Note: And in being a Naruto fan, I must go where everyone else has gone before! Onto the fanfic realm where I shall, undoubtedly suffer immensely. Forgive me in advance.
Disclaimer: My mother told me to pick the very best one and I do not not not own Naruto characters or anything else. Ha! Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish-
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Chapter 1: Undoubtedly Apart
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"Gomen…I guess, Naruto," Hatake Kakashi looked upon his odd pupil in dismay. He would never learn, either that or he refused to learn such things; a.k.a. common sense. Kakashi sighed as his inevitable bored gaze returned to the sky for one awkward moment as Naruto froze in a stance that he had worked so hard to perfect.
Or so he thought was perfect.
"Let's try this one more time, ne," Kakashi said placidly.
The day was growing tiresome already due to the fact that Naruto was hoping to hone his skills for the upcoming chuunin exams (I'm sorry if I misspelled that, correct me please!).
Sadly, Naruto had not improved since midmorning when Kakashi had decided to show up.
Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura sat almost miles apart entranced in a world apart, Sasuke mumbling his distaste for Naruto's constant uphevel into the ground below while trying another jutsu.
Sakura sat a world away watching the sky, pink hair billowing in the wind swiftly as she picked flower after yellow flower muttering gently to herself in hopes of some exhilerating fate that the flowers were truly correct in their decisions for she whispered:
"He loves me…He loves me not…He loves me"
Again and again she uttered those eager words until all the yellow flowers in proximity were bare and dismal on the ground, leaving Sakura covered in an immense array of yellow. She then just moved onto another patch of horrified flowers waiting to be plucked and meet their grim end.
"Naruto, you still don't understand," Kakashi sighed and leaned down to face level with him and said with his hands out.
"What is it Kakashi sensei?" Naruto mumbled a little too loud for the close proximity in which Kakashi was in with him.
After a wince of his one visible eye Kakashi continued:
"You see Naruto, the problem with each of your jutsu positions is that you are trying to hard to master them just right. The jutsu's will work if you really have the heart to place in them. Watch" Kakashi said gently as he stood and placed his hands in front of him making a triangle.
Swift complicated movements were proceeded at top speed before Kakashi indefinitely disappeared, leaving a stunned Naruto staring at a quite frog on the ground that gave a meek croak.
"Cooooooooool," Naruto crooned to the frog, "Can you teach me to do that Kakashi sensei?"
Naruto had picked up the frog and was holding it in front of his face as if the frog held such wisdom that no other possessed. The frog just croaked and Naruto squealed with delight.
"What else can I turn into! What about cock a too? Or Hokage!" Naruto gloated and continued with his rant slipping in his plans for world-alright not world-leaf village domination.
"Naruto, why are you talking to a frog?" Kakashi was standing behind Naruto with his hands crossed over each other holding his despicable yet enjoyable novel.
Naruto was so startled that the frog flew from his hands and landed face down in the dirt. Sakura was letting out a high pinched laugh from her yellow kingdom but Sasuke had not seemed to notice. He only muttered:
"Idiot," before he turned back to the abyss of fauna and flora with no particular interest.
Hatake Kakashi was laughing gently, his one eye closed and the sides crinkled with crow's feet to show his enjoyment.
Naruto, however, did not find this very funny and stood with a huff and stood hurriedly only to stumble back landing on the poor frog.
"Naruto!" Sakura screamed from her pedal paradise, for no good reason. Maybe she just liked screaming at him.
"Here, let me help you up," Kakashi chuckled, tucking his dirty novel into his left breast pocket.
When his hand came down to help Naruto up, Naruto noted several lines on his wrist to where his jacket ended. How he had not noticed these things before he did not know, but now that he saw them they seemed to stand out vividly.
When Naruto was finally hoisted to his feet he looked at Kakashi's arm, now hiding the uneven lines.
"What are those lines on your wrist?" Naruto asked curiously, well always trust Naruto to get straight to the point boys and girls.
Kakashi was suddenly taken aback by this. He looked at Naruto for a long moment before he said slowly,
"What…lines?"
"Those lines," Naruto pointed directly at his arm which Kakashi held at his side.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Alright I think that's enough lessons for today," Kakashi said quickly, almost too quickly for Naruto to believe.
But before Naruto could object, he was ushered off by his teammates, leaving Kakashi standing with his hands glued to his side, eyes turned upward towards the brilliant blue sky.
Grey clouds were rolling in from the east, a perfectly synchronized grey as if the white and blue had merged with the grey to mingle momentarily only to depart once again. He knew what lines Naruto was talking about, but the memory was all too plain and painful for him to think of. Yet the grey clouds tumbling forward seemed to press his memory until he fell into a lost and distant world of perfectly mingled grey.
