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I seem to have nothing to do today so I'm posting out the chapter 7. Just a very few action stuffs here but more clues from the previous mysteries.
The story so far has gone on like this.
A palace was invaded and its army defeated by 3 ninjas namely Saburo, Shin, Ryu (Prologue). Team Kakashi was sent to a mission and that is to go as backup for Prince Skye's personal bodyguard, Ruirein. At the rendevous point, Kakashi told them of a little girl surviving an incident that ended the Sun Village. Then, Naruto met a mysterious lady who appeared and disappeared before him. It turned out that she was the prince's personal bodyguard then. Naruto also caught Kakashi in the middle of the Sun Village trying to commemorate something. From there, Kakashi told him a thing that only the two of them knows so far. An incident took place that almost got them all killed and triggered Ruirein's feelings for her past, who all along does not have any memory of her origin.
So by now, the following questions must have been running in your mind: What happened to the little girl? What did Kakashi tell Naruto? Who is Ruirein? Who and where are the villains?
This chapter is quite long so, here's a dialogue version if you prefer a shorter material to read on.
Well, I sure hope you'd drop in a comment or two.
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The story so far has gone on like this.
A palace was invaded and its army defeated by 3 ninjas namely Saburo, Shin, Ryu (Prologue). Team Kakashi was sent to a mission and that is to go as backup for Prince Skye's personal bodyguard, Ruirein. At the rendevous point, Kakashi told them of a little girl surviving an incident that ended the Sun Village. Then, Naruto met a mysterious lady who appeared and disappeared before him. It turned out that she was the prince's personal bodyguard then. Naruto also caught Kakashi in the middle of the Sun Village trying to commemorate something. From there, Kakashi told him a thing that only the two of them knows so far. An incident took place that almost got them all killed and triggered Ruirein's feelings for her past, who all along does not have any memory of her origin.
So by now, the following questions must have been running in your mind: What happened to the little girl? What did Kakashi tell Naruto? Who is Ruirein? Who and where are the villains?
This chapter is quite long so, here's a dialogue version if you prefer a shorter material to read on.
CHAPTER 7: Beneath the Hood: What the mind forgets, the heart remembers.
Naruto, grumbling: “Hrmm…this journey is so boring. We have been travelling for a week now and all I do is sitting in this travel wagon.”
Kakashi, coming down from the wagon’s roof: “Oi, Naruto! Don’t let your guard down just because we are sitting down here.”
Naruto: “Well, why do we get to sit here while that ungrateful Miss is out somewhere to—“
Kakashi: “You didn’t get it didn’t you? She’s sits on watch up in the first wagon.”
Naruto: “Aha! Is that why you go up the wagon, too?! Ehehehe…Kakashi-sensei, are you spying on her? Does she interest you ha,’ttebayo!”
Kakashi: “Enough, Naruto! You’re on watch now! Go out to the wagon top and stay on guard.” *took out his book to start reading*
Ruirein: “We have company! 20 meters ahead!”
Naruto: “Yooosh! I sense action here!” :drive: *runs off to the direction that Ruirein pointed*
Kakashi and the rest stepped out and tried to stop Naruto but they were too late. He’ve already went past Ruirein and Ruirein went after him.
Ruirein: “Hey, wait up!” *runs after Naruto* “Stupid boy! We don’t know what the situation is yet!”
She immediately followed him to grab him to a halt but Naruto just laughed at her. True enough; in a split of second, they all hear a loud explosion.
Naruto, unable to assess the situation got hit with an explosive-driven arrow in his left thigh. Calculating as quickly as she could, Ruirein sped up with him, catching him in mid-air, and breaking his fall. Soon the others took cover as the advancing party rained arrows toward Naruto and Ruirein.
Kakashi: “Doton, Earth wall technique!” *shielding Naruto and Ruirein from the arrows*
Kneeling on her left knee with Naruto on her left shoulders, Ruirein looked up to him and met his gaze.
Kakashi: “Mah, you two are just so reckless.” U_U
Ruirein flared up but held back and did not say a word. She still owe the man a lot of apologies and a dozen thank you’s.
