Chapter 2
To my future husband,
How would you know if love is true and sincere? A lot of people keep telling me their definition of love but how they defined it doesn’t fit with what’s mine.
Wasn’t it supposed to be genuine? Something that will complete your soul? And something your mind and heart would agree with? How about you my future husband? How do you define it? About love?
Most of the women here were married to a man that was decided by people, other than themselves and then called it love. It should be something that your heart truly desires, right? Your emotions should be dancing with your heart and mind every time you saw each other. Love, if it’s a color, it will be in purest white, a blank canvas where you could paint all our pleasure and pain from two passionate souls.
I cannot wait to meet you, my future husband, I promise to love and accept who you are.
Your Future Wife,
Temari
Shikamaru read the letter that was blown by the wind and stopped at his feet. He can’t help but laugh at what was written inside, curious about how a girl thinks like this. It’s rare and funny. He folds the letter and slid it inside his armor.
They were stationed in Suna that day, trying to convince the Rasa to join the war because they have been fighting for four years now and an assist from the desert army is very much in need. Rasa agreed and the young samurais jumped from joy, they could feel that they are going to win this war and will end it as soon as possible.
He meets with his friends, the young leaders of the Samurai armed forces. Their clans were very powerful and known to produce talented Samurais. These young men trained themselves since they were twelve, honing their skills and mastering their talents. These young samurais were leading the army, commanding every soldier on every battlefield.
Sasuke from the Uchiha clan is the master of bows and arrows or what they called Kyudo/Kyujutsu. His eyes are blessed with accuracy and precision in hitting a target. During the battle, Sasuke didn’t miss a single opponent garnering him the highest kill count. He is the top bow puller or yumihiki in the Heian period, a gift from his clan with powerful visual prowess, a gifted Uchiha.
Neji from the Hyuga clan, master of aikido or the art consists of striking, throwing, and joint locking techniques and is known for its fluidity and blending with an attacker, rather than meeting force with force. Neji mastered the art of swaying the katana but he is more equipped to strike his opponent with his bare hands, destroying their bodies and their spirits.
Kiba from the Inuzuka clan, master of attacks while horseback riding. He is one of the talented young leaders of samurai who is an expert in attacking their opponents while riding horses, only a few can master this style. Kyudo, Kendo, and any type of jutsu, Kiba can perform it all without breaking a single bone to his horse and to his body while riding it. He treat these animals as soldiers and gave them the same respect he gave to his comrades.
Naruto from the Uzumaki clan, the master of all. He can do everything and still learning to know more about different martial arts in Samurai, he’s full of passion when it comes to defending his village. A jack of all trades, even though he masters almost all of it, he still climbs himself up to the top. To claim his dream of becoming hokage in their village.
Shikamaru from the Nara clan, master of strategy in the battle plan. He is good at everything but his brain works the most during the war. People need him in planning their next step, the current hokage trusts his plan so much more rather than hearing the plan that was shown by their own strategist. Most of their won was due to his battle plan and people respect him so much because of that.
The five villages have been fighting for four years now and Suna joined this year. The Akatsuki started the war by stealing all the resources from the land of vegetables, the land of claws, and the land of bears. Murdering all the innocents, raping all the women, and destroying their lands. They escaped by traveling the sea, the demon pirates of the Heian period. The five villages felt threatened and the possibility of Akatsuki attacking their villages made their armies in full defense. They already killed their allies, the seven swordsmen which ignited the ongoing war.
News broke that the Akatsuki was now hiding at the Ouza Island and the samurai armed forces prepared themselves to attack them there. Shikamaru decided to ask for the different villages to join them to kill all the members of the Akatsuki. Gaining their sweetest yes will definitely secure their win.
They will be leaving at noon, Rasa and his sons first to leave the village and will have to meet with the other kages for an assembly in Kumogakure, devising a plan before going into the war. The five samurai leaders prepared the new recruits in making sure that they were equipped for the war.
“Hey Shikamaru! Drink some sake! We’re going to have fun tomorrow tonight at the land of rivers when we reached it” Naruto said while offering the cup of sake
“Yeahhh! I can’t wait. Man, it’s been a while since I last touched a woman” Kiba said
In every village they are stationed, these five young men always had their dinner at a sake bar with girls entertaining them. To drink and have sex, releasing all their tension from the war. Shikamaru gulp the sake in his hand and joined them at their table.
“We have new samurais that need to be trained, we have to prepare them for the next war. We will start once the sun peeked tomorrow” Shikamaru said
“I agree with Shikamaru, we need to gather the new army in the afternoon and divide them into five to distribute to each one of us” Neji followed
“Give me the weakest group, I’ll train them” Sasuke said while eating tonjiki or famously called onigiri. Sasuke hates weak people and he’s good at teaching them, to master their craft.
Shikamaru and Neji nodded while Naruto and Kiba did a kanpai. They finished their breakfast and observed the long line of young men, glancing at them from head to toe.