Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. All I own is my own original character Ekibyougami Sonki and the original plot I am hopefully inserting.
Naruto
Chapter 12: Kisei Kazuma
Saga: Death and Rebirth
Hinata slowly opened her pure white eyes. She looked at the ceiling of Sonki's hose briefly before she sat up, stretching her whole body. A huge yawn took control of her as she pulled back the sheets. On her feet now, rubbing her eyes she made her way out of her room and into the small kitchen.
"Sonki… A-are you awake?" Hinata asked. Her eyes were placed in the living room, waiting patiently for an answer.
Silence.
"Sonki?" she asked again.
More silence.
"Are you all right? Sonki!?" Hinata said, fear in her voice as she made her way over to the couch where Sonki had been sleeping. "Oh…" Disappointment was running high in her voice.
The couch was empty besides a folded blanket and a note.
She picked it up, her eyes reading the hiragana and kanji hurriedly written on it.
Sorry Hinata… For everything, mostly last night. I'm a little out of character if you hadn't noticed… I'm going out to train. There's a key under my mat in front of the door. If you could please lock up the house when you leave or if you don't want too… I don't mind. There's food in the cupboard and everything. So make use of it. Hopefully I'll see you at the tournament, if not when I get back. Thanks for being a good friend, even if we didn't really get to hang out much. Hinata thanks for everything.
--Ekibyougami, Sonki
"She's weird…" Hinata muttered under breath as she let the note fall to the floor.
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Sonki gripped the straps on her backpack tighter as she made her way through a thick forest. At least the trees were blocking most of the rain that was still falling. Her headphones were on, playing Frank Sinatra by Cake.
We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
A faintly glimmering radio station
While Frank Sinatra sings "Stormy Weather"
The flies and spiders get along together
Cobwebs fall on an old skipping record
Beyond the suns that guard this roost
Beyond your flowers of flaming truth
Beyond your latest ad campaigns
An old man sits collecting stamps
In a room all filled with Chinese lamps
He saves what others throw away
He says that he'll be rich someday
We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
A faintly glimmering radio station
We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
A faintly glimmering radio station
While Frank Sinatra sings "Stormy Weather"
The flies and spiders get along together
Cobwebs fall on an old skipping record
The lyrics ran through her head as it repeated itself as soon as it stopped. Replaying now for the fifth time.
Finally tears started to well up in her eyes, only managing to get held back by the sniffing that was starting to occur.
No Sonki! You can do this now! You're letting your guard down! You're showing all signs of weakness! You have to stop this!
You know you don't have to do this… You could always let me out. You could be inside yourself… Sleeping yes? Sleeping a long sleep, no one to bother you. No worries, nothing. Just the comfort of sleep to be nagging at you.
No reply, Sonki's eyes had fell to the ground as she continued to walk. Nothing was going to ruin her day, nothing at all. All she would have to do is ignore the stupid wolf.
Are you ignoring me? It won't work Sonki… No matter how high you plan on turning up that retched noise you call music… Will drown me out.
Sonki sighed, a wave of grief rushing over her body as she pressed herself forward. To where she was going she did not know. Only her feet would know. She would continue walking, walking to whereever her feet took her. Walking to the ends of the earth if it were to be so.
Sonki… What ever you try will not get rid of me. I am here forever. Whereever you go, I shall be… Always with you. Always in your mind.
Please… Just go away. I'm tired… I just want to be left alone… Please.
What is this? Where did you all high and mighty attitude go? Do you want sympathy out of me? Is that what you are asking? Are you asking me, of all creatures to show you any sign of sympathy towards you!?
No… I'm just tired; I want to be left alone.
Tired? I can fix that. I can fix that easily, if you would just let me out…
No… I can't do that… If I did Naruto would hate me more. Everyone would hate me more.
What would it matter? You'd be away from all of their criticism… You'd be sleeping, so peacefully. No thought in the world could bother you then.
I can't do it… I just can't do it.
But you could… Easily. All you have to do is surrender to me. All you have to do is let me take you over. Let me out Sonki. It is the best for both of us.
