Dimensions
Chapter 10: Sanomi: Kochou Samurai
Forest
Sanomi walked quietly back to the site. It seemed that Sasuke abandoned her when she was injured. But at least he helped by putting bandages. Sanomi stopped in the center and stared at her wound.
You'll get an infection. Onegai...
Sanomi echoed those words. He wanted to help her even though it's not a big deal. But she's glad that she's noticed in this world. Her world...wasn't exactly home. She's usually the one that messed everything up and people blamed her for her own mistakes. Olivia was the only one that stood up for her, yet Sanomi felt rage in her chest.
/Olivia...you cared.../ Sanomi thought.
/Why couldn't anyone else/ Sanomi made a fist and pounded the tree that was right in front of her. It made a dent and she showed tears.
/Why can't I do anything right/ Sanomi shook her head. Her family loved her yet she felt sorrow whenever she's around them. It's like her family doesn't care if she's missing. They're probably enjoying her gone...
/NO/ Sanomi pounded with her fist once more making the dent bigger.
/I'm not allowed to think like this. I have to be the regular me. Someone who's different but proud of who they are.../
Sanomi made a small smile. The good side and the bad side were messing with her and she continued on to her destination. Not noticing, Sasuke was behind a tree the whole time watching the girl.
Training Ground
Hearing Sakura's voice, Sanomi found her way out of the forest and into the training grounds.
"Sanomi!" Without being cautious, Sanomi was being choked on Sakura's embrace.
"Sakura..." Sanomi said turning blue.
"Can't breathe!" Sakura, finally noticing, let go and Sanomi took deep breaths.
"Gomen. I was looking for you. And the boys also." Sakura responded.
"I found them. But they wouldn't listen and ran off again." Sanomi reminded herself.
"Sanomi..." The two kunoichis turned around seeing their sensei.
"Sensei. Gomen..." Sanomi made a bow. Kakashi didn't bother to hear her excuse. He just grabbed Sanomi's wounded arm.
"What happened?" It was more of a command and asking at the same time for the silver-haired teacher. Sanomi blinked a couple of times.
"I hurt myself during training last night. I'm really sorry sensei..." Sanomi turned her head to the side. Kakashi, seeing this, let go of the arm and transferred his hand to Sanomi's chin. He lifted it up and Sanomi, probably thinking, saw her sensei's smile beneath the mask. He raised a brow.
"You must be making up the training huh?" Kakashi asked. Sanomi, really bewildered, just nodded awkwardly.
"Hey..." Sanomi's attention went towards Sakura. Kakashi loosened his grip on her chin.
"Naruto! Sasuke! Where are they?" Sakura asked. Sanomi shrugged but in an instance she moved away from the training ground seeing a spear plundering to the ground.
"Wha-who-" Sakura looked up seeing Naruto hanging on a branch happily.
"Whoa...Naruto could climb that high now using his chakra? That's great." Sakura made the best comment for Naruto that Sanomi nodded happily. Really eager with happiness she shouted,
"That's right isn't it Naruto!" Naruto smiled.
"Definitely!" Naruto stood up from the tree and was about to fall once he lost his balance.
"Naruto watch out!" Sanomi shouted. Sakura screamed and Kakashi just wondered if he was going to fall or what. But rapidly Naruto used his chakra and ended up hanging up on the branch.
"Ha! Fooled ya huh?" Naruto called out.
"We were worried about you Naruto!" Sakura shouted.
/I'm gonna strangle you/ Inner Sakura said more.Sakura, wasn't really yukai.
Kakashi wondered that something would turn out bad for the blond-haired kid. Naruto was still hanging...but not for long! The chakra had vanished and his feet didn't touch the branch anymore. Kakashi's eyes widened and Sakura was surprised.
"Cha! You just had to push it didn't you?" Sakura said. Naruto was really screaming for his life. But Sasuke, using his chakra to climb a nearby tree, appeared out of nowhere to save Naruto in the nick of time.
"You really are a total loser Naruto." Sasuke grabbed his ankle.
"Ah! Sasuke?" Naruto surprised with shame.
