A/N: Hey everyone. I appreciated everyone who had given me names for the spirit. And I made my decision. The name for the Spirit of Kochou was Chikako. Thank you for the people who had given me names and this was my choice.
Dimensions
Chapter 14: Farewells and Beginnings
Bridge
"Kakashi-sensei..." Kakashi turned around seeing that Sanomi was still lying down. He walked over slowly and Naruto passed him quickly.
"Wha-what happened?" Naruto asked in a panic. Sakura didn't respond as she had her head down. Kakashi kneeled down the Kochou Samurai as he touched her face. There were a lot of scratches and marks that little liquid could burst out any second.
"Sanomi-chan! Wake up!" A voice echoed through the bridge. It seemed that everything was over. Zabuza and Haku had passed away and the Gato Corporation was defeated. Gato had drowned in the deep waters of the Mist Village. Haku and Zabuza were lying in their same spot as snow fell around them. It was a hard thing to watch as Zabuza really had a heart for someone special. Yet sometimes there would be a time when he could be in heaven.
A large crowd converged around Team 7, seeing that Sanomi wasn't awake. They were the village people that helped out when everything was in a pinch.
Sanomi...Sakura couldn't hear a pulse.
"Kakashi-sensei! You said that Sanomi fainted! Naze!" Sakura asked furiously. The two boys stared at him. Kakashi stayed silent as he stared blankly at his student. Everyone in the crowd was in complete silence, waiting what was going to happen next. Inari went towards Team 7 to see the girl.
"Wake up!" Naruto called out. "Sanomi-chan!" Naruto tried to shake her shoulders. Nothing. Sakura cried silently, not knowing what to do now.
"A rookie...a beginning rookie..." The Genin turned around to face their sensei.
"She fought a Jounin...a Jounin...who was one of the deadliest ones of them all...and she touched him..." The crowd muttered, talking about what Kakashi just said.
"SANOMI-CHAN!" Sakura and Naruto shouted loudly.
"SANOMI-CHAN!"
Kochou Dimension
/Wake up/ Sanomi opened her eyes. She blinked them a couple of times to see where she was. She sat up and saw that no one was with her. She heard the echoes and she thought it was herself. But they were different voices.
/Kochou Spirit/ Sanomi stood up. She never felt better in all her life. Yet her arm was still wounded.
/I'm right here./ Sanomi turned around and saw the little girl with a small smile on her face. Sanomi turned to face her.
/Watashi...I thought I heard something.../
/You did Kochou Samurai. Those are the voices of your comrades./ The shoujo said silently. Sanomi was still inside her own little dimension-her mind. She wanted to get out and the shoujo sighed.
/You stayed strong while getting your strength back. I'm glad./ The shoujo showed a light in order to get out of the dimension. Sanomi stood up slowly and walked her way out.
/One more thing.../ Sanomi turned around.
/Hai/ Sanomi asked.
/I need to talk to you later on okay/ The shoujo asked. Sanomi quickly nodded her head.
/Go on. I'll wait for you.../ The shoujo disappeared. Sanomi held out her hand to stop her, but she was late. Sanomi took a deep breath and she went through the light...to breathe one more time in the ninja world.
Bridge
"Wake up! Onegai! Please!" Sakura kneeled down to her, crying like she did to Sasuke. He only fainted because Haku was soft on a lot of people.
Sasuke didn't show much feeling as he kneeled down also. He only had a sad frown on his face. Sanomi was the only one who opened up little of his heart. Her smile...her clumsiness...her same feelings relating to himself...He couldn't help it. He went closer to Sanomi as Sakura was surprised of the movement.
"Sasuke-kun?" She whispered. Sasuke didn't respond back. He was busy looking at Sanomi. He spotted her gloved hand and decided to hold it gently. The sword was laying by her side. Sasuke put her hand in his face, feeling the coldness that was clouding him. Feeling the cold that resembled himself and his heart, a tear fell by accident.
