Scroll 10 - NINJA IS MAD AND SAD“I guess this is the one…”
Two girls stood outside a house as they exchange view between the address scribbled on a torn piece of paper and the big house. They exchange a look with each other before both stare at the door bell just waiting for either of the girls to press itself for some soft, human touch.
“Ring the bell, Yukirin.”
“The heck do I have to?! Why am I getting order from a small kid like you?”
“Y-yukirin… h-how could you…”
Yuki was startled with the way Mayu is cowering on the corner of the house’s gate. She could see the gloomy cloud wavering on top of the small round looking figure.
“M-Mayu…! What are you d-doing over there?”
“Yukirin doesn’t like Mayuyu… Mayuyu’s heart going crack crack because of Yukirin…”
Mayu said to herself in a small childish voice. Yuki scratch her head timidly. This was the same exact thing that happened earlier when Yuki refused to follow Mayu to pay a visit to the Matsui household. As usual, Yuki acted all grumble and dark to decline but one sentence from the girl had made Yuki’s black heart glowed a little to melt the iciness surrounding the organ…
“Mayuyu is hurt inside with Yukirin’s refusal…”Deep in her heart, she actually has a fondness for cute small girls, especially Mayu. Unfortunately for the black person, her cheeks are blushing red with the way Mayu is acting right now…
“W-well… Ummm… Y-Yukirin is s-sorry for acting like a bitch to Mayuyu…?”
SILENCE…“Geez… f-fine! Yukirin will do whatever Mayuyu ask her!”
Unbeknownst to Yuki, Mayu wasn’t having any sad or gloom expression… at all. Instead, there is a devilish smirk on her face as she silently giggles by herself while Yuki tried to pacify her. She clears her throat to return back to her acting. Pulling off the most adorable big-eyed face of Puss in Boots, Mayu turns around to face the already red and anxious Yuki.
“REEEAAAALLLYYYYYYY?”
“Y-yeah…”
“AAAAANYYYTHIIIING???”
“Umm… anything…”
“Even doing AAAANYYTHIIIING Mayuyu wants just to make Mayuyu HAAAAPPPYYYY???”
“Of course…”
“Mayuyu can’t hear Yukirin…”
“Yes! Of course I will! Damn it…”
Mayu smiled widely still with a devil’s façade as Yuki averts her eyes from the cuteness. But when Yuki face her, the cyborg quickly turns her expression into this innocent and adorable brat.
“PINKY PROMISE!”
“You’re such a ki-“
“Yukirin’s breaking Mayuyu-“
“Alright! Okay! Here!”
Yuki puts out her pinky finger reluctantly as Mayu happily joins their small finger together for a promise. With a satisfied grin, Mayu link their arms together as she stands by the taller girl. Yuki has never been comfortable with someone clinging tightly to her body but she can’t help to feel a slight flutter with Mayu clutching closely by her side… she rubs the heat coming up to her cheek with her free hand.
“Yukirin, the bell please?”
Yuki is definitely sure she can’t refuse the order when there is Mayu, hanging by her side like a fuzzy koala while asking politely with a bright, cute smile on her face.
“S-sure…”
RING-A-LING-A-TING“That’s one weird sound of a bell…”
Mayu commented before the door opens, revealing a middle aged woman with a warm, beautiful smile that resembles one of her friend. But something from the inside made the girls raised their eyebrow from wonder… it sounded like a war had just been ensued by the household’s occupant. However, the lady in front of them is all smiles with eyes turning into slits of crescent moon as she wasn’t even heeding with the chaos inside.
“Yes? May I help you?”
“Excuse us for intruding, ma’am… Is this the Matsui household?”
“Yes it seems so… Ah! You are the pet control people, aren’t you?”
Yuki and Mayu look at each other in confusion.
