Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
This isn't real! None of this is real! It's just not possible! Panting heavily, the brunette scrambled inside a fox hole praying desperately her pursuers didn't find her. She willed herself to breathe evenly and calm her rapidly beating heart down.
The sound of running footsteps coming to a halt and a male's distant voice dropped Kimmys' beating heart for a split second.
"Oi, if you really wanted to play hide and seek you could've just said so, hm. I love blasting the hiders out of their hiding place."
What could her pursuer mean by that? Kimmy didn't want to ponder on it. Slowly, but carefully she inched her way deeper into the fox hole hoping her hiding spot had another way out.
An eerie silence was left in place after the man had stopped speaking. Her instincts screamed at her something was wrong.
Only a minute later had passed when her instincts were proven correct.
A loud boom shook the earth and small clumps of earth fell around Kimmy. What the-?! Kimmys' eyes widened in realization as several more loud booms shook the earth and the small tunnel she was in. He's using explosives! What did I get myself into?! As quick as she could, Kimmy scrambled deeper into the tunnel as the fox hole started to cave in.
'Please.. Just please let me out of this alive!' At the last moment, Kimmy squirmed her way out of another end of the crumbling fox hole and began to run through the thick masses of trees that were all around her.
The blonde male stared after the retreating form of the female as a smirk slowly pulled at the ends of his lips. "So it's gonna be like that huh?" He muttered to himself.
Moving his hands to either side of the pouches latched onto the sides of his waist, he dug his hands inside before pulling them out to show small clay birds resting on his palms.
"Deidara," growled a low voice.
The blonde turned towards his companion grinning. "Get her quickly and don't delay. My patience is running thin."
"I've got it under control Sasori no Danna," Deidara stated.
As he tossed the clay birds into the air, he moved his hand in a hand sign bringing the clay birds to life and sent them after the young woman.
Only seconds had passed until...
An explosion erupted with the loud shrills of the young woman. Chuckling lowly, Deidara disappeared from view and then reappeared a few moments later with the now unconscious brunette he had been chasing earlier over his shoulder.
"See? Under control like I said earlier, hm." Sasori only turned to the side and began to walk. "We've wasted enough time here, let's go." Grumbling underneath his breath, Deidara followed his partner quickly behind.
"Home sweet home."
A young woman, seeming to be in her early twenties, stepped out of her car to head toward her small home. The house itself was beautiful with all the city attractions only five minutes away by car. And yet Kimmy felt a little dreadful each time she came home. It had nothing to do with her spectacular house, more along the lines with whom she shared her spectacular house with.
"DIE YOU UGLY PIECE OF-!"
Crash!
Groaning at whatever new catastrophe could possibly be awaiting her, Kimmy opened the front door and tentatively stepped inside closing the door after her.
The house was a wreck. That seemed to be putting it lightly. She idly wondered to herself how on earth he could have possibly gotten pizza stuck to the ceiling.
The couches were bare of their cushions with the lamp post dangling over the coffee table and trash littered the hardwood floor. There was a faint smell of something burning in the air. Kimmys' eyes widened as she quickly made her way toward the kitchen. One of the skillets on top of the stove was on fire. Not on fire like a bucket of water could quench the flames but on fire as inwhere's the freaking fire extinguisher?!
"I can handle it!" Yelled her housemate as he clumsily ran inside the kitchen with the fire extinguisher. "No wait!" Yelled Kimmy as she help her hands up. Too late. The male held the nozzle of the fire extinguisher up to only spray in the wrong direction. In her direction to be precise.
"Oops..."
"Give me that!"
Ignoring the frostiness of the white foam, Kimmy snatched the fire extinguisher away and directed the nozzle to the fire as she put it out immediately.
Silence filled the air
That is until...
"Ah! The bane of my existence! Come here you-!" A small bird had poked it's head out of one of the cabinets. It chirped loudly as it flew away from flailing arms trying to smack it out of the air. Quickly, it flew and perched itself on top of Kimmys' head. Her eyes widened as she watched her eccentric housemate walk cautiously toward her.
"Derek wait-"
"Shh Kimmy, you'll scare the bat crazy demon I've been trying to catch all afternoon."
"But-"
"Don't worry, it'll be no problem."
