Rin Watarimono, the Wanderer

Academy Student Arc

Losing Her Memory

Rin was just sitting in her classroom, occassionally glancing at the clock. She was the only one there, since she was in detention. One of her classmates tried to take her by surprise and she accisentally performed a genjutsu that blurred her classmate's mind enough to remove what her classmate did since the start of the day from his memories. After a few minutes, the teacher went in.

"So, you actually removed part of someone's memory? That was pretty impressive for an Academy Student...." her teacher was smiling at her almost mockingly.

"Umm.. Thank you... but I did not mean to do it... He surprised me..." she sighed and looked down.

"No, I'm serious, that actually impressed me... I have never seen someone do it like that for so long..."

"Really, sensei?"

"Yes, Rin...."

Rin smiled as the bell rang. "Thank you, sensei.... I'll see you again tomorrow..." she walked out of the rooms and into her dorms. She was supposed to come over back to her house that day. After some hours of walking, she finally reached her house.

She walked in her house, looked around and smiled. She still remembered how it looked and it looked exactly the same. The portraits on the wall, the vases and the flowers in them, and then she walked in the living room. Her father was drinking some tea. "Hello, dad... I just went over for a visit."

Her dad smiled and stood up, facing her. "Well well, my daughter went back to see her parents, how sweet of you" they both smiled then they heard someone knocking on the door. "I'll get it, dad" she opened the door and saw two ANBUs standing in front of her. "Umm... May I help you?"

"We're looking for Rin Watarimono... Do you by any chance know her?"

"Yeah, I'm Rin.... Anything you need?"

"Come with us... our ANBU leader wants to see you...." they grabbed her by the arms and dragged her away as she struggled to get free.

"H-Hey, wait! This is a mistake, I didn't do anything!" she struggled but as she struggled more, the grip tightened. Then she saw her father running towards them with a katana in his hand. One of the ANBU members stood in front of her and held the hilt of his ninjaken. She was panicking now as she thought of what to do.

The ANBU member drew her blade and Rin gaspes as blood splattered on the ground. She felt her eyes getting filled with tears and suddenly, a searing pain in her mind. The last thing she saw was the ANBU members stunned, standing there as if getting away from a bright light. Then everything went black.

She woke up in the village hospital. "Where am I?" she sat up, looking around. Her heart was still beating quickly. "Ohh... My head hurts..." she got an ID from her pocket. The name read "Rin Watarimono". It also had her picture on it and her age, and all other information. She gasped as she asked herself a question. "Wh-Who is Rin? Is she... me?" she was getting confused and tired. She laid down and closed her eyes. "Who is Rin Watarimono? Who am I? Am I related to her?" she sighed. "We'll find out...." soon enough, she fell asleep again.

The Strange Dream

Rin slowly opened her eyes, she was in front of an oddly familiar-looking house. As she walked in, she saw a girl with her back turned at her. She was facing a room, babbling words that she could not comprehend. Then someone answered, it was a male voice and it was also babbling words. She sighed as she walked behind the girl and touced her shoulder. She gasped and slowly backed away as the girl faced her. She had no face.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Don't you recognize me?" the girl kept walking closer to her. Rin was still backing away.

"I-I don't know you... Please don't hurt me!" Rin was panicking now. Her heart thumped really fast and she was starting to shiver. "I didn't do anything, I just found myself in here and I-" she was cut off when she tried to talk. Her lips were moving but no words came out. Then, the girl that was walking towards her slowly turned into a familiar-looking man and she suddenly felt a searing pain on her head. She fell on her knees and saw flashbacks of that man being killed by two ANBU members and herself collapsing on the ground. Then there were images of people who looked familiar to her, but they did not have a face too. She felt cold now as the faceless people started walking towards her, saying her name continuously in chorus.

She suddenly woke up on the hospital bed. She nervously checked around to see what was happening. "A dream... It was all a dream..." she sighed and hugged her pillow as she sat up. "But... Those people looked familiar...." she shook her head and laid back down again. "So I guess that I am Rin Watarimono..."

"Rin Watarimono?" a doctor walked up to her and smiled. "I am glad that you woke up from your six-month coma... But it seems that part of your brain had been severely damaged... I am afraid that you have amnesia..."

She signed and nodded her head. "Six months.... It has been that long? Oh, and about that amnesia thing... I kinda figured it out... I also had this strange dream...." she closed her eyes, trying to relax.

"Hmm... Well, the good news is that you will be released tomorrow.... Good luck and try not to get in trouble again..." the doctor walked away and closed the door.

"Tomorrow.... I have to ask everyone about my identity.... I will go to the academy first thing in the morning...." she pulled up her sheets and rested. "I just hope that someone there knows me...."

Her New Purpose

After six months and a week of being in the hospital, Rin signed out and went off to find the Academy. A lot of people recognized her but she had no idea who they were. They went up to her saying that they were happy to see that she was fine and she just nodded, waved, and walked past them in reply.

After a few minutes, she managed to find the academy. When she walked in, she went to the office to search for the name of her teacher. When she found it, she asked students in the school so that she could find her way. The students seemed rather confused by her actions, as if they think that she knows her way around the academy.

When she found the classroom, she went in to find her teacher. "Sensei... I need to ask you something..." she immidiately said, sitting on a chair and looking athis teacher straight in the eyes.

"Well, you're still in the academy, if that's what you're asking, you had a good reason, we won't expel you..." he chuckled and smiled at her.

"No, not that.... Sensei.... Please tell me what you know about me..."

Her teacher was shocked at her question, but smiled and nodded. "I see... You have amnesia, you lost you memory.... Well, one thing I know is that you were looking up to someone who was a great kunoichi... A great medical ninja too... You told me that you wanted to be a great kunoichi just like her... Your enthusiasm even surprised me... Oh, and I have something for you." he got up and went to his desk, opening it and showing her two long needles with a small strap on it. "This is the Futatsu Hari... two needles that were forged by your father to be given to you when the time comes... and I think that this is the right time... Use it well"

Rin took the two needles and put it in her bag. She smiled and bowed to her teacher. "Thank you, sensei...." she ran out of the door and out of the Academy. "Now I know my true purpose... To be a great Kunoichi... just wait, I will become one..."
//Still to be continued\\