This story is about a girl who comes to the leaf village and… I kind of don't want to give anything away, but there will be love, fighting, and I like happy endings, so let's begin!
I stumbled forward. I tried to run, but I just fell. I was so hot… if I didn't find help soon I might… but no one will help me! Why would anyone help me!? No one really cares, so why try? Despite my thoughts, I got up again and continued on. I quickly, but shakily, dodged trees and tripped constantly over roots.
"Ahh!" I yelled as I hit the ground.
"Who's there!?"
'There's someone there? Maybe I have a chance… but will they help me?'
"State who you are and what you want!" I got to my feet and stumbled out of the trees. There was a large gate with two ninja guarding it.
"Please…" I started. I did not want to ask for help from these two! I can't believe I'm actually doing this… "I need help… please…" I fell and everything went black.
"Will she be okay, Grandma Tsunade?" I heard.
"Quiet, we don't want to wake her. She should be fine. It was a high fever, but that was it." I stayed there, pretending I was asleep. I was wondering what else they would say…
"What are you gonna do about her? Will you let her stay?" The first voice asked.
"Well, I'm not sure. First she'll have to explain herself, and then I'll decide. I don't know how she got that leaf headband, though. She shouldn't have it. That worries me…"
'Well, they won't say anything of interest…' I thought as I opened my eyes. "Great, I hate explaining things."
"I knew you were awake, you know." The blond woman who must have been Tsunade stated.
"So, what of it!?" I sat up. I was wearing a hospital gown, great! I hate those things…
"Get on with it, then. Why are you here?" she persisted.
"Fine. You wanna know the whole stinking story!? When I was born my parents tossed me to the streets because I was a girl and they wanted a boy. My adopted mother witnessed this, and immediately took me in. She had no husband or any kids, so she put all of her efforts into me. She told me she was once a Genin of the Leaf village, and after she taught me all she knew, she gave me hers. A couple weeks ago, she died." I paused, the pain still hasn't left yet. "I couldn't bear to stay there any longer… it was too sad. So I left and soon after got sick. I stumbled across the gate today, and here I am. Happy now!?" The kid in an orange jumpsuit looked sorry for me. I already hated him, just for that. I don't need anyone's pity. I'm better than that.
"Well, what is your name, kid?" Tsunade asked, changing the subject.
"My mother… that is, my adopted mother, named me Mika. Kyoko Mika."
"Well, Mika, are you thinking of staying here in Konoha?"
"Yeah! That would be really cool!" The annoying kid yelled loudly.
"Sure, why the hell not? I've nowhere to go anyway. Where'll I stay?" I asked, getting straight to the point.
"You can stay with me!!!" We both looked at him like he's an idiot.
"Like HELL I'd stay with you, you freak! Just beat it, squirt!"
"Hey! Don't talk to me like that! One day, you'll see! I'll be Hokage, and you'll have to listen to what I say!!"
'Hokage, sure whatever… like I care…'
"Calm down, Naruto! I know where you can stay. I'll take you there later. Your fever is gone, so if you would like to get dressed and see the town, it's fine."
I looked over to my clothes, sitting in a chair in the corner. It looks like they had been washed and then neatly folded. I nodded. "Yeah, I'll do that."
"Meet me in my office in the huge tower at two o' clock, okay?" She stood and left. "Naruto, come on, leave her alone now."
"Oh, right!" Naruto followed her out. I immediately threw the covers off me and got changed. I found my bag of clothes and such hanging on the side of the bed and I grabbed it. I opened the window and hopped out. 'Joy, well this should be fun.' I walked onto a street with lots of people. Great. I hate people. I put my hands on my hips in an I-don't-care-what-you-think-and-leave-me-alone kind of way and kept my eyes on the ground just enough so I could see where I was going. My stomach growled. Great, a perfect time to be hungry! I didn't even have any money for a decent meal. My mother was not really what you'd call rich. I headed into some crap-ass ramen shop. I hated ramen, but it's better than starving… barely. I sat at one of the stools and an old man quickly took my order. I simply ordered one bowl of plain ramen. I looked around. Across from me were two people. One had pink hair, which I instantly hated, and the other had black hair and seemed to hate the pink-haired girl as much as I did. She just kept chatting away while the boy had his elbows resting on the table, his face in his hands. My food arrived and I ate quickly. Suddenly, the black-haired boy said something, and I couldn't help but listen in.
"Sakura, leave me alone. I want to eat in peace, thank you very much!" he snapped. The girl looked heart broken, and even I, who hated everyone and knew nothing about love, could tell she was totally crushing on him.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sasuke. I didn't know I was bothering you… I'll… I'll just leave then." She replied sadly. I snickered after she left. Sasuke turned to look at me.
