Kaoru finds herself waking up in a mysterious place after losing a battle with 'him'. She feels awkward and confused when a person shows up who turns out to be a...ninja.
However, his face would never be revealed to her. She doesn't know who he is...
I wake up in the dim room. The memories are recalling from what had happened. But where's sensei?
He's not with me. I look around the room but there's no sign of him. None at all. Did he abandon me?
Nope, nope, not letting that happen. I grab my clothes and put them on. I hurry to search for him in this small cottage. There's no one... it's just me, all alone. What am I supposed to do now?
I step outside to the cold breeze and stare blankly into the space. It's still dark here. I'm assuming it's about 4:30am or so.
I sigh and sit down on the fallen tree. My cheeks burns slight pink as I remember this is where we shared our first kiss. I didn't see it coming anyway. But where is he now?
It's freezing cold out here. But even so, I have no intention of stepping back. I'll stay here, and wait.
What has gotten into me lately? I even begged him to do that... It's like I have no control of myself. It's like I'm slowly drowning into whatever. I don't have the guts to regret it, either.
What questions me is, last night, why did he refuse to do it? Like, what kind of guy would let an opportunity like that slip out? I thought he's perverted as hell.
He probably doesn't feel the same way as I do...
Yeah, he doesn't feel the same. What am I even feeling towards him, anyway? This is going far more than a teacher and an apprentice relationship. But the thing is, he refuses to let it go any further.
What am I going all depressed about? I've never expected him to like me. I've never expected myself to feel this way, either. What kind of feelings do I have for my teacher? I'm just his student, nothing more to it.
Upon laughing mentally to myself, I can sense somebody's presence. I look up to see a figure standing before my eyes.
"Sensei. Where were you?"
"What are you doing here? You're supposed to be sleeping"
"My question first"
"I just went for a walk, that's all"
"You sound suspicious"
He shrugs his shoulders and sit beside me. "Well? What's the matter?"
"Nothing..."
"Alright. How about we go for a walk?"
He doesn't even care...
"Sure. Let's go" I say, getting up form my seat.
Sensei gets up and takes my hand. Both of us walk into the dawn.
I don't care, either.
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After walking around, we stop for a rest.
"Now, how about you show me what you've learned?"
"Hmm... I don't know"
"You don't know?"
"It's complicated... I can pretty much be more flexible and dodge attacks more easily"
"That's it?"
"I guess so... well, I also have better aims"
"Show me then" he hands me three throwing stars.
He walks up to a tree in front of us and uses his kunai to mark X on the tree. "Hit this spot, Kaoru" he says.
I nod and step a few feet away. I ready the shuriken and aim for the X. Damn, this is kind of harder than I had expected.
I throw one of the shuriken to the tree. It sticks below the X. I groan and throw again. This time, it sticks above the X.
Sensei watches me with his hands in his pocket as I get my last shuriken ready. I'm sure I'll nail it this time. Taking a deep breath, I throw the star.
I watch as it flows pass the tree without hitting it. I missed the tree!
"Better aims? Are you serious?"
"Well, you see, my eyesight had deteriorate lately..." I try to find an excuse.
He walks up to me and glare at me with those piercing eyes.
"Do you even take our trainings seriously, Kaoru? You're letting me down. I'm so disappointed in you"
"Sensei..."
"You wanna beat me? Become a reliable hero? Don't make me laugh. What can you do with that lousy ability of yours?"
"Your fake determination..." he steps forward and walks passes me. "It disgusts me"
My jaws drop at his insensitive words. My breathing gets unstable. I tried, I really did. I swallow up my pride and dash away from him.
I feel so uneasy as I run past the trees to the lake. I stop and try to calm myself down.
"Get it together, Kaoru. Don't... listen to that jerk!" I say to myself.
I fail to calm down and start yelling.
"Stupid ninja! Don't just scold me like that! I'm a human, you know?! You damn asshole! I try so hard to improve everyday and all I get is this?! Don't you think it's unfair!? You damn jerk! You shitty..."
My heart feels so heavy right now. I clench my fists and grit my teeth. I can't catch my breath.
"If you have the strength to cry and scream, then find the strength to do something about it"
Having turned around, I recognize a familiar raven head- The biggest jerk on the land.
"Go away! And I'm not crying!"
Sensei comes up to me and stare into my eyes. "You're about to"
He lifts his hands up and caress my cheeks. "Untrue!" I shout.
"Shhh..." his hand moves up and pats my head gently.
"You're a strong person, Kaoru. Don't let someone else's words pierce through you that easily" he advises. His other hand wrap around my waist and embrace me.
"So that's your purpose?"
"Baka. I don't scold you for nothing, do I?" He whispers.
I shut my eyes and give into his hug. Sometimes, he makes me deny the fact that this girl is nothing more than his apprentice.
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