Okay, so this is chapter two of the king of crappy stories! I hope you like it!
DISCLAMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!
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On Thursday I went to meet Naruto kun with Sakura chan at the main gate. The moment he saw us his face lit up with the kind of delight a child gets when entering a sweet shop. I smiled to myself, I had always like Naruto... The way he always (tried to, he never managed to bring Sasuke Uchiha back) kept his promises, and the way he never gave up, he always seemed happy and funny... I never found him annoying (the way Sakura did).
'Hey guys!'
'Naruto kun! I said his name with relish, it felt great to talk to him again...
' Hey you little idiot, you haven't changed a bit'
'That's great to hear Sakura chan, nice to see you too' Sakura looked like she wanted to hug him and I had to say I wanted to as well, but I held back...
'I'm starved, can we go get ramen?'
'Yeah sure!' I was really hungry too and this just seemed perfect, apart from the fact Sakura chan is with you, said an annoying voice in the back of my mind... F**k off! I thought...
Naruto ordered the same as usual; ramen with all the toppings (and extra)...
'Itadakimasu!' We all said at the same time and laughed.
'So Naruto kun, what did you do on your "journey"' I said, making little quotation marks at the word journey...
'Um... Not much, I mostly just traveled from village to village helping people...'
I nodded, Naruto was almost seventeen now and an amazing ninja, the Hokage Hatake Kakashi was saying he should step down and let Naruto take over but most people thought Naruto was to young.., I didn't agree, I mean the kazekage of the Sand Village, Gaara of the Sand waterfall is seventeen and he was elected when he was only fifteen... Another good prospect for hokage was Hyuga Neji (though I doubt the main branch of the Hyuga clan would be too happy).
Just as we were finishing Sarutobi Konohamaru walked up and tapped Naruto on the shoulder;
'The hokage wants to see you... Now' He added as an after thought.
'Oh okay, hey Konohamaru kun, nice to see you again'
' He wants to see you two as well', me and Sakura looked at each other but followed Naruto to the hokage's office...
I knocked on door and we were told to enter, Naruto and Sakura followed me in, and we stood in the formal line before the hokage of Konohagakure, Hatake Kakashi!
' Kakashi Sensai' Naruto practically shouted before beaming at him... ' Hokage sama' I replied to his polite nod and Sakura just smiled, obviously pleased for her Sensai (did I mention her and Naruto were now Jonin?). He stood behind the age old desk, that so many other hokage's had used... Now as familiar as me bed... I smiled inside at the thought that one day Naruto may sit behind it.
'I have to talk to you all' Kakashi stated simply without any pretenses and continued; 'due to recent events I have decided to continue the state of protection around Konoha, because of that, the chunin exams will be put on hold for a while. Now Sakura chan I know you where organizing them this year with the help of Konohamaru kun but I really do think that it's in the best interests of Konoha to stop them... For a while' I looked up at Sakura and she seemed put out... Though looking back I think that was an understatement... She looked completely and utterly pissed. Kakashi almost seemed scared Sakura was so much like her tutor Tsunade... I thought it was quite reasonable Pein had been launching attacks at the village for weeks and it just didn't seem safe to let in shinobi from outside the fire country... Or Konoha for that matter.
'As you know Pein and the Akatski have been attacking the village lately and it's taking all that we've got to hold him off'
'I Understand Sensai' Sakura looked ashamed at her earlier anger and upset by her chance to organize a very important event being taken away. Naruto was upset to he, was going to be one of the proctors this year and didn't like seeing Sakura angry (probably scared that he would be hurt in the proses of her beating someone else up). I must admit I was looking forward to watching this year, now that I had been through it.
'I do have something else for you to do in the mean time though...' We all looked up 'I want you to go to the Land of Lightning and see if you can dig up anything on Pein... He's been rumored to be in hiding there'... We stood there bemused, the Land of Lightning was HUGE and there were only three of us, plus we weren't on great terms with the Village Hidden in the Clouds and it didn't seem sensible strutting into the country that that village inhabited...
