A/N:Sorry Naruto fans, but I had been very busy. But I'm back in business. I can't promise updating the fic once a week, but certainly once every 2-3 weeks. Anyway, since you waited so long, I've decided to start off the continuation of that contains over double the amount I usually make for a single chapter. Also, MW stands for a change in scenes. So whenever you see it, you know you're now reading the story during a different setting. That way, I don't have to always explain in a whole paragraph.
A New Beginning:
"Come one, come all. Watch, the great legend, Stefan the Yojimbo performs feats no man has ever seen before, and see him in action, as his feats are reenacted", said the Ringmaster
It seemed that no matter what place or setting or time, not everyone could earn their wages the ideal way of earning. But of course, the same matter of thinking applied for living life. No matter what place, setting, or time, not everyone could live life to what would be considered the ideal way of living it. This certainly applied for Naruto, Sakura, and Sai.
"Here. Put this on, Naruto"
"Are you crazy, Sakura? I can't wear a dress"
"It's not a dress. It's a gi. Now put it on."
"Nope. I'm not wearing that."
"Did you already forget? Being a part of this stupid circus is the only way we're getting paid."
" Why can't Sai do it"
"Sai is already out there.. Listen, no money means no food and supplies."
"What do you mean 'no food?' What was wrong with what we were doing earlier?"
"Sorry Naruto, but your cooking could use work"
"Aaah. I'll show you. After I get paid, I'll buy the best ingredients, and make the best ramen dish ever, and then you'll have to respect my cooking."
"Why does this sound familiar?", thought Sakura with a smile.
Unlike a mere few moments ago, Naruto was filled with the desire to wear the Gi commonly wore by ronin. Although Sakura probably took Naruto's promise on cooking at face value, the actual intention behind that declaration at the spur of the moment had to have been for an ulterior motive. Throughout all the adventures they had been in, cooking was never a major issue, so why now? It was clear that Naruto's very being hadn't changed, since the 2.5 years he had been away from his friends, no, his family. He had always been found making boast and promises of what he would become, besides his promise of becoming hokage that is. Although he had matured in many other categories, he still didn't realize that these promises he made wouldn't impress anyone, much less Sakura.
"Alright, she is smiling. Now all I have to do is get paid, buy the ingredients I need, and cook the meal. Then Sakura will have to go out with me. It's the perfect plan, dattebayo", Naruto thought while smiling back to Sakura.
Without hesitation, the blond haired ninja put on the Gi, and wore it over his orange jumpsuit.
"There, how do look?"
"You look like a guy in a dress", Sakura giggled.
"Showtime in one minute", said a male voice knocking at the door.
Naruto opened the door, prepared to walk out on stage.
"Where's your friend", said the man who was knocking at the door.
"Sai? Oh, isn't he already out there?"
"No, I mean your girlfriend."
"Girlfriend?"
"I'M NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND", exclaimed Sakura, as she walked out of the dressing room.
"Take it easy. Anyway, why aren't you wearing your kimono?"
"A Kimono?", said Sakura in an exasperated tone of voice.
"Didn't you read the requirements for the position? 2 athletic males, and one female is required. 2 males and 1 female must come prepared to be in costume. Look, put on the kimono stashed inside the chest in the back, or you three are fired."
"Fine. Naruto, you go ahead. I'll catch up in a minute."
--MW--
Naruto stepped out of the hallways, and into the large arena setting, where he heard thousands cheering. Most would be nervous at the sign of this happening, but not someone like Naruto; someone who had a desire to be acknowledged by others.
"Without further ado ladies and gentleman, here he is, the great legend himself---back from the dead---STEFAN YOJIMBO!", said the man standing in the center of the arena, who was also standing under light being projected by one of the room's spotlights..
The crowd roared with even more intensity at the sound of this. And upon this happening, the spotlight's projected light left who would appear to be the ring master. As it projected on Naruto though, the crowd's excitement came to a sudden halt. Naruto was waving at the crowd, yet the crowd only responded with silence.
The ringmaster, trying not to lose the crowd, grabbed a katana from a basket sitting near him, and tossed it over to Naruto, who gracelessly caught the weapon.
"For the first act, Stefan Yojimbo will be demonstrating his supreme swordsman skills, by cutting this solid brick wall, in half."
Another spotlight lit, and projected light over a stationary brick wall on the far side of the arena. Naruto confidently walked over to the brick wall, and unsheathed the katana he had just been given.