Skye: “Stop!” *coming out from hiding* “Captain Riusu! It’s me, Skye of the Clover Country!”
Its Captain Riusu’s squad from the Yellow Country and he recognized Skye. They are already within the boundaries of the Yellow Country, then, almost to the end of their journey.
Captain Riusu: “We are happy to have found you in advance Prince Skye.”
The captain said as soon as things have been settled down.
Captain Riusu: “We bring you grieve news. A month ago, the palace was invaded and the royal family murdered. We were only able to rescue the four year old prince from the tragedy of that night.”
Skye: “Who would do such a thing and what is their purpose?”
Captain Riusu: “I don’t know. But they call their selves shinobis.”
Kakashi: “Shinobis? Shinobis live in hidden villages; do you happen to get any info as from which village they are from?”
Captain Riusu: “No, I don’t think they have a village of their own. They wanted to take over Yellow Country so they can have a place of their own as they say.”
Sai: “Rogue Ninjas, then. Most of them are outcasts or criminal ninjas from their village.”
Captain Riusu: “They heard about your trip, your highness. They are planning to go after your country next. I heard they call their leader Saburo. And his left and right hand were Ryu, and Shin.”
Kakashi: ‘Huh?!’
Kakashi silently exclaimed, and did his best to hide his expression as two instances caught him by surprise. First is with the name of the ninjas and second is with what he is witnessing. About 10 meters from where he sits are Sakura, Naruto, and Ruirein under the shade of a big tree. He could see clearly how Ruirein used a unique palm healing technique on Naruto’s injured leg.
Ruirein: “Please allow me to do it, Sakura.”
Ruirein wanted to make it up with Naruto and make amendments of her actions 3 days ago. Sakura granted her request and Ruirein started her operation. The three hooked 2-inched diameter arrow plunged past Naruto’s leg. Ruirein instilled a soft solar energy into the arrow breaking it half-way within Naruto’s legs and pulled them apart without touching it.
With her palms facing the wound, she applied what looked like a chakra but its color varied and can be compared to that of an early morning sky. Naruto’s wounds closed in after a minute and not a trace of it can be found.
“Huh?” Naruto and Sakura were surprised with the results.
Ruirein: “You heal very fast, Naruto.” “Uzumaki Naruto, the greatest Hokage I’ll ever know someday, right?”
She continued trying to reminisce him with their first meeting. But she was only disappointed and her smile faded.
Ruirein: “I’m – “
She paused for a sigh after seeing that it did not work on him.
Ruirein: “I’m really sorry about everything that has happened, Naruto. I promise you, I will apologize to your teacher and thank him for all that he has done.”
Naruto: :| *glared back at her as if measuring how sincere her words are and then smiled to see that she was truthful to her promise*
Naruto: “You’re sorry you called him pervert?”
Ruirein, nodded seriously and embarrassed.
Naruto: “Ehehehehe, don’t blush. I also think that he is, ‘ttebayo!” xd
Sakura: “Naa-ruu-to!” :nexus:
Naruto: *reasoned out as fast as he can* “Aye, aye, Sakura-chan. It’s true! He keeps reading books from Ero-sannin and you know how pervert Ero-sannin, is right? Do you think he will write decent novels, ‘ttebayo!”
Sakura: “Argh! Stupid! That is none of your business! You should stop sticking your nose to Kakashi-sensei, Naruto! I know you have been very nosy about him lately.” :mugi:
Naruto: “Okay, sorry, sorry.” :naruto:
He said while looking at Ruirein who was chuckling over what he just said.
Naruto: “So, perhaps I can tell her to at least say sorry for calling him a porcupine head?” xd
Sakura:
Ruirein: “I did not call him that.”
Naruto: “Oh yes you did!” xd
Ruirein tried to reason that she never remembered calling Kakashi with such a name. Naruto insisted she did and Sakura testified and told her the instances when she called him porcupine head. Naruto called Sai for support as he seemed to be doing nothing in the other party and Ruirein stopped rebattling.
Ruirein: “Okay, I believe you all now. I’m really sorry though because I do not really remember. But since you both testified that I did, okay. I’ll tell him sorry for that, too.”
Ruirein assured them and sat down taking off her mask and revealing a really disturbed look.
