Hey, here's my story. It's pretty legit, in fact it's too legit to quit, so you guys should totes read it! I just pulled a Dr. Seuss on you guys! Yeah, okay, nice talking to ya! :) Yahoo!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters, but I do own these characters that I made up. And I will one day own Naruto, just you wait, for I see it in the future!
The sunlight began to barely nudge its way into the heavy curtained room that was otherwise completely dark. The sound of birds chirping could be heard from outside the window, singing a musical melody. The light from the sun dimly lit the small room casting a streak of light across the room and onto the face of a sleeping girl.
"Kira! You need to wake up. It's already a quarter to eight!" said a voice from behind the closed door.
Kira's dark emerald eyes slowly opened and she turned over to reach for the clock sitting on a table beside her bed. She tried to focus eyes fogged up with sleep to look at the confusing jumble of numbers around the clock. Sure enough the clock read seven forty-five exactly. Ugh, she thought, if I don't get moving soon I'll be late for morning training. Again. This would be the third time she had over-slept this week. And it was only Thursday. But then again, her bed was nice, and soft, and comfortable. She dropped the clock onto the floor and hugged the fluffy pillow to her head. She let it envelope her in its feathery warmth and gently closed her eyes again.
"I don't hear any movement in there! Get out of bed this instant or else I'll come in there myself!" the voice yelled again.
Kira groaned and shouted back, "Give me five more minutes!"
The door swung open and a tall blonde woman with four pigtails in her hair stood in the doorway looking down at Kira with her hands on her hips. "Oh no you don't! I'm not falling for that one again. Five minutes will turn into ten which will turn into fifteen, and that's not going to work on me!"
The blonde woman walked over to the heavy drapes and pulled them apart, letting the sunlight flood into the room. Kira immediately pulled the covers over her head and let out a low groan.
"See, it's a beautiful day outside and you're going to miss it if you sleep in all day." The woman walked over to Kira and gently pried the covers from her hands and ripped them off the bed. Kira pulled the pillow over her head and hugged it tighter to her. "Seriously honey, I hate doing this to you but you really need to get up or you're going to be-." The blonde woman tried to finish but she was interrupted by a pillow being thrown in her face. The woman's face turned red with fury and she clenched her fists. "OKAY THAT DOES IT! YOU ARE GETTING OUT OF THIS BED WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!" The blonde woman grabbed Kira by the ankles, only to have Kira grab a hold of the bed post. The woman pulled at Kira's ankles until the girl was in the air completely horizontal to the ground with a death grip on the bed post.
"Let go, Mom!" Kira screamed.
"No! You are getting up this very instant!" The woman pulled with all her might and yanked Kira off of the bed and onto the floor. Kira lay in a heap and slowly sat up to look at her mom angrily. Her mom brushed her hands off and looked back at her daughter triumphantly. "Okay then. Get dressed and get going before you're late again." The woman left the room and slammed to door shut behind her.
Kira let out a tired sigh and groggily got up from her position on the floor. She slowly pulled off her sleep shorts and tank top and put on some fish net shorts that stopped about mid-thigh. Next she slipped on a sleeveless dark green dress over her head and then tied a navy blue ribbon around her waist. She walked over to a mirror hanging on the wall over her desk and quickly ran a brush through her hair before tying it up in a high ponytail. Her black bangs fell just above her eyes and her hair was just short enough to stick up every which way in her ponytail.
She sighed and looked at her reflection in the mirror. Everything seems to be in place, but something's missing. She scratched her forehead trying to figure out what was out of place. Ah ha! She looked down at her dresser and noticed the headband sitting on top. She grabbed the headband with the traditional sand village symbol on it and tied it comfortably around her right upper arm. There, that should be everything. She stretched her arms over her head and let out a long yawn. She grabbed a giant fan leaning against the wall, placing it through a strap on her back and quickly slipped on her sandals. Kira trudged down the stairs and grabbed a piece of bread lying on the kitchen counter before heading out the door. She slammed the front door shut as a reminder to her mom that she hadn't forgiven her yet for waking her up and she headed out on her way to the training grounds.
