Hey everyone! Sorry for the wait, I had this problem with this chap. Anyway, i hope you like this one. I put a lot of sweat and effort.
Good reading
Chap 5. Minna-san, meet Koharu
Yuki POV
I walked down the stairs with Kakashi right behind me. Man, do I feel lighter then before. It's like if the stress and weight on my shoulders just disappeared… well some of it anyway.
Now all I have to do is clean the house, un-pack and train!
"Yuki… daijoboudeska?" Kakashi talked to me with that serious voice of his.
"Ah, daijobou." I sighed, "I guess you learned a few things huh?"
"Maa, now I know where you went secretly… It was too look after Naruto for a while right?"
"Uhuh."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because at the time, everyone who approached him became an out cast. You know that very well."
"Maa, I guess you didn't want a bad reputation for Jounin exam, huh?"
I nodded. Noting more to say.
"So… what have you been up to out of the village?"
I froze
"Like I would tell you… not just yet"
He chuckled. "I thought so… it's never easy getting an information out of you, is it?"
"Had it ever been?" I grinned at him "My manager had problem to get some information out of me about my new songs"
He laughed, "You didn't change at all"
"Aw come on, I matured during the years!"
"Maa, I'm not sure about that. You still seem the little immature girl I knew."
Grrrrr. I groaned at him.
"You're such a pain!"
"If I'm the pain, what are you then?"
He got me there. Damn him with his quick thinking!
Then I thought about it. He didn't change. We were just like the time when I was still little.
"Come on, we don't want to make Sakura and Naruto wait."
And I ran down the stairs.
Down the stairs…
"Yo!" I said the two teens.
"Yuki-san. So, how was it?" Sakura came and stood in front of me, with Naruto next to her.
"It wasn't that bad. Tsunade isn't all what I remembered."
"You met Tsunade-baachan before?" said Naruto
"Hai. But I didn't get to talk to her much, so I act as if I didn't know her much"
I scratched the back of my head. I wonder…
"Well I'm headed over to my house now, you guys want to come and help me un-pack?"
"Really?" the two said to me
"Hai!"
This is good. They can help me un-pack and clean the house a bit! In addition, I get to know them a little.
"Kakashi, you're coming with me to!" I grabbed his arm and hanged on to it. Knowing this lazy ass, he'll want to skip.
"Hai, hai"
"Ok, so let's go!"
And I started to walk the way to my house…
1h later…
"Ya know, we could gotten there a lot faster if we took my direction…" K
"Oh shut-up Kakashi. It's not my fault the village changed during my absence." Y
"And besides Kakashi-sensei. You're the one who tells us that you always get lost on the road of life!" S
"…." K
"Oh burn! Sakura: 1 Kakashi: zero! Nice going Sakura!" Y
"Yeah Sakura-chan!" N
Kakashi shrugged and resumed reading his perverted book, I mean, Icha Icha Tactics.
He never changes…
1h after turning, walking and getting lost…
"We're here!"
There stood a gigantic metal black fence. Trees surrounded us. Must say, my house is close t the training ground…
"That's weird, I never saw this part of the village before, nor this gate"
"Well my dear Sakura, it's because it's a hidden house. A hidden house in a hidden village if you catch my drift."
Complete silence.
Okay… note to self: never do jokes.
I took the keys of the door from my bag and opened it.
EEEEKKKKKKKKKOuch… my ears. Must remember to grease that.
"Come on." We walked in.
Trees of different kind immediately surrounded us.
Cheery trees, pine trees and apple trees. What a nice scent…
My house was there. The home I grew up in. Such good, bad, happy and sad memories.
It was a Japanese/American style house or mini-mansion. Call it what you want.
I turned around to look at the teens and Kakashi behind me.
"Lady and Gentlemen. I welcome you, to the Uchiha and Berserker residence."
"the what!" the two teens said or exclaimed together.
They don't know that I'm an Uchiha? Weird, being a pop star and all, there should be a biography about my life.
"You forget, you didn't tell anyone about your family."
"Oh yeah… Why was it again?"
"Itachi told you to NOT tell your last name to no-one and plus, Orochimaru. Remember?"
"Now I do… How come I don't remember all that?"
"Probably because the curse is starting to work its magic…"
"…."
