Aha! THe next and second chapter to If You Were To Forget Me; Enjoy! If ou all Haven't already noticed, some things were come up with thinking about the show, "Naruto." Which I do not own.
I Do Own All rights to "If You Were to Forget Me," Though.
"Gosh, I don't know possibly because I haven't gotten to the door yet." Even before she did, I guess we all had a hint on who it might be. She looked through the window. "Ah! It's Sekkai!" She jumped high in the air and squealed at a high annoying pitch. "I can't believe he's here!" She announced, still squealing.
"So answer the door already." I called to her encouragingly, pushing my hand out forward. Her hand hesitantly reached for the handle, turning it quickly the door opened to reveal Sekkai and-- Pea?
"Pea?!" I squalled, not meaning to yell his name out loud like that. "What are you doing here." I played it off with a hand on my waist. I felt like I was sinking far, far into the bean bag I was sitting in. Farther, and farther, and farther...
-With Hamusuta-
"Sekkai I'm so glad your here!" He lifted me into a tight embrace. We had been child hood friends back in Iwagakure until he became part of the Hakumei with Ringo and Pea, training as apprentices. I hadn't seen him for months after that.
"I'm glad to see you too! Say, you wouldn't happen to have a vacant shower do you? He asked me with a hypnotizing look, taking over my body and practically moving it it's self. I pointed to the left.
"First door on the left." I threw in a smile and spun around to huddle with Usagi, Kitty, and Risu while Sekkai wondered off to take a shower, hond on the back of his head. Pea was left standing in the door way. "What are they doing here? And why is our cabin suddenly the motel of the next oh so long years?" I asked fifty percent happy and fifty percent uncomfortable with the whole idea. Usagi spoke first.
"I want no say in any of this, because I had no clue that even Ringo was going to be here." Bunny backed away to sort the unopened gifts. Stacking them largest to the bottom.
"Well," Ringo was next to Kitty in a flash. "I told Sekkai that I was coming to stay here shortly after I was invited, and he couldn't take that. You know me living in a house with all girls. So he decided to come and stay with us. Pea isn't part of the deal, sorry Kitty-Kohai-Kun." She scowled at him, his term was too close to an insult, but I don't think that was the part that she was angry about. The Akasuna joined Usagi with the Christmas boxes. I could hear them talking softly, looking at each other with the sweetest facial expressions, I was jelous.
Kitty bent forward to whisper into my ear. I could feel her hand on my shoulder. "I don't see way your crushes get to stay here and not mine." I knew she wasn't in the best mood. As being Kitty, she was always supposed to be happy, and bouncing off the walls. Risu chimed in to throw a comment out there. Kitty leaned back twords her beanbag, but didn't sit back down.
"I'm not staying here so... That's good for you all, right?" I didn't know weather to say yes or no, because either way, I was lying. I couldn't let this go on. It was too confusing at this point anyways. So I went on my way to the left hallway to talk to Sekkai, leaving their questions unanswered. Once I got to the door, my hands knocked as fast and quietly as they would go. Awaiting an invitation inside, I shifted my weight from foot to foot.
"Come in, un." I could hear the water running now. And feel the steam from the hot water in the air as I opened the door. It was so warm in here, versus the cold air outside and in the bedroom. His clothes were laying all over the floor, I hoped he would pick those up when he was finished in here, because I wasn't going to be the one to do it. Knowing Sekkai, well you never did know.
"So what's the deal with your stay?" I knew those words would hurt him. So I did what I could to fix my wording. "I mean, I'm really happy that you're here, really. But we only have two rooms and we thought it was only going to be Ringo." Now I was just rambling. I crossed my arms and sat on the counter next to the sink.
"Well, I thought I would come by to stay for a few weeks, un. Ringo was supposed to tell you." He said apologetically. "I apologize." The water stopped and the warmth began to fade. He stuck and arm out of the shower, from behind the cover. "Would you hand me a towel please, un?" I swiftly flowed to the towel rack to choose the first on my hand touched. He took it from my hands and it disappeared behind the cover. "Thank you, Hamusuta-sama."