Suddenly the sword started to glow pale pink. No one was watching the sword as it formed a small creature. A butterfly? In fact it was the gold one. It flew steadily and the crowd paid attention to it. The butterfly landed on Sasuke's shoulder, staring blankly at the girl too. Not knowing, the spirit was inside the insect. She made a small giggle inside.
/Let's see what happens when I do this.../ The butterfly flew in Sanomi's chest and everyone paid attention. The butterfly did represent Sanomi, knowing that she herself was the Kochou Samurai. The butterfly made invisible glitter and it spread across Sanomi's audience. No one didn't bother to see it because of the yuki and side the fact, it was invisible. Sasuke gently placed the hand on Sanomi's side but something stopped in an inch away.
"Don't let go Sasuke-kun..." Sakura choked slowly as Sanomi winced a bit. Everyone muttered if they heard the same words. Sanomi made a soft sigh and opened her eyes like a slow turtle. She blinked and made a smile. She was...alive.
"I'm glad to see everyone..." She whispered.
"SANOMI-CHAN!" Sakura hugged her very tightly.
"Ah! Sakura-chan. My arm..." Sanomi moaned. Sakura backed away and the butterfly was by Sanomi's shoulder.
/My arm didn't heal.../ Sanomi thought.
/I know. It doesn't do anything on the outside, but it's okay. It'll heal very soon./ The Kochou Spirit said. Sanomi nodded slowly and everyone had cheered that a feared warrior was still alive. She made a small smile and Kakashi made a smile under his mask.
/Well what do you know? She lived./ It's not that he had confidence of the girl. It's just that Sanomi had disobeyed him many times that there was cruel punishment to be made. Yet, he never knew that she could survive with a fight of a Jounin. And with too much blood loss Sanomi could faint any second. He sighed and let it go. Kakashi and the rest of the group carried Zabuza and Haku into where their deathbed could be. Sanomi stood up slowly with the help of Tsunami.
"Let's get you cleaned up okay?" She whispered. Sanomi nodded and Tsunami smiled.
"A hot bath would help right?" Sanomi's brows raised yet she nodded.
"Arigatou. Kedo, onegai...kizu." Sanomi showed her wounded arm and Tsunami agreed. They walked back to Tazuna's house first, treating the injuries of Team 7.
Tazuna's House
Sanomi was taking her bath that Tsunami treated. Steam was rushing outside of the window. She felt relaxed and cooled. Closing her eyes, she placed a white wet towel on top of her head. She let her wounded armrest in a soft spot of the bath. The water was so warm that it might be a small shrine of a hot spring. Sanomi stared down at the crystal figure such as herself. She cupped her hands with a large amount of water and washed her face, splashing objects in the sidelines. After she did that she would take a wet cloth and wipe her shoulders down to her right arm. Steam was rushing through the water that the bubbles must've died out. It was a scented bath and she breathed really slowly, trying to be calm. She gazed at the slow clouds becoming a sunset soon and would be night.
/Sanomi-san...is this a good time/ Sanomi looked up and saw the spirit floating in the water. Sanomi's eyes widened yet the spirit showed no fear. Sanomi stared down and nodded.
"Uh...yeah I guess. But can you keep it down?" Sanomi asked politely. The spirit nodded her head.
"Sanomi-san..." Before the spirit could say more Sanomi laughed.
"Hm? Did I say something wrong?" The spirit asked. Sanomi stopped laughing and shook her head.
"Heh. Iie. Kedo, please call me Sanomi-chan. I'm not often called Sanomi-san..." Sanomi suggested.
"But I'm just a little girl. I have to respect the samurai and I barely know you." The spirit said sadly. Sanomi shook her head.
"Well, let's get to know each other. I barely know your name though..." Sanomi mentioned. The spirit blushed.
"Uh...well...I'm a new spirit of the Kochou Samurai so I...don't really have a name..." The spirit responded. Sanomi thought for a second. Then she snapped her fingers once an idea popped up.
