Chapter Six: You'll feel it in my Kiss
"Sasuke-kun, how is Ryumi-sama and Itachi-sama related?" Sakura asked, "Ryumi-chan was a family friend, she and Itachi used to date I don't know why they broke up" Sasuke answered. "No way! That guy and Ryumi?" Naruto exclaimed. "He's a bad guy right?" Naruto asked, Sasuke didn't answer. "He looks like one" Chouji finally said as he finished what he was eating. "I don't know he looks handsome," Tenten said dreamily. " But why are they together if they broke up?" Shikamaru said. "Baka" Ino snapped, " Itachi-sama is probably courting her again" "I don't understand these things," he said.
Ryumi was jumping from tree to tree trying to look for Itachi, then someone caught her from behind, his hands covering her mouth, "So we meet again", Kakashi said as Itachi and Chiaka cornered him, It was Kabuto, carrying an unconscious girl, gently he let go of Ryumi, Itachi was about to attack when Ryumi stopped them, "AYA!" Ryumi cried as she quickly held her unconscious sister "Who are you? What did you do to her?" She asked, trying to awaken her sister.
"I am Kabuto of the sound country, I have improved her blood circulation and healed her wounds, I found Lady Aya unconscious and severely wounded in the forest" Kabuto said, "Why did you this, and how did you know who we are?" Ryumi asked confused of her sister's presence in Konoha. "You're mother told me, there will be a time where you and your sisters will be called by your own fate, she asked me to be the one to heal every wound there is but it doesn't mean I am on your side" Kabuto answered, "I am of service to support and heal you but not protect you, I may kill you if you interfere with our plans, same goes for Lady Aya and Lady Natsume" Kabuto said as he teleported.
Kakashi, Itachi and Rin rushed to Ryumi, Itachi immediately carried Aya and they proceeded to the palace, "Natsume is here too?" Rin asked, "He said, demo, how did they get here? And what does Kabuto mean?" Ryumi asked.
When they arrived, they found Tsunade with Gaara, Kankuro, Temari and Natsume. "Onesama!" Ryumi said as she ran forth to embrace her older sister well cousin really but he treats her as a sister . "Ryumi-chan, Rin-chan, Aya-chan?" Natsume exclaimed, Natsume is Rin's best friend, a beautiful woman with long, silver hair and gray eyes. "Natsume!" Rin exclaimed, "Welcome back", "Aya is fine, but what are you doing here?" Ryumi asked, "I don't know either, I was taking a bath when the next thing I know I am with these guys" Natsume said. "Why are we all here?" Ryumi asked, "Now that we're here, don't think about those things for a while, lets go have some fun" Natsume said, "I'm in!" Rin replied. "Uh-oh" Kakashi said, "Doshte?" Gaara asked, "When Rin and Natsume agreed on something.." Kakashi answered. "Bad things happen" Itachi and Ryumi chorused. "Well, now that we're all here and we have time, lets go celebrate the return of the missing nins ne?" Tsunade said,
"Ow? I see you guys are hanging out again, hmm Itachi-kun, up to what base were you able to reach?" Natsume asked slyly, Rin made an evil laugh. Both Itachi and Ryumi blushed, "What are you talking about?" Ryumi snapped, "Don't ask those things, they're not even in the field yet" Kakashi answered as he tapped Itachi's shoulders, "Better make your move fast" Natsume said winking her eyes. Both Natsume and Rin are laughing boisterously, "What do they mean?" Kankuro asked, "I dunno" Gaara answered, "You should not know" Temari said blushing a little.
So that night, a celebration was held, the palace was open, the streets were lighted by lanterns and loud music, everyone danced in the streets where delicious delicacies were sold here and there. Vendors were also busy selling. "What's going on?" Sakura asked, "I dunno, let's just eat" Naruto said while chewing mouthfuls of dumplings. "It's weird, I don't remember any occasion" Tenten said with Rocklee and Neji, Hinata, Kiba and Shino also arrived with ice cream, "You want some Naruto-kun?" Hinata offered. "HAI!" Naruto answered as he ate the whole thing, "BRAINFREEZE" he cried as he held his forehead. "Baka" Sasuke muttered. Soon Ino, and Chouji, who was also munching on something arrived. "Where is Shikamaru?" Sasuke noticed, "There, with his girlfriend" Ino said pointing at Shikamaru and Temari as he bought her a cotton candy. "WHAT, he has a girlfriend?" Naruto cried, "How shocking" Neji said, "Indeed!" everyone chorused,
They were in the plaza, everyone was wearing colorful kimonos, then Tsunade began her speech in the plaza square, "Everyone, I have a good news, The Bearer of Manna, Lady Ryumi has returned" Murmurs were heard as everyone clapped. Tsunade continued her speech as everyone listened attentively.
