I woke up when the ray of sunlight hit my window. I yawned and squinted through the light's glare and then put my hand over my eyes. The ring of my stupid alarm clock startled me. I groaned and covered my entire slim body with my blanket. I didn't want to turn off that annoying clock...wait but if I don't then the ring won't stop. I sighed. What kind of life am I in?
I got my languid self out of my comfortable bed. The ring of the alarm clock finally shut up the moment I hit the snooze button. Checking the time, I realized that I got up kind of early. The latest and usual time I ever woken up was at noon, so waking up at seven is too early for me. Dragging myself to the kitchen, I was half asleep. I took out my instant noodles out of the pantry and sunk the noodles with boiling water.
I never ate a normal breakfast. Sure, I can cook and get complimented and satisfy myself, but I never have the feeling to cook for myself. Back in the Hidden Sand, I only cooked for dinner. When I cook dinner, my family is happy.
I blew the noodles to get them to cool down and chewed them slowly. My eyes scanned the kitchen and the living room and realized that I've got to get some furniture to get my house...roomy.
When I finished, I threw the empty Styrofoam noodle cup away in the trash and headed to my bedroom. I took some of my everyday clothes out of my drawer and walked to the bathroom.
I took my sleeping clothes off and went in the shower. Putting the water temperature to warm, I closed my eyes and relaxed for a while. Well, I didn't really relax. My mind suddenly stopped on Kakashi. I frowned to myself. I couldn't get his face out of my mind. To shake the thoughts away, I splashed my face with the warm water.
I totally missed living here. The village hasn't changed a bit since the last time I was here. I left when I was only seventeen and I still look exactly the same. I couldn't change my weight for some reason. I took the towel and wrapped myself with it. Looking at the mirror by the sink, I wondered if there is a way to change my figure.
People say I'm scrawny...or slim. I've gotten used to be called that. Everything about me is skinny on the legs, the arms, and my upper body. Yes, I do eat a bunch of meat, and my figure still wouldn't change. I may be skinny and not proud of it, but perverts drool over me. I know, it's disgusting. That's one of the reasons I became anti-social.
Now that I mentioned the perverts, people can also tell that I'm the most popular female in the Hidden Sand. There is a chance that people in the Hidden Leaf can stalk me as well. I'm not very pleased with these humans, surely, there has to be another beautiful girl out there, right?
I should tell you the details on my appearance. I happen to be five feet six inches tall. The height made me look like a model, as most men say. Considering on how slim I am, my weight is only one hundred and two pounds. To me, that is dang skinny. I'm turning thirty for crying out loud. My dark red hair (a trait that I inherited from my father) reached up to knees. The shape of my eyes made me look like a teenager. My emerald iris came from my mother, the woman that my relatives said on who I resemble the most.
When I was in the Hidden Sand, I almost never left our manor. Therefore, my skin color is like a lighter kind of peach. I think it's unusual for a desert girl like me to have a skin that light.
I put on my clothes. When I do nothing, all I wore are skinny jeans and a yellow off-shoulder blouse followed by a yellow bead necklace. As for my shoes, I just have my black shinobi shoes. I have more clothes in my drawer but this pair of clothing seems to be my favorite. My mother offered to buy me some clothes. I was grateful but made it very clear that I'm the one who should pick on what I want.
My parents were well-known. My father was famous for being one of the most powerful geniuses among shinobi besides Sakumo Hatake. He was well feared by most of the ninja he encounters on a mission. I looked up to him ever since I entered the Academy here in the Hidden Leaf. I missed him very dearly, and I have no idea about his whereabouts. The citizens in the Hidden Sand believed that he had passed away. I don't believe in some of that. Yuuto Takahashi should still be alive somewhere in this world. He was born here in the Leaf. People recognized him with his red hair and hazel eyes.
Midori Takahashi, my mom, was famed because she came from a unbelievably wealthy family. Not only was she wealthy, but unsurprisingly attractive. She is known beautiful face, blonde hair that reached to the middle of that back, and dazzling green eyes. She is the twin of my cousins' mother, Karura. My mother was a great ninja, too. Her birthplace is in the desert village where I was born.
Now you may be wondering how a Leaf shinobi married a woman from the Sand. It's sort of a long story, but the basis was the arranged marriage. Actually my father met my mother when they cooperated on a mission together. I still don't understand how, but my dad secretly told me that he fell in love with her the moment they met each others' eyes. Wow... Just like in romantic books and movies. I guess Yuuto Takahashi was in rapture when he met my mom.
I took my last step to get out of my house and locked the door. I placed the key in my pocket and took out my favorite book. The plot of the story was getting a little exciting, so I tend to read it while I'm pacing around. Moving my eyes back and forth, I happened to bump into another person. The human was short, so I take it that it was a child.
"Hey, can't you at least say sorry for once, lady?" a boy's voice yelled behind me. I closed my book with my index finger bookmarking the page I was on. There were three children, about twelve I presume. Two boys and a girl accompanied by a man with round sunglasses covering his eyes.
"I'm sorry, I guess I got carried away with my book here," I chuckled nervously with my hand rubbing the back of my head.
"Well, you could've at least watched where you're going!" the boy with the black spiky hair in the middle yelled again. The man with the sunglasses flinched.
He said to the boy, "Konohamaru, please show some respect to Izumi-san," he turned to me and bowed chivalrously. "Forgive me, Izumi-san. My student will learn to respect his elders."
I didn't even try to give him a puzzled expression. Instead, I smiled and said in reply, "Don't worry about it. It's not the boy's fault. He was precise; I should've watched where I was going."
The boy Konohamaru giggled, "See? She even admitted that it's her fault!"