"Why don't I call you Chikako?" Sanomi asked. The spirit held her head up.
"Chikako?" She whispered to herself. Sanomi nodded.
"It's a very pleasing name. And you said you don't have a name right?" The spirit nodded.
"Well, I choose to call you that okay Chikako-san?" The spirit's eyes widened.
"San? Sanomi-san..."
"Ah! Sanomi-chan" Sanomi corrected her. The spirit pouted.
"Gomenasai, kedo -san?" The spirit asked. "I'm not even allowed to say that. I'm just-" The spirit wanted to argue but Sanomi cut her response.
"I may be a young girl too but please call me Sanomi-chan. From what it seems you are very special to me somehow..." Sanomi said. "You did save me ya know? So I wish to call you 'Chikako-san.' Is that all right?" The spirit thought about it and she agreed to call her 'Sanomi-chan' as Sanomi would call her 'Chikako-san.' It may bother her a bit but would make a good relationship with the samurai.
"Sanomi-chan! Are you done?" Tsunami knocked in the brown door. Sanomi responded.
"Hai!" Sanomi got up and wrapped a towel around her chest. The spirit disappeared as she winked at Sanomi. Sanomi made a small smile as she dried herself off and put on some new clothes. There was a red Chinese top and black pants placed in the changing screen. She opened the door and saw that Tsunami had a first aid kit with her. Sanomi sighed.
/This is going to take a while.../ Sanomi thought as she sat down on a chair to let Tsunami treat the wound.
"That was brave of you..." Sanomi gazed into Tsunami's eyes. "You are still alive..." Sanomi blushed slowly yet it faded.
"Arigatou...ow..." Sanomi felt the wound being treated by a certain spray.
"It's okay. Hold still..." Tsunami bandaged her wound slowly yet Sanomi jumped when she heard a shout.
"Nani?" Sanomi asked. Tsunami made a chuckle.
"Your comrade...he's been hit by a ton of needles and your sensei and my father and taking them off." Another shout was heard from a certain raven-haired boy. Sanomi chuckled with her.
"That's a lot of needles coming-" Before Sanomi could say anything else Sakura entered the room.
"Sanomi-chan! We're almost going to dig the remains. Daijoubu?" She asked as she went nearer.
"Hai. It's just the arm. Watashi walk ne." Sanomi bowed to Tsunami for helping her out with the wound.
Hilltop
Team 7 had stepped out and went to see the buried remains of the two that died. They went on a hill on sunset as Zabuza's sword reflected in the taiyou. Sanomi stared at the sword, the sword that started the wound in the first place. She wore a white cast hanging in her shoulder. She knew that Zabuza could be a good guy but she stayed silent, also staring at Haku's burial, only with a cross and a purple ring. Same with Zabuza. Kakashi started a small speech about the two of them and Naruto thought about something.
"I know what to do." Naruto called out. Team 7 looked at him confused.
"I vow not to become an emotionless tool. To follow my own 'way of the ninja' - to live to regret nothing."
(A/N: Okay not the exact quotes but you get what I mean).
Kakashi stared at him and made a smile.
/Sanomi-chan.../ Sanomi heard Chikako's voice.
/Hai/ She used telepathy.
/You're going to miss him aren't you/
/...Zabuza/ She asked. Sanomi thought for a minute and she responded.
/The wound he has given me...it will be a memory in my heart that you can protect someone. Inari already understands the way now. Naruto and his outo-san taught him./ Sanomi patted her wound slowly and gently.
/I'll miss both of them. I hope they will do well up there.../ Sanomi looked up at the crimson sky as tears slowly traveled all over her cheeks.
/Zabuza...you're already up there with Haku.../
/I just know it.../
/Sanomi-chan.../ Chikako asked.
