Chapter XXV: Tsuki no Uta
"Well this is rather annoying..." Daylian muttered with a dark scowl on his face with his arms were folded as he leaned against the counter in their apartment, ignoring the cold surface against his back as he averted his gaze away from his sibling-by-law. He could sense Kushina sitting on the bed, staring at him with a deadpan expression that was also slightly frustrated. The aforementioned kunoichi folded her own arms across her chest and she quirked a brow.
"Yeah, it is annoying. Pretty annoying that you're not telling me what's so annoying in the first place. Just tell me already, nii-san..." The red-head muttered warily.
"..." Daylian's violet gaze rolled to rest on Kushina for a second. He shook his head and reached into his coat, flinging his arm out to the side. Kushina flinched when there was a rather heavy thunk, and then a clatter as metal met the wooden floor.
"... It's so heavy that I can't even make it stick into the wall." Daylian muttered. His eyes were looking down at the odd-shaped kunai that was lying helplessly on the floor. He shook his head and continued to brood against the counter. "And he left before I could give it to him."
Kushina only ignored what Daylian said, slowly slipping off the bed and approaching the custom-shaped kunai. She picked it up and her eyes widened slightly.
"... Are you kidding? How're you supposed to fight with this?" She growled.
"He said it was too light... It kept upsetting his balance whenever he used a regular kunai." Daylian explained.
Kushina stared down at the weighted weapon, then remembered that long ago that Minato used a weighted sword. She figured that the kunai was just a little bit below the same weight, though the exact sword's weight was rather vague to her. Her mouth twitched. After, she shook her head and took the kunai with her across the room, lowering down to pick up her weapon pouch and put it in there.
Daylian frowned at this. "... What're you-?"
"Holding onto it for now, datte'sa." Kushina responded as she fixed the bed sheets. The kunoichi placed the weapon pouch, which was noticeably heavier, on her hip and then proceeded to tie on her hitai-ate. "Gonna go train for a bit..." She explained as she wrapped one of her scarves around her neck.
"Hm." Daylian only shrugged a bit. "Sure... Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah." Kushina responded bluntly as she made her way towards the door, tugging on the fingerless gloves and tightening the buckles around her wrists. She glanced at her brother-by-law once more, though he was staring out the window across the room from him. So Kushina shrugged a bit and exited the apartment, making her way down the stairs.
Her gaze trailed over to Retsuya's door for a few seconds, though she expected the elderly couple to be inside on the cold days. Kushina wrapped the scarf more securely around her neck when she felt a sneeze coming up.
The redhead walked down the snow-covered streets, though she took her time by taking slow strides. Hands were in her pockets and her head tilted upwards as she stared off into thin, cold air whilst walking. A light grin began to form before she turned her head to the side. The expression disappeared when she remembered that the taller blond was no longer there, making her slow to a complete halt in the middle of the snow-covered street.
"..." The corners of her mouth stretched a bit into a half-frown, feeling a pang of loneliness pick at her chest. Kushina lowered her head slightly and stared at the ground- and her feet -before sighing, shoulders dropping in sync.
"Kushina-channn!!"
Kushina blinked before she grinned at the familiar cry, spinning around to be greeted with a warm hug from the platinum-blond. "It's gotten cold, hasn't it?" Sae complained as she hugged her friend, shivering a bit despite wearing a couple of layers of warm clothing. Her crystal-blue eyes opened and looked from side to side, confusion entering shortly after her search.
"Eh? Where's Namikaze-kun?" Sae finally pulled away from the one-sided hug to look at her friend. Kushina's smile was slowly fading, though she was awkwardly trying to keep it on her face.
"Uhh... He joined Anbu for a little bit..." Kushina responded after finding the right words.
Sae tilted her head at this. "... Really? Hmm..." Sae folded her arms at this while her eyes looked upwards in a thinking manner. "So does that mean your guys' relationship is on the break...? I mean.. Anbu barely come to the village... They take up long-term missions, you know..."
"..." Kushina fell silent at this, the awkward smile that she was trying so hard to keep was gone by now. "Oh... We never really talked about that..."
"..." Sae blinked. After a while she waved her arms wildly. "Ahhh! I mean..! Uh... Ano... Oh, hey... Christmas is coming up! Why don't we do some shopping together?" Sae tilted her head forward for an answer. Kushina, with her hands still in her pockets the entire time, paused for several seconds as she thought about it.
