Hello! I know it's been awhile, but I've had MAJOR writers block lately and then I have school (math is to blame -.-) and other things taking up my time. Thank you to everyone who likes the story and I hope this chapter doesn't ruin it for you :P Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto or it's characters. All I own is Lark, Mika, and Jiro :)
"Lark, wake up," said a voice. I mumbled a no and turned away from the person. The person sighed and pushed me. With a loud yelp, I landed on the hard floor with a big thud.
"Owww," I whined as I rubbed my poor back. I searched for the rude person and found Kakashi standing behind the couch with his arms crossed. Glaring, I got up and stared at him.
"What was that for?" I asked. It's not very nice to push people off couches. It hurts and disrupts people when they're sleeping."
"I had to wake you up. We have to get you some new clothes and then we have to meet one of my students," replied Kakashi. He then threw a change of clothes at me. The clothes hit me smack dab in the face.
"Change into these now and then when you have a new outfit you can change, ok?" said Kakashi. I nodded and walked to the bathroom to do my thing.
When I came out of the bathroom I had a white long sleeved shirt and black ninja pants on. Both were too big for me, which made sense, considering they were Kakashi's. I threw the clothes I slept in into the laundry basket and then went to meet Kakashi in the kitchen. There, Kakashi was already waiting for me.
Looking at Kakashi for a second, made me remember the bright orange book from last night. My face started to turn a bit red at the thought. Kakashi gave me a weird look when he noticed my blush.
"What's the matter?" asked the masked ninja. I looked away from Kakashi as my face turned a bit brighter. Though, the blush went back down when I realized I could use this secret to my advantage.
"Oh, nothing. Just thinking about how you're a pervert," I answered. Kakashi eye slightly widened, as he looked me in the eyes.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Stuttered Kakashi. A smirk appeared on my lips. I can't believe I just got Kakashi Hatake to stutter.
"I mean that book. What was it called…" I began, pretending to think of the book's title.
"Oh yeah! Icha-Icha Paradise! I never thought of you as a pervert Kakashi," I said. Kakashi, by now, was beet red; or he would be if I could actually see his face.
"Although, I guess it's to be expected. Since you think you're too good for everyone, you have to have some kind of fun time. Even if it means that you-," Kakashi cut me off.
"Don't finish that sentence. Besides, it's not true, and I don't think I'm better then everyone else," retorted the perverted ninja. I scoffed and tilted my head to the side.
"The Kakashi I remember always thought that. He also thought that the right way was the shinobi way," I replied. Kakashi was no longer embarrassed, he actually seemed a bit angry now.
"Yeah, well, the Lark I remember wouldn't have gone off to join some evil organization. She was actually a good person," growled Kakashi. My eyes widened in shock, but narrowed after a few seconds.
"Well, that Lark is long gone," I said. Kakashi's eyes were narrowed as well as he replied, "so is the old Kakashi," said Kakashi.
Both of us were silent for a few moments, neither of us breaking eye contact the entire time. Though, after a good few minutes, Kakashi sighed and turned away. He reached into his pocket and pulled out, what looked like, a piece of cloth.
"Here," said Kakashi as he threw the object at me. I caught it with my right hand, and looked closely at it. It was a Leaf shinobi headband. Looking up from the object, I opened my mouth to say something when Kakashi started talking first.
"You're going to need that if you're going to be a Leaf shinobi. You can't wear one that has a slash through it," the jounin deadpanned. I smiled as I tied the headband around my left thigh. Kakashi gave weird look when he saw where I tied the headband.
"Aren't you going to put it over your eye?" asked Kakashi. I shook my head as I carefully placed my blonde bangs over my right eye.
"I don't need too. Since I suppressed it, I don't use its full power," I answered. Kakashi nodded in understanding and walked towards the door.
"Let's go get you some clothes. Then you can change into something you actually like," said Kakashi. I nodded eagerly and followed Kakashi out the door.
It'd been so long since I had last walked the streets of Kohona. The village didn't seem like it had changed all that much since I'd left, though I didn't remember the people being so rude. Almost everyone we passed sent me a weird look or just glared at me until they couldn't see me anymore. I started to feel a little uncomfortable by the time we got to a small clothing store.
While in the clothing store, everyone had stopped what they were doing just to look at me for a few seconds. Even the storeowner looked at me funny.
"Kakashi, why is everyone looking at me?" I whispered to the masked ninja. Kakashi looked up from what ever he was looking at and glanced around the store.
"It's probably because they've never seen you before, or that some of them remember you from eight years ago," answered Kakashi. I sighed and took another glance around before looking at all the nice clothes.
