Naomi didn't respond or even dwell on the thought too long as she continued to play. Eventually, the sun was rising and she still hadn't turned off her game.
Katsu stirred as his eyes opened and instantly became aware of the extra weight on his body. "Wh-what? Wh-why is-Naomi? You're *still* playing your game? Did you even sleep?" He asked, shock temporaily ripping his thoughts from Daiki.
"No," she replied, shaking her head in response.
With that covered he moved on to the other matter - Daiki. "Why is she sleeping... there?" He asked Naomi; he figured since she hadn't slept she'd have an answer for him.
"She has a crush on you," Naomi responded.
His eyes widened as his mouth opened but no words escaped. His eyes fell back down onto Daiki, his face heated up as he realised how cute she looked.
Naomi continued to press buttons rapidly. "I don't see why you guys don't date- you both like each other, so you might as well get it over with."
Katsu couldn't help but to laugh. He carefully moved Daiki trying not to wake her and stood up stretching. "I don't date," He said simply.
"True," she responded, eyes watery from the endless hours of gaming.
He sighed as he eyes fell back down onto Daiki before up at the exhausted gamer. "Do you know if we get to go home today?"
"No clue; this mission wasn't what we were told it was, so I have no clue when we'll be returning," she explained.
He sighed. "Helpful," His eyes drifted around the room and to the balcony where he moved himself to. Once he leaned over the side, he gasped. Minako was running freely. "Ah... N-Naomi," He called nervously.
"Hm?" she wondered, raising her eyes from the screen for the first time in at least five hours.
"Th-that girl is free," He explained, his eyes fixed on the girl; she appeared to be completely different from the night before, currently she was helping an elderly woman with her groceries.
Naomi set down her video game and wandered over to the balcony. She leaned against it as she watched.
"Maybe she's bipolar," she stated, serious.
Katsu shrugged. "Sh-should we go down there and speak with her?"
"I don't care," Naomi responded.
Katsu sighed and hopped over the railing landing right in front of Minako. Her bright coloured eyes caught sight of Katsu and she bolted, dropping the ladies food in the process. Katsu growled as he ran after her - it was too early for this...
Naomi brought her hand to her forehead as she immediately caught up. Using her water clones, she surrounded Minako.
Minako pulled out a kunai and began slashing at the clones, each turning to puddles before she heard the exact words she *didn't* want to hear.
"Sealing Jutsu!"
Minako was trapped was again. She bit down on her bottom lip, instantly drawing blood; she struggled to hold back a moan as the red liquid tainted her tongue.
"Okay, that's creepy," Katsu stated, wide-eyed at the pink haired girl.
"Obviously she has some sort of psychological problem," Naomi said, her waterclones disappearing.
"Screw you," Minako hissed. "There is nothing wrong with me," she stated sounding sure of herself.
The orange-haired girl shook her head. "Obviously there is."
Minako laughed, it was almost errie. "So I like the taste of my blood," Her eyes drifted over at Katsu as she licked her lips. "and others, what's the big deal?" She asked casually as her eyes returned to Naomi's purple ones.
"I never said it was a big deal - you simply inferred that. I'm just stating that means you have psychological problems," she responded casually.
Minako's eyes flashed with pure anger. "I do not have problems of *any* sort! Now let me the hell go!"
Naomi shrugged. "See, that's an anger problem right there."
Minako began to struggle in the seal. The stitch marks holding her body shifting.
"Ah... Naomi... that shouldn't be happening," Katsu stated. He was caught between shock and curiousity. He had never met a person able to escape his families seal, so how she was even able to get this far was amazing to him.
"I'm not stupid," she retorted. "I'm aware of that."
Katsu sighed. "Course, how stupid of me, you know everything about my family!"
Suddenly the stitch marks that wrapped around Minako shattered and sent Katsu flying into a wall. Minako now glared at Naomi with her kunai raised. "Going to fight or let me go?"
"Obviously I can't let you hurt my teammate and get away with it," she replied calmly, pulling her own kunai out.
Minako smirked. "Aw, do you care for him?" She teased as she lifted her kunai closer to her face.
Naomi rasied her kunai as well; she didn't care for the taunts at all.
Minako didn't want to waist anymore time. She needed to do something and she needed to do it now! The older girls charged at Naomi, her speed greater than that of most shinobi.
Naomi knew that Minako lived with her father - she knew of the abuse he inflicted upon her. She was aware that her mother had passed away and she knew that she was a jounin who specialized in wind type jutsus. Naomi formed a hand seal and created an illusion - one of her stronger points. She knew neither of them could tell it was an illusion, because it appeared as though nothing had changed.