The curse… yeah. I better find the One soon.
"ppsssttt, Yuki."
"Yeah?"
"You're in Lalala Land again. It's been 3 minutes you didn't say anything."
"Oh crap!"
Back in reality
"Oh, you didn't know, I'm half Uchiha."
"So… you're Sasuke-kun's family?"
"Exacto mondo my inquisitive one. I'm actually his cousin"
"Sasuke theme's cousin… but I thought Sasuke was the only survivor of the Uchiha wipe-out!"
"Hmmm… not exactly. There's a secret behind that." I walked to door of the house. "True, everyone bonded by the Uchiha blood was killed. But " I un-locked the door "it doesn't mean he even killed
The un-worthy of the blood."
That was even hard for me to say… oh well. It's not like if it was all that of a lie.
"What does that-"
"Come on in!" cutting short Sakura "We've got lots to do."
I was welcomed by… nothing.
I didn't bother to take my shoes off.
I looked around. There wasn't much dust like I expected. To tell the truth, there wasn't dust at all.
What the…
"Gai and I cleaned your house before you came."
Kakashi walked in, shoes on to.
"You and Gai? Really?"
"Yup. But let's say I tricked Gai to clean the house more then me."
He winked at me.
That made me smile.
"How did you do it?"
"Hmmm… you remember the rivalry Gai and I have?" I nodded "well… it was my turn to pick the challenge. Like the message of you coming came in, I decided to challenged Gai of 'Who cleans the house the most'"
I laughed at that. It's incredible what Gai would do.
"That was a smart thing to do. And I guess Gai won?"
"Yup, but in the end, he was covered in sweat, dust, and smelled like Mr. Clean."
"Hahahaha. Nice one." I turned to the two teens. They were admiring the painting hanging in the living room.
The living room was not badly big. Two big windows let us see the back yard and garden. Covered by very light yellow curtains.
A 800X800 TV on a table, two bookshelves on each sides of the TV, 3 couches and one coffee table in the middle. The painting was a drawing of 5 wolves, howling to a red moon.
"Pretty isn't it?" I told them "my dad painted it according to a legend of his Clan."
"What's the legend?"
"Um… if I remember right….
Story timeThe Legend of the Wolf Maiden
(If one fo you midgets dare copy this, I will track you down and sue your copycat butt)
Once was a maiden, who lived in the mountains next to a village. It was said, that the maiden lived and controlled all the wolves on the mountain. A horde of huge white furred wolves.
Where the mountain was, it wasn't a cold area, so the villagers didn't know how to explain it. For that, they called her, The Wolf Maiden.
The maiden was beautiful. Her hair white as the purest snow, and crimson eyes as blood. Every man who laid his eyes on her fell in love. Many asked her for marriage and such, but she
Would always refuse, and send back the gifts and presents the mans would send for her hand.
No one dared to adventure on the mountain. The thieves and evildoers were chased off, killed or devoured by the wolves. Only the kind-hearted villagers were allowed.
Children's would bring to The Maiden bouquets of flowers, or foods. The villagers thanked her for protecting their village from attacks and wars.
Everyone loved her, and everything went well until the day The Lords of other countries and villages that heard of her, sanded request for help for conquer and war.
Refusing all request, she locked herself on the mountain. If she ever would of come down, soldiers would come and take her away. She was wanted everywhere. Captured alive. A real bounty.
Therefore, she became the prisoner of her own kingdom.
One day, a young man came to the village near the mountain to train and visit a family member. He was the son and member of a warrior clan. Their strength was known everywhere.
A legend. Fighting in wars and serving the Lords. The secret of their power was passed down to generations to generations.
He had herd of the Maiden, but did not much care. When his cousin told him about her and her sadness, he decided to go and see her.
The villagers didn't dare anymore go near the mountain anymore. Thieves, bounty hunters and marauders came more and more in village and mountain to get their hands on the ransom.
They gave him gifts and food to give the Maiden, and a message for her.
On the mountain, the young man was attacked by a group of marauders. When he was about to attack them, 2 huge white wolves came out of nowhere and surrounded them. In the shadows, he saw The Maiden, next to another wolf.
"Get off my mountain" she said, "you are not welcomed."
The marauders snickered at her. In a flash, they attacked, and so were they attacked back. Before they all knew, a surprise waited the maiden.
