Chapter 2: Numb
Disclaimer: I don't own Linkin Park or Numb, but I do own Haurka,Hinode,Sachi, and Akito
A/n: This is another Haruka songfic but its showing how Haruka learned her techniques. By age 9, she learned the 2 sword technique from Akito while at the age of 11, she learned how to use a gun. Enjoy!
"Mmm..This is delicious." Haruka said with a smile as she finished up her bowl of stew.
"Yes! It is! Great job nii-san!" Sachi said with a happy smile as she smiled at Hinode. Hinode softly blushed at the praise before going back to his meal
"Hinode-kun made this?" Haruka said a little confused.
"Yes! Nii-san is a way better cook then I am." Sachi said with a smile as she poured herself another bowl. Haruka softly sighed as she put her bowl away and layed back with her weapons ready incase anyone tried to sneak up on them.
Sachi then let out a loud yawn before laying down on a blue mat before falling fast asleep.
"There she goes again, falling asleep without a blanket." Hinode sighed as he walked over to her and covered her up with a blanket before he too layed next to her on his back.
"Hey Haruka-sama."
"Don't call me that. I'm just a bodyguard not a lord." Haruka said as she sat up.
"To me, if someone who is protecting others for no reason they deserve respect." Hinode said simply
"Anyway, what is it?" Haruka asked trying to get back on the subject.
"Whats the story behind your training?" Hinode asked
"Its a long story along with not very interesting." Haruka said a little bored herself
"I don't care and I'm listening." Hinode said back
"All right." Haruka said with a sigh
Flashback
"HA!"
"HA!"
"HA!"
A 7 year old girl with long light blue hair and red eyes was striking a katana against a huge boulder ontop of a mountain peak far from the villages down below. Scratches,bruises,and burns covered her entrie body as she had smudges of dirt and grim on her face and entire body as she let out a small ulp of pain as she dropped her katana.
Grimacing painfully at the open blister on her right palm, she slowly stood up as tears went down her face as more blisters were on both palms and most of them had popped and bled.
"Haruka."
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless lost under the surface
don't know what you're expecting of me
"Haruka.....grab the katana."
Haruka softly flinched at the word katan as she slowly bent over and softly grimaced as the handle dug into her blisters as she then heard something rip. Haruka turned around to see her master Akito tearing up a handkerchief and gently taking her hands and bandaging them up for her as the handkerchief felt a lot better on her palms
"You'll stay out here and practice for another half an hour until I call you back in." Akito said as he started in.
"But..........sensei.............its going..............to rain." Haruka said softly as she clutched the katana close to her chest.
"A swordsman never refuses an order once it is given." Akito said firmly before walking in.
put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
every step that I take is another mistake to you
(caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Haruka stood there staring after Akito for a while before turning to the boulder with her face towards the ground as she felt anger surging in her body as her eyes flared up in anger as she raised her katana and started to smash it against the boulder in anger of what had happened last year as all her anger came out at once.
"WHY?! WHY DID THEY DO THIS?! WHY AM I ALL ALONE! MOMMY!!!!!!!" she exclaimed loudly as she smashed it so hard against the boulder that it broke in half as she sank to her knees as raindrops slowly fell down on her. Her blue training kimono was covered in mud and dirt and her long hair hung loose over her face as she stared at the ground
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm becoming so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do is to be more like me and be less like you
Haruka didn't even feel the rain on her as her family ran through her mind as she kneeled there in the rain. Her master saw this as he walked outside to go bring her in as she didn't even sense him coming.
Can't you see that you're smothering me holding too tightly afraid to lose control
cause everything that you thought I would be has fallen apart right in front of you
(caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
every step that I take is another mistake to you
(caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
and every second I waste is more then I can take
Akito's Thoughts
Her past is trying to consume her........We need to work faster before she falls into complet darkness Akito thought as he sat back down and went back to eating his supper as Haruka slept peacfully in her bed
5 Months Later
"HA!"
"HA!"
"HA!" Haruka exclaimed as she sent a sword towards her master but he easily dodged it and knocked her sword out of her hand. With that done, Haruka sank to her bottom as she looked at the ground shamefully as Akito picked up their swords
"Haruka."
"Yes Sensei?"
"You've improve quite quickly since 3 months ago. I'm really proud of you." Akito said as he turned and smiled proudly at her. Haruka was shocked as he smiled at her but, she quickly regained herself and smiled back
"Thank you very much Sensei." Haruka said happily as she stood up and grabbed her sword proudly
and I know
I may end up failing too
but I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you
2 Years later
"There she is!"
"Get her! She won't escape from us!"
Suddenly, a young 9 year old Haruka burst out of the bushes as she looked desperatly for a place to gain back her strength back. She was wearing a white belly shirt with tight black pants and a blue jacket. Her right hand was covering up a wound on her left side as she finally spotted a boulder and hid behind it.
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
As she got her breath back, Haruka softly grimaced at her wound as she saw it and pulled out a needle that would make her look like she was dead but it wouldn't as she tried to get it out. Softly screaming into her hand at the pain that came from it, Haruka could feel herself slowing slipping into a deep sleep as she layed there with blood slowly dripping from her wound
I'm becoming this all I want to do is be more like me and be less like you
"Damn it! She killed herself."
"What should we do with her?"
"Leave her there to rot. She's nothing to worry about now."
"Mom........"
"Shh. Its okay honey."
Haruka slowly opened her eyes to see a young woman with long brown hair and green eyes wiping a cool cloth against her forehead. She was wearing a white sundress and shoes as she softly smiled at her.
"Where am I?" Haruka asked hazily as she tried to turn her head but she couldn't feel anything.
"Your at my house. I found you while I was heading home and I couldn't just leave you. The numbness shot nearly took over your entire left side so you better just lay there until it wears off okay?" she said with a gentle smile before walking out of the room
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
End Flashback
"So this Akito-sensei...........was he a good person?" Hinode asked after Haruka finished telling him the story.
"Yes. He took me in for no reason and gave me confidence and love." Haruka said with a small smile as she looked up at the sky and she could remember him throwing her a birthday party after she graduated and she softly smiled at the memory.
A/n: Please comment/review! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!
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I'll slay any demon that gets in my way.
HIRAIKOTSU!!!!!!
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ALL HAIL ME!!! THE GREAT OC CREATOR! *cheering is heard*
Mom: Breanna.........what did I say about talking like a show-off
Me: don't do it.....
Mom: good *walks off*
Me: *smirks evily*
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I'll slay any demon that gets in my way.
HIRAIKOTSU!!!!!!
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
--John 3:16
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ALL HAIL ME!!! THE GREAT OC CREATOR! *cheering is heard*
Mom: Breanna.........what did I say about talking like a show-off
Me: don't do it.....
Mom: good *walks off*
Me: *smirks evily*
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ALL HAIL ME!!! THE GREAT OC CREATOR! *cheering is heard*
Mom: Breanna.........what did I say about talking like a show-off
Me: don't do it.....
Mom: good *walks off*
Me: *smirks evily*
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I wonder what kind of fate awaits me.
I don't want to mourn over the things that have come forth.
Within sorrow, courage exists.
And I grasp its radiance while believing...
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ALL HAIL ME!!! THE GREAT OC CREATOR! *cheering is heard*
Mom: Breanna.........what did I say about talking like a show-off
Me: don't do it.....
Mom: good *walks off*
Me: *smirks evily*
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I wonder what kind of fate awaits me.
I don't want to mourn over the things that have come forth.
Within sorrow, courage exists.
And I grasp its radiance while believing...
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