Chapter 39
"Down that waterfall!" I exclaim.
"Are you kidding? What about the sssplassh when you hit the bottom..?"
"Pfft. There wont be any splash! I can turn into the water, it'll be easy!" I say. This was all feeling so convenient now.
"What..?"
I hold my arm out. "Come on." I say. Keahebi shook his head.
"No, I have my own way down. I will meet you down there.."
"Kay!" I reply. I jump to my feet and run to the waterfall, tuning into water I flow down the waterfall with ease.
Once in the river, I reform and poke the top half of my head out of the water and look around. It was dead silent, apart from the sound of crickets and the croaking of frogs. 'I wonder where Keahebi is..'
After seeing the coast is clear, I sneak out of the water and stand up against a nearby building, and scan the area again. I don't know what it is.. but there's something eerie about this place that puts me on edge.. It's a feeling like there's danger lurking around each corner, a deadly presence.. It sent shivers down my spine.
I want to call out to Keahebi, but that might be a bad idea. 'I should just let him find me.. but in the meantime..'
I step out from behind the building, there was a cracked cobblestone path linking to each building, and to the bridge. I quietly move around, avoiding the path, walking around behind buildings, Kabuto has to be around here somewhere... at least, I hope he is.
After a few hours I had explored every corner of this place, there was no one in sight, and I was hungry. I wasn't so worried anymore, knowing there's no one around, I walk along the path – being a village there has to be some sort of food somewhere.
Unfortunately I couldn't find anything. I sigh, I turn around to keep looking when a silhouette scared the crap out of me, making me jump.
"... Who are you.." The person spoke, their cold tone scared me enough to take a step back. "... Konoha ninja... you're not welcome here.."
"..E..er... I-I'm only here b-because I'm looking for someone!" I imply, hoping the person won't attack me.
"..Who exactly...?"
"... Kabuto.."
"Kabuto.. what business do you have with him?"
"I.. I just wanna see him.. coz.. I need to.. uh.. t-tell him something!" I say.
"Whatever reason you have, it's invalid.. you have trespassed on enemy territory. You deserve punishment. As for Kabuto, he's not here.. he's training that new brat.."
I whine inwardly in fear, and he pulls a kunai from his pouch. I draw my katana, seems I'm not gonna get out of here without a fight.
"You're going to fight back..? Interesting.. so I might get a little amusement from this."
"Er.." I really had nothing to say, but I had to swallow my fear and toughen up. I grip the handle tighter.
"Die.." The person steps forward and lunges the kunai towards my chest. I quickly step to the side as quick as I could, getting the edge of my arm slices instead. I knee the guy's rib as hard as I could, making him cringe, then as he lowered, I held my katana at the back of his neck. He paused in that position, as if waiting for something. ".. Are you going to kill me?" He finally asks.
"No... but.. I have to defend myself.." I reply.
"Big mistake.." He said. My hand twitches as I thought something major was gonna happen. ".. for a shinobi not to kill their enemy.. it is a big mistake.." He then suddenly turned around, whacked the katana out of my hand, then held the kunai to my throat – all within a split second. A gasp, and my eyes widen. "However, I don't think this is the place to spill blood.." He smirks.
I quickly grab his wrist and remove his aim from my neck, then put a lot of pressure on his shoulder while pulling his arm.. I heard a loud crack, and he cried out in pain. Breaking bones wasn't something I'd normally do, but I had no choice. I jump backwards.
"Bitch! I'll have you pay dearly for that!" He scowls. I just watch him carefully, trying to determine his next move. He bent down and picks up the kunai, then throws it at me. I jump back again, dodging it. In the light, I could see his Otogakure headband on his head clearly, his dark brown hair and lavender eyes. What caught my attention was a scar across his cheek, and his somewhat burly figure.
I heard a rumble in the sky, I look up for a brief moment, grey clouds rolling in.. this could work to my advantage. I put my hands together in a jutsu sign.
"Water Style: Rain Jutsu!" I exclaim. Rain began falling from the above clouds.
"What good will rain do... it will just slow you down.." He says.
"Wrong!" I exclaim.
"What?"
I run like lightning towards him, punch under his jaw and sent him upwards into the air. I wait until he comes back down and punch his gut, slamming him into the ground. He grunts.
"You think.. rain is going to save you!" He questions. He puts his hands together, and performed a few hand signs. "Ninja Art: Lightning Dragon Tornado!"
A flash of lightning appeared, followed closely by a loud clap of thunder. I look up, seeing a giant dragon seemed to be made out of lightning. I gulp, Lightning Ninjutsu is my major weakness. I look down, I'm soaked... this is bad. The dragon's roar echoed then it came to strike down at me. I jump backwards, doing a few flips, just to get away. But it was sending small electrical sparks off it, one which tapped my arm, and it felt like the tip of a searing white hot needle. I yelp in pain.
"Trembling from a mere spark? Heh, I'd love to see the full impact!" He shouted. The dragon came at me again. I couldn't fight this.. I began running, fleeing from the battle.. however the dragon, and the Oto ninja chased me.
