CHP 4 The New Day
Kanabun walked around a small and enclosed platform. He stood on and it and stared off and around the distance and saw nothing but darkness. "Where the hell am I?" Kanabun wondered as he walked around in circles. Kanabun then felt a sudden chill run down his back. Kanabun looked around and saw 8 flashing green and orange eyes appear in the darkness.
"Hey kid yeah I'm talking to ya come hear for a second." the ominous voice asked. Kanabun now creeped out proceeds to approach the shadowy figure. "Who are you?" Kanabun asks. Just as Kanabun got close he was snatched up by some massive claw and clamped down on hard.
Kanabun screamed in fear as the shadowy figure violently shook Kanabun demanding Kanabun do what he says. "Set me free, set me free now! Come on kid ya know you want to" the voice screams out. "What do you want from me? Let me go" Kanabun demanded but to no use this thing wasn't about to give in so soon.
Just then dark goopy matter began to rise up and slowly creep up Kanabun's body. Kanabun struggled to set himself free but his efforts were futile."Damn it let me go!" Kanabun screamed out again as the oily substance approaches his chin.
The shadowy figure then lets off a sinister and blood chilling shriek that scared Kanabun up like never before and before Kanabun's eyes he saw the figure of a massive black and purple monster. "You..your that ...monster..?" stuttered Kanabun as his eyes gazed upon him.
Suddenly there is a loud thud and the room Kanabun was trapped in and the monster begin to fade away and disappear. "Damn it! You got lucky kid, next time you will be mine!" He promises. The whole room of darkness becomes filled with light and then like a light bulb how a illuminates a room the darkness had vanished.
Kanabun lunges forward but gets stuck. "Phew, just one seriously fucked up dream" he thought. Kanabun realizes he had forgotten to open his eyes, He quickly opens them to see nothing red. He reaches out and feels the soft and silky texture of the item and recognizes it was in fact his red sheets from his bed. He had a such a horrible nightmare he had fallen out of bed and his sheet had fell over him.
"Stupid sheets" he complains. He then struggles and wrestles his way out of the sheets.Now free from the bundle of fabric, he then makes a hand sign and the sheets become covered with Dark Matter and he lifts them up effortlessly and throws them on his bed.
He walks off and leaves his bed unmade as usually. He grabs a towel heads into the bathroom.He takes a quick shower. Gets dressed and heads and walks right by a mirror he stops and gazes strait into it. He stares the mirror down as if he was seeing strait into his soul.
Kanabun gazes at the many imperfection on his body which include; his strange markings around his joints, on top of his hands on his back. But of all his imperfections his eyes he hated the most. When ever he would gaze into his mirror he would always stopped and commented on how much he would hate his eyes.
His honey combed splotched eye pattern no pupils shaped kind of like an insect's eyes. Just a Dark greenish purple swirl in the circles and outlined with black as if the black kept the the swirled color in."I hate these eyes " complained Kanabun as he walked into the kitchen.
He opened the fridge and grabbed a gallon of milk. He then poured him self a glass and grabbed a bowl and a box of cereal. He poured himself a bowl and added the milk. He began eating his meal and gazed down at the cereal box and read from the box again, almost like a ritual he feels he must do whenever he eats cereal. he threw the bowl into his sink and grabbed his back pack.
He then went around the house and grabbed his weapons and scrolls. He reaches for a large package of senbon needles and stuffs them in his pouch on his leg. also grabs 3 large packages of Makibishi spikes and stuffs these in pouches in his belt on his pants. He then folds a large Fuuma Shuriken and throws it in his back pack.
And places his scrolls on in his back pack along with a small lunch and a cup cake he then gets goes and grabs a few more cup cakes and stuffs them in his back pack as well.
He grabs his back pack throws it on his shoulders. grabs his keys and walks out and opens the door and closes and locks the door. He looks out over the walk-way and looks at the whole village with a smile.
"So you finally get up?"A
soft voice speaks out.
Kanabun immediately looks to his right and
frowns at the sight of her.
"Why are you here? If your here to start trouble, you better look else where because I'm not in the mood" he questions her motives. Kanabun quickly became suspicious of this girl. Kanabun knew for a fact he was not the most trusting person in this village.He has also been known to question even a simple mail man for no reason at all.
Kanabun takes a closer look at her and tries to figure her out. He gazes into her piercing purple eyes and long flowing purple hair. Despite all his efforts he doesn't see anything that looks peculiar.
"No, it's nothing like that I just wanted to see you thats all" replied the girl. Kanabun at this point quickly grew tired with her games.
"Maya, what are you up to?" He asks.
"Nothing really I just wanted to walk with you to class if its not to much to ask? " asked Maya with a smile on her face.
Kanabun now more assured glances back over at the purple haired kunochi. 'She is pretty though' he thought.
"Oh well, I guess it wouldn't hurt if she tagged along with me" he said to himself. "Sure you can come with me to class If ya want" replied Kanabun. He gave he attempted to smile but failed to do so. He was not comfortably with smiling to much around people he was still suspicious of.
