a short story about a ninja, who wants revenge. |
“Revenge” I was born in a small village of shinobi in the town of kofu, Japan. When I was five years old something terrible happened. I have some memories of that day, but they are faint ones. “Hey Gaki, I need you to hide ok Gaki”, said Kirin. I asked my mother why that day but little did I know I wouldn’t see my mother after that day. My father left me when I was two my mother said that he was a very kind person; I would have liked to meet him. I don’t really like my name Gaki = (brat) it doesn’t fit me I’m no brat. Well what happened to my mom is. My dad came back but he had two other people with him they were dressed in black shinobi shozoku, and I was hiding in pot that we had in our dojo. But the most disgraceful thing is they came into our dojo, without any respect to our dojo and killed my mother. I felt a strong feeling in my chest. A burning feeling. And they were looking for someone, when my mother’s sensei came the shinobi ran. Three years later Konton raised me in the way of the shinobi. “Gaki, I taught your mother Kirin in the way of the shinobi too.” Said konton “Wow really, that is so cool” “sure but still remember there are other clans like the kayos guild in which your father came from. They are a very horrendous clan of shinobi” I stayed up all night that day trying to figure out why my father attacked my mom, and what was he looking for I don’t know. My only guess is to train and make my dad tell me why he killed my mom. Two years passed, in these two years I have been training in dojo learning. Taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu. Taijutsu is a style of martial arts were I have to be fast and strong, ninjutsu is where I master the art of stealth and chakra flow, and genjutsu is where I learn to make my enemies hallucinate. I practiced these techniques every day for two years. I walk down stairs to get something to eat. “Hey konton is there any ramen” I said in a room down the hall. “What did you day” said konton “I can’t here you” konton said “I said is there any ramen” I said. As I walked down the hall I heard another person in a room nearby. So I pulled out my kunai and jumped into the room. It was the hallucinations and poisons room, it’s were we study about hallucinogens and poisons. I thought who would be in there, an assassin, or a spy. Then I ran to the back room stealthily. I jumped in the air and threw my kunai. But just as I threw it the table flipped up in the way and caught my kunai half way from the target. Then I saw the target, he was a little boy. I jumped at him and pressure pointed him in the neck, and knocked him out. When he woke up he acted dazed like he didn’t know anything. Just then the boy started screaming “they got me master will not be pleased” the boy said. I asked “who is your master?” then he replied with “his name is waru” said the boy. “And I’m here to kill you konton”. Then it was clear he was from the kayos guild. And waru must be my dad, but that’s not his real name is kabuto yoshida. For my name is gaki yoshida. “I’ll ask you boy what is your name and who is this waru guy”. I said. The boy replied with. “I have the name that waru gave me, for I do not know my real name or my parents. I am an orphan whose parents were ripped away from him.” Said the boy “so what is your real name” I said he replied “supai, because that’s what I am”. he said I asked my sensei Konton if he was telling the truth. But he said “does your heart think so” I said “yes…no … maybe I can’t tell” so then I went back to the room with a tray of food. On the tray are some fruit and some ham and bread which I will cut with my katana to slice it. Now I know what you’re thinking I will fail and mess up the ham and bread. But guess what I’m a shinobi. I am skilled with a katana. Well here goes. I threw the ham in the air and cut it into three medium sized slices and then cut the down the middle. Then I used a kunai to slice the bread. I do also cut up the fruit with my katana. I am now making a sandwich or (sandoitchi). I go through his bag and find two bottles that are a truth serum. Just what I was looking for, I get a syringe and put the serum in it. I then inject the sandwich with the serum. I take the sandwich and cut fruit to his room. The room was filled with paintings of landscapes. This must be the room konton left him in. I look to my right and sure enough there he was still tied to the chair and blind folded. I can’t believe he didn’t try to escape. Later that day I got all the details out of supai. He knew what I put in it, he just didn’t care. Today I will Untie supai and make him take me to this guild. I stopped by Konton’s room and told him what was about to go down. “I’m taking supai, and we’re going to the kayos’ guild” I said. He didn’t try to stop me all he said was “just be careful, and remember stick to the shadows. Don’t let them know that your there or they’ll kill you without hesitation.” I said my goodbyes and went to the armory in the home. Inside the armory there is a numerous amount of kunai, shiruken, kama, ninjato, and katana. There are also naginata, sai and also o-katana. The o-katana is too big for me. I think I’ll take a ninjato, a katana, a pair of Kama, and a bunch of shiruken and kunai. My ninjato is small and black, just like my kunais. My shiruken are three bladed and each blade is curved slightly. I have about twenty of them and about twenty five kunai. My katana is longer than my ninjato and is a lot sharper too. It has no guard and is made from very hard steel that can go through other katana. I am planning on giving the ninjato to supai and giving him five kunais and shiruken, so he can defend himself because it is going to be a long journey to the kayos guild and who know what we will be running into. I leave the armory with only me katana showing. I go down the hall to where supai is waiting and ask him if he wants any weapons. He replied “yes as long as they aren’t heavy I said “I’m only giving you a ninjato and some throwing knives. “That will be good” supai said. And so I gave him the black ninjato with white handle lacing and some shiruken and kunais. “Thank you, I will need that because