Sakima is on the road alone and she is going wherever the wind blows her - or thats what she thinks...

I Do Not Own Naruto so any terminology and characters used from said anime/manga is not mine!

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Sakima wandered around in the forest all night, as though something in spirit led her, before stumbling upon a little shanty house. It was a little wooden dilapidated house which seemed freshly deserted. There were few provisions on the table and a bucket to collect rainwater just outside was filled to the brim.

Sakima drank some of the rainwater and snacked on some of the provisions she had. She decided to stay at this little shack for the night before setting off again. The forest was more than what Sakima imagined. The trees were wild with insects and the floor with animals big and small alike. Sakima was not much of an animal lover but neither was she afraid to kill for food.

She found some radishes and baby carrots in the tiny garden patch at the back of the house and rummaged for pots and pans. With that she cooked a measly meal of boiled carrots and radish stew. Sakima was not much of a cook but her skills were good enough. As she chowed down on the broth something came to her. Her left eye twinkled and again the woman veiled in white appeared.

This was my shack Kuro Sakima.

She breathed to Sakima's hearing. Sakima dropped her spoon and looked around the room.

"I was led here by her wasn't I?" Sakima said in awe.

Do you see my body lying on that bed?

Sakima jerked her head round and true enough there was a bed. She did not realise under those piles of sheets there was indeed something there. She crept towards the tiny bed and sat beside it. She saw an arm sticking out and her hand started to shake. The skin was pale and wrinkled but had not yet started to decay. She slowly started to lift the sheets off and stood still as she looked upon the woman's face.

She backed away in shock for she recognised her face. It was her father's treasured maid that had run away almost 12 years ago. Her hair had thinned and her eyes were rolled back but yet there was a beauty in her face. Sakima quietly wept before pulling herself together again.

"Why have you brought me here?" Sakima asked her voice barely audible.

To show you the truth.

"What has this got to do with me!" she shrieked. But the spirit did not answer.

Bury me Kuro Sakima set my spirit at peace.

"Not until you tell me what this all means!" she retaliated.

When the time will come all shall be revealed, but until then dear child you must learn to yield.

Sakima was silent but she gave in. She found a little shovel in the corner of the shack and spent the rest of the day digging out a grave. Since she had no coffin box for the body she kept it wrapped in the sheets. She took a wheelbarrow and hauled the body into it. With her final efforts she put the body in the grave hole. Said some commemorative words and prayed for the spirit to be at peace. Finally she buried her, and Sakima herself felt at peace.

Thank you Kuro Sakima.

And that would be the last, Sakima ever heard of the woman veiled in white. Sakima could not bear to stay in the house any longer so she spent the night wandering again. She finally collapsed from exhaustion and could not go any further. She took a look at the silver sundial around her neck and was shocked to find it had moved.

'What does this mean?' She asked herself. But soon sleep came over her like a blanket and she didn't wake again until midday.

Sakima's journey continued like this constantly going north until she found a village. The village sign read:

Kagero Village

As soon as she entered the gates a lively welcome awaited her. A little boy jumped Sakima happily and Sakima was simply overwhelmed.

"Welcome traveller. Welcome to Kagero Village." Spoke a middle aged man with a nicely cut beard and neatly placed brown hair.

"Hey there my name is Haruto!" cried the little boy excitedly.

"Haruto, what an interesting name." Sakima speculated.

"We have been waiting for you Sakima-chan." Haruto continued.

"You have?" Sakima questioned.

"Of course we have." The village leader chipped in.

Haruto led a confused Sakima through the village where everyone smiled and waved at her. She was presented with food and entertainment.

"What are we celebrating?" Sakima asked.

"The cease fire the war is now over! We no longer are fighting Konoha we can finally be at peace." Haruto explained.

"Where is your mother and father?"

"My mother is home while my father is in Konoha – he was supposed to be infiltrating but since the war has ended he can come home!" The boy seemed ecstatic and Sakima smiled. He was so warm and full of life.

They provided her with a bed that night but she couldn't sleep as questions circled her head.

'How did they know I was coming? I don't remember a war going on.'

CRASH
BOOM

The sound of exploding tags shook her room. She was fully awake now kunai in one hand and she peeked outside the window to see the damage that was done. Shinobi were raiding the village left right and centre Sakima couldn't believe her eyes. She saw the boy Haruto fiercely trying to fight back and she ran to his aid.

She used taijutsu to beat off the enemy and told the boy,

"Stay behind me!"

She fought back has hard as she could – truly it was her first time ever using her shinobi skills on the field. She was steadily losing stamina and the enemy kept pouring in. As she lost her concentration the enemy made a strike at her neck but before she took the blow Haruto was in front of her.

SLICE

The boy was down; Sakima struck the man before slicing his neck open in rage. The blood dripped down before her and she no longer felt fatigue or pain. She glanced at the boy on the floor who gave her a weak smile before closing his eyes, Sakima held back the tears as anger boiled up within her.

Her hair flayed her eyes glowed and she felt empowered.

Bring judgement on these wicked men!

The voice within cried out and she reaped. One head and another at a time the blood kept spilling. There was no structure to her killing but the blade, their flesh and her smile. She nicked and sliced, she pierced and diced mindlessly attacking whatever, whoever came in her way.

As the sun rose her anger went down and she awoke as though from a dream to the bodies of the dead before her. The villagers were slaughtered and so were the enemy alike. She went down on her knees and buried her face in her bloodied hands.

As the sunlight poured in the bodies seemed to evaporate and as she lifted her head there was nothing but dilapidated houses. The boy Haruto walked towards her, now a ghost and whispered in her ear,

Tell my father I love him and to always forgive.

Sakima grabbed the boys hands.

"What is your father's name?" she asked in hushed tones.

His name is' The Trap Master' and the boy simply laughed.

With that the boy was gone. Sakima got to her feet, she took her bundle and left. As she looked back at the town she finally remembered what was so strange. Kagero Village had been destroyed about 30 years ago by another village just after days of cease fire with Konoha. She had been staying in a ghost town and relived the village's downfall.

But what was worse was her slaughtering – it was like she was possessed. Within her heart at the time she passed judgement on those men.

'What am I? God?' She playfully questioned herself.

No dear just Death...

"Hmm?"

Sakima fancied she heard something. She figured she heard many things from the dead so she could not keep up with every word they said. Onwards she travelled somewhere to the East. Unknown to Sakima her silver sundial had clocked yet another hour.

Two ghostly encounters two shifts on her silver sundial what does it all mean?

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