We left the store with a few new outfits, which I picked out. I had realized that Kakashi had no fashion sense whatsoever when he tried to hand me an awful looking pink top. I also decided to get new under garments some other time, sometime when I can send Kakashi to wait outside.
"So, what are we doing today?" I asked as we were walking back towards Kakashi's apartment.
"Well, I have to go meet with one of my students for training. It's going to a lot of training; I don't know when we'll finish," answered Kakashi.
"Sounds fun. Who's your student?" I said, but before Kakashi could answer, a man came up to us and he really didn't seem too happy.
"Who do you think you are, walking around here so casually," said the man. The guy looked like he was in his forties and he had graying, short, black hair and dark brown eyes.
"Um… Sorry, but I don't know you," I replied, slightly confused about why the man was talking to me.
"Yeah, well I know you. You're that Mayumi bitch that betrayed the village," replied the man. I gave the man I shocked look.
"I've been M.I.A. and do not call me a bitch," I growled. The man's glare hardened as he began talking again.
"Then why didn't you come back sooner?" asked the man. Before I could say anything, Kakashi answered.
"She was being held hostage… not that it's any of your business," said Kakashi. The man then turned his glare over to Kakashi.
"Then why did I see her over at that bar in between the Fire and Wind country," stated the man. Kakashi hard gaze didn't falter as he continued to stick up for me. Not that he was really lying since I hadn't told him about the club where Mika, Jiro, and I ran.
"If you did see her, then why didn't you inform the Hokage," replied Kakashi. This time the man's glare faltered a bit, so he disregarded Kakashi and turned back to me.
"I know that you betrayed this village, bitch, so just go," growled the man. That was it! He called me a bitch again and he was being very rude, not to mention drawing the attention of the villagers.
"No. How 'bout you go and leave us the hell alone? And if you don't, I will physically force you," I threatened. The man's glare dropped at my frightening gaze and took a few steps back. Kakashi grabbed my arm upon hearing my threat, and dragged me away.
Once we were a good distance away from the rude man, Kakashi let go of me and continued to walk. Kakashi was silent all the way back to the apartment and I wasn't like I was going to say anything; I was too busy cursing that man into the fiery pits of hell. Though, as soon as we got into Kakashi's apartment, and I had set my bags down, the jounin turned to me looking slightly annoyed.
"You can't threaten people like that, Lark, or you'll get thrown into prison," stated Kakashi. I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest.
"That guy was asking for it. He was acting like a complete asshole," I replied. Kakashi sighed and shook his head.
"I'll let it go this once, but don't let it happen again. You're lucky enough that the Hokage didn't imprison you, so don't mess things up for yourself," said Kakashi. I nodded in response as Kakashi began to chuckle a bit.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"I'm just glad your temper hasn't changed in the past eight years," chuckled Kakashi. I smiled and picked up the bags that held my new clothes.
"Oh it's changed, alright. Just wait and you'll see how bad it's gotten," I said as I walked towards the bathroom. I didn't know if Kakashi replied or not, but if he did he must have whispered it just low enough that I couldn't hear.
It didn't take me long to change into the new clothes. I pulled on black pants, gloves, knee high boots and a jacket, a purple tank top and my leaf headband tied around my waist. When I exited the bathroom and wandered into the living room, I saw Kakashi lounging on his armchair, reading his porn.
"I don't understand why you read that garbage. It's disgusting," I said getting the perverted jounin's attention.
"It's not garbage. It's a wonderful book," defended Kakashi as he put the orange book into his pocket.
"Yeah, for perverts," I said, making Kakashi shake his head.
"Let's just go," said Kakashi as he got up and headed for the door. I scoffed a bit at how Kakashi changed the topic.
"Who's your student anyway? That asshole interrupted last time," I asked as we were walking towards the training grounds.
"Naruto Uzumaki," Kakashi said bluntly. My eyes widened a bit in surprise. We were going to see the nine-tails? This wasn't going to be good.
"You know, maybe I'll sit this one out. With my chakra suppressed and everything, I just won't be much help," I said rather quickly. Kakashi shook his head and looked right at me.
"Are you afraid of Naruto?" asked Kakashi. I quickly shook my head.
"Of course not, but I'm just a bit scared that the kid's going the beat the shit out of me for being apart of the Akatsuki," I answered. Kakashi laughed for a second at me nervousness.
"Oh don't worry, I'll make sure he won't do anything. All you have to do is buy him ramen, and he'll be your best friend," Kakashi told me. I gave a confused look.
"Ramen? Really?" I questioned. Kakashi nodded.
"Yep, that kid sure loves ramen. I bet he'd do anything if ramen was involved," replied Kakashi.
"Good to know. Now I won't get pummeled," I said.