"... Guess it wouldn't hurt, dattebayo..." Kushina mumbled after a while. Sae grinned a bit.
"Perfect! Okaa-san told me to go out and look for stuff... I'm actually kinda broke right now." The Yamanaka sobbed comically as she emptied her coat pockets. Kushina chuckled warily as well.
"We're kinda short on cash too... So we're on the same level..."
"Excellent!" Sae gave a thumbs up after stuffing the lining of her pockets back in. "Shall we go? Ohhh, maybe after we're done, we can go get some hot ramen or something!"
"I thought you said you were broke!"
"Well I have enough to afford a couple of meals.." Sae stuck her tongue out slyly, before linking arms with Kushina and pulling her a couple of steps forward. "Come on, come on! Let's go!"
"Okay, okay..." Kushina smiled warily at this, though her thoughts travelled a bit elsewhere for a few seconds.
... He won't be gone long...
"Hai, that's enough dozing for you, missie!" Sae interrupted her wishful thinking. "Focus is what we need, Kushina-chan!"
"Haha... If you say so..."
Adding onto the countless number of times, Daylian woke up to Kushina's soft sobs. He was lying on his back on the floor (At least he didn't have to worry about getting a bad back when he was older...), arms folded on his stomach and violet eyes staring up at the dark ceiling. His face was expressionless, listening to the soft sniffles that were audible from above.
Just like every time, he would turn onto his side, purposely rustling the sheets beneath him and faking a tired, soft yawn.
And every time, Kushina's crying would stop for several seconds, then resume after she thought Daylian had gone to sleep.
Daylian closed his eyes warily and frowned deeply, resting his head on his arm.
The first couple of times he caught Kushina crying, she just brushed it off and honestly replied that she missed Minato. Though after about the third time, the red-head was keeping the crying to herself. Whether that be during the nighttime, or when Daylian was taking a shower or running an errand.
Of course he knew.
Though what was annoying him was that her crying kept persisting, night after night. He refrained himself from gritting his teeth. When he scented Minato's return, the first thing he would do is kick the blonds' ass a little for making Kushina cry like this.
Or maybe a fast kick between the legs would be good enough.
"Kushina-channn... Come onnn... It'll be fun, I know it." Sae whined from where she was pushing against the front door of the apartment, trying to shove her way inside. Kushina was on the other side of the said door, leaning heavily against it to prevent the blond from entering. Kushina clearly underestimated Sae, having to practically press her face against the wood with both palms flat on the surface in order to keep the door from flying open.
"No. I don't do parties... Da-nii might want to go..." Hopefulness entered her eyes as she looked over her shoulder and at the lazy ninja who just lay on the bed with his arms and legs folded.
"I don't feel like it." Daylian shrugged.
"Why not, Kushina-chan? It's the New Year... How about we just do some fireworks instead, then? It looks like it's too late to get to the party..." Sae's voice drooped with disappointment at the last sentence. Kushina heard the rustle of paper bags and felt the door close slightly, before Sae gave a hard shove on the door to force some newly bought fire crackers through the slim opening.
"..." Kushina stared down at the package on the floor, before frowning. Head shaking, the kunoichi vanished in a shunshin away from the door, causing it to fling open and Sae topple to the ground sloppily. "Itai!"
Sae frowned and looked up at her red-haired friend pointedly. Kushina smirked a bit, cheeks flushing a bit from the cold air that swept in.
"Come on, nii-san..." The kunoichi called over her shoulder, bending to take Sae's extended arm and helping her up. Daylian raised a brow, before sighing and rolling off the bed, scooping up his scarf and wrapping it around his neck, pulling the fabric up over his mouth and nose.
"... The smoke always gives me a headache." He explained to the two after receiving odd looks. Kushina shrugged a bit and gathered her own warm clothing, which was among the several gifts she received from Sae on Christmas, moving to follow the excited, aforementioned blond out the apartment.
Daylian closed the door behind them and slowly trailed down the stairs, violet eyes flickering around and spotting several plumes of smoke rising up in the air from other parts of the village. He shrugged again and moved down the steps sloth like. By the time he reached the bottom, Sae had "pestered" the landlady and her husband out of their apartment.
"Ohoho... Okay, okay, Sae-chan... Slow down, I'm not as young as both of you..." Retsuya smiled softly as she was tugged on the wrist by the blond, being led out onto the street with Kushina at her side.