With mouth opened wide in surprise, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai suddenly stopped breathing as they admired before them a kind, gentle face, whose beauty can be compared to that of an angel. Her hair was yellow as sunrise and her eyes were colored like a burned sienna clay. But their admiration did not last long as they noticed traces of confusion in her face. Sakura knelt beside her while Sai and Naruto, still spell bound by her beauty, stood with their back against the group on the other side.
Sakura: “What’s the matter, Miss Ruirein?”
Ruirein: “I-I really don’t know, Sakura. These past few days have brought me strange things, things that I could not explain, maybe because I do not have any memory of my past.”
Ruirein said trying to hold back her tears.
Naruto & Sai: “Huh?”
Ruirein: “What’s worse is that, I have been having blurry visions that somehow make me feel like it connects to my past. And yet, all I have with me that may connect me to my past is this mark in my forehead.”
She lifted her head so that they could see.
Naruto: “I-I don’t see any marks.”
Ruirein: “Ah, I forgot; the tree’s shadows. The night or any shadow or shade hides it. And if I go out of this shade and in to the sun, it would seem to react to any hint of light by glowing radiantly, and blocking my vision.”
Sakura: “Is that why you wear a hood while traveling or a mask while fighting?.”
Ruirein: “Yes, to hide it from the light and prevent it from glowing. So, there is no way for me to flaunt it in the open and hope that whoever knows about it would recognize me. The only way to see it is by lighting it up with a healer’s mystique palm technique. Try it Sakura.”
Sakura held her palm against her forehead and applied a mystique palm technique. In a short while, the chakra from Sakura’s palms slowly traced a strange marking on her forehead revealing a strange mark that runs across her forehead.
note: please forgive my drawing.not really good with it.
Sai: “T-that doesn’t look like an ordinary mark.” *takes a closer look*
Sakura: “What do you mean, Sai?”
Sai: “Well, I’m not really sure though but it looks like an incomplete seal.”
Naruto: “Achk? An incomplete seal?”
Sai: “Yes, I can’t really remember what yours is, Miss Ruirein, but – well, I’m not really sure. So it can just be a birthmark or something that looks like a seal.”
Naruto: “Ahhh...! You better keep your thoughts to yourself, ‘ttebayo!.”
Ruirein: “Don’t push yourself, Sai.” *with a gentle tone* “I believe that there’s more to finding your memory than the traces of your past.”
Naruto: “Nii-san.”
Ruirein: “Yes, Naruto.” *nods*
…and with a smile filled with determination, she said;
“I continued to live believing that someone has been protecting me all my life, believing in my existence, and have unceasingly looked for me. So, just as that person has continued to look for me, so will I. I will not stop until I find that person.”
Naruto:“But how?”
Ruirein: “Ah, that’s very simple, Naruto.”
Ruieren let out a soft laugh and continued with hopeful eyes.
Ruirein: “The heart remembers what the mind forgets. So, I will find that person with my heart.”
Naruto: “And what makes you think you will when you are not even sure where you got that mark? You can’t even clearly see your visions.”
Ruirein: “Because visions in your memory can be altered but the feelings in your heart could never be rid of.”
Ruirein put on her mask, stood up and prodded Naruto’s heart with one finger.
Naruto: “Hrmm, I still don’t get it.”
Sakura: “Well, what's new? You’re as stupid as ever Naruto” :flaw:
Ruirein: “Don’t worry Naruto” Ruirein gave her a smile of assurance. “I’m sure you’ll get it someday. Trust me.”
Ruirein: “Cya, we still have a battle to prepare for.”
Ruirein concluded, patting Naruto’s head with a wink. She could see Skye in him when he was 16, three years ago. She has been taking care of Skye like a sweet little brother. Now, he’s 18 and is getting ready for marriage. As to how old she is, she doesn’t know. 20, 22? Or probably older.
Sai::| *not understanding,either*
Naruto:“Aha, Sai! You didn’t get it, too didn’t you?” “Cya, cya, open up your book and find me an answer ‘ttebayo.!” :T_T:
Sai: “Ossu, Naruto!” :y
Sakura:“Arrrgh! Why am I stucked with 2 stupid beings?!” :drunk:
Ruirein: “Ahahaha…c’mon now you three, we still have things to do.”
