Symone: A Naruto Side-Story - "The Heart Of Rain"
TWO
CHAPTER SPECIAL PRESENTATION!
Chapter Twelve: Arrival! Welcome
to Tsunzaku!
Chapter Thirteen: A Major War! A-Rank Death Mission! Avenge The Losses, Renji, Mikomi!
Though the feel of joy can be around us, it does not permit the destined path of a person to fade deeply on that road forever, allowing man to fall back deep into the road of pain and suffering within an instant of unnoticed preconception. Do those who rummage their cold hearts always bare with the well deserved for the simple fact that with such arrogance in emotion, they have a lack of disappointment? Will there be a time where the kind hearts will rummage over the cold winds that shake those who bare all over them? A kunoichi destined for an enigma engulfs her scarred purity in the confines of the present day pain she unwillingly accepts as a new story prevails true over the reality she will face in this upcoming event in Chapter Twelve... "The Heart Of Rain".
"Arrival! Welcome to Tsunzaku!"
Symone, Bangai and Mikomi are seen walking along the border of the Wind Country to get to Tsunzaku on an early morning, yawning about as it seemed they have just woke up from their slumber after being out for one night already. The sand of the desert gently picks up as it sways into everyone's eyes. The scarves around everyone's face is seen blowing back behind them in the windy current as it slaps the sand floating in mid-air with the sun gleaming down onto them with its vibrant ultra-violet glow. "The wind is really picking up heavily. I think we're gonna have to take shelter for a while" spoke Mikomi. "But we just started going to Tsunzaku only 3 hours ago. Won't we be backtracked?" asked Symone in question as Bangai had replied, "We shouldn't lose too much time. Sand storms in this area usually only last from an hour, to maybe 3 hours tops. It's so early that we're still picking up the nights wind current". "That's right. We should be fine as the afternoon sets in" said Mikomi. Symone then nods her head gently, agreeing.
Inside one of Bangai's summoned houses, the trio is seen sitting around a table, unmasked from their scarves. "So what's this Tsunzaku like, Bangai?" asked Symone as she cutely looks to the slightly good looking Bangai. "Ah..Um.. Well, it's a very peaceful place when the Kumogun aren't attacking. There's not much to do, but the people are really nice and really care about each other. My neighbor Hibishi for instance always comes over to give me some of her fresh baked cookies... and she loves to hand them out to all the children. Speaking of the children, there's this one kid I'm really fond of. His name is Gakisa. He was an abandoned orphan from Amegakure and was found by Jinra; the orphanage caretaker. Gakisa looks up to me and Renji all the time like big brothers. Renji-kun sort of acts more like his Father when he's around now that I think about it. It's a hard thing to imagine though for such an arrogant guy!" spoke Bangai as Symone asks, "Renji's the strong guy that takes care of everyone by defeating the ninja all the time, right?". Bangai replied, "Yes. That's Renji. All around, he's a great person to know, but he may present himself... well... a little mean sometimes". Symone opens her mouth replying, "Ohhh! Sorta like Mikomi-Sensei!". "Uh-Dah-What?" Mikomi yelled in a shocking reply as he narrows his eyes at Symone with his lips folded with dissatisfaction, watching Symone giggle a little as in between them, Bangai looks side-to-side, then rubbing the back of his head smiling as he thinks, "Hehe! Just like me and Renji-kun!". "Anyway... Bangai. How many ninja usually attack your village?" asked Mikomi. Bangai looks down, counting his fingers stupidly as he replied, "Umm... Well, last time, from the amount of dead bodies Renji made me clean up, I'd say maybe 45 or so. This was a massive ambush to rid of Renji though so it would be easy for them to take over the land, but usually, it's just taunting assassination missions with 10 tops". Mikomi silently stares to Bangai for a hesitant moment as he then replied, "I understand", closing his eyes and tilting his head downwards. Symone's ears become attentive to the outside as she narrows her eyes to the side as if she was trying to concentrate. "Do you hear that? I think the wind slowed down" said Symone. "She's right. We're probably safe from the storm now" spoke Bangai. Mikomi had then said, "Alright then. Let's get our butts in gear. We're off to Tsunzaku!".