"Here goes nothing", he thought.
The blond haired shinobi swung his cold hard steel, in an amateurish way, against the brick wall. But as the blade hit the wall, it shattered into the pieces. As the audience watched, they began to jeer and boo, as they were obviously disappointed in the young ninja's display of feats.
"Screw this", he said, as he began forming a whirlwind of chakra in his right hand. But just as he was shaping it though, a pebble hit his head. Naruto looked in the direction the pebble was thrown to see who had thrown it at him, and he saw Sai, shaking his head in disapproval
"Fine", he muttered.
"I thought you said you were athletic", whispered the angered ring master.
" It wasn't my fault. How was I supposed to cut through that wall with that cheap piece of junk you gave me?"
"Fine. But if you screw this next act up, you're fired."
"Um . . . Onto the next act", nervously said the ring master.
"Watch, as the great Yojimbo rescues the beautiful princess Kaika from the evil wizard, Tousou."
Being held by a declining wire, Sai floated from the ceiling, with the mask of a lizard like creature on.
While this took place, a cage appeared from the ceiling, attached to the same kind of wire Sai was attacked to, with Sakura in it, who happened to be wearing a kimono fit for an empress.
"Help me, Stefan Yojimbo, you are my only hope", unenthusiastically said Sakura.
"On second thought, putting up with Naruto's cooking doesn't seem all that bad at the moment", she sighed
"Saku—I mean , Princess Kaika, I will save you", Naruto shouted.
"Wait scoundrel. You will have to get past my . . . evil wizard powers first, which you won't . . . because I am so evil . . . and so powerful . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha. . . ", said Sai in a plain tone of voice.
Both Naruto and Sakura fell on their backs in response to this.
Naruto: "Worst"
Sakura: "Acting"
Naruto and Sakura: "Ever"
The ringmaster quickly tossed Naruto another Katana, which he, once again, caught gracelessly.
"Eat cold hard steel . . . nefarious one", said Naruto.
"Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . Ha . . . With my flying abilities, you will never reach . . . me up here."
"That's what you think, but with my perfect marksmanship skills, I do not need to fly to dispatch you."
Naruto threw the katana in his hand, as if it were a boomerang, hoping that it would hit the wire about Sai, as he was told to do in the script. What Naruto misunderstood though, was that a sword was far different from a boomerang. It was far different than the kunai and shuriken he was used to carrying. A sword was essentially the weapon of a samurai, rather than a ninja.
As the sword he threw glided into the air, it hit not the wire holding Sai, but the wire holding the cage Sakura was in. Within no less of a snap, the cage crashed to the floor, with the ringmaster beneath it.
Sakura and Sai: Idiot
Naruto, in a worried state, rushed to the crashed cage, and managed to free the ringmaster who was beneath it, but upon freeing him, the ringmaster quickly cried "YOU'RE FIRED." All at the same time, was there an upset crowd who remained to boo and jeer, in addition to throwing trash and rotten vegetables aimed at Naruto, Sakura, and Sai.
-------------MW----------------
It wasn't until an hour or more the three were outside of the village. Apparently, the cage that landed on the ringmaster's back had shattered over half of his bones, and that it would cost plenty for the amount of his recovery.
Luckily, they had managed to escape the arena, before the village guard had arrived, and here they were once more, setting up camp outside in a forest.
"This is the 3rd failed job we've had this week. With all those E and D rank assignments we have had over the years, I thought this would have been a piece of cake", said Sakura.
"Well if we actually did sign up for some ninja assignments, then this would be a piece of cake", said Naruto.
"Negative. Knowing Danzou, he will send his best tracker ninjas after us. The first thing the average rogue ninja commonly does after abandoning his or her village is get work through signing up for task he or she was trained to perform. No doubt, our leaf village tracker ninja have already searched through all the assignment rosters that have been registered, and they will no doubt continue to do so. If we are to remain hidden, we must cut off all of our traits that would lead others to believe us to be ninja", said Sai.
"So that's why you stopped me from using the rasengan."
"Correct."
"So then why do we need these odd jobs in the first place?"
"Camping in the forest is another trait of the common rogue ninja. We're less likely to be caught by finding housing in a village, at least until we are able to locate one of the many hidden villages made for refuge."
"Sorry, but I can't just hide in some village."
"At our current level, none of us are a match for the likes of the Akatsuki, Danzo, Orochimaru, or Sasuke."
