Chapter 1
It's night, and a cold one at that. You and your teammates are returning to Konoha from completing a mission. You are shivering.
"Mari, I did say it might get cold.." Yutaka mentions.
"Shush. Don't nag at me." You say, rubbing your hands together. You look at Tamotsu, he was also shivering, after all, his shirt isn't that big. "Tam, you're going to get sick."
"No.. I.. Wont." He says in a shiver.
".. Yeah, you will, just look at you, your chest and back it getting cold. It's not a good thing." You say. Tamotsu sighs.
"Look there's the gates of Konoha, go home and get warm." Madoka-sensei says. We nod and run into the village. You and Yutaka live in the same street so you walk home together.
"Say, Mari, um.. What do you plan on doing tomorrow?"
"I dunno.. Why do you ask?"
"No reason." Yutaka's eyes wonder.
"... Okay.." You stop at your house. "Well, goodnight." You say and walk in. You notice the fireplace was still lit. Your mother must've forgot to extinguish it. But this was good luck for you. You sit straight in front of it and warm up. 'Next mission I'm wearing something warmer than my t-shirt.'
_~_~_~ [Yutaka's POV:] ~_~_~_
'I just can't bring myself to tell Mari how I feel about her.. i know she'll reject me for sure.. It's because I'm such a coward..' I stop at my front door. I look up and see a spider dangling from the door frame. I squeak and jump back. 'I'm even petrified of spiders.' I walk back up to the door and open it, trying not to disrupt the spider. I go inside and go straight to bed.
.:The Next Morning:.
_~_~_~ [Your POV:] ~_~_~_
You wake up, bright and early, and full of energy. You could smell your mom cooking breakfast. You get dressed and go down stairs.
"Morning mom." You say, taking the plate she was preparing.
"Oh, morning Mari.. That's mine." She says.
"Yeah, looks nice, thanks." You say and sit down to start eating. You mom sighs.
"What would I do without you?" She laughs.
"Well nothing interesting, that's for sure." You joke. She turns to you and puts her hands on her hips and gives you a glare. You completely ignore it and eat.
"So, what are you getting up to today?" She asks.
"Probably training." You say with your mouth full. You mom gives you that look as if to say 'swallow before you speak'. You nod and keep eating. Your mom prepares her plate and sits down with you.
"Mari, all you ever do is train, why don't you go out with your friends and have some fun? Ever since that Uchiha incident all you've done is train." Your mom says.
"Can you not bring that up quite so early?" You say.
"Oh, sorry dear."
"It's okay." You finish eating and rinse your plate. "Well, I'm off."
"Okay, have a nice day." She says. You nod and leave.
As you walk down the street you stare at the ground feeling kind of depressed. 'Mom, why did you have to remind me?' You see, you had a best friend who was an Uchiha. You two did everything together, you were practically in-seperatable. You shared the same interests and hobbies. you would train together too, but rarely often. Her name was Reina Uchiha. Since the night of the Uchiha massacre by Itachi Uchiha you have never been the same. You never liked training back then but now, it's all you dedicate yourself to.
So you head to the dojo. Upon entering you see Neji walking past. "Morning Neji-san." You politely say.
"Oh, morning." Neji replies and keeps walking. The only reason you know Neji is because your moms were close friends. You walk further in and pick up seven wood planks and stack them on top of each other on a stand. You were planning of smashing through them with a kick. Two days ago you managed to break through six. This time it's seven. You put your hands together and concentrate, emptying your mind.
...
You open your eyes and with one big kick, you manage to smash all of them, though it hurt your foot a little. But when they smashed you could've sworn you heard it echo or something. You look around the dojo, only to see near you, a boy in a full green suit. You notice he, too, had smashed either six or seven wood planks at the exact same time as you. You looked at each other for a few seconds.
You turn around to grab a drink from your canteen.
"Excuse me?" You turn around and see that same boy standing in front of you.
".. Yes?"
"That was quite a nice kick you did just now." He says.
"Uh, yeah, you too."
"Just how many did you break then?" He asks.
"Seven, what about you?"
His expressions turns into an impressed one. "I broke seven also. Never before have I met someone break that many, other than myself."
"... Um.. If you don't mind, I'm going to continue training.." You say.
"Oh, certainly." He says, stepping aside. You walk past him and go to the punching bags, the big tall heavy ones. You take a deep breath and begin punching it, knocking it around a fair bit.
You did this for a few minutes when you decided to stop. you wipe your arm across your forehead, wiping away some sweat. "I must say, that was also impressive." The boy says, approaching you again. You started to feel annoyed.
"Yeah.. Thanks." You roll your eyes and walk away from him.. You then hear him punching the bag. You turn around and saw the bag flying around as he punches it, you had to admit, that was quite impressive.