Search for the Ninja Titan of Water
Chapter 1 – Death is Not the End and Birth is Not the Beginning
The mysterious walked Kino and had somewhat bold steps as he walked. Kino is shocked and speechless for a reason Himotomaru doesn't know and he just watching to see if anything is going to happen.
The mysterious person stopped and stood right in front of Kino, standing a whole head taller, "It's been six years since we last spoke. You've definitely changed since then. Physically, emotionally, but your maturity hasn't changed a bit." Said the man.
"How did you get here?!" Asked Kino stepping back.
"Not even a 'good to see you again' or 'I missed you?' Don't force it now, it won't do you much good now, but I'm here because I'm dead." Said the man in a serious tone.
"How did you die?" Asked Kino shocked.
"I was killed at the Chunin Exams that just happened. By eight Elite Sound Shinobi. I killed five, but I was too tired to kill the rest and they finished me off." Said the man.
"Those elites are tough; I had to fight two of them. Do you mind if I ask what your name is?" Asked Himoto.
The man turns to Himoto, "My name is Haichie Kinuta." Answered the man.
"I knew you looked a little familiar. Your little brother, Dosu, he has the same body shape as you." Replied Himoto.
"It's part of the family. Now what is your name?" Asked Haichie with an almost evil voice.
Kino's face goes pale and has a worried look, "No… I forgot Haichie hates…"
Himoto becomes bold and a little cocky, "My name is Himotomaru Chiha, but people often call me Himoto…"
"Heh, you don't even seem like a Chiha at all." Smirked Haichie and laughed a little.
"Well I am, but I'm nothing like them." Replied Himoto.
"I can tell, but like any pact, it must be met especially if it's made from my family. I don't know you, but you must die." Said Haichie with a serious tone.
Kino becomes worried and scared that he will kill Himoto, "Uh… Haichie, you don't have to do this. He's different, give him a chance."
"I'm guessing you knew even though you never did like to kill someone or something, let alone hurting someone." Said Haichie still with a serious attitude and no sign of backing off.
Himoto gets more and more serious to the situation that is going on, "I'm guessing that I'm one of your closest friends, am I right Kino?"
"Himoto, you are my only really close friend!" Yelled Kino.
"Kino, I don't care if he is your friend or not. I have to kill him." Said Haichie feeling a little sorry, but didn't let it over take his mind set. Haichie pulls out a kunai and goes into a stance and is now ready to fight.
Himoto also goes into a taijustu stance, "A fight? Well this training might finally pay off."
Haichie laughs at what Himoto said, "A fight? Ha, how about a death match, and just so you know, it doesn't matter how much you train you'll never become any stronger. Your knowledge grows bigger."
"You don't have to fight you know." Said Kino who is shaking a little and is worried about both of them.
"A taijustuist this should be easy, but I can't get too cocky yet."Haichie throws the kunai at Himoto. He quickly dodges in and starts to run at Haichie. "He's quick, but not quick enough." Thought Haichie as he grabs Himoto's fist at blinding speeds without moving any other part of his body except his arm. "Taijustuists are simple. They use the same moves over and over again. The only difficult part is catching up to their speed and holding the strength." Haichie pulls Himoto towards him, lifts him off of the ground and starts to whirl him above Haichie's head by his arm.
Kino is immobilized by the fight and thinks to herself, "This is bad, really bad. I should stop them… Before it gets worse, but if I try to stop them Haichie won't hold back on me."
Haichie still is whirling Himoto around by his arm, "Let this fight begin! In the end you will die… And never come back. I'll make sure you never come back." He throws him as hard as he can, making him fly about twenty feet then hitting the ground, bouncing and sliding. He gets off the ground and stands in a stance again and makes hand signs.
"Mirror Shadow Form Justu!" Yelled Himoto.
Haichie slightly grows a smile, "This should be interesting." Three clones appear on Himoto's sides, each in a different stance. Then in an instant then disappeared and reappeared next to Haichie; one in front of him, one on each side, and the last one behind him. At he same time they each were performing different hand signs.
"Sound Wave Justu!" Said Himoto clone 1.
"Lightning Bullet Justu!" Said Himoto clone 2.
"Wind Cannon Justu!" Said Himoto clone 3 lastly, as the fourth one was still doing hand signs for a seal. The first clone jumped next to Haichie and focused chakra in his hands and clapped them together, using the shockwave of the clap just like Dosu's device could. Before the effects of the justu came the second clone, which was in front of him came at him and touched him with two fingers. As soon as he came at him Haichie moved a little and the clone touched his shoulder and when he did a small bolt of lightning came out the other side of his shoulder, creating a through and through hole. Haichie just now started to feel the effects of the shockwave, when the third clone held his hands open palmed to Haichie and a giant burst of wind blew him into the fourth clone.
Before Haichie was blown into the fourth clone, he was still making hand signs, "Sambaski Seal!" Yelled the fourth clone hitting Haichie's heart. After the hit, the three clones disappeared, reveling the real Himoto, who had was breathing heavily from wasting a lot of chakra just to try and destroy all of Haichie's chakra in his torso.
Haichie regained his balance and started to laugh at Himoto's attempt to kill him. "Do you really think you could kill me with those petty justus? They are unique to a certain country. I'll show true taijustu." Said Haichie with a low and powerful voice, as he began to run at Himoto. Himoto hasn't recovered from his four attacks and doesn't have enough time to react to Haichie's speed. Haichie slides under Himoto who was ready for a block in the chest and he gets kicked up in the air. Haichie disappears and reappears above Himoto and does a front flip kick and hits Himoto back down at a fast speed. Himoto hits the ground hard on his back and can't move for the moment. Haichie lands next to Himoto, "In the end, not even you can escape death." Said Haichie as he drew his sword. "You weren't in any condition to fight and you didn't have much chakra to start with." Haichie lifts the sword over Himoto, who is now closing his eyes and is waiting for his death.