/I'll be okay Chikako-san./
Next Day: New Bridge
After a couple of days the bridge was repaired. Sanomi thought it would not be possible, considered the fact that she made a large gaping hole. But you had to trust a mighty bridge builder-Tazuna.
Everyone had gathered around to see the heroes go. The village would now live in peace, thriving all their might. Team 7 was in opposite side of the bridge, the crowd in the other. Inari was really sad to see them go. Same with Naruto yet they had trouble saying good-bye to each other. Tears were about to come out but once they turned around they had to cry. Sakura was really disturbed about it and Sanomi made a soft smile.
"Thank you for everything." Tazuna said.
"You really helped this village. Thank you." Tsunami commented. Kakashi nodded his head and signaled to go. Team 7 walked away and the crowd watched in silence. Sanomi turned around seeing that she forgot to do something. Tsunami was surprised to see Sanomi staring at her.
/Sanomi-chan/ Chikako asked. Without replying Sanomi ran up to Tsunami and embraced her tightly. Tsunami patted her back gently and Team 7 turned around seeing the girl.
"Sanomi-chan?" Naruto said. Tsunami stared at the shaking figure.
"Na-nani?" Tsunami whispered, trying not to hurt the wounded arm.
"Arigatou gozaimasu...for everything." Sanomi whispered. "I may had disobeyed you a couple of times but you always helped me. I just...don't feel like going. You always remind me...of my okaa-san..." Tsunami stayed silent. Then she had to respond.
"Just remember dear. You will come back soon and see me again. I'll be here no matter what." Tsunami loosened the embrace and took out something from her pocket. Sanomi wondered what Tsunami was putting in the back of her neck. When she was done Sanomi felt something drop on her chest. It felt like something hard. She grabbed it now knowing that it was a necklace. Sanomi's eyes widened.
"Tsunami-san..." Sanomi gazed at her necklace. It was a gold butterfly attached to a pearled chain. Did Tsunami made this? She did made that outfit for her also and it was inside her bag.
"Please keep this. As a remembrance." Tsunami bowed. Sanomi nodded her head and had more hope of coming her now.
"We really gotta go Sanomi!" Kakashi called out. Sanomi turned to see her sensei and bowed to Tsunami.
"Thank you and good-bye..." Sanomi ran up to her team and they continued on.
Once they were about in the middle of the bridge Sakura had to ask something.
"Hey!" She said.
"What is it?" Naruto asked. Sakura had a frown.
"Not you, Naruto." Sakura mumbled. "Sasuke, when we get to the village, do you want to do something together-just the two of us?" Sakura asked.
"I don't think so." Sasuke muttered.
"Oh...okay." Sakura was a stone and stayed where she was. Naruto cheerfully went up to her.
"Hey Sakura-chan, I can do something with you." Naruto said. Sakura's eyes widened.
"What with you? No way!" They started a large argument that Sanomi chuckled softly.
Back at the Bridge
"So..." A local villager wondered, "Tazuna, what are you going to call the bridge?" Tazuna thought for a second and said,
"We'll call it, the Great Naruto Bridge." Tazuna smiled.
"That's a really good name." Tsunami commented. "Will it be around the world?" Tazuna smiled.
"Of course. Everyone will remember..." Tazuna said. Inari wiped away his tears.
"Minna..." (Everyone).
Bridge: Team 7
Once they were near their village Sanomi blushed a bit. She was right near her sensei yet she was surprised that Sasuke was next to her.
/Sanomi-chan.../
/H-hai/ She thought stammering.
/If you like someone, you should tell them./ Chikako smiled. Sanomi's eyes widened. Sasuke noticed yet he didn't say anything.
/Who me/ Sanomi thought blushing madly. /I don't like anyone/
/Sanomi-chan.../ Chikako shook her head. Sanomi sighed.
/I...I'm just...a little side tract right now.../ Sanomi thought.
/Maybe later./ Sanomi felt her necklace that Tsunami gave her and she didn't realize that the gold butterfly was in her shoulder. It flew inside the necklace and never came out.