In a cabin house inside of an almost night-set Tsunzaku, Renji is seen laying in bed, looking up to the ceiling with an expressionless look upon his face. A few moments pass by as he bares silence to himself. Suddenly... an image of a young, beautiful woman appears before his eyes, smiling as Renji silently said to himself, "Ro-...Rose", apparently reminiscing on the young beauty named Rose as he then slurs another silent sentence. "I'm not sure... if a hero is what I am... Rose" Renji spoke, turning to his side. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Renji gets up, blinking rapidly now as he tries to rid of the image in his head as the voice of a young boy is heard. "Reeeeenji-kuuun! I'm bored!" spoke the voice as Renji gets up from off the bed and walks on over to the door, opening it. As Renji opens the door, a little boy is seen at around the age of seven as he cracks a smile towards Renji. "Hey-ey, Gakisa! How's it going man?" spoke Renji in a childish tone as he lifts up the little boy known as Gekisa and starts spinning around towards the outside more. Renji places the kid on the ground as the boy smiles again. "Wanna play with me, Renji-kun?" spoke the little boy. "That depends! I'll play with you if... you wanna play tag!" yelled Renji jokingly as he gently tackled the kid down to the ground, laughing aloud in harmony with this cute child that had arrived at his door. "Renji-kun! You're crazy!" laughed the little boy. As Renji gets up, wiping the dirt from off of his clothing, he asked, "Where's Jinra? Not able to keep ya company today, pal?". Gakisa replied with angst, "She's sick again. She fed us all at the orphanage and went to sleep! Hmph! She's always sick!". "Well, Gakisa, you gotta be a big man about it and know she loves you very much, but she's suffering inside. Give her some time and she'll have time to mess around with all of you guys, okay?" said Renji. "Okay! I understand, Renji-kun" spoke the little boy as he then quickly asked from out of the blue, "Renji-kun... will you be my Daddy?". Renji's eyes gently open with a hint of shock as he tilts his head toward Gakisa. "What?...why ask such a question, Gakisa?" asked Renji in shock. "Well... it's lonely seeing the other kids in the village with their Mommy and Daddy when I only have Jinra, and if she's like my Mommy, then I need a Daddy to be like all the other kids!". Renji laughs a little as he replied, "Well... if you want to look at me like a Father... well, then... I'd have to say that's alright with me". "Yay!" yelled Gakisa as he rushes at Renji, tackling him down to the ground. "Hey-ey-ey! You're pretty strong, little guy!" playfully spoke Renji as Gakisa yells, "I'm not little! I'm seven!". "Wooo! Okay! Okay! I'm sorry... Gakisa!" yelled Renji in response as they both begin to laugh together. Renji then said, "Gakisa, night's about to set so maybe I should take you home. Come on!", getting up quickly as he holds Gakisa's hand. "Okie!" Gakisa replied as they walked off together towards the downing of the orange sun.
After nearly a two day travel, Symone, Bangai and Mikomi had finally reached their destination as they approached a fenced in village with a big sign above the front entrance that had said 'Tsunzaku Village'. "Well we're here! I'm finally back home!" had enthusiastically spoke Bangai as he entered the village with his two new comrades. "Wow... so this is Tsunzaku, huh? It looks so peaceful... and to think that people want to cause harm to it!" Symone spoke with a serious support in her tone of voice. "Bangai..." spoke Mikomi, getting the attention of Bangai as he replied, "Yes?". Mikomi then stated, "I believe we should see your friend Renji before taking rest considering he's a big part as to why we're here". Bangai then replied, "Okay! Follow me! He doesn't live too far from here!" Bangai said as he walked off into the village.
