Ok, this is a story about Suigetsu, I don't know if it's out of character or what, but I hope it's good. Enjoy and r&r!
Chapter 1.
Kisame looked to the side and easily blocked a hit from Suigetsu. "Arg! What are you doing?" Suigetsu shouted at him, they were fighting and for some reason Kisame had stopped out of no where.
"Sorry kid." said Kisame put his Samehada on his back and turned around.
"No! No we're not done!" Suigetsu charged at him.
"Come back when your stronger, or with a partner at least, you know what I mean." Kisame jumped away.
Suigetsu tripped and fell to his knees, he dropped his Kubikiri Hocho and was panting. He pulled out a water bottle and began to drink extremely fast. He threw it down as he was done and looked around, Kisame had left the fight they were in and one thing was obvious, Kisame had the better hand in battle. He left with ease and with no hesitation and as for Suigetsu himself, he was beaten, even a small rock on the ground had made him fall.
"Suigetsu!" Karin shouted and ran up to him, he stood up and saw Jugo by her. "are you ok?" she asked him.
"Shut up." Suigetsu said.
"Ugh! I was only asking—"
"Shut up!" Suigetsu shouted and picked up his sword, "I don't need pity, just get out of my way." he said and bumped into them both as he walked in between them.
It was dark, somewhat cold, and it had just finished raining. Even Karin knew that if Suigetsu had kept fighting, he would have died. He kept walking away, angry, ashamed, and what he hated to feel the most, beaten.
"Where're you going?" Karin called out to him.
"I'm done, I'm leaving."
"What do you mean your leaving, what about Sasuke?"
"Who cares about Sasuke?" Suigetsu shouted turning around, "you think I'm partners with him forever because he got me out of Orochimaru's base? Didn't you see Kisame-senpai leave, that means Sasuke beat Itachi or Itachi beat Sasuke, either way I'm done here." he said walking away.
"And where do you expect to go?" she asked him.
"It's alright Karin, he can leave." Jugo said setting a hand on her shoulder.
"No!" she said shoving it off, "you ungrateful bastard--" Suigetsu appeared right by her.
"If you weren't so weak I'd kill you, but since your so weak I consider you already dead." he then walked away again, this time it was silent.
They didn't say anything as they watched go further and further away. Suigetsu then stopped and smiled at them both, "and to answer your question, I have to go find someone for myself, you understand." He said and waved, this time he jumped away and this time, he didn't come back.
"Where do you think he's going?" Jugo asked.
"I don't know, he said he was going to look for someone."
"I wonder who."
"Yeah...lets go look for Sasuke now." Karin said turning away the opposite direction and walked, Jugo fallowed.
"Come back when your stronger, or with a partner at least, you know what I mean." These words rang throughout his mind while he was jumping to a place he didn't even know yet. He stopped for a while and thought, thought about something that happened a long, long, time ago.
"Your not really going to kill me are you?" someone said.
"Yeah! What do you think we're fighting for?" Suigetsu said pulling out a kunai. A laugh was heard.
Suigetsu smiled when he thought of this, he looked around, no one was around. 'Should I go back to the Hidden Mist?' he thought, 'to find...' he clenched his fists, "that person." he hissed to himself.
That person was unknown to everyone he met up with until Kisame. That person, the one person equal to his strength and didn't kill, not because choice, not because order, but he didn't know why, to this day he could never tell anyone why he didn't kill that person. Even though it was ok with everyone, even that persons mother, father, uncle, everyone thought it would be a good idea to see who was stronger. Yet he didn't kill...her. He hated her, he thought about the day of their Dojo from time to time, but it angered him, so he tried to forget.
Maybe there was another reason, a reason he never bothered to find out. He then thought of Kisame and his sword, why couldn't he beat him? He felt all his attacks should have killed Kisame, yet he either got back up or dodged them. This was something that troubled him, something that made him angry at himself and everyone that was around him. He got up and began to jump away, so find someone, a partner, maybe a partner who was a little better at finding people. Just one question ran though his head, would he be able to find her?
He was walking though a small part of a village, drinking water and looking around. He sighed at this place, this old place he thought looked exactly the same when he was taken away from it. There was still kids sitting and walking on the sides of the streets, on bridges, everywhere. Like pests they were to Suigetsu, he went on a bench and sat down.
'Where did she live?' he wondered.
A little boy ran passed him, "uh! Hey!" the little boy shouted as Suigetsu held onto his collar. "Let go! Let go!" he shouted.