There was sand lying in piles around the village from the previous sandstorms and it clung to all the local buildings. Kira passed by a house where an old man stood on the roof top, trying to sweep the remaining sand off. This sandstorm hadn't seemed to cause too much damage to the village this time. The bright blue sky was clear as day and not a single cloud could be spotted. I guess what they say is true, she thought to herself, the sky always is the prettiest after a big storm. It seemed like Sunagakure was finally going to get some good weather. The past couple of days had been filled with sandstorms and it was nice to have a little break and get to see the blue sky again.
Kira sighed looking up, wishing there were at least one cloud in the sky to give a little bit of shade. She grabbed onto her necklace and lightly traced the familiar outlines of the two charms between her fingertips. She looked down at the charms, one a sun, and the other was a cloud. She's had the necklace since before she could remember. It was a gift from her father whom she couldn't remember. Her mother said he had given it to her on her first birthday and Kira hadn't taken it off since. Kira never asked many questions about her father since it seemed like a sensitive subject to talk about around her mom, so she just let it be. She never had been a curious person to begin with; she just took things for what they were and didn't ask questions.
She finished her piece of bread just as she arrived to a clearing with two boys her age and an older looking man standing in the middle of it. Kira quietly strolled up to the group and gave a small wave.
"It's about time you showed up! We've been waiting at least thirty minutes for your lazy butt!" Screamed one of the boys with short, spiky brown hair, his dark eyes burning with fury. "We always waste so much time waiting on you! That's valuable time we'll never get back, time we could've used to train!"
"Oh yeah, well then how come you're wasting 'valuable time' by yelling at me? That's also time you'll never get back!" Kira smugly replied back.
"You know what I mean! Stop being such a smart-ass for once in your life!" The boy yelled.
"Hey, Taro, maybe you shouldn't be so harsh on Kira. I mean I'm sure she has a good reason for being late, right, Kira-chan?" Said the other boy very timidly, his sandy blonde, black tipped hair falling into his eyes.
Kira let out a small chuckle and put her arms behind her head, grinning sheepishly, "Eh, not really. I just over-slept again is all."
"Are you kidding me? You're late again because you over-slept!" Taro exploded, "Is eight o'clock really such a hard time to make? Most of the other teams are already up and training by seven thirty!"
Kira opened one eye to look at the furious boy. "Yeah sorry dude, I have a very strict no waking up until at least nine o'clock policy. Unfortunately for me, my mom doesn't seem to agree with this policy so I'm here at eight thirty." Kira said letting out a bored yawn.
"I don't care about your stupid policy! You need to get here earlier so that we can start training on time! You're affecting the whole team by being late!" Taro yelled.
The blonde boy spoke up nervously, "Guys, can we please stop yelling at each other and get along?"
Taro slightly turned to the boy, "But don't you see, Naoko? If we don't yell at her then she'll always show up late and we'll always have to suffer from it. Now does that sound okay to you?"
"No I guess not, but can't you guys be at least a little nicer about it?" Naoko muttered, turning his pale blue eyes to the ground.
"Not with her around! I swear, Kira you drive me up the wall sometimes!" Taro yelled. "I mean you're never on time, you're never any help, you always do nothing, and you hardly ever pay attention when people are talking to you!"
"Did you say something, Taro?" Kira asked looking at Taro with a bored look.
"Ugh! See, Naoko, this is what I'm talking about! It's like she thinks she can do whatever she wants because she's the Kazekage's precious little niece!" Taro said crossing his arms in frustration.
Kira immediately glared at Taro, "What did you say, Tanaka?"
Taro turned and smirked at Kira, "You heard me. What, did I hit a soft spot? 'Uncle Gaara, Taro was being mean to me again today!'" Taro said imitating Kira.
"Take that back!" Kira yelled at Taro furiously.
"Or what? What are you gonna do about it huh!" Taro shouted in Kira's face.
"I'll wipe that smug little smile off your face you-!"
"Thirty two." Interrupted the older man who had been silently standing there, his dark red hair pulled back in a low ponytail.
Kira and Taro who were now inches from each others faces immediately whipped their heads around to look at the man.
Taro's face instantly turned from fury to fear. "Oh no." He barely whispered.
The man looked at them again, "Thirty two minutes."
Taro quickly straightened up and put an arm to scratch his head. "Haha, what do you mean, Akeno-sensei?" He asked, laughing nervously, even though he already knew the answer.
Akeno narrowed his eyes and looked straight at Kira, "You were late by exactly thirty two minutes, do you know what that means?"
