Symone: A Special Nova Side-Story - "The Rage Of Rain"
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Chapter Twenty: A Different Way Of Life...

Precious moments. Precious people. Both things so commonly ignited only by the fragrance of companionship, but when companionship is obtained, why does it seem that the treacherous pain we feel as human beings amplify in weight to our chests? Love being the ultimate contribution creates the ultimate pain. This chapter is dedicated to the story of a man who had his humanity swept away in the depths of manipulation and superiority. His choices denied, and his heart locked cold. Who, and where does this man come from?

An early morning night sets it's ominous blackness around the woodlands, narrowing the gentle glow of the slightly hidden moon down towards the area where we see Symone, Mikomi, and Renji sleeping about five feet away from one another with their backs up against the trunks of trees. Renji is then seen across the way about 30 feet, laying flat on a pile of gloriously colored pink and orange leaves as he looks up through the path of tree which leads a gaping hole that leads to the blue night sky, admiring the stars as he seems to be the only one of the shinobi awake. Nova blinks slowly as he places both hands behind his head as he narrows his eyes. "Katrice..." thought Nova as he had closed his eyes slowly... drifting into what seemed to be images of his thoughts...

"Hun! Can you go grab my shirt? It's hanging outside on the line. It should be dry now, and all my other clothes are ruined from work!" yelled an unknown woman as a man with a familiar voice had replied, "No problem, doll" as the outside of an unknown house is seen, as suddenly... Nova had appeared walking outside, looking quite different compared to how we've been introduced to him. His hair was let down, grazing his shoulders as it wasn't as long. His eyes had these large, joyous pupils that sparked the glory of a happy heart. As Nova walked outside, he grabbed the only shirt he seen off the line as he made his way back in to his home. He walked up a flight of stairs and called out, "Katrice!?". The woman replied, "I'm in the bedroom, hun!", being referred to as this once unknown 'Katrice' as her voice seemed quite melodic as it was like a piercing arrow through the evil in all of our hearts, repelling pain of all sorts. Nova walks in to the bedroom as his apparent wife had walked over to him, wearing nothing but tight black jeans, exposing her naked breasts as Katrice brightly smiles, grabbing the shirt and smiling sarcastically, egotistically in fun. Nova tilts his head slightly, narrowing his right eye as he smirked with a smile. "Looking gooooood, babycakes!" spoke Nova as Katrice had replied, "OH, stop it you dirty bastard!", laughing. "Hey! I can't help that my wife is the most beautiful woman in the world... and just so happens to have the worlds greatest set of breasts, too!" as he smiles, watching Katrice tuck down the shirt he had put on at that moment as she started laughing, looking down, and then in to the eyes of her beloved as they stare to each other with the sparks of what seemed like eternal, young passion. Suddenly, the silence was broken as a quick and dominant knock atr the downstairs door was heard. They both looks away a little curious as Nova walks off silently, approaching down the stairs as he had reached the front door, opening it. As the door opened, he seen a nearby neighbor in a panic, holding his chest. "Tray? What's the matter!?" asked Nova in a worry as he was then randomly squirted with blood that emanated from the chest of Tray as he fell to the ground. Nova's eyes had been widened quite intensively as he remained silent, yet curious as he heard Katrice yell down in question, "Nova... Who is it? Is everything alright?". Nova had replied, yelling back up to her, "Yeah. Everything is fine. It's just a neighbor!" as he looks down, noticing a dagger pierced through the lungs of the fallen neighbor. "Wha-What is this?" Nova had questioned to himself as he tried looking around for someone, noticing that around each of the unknown villages houses were ninja that seemed to have been preparing assassinations on everyone in silence. Suddenly, a ninja from across the way had tilted his head, noticing the shocked and curious Nova as Nova quickly closes the door, leaning his body against it as he looked down in rage. "What the hell is going on!?" thought Nova as suddenly, a set of three shuriken impale the wooden door, sounding thuds throughout the house as Nova steps forward in surprise. Hearing the noise, Katrice yelled down, "Hun! What was that!? Is everything okay? Really?". Nova screamed, "Yeah, hun. Just stay upstairs! I'm going out. I'll be back in a few minutes" as he had grabbed a supply of ninja tools from under a dresser draw by the door. He attaches it to his leather belt buckle and tucks in his white t-shirt as he opens the door with speed, looking for the ninja who spotted him, but he didn't seem to be around anymore. Nova figured he was in a nearby neighbors home, so he began running over quickly to the house across the way, busting open the door as he heard a scream coming from the upstairs. Nova hurries up the stairs and quickly see's a ninja ready to kill an old man. Quickly, in a flash, Nova sped forward as if he was faster than sound, chopping down on the ninja as he had been flung across the hallway. "You know where I live right!?" asked Nova to the old man as he replied, "Y-Yes!". "Well, then... get moving and lock the door on your way in, and make sure all the windows are shut tight!" stated Nova as the old man agreed, walking down the stairs as fast as he could as Nova stares down the ninja that had been seen getting up slowly, cracking his neck. "I know there's more of you. I've seen others in the shadows of fellow villagers. What is your reason for being here?" stated and asked Nova as the Ninja had let out an elegantly despiteful sigh of sarcasm, ignoring the words from Nova's mouth.

