Little Darling
Chapter 5
~Tame the Blazing Fire! Hot as Lava, soft as cotton!~
Sakura-Chan stood there, looking at me wearily. "Are you sure about this, Haruko?" I nodded excitedly. After some discussion, I had begged her to train with me- something I have never done before, because of my slim skills, in the ninja arts, and my little confidence in winning. Even though, I didn't know what was going on with my body- Father said that understanding is best done with hands on experimentation. He was probably referring to his experiments though…
Haruko is fighting? WE will also fight! Summon US at your whim.
I, will give it a shot! I wondered if I needed some type of symbol or something-
Cross your arms over your chest, and say what you desire US to do. We leave OUR strings, in Haruko's hands.
I crossed my hands over my chest, "Come on, Sakura-Chan, and don't hold back, ok?" I smiled, and she nodded, rushing at me. "Vanish." My body swayed, and I appeared behind Sakura. She stopped, and whipped around. "Um-" My mind went black, as she attempted to punch me, but a hand appeared, and grabbed her fists, holding them, the black arms struggling against Sakura's hands, before tossing her into the air, and vanishing. Sakura-Chan landed on her feet, and looked at me.
"What was that- thing?!" Sakura asked, and I blinked. I- didn't know myself, but then, I remembered Butania- How she offered me that thread of hers.
"Um- It's- a gift I got some someone." I answered, unsure. "I'm testing it out-" Sakura gave me an odd look. "You don't want to train anymore, huh? Ok-" Suddenly, blades appeared, and swiped at a red blur, before it bounced back. Sakura stood there, two rips in her clothes.
"It's an amazing gift- I'm going to try and hit you, ok?" I nodded, and she vanished, and suddenly, the ground shook, and a large black flower, shot up from the ground, and closed around me. I heard the sound of kunai attacks, on the outside of the closed bud, but nothing got through, aside from a sliver of light here and there. She tried to pry it apart, before there was silence, and the bud retreated back into the ground. I sat there, the ground sealing back up, and Sakura there, panting, her clothes in tatters. "That was one of the best work outs I've ever had. Haruko, where did you get that gift?"
"Um- It was an artifact…" I lied, and she looked disappointed. "I'm sorry, I can't really say." Sakura nodded, as I stand up.
WE won, but Haruko is not happy? Did WE also fail?
I didn't want to not be friends with Sakura anymore- I liked our friendship, and I didn't have any intention of continuing to fight her either. "Sorry, Sakura-Chan. I- Haven't been feeling so when since I got this present." I said, running my hand through my bangs.
"Hm…I'll forgive you- If you take off your mask." Sakura smiled, and I blinked. I hesitantly reached up- I wanted the mask to come off, but, I don't think I could do it- the voice offered help, but when a hand appeared, I slapped it lightly. I could do this- I was just Sakura-Chan- I took off my mask, my eyes closed, but I slowly opened them, and gave her a bashful smile. "Wow! You're really pretty under your mask! Why do you even where one?"
Mistress doesn't like Haruko's mask, and thinks it's better if she never had it. WE don't mind, because WE always wear a mask.
"Um- I've- wore it long before I can even remember." I admitted, putting it back on. "I- um- have the confidence to take if off now…" Thanks to Mada-Kun taking off his mask first. No one wears a mask at home- so- if it wasn't for me getting sick, then, I wouldn't have ever met him, or taken off my mask. I trusted Sakura-Chan with everything- but for some reason, a part of me, didn't want to tell her.
"Oh! Is it because you have a crush on someone?" I flinched, looking at her. "They say when you like someone, you slowly start to change to be recognized by them! So, do you like someone, Haru-Chan?" My face felt hot. "Oh! you're blushing! What's his name?" His...name? Well- Madara Uchiha. Should I really say that? Could she not yell? Father probably would- 'What?! You're going to start dating a dead guy? What's wrong with kids these days!?'
"H-His name?" I stammered, Sakura nodded, and I fidgited with my fingers. "Tobi." Sakura grabbed my hands, smiling.
"Come on! Let's go get our nails done, and go shopping! Tell me all about him, ok?" Sakura exclaimed. W-Where to start?! I panicked slightly, but, she smiled happily, calming my nerves, i didn't mind holding hands with her. "Start off from how you two met, ok? Then let it all out!" I smiled.
"Alright, Sakura-Chan." I said, telling her almost everything. I didn't mention that Sasuke pissed me off- I mentioned that Father did (sorry Father), and that I ran away. In my story, I made Kabuto come looking for me at the festival, how I collapsed and wound up somewhere, I don't know. I didn't mention every detail. Not how kind Mada-Kun was. Not how warm he was the night we shared his bed. Not how he took care of me when I couldn't take care of myself. I suddenly remembered when he helped me shower, and my entire body felt hot.