"Woohoo! All right Sasuke!" Sakura called from below. Sanomi didn't show any emotion. Kakashi thought about the same thing and maybe the training would be done sooner or later. Apparently, Kakashi had something else on his mind, and it had to deal with Sanomi.
/Her eyes.../ Kakashi stared at her onyx eyes that was pure black.
/It has a lot of determination. But for what/ Kakashi thought more on his mind.
Kakashi remembered. He had overheard Zabuza saying to Sanomi about a rematch...
/I have to talk to her.../
"Sanomi..." Sanomi continued staring at the Genin. Then hearing the voice she turned to her teacher.
"Yes?" She asked in a soft tone.
"I want you to come with me. The rest of you," he was referring to the other three Genin,
"you can do whatever you want." Sakura made a smile and decided to go back to the house to help out. Naruto and Sasuke decided to train together for chakra control. That leads Kakashi and Sanomi alone.
Treehouse
The fruit that Zabuza was holding was squashed due to that he grew stronger after his recovery.
"You had recovered quickly." Haku said over his shoulder. Zabuza was sitting down on a cushion as Haku remained standing.
"Are you ready Haku?" Zabuza asked. Haku had to respond.
"Yes."
Forest (Sunrise)
Kakashi and Sanomi had ate lunch earlier so they went back to the forest. Kakashi wanted to test her skills of her swordsmanship and Sanomi had no idea why she was here in the first place.
"Kakashi, why am I here all alone?" Sanomi asked him.
"Sanomi, I just wanted to see how much you've grown. I noticed that the training you put yourself into was challenging." Kakashi noticed the bandages in the arm one more time.
"Do you want to finish the challenge we had long ago?" He asked. Sanomi didn't know what to say. She wanted to agree on finishing the job but could it be possible?
"If you win," Kakashi continued, "I'll give you something nice."
"But if I lose..." Sanomi continued the conversation.
"You won't be battling for a long time." Kakashi ended.
"NANI?" Sanomi was really mad.
The whole reason she's here was because of her unique abilities. She didn't want to lose it all just for some dumb fight. Yet, she wanted to be strong. She wanted to be everything that she could, even beating her own sensei. After a few minutes of thinking,
"Let's do it."
Sanomi took out the sword swiftly and made a position. Kakashi was planning to use his ninja skills. She was really clever with the sword now. The training really paid off and she could find her own potential inside her.
Sanomi made her first move just by charging at Kakashi but he dodged and punched her in the back. Sanomi struggled a couple of times but planned to use the Kochou Element jutsu. Apparently she needed more chakra than that.
/Gotta make another strategy./ Sanomi stood up and planned to do a taijutsu of a kick. Kakashi dodged it.
"You'll never get me with that!" As Kakashi dodged, Sanomi, with her sword, cut a rope.
/This was Sasuke's technique I watched earlier in the series.../ Sanomi made a smile. The rope was a trap covered with shurikens and kunai knives. Kakashi didn't know where to go so he did the Replacement jutsu.
/Where did he go.../ Sanomi concentrated on where Kakashi might be. She sensed a movement and she kicked Kakashi in the face.
"Finally..." Sanomi whispered to herself. Kakashi fell to the ground and got back up.
/Darn it/ Sanomi had no choice but to charge at him once more and it was a taijutsu battle. She had to swiftly put the sword back and use her hands as weapons.
Punches and kicks were directly hitting each weak point. Sanomi grew tired but the chakra was powering up.
/This is too much for her.../ Kakashi thought as he punched Sanomi on the chest.
/Yet she's going at it.../ Kakashi kicked Sanomi on the back and noticed that her back had wings.
/WHAT/ Kakashi grabbed her shoulders and Sanomi was in a state of shock. Suddenly the chakra was building up and Sanomi couldn't control herself.
"PETAL DANCE NO JUTSU!"
Sanomi had pink chakra overflowing her entire body. Kakashi let go seeing Sanomi in a pink orb inside. Cherry blossoms burst out through the dust of Sanomi's incredible power. Soon she lost half of her chakra and fell down to the ground. Kakashi rushed over to her, yet he didn't do anything. He just saw the black-haired girl lying down unconscious.
/She pushed herself.../ Kakashi thought.
/This is the legend.../ He had no choice. Carrying her back to the site Kakashi thought of something.