Ruirein heartily laughed realizing that these shinobi’s before her, strong as they may be are still kids by heart.
Sakura: “You clean up that mess, Naruto!”
Sakura said as punishment for Naruto’s stupidity and grabbed Sai with her.
Sakura: “And you will help me over there!”
Helplessly, Naruto obeyed Sakura and picked up what is there to be cleaned. Then, something caught his eyes. Exactly at the spot where Ruirein once sat is a ninja’s head protector. The sign is unrecognizable though. It was as if it had been totally damaged in a battle. Not knowing who it belongs to, he picked up and placed it in his bag.
In a different location:
???: Master Saburo, we have confirmed that the Prince's party is nearby. Captain Riusu's squad also met up with them.
Saburo: And the spy?
???:Affirmative, master. The spy is with them.
Saburo: Good! I shall come to see them by then. *left with an evil smile*
Naruto, grumbling: “Hrmm…this journey is so boring. We have been travelling for a week now and all I do is sitting in this travel wagon.”
Kakashi, coming down from the wagon’s roof: “Oi, Naruto! Don’t let your guard down just because we are sitting down here.”
Naruto: “Well, why do we get to sit here while that ungrateful Miss is out somewhere to—“
Kakashi: “You didn’t get it didn’t you? She’s sits on watch up in the first wagon.”
Naruto: “Aha! Is that why you go up the wagon, too?! Ehehehe…Kakashi-sensei, are you spying on her? Does she interest you ha,’ttebayo!”
Kakashi: “Enough, Naruto! You’re on watch now! Go out to the wagon top and stay on guard.” *took out his book to start reading*
Ruirein: “We have company! 20 meters ahead!”
Naruto: “Yooosh! I sense action here!” :drive: *runs off to the direction that Ruirein pointed*
Kakashi and the rest stepped out and tried to stop Naruto but they were too late. He’ve already went past Ruirein and Ruirein went after him.
Ruirein: “Hey, wait up!” *runs after Naruto* “Stupid boy! We don’t know what the situation is yet!”
She immediately followed him to grab him to a halt but Naruto just laughed at her. True enough; in a split of second, they all hear a loud explosion.
Naruto, unable to assess the situation got hit with an explosive-driven arrow in his left thigh. Calculating as quickly as she could, Ruirein sped up with him, catching him in mid-air, and breaking his fall. Soon the others took cover as the advancing party rained arrows toward Naruto and Ruirein.
Kakashi: “Doton, Earth wall technique!” *shielding Naruto and Ruirein from the arrows*
Kneeling on her left knee with Naruto on her left shoulders, Ruirein looked up to him and met his gaze.
Kakashi: “Mah, you two are just so reckless.” U_U
Ruirein flared up but held back and did not say a word. She still owe the man a lot of apologies and a dozen thank you’s.
Skye: “Stop!” *coming out from hiding* “Captain Riusu! It’s me, Skye of the Clover Country!”
Its Captain Riusu’s squad from the Yellow Country and he recognized Skye. They are already within the boundaries of the Yellow Country, then, almost to the end of their journey.
Captain Riusu: “We are happy to have found you in advance Prince Skye.”
The captain said as soon as things have been settled down.
Captain Riusu: “We bring you grieve news. A month ago, the palace was invaded and the royal family murdered. We were only able to rescue the four year old prince from the tragedy of that night.”
Skye: “Who would do such a thing and what is their purpose?”
Captain Riusu: “I don’t know. But they call their selves shinobis.”
Kakashi: “Shinobis? Shinobis live in hidden villages; do you happen to get any info as from which village they are from?”
Captain Riusu: “No, I don’t think they have a village of their own. They wanted to take over Yellow Country so they can have a place of their own as they say.”
Sai: “Rogue Ninjas, then. Most of them are outcasts or criminal ninjas from their village.”
Captain Riusu: “They heard about your trip, your highness. They are planning to go after your country next. I heard they call their leader Saburo. And his left and right hand were Ryu, and Shin.”