Night had finally hit the small village as Renji is seen back inside his cabin house, sitting at the table where he usually eats as there was a sudden knock at the door. "Hmm?" thought Renji as he spoke out, "Is that you again, Gakisa? You should be home!" as he got up, walking towards the door. Renji then puts his hand on the doorknob and sighs as he opens the door, seeing Bangai! "BANGAI? WHAT THE HELL?" yelled Renji in question as Bangai closes his eyes, rubbing the back of his head as he laughs. "Hehe! Hey Renji-kun! I'm back!". "YOU IDIOT! I NEARLY STARVED TO DEATH! I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D ACTUALLY GO, STUPID!" Renji yelled as he notices a sexy young female and a man with a scar across the side of his face standing behind Bangai. "Who the hell are these two?" asked Renji, referring to the girl and the man behind Bangai. "Hmm? Oh!" yelled Bangai as he looks behind him, referring to them as he said, "This is Kusa No Mikomi, and the girl is Symone". "Nice to meet you... Renji-kun" spoke Mikomi with a smirking slant of his lips as Symone is seen smiling. "Why are they here?" asked Renji as his sharp eyes narrowed a bit with aggression. Bangai replied, "They're gonna stay here for a while to help protect against the Kumogun... remember, Renji?". Renji silently stares at them as he spoke with an attitude, "I don't need anyone in this village to help protect it. I'm enough as it is. Sorry to inconvenience you, but please leave". "B-but, Renji-kun!" yelled Bangai as Renji interrupts him. "I want them out of here!" yelled Renji. Mikomi looks to Renji with his narrowed eyes as he had said, "Renji. We're not here to make trouble. We're only here to help protect and to stop the attacks on your village. Your friend Bangai came traveling for nearly 5-6 days just to get help for you because he was worried about his friend and his village. Please accept our help". Bangai then said, "While I journeyed, I almost died, but Symone saved me and Mikomi helped heal me the best he can when I was attacked by the Hidden Rock ninja! Symone was the one who saved me from the Rock ninja after I was stabbed and knocked unconscious! They're very skillful! Please accept their help!". Silently, Renji looks to the side with his teeth clenched tightly together as silence emanates from his mouth, feeling that deep inside he is very grateful for Mikomi and Symone saving his best friends life as suddenly, he replied, "Fine then! You can stay, but you have to stay with Bangai! I want nothing to do with your help! Do you understand?" with question. Bangai replied, "I understand, Renji-kun! Thank you! Thank you!" as Bangai walks off to his house, followed by Mikomi and Symone. Renji slams the door as Bangai, Symone and Mikomi continue walking off. "Wow. He really DOES have an attitude problem!" stated Symone. "Hey! Be nice, Symone!" demanded Mikomi, scolding Symone. "Hehe! It's true! He's had a hard life in his past. He's just very protective and lives in a world where he's always in a defensive position. It's why I let him get away with so much" spoke Bangai as Symone replied jokingly, "Are you sure it's not because he'll beat you up, Bangai?". Mikomi then yelled, "Symone!" as she repeatedly had said, "Sorry! Sorry!". Bangai replied, "Hehe! Well... it's that too! He is kind of a scary person!". Suddenly, their walking had stopped as they appeared in front of Bangai's house. Bangai walks to the door and unlocks it, walking inside as Symone and Mikomi follow. "Well, this is my tiny house! Not much room... so I figured you guys should stay in the shack that I have out back. It's roomy enough. Is that gonna be alright?" stated and asked Bangai as Mikomi replied, "Sure. Not a problem. Just direct us to where we have to go and we're set for the night". "Okay then! Follow me!" stated Bangai.
Out back, about an Hour and Forty-Five minutes had passed as Mikomi and Symone are seen laying on mats on the floor of the shack as they are seen falling asleep. A peaceful night has taken them into a sleep of pleasant dreams as the night is kept quiet... for now.
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"A Major War! A-Rank Death Mission! Avenge The Losses, Renji, Mikomi!"