We kept on walking until we reached a huge clearing. In the center of the clearing, stood a bright orange figure. I instantly knew it was Naruto, mostly because he's the only ninja stupid enough to wear an orange outfit.
As we got closer to the boy, I could see that he had a smile when he saw Kakashi, but it disappeared when he saw that his sensei had company.
"What's she doing here?" growled Naruto. I just smiled towards the boy, trying to give a friendly greeting.
"Well, hello to you too. It's nice to see you again," I greeted. Naruto didn't seem pleased as he continued to glare daggers at me.
"Tsunade-sama ordered that I watched over Lark," Kakashi told his student. This didn't seem to help the kid's temper at all; he just glared harder.
"She should be dead for what she did to Gaara!" exclaimed the angry blond. I put my hands up in defense, silently hoping that Naruto wouldn't attack me.
"It's the Hokage's orders. If you have a problem with it, go talk to her," said Kakashi. Naruto just huffed and looked away from me.
"I can't do anything, if it makes you feel better. My chakra's suppressed," I said. Naruto glanced at me from the corner of his eye, still not happy that I was there.
"I'll tell you what. How 'bout I let you hit me as pay back for hurting Gaara, then I might also take you out for ramen," I said. I was hoping that my offer would cheer the boy up, I would hate for him to be glaring at me every time we saw each other.
"Fine," agreed Naruto. Geez, that was fast. I was sure it would take a bit more convincing.
Before I could respond, I had the wind knocked right out of me. Naruto had punched me straight in the gut with a very powerful punch. I'm thankful he didn't punch me in the face or I would have lost some teeth.
"Ever hurt my friends again, and I'll kill you," said Naruto. I had fallen to my knee because of the pain, so I had to look up at the blond.
"Don't worry…. I wouldn't…. Dream of it…" I choked out. That kid really had a good punch; it was taking forever to get my breath back.
"Don't you think you hit her a bit hard, Naruto?" questioned Kakashi as he knelt beside my gasping form.
"Nah. She deserved it," replied Naruto. Kakashi shook his head as he helped me up off my knees.
"I know, but-," began Kakashi.
"It's fine Kakashi. I really did deserve it," I said, finally gaining my breath. I smiled towards Naruto, who smiled back at me. Guess he doesn't hate me as much now.
"Okay, now that that's settled. Let's start your training," said Kakashi. Naruto's smile widened.
"ALRIGHT!" yelled an excited Naruto. I couldn't help but smile at the boy. He was so eager. If only the Akutsuki weren't targeting him; then the boy could have a normal life. Or as normal as a shinobi's life can get.
"What are you guys training for anyway?" I asked. Kakashi looked over at me.
"We're going to try to come up with a jutsu that will surpass the Rasengan," answered the silver haired jounin. Naruto and I both gave him a shocked expression.
"Surpass the Rasengan! That jutsu's hard enough to learn as it is!" I exclaimed. Naruto nodded in agreement.
"It will be easier once Naruto masters two techniques: how to change your chakra's nature, and how to change your chakra's form," said Kakashi. I shook my head with disbelief. It almost took forever to learn it myself, and I was good with chakra control.
"I know, but it doesn't seem possible," I said shaking my head. Kakashi sighed as Naruto looked between us with a confused expression.
"Remember when you came up with your black lightning jutsu? Well, it will basically be the same thing," said Kakashi. I still wasn't buying it, but I let it go. This was Kakashi's student, so he can do what he wants.
"Fine. Good thing the kid already knows those techniques," I said looking towards Naruto. The blond still had a confused look on his face.
"How to change my chakra's nature and how to change it's form?" questioned the boy. I looked at him, dumbfounded. This kid's a ninja and he doesn't even know about that stuff? That's sad. Really sad.
"You mean you don't know that stuff?" I questioned. Naruto shook his head and looked away from me, a little red with embarassment.
"I don't really think I can help with this training," I said as I turned to Kakashi. The masked ninja nodded agreeably.
"I think you're right," replied Kakashi.
"Wait. Why can't she?" Asked Naruto. I rolled my eyes and sighed. This kid doesn't have a good memory.
"My chakra's suppressed. So, since this is a chakra lesson, I can't help. Besides, I suck at explaining things," I answered. Naruto nodded in understanding.
"How about you go sit under that tree, Lark? You'll be out of the way," suggested Kakashi. I sighed as I nodded.
Even while sitting in the tree's shade, I could still see the two shinobi perfectly. Though, after awhile of watching Kakashi trying to explain chakra to Naruto, I started to get a bit bored. I leaned back against the tree and found it more comfortable than I'd quessed.. Closing my eyes slowly, I began to doze off.
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