“Pet control…
WHAT?!” ##########
Three girls sit around the kotatsu of the Matsui’s living room as they awaits Jurina’s mother to serve some snacks and tea with sounds of crashes, smashes and shatters echoed on the upper floor. They could feel the entire house shaking with pieces of rumbles falling down but the occupants just feign ignorance with the riot as they sip their tea in a calm mannet. Yuki and Mayu twitch and fidget nervously with the ruckus going on top of their head…
“I don’t think this house gonna hold on for long…”
“Hush, Yukirin!” Mayu reprimanded with a glare towards her partner who just rolled her eyes.
“Oh my… I never knew the pet control people would send beautiful young girls like you to do their work.”
“Mama! They are my friends! Not some pet control people…”
Jurina grumbles the last part as Mayu stifles a laugh coming out while Yuki is being the straight face she is…
“Is that so? My, my… I am sorry for the mistake. But I do hope your friends could take care of the problem...”
Being the polite person she is, Mayu interrupts their conversation.
“Ummm… excuse me, but what do you mean by that?”
Jurina wears an annoyed face as her mom rubs her back to calm her down.
“It’s about Rena…”
“Eh?”
“My, my… it’s a long story, pretty friends of Jurina.”
“It started when I got back this morning from buying groceries…”
Flashback…I was merrily walking down the streets with bags of groceries on both hands as I sang the greatest, most popular song ever produced in the whole wide world, even kids love it like crazy.
“Mary had a little lamb… little lamb, little lamb~!”
I was singing with my beautiful voice as everyone I met on the street watched me singing with a ridiculous face. I think they were just jealous with a happy teenage girl who had a lovely voice singing a wonderful, top-of-the-pops song. Suddenly, I heard a helpless voice of a being around the corner.
“What was that?”
With a brave heart, I silently tiptoed to the source of the distressed sound.
“OH MY KAMI-SAMA!!”NYAAA~ It was a cute little white cat with a bell hung on its neck. It was mewing like those lost cats always do, asking for any person with kind heart to help them survive from this misery of starving to death and loneliness. I mean, it just stood there with a longing face of desperation and cuteness. This fuzzy little guy is looking at me with those round, adorable eyes… wishing you could save it from the madness of the world, you know what I mean?
Well, fast-forward the scene, I arrived at the house not with just the groceries, but also a warm round furball inside my zipped up sweater.
“Mama! Rena! Look at what I found!”
“Oh my! Another limited edition action figure of Madoka you found on the street?”
“Nooo… Here!”
I exposed a little bit of my sweater to show the ball of fur inside.
“KYAAAA!!! What a cute little guy! Where did you find it?”
“Down the street… Mom, can I keep it? Please, please, puh-leaaaase???”
“Keep what?”
“Ah, Rena! Finished your morning training already? Here, here! Look at this guy!”
“Aaaah! It is so cute, Jurina-sama!”
“Isn’t it?”
I was playing with the small guy as mom gave some milk for it to savage. And yeah, mom gave me permission to keep it until we found the owner. But I don’t think I’ll be letting this guy back to its owner. I mean, how could a person left a cat wandering alone in this big, bad world? It’s inhuman, I tell ya!
I didn’t realize it was already noon as we were playing, cuddling, laying around while eating some snacks together. Suddenly, Rena called me when little guy and I were finger-wrestling as he tried to gnaw my finger with his harmless little fang.
“Jurina-sama?”
“Mmm?”
I don’t know what Rena saw but her eyes were wide like two big saucers as she caught the little furball bit my finger in a harmless way.
“Jurina-sama!”
With a blink of an eye, Rena flew up the air trying to get a hold on the horrifying creature trying to bit off my finger, as from her point of view. Luckily I was quick enough to pull the poor guy into my embrace.
“Hold it, Rena! Down! Just calm your ninja senses, girl…”
“But that creature is evil, Jurina-sama!“
“What? Nyaa-kun is a harmless, little cat who likes to chew on things.”
“Nyaa-kun? The evil being even has a name…?”
“It’s a cat, for Kami-sama’s sake!”
“Very well… But no harmless creature chews on things, Jurina-sama!”
“Oh gosh… it’s normal for a cat to play like that!”
