Symone: A Naruto Side-Story - "The Heart Of Rain"
Chapter Seven: Part 2! A New Leap Through The Times Of Ninjutsu!
Authors Note: Part 2 has arrived! See Symone as never before through a whole new viewpoint. A new tale branching from the basics of the first 6 Chapters starts and will hopefully be enjoyed through the eyes of many one day. For now... if you run in to this, please know you have all my thanks for your time. To my biggest critic and #1 fan, Toni... here's your character Symone made to fit something more than a nearly untrained child kunoichi. Something deep will come from this story, and I admit to it as a turning point of glory. A new leap through the times of Ninjutsu... Part 2!
-Follow your heart, for it will always reveal more truth than the knowledge of thought.
As people, we grow. As we grow, we evolve. As we evolve, we strengthen. Symone was a tiny, young little kunoichi trying to survive in a brutal world of death, deceit, rape, and crime. An accident that occured that allowed her to lose her parents had held her heart in solidity, holding her thoughts clandestine to all other feeling besides pain. Luckily, hope arrived in the path of Symones lowest moment, and her smile that once died in the heat of rage and despair was engulfed once again by joyous fragments through the feelings of friendship. Mikomi was the friend and Sensei of the young Symone, teaching her the basics of the 'way of the ninja'. Symone had believed in Mikomi after time as she followed ahead with trust on a destiny to set her free from most of her heartache as their journey together are heightened.
Now, without further ado... we see Symone and Mikomi as a new unit in Part 2! A New Leap Through The Times Of Ninjutsu! Enjoy!
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A rainy night is seen as a close-up of the gray-black sky is shown. The rain spatters down on the ground, humming a sweet melody of sorts as it beats against the oak tree's in the woods. Upon the ground, a puddle of mud is seen as someones running footsteps splashes into it, followed by another pair of feet as it splashes into the muddy puddle as well. Suddenly, a mans voice is heard. "You've done well in training today!" said the man in a sensual, yet enthusiastic tone as the voice of what seemed to be a teenage girl was heard. "Thank you, Sensei" said the feminine voice with a slightly deep, sexy tone. "Let's hurry back!" said the man as the girl agreed, "Yes!".
A burning fire is shown sizzling from the rainfall next to a giant log as tiny tents hung from tree's are seen with sleeping bags within them. It would seem to be a familiar location in the woods as two bodies quickly appear, landing within the area. "Ah! Good to be home!" said that familiar mans voice. "It sure is!" replied the voice of a female. Quickly, an image of the two standing next to one another appears as we see an aged Symone, dressed with a black bandana with her Hidden Rain villages forehead protector embedded into the front of it. Her hair long and pointed downwards, now a truly bright purple. She's seen wearing a long black sleeved shirt, covered by a blue Chinese kunoichi outfit with gold lining down the center, bandaging around her waste to hold the outfit tightly on her body as the cloth that's split from the outfit hangs over her long black leg warmers that reach to mid-thigh. The Hidden Grass symbol is seen printed on her back as she kicks the mud off her ninja sandals. "Man! It's starting to rain hard, huh?" said the man as we then see it was Mikomi, dressed with a side-part in his gray-silver hair that seems held back by the Hidden Grass forehead protector he had on as the hair leans over his right eye, shaking the droplets of water running down his thick, black, buttoned trench coat. He kicks the mud off from his light brown boots as those enigmatic light green-crystal eyes tilt towards Symone as she replies, "Yes! I know! We should go get some sleep then, right Sensei?". "Yeah... I'm worn out from our training session today. I'm gonna hit the hay early" said Mikomi, replying to the words of Symone as he walks in to his tent, taking off his trench coat as he laid it to his side, laying comfortably in his sleeping bag. Symone runs up a tree with the grace of a winged beast as she soars upwards, landing on to a thick branch. Through the mist of cloud, a full moon appears shining down onto Symone as she looks up to it, smiling happily as she recalls the past. "If there's ever someone you're thinking about while looking at the moon, that usually means they're looking at the moon at the same time as you... somewhere else on this Earth" she thinks back from that time 7 years ago when Mikomi had first told her those words. She then silently said to herself with mystery in her voice, "Then why do I keep thinking about Souitai...?". She looks up to the starry night, tightening her lips as her thoughts plague her mind.
