CHAPTER TWO
I don't have an excuses for not updating except that I am very lasy and my English teacher has given me a massive essay to write so I might not update for a while. sorryMost of this story from now on will be from Topaz's POV but if I change the POV you'll know!
As they approached the Hokage's tower Topaz slowed. She could feel the murderous intent coming from somewhere inside. However she didn't want to draw attention to this so she ran a little faster and caught up to Naruto who hadn't noticed her fall behind. They ran, side by side, up to Tsunade's office and knocked on the door. Topaz and Naruto walked into the room when Tsunade called.
As she looked around she saw a man in the corner of the room: it was him! The man she was running from, the one she hoped never to see again. The man stood in the shadows almost melting into one of them. This shadowy figure was the source of the murderous intent; Topaz knew it right away. She started to sweat and hyperventilate, panic started rising through her body beckoning to her like a Siren to a sailor. The man was moving towards her his ghost pale hand stretched out as though to grab her and pull her after him. Her vision swirled in a purple haze and the there was nothing. No sound. No smells or anything to look at.
Flashback
I am running. I see the house! The only house with a yellow door in my village. I carry something important to show Mama. I burst through the door shouting to Mama that I am home. When I'm through the door I see Mama sitting on our red sofa, she's not smiling and Papa is home. Papa should be at work I think to myself. There is a man next to him who I haven't seen before. Everyone is looking at me as I'm panting from running from the hills, on the other side of town, to our house.
"Topaz," Papa says" We need you to go with this nice man from Dada's work. He's going to take you somewhere pretty!"
I know I'm 5 but I know you're my step-Papa and I've never called you Dada.
"Where?"I ask
"It's a lovely palace in the middle of a forest with lots of flowers and fluffy bunnies and a lake that glitters like a thousand suns." The man tells me.
As I'm walking out the door, a small bag on my back that Mama has packed to me, I look back and see Mama trying like there's no tomorrow and Papa hands the man something, Who smiles and walks out of my house and with a 'come' I follow him and leave the only village I have ever known.
End Flashback
My eyes flutter open and I see Naruto's ocean blue eyes gazing at me, deep with worry. Somewhere behind him I hear Tsunade-sama's voice telling him to let me breath.
"You're ok!" the ever hyper Naruto shouted loud enough to wake the dead.
"Yes Naruto, thanks for blowing out my eardrums!" I say to him, "Can I please get up?" i ask as he is basically pinning me to the floor. Blushing, he gets up and holds his hand out to help me up.
"Sorry about that…um why did you call us here Tsunade-sama?" I ask.
"Well you, Naruto, Sakura and Sai have a mission but I think you need to be checked out before you go." Tsunade advised.
"When you passed out you where thrashing about like you were having a night mare." Sakura told me as I notice for the first time that all of the team is here.
"Um.. I'm fine now. Sorry about that but I'm really fine," I could see that I wasn't convincing anyone so I changed tactic, "What's the mission Tsunade-sama?" that worked and soon everyone ,including Kakashi, wanted to know. Tsunade explains that this was a mission to gather information about where Orochimaru and sasuke are hiding. We are to meet at the gates in 2 hours. I run home and packed my things, while the others go and get their's, I ran to the gate ad everyone is waiting.
"Let's go then!" Kakashi-sensei said and so we walk through the towering gates and into the forest, starting out mission.
