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Asuka/Rat: she is a 12 year old who only remembers a relatively normal life with Tazuna. But before this, she was sold by her real family to Gato. Her, and a large group of children, were experimented on and Rat grew to be violent and uncontrollable. When she got amnesia she forgot about how she was before. Now she struggles with a twisted way of thinking, when she's been taught how to act correctly. She is kind to people unless they are seen as a threat or she gets really angry. She likes fishing and cooking. Asuka is tall and blond with dark grey eyes. She's in my cover picture too!
Kiyoshi Yamashita: He was a ninja for a small village during the war. Kibosh is a pacifist at heart, and became a rouge nin because he didn't want kill people anymore. He likes growing plants, poisons, and healing. He struggles with guilt and panic attacks. He has long brow hair, and light brown eyes. Kibosh is 20 years old.
Obviously I don't own Naruto. Now here you go, some fluffy angst for just for you.
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罪
Tsumi
Guilt
Asuka shoves his body down further into the bog. She's headed deep into the forest, and is was sure no one will find the man here. The bog . She watches as he sinks below muddy water. The soil will suck him in until there is nothing left. Now she'll only see him in her nightmares.
Asuka still has her pack with her. As the trees started to grow smaller, she pulles out her canteen and washes the blood from her mouth and skin. By the time she reaches the clearing, Asuka lookes almost normal. The herbs are still where she dropped them, and Zabuza's sword is by the gouged tree. She crouches to pick up the plants, and her hand automatically slides out to touch Kubikiribōchō. Its metal is cold to the touch and rusted blood rubs of on her fingers. 'With this sword, I killed somebody. I killed somebody and enjoyed it.' Asuka was good at lying to every one but herself.
When Asuka enters town, she looks like a slightly scruffy little girl. Her bloody jacket is rolled up in her bag, and her oversized shirt hides the new bruises forming on her back. Her face holds none of the fierce madness from before. She know she looks normal, she'd practiced her expression all the way back. Yet she feels like everyone is looking at her. 'They know, fuck, they know I stabbed a man to a tree like an insect with a tack.' Asuka can't go home like this. She decides to go through the rest of the day like she planned before. She'll get the bruise cream then go home and wash everything. Asuka makes it all the way to the small apartment where Kiyoshi Yamashita lives, before she starts to panic. Leaning against his door, Asuka tries to force her lungs to work. She's terrified, completely scared about what had happened. She slides down the door and curls into a ball. Everything is falling apart, everything she worked so hard to keep perfect. She's not getting enough air, and her vision swims with black. The door opens and her world shifts. The last thing she sees is Mr. Yamashitas surprised face looking at her from above.
When Asuka wakes up, she feels unusually heavy. It's like someone removed all the bones in her body. She can tell she's in a bed, and manages to tilt her head enough to look around the room. She recognizes it as Kiyoshis apartment, it's got the smell of herbs and strange bottles line his shelves. Her backpack is on the table, and it's contents are spread out. Her jacket is missing. 'He's definitely taken it. How am I supposed to explain the blood splattered all over it?' Kiyoshi always knows when she's not telling the truth. He's going to figure out what happened, and that thought should terrify her more than anything. Instead, she feels apathetic and numb. 'Maybe I'll kill him too. I don't think I can, I can't even get out of the bed. He must have done something to me." And finally,"What if he is okay with what I am?' Asuka doesn't want to get her hopes up, but the thought of having someone accept her is all she's ever wanted. 'No one will ever accept me. I'll have to kill him and leave Wave, I can't stay at Tazunas now. I won't be able to look them in the eye. They'll know I did something terrible.' Asuka tries to push herself up, and after a few minutes of struggling, she manages to sit up in the bed. Her hands search for something she can use as a weapon, but find nothing.
The door slides open, and Kiyoshi glides. He's holding her newly cleaned jacket in his hand, and when he sits on the edge of her bed his eyes meet hers with a knowing look. "It's not your blood, is it?" He says it like a fact. Suddenly, Asuka feels foolish for even thinking she could kill him. Because he looks at her with kind eyes and she knows she could never harm him. It would hurt too much.
Her tongue isn't working right, and her words come out slurred. "Just some kids, didn't hurt them that bad." He smiles at her and walks to the small stove on the other side of the room. He pours some kind of tea out of a pot. "It's a pretty good lie, but your tells are very obvious. You spoke in a higher tone and you didn't look me in the eye." He brings a cup over and leans close to her. "This should help with the numbness. I'm sorry about that, but you were hurting yourself in your sleep. It's completely harmless in small doses, I promise. I don't think you can hold a cup right now, but just swallow it." His voice is soft and kind as he holds the cup to Asukas mouth. She only gets four gulps down before she starts to sob.
"I didn't m-mean to. He was doing s-something that just made me r-really mad, and then I-I k-k-killed him." Kiyoshi sets the cup down with a sigh and sweeps her into a hug. "I was ten when I first killed somebody." he tries to hide the bitterness that comes with that statement but Asuka can sense it. "I was ten," he repeated. "I hadn't even gotten my first kiss, and yet I'd felt what it was like to stick a knife through someones neck."
He's shaking through the hug now. Asuka doesn't know what to do, so she holds him tighter and the both sob. She's getting snot in his long hair, and he's crying all over her shirt. Asuka doesn't know who pulls back first, but now she's staring into red rimmed, earthy brown eyes. She doesn't want to admit it, but she feels like she has to. "I liked it." She whispers, as though that makes the truth less harsh. Asuka waits for disgust to fill Kiyoshis eyes, but all she sees is understanding. "Then you are much luckier then me. I was forced to be a ninja, forced to be a killer. But I suppose we're both monsters. I'm not going to judge you when I also have many things to be judged for." He pushes the cup into her hand and settles down on the the bed. "I was a chunin, the second to lowest rank ninja, when I ran away. My village was too weak at the time, so they didn't send anyone after me. I had killed many people by then, and I felt so guilty. When I got to Wave, Gato was already here. By then, I had pledged to never kill another human again. I was a coward, and I didn't try to fight against him. I thought I could help the people here by being a medic, so I took care of everyone who was hurt by Gato. I thought it would get rid of the guilt, but it didn't. Even two months later, I still regret not killing him. By letting him live all that time, I inadvertently hurt many people in this village and country. I didn't want to feel like a monster again, but this guilt is so much worse. What I really mean by this, is sometimes killing someone can save many people. If you're going to take the path of a killer, become a kind one." By the time Kiyoshi finishes he is crying again, lost in the past. Through his tears, he misses Asukas expression, a face of pure happiness. ' He still cares about me. He's the person I've been searching for. He's all I need.' She smiles, and pulles the man close to her. As he cries on her shoulder she runs her hands through his dark hair and hums to him. He is hers now, and she takes care of her belongings. A kind killer, she liked the way that sounded.
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Finally got another chapter out. I need to write longer ones, but oh well. if you liked it or want me to change something, just review.(*^▽^)/ *