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Authors Note: Well I have finally brought myself to write another chapter yawn… 366 episodes of Bleach have been keeping me awake at night so my brain is not functioning … Please enjoy…
Lili gaped as Tyler walked from the hallway into the conjoined kitchen and entrance area, lazily rubbing his eyes. Small bruises dotted over his visible flesh from where I had attacked.
"Mia, I don't know what I did, but seriously, I going to kill you if these last longer than a week" He said through a yawn. He opened his eyes and found a gapping Lili in his face.
"What the hell is he doing in your apartment?!" Lili screamed and Tyler clapped his hands over his ears. A pot in the corner became slightly deformed but the fixed itself quickly. Why a pot? And why in plain sight? I thought to myself and rolled my eyes. I shifted under the weight of Jackson's arm.
"Well, it started when…"
"Short version please," Lili interrupted.
"Nagi beat him up. We had to bring him back here because his so called team mates left him unconscious," I said.
"Truth please Mia I don't appreciate lies," Lili said her tone going serious.
Thankfully Naruto broke into the conversation, "It's true Lili. I did beat him up but he was asking for it." Lili was shocked, she knew how strong Tyler was and before her stood a normal enough looking boy, who had just beaten possibly the strongest teenage boy in New York. Naruto scratched at his cheek and the foundation that was covering his whiskers was wiped off. Lili didn't notice at first but after a few seconds of looking at his face that she noticed.
"What's wrong with your face Nagi? You have whiskers, OMG you have whiskers! Isn't anybody else seeing this," Lili was really freaking out by this time. Her back was turned to the pot in the corner, the pot morphed into Neji and Neji swiftly knocked her out. She fell face first into the floor and her lip stick smudged all over it.
"Jackson, help me move her to my room," I said grabbed her hands and Jackson grabbed her feet. Neji led us down the hallway and opened the door to my room. We threw Lili on top of the lilac doona that covered my bed. Jackson scanned the room. My book shelves were overflowing onto the floor. Paper cranes hung from long pieces of string in the corner and pendent lights hung over the bedside tables. Socks lay littered on the floor without their pairs. I pushed Jackson out of the messy room and back into the hallway.
"Well, what now?" Jackson asked.
"First we cover up Naruto's whiskers and when wakes and starts talking about it we tell her it must have been a dream because she fainted after hitting her head on a cupboard door in the kitchen," I said, quite proud of my plan. I strutted back to the kitchen which was now full of people. Pushed past them into the living room and flipped on the TV. Commercials screamed through the screen at me and I flipped off again. I fell onto the couch, deep in thought. I lay down and closed my eyes. Somebody lifted my head up and sat down, placing my head down on their lap. I drifted off, enjoying the warmth of the lap. A big hand rested on my hair smoothing it out softly. I fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
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When I woke the lap was still there, I looked up and saw Jackson peaceful, sleeping face. I got up slowly as to not waking him. The ninja littered the floor of the living room and the kitchen. I made my way to my room to check on Lili. She was sleeping on her back, mouth open and snoring loudly, which really didn't suit her lady like stature. I left her and checked the spare room, Tyler slept peacefully on the bed. I walked into the bathroom and locked the door. I turned on the hot water in the shower and let it run while I stripped off. I walked under the shower and let the hot water fall on my shoulders. The hot water made the cold glass of the mirror fog up and distort the reflection of the world. Blue water rushed over me and the dye left my hair. The real blond of my hair began to show through the dye. I squirted some shampoo into my hand and massaged it though until my hair was clean. I turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. I passed a towel over my body and dressed quickly into a pair of skinny jeans and a white and pastel pink, long sleeve T-shirt. I considered the hair drier but dismissed the idea and went for the towel instead. After it was dry enough I ran a brush through it and tied the now blond, straight hair into a pony tail. Back out in the kitchen I got to making a bowl of cereal, jumping over sleeping bodies I made my back into the lounge room and flopped onto the couch. Shoving a spoonful of cereal into my mouth and chewed. I gave up on my previous plan and decided that it would be best if we left for a while, give things time to wash over. After I had finished I went around and woke everybody individually leaving Lili a note for when she woke up. It read:
Lili,
I'll be away for a while and won't be able to come to school. Please tell the principal that I got sick and can't come to school. Don't worry about me. Feel free to take any food from the fridge as by the time I come back it probably will have gone off.