"Well, live here with no problem. Come on, we're going to open the Christmas Eve gifts!" I skipped out of the room, shutting to door behind me, avoiding his reply. Everyone was still gathered in front of the fireplace around the five gifts. One for all of us girls and Ringo. I joined Usagi on the couch, she handed me a small rectangular wrapped box. Then she passed Squirrel a heart shaped box with polka-doted wrappings. Kitty already had hers in her hands. Ringo held his in his lap.
"On three, everyone open." Usagi had one of her own. From Ringo, Kitty, Risu and I. "One," She counted. Sekkai entered the room in a black pair of pants and a ninja's fishnet top, like Ringo's. "Two," She was half way through and it was taking forever. "Three!" All five of us went after the boxes in our laps. Tearing the once beautiful wrapping to shreds and tossing them into the fireplace so that we wouldn't have to clean up the mess later.
I couldn't believe my eyes, Usagi bought me exactly what I wanted! The book's corners weren't bent at all. It was so sleek and perfect. The cover art was just amazing quality, too! "Ah! A doujinshi! I love you so much, Usagi-Chan!" I hugged her, she hugged me back, and I fanned through the book, letting the wind it blew caress my face. "Thank you so mu-- It's Sasodei!" Ringo and Sekkai froze. The look on their faces made it seem like death awaited in front of them. Once I noticed I had to laugh along with everyone else. "Come on, you know all of--everybody loves Hakumei X Hakumei." I bit my lip. "I just happen to love SekkRin."
"Well could you just not read it aloud around us?" Ringo asked nicely. I didn't think so. I wanted this doujishi to embarrass them as much as possible. I sure could have fun with this, I thought.
"Yeah, great idea." I flipped to a random page in the back. "'... Oh Danna, I don't understand why I have to be tied up.'" Ringo and Sekkai quickly gathered their things and left the room. Pea took Ringo's place on the floor.
"Nice." I nodded and handed him a smile. "Got 'em freaking great that time." He held his hand up for a high five. I returned his offer. "Now all I need is a doujinshi pairing you and Kakazu!" He winced at my teasing comment. No need to give him special treatment just because I didn't have a doujinshi pairing him with someone.
"There's nothing between him and I, stupid girl." Pea left my side to join Kitty by the fireplace. Kitty cleared her throat.
"Uhum. I would like to make a big deal over my gift too you know." She did "the head movement" and pointed at me. I guess I stole the spot light from everyone else, time to give it back. Usagi paid her attention to Kitty.
"Okay, Kitty-Chan, what did you get for Christmas Eve?" She asked unnecessarily. She had purchased the gift after all. Kitty opened the box all of the way and examined her gift received.
"S-socks?" She said saddened. "Why did she get a doujinshi and I got a stupid pair of socks?" Her face fell farther into a frown. What a retard, if she had looked at the fabric's completion more closely, she would have known what they really were.
-With Usagi-
"Ear warmers." I corrected. Her ears shivered a twitch. "They're ear warmers. You slip them over your ears and," I mimed putting them on over my own ears, "Walla!" She still had a stupid look on her face. I felt misunderstood. Really not, listened too.
"Well, sorry, but we didn't have ear warmers where we came from." She said gesturing to Pea. "I mean really all we needed was a cave to shield the rain from falling, and soaking our only clothes..." She sounded like a stray kitty, quite a dumb stray cat at that, dropping her head to look at the floor. "They do look like socks though. You have to admit."
They are socks. I thought devilishly. I had to fight the urge to smile and, or die laughing. My attempt to make Kitty look like a dimwitted moron had finally arrived. I was going to use it, and use it to its full content.
"Oh, meow." Kitty sighed. Wow, she was even annoying when it came to sighing. Of course I wouldn't tell her this out loud, because I loved her.