At that exact moment, Derek lunged on top of Kimmy to catch the bird. No such luck. It flew off and out the open kitchen window before any harm could come to it.
"So close," muttered Derek.
Their awkward position on the floor did not go unnoticed.
"Derek..." There was venom laced in Kimmys' tone of voice.
"Well at least that solves the bird problem," chirped Derek before looking at Kimmy with a surprised grin. "...What is it? Oh hey! You got something on your head." Reaching out his hand, Derek touched the top of Kimmys' head before making a disgusted face. "Awe gross! The bird shitted itself on you!"
"DEREK!"
The piercing scream had left children in the next neighborhood frightened to even go play outside.
Startled, the blonde male tumbled off the fuming girl. "Look, Kimmy, I can explain-" Quickly, the young woman stood up, her glare fixated on her cowering roommate. "Don't give me that Derek! It's always the same excuse with different wordings! I've had it up to here with my house being destroyed!" With that she stormed off into the living room, Derek quickly following after her. Extending his arm out to touch her shoulder, he tried again. "Look, Kimmy, I really am sor-" Derek's apology got cut off as something landed on top of Kimmy's head. It actually looked familiar...
"Hey, my pizza!"
Without even thinking, Kimmy grabbed the pizza from off of her head and smacked it against Derek.
"Clean this place up!"
With that being said, the fiery brunette stormed off down the hall towards her room leaving her distraught roommate behind.
Slowly, he looked around the living room before he grabbed a shovel that was lying on top of the barren couch and started to shovel trash off the floor all the while grumbling to himself.
Kimmy stared at herself in the full length mirror hanging in her bathroom before she started peeling the dirty clothes off of her. She dumped her soiled clothes in the hamper and quickly stepped into the hot shower. Not wishing to think of the day's events she focused solely on scrubbing her head vigorously with some sweet smelling shampoo. After she made sure she didn't smell like a mixture of bird shit and pizza and finally feeling that she had scrubbed every inch of her body of anything that may have lingered did she feel content enough to step out the shower. Reaching out, Kimmy grabbed a lilac bathrobe and pulled it on. It felt so soft against her smooth skin. Stepping out of the bathroom not caring her hair was still dripping wet, she slid into her queen sized bed.
It was a long day
Exhaustion finally caught with Kimmy and slowly she let herself drift off into sleep.
Sleep was a beautiful thing. It was also something that Kimmy couldn't get enough of either from having to go to work and dealing with her next door roommate.
The sound of a shrill scream broke Kimmy out of her sleep.
Tumbling out of her bed, her heart started to race. She grabbed the only thing she could think of to use as a weapon. Holding the chair on both ends as she stepped out of her room, Kimmy cautiously made her way to the living room. The house was pitch dark. It had to be at least one in the morning judged Kimmy mentally. As she neared the living room she gripped the sides of the chair tightly until her knuckles turned white. Another scream ripped through the air and Kimmy's que to run in ready to smash the head of any dangerous person in her home.
"Ahhhh! Kimmy! It's just me!"
Kimmy stopped mid swing to look at her target.
It was only Derek cowering on the couch with his arms raised up.
"What.. but, those screams..." Kimmy lowered the chair down to look at a sheepish Derek and turned her gaze to the television. It was playing some type of anime show. Inu- something or whatever. She shifted her eyes back to Derek who was now fidgeting and still smiling sheepishly.
"...Well I wasn't able to watch all my programs today because of that cleanup I had to do. By the way that took me all evening to do! So I recorded them so I could watch it later." "That later being now," Kimmy dead panned.
"Well yeah."
"And why couldn't you wait until tomorrow?"