'I know what you're all thinking "it's HUGE how are we supposed to cover all that land on our own? And is it safe to waltz right into the Land of Lightning when we are practically at war with the Kumogakure?' I raised my eyebrows 'yes it is big, but you will have help in the form of Hyuga Neji, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Sai,Yamanaka Ino, Nara Skikamaru, Akamichi Chouji, Rock Lee, Tenten and Hyuga Hinata' wow every one huh... I felt a small pang as I realized every one was there apart from Isayama Hina, Hanari Tatsuharu and Uchiha Sasuke... I had graduated at the same time as Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke and I new them all well... When Sasuke left Naruto and Sakura had given everything to finding him again, as had everyone Kakashi had just mentioned and others. I now hated him for making everyone go through this!
'You will meet them at the main gate tomorrow morning and be ready to leave immediately... 'YES SIR!' We chorused.
'Oh and Kameko chan' I looked up 'don't use this as a means for revenge' I was startled, he'd read my thoughts so easily, I believed I was keeping them of my face but obviously not.
When we were out of ear shot Sakura swore (badly I might add) and walked off quickly down the corridor.
'What's with her?' Naruto asked, I raised one eyebrow and smirked
'You really don't get it do you!'
'No, why don't you enlighten me?'
She's upset because she misses Sasuke kun terribly, she was looking forward to organizing the exams and now she has to leave all that, to go behind to enemy lines. Although Kakashi Sensai didn't say it Kumogakura has probably joined forces with the Akatsuki already' Naruto looked completely baffled by this and walked away as well, with a thoughtful look showing on his features.
I walked back to my house alone and afraid of what the next few days (maybe even weeks) would bring... I was also upset that I had snapped at Naruto, I never did that.
The next morning I met Hinata as I walked to the main gate, she looked tired and nervous as though she hadn't slept well the night before and had been awake worrying about the same things I had.
'Morning Hinata chan' I called, crossing the street to walk next to her, she looked up, surprised as if she hadn't noticed me calling to her...
'Oh Kameko chan, I didn't see you' I resisted laughing, that was very funny coming from a Hyuga...
'That's okay you look distracted, I should leave you alone...' I turned to go back over to the other side of the street, but she caught my arm,
'Sorry, I didn't mean to grab you like that but I have been wanting to ask you something... Um... Huh... What do you... Ugh... Think of Kiba kun?' I was shocked, but everyone knew she was as shy as a mouse and that she didn't like people worrying about her. But this wow! I thought; 'He seems very thoughtful of other people and he's a great ninja, I think he is probably very kind and caring under that confident... Um... Brash-ish surface...' I waited wondering if I had hurt her feelings, she obviously cared for him... Funny I thought she had like Naruto... Hinata nodded and then said;
' I think so too' she looked strange when she said this as though she were agreeing to something more than just my opinion. 'ugh... Hinata chan I think...Um... I think he likes you ya-know...', had I said the wrong thing... Just as I was about to ask if she was okay Kiba (speak of the devil) came running up behind us Akamaru in wake and stopped our conversation short... He put his hand on Hinata's shoulder (as only someone who had know her for years would do) and she went bright red, now I know Kiba wasn't blind, and he definitely wasn't stupid so I know he must have worked out by now that Hinata liked him... But it didn't seem that way, was he really that stupid! Anyone could see it!
When we arrived at the gate everyone else was there and raring to go...
'Sorry we're late everyone, Hinata chan couldn't move any faster' Kiba teased, Hinata smiled but didn't say anything in reply, I defended her instead;
'Only because she didn't need to, if we had you and Akamaru would have been left behind...' I giggled at the end, happy at my own clever retort.
'HEY! Thats SOOO not fair, Eko chan how could you?' I snickered and Shikamaru gave a small smirk at our argument
'Break it up guys, you are SOOO troublesome' Shikamaru's "Catch phrases" of; "you are sooo troublesome" or "this is such a drag" came to my memory from the chunin exams...
' Are we gonna leave or what?' Naruto asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice, he was obviously ready to go.
'Shut it little dick! We're ready just waiting on you' Sai's jibe hit Naruto's weak spot and he looked like he was gonna hit him with Rasengan or something, but he got him self under control just before Neji, Lee and Sakura stepped in. I remembered Naruto complaining about Sai AGES ago but I hadn't taken him seriously, now I did...
'We should go' I said 'We're already running behind...'
As we ran off into the dawn light, I couldn't help feeling happy and exited for what was to come.
End of chapter 2
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