FISH TALK
chapter two
The next morning Sasuke awoke to bright sunrays beaming in his face. He frowned and squinted, sitting upright to escape their intensity. As he rubbed his tired eyes, an image of a girl popped into his head and he recalled his meeting with Naru. "Must have been a dream." he said aloud. After all, mermaids couldn't really exist.
He pushed the thought of her to the back of his mind and got out of bed. It was a new day and he had to get ready for school.
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School was uneventful as usual. The time passed by with the normal, everyday happenings: Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka fought over him, he slept through math class, a couple of nitwits tried to pick a fight with him, and he hurled degrading insults at anyone who bothered him too much. Boring. Oh, but his black eye was joked about so that was something different. Not interesting, but different.
Around the late afternoon Sasuke was at the beach again. Not many people came there for some reason and he liked to think of it as his personal quiet place. Just him and the rolling tides...their sounds soothed him. But, though he wouldn't admit it, he was eager to see a certain someone. Had yesterday's events really been only a dream?
He stopped walking when he reached the area where he had seen Naru. His eyes scanned the water but no one was to be seen. He was alone. Just a dream like I thought, he concluded inwardly. It was a bit disappointing.
He sighed but no sooner did he start walking when a pebble struck the back of his head. "Ow!" he cried and turned around. "Who did that?"
A giggle came from behind a rock and Naru revealed herself. "Hey, Sasuke!" she waved. He looked surprised for a second then he scowled.
"Why did you throw that at me?"
"To get your attention."
"You could've just called my name."
She shrugged. "Not as fun if you ask me."
He rolled his eyes. The little time he had spent with her the previous day gave him a considerable amount of insight on her personality. She was loud, short tempered, playful, and childish. They were the qualities he could stand the least in a person. Yet despite being somewhat annoying, Naru wasn't that bad. For a fish, of course.
"So, what's stepping?" she asked.
He quirked an eyebrow. "What's stepping?"
"Crab slang."
"Crabs can't talk."
"Have you ever tried talking with one?"
"No..."
"Then how do you know they can't talk?"
He said nothing. Truthfully, he didn't want to talk with something he ate on a regular basis. The thought was a little disturbing.
"Can all fish talk?" he asked.
"Yep, but most aren't that smart."
"Not like you, huh?"
"I'm not a fish." she growled. He smirked. Why she hated being called or mistaken for a fish was a mystery, but he found making her angry amusing.
"Anyway," she said. "How was your day? I see you still have your...black eye."
"Hn." he grunted, knowing she was mentioning it on purpose. Naru smirked. Humans were too much fun.
Hope you enjoyed! Things start kicking in chapter three and Naru reveals her reason for "swimming free". Thanks for reading and please leave a review!
