Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Lost memoirs of a forgotten Shinobi; Haku ❯ To return or not to return! That is Haku's qeustion! ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3

To return or not to return, That's Haku's question!

 

Last time!:

“ Are you going to return to Tsubasa?”

“ Its Zabuza…and maybe. I don't know. He would come after me and plus as I said. I owe him my life. He gives me purpose. I am his weapon, he is my master.”

“NO! You are your own master Haku!” With that she took my face and kissed me. Hard.

 

Now:

The next morning.

I got out of bed groggily. I covered my face with my hand feeling odd and having a huge headache. Why? I had no idea. Never the less I trudged towards the bathroom grabbing a fresh pair of underwear.

((Authors note: Hi sorry for interrupting but I'm just here to say, that despite the `known facts' of Haku, he wears boxers. Not tighty whiteys; boxers. Just thought I'd clear that up. Now back to the story.))

I was sleepy so I didn't pay any attention to anything except brushing my teeth. I heard Rainani-chan groan and leave the room. I just yawned and spat out the toothpaste rinsing my mouth. I went downstairs fully clothed and sat at the table tired. Rainani was unusually quiet. She was usually so happy and…creepily perky. Sure we just met yesterday but we really connected.

A sharp pang of pain came across my cheek. I was shocked, and she…she just stood there head bowed and hand still in the air.

“You…are such a bastard. If I knew what would have happened taking you into my home. You have NO IDEA how I FEEL RIGHT NOW YOU JERK!”

Ok, perhaps we didn't connect as much as I thought. “Uh….what?” Ok wrong answer. POW!

“BAKAYARO! I-IDIOT!” She just sat down on the floor and started sobbing. I was shocked. I didn't know how to react. I got up and tried to comfort her and she pushed me away. I had no idea what she was crying about and I was about to cry myself. ((Authors note: KAWAII! OH HAKU-CHAN! So sensitive)

“Do y-you even remember last night?!”

I closed my eyes in thought. I remembered…Sake…lots and lots of sake, telling my story, her story, her kissing me `That sure as hell was clear! And could she get any LOUDER? Right now, I'm Mr. Hangover here!' and a big blank. I grinned sheepishly and shrugged my shoulders. “I remember I got dead drunk. I'm sorry was there something I had to remember?”

Ok another bad thing to say. You can pretty much guess what happened. POW! “GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!” She threw the closest thing. The cutting board. Yes, the WOODEN cutting board. I pretty much went back and fell to the…actually I was in front of the table so the back of my head got a beating as well. So it went like this; Fwish, crack, POW!

“RAINANI-CHAN! That hurt!” I complained rubbing the back of my head. I was feeling horrible. She was just standing there crying with a frying pan in her hand defensively. `What the hell could have happened? I remembered nothing and it was getting her even more upset. Why is it I never do things right except hurting other people?' I was screaming in my mind. I was lost. I was…I was…hungry. I didn't get to eat breakfast!

“It'll hurt a lot more, you bastard! I mean it! Get out of this house!” She looked serious but there were sadness in those eyes. Suddenly it came to me. What I had done. Perhaps the cutting board hurt me enough to remember or it was the table. I'm not sure. But it had come back to me all the same. My face reddened with embarrassment and shame. I was drunk though! She can't blame me, plus she is so pretty!

“Stop! Please Rani-chan. I-I remember. I am so sorry! I didn't ever mean for THAT to happen! Please forgive me! I was drunk. I'm ashamed. If you still want me too however, I will leave.” I looked up at her with pleading eyes. Such a short amount time. In such a short amount of time he fell in love. He could not believe it himself. Yet there he was on the floor begging forgiveness.

She took a deep breath, thinking. She just glowered at me and sighed. “It's lost now and you know there's no way to get it back. And it's your entire fault, however…” She went down to my level and glared then got a grin on her face. “I love you for some reason or another. Can't imagine why -with that girly head of yours- but I do. So you can stay. But…” She raised a finger. “You must never talk or go to Zabuza again. Deal?”

I took a deep breath. Leave Zabuza? He was the one who fathered me and taught me everything. I owed him a life of gratitude. How could I just turn my back on him? I meant what I said to her before though, about how I'm just a weapon who he wields. All because of this man had I eaten, slept in shelter, and been given purpose. Thing was now this girl who I had just met gave me purpose as well. That was just it, I had just met her! I put my head down and got up taking her hand. She looked at me with an odd look on her face as if thinking `Say no and I'll kick your ass.' Plain and simple or `What the heck are you thinking?' Though it looked more of an `I'm going to shove my foot SOOOOOO far up your ass, boy!'

“Listen to me, ok? There is one last fight I promised to do with Zabuza. Just one more with a person who is very strong. After that I will leave him and join you. Please? Its just one last battle. After that I'll talk with him or just leave. It won't be easy but…” I scanned her face for some kind of reaction. She just took a deep breath and looked away. She was thinking I know that much. Question was, what would she say about that?