Flashback:
"Where is that Baka?" Ebisu said irritated as he pulled his hands behind his head.
"Where's that Baka? Where's the other Baka?" commented Ibiki with much hesitation.
"She may be a Baka, but she's damn hot. Like me," said Gai slyly as he stood striking his infamous and annoying poses every five minutes.
Her sandaled feet hit the dew soaked grass as she walked at a leisurely pace. There was no need to hurry, the fact that this might be the most important day of her life made no difference to her. She could take just a few more minutes. Her emblem of the leaf village fell around her neck tied loosely as blazing red hair fell in soft loosened ringlets to her shoulders. Her brilliant grey eyes astonished all those that looked at her, but beyond that her constant engagement in battle was what really brought everyone's attention to her. She sighed brushing off her ruffled brown pants that were rolled to her knees. Her top attire consisted of a white tank top and a green over shirt that met just under her breasts.
As she rounded the corner to her destination she noticed her other friends sitting outside of the building she was destined to be in. She sighed and hurried her stride some making sure to make it look like whatever time she showed up wasn't a big deal.
Just as she arrived at the building while being confronted by the taunts and jeers of her friends, one leisurely boy walked at a pace un heard of. He smiled indefinitely to the gang ahead and waved briskly before saying gently,
"Sorry I'm late, there was a terrible produce accident," he said nonchalantly.
"A what?" asked Masurao astonished at his lame excuse.
"Yeah, a produce accident, on the main road in. peaches and fruit pies everywhere," Kakashi muttered eating a strawberry.
"Ah, I see. And you had to stop and save all the people from indefinite disaster of the rolling produce?" Ebisu asked casually with sarcasm hinting at every syllable.
"Exactly," Kakashi concluded finishing his strawberry and throwing the green tip aside.
"I don't know about you but I don't consider fruit pies produce," Ibiki said gently.
Suddenly Kakashi turned to the girl at his right, who seemed almost upset,
"Again?" Kakashi said desperately.
"You were late too Kakashi, it just so happens that you arrived the same time I did," the girl muttered angrily.
Kakashi rolled up his sleeve to show several lines from his wrist to about mid way to his elbow. They were tightly placed together. The girl also rolled her sleeve up showing the same, if not more, amount of lines on her arms.
"Ibiki, can you perform a fire jutsu?" she muttered picking a pin out of her side pack. Ibiki stood up with remorse and muttered something about why he always had to perform the jutsu.
Once the fire jutsu had heated the pin to an extreme temperature, the girl bent down, turning over some grass to reveal slimy wet mud. She pressed the pin into the mud and then stood holding Kakashi's arm tightly before she pressed the pin lightly on his arm for a few seconds. Once she let go a small line remained next to the last one placed on his arm.
This ritual was completed on the girl too.
"If you would just stop being late Kiana," Kakashi said as he threw the pin aside in the direction of the strawberry.
"Me! You fail to realize Kakashi, that you also were late so this isn't entirely my fault," Kiana said gently.
"But you agree that it's partly your fault," Kakashi said gently before smiling and picking the girl up around the waist and spinning her around, "Say it! Say it! It's your fault too. Little Kiana has faults! She's human, it's a miracle!" Kakashi screamed as Kiana was whipped around.
"Yes-yes-yes Kakashi, okay so put me down. PUT ME DOWN!" when Kakashi let her return to the ground she sighed and hit at his shoulder, "Baka."
"So cold, so cold," Kakashi said as the others laughed.
Suddenly their sensei appeared at the door to call them in. Kakashi and Kiana smiled at each other before each intertwined their fingers together.
"Let's do this," Kakashi said with a slight grin on his face.
"Well you do as much as you can and then I'll pick up the slack," Kiana laughed as Kakashi prodded her inside wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing at her shoulder as they walked awkwardly up the steps after their teammates.
End Flashback.
Yes, Kakashi remembered very well those days; when she had conquered his heart. But he was young, and naïve and nothing could interfere with a young boy of sixteen.
And with his sudden daydream over with he shoved his hands into his pockets and carried on relentlessly through the forest, all the while grey clouds and bright red curls unfurling in his brain and choking all thought process for a decent amount of time.
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Note: So! What did you think? I know the flashback was kind of long, and the burning seemed kind of masochistic but its all fun and games. I'm not some weird freak, just something interesting to remember the past by. Um, so review; make suggestions, corrections to spellings or comments! K THANKS!
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