Rising Shinobis [Discontinued]

2: Keiji-Sensei

"We're gonna meet our Sensei! I'm so excited!" yells Snow as he waves his arms in the air uncontrollably.

Tamaki, Kichi, and Snow were walking down one of the many busy streets of Shizen to meet up with their new Sensei at an ice cream shop.

"Hm, yeah, but next thing you know, he makes us work our butts off until we get on our knees and beg for mercy," predicts Tamaki as she looks at Snow to see if he's gone paler than his own white hair.

To Tamaki's surprise, Snow stops in his tracks and wears a determined face. Because of Snow stopping, the rest of the team stops.

"That doesn't matter Tamaki, I'm used to working hard, harder than I should work!" yells Snow as he clenches his fists in anger.

"Now now, since we're meeting up at an ice cream shop, I'd think that Sensei would have an inner child. Which means that he's understanding of children perhaps. I wouldn't think he'd work us until our butts fell off, but he'd make sure that we worked hard enough to our full potential," states Kichi.

"That's a good notation," says a male behind the three.

The three whip their head around to see a smiling young man. He's wearing a green, padded jacket with a black undershirt, which is accompanied by a Shizen symbol stitched onto the left side of his jacket where his heart should be located, and gray pants with black sandals. He's also wearing a necklace that has a snake's tooth on it.

As the three analyze the man, they notice something interesting about him. His left eye is blue while his right is red.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself," begins the young man, "I'm your Sensei, Keiji. You may call me Keiji-Sensei."

"Good morning Keiji-Sensei, I'm Tamaki Okiayu!"

"Greetings, I'm Kichi Joten."

"And I'm Snow Yuki!"

"It's nice to meet you three, lets head over to Shizen Ice Cream Palace, my treat, and we can learn more about each other," suggests Keiji-Sensei.

Tamaki, Kichi, and Snow agree with their new Sensei and the four head towards the ice cream shop.

. . .

"So, what do you guys enjoy most about life?" questions Keiji-Sensei as he licks his caramel chocolate ice cream.

"I enjoy people, mainly my best friends! But, ironically, I hate people sometimes too, but I guess that's a normal human nature, ya know?" answers Tamaki as she begins licking the cotton candy ice cream in her hands as if someone could snatch it at any given moment.

Keiji-Sensei only nods and continues eating his vanilla ice cream cone.

"Death, I enjoy death and I'm not trying to be edgy or mysterious, I truly do. Without death, life would have no meaning. If we could never die, why do we live? Why would we try to enjoy every day as if there was an end coming soon, why would we hold people we love in high value?" replies Kichi as she takes her spoon, scoops a little of the lemon ice cream she got in a little plastic bowl, and savours it.

"Interesting," comments Keiji-Sensei as he finishes off his cone.

"I enjoy being able to help people! Tamaki and Kichi helped me and I liked it, so I try to help others too! It just makes me happy and bubbly!" exclaims Snow as he takes a bite of his vanilla flavored, chocolate syrup covered ice cream.

Snow then frowns at his new thought.

"But then, when I remember all the bullies that bullied me, it makes me so mad. And then, what really makes me mad is that I wasn't strong enough to handle it myself, and then Kichi and Tamaki had to protect me and then-" Snow was cut off by a hug from Kichi and Tamaki.

"Sh Snow, if we didn't protect you, then we wouldn't have become friends," begins Kichi.

"And then you'd have bruises on your cute face, and we can't have that!" exclaims Tamaki as she starts to pinch Snow's cheeks.

As Snow whines at Tamaki, Keiji-Sensei smiles at how close his students are.

"Those are interesting answers, you know what I enjoy in life?" begins Keiji-Sensei.

The three look at Keiji-Sensei waiting for his answer.

"Sleep," finishes Keiji-Sensei as he yawns.

His three students gawk at his reply.

"Jeez Keiji-Sensei, I really looked up to you until now. Now I think you're lazier than Tamaki!" yells Snow as he pouts with disappointment.

"W-Wait! I'm not as disappointing as you think!" yells Keiji-Sensei.

"So you are somewhat disappointing," states Kichi as she crosses her arms and shakes her head.

"But-" Keiji-Sensei was cut off by Tamaki.

"What a shame, our Sensei is lazier than me- HEY!" exclaims Tamaki.

"Wait! I'm pretty awesome though!" exclaims Keiji-Sensei as he tries to win back his student's hearts.

. . .

Two women stand on top of a mountain cliff looking down at Shizen.

"Man, I'm kinda craving for some wine right about now," mumbles a female in a black cloak with light blue hair and pale skin. She has cold, blue eyes, and a red teardrop under her left eye.

"You always want wine you addicted cow," harshly mumbles another female with green and red hair.

Her hair is green at the top, and she has red braids to be more specific. She too wears a black cloak and has a red teardrop under her left eye. She has stitches on her face and three piercings in her right ear. She also has a necklace with a snake's tooth dangling from it.

"You know Fuji, why don't we stop by Shizen, we haven't seen it in a while. Besides, I would like to see that cute brother of yours. What was his name? Kenichi, Kenshin-" the blue-headed female was cut off by the other female, Fuji.

"It's Keiji, Amaya," mumbles Fuji. "I guess we should pay a visit, it wouldn't hurt to repay my brother for what he did to my face."

"Don't call me that," mumbles the blue-headed female.

"Sure, Rain," says Fuji as she and Rain begin heading down the cliff.

"Boy, I'm truly excited, I'm finally gonna get my hands on some good quality wine then that batshit we usually get," mentions Rain.

"Shut your trap, I don't give a damn," snaps Fuji as she painfully remembers the last time she saw her brother.