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Chapter 2: A Place like This
Disclaimer: Nope, no ownage of this amazing thing at all. Naruto not mine as I said no ownage.
I just walked, and walked, and walked, and even took a boat to the mainland. By seven in the morning, I was guessing, I saw this city, so I decided to go in. I just walked right in and noted that it was the Village Hidden in the leaves, Konoha. I looked up to see the watchman was asleep.
"Pathetic," I said aloud. I walked through the town to see what it was like and hoping that I could find someplace for food. Just then I saw the ramen stand and went to get some ramen. I got in and sat down ready to order my food.
The guy cooking the ramen looked up to get my order and then his face went blank. He looked over at the girl behind the counter with him, must have been his daughter, and whispered something to her. The then looked at me and said, "So what kind would you like?"
"I would like beef ramen."
"Ok, it will be just a little bit," with that said he turned around to make me my ramen.
I was waiting patiently when all of a sudden a guy in a green jump suit with a head band wrapped around his waist, jumped into the stand right behind me. I turned to look at him, "Great, a ninja, that's all I need right now," I thought to myself. Then I see another male wearing the same green jacket that the guy in the jumpsuit did, smoking, and he had his headband on his forehead. "Shit."
"You! There! You need to come with us!" the guy in the jumpsuit said.
I leaned onto the bar and looked at him, "And why is that?" I asked.
The guy smoking put his cigarette out and walked up to me, "Look you are covered in blood and not from here, just come with us."
"Can't I at least eat something first?" I asked looking at the ramen guy.
"No, you cannot," he grabbed me by the arm and walked me out of the stand and we started to walk to the middle of the town.
"You don't have to treat me like a criminal, I can walk fine. I won't try to run away, I have to reason to." The man with another cigarette in his mouth just looked at me, "So where are you two taking me anyways?" I asked.
"We are taking you to the Hokage," he looked me up and down, "for obvious reasons."
I looked down at what I was wearing, my red shirt with yellow and silver flames cut and covered in blood, my black shorts cut and covered in blood too, my shoes ripped, and cuts and bruises up and down my arms. I looked up at him, "Yeah, I bet this does look kinda bad, doesn't it?"
"Just a little," we kept walking for a little bit until we got to a tall building, "we're here."
The man in the jumpsuit knocked on the door and cracked it, "Lord Hokage, we had the foreign ninja here."
"Send her in." I walked in and the man let my arm go. I looked around and saw an old man sitting at the desk in front of me. "What is your business here? We had no forewarning that a ninja from the Mist would be here. Also, what is your name?"
"My name is Leah Omoiyari, and actually, I am here with unofficial business. Well, I guess you could say I ran away," I said with no expression on my face.
"Ahh" the old man Hokage said. "Well then, tell me why you ran away then," and he gestured toward a chair for me to sit in. 'He must be pretty trustworthy,' I thought to myself and took the seat. "I see no need for you two to be here. Asuma," he nodded at the guy smoking, "and Gui," and nodded to the one in the jump suit, "you may leave now." With that Asuma and Gui left. "Now that they are gone, tell me."
"My parents were killed by one of the Seven Swordsmen, who is also in the Akatuski. By seeing this, I killed him and left the Mist village and I never plan on going back," I looked away out the window. "And the next morning, I ended up here looking for food. I am sorry with the burden," I bowed, "I will leave if you would like."
The old man just laughed, "No, no, that will not be necessary. In fact the Leaf could use someone like you, since you don't know where you are going, or where to be, why not stay here? You can be a Leaf Shinobi. You won't have to go back; this could be your home." I just looked at him with still no expression, "You could start out as the rank you are, which is?"
"I am a Mist Village Chunin…I mean, I was," I looked away again. "From what I saw, they place was pretty calm and it is pretty here," I said aloud.
"The people are nice, well most of the people are nice," he said, trying to convince me to stay.
"You know what? I might just take you up on that offer," I said to him. "Well then, Lord Hokage, please excuse me while I do something." I sat down onto the ground and took out a kunai knife, then unwrapped my headband from my right leg and stabbed it right in the middle of the headband. It got a huge gash right down the middle of it, and then I put the kunai knife back. I bowed again, "Thank you, Hokage, sir."
"I will have someone waiting for you downstairs to take you to your new house."
I said, "Thank you," and I left.
I make my way down the stairs to see a guy with grey spiky hair, wearing the Leaf's ninja jacket, a dark blue long sleeved shirt, dark blue pants, both rolled up, with a dark blue mask that covers up to his nose, and his ninja headband going across his face to cover his left eye, leaning against the wall reading a book. He looked up at me calmly and then a look of surprise came across his face, "Oh, you must be the one I am taking to her new house." He looked me up and down, "Do you mind me asking what happened to you?"