Bangai is then seen in his pajama clothes getting a drink of milk before he goes to bed as he here's a sudden thud smacking the side of his house, followed by the rustling of the bushes near the window to his right as a shadow quickly swooped by, catching his attention. "Mikomi? Symone?" asked Bangai in question as the window behind him had been knocked on. Bangai walks up to his other window, seeing nothing as a shadow lurked over Bangai from inside the house. Bangai realizes it as he turns around sharply. Bangai jumps back as a man clouded in the shape of shadows is seen walking towards him. "WHO... WHO ARE YOU?" Bangai had yelled in question as the man had said, "Fuku... Bankoku", showing his glistening brown eyes and sharp blue hair in the line of light coming through the window as he slashes a katana at Bangai, but Bangai had dodged, falling to his side. "NINJA!" yelled Bangai trying to call out the attention of the villagers as his voice screamed as loudly as possible, thinking, "Bankoku? This is the guy that Renji fought!", "EVERYONE! NINJA! NINJA!" he yelled again as Bangai gets up, seeing the swing of Bankoku's blade as he tried to dodge, but the pain in his injury he sustained in his upper back from the Rock ninja interfered in his movement, allowing him to be cut down by the katana in the arm as he fell to the ground. Bankoku then smirks his demeaning lips as he stabs down at Bangai, stabbing through his stomach and then through the wood floor as Bangai screams with blood flying from off of his mouth. "NIN... JA.. WHY?" asked Bangai, knowing he can't scream anymore. "Why? To get your pal Renji out of the village. If I kill you... you know he's bound to follow me and the rest of the Kumogun back into Amegakure for revenge since I killed his little buddy... and when he does, the ninja hiding out inside the village will appear and slay everyone they can!" The village will become Hidden Rain's land!". Bangai coughs up some blood as Bankoku pulls the sword from out of the floor, and back out from Bangai's body as he wields it upwards, readying himself to slash down as he had said, "Sorry... but you're gonna die now!" as he slashes down on a crying Bangai, slicing his throat and stopping halfway, having his head lay limber onto the remainder of his thin body as his mouth opens and shuts as he tries to get out his final farewell to the world as he quickly remembers memories as a child with Renji, remembering the time he was picked on by the kids in the orphanage he was once part of as Renji defended him and beat everyone up, getting himself in trouble by a young Jinra, and then another image appeared of Renji smiling, eating one of Bangai's delicious home cooked meals as finally... the young and decent, kind-hearted ninja, Bangai... is seen dead in a bloody pool on the floor in his home. "Heh! The first part of the plan was a success... now... it's time for Shouten to get Renji's attention and accomplish the next part of our mission!" said Bankoku, speaking generally outloud with a smirk layed across his face as suddenly, Mikomi breaks open the front door to Bangai's house after hearing the apparent screams as he then seen a ninja over the body of Bangai. Bankoku looks to the man who had busted the door open and flee's out of the window. Mikomi runs and follows as fast as he possibly can, throwing a kunai at the ninja as it landed in front of him. Bankoku jumps up, avoiding it as he realized there was an exploding tag entwined on the kunai as it blew, shaking Bankoku back a few feet as he skimmed across the ground, allowing Mikomi to catch up to him as he launched his forearm at him, holding another kunai as Bankoku discards a kunai of his own quite fast now, pushing Mikomi back a little as they start slashing at each other with much speed, trying to avoid getting hit by each other's kunai as the pointed metal clashes against each other.