"Konohamaru, this woman isn't just an ordinary woman. She's the famous Izumi Takahashi," the sensei pushed back his glasses. "Izumi is known around the world. That's why I told you to show respect."
I blinked several times. Now that you mention it... "Say, aren't you Ebisu?"
"Yes, I am. I'm in charge of this squad. This boy here is Konohamaru, Udon, and the female is Moegi."
I grinned my usual grin. "I see. It's nice to meet you all."
Moegi, the girl, walked up to me, with sparkling eyes. "It's really you! I dreamed of meeting you in person, Izumi-san! You're my role model!"
"Is that right? I'm glad to meet such a cute girl such as yourself, Moegi."
Konohamaru huffed with annoyance. "Sensei, can we go now? We have to catch that stupid cat again!"
"He's right," Udon at last spoke up. "We should go since we're supposed to leave in a few minutes."
"Very well," Ebisu turned to me and bowed again. "We will be off now. We'll see you some other time."
"Alrighty, then. I'll see you later."
The squad headed to the opposite of where I was heading. It's kind of odd that I bump to some people I never met. I've been gone for such a long time, and remembering everyone I scarcely talk to can get me crazy.
My destination was to go to the library. Unfortunately my mother is still forcing me to read something educational. Hah, educational. I already know everything. I didn't mean to show off or anything. Well, I guess visiting the library isn't that bad, since I love reading books. I read the ones that have something to do with fictional, mathematics, and a little of science. I am a little tedious because I love to learn. The library is located far back in the village. It wasn't much of a problem, though.
The time took me about forty-five minutes to finally get there. I was greeted by a few women who watched over the building. I headed to the...educational stuff. "Mother, I'm turning thirty yet you still want me to read educational lessons that I already know," I muttered to myself so no one can hear.
Sitting down at the empty tables, I opened the first book I found when I came here. As usual, calculus is full of integral calculus whatsoever.
F'(x) = ƒ(x)
ƒ(x) dx = F(x) + C, where C is a constant.
That's the first thing I saw when I turned to a page. I groaned quietly and turned to another page. More formulas to add in my nightmares. I'm kind of pleased that I was able to remember all this when I was younger. Yes, in my youthful years as an Academy student, I was placed in a very advanced class filled with teenagers. Kakashi...I mean, the guy and I were the youngest in our class. Funny, because the both of us humiliated the older kids by outranking them as geniuses.
Now you can see how my life went so weird and smart. Normally I wouldn't care if I was bright or not. Although, something made me care that I liked being a smart kid.
I spent thirty minutes on reading calculus. After that, I moved on to the science subject. I read biology, physics, and chemistry. At one part, I admiringly stared at the periodic table of elements. That part usually gets my full attention even though I didn't want to. The elements such as gold, titanium, antimony...well all of the elements to be specific. They had me scanning the entire periodic table.
Putting back the books in their shelves, one book that was in the wrong section caught my eye. I had my hand to reach it, and gaped at the label. Who in the world would put the Icha Icha Series in the library shelf? I apprehensively eyed the orange book with the bizarre front cover. I just shrugged and decided to give it a try.
Sitting down, I slowly opened the book to the very first page of the story. Okay, so it starts out with a main male character searching for... a place to drink? I'll have to guess that he's searching for a bar, the place with beer and wine and stuff. So, the male finally finds that place and turned out to be a... My eyes widened in astonishment. Did Jiraiya put...I squinted at the word to make sure I'm seeing it right. Oh my... yes he did. He put... strip club.
The male finds all of these beautiful women dancing on stage...his eyes zeroed on the most gorgeous female onstage. It is described that she has a long brunette hair with brown eyes... After the show was over, the woman meets with the man after leaving the bar. They bump into each other and met like love at first sight. They introduced themselves and walked together.
I read further...chapter after chapter... Then finally got to the most disturbing scene. I closed the book with a vein popping out of my head in irritation. These men, referring to Kakashi and Jiraiya, are the most perverted men in history I have ever met. Of course the Toad Sage is one since he peeps in the women's bath at the hot springs. That's why I refuse to go there because of that old Sannin.
I shoved the book back to where I found it and left the building. I glanced around at the surroundings as I got outside. Where should I go next? I sighed and decided to just walk around the village. The village is pretty big, and has a lot of tourist attractions. Then, one specific place appeared in my mind and smiled. It's located far away from where I'm standing right now.
I paced through the village to get to the place. I wouldn't run, maybe because I don't want people to think that I'm some peculiar woman. I got lost on the way, but I manage to get back on track again.
I'm finally there. The Memorial Stone...where my best friend's name is carved there. I checked to see if anyone I knew passed away and their names are written on this stone. There's the Third Hokage. Hayate's name is here, too? I wonder what happened. Wow... So many people in the village were killed in action to help save this village. I continued to search for the name of my friend.
Oh, here it is. Obito Uchiha...the friend whom I opened up to...my first "crush". Honestly, he was like a brother to me, but I like him more than just a friend. That is, until that event happened during the Third Great Shinobi World War. After his death, I learned that Obito liked Rin, my other best friend. I felt pretty bad for Obito because Rin showed an interest in Kakashi. And...later on as we grew up after the death of my friends, Kakashi said that he likes me. Now that I think about it, our group's relationship is like a love square...wow. I thought there were only love triangles.
I stayed by the stone for hours. Evening came, and I finally decided to head back home. I predict that tomorrow isn't going to be great. Oh well, I'll just sleep for the night to get some rest. Hopefully my mother won't preoccupy me in my dreams because I read some books. Total pain, I tell you... I chuckled at the thought. I yawned as I closed my eyes and slept on my bed.
