~Act: 01- The Mountain Sage and The Overly Rightious Boy!!~
"Okay, so anyone know any good ghost story?"
"Oh! I know one. It's the legend of the headless shinobi!"
Everyone in the group groaned. "We've heard that one a hundred times already," Sakishita complained jumping up
and down on ground. "Calm down Sakishita, let's just do something else," Nimamori said standing up. "Okay, we'll
play hide and seek. And since you wanted to be entertained, Sakishita you're it!" That was all the incentive the
other three kids needed. They each flew off in different directions. "No fair!" Sakishita called after Nimamori.
The five friends had a week off from academy training so they got permission to go camping outside Konoha's
gates. In the vast forest there were several mountains and wild animals, but the friends seemed confident that
they could handle themselves. After running for a while Hijikata caught up with Miyori, his crush. They stopped
and decided to hide together. They crouched down low in the bushes so Sakishita would not see them.
"Hey Miyori?" Hijikata asked blushing. "Yeah? What is it?" She replied keeping a lookout for Sakishita. "Um well
I have something to tell you" He said taking a deep breath, "I really like you Miyori!" He said it so loud that he
jumped almost as much as she did. "W-what?" She asked starring at him blankly. Hijikata gulped, "I want to...to
kiss you Miyori!" When he said that he seemed to be giving a command rather than asking her. He leaned toward
her. "L-listen Hijikata it's not that I...Well I mean that," She was at a loss for words. On the one hand she did
like him, but on the other hand she wasn't sure about this at all. He got closer to her and shut his eyes. She waited
for a moment and then she started to lean forward too.
There was a very intense flash of white light that startled the two before they kissed. They rubbed their eyes and
looked after the light faded. A boy wearing almost solid white clothes was glarring down at him. His sleeves, the
front of his shirt, and his right pant's leg all had a large blue cross painted on them. He had deep lines under his
solid red eyes and his hair was bright blue. At first they thought he was an villan but they saw a Konohagakure
headband tied around his waist. He pointed a finger at them and spoke in a loud and well defined voice.
"Repent! For you are too young to know what you were about to do! Ask for forgiveness and you shall be saved!"
He continued to point and glare at them until Hijikata could feel himself sweating. The two decided to make a
break for it and bolted away crying. The boy, who was about 16 regardless, sighed and rubbed his hair, "Another
victory for the rightious." Far away Hijikata grinned weakly at Miyori, "How about we just stay friends for a
while?" "S-sure, sounds great!" She replied still moving.
(~_~)
"Kross, welcome back!"
Kross removed his shoes and took a seat at the table. "How was it tonight? A sucess?" The tall man said setting a
small plate of cooked fish infront of Kross. "Just another victory for the rightious" Kross said eating, "It's very
good, Master Kena." The man smiled, "I told you, just call me Kena when we aren't training." "It's proper to call
your master in a polite and respectful manner regardless of the situation," Kross said drinking his tea. "If you
say so" Kena took a bite of his own fish, "I think we're running low on bread. Kross, could your go to town tomorrow
and get some?" "With all due respect, you never go to town. May I ask why?" Kross asked. "I don't know I just
don't like the town. It's too noisy for me." Kena said snapping his chopsticks to immitate a person talking. "But
master, I heard that you have a wife who lives in Konoha. Why don't you ever visit?" "Well she's not there most
of the time. She has her own squad of ninja to take care of," Kena said laying back. "Well I think you should at
least go to town with me tomorrow," Kross said bowing to Kena for the meal. Kross then got up and went to his room.
'It has been a while since I've seen Kuroneko. She's been away on so many missions lately that I haven't had the
time to visit. Whenever she's back I'm always busy training Kross. Being a sage is hard work,' Kena thought. He sat
up and looked out the window. It was dark outside and from the clouds he could tell that tomorrow would be a
sunny day.
(~_~)
The gates to the village opened wide and acted as if a portal into another world. Inside the walls of Konoha the
people walked about briskly and did their business fast and to the point. Kena was out of his element. "Oh Kross,
I do so much better in the wilderness. Can't we go back?" Kena asked sighing. "No, we need bread. It is a very
holy food after all." The noise in the village was almost enough to make Kena go deaf, but Kross seemed to be
able to tune it all out.
"Okay, so that's three loaves of bread, four apples, and six packets of instant ramen. That'll be $19.99 please,"
the man said. Kross took out his wallet and paid the man. "What's next on our list?" He asked Kena. Kena looked
at the list, "Celery and some mangos. Could you go get them for me? I think I will stop by and see if Kuro's home,"
Kena said knowing Kross didn't really want to be stuck with all the work. Kross sighed, "Okay, I know where she
lives so I'll be along shortly." He walked off and disappeared into the crowd.
"Apartment number 171," Kena looked up from the sheet of paper he had gotten from Kuroneko's landlady. Her
aprartment was two flights up and over looked a beautiful park. Kena wondered how she could stand to live in the
city. He let his finger hover just inches from the doorbell. He was trying to decide whether he should ring the
doorbell or not. They had been married for a few years but even then they never really acted like it. Kena held
his head down. 'she probably hates me for leaving to live in the country anyway,' Kena thought. He turned to leave
when he heard the door open behind him. A tall black-haired girl stepped out onto the pathway. She looked at him
and studied him. "Kena?" She asked.
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5 Years after the conclusion of Team Abunai: Abunai Dosu!!!