A New Day!
A Naruto-Neko Original
DISCLAIMER! I don't own Naruto. If I did, this would be in Japanese, and it would be in the actual show.
Chapter 1
Ume sat alone under the night sky. The stars shone brightly in the Suna sky, twinkling. The moon was full, seeming to touch the tops of the buildings in the nearby village. She sighed, thinking of the events of the past week.
A roaming ninja, she had arrived here, just planning for a rest and a meal, possibly a job. She was rather famous for being kind as well as strong, so she got missions pretty much everywhere she went. It could get tiring, but she had liked it. Well, she thought she did.
This stop was an unusual one- she hadn't been to Suna before. Ume is not fond of sand in her mouth, so she avoids deserts. However, she wanted to see it, because it was pretty much the last place she hadn't seen before. It also helps to have a mission to finish up there.
Well, once she arrived, there was uproar. Everyone shouted, "It's Tanaka Ume!" and Ume had to use her stealth jutsu to escape the crowd. She stopped at a restaurant, pulled a robe on to hide herself, and released the jutsu.
She sat herself down. It was a small restaurant, much like Ichiraku in Konoha. She saw ramen and immediately ordered a bowl of miso ramen. She started eating, and she heard a chuckle to her left. She glanced in the direction of the laugh and saw a glimpse of red-brown hair. She knew exactly who it was.
"Hmph, what is it?" Ume said after gulping down her bite of noodles. She didn't look at him.
"You're hiding, aren't you?" The response came after a short pause, awkward as it may be.
"Hn." Ume went back to her eating.
"I sort of need your help," said the man finally.
Ume stopped. "What?"
The man said nothing. He turned away, as if embarrassed. Ume sighed, put down her chopsticks, and looked at the man. He was also in a robe, apparently in disguise himself. She rolled her eyes.
The man turned again. Their eyes met- blue-green, with pretty much no pupil, and deep violet stared right at each other.
Ume whispered, "Gaara-sama, what do you need?" She was serious. She could tell from The Kazekage's expression he was too.
"… I need the soy sauce."
Ume had a brief look of fury, but quickly calmed and put a blank expression. She smiled like a cat, and said sweetly, in a loud voice, "Of course, GAARA!" She threw the soy sauce at him, gulped the rest of her ramen down, and got up. She made the signs for her stealth jutsu again and became invisible once more.
In her wake, Gaara was bombarded by children and fangirls. She giggled to herself quietly on a roof, looking at the chaos she had created.
Gaara hadn't actually wanted the soy sauce. He actually needed a mission done, but Ume can be intimidating, even to Gaara. As he was tackled by fans, he silently wished he could disappear like her.
There was a problem. Naruto was missing, and Gaara was too busy being the Kazekage to go, and the Hidden Leaf weren't having any luck. Gaara knew that Ume knew Naruto, and that she was extremely talented. He needed her to try to find him. She would have motivation enough.
Gaara was still confused why he couldn't tell her. He'd never been intimidated before, even by Deidara. And besides, she didn't seem like she knew her childhood friend had disappeared.