“But, Jurina-sama…-“
“What is wrong with you, Rena? It’s just a small, innocent little cat… it won’t hurt you or anything. Besides, it has been long since I have a cute companion of a pet to play with…”
“You don’t know where this cat came from, Jurina-sama…“
“If there’s anything I should worry about, it would be you, Rena… No one lurks in the shadow or trees and claimed herself as a ninja sworn to protect her master like it’s a normal, everyday thing.”
After I said that, Rena just went quiet. She stood there, looking at Nyaa-kun and me with a solemn face. Sometimes, it scared me with the things going on inside Rena’s mind. This girl is too secretive and mysterious. I know I shouldn’t doubt her after all the things she had sacrificed for me but a girl gotta have one of those insecurities in life when a ninja suddenly barge inside her life like it’s nothing…
Mama came to see what’s with the yelling and shouting but Rena walked away before she could say or ask anything. We both looked at each other as Rena disappeared up the stairs but she halted before declaring something...
“Jurina-sama, I’ll protect you from anything… even if I ended up getting hurt.”
I raised a brow from Rena’s words. I looked at mama to ask her if she understand what Rena said just now but she only put a smile before she grab Nyaa-kun away from me.
“Oh my, poor Rena… I think you should sort out which pet you really want to be by your side, Jurina.”
“Eh?”
I can’t understand the way old people are thinking. Too much riddles and confusion…
“But for now… I think Nyaa-kun has to deal with Rena for some ownership matter.”
“W-what?!”
End of flashback…“So, that’s what happened… I want you guys to help me save Nyaa-kun from the berserk Rena.”
The duo nods their head in sync, understanding the grave situation they must handle.
“But, I don’t get one thing… what’s with the pet control?”
“Well… I can’t help to look at Rena as my daughter’s pet. You know… following and tailing Jurina around everywhere. She’s so cuuute~!!!”
“MOOOOM! Geez…”
“Riiight…”
Now they are definitely sure where Jurina got her weirdness coming from with the mother and daughter sharing the same traits with each other.
##########
“So… where are they now?”
“Playing hide and seek, obviously…”
They carefully tread over the ground of the second floor like a spy stealthily breaking into a secret organization building. Jurina is walking ahead of them with Yuki standing all straight with a bored face in between the crouching second years. The middle parted hair girl carefully steps inside her room when suddenly her foot got caught in an invisible thread.
“Watch out!”
THUD THUD THUD!Jurina holds her breath as Yuki barely managed to pull the girl to her side. They can see there shurikens embed on the walls opposite of them in courtesy of Rena’s hidden trap built for the cat…
“You might lose a hand with those sharp shurikens, I tell ya…”
Jurina gulps from Yuki’s words as she holds her arms with a scared expression. Suddenly, a creepy giggling sound could be heard in Jurina’s room.
“Let’s go!”
The girls barge into the room only to be bewildered with the horrifying sight unraveling behind the door.
“Rena!”
The ninja is holding the poor frightened cat in her hand while the other is holding a pencil right below the cat’s tail. The cat tried to claw Rena’s hand but the latter weren’t even budging as she eyed her victim with maddening eyes full of hatred.
“Nee… okotteru?”
“Hell, I don’t think I wanna know where that pencil is going…”
“Come on, Yukirin! Distract Rena!”
“Heh… my pleasure!”
Yuki cracks her knuckles as she pounced on Rena to release the cat from her hold.
“Let go of the creature, you freak!”
“Ehehehehe~!!!”
The tall girls were rolling on the ground with the cat squished in between them as they scuffle on the floor. They wrestle for the fuzzy creature when the cat was suddenly thrown to the other side of the room. Trying to save Nyaa-kun, Jurina leaps in the air with both hands reaching for the cat. Seeing the sharp edge of a broken table just below Jurina resulted from the ordeal of a ninja and the cat from earlier, Rena snapped out of her crazy state and quickly laid herself on top of the sharp edge to cushion Jurina from the fall and from getting stab.
“OOOFF!”