"Hey! If you don't shut up I'll end you right here in front of everyone!" Suigetsu said to him. The little boy gulped and nodded, "now, I need to ask you a question."
"Yeah—sure, anything."
"Where's the Nanakusa Household?" he asked letting go.
"Um, I can take you—"
"Fine, where is it?"
The little boy was just another orphan who lived on his own most likely. His hair was dirty blond and had bright blue eyes, but he seemed happy. As if he didn't care he had nothing and no one in life. "Um, well..." the little boy folded his arms, "what do I get out of this?"
"Your life." Suigetsu said with a wicked stare. The boy backed away with a pounding heart, Suigetsu laughed, "how about food?"
The boy smiled, "ok!" he said with a small jump, "over here!"
Suigetsu got up and fallowed the boy who seemed to be overjoyed with his offer. They passed by many shops and homes, all looking no different then the first one they saw. It was depressing he had to admit to himself.
"It's over there." the boy said pointing up a hill.
Suigetsu looked up and sighed, the home he remembered was no longer the place it was. The nice white home was now gray, old, chipped and seemed abandoned. He began to walk up the hill.
"Hey, why're you going there?" the boy asked walking too.
"I'm looking for someone." Suigetsu said and was now very near the house. The boy stopped and only watched. Suigetsu then knocked on the door, no one answered, he then knocked again, and the same outcome happened.
"What are you doing?" the boy asked.
"I said I was looking for someone." he said.
"No one lives there, it's abandoned, some say it's haunted—"
"Why would you take me to a place thats abandoned when I said I was looking for someone?" Suigetsu shouted holding onto the boys collar.
"I—I thought you were a ghost hunter or something, well, up until you knocked on the door."
Suigetsu threw him down, "forget my offer earlier."
"No way! You said you would get me food! Liar!"
"Yeah, yeah..." Suigetsu said walking away.
"Hey, hey!" The boy ran away from the house because it seemed scary to him. "Who are you looking for?"
"Someone, now go away."
"Fine, I'll tell Furui that you went to see her old house, whoever you are!"
Suigetsu shot around and looked at him in the eyes, "what did you just say?"
"I said Furui! She'll teach you a lesson!" he shouted.
"On second thought, I'll keep my offer."
"Really?" the boy said in disbelief.
"Only if you tell me where Furui Nanakasu is."
"Your not going to kill her are you?"
Suigetsu, "nah."
The boy folded his arms. "Get me the food first then, I don't trust you."
Suigetsu was walking beside the boy as he was shoving squid in his mouth, he couldn't tell where they were though. He noticed there were a number of people walking too and from the place the small boy was taking him. He then stopped, "there." he said.
"Where?" Suigetsu said as they were both looking at a small dome-like place.
"It's a theater."
"There was never a theater here before."
"You must have been gone a long time, The Nanakasu and Nirin Theater of the Gifted's been up since Furui and Katana were 10."
'10, so she did this a year after I left...' Suigetsu thought. "Thanks kid, your no longer needed."
"No problem." he said walking towards another place near the theater.
Suigetsu began to walk closer to the theater. It seemed nicer and well taken care of then all the other places around since he's been here. The brown outside wall stood out even through the thick fog that cursed this nation. He walked though the large wooden doors and immediately heard music. "Excuse me." he heard but didn't react. Suigetsu walked to the next set of doors.
A hand went on my shoulder, "excuse me," the man said in a red coat, "but you need to purchase a ticket in order to see the show." Suigetsu glared at him, the man took his hand off his shoulder, "and there's no weapons allowed."
"I'll pay, but I'm not leaving my Hocho." Suigetsu said.
The man glared at him and accepted the money he handed to him. He pulled out s ticket and handed it to Suigetsu.
When Suigetsu walked in he gave the door man his ticket. He saw hundreds of seats and upper levels with the same amount.
"Sir, there's seats in the front I think." the door man said, who really was a kid younger then himself.
Suigetsu walked and saw three young girls dancing, he wasn't into this kind of entertainment but they seemed to be acting as if they were happy, jumping, twisting, all in melody. They went off stage and someone else came out, the music changed and a girl twirling none stop, her face vialed by her own dark black hair. The dress she wore was bright red and flowed when she stopped, looking down she began to act as if she were sad, in sorrow, as if she were about to cry. Two others came out wearing green, one with blond hair and the other with red, both doing small yet very graceful jumps around the girl in red.
