You guys are gonna kill me. I changed the name again, cuz i realized when you search up "I'm with You" 'n the search box, nothing shows up. the new Title is Connections.
Weehee! Okay, so I got an older version of Word, but nonetheless, I have SOMETHING Now! I'm working on chapter three, in which the preview for will be located at the end of chapter two. I've updated some mistakes I caught, and changed a couple sentences that didn't make sense, but its all pretty much the same. Happy Reading!Chapter 1. The Boys of Team 8 Meet The Firefly and the Squirt. Who are they? What are they like? Read to find out!
Chapter 1. The Boys of Team 8 Meet The Firefly and the Squirt. Who are they? What are they like? Read to find out!
Disclaimer: I do not own the anime/Manga Naruto, or Hotaru. She belongs to Gingystar555. I own RayRei and Nakita.
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The boat docked in. It was late, around 7: 40, twenty minutes till dark. Kiba Inuzuka and His Team mate Shino waited for the new students to disembark. Two new Kunoichi. American. Kiba Scoffed at the idea while Shino stayed silent as usual. Both had different attitudes at this point. Kiba, just wanted to get home and chill. Shino, Don't care when, don't care how, don't care why, Just Do it. Becoming rather impatient, Kiba gritted his teeth when he turned and saw the sun setting.
"What the H-e- double toothpicks is taking them so long!?" he shouted in frustration. Spinning back towards the boat, Shino calmly replied,
"There Girls. You've got know that five minutes only means five minutes if it's you she's giving the five minutes." Kiba just stared.
"What the heck does that mean?"
"Never mind."
Meanwhile, on the boat, the time was 7:50, and one sadly lost Kunoichi was on the verge of tears.
'I HATE boats. They wiggle and wobble and most of the time are too FREAKING BIG! At least the ones from America are. I hope Japanese boats are much smaller. I can't stand big places. It's like Anti-claustrophobia' she thought to herself.
"Ooohhhhh, its hopeless!" She shouted. Despite her Style of clothing (rather tomboyish), she was a crybaby.
'Get a grip of yourself, Rayrei! You are a Ninja! Strong and Proud. Fast and … maybe not so smart.' She failed to encourage herself mentally. Her backpack hung like it was full of rocks. She walked with her head bent downward towards the floor. Not watching where she was going, she accidentally found the exit. The… wrong…. Exit.
SPLASH!
She walked right off the edge of the docking bridge and into the water. She heard two annoyed sighs and one wild laugh. Sitting in the shallow water, he legs spread out apart from each other and her wet ponytail flopped over the front of her face, She grew angry. She wasn't angry at the laughter and vexed sighs. She was angry at herself, cursing inside about how stupid she was.
Two hands came down at the same time to help her up. A girl and a boy. The girl looked tough, but kind enough to lend a hand to a fallen comrade. The boy, he looked, well, Mysterious. That boy happened to be Shino. Kiba was laughing hysterically in the background. It just infuriated Rayrei more. She gave a high-pitched 'grrrrrr!' noise that sounded like a teakettle whistling at the end. She took both the offered hands and they helped pull her up. She shook her self off like a dog, and Kiba stopped laughing immediately.
"Names Hotaru. What's yours, squirt?" The tough girl introduced herself and asked.
"RayRei. And I'm NOT a squirt." Rayrei answered sternly. Taking a second look around, she noticed she WAS rather small compared to the others around her.
"I'm Shino. You must be one of the new Kunoichi?" he said plainly, then sighed as if to say, "oh great, the new Kunoichi is a ding-dong who walks into water."
She nodded her head in embarrassment. Suddenly in the distance, Kiba's footsteps could be heard coming closer.
"I'm Kiba. Kiba Inuzuka." He said simple as that. RayRei turned her head away and refused to look at him. "Hey, what I do?" he looked at Shino and shrugged. Shino and Hotaru both sighed. A hobby they had in common. RayRei Stormed out of the water and onto dry land, shaking cold from being wet.
It was now completely dark. The sun had set about two minutes ago, and the land breezes were settling in. The other three marched themselves outta the water and onto the land. The four just paced, following Rayrei as if she knew where she was headed.
Halfway through Konoha, RayRei stopped dead. This caused a domino Effect. Kiba slammed into RayRei, Hotaru slammed into Kiba and Shino was far enough behind to give a simple sweat drop as the rest of them toppled over the Naïve and cold Rayrei.
For a moment, though, RayRei felt the warmth of Kiba's Fuzzy jacket against her damp chilly skin and gave a pleased smile. That is, until she couldn't breathe from the combined weight of two taller bodies on top of her small one. Using her Amazingly strong upper body strength, she pushed up off the ground and sent the two bodies tumbling backwards. She let out a huge gasp for air and wheezed a bit.