Kakashi: ‘Huh?!’
Kakashi silently exclaimed, and did his best to hide his expression as two instances caught him by surprise. First is with the name of the ninjas and second is with what he is witnessing. About 10 meters from where he sits are Sakura, Naruto, and Ruirein under the shade of a big tree. He could see clearly how Ruirein used a unique palm healing technique on Naruto’s injured leg.
Ruirein: “Please allow me to do it, Sakura.”
Ruirein wanted to make it up with Naruto and make amendments of her actions 3 days ago. Sakura granted her request and Ruirein started her operation. The three hooked 2-inched diameter arrow plunged past Naruto’s leg. Ruirein instilled a soft solar energy into the arrow breaking it half-way within Naruto’s legs and pulled them apart without touching it.
With her palms facing the wound, she applied what looked like a chakra but its color varied and can be compared to that of an early morning sky. Naruto’s wounds closed in after a minute and not a trace of it can be found.
A comparative image of Ruirein's chakra:
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“Huh?” Naruto and Sakura were surprised with the results.
Ruirein: “You heal very fast, Naruto.”
“Uzumaki Naruto, the greatest Hokage I’ll ever know someday, right?” She continued trying to reminisce him with their first meeting. But she was only disappointed and her smile faded.
Ruirein: “I’m – “
She paused for a sigh after seeing that it did not work on him.
Ruirein: “I’m really sorry about everything that has happened, Naruto. I promise you, I will apologize to your teacher and thank him for all that he has done.”
Naruto: :| *glared back at her as if measuring how sincere her words are and then smiled to see that she was truthful to her promise*
Naruto: “You’re sorry you called him pervert?”
Ruirein, nodded seriously and embarrassed.
Naruto: “Ehehehehe, don’t blush. I also think that he is, ‘ttebayo!” xd
Sakura: “Naa-ruu-to!” :nexus:
Naruto: *reasoned out as fast as he can* “Aye, aye, Sakura-chan. It’s true! He keeps reading books from Ero-sannin and you know how pervert Ero-sannin, is right? Do you think he will write decent novels, ‘ttebayo!”
Sakura: “Argh! Stupid! That is none of your business! You should stop sticking your nose to Kakashi-sensei, Naruto! I know you have been very nosy about him lately.” :mugi:
Naruto: “Okay, sorry, sorry.” :naruto:
He said while looking at Ruirein who was chuckling over what he just said.
Naruto: “So, perhaps I can tell her to at least say sorry for calling him a porcupine head?” xd
Sakura:
Ruirein: “I did not call him that.”
Naruto: “Oh yes you did!” xd
Ruirein tried to reason that she never remembered calling Kakashi with such a name. Naruto insisted she did and Sakura testified and told her the instances when she called him porcupine head. Naruto called Sai for support as he seemed to be doing nothing in the other party and Ruirein stopped rebattling.
Ruirein: “Okay, I believe you all now. I’m really sorry though because I do not really remember. But since you both testified that I did, okay. I’ll tell him sorry for that, too.”
Ruirein assured them and sat down taking off her mask and revealing a really disturbed look.
With mouth opened wide in surprise, Naruto, Sakura, and Sai suddenly stopped breathing as they admired before them a kind, gentle face, whose beauty can be compared to that of an angel. Her hair was yellow as sunrise and her eyes were colored like a burned sienna clay. But their admiration did not last long as they noticed traces of confusion in her face. Sakura knelt beside her while Sai and Naruto, still spell bound by her beauty, stood with their back against the group on the other side.Sakura: “What’s the matter, Miss Ruirein?”
Ruirein: “I-I really don’t know, Sakura. These past few days have brought me strange things, things that I could not explain, maybe because I do not have any memory of my past.”
Ruirein said trying to hold back her tears.
Naruto & Sai: “Huh?”
Ruirein: “What’s worse is that, I have been having blurry visions that somehow make me feel like it connects to my past. And yet, all I have with me that may connect me to my past is this mark in my forehead.”
She lifted her head so that they could see.
Naruto: “I-I don’t see any marks.”