One pushed her down, Suigetsu's eyes widened as the girl fell, as if she were being tormented by the two in green, she looked up at the light as the mocking girls jumped into back stage. He stared at her, she slowly got up and began to dance as if she were happy, this time acting as the three girls from the beginning. She did one last spin and stopped, the music stopped, and everyone began to clap and stand. She did a small bow and began to walk off the stage, as she did her eyes met Suigetsu's, she paused for a moment, a smile still on her face, then she continued walking.
"Damn it." hissed Suigetsu.
As she stepped off stage she leaned on the wall, still hearing the cheering and clapping. "Good job!" a younger blond girl said and walked on the stage to do the next skit. She nodded and still didn't move, she moved a hand over her chest. 'Could that have been...no way...' she then remembered seeing the sword next to him. "Impossible..." she said, when she peeked though the curtains he was no longer there.
"Uh, Furui." Furui turned her bright green eyes to Kano, her dance partner with red hair.
"Oh, hey." Furui said.
"You seem jumpy, well you have a visitor." Kano said.
'No way!' she thought. "Oh, ok I see."
"I didn't know you had a boy friend. I thought we never kept secrets from each other." Kano whispered to her.
"I don't have a boy friend!"
"So then you don't mind if I take him?"
"Do whatever you want, where is he?" Furui folder her arms.
"The back door outside the theater."
"I see." Furui walked away.
"Oh yeah, when he asked for you he said—just like the old days—whatever that meant, just thought I'd let you know."
Furui looked away from her friend and continued walking.'This can turn out to be really bad, Suigetsu, why did you have to come back?' She walked through the dressing room and was in front of the door that lead to the back of the theater. "So I heard you have a boyfriend waiting outside."
Furui shot around and looked at another dancer with dark purple hair. "Oh, hey Katana—he's not my boyfriend."
"Thats not what Kano said."
"Since when has anything Kano said been true?"
Katana smiled, "I guess your right, I hope this guy doesn't get in the way of your performance, we're doing good this season on our plays."
"Yeah..." Furui said turning the knob of the door and stepped out.
She looked around at the misty area and saw nothing, she sighed and was ready to walk back inside."Haha, it really is like the old days." Furui shot around and saw a boy with a giant sword strapped to his back sitting on a branch. He jumped down, "what took you so long?"
"Sorry..." she said and stared at him, "what are you doing here?"
"I was in the neighborhood." she looked at him, the only thing different about him was his size, everything else, his hair, skin color, teeth, was the same.
She looked at the Kubikiri Hocho strapped to his back, "when did you get that?"
"Not too long ago."
"I didn't know Zabuza was dead."
"Really? Man your still late on the important stuff aren't you?"
Furui rubbed the side of her shoulder, "what do yo want?" she asked looking down.
"Hm—I was going to ask you for a favor—"
"No way! Never, not after what you asked when we were kids!"
"Hey, hey." he said waving his hands, "haha, we both got beat in those situations, remember?"
"Yeah, we were kids, so I'm going to use my logic and assume this favor will get us either killed or executed!"
"Ha, maybe."
"Uh—what do you mean maybe?"
Suigetsu folded his arms, "you look just like your mom you know that?"
"Leave her out of this." she said in a cold tone.
"And you have your dads temper I see, short and stiff."
"Suigetsu..."
"I won't say you have anything in common with your uncle though, haha, you two are a world—"
"Shut up!" She snapped at him.
He smiled, "dads temper, you proved me right."
"What the hell do you want anyways, just to say that?"
"No, I said a favor."
"Yeah, and I said no!"
"Let me just offer it then."
"Yeah right, bye." she said turning around.
The door slammed opened, a little boy with dirty blond hair was standing there, "Hey Furui, look!" he said showing a kunai to her, "I stole it from some foreigner with teal hair and huge sword!" Suigetsu looked at his side pack that was strapped to his leg and saw that his kunai, in fact, was gone. "Ha! I bet he's mad, he said he'd kill me if I didn't take him to this place, have ya seen him around, I have to avoid him." He heard Furui sighing with a hand over her face, he then looked behind her, a very angry boy with clenched fists was looking at him.
"You little brat!" he shouted.
"Coco, you really should watch what your saying..." sighed Furui.
"And this whole time I though you were some punk orphan poor in the streets!" Suigetsu shouted, Coco tried to run away but Suigetsu got him by the leg and held him up side down. He snatched the kunai out of his hand and held it to Coco's neck, "I'll show you why little brats like you should never mess with a shinobi!"