there are other shinobi in the woods, other that your clan and the kayos guild.” Said supai we then set off on the trail. As I look back to my hose for the last time, I wondered if Konton would be alright by himself. Who am I kidding the guy can do anything. So I ran off after supai. “It’s going to be a long time before we eat so I hope you brought food” said supai. “I have money maybe we can stop in town.” I said. As we are running through the woods on a dirt path, we came across a turned over wagon.”I wonder whose inside” I asked “someone got robbed by the shinobi, be careful” said supai I ran to the wagon too fast to worry about the trap. But I got passed it just I time to make it to the wagon. If I hadn’t dodged this trap I would have been smashed between two logs. “Phew that was close” I said. As I look through the wagon’s cargo all I found was a crate and a jewelry box. “I found some things supai” I said. I ran toward supai really fast so I won’t trigger any more traps. I showed supai the jewelry box and the crate. I got out my Kamas and pried open the crate. What we found in the crate was another small box and a few loafs of bread and some meat. It looked like a bird. Maybe it was chicken. We also found matches and a small can of fuel. And I thought in my head was who owned this wagon, where did they go, and why was nothing taken from them. I used a kunai to open the jewelry box. What I found inside was a locket that had a picture of three people a small boy who looked like he was four years old, and two parents. The dad was tough looking but I could tell he had worry in his eyes. The mom was beautiful and wise looking, but she too had worry in their eyes. On the other side of the locket was the name yohiko family. I asked supai if he knew a yohiko family. And he looked at me like a child who had been slapped. He started to cry and said that they were his family, that his name was yohiko minato (supai). And that now he knows why he was orphaned. And he wanted revenge. “revenge is not the way of the shinobi” I said “yet shinobi abuse their skill and talent, and fall under the spell of evil” said supai “I want revenge and you’re going to help me” he said. After we ransacked the wagon and triggered all the traps, and there were a lot of those. We got all of the supplies. I found a weird thing that looks like you would hold it, but it does not cut. I think it is another country’s weapon. “What is the” I asked supai. “It is a gun there must be ammo some were” said supai “A gun?” I said “what is that” “an American weapon. My dad bought it at an American vendor in the town of Kofu” he said “we should stop there they got some inns were we can stop” said supai “I think we have enough food and three sleeping bags a gun and a bunch of shinobi weapons, I think we are good” I said “but they have ramen” he said “RAMEN why did you not tell me boy” I said. And I ran from the crash site, and toward Kofu. “I AM GOING TO GET RAMEN, WHOOO” I screamed “hold on” said supai “wait for me” as we ran to Kofu we got tired and fell asleep on the road. When we woke up we were in a strange room with a beautiful floral design. “Supai, supai where are you” I whispered when I got no answer, I got up and realized I was tied to a post. I looked around and the room was empty. I needed to untie myself. I move my hands down to my back were my kunai are only one. Supai must have left it for me. I grabbed to kunai and slowly cut the rope on my wrists. I am free now, I run to the door and I hear someone coming. I hide on the other side of the door. It swings opens and a shinobi in samurai armor comes in. I grab him and quickly jab my kunai in his neck and blood sprayed in my face. It was warm and sticky. I started to panic and got freaked out about the motionless body. I took the mask off of the samurai; it was a young boy who looked like he knew me. As he lied dying he looked at me “Gaki your alive you need to get out of here now” the samurai said “who are you why do you look like you know me” I said “I am your brother Toshi, dad killed mom that’s why you’re hear right?” he asked “yes but if I knew you were my brother I wouldn’t have stabbed you” I said “I know. It is not your fault I was going to kill you, they said that there is a prisoner that needed to be executed.” He said “if I knew it was you ii would have refused. It would cost me my tongue and my eyes but I would have for you Ototo” he said “Nii-san why did dad kill mom” I asked “because you are the key to unlocking the Choshinsei” he said “Choshinsei, how, when, why” I asked, but he had gone limp and cold. His eyes are so empty and vast, like I could fit a star in it. Just at that thought came crossed my mind I felt a burning feeling in my chest like I was on fire. Just then my hands glowed a yellowish color. I grabbed Toshi’s sword and his shirukens. As I ran down the hall I felt alive, like everything was in slow motion I looked down the hall and saw two samurai at the end of the hall stare at me with fear. I felt good great even their fear felt good to me like I was a living star. I was moving so fast I could barely think right I just felt good. No thoughts, no regret no stopping. And I knew this now what Toshi was telling me I am a star and when I see death I go Choshinsei. I explode into a new shinobi. My reasoning dies and my rage increases. I am unstoppable, I am Gaki. I slash the samurai in the stomach and no blood came out. And I stopped, I looked at them and I saw that a yellow light surrounded them and they were just dissolving. I felt an even bigger wave of energy. Father I am coming for you. As I run down the hall. I made a right turn and found a big room where it looked like my father would be. I slam the door open father I am here to seek revenge. My father came out from behind the door. Useless because I swung my Nii-sans sword at his arms and cut them both off blood poured out of his arms and I kicked him in the face. Father why did you kill her my mother. My father said “because see was protecting you” “well you were already dead” I said and I shoved my sword in his neck. And then he collapsed on the floor. Then my energy faded. My star just burned out. A true Choshinsei a supernova. |