Another group of marauders attacked her at the same time. Her Wolves were busy with the other group of marauders.
In the end, the two marauder groups were down on the ground, defeated.
What or who saved the Maiden you ask? It was the young man. He had released the inner power with in him.
After saving her life, they started to know each other better.
The Maiden was called Ookamie, and him, Gisei.
They spend their time together. Running errands from the village to her. A few months passed, and in the end, they fell in love.
They were happy as they could ever be. She opened up her cold heart, and he finally got the courage to talk freely to a woman.
Gisei thought of marriage, but she refused saying 'not yet'. Still, they stayed together, until one day, when he had to go back to his country, for war.
As they parted, he promised her to come back alive and well, to see her again. Before sending him off, she decided to do something she never did before.
She made a contract, a summoning contract so that he could call upon some of her wolves to help him in the war. After writing his name upon the Scroll with his blood, he left.
2 years passed, and the war was still going, even more bloodily and worse. The Lord of the country decided to get more help in the other countries.
He sanded a troop to the Maiden, the captain was Seishi. Seishi was known for his cruelty and selfishness. He was one of the Lord's helpers, and Gisei's rival.
When he saw her, he fell in love too, just like the other mans. He first asked her for the request for help, but she refused. He asked her if his troop could rest for a bit on her mountain, and she accepted that. At night, he went near her and tried to court her to like him, but he failed.
Time passed, and he tried to know her better. She never much paid attention to him, and tried to get away from him.
One night, when the Maiden decided to take a bath, Seishi stalked her to the lake.
And then, the Maiden transformed into her true form. A beautiful silver fured wolf with 5 tails. Seishi, surprised, he ran back to camp, and thought of a plan to get her.
"So the Maiden's a demon?"
"Yes Naruto, she's a demon. In fact, I believe that she's the Gobi. You know what a tail demon is right?"
"… Yes…"
"Good, ok, back to the story."
In the morning, Seishi went to see her in private, and told her that he knew her secret. He said that he wouldn't tell anyone about her secret, if he decided to marry him, and help him with war. She still refused, saying that nobody would believe him. In the end, he was so frustrated, that he decided to come up with a plan, to kill her.
He and his troop went back to the Lord, and he told him a lie.
He insinuated that the Maiden was already in an alliance with the enemy country. And that even, the village next to her mountain was in the alliance too.
Furious, the Lord decided to do war against that country.
Gisei, who was one of the helpers, tried to persuade the Lord to not give war, but Seishi told the Lord that Gisei was probably an inside spy for the enemy. The Lord remembering that Gisei went to see the Maiden for 2 years, he ordered to lock him up in his carters until he reached his verdict.
Gisei tried to convince the Lord, but Seishi always got a way to persuade the Lord.
After winning the war against the enemy country, he decided to send his remaining troops to the Maidens country and village, with a message for the Lord, telling him that the Maiden is a demon in disguise.
Seishi went to see Gisei, and told him of the plans the Lord had for the Maiden. Acting as if he wanted to help him, because he knew that Gisei and the Maiden were in love, he helped him to escape and help the Maiden out, and led him to death.
Packing all his things, he left. Seishi left with the troops, as the captain, and lead them to her.
When Gisei reached the Maiden, he told her about what was going to happen. She was worried, but Gisei still asked her about the truth if she was really a demon.
She said yes, and he was very surprised. In his heart, Ookamie was still the women, even if she is a demon. She might be a demon, but she's still kind of heart.
He went to see the villagers, and warned them of the attack. He told them the truth about the Maiden, but they still decided to help her.
A few days later, the attack commenced. The two Lords decided to kill the Maiden, knowing that she's a demon.
The attack was fierce. The villagers were being slaughtered. The wolves were killing, eating and attacking the soldiers of both countries. The remaining villagers escaped to the mountain, and the wolves held the soldiers back.
Gisei decided to go in battle, but the Maiden held him back.
She told him who she really was. The transformed into her full demon form, and told him in his mind.
"I am the Leader of all the Wolf in the world. Mother, Goddess, call me what you want. True, I am a demon, but not evil like all humans think. One thing is sure, I have never met a human with a kinder heart then you. I may be a demon, but I still have a heart. That is why I do not want you to go into this battle. I want you to live."