Minako screamed loudly as she sliced that kunai at what she believed was Naomi.
Naomi's figure seemed to phase into the ground. "Whoever said that I didn't have secret clan techniques, hm?" She lied, sounding as convincing as ever. She figured toying with someone unstable as Minako would be easier than ever, and so far, it was working.
Minako blinked and whirled around. "Wh-what is this?" She mumbled dazed. Her head darted around looking in all directions. "What is this!" She reapeated now screaming.
"This is one of my specialities," Naomie responded, coming up several feet behind her.
Minako continued to whirl around screaming in fear; she didn't like this feeling she was getting.
"Scared?" Naomi whispered into her ear.
Minako shuttered. "No!"
"Everything about you seems to be saying otherwise," Naomi responded, her voice sounding that of the wind.
Minako shuttered again - why couldn't she see that girl? ''Leave me alone!'' she shrieked now making a run for it.
Naomi reached up from in the ground and dragged Minako halfway down, making her stuck in the ground.
Minako screamed as she thrashed about under Naomi, her hand slipping and slicing open her hand. Her eyes widend as she dropped the kunai and began lapping up the flowling liquid.
Naomi phased out from the ground and stood there above her with a pale face. She turned to Katsu and tried not to breathe - she couldn't stand blood.
"Katsu, take care of this," She stated.
Katsu weakly stood as he tied Minako's hands together using his sititching. He sighed as he rubbed his head. "C-can you take her to the Kazekage? I need to lay down," He mumbled, swaying.
"Why?" Naomi questioned.
Katsu rubbed his head once again, wincing in pain. "I feel faint," He mumbled.
"If you're going to pass out you might not want to do it out here," she told him, releasing her illusion. Minako laid on the ground- not partway in as it had appeared before.
Katsu swayed slightly as his brows furrowed. "Th-that is why I asked if you could take her,"
She turned her head away from Minako. She didn't want to admit that blood made her sick, but she didn't want to have to deal with it right then and there.
Katsu suddenly leaned heavily against the wall he had flung against earlier and slowly slid down it.
Naomi stepped forward, before stopping herself. "Are you okay?" she asked, trying to seem nonchalant as her heart raced.
Katsu shook his head as his breathing grew shallow. He pulled his hand forward and saw blood staining it. "G-great," He mumbled weakly.
"W-What's wrong?" Naomi questioned, still resisting the urge to step forward.
He shook his head. "N-Nothing... I-I'm fine,"
"Clearly you need medical help!" she exclaimed, shaking her head at the blood.
Katsu breathed heavily as he pulled himself into a standing position, his body leaning heavility against the wall once again. "I-I just need to lay down," he mumbled.
Naomi stared with a pale face, giving a nod as she cleared her throat, trying to get her composure together. "Okay," she responded.
Minako suddenly laughed, it felt like ice against Katsu and Naomi's skin. "He's going to die. He cracked open his head," She stated, her eyes growing at the sight of blood.
Naomi turned to Minako before staring at Katsu. "No, no, no," she mumbled to herself shaking her head.
Katsu remained silent as he felt his eyes become heavy. His free hand reached for the wall and missed; his body collapssed to the gound.
"See?" Minako mumbled playfully.
She reached forward and caught Katsu before he completely hit the ground. Her heart raced as she stared at him - they'd never made contact until that moment. She didn't like touching people. Nonetheless, she didn't have much of a choice.
She breathed through her mouth; the smell of blood overwhelming. "I need to get help," she whispered, not wanting to leave him tehre by himself.
"I could get help," Minako hissed.
Naomi glanced between the two, feeling even sicker. There was blood everywhere, it seemed.
"Let me go and get help for your friend," Minako said, her eyes narrowing.
Naomi finally gave a shaky nod. She let Minako up, but bound her hands behind her back with her water jutsu that she had used before on her. "Now you have to come back, no matter what. I'm not stupid."
Minako nodded, a cold smirk on her lips as she took off. Katsu's weakening body shook as a cough escaped his lips.
Naomi stared at him with widened eyes and pale skin.
"I'm... Fine. You d-don't need to b-baby me," He mumbled almost sounding like his cocky self.
"Well, I don't need more people dying around me, so just shut up," Naomi demanded.
He laughed weakly. "I-I knew... You had emotions."
"I never said I didn't," She mumbled, staring at the wall. It would be impossible to ask any human to be completely emotionless.
His non-bloody hand rested against her cheek as his eyes fell shut. "T-Thank... you." Suddenly his hand fell at his side and his body became motionless.