"Your a shinobi?" Coco said in disbelief.
"Of course I am!" Suigetsu shouted and kneed him in the face.
"Alright boys, calm down." Furui said walking up to them, Suigetsu dropped him.
Coco grabbed his face and looked up at her, "are you going to kick his butt! He hurt me!"
"You deserved it, I said to stop stealing from the foreigners a long time ago."
"Yeah, but..." he growled stood up and bowed to Suigetsu, "sorry."
"Get out of my face." Coco stuck his tongue out at him, "Do that again, I dare you!" Suigetsu shouted putting his hand on the handle of his sword, Coco ran away laughing. He then sighed, "sheesh, how can you put up with that brat, I really did think he was an orphan."
"He is." Furui said walking away, "thats why I put this theater up."
"Huh?"
"C'mon, I bet your hungry,"
Suigetsu looked around, the dancers were eating and speaking amongst themselves, some walked out to practice and some began to drink. "So, what were you saying about opening up this theater?"
"Oh." Furui said putting down her tea, "well after you left and all, they said I had no motivation when I was training, so I was dismissed."
"No motivation?"
"Yeah, we were always together remember? But when you left, you know, no one liked training with me, you were the only one who put up with me." she sighed, "why did you leave anyways? They said you ran away."
"No, I did neither, I was taken against my will, by a man named Orochimaru."
"Uh! One of the Three Sanin?"
"Yeah, all I was to him was an experiment," he raised his hand and it began to melt almost, it then put it back together, "he made me into a water based body, hit me hard enough and all I do it turn into water."
"Whoa..." she was a little shocked, but accepted it, "thats weird."
"Shut up."
"It is, I mean, doesn't it get annoying?"
"Kinda, I have to drink and I get tiered a little faster, but other then that it's fine, theres benefits I mean." she only looked at him, "oh yeah, go on."
"Well yeah, I was dismissed and they sent me packing, I was even kicked out of the bunks. Said I could fend for myself, I did, I teamed up with the other girls and we opened the theater in a year, it was hard work, but we got it done."
"Hard work? Don't tell me you—"
"Shut up!" she yelled throwing her tea in his face, "it was house cleaning and all, not...that."
Suigetsu laughed wiping his face, "yeah, whatever you say."
"Forget you, anyways, we opened it up and had jobs for the kids who had no place to go, they earned money and, well, thats it."
"So..." he looked angry, "that punk kid had money in his own raggy pockets?"
"Coco? Yeah, he makes the most money out of all the kids, can't blame him because he's so cute—"
"I bought food for that brat!"
"Oh, hehe, yeah he tends to trick people into doing that."
"If I ever see him—"
"So, what brings you here?" she asked folding her hands under her chin smiling, "you came all the way here just for me? Aw, Suigetsu."
"No! Well..." he rubbed the back of his head, "I fought Kisame not too long ago."
Her face went blank, she then closed her eyes sitting back in her seat, "how is...dear Uncle Kisame?" she said in an almost disgusted tone.
He stared at her for a moment, "he's exactly as he was when he left, if not stronger."
"I see." her eyes turned to the side as the last of the dancers walked out with their drunken selfs. She looked back at her old friend, "so, wanna tell me the whole story in one sentence?"
"Orochimaru's dead, some Uchiha kid let me out, don't know if he's dead or alive, but he took me to get the Kubikiri Hocho that belonged to Zabuza, after some traveling with an insane guy and bitch I was able to run into Kisame-senpai," she flinched when he said his name in that fashion, "well you see that I don't have his Samehada, which means I didn't exactly finish him off as I wanted to." he leaned back himself. Furui smiled to herself.
With black eyes they both couldn't see well, "this is your fault you know." Furui said to Suigetsu. "If we would have just stayed in our bunks instead on sneaking off to watch the Jonin train this would have never happened." she said laying back in her bunk.
"Wasn't it cool?"
"Is that all you could say?" she shouted kicking the top bunk.
"Haha, you have to agree, those swords, all of them, they were awesome."
"Who cares about their swords, Takashi beat us to a pulp when he saw us spying on him, man, that stupid smile he aways has on, what a fakeo."
"Thats one of the Seven Swordsmen your talking about!" Suigetsu said jumping off the bed and pulling the sheets off her.
"Who cares? They're nothing without their swords! You know that!"
"Man," he said and sat on the ground, "what I'd do to get a hold of their swords, Zabuza, Kisame, Raiga, Takashi, Awamori--"
"He's a drunk!"