I keep forgetting what I looked like, "Oh, this," I put my hand on the back of my head and tried to smile at him, "I just got into a little fight, that's all. So can you take me to my house now?" I asked trying to avoid the question as much as possible.
"Sure." He put his book into, I am assuming a pocket inside of the jacket, and showed me the way through the town. I was astonished at this village, I had heard that it is a great place, but I never knew how much it really was. The man must have noticed the look on my face, "First time here, huh?" I just nodded at him, "Well, I am happy to know that I was the first one to show you around." We got to a two story building just outside of the town, "Well, this is your new place. You're a lucky one too, most of us live in apartments, there must not have been any open," he trailed off. "Anyways! My name is Kakashi Hatake, if there is anything you need, I am supposed to be the one to help you out. When I'm not on missions, that is," he waved and left.
"Oh, I'm Leah Omoiyari" I called to him as he left. "So, I live here now," I thought to myself. "This is all mine, I wonder if I should…" I had forgotten about my parents by how amazing things were here, and all I wanted to do was tell them how much I am going to love living here. I sighed and said aloud, "Well, I better wash up, make this place more me, and go get new clothes. Hopefully, someone in town will know how to make this shirt."
That is just what I did. This place is my home and I have now lived here for two long and short years, and now, I'm twenty four years old. I have made some friends, Kakashi, the guy that had showed me to my house, Asuma, the pushy, smoker guy, Kurenai, an amazing ninja at genjutsu, and a kind of love hate relationship with Gui.
Since I came here I have become a Jonin, Leaf Shinodi. Like most Jonin I had the option to take in Genin and train them to be ready to become a real ninja. I did not take that job; because I, how would you put it? I do not get along with children, nor do they get along with me. However, Gui, Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi have decided to do their help in teaching them. Gui has the older group of them all, Lee, Neji, and Tenten, Asuma's team consists of, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino, Kurenai's team is, Shino, Kiba, and Hinata, and Kakashi has, Naruto, Sauske, Sakura, and for some unknown reason to me has a fourth one, named Heather. I have not seen Heather, but that name is very familiar to me, I do not know why.
I sit down at the ramen shop and look at Teuchi, "Hey, Teuchi, the usual."
"Right up," he said right back.
I was just patiently waiting and then I heard Naruto yelling at someone. I lifted the flap to see a girl around his age with long brown hair, wearing pretty much all black accept for the white bandages around her waist. "Do I know her?" I asked to myself in my head. She walked away and then Naruto yelled some useless thing back and she turned to yell at him. At this point I am leaning back on the stool, holding a flap up so I could see, and with my hand hold the bar so I don't fall.
"Naruto, shut up!" she yelled at him. She must have noticed me staring at her and turned and looked at me with just as much confusion as I did. We sat there and stood and looked at each other trying to figure out how we knew each other. Her face lit up, "Leah?"
I fell back out of my stool and looked up at her, "Heather?" She shook her head yes. I ran up to her and hugged her, "I haven't seen you in years! How are you? How have you been? I miss you so much!
"Leah I missed you too! I've been…okay. But yeah, this is the last place on the list, and I can stay here now," she said looking happily at me.
"Well, this is my home how too, I am just glad I have my little sister back." I hugged her again, "Well I better let you go your little ninja thing while I go and eat my ramen, and no Naruto you cannot have some too." I turned back at her, "Bye I love you, be safe."
She laughed for a little bit at Naruto's face when I denied him ramen, "haha, okay, will do. Bye love you too sis," with that, she walked away.
I walk back in to the ramen shop just in time to see Teuchi put my bowl right in front of me. "So how do you know Heather? You know she has been here awhile. I would have thought that you would have met her by now, since she is on Kakashi's team," He asked me and winked when he said Kakashi's name.
"She used to live with me when I lived in the Mist Village, for about a year when she was five." I look up at him with a nostalgic look in my eyes, "She's like my little sister, and she's grown up so much." Then an irritated look spread across my face, "And how many times do I have to tell you, NOTHING is going on between me and Kakashi. We are just friends. Jesus, now can I please eat my ramen?"
He turned to go do dishes then turned his head to face me, "haha, Ok but I still do think you two should date," the he turned around.
"Yeah well," and I threw a pair of unused chopstick at him and hit is back, "Since when did a ramen cook ever have any input in my life?"
He turned back and laughing, "Since you moved here."
I just stuck out my tongue at him and finished my supper. "Thanks for the food, and the useless input that will NEVER happen. Money's on the bar," and I left.