"What is a Manna exactly?" Naruto asked Sakura in a hush. "Manna is an unexpected blessing, a strong power and Ryumi-sama holds that power that's why she is the bearer" Sakura answered, "but why is it that she needed a guardian?" Kiba asked, "Because of the power she possess many will try to abduct her and there to protect her is a guardian, but the real purpose of the guardian is" Sakura was thinking when, "To hold down the power of the Bearer, when the bearer releases her power, it becomes unstable and she would need the guardian to stop that power" Sasuke said
"I don't like this" Ryumi said to Itachi, "It's fine, they are all here for you" Itachi replied smiling. "Don't be so supportive, you're scaring me," Ryumi said. "What if she lets me speak?" Ryumi asked, "What will I do?" then "SO here is Lady Ryumi" Tsunade said as she gestured out to Ryumi, "Itachi-kin tasukete" Ryumi said tearing, "you can do it" Itachi said, "iie" Ryumi replied, then Itachi began pushing her to the balcony, "Please, you know I'm not good at speeches" Ryumi said trying to fight off Itachi, then with one push she landed in balcony in front of the crowd, Itachi stood by her side.
"Hi" Ryumi began, "Ryumi-chan!" Naruto shouted, Sakura and Ino punched Naruto, "Don't shout!" they chorused. "Oh hello" Ryumi said waving at Naruto and his friends. "Well, I'm not good at this so just bear with me okay?" Ryumi began. "Well, its been a long time, well too long in fact, I missed out a few things… For the past few decades, years, this country has been protected, in order for us to enjoy this freedom, this bliss a lot has to be sacrificed." Ryumi said her tone deeper and more solemn. "A lot of guys died, a lot of them has to sacrifice their selves, they say killing and dying is a part of being a ninja and so I want to dedicate this speech day to an old man, to the 3rd hokage whom has just passed away and to everyone who made the same sacrifice, you know this guy was one the few guys who saw me when I was invisible, the old geezer definitely has skills, we all know that, it struck me when I saw his tombstone there, I hated him for that, he made a lot of promises to us and then… it really sucks you know… but then I realized, he was tired he needed to rest, wherever he is now, I'm sure he's happy, with our loved ones who made the biggest gesture"
a lot of people was already crying, but Ryumi stood strong, "they have finished their ultimate test, and that is Life, this is their reward, the rank that they've achieved is greater than any rank there is, I only ask one favor of you, all the people that died and even the dreams that faded please let us never forget them." then Ryumi went back inside and Itachi tapped her head.
"Was it ok?" She asked, "It was great" Itachi said then the crowd clapped hard, "It was beautiful" Tsunade said, Sasuke tried to hide the tears, Sakura was being comforted by Ino, even Naruto was crying, Rin too was tapping Kakashi, holding him down. "Everyone, another beginning awaits, let us have fun and feast unto this night where the heroes looks down upon us" Tsunade said, then fireworks painted the dark sky, "Kirei…"
That night everyone stayed in the palace getting drunk and noisy only Kakashi and Itachi remained in their senses to have a man-to-man talk outside.
The next day, Ryumi awoke inside her room; she immediately took a bath to see how Aya has been, so she entered a room in the dormitories. "Aya?" She said, but Aya was nowhere to be found and so was Natsume, so she ran to the academy. There she stumbled unto Ino, "Good morning" Ryumi greeted, "Good morning" Ino solemnly replied, "IS there something wrong?" Ryumi asked, "Do you need someone to talk to?" then Ino and Ryumi went to the park. "Doshte?" Ryumi asked sincerely, "Well" Ino began, "I was really happy when Sasuke returned, demo I have just noticed that I was trying to hard" "What do you mean?" Ryumi replied, "I really want him to notice me, I did my best but its not enough, I feel that he doesn't even see me, you know?" Ino said a little embarrassed with the confession.
