Whoa! A chapter! Amazing! Rite? Rite?
My body ached. Horribly. Honestly- I didn't care. I had produced five clones, and they were all around me. I had kept them up for hours. I could make them sing, talk seperately and together or in units, run, jump, scream, hell, I could make them quack. That's when I noticed, though. Living hurt. Badly.
Whatever the reason, I had not left my high.
The clones followed my will, my concentration never broke.
After all, I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
When everyone else had arrived, I was sitting down, and making my clones do random tricks. One quacked continuously, two threw each other up in the air, one was reciting a poem, and the other was screaming loudly. Meanwhile, I looked completely bored.
"Whoa! Kimi! Did you do this?" Sakura asked excitedly.
"They are clones of me..." I said, smiling.
Damn mask.
"That's amazing!" Naruto and Sakura both said.
Sakura then bonked Naruto on the head, cue my giggling. The screaming one stopped, and then the two that were throwing eachother around stopped, too. the one reciting poems stopped with some apathetic look that probably went with the last poem. The quacking one then stopped last. They all lined up, bowed, and then poofed away.
I sighed lightly, letting out a breath as the concentration needed left me. My rush died, as did my pain. The numbing sense startled me for a moment, but then I regained my composure. This was my natural state.
I've gotta get used to this.
We had stopped for the night, and Kiba had sent Akamaru back to Kohona to tell them about me.
Kiba was a huge flirt, but it really wasn't all that bad. I responded a few times, ignoring a few others. I called animals to us constantly, making many friends. I went for a walk alone, and instead of running, the animals stayed where they are. They looked at me calmly, but cautiously. I reached and touched some of the animals, they did not back down.
The forest smiled down on me.
I was in Naruto.
Kiba liked me.
Kurenai didn't trust me. (Not that I mind)
Hinata was shy, as usual.
Shino just...looked at me.
Animals didn't flinch at me.
What more could I ask for?
I smiled, and twirled in the small clearing.
My new life was good.
That one little hole in it, Kimi, though, was missing.
I wanted to see her smile at me.
My expression dropped. I didn't know if she was really dead, but it seemed like it. She was not beside me. She would have stayed with me. My sister, Kimi.
I miss you.
The mirror cracked, and tears fell through. I shut my eyes. The ground came up to me, and I sobbed.
I sang it. Our song. It fell naturally through my lips, and fell out into the air. The new air, untainted air. The words never seemed so sad to us.
Our world never seemed so cold.
Two little girls took off in the night,
To get away from their own fright.
Nobody cares if they come or go
Won't even care if they stubbed a toe.
We had sung it as children, not really knowing the world around us. We knew they didn't care, it hadn't bothered us.
But why does it seem so dark now?
A child's rhyme.
Never was it so demented.
I danced around with Sakura, as usual. She gushed about Sasuke, and tried to touch my hair. I shook her off, shaking my head.
"I don't really like people touching my hair, sorry." I said.
Sakura just nodded. Sasuke watched us from afar. He knew. It sucked. There was personally nothing I could do. Naruto kept trying to flirt with Sakura, and he got chased off every time.
"Hey, hey! Sakura! Did you hear that Kiba's bringing back a girl in a few weeks? Says her name is Nina," Naruto said.
I froze completely.
They noticed.
I didn't care.
I couldn't.
My mental break-down process couldn't deal with more people.
I hardened my heart and eyes. I would have to run before she came. She could NOT know I was alive. I would have to train endlessly. Become something close to a ninja, but never official. Then, the day before she arrives, I will leave. Swiftly. Quietly. I'll run to another village. Yes, I'll find a map and plan out my escape. I'll leave without notice, in the middle of the night.
I smoothed over my expression.
"Hey, are you okay?" Sakura asked.
"Hahaha, yeah, I'm fine. My head just started hurting all of the sudden! Weird, huh?" I grinned.
"Haha, totally," she smiled back.
Naruto gave me a weird look real quick, and I knew Sasuke was filling up his brain with my reactions. Probably so he could beat me easy. Fun.
Death was suprisingly horrible.