/I may have won but...she earned it./ The luminous glow of the moon sparkled with light and Sanomi rested in peace.
MEANWHILE...
Sasuke and Naruto were up on two individual trees. It was nighttime and they were panting with exhaustion.
"Let's go back." Sasuke said as he stood up on his tree.
"All right!" Naruto agreed happily.
Tazuna's House: Sanomi's Room
Sanomi had finally woken up from her deep slumber. She used so much chakra that she felt like she was going to die. Luckily she didn't. Her wounds are getting bigger yet she didn't felt much pain. She sat up from her bed and stared at her sword.
/I didn't bother to use it...I used taijutsu instead.../ Sanomi stood up and was about to walk out but Kakashi stood in her way.
"Sensei?" Sanomi asked wondering. Kakashi sighed.
"Sanomi..." Kakashi had something behind him and it was a box with a pale pink ribbon.
"I want you to have this..." Sanomi unwrapped the box and inside were two violet feathers.
"Uh..." Sanomi was really bewildered. What kind of gift were feathers?
"Ha ha. There's more to the gift that meets the eye..."Kakashi saw Sanomi's closet and slid it all the way to the end. Sanomi's eyes widened.
"Oh...my..." Sanomi saw a beautiful samurai outfit.
The outfit was mostly white and it had a matching helmet. The two feathers were supposed to be connected on each side of the helmet. The skirt with yellow outlines had designing leaves for the belt. Her top had pale pink outlines that had glitter yet it showed no mercy. She had white matching gloves that reached her shoulders so it was under the sleeves. What Sanomi was really drawn of was the back of the outfit. In the back were designed butterfly wings and a squiggly line under it. The helmet had the same design but it was in the front.
"Sensei..." Sanomi whispered to Kakashi.
"I can't accept this."
"This was a gift remember? After the battle the deal was paid off." Kakashi reminded her about the deal.
"But I didn't win...right?" Sanomi asked him.
"Sanomi, you have been excused for this battle." Sanomi's eyes widened.
"NAZE?" She asked eagerly. Kakashi took out a book that wasn't Icha Icha Paradise but instead it looked like an ancient book.
"I want you to look at this for a sec." Sanomi went behind Kakashi as he turned some of the pages. He found the right one and began to read:
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Long ago, there lived a smith owner named Mirai. She was the most popular owner of the whole town since she created the most amazing weapons. She was passed by her family through generations and it was her own tradition.
One day while Mirai was cleaning her "Butterfly Sword" that was passed down from generation to her family also, she noticed something very peculiar.
"What's this?"
Mirai saw that there was an old scroll attached to it. She read what it was. There was an old spell that could awaken the sword to its true power. Mirai, feeling young at her age, wanted to test it out. She said the small spell and all was silent.
It was midnight at that time and Mirai saw that the sword glowed with awe. She gasped and the sword was out of control. The sword exploded making Mirai fell out of balance. And when everything was silent again the sword spoke to her.
"Become the samurai and your wishes will come true..."
Mirai had no choice but to surpass her skills. She had became the Kochou Samurai. Using her powerful blade she exceeded her skills by fighting many ninjas. As she held the blade she noticed that she received wings on her back.One day she ran away because she couldn't take anymore stress. She almost killed her own villagebecaue she was out of control.
She rested in the Konoha Forest to make up her mind. She made a small smile and rested the Butterfly Sword in a nearby tree. She stood up and never confiscated it again.
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"Kakashi..." Sanomi whispered.
"The sword..."
"Was really a legend." Kakashi walked over to the sword and the page had a picture of it.
"This was the same replica of the Butterfly Sword in the story. Mirai, was a samurai. This sword was passed on for a long time when someone used it, but they stayed cautious and put it back in its rightful place." Kakashi felt the blade touch his fingers and gazed back at Sanomi.
"Sanomi...you are the Kochou Samurai now." Sanomi was in a state of shock.
"Whoa...in the legend? Sensei, I'm not ready to be some legendary samurai that comes out of nowhere..." Sanomi gulped and she made a comment.
"I'm scared..." Kakashi noticed that she had tears in her eyes. He walked over to her and Sanomi was embraced by the man.
"It's okay." Kakashi soothed her emotion.