"Haruko?" Sakura called, and she seemed so distant. She held my face in her hands, looking at me. "WOW, your entire face is red! He must've really done a number on you, Haruko!" she observed. "I'm so jealous of you. It seems he returns your affections, but the guy I like doesn't really do anything at all. He's so plain." Sakura sighed. "Have you told your Dad? Oh, he still has you pinned on hitting it off with that one guy, huh?What was his name again?" I groaned, think of Sasuke, but in the stories I told Sakura, his name was:
"急な動き" I grumbled, and she laughed. (A/N: I used a translater to get the symbols, and its translated to 'jerk off'. I don't know the word translation, but, the generator was shit and gave me symbols. so, whatever.)
"Oh yeah, uh? I know your dad is really insane, but its a little over the top, suggesting you marry a guy who's name translates to 'jerk off', when you live with him and don't have any interest in him." I looked at Sakura-chan in awe. She- understood everything. "Hey, Haruko-chan." I nodded. "If I was a lesbian, and you were too- would there ever be the chance that I could, maybe, ask you out? Hypothetically, of course. We'd take your dad by storm!" I laughed.
"It would be an honor to date Sakura-Chan if we were both lesbians." I laughed. "Yes, Father would be surprised and angered as well, I believe."
"Hey, remember when we first started hanging out?" I looked at her.
~Flash Back, 4 years ago~
"Saku-chan, Saku-Chan!" The little girl stood on the other side of the house's small gate, wearing a kimono-like shirt, ten sizes too big for her, that the sleeves almost dragged on the ground. She had her hands on the top of the gate, and was smiling happily, as Sakura went over to her. "Saku-Chan, look, look, my Dad let me borrow his shirt!" The girl chirped.
"GO AWAY!" Sakura yelled, making the girl jolt, and look at her. Sakura put her hands on her hips. "You were in the Sound Village, that means that you're one of Orochimaru's experiments! If you keep coming here, he's going to come her and start trouble for everyone in the Village! Go back!" Sakura explained, turning, and going back into her house, her mother's scolding on how she could be so cruel to such a small child, unforgivable and unwelcoming. Sakura looked out of the window, and the little girl was sitting on the ground. The girl was still sitting on the ground, when the street lights came on.
"Poor thing. Sakura, you're going to go take her some dinner, and apologize!" Her mother snarled, and Sakura did so, opening the front door, and going to the gate. The girl looked up, a mask, covering her features. It was somewhat- attractive. How Sakura couldn't see anything under the mask.
"I'm sorry." Sakura said, and the girl didn't respond for a while. "My mom made dinner, and he had extra, so, come in and eat, ok?"
"I'm sorry for making you anger." The girl responded, getting to her feet. "It's just- I don't have any friends who are girls...so, I thought, since a girl came, that she wanted to be my friend..." The girl said, putting her hands towards her chest. "Daddy doesn't have time for me, he's busy. So is everyone else. They're all busy." Sakura sighed, opening the gate, and grabbing the girls hand.
"Well then, I'll be your friend, just come in and eat, ok?" Sakura said, draggign the girl into her home, and sittign her in a seat. "You have to take your mask off to eat, right? What's your name anyways?" The girl nodded, and reached up, pushign her mask up, reavealing her face. Lips of light pink- creme colored skin. Long hair to her waist and-
eyes that were purple, rimmed with silver and gold.
"My name is Haruko." She smiled, looking at Sakura's mom in awe. "Kyah! you have a mommy! That's so great!" Sakura and her family looked at her oddly.
"Every person has a mom- don't you?" Hauko shook her head, tossing her long hair from side to side.
"No, no, Haruko doesn't have a mommy. Only a Daddy." She said, and they looked at her with wide-eyes. "Thank you for letting me into your home." The girl smiled. "Someday soon, please, let me repay you." Sakura smiled uneasily, offering the extra plate of dinner her mother had told her to give to the child, to the girl. The girl blinked, "Thank you for the food. Itadakimasu!" she said, clasping her hands, before she began eating.
~End of Flashback~
I blushed, scratching the back of my head, remembering that time. "Sorry for thinking something so selfish, Sakura-Chan." I really said that? How rude of me! I can't believe it. But- that night, I had gotten lost in the Village. Plus, I had Kabuto-San look up her address, and I just went there unconsciously. Its so hard- for me to approach people, that's probably why I stayed outside and waited for something to bring her outside and make some-what decent conversation. How embarrassing... Suddenly, Sakura let go of my hand. Ah! I hadn't communicated with her, so, she must be mad! I looked at her, and she wasn't mad- she was holding a pair of jeans out to me.