And I am going to have to live with her for six more years.
"In the cabin land where it always snows," I thought out loud to myself. "I might just morph into an heir for the rest of my stay here." I shrugged.
Risu was sitting on the floor, next to the fireplace with Kitty, holding her box of swirly shaped chocolates in her hands. "I see you like your gift?" Risu shoved a piece of candy into her mouth, and nodded in satisfaction. I could make her laugh, causing her to 'accidently' spit the chocolate everywhere. But that would be too mean. I would still do it though. It would be so great. Let's give it a try then.
I smiled to myself and opened my mouth. "I thought chocolate killed animals." I put my thumb to my chin and tilted my head, in a questioning manner, shielding my plan. Risu froze for a moment and stood up to dart off to the kitchen. Pea, Kitty, Hamusuta and I could hear her spitting out all of the sweet candy into the trash can. I couldn't help but to let out a giggle.
"Nice one, I like your evil-tallity." Hamusuta said quietly to me. I nodded and made a short announcement.
"Just play along." I whispered as Squirrel reentered the room, holding her chest with her arms.
"I'm going to die aren't I? I ate chocolate and now I'm going to die." She plopped down on the couch next to Hamster. Her eyes were as wide as I've ever seen. "How long do you think I have left?" Her chest rose up and down. Her breath fluttering in the room. "I think I'm feeling sick already! You did this to me! You sent me the chocolates!" She pointed at me, full finger.
"I did no such thing! I didn't even know that you were coming! Risu, maybe you should go lay down for a bit. Don't help it spread." She scowled at me and headed towards the bedroom on the left. Once she shut the door behind her, everyone in the living room began to laugh.
"That was great. She's going to hate you forever." Kitty said. "Or until she doesn't die." Did that make sense?
"But she isn't dead." I reminded. Kitty frowned and placed her "ear warmers" on her ears. The socks looked so "great" on her head. I could die. Hamster began to chuckle, I could tell by the low grumbles from my right.
"That was fun," I said to everyone. "Everyone opened their gifts though, right?" Did they?
"No, Ringo didn't, he went to his room after I read my doujinshi, remember? What did we get him anyways?" That's right he did, should I go check on Sekkai and Ringo?
"An Hakumei necklace remember?" Kitty answered. I stood up and headed for the right bedroom. When I got to the door, it was difficult to reach for the door, let alone turn the handle. But I pushed myself to do it anyways. The door opened quickly to reveal Sekkai and Ringo sitting on the bed playing... Cards? Sense when do they play cards?
"Eh. Ringo, did you get your present alright?" I asked. He nodded.
"Yes I did thank you, I knew I would get something like it." He smiled sarcastically and laid a card, three of diamonds, on the comforter next to Sekkai. The way they had the cards set, I didn't think that I knew exactly what they were playing. But then again, I didn't know how to play any games with cards.
"It was so great he should give you an agonizingly painful hug." Sekkai said.
"It was so great I should give you an agonizingly painful hug." Ringo agreed to his partner. My body became very still after his statement. Why me, I didn't buy him whatever he had received. And what exactly did he mean, an agonizingly painful hug? Ringo stood from the bed and walked my way. My body still wouldn't move, but he took my hand as Sekkai started to laugh out loud. It seemed that my legs were loose enough to move now, but should I? I didn't think past that, my other hand was still on the door knob, so I slung it open and flew out the door way into the living room and grabbed my coat, slipped on my shoes, then sped outside the cabin. I looked back, he was following. Gaining on me, running even more quickly then in the past! I could always beat him in a race back in the suna, but then again, Kitty and Hamster did beat me into the cabin earlier.
"Muahahaha!" He laughed hysterically. "I've got you now." All I could do was giggle, because he was acting silly.