She gave him a last kiss, and disappeared to fight. He quickly tried to follow her, but one Wolf got in his way.
Chaos rained on the battlefield. The village was destroyed, and dead bodies were all around. Wolves against Humans.
The wolves were winning with the help of the maiden. She was huge. Big as a mansion. One swing of her tails killed hundreds of mans.
But then, Seishi arrived with a counter attack. Monks and priest chanted and attacked her spiritually. They sanded magic notes, curses and more.
She was finally getting hurt. She diminished in size of a house. She tried to kill the monks and priests, but she failed.
Gisei, who was riding on the back of the wolf blocking his path, arrived and killed the monks and priest.
He released the inner power in him, and tried to protect the Maiden. But being hundreds to one, he was slowly dying. The wolves were being killed.
The Maiden gathered a bit of the remaining energy in her, and wiped out all the troops. Little was left. The mans alive were badly injured.
Gisei collapsed on the ground, a few feet's from the Maiden.
Ookamie turned back into her human self, and dragged herself to him. He was dying, and so was she.
"I wish we could be together forever." He whispered to her
"but we can. Do you wish that we could be together in the after life?"
He nodded to her. She called to her two wolves, and they helped her up.
"I will combine our souls together. Like your name, Sacrifice, you will have to be a sacrifice for it."
She took the soul of Gisei, and ate it. In her, her soul and his were starting to fuse together.
She ordered her wolves to give the Scroll contract to the remaining villagers, and that they will be in charge of the Scroll. She said one last thing before she gave her soul up.
"Our souls will be divided up into 5. I want you to tell the villagers, that the barer of Gisei's blood, who will be holder of Scroll, to know, that in the future, his descendent and Gisei's will meet, and the last one will have to know all of this.
Soul divided into 5, Courage, Wisdom, Family, Friendship and Love. They will disperse into the 5 great nations, and wait until the One comes for them. The last of His, the last of the blood.
That person will gain the power to protect, and hold by the one's she loves. When she reunites the 5 souls, Me and He will be back together, and be put to rest together forever… "
Her fused soul was released, and devised into 5, in the image of a wolf. Before they got dispersed, Shisei, who was still alive, sanded a last curse on the souls.
"The One, the last of the blood will loose the people who are dear to her, and will have to go in a harsh life. He will leave behind the ones he love and dear, and then lose more on his way. If the One doesn't quickly gain all the souls, he will die slowly and surely like the Two have died.
May my soul be reincarnated, to have my revenge on the Two. Follow the One in life and death. For as my name says it, Life and Death, I will follow the One by life and death, until the One defeats me for sure."
And he gave up his soul, waiting to be back in the world.
The 5 Wolves finally dispersed, to be seen only when the One comes.
The two other wolves herd everything, and they went to tell it to the villagers and the remaining ones.
End of Story
A silence rained in the room. Was my story that dramatic?
"You were silent to when you first herd it."
"Ah shad up. It's because that Legend was linked to me directly."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Wow, where did he hear that?"
"Um… from what I know, he herd it from a nomad Clan near Suna. I herd it there anyway"
"Cool. But, so that Clan's the one with the villagers in the story!"
I chuckled. He's catching up fast.
"Yup. But don't tell me you really believe that story, do you?"
"O-of course not!" Naruto out his hands on the back of his head "that's just a story!"
"But still Naruto, there's the Gobi in this Legend. Maybe it's true" Sakura pocked him on the side of the head
"Hmmm, maybe. Well anyway, better get my stuff right?" I grinned at them.
I went outside, with Kakashi next to me. Surprisingly, he wasn't reading his porn book during my little story telling.
"You believe what I said?"
"Maa, it's still just a story. Maybe it's true, maybe not."
"You never give a straight answer."
"Nope" he grinned at me.
Lousy jerk.
"Um, why are we outside?"
Naruto was sitting on the steps, and Sakura was standing on the porch.
"Hmmm. You guys know the Summoning Jutsu right?"
"Yeah"
"Ok, good. Back at the city, I didn't know how to get all my stuff and luggage here sooo" I bit my thumb to the blood "I decided to get some help form my dear friend, Whitey-chan." I formed some hand signs, and slammed my hand on the floor.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)"
A puff of smoke appeared and surrounded me. I got up, and waited for the smoke to disappear.
