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Spazzyninjafish
Narutoyaoifan
and
Kazemi Reikaze
And NOW TO THE STORIE!
Chapter Two: A Raven's Hello
Naruto sighed as the volunteer led him to his "family" in this "facility". Ha, just another way of saying we're gonna put you with a bunch of other nuts. Through twisting turning halls, he walked quickly, quietly behind her. Kakashi had already left. Coward. Couldn't deal with the fact he's not the top ninja at deceiving others.
At that, the lady began to speak.
"Here is the group that you'll be staying with. We don't have synchronized schedules though, so try to find someone in at least one of your classes. He stared into the room for a moment. They didn't look...too bad. Most of them wore nice clothes, that looked as though they should be put on display instead of worn by people who were more mad than he.
The room was large, with couches and tables, along with windows on one end of the room. The colors were calm and cool, blues, greys, and greens.
The people in the room surged towards him in a questioning sea. Asking for a name, the problem, if he liked video games or not. After most of the questions were asked, a few asked him to sit at their tables and such. What caught his eye most though was a little girl, standing off to the side, waiting patiently for the crowd to move away. After everyone had gone back to their activities, he walked up to her, taking a closer look.
The girl had long black hair that accented her dark skin, making her seem exotic. Blue eyes, much like his own, stared back at him in a bored curiosity. The white dress she wore was a tag baggy on her, making her seem fragile and frail.
"Welcome to the Nuthouse. I'm Neomi."
"Naruto."
A mixture between a smile and a smirk came across her face as she looked at him.
"I'm surprised you let your guard down, along with your mask."
Naruto blinked. Shit. He forgot. Goddamnit.
"It's okay. Its just to the psychiartrists you have to keep it up. Its too frigging irritating anytime else."
Naruto nodded in a sort of mutual understanding. This girl was direct, even if she was little. Too little. How in the world, did a girl who looked like she was fucking five, get into the cuckoo's nest?
The girl smiled more and pointed towards another girl, who was sewing something up.
"Come on. You ought to meet Shiori. She's...a lot like us."
Naruto nodded, studying Shiori as they approached. Her hair was much like Neomi's, except for the bangs were longer, and the hair reached her midback, instead of her butt, like Neomi's did. Her pale skin was much paler than anything he had ever seen, making her grey eyes stand out. The kimono she wore was grey with a red sun and ravens on it. As well, she had a metal feather ornament in her hair. With how she looked, she could pass off as a female version of the prick who got him into this mess in the first place.
She looked up, her eyes not cold, but not warm. The kind of eyes that glared into your soul and found your heart, before ripping it out of you.
"Welcome to the funny farm. Yes, if you are bad, they'll put you in a white coat and you'll start singing happy songs."
Naruto blinked. He wasn't goint to ask that but...okay.
"Shiori, this is Naruto. Naruto, this is Shiori, designer and kunoichi."
"W-what? She's a ninja?"
"Used to be. In here, there are no battles, except for which channel is on the TV, and I usually win."
Naruto blinked. This delicate seeming girl could fight?
"Shiori and I both used to be really strong kunoichi."
This girl too? Both looked too petite to do any sort of fighting.
Naruto's eyes glanced down to the plushie doll she was making. With brown clother, half circle ears, and large black eyes, he immediately saw it as a monkey, but this strange girl was sewing on what seemed like bat wings to the back of it. Shiori looked down to it, then back at Naruto.
"This is Neomi's. I have a raven on my bed. Perhaps you would like one?"
Naruto glanced up at her. She was looking at him with a strange interest, but still a hint of boredom, much like the look Neomi had. How strange were these two?
"Sure."
"What do you want? I think something mor e...feline. Like maybe a fox. Those cute markings on your face remind me of one."
Frigging psychic.
"I heard that!"
He blinked oncce. Damn it. First person he really talks to and-
"Just joking. I ain't psychic, just good at reading people."
"Too damn good if you ask me." Naruto grumbled, crossing his arms, his head turning to the side.
"Kiddies, lunch time."
Shiori stood up, her hair billowing out behind her. She looked towards Neomi and nodded before extending her hand out to Naruto as people began to clear the room.
"Come and eat?"
Naruto stared at the two strange girls. He thought he could trust them, because though they were strange, kind of standoffish, and rather depressing, deep down, he felt as though they were a lot alike. For the first time in years, a true half-smile graced his lips as he took the older girl's hand and nodded, creating a soon to be inseperable bond.
