The next day came and there was banging on Shura's door.
"Cadet Shura wake up!" A marine shouted for the other side of the door loudly, Shura yawned and walked over to the door. She then opened it only to have a gun and other equipment shoved in her arms.
"Here is your marine issued rifle and marine issued sword, if you wish to get new things then you will have to pay for them with your own money and buy them on your own free time." The man said gruffly, Shura blinked not sure what this guy's problem was with her but he didn't seem too happy with her.
"Ugh okay." Shura said not quite sure about them giving her a gun and a sword, even Shura knew that was a bad idea. "You will report to the training yard in twenty minutes to be trained by Captain Smoker." He stated before turning around and walking off, "God have mercy on your soul." He mumbled, Shura tilted her head to the side then asked "What?" wanting to know what he said in case it was important.
"Nothing just get ready!" He ordered, Shura sweat dropped "Well then, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." She said before going back inside and getting ready, she managed to get ready in less than five minutes and spent most of her time looking for the training grounds.
Shura sighed staring at a map that was conveniently posted up on the wall. Although Shura was curious if they thought about if someone was to break into this base they could possibly abuse this map. But Shura's mind turned back to her original dilemma after deciding she really didn't care about what happened to the security of this base.
Shura narrowed her eyes trying to make since of the characters. She groaned loudly in annoyance then said. "Man, I knew I should've learnt how to read Japanese." Shura said to herself with her rifle in one hand and scratching her head confusedly with the other.
"Why do they need fifteen different training grounds anyway? You know that grumpy marine could've told me which number it was, what an asshole." Shura spoke mostly to herself, "Do you talk to yourself like that all the time?" A voice said from behind Shura, "Not really, I just do it sometimes when I've confused about something or the voices inside my head ask me something." Shura answered the voice, and then turned around slowly knowing who it could possibly be.
"Are you lost?" The man in a brown trench coat asked staring at Shura intensively; Shura gulped then nodded "I'm supposed to go to whatever training ground Smoker is at." She said, with her voice barely above a whisper.
This man was Daddy; no really that's his name. Daddy was an ex-marine sharp shooter. Now, well now he was a bounty hunter and well he still scared people shitless. For example Shura here!
"I was just about to head to see Smoker, follow me I'll show you where he is." Daddy said, Shura quietly followed him as he began to walk off. Shura followed him quietly afraid if she made the wrong noise he'd kill her.
"There you are Smoker." Daddy said walking out to the training grounds where Smoker was sitting on a bench smoking. "You know you should've told this girl what training ground to go to then she wouldn't get lost. That's very rude of you." Daddy scolded Smoker whose eyes lazily traveled to Shura.
"You're late." He deadpanned, Shura glared at Smoker "Well if you would've just brought me here yourself or maybe told that asshole marine to tell me what number training ground this is I would've been here on time!" Shura shouted waving her arms about to prove how annoyed and exasperated she was.
"Can't you read? We have a map you know." Smoker said staring at Shura like she was stupid, Shura turned pink in embarrassment "That's not the point! The point of this is that you're a lazy hot asshole who doesn't even have the courtesy to give me directions!" Shura shouted changing the subject; Smoker raised an eye brow but dropped the subject.
However Daddy looked at Smoker questionably, "It's not what you think." He stated knowing just what Daddy was thinking. Daddy smirked smugly at Smoker "That's what they all say." He teased Smoker glared.
Smoker then stood up "Shura go run one hundred laps around the field I'll finish whatever business I have with Daddy and then we'll work on teaching you how to use a rifle." Smoker ordered, Shura sighed and rolled her eyes but took off running anyway.
"What a strange girl." Daddy observed watching the young teen girl run around the field without complaint. "She's stranger than you think, she came here yesterday." Smoker said catching Daddy's attention "Oh she did now?" He commented "Through my window."
Daddy stared at Smoker "Very strange." He finally said then handed Smoker a clip board "I need you to sign this for bounties I have on Fat Lewis and his crew." Daddy said remembering why he was here in the first place. "Where is he?" Smoker asked looking around for Lewis's dead or unconscious body.
"He's not called 'fat Lewis' for nothing, so I can't carry him without throwing out my back." Daddy explained, Smoker took a long drag from his cigars then signed the papers. Once Daddy left Smoker turned his attention to the jogging girl. Smoker's mind traveled to yesterday,
"What? Oh I'm in another place, Oh well I'm going to go back to sleep." She said after sleepily looking around then flopping her head onto Smoker's shoulder and slowly closing her eyes.
'I wonder what she meant by another place.' Smoker thought remembering what she said when she woke up. "Where the hell is Tashigi? She should be here by now! She's worse than Shura!" Smoker shouted to himself remembering his other underling, just then Tashigi came stumbling out with her sword at hand.
