CHAPTER 4
"Just hang in there, Hinata-chan!" Ino panicked seeing the wavering body of the girl. "An earthquake?" Sakura did not know the answer to that.
The boy was afraid for his saviour's safety. After all, she did make the war-freak stop. But he was more afraid that they will know the cause of the earthquake.
He kneeled before the fox and instructed, "Aki, if things go bad you'll have to save her okay?" The vixen groaned in understanding. 'Damn Gamabunta!' He disappeared inside the forest.
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The ground was shaking so bad they could barely stand and to think Hinata has to grasp tight to a rock just to avoid herself from falling.
"H-Hinata, hold tight we'll find a way okay?" Ino was close to panic. Who wouldn't panic? She could see a very bare mountain from a long distance, moving, shaking like it's gonna cave in. For an instant she thought the mountain even shook upward. Ino shook her head 'No way, it's impossible for a mountain to jump.'
A few moments later the earthquake subsided. Hinata was able to land her feet to the ground safely. She gave out a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness you're alright." Sakura patted the raven hair's shoulder lightly.
Hinata nodded her unquestionable agreement to the statement. She immediately placed the bamboo grass inside her bag. She roamed her eyes around her and her eyes landed on the cute and cuddly fox.
"Kawaii! Ne, ne" She called for the attention of her two companions. "Was this the cute thing you were admiring Ino-chan?"
Ino smiled. "Yeh, ain't she a cutey?" Hinata nodded, beaming.
"Wait a minute." The pink hair darted her angry gaze from side to side and when her gaze never landed on its target, "The wiseass escaped! That bloody boy even left his fox just to save himself!"
Ino blew a mouthful of air."Just leave it Sakura." She turned gaze toward the little creature. "You poor thing, your master didn't even care about you. But don't worry we'll take care of you."
"No way are we gonna adopt a freeloader like that!" Sakura exploded.
"S-Sakura-chan, ano ne," The two turned their attention to the fidgeting Hinata.
"What is it Hinata? Don't tell me you're gonna let that little runt with us?"
"It's just that pets are supposed to be freeloaders. And it might be nice to have a pet with us."
"Argh! Fine, whatever! If you guys want to mollycoddle a runt like that, fine." She said through gritted teeth. Ino and Hinata exchanged triumphant smiles.
"Okay! Let's return to Konoha!" Ino announced with a wide smile.
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Jumping through branches the blonde boy ended in a clearing. He raised his head a settled his unwavering gaze at the gigantic brown toad. The toad even wore a vast blue shirt with some character written.
The blonde scratched his head in annoyance. The bright expression from minutes ago was replaced by a blank one.
"Why did you climb out from the crack?" The blonde's blank expression turned to annoyance again.
Gamabunta eyed the very large crack on the ground. "Hey kid, you can't expect me to stay there. "
"I told you to hide yourself, didn't I?"
"Alright already, my fault then. It's just that I can't hold on any longer so I had to jump up. I might get stuck down there."
"It's my fault too, sorry. If I didn't summon you this wouldn't have happened."
The toad gave the blonde a questioning glance, "Why did you summon me anyway?"
The blonde shrugged his shoulders. "Practice, that's all."
"Well if THAT's all then I just return to my place. I still have a bottle or two sake to swig." The toad laughed. "And kid, try to be cheerful from time to time. Every time I make a joke you don't even crack a smile."
"I try to be cheerful you know. A while ago I smiled at two girls and even had a conversation with them." 'Or argue' he thought to himself.
"Yeh right, more like you faked it. See ya." The toad gave out a laugh again and poof, vanished in thin air.
A/N: Chapter 4 finished! Tell me what you think about this chappy okay?