"Who cares, Kigai, and even my older brother, Mangetsu, they're all the strongest in this nation, man, what I'd do to become as strong as them, Zabuza in particular, he's the fiercest."
"I don't know, I think Uncle Kisame holds that title." she said sitting down next to him, she looked out the window, "do you really want to be like them?"
"Yeah."
"Then...I'll help you, I'll help you become one of them!"
She was staring down at the table and her empty plate, the memory made her silent. Water splashed on her face, she put a wicked stare on and appeared by Suigetsu, "You'll pay for that!" she smacked him with her hand, "uh..." a giant splash was seen.
"I told you, this body does has it benefits." he said forming back into his normal self.
"I guess your right..." she said sitting back on her seat.
"Well, you know what I'm going to ask, I want all their swords, every last one of them, and I'm going to need help." Suigetsu said seriously, "all I need is your expertise in finding people, you were always good at that stuff." she was looking to the side, "hey, your listening to me right?"
"Yeah."
"Then why aren't you saying anything?" he asked her slamming a fist on the table, "c'mon, I came this whole way just for you!"
She shot a look at him, but looked back down, "yeah...well...it's just—"
"You have been training this whole time weren't you?"
"Of course!" she shouted, "just because I'm a performer doesn't mean I abandoned the shinobi way!"
"Ha, just making sure, cause if you did..." he looked at her straight in the eyes, "you'd be of no use."
"I see the logic in that."
"So?"
"What are your exact plans?"
"I'll tell them to you when you give me your answer." he said with a witty smile.
"Fine, yes—"
"Good, then I'll—"
"But!" she interrupted him, "because I'll put in my all for you, you, have to promise me one thing in return."
"Sure." he said smiling.
She slowly closed her eyes, then shot them open, "don't you dare let me die."
He looked at her, with a small sigh, "fine, but I know you can take care of yourself, I mean if you trained this whole time and all."
She smiled at him, "Alright then, now explain how this lovely plan is going to work."
"My initial goal is to get every one of their swords, I have one, but I need the other's."
"Hm, well I could be of service to you right now, Raiga's dead."
"I know, but I have no clue what happened to his swords." he said leaning back angry.
"I know where they are."
"No way! Where?"
"The Seven Swordsmen are well known, remember that, when he died some foreigner came back to return his swords to whoever would receive them as an heir to his strength."
"Who got them?" he said leaning into her.
"Me."
"Alright! So then hand them over!" he said putting a hand on her face.
"Well..."
"Well what? What did you do to them, where are they?"
She did a nervous laugh and rubbed the back of her head, "I had them for a while and then, they were worth a lot of money, I mean, well—"
"Well what?" he shouted putting a foot on the table.
"I hawked them a while ago!" she said with a smile.
"Wrong answer!" he shouted and punched her in the face, she flew back into another table and sat up.
"Ah! My perfectly manicured nails!" she shouted, "oh..." she slowly got up, "your so going to regret this."
"I come all this way to find that out!" he folded his arms, "damn, women, they always raise your hopes up then crash them down, it's always the same."
"Shut up! What do you know about women?" she kicked him and a huge splash was seen, "hm!" she said folding her arms as Suigetsu formed into himself again.
"You bitch!"
"How—ugh!" she shouted, "don't talk like that!" she screamed at him.
"Oh yeah?" he said kicking the table away.
"Yeah!" she said taking a step forward. They stared at each other then turned away, both with a pout on their faces.
"Your incredible..." he said to her.
"And your impossible." she said back. "besides, I know where the shop is, we could go there and get it back." she wasn't looking at him still.
"Fine." he began to walk away.
"What do you mean fine, we're not going now are we, it's probably closed."
"We don't know that." he had his hands in his pockets and used his foot to open the door, "if it's closed then we'll just brake in."
He walked out and she ran to him before the door closed, "but I can't go like this!" she said speaking about the red dress.
"Hey, who knows, it could come in handy." he said smiling.
"Ugh! Forget you!"
"This is it?" he asked her.
"Yep." she said, still wearing her red dress she had a short black cloak covering her to not look as appealing. They were in the dark with only a small street lamp that could not be seen more then 50 feet because of the thickness of the fog.
Suigetsu walked up to the old brown wooden shop that had dirty windows. He cupped one of his hands and tried to look inside it, but could see nothing. Furui walked up as well and tried to clean the dirty window and look her self, but failed as well.