"I don't care. I'll get stronger. You'll see"
"You really are a fool", Sai said projecting that same smile his face seems to always have.
"What's your problem? Just why did you help free and follow me anyway", shouted Naruto.
Sai's smile vanished in response.
"Answer me."
"I . . . don't know."
"So you just came without knowing why?
"Leave him alone, Naruto", Sakura interjected."
"Why? Doesn't it seem strange to you that he'd come along with us for no reason whatsoever? For all we know, he could still be working for Danzo"
"I don't see what Danzo or Orochimaru would have to gain by freeing you. Besides, if it were not for Sai, you wouldn't even be here right now"
"Fine" Naruto said in exasperation. "But if it turns out, Sai, that you're trying to kill us just like everyone else is, I'll take you down without hesitating.
Sai smiled, "You have nothing to worry about."
"Now that that's settled, what are we going to do about our food and housing problem?", Sakura asked.
"Hey, I've got an idea.", said Naruto.
"Well . . . spit it out"
"Remember how I was able to give Kakashi that copy of Make Out Paradise that hasn't even been released yet?"
"That perverted book? What about it?"
"Well it just so happens that I have another copy, and that the book won't be released for another month", Naruto said with a grin.
"Hey, this is great. With that book being so popular, if we were to sell that copy, we could make a fortune. But won't Jiraiya have a problem with that?"
"Oh—I forgot about that. What's the worst that can happen in one month?
"Naruto", Sakura said in exasperation.
"Don't worry, it's only one book"
"Fine . . . but lets at least auction it off in the next village we visit. Something tells me that this village isn't exactly too happy with that stunt you pulled earlier."
"Deal."
"Excuse me, but I couldn't help but notice your dilemma", a young long green haired man in traveler's garbs said approaching.
"Stay back", Naruto said with a kunai in ready position
"Relax, I mean you no harm."
Sai seemed to almost instantly appear behind the man with his sword inches away from the man's throat, "Who sent you?"
" Oh—you've got it all wrong. I couldn't help but overhear that the three of you are rogue ninja, but this does not concern me in the least. I just happen to be a big fan of that book I heard you talking about, and realized what a fortunate opportunity this is for myself."
"How do we know you don't intend on double crossing us when we least suspect", asked Naruto.
"Why would a commoner such as me approach three criminals, completely aware of their willingness to kill? Besides, you're ninja. Your all trained well enough for that not to happen, right?"
Sai sheathed his katana in response.
"Why did you do that?", Sakura asked.
"This man is no killer. With that said, even if he double crosses us, he won't have the ability to overcome us. As a ninja, he would be as incapable as Naruto"
"Hey!", cried Naruto. "What's that supposed to mean?", to which Sai only responded to with a smile.
"Lets discuss the manner of payment back at my house" the long green haired man said. "By the way, my name is Steven Kishimoto.
"I'm Naruto Uzamkai, that's Sakura Haruno", pointing to Sakura. "And that's Sai . . ."
"Alright, nice to meet the three of you, now let's head back."
Post to a short trip, an enormous structure with the appearance of a castle was in the sights of the three rogue ninjas and their acquaintance Steven Kishimoto.
"This is your house?!?", cried Naruto.
"It's not much, but it's what I like to call home never the less."
"Not much?" Sakura asked. "You're kidding, right?"
"Does it bother you?"
"No, not at all. It's just that I've never seen such a place, much less, a place being the house of one man."
"It was formally a base of operations used in a great ninja war a little over two centuries ago. "Naturally, being a fan of such architecture, I couldn't help, but remodel this place, and make it into my home."
"So, how exactly did you just happen to come across us in the forest back there?", Naruto asked while approaching the front doors.
"I was on my way back from the village, and I stumbled across you three."
"Yeah, I get that, but we were well hidden. Sakura had used a genjutsu technique to camouflage even our voices."
"I guess I've learned a thing or two about ninjas over the years", Steven said smiling while approaching the front door
"Whatever."
"OPEN"
It was that one word which caused the two front doors to open in one extraordinary burst.
"Shall we proceed?", politely asked Steven.
As they entered the house, they were even more surprised at the interior than they were at the exterior. The castle was large and mysterious. There was a plethora of rooms and halls, and everything seemed endless. Even a genjutsu spell could not produce the effect that this fortress produced on the three. What was even more shocking was that all of this belonged to this one man.
