"Raeyl! Do you know where my jacket is? The new orange one?" I yelled from my room while scrambling to get my stuff ready for school.
"Isn't it in your closet!" I hear her yell from her room down the hall
"I'm not an idiot! That's the first place I looked," I sighed out in frustration.
"Naruto . . . for some reason it's I my closet," her voice was getting louder than it was before as my door swung open, nearly hitting me in the butt. Raeyl tossed the jacket on my head before storming out of the room, slamming the door shut behind her.
How the heck doe all my stuff end up I her room? I grumbled while taking the jacket off of my head so that I could put it on correctly.
"Raeyl! Naruto! Hurry up or you're going to be late!" Tsunade yelled from outside, her suburban idling in the driveway.
"COMING!" both Raeyl and I yell in unison as we bolted toward the front door.
Raeyl Okami and I have lived with Tsunade and her husband Jiriaya since we were six-years-old. They are supposedly my grandparents, so after my parents died in a car accident they became my guardians. Raeyl was just found in an orphanage.
Her parents were murdered when she was three-years-old and she was tossed around from orphanage to orphanage until she was six-years-old. Five months after my parents died, Jiriaya got a whim to visit an orphanage.
After almost ten years Jiriaya still hasn't told us why he adopted Raeyl – it was a spur of the moment decision, that's the only explanation he ever said.
I remember the first time I saw Raeyl; she was wearing a dress and had her hair in pigtails. It was the last time I ever saw her like that. I remember how I laughed at how she looked, at first she blushed but as I continued to laugh she got angry and hit me for the first time. That day was the first time in my life I got a black eye, but after that I got used to it.
"Naruto . . . where are your shoes?" Tsunade asked as I reached the vehicle.
"Huh?" looking down at my feet I realized I only had my socks on.
"I was wondering when you'd realize you didn't have shoes on," Raeyl's voice made me raise my head from staring at me feet, my orange converse shoes here in her hands.
"Thank you! I don't know what I'd do without you!" I squeezed her in a hug before taking the first shoe from her, hurrying to put it on my foot. Raeyl rolled her eyes when I took the other shoe and walked past me toward the suburban.
Ever since that first time we met, Raeyl and I have never been quiet. Either the two of us were bickering over something idiotic I said or did, or were having an in depth conversation about life.
I loved all those conversations we had together. They made me feel smarter than I actually am. Raeyl always says I'm smarter than I let on to others, and that at times I could even be smarter than her. And Raeyl is really smart.
The whole fifteen minute rides to Konoha High School Raeyl's eyes were glued to her window, she was thinking about something.
I wonder what she's thinking about . . .
"Okay, we're here. You two stay out of trouble, you here? I don't need a call from the principal saying either of you put someone in the hospital again." Tsunade droned as she stopped her car in front of the main doors.
"Tsunade that was one time back in third grade. Kiba deserved it, too! You don't talk to a girl and ask to see her boobies just because you watched a porno by accident the day before. He deserved the broken arm!" I said boisterously, remembering the day I broke Kiba's arm. If I hadn't done it Raeyl would have done worse, she has one hell of a violent spree in her when you test her patience. And I would know I have had too many broken bones to keep count of. I have probably broken every bone in my body . . .
"Doesn't matter, you're lucky you were too young to be sued, because if that happens again I'll let them put you in juvie," Tsunade said in a motherly, matter-of-fact tone.
"Neither of us will get into a fight," Raeyl added in as she opened the door, "if he tries anything I'll knock him out." She smiled and stuck out her tongue toward me before she shut the door and walked away. I watched her go for a little while before realizing I needed to get going or I'd be late.
"Neji said he'd give us a ride home. See you later granny!" I jumped out of the car as quickly as I could knowing that if I didn't I'd get an earful from Tsunade about calling her granny because it makes her sound old. She has to be old, her grandchild is 15 years old! I love to tease her by calling her granny, the look on her face is priceless!
I could see Raeyl standing near our group of friends, her eyes on me with obvious impatience in them, so I hurried up toward her.
"Mornin' kitsune!" the aforementioned Kiba barked as I got closer to the group.
"Mornin' dog breath," I replied waving enthusiastically at my group of friends.