"I guess we can't see it, well we'll just have to—hey!" she shouted as Suigetsu was about to raise his hand to brake the window. "What the hell do you think your doing?" she said to him.
"What do you think?" he said, "I'm going to brake the window."
"Thats not necessary," she said walking to the door, she read the closed sign but knocked anyways.
"Is he going to answer?" he asked.
"We'll see."
They waited and stared as nothing was heard, then when Suigetsu made a clenched fist to brake the door open the door knob turned. "Just a minute." they both heard, Furui sighed.
"See?" she said with a smile.
"Tsk, whatever." he said as the door opened.
An old hunched back man with half moon glasses opened the door. His frail body and bony fingers shifted as he saw a familiar face and a gigantic sword. "Can I help you?"
Furui bowed, "we're sorry to wake you sir, but I have to ask you a question."
"No bother, I was cleaning up a bit, but it's no problem at all." he said and took a step to the side "come in, it's freezing outside."
As they walked in Suigetsu overlooked the room, it was nice, clean, he would expect different from standing outside. As he walked and looked at the shelves he saw various swords, some he could tell that were real, and others that looked as if a kunai could brake them. There were books, table ware, clothing, and paintings.
"So how can I help you Nanakusa-chan?" the old man asked her.
"Do you know him?" Suigetsu asked walking up beside her.
"Everyone knows Furui Nanakusa, because of her, shinobi don't come here to torment us anymore, without her we'd be lost." she smiled as he said this. "So, what is it?"
"Sir, do you remember the swords I brought a couple of years ago?" she asked him.
"Of course, the two spiked ones, what about them?" he said using his finger to push his glasses into place. Suigetsu kneeled down to look at the swords in the glass case counter. There was only one, a Tanto, which looked familiar to him.
"We want it back." Suigetsu said standing up straight.
"Well, I have to look for them."
"Then look!" he snapped.
"Shut your mouth Suigetsu! We shouldn't even be here at such a late hour." she turned to the old man, "you have to forgive him, he's insane."
"Your insane." he muttered under his breath.
"Let me look." he went to the back and turned on a dim light.
Furui turned to Suigetsu and glared at him. He noticed this and turned to her, "what?" he asked.
"Are you always an ass hole?"
"Shut up."
"Your so rude, no wonder Orochimaru did experiments on you." he was about to hit her again.
"I found them." the old man called out from the back, "come on, don't keep me waiting."
Suigetsu lowered his fist and watched Furui walk to the back. He fallowed and saw them both standing in front of a wooden crate, Furui kneeled down and ran one finger over one of them.
"They're just as perfect as I last saw them." she said.
Suigetsu kneeled down and looked at them, "so this is Raiga Kurosuki's swords, what was their names?"
"He never named them, his pride and joy was Ranmaru, remember?"
"The purple haired kid who couldn't walk?" said Suigetsu.
"Yep."
"So, why did you want to see them, I know they're very nice but—" he saw Suigetsu wrap them in the cloth that the swords were over, then he held them firmly.
"Lets go." Suigetsu said to Furui, she nodded.
"Hey, you can't just take them—" Suigetsu grabbed his neck.
"What are you going to do about it?" he asked wickedly to the old helpless man.
"What—let me go!" he man struggled to say.
"Hey! Suigetsu, let him go, I'm going to pay for them." Furui said grabbing his arm.
"Oh, never mind then." he said and let go, the old man fell down and a large bag was dropped on his lap.
"That should be enough money for the rest of your life, I know a sword that belonged to one of the Seven Swordsmen would be considered priceless, but this is an exception. Right?" Furui said with a smile.
"Ri—right." he said looking at the large amount of money.
"Where'd you get all that, from your 'hard working'?"
"This is not a time for sarcasm!" She shouted at Suigetsu, "damn." she said walking away.
They stepped out of the room and saw that the old man was still awed at the amount of money he had just received. She began to walk towards the door ready to get out.
"Hey, Furui." Suigetsu called out.
"What?" she said turning around.
"Does this Tanto look familiar to you?" he asked pointing to the one in the glass case.
She walked up to it and kneeled down, it was a nice one, with a nice ebony wood handle, and the small carving of a rose on it. The charm was nothing more then a bell, not a seal, not a symbol, just a small silver bell. "It does look familiar, but...hm..."
"I know I've seen it somewhere."as he said this her eyes widened.
She was sitting alone, this was a day off, so she was able to be at home. Her father came in and sat down, he saw his daughter smile at him.
