So I'm in a car right now…well by the time you read this I'll probably be somewhere with an internet connection, but as I am writing this, right now, I am in a car.
New story! I'd apologize, but all my stories are on writers' block right now!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but Gaara is...the bestest!
"Aki!" Adam shouted from further up the path we were walking down. "Hurry up!"
"Stop rushing me!" I whined, dragging my feet. "It's so much walking! So…much…effort!"
"Shut up and come on," he replied. "I see Naruto and Sakura a little ways up."
I perked up, quickening my pace, catching up to Adam in a matter of seconds. "Where?" I asked, looking around.
"Right there," he pointed to two figures in the distance with three smaller figures around them.
"Why, all I see are blobs!" I announced. "And they're so far away!"
"What can you possibly gain from complaining about it?" Adam retorted, staring straight ahead. His brown hair was done in a messy fashion and he had numerous small cuts from the mission that we had just returned from.
"Um…eventually you'll get annoyed with me complaining, and you'll carry me," I replied, matter-of-factly.
"Is that what you want?" he sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"Very much so, yes," I replied, climbing up onto him. Adam adjusted me so that I was on his back in a more comfortable way for him and grabbed my legs so that he could walk faster without worrying about me slipping off of him and collapsing onto the ground. I stared ahead, focusing on the blobs that were my friends, and some pipsqueaks. "Aw, monkey feathers!" I exclaimed, slapping Adam's shoulder. "They're moving again!"
Adam sighed once more, picking up his pace so that we would catch up to our fellow Leaf nin in a few seconds. "Hey, friends!" I greeted, shooting Sakura a large grin.
"Welcome back!" Sakura replied. "How'd the mission go?"
"Pretty good," I nodded. "Kind of tiring, but we got it done."
"That's good," Sakura smiled.
I looked over to my favorite knuckleheaded ninja, noticing the blonde had a large bump on the top of his head, and the kid walking next to him had one that was similar. "Hey…Naruto," I started. "What happened to your-"
"They were being idiots," Sakura sighed. "And the jerk little one insulted me!"
I nodded in understanding. "It's not my fault she has a huge forehead," the kid muttered.
Sakura's face turned evil, her hair crackling with electricity. "What did you say?" she asked, threateningly.
Both Naruto and the kid's faces dropped as they began running, Sakura chasing after them, and two other little kids chasing after her to get her to stop chasing the other two. I looked at Adam, who nodded. "Catch up to them, got it," he nodded, speeding up.
The five came back into view, and I saw the kid who insulted Sakura run into a ninja that I've never seen before. He was dressed in a full body suit that had a hood with cat ears, and his face was covered in painted purple lines. "That hurt," the guy said, his hands in his pockets with an angry look on his face. The girl next to his looked down on the kid, her hands on her hips. Her hair was a sandy blonde color and was pulled into four ponytails.
The guy picked up the younger child by his scarf, holding him up in the air. "Konohamaru!" Naruto shouted, taking a step forward angrily.
"I'm sorry," Sakura said, looking nervous. "It was my fault he bumped into you. I was messing around. I'm sorry."
"Kankuro, don't we'll get yelled at later," the blonde said, shooting a bored look over at the guy.
Naruto became angry, watching his friend being picked on by the larger guy. "Hey, fatass!" he called in a stentorian voice. "Let go of him! Bastard!" he growled, taking off running towards the small group of the two nin and Konohamaru.
The guy, Kankuro, smiled at Konohamaru who was struggling to remove himself from the guy's grip. "Let's play a little before the boss comes," he suggested. With a slight movement from his hands, Naruto collapsed onto the ground. "Oh, Leaf genin…are so weak," Kankuro noted idly.
"What did you say?" Naruto growled.
Glaring, I hopped off of Adam's back, sauntering over to Naruto's side to help him up. Once he was back on his own two feet, Naruto took a fighting pose, pointing to this Kankuro guy. "Hey! You fate pig! If you don't let him go I'll make you pay! Fatass! Idiot!"
I face palmed, shaking my head as Sakura trapped our knucklehead in a head lock.
"Hey, you're annoying," Kankuro said, looking over to us. "Basically I hate midgets." Konohamaru made a grunting noise, trying to get loose. "Especially younger ones that are rude…makes me want to kill them."
"Whoa…that's how I feel about bald people…" I mused.
"But people don't chose to be bald or have hair," Adam replied, giving me a strange look.
"People can't choose how tall they are either!" I pouted. "If they could, I would be five-foot-six!"
While we were having this tiny conversation, the other four in our group had varying emotions. Sakura and Naruto adopted looks of shock, while the two younger ones started to cry. "Oh, well," the blonde girl sighed. "I'm not involved…"
"You…bastard!" Naruto growled.
Kankuro pulled back his fist, holding Konohamaru up a little higher. "Well, after this one, I'll take care of that other annoying midget!"
My eyes widened and I leaned over to Adam. "Is he talking about me?" I asked.
"I think he might be talking about you," he whispered back.