The night has gone by and a new, yet wet day approached as Symone and Mikomi are seen walking the woods early in the morning with backpacks hanging from behind them, held by the straps over their shoulders. "So what's the mission, Sensei?" asked Symone. "Two days ago, I received information from the Hidden Grass council that there are possible spies by the borders of the Grass and Rock country. It seems that some outlaw ninja from the Hidden Rock are most likely attempting to steal the Hidden Grass villages most valuable item" replied Mikomi. "What item?... and why?" asked Symone as Mikomi replied, "It's a gem that amplifies chakra flow and physical strength. It's held in the shrine in the middle of the city here in the Hidden Grass. We don't exactly know why, but I have a hunch they want it because they'd like control in their country somehow. Maybe it's for revenge on a stronger opponent? The Grass spies who approached them only know that they are THERE and heard them talking to one another about the gem, which is called The 'Chikarajiman'(Boasting of Strength). If they get their hands on it, it would become quite dangerous". "I see..." Symone had said, replying to her Sensei's statement. "Come on! Let's pick up the speed, okay?" yelled Mikomi as he jumps up in a tree, running across branch to branch. "Alright!" Symone replies, jumping up along with her Sensei, skipping along the branches with ease at a quicker pace as she follows behind Mikomi. "How long until we reach the border, Sensei!" yelled Symone as the speeding wind whistles passed her ears as Mikomi replies, "I say... about 1 hour!", yelling back at his subordinate. Symone nods down as she agreed with that estimate. "Do we know what the spies look like?" yelled Symone. "No. We have no identification on the spies besides the fact they seem to resent wearing their forehead protectors without having to cut across the symbol of the village as a sign of hatred for what it stands for". Symone replied, "Hmm... They must really dislike their country then, huh?" as she then thinks to herself, "I guess some people just don't have as much luck as I did when it came to finding hope..." as she nods away to the side. "Symone! Listen to me..." Mikomi had yelled quite randomly with aggression in his voice as he catches the attention of Symone. "When we reach our position, we will be fighting Jounin level ninja. This by far will be your toughest mission yet with me. It's true you've taken on Jounin before in previous missions, but the Hidden Rock is a warring country with broken souls. They have more to fight for than most and can be truly powerful as ninja. Be very careful if things get too rough. Do you understand?" stated Mikomi. Symone looks to Mikomi with edgy eyes as she replied, "I understand, Sensei. I will do my best!". "Good" Mikomi had responded to Symones answer as he then begins to think to himself. "She truly has grown well. At such a young age, she's already Jounin level. She's done so well on missions thus far, and she has even more potential hidden within her. To think she's not even considered a Genin ninja. Ha! I can't believe this innocent girl I found as a child has become such an incredibly grown, good looking, intelligent and powerful woman. I prefer her as that tiny kunoichi I knew her as though when I first met her... back then, I knew she wouldn't get seriously injured or be independent from me. Now... who knows what can happen... I guess this is what it's like having a daughter!" thought Mikomi as he looks back, smiling at Symone as she looks back, wondering why he was staring at her in such a way, but instead of saying anything, she just smiled back, expressing a smile that is still as cute as it was when she was a child.