"Your here? I didn't know?" he said and smiled, his sharp teeth seemed to be overshadowed by his gentleness, something his brother failed to even have an ounce of.
"Yeah, this was the only one though." Furui said getting up from her seat, he noticed a small gash on her shoulder.
"How'd that happen?" he asked her.
"Oh, hmm, I forgot." she said smiling.
"Alright then," he set a small object covered in a white piece of cloth on the table.
"Whats that?" she asked.
"Look." her dad said pushing the object towards her.
She took a hold of it and felt that it was a little heavier then she would have thought. When she unwrapped it she smiled, it was a Tanto, she knew this because of the ones she used to practice back at the training grounds. "who's this for?" she asked.
"This..." he took it from her, "is the only way I can beat my brother in my next battle."
She had an eyebrow raised at him, she could never see how they turned out to be so different.
"Suigetsu...that sword, this one, the Tanto, my father—this is my father's sword." she said.
"No kidding? Hm, your dad had a tiny thing like this?"
"He said it was the only thing that would be able to beat Uncle Kisame, I don't know what he meant, but...I guess it was that important."
"Take it."
"What do you mean just take it?"
"Hey old man!" Suigetsu called, out, "we're taking this Tanto in the glass case, it's worth nothing to you."
"He's going to say no!" she hissed at him.
"Sure, go ahead, take anything, anything you like, just close the door when you leave." the old man called out.
Suigetsu walked around and slid the door of the case open, he pulled out the small weapon and handed to his new partner. "Take it, he said the ok." She took it from him and looked at it. It felt exactly the same, the weight, the feeling, the awed feeling she felt as a child. "c'mon, lets go." he said and walked out. She fallowed looking at the Tanto still. How could something so small even help in a fight against her uncle? She grasped it tightly and tried to clear her mind.
Kisame Hoshigaki and her father, Akisame Hoshigaki were born only a year apart, Kisame was the older and Akisame was the younger one. When they were younger they passed the bloody test the Hidden Mist forced them to perform, but one thing was obvious, Akisame was the favored of the two. Though he was younger, he seemed more approachable and was even known to be a bit stronger then his older brother. They looked the same, they spoke in similar manor, but Akisame always managed to get the better end of the bread, in other words, ladies liked him more, and he passed more missions, even becoming Jonin before Kisame by two months.
Kisame became fueled to get stronger every time his brother succeeded in something, anything, whether it was a mission or a date, he would train just to get an ounce stronger. Soon he succeeded in just that, Akisame was no longer the strongest in the Hoshigaki family, but Kisame, the eldest was. Even then Akisame congratulated him as Kisame received the Samehada, the giant sword made of shark skin. But when Kisame received this, Akisame cared only for what he received, his new wife.
"What do you mean she wont change her last name?" Kisame asked.
"She'd rather keep hers, Nanakusa, it's better then Hoshigaki don't you think?" Akisame said.
Akisame's name was only a syllable different then his older brothers, yet meant something completely different. Kisame meaning demon shark, while Akisame meant autumn rain. Kisame began to grow more and more stronger while Akisame was only making a living and a child was even on the way.
"I could care less if it's a boy or girl, as long as my child's healthy." Akisame said.
"Hm, no wonder I grew stronger then you, your soft, thats not good young brother." Kisame really was someone no one ever spoke to about personal matters, but when it came to his family and it's heirs, he wanted the last named Hoshigaki to be honored. This failed of course, when Furui, Nanakusa, was born.
"What do you mean your leaving?" Katana shouted standing up. "Is it that guy who came? You said he wouldn't get in the way!"
Furui was sitting on a small mat and was in the presence of all the dancers, "I'm sorry." she said and bowed down, her nose almost touched the ground. She was wearing a black yukata with a white turtle neck under. On the black sash that held her clothing together was the Tanto and it's small silver bell. She seemed to be ready to leave the theater and all she worked for it.
"Furui-chan, your really going to leave?" Kano asked.
She sat back up, "yes, I have to."
"Have to? You said no one has to do anything, what makes this event different?" Katana asked, her long purple hair flowed on one side over her shoulder.
Furui closed her eyes, "this has to do with something that happened a long time ago, before any of you met me."
"It's that boy, just say it! Suigetsu—whatever his name is, what kind of gen-jutsu are you under?" Katana shouted. Furui felt there was no point into arguing anymore, she stood up and did a last bow. She began to turn around put a hand on the handle. "Furui Nanakusa, if you take even a step out of this room, never, and I mean never, come back." she was still, looking at her hand turn the knob, she turned around and smiled at them all.