"Haruko, let's dress you up in PANTS and SHORTS now that you've changed! They're all the rage! And, you can easily hide shorts among your lap bag, so, you can wear them when your Dad isn't home!" I blinked, and Sakura grabbed somethings in my size, before pushing me into a changing room. "Try these on and come out and show me!" I stood int he changing room, the door shutting behind me. Sakura could be described as 'abusive', but, it didn't matter to me. I hesitantly shed my clothes and slipped into the shorts, noticing it was really comfortable to wear them, before putting on the tube top she had also given me, and the suspenders that were also amung the clothes she had shoved onto me. I was happy that she was helping me so much. I opened the door.
"Sakura-Chan, Sakura-Chan, they fit great!" I exclaimed, blinking, before halting. Next to Sakura-Chan- stood Mada-Kun. They both looked at me. Sakura complimented me on how great I looked- Mada-Kun looked away. W-Why was he here?! I looked down at my revealing outfit, and noticed- I looked like a whore. I sniffed, trying to hold back tears, and flinched away from Sakura's reach, locking myself in the changing room. Why didn't I see it before? There was only one possibility to explain why he was in Konoha- well, two. One- he could be living in Konoha. Or two- he could be dating Sakura-Chan.
"Haruko? Haruko!" Sakura called, and I collapsed to the floor on my knees, and my face felt hot, and my chest hurt. Suddenly, there was a light knock ont he door.
"Haruko-San, would you please care to explain why you're crying?" It was Mada-Kun who asked me this. 'Because you're banging my best friend!!' I wanted to scream, but, I opened the door, and kept my eyes level with the ground. He reached up, and wiped the tears from my face. "Sorry- I was stopping at this boutique to get a present for someone, I didn't imagine seeing you here." (By the way, he's wearing a simple t-shirt and pants, his hair is tied up in a braid, so no one will recognize him.) "What's the matter?" None of my suspicions were proved, was the matter.
"Y-You're just- in town to get something?" I managed to say, and he nodded.
"Yes, but, I couldn't decide on something from standing outside like normal, so, I came in to see the selection better." Mada-Kun explained, and I sighed in relief.
"I thought you were- nevermind, I'm better now."
"You two know each other?" Sakura asked, and I nodded. "(Gasp!) Is this Tobi-San?!" I blushed, nodding again. Sakura shook his hand. "It is very nice to meet you, Tobi-San! Haruko-Chan has told me a lot about you!" Mada-Kun looked surprised.
"Really?" He asked. "Well, continue to try on clothes, Haruko-San, and while you're changing, then maybe your friend will tell me what you've commented about me." Sakura was fine with it, and I blushed, nodding and closed the door, stripping, and changing into another outfit. H-He's going to get mad! I stepped out in another outfit, and Sakura smiled, nodding- Mada-Kun gave me a 'so-so' wave. "Don't get it." He said, and I blinked. What? Sakura yelled the exact same thing at him, and he put his hands in the pockets of his pants. "It's a good look, yes, but I don't want her wearing something like that in public, when she's walking alone. Think about it, she may just well be pulled into an alley. But, other than that, I have no objections to the outfit, because, well, it looks very cute."
After some time, Mada-Kun gave his input on the things I tried on and, I left the shop with three bags- all payed for by him. Then it occurred to me, he had been looking for something for someone. "Um- Tobi-San, did you get what you were looking for?" I asked, as we walked towards Sakura's house, because my bag was there. He looked at me and nodded.
"Actually- The gift for that person- is in your arms." He said, and I blinked, looking at the bags I was carrying, I offered them to him, and he laughed. "No, no, I came here looking for something for YOU."
"W-What?!" I exclaimed, and he grinned.
"I had a feeling I'd see you again, so, I thought it would be best to get you souvenirs from the places I pass through or stay at." He said bluntly. "I was wondering- could walk you home?" I cringed. Walk me home?! Father would scold me for bringing someone into the Sound Village! Or, worse- disown me!
"Y-You can't!" I stammered. "Father- he'll get so mad...and your friends don't want him gone, so- I can't..." He patted me on the head. I looked up at him, and he nodded.
"I see, I see. Well, I'll follow you home, meet your dad, and not tell anyone about it. Besides, I haven't told anyone yet. I've only seen him from a distance, but a man-to-man talk isn't all that bad, right?" I shook my head. "Alright, I'll walk you home and talk to your dad, about you staying with me every other week."
"Wait- WHAT?!"
I closed my mouth, unknowing to me, that I had just said that. Mada-Kun looked at me. "I want you, to come stay with me for 2 weeks out of every month. Or the weekends, I don't mind." He said, Sakura-Chan, already fatr ahead of us. I set my bags inside her house, before he pulled me out, behind a nearby house,before resting his forehead on mine. "You were lying earlier, in that shop, and I brushed it off. What did you really want to say?" He asked, and I blushed. He was so close.
"I-I thought you were romantically involved with Sakura-Chan." I admitted, and he laughed.
"Never! Well, now that that's over with, I'm going to take my 'payument' for your little shopping spree." I blinked. Payment? He tilted up my chin and kissed me.