As usual the premadonna's of our group, Ino and Sakura, were bickering about something as Hinata and her cousin Neji stood watching. Shikimaru, the lazy bum, was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed while his best friend Chouji munched on some dried cereal.
"Naruto, no arguing," Raeyl cautioned me after I smirked mischievously, she probably read my mind. It happens a lot.
I love to argue with Kiba, that's why we were best friends. The whole "breaking his arm" incident was what brought our friendship to fruition.
"Whatever!" I made up for her sticking her tongue out at me by doing the same to her. She rolled her eyes. My eyes darted around our group again, realizing someone was missing. "Raeyl, where's Kerry? Isn't she back from Russia yet?"
Kerry Young, Raeyl's best friend, spent the summer in Russia with her adopted father Orochimaru. Kerry is always in and out of town during random times in the year, most of the time she was gone.
It's tough on Raeyl, only able to see her friend for short periods of time before she was gone again.
"She's in Running Start, so she only has 5th and 6th period – so you won't see her much," it was obvious Raeyl was sad about it.
"Oh. . .so will she at least be here for lunch?" I unconsciously stepped closer to her.
"Yeah, we're going out for lunch," my eyes widen at her statement.
"Uh! You're not taking me!" I whined.
"Freshman aren't allowed off campus." she answered.
"Hey! You're a freshman too! If I can't go off campus, neither can you!"
"Naruto . . . credit wise I'm a sophomore. I earned credits at the workshop I attended in July," she said softly.
"But I thought that only counted toward college . . ." I whined a bit.
For the whole month of July Raeyl was out of town at an educational workshop, it was for the top 20 Washington State Scholars. For that month, I was a bit depressed because Raeyl and I have never been away from each other that long.
It's not like we didn't text non-stop, but it still wasn't the same as having her in the same room.
Raeyl's a completely different person when she's away and that showed through in her texts. She seemed more at peace with herself than when she's at home, I still don't understand the difference. . .
"Naruto the bells about to ring, so let's just go to class," Raeyl wrapped her arm around my shoulders for a quick hung before she sauntered off to class.
The rest of the day was boring, lunch was monotonous with everyone talking about their classes and teacher and all the new people they had met. I spent the whole time, at least when I wasn't eating, fiddling with my phone contemplating if I should text Raeyl or not. At the end of lunch I made the choice to send her a message.
Raeyl you better buy me ramen!
Tell Kerry I say hi! : P
~ Dattebayo! Believe it!
I kept my phone on vibrate just in case she responded.
As I made my way around the halls of Konoha, my mind wondered back to the party from last week . . . back to my bedroom . . . back to the kisses we shared. . .
"Well, well, well . . . what do we have here? An underage drinking party I see," Kiba snorted his statement out before he took another gulp of his bourbon.
"Kiba, be a dear and shut the fuck up," Ino said, grabbing the bottle from him. As she took her own swig, she fell back onto the couch in between Hinata and Sakura. "Here, Hinata, take a swig of this – it's so much better than that sissy ass wine cooler you're sippin' on."
"No thank you. I don't like hard alcohol, I'm a light weight." Hinata responded meekly, fiddling with the wine cooler in her hands.
Sakura grabbed the bourbon bottle from Ino, "sharing is caring Ino-pig," she drowned her words in booze.
"You guys are so freakin' loud when you're drunk," I slightly slurred from my seat in the corner.
Raeyl leaned against the wall sipping on her glass of rum. Usually she'd chug down her booze, but ever since she had come back from her workshop, she seemed to have her head in a different place. Raeyl is rarely distracted . . . it was starting to worry me a bit.
"Naruto, you're loud all the goddamn time – it ain't our fault booze calms you down. You're just a fucking fluke of nature." Kiba barked out. I rolled my eyes at him.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." was my reply. Raeyl sighed, than nudged my foot with hers before she wondered down the hallway, "huh?"
As usual my drunkard friends noticed nothing – Shikimaru was already passed out on the recliner, Chouji ate more chips, Neji was writing something while everyone else bickered about school the next week.
So, making as little noise as possible, I followed Raeyl down the hallway. She was nowhere to be seen . . . walking further down the hallway I realized my bedroom door was ajar slightly.
She must be in there . . . opening the door, I found I was right.
There she was, sitting at the foot of my bed, twiddling her now empty glass in her hands. I quietly approached her.