"Then I guess this theater will be named the Katana Nirin Theater." she said and stepped out. Katana was wide eyes as the door closed, she looked down.
"Everyone...get back to practice, we can't lose our touch." she said and walked out of the room.
Suigetsu was leaning against a tree, "wow, I thought you'd be softer then that."
"I guess you thought wrong." she said walking away, he fallowed with arms folded behind his head. "So who're we looking for first?" she asked.
"I haven't decided who'd be the easiest to find, Kisame would be my first choice, I mean because he's the strongest and all, but I'd rather get rid of the weak ones first. Just to get them out of the way."
"Logical, yes, well who's the first victim?" she turned to him wondering.
"Well..." he put his hands in his pockets, "the weakest one, even though thats stronger then anyone around here, hm...someone who always was lazy, who never could fallow orders, a messed up guy...who fits that?" Furui stopped, Suigetsu did as well.
They looked at each other, "Awamori Fushidara!" they said at the same time.
Suigetsu smiled and began to walk again, "this is going to be fun." he said to himself.
"Well we better start now, we don't want to be seen anyways, once I leave everyone will talk about it." Suigetsu wasn't next to her anymore, "huh?" she turned around and saw him sitting on a rock.
"We should rest don't you think?" he called out.
"Your so lazy, we hardly started walking!" she screamed at him.
Suigetsu Hozuki is the younger brother of Mangetsu Hozuki, who, in fact is or was a Seven Swordsmen himself. Suigetsu, ever since his brother took the title, wanted to become a swordsmen himself. His partner then, Furui Nanakusa, an exceptionally talented kunoichi is the niece of Kisame Hoshigaki, a member of the Seven Swordsmen as well. As children Suigetsu always spoke to Furui that he would in fact become one, but instead of desiring just his brothers sword, he wanted Zabuza's, and the rest. While Furui wanted nothing more then to graduate with high scores.
When they were in the Hidden Mist together the bloody test was no longer taken place, ever since Zabuza Momochi himself killed off a whole class, they banned the test. But there were exceptions that lead to Dojo's which required one of the trainees to kill off the other. One in particular, a battle between Suigetsu and his long time friend, Furui.
"Are you sure your alright with this?" Takashi asked Kisame, who's niece was in the fight.
"Yeah." he said with a small smile looking at Mangetsu's younger brother, "lets see if he'll cut off her arms and legs just like all the others."
"Poor Furui, she put that idea on his head didn't she?" Takashi laughed though his dark blue bangs, "I guess the ideology of killing off everyone who fights Suigetsu's going to backfire on her." he laughed. Akisame walked in the room and watched his daughter dodge a kunai thrown by Suigetsu. "So Akisame, are you ok with this?"
"Yes, why wouldn't I?" he said standing next to his elder brother.
"Sheesh!" Takashi said hitting his forehead with his hand, "I thought you'd guys hate this, I mean, it's your own family!" he sighed then smiled, "she does look like you wife though."
"Takashi doesn't know when to shut up does he?" Akisame said.
"No, he doesn't." Kisame said, both looking down annoyed of their partner.
"Haha! You missed again!" Furui shouted and laughed, she jumped away as another kunai almost hit her, "you missed, na-na-nanana!" she stuck a tongue out at him.
"I missed on purpose!" Suigetsu shouted.
Both, even though fighting, did not know that the other was suppose to be killed. This was the test of Suigetsu mainly, if he actually was like Zabuza, ready to become a swordsmen, or just a partner to this girl who he had always got in trouble with.
"Hey Furui!" Takashi shouted, "why wont you try and kill Suigetsu?"
"Who's going to be the heir to Zabuza's Kubikiri Hocho?" she shouted back jumped up to dodge a hit from her partner.
"Who cares about that, don't you want to become a Swordsmen?"
"No." she said and was kicked in the back of the head.
"Ha! I got you!" Suigetsu shouted.
"Whoa, I didn't know the All Star doesn't want to be one of us..." Takashi sighed, "I'll never understand, never."
"Ok! If you don't then shut up!" Akisame shouted at him.
Both Suigetsu and Furui were sitting and looking at a fire she started. Both having different thoughts and both having different ideas.
End of Chapter 1.
Ok, I hope this wasn't too weird, lulz, ok, hope you review n.n!