In a week, I would be in Kohona! I could barely contain myself. I wanted to see Naruto and the gang! I wanted to see Kakashi, too! The hokage would be a fun visit, and I wanted to see the hokage faces on the mountain side, too! I wish Kimi was here. She would have liked this too. I had already convinced myself she was dead, because she would have found me by now. She would be with me. So I sang our song every two nights, making sure that I kept her spirit within me. She may have not noticed it, but she was fun. She knew how t o fend for herself just about anywhere, so she taught me so many things. How to be completely silent as you walk, how to built a makeshift home with branches. She taught me wonderful things, and I helped her wounds whenever I could. Our partnership became friendship, then sistership. She was family.
I miss her.
Horribly.
She would want me to continue living just like this, though. Happy- free, enjoying everything I can. So, that is what I will do. Continue moving forward, continue enjoying anything I can, and to learn everything I possibly can.
In her memory, I am strong.
I am absolute.
I am myself.
And I'm sure she's happy I'm like this.
Watching me from wherever she is, most likely heaven, or the midworld she talked so much about.
I trained with anyone I could get a hold of, I told them I wanted to get stronger so I could become a genin then chuunin in a fell swoop, apparently chuunin exams were seven or eight months from now. They all agreed to help me. I train all the time, taking breaks when living hurts too much. I eat- I drink. I do everything a living being should. Of course, these breaks took fairly short amounts of time. I trained most of my day, I had no intrest in anything to do with other people, but kept up my mask all the time. They all found me cheerful, and they all trained me regularly. I trained alone through the night hours. I got considerably stronger by the one week 'til mark. In seven days, I had become much stronger than I was before.
Intensive workouts.
Chakra balancing.
Ninjutsu.
Genjustsu.
A shitton of Taijutsu.
Sword training.
I was the best at everything but genjutsu. I suppose I'm not imaginative enough? I don't know, but I suck at it. Sword training was my best subject, followed by ninjutsu.
I sparred often with my other teammates. They noticed how strong I was becoming, and strived with me. Naruto revealed he was the nine-tails. I was not shocked. The others were. Sasuke actually widened his eyes.
"Hey, you finally told them! That's great," I said, patting him on the back.
"Y-You knew?" He asked.
"Yeah. I'm amazing like that," I smiled.
Everyone looked at me weird. I didn't stop smiling.
My training went smoothly. I got stronger. The day to move was almost upon me.
We were almost there! Just a few more days of traveling and we'd be there! It was amazing, finally getting to see the place of my dreams. I was anxious, and was just itching to meet everyone. I thought of all the people, and squirmed on Kiba's back.
"Haha, what's going on up there? Getting uncomfortable?" He asked
"No. I'm fine. Just excited!" I said.
"Okay then!" He yelled back up.
I had found a map of the nations. I would have to cross a gray area between sand and forest and then travel through the desert for a while. I got as many jugs as I could, and filled them to the brink with water. A few jugs held some meat I got. Overall, I had about ten jugs on me. Seven of water, and three of food. I made sure to remember to conserve the chakra I had. I left through the window silently, dropping onto the street below. I made my way slowly over to the gates, carful not to get noticed by anyone, and proceeded with my plan. The west gate wasn't too far away, but when I looked around the corner, there was Nina. Of fucking course. I'm sure she caught the slightest glimpse of me, as well as everyone else. Kiba, Kurenai, Hinata and Shino all saw me. Fuck.
I climbed the building rapidly, making sure not to waste any time. Kurenai's red eyes searched for me, and when she spotted me, she pointed. Everyone turned, and I ran along the rooftops until the gate was in view. I opened it and looked at the guards blankly.
"I've got an A-rank mission to the Villagee of the sand. You've got to let me through." I stated, making sure that my mask was not on.
They blinked rapidly, then nodded slowly.
"Of course." They said, stepping aside.
I followed the path directly southwest, because the Sand Village was not just to the west. You had to move down the map a bit and then go completely west.
I let out a sigh, and continued along my chakra-conserving path.
I certainly had none to waste.
It was a shadow of Kimi, I swore. The curly, long hair. The way she moved quickly and quietly.
Kimi was dead.
She. Was. Dead.
Everyone else saw her, too. I doubt it could have been her, though. Coincidences happend so often to me, it's crazy.
It could not have been her.
It just couldn't.
Uhh, I know. I suck for not updating. You can throw cows at me now.