She looked up at me, her dark blue eyes clouded slightly while her brunette bangs covered them slightly. I have always loved her dark blue eyes – they kept secrets while my sky blue eyes told the truth no matter what. Our eyes were complete opposites, while at the same time they were a matching pair.
"Naruto . . . sit with me," her voice was soft as her eyes locked with mine. As I sat next to her on the bed, she placed the glass at her feet. She stared at it for a while before she spoke again. "Naruto . . . do you think I'm beautiful?"
"Of course, you're prettier than Sakura and you know how much I love her looks," I smiled at her with my usual smile. I saw her cheeks flush slightly, which made me blush a bit. "Why do you ask anyway?"
"Well . . . there was this guy from my workshop -"
"What'd he say! If he hurt you in any way I'll kill him!" my blush turned into anger.
"Naruto Uzumaki. Calm down. There's no need to be violent, he was the perfect gentleman. He opened doors for me and everything," she said, her hands in front of her in caution.
I took a few breaths to calm myself before I spoke, "so then, what happened?" once again she had a blush on her face.
Her eyes went back to the discarded glass on the floor, "it's kind of embarrassing actually . . ."
"Raeyl Okami. I have told you every single embarrassing moment of my life. I can handle whatever this is. I promise I won't laugh, scouts honor." I placed my right hand over my heart, a smile on my face. Her face reddened even more than before. "Raeyl you better tell me, or I am going to tickle you so freakin' much you piss yourself!" and with that I jumped her, tickling her sides, forcing her to laugh until she could no longer breathe.
I laughed so hard too, our laughter filled the entire house – I'm surprised the drunkards in the living room didn't check on us.
"Okay . . . okay . . . I give . . . I can't breathe Uzumaki, stop." Raeyl laughed off in between large gulps of air.
I stopped moving my hands, leaving them holding her sides gently. We took some time to catch our breaths before either of us even dared to speak.
While catching my breath I realized that I was in a rather awkward position – I was straddling Raeyl, her shirt showing off her navel, my hands above her hips on the newly revealed skin. The skin under my hands were soft and smooth . . .
"Naruto, stop staring," Raeyl's soft voice brought me out of my possibly perverted thoughts. I never removed my hands – neither of us moved. Silence ensued for a few more seconds before I got up the nerve to speak.
"So, are you going to tell me about the boy yet?" I smirked.
"I guess," she sighed, "he's older, tall and had dark hair and matching dark eyes." the earlier blush returned to Raeyl's cheeks.
"I get it, he's cute. Now get to the embarrassing part or I'll tickle you again." I threatened.
"Okay . . . on the last night of the workshop, we kissed. A lot. And we were in my room . . . that's when my roommate, I think her name was Karin, walked in. She was the one that introduced us. Do you know how embarrassing it is when someone walks in on you making out with someone!" she looked at the wall as she spoke. I was a bit shocked to say the least.
I can't believe Raeyl made out with someone she barely knew?
"Hmm . . ." was all I could respond. Raeyl's eyes connected with mine.
"Naruto, are you okay? You told me to tell you, so don't you go weird on me!" her voice sounded worried. I smiled to comfort.
"I'm just a little shocked that you'd make out with someone you barely knew, that's all," Raeyl's eyes always forced me to tell the truth, though her eyes hid secrets in them that even I couldn't pry out.
"I know," she sighed once again, "it's so out of character for me. But he was just so different . . . that's the only way I could describe it."
"So was that your first kiss?" I knew the answer, but I needed to hear the words from her lips.
"Yes Naruto, you know that! We tell each other everything, and if I had kissed anyone else, you'd have known about it." she sighed at my ignorance.
"Yeah . . ." this time I was the one looking at the wall, my cheeks as red as tomatoes.
Silence filled the room and was as loud as our earlier laughter. The silence was heavy in my heart and my hands trembled slightly.
"Naruto," Raeyl said softly, her hands holding my wrists steady "look at me."
Slowly I turned my head, she had the most gorgeous smile on her lips that I couldn't help but smile myself.
"Tell me what's wrong," she pleaded, not only with her words, but with those secretive eyes of hers.
"Alright," I said after a moment of silence, "I'm jealous. Jealous of that guy who stole your first kiss."