"That I get off with a slap on the wrist and told not to do it again?" She asked hopefully.
"Uh-uh, wanna try again?" Akeno asked. Kira just looked at him with disbelief in her eyes. "No? Well I guess I'll just have to tell you. I want you to do laps around the field over there." He said pointing to a field with short scrubby grass about a hundred yards long and fifty wide.
Kira stared at him in shock before asking, "Um, okay. How many should I do?"
"Thirty two-," He stated.
Kira quickly sighed in relief, "Oh well thirty two isn't so bad I guess."
"Hundred." Akeno finished.
"What? Come on, Akeno-sensei, I know you hate it when I'm late but cut me some slack, I mean that is a little harsh, even for you." Kira stated furrowing her eyebrows.
"I'm being serious, Kira. Give me thirty two hundred laps." Akeno said again, unblinking.
Kira this time looked at her sensei in fury and crossed her arms. "Well I'm not doing it! I have a strict no dying policy and if I do those laps I will most certainly be breaking that policy! Sorry, sensei, but I'm not doing it and there's nothing you can do to make me!"
Akeno looked at Kira with a terrifying look in his dark eyes. "Are you sure about that? Do you really want to find out what'll happen if you don't do it?"
"O-on second thought I did eat a big dinner last night and I should probably work it off." Kira quickly changed her mind.
"Bah ha ha ha ha!" Taro busted out laughing. "That's what you get, Kira! Maybe that'll teach you to show up on time!" He pointed his finger at Kira mockingly and continued to laugh.
"Why I oughtta-!" Kira said taking a step towards Taro.
"Eh hem." Akeno cleared his throat looking at Kira.
Kira immediately took off running towards the field and looked back over her shoulder to glare at Taro.
"Man, Akeno-sensei, you really had me worried for a second. I thought you were about to have all of us doing push ups or something! Whew that's a relief!" Taro said wiping imaginary sweat off his fore head.
"I wasn't finished yet, Taro. You and Kira just spent the last ten minutes arguing with each other. You'd think after five months of being on the same team you two would get along better. I swear you two don't even know the definition of teamwork! So I think it might be a good idea to have some nice teammate bonding, don't you think so?" Akeno said smiling evilly.
Taro stared at Akeno with his mouth agape. "But, Akeno-sensei, that's not fair at all! I mean she's the one that was late!"
"I don't want to hear it, Taro. Now go join Kira in her laps before I add on another hundred!"
"Fine." Taro mumbled before he ran off after Kira, grumbling under his breath.
"Right. Okay, Naoko, let's have some sparring training while you're teammates are taking their laps," Akeno said smiling at the blonde boy.
"Y-yes, Akeno-sensei," Naoko said turning to his sensei, trying to figure out whether he should be scared of him or not.
Kira looked over her shoulder and was surprised to see Taro running up to her and falling in beside her.
"Ha! What happened to 'this is what you get, Kira!' seems like someone is getting a taste of his own medicine!" Kira said smugly.
"Yeah, yeah, let's just get this over with." Taro muttered.
"Hm, whatever." Kira shrugged and looked straight ahead. One lap down, only thirty one hundred and ninety nine to go she thought not looking forward to the rest of their laps.
"Well done guys!" Akeno said beaming down at his students who were all collapsed on the ground except for Naoko. "Even though I only stopped you guys at three hundred and fifty two, I think you get the idea." Taro and Kira just glared at their sensei and continued to lie on the ground panting. "Now, now, that's not a very nice way to look at your sensei!" Akeno chuckled.
The sun was just beginning to set as the night time approached the village, turning the sky a deep golden color. The village always looked the prettiest during a sun set. The four ninjas' shadows were cast long across the thin layer of sand that covered the ground.
"Okay who's up for some barbeque?" Akeno asked lightening the subject. "We can talk about what we need to work on in the next couple days of training. Maybe we can even try and get a C rank mission soon." He said scratching his chin as he looked up to the sky.
Taro perked up his head to the mention of barbeque and a giant grin spread across his face. "Akeno-sensei, I hate it when you're mad at us, but when you're not, you really can be pretty cool you know."
Naoko made a small smile as well and silently nodded his head in agreement.
Kira sighed and looked at her teammates and sensei. She hated to admit it but she was actually starting to like hanging around them, even though they were a pain.
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