Thunder: Alrighty! I finally wrestled the laptop away from Jude! My turn to write!
Naruto: WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN!?
Nuriko: I've been waiting for the answer to that question.
Thunder: Well, here it goes.
The next day Ino left her apartment and began to walk towards Naruto's house.
She had to talk to him. She needed to know what had gone on between her parents and the boy.
Rain hit her bare shoulders and she sighed. Naruto's house was too close to go back.
Just as she stepped forward her foot slipped and she fell into the ditch. Now covered in mud and with a pain in her ankle, she sighed again. She wasn't getting home on this twisted ankle.
She took a breath to cry out as the wind and rain got heavier but cut off as a baby's small sob hit her ears.
She sat up. Not three foot from her was a basket with a baby inside.
"Ino? I was just coming to see you. Are you okay?"
She looked up and met his sapphire eyes. Her heart skipped a beat.
"I-I fell."
"Oh dang. Are you hurt?" Naruto hunched his body over hers to block the rain.
"I twisted my ankle but the baby—"
"Baby? What?" He turned and peered into the basket. "Who are you darlin'? What are doing in a ditch?"
He lifted the baby gently and it curled into his chest, content immediately. Ino stared at him. He unzipped his baggy jacket and laid the child in it, zipping it enough to keep her in but so she could breathe. The blonde reached back into the basket and pulled a scroll case with a forehead protector tied around it from the blankets.
"Uh-oh." Naruto showed her the symbol and they both stared.
The baby was from the village hidden in the Mist.
Thunder: Oh, the suspense!
Naruto: WHAT HAPPENS!?
Nuriko: Yeah! What, what?
Thunder: Well, if I get a few reviews you'll find out.
Naruto/Nuriko: Please review readers!!!!!