"Why?" her simple question took me by surprise, though it was obviously coming.
"I thought I'd be your first kiss," I whispered the words so softly that I thought Raeyl couldn't hear them, but the slight decrease in her smile told me she had.
She leaned up on her elbows, her lips only inches from my own, "I can still be your first kiss," her breath was hot against my lips. I could smell the rum, but not as strongly as my own vodka from earlier.
Neither of us were drunk, only slightly buzzed. So neither of us could later blame our actions on alcohol levels. We were in complete control when our lips connected.
At first the kiss was gentle; each of us figuring out what to do, then it became heated. Our lips meshed and found a rhythm. My tongue at some point left my mouth and moved along Raeyl's lower lip, asking for permission to enter. She opened her mouth and our tongues danced along each other's.
"Naruto . . ." Raeyl moaned as her hands slide around my neck.
My hands were still on her hips, so I moved them up and down her sides slowly. I felt her shiver from under me. After a moment, Raeyl began to twirl my hair between her fingers.
I felt a moan leave my mouth, my mind foggy to hear the sound. Raeyl smiled into the kiss before breaking it so that we could breathe.
"How was it?" Raeyl asked her eyes half lidded.
"Good . . ." was the only word my mouth and brain could think to say. The word itself came out as a breathy whisper.
"I would hope," she continued to fiddle with my hair.
This time I moved into capture her lips with mine. I moved my hands so that the left one was under her, wrapped around her hips, and that my right hand caressed her cheek.
"Eh . . . Naruto -" my eyes darted to the door so fast that I got whiplash. Shikimaru's glazed eyes stared at us, it was hard to tell if he was shocked or not, "uh . . . I just came to say we're gonna go now. So, go on with what you were doing," he then left us alone.
"Uh, okay," I said, slowly turning to face the girl underneath me. Her face was even redder than before.
"Fuck! Not again!" She sighed as her head plopped down onto the pillow.
"Well . . . this is kinda awkward now," I said with a sigh as I rubbed the back of my head.
"Yep," was Raeyl's response, "well I guess we'll just have to clean up in the morning . . . I'm just too tired to do it now." And as if my body had to prove her words true she yawned, making me yawn as well.
"You can sleep her if you want," I said meekly.
"Okay," she smiled up at me, "but I need to go change first. So while I'm gone, you change too."
The week then went by like a blur. Subconsciously we avoided each other, well more so, we avoided being alone together.
My vibrating phone brought me out of my reverie and I dug the phone from my pocket, reading the text quickly.
Naruto-kun : ) How r u? Me? Gud
Miss u much! Txt bak ASAP! BTW,
how's Raeyl? She won't txt bak &
missed lunch . . . I'm worried . . .
Cya!
~ Kerry Young
Kerry! : ) I'm gud! Miss u 2 . . .
idk wats up w/Raeyl, I'm worried
2 . . . she hasn't txt me bak either
~ Dattebayo! Believe it!
I reread my response over a few times before sending it.
What the heck is wrong with Raeyl? She'd never ditch Kerry for anything. Something must be up . . .
"Move dobe, you're in my way," a voice brought me out of my thoughts.
"Oh, sorry," I looked at the voices owner as I moved out of his way, "my name' Naruto Uzumaki, not dobe you damn teme." I responded just because he had a fucking stoic look on his face. I hate stoic faces, they remind me of statues.
He had raven colored hair – it looked like a duck's ass – and his eyes were a similar obsidian. He was a bit taller than me but more slender than I.
"Hn," was his response before he walked past me and into the classroom.
As I watched the bastard walk away, I realized that this was my next class. I then followed the stranger into the room.
This is going to be one interesting year . . .
A/N:
I hope you all liked the first chapter of "Yakima, Washington!" Later on I'll describe the OC's in more detail; it just didn't fit well into this chapter.
There will be a lot of OCs who are crucial to the story, the main characters in order are: Naruto, Raeyl and Sasuke.
This was the first "make-out scene" I've ever written so that's why it's not the best . . .
I do not own Kerry Young, she's owned by Silver Phoenix-Dragon.
There will be more characters, other than Naruto-verse ones, that I do not own that will make an appearance in this story. If you do not like OCs, I'm sorry, I warned you with the description.
Well, see you in the next chapter. Please review!