The group traveled from hall to hall, until finally reaching what appeared to be a library, which as one would guess, was as gigantic and expansive as the rest of the fort.
"Now lets discuss the pricing. How does 10,000,000 credits( see A/N) sound?"
"10,000,000 credits", said Naruto who replied in shock.
"Deal", quickly replied Sakura.
"Excellent, now take this", Steven said while handing the card to Naruto.
"What's this?" Naruto asked.
"Present this card at any shop of your choice, and the account on it will automatically be billed from the 30,000,000 I am giving you."
"Now, I believe the matter of the "Make out paradise" book is in order.
"Here yah go", said Naruto placing the book in Steven's hands.
"Perfect" said Steven while placing the book on one of the shelves. "Say, why don't you three rest and dine here for the night. It's not too often that I have guest."
"I don't know", said Naruto. "We do have to get going."
"Yeah, I think Naruto is right", Sakura said.
"You idiot! It's a free meal and one night with a normal bed", Inner Sakura said. "But lets here what Sai has to say."
"We should stay here."
"What?" asked Naruto.
"It would be most logical, if we were to remain here for at least the night. Tracker ninja's are searching for us as we speak. We're better off housing here for the moment, rather than to take the chance inside a forest or a hotel which registers anyone who rents a room."
"I agree with Sai.", quickly said Sakura.
"Huh, but you just . . ." frustratingly said Naruto. "Never mind, we'll stay here for the night.
Steven led the three down to the dining room, which like every other room, was extremely spacious. He proceeded by putting on a chef hat, and going into the nearby kitchen, after directing the three to where they would be sitting of course.
The meal he orchestrated appeared to contain a few well seasoned cooked crustaceans mixed with an uncanny curry, that was side dished with specially seasoned tempura noodles and an additional side dish of steamed dumplings. After the main course, Steven brought forth a voluminous red velvet cake for them to dine upon. It is uncertain what Sai was usually accustomed to, but as for Naruto and Sakura, this was perhaps one of the greatest meals they had ever had.
It was to note that as ninja, the opportunity of having a chance in enjoying a meal of this quality was slim, being that they were constantly busy with mission after mission. The most Naruto had ever been treated to was Ramen, so this was quite the upgrade for him on the most part.
After the meal, Steven had directed the three to their bed rooms and had wished them a good night while proceeding to his own. Naruto however, had crafted the perfect plan. It would seem that he hadn't forgotten about the promise he had made to Sakura earlier. Cliché as it was, Naruto didn't seem to care or notice. If he could get the recipe for that main course from Steven, then he could perhaps pull it off, he thought.
It all seemed to be a simple plan until he realized that the castle itself was enormous. There were so many rooms and he had no way of knowing which room was the main bedroom. The young shinobi was literally searching for what appeared to be hours, until he had finally come across the stairway leading to the basement.
As he entered, he noticed that the room was filled with samurai armor as well as holding slots for samurai swords. Curious as he was, he continued to examine the room. Many interesting items were there, such as maces, bo-staffs, bows and arrows, sais, and essentially many other weapons. There was map with writings on it; the kind of map one would suspect to be used during times of war.
As Naruto continued to inspect the room, he noticed that walls further down were filled with portraits with names being beneath the portraits. He gazed onward, assuming that each person within the portrait was some kind of war hero. While looking further though, he noticed a portrait portraying Steven. "Steven was a war hero?", Naruto thought to himself. As he looked down at the name listed, he was completely shocked at was engraved.
Stefan the Yojimbo. At this very second, something else rang in Naruto's head. It was the conversation they had had with Steven earlier and something the ringmaster had stated at the circus.
( FB isFlashback).
"You're kidding, right?"
"Does it bother you?"
"No, not at all. It's just that I've never seen such a place, much less, a place being the house of one man."
"It was formally a base of operations used in a great ninja war a little over two centuries ago. "Naturally, being a fan of such architecture, I couldn't help, but remodel this place, and make it into my home(FB is flashback)
FB
"Without further ado ladies and gentleman, here he is, the great legend himself---back from the dead---STEFAN YOJIMBO . . .
FB
There was nothing but fear and awe in Naruto's mind at the moment. His mind couldn't conceive the possibility of this odd occurrence. Within what appeared to be an instant however, a voice peeled into Naruto's ears, "Enjoying the portraits?"
Naruto nearly shrieked in response, only to see Steven, or who he now knew him as Stefan the Yojimbo. "What are you?"