Daylian exchanged a glance with the landlord, who only glanced back with the same apathetic look as the older teenager. They both shrugged in silenced unison and followed the three women. By this point Sae was already lowered onto the ground and clearing out the remaining snow, putting the pack of fireworks down and pulling out a few of the sparklers, handing them up to Retsuya and Kushina.
Kushina tilted her head with a slight deadpan, before turning and passing the remaining two onto the men. Daylian took it with a deadpan of his own, staring down at the thin stick as if never seeing the object before.
"Fire, fire..." Sae mumbled, going through her coat pockets and then going through the ones on her pants. She frowned a bit, then nervously smiled up at the two ninja. "Ne..."
"..." Kushina exchanged equal deadpan glances with her brother-by-law, before sighing. "Yeah... I suck at Katon so only a tiny little flame'll come out anyway..." She grumbled, moving forward and squatting down next to Sae and going through the packages. She shook her head when most of them were explosives, probably ones that wouldn't last long enough to light the sparklers.
"Okay, okay, gimma a second." Kushina took back the sparkler stick she had handed to Sae, making a couple of sloppy hand signs and spitting, almost literally, out a small flame at the end of the stick. It was enough to get the sparkler going, so Sae beamed and put her own next to Kushina's, hers soon going off as well.
"Nice Katon... We should probably work on that later." Daylian rolled his eyes, about to turn around and escape like the landlord. But Retsuya laughed and placed a hand on both their shoulders, straining a bit to reach Daylian's due to his height.
"Oh you two... Loosen up a bit. It's the end of a long, hard year. Enjoy it a little! It'll be the first time we all celebrated together like this..." The elderly lady's smile grew when her husband turned around, grumbling a bit. Daylian sighed and mimicked, excluding the inaudible complaining. "And when Namikaze-kun comes back, we can all do this again next year, yes?"
"..." Kushina felt her face turning red and quickly turned around, using her free hand to pull her scarf over her cheeks like Daylian. When she felt her cheeks beginning to cool down again, she shot Sae a small glare, in which the blond only responded by grinning and giving a 'peace' sign.
"Come on, come on! Let's finish up the sparklers and get on with the big stuff!!" Sae continued to grin, though she swung her sparkler around rather dangerously, making the group take several steps backwards.
"Don't do that, Sae-chan.. It can be dangerous..." Retsuya chuckled warily, accepting when Kushina offered her sparkler's fire to set off the other sticks. "And we shouldn't waste all of them at once... Let's try each of them first and then decide what to do from there."
"Mm! Good idea!" Sae nodded as she paused her swinging, blinking and staring down in disappointment when the light on her sparkler stick went out. "Oh..."
"It's 'cuz you were swinging it around, datte'sa." Kushina pointed out, hers still going on. Contradicting what she had said, the light went out a second later, making her frown behind her scarf. Daylian stifled a snicker, only holding his sparkler still as he stood beside the landlord.
"Nyehh..." Kushina tugged her scarf back down to her neck and stuck her tongue out. She moved to peer over Sae's shoulder when the blond gasp, curiosity aroused.
"Ohh, I remember these!" Sae smiled and held up a small package of what seemed to be strings. "It's where you have to hold really still!"
"What's the fun in that?" Kushina deadpanned a bit. Sae smiled and opened them up. "It can be pretty hard."
"..." The redhead shrugged and took a couple of the strings that Sae handed up to her, turning to pass them down. The two sole men shook their heads, their sparklers still lit, apparently. Kushina shrugged and handed one to Retsuya, who pointed her sparkler away to make sure the kunoichi didn't get injured.
Again, Kushina did the sloppy Katon and spat out a small flame on Sae's one, who lowered down and stared down as the small flame worked its way upward. Sae frowned crookedly in awkward concentration, who only got stared at by the rest of the group.
A little past half-way up the firecracker, the flame stopped and vanished. Sae's mouth dropped open in disappointment. "Aww! I never got past that point..."
"Lemme try." Kushina herself wanted to see if she could at least get past that point, lowering down and lighting the thin string. The group watched as the small spark flickered its way up, well past Sae's point, before dropping and dying out. Sae frowned before she clenched her fist.
"A challenge!"
"Wha?" Kushina deadpanned at her friend, but only got a few strands shoved into her hands.
Retsuya watched in amusement as the two "challenged" each other, Kushina coming out the victor each time, only for Sae to be more determined. The elderly woman clearly noticed that Kushina intentionally "sneezed", causing her spark to go out early.