“Alright. When is it? Then…well…I dunno.” She shrugged and put on a goofy grin. I smiled back and hugged her. I kissed her cheek.

“I have to leave this afternoon. It'll be around the next day after tomorrow afternoon so I should be finished by evening, not even. Believe me. They have no reason to fight. I do.” She just grinned a little more. “And now my dear Rani-chan…I have to go shopping.”

“Rani-chan?”

“What? Don't you like it?”

“No, I just never heard THAT one before.” She said a little too quickly, rolling her eyes.

“Well too bad. It's what I'm calling you from now on. Now if you excuse me…” I said going to the door “I have shopping to do. Bye-bye now.”

The last thing I heard before I left through the door from was; “Yea well THAT didn't sound gay.” I promised to mentally kill her later.

***

An hour and 5 shopping bags later, I was walking down the street wearing sunglasses and looking nonchalantly into a flower shop. I figured I'd by some flowers for her. All of a sudden I hear some noise coming from inside. A guy wearing the sorriest excuse for a `ninja' outfit was trying to rob them. How could I tell he was wearing a `Ninja' outfit?

“Give me everything in the register or I'll…uh…Jutsu your ass! Yea! And shove a shuriken up there too!” See? Plus the guy was wearing all dirty stuff that I couldn't even tell if it was black or not. Talk about gross. Sighing, I decided to take a chance and show this guy how pathetic he was. So I went in.

The bell rang as I came in. “Dammit I thought I locked that door! Oh well” He mumbled and pointed a shuriken at me. “YOU! Get against the wall with her and keep quiet!” I just shook my head and placed the bags on a chair. I looked at him and took a step towards him. He took a step back. “I-I mean it! Stay back!” He was a coward. Nothing more. So, I walked towards him more and got close.

“You're pathetic.” With that I grabbed his wrist and twisted it so that the shuriken fell down. I looked him right in the eye through the sunglasses. I saw him wince and almost smiled with satisfaction at that. “You…are going to leave. Now. Understand?” He nodded and as soon as I let go, he ran out of the shop. I turned to the frightened lady at the counter. “Now then. Can I buy some of these lovely daisies?”

She just smiled and handed me a vase full of roses instead. “No! Please good sir, take these! For free! As a gift from me.” I nodded and didn't bother to argue. I didn't want to make a scene.

“However, can you please deliver it to this address tomorrow?” I wrote down the address and wrote a message on a card to be on the vase. “I won't be there but there will be a young lady to receive them by the name of Rainani. Alright now. You have a good day now.” I smiled, grabbed my bags and left hearing a thank you from her.

There was something bothering me though. Even though he was a worthless opponent, when he winced in fear, I wanted to smile. I shuddered at the thought that I was turning into Zabuza. But maybe I was. `Maybe this last battle will help me realize who I've become. I hope I don't get so rapped into it and the past to forget Rainani. I hope. Probably will, but I HOPE I don't anyway.' ((Ok…sweatdrop moment…))

***

I unlocked the door and came inside. It was about time for me to leave and I didn't see Rainani anywhere. “Rainani? Rani-chan? You home?” Suddenly a force tackled me down.

“Haku-kun! WELCOME HOME!” I just raised an eyebrow at her. I'm thinking she must have finished off the sake. I got up but, unfortunately she must have read my mind. “Haku! I so did not have any sake! I just always wanted to tackle you and well since your leaving...Damn, for a ninja you sure couldn't tell when you were about to be tackled. Nice going.” I grimaced when she said that. It was true. I shouldn't have been off guard.

“Well…I just came home. I was off guard.” She rolled her eyes. “Anyway, I've wasted too much time now. I have to leave if I'm to get there by evening. I just came to say goodbye.”

Suddenly she looked worried. “You'll stay safe right?”

“I'll try. For you. But remember. I still owe Zabuza a life of gratitude. I'm only leaving him for you. I will try to stay safe anyway.”

She just looked down. “So. You're leaving…now?”

I nodded. “Yup. I am.” I coughed and tried to keep myself from changing my mind. “So…goodbye Rainani.” I kissed her cheek and grabbed the groceries heading for the door. Something in the back of my mind clicked. There was something like this in a story I heard someone tell once. The guy and girl met and not even two days fell in love, got married then they died for each other. All in the course of two days. It seemed impossible and stupid. But it reminded me of what was going on now. Except for the dieing part. I wasn't going to die. I was going to battle then coming back. Yet something ached in my heart knowing I was leaving her. I just shrugged it off and turned the handle going outside. I stood still for a few moments then began walking down the path not looking back.

Rainani never chased after me. But I wish she had.

 

To be continued…