"Don't worry, Sasuke is just like his brother" Ryumi replied, "Itachi was a heartthrob and so is Sasuke, and both of them are arrogant and silent its kinda hard they seem to be lone wolves" Ryumi said, "Exactly" Ino agreed. "Demo it took a while before it worked out with Itachi and me" Ryumi said, "So it is true" Ino said, "Itachi was driven by his ambitions and so was Sasuke, you guys are young, there is much time for you to discover a few things and who knows maybe you'll find someone who really likes you" Ryumi said, "I don't think so, Sasuke is the only one" Ino said. "Sasuke is just like that, pretending he doesn't care but deep down he is much concerned, he is actually a bit sensitive" Ryumi said thinking about Itachi, when he was younger. Then Sakura entered the conversation, "
I'm sorry to have listened to you, " She said as she sat beside Ino. "It's alright it's a girl talk anyways" Ryumi replied, then Ino and Sakura noticed Ryumi was staring in space, "Ryumi-sama. How did you and Itachi-sama well…" Sakura hesitated after Ino nudged her. "Why we broke up?" Ryumi continued. Both Ino and Sakura remained silent as Ryumi giggled, "I don't know either, sometimes love just vanishes I guess" Ryumi said, "You ran out of love for Itachi-sama?" Ino asked, "Iie, he was the one who ran out" Ryumi said looking back at those times. "No way" Sakura said, "Doshte?" Ino followed, "it's like the fireworks just ran out, and there's an end to everything right? I just wish it lasted longer but I wouldn't blame him, maybe there was something wrong with me, I'm sure there is" Ryumi said forcing herself to forget everything,
"I wonder if there was something I did, I lived everyday trying to remember what I did wrong, or maybe I wasn't able to cope up with his standards or if…" Then Ryumi sighed, "There may be a reason Ryumi-sama" Ino said "Demo there is no way a guy could dump you because he ran out of love" "I still think he loves you" Sakura said, "How can you say that?" Ryumi asked quite amazed, "The way he looks at you" she said. Ryumi remained silent, "You girls better go, it's getting late" Ryumi said smiling while staring down at the flower grown ground.
And behind the trees was Itachi, forcing himself to retain in his position, he didn't have the idea of those things bothering Ryumi all those times, "Those are not true, Ryumi-chan… I did it to save you…" Itachi thought. He wanted to run through Ryumi and tell her those things she thought were just lies. He watched them as they got up and head for the village.
"Sayonara Ryumi-sama!" Sakura and Ino waved. "Hai! Sayonara!" Ryumi said as she waited until they cant be seen anymore, then as she was about to look back something strong held her, she can feel his face buried on her neck, though she cant see who it was behind her she knew very well who that is. His grip was strong and Ryumi felt secure, it was sunset already as they remained in that position, Ryumi held his hand, "How long have you been listening?" She asked. "Long enough" Itachi answered.
"We better go" Ryumi said, "Wait…" Itachi replied, "We need to talk" He said, "It's all right, I understood it a along time ago, don't get bothered by it" but… he kissed her
The sun was painted orange, red and blue like something was spilled on a blue carpet, his arms wrapper around her afraid that she would go away, but thought she resisted she can't. She felt secured, after several seconds Itachi let go of her. Both blushing, Itachi tried to explain, "It's just that I didn't know what to say" Itachi began, "So I just did it instead of saying, it will just mean the same" "I better go" Itachi said as he teleported…
Ryumi went back to the palace like she was not herself
When she entered the palace she saw Aya and Natsume, "One-sama!" Aya cried as she ran towards Ryumi to hug her. "Aya" Ryumi said as she embraced her little sister. Aya is only 14 years of age, Natsume is already 23 but then Natsume is only a first cousin but then Ryumi and Aya treats her ass their own sister. "Ryumi, Rin and I will go out for a while, please take care of Aya" Natsume said fixing her wavy silver hair, "Hai, be careful" Ryumi said. "Bring me something" Aya said as she waved at Natsume goodbye, "Hai" Natsume shouted as she ran.
"Where have you been?" Ryumi asked as she and Aya walked along the sunset sky, "We were sight seeing, I didn't know there was a place like this, it's amazing" Aya said. "Yes, it is" Ryumi said, "Ne-san, they told me you were really strong, and all people here are good when it comes to ninja techniques, I want to learn it onegai?" Aya pleaded her green jade eyes was just too cute. "It's getting late Aya maybe tomorrow" Ryumi said as she tapped her sister's head. "YES!" Aya said as they headed for the palace.
From a shrouded woman came to see Orochimaru and Kabuto in an abandoned temple, "So its time" the woman said, as her eyes flashed like gold. "You know what to do" Orochimaru replied. "I will have my revenge" She said, "and power…" Kabuto finished.
Nicky Mail:
Well that was mushy, just finished watching a walk to remember well nweize omg nothing… well erm reviews anyone? Well at least Natsume is there, I imagined her to be just like Urd, sexy seductive and funny. Phew! Mushy title huh? It's from a song really, cant think of anything hehehehe