"We're nearly there, Symone! Are you ready?" yelled Mikomi nearly 45 minutes later. "Yes! I think so! I see no reason why I wouldn't be!" Symone yelled back in reply as she smiled stupidly at Mikomi as he laughs, but suddenly, without being aware, a kunai comes hurling past the face of Mikomi, missing him by about 2 inches as he back flips himself upon a branch a few feet forward. Symone stops herself in the middle of a branch as she yells, "Where'd that come from?". Mikomi replies with a snear in his rigidly angry eyes, "Down to your left! Let's go!" as he jumps down in to the woods, being followed by Symone. They both land in an open field about a quarter of a mile away from the border to the Hidden Rock. "Lean your back against me and follow my lead!" yelled Mikomi as their backs touch, looking around for the enemy as if they now had eyes in back of their heads. Suddenly, rustling in a bush to their left is heard as Symone throws a kunai at it, but quickly, from the right, another kunai was thrown towards Symone! Mikomi pushes Symone to the ground, arming himself with a kunai as he deflects it, watching it fall within the ground. Mikomi's eyes open shocked. "A tag...?" Mikomi screams curiously as he realizes it was about to explode with no defense. Suddenly, Symone jumps in front of her Sensei, performing a seal as she yelled, "Tate Iji No Jutsu!(Shield of Memories Technique!)" as she engulfed herself with a shield of green chakra as it covers the both of them. Suddenly, just as she formed her jutsu, the tag explodes as it's light shimmers throughout the entire landscape. Symone holds her forearm over her eyes as Mikomi holds Symone tightly by her sides as his eyes were closed. The blast doesn't make it through the shield Symone had used as the light dissipates completely. "Symone! Are you alright?" yelled Mikomi as Symone releases the jutsu. "Yes. I'm fine, Sensei!" Symone replied as Mikomi turns himself around, standing back-to-back with Symone again. Quickly, two men appear from the sides. One of the men had a mustache, showing the crossed out forehead protector of the Hidden Rock. The other was shirtless, full of tattoo's, wearing a pair of goggles over his eyes with a Mohawk, both wearing typical Rock Jounin uniforms. "I take it you two are the Hidden Rock spies?" said Mikomi, staring at the two men. "Ooh! How wise of you to be aware of such facts!" said the man with a mustache. The other man with tattoos then speaks. "Gita. It's just a dirt bag Grass Jounin and a sexy little girl. You can take care of them!" the man says, referring the the other one as 'Gita'. "Hakumaru... I shall turn them into a pile of organs... and take their heads for souvenirs!" said the other man, referring to the man with tattoos as 'Hakumaru' as Gita's eyes were tranced like a serial murderer. "You Jounin are fools to take me on. You should be aware of the Grass before entering the Grass" said Mikomi with a smart-mouthed attitude. "Ohhh... A smart ass, eh?" said Gita with such a sarcastic expression in his face. "We know that you're after the Chikarajiman... what we don't know is why exactly. Either way, it's not yours to have, and going beyond this point will be considered suicide" said Mikomi, glaring a serious look with his now mellow eyes. "You seem too sure of yourself... I hate those who think too much of themselves!" yelled Gita as he throws a kunai at Symone! Symone holds her hand forward, unguarded. "What? You won't catch it at that angle! At least arm yourself with something to deflect it, sexy girl!" screamed Gita as Symone smirks, standing to her side with her palm widened outwards, emitting a quick, yet strikingly accurate sickle of ice from her hand as it deflects the kunai. Symone then turns forward, absorbing the ice back into her body. "Ahh! Quite a skill you have... sexy girl!" said Gita. "Hmm... A Bloodline-limit. A powerful one, too" thought Hakumaru as he was standing nearly to the side of Gita. "Good job, Symone!" yelled Mikomi as Symone smiles angelically. "Ready to face the Hidden Grass villages elite team?" yelled Mikomi as he tilts his head towards the side, expressing glee in the fight.
It seems that Symone had managed to train her body to use her Bloodline-limit after all of these years! Symone seems to be an impressive ninja, already strong enough to protect her Sensei and defend against those kunai's that she once could not deflect. Mikomi still seems the same as always, though with a different hairstyle and stronger attitude. His strength has not yet been fully revealed, though there's lots to look forward to!
The ninjas Gita & Hakumaru seem to be quite a challenge. In this first seen showdown of Symone, will she find out a better reason as to why it is she is fighting these men and why they want the legendary Chikarajiman? Find out next as we continue and conclude the battle in Chapter Eight!