"Really?" I asked, heading twords the lake behind our house. I was going to - I really didn't know, I think I was only going to run, and see where my legs would take me. Next thing I knew, I was on the ground, and he was on top of me.
"Yup, one to zero." Oh so he wanted to make this a game? I could play games, and I could win at them, too.
"Did you just tackle me!?" I asked laughing seeping through my speach. "Okay, so I'm guessing that it's my turn to shoot for a point?" He nodded, silently laughing. "Okay, snowball fight, ten minutes, Hakumei versus A-clan." After us both agreed that I was choosing the next 'game round' we set off to gather our team mates. I sprinted back home, throwing open the door and tumbled over near Hamster. "Hamusuta-Sama, I need your help." She turned my way from talking to Kitty.
"Yeah, what do you need? I'd be happy help." She sent me a smile.
"Defeating the three Hakumei that live in our cabin." I knew Hamster was always the one to know how sexist the Hakumei was. She was always the one wanting to beat them in battle to show that a 'simple' girl, could defeat a man. So I slapped on a dominate smile, and placed my hand on my hip, even though I was still on the ground, it was made possible.
"Sure, sure." She answered quickly. "We're going to have to make it even, so should Kitty-Chan join too?" She asked.
"Yes, Kitty-Chan, come join us in a snowball fight outside against the Hakumei." I sat up and looked over Hamster's shoulder. She blinked a few times before answering.
"Well, um, I guess I could Usagi-San. Senpai is doing it too, right?" Hamster and I nodded. It was funny that she seemed so innocent. Because she was such a violent person on the inside. She would be the first to be convicted of a pre meditated murder. Kitty even added the finger on her blushed red cheeks. "I'll help out, I guess." There's our Kitty. We split off to the living room and shuffled through our bags, finding our ninja academy clothes. Fishnet blouses, a pair of baggy black jeans, held up by a neon green belt, and bandages wrapped around our legs and arms. It was the closest thing we had to armor right now. We were sure to bring a jacket out with us.
Once we all gathered outside, Risu was left for referee. "Okay, both teams get one half of the forest each, to build their forts. Place a flag somewhere in the fort. If, let's say, the Hakumei gets through to the A-Clan and captures their flag, they have to get it back to their own fort in order to win." That wouldn't be too easy, considering that we each had a whole half forest to build a fort. "You both have half an hour to build your base." Exclaimed Squirrel. "GO!" We all rushed to our halves and started talking, situating.
"Okay, we need to get far back and out of site." Hamusuta said, but I disagreed.
"But, we have to make it out of snow, so we can't get it too far back into the trees." I threw in. Kitty sat on the ground shivering. She hadn't brought a jacket outside with her like the rest of us! She used her arms to rub quickly up and down on her arms.
"Hey I'm going to go ask Pea for his cloak." She got up and trotted off the other group with her blue lips still in sight from a distance. Hamster and I really didn't think anything of it. Until we heard a scream coming from the direction she she had left.
"Kitty!" Hamster and I said at the same time. We both flew through the trees to hover over the guys. They had her arms behind her back and Pea-which was kind of funny-was sitting on her back.
"I wonder if she just made him mad or something." We had to laugh at that, she had gotten on his nerves quite a number of times, sense he arrived. Hamster and I dropped out of the trees, to meet the boys.
-With Hamusuta-
Fighting, or agressive games, those were things to pull and tug thoughts and feelings out of me that need to stay inside. So, I found it funny that she was being held hostage for this game we were playing. "Not hostage so much as forth player." What? No way.
"You can't do that. She's part of the A-Clan not the Hakumei. Besides, what would you do to her if we refused?" Pea pulled a kunai from his pocket. I crossed my arms. "WHOA, we don't keep those here. They are not allowed." I couldn't believe he would bring that here. To our home, our safe home. What happened to Risu being the ref? This wasn't allowed I'm sure.
