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OPEN | It's Raining Skyfallen

Who: Six

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What: This time, the Convergence is dumping people in Little Love where Six has set up shop. Time to meet the new neighbors.
When: January, all-month
Where: Little Love, Kansas for most of the month. One prompt is in Central City, Michigan.
Content Warnings: Should be fine. Will update as needed.

[January 3rd - 10th: Little Love, Kansas (De-Aged)]
Six was rather irritated that he'd been transformed into a kid about ten years old, the same estimated age he'd been when One had found him. At least this time around, he was scrawny and a bit underfed, not starving and half-dead.

Still hated it though.

But life went on, and apparently so did the Convergences. And it looked like Little Love was their latest pick for a dumping ground.

He craned his neck to look up at the latest newcomer. "You're new. Just arrived or moving in from out of town?"

[January 11th - 31st: Little Love, Kansas (Normal Age)]
It felt good to be big enough to properly handle his magna blades again. Even with the shuriken constantly on his person, he'd felt naked.

Now that things were calming back down to their typical chaos, Six wandered the area to see what might need to be done to fully restore the weird status quo.

[January 14th: Alliance HQ and the surrounding area, Central City, Michigan (Nanite Checkup)]
Six adjusted his jacket. While he waited for the results of the tests to come back, he had plenty of time to kill. He might as well go out and about.

First order of business, coffee. He could put that gift card Prodigy had given him to good use.

Second, well, he'd just take in the local sights and browse the shops for anything he might need that Little Love didn't have.

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"It's up to you, really. Thirteen is young, but you still have plenty of options on how to get by. Though if you're serious about learning to fight, it might not be a bad idea to start by looking for a teacher while you're looking for somewhere to live."

He paused.

"And if you're planning on remaining unaligned, figuring out how you're going to earn money for rent and food. I don't recommend life on the streets."

“That’s a lot of questions and I don’t have many options.” Sakura admitted. “If that magic wears off, can I come back to see what I can learn from you?”

"Honestly, I could probably teach you a few things now. I was about this age when Master started teaching me."

And a lot more scrawny back then.

"It'd mostly be tricks for dodging and using knives and shuriken, but it's a start. I can't properly wield my swords like this."

“Oh, that’s actually fine, honestly!” Sakura said. “Something that basic would be best for me.”

Six nodded his understanding. "Once we finish our tea, I'd like to do a basic spar to get an idea of your current skill level. Also any bad habits you might need to break." He raised a curious eyebrow. "You mentioned something about a mission...?"

"Haaa, yeah. Y'see, as shinobi, we're meant to run various jobs that are determined by rank. As genin, the lowest level, we're really only allowed to handle D-rank jobs and sometimes C-rank. However, the person who requested the mission we were on lied about the danger because he lacked money." Sakura said. "We completed it, but it... wasn't pretty."

This was not adding up.

"You're training to be a shinobi at thirteen, and you don't think you'd be able to make it in this world on your own?"

If anything, the girl should be able to easily protect herself. What was she doing asking for basic knife fighting lessons?

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"W-Well, you see, I..." Sakura stammered. What was she going to do? Or say? She'd be laughed out if she told him that she was too focused on making goo-goo eyes on the pretty bad boy to even think about being a fighter!

As she tried to figure out what to say, she groaned and held her head, slumping over... before she looked back up at Six, grinning, her eyes now a piercing blue.

"Because the girl's absolutely love sick!" she finally said, her voice a little more louder. Say hello to the Confluence-awakened "Inner Sakura". "She's too focused on trying to win the boy on her team to even try to be useful and she won't admit it!"

There was a very pregnant pause, Six's eyebrows shooting high above his sunglasses in surprise.

"...I appreciate the honesty." One eyebrow lowered as the other remained arched. "Do you have a name?"

“Just call me her Inner Voice.” She replied. “I’m practically everything she wishes but I’m not doing everything for her. At least not now. She needs help, but she won’t admit it unless… I dunno, you threatened her by the hair. Girl takes real good care of it.”

Six wasn't sure what it said about him that he was taking this in stride. Then again, when one came from a world where any living thing could mutate without warning, one learned to roll with the punches.

"All right." He made a mental note not to give into temptation and refer to this "Inner Voice" as "IV" in case the real one showed up. (His "older brother" would not be pleased, and there were already enough sour grapes between them.) "Any particular reason that's important to her aside from basic vanity?"

Might as well get what intel he could to help motivate her, right? Though given what Inner Voice had said, he suspected it had something to do with the boy she was attracted to.

“She’s attracted to the boy, Sasuke. Thinks he’s great despite being the silent moody type”, Inner Voice said. “Sakura’s smart as a whip, but she only got where she is through studying so she can focus on her looks. It’s gonna get her killed on day, though.”

Teenage hormones. It figured.

"Him not being here should make it a bit easier for her to focus so she doesn't get killed. Thanks for the intel."

If it got bad enough, he might just hack off her hair at the nape of her neck like Five had when she was younger. (Though this girl's hair didn't seem to be dyed pink like Five's...)

"Good, good. Mmm, better let her back. I don't think she realizes what's happened." Inner Voice said before closing her eyes.

A few moments later, Sakura gasped, looking around in confusion. "Wh-what happened? Wh-what was the question again?"

Should he tell her? Honestly, what was the etiquette for revealing to a teenager that they had powers?

"I was asking about why you were concerned about getting by here when you were training to be a shinobi at home." He paused, trying to figure out how to broach the topic of what just happened. "Does that happen a lot? Blacking out randomly?"

"Oh! Oh, right... n-no, I haven't blacked out like that at all before." Sakura admitted. "Maybe it has to do with this world. Don't tell me it got me sick..."

Might as well prime her for it. "The confluences can have strange effects on people. Most end up with some sort of power that they didn't have before. I was one of the ones that stayed as they were before."

"That's not good if whatever I have made me black out!" Sakura said, confused and worried. "I didn't break anything, did I?"

"No, you just...talked. Probably about things you normally wouldn't. Not anything too personal but more confidently than you normally talk."

"I... did?" Sakura said, worried. "Mmmn, I-I'd rather not know. I probably said something I shouldn't."

"Fair enough."

At least she was aware of it now.

He took a sip of his tea. "Like I was saying before, I'd like to get a basic idea of your skillset to see what you've already been taught if that's all right."

“That’ll be fine, yes.” Sakura said, nodding as she took a sip of her tea again.

Six nodded before continuing to drink his tea. Honestly, maintaining a casual conversation was still a challenge for Six. he was never the most talkative person.

Still...

"Did you have any other questions for me?"

And, honestly, Sakura could see that. It was probably a surprise they could talk this long.

“I know we talked about the Alliance, so what of this Society? They’re more… free-spirited?”

Six gave a little shrug of his shoulders. "In essence. They provide what's needed for members to achieve their own goals since but keep a lid on their members attempting anything that might destroy the world. This does mean that they can provide goods and services to those people who have less-than-noble goals.

"As you can see, both guilds have their pros and cons, so lumping them into 'heroes' and 'villains' isn't accurate."

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