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Thank you for your support up to this point. I know I haven't been all that clear with details, so here is a chapter to give you an exclusive look into Keotsu's past....(Tell me what you think! Your feedback is appreciated)
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Chapter 12-Beginning the search! Coming soon. Tell me what you think, ask me questions, or send me suggestions. Your input is appreciated!
[size=+2]Chapter 11: "My Story"[/size]
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Keotsu woke up groaning; he felt numb. He managed to sit up and realized that both his arms where in splints and casts. He looked around the room and the image in the mirror was surprising; He had bandages wrapped completely around his chest, and his fore head. He laughed; he looked like a mummy. He heard someone stirring and looked over to see Rena asleep; a few bruises, but other than that fine.
Keotsu was content; he was back in the village and Rena was safe. Then it hit him: They weren't safe. Diango had joined The Guru, and they were after other people as well. Who were the other targets? Then a nurse walked in; it was Sakura. "Oh, your awake!" she said surprised. "Uh-huh. How long have I been unconscious, and how long has Rena been there?" asked Keotsu wearily. "About three days, and about all that time." she said. Then, "I'll be right back." A few moments later Rena woke up.
"Good morning, Rena." said Keotsu. "Oh! Keotsu! You're up!" she said surprised. There was a long silence. It was Keotsu who broke it, "Rena, do me a favor. Reach inside my backpack, and get out the brown package with the pink bow." Rena looked inside his satchel, and after a few minutes found the package. "Now open it." he said. Rena did, and inside there were two gifts: a glass hair pin made to look like a swallowtail butterfly; it was a glimmering blue, with pockets of green coloring along the wings, and a red trim around the edges of the wings. Also, a simple necklace on a chain, with a beautiful emerald cut into a perfect sphere. "Keotsu...their beautiful...." she said awestruck. "The hair pin is a birthday present that is for all the birthday's we've been apart. The necklace is a symbol of our friendship. Yours is made of emerald, like mine is made of sapphire." he said with a smile on his face as she put the hair pin in her hair and the necklace around her neck, hanging underneath her headband. "What was that other package? The one with the blue bow?" she asked.
Keotsu didn't reply for a moment and then said, "Its for Diango...It has a necklace just like yours and mine, except its made of ruby." "Oh." was all Rena said. Then, Sakura walked in followed by Asuma, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino, Kakashi, Tsunade, Shizune, Kurenai, and the over-enthusiastic Guy. "Keotsu, I know you only just woke up, but they want to know about you..." said Sakura. "Yes, its about time I told you my story." replied Keotsu.
Keotsu started out by telling them the Legend of The Battle of Eclipse. (Again, see prologue) Then, he started to explain his story. "I come from the Akarusa clan. We were one of the most respected scholar's and glassblowers in the village. My dad was a master glassblower, he was the one who taught me," he said motioning towards Rena's hairpin, "My mom was a teacher. Only Dad was also a shinobi. Actually, he was part of our ANBU. We didn't have that much trouble with other villages though, so he hardly had to leave. I was born in September, 2 months before Rena and 2 months after Diango, during the Eclipsing Festival. The festival is to celebrate Samuel's victory and the founding of the Twilight Village. Being born on his birthday, that's what makes me a Twilight child." he said.
"Its customary for a Twilight Child to do something in the parent's footsteps. I enrolled in our villages Academy by my own choice, and took up glass blowing. Not only was I good at it, I really enjoyed it. The only thing I like more than that is to play music. I met Rena and Diango in my first year; we were assigned in the same class. We had seen each other a few times before and became friends quickly. When I entered my last year Dad gave me something and told me a secret, 'My boy, look at you. Already almost out of the Academy. Its time you learn our technique. We have a Kekkai Genkai. I don't want you to use it unless it pertains to you protecting your friends.' That's how I learned about Blood Creation. Its effectively a clone jutsu on a much higher scale, power wise. Then he told me something else," he said motioning towards the sword propped up against the wall in its silver trimmed leather sheath, "' This is Samuel's sword's hilt, the hilt of Mikomi (hope), I'm giving it to you. The blade can only be restored by our Kekkai Genkai. The same goes for this blade as goes for our technique.' That's how I got Mikomi." he said.
"The next two years were the best of my life. One day in particular. It was November 17th. My dad had showed me how to whistle with blades of grass and I was in my favorite spot, a cliff with a tree over looking the village, I whistled a tune with my friends and I looking up at the starts starting to appear and the setting sun." he said. Rena smiled as she remembered as well. "Then the wind blew and the chimes in the village and started a tune. Many of the frogs joined in, and even the orchestra that played in the square. It was a wonderful tune." he said as he took his ocarina out of his bag. He started to play the tune. When he finished everyone was smiling. "That is a good song." said Shizune. "Two years later on my 8th birthday, the tragedy stuck the village. I had just started back from meeting Rena at school and seeing Diango off, his family was moving, when explosions went off in the village. I ran as quickly as I could and saw my house up in flames. After that I went to Rena's house and found her in the rubble." he said deciding to leave out the part of the mayor giving him the scroll.
"As I ran towards the waterfall to get out of the village, I realized that I was being chased by The Guru." he said. Rena was surprised; she had never heard how she had gotten out of the village. "As I jumped off the cliff to avoid The Guru's attack, I heard a voice, 'Listen Keotsu, I'm going to help you. Its up to you to stop Him.', then an orb of chakra formed around me as I fell. I focused most of it to protect Rena from the impact. I haven't heard the voice since then. I woke up on the bank of the Kagawatski river, which is what I followed in the last five years in my search for Rena. Once I reached the coast, that was when I decided to check the Rain county. You know the rest. he said.
It was silent as everyone took in what had been said. "Well, I'm glad you decided to tell us that. Now I understand why you acted why you did." said Asuma. "C'mon, lets leave him to rest." said Kurenai. Everyone left except Tsunade, Shizune, Sakura, and Rena. Some medical ninja walked in. "We are going to finish healing you." said the first medical ninja. They administered some anesthesia and Keotsu fell unconscious. He awoke a few hours later, fully healed. He saw Rena, who was waiting for him to wake up. "Rena, I remember you saying at the Inn that you saw an ANBU who said he looked like he might of been from the Twilight Village. Do you know where he was going?" asked Keotsu. "Yeah, he said he was going to Cloud country. Why?" she asked. "Simple. I need a sensei." said Keotsu.
[/size]Chapter 12-Beginning the search! Coming soon. Tell me what you think, ask me questions, or send me suggestions. Your input is appreciated!