Outside the house Nova had been seen confronting the unknown ninja, the old man who left his home is seen dashing across the dirt path to Nova's home as quickly as he can for his old and sluggish age as he finally had reached the door. Unfortunately for him, an arsenal of kunai had studded the back of the old man... or so we thought, as a light had emanated from the shadows, whisking away the rigid blades whirled at the old man as a muscular, brown-eyed and blue-haired beast at around six foot seven appeared with a ninja's head between his massive and immense hands. "Are you okay?" spoke the giant. "Yes. Thank you for saving me! I was told by Nova to go in his house... and I almost didn't make it!" spoke the old man as the giant had replied, "Nova... Where is he?". The old man replied, "He saved me from a masked shinobi in my home across the path. He's alone. He can use the help of a big and powerful man like yourself!". "I see. I appreciate it" spoke the enormous, shirtless man with blood dripping from his chest as he walked across to the house. The old man watches him as he bows his head down, entering the home as he had closed the door, locking it as he fell to the ground. A woman's yell from the upstairs had startled the old man as it was Katrice yelling, "Nova!? Is that you!?".

Back in the old mans house, Nova is seen staring down the ninja with an intent in his eyes that would haunt the dreams of Satan himself as frustration pierced his warm heart that was just glistened by a showing of love moments before. Suddenly, the ninja darts in to a bedroom to his left. Realizing the ninja was trying to escape, Nova chases quickly to the room, just grabbing the ninja by the belt as he had thrown himself from down the window, though unable to drop, he remained hanging out of the window, but not for too long as Nova had pulled him with much force back inside the house, throwing him through a solid oak dresser as the mirror above it had cracked, shattering all upon the face of the ninja, bleeding him. "Shit! I made far too much noise. I should of known better! It's only gonna be a few seconds until all of them are here now!" thought Nova as he ran to the ninja, lifting him by his shirt, throwing him to the mattress over at the other end of the room as he picks up a large piece of broken glass, holding it to the throat of the ninja as he held his hands back behind his head. The ninja screams in pain as he bites away the mask covering his mouth, spitting a tooth and some ruby blood at the face of Nova as he smiled. Nova turned away in disgust as he then held the glass point to the throat of the ninja and pushed slightly, gently piercing him as blood gently dripped down the side of his neck. "Listen you little fuck! Who do you think you are invading my fucking home like this? Who sent you? What the hell could your mission possibly be here!?". "Like I'd speak. You should know better than to use a clichè to get answers out of someone you ignorant brute!" detailed the ninja as Nova dropped the glass and began repressively punching the face of the ninja. As the blood spews and squirts from his facial features, the ninja is heard screaming horrifically as he yells, "I'll talk! I'll talk!". "Fine then. Go ahead... and you know the routine... you'll be let go, yadda, yadda... Just tell the damn truth" stated Nova as the ninja had then roughly replied, "Okay, okay... I'll tell you!". As a slight hesitation takes the wind of the ninja, he then continued to speak. "I'm a ninja that's a part of a clan which is directly under the strongest ninja of Amegakure, seeking power and recruits. We enslave people to be fight dogs to invade other villages with, grabbing everything we can along the way until we have enough power to take over the next piece of land until we are the superior beings of the entire world, but so far, we've only worked inside Amegakure" as he finished speaking, coughing a little as he rested his head to the side. "Strongest ninja in Amegakure? That's quite a large claim. Who is this leader?" stated and asked Nova as the ninja slowly replied... "Genburori-Sama". "Genburori? Never heard of him. Well, like I promised, I'll let you go" stated Nova as he got off from the top of the ninja, allowing him to run off in a quick succession. "So they plan on killing and invading each piece of this country just for personal gain? How selfish..." thought Nova as suddenly... an explosion was heard, blowing smoke of black in the shape of darkened halo's as Nova ran to the window, watching on as he seen a set of three village homes blown to pieces, watching the putrid scream of pain from an innocently charred woman on the ground. Nova placed his hand on the window ledge as he heard a thump behind him. Nova stops, turning around with his eyes closed. "Took you long enough to come... you assholes!" spoke Nova as he opens his eyes, smirking as a crowd of about thirty ninja are seen swamping the hallway and room with katana's placed within some of their grasp.

Leaving the village, the released ninja is seen running off at a high speed as the blood sways from off of his face, splashing on the dirt as he dashed forward, thinking, "Now when I report this to Genburori... he won't be very happy... and maybe he'll settle things on his own. That would be beautiful after what that scumbag did to me!".

As the mini series of Nova's past continues, we are set with many, many questions in our minds. The introduction of Katrice seems to be an impacting one, and our new character seems to be showing a different side than what we've seen the past four chapters or so. What's to come in the tale of an unknown mans life, and how will they forge the Nova we've come to quickly know in our story? This three part mini series will continue in Chapter 21, so I'll see you then!