Ruirein: “Ah, I forgot; the tree’s shadows. The night or any shadow or shade hides it. And if I go out of this shade and in to the sun, it would seem to react to any hint of light by glowing radiantly, and blocking my vision.”
Sakura: “Is that why you wear a hood while traveling or a mask while fighting?.”
Ruirein: “Yes, to hide it from the light and prevent it from glowing. So, there is no way for me to flaunt it in the open and hope that whoever knows about it would recognize me. The only way to see it is by lighting it up with a healer’s mystique palm technique. Try it Sakura.”
Sakura held her palm against her forehead and applied a mystique palm technique. In a short while, the chakra from Sakura’s palms slowly traced a strange marking on her forehead revealing a strange mark that runs across her forehead.
Ruirein's Mark
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note: please forgive my drawing.
not really good with it.Sai: “T-that doesn’t look like an ordinary mark.” *takes a closer look*
Sakura: “What do you mean, Sai?”
Sai: “Well, I’m not really sure though but it looks like an incomplete seal.”
Naruto: “Achk? An incomplete seal?”
Sai: “Yes, I can’t really remember what yours is, Miss Ruirein, but – well, I’m not really sure. So it can just be a birthmark or something that looks like a seal.”
Naruto: “Ahhh...! You better keep your thoughts to yourself, ‘ttebayo!.”
Ruirein: “Don’t push yourself, Sai.” *with a gentle tone* “I believe that there’s more to finding your memory than the traces of your past.”
Naruto: “Nii-san.”
Ruirein: “Yes, Naruto.” *nods*
…and with a smile filled with determination, she said;
“I continued to live believing that someone has been protecting me all my life, believing in my existence, and have unceasingly looked for me. So, just as that person has continued to look for me, so will I. I will not stop until I find that person.”
Naruto:“But how?”
Ruirein: “Ah, that’s very simple, Naruto.”
Ruieren let out a soft laugh and continued with hopeful eyes.
Ruirein: “The heart remembers what the mind forgets. So, I will find that person with my heart.”
Naruto: “And what makes you think you will when you are not even sure where you got that mark? You can’t even clearly see your visions.”
Ruirein: “Because visions in your memory can be altered but the feelings in your heart could never be rid of.”
Ruirein put on her mask, stood up and prodded Naruto’s heart with one finger.
Naruto: “Hrmm, I still don’t get it.”
Sakura: “Well, what's new? You’re as stupid as ever Naruto” :flaw:
Ruirein: “Don’t worry Naruto” Ruirein gave her a smile of assurance. “I’m sure you’ll get it someday. Trust me.”
Ruirein: “Cya, we still have a battle to prepare for.”
Ruirein concluded, patting Naruto’s head with a wink. She could see Skye in him when he was 16, three years ago. She has been taking care of Skye like a sweet little brother. Now, he’s 18 and is getting ready for marriage. As to how old she is, she doesn’t know. 20, 22? Or probably older.
Sai::|
*not understanding,either*Naruto:“Aha, Sai! You didn’t get it, too didn’t you?”
“Cya, cya, open up your book and find me an answer ‘ttebayo.!” :T_T:Sai: “Ossu, Naruto!” :y
Sakura:“Arrrgh! Why am I stucked with 2 stupid beings?!” :drunk:
Ruirein: “Ahahaha…c’mon now you three, we still have things to do.”
Ruirein heartily laughed realizing that these shinobi’s before her, strong as they may be are still kids by heart. Sakura: “You clean up that mess, Naruto!”
Sakura said as punishment for Naruto’s stupidity and grabbed Sai with her.
Sakura: “And you will help me over there!”
Helplessly, Naruto obeyed Sakura and picked up what is there to be cleaned. Then, something caught his eyes. Exactly at the spot where Ruirein once sat is a ninja’s head protector. The sign is unrecognizable though. It was as if it had been totally damaged in a battle. Not knowing who it belongs to, he picked up and placed it in his bag.
In a different location:
???: Master Saburo, we have confirmed that the Prince's party is nearby. Captain Riusu's squad also met up with them.
Saburo: And the spy?
???:Affirmative, master. The spy is with them.
Saburo: Good! I shall come to see them by then. *left with an evil smile*
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as a happy ending lol 