Her purple eyes became watery as she shook him lightly. "Katsu?" She questioned, but there was no response. Tears cascaded down her cheeks, landing on his face. "Please don't die on me."
Minako suddenly returned with a grin, several sand jounin tagging along behind her. "I came back!" She announced.
Naomi quickly wiped away her tears and gave a nod.
The jounin pulled Katsu up and ran off.
"You may want to tell Daiki," Minako hissed.
Naomi realeased her bounding jutsu and got her composure together. She wiped the remaning tears from her emotionless face.
"I was planning on," she stated, heading back towards where they were staying.
Inside, Daiki was eating breakfast, she smiled when Naomi walked in, but it quickly disappeared at the sight of blood all over her team mate. "What happened? Y-You're bleeding!"
Naomi shook her head simply. "It's Katsu's, he was hurt," She told her, beginning towards the bathroom. She wanted to shower desperately and get the blood off.
"H-he what?" Daiki exclaimed, shocked.
"He was hurt badly," Naomi responded.
"B-by what?" Daiki asked as she sat back down. "And where is he now?"
By Minako and I would presume the infirmary," She answered.
Daiki was speechless as her eyes locked with the floor.
Naomi shrugged at the younger girl, unsure of what to say.
Hours passed before Katsu returned. He was slung over the shoulder of a sand jounin who laid him on the bed before walking out without a single word.
"Katsu!" Daiki exclaimed as she ran to his side.
"B-Be quiet, I have a headache...,"He mumbled.
Daiki wrapped a blanket around his body and sat at the edge of his bed.
"Naomie," Katsu whispered, his eyes watching her play her game.
"Hm?" She asked, not looking up.
"I-if you hadn't sent Minako to get help, I would have died. Thank you."
"Yup," She replied, her fingers moving rapidly against the buttons.
Daiki stood up and limped to the balcony. "You thought I was dead," Katsu said to Naomi.
"So?" Naomi asked. It was okay for her to think he was dying, seeing as he had been all dramatic about it in her opinion.
He sighed and closed his eyes - she didn't get it. He saw a side of Naomi he didn't even know exsisted. She kept her eyes trained on her game as she continued to play - it never got old for her.
Suddenly a knock came to the door. Daiki nor Katsu moved to answer it as more rapid knocks followed. Naomi answered it after a moment, still playing her video game as Temari walked in.
"Afternoon," Temari greeted. "How's Katsu?"
"Fine," He answered, his breathing still shallow.
"That's good then. I was coming to tell you that my brothers and I are going to lead you back home; none of you are really in fighting shape," Temari explained.
Daiki popped her head back into the room and snorted. "When we going then?"
"Tonight," Temari answered shortly.
Naomi shrugged at their conversation as she continued gaming. Daiki nodded and turned back out to the balcony. Temari bowed slightly before leaving; the room was silent.
Naomi began packing her things, collecting her video games from the other's beds.
Katsu grunted as he sat up, his eyes following Naomi with every moment she made - why couldn't he get her reactions out of his head?
"Staring's rude," Naomi stated, not having glanced over at him once.
Katsu ripped his eyes away without a word as he looked down at his hand that had a stitch on it. He resumed his activites like yesterday by using his chakra to move around his markings.
She finished packing and flopped onto her bed, playing her game more.
The final team member limped into the room and began throwing her stuff together; the silence in the room was beginning to become uncomfortable.
Naomi watched the younger before returning her attention to the game. "Well, this is sufficiently uncomfortable," She stated.
Daiki let out a soft, almost fake laugh. "Maybe if you stopped playing your game,"
She glanced up with dull eyes. "Funny," She stated, though she didn't sound at all amused.
Daiki laughed more real this time as she sat down on her bed. "Well, we have a few hours before we have to leave, what should we do?"
Naomi shrugged in response.
Katsu pulled himself into a sitting position and smirked. "Why don't we go sight seeing? It's not often we come to Sunakagure."
Another shrug from the gamer as she continued playing.
"I think it's a good idea, but we aren't going without you, Naomi," Daiki stated, smiling.
The older girl sighed and closed her game, sitting up.
Daiki brightened as she stood up heading toward the door. Katsu stood weakly; he swayed before catching himself on the wall. He didn't bother thowing on a shirt the whole time they had been in Sunakagure.
Naomi stood up and followed them out into the hot world; she'd rather play video games, but she wasn't in the mood to argue.
Daiki limped out and smiled. "It's so nice here!" She exclaimed, half running, half limping toward the flea market that was currently happening.
Katsu walked up beside Naomi and asked, "What happened to that girl?"
