Chapter 3
This is Life
Hours later, and a lot of bags too, I was slowly walking home with Sakura. I placed my hand on my pocket and gave a little sigh. I had used up almost all of Kakashi's money.
"Hey Rekisuu if Kakashi asks, tell him to talk to me." She happily said as she left me in my house to sort my bags.
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A good hour later I was quietly sitting in my room, which was now more like a room. I had finally finished going through all the bags and everything was in place. My room wasn't really decorated, just a few things hung on the walls. It was better than having empty walls in my opinion. The fridge was full, so Kakashi didn't have to worry about that.
I gave a sigh as I walked into the kitchen. I didn't buy a lot of instant food. If I'm going to be here for a long time, I should be at least be able to cook. I pulled out a few items to create a decent meal.
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I had put the last dish down when I heard the door open.
"I'm back," he hollered in a tired voice. "Sorry I was gone for so long I had…" He stopped when he entered the kitchen. His eye held a hint of surprise in it. "I thought I smelled something cooking." He gave a little chuckle.
I looked away after giving him a small nod. "I got bored," I said in a small voice. It was true; I needed something to do with my time.
We sat down at opposite ends of the table and started eating in silence. "This is really good." I looked up and saw him eyeing the meal. I gave a small smile of satisfaction before I looked away covering my smile.
"Thank you." I took this chance to bring conversation between us. "What were you doing today?"
"The Hokage asked me to deliver a package to a neighboring village." He looked with surprise at my curiosity.
"Really?" Sounds kind of interesting, I guess.
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Months later I sat silently in a tree watching the three spar with one another. I was just thinking of what I remember from this place. When I first arrived here, everything I was told was extremely familiar to me. All the people and places I went to and met. It was like I used to live here. Of course I kept seeing these damn images of everyone, that weren't very pleasant.
"Rekisuu, hello?" I was suddenly aware that a hand was being waved in front of my eyes. I blinked a few times with confusion. "No dozing off on me now." Kakashi said jokingly.
"Can't I think?" I asked sharply in my defense. Oh-yea, I'm still living with Kakashi, and I have gotten to come to, a somewhat good level with him. He's such an annoying guy, though.
"Rekisuu, why don't you join us?" I looked over to Sakura who was smiling over to me. I had improved on my 'ninja skills'. The term was still slightly weird for me.
"Sure," I called back, for I just wanted to get away from Kakashi.
I stood and jump out of the tree. The shock from the landing wasn't as painful as falling out of a tree, at least.
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Flashback
I sighed as Kakashi read his book from above. I had managed to climb up to this branch, but not any farther than this. I closed my eyes trying to contemplate my past training.
"Are you sleeping?" I calm voice came from beside me.
The unexpected voice had startled me and I jumped. I lost my balance on the branch and could feel myself falling. I felt a sharp pain in my back as I glared up at Kakashi who had an apologetic look on his face.
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End Flashback
"Sakura, you can only spar with her for a little while. There is somewhere she needs to go today." I looked back at Kakashi with surprise. I didn't have anything planed today.
"Hai." She looked at me with question, and I shrugged in return.
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"Kakashi where are we going?" I asked as I slowly followed behind him.
"To meet the Hokage; I believe you have to speak to him about something." I looked with confusion at him. I don't remember wanting to see the Hokage.
We arrived in front of his office shortly after. I was still looking at Kakashi with confusion. The ANBU member or at least that is what Kakashi calls them, allowed us in.
"Hello, it's nice to see you again Rekisuu." He smiled.
"Hokage-sama, I believe Rekisuu needs to talk to you." He turned to me and his eye curled up. "I'll leave you at that." He disappeared in a poof of smoke.
"Yes?" I looked back to the Hokage who had a questionable look on his face.
"I don't know. Kakashi just brought me in here." I gave a small sigh.
"Oh, I see." I looked back up at the tone in his voice. It sounded like he knew why I was here. "Kakashi has told me that you have been training with him and his team, am I correct?" I gave a small nod. "I believe Kakashi thinks you are ready to become a shinobi of the village." He smiled.
"What?" I looked at him with surprise.
"Well, you wouldn't become a shinobi like Kakashi is. You need to get better training from a special teacher. Do you think you are ready for this?" I closed my eyes and thought hard. I need to answer wisely, or else.