Inside the cabin house, Renji wakes up from his sleep after hearing an explosion from a distance. Quickly, he gets up out of his bed, grabbing his ninja tools and his katana as he runs straight through his door to the outside, but not too far from him, Renji hears the screams of the children at the orphanage which wasn't too far from his home as he rushes over to it with an incredible speed. The screams of the children get louder as he comes closer as he finally arrives, kicking down the front door as he rushes inside. Renji looks around cautiously with his guard up, slowly making his move down the hallway as he tilts his head to the side into the play room as he seen Jinra, the orphanage caretaker on the floor in a bloody mess. "JINRA!" yelled Renji as he ran to her side, falling to one knee as he holds her up, realizing she was unfortunately killed. Renji places her down on the blood-stained carpet as he stands up with wide eyes and anger filling his clenching teeth. Renji then quickly thinks, "THE CHILDREN!" as he runs towards the main bedroom where the children sleep. As he approached the door, he opened it slowly, then rushing in as he noticed the dead corpses of all the children hanging from the sides of their bunk beds. Pools of blood bathing the faces of all the children that were dead as Renji's mouth opens wide in a shock, seeing the shock in their opened eyes. Slowly, Renji walks forward, looking side-to-side in a shock and rage at each of the bunk beds the dead children are laid on as he hears a noise in the back right corner of the room as he rushes to it, looking down as he seen Gakisa under the bed. "GAKISA!" yelled Renji as he had helped pull Gakisa from out under the bed, bringing him into the light as he realized that Gakisa was missing his limbs except for his right arm. Renji sits on Gakisa's bed and holds his body tightly against his own as Gakisa spoke, "Good...bye. Goodbye, Daddy...", closing his eyes as he tilts his head into Renji's chest, dropping a final tear from both his eyes as he sadly... sleeps himself to death. Renji then laid the dead body of Gakisa on the bed, not caring about the blood soaked in to his clothes at all, but saddened by this as anger fills his eyes and lips, tightening them to an incredible pain as suddenly, a voice was heard. "Come outside... if you want revenge... Renji-kun!" said the mysterious voice heard before as Renji gets up in an outburst of shock as he screamed, running through the hallways and back outside of the house as he looks around, screaming, "WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU? SHOW YOURSELF SO I CAN KILL YOU!" as he looks up at the roof... seeing the ninja Shouten standing there with his arms crossed as the wind blows his hair back, along with his baggy jumper suit. "BASTARD!" yells Renji as he jumps up after Shouten with his fist out, but Shouten dodged the attack as he jumped off the roof and back onto the ground as he said, "The screams of the children. How beautiful they were! It's too bad you couldn't see it! I think we should check up on your friend Bangai now, don't you think... Renji-kun?" in a sarcastic manner. As Renji had landed on the roof, his eyes become shocked as he thinks, "Bangai?", screaming himself into a mad frenzy as he jumps down towards Shouten. "Come and catch me if you want, but I think your buddy Bangai might already be dead!" yelled Shouten as he runs off towards the direction of Bangai's house not too far from the orphanage as Renji follows behind, trying to catch up in a rabid scare for his friend Bangai.
Back at Bangai's house only moments away from the oncoming Shouten and Renji, Mikomi is seen fighting off the powerful Bankoku with his kunai as he slashes it still against Bankoku's. "Who the hell are you?" asked Mikomi as he got pushed back by Bankoku's incredible force as he replied, "Fuku Bankoku. I'm interested in your name, too. I don't recognize you from this village. Who are you?" he then asked as Mikomi replied, "Kusa No Mikomi". "Kusa?