"KONNICHIWA MINNA-SAN!" said a voice in the smoke
What the… I know that voice.
The smoke was all gone, and we could finaly see what was there.
A big white-haired wolf, with a bunch of box and package strapped to its back was there, with Koharu sitting on his back to.
"Koharu-chan! What are you doing here?"
"Ah! Konnichiwa Yukie-neechan." She jumped off Whitey-chan's back and gave me a hug "missed me?"
"Of course!" I hugged her back " man you've grown! And just a few years back, you were just a skirt. Let me look at you."
She let go of my neck and stood still before me.
Ookami Koharu. Man she's grown! And out of her usual kid clothes.
Short brown hair with long bangs in front. Golden eyes and pointy teethes.
She was wearing a sleeveless turtleneck fishnet top with a black tube top on her chest. A pair of black Capri pants, a fish net added on the left leg and the right leg was a bit torned up. Multy belts on her waist with pockets and bags. Black wrist warmers and a strap on her arms. At my surprise, she had a gigantic scroll strapped to her back.
"Wow, what do we have here." I pointed at the scroll "I see that you're the new Scroll holder."
"Yup!" she jumped up and down "Dad finally let the job go. Apparently, gramps wanted me to do it, and not him."
"Yeah I guess. You were still a skirt back then, so they couldn't have given it to you."
We laughed. Aaaa… good memories.
"Ano, Yuki-neechan. Who is that?"
"Huh? Oh yeah! How rude of me. Guys, this is Ookami Koharu. She's from the nomad Clan I talked to you about."
"Not anymore!" Koharu pinched my arm "Since you presented to me Gaara, we're a part of Suna!"
"Really? That's great! So, you and Gaara got to know each other more?"
"Yup! He's my boyfriend now."
"WHA!"
Sakura and Naruto just screamed that.
"Uh… something wrong?"
"Gaara… and you?" Naruto pointed at her, and Sakura hit him on the head
"Don't point! Um… but really. You're Gaara-san's girlfriend?"
"Yup! Gaara-chan's so cute. And way nicer since he got back from the chuunin exam."
"…"
"Ok. Anyway, why did you come with Whitey-chan?"
"I was playing with her, but then you summoned her and she came back. She told me what happened, so I wanted to come and say hi."
"uhuh. Well, I'm going to unpack. Wanna help?"
"Ok!"
"You guys gonna help?"
Naruto and Sakura nodded, but they hesitated to go near Whitey-chan.
"Ah come on guys, she's gentle, don't worry."
I went to scratch her behind the ears and Koharu took a kunai from one of her many pockets and sliced the ropes that held the boxes.
They got closer, and took each one box and entered the house.
I took one of the boxes and waited for Kakashi to take another one.
"So" he took two "when did you meet her?"
"When I was about 13 or 14. My dad used to summon wolves, so I decided to get the contract done myself to."
"Oh" we entered the house, with Koharu on our heels "and when was it that you decided to become a pop star?"
"Hmmm. I didn't much decide it. I was just singing at some festival to win a prize, when a CD company grabbed me after I won to make me into a pop star."
I put the box on the floor on the living room
"Oh. And what did you win? About 1,000 ryou(1) and that. Making a music CD then selling it. I became famous only because of the contest. Everyone liked my voice, so, the CD's got sold really fast."
Sakura and Naruto were waiting there.
"ok, I need you to put those boxes up stairs." I told them. "the stairs are on your left."
They nodded and they went up.
I looked at Kakashi's boxes.
"Those have to go in my room. Come on" I took one of the boxes.
"Koharu-chan, your box is for the living room."
"hai!"
We went up the stairs. Wood stairs. Noting special. On the wall were photos of my family and me. Cute…
We finally got up. There are 6 rooms on the second floor. Now… which one is mine again?
"Yuki-san, which room do we have to put these boxes?"
"Find a room with orange walls and grenn one."
"okay!"
I opened the first door on the floor.
Green walls… there was a bed with blue coverings, drawers, a desk with a showing machine, lamps, closet, booshelf, chairs and tissues. This must be the sewing room. I remember all the little dresses and shirts mom used to make for me…
I went in and opened the window with yellow curtains.