Maya's face sparked with excited the second she heard Kanabun said yes. She seemed like she was about to do flips with joy from just that simple word 'YES'. Kanabun watches in wonder as she her ghostly pale white face turn a slight red at her cheeks.
"What is she up to? I have never seen her like this before"
"She has never talked to me before, nobody has and why is it she chooses to do so now for no reason at all?"
"And why now? Nobody showed any interest in me before' Kanabun wondered as as grew tired with arguing with himself.
Kanabun decides to drop his suspicions and just take his little walk to school with Maya. He approaches her and meets her next tot he guard rail of the walkway. With out any sign of fear, both Kanabun and Maya leap off the walk way and land on the side walk both unharmed in the process.
They begin to take their stroll down the sidewalk and walk around the people and bicyclists who got in the way. They both continued their walk both where quiet waiting for somebody to break the ice. "Kanabun, that was pretty cool the way you shut Senkou up the other day" said Maya.
"It was nothing really" replied Kanabun.They continued walking down the pavement and passed a Tea Shop and also a News Stand. Kanabun makes a quick stop and takes a brief look at the headlines."VILLAGE IDIOT DEFILES HOKAGE FACES OF LEAF VILLAGE". The paper had that title flashed across the front and with it a picture of the faces painted all over as well as some blond kid seen running with a paint bucket with Leaf Chuunin chasing after him.
"What a s head" mumbled Kanabun as briefly looks over the newspaper.
"I'm sorry did you say something?" asked Maya who overheard Kanabun say something pretty bad.
"Oh, nothing at all. By the way have you heard about what some idiot did to the Hokage faces of Leaf Village" he asked as he looks away from the paper.
"Oh, I know what a jerk. I can't somebody would have the nerve of doing something that disrespectful to their village leaders." replied Maya with a angry tone of voice.
"Wow! she seems passionate about this topic?" He thought.
"Well Maya, it could be worse imagine what would happen if that idiot became Hokage" announced Kanabun making Maya laugh in the process.
"Oh, I could only imagine. But I have a feeling he's making a bold statement by doing such a action" she giggled.
"You mean this idiot will become the one who saves the world.?" Kanabun replies.
"You forgot the whole having the most powerful demon sealed inside him part." she adds.
Kanabun immediately laughs at her little add on."Sounds like a great story to me." he smiles.
"It does sound like a great story, the ninja underdog who saves us all" she agrees. Kanabun looks over to see Maya actually smiling and having a good time around him. Maya glances back and looks towards Kanabun in wonder.
"Wow! I have never seen Kanabun this relaxed before?"
"I guess, he is not the monster or freak everybody thinks he is"
"No, he is human just like me and everybody else" she says to herself.
Kanabun and Maya continue their walk and come across a window to a store. They both stopped once again, but this time to gaze into it and look at their reflections. Kanabun stares into his reflection and out of impulse he flinches and quickly looks away. Maya quickly Notices the flinch and looks on in worry.
"I'm sorry, I just hate looking at my eyes I never did like them ." he announces in a frustrated tone.
"But why?" she asks.
"Damn, why she is getting kind of nosy all of a sudden?" he wonders. But he knew had to to give her some kind of answer. He wonders if he could actually open up and talk to her. He never really had a deep conversation with somebody before. There was Kakusan but that was only a lecture nothing he hasn't heard before.Kanabun takes a deep breath and decides to share his thoughts.
"These eyes show that I'm from the Inryoku clan, when ever people see these eyes they immediately think of the disgraced clan of this village, never by the person I am. That and every time I look into my eyes they constantly show a expression of hate and sorrow. That expression will never go away not matter what I say or do ." he replies.
Maya saw Kanabun mood change from a happy to depressed. 'Poor kid' she thought as gazes at his sorrow filled eyes. "Kanabun it's those eyes of yours that I like about you. Both you and I have the same eyes which is why I feel drawn to you." she announced Maya.
Kanabun looks on shocked by her response and wonders how could they possibly share the same eyes. Her eyes were purple his were a honey comb pattern and green and black. There was no possibly way they could have shared the same eyes he thought now sounding very pessimistic. "How do we share the same eyes?" he asks.
"It's not how are eyes are shaped or look Kanabun, its what they show or express that counts. Both me and you share a similar expression. People are drawn to those who have similar eyes Kanabun, I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people in this world, who are in a way much like us. And have eyes that share and tell a similar story and background to us." She explains.
Kanabun smiles at her comment it all seemed to have made perfect sense but there was one thing that seemed to have been left out. Kanabun knew very little of her background. What kind of background could she possibly have to make her feel drawn to a Jinchuuriki?
"And what of your background Maya?" Kanabun asks.
Maya grew startled by that question but then smiles back."Oh that? Well its just dull and boring and I'm feeling lazy so I'm not going to tell you." She replies.
"Wh..what? Aw, Come on Maya you can tell me" Kanabun asks now wanting to learn more.
She smiles and just calmly shakes her head and turns down his request. "Kanabun, I think I just heard the bell ring we better hurry up." she randomly announces.
"What ever you say Maya, but you will tell me one of these days." he demands.
"Sure Kanabun, I'll tell someday I promise."