(Grass?)" Bankoku asked in question. "So you're from the Hidden Grass? Odd that you'd be here fighting with these Tsunzaku bastards. That's beyond the point though. The fact is that you're here... and so am I, though I'm gonna cut this short now and be on my way!" yelled Bankoku, running off now as Mikomi tries throwing multiple shuriken at him, but he had missed and Bankoku had gotten away, but at that instant, he noticed another ninja running closely by as it was Shouten, shocked to notice that his pal Bankoku wasn't here, seeing this mysterious Grass ninja standing by the house of Bangai. Renji then appeared as he noticed Mikomi and yelled to him, "SHIT! YOU! GET THAT GUY!" as Mikomi runs forward, cutting Shouten off as he had sent a spinning Taijutsu styled kick directly into the side of Shouten, knocking him back a bit as Renji approached Shouten, lifting him up by his collar. "I'M GONNA ENJOY KILLING YOU! BASTARD!" yelled Renji as Shouten smiled, kicking himself away from Renji as Renji got knocked down a bit, flipping himself upwards as Mikomi rushes over to Shouten, grabbing him from behind as he yelled over to Renji, "RENJI-KUN! HE'S NOT ALONE! GO AFTER THE OTHER ONE! HIS NAME WAS BANKOKU! I DON'T MEAN TO TELL YOU THIS WAY, BUT HE KILLED BANGAI! HE ENTERED INTO THE WOODS RIGHT BEHIND BANGAI'S HOUSE! HURRY AND GO GET YOUR REVENGE BEFORE HE'S TOO FAR GONE! I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS GUY!", struggling with Shouten as Shouten kicks Mikomi back a bit, knocking him down onto the ground with much force as Renji is then seen thinking to himself, "Bangai's... dead?". Renji looks down to the ground for a moment in utter shock as quickly his teeth tighten again as he runs off into the woods with an incredible speed after Bankoku. "BANKOKU! YOU BASTARD! I'LL KILL YOU!" screamed Renji with the most intense of screams a he disappeared into the same woodlands Bankoku just had a moment ago. Symone then appears outside, rubbing her eyes as she had just woke up. "What's going on?" asked Symone as she seen her Sensei knocked on the floor. "Symone!" yelled Mikomi as he noticed his young sixteen year old student. Shouten screams out into the village, "EVERYONE! COME OUT! RAID THE VILLAGE!" as swarms of hundreds of ninja disperse from out of the woodlands and from the bordered edge of Tsunzaku. People of the village start putting the lights on in their homes, hearing the screams and explosions of battles, waking most of them from their sleep as most of them start coming from out of their homes. Shouten stands laughing as Mikomi gets up, looking around at all the ninja that have swarmed the village. Mikomi looks to Symone and yelled, "SYMONE! KILL OFF AS MANY NINJA AS POSSIBLE! THIS IS AN A-RANK MISSION! GO, AND BE CAREFUL! PROTECT THE VILLAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!". Symone, with her mouth opened had nodded her head, hesitating to answer as she replied, "O-...Okay!" as she runs off into the village after some of the nearest ninja.
In the woodlands, Renji is seen soaring from branch to branch across all the tree's as a few of the swarming ninja entering Tsunzaku run into him in mid-air as he easily slices them down, killing them with a kunai one after another in pure rage, realizing that all the ninja are going into his village. "They started a war? I can't believe this shit! FUCKING KUMOGUN!" yelled Renji as he continued on, slaying a few more of the ninja as he advanced forward.
Back in the village, Mikomi and Shouten clash at one another, fighting fist-to-fist, catching each others opposite hands and spinning one another, throwing each other back a few feet. "Sorry, but I'm gonna have to cut you down quick since I have to kill Renji, whoever you are!" said Shouten as Mikomi replied, "Renji's now the least of your problems now that I'm involved. By the way... the name's Mikomi... Kusa no Mikomi. Remember it as you scream it into the afterlife!" as Mikomi throws a shuriken at Shouten, but easily slashes it in half with his quick katana skills.
A war has broken out! A Government run clan called the Kumogun has raided the peaceful village of Tsunzaku to increase their land and power to invade and rule over the entire country of the Rain, but will their power trips be stopped, and what's to become of Bankoku? Will Renji manage to catch up to him in the territory of the Rain? Shouten and Mikomi are battling each other at what seems to be an almost even amount of skill. How will this ferocious battle finish? As for Symone, will her skills be enough to take care of the massive amount of ninja that seem to be taking the village over? How will she fare all by herself without the help of Mikomi in the middle of an A-ranked mission of life and death? As for the Kumogun themselves... where do they stand, and what is the mysterious leader, Genburori keeping held within his sleeve? Only the shortest of time shall show us as "The Heart of Rain" takes it twist in Chapter Fourteen!
Note: Yes! I finally got this story rolling into the way I wanted it to! I changed things from the original summary I wrote, but things are still mainly flowing the same way! Wait until Chapter Fourteen... you'll be puking your pants in joy!