Naomi shrugged. "I let her go."
Katsu gaped. "A-are you serious?"
"There was nothing I could do," She responded.
Naomi fidgeted as they walked along, unsure of what to say or do... maybe she could just sneak away and play her game.
Katsu laughed and pointed to a stand. "Hey Naomi, there are video games for sale there."
She quickly looked up and dashed towards the stand. She began going through all the games until a gasp escaped her lips. "Nokemon!" She exclaimed, holding it in her hands. Almost as soon as she'd brightened up, the disappointment set in. She placed it back down with a sigh - she couldn't afford to waste money.
Katsu looked over her shoulder and saw she looked a bit more down then normal. "What's up?"
"Nothing," She replied, walking away from the stand where she left her favourite childhood game.
"That young lady had her eyes on this game," The seller told Katsu holding up a game.
Katsu's eyes drifted over it before he smiled handing the man money. Katsu spotted Naomi to the side watching Daiki look like a fool. Katsu smiled as he stood in front of her, no real emotion pastered upon it.
She blinked up at him. "Yes?"
Using his free hand he opened hers and placed the game in it before walking away to pull Daiki off of a stand.
Naomi opened her hand and felt her jaw drop. She quickly pocketed the game, her fidgetting becoming even worse- she couldn't wait to get a chance to play it. She walked over to where Daiki and Katsu stood.
"Thanks," She said, the word almost a stranger to her lips.
Katsu gave her a confused look and shrugged. "I don't get what you are thanking me for," He stated looking into her purple eyes.
"For the game," She responded.
He shrugged again. "What game?" This time he turned his back to her and watched Daiki carefully - sometimes that girl was just too much for even Katsu to handle...
"Nokemon...," Naomi trailed off, reaching into her pocket and pulling it out to show him.
His eyes glanced at her and laughed. "Never seen that before in my life," He said, his onyx eyes now locking with her's.
She pocketed it once again. "Okay..."
He smiled brightly before the two heard a smash. Katsu turned and sighed deeply before running over and apologising for Daiki's behavour.
Naomi stared blankly at them.
Suddenly Temari and her brothers were standing behind Naomi. "Hello," She greeted Naomi, the one closest to her.
"Hi," She responded.
"You guys enjoying the village before you leave?" She asked with a grin.
She nodded. "Those two really do seem to enjoy," She stated, dull.
Temari let out a small laughed as she watched the two other leaf shinobi. "Well I came to tell you we are leaving in an hour, be ready," With that she walked off.
She nodded and told the other two what Temari had said.
"Aw so soon?" Daiki whined.
"The sooner I get you away from here the sooner I can keep my walet from getting lighter!" Katsu complained.
"Oh big deal! Your family is rich anyway!" Daiki stated.
Katsu sighed. "We aren't rich... just have extra from a clan they killed off years ago."
Naomi nodded; she'd known about that, so it shouldn't have shocked her earlier that he'd been able to afford the game.
Katsu stretched as a yawn left his lips. "Let's go and get our stuff then," He said as he walked off ahead of the girls; he was glad he wasn't as whoozy as he had been when they first went outside.
Naomi walked along, wondering what she'd do once she got home.
"Um, N-Naomi?" Daiki mumbled from beside her.
"Hm?"
"Um, S-Sasuke's birthday is on the day we get home, a-are you coming to the party?" Daiki asked almost in a whisper.
Naomi actually let out a laugh, before responding, "Obviously not."
Daiki frowned. "Oh, I just thought maybe you would,:
"Never have been to one, and don't plan on."
Daiki for some reason brightened by this. "Come on!" She begged.
"No," Naomi replied, shaking her head.
Daiki smirked. "It'd be fun~"
"I have plenty of fun with my games."
Daiki smiled. "Just come with me this once! If you really don't like it, I'll never drag you to a party again, I promise,"
"No."
Katsu stopped and looked at the girls. "What's up?"
"Tell Naomi she has to come to Sauske's party! I told her if she doesn't like it, we will never drag her to one again!" Daiki exclaimed.
Katsu rubbed his neck before laughing. "I can't tell her what to do, but it would be fun, Naomi. Just think about it, it's a few days before we return home anyway," He said as he walked ran up the stairs ahead of the girls.
She shook her head once again- there was noway she was going.
Once the three grabbed their stuff, Gaara, Kankuro and Temari were already waiting for them at the gate. On the way home Naomi mostly ignorned everyone by playing her game, and Katsu was having to carry Daiki on and off of his back. When they returned to the leaf, the three partners split up in random directions.
AN: Yayyy! I dunno! XD