"And miss watching it at night when everything seems all the more real during this time?!" Exclaimed Derek shock. "Kimmy, you gotta understand, anime and manga is something you don't mess with. Here, sit with me and we can both watch Inuyasha together." Smiling he patted the couch seat next to him. Kimmy stared at the tv in disgust. "Derek-"
"Hey don't knock it til ya try it!" Interrupted Derek, grinning. "Are you scared that once you start watching it you'll see just how amazing it actually is and finally realize I was right all along?" "No," glared Kimmy. "It's the middle of the freaking night and my sleep was interrupted by you and your shitty program! I have to wake up early to go to work and then come home to dealing with your fucking obsession every single day!" Derek stood up from the couch slowly. "Kimmy, I just want you to try and open your eyes-" "Look here you!" Snapped Kimmy, eyes blazing. "I'm an adult now. I don't find anime or manga interesting! It's for kids. Give me a novel and I'll read it. Show me NCIS and I'll watch it. Give me this crap," Quickly pointing her finger toward the TV, "and I'll throw it back at your face!" "It's not crap!" Yelled Derek, face flushed. "Oh really?" Taunted Kimmy. "I've done my research on anime and manga to figure out why you had a huge obsession for it. Only to find out its perverted, sexist on so many levels, and most of the anime plot lines suck. Just really goes to show what type of person you really are Derek."
Silence followed
Derek was livid. Kimmy could see it etched all over his face. Turning around she headed back down the hall calling back "Grow up and get a life already."
Beep Beep Beep
Kimmy didn't want to leave the comfort of her sleep just yet. She burrowed her head deeper into her pillow while letting out a sigh. That pillow was too soft for words.
Beep Beep Beep
Muttering incoherent words, Kimmy stretched out her hand fumbling for her phone. Lifting her head up tentatively, she answered the call without bothering to check the caller ID.
"Hello?"
"Ms. Sanchez? I'm sorry, did I wake you?"
"Don't worry about that, it's fine," mumbled Kimmy. "Is there something wrong?"
"Ah no, everything's fine Ms. Sanchez. I was only calling to let you know the Director would like to meet with you later on today in the morning. He's heard good things about you." Kimmy perked up at that. "What?! Really? Do you know anything else Chris?" The male on the end laughed at his friends peeked interest. "Yeah, I also heard of a certain guy from work that would like to take you out for lunch later."
"Chris you moron," chuckled Kimmy.
"Say around two?"
"Same spot?"
"You got it."
Kimmy couldn't help but grin at her friends' antics. "You know Chris, one day you're gonna have to check yourself into a hospital if your girlfriend ever finds out you take all your female co workers out to lunch."
His booming laugh could only make Kimmy smile.
"Friends, I only see you all as friends!"
"Hah! The way you act though," giggled Kimmy.
"Ah whatever, I'll see you later Kimmy."
"Yeah, see you."
Hanging up, Kimmy quickly got out of bed to start getting ready for the day.
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"She doesn't know what she's talking about," muttered Derek. His room was dark. The windows had been covered not letting any light in.
"She doesn't get it..."
The whole house was quiet, save for Derek's murmurings.
"I'll make her see... She just doesn't know how to fully appreciate it... Yet..."
He grinned darkly.
"And I know exactly how to do that."
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A full week had passed since the incident. Or like how Kimmy liked to put it; the time of silence. And silent it was. Derek hasn't spoken to her since that night.
I should really apologize
Kimmy hadn't really thought it would have hurt Derek that bad. She slapped her forehead. "Duh! He's obsessed with it! Of course it would effect him this bad! Stupid, stupid, stupid!" With each word she smacked her forehead.
She took the day off from work.
I'll take him out today and smooth things over. Happy with her plan, Kimmy made her way towards her closet. Changing into some skinny jeans and a cotton-felt v-neck jersey shirt, she grabbed a pair of converse and left her room calling out for her housemate.
"Hey Derek!"
She only had to wait a few seconds before a head popped into view from the kitchen. Smiling, she tilted her head toward the front door. "Come on, I'm taking you out today."
She waited for him to jump for joy, an excited jump, some type of reaction from the guy but the dude seemed to have turned stoic this week. Nodding quietly, she watched as he headed in the direction of his room. She thought it'd only take a few minutes but the guy took a half hour to finally return to the living room, wearing the same clothes. The only difference was a bag clasped in his right hand and shoes now on his feet. She raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. If this is his way of getting back at me just go with it. I did act like a bitch to him that night.
Quickly leaving the house and entering Kimmys' nice red Audi had brought a new problem as Kimmy backed out of the driveway.
The awkward silence
Kimmy flipped on the radio knowing small talk wouldn't help anything.
