"Naruto san" i cried loudly from down the street, making him turn his head at his name.
"Eh akai-chan" he said slightly surprised by my visit
"ne ne, look what I found"
I took out a thick wad of money holding it up to his face
"EHHHHHH! WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS!?" he exclaimed
"I found it outside of the gambling house" I said as a wide happy grin swept across my face
"what were you doing there?" he scolded
"I was looking for my sweater" I stated in defence, yet he sensed I was leaving something out.
"why … how did it get there?" he corrected
"I saw some kids take it and take it over there" I stated as a fact, not giving up now.
"why would they do that?... are they picking on you?" he questioned
"no!" I bursted quickly, oops. Mistake in action.
"are you sure?" he asked again
"why would I lie to you?" I huffed my cheeks puffed up and turned a light shade of pink
"why wouldn't you"
"Well i'm not" she protested as she turned further away from him
"tell me"
"no no NO!" I repeated not hoping to let go of the agreement.
"Fine, ill just figure it out myself" he contradicted, I now knew that my argument was lost.
"ok ok...you win but it's not that bad they're just playing around and ..." I whispered silently.
"Alright it's ok i just wanted to know alright, lets go then" he said happily
"where?"
"to the ramen shop"
"YAY! ill pay" I cheered
"don't, remember your rent is due in a week no? besides you can buy yourself a new shirt, that one is ripped and the sleeve is torn, come on its on me" he said as he pointed his famous thumb at himself
*at the ramen shop*
"ok now lets count it out" he sighed as I breathed in the bowl's contents.
(many numbers later)
"5,000….. THAT'S ALLOT OF MONEY" he yelled
"wow" I awed, I have honestly never seen that much money in my life, my luck had struck once again.
"yup guess luck struck you really good this time" he paused "again"
"yup" i finished my third bowl and was now full to the brim, yet again I was unable to win to Naruto with ten
"Naruto-san wanna train with me?" he asked hopefully
"gomene akai-chan but i have to go on a mission" he said reluctantly.
"it's ok i understand, just as long as you promise you train tomorrow" I bargained, still hopeful for the results.
"yosh, you got a deal"
he ran off in the direction of the front gate and soon left, I walked into the shallow part of the forest. I trained and trained until dusk. I grabbed my torn backpack and started to pack up, a silent shadow loomed over me. I looked.
"you again"