"What the Heck was that about? Why'd you just, Stop?" Kiba asked rubbing his head where it hit the back of RayRei's. He offered her a hand up, but she just slapped it away in frustration. She pulled herself up and explained,
"Well I was tired of being the leader. Plus One of you two boys is supposed to lead us, right? And I don't know where I'm staying yet. You do." She tried her hardest, and got some very weirded out faces.
"You Had NO Idea where you were going this WHOLE time and didn't say anything?!" Kiba replied. She did her feminine teapot "grrrrrr" then turned it into a "RAHH" as she slammed her fist into a brick wall to her side. She made a fist shaped hole in the building. Shino, Hotaru, and Kiba stared (Kiba and Hotaru with wide open mouths.) Two of her Knuckles dripped minor amounts of blood, (only about five or six drops per finger) and she stormed off again. Hotaru went after her, ripping open her bag for some bandages she brought along.
Catching up with the young Ninja, She said,
"Hey, wait up. You can't just let your wounds bleed like that." Rayrei stopped again, and quietly said through her clenching teeth,
"I. Don't. Care. I just wanna get where I'm going and settle in. I'll search all night alone if I have to. I just don't want that Freaking Kiba around me. He's driving me insane."
"I can tell." Hotaru said after maybe half a minute or so, looking at RayRei's bleeding hand once more. Realizing RayRei's frustration, she drifted back silently to Kiba and Shino. Shino who looked how he always did, but with his eyebrows slightly inward to form a questioning look. Kiba looked still shocked and slightly guilty, apparently realizing the damage he had done. Hotaru Looked him straight in the eyes and said, "She's really upset." Kiba's face grew even more guilty. "Do something about it." She paused for effect. Looking at his jacket, she remembered RayRei's damp shivering body. "She thinks we left her alone to wander. Quick, before she gets lost." Hotaru finished with almost no emotion. She walked over to Shino and stood behind him, looking at Kiba sternly. He nodded and ran the corner.
"This has been one odd half an hour." Shino plainly commented.
RayRei was back the way she started. Hopelessly, hopelessly lost. Some tears actually flowed from her emerald eyes. She wept silently, but moved quickly, not even watching where she was going. Wandering the unfamiliar streets of Konoha, she found herself alone and longing that she hadn't left the other three. Well, two. And just when she thought things couldn't get any worse.
"Ray…Rei…?" She heard the voice from behind her.
'Oh great! Him again! Why couldn't he just leave me alone? I'm new here, an American ninja in Japan. All I wanna do is get to my freaking apartment room and sleep. Now I've got the hooded-bad-boy following me around. He has no idea who I am, and maybe that's the problem.' She thought to herself. True, RayRei seemed like the type of girl who thought everybody lived life like she did, but if you did lived the life she has, you would be too be like that too. 'People's actions are influenced by those they grow up with.' She told herself. 'If he walked backwards in time in my shoes, he might understand. But he hasn't, so, I've got to stop acting like a drama queen.'
"All I'm gonna do is get you lost." She said through her tears. Kiba took immediate notice. He strolled over to her and walked beside her. Not knowing what to do next, there was an awkward silence between them. It took until RayRei's tears seemed progressing that Kiba was about to say something. But before he had the chance, Rayrei Bawled out in tears, falling to her knees on the concrete below. He hand was still streamed with blood, though the actual flow of blood had stopped.
Kiba bent down till he was eye level with her saw something he hadn't seen before. A couple things he hadn't seen before. He saw sparkling emerald eyes under banana yellow hair on a face so innocent, he nearly started crying himself. He also saw a long, vicious looking scar that went from behind her right ear, to her jawbone. Feeling a sympathy he had never felt before, he pulled her into his arms and let her head cry into his shoulder. He Held up her injured hand, seeing how cold she really was, and to finding out just how bad her wounds were. Indeed, she was damp, and chilly, probably freezing in the night air. He rose her and himself up, releasing her from his grasp and removing his jacket off of him. He placed it over her shoulders and tried to determine the seriousness of her injuries in the dark. That didn't work out to well. In fact, he hit a sore spot, Making her draw back her hand at light speed.
She was blushing at the fact of his warm jacket on her cold skin. Thankful for the shadowy night that hid it from his sight, She wiped her tears with her non-bloody hand. He gave a small smile and they walked in silence the rest of the way.
'She's strange, but, not unlikable. She's actually got that innocent face that'll make even Neji cry.' Kiba thought to himself.
'Maybe…Maybe this boy can be of some use to me...'
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Well, there's chapter one. If you notice, I never said which hand rayrei slammed into the wall. That's because I forgot to mention it and I'm too lazy to go back and say which one. Just to let you know, it was her Right hand. If Kiba and Shino seem out of character, don't yell. There's a reason its called a fan FICTION. It's NOT REAL. None of this every really happened. Anyways, Any complaints, go find a wall, they're good listeners. Reviews and Ideas are welcome. The Plot Bunny came and Sneezed in my face three times, giving me Writers Flu. For more information on the strange history behind this fanficiton, I'll tell you in chapter two. Schmo
