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This is the story of a fateful meeting between two people who had very
little and very much in common. This is the story of one boy searching
for something and the one man who could give it to him.
The sun shone brightly upon the orchard as a lone boy strolled through
it. He wore the standard hakama for a samurai of the feudal days of
Japan and his sword hung comfortably by his hip. It swayed slightly side
to side with each step he took, but it made no sound. The boy himself
was young, very young in fact. You could almost say he was too young for
his line of work. You could also say his attitude was quite different
from all the other professionals who did the same type of job as him.
This boy was a very cheerful, always smiling, very polite, ruthless
assassin. His name was Seta Soujiro. His motto: Service with a smile.
On this particular day, Seta was wandering through the sakura orchard and
talking to himself as people are apt to do when wandering. This was a
very sad day for him, but as always, Seta was still smiling.
"Hen desu yo ne, Shishio-san...you're dead now so I have to find a new
master. But where do I find someone strange enough to take your place?"
The boy stopped walking as he thought for a moment. He turned his gaze
up to the blossoming sakura branches that stretched out over his head and
sighed slightly. "They're so pretty...the sakura blossoms..."
Suddenly, a cold yet smooth and extremely sinister voice floated out over
the air. Even in its evilness, you could detect a hint of playfulness.
The same type of playfulness that a cat has with a mouse just before it
bites the mouse's little head off. "Do you like them? The sakura
blossoms I mean. Do you like them?"
Seta blinked and turned his attention to a shadowy figure standing
beneath the sakura tree before him. The boy smiled mysteriously and
nodded. "Yes, they're quite beautiful."
The figure's dark smile was hidden by the shadows surrounding it and it
turns its gaze up to the tree next to it. "Do you know why the sakura
petals are pink? Normally they're as white as snow..."
Seta paused for a moment. This was a difficult question to most people
and he had to think about the answer. He lowered his head slightly as he
thought. The figure smirked and began to move out of the shadows when
Seta raised his head and smiled innocently.
"Isn't it because the sakura feed off the blood of the corpse residing
beneath it?" Seta's bright and cheery voice caused the figure to falter
in its step. It blinked and stared at the boy before it. A long pause
settled between them as they stared at each other.
Slowly the figure began to speak. "Ee...."
Seta continued to smile as he spoke again. "And don't you think it's so
very lovely that the people down there are in pain?"
"...Ee."
The young boy assassin turned his gaze back up to the flowering branches
and smiled serenely. "I do so love the sakura trees..." He faced the
figure who was still hidden in the shadows and grinned. "Don't you?"
The shadow blinked again. "...Ee..."
Seta blinked and suddenly bowed. "Forgive my rudeness!! My name is Seta
Soujiro. May I ask what your name is?"
"Sakurazuka Seishirou..."
"Nice to meet you, Seishirou-san."
"Same to you..." Seishirou finally stepped completely out of the shadows
and fidgeted uncharacteristically under the bright and unfaltering smile
of the younger boy.
Seta smiled winningly...again..and laid a gentle hand on the sakura
tree's trunk. "I would love to care for these trees and help them grow
stronger. Would you happen to know who owns this orchard? The blossoms
aren't looking very well. See how they're still a little white?"
Seta pulled one flower bloom from the branch and held it out to the
Sakurazuka sadly. The young boy sighed slightly and clasped the blossom
between his hands. "It's just not pink enough." He grinned. "I want to
change that."
Seishirou eyed the boy uneasily (as uneasily as he was capable of) from
behind his sunglasses. Hesitantly, he answered him. "Yes..I know who
owns this orchard."
The boy grinned and clapped his hands together, crushing the sakura
blossom. "Yatta!! Would you mind taking me to him? I would like to
discuss a certain manner of -business- with him."
"And what -business- would that be?"
"That will only be discussed with the owner." Seta smiled coldly and let
the crushed sakura blossom fall from his fingers to the grass.
They shared a long moment of silence as they stared at each other once
more. Slowly, Seishirou smiled and nodded slightly. "Of course. I'll
take you right to him. Right this way please."
Allowing Seta to proceed him as they walked through the orchard,
Seishirou turned to the sakura trees around him and smiled. "Looks like
I have a new gardener."
--owari
This was a product of my cousin, Tokikaze (Toki), and me, Murasakikaze
(Kaze), when we were both hyper on fake chocolate coffee beans (which we
believed to be real at the time) and lack of sleep at five in the
morning.
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the reading. Please unfasten your seatbelts and proceed to the front of
the aircraft. Thank you once again for reading with Toki/Kaze Fanfiction
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