"But...i didn't do anything!" I exclaimed quietly.
"I don't know, you're a midget though…"
"Actually, I'm two inches above the height that would qualify me for the midget title," I replied snidely, and I focused back on Kankuro. "Hey!" I called, gaining his attention. "Are you talking about me?!" I demanded.
He stared at me. "No!" he shook his head, giving me an odd look. "I was talking about that blonde one!" he rolled his eyes.
I leaned over to Adam. "Good, he's not talking about you either," I muttered.
"I'm six feet tall," Adam deadpanned. "People can't call me a midget."
Kankuro pulled back his fist, letting it fly towards Konohamaru's face, and Naruto began to race over to them. "Hey!" he called.
Suddenly, a rock shot out and hit Kankuro's wrist, making the boy fall to the ground, landing on his bottom. "Hey…" Kankuro muttered, grabbing his wrist. We all looked over to where the rock had come from, seeing Sasuke on the tree branch, another rock in hand. "What are you bastards doing in out village?" he asked, not sounding like he actually cared.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cried.
Konohamaru quickly stood up, rushing back over to us, being enveloped by his friends almost instantly. "Ah…another guy who pisses me off…" Kankuro muttered, stretching his wrist out.
"Get lost!" Sasuke said with an air of impatience.
"Kya! So cool! Get him, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered.
"Naruto bro, you suck," Konohamaru said, pointing an accusatory finger at said blonde, tears streaming down his face. "I believed in you…"
"No, dummy! I could easily defeat that guy!" Naruto said, quick to reassure the kid about his power.
"Bah…"
"Hey, punk, get down here!" Kankuro commanded causing Sasuke to glare down at him. "I hate show-offs like you the most!"
He pulled the dummy off his back, the wrappings starting to undo themselves. The girl looked worried, starting to protest. "Hey! You're even going to use Karasu?" she asked.
"Kankuro, stop it," a deep, gravelly voice said from somewhere around where Sasuke was.
Hanging upside-down from a branch on the other side of the tree trunk that Sasuke was on was a redhead, with deep black rings around his eyes and a gourd on his back. His arms were crossed over his chest as he stared on with a bored expression placed on his face. He didn't look any older than me. At the sudden appearance of this boy, the entire atmosphere changed from bad to worse, a heavy feeling filled the air as everyone donned nervous expressions.
"Ga…Gaara," Kankuro chuckled, sweating nervously.
"Losing control of yourself in a fight," Gaara said. "How pathetic. Why so you think we came to the Leaf Village?"
"Listen, Gaara, they started it," Kankuro started, pointing at us, immediately trying to shove the blame off on us. "And they…"
"You liar!" I shouted before Adam covered my mouth, whispering in my ear. "Don't gain unwanted attention." I nodded, opting to watch.
"They started it, Gaara," Kankuro repeated desperately trying to make the redhead believe his lie.
"Shut up," the redhead, Gaara, growled. "I'll kill you…"
Both Kankuro's and the girl's faces turned worried and nervous as they stuttered apologies. Gaara turned his head towards Sasuke. "Sorry to you guys," he said before a whirlwind of sand surrounded his body, startling even the always collected Sasuke.
Gaara appeared again in between Kankuro and the girl. "It looks like we got here too early, but…" Gaara started. "We didn't come here to play around."
"I know that…" Kankuro said.
"Let's go," Gaara said, turing around to begin walking down the path.
"Hey, wait!" Sakura called, making all three foreign nin turn to her. "You're ninja from the Hidden Sand Village, right?" she asked. "You may be allies with the Leaf, but it's forbidden for a shinobi to enter another's' village without permission. State your purpose."
"Hey, talk about clueless," the blonde girl noted, holding up a pass. "Don't you know anything? You're right. We are genin from the Hidden Sand. We have come to your village to take the Chunin Selection Exam."
"Chunin Selection Exam…?" Naruto questioned.
"Oh, flying platypus bears!" I exclaimed, slapping Adam's arm. "You should do that!"
"If I do you, so do you," Adam replied, bored.
I frowned. "I don't know…it seems like a lot of work…" I pondered. "And I'm sure most of the competitors would be taller than me…"
"The redhead's competing," Adam said, nodding his head towards the bored-looking redhead.
I sighed, walking over to the Sand shinobi, holding my hand out to the girl, shooting her a smile. "I'm Aki," I grinned. "I look forward to watching you compete."
She returned my smiled halfheartedly, shaking my hand. "I'm Temari. These are my brothers," she said. "Kankuro and…and Gaara."
I turned to the redhead who was staring intently at Temari with an angry look on his face. "Do you happen to know how tall you are?" I asked him, earning a glare. I held up my hands defensively. "It's only a question!" I said, lowering my voice for the last part of my sentence. "No need to get your panties in a twist."
Well, there you go! Chapter one! I'll be getting chapter two up within the year (you know that I'll update before a year goes by, let's be honest!).
Anyways, you can drop a review if it is what you desire.
Loves and hugs, minions!
Yours psychotically,
Vee