A sudden flash of images came to my minds eye. I saw three giant snakes attacking the village, and the Hokage was fighting this weird looking guy. I think that guys name is Orochimaru. I opened my eyes suddenly and looked sternly at the Hokage. "Hai," I said as efficiently as I could.
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"So what did you talk to the Hokage about?" Kakashi asked casually as we walked home. I had found him waiting outside for me.
"You're mean." I said with a small huff as I turned away.
"Me?" He pointed to himself in a childish manner.
"Who else would I be talking about?" I asked harshly.
"Hello Kakashi." I looked up to see a man drop down in front of us. He was wearing an all blue outfit, he had dark glasses on, and the cloth from his forehead protector was covering his head.
"Hey Ebisu, what brings you here?" Kakashi's bored tone told me he wasn't anything special.
"I'm just going to see Hokage-sama to get new orders. I have a new student I was told." He smiled. He then looked over to me. "Who do we have here?"
"This is Rekisuu." Kakashi answered.
"Well Rekisuu, I'm Ebisu." He offered his hand and I took it hesitantly. He shook it for a long time and I was wondering when he was going to stop.
"Don't you have to go somewhere?" Kakashi's voice knocked Ebisu out of his hypnosis and he quickly released my hand.
"Right, it was nice meeting you." He quickly disappeared in a poof of smoke. Let's just make a note to stay away from him.
"What was that about?" I looked at Kakashi who gave a little shrug in return.
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I walked casually through town as the day went by slowly. The Hokage had told me a few days ago that he would arrange for a trainer and send word for me when ready. In this time I realized that I had to do something in my free time, and that is what led me to walk around town.
I looked at the signs as I passed; trying to find something that interested me. There wasn't much here though.
"Get out!" My attention was draw to the shriek of a woman. It sounded like it was coming from a few shops over. I quickly ran to investigate because I couldn't help but find out what was going on.
"Come on, all I wanted was to…" I stopped as plate came flying out the door.
"Get away from me!" I peered inside and saw a woman covering behind a desk. The man that was in there was some thug.
"Come on..." He picked her by the wrist and held her close. "Just one kiss."
"Get away from me you creep!" She shrieked with terror as he puckered up his lips.
"Hey you!" I stepped into the doorway with a mad expression. I hated men like this.
"What do you want? Can't you see we're busy here?" He shot me a glare, but I ignored it. I looked at the girl's terrified face.
"I believe she asked you to put her down." I slowly took a step in.
"You want some of me, fine then." He dropped her down and started to approach me. I reached down and grabbed a kunai. I was glad that I bought all of this stuff when I was out with Sakura.
"Leave," I said harshly as I held up my kunai.
"Ninja? Well then this should be good practice for me." He gave a snicker as he continued his approach.
He jumped at me, but I swiftly placed my hand on his shoulder and pushed myself up and out of his attack. He stumbled a little till he regained his balance and turned to me with a hateful expression. Suddenly another plate went flying past me and hit the guy in the head. I looked back and saw the girl give a thumbs up. I looked back and saw that he was still trying to get back into focus while throwing out a long list of cusses. I charged and landed a hard punch in the gut. He let out a cough before he went limp and fell to the floor.
"Nice hit!" The lady exclaimed. I gave a small smile as I turned back to her and slipped my kunai back into my poach. I really didn't need it.
"You alright?" I walked over and offered my help for her to get into a chair.
"Hai, I'm Kyoui Hachi, thank you…" She looked up at me with question.
"Damarikomu Rekisuu and you're welcome." I gave a small nod.
"I don't seem to know you from anywhere." She gave a small sigh as she looked at the scattered papers.
"Do you want some help cleaning the place up?" I was a little hesitant. She looked up at me and gave a small nod.
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I flipped through the papers a little and realized what they were. They were all vet statements and calculations. I looked at some of the calculation realizing that there were some errors in them. Suddenly the papers were taken from me and bundled up.
"I'm sorry, those are confidential." She had a bit of a worried expression.
"It's ok, I'm a vet too." I looked back at her and she started to back up.
"Are you here to try and put us out of business too? If you are, then you should know that those deaths were an accident." I looked at her a little confused.
"I'm not who you think I am. I just came here some months ago."
"Oh…I'm sorry, I didn't mean to accuse you. It has just been hard lately." She sat down and started sorting the papers. I sat down next to her and looked out the door.
"How has it been hard?"
"Well a lot of deaths have started to occur with our most sick patients and now we don't get a lot of costumers. To make things worse, other clinics have been trying to run us out of business." She gave a sigh as she stared at the papers.