How can you… Tell me, what is best for myself? You don't even know who I am…
Of course I do. I am that demon inside of you, which has always been inside of you. Even back in that horrible filth of your own world… I was there. I was that demon that was released when you killed that boy. Akito. I was that demon that helped you… I am your rage, your anger.
I know…
Then why do you insist that I do not know you? If indeed you have know I was here inside of you this whole time?
Because you only know part of me… You know the fake me… Not the real me. Just please… Just please go away… I want to be alone…
Alone? Are you ever really alone?
Yes…
Sonki's eyes remained on the ground, the rain falling harder now. Her whole body now completely soaked.
"I want out of this rain…" Sonki whispered, a shiver running up her back. "It's just too depressing… Even if, it will wash all the filth in this world away. Even if everything will seem reborn… I just want out of this… I just want out of this world!"
"What are you talking about?" a male voice asked, his words echoing through out the forest.
"Wha?" Sonki said slowly raising her head up in the direction that the voice seemed to be coming from. "Who are you?"
"I would like to be asking the same," the voice replied.
A male body steeped forward. He had a grayish black hair that was at least waist length tired back under his neck with a rubber band. His bangs clung to his face over his ashy gray eyes.
He was wearing a black kimono with a blue one underneath it. His feet covered with white-toed socks and straw sandals.
"I'm Ekibyougami Sonki," Sonki answered, her voice quite. More quite than it had ever been in her life. "May I ask the same of you?"
"Kisei, Kazuma," Kazuma answered steeping forward, he was also soaked. "What are you doing out in the middle of this forest… All alone I might add?"
"I don't know," Sonki answered.
"Surely you must know," Kazuma answered. "After all you are walking in this direction for a reason…"
"My feet are just taking me in which ever way they desire," Sonki answered. "Why does it matter?"
"We must have come across each other for some reason," Kazuma said. "It can't just be fate…"
"It is, nothing more then a mere chance of fate that we met up," Sonki replied. "If you don't mind I would like to be going now… I have some matters I need to attend to."
"Running away?"
She stopped dead, her whole face twitched at his words.
Am I just running away?
"No… No I'm not," Sonki said, if possible her voice was growing even quieter.
"Then come with me, out of this rain," Kazuma answered, his voice growing faint as well. He was walking away from her.
"Yes…"
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Sonki sat on her knees at a small table inside of his house. Tea in her hands as she sipped on it every now and then. Her expression was still a depressed one.
"Tell me… What is on your mind?" Kazuma asked, his eyes narrowing at her. "To cause you to look as though you are under so much weight…"
"I… I am alone," Sonki answered. "I'm so scared and alone…"
"Alone?" Kazuma asked looking a little startled at her answer. "How can you be alone? What about your family… You're friends? Are they not worried about you?"
"My family is dead and my friends are gone," she answered.
"I'm sorry to hear this, I shouldn't have asked…"
"You didn't know… Don't blame yourself. It's just that every time I find something I love it gets taken away from me or destroyed… I guess that is the life of a Ninja…?"
"Yes… It is the life of a Ninja…" Kazuma starred up at his ceiling, a look of depression overcoming his expression as well. But was quickly hidden as was it was brought fourth. "But it will make you stronger. Even if it does seem so horrible…"
"Why do you live out here all alone?"
"I too suffer from the loss of others. That is why I wish to live here. Alone… Being a Shinobi is hard work, is it not?"
She nodded her head, forcing her head to turn down to look at her feet. His eyes were starting to make her nervous as they looked at her longingly.
"I used to have a daughter once… If she were still among the living she would be around your age right now… I'm sorry to be blabbering on like an old fool." He paused drawing in a deep breath. "But it's just when I ran into you like that in the forest it was quite a shock. You look exactly like her. I thought I'd seen a ghost."
"So then you understand pain and the loss of hardship." A small smile was growing on her face. "You understand what it's like to feel this alone, right?"
