Sorry bout this but I couldn't resist Well hope you understand xP :D Hope you like it READ REVIEW or amaya will haunt you o.O (she is haunting me already!) and I'm going to start updating later… because I happen to be failing in class -.-" what a joy….. so yea neeed to pay more attention to class! xP well here it goes :D
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A year has passed since the incident, no one ever makes fun of it or even mention it as a joke. The chunnin exam did take a smooth ride, beside of the death of Amaya that shook some people up. It just happened to be that only some people became chunnin's.
Minamoto became a successful chunnin, doing missions and has never failed one yet, he also has lightened up a bit and made his enemies friends! He also became friendly with Jenna (Sorry couldn't resist! XP). Raiza also became a chunnin and finally found a girl, and her name is Sora, they hit it off pretty well in the chunnin exam so why not give it a try even if there is an age different! They have been going out for about 7 months now, leaving Chiko.
She has successfully mastered nature manipulation after her trip to the forest for 2 weeks and she is still friends with Riku, but with all the missions they don't communicate as often.
While Riku, she is seemingly happy and pretends to forget about Amaya, yes she made it to the next stage of the chunnin exam and won, but the hokage didn't think it was best for her to become chunnin yet especially the path she is taking of an avenger. Riku's future is still heading that way, and is highly doubted to change, most of her peers are afraid of her because she has mastered the illusion genjutsu within one year. But her friends accept the fact that she is stronger and appreciate it not fear.
Yes a lot has happened throughout the rough year and yet another to come filled with surprises.
"The forest of death eh?... Not as scary as I remembered when I was still like that…"
"Yep! You use to be a scaredy cat!" A girl's voice joked
"Shut up Chiko! You haven't changed at all!"
"Well I cant say you have Riku poo!" Chiko joked
"Whatever" Riku blurted walking away
"Wait up!" Chiko said chasing after her
They walked along the cage, it was a tradition, they'd always walk along pass the forest of death then towards the main konoha gate, they'd do this every Saturday. They slowly made their way to the main gate, where they always exited for missions which they had very often now a days since criminals broke out more often. It was like any other day.
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"Raiza lets go!" a voice said from behind him
He turned his head to see none other.
"Hey Sora" He smiled
She ran up to him and grabbed his but the hand and dragged him along the road. She was meeting up with some old friends they met at the chunnin exam, this was called 'catching up time'.
"Sora let go please!" He yelled but friendly
She frowned jokely then let go, she smiled and ran off. He stood there speechless, she was always like this, she's up, she's down. Yes this was a normal day for these two, but he enjoyed her company and she enjoyed his.
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"HEY!" Chiko yelled running up to the couple
"Chiko! Sup" Sora laughed tugging on Raiza's arm
"Oh, Hey Chiko and Riku," He said looking at Riku who was in the background.
She suddenly snapped out of her day dream and noticed she day dreamt her way to the ramen store. She smiled at the two who looked so happy.
"Hey…" She said finally
"Lets go! Im starving!" Chiko yelled pushing everyone into the store
They all sat on the seats, and took in the fresh smell of noodles and soup. It was the best smell when your hungry, of course when your hungry everything is good. Chiko grabbed the first bowl she saw and sqeezed it all into her mouth, chokingly she requested for another one, they almost had to call a medic, that was how much she ate. Sora on the other hand was feeding Raiza, almost like he was her baby, it was kind of cute. Riku just sat there eating quietly, minding her own business, it was rare that she talked while eating or even smiled.
"What are you losers doing here?" Yet another fimilliar voice said
"Hey Minamoto!" Chiko said slurping her noodles
"Sup everyone.." And at the moment he said that everyone faced him and smiled giving him a hands up indicating they are saying hi or yo. They then noticed that there was someone next to him and faced her.
"Oh and if you remember this is Jenna" He smiled (Yes he has changed)
She smiled at everyone
"Hey everyone! Remember me?" She said looking at everyone seeing if she could remember anyone then she spotted Riki
"Riku?" She said looking at Riku
Riku turned and saw the girl who gave her somewhat confidence.
