
"I've been keeping close tabs on an Uchiha. She is about to enter the Chunin Exams and she has two cousins that are also entering the Exams. I intend to change what happens to the girl through the Exams so that she will have the Mangekyo by the end of the Exam. Then, we can make the most powerful Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan to have ever been known. Project Watasumi will succeed!"