"Stop!!!" Yelled Kino as hard as she could and begins to cry heavily. "If you kill him, I'll… I'll never forgive you and disgrace your name in the clan!" Haichie stops and looks at Kino with wide eyes. Himoto is still flinching and doesn't hear her, but stops when he hears Haichie's sword hit the ground next to him.
"Sister…" Said Haichie in a soft voice.
"You always put that stupid pact in front of your eyes. You became blind when you agreed to carry through with it." Slightly yelled Kino while crying.
"Kino… I only did what I thought was best." Replied Haichie in shame.
"It wasn't the best thing. There were some Chihas that were completely innocent like Himoto and you still killed them." Said Kino harshly.
"You never knew if they were so called 'innocent…'" Said Haichie somewhat trying to defend himself.
Kino looked at Haichie with a look of sadness and anger, "I don't care."
Haichie looks down ashamed by what he almost has done, "I'm sorry sister." He starts to leave.
Himoto slowly begins to sit up, "You're strong, a lot stronger than I anticipated, but you did what your family said. In a way you were just following commands."
"Yes I was, but I am dead and I forgot that now I can do what I want to do. I've given you two enough trouble, I'll be going now." Said Haichie.
"Just stay. You are injured, you know?" Said Himoto.
"Only if Kino doesn't mind." Replied Haichie. Himoto got up and walked towards Kino, who is kneeling on the ground, with her hands on her face, still crying heavily. Himoto sat next to her and says something to her and then she looks up at him then nods. After she nodded, she began to stop crying.
"You can stay." Said Himoto.
"Okay, but I recommend you get some rest. You got a beating from the fight and from your training today." Said Haichie.
"I was planning on doing that." Replied Himoto. A few minutes pass and both Himoto and Kino prepare to sleep. "You better not hold me while I sleep. Actually how about keeping some distance between each other while we sleep."
"Okay, I don't know what your problem is, but I won't." Laughed Kino.
Five hours pass since they went to sleep, Himoto awakens and sits up, noticing that Haichie was sitting with Kino laying in his lap.
"I'm glad you woke up before Kino did. I need to talk to you about something serious. Okay?" Asked Haicie.
Himoto was still tired and sore from the fight, "Sure."
Haichie gives Himoto a serious look and leans towards him a little, "Have you ever had feelings towards a girl, you know a 'crush' or fell in love?"
Himoto responded just as serious as Haichie asked, I've had a 'crush' before. On my old teammate, Dawn, before she got all courageous."
"I didn't need to know who, but now that you said that did and who, did you ever tell her that you liked her?" Asked Haichie.
Himoto looked up, "No, I never did."
"What did you mean by, 'before she got all courageous?'" Asked Haichie.
"Well I seem to like girls that are quiet and shy girls." Answered Himoto.
"One last question. What is your life goal?" Asked Haichie.
"To get the rank of jonin, get married to the girl of my dreams, and have children." Answered Himoto.
Haichie sits up straight again and seems a little confused, "You know that is an average life goal for most people."
Himoto sighs, " You of all people should know that the Chihas want to own everything and hold power. You see, I want a plausible one and one that isn't 'evil' you could say."
"Ah, I see." Replied Haichie.
Himoto looks down at Kino, who is sleeping soundly, "If I had the chance to change one thing, just one thing about me. It would be my last name. I never liked it after finding out about how corrupt the Chiha clan is. I always thought the Uchihas were the bad ones, but instead we are."
"Uchihas? What do they have anything to do with you? I can see that your last name is in theirs." Asked Haichie.
"They left our clan and became their own a long time ago." Answered Himoto. "Still I feel as though I should be blamed for some of the bad things happening to my clan."
"Don't beat yourself up. Your name, your clan, you were born into it whether you wanted to or not, innocent of their crimes or guilty as sin. Life is ruthless like that." Said Haichie.
"Speaking about life being ruthless, you know that girl I was talking about earlier, Dawn? Well she likes me, actually I don't know if she still does anymore, but I turned her down because most of my closest friends, family, and possessions were taken away at one point or another… My parents, Haku, Zabuza, Atana, and so on." Explained Himoto.
"So you don't want to lose her?" Asked Haichie.
"No, I don't, even though I don't like her anymore, I didn't was to lose her." Answered Himoto. There was a long pause between the two and Himoto started to feel tired again and told Haichie he was going to go back to sleep.
"Himoto, this may be the last time we will ever see each other for a long time. So let me say something to you." Said Haichie.
"I've got something to say to you too, and that I'm glad that you love your sister enough to stop yourself from killing me… And that I'm not really the best ninja like I always thought I was." Said Himoto.
"You're welcome, and before I go. Thank Kino for saving your life and for me as well. She changed my ways in a blink of an eye. Good bye Himoto, tell her I said bye and that I love her." Said Haichie.
"I'll tell her and bye." Replied Haichie.
Hours later, both Himotomaru and Kino woke up and got ready to leave the cave after Himoto told her what Haichie said, when Brandon, Dosu, and Zaku came down in the cave.
"Himoto, while we were gone, we found something that was somewhat unbelievable." Said Brandon looking at Himoto. "It is has been a secret I guess for many years. You, Himoto, are really apart of the Abumi clan. You have no blood relation with the Chiha clan."
"I couldn't believe it at first that you were my brother." Said Zaku.
"So my real name is Himotomaru Abumi?" Asked Himoto.
"Yes it is, but we have to go now." Said Brandon.