"Let it all out. I'll teach you everything I can." Sanomi cried with all her might.
She wanted to go back home but she wanted to be a samurai also. Her parents might get mad at her and place her in jail. But keeping a legendary sword...how would she cope with everything? Kakashi let go of the embrace and Sanomi stayed silent. She noticed the great material that was put to the outfit that she wanted to try it on tomorrow.
"Tsunami had the materials to make this. We worked on it together." Kakashi responded. Sanomi made a smile.
"Sensei..." Kakashi gazed at Sanomi.
"Thank you for everything. I have enough courage to stand up to anything..."
Sanomi stood up and reached for her sword. She felt the blade in her fingertips and it really was legendary. This sword brought her to this world and back. The door was tight shut anyway back at the forest. Now the only thing left in her mind,
/Zabuza...you're mine.../ Sanomi went downstairs to have dinner and Kakashi followed.
Tazuna's House: Dinner/Kitchen
"Where are they?" Sakura was moping around after she ate some of her dinner made by Tsunami.
"I never expected this from Sasuke..." Sanomi sat across Inari and she patted her shoulder.
"Everything will be fine Sakura. They are just...a little late." Sanomi reassured her. Sakura listened to her but the door opened. In came Sasuke, with his arm over Naruto and they were very tired.
"What happened to you? You looked like the cat dragged in." Tazuna examined them. The two boys stopped and Naruto groaned.
"We...we climbed the trees...and we made it all the way to the top." Kakashi gazed at them.
"Good. Tomorrow we have work to do. You two are now bodyguards for Tazuna at the bridge." Naruto smiled and Sasuke couldn't help it also.
"All right!" Naruto leaned back for once and suddenly he fell to the ground with Sasuke.
"Ow. You're such a loser!" Sasuke remarked loudly. Everyone laughed at the table.
A FEW MINUTES LATER...
Everyone had ate peacefully yet Sanomi was feeling a bit uptight.
/Different...different...different.../ That word echoed in her mind with sorrow that she didn't felt like she was changing.
Tazuna explained that they will leave early tomorrow since the bridge was almost done. He then asked about why Kakashi and the gang stayed to protect him after all the lies. Kakashi simply responded the quote of the first Hokage.
Sanomi stared across the table to see Inari in a small little world. In Inari's mind he was feeling more uncomfortable about seeing Naruto, how he wanted to be someone he couldn't. Inari suddenly grew tears. He started an argument with Naruto about how the weak would lose and they will die. Naruto ignores him but Inari went on saying that Naruto doesn't know what it's like to be treated like dirt.
This made Naruto ticked off.
"Listen to yourself whining and complaining, like some sorry little victim." Inari stopped.
"You don't know what it's like...your nothing but a coward!" Naruto snapped with rage. Inari was shocked to what he said.
"Naruto! You went too far!" Sakura shouted. Naruto ignored her and walked out of the room.
"Naruto..." Sakura whispered softly. Kakashi stopped glancing at Naruto and stared at Inari, who was still crying after the remark of Naruto.
/Man...I want to sleep./ Sanomi stood up with her eyes closed and went up to her room.
/This is too much for me.../
Docks
Inari sat alone thinking about sorrowful things. He thought about Naruto's words, how cruel and inconsiderate they were. Suddenly,
"Can I talk to you?" Kakashi walked over making pounding steps on the docks. They both sat in silence until Kakashi broke it.
"Naruto may be a little mean sometimes, but he doesn't hate you. Your grandfather told us about your father." Inari didn't show much emotion.
"You and Naruto are really similar. He didn't have a father, or a mother. In fact, he didn't make a single friend in our village." Inari finally paid attention and listened.
"Naruto wanted to be noticed and fit in whenever he can. That's his dream. I never seen him cry or have a frown in his face."
"Even though he's young, he still knows how to be strong. Like your father." Inari thought about his father and how he would be like Naruto.
"And those words Naruto told you, as cruel as they may sound, he might've said that to himself a thousand times..." Kakashi and Inari were silent as the moon glistened in the night sky.
A/N: Ha. I made another chapter. Don't worry. I already updated Rockman so I'll be working more on this. C ya soon and wait for the next chapter.