"We can do well whatever we would like to do." The armed one, Pea pressed the weapon to Kitty's lower arm, drawing blood. Deep enough to leave a scar. How messed up, they would do that to one of their pretty-much-family members. Kitty squirmed and tossed about, sniffling. Bunny threw up her hands.
"Stop! You can't-- Stop!" Ringo patted Pea on the shoulder, signaling for him to stop for now. "Now, now, you can keep her on your team, but we are still going to continue with this game. Okay? Now build your fort." She dropped her arms to her sides. Kitty's ears twitched and fell. The excessive amount of times the words 'now' was used made me laugh. Bunny looked at me painfully. I quickly wiped the smile off of my face. We were all changed durring things like this. All of us.
"Deal." Said Sekkai. They let Kitty up from the ground and Pea handed over his cloak to her. Ringo ran back to the house, quickly returning, bearing a first aid kit. He pulled out a long cloth and tied it around Kitty's wounded arm. They didn't clean the blood off of cleanse the wound at all. I wanted to go help them do it right, but Usagi was already gone, back to the tree above us.
"Come, we have to do this. You have to put lots of effort into it, more than I was going to need before, so get over here and help me now, Hamusuta." She said what? Did she just talk to me like the way I think she did?
"Excuse me?" I cleared my throat and stepped forward, in the direction of Bunny, her glares piercing almost through my skull. "What gives you the right to talk to me, one of a higher power than you, like that? Don't you dare drop the name extention." Her face became hard, like stone as she continued to listen. "I do not have to do anything that you tell me to do, where as, if you don't respond to my orders, I could have you locked away." Now I was angry. She wouldn't get away with that. As a few times before, I wasn't going to let that slip. I wouldn't allow them to forget that I was the one supplying the shelter, food and water. She, nor anybody else was going to treat me as if I hadn't done anything.
"Looks like there's going to be a cat fight tonight, un! If we're lucky-" I quickly made my way to Sekkai and slapped him dead across the face! His facial expression changed dramatically in only a few short moments. The air was tense, my breath lingered in front of me, my chest was rising and falling too fast. Was I over reacting? No, the event back at home, this was far too similar. I swore to myself that it wouldn't happen again. Bits of it flashed before me. Tears gathered in my eyes. Sekkai rubbed his new found wound.
I closed my eyes, keeping my stance, my hands went different places, one on my hip and one on the side of my head. My best friend was being held in the arms of the east's current threat, thrashing about, her limbs bound by his hands, struggling underneath his grasp. There was a scared look on her face, it was horrifying. "Let her go," I said in a small voice, I held my kitty tightly in my arms. A little too tight I guess, because she was meowing and squealing, pawing at my wrists and arms. "I'll tell my grandmother and she'll put you in jail, or better yet, have your head." I screamed at the top of my lungs. I wouldn't let myself cry over something that had happened years ago, the memory that was suppose to be let go of years age, was back. It was killing me, I had watched my best friend die inside and... My only human and alive, true friend, because this man didn't believe me. When my mother said that the world was more evil than good, I couldn't believe it, was it really? No, I didn't think so. Not then, but now, why was it happening to me? Why did they have to take something so precious from me? While I was so young?!
"How do you think she'll be able to do that? Is she magic?" The man asked, laughing in between words, his body shook in what seemed like enjoyment. My heart was racing, I let go of my squirming cat and threw my hands up and brought them to my forehead.
"No!" I shouted. "She is the ruler of this land, you should be greatful for even being granted the gift of my presence!" My eyes, they were blurry with tears. I was so confused, I didn't know weather or not to be angry, sad, or scared. A devious smile he played on his lips. He, started to giggle. I was going half insane. I didnt know what to say to make him let go of her, to let me free.
"Oh, my lovely lady, how I am so sorry that I have treatened this young lady's life, for I had no idea that you were royalty!" And then he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a knife, the edges were terrifying, they were so bent and ridged all the way around. What was he going ot do with it?! "No, I take it back," He said, his back straightening, the hand with the knife, twirrling in circles. "I don't believe you-"
"But I am!" Stuck in the horrible shock of what was about to happen. Shanking, shaking, shaking so uncontrollibly.