"Oh... Lookit that."
"Hah! Got ya, finally!"
Daylian deadpanned at how blind Sae was. He glanced over at the landlord, but got no returning look, so he returned his gaze back to the three women.
"Shall we move onto these ones?" Retsuya suggested as she handed Kushina a couple of circular ones. The kunoichi stared down blankly at the jagged kanji, trying to make due of what the hell it said.
"Mmm..." Sae was reading over her shoulder and understood, before she grinned and plucked them from Kushina's hands to place them on the ground. "These ones are kinda big, so you're gonna have to move away fast when you light them, okay?"
"Right..." Kushina mumbled. Sae nodded and pulled out the small string where the fire was to be ignited, positioning them so that they were easier for her friend, and then moving back to join the others a few distance away. The redhead glanced over her shoulder warily but then quickly lit the flames, moving up and jogging back to the others to watch.
Her eyes watched the flickering sparks as they traveling up from the string and to the main firework, blinking in surprise when nothing happened. She turned her head and opened her mouth to question this, but jumped about a foot in the air when there were a couple of large bangs. Daylian was laughing at her, his face illuminated by the bright sparks the firecrackers were giving off.
Retsuya's eyes were closed, as if she weren't able to handle the bright flares. Sae was watching with her eyes wide and a smile on her face, as if she practiced looking up at the sun just so she could enjoy the flares. Eventually the two lights died out, leaving the ground slightly burned and deprived of snow.
"Haha, those ones really scared you at first, didn't they, Kushina-chan?" Sae giggled a bit as she skipped out, scrambling backwards when there was a final bang from the firecrackers. It was Kushina's turn to snicker.
"Yeah... But you nearly jumped out of your boots from that last one." She continued to snicker before stepping forward with Retsuya.
Sae grumbled but then shakily followed the two in proceeding to continue light the fireworks.
Daylian only continued to stare rather blankly at the three girls, squinting at the bright flares and occasionally jumping when the bangs were loud. He glanced over at the landlord and occasionally exchanged a couple of words in their "conversation" that occurred every few minutes.
His attention was drawn to a rooftop in the distance, where a large amount of fireworks rocketed upwards and exploded several hundred yards above the village. Several more of the larger fireworks shot upwards and burst into a shower of different colors, illuminating the darkened village.
Midnight already? He stifled a yawn and shook his head. "Hey, 'Shina... I'm going back inside. It's late." He muttered. Without waiting for a response, Daylian turned around and moved towards the stairs. By then the landlord already retreated inside his own home.
Daylian paused half way up the stairs to glance down at the women, their heads tilted back and eyes in awe at the colorful display that was held way above their heads. He yawned a bit and rubbed the back of his neck.
Yeah, yeah, Happy New Year. If blondy's not back by spring I'll kick his ass.
He panted heavily as he ran in a headlong run down the street, sweat dripping down his temples and past his neck. He scowled at the cursed, thick air of Konoha's summer, but continued running down the street. He spun around the commoners and even leapt over a couple of children. When there was a clearing of the villagers, the ninja lurched forward into a shunshin. His heart hammered against his chest, demanding, screaming that he stopped so that his lungs could gasp air. For a second his vision got blurry, but he gritted his teeth and held on.
I saw him!! Daylian reminded himself over and over when he felt like stopping to breathe. I saw that bastard!
The black-haired ninja swallowed for a second and nearly choked as he did, but growled and shot forward in a final shunshin.
"Bastard, wait!"
There was a set of Anbu that had landed on a rooftop, looking back right after Daylian snarled out to them. An Anbu bringing up the rear tensed a bit visibly but remained where he was, getting seized by the strap on his shoulder. There was a ripple effect of tension, but the leader remained calm.
"... I humbly request that you unhand one of my subordinates."
"I just need to talk to him real fast..." Daylian hissed through his teeth, glaring at the masked ninja he had a grip on.
"... I'll catch up in a bit, guys." The caught Anbu murmured as he raised his right hand calmly to the others. "Sorry, senpai."
"... Very well." The leader nodded and then turned, vanishing before his back was completely turned to Daylian. The others followed suit, while Daylian turned his head to spit. He glared darkly at the mask, unable to see his eyes due to the stark shadow the sunlight was casting on the eyeholes.
Without warning, Daylian yanked the Anbu by the strap on his shoulder and dragged him down from the roof and into a shaded alley.