"Of course, that is why… I wish to help you. You are so young and full of life. You shouldn't be concerning yourself with this petty thing that attacks us all…"
"What is it that you can do to help me?"
"You are training to become a Chuunin I am guessing… Running away from a battle you wish not to fight?"
"How did you know?"
"I have seen many Ninja's come through this area, all in search of training. It is not that I know exactly, more as though I am assuming."
"I see… But what does this have to do with anything?"
"Are you in seek of training? Of learning a technique that is so powerful that even your Hokage would have trouble with it?"
"Technique… Please, you must be joking me…"
"How you no clue who I am?"
"Just an old man who has been alone for too long…"
He laughed at her reply. "What nerve you have, talking to me like this. I am Kisei Kazuma from the North. A Sennin that can control a beast so powerful that it would make you scream out in your sleep…"
"What is this? This beast so powerful?"
"Dragons… What else could I be speaking of? I have signed a contract with them… I am guessing you know of the Toad Sennin Jaraiya… Or maybe the Snake Sennin Orochimaru?"
"Orochimaru…" Sonki hissed out dropping her cup as her eyes narrowed. "Please do not speak of him in my presence. But Jaraiya… I have run into him no more than a week ago… He is off now training my friend to summon Toads and other powerful techniques…"
"Would you like to be able to summon Dragons?"
"I don't know…"
"Give me a fair answer Sonki… Would you like to summon the ultimate beast? Nidhogg… To call forth the eater beneath is a task that should be impossible to do… To call forth a demon so powerful would bring you nothing more than power. You would be the most powerful Shinobi to have ever existed…"
"But I'm not craving power… I just want to be strong. I just want to be strong enough to be able to survive in this cruel world…"
"Now I'd like you all to tell us a little about yourselves." Kakashi began starring at his four new students.
"Like what?" Sakura asked eyeing him suspiciously.
"You know… The usual. You're favorite thing… What you hate most… Dreams, ambitions, hobbies, things like that…" Kakashi answered shrugging his shoulders, as if not understanding how he could have not explained it all clearer than before.
"Help us out here, coach. You go first. Show us how it's done," Naruto, said starring at him the most confused.
"That's right… After all, you're a complete stranger to us… A mystery," Sakura added.
"Oh… me? My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm the kind of person who doesn't feel like talking about this likes and dislikes. My dreams for the future are none of your business… But anyway, I have lots of hobbies," Kakashi finished up for her.
"He sure said a lot," Naruto muttered, giving his new teacher a stupid look.
"Now it's your turn. Starting with you on the right," Kakashi said looking at Sonki dead on. She seemed to be fidgeting at this new amount of attention that was being placed on her.
"M-my name is Ekibyougami Sonki. I guess what I like best is books, since it seems to be the only interesting thing around this place… I like to train, but I hate when people ask me stupid things… As such as right now, as most of you are thinking… Where the hell did this girl come from? I've never seen her before in my life! Things like that… I guess you could say the only thing I have to lean towards, as a goal is Jonin… I unfortunately have no interest in becoming a Hokage…"
Interesting girl… Doesn't seem like she gets out much though, let alone has any friends… Kakashi starred at her with mild amusement as Naruto begun to speak.
"What's on your mind Sonki?" Kazuma asked her.
"Memories… I was just remembering the first time I actually started talking about myself to others," Sonki answered.
"Why is that?"
"People never really noticed me…"
"Do you really want them too?"
"Not really… I'm kind of happy with few people noticing me… It's not like it's a big problem… I'm just used to it."
"Back to my question though… Do you want this power Sonki? Do you want to summon this monster? Do you want to be more powerful than you could ever dream of?"
"Yes…" Sonki muttered, her head turning up to face him. "If that is what I need to make it through this world… Than that is what I want."
"You're training starts tomorrow… Get some sleep and be ready," Kazuma said standing up, a small smile on his face.
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Is this going good or not? I would like to know if there is anything I could do to improve the story bored I am hoping with start to take a nice pace soon! I'm also hoping that you all read the last chapter since I rewrote it into something I liked a whole lot better!