/Chikako-san.../ Sanomi thought.
/It's okay Sanomi-chan. Now it knows where to stay okay/ Chikako replied. Sanomi understood and touched her necklace. This was a good gift from Tsunami but would it last? The gold looked mighty delicate and she wasn't sure. She sighed until she finally made it to the village.
Haruno Residence
"Wow...it was a big mission we did huh Sanomi-chan?" Sakura asked as she was lying down in bed. Sanomi peeked inside Sakura's room and she didn't went inside.
"Sanomi-chan. Is something the matter?" Sakura asked. Sanomi shook her head.
"Oh...then what is it?" Sakura asked. Sanomi had her head down and had to respond.
"Can I...just have a private room please?" She whispered. Sakura nodded slowly with an odd face.
"Sure. Go to the far left."
"Arigatou." Sanomi walked away and Sakura wondered what was up.
Sanomi's Room
Sanomi walked slowly to bed and she slowly went to sleep. Something was bothering her big and she whimpered a couple of times. The room was dark that there were no shadows living in the walls. She left her sword and needed things all in the closet and everything was silent. The candle she lit had faded away from the slow wind...
Yume...
"Sanomi...Sanomi..." Sanomi gasped as she heard a familiar voice. She was gripping her sword tightly and a forest surrounded her.
"Sanomi...sorrow..." Sanomi had her head down every time she heard it. She heard rustling in the bushes that Sanomi threw a kunai. No movement was seen. Sanomi gazed around her surroundings.
"Sanomi...sorrow...sadness...heartbreak..."
"Who are you!" Sanomi called out. Suddenly she gazed high in the sky as a full moon was shown. What she saw last was a dark figure coming her way, having a sword to slash...
End Yume...
Sanomi whimpered and sweat was coming out. She put her hands over her head to relax herself. But she couldn't. Small squeaks were coming out of the girl that it might've been screams.
"SANOMI-CHAN!" Chikako shouted. Sanomi finally woke up with a startle and Chikako was next to her bedside.
"I saw everything so I had to get out to wake you." Chikako felt her forehead that Sanomi hid in the covers. "Daijoubu Sanomi-chan?" Sanomi pushed her covers away and she was hugging her knees tightly. She put her head down and she cried slowly.
"It's okay." Chikako patted her shoulder.
"Iie. It's not okay..." Sanomi said while breathing shallow. "I saw..." She took a pause.
"What did you see, Sanomi-chan?" Chikako asked. Sanomi shook her head.
"I thought I saw my...shin'juu...trying to kill me again..."
Real World
Olivia was walking around the neighborhood in the middle of the night. She had a curfew at nine but she was walking during midnight. She kept thinking about Sanomi-chan, how she gave so much sorrow, that it almost killed her in the dead of night. Even though her parents picked her up she came back to Sanomi's neighborhood, not caring what happens to her. She was in deep thought about this that she used the same path as Sanomi's.
Olivia looked up to see a door. She opened it and she couldn't see because there was no light. She opened and saw a forest in front of her. She was surprised to see this so she ended up walking around more. Then someone came in front of her. Olivia backed away.
"Who are you?" She whispered harshly. The figure smiled.
"It seems that you are in deep depression. You seek power right?" The figure was more of a man's voice that Olivia was startled.
"Power?" She whispered to herself.
"Yes child. Power. I noticed this in your eyes..." The figure touched her cheek and Olivia didn't move away.
"Come child and I will give you all the power you need..." Olivia took the figure's hand. She didn't know that it was the snake himself...Orochimaru...
A/N: Well sorry if it's boring right now but it'll be better. And sorry people if you wanted more of Haku and Zabuza but I'm in a critical situation right now. I have to go through a lot of studies and get ready for testing next week. Anyway I won't be updating so much but please be patient and I'll do the next chapter ASAP. Arigatou and Ja ne!