Before I knew it, I was back in the marsh-like terrain, jumping over logs and hidden tree branches, dodging snakes and spiders, scraping my arms and tearing small holes my pants on the thorny bushes. I just hope none of them are poisonous.
Suddenly I felt a very sharp, stinging sensation in the back of my right shoulder, followed by a warm feeling, something dripping down my back. I wince greatly and yelp, tripping on a log from the immense pain. The rain was making the soft ground even softer, and muddier and slippery. I tried to get back up, but my arm kept slipping against the ground, the pain was becoming unbearable. My right-hand bicep was becoming numb from the pain. I grip my shoulder tightly, unable to get up. The Oto ninja jumps down beside me sniggering. I couldn't see or hear the dragon, but I still wondered if it was nearby.
"Well, you're fairly easy to target.." He says as he kneels down, another kunai in his hand. A loud clap of thunder echoes through the trees. My heart was racing, and I could barely open my eyes from the excruciating pain I'm in. "Look's like it's almost gone through you.. amusing." He scoffs. I couldn't bring myself to speak. When I opened my eye I saw a bolt of lightning hit a tree right above us. I try and struggle to my feet as the branch cracked loudly, and began creaking, slowly breaking. It was still very slippery, but I did manage, barely.
"It is very amusing watching you struggle." He says, like he was completely oblivious to it. As soon as the trunk snapped from the root, it fell very quickly. I went to run but after the third step I slipped, my coordination was thrown off because of the pain and numbness. It landed with a loud crash, and that's all I remember before blacking out.
"Hey.. miss.. wake up..! Please miss!" The voice echoes through my head, I can't recognize that voice.. who is it? Who's calling out to me?
I slowly open my eyes, curious of the voice. Then pain stuck me from my shoulder, making me cringe. "Ahh! Oww!" I whine.
"You're awake!"
I grip my shoulder, it was bandaged. I then notice.. the only shirt I have on is a transparent fishnet t-shirt. My cheeks burn up and I look around for something else to wear. I notice a shredded blue cloth and hold that in front of my chest. Although the bandages do cover my breasts, I still felt over-exposed. It was then that I thought of the voice. I look up and see someone kneeling beside me. A boy, possibly 17-18. Dark brown hair and soft lavender eyes.
"Who.. are you?" I ask. The boy opens his mouth to speak but no words came out, he paused to think for a moment.
"I... don't actually know.." He says, scratching his head but then cringes. "Oww.. forgot about that bump.."
"Bump? Let me have a look." I say. The boy blinks a few times and turns his head, showing me a dark bruise on his head. "Ahh, that looks painful." I say.
"So does yours." He says. "But yours isn't as big as mine.. at least, I don't think it is." He says. I feel around my head, then wince. I could feel a fairly large bump at the back of my head.
"What happened?" I ask. He shrugs.
"I don't know.. I just woke up and saw you unconscious, and you had a nasty wound in your shoulder.. and I'm sorry about your shirt... it was ripped and I accidentally tore it when I pulled you out from under that giant log." He says, his cheeks turn slightly pink as he looks away from my gaze.
"Where are we?" I ask, finally noticing our dark surroundings.
"Oh, I saw this big hollow tree, and it was raining so I put us both in here until it stopped.. but as you can see, it's still raining outside." He says, moving out of the way to the hole in the tree, the rain was pouring. I sit up slowly and sit against the rough bark, I could feel every bit of it's texture against my back with this shirt, I may as well be topless, it would make no difference. I continue holding the blue material which he called my shirt, against my chest. I felt really cold, bringing my knees to my chest and hugging them. I rest my chin on my knees and stare out.
"Are you cold? Here, have my shirt." He says then takes his shirt off, revealing a well toned set of abs, and many scars, most likely battle wounds, but I couldn't help but admire them.
I take his shirt and put it on, it was warm from his body heat, however, only being a t-shirt, my arms were still cold. "Thank you." I say.
"Don't mention it.. erm.. what's your name..?"
I give a blank expression. "My name..? Er.." I began to think, but my mind was blank. "I.. don't know.." I say, feeling awkward about it. 'What is my name?' I thought maybe there might be something on me that has my name. I look down to my pants, small holes were ripped in it everywhere. I rummage around my pockets, and pull out the first thing I felt. A permanent marker. I tilt my head in curiosity, then putting that aside, I continue searching. Nothing, I try my other pocket, and pull out a pocket knife. I squint my eyes at the carving in it – Suki .
"Suki?" I think aloud.
"Huh?"
"I think that's my name, Suki."
"Oh, well nice to meet you Suki." He says. I nod.
"I think we might have lost our memories.." I mention.
"Yeah I know."
"Oh hey! We should come up with a name for you until you remember yours!" I say. He faces me with a nod.
"But what..?"
"Hmm.." I stare at him for a moment thinking. "How about.. Daisuke!" I suggest.
"Daisuke?"
"Yeah! It means you're a great help!" I say then smile.
"M-me?"
I nod. "Yeah, you fixed up my wound right?"
"Well.. I bandaged it.."
"So Daisuke it is!" I say. He shrugs then nods.
"Yeah alright." He looks out the hole, staring into the rain. We fell asleep while waiting for the rain to stop.