"I think I have an answer for all your dieing patients." I pointed to one of the papers with calculations written on it. "You see you need to…"
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"That explains a lot." She studied her papers carefully and was realizing all the errors that were hidden from her. "You seem to know a lot about this stuff. Do you want a job?" I looked at her with surprise.
"Me?" I pointed to myself. "Why me?"
"We are short handed here and need more help. I think that someone with your knowledge would benefit us more." Well, this would give me something to do in my free time.
"Is it possible that I can work part time?" I knew I had other businesses that I need to attend to during the day.
"Sure, you can start when ever." She smile and turned back to the paper work.
A puff of smoke appeared in the doorway and we both looked up. "Rekisuu, the Hokage is ready for you." An ANBU member stood there looking at us, then his gaze landed on the man that was still unconscious on the floor. I had completely forgotten about him. "What happened here?"
I stood and walked past the guy. "Nothing much, but I'll leave you to take care of him." I said before I quickly walked off down the road towards the mansion.
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"Hokage-sama?" I looked from the Hokage to my trainer than back to the Hokage.
"He is the finest trainer we have." He smiled at me. "I leave her in you capable hands Ebisu."
I walked out with Ebisu next to me. You had to be kidding me. This guy was my new trainer?
"So Rekisuu…"
"I'll see you tomorrow," I quickly finished and started walking away. It was late anyway, so this gave me my opportunity to get out of there.
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"Where have you been?" Kakashi asked as I stepped into the house.
"Are you my mother or something?" I asked playfully.
"Maybe I should be." He returned with a chuckle.
"I think I would die."
"You hurt my feelings." I looked at him with a little chuckle from his response. "So where were you?"
"Talking with the Hokage, and my new trainer." I finished a little hesitant with the last part.
"And who would this be?" He eyed me carefully.
"A person you might know." I sat down and looked at the clock. "So where's diner?"
"About that…" He started with hesitation.
"Didn't I say who ever came home first got diner duty?"
"I kind of forgot." He placed his hand on the back of his neck.
"Lazy ass." I stood up and walked to the fridge. He's such a liar.
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I looked at the target carefully and aimed for the center. Throwing the kunai as hard as I could, it made an almost bulls-eye.
"You have nice aim and a good arm." Ebisu examined the log that was my target. What can I say, I played softball.
"Is this all I'm going to be doing?" This was boring after awhile.
"You need to start with the basics first, then move on to more advanced things."
"Can't you see that I already have the basics with throwing a kunai?" I crossed my arms with a sigh.
"I guess…"
"Then let's do something else." I said harshly.
"Like?"
"I don't know, you're the teacher." I looked back at the target then back to Ebisu. What was going through that head of his?
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"Who's this?" I asked as a little girl walked in the shop with her bird. It didn't seem to well.
"This is Rainbow. He's not well, can you do something?" She asked in such an innocent way.
I took the bird in the backroom and gave it a quick examination. Lucky for him and the little girl, he was just dehydrated. I came back out and smiled at the little girl.
"He'll be fine. He is just thirsty. When you return home, give him some water and he'll be all better." I handed the bird back to her with a smile.
"Thank you miss." She walked out a little more cheery.
"You handled that well. Why don't you smile like that around me?" I frowned as I saw Kakashi standing by a window in the corner. When did he get here?
"What are you doing here? Better yet, how did you find me here?" I scanned him over with confusion.
"I have my ways. I came here to tell you I will be gone for a while." He walked over a placed his hand on the counter.
"Where are you going?"
"I received a mission from the Hokage, and Team 7 along with me, will be escorting a man to the Land of Waves."
"Really now?" I closed my eyes and imagined the period of having no annoying Kakashi. Images passed my eyes. I saw Kakashi fighting some guy with a big sword. Sakura was protecting some guy, and the boys looked severely injured fight some mirrors. I shook my head and realized that this guy, his name was…
"Rekisuu?" Kakashi shook my shoulder.
"Zabuza!" I suddenly blurted out as I came back into reality. Kakashi looked at me with surprise.
"How do you know that name?" He looked serious at me.
"I don't know, I just do." I rubbed my head as a little headache started to come on.
Sry, i know that this chapter jumped around a lot. i hope you enjoyed it anyway.
plz review, i'm kind of stuck, so suggestions are welcome. thanks: )