"Daylian-sa-" He didn't get the finish, getting slammed roughly against the stone building and wincing slightly. Daylian was scowling darkly, growls emitting from his throat every time he exhaled.
"You fucking little bastard." The former Uzu-nin hissed as he breathed out. "Tell me, do you know what season it is?"
"... Mid-summer, Daylian-san."
"In the middle of the freaking summer. And when did you leave to join Anbu?"
"... Early winter last year...?"
"So how many seasons has it been?"
"At least two."
"That's right." Daylian still gripped Minato's clothing, his knuckles pressing against the blonds' shoulder. He was still sweating, honestly, even though he dressed really lightly in a tank top and thin jeans. "Two freaking seasons, Minato. That's how many months?"
"... About six..."
"Half a fucking year!" Daylian snarled, violet eyes narrowing dangerously. "Do you know what you put Kushina through by being gone for so long?! Huh!?"
"..."
"Good choice..." Daylian spat darkly. "Because my blood is boiling from this stupid heat, and my patience ran out mid-January... I'd probably maul you in the damn face no matter what you say."
"..." Minato finally responded by raising his hand to take the dog mask, pulling it from his face and lowering it down with his arm. There was a small, weak smile, forced on his face.
"I hurt her that much, huh..." Minato turned his head, the forced smile still there, so that his cheek was exposed. "Go on. Give it a good beating."
Daylian's shoulders rose and fell in steady rage, pupils dilating before he released hold of Minato's Anbu uniform and swiftly lashed out with the same arm. There was a sick tearing sound, though it was probably only audible to Daylian. The black-haired ninja's eyes were still narrowed and dangerous, teeth gritting and canines sharpening. His right hand twitched, the nails inhumanely sharp and black fur growing around the blackening nails.
Plastic clattered against the floor, the mask bouncing its landing before rolling slightly and coming to a halt after a couple of seconds.
There were three scratches across Minato's cheek now. Blood was steadily oozing out of the corners, before the rest of it slowly overflowed and created several small streams of red down his cheek. The forced smile was gone now, and Minato only kept his head turned. His blue eyes were blank and staring at nothing. Slowly, painfully against the stone wall, the blond slid towards the ground and then sat in the spot with his hand nearby his fallen mask.
"..." Daylian lowered his hand, which returned to normal by this point, though his canines were still sharp and visibly overlapping his human teeth. "So what the fuck are you going to do now?" He questioned, clenching his fist, receiving cracking knuckles to adjust from the wolf bone structure.
Minato didn't respond, only blindly groping for his mask and then taking hold of it. He placed his other hand back on the wall and then pushed himself up to his zori-covered feet.
"..." He didn't bother to wipe the blood from three lines of slit skin, carrying his mask and walking down the alley rather slowly. "Please don't tell Kushina that I'm back..."
"What?!" Daylian barked, pivoting so that he could glare properly at Minato's back. "You're not going to leave again are-"
"Please. Daylian-san." Minato raised his head slightly and then turned it. There were a couple of tears trailing down from his eye, the salt mixing in with the cut and stinging it. An audible sigh, the rise and fall of shoulders, then he vanished.
Kushina flopped onto the bed with a sigh, bouncing on the surface once before coming to rest. She closed her eyes and sprawled out, trying to cool down against the warm summer air. The window beside the bed was open slightly to let some fresher air in. Her red hair was short again, cut at the shoulders so that she could tolerate the heat just a little bit better.
Currently, the aforementioned hair was damp from the cold shower she just took, slowly wetting the pillow that her head rested on.
Daylian was on the floor in wolf form, his fur shedding his winter coat so he could adapt to the summer weather. He lay on his flank at the foot of the bed and out of Kushina's way if she were to get off. He hadn't spoken a word to the kunoichi all day, just grunting or nodding in response to whenever she conversed with him. Violet eyes were glaring daggers at the opposite end of the room, and his lip curled up slightly to show how irritated he was with a certain blond.
He kept sheathing and unsheathing his claws against the wooden floor, even as night fell and draped the apartment a dark color. He tensed for a second when Kushina shifted on the bed, rolling off the furniture and trailing around the room.
Kushina stretched a bit and dumped the thin book she was reading onto the table, obviously not too interested in the genre of it. She yawned a bit and stretched her arm again, moving towards the door.
"I'mma step outside for a bit... Too stuffy and I don't want to open the window more." She muttered without looking back. Daylian raised his head from his paws, ears cocking forward slightly before he lowered his head again.