"I-I'm sorry for being late Captain Smoker!" Tashigi shouted before tripping and falling flat on her face, by now Shura had easily completed the hundred laps when Smoker wasn't looking she stopped and said "Wow, I didn't notice it before but she has the same hair style as me!" She observed hitting the bottom of her fist in her other hand's palm now enlightened, but however not even slightly concerned for Tashigi's well-being.
"Oi! Shura keep running!" Smoker shouted at the other girl, "Fuck you old man! I'm done!" Shura shouted back, "Lair and I'm not old!" Smoker shouted not believing her a normal human being with little to no exercise as it seemed that Shura had would've been down on the ground half dead by the hundredth lap.
"I think I sprained my wrist." Tashigi said quietly in pain but was ignored by Shura and Smoker "I'm not lying you old fart and you are old! You're ten fucking years older than I am!" Shura shouted back with her hands on her hips now. "Then why are you attracted to me? Anyway how the hell do you know how old I am!" Smoker yelled back at Shura, Tashigi sat up slowly "I think it's broken." She said trying to get attention but not succeeding. "Because your hot! I asked the grumpy asshole marine how old you where!" Shura shouted back "Liar!" "Guys could you stop fighting I think I need medical attention!" Tashigi shouted with tears in her eyes from the pain of her wrist.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Both Smoker and Shura shouted then sweat dropped realizing Tashigi's wrist was broke "Oh, sorry." They both apologized bowing making Tashigi sweat drop. In the medical ward Shura was sitting on a table opposite to Tashigi and Smoker was sitting in a chair
"I apologize for not noticing your distress Tashigi." Smoker said shame facedly then he looked over at Shura expectantly. Shura just sat on the table kicking her legs humming a strange tune. "Shura…" Smoker said trying to get her attention. Shura blinked then grunted "Hmmm?" "Aren't you going to apologize to Tashigi?" Smoker asked expecting her to apologize for her rudeness.
"Hell no. It's not my fault she's a fucking ditz." Shura stated bluntly making Tashigi stare at her in shock. Smoker's eye brow twitched, then crashes could be heard behind the curtain near Tashigi's bed in the medical ward. "I'm sorry Tashigi." Shura said her face now swollen bowing.
Tashigi sweat dropped Smoker seemed more… Expressive with Shura around.
"It's okay Shura-san." Tashigi said smiling at her softly; Shura looked up with wide eyes. Tashigi reminded her of Minato just then.
'Does this girl have the ability to remind everyone from their past that they loved?' Shura thought bitterly, "Don't call me Shura-san or smile that like at me again." Shura spat angrily at Tashigi then walked off her face somehow not swollen now.
Smoker and Tashigi blinked surprised, they both caught on to the large amount of bitterness that dripped from Shura's words. Shura walked down the hallway with a deep frown on her face.
Her fist tightened at her sides. 'If I would've just listened to Tsunade or if I would've just ignored Minato then… Then I wouldn't have put him through that and… I wouldn't feel like this.' Shura thought tears slowly clouding her vision but none came out of her eyes. Shura's mind traveled back to not to a time that wasn't long ago but now in this place in this world to Shura it seemed to so far away.
"Shura-san! Look I got the hang of my jutsu!" Minato shouted, he had been working on his teleporting jutsu at the time and he threw his special kunai in the air and formed a hand sign Shura didn't recognize and teleported.
Unluckily for Minato the kunai flew towards a tree and Minato hit it head on.
Shura ran over laughing at Minato who was rubbing his head. "Dude you okay?" She said highly amused but concerned for the future hokage at the same time, Minato just smiled at Shura happy she was concerned.
"Yeah… Shura-san." Minato said smiling softly at Shura, who stared at him with a tint of pink on her cheeks
"Minato." Shura whispered quietly sliding down the wall that she had been leaning onto in the hallway.
She now sat on the floor staring at the floor with lifeless eyes. 'Maybe we could've been….' Shura thought then shook the extremely girly thought away but soon became depressed realizing she thought it on her own free will 'I hate being a teenager.' She thought sulking, but her thoughts where cut off when someone said.
"Who's Minato?" Shura looked up hearing someone speak and saw Smoker. Shura stood up and glared darkly at him "No one you should concern yourself with." Shura spat feeling the need to protect her memories of Minato from Smoker. Then she turned around and walked off leaving a confused Smoker behind.
'I think I would like to get to the bottom as to why that girl came through my window.' Smoker thought realizing that Shura's story was starting to reveal itself even more to him and frankly Smoker was pretty interested in it.