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Chapter 12 - Chapter 12

"No it shouldn't be...." she gentle shook her head as she try to sense any familiar chakra signature around her and if not, try to measure up the threat around her.

Sensing neither, her mind went blank for moment, try to figure out the situation.

"Can you tell me how far is the land of fire from here?" Itsuho turned her head to the man who still holding her hand.

"Land of fire?" Instead of Dazai, Kunikida asked back a question but it sound is more like an exclamation.

"What are you talking about? There is no such place in Japan."

"Huh the land of fire is one of biggest countries in the world. What are you talking about?" The girl frowned as clearly not recalling a country called Japan in her world map.

"Sorry miss I never heard about country name land of fire before" Dazai said as a dread feeling wash over the girl.

"Japan? I never heard that either. Hey is there any shinobi village nearby? If you know can you tell me where?" Itsuho asked with hesitation as the bad premonition in her heart get more bigger.

The brown haired man was taken aback by her questions as he slowly answered. "Err... I don't think we can even find a shinobi, let alone a shinobi village. Those are only in fantasy books."

"Though in ancient time there were samurai, even now there still one or two of them that could be found" Kunikida said in middle, clearly frowning at the strange situation he is in.

"What?!" The girl startled, clearly not accepting Dazai's answer well.

Somehow the way they say it made her to question her whole life is a fantasy for a moment, sensing the emotions of the people around her. But she shook her head as she recalled reading some ancient scripts as well as the records that sage of six paths left.

On some of those mentioned situations that similar to her own predicament now.

'Beside there is no way my life is just a fantasy. The pain I had, the grief I felt, the fulfillment I had even for a little time or the scars that I bore tell no lie'

"You said there are samurai still exist right?" She turned to Kunikida as she contemplating on what Kunikida said.

"There is, but meeting them isn't easy at least" Kunikida said lightly as he clearly not wanting this situation to disrupt his already messed up schedule.

"You are quite familiar with them" Feeling his evasive answer she said confidently as other two also looking at him.

Dazai raised an eyebrow as he know what Kunikida is thinking. For a millisecond he was taken a back at the sharpness of Itsuho despite being blind but he returned to his happy go attitude soon after.

While Atsushi look at Kunikida with an awe as the only samurai he knew is the famous war hero Ouchi Fukuchi.

"That isn't something I can say to a someone with questionable appearance and mentality"

Under the glasses, Kunikida's eyes sharpened as he look at still fresh blood stains on her hands, clearly knowing it isn't hers as well as the bloody scalpel she hold, clearly understood the threat emit from her.

She sighed, not offended by his scrutiny as she understood his cautious attitude. She started to recall those ancient scripts she found time to time during her travels as her mind finally started to comprehend where is she now more rationally.

"Well I understand your concern since I am not exactly a harmless material in the first place. But the thing is...."

She paused to find the words that she has to say next, knowing the seriousness of this matter.

".....I an not from this world."

Her words enough to make other three stunned speechless as a weird kind of silence spread around them like as the only sound one can here from there is the slow flowing sound of the river.

"...for real?!"

Kunikida blinked, looking at her speechlessly as other two isn't that different from him in the way look at her. Even though she can't see them looking at her, feeling the strange seizing up gazes from them she almost laughed....well if not she is in such a predicament.

"Yeah, for real real"

Itsuho grinned wryly as Dazai chuckled, feeling deja wu. With that confirmation Atsushi took a step back and hide behind both men as he freaked out a bit.

"....Are you really sure about that?" Dazai's eyes became shaper for a moment before it returned to previous unreadable state.

"I am totally sure that I am in a world that is totally different from my own"

Itsuho felt headache is coming as she confirmed while explaining more.

"In my world, the Land of fire us most powerful elemental nation in the world, there is no way such a country not known by others. While I never heard of Japan and saw such a country in my map. Moreover...."

She turn her heard to them as if she try to keep their gazes.

"I am a shinobi in that shinobi world"

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