Hi there, just want to let you guys know that my style of writing tends to be a bit different. I like using a modified 3rd person approach where one can switch point of views, from narrator to character..etc.. throughout the story. Not in the same paragraph. Also Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto, Amaya's mine ^^
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CHAPTER 2
I tie my flimsy towel tighter to my form and slowly slip into the hot water, ahh..... now this is what I call a bath, in the open, under the red-washed sky. I relax a bit more, I feel so tired, I've worked hard for years, I've searched for a few more...I'm tired of this life, I don't care if I die, heck I'd probably welcome it with open arms, so long as I can leave a permanent mark on the one who killed my brother.
My mind begins to swim... "Amaya nee-chan! Don't go" Sad chocolate eyes beg me to stay, but I can't I know what I posses, it puts the family in danger. Blinking back tears I toss my little brother to the side, and run out the door, behind me I can hear him begging me to come back one day... another scene floats before my eyes I'm amazed by the grace of these performers, these circus folk, determined I sneak into a wagon, only to find it full of stolen goods, shocked I try to escape, I was too late, I was force to join this group of thieves, they saw my youth and flexibility as a bonus. I feel a warm liquid in my mouth and start to choke, grasping the side of the public bath I start to cough up the water, cursing myself at the same time, I can't die just yet.
I slowly get dressed, towel my now clean hair and look in a mirror. I haven't been this clean in a while. I had a roundish pale face, long eyelashes, almond-shaped eyes, smallish lips with a nice bow, my bangs parted down the middle framing my face and neck, they ended just below my shoulders, my hair fell to below my hip. The colour of my hair is an ebony, making my eyes stand out even more. I decide to leave my hair down for the evening and leave to find a place to sleep.
I walk once again along the somewhat crowded streets why is it that no matter what I do these people still gawk at me? Well may as well give them something to stare at, I rummage through my pack and remove a few things I 'borrowed' before I left my previous job. Blinking at the somewhat confused glances I got, I begin to juggle 3 balls, adding another every 20 seconds till I had 6 in all. People started to stop once they noticed me. Reminding myself it's a ninja village I put the balls away to the disappointment of the crowd, next I take out one of my most prized possessions a thick metal rod, with a flick of my wrist it extends to 4 feet, detaching it in half, I tie up my hair closely to my head with 2 chopsticks, tie each end of my rods with cloth and soak them in oil, with a breath I set the ends of my rods on fire. I twirl, toss and catch them, going faster and faster till my hands disappeared and all people could see were the hypnotic flames. I feel a few drops, then it hit me, a bucket full of water. My audience begins to laugh and disperse, my face is bright red partially due to embarrassment, I glare upwards, there above me is a handsome man with silver hair, all I could see of his face is his right eye, it didn't look too happy.
"Stupid jerk! What the hell is your problem."
"This" the man holds out a book, that's been singed pretty bad. All I could see was Icha in the title.
"For Creeps sake it's just a book!"
His eye visibly gives a twitch, and he replies in a low growl "This is the newest book in the icha icha paradise series and you burnt it." We just glare at each other, till I notice how handsome he must be.... I start blushing furiously as I turn to count the little bit of money I had made, not bad for a few minutes performance, but not enough for a place to spend the night. I do my best to ignore the man as he jumps out of the tree to land infront of me glaring, I untie my hair and place the 2 chopsticks in my pack,
"Listen, I'm sorry about your book, but any idiot should know to keep flammable objects well away from a fire. Besides how am I to know you were up there reading?"
"So this is why your late, Kakashi-sensei" a handsome young man a few years my junior walks up to us, why's this kid so tall? He's the same height as the sensei 4 inches taller than I. His black hair framed his face and his nice deep brown eyes, I wouldn't be surprised if he's one of the heartthrobs around here. The teen grabs my chin and looks into my eyes, I'm insulted, how dare he touch me, his senior. I smack his hand away hitting a pressure point by his wrist and go to roundhouse kick him, he blocks me gracefully and smirks,
"Listen Kid, I don't have time to waste with you so back off" I purposely bump into him as I march off.
"Sasuke, are you so desperate you'll start looking at suspects?"
"Hn" Sasuke sees a locket on the ground and goes to pick it up, wincing in pain he pulls back his hand to see a red dot on his wrist. The two furrow their brows, definitely suspicious. Sasuke grabs the locket with his other hand and open it to see the face of a girly looking young boy with long bangs in a style very similar to the young woman from earlier, he too had long lashes but his eyes were a chocolate, Sasuke and Kakashi glance at each other, then they too disappear into the night. Yes this woman could be trouble indeed.