"Jenna Hey!" Riku smiled
"Wow, you've changed!"
"So have you"
"Wow that is some flashback" Minamoto joked then went to sit down
They all started a conversation on how cold Minamoto was, and how they all use to be. They laughed at joked and almost died of laughter when Chiko choked on her noodles and fell off her chair, they day slowly turned dark. They all suggested that they should do this more often, yet another tradition being introduced. Everyone is different, a new world being created and shifting courses, but a big surprise yet to come.
"Wow, what a night!" Chiko laughed like she was drunk
"Yeah, major flashback wasn't it?" Riku said calmly looking up to the bright moon
"Yep! But he isn't so bad anymore right?"
"I guess"
"Hey, Riku I gotta go ok? My parents will be pissed at me! I've been out to late!" She said running off
"Cya!" Riku yelled before she disappeared
Riku slowly made her way back to her plain old apartment, she always felt alone but when she was with her friends she felt like she was wanted, she had a point in life. She had always deeply thought about what she was going to do with her life, become a full time ninja, do missions, return home, get married, have children and they would do the same, Riku had always wanted more in her life. Ever since Amaya died, she wanted more power for some reason, but she never wanted to actually try to gain it. All she did was train her hardest, but now a days training really didn't get you anywhere, especially for a girl who mastered the illusion genjutsu, which people strived years of pain. She always wanted more…
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Riku walked around the corner and saw a body standing still there, she always felt stalked when she saw a shadow in the dark, she hated that. The shadow suddenly walked towards the light and showed green eyes.
"Hey Riku, can we talk?" The man said
"Oh its just you Minamoto" She said with some relief in her voice.
They both walked towards a bench which happened to be near the lake. They both sat on each side of it, as far away from each other as possible, it was silent for a bit, until it was broken by Minamota's slight laugh.
Riku looked over at him confused but then she smiled.
"You know, There is something funny."
Riku was concerned about what was so funny, and Minamoto was actually laughing at it, so it must've been hilarious.
"What's this?" She said concerned
"Well, once in Konoha, there lived a clan called the uchiha.." He said normally looking at the glowing lake
"The uchiha clan got eliminated, and only two survived, a boy called Sasuke and his older brother who killed them all Itachi…"
Riku glared at him, it almost sounded like her clan, they got eliminated from her cousin, and only herself survived and her father who was in jail at that time and still is.
"It was said that Itachi killed his clan for power, to gain some sort of invincible eyes that can put you in another world feeling extreme pain and seeing people being killed before you."
Riku'es eyes widened, its almost as if he was telling her, the story of her clan it was so similar it wasn't funny. She just continues to pay attention.
"The funny thing is… Sasuke became an avenger, he seeked power and betrayed his friends just to get revenge." He then turned his head and glanced at Riku's reaction. She just sat there, frozen, it was to hard to believe… 'could this be my future?... it cant… I wont allow it!' she yelled in her head
"And… He got away, he had a battle with his best friend, and even tried to kill him just to gain power to get revenge." He said looking at Riku
"You shouldn't take the same path he took…" He said looking back at the lake
Riku shot a glare at him, for what he just said. But it was the path she was heading, she was really close to actually starting her plans to get revenge, but she didn't want to kill her friend.
"I…Won't… I can't…" She said looking at the glowing lake
He looked over at her then nodded. He stood up then jumped off. Riku just sat there starring at the blue glowing lake, its presence possessed her. She loved all the calm things in life, she wanted her life to be like that. Exactly like that.
The words 'even tried to kill his best friend' kept repeating in her head, half her brain told her to run away, run away from all her troubles and never see anyone again, to gain power and take revenge. And the other half told her to stay, to keep living this life, with her friends happily, because life cant be perfect, there will always be things that'll happen that you don't want to happen. She kept fighting both sided to shut up, but they just kept chanting in her head. She sat there, all night, starring at the deep glowing blue color of the lake.
"If only my life can be as calm as this flat lake…"She whispered wearily
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Well.. I hope you enjoyed that, it wasn't really action worthy. But it kind of explained some stuff.. Hehe couldn't resist. :D hope you enjoyed…
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