"Sakura, your box has to be here."
"hai!"
And Sakura entered the room.
"This rooms pretty." She laid down the box on the floor. "I juts leave it here?"
"Yeah. I'll unpack it all later. Go down stairs to the garden. It's at the right of the living room, and out the door in the kitchen."
"Hai"
I got out, followed by Kakashi.
"I hope you guys didn't touch my parents room."
"Nope. We didn't dare."
"Good."
I opened the next door on the right.
Orange walls… a bed with black coverings, desk, chair, lamp table, plushies a bit everywhere,drawers, bookshelf and a closet.
My playroom.
"Oy, Naruto. Your room is here!"
"Okay!"
He entered and put the box down.
" I just put it here right?"
"Yeah. Go down to the garden to Sakura."
"yosh!"
I opened the window here too. The curtains were black.
We got out and opened the 3rth door.
It was the bathroom. A big bathroom. A big tub, 2 sinks and mirrors, 1 shower and a cabinet.
"Wrong room."
We went to the other room.
I opened it. Light blue walls. A bed with dark blue coverings, a desk, chair, pictures, a lamp table, chairs, drawers, bookshelves, closet and window with dark blue curtains.
"No place like home." I put the box down on my desk and went to open the windows.
Kakashi put the box down on the desk to, and went to sit down on my bed.
"ya, really happy to be back?"
"yeah, a lot." I smiled at him. "come on, let's go down.
I ran out my room down the stairs. I passed the living room, the kitchen, which was not bad. There are 2 doors in the kitchen. One to go out the garden, and one to the mini dojo. Yes, we have a dojo. I went out the door to the garden, with kakashi right behind me.
It was nice. A forest of trees and flower beds. I was standing on the hallway I looked at my right and left. At my right, there was a hallway to the dojo. I'll go see later.
I opened at little gate infront of me to get to the garden.
I walked on top of a little dock.(the same thing when Sasuke learns the fire ball technique form his dad.)
You see, there's a big pond or lake in my garden. Sakura and Naruto were dipping there feets in the water, and so was Koharu.
"Wow! This is so cool. I never thought of a lake in someones backyard." Naruto said
"thanks. Thanks a lot guys for the help."
"no prob. It was our pleasure" Koharu got up "I better be going. Dad told me to not take so much time."
"ok, bye Koharu-chan " I gave a warm hug "tell Whitey-chan thanks and hi to everyone"
"kay. Bye minna!" and she ran to the house"
"bye Koharu." They all said.
We all sat down to look at the calm water.
"it's nice to be home again…"
A few minutes later
"Well, we should get going." Sakura got up and so did Naruto
"Now remember, we have a meeting tomorrow."
"Okay."
"Bye guys. Thanks for the help" I waved at them
"Bye Yuki-neechan."
"Bye Yuki-san, see you tomorrow"
"Ja ne!"
And they left.
Me and Kakashi were alone now. Everything was calm. This feels great.
"Sooo, what are you going to do now?"
"Actually, I have to get some groceries. Wanna come with?"
"Sure."
We got up and walked back to the house.
"Let me just get changed. Wait for me in the living room."
"All right"
I ran upstairs and closed the door of my room.
I opened up one of the boxes, and grabbed some clothes to wear.
Ok… let's see. Black hooded shirt, black Capri pants and my headband! It's simple and fashionable.
I grabbed my wallet my bag nd got out of my room. Right before I ran back down to Kakashi, I looked at the last door barricaded.
The dark door stood there, and I just started at it. I haven't looked in that room for 7 or 8 years… including the years I refused to enter when I was still here.
I guess it's time for me to put aside my fear and reopened it.
With a bit of a load on my heart, I ran back down stairs to the living room.
Kakashi was waiting for me there, sitting on one of the sofas.
He got up and walked to me.
"So, ready to go?"
I put the hood of my shirt on my head and nodded to him.
He gave me his arm, and I hanged on to it.
We went out the door and walked until we reached Konoha
Market… Kakashi's way this time
You liky? I hope so. Now you've heard the legend! One by one, everything is becoming clear!
So, will Yuki find the One? But who is the One? Find out!
(1) from what I know, ryou's are money in Naruto. But I'm not sure anymore if it's true.
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