"You find that funny?" he asked. It wasn't a threatening tone, it sounded like he was just curious to see if I was or not.
"Funny? You kidding me? Who wouldn't find that funny? She seems like a leech to me, and you just totally turned her away. It was classic." He smiled and turned to his food that had arrived while we were talking.
"So, what's up with you? I've never seen you, but you have a Leaf village headband." He asked.
"It's none of your business!" I snapped. He seemed surprised at my harsh tone after we had just been talking like we were best friends. He turned to look at me again.
"What was that all about? One second we're talking and the next you snap at me?" He didn't seem hurt or angry when he asked this, though. He seemed strangely unemotional. It was interesting.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just don't ask." I decided to answer nicely for once. I finished my food and left some money before walking out. Before I did, Sasuke said I quick goodbye. I stopped, but didn't turn. "Uh… yeah, see you around, I guess." I mumbled quietly. I pushed past the tarp that was hanging in the doorway and saw the streets had emptied a little. Good. I like being alone. I walked on and saw a clock that said it was almost two. I looked around for a tower. It was so hard to find. I took off and began climbing the steps when I reached it. A woman with short black hair was standing at the top.
"Are you looking for Tsunade?" she asked.
"Uh… yeah." I replied. She knocked on the door.
"She's here."
"Let her in!" Tsunade yelled.
"Alright, go on in!" the woman smiled at me and opened the door. I entered the small office and turned to face Tsunade who was standing at her desk. Her desk was littered with way too many bottles of sake. She came around to me.
"Still want to stay here?" I nodded. "Okay, then let's go." She exited and I followed. We walked back down the stairs. 'Why did I come up here just to go back down?' I wondered to myself. We turned down a road that was mostly empty, except three people chatting outside a home. Tsunade stopped in front of a large building.
"Here it is! It's not much, but you can stay here for free. Don't worry, Naruto is staying three roads down, so he shouldn't bother you." She opened the door for me to head in. The man at the reception desk waved to us.
"Hello, can I help you, Tsunade? Oh, is this the girl you called about earlier?"
"Yes."
"Well follow me, Mika was it?" I nodded, slightly annoyed at how happy he was, not trusting myself to speak. I waved goodbye to Tsunade, reluctantly, and the man showed me to my room and handed me the keys.
"Here we are, room 55 on the third floor." I hatefully mumbled a small "Thank you" and he left. Man, he was annoying! I unlocked the room and headed in. It was small. It had a nice bed, a microscopic closet, not that I had much clothes anyway, and a bathroom with a sink, toilet, and tub. There was a mirror, full length, across from the bed, next to the door. That was the only exceptional thing here. For the rest, well, it wasn't much, but then again, it was only a little less than what I had had. I walked over to the bed and sat. I quickly unpacked my things and put them away. Than I showered, put on some new clothes, brushed my hair, for heaven's sake, and then went to look around town again. If I was gonna live here, than I better know my way around. I walked down the street and saw that pink-haired girl… Sakura? She was talking to some blond girl with bright blue eyes. Neither of them seemed very happy. I was just planning on passing by, innocently, when the blond one yelled so loudly I couldn't help but get pissed off.
"Will you shut it the hell up?! People from the Land of Lightening will here you, for the love of peanuts!" That shut her up, but not for long.
"The love of peanuts?" the blond one asked.
"Yeah, I like peanuts, so what of it?"
"You shouldn't talk to Yamanaka Ino like that! I won't stand for it! I'm leaving!" Ino-whatever-her-name-is then proceeded to storm off in the opposite direction.
"Good riddance…" I walked off the way I was going before.
"Hey, wait up!" Great. A stalker.
"What?"
"Hi! Mine name's Sakura! I saw you at the Ichiraku Ramen bar, right?"
"Yeah…"
"Are you new here? I haven't seen you around before. I could show you the town, if you'd like!" Showing me the town? Good! Her showing me the town? NOT!
"No thanks, you'd give me a headache before we began." I continued walking.
"Hey! That's not very nice, you know!" she whined.
"Yep, I know! And I sure am damn proud of it, too!" She didn't respond or follow me after that, thank goodness! I might have just died! I walked around, attempting to memorize the roads and streets and such, and failing at that, I headed back to the hotel for the night.
-The Exposition!- I'm going to draw Mika, eventually… but I still haven't figured out how to work my stupid scanner, so I'll probably put her picture up with the others from my first story, Sakura Blossoms. You know, I didn't even know that was an actual name of one of the Naruto episodes until after I finished my… 8th chapter? Seventh? I can't remember… Either way, I might get a new chapter to at least one of my stories soon! Maybe even the pictures! (Hopefully!)
-Kelsmur