"Alright..." He muttered, watching as the door swung shut behind her.
The kunoichi yawned a bit and then trailed to the railings of the floor, leaning against it and finding the metal cold. She tilted her head backwards and gazed up at the pale sky, barely illuminated by the waning half moon and the stars.
Well, at least it was a little more cooler out here.
She shrugged a bit and stayed outside for a few minutes. Feeling at least satisfied from the cooler air, she straightened.
Then she stiffened when an arm snaked around her stomach from behind. Caught completely off guard, she could only remain frozen as another arm coiled around her shoulders as well, the person's hand clutching her left shoulder tightly and pulling her against the newcomer's body.
Minato dipped his head so that it rested against the side of Kushina's head, arms around her and inhaling deeply to take in her scent.
"Kushina..." The blond murmured softly as he nuzzled his head a little closer. "Kushina, Kushina, Kushina..." He murmured over and over again, as if he liked the sound it make in his slightly deeper voice.
"Mi.. nato...?" Kushina managed to stammer out after her brain finally managed to process all of this suddenly. Her eyes were wide and her breath was caught in her throat, slowly strangling her until she finally inhaled sharply in a sob.
Instantly, Minato's arms around her waist and shoulders tightened, and he pressed his face carefully against the curve of her neck. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." He shivered against her body despite the warm air, struggling to keep himself from crying. Kushina placed her own arm over Minato's and leaned her head back so that it rested against his shoulder, leaving her neck exposed by his face.
Minato lifted his head at this, eyes half closed in a futile attempt to keep the tears from overflowing. He turned slightly and lightly kissed the corner of her mouth. He slowly uncurled his arms from around her, only to gently turn her around and cup her face with both hands.
Kushina sniffled a bit at this and stared back deeply into his blue eyes, before she bit her lip and moved forward to embrace him tightly. The blond released her face only to wrap his arms tightly around her shoulders, tilting his head to rest it on top of hers.
"I'm sorry..." Minato whispered once more, raising one arm to gently stroke her cut hair. Kushina only buried her face deeper into his shoulder, fisting the back of the Anbu uniform he was still wearing.
"I missed you..."
"I missed you too." Minato huskily replied, pulling back slightly to look down at her again. Using the hand that was stroking her hair, he tilted her head back and leaned down to press his lips against hers, tasting some of the tears that had rolled down that far.
Kushina sobbed softly into the kiss but tiptoed a bit to deepen in, shuddering in his arms before she slowly, hesitantly, pulled back. She soon rested her head against him again.
"Are you going again...?" The red-haired kunoichi whimpered, her fist tightening around his thin uniform. She felt him shift against the side of her head.
"No. I'm staying by your side..." He replied softly leaned back slightly with his arms still around her, a small smile crossing his features. Kushina looked up at him and nearly burst back into tears at the sight of the smile, tiptoeing to peck that smile quickly.
Minato continued to smile at this and tilted his head forward to gently press his forehead against hers, eyes close and gazing at each other wordlessly for at least half the night.
Author(ess)'s notes:
Kilala: Half of the stuff in the fireworks scene was pretty much made up... D I've only seen a few types of fireworks, plus the ones in mangas... So really, I don't have too much knowledge of fireworks. Sadness.
Haha... Anyway, random fun fact time. That last scene was inspired by this movie that my Japanese teacher showed us.. called Shinobi (:Heart Under Blade). D Personally, there are a couple of parts that make me kinda sick, but other than that it's a pretty cool movie... Gennosuke's cool.. But I never got to finish watching the movie..
And since I'm actually really squeamish about blood and stuff, I'm scared about what'll show up... 'Cuz I watched part of the end once when I sneaked into the classroom.. and erk.. one of the characters stabbed her own eyes. I passed out after seeing that. (No joke.. Blacked out and collapsed for half a minute, then got up and left the classroom.. xD; )
Yeahhh... I have an incredibly weak stomach, so even seeing violent graphic stuff in manga I can be a bit squeamish at... But for like real life movies, I'll either A.) Flip out. B.) Pass out. C.) Walk out of the room. D.) Do number C and then barf. or E.) Just barf where I'm standing.
... xD; Pretty sad isn't it? I want to watch all of Shinobi, but I'm too scared... God I'm such a wuss. xX;
But enough of my ramblings, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter because I worked rather hard on this one. C: Hopefully the next chapter should be out soon, if school doesn't swamp me.