Jurina was actually preparing herself for the hard surface but she isn’t feeling any. Instead, she found out that she was directly on top of her ninja who had just saved her master from the fall. A blush creep on both Matsui faces as they look deeply into each other’s eyes. Jurina could be feel the fluttering in her stomach as Rena’s warm breath tickles her nose with the close proximity of their faces. Her heart is thumping loudly and for a long time, she once again have that feeling of having a heart attack.
I didn’t know Rena was this… pretty.Jurina-sama has a very beautiful face...The thought naturally came as they stare at each other, not realizing the distance is starting to become shorter as their head unconsciously draw themselves towards one another like a magnet… However, a cyborg decided to cockblock their moment with a cough.
COUGH COUGH…“Ugh! Sorry… Oh, don’t mind me! I’m looking forward for the next scene~ Please, continue!”
Yuki smacked Mayu’s head lightly as the duo lying on top of each other finally realized the embarrassing situation they just got into with the sudden interruption…
“Y-you’re heavy, Jurina-sama…”
“S-sorry!”
Yuki decided the duo need some time alone so she grabs Nyaa-kun from Jurina and drags the unwilling Mayu out of the room for some privacy. They both sit in silence before a groan sounded from Rena as she tried to change her position to a comfortable one with her painful back.
“Rena? Are you okay?”
“It’s nothing, Jurina-sama…”
But the scowl on Rena’s face showed otherwise. Jurina actually saw the broken table on the floor as Rena got up from their embarrassing position earlier. There’s no way Rena would be fine when landing on that sharp wood.
“Come here, Rena. Sit beside me.”
“But-“
“No more objection!”
With a sigh, Rena followed her master’s order. Pulling Rena’s back to her front, Jurina carefully touch and caress Rena’s back to find the wounded spot. A hiss from the ninja halted Jurina. Slowly, Jurina lifts the older girl’s shirt, exposing a rather deep, red scrapes with bluish bruise forming around it and traces of blood about to come out from the fresh injury. A blush appears on her face from seeing Rena’s bare skin. She could make out the fine line of Rena’s waist. Her heart is beating in a frenzy but Jurina shakes her head to come back to her senses. Fetching for the first aid she always kept in her room, Jurina starts her work of treating the wound.
“Jurina-sama… I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
“For trying to hurt… Nyaa-kun.”
A smile formed on Jurina’s face as she heard Rena said the cat’s name in a reluctant voice.
"You're forgiven... but those shurikens are waay too dangerous, Rena. I should put a restrain order of sharp weapons on you..."
Rena grew silent at the revelation...
Shurikens? But I never use them inside the house...“Actually, I’m at fault too…”
Rena hissed as Jurina dabs some alcohol on her wound.
“I shouldn’t have said those words to you… I never meant to-“
“It’s fine, Jurina-sama… I understand how troublesome it is to have a stranger suddenly barging into your normal life.”
Jurina could feel the sadness inside Rena’s voice as she said those words.
“You’re not a stranger, Rena. You’re my ninja… my awesome, one heck of a loyal ninja.”
Rena smiles happily from Jurina’s confession. She never knew a small, simple flattery like that could drown out all the hurt she felt from seeing her master with the cat. Then, her thoughts drift back to the cause of why she suddenly turned berserk from the scene. Rena could feel her chest tightens with the way Jurina happily cuddles and rolling around with Nyaa-kun. She wished Jurina could smile as happy as she was with Nyaa-kun whenever Rena is by her side. But that is impossible… Rena is just a nobody who appeared on Jurina’s life without any consent from the young girl. She just decided to barge into Jurina’s life without asking for the girl’s permission. Not enough with that, Jurina just added more fuel to her uneasiness…
“If there’s anything I should worry about, it would be you, Rena…”Those words had deeply cut a wound in her heart and there’s no way she could mend the wound. Rena had them engraved in her mind and heart to let her know that one day, some day, she would leave Jurina to let her master have her normal, happy teenage life back… for good.
“What are you thinking about, Rena?”
The question snapped Rena from her reveries. She could feel tears brimming but she quickly wipes them before Jurina could see and interrogate her to no end.