"Then prove it to me...!" He taunted. I didn't know how I could prove it, I wasn't wearing anything that would give away the idea tha I was royalty, I didn't have anything expenssive, no imformation, for I was too young to be trusted with things such as those. I was stumpped, as I watched tears streak my friend's face, she was thrown to the ground and kicked in the side, she let out a girggling noise, the air being kicked out of her.
"Stop!" He continued with the slaughter, "I can't, I can't prove it!! Stop, please!" My knees became weak and my head began to spin. I laid on the pavment of the park, the moon shown down on my body, I adjusted my head to be level with his victem's. She went in and out of reality, it was so heart breaking. I ground my teeth and clawed at the gravel beneath me with one hand, punching it with the other.
"Why don't you leave girl? Why stay in the face of danger, why watch your friend's murder by a phycopath killer such as I?" He asked, I had an answer, I would answer, I would respond.
"Hamu-suttta-sa...." She sputtered, she had began to add the royal extention, but was cut off but exostion. I hoped that that was enough to convinse him. He would save her life it I could just...
"Because she's family and I love her. I'm sorry I can't prove it, but -- I'm sorry, I'm sorry, so sorry..." His expression changed quickly, I thought for a moment that he was going to let her go becuase of my ture proformance. But, no, there was movment behind me, three or four men. They were running quite quickly to this evil man, kneeing him in the stomach, so that he dropped the knife. Risu, she was going to live! I was so happy, I could tell she was still in shock though, she was in mental and physical pain. I was happy, but I refused to smile, for me, for her, for anybody that's lives were saved my killing this insane man that threatened Risu's life, because the world was more evil than good, and the truth hurts. That's when I swore, that from then on, they would recognize me as the heir to the throne.
"Guess I will have to do this myself then." Bunny had left to do something with weapons, I was left alone to sort out the fort myself. I couldn't help but to think of what she might be doing, the whole time I was building. It was only a snowball fight. Well, the blood had already been spilled. By the time I had half of the west wall up, she was back, with what looked like a semi-heavy bag. She dropped it on the ground, it made a loud clinking noise. Like there were... Kunai in it. That smart Bunny-muffin. "So how are we going to do this?" I asked in a flat tone of voice, shifting my weight to my left foot.
"My Genjutsu." I couldn't remember what it was though. Wait, has she ever told me? Or used it in front of me? "I can make one thing, look like something else." I didn't answer her. "I can make the kunai look like a snowball until it hits something, the Genjutsu releases, Hamusuta-sama." She rephrased, the little rabbit-spawn was trying to get under my skin.
"Oh, so it wounds them on the other side." I was going to play it off... That's right, if they wanted to play dirty...
"Yes, and here's the plan, once the wall is done, we'll use my Genjutsu to shield the kunai and use those to distract, while one of use, obviously you, goes to rescue Kitty-Chan." It was the perfect play. I agreed with everything she said. One by one, she began to transform the weaponry. I was truly in awe, because I had no Genjutsu of my own. That I knew about. I was deep in thought when I saw Risu sleeping high up in a tree near our base. She looked uncomfortable in the position she was laying. But why was she sleeping while she was supposed to be the ref of our game? I smacked my own forehead. I loved her, but you couldn't count on her for much. There was someone next to her though! A dark blur...
I did a double take, blinking rapidly, but the person had quickly vanished. I was going to keep this to myself. Returning to my doing, forgeting.
Well, that was the second chapter, I'm not really working as hard on these next few as the first one. Hmm, if any of you are really reading. If you are reading, thank you. And get your friends to read it. Yay!! AND YOU ALL GET COOKIES! Not the fanfiction type of cookies that get your face all sticky, the good chocolate chip ones that aren't sexual in any way!
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