It was silent for a good fifteen minutes until Derek finally broke the silence. "Could we go to the park?"
Blinking, Kimmy obliged making a turn at the next light. As soon as the park came into view, Kimmy turned into the parking lot and switched the motor off. Without a single word Derek stepped out with Kimmy following the same example. She watched as he headed toward the side of the park that had thicker trees. It almost seemed like a forest in there. Wondering what he could be up to, Kimmy followed, trying to catch up to him. "Derek, wait up."
No response
Annoyed, Kimmy tried to pick up her pace. Remember, it's your fault for making him upset. If you hadn't insulted him you wouldn't be having this problem with him now. Breathing deeply and then exhaling, Kimmy tried jogging after him. Seeing that he finally stopped, Kimmy went to stand beside him. "Hey Derek, about last week..."
Slowly he turned in her direction with a, was that hope in his eyes? Her stared at her, waiting for her to continue her sentence.
She pressed her lips together before continuing. "I know we have our own differences with how we like to spend our own time. I was upset the house was trashed and then my sleep was interrupted... But it gave me no right to insult you. I just wanted to say that what I said was uncalled for and I'm sorry." Derek stood there, staring at her. She noticed he had this twinkle in his eyes. Was that an evil glint? No, it couldn't be. Derek's a sweetheart. He can be out of it at times but a sweetheart nonetheless.
"So then... Would you reconsider watching some anime with me?" Derek drawled. Kimmy couldn't help but make a face. "I'm sorry Derek but it's just something I really wouldn't want to waste my time on." "A waste of time... So be it," the blonde muttered quietly. Kimmy couldn't help but notice as Derek began to rummage around inside the black bag he brought with him. Her curiosity was spiked. Just what was inside that bag of his?
He pulled his hand back out to reveal a scroll. An old looking one at that.
She cocked an eyebrow at him. Derek looked back up at her with a twisted smile on his face. "You see, Kimmy, I just want you to understand. There's much more than to what meets the eye. You never gave consideration to what could really exist outside your perfect little world."
Kimmy took a step back, eyes widening. He's up to no good. He's lost it. Opening the scroll, Derek took a step closer. "All I want to do is expand your little world with some excitement. It shouldn't be so bad. I'm sure you'll even enjoy yourself." There was a lot of writing inside the old scroll. Kimmy couldn't read it though. It looked like it was in Japanese. He's really lost it. Forget talking him out of it, I'm outta here! With that thought in mind, the young woman sprinted away.
Only to be tackled to the ground.
"Nenriki Ido No Jutsu!"
The brunette squeezed her eyes shut, a million thoughts rushing through her mind. What was he going to do to her? The guy basically lost all sense to reality.
Waiting a few more seconds but nothing still happening, Kimmy opened her eyes slowly.
Only to find Derek was gone.
She sat up looking around frantically.
No sight of him.
Quickly scrambling up to her feet she made a mad dash through the trees to get back to her car. I gotta find another roommate. Derek's a complete psycho! Pulling out her phone, she dialed 911. The call didn't go through. She glared at the words 'No Signal' at the corner of the screen. She kept on running through the trees until a thought crossed her mind. Why haven't I gotten to my car yet?! We didn't go that deep into the park. Did I go in the wrong direction? Am I lost? Kimmy didn't want to believe how much of a disaster this day was turning out to be. It just couldn't get any worse.
"Oomph!"
She had crashed into someone
Whoever she crashed into hadn't fallen back from the impact like she did. "I'm so sorry! I didn't look where I was going-" Quickly standing up, she looked around anxiously before settling her gaze at the strange sight before her. Two men dressed in strange black cloaks with red clouds were standing before her. One was a red head while the other was a blonde. The first thought that popped into her mind, besides their weird getup, was how attractive they were. The second thought was how jealous she felt about how beautiful they were. Being guys and all. She knew she was pretty attractive as well but they could pull off being models.
"Hmmm, Sasori no Danna.. I think we just found a little toy," the blonde spoke, a slow grin pulling at the corners of his lips.
"Brat, don't frighten the doll off." The red head had this little gleam in his eyes.
Kimmys' eyes widened having an idea where this was going. Without even thinking about it, she ran in the direction she came from.
Why did I take today off from work?!