~jeiku~
its been a week since fuya and i returned to the village, there were some survivors from the army but they all returned to their villages. today is ibukis funeral, hashirama asked me to talk at it, i turned him down, i dont think ill even go. the village feels cold today, there was a funeral held for everyone that died during butchers attack and it was sad but this time it feels different. im standing at the edge of the cliff that ibuki and mayumi would always go to, i can see why, its peaceful up here. theres a slight breeze and my suit flaps in the wind, hashirama helped me find formal clothes for today.
"so you ditched the funeral too" its fuya.
"yeah. didnt want to talk about him in front of the village"
"its weird, we've lost so many people recently but i dont really feel sad" i understand what she means, in the last few months weve lost two senseis, mayumi, kazuya, akira, and ibuki but it doesn't feel any different. one day of mourning and then it goes back to normal.
"did you hear about mikku?" fuya asks me
"no what happened"
"hashirama appointed him ambassador of the village, he must see something in him"
"wow ambassador" mikkus never been a stand out among any of us during our three years of training but hes good at negotiations.
"rumor has it hashirama has been giving him lessons in private for years now, he actually left this morning"
"left? to where?" i cant lose mikku as well, with Rōgan training back in the mountains and without mikku i wont have anyone.
"well the only people that know where hes going is hashirama, mikku, and mikkus escort, if i had to guess its somewhere that the future of the villages can be discussed, we narrowly avoided war with the hidden mist village attack and that just raised tensions."
"do you think he'll be ok?" fuya doesn't say anything, i finally turn around and fuya is crying.
"i read ibukis note yesterday, i know we made a vow not to read it but i couldnt help myself"
"what did it say"
"i burned it after i read it" fuya looks ashamed and tears flow freely "i hope hes happy now"
"yeah... me too" ibuki might've not been the best person, he was violent and had a short temper. but at the end of the day, ibuki was a hero