Sorry guys this took soooooooooooooooooo long to update - ya see I was pretty busy. thinking, stressed and just came back from the wonderful country of Iceland! (I know so awesome right?)

I'm back in my writing mode now :3

Sakima is moving on to a very famous village now *giggles*
She's gonna meet some interesting people now ^^

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Sakima was still quite puzzled by the many ghostly encounters' messages. She had heard them speak to her many a times but not as vividly as these past two. She had travelled without thought to where she was going but suspected that the steps she took were not truly her own.

She also recalled that the destruction of Kagero village had had an effect on the way the shinobi were viewed in the world. The third shinobi war put the icing on the cake and caused the feudal lords all to deny the shinobi villages of their positions in society. This forced the villages to go into hiding such as her village Yugakure and depend on not just normal jobs but private hiring. Shinobi were no longer open public services but used by the devious and rich. This has blackened the shinobi world – but that depends on the shinobi village and the clients they take on.

Of course the shinobi villages were not all on best terms – and being suppressed by such an ordinary system seemed preposterous, but this worked at their advantage as they could raise prices on their services and rebelling would mean no clients. No clients mean no money then the shinobi system would break down. It's simply logical to comply.

Sakima knew all this and also knew that Yugakure becoming a normal village and selling their assets such as hot springs was more prosperous. But that didn't make it right – where was the pride of the village she had heard of many a times growing up. It had begun to fall the minute she was made to be more lady like and her shinobi sessions were cut shorter and shorter until they were no more. Their pride diminished as her father wept the loss of his loved maid in secret and drank his worries away and spent his money on women. Their shinobi spirit died when she was born.

No son – no heir. The Yugakure clan were surely old fashioned in the shinobi way – it was such a medieval way of thinking that a girl could not inherit. The shinobi way has accepted so many women overtime with wonderful skills – Sakima was sure of it. However she knew of none she could uphold. Her case was a lost cause and she was treated as a curse.

Sakima had enough looking back and instead looked forward. Ahead of her was something like a village in the sky. The houses were high up and the ground was full of rocks. She could oversee mountains and within one a blue office. She was in awe at this great city and tried to think – where was she?

She had read many books in her sp-are time with maps and such and though she had walked blindly for the past days she knew Kagero village was situated in the mountain country. Since she had travelled around the direction of East to northeast she felt she knew where she was...

"Hey you! Stop gahing over the view and come in already!" shouted the gatekeeper at the huge sky blue gates of what Sakima realised was...

"Kumogakure! Beautiful ain't she?"

She smiled for she was entering one of the great shinobi villages in the five nations. The hearty welcome of the gatekeeper made Sakima feel welcome. As she entered she immediately sought out the blue office she had seen – it must be the Raikage's office.

Sakima knew the gatekeeper was a shinobi but the gatekeeper didn't know Sakima was. Sakima has her weapons in a bundle and she had no village headband – she had discarded that upon leaving. She looked like an ordinary traveller and of course the village welcomed her with open arms – at least her money.

Sakima wanted to take advantage of this as she secretly excelled in one thing this village was famous for in the shinobi underworld. Taijutsu.

She wanted to be the best at taijutsu she spent nights secretly escaping to the dojo practising until she was caught and was from then on locked in her room. Even then she would have secret taijutsu sessions with Hidan when she could escape and continued to read books on the skill.

Her village was no threat to Kumogakure and surely they might have not even heard of it in terms of shinobi history! If she could be accepted as a student her shinobi dream of becoming a taijutsu master would become a reality.

With that thought in mind another crept in.

'Maybe I could then redeem my clan...' this thought was immediately shattered by Sakima. Why should she redeem a clan who did not want her in the first place? This was for her benefit – her own glory. Plus maybe if she learnt taijutsu she could control her anger...

BUMP

She had hit someone but it was her who had fallen on her but. She looked up ready to curse the person when a big strong dark hand grabbed her arm and lifted her up to her feet. She brushed herself off and touched her arm which felt slightly painful. She mumbled a thanks but before walking off the man had grabbed her shoulders,

"I said thank you so back..." Sakima began.

"Hey chill lil girl I was just gonna give you a whirl..."

"Are you some sort of perv...? She started furiously again.

"So I could see your face and see the disgrace that bumped into me! The great Killer Bee."

Sakima had already formed a distasteful opinion of this man, he wasn't a pervert but he was arrogant and on top of that he...

"So what's up? Haven't seen you 'round. You a visitor just seeing the town?"

Rhymed.

She resisted the urge to punch this guy, not just for angers sake but seeing how muscled he was it probably wouldn't do much.

"Lil girls shouldn't be going around on their own; they should be taken by a man or wait to be grown." He patted her head playfully. That was Sakima's last straw.

Sakima kicked this man in the chest with all her strength but he didn't even flinch. She punched him and kicked again and this time he stopped her kick with his large hand.

"You got quite a kick there. If you were bigger that could've hurt I swear." He said this with a smile that made Sakima stop. She only growled under her breath and tried to turn away.

Again the burly man stopped her but this time he didn't rhyme,

"So what's your name kid?"

Sakima flinched at being called 'kid' but she answered hotly,

"The name's Sakima. Kuro Sakima."

"Nice to meet you Kuro Sakima, the name's Bee, Killer Bee." He lightly shook her hand.

Sakima could tell this man was a shinobi – a good one at that. This was her chance!

"By the way you wouldn't happen to know anything about Kumogakure shinobi being around here would you?" She whispered in the man's ear.

Killer Bee's face immediately tightened up, he took a look at the girl and answered.

"Don't go playing around kid, shinobi is like a taboo – a word other shinobi say to another – and in secret at that."

"What do you think I am?"

With that Killer Bee took another look at Sakima and soon hushed her way into an open restaurant selling buns.

"One meat bun please." Killer Bee ordered, as he looked at Sakima whose eyes had narrowed, he re-ordered,

"Make that two."

After this Sakima and Killer Bee had a long chat where Sakima confided in Killer Bee her origins and possible motives.

"That's dangerous but as long as I have a say in it I can get you accepted as a possible shinobi pupil – but you gotta be apt. My brother is the Raikage I'll put in a good word but the rest is up to you."

Sakima smiled and briefly thanked Killer Bee. What luck she had bumping into him! Or was it...

'Is this another trick by the dead?' she wondered to herself but easily put away the thought as she along with Killer Bee indirectly travelled to the Raikage's office.

SLAM
SNAP
Sigh.

"I wish you would stop doing that." Said – what seemed to Sakima – his secretary?

Sakima jumped back at the Raikage's violent reaction to her shinobi origins and was beginning to wonder if this was such a good idea...

"A foreign shinobi just waltz into my village undetected! Am I expected to be calm about this? The village security needs to tighten up! When I get that gatekeeper I'm gonna..."

"Chill my big bro this kid is here for an offer ya know."

Raikage sat on his chair completely ignorant of his broken desk and listened.

"Ya see this kid ran away and she needs a place to stay – she's also got some skills she hopes will get us to teach her the shinobi ropes." Killer Bee gave the Raikage the story and he seemed disinterested.

"Enough talk Bee you know no one gets taught unless they prove they're worth it to me."

Killer Bee nodded coolly and Sakima held her breath.

"Kuro Sakima, I dare you to challenge me."

Uh Oh what has Sakima got herself into now eh "^^

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