"What's wrong? You act as if you've seen a ghost?", Stefan calmly observed.
"I'm looking at one right now."
Stefan sighed. "How careless of me. I've should have known better than to leave this room without having barricaded it."
"Huh"
"Tell me Naruto, are you still hungry?"
MW
"How do you do it?", Naruto said, greedily gobbling ramen out of a large bowl.
Stefan grinned. "Cook like this?"
"Yeah. I've tasted lots of ramen in my life, but this has to be the best", Naruto said between slurps.
"I guess cooking is one of the many skills one is bound to pick up in a lifetime of 300 years."
Naruto looked up with surprise.
"300 years? How do you live so long?" he spit out, his mouth crammed with ramen.
"I have no idea, but I suppose you heard that Stefan the Yojimbo was post-humus"
Naruto swallowed. "Post-what"
"Dead."
"Oh . . . why didn't you say so?
Stefan ignored Naruto's question and proceeded to the point he was making. " I suppose the war back then began when I was your age. Like all wars, this war had little meaning, and was simply over a power struggle. The nations weren't as organized as they are now and monsters and demons roamed the world freely, so this war certainly lacked the sophistication you'd expect from a war of today. In any case, the war eventually ended, but at a grave price." Stefan's gentle disposition changed to one of sadness. "A price which was made because of my weakness. And for that, I can never allow my true identity as being part in this world again."
Naruto stopped eating. "Weakness? But you were referred to as being a living legend."
Stefan chuckled. "Is that what they say? I suppose ignorance is bliss."
"I don't care! Whatever you did, it doesn't matter, if you've managed to somehow earn everyone's respect like that.", Naruto asked.
Stefan looked down. "Those soldiers you saw on the wall were all a part of the unit I lead. Their lives were not ended during war."
"So then what happened to them?"
"I murdered each and every one of them"
And suddenly, there was nothing but silence in the room. Naruto's fear and awe quickly returned, but it wasn't as if it were the fact of murder alone that terrified him, but that someone as kind and gentle as this one could be capable of such acts. This sent a shock down his spine. Gaara was once a murderer as well, but what differentiated him was that his loneliness was the response. A trait that Naruto knew all too well. Could it have been possible that Stefan had experienced this loneliness as well?
Naruto quickly remembered Sai's words in the forest. "This man is no killer. With that said, even if he double crosses us, he won't have the ability to overcome us. As a ninja, he would be as incapable as Naruto"
"How could Sai be wrong", Naruto thought.
"But that's all behind me now", Stefan said to break the silence. "So, just why were you roaming around this place?"
"Oh, I was . . ."
Stefan's gentle disposition returned. "It's okay, you can tell me. All of what I have told you makes absolutely no difference.
"I was wondering if you could teach me how to prepare that dish you had made earlier."
"Oh, I see", Stefan said, grinning as if he knew something. "Very well, I will teach you, but only if you go to the village, and get the ingredients. I will have a list ready by tomorrow.
MW
Naruto didn't remember falling asleep that night. When he woke up the next morning, the sun was high in the sky and all he could think about was Stefan's overwhelming guilt and the fact that he had murdered all of his comrades. If anything though, this didn't mean Stefan had to suffer eternally. If Gaara was capable of redemption, then so was he.
But before Naruto could continue to ponder, Sakura began knocking on the door to the room he was in. "Naruto, are you ready to go?"
Naruto looked at the end table near the bed he slept in, and noticed a note with ingredients on it.
"Sakura, do you mind walking with me to the village real quick?"
MW
"That will be 88 credits", said the woman at the cashier.
"Sure thing", Naruto said, while handing the woman the card.
"Naruto, what is all of this for?" Sakura asked.
Naruto started sweating. "Oh, it's just the supplies we will be needing after we leave", he said nervously.
Sakura sighed. "But you're not even getting what we need. Maybe I should hold on to the card from now on", Sakura said while snatching the card out of Naruto's hand and walking out of the shop.
Naruto followed. "Sakura, can talk to you about something?"
Sakura felt uneasy, "He is not going to bring that up now, is he?"
"But first, can we go somewhere more private.
"He is. Why else would he have me alone tag along with him like this", Sakura thought. "Okay, lets go."