“I’m thinking of what’s happening downstairs with Mayuyu and Yukirin…”
“Just a bit more… and it’s all good. There!”
“Thank you, Jurina-sama.”
Rena quickly pulls her shirt back but Jurina swear she could make out some traces of scars and large dark patches on Rena’s back for a second there… but she would ask for them later. Right now, she had some guests to deal with.
“Now that’s done, care to accompany me down the stairs… Rena?”
“Eh?”
Jurina reached out a hand for Rena to grasp with a lovely smile on her face…
“I need someone… well, more of a personal ninja to watch out for the klutziness in me.”
Responding to Jurina’s smile, Rena grabbed her master’s hand as they walk down the stairs together, hand-in-hand. She knows there are many insecurities going on inside her mind about being Jurina’s ninja but for now, she will do whatever it takes to see the smile etched on her master’s beautiful face…
“AAAAAARRGGHHH!!! I HATE CATS!!!”
Hearing the scream from the living room, Rena and Jurina quickly run to the location only to find Yuki struggling to get the cute furball off of her bag. The cyborg girl is just laughing her ass off with the scene. She had never been so amused with the way Yuki is intimidated with just a cat.
“GET OFF, YOU RODENT!”
“Hey! Nyaa-kun is not a rodent!”
Jurina jumps in to save her cat from getting strangled by the dark, black person. But what she found was something shocking… Nyaa-kun is holding a folded paper inside its mouth.
“What’s this?”
Jurina unfold the paper to read the content. Her eyes widen in anticipation.
“A fighting competiton?”
Jurina look at Rena as she stood by her master’s side to take a better look of the flyer. Meanwhile, Mayu and Yuki share knowing look as they nod at each other…
“Yeah, about that… we need a favor from you two.”
“Don’t tell me…”
Mayu nods her head with a dead serious face. Jurina had never seen Mayu being as serious as she is right now. The girl was always the moodmaker of the group, acting all cheery and joyful all the time…
“Yes. We are joining the competition… and we would like for you guys to join too.”
“Wait, what?! Hold on! Okay I think Rena has no problems in joining, but me? Hell no, guys… I mean it’s just a competition...”
“I wouldn’t even give a damn to enter this if it’s “just a competition”, kid…” Yuki spats with annoyance.
“She’s right, Jurina. We would not even care to enter this… but the thing is-“
“It’s the prize…”
Rena cuts in before Mayu could finish her words. Rena wears a worried face as her eyes are still focused on the flyer…
“It’s the Great Scroll of Forbidden Secret Technique. The main cause the Great War of Martial Arts erupted 50 years ago…”
NYAAAA~!!!
A/N: Oh my... I think I was late a day for this chapter.
even if it's only two hours past midnight lol But nvm. As long as it is posted, then everyone is happy~ Right? NYAAA~
The seriousness will be on next chapter so prepare for the heat about to come through!!!
But it will still be weird and funny I assure you
Another note... I'm
BAD with
FLUFF!!! I can't do it... need to read more fluffy stories!!! Any suggestions?
THANK YOU EVERYONE~ LOTS OF LOVE FOR YOU GUYS~!!! REPLIES:@yabamoe: Ahahaha Rena is indeed a lolicon~
Idk if this is fluff enough coz I can't write fluff!!! Sorry~
@Zita: Be patient! You'll know soon~
It's Korisu... what do u expect? She can eat piza as a squirrel if she wants
@Zhen: I'm trying my best...!!!
@Kirozoro: ahahaha sorry fighting comp myb coming next chap
@River1721: Oh gosh I love ur comments!
I think u got every guess correct there~ but sorry I'll try to write more fluff...soon
@mashioou: NEW READER!!! I'm HAPPY~
to my ridiculous and humble abode of a ninja crack fic
I'm still an inexperienced writer... don't call me sensei!
Thank u for reading~
@NewFans_48: It's you! haha! I have a bad habit of remembering my readers
Is that weird? lol I'll try to give more fluff! Thank u for giving some time to comment although I'll still be happy only with a click of the THANK YOU button but still... THANK YOU~!!!