The two walked along side each other, without saying even a word. Sakura knew, or at least, felt she knew what Naruto was going to talk to her about, but she had hoped that this would be brought up at a later time. At least after they had reached Sasuke again. Without question though, she walked with Naruto until reaching the rooftop of a train station.
Naruto then turned to Sakura. "I wasn't sure where I could bring this up without to ask you this without anyone else having the chance to listen. "
"Naruto, you don't have to say it. I—"
"No" Naruto interrupted. "I must tell you. We have to help Stefan, or who you only know him as Steven Kishimoto."
Sakura was completely perplexed. This definitely wasn't what she thought Naruto was going to talk about. At the same time, she was curious as to what Naruto had to say about their green haired acquaintance.
And so Naruto spent at least 15 minutes telling Sakura all of what he had learned the previous night, minus the part about ingredients he was purchasing.
"I guess it makes sense.", Sakura said. "If he is really as legendary as he is claimed, it's no wonder he easily saw through my genjutsu spell the other day. He doesn't seem like a murderer though. Naruto, I know how much you'd like to help him, but there is nothing we can do."
"I have to try", Naruto replied
"Well whatever you plan on doing, it will certainly take more than just today to pull off. "
"Yeah, I was thinking that we should stay another night."
"Woo hoo", Inner Sakura shouted, pumping her arms with excitement.
Naruto, remembering that he had forgotten something "So, what were you about to say earlier?"
"Oh, well I was just ----"
But before she could continue, they both noticed a familiar face walking towards one of the trains in the train yard.
The name of the face, Naruto had completely forgotten at this point. Short silver hair and a disposition of hatred,
"He looks familiar", Naruto pointed out.
"Wasn't he a chuunin during our days in the academy?", Sakura asked
"Chuunin?" And just then, Naruto had put two and two together. Silver hair, angry disposition, and chuunin during the days at the academy?
" Mizuki? I wonder what he is up to."
"You know him?"
"Yeah, but he's super-weak."
"How so?"
"I beat him easily before I even became a genin."
Sakura giggled. "If this guy couldn't beat the Naruto of back then, he really is super weak."
Mizuki entered the train's cabin, completely oblivious to who was watching him, not knowing that the boy who had humiliated him as a chuunin; the boy who he truly despised, was completely aware of his presence. How he hated that boy who was to blame for ruining his life. How he hated that boy who lost him his title of one of Konoha's chuunin. How he hated that boy whom he was beaten by. To think that the worst of the academy students managed to defeat a him; a chuunin. It was the ultimate embarrassment. Because of Naruto Uzamaki, he was even rejected by the one who had promised him a future: Orochimaru. All of his dreams of power were vanquished the moment that boy had come into his life.
As Naruto had said, it was clear that he was up to something . . .
"So, are we clear on the plan?" asked Konaha's rogue ninja.
. . . and it was clear that he wasn't alone.
"Run it by me again.", replied the man, middle aged, who he was talking to.
"It's quite simple. I happen to know that the summoning scroll which belonged to the second mizukagee of the sound village as well as a few other artifacts are going to be transported onto this train from this village's treasury to the hidden village of the mist. Two jonin from the village hidden in the sand have been assigned to guarding these artifacts which will be placed three cabs ahead of the cab we are currently in. Being a former ninja myself, I could probably handle this matter alone, but . . ."
"But you want me to take care of the two ninjas and you also want me to retrieve the artifacts."
"Bingo."
"We're clear of my fee of 6,000,000 credits, right?
"But of course. Once I pawn off these artifacts to a few reliable buyers, I'll be more than happy to pay your fee."
"Good, but just so you know, if I'm not paid within 30 days of the completion of this job, I will have to settle for a withdrawal on your blood, instead."
"I understand."
"Now please leave this cabin, as I cannot stand smelling your cowardly blood any longer."
"What?" cried Mizuki in rage. "How dare you speak to me like that."
"Oh, I assure you that there is no dare in showing a coward his place", said the middle aged man. "Lets face it, you were formerly a chuunin of the strongest potential hidden village, yet now, you are reduced to relying on hired thugs to get what you want. Even for a rogue ninja, you're scum, and you know it. But lucky for you, I'm a generous man. Unlike mere ninja, my life is one lead by honor. The last true samurai of our age; Gin the immortal, at your service "
END
A/N: Alright, the currency was placed as credits, since I wasn't too sure of the traditional Japanese format of currency.
FB is a flashback. I would have made such pauses in a more elaborate way, but it seems that this site won't allow those functions.
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