Mia
"Portal, active, Naruto's apartment, Naruto verse," I said and hurried everybody through the portal. I looked back once at my apartment and stepped into the rift. I didn't even bother to catch myself on the way out. My whole plan had failed, I had meant to keep it a secret from everybody but my cover up job hadn't worked. I looked around the room. People were filing out, Kakashi had reverted back to his actual form and I was lying on the tatami floor of my self-proclaimed room in Naruto's house. Things were a mess. I crawled over to my futon and unfolded it. I flopped down with a sigh. I pulled a random book from the pile beside me. The title was bold "The Keepers" the cover was flecked with gold and the intricately drawn characters seemed to come to life before my eyes. I turned to the first page and began to read. I got lost in its beautiful world and the words flowed like water in a stream. As the light outside my window began to fade I set my book aside and rolled onto my side. My eyelids fluttered as I fought off sleep. I could hear Naruto, Jackson and Tyler laughing in the main area. I gave up and let my heavy eyelids close and my brain shutdown.
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I don't know how long I slept for but when I woke the sun was high in the sky. Drowsily I wandered into the kitchen. Nobody was about. I opened the fridge to find a mass of rotting food. I slammed the door and looked around the kitchen and main area, it was a mess. I picked my way back to my room and threw on a change of clothes. I tied my hair back tight and slipped on an apron. I cleared out the fridge and the cupboard, collecting rubbish. When I finished I put the garbage out the front in big, black, shiny bags. I found the cleaning supplies and did a top to bottom clean of the house. I threw the apron off and collected a wad of money from my bag and put it in my pocket. I set out shopping, buying fresh ingredients from the list I had compiled earlier:
Shopping list:
Lettuce, tomato, carrot, cabbage, tofu eggs, meat, carton of cup ramen, canned vegetables, milk, juice, sake, bread, cucumber, ice-cream, pudding.
By the time I had returned I had bought a whole heap stuff I didn't need like candy and five different types of sake in about 20 bottles. I set about cooking dinner. I burnt my eyebrow along the way eventually as the evening sky came I flipped on the lights and ate in silence. I looked towards the sake and decided to finish eating before having a drink. After eating I picked out the best looking bottle of sake I flopped on the floor and skulled it. I let out a sigh and let the sake reign over my brain. Slowly my worries drifted away leaving me in a happy drunken state. I lost count of how many serves of sake I had about four serves ago. I stumbled to the freezer, using the wall to stabilize myself. I rummaged until I found the ice cream. I sat back down and tipped a bottle of sake into the ice cream, mixing it around with a tablespoon. I shoved great big spoons of ice cream and sake into my mouth, savouring the ice cream sake combination.
"We're back!" Naruto announced loudly as the boy's entered the room. They looked at me, surrounded by sake bottles.
"Food, in the fridge," I managed to slur out. Jackson, Tyler and Naruto gave me a wide birth and I gave a small giggle. I lunged at Jackson and wrapped my arms around him.
"Mia! What happened?!" Jackson said in shock from my surprize attack. I couldn't tell what he was say very well in my state of anarchy.
"I… um I… um… I think I had a little too much to drink," I slurred out eventually after a few tries.
"Your drunk? Wait, how did you even get sake?"
"What do you mean? I went to the shop and bought it. How else could I get it?" I said giggling uncontrollably.
"Mia do you mind letting go so I can eat?" Jackson asked and grabbed a bowl that Naruto held out. I stopped hugging him, but grabbed a corner of his shirt and followed him to the table. I sat down behind him, watching and hiccupping every once in a while. I was well aware that Naruto and Tyler were watching me but I was too drunk to care. When Jackson finished he leaned across the table and whispered something into Naruto's ear. Naruto nodded with agreement and shooed him. He stood up, leaving his bowl behind. It was so sudden that my fingers slipped from the fabric. He turned and smiled down at me before he swept me up and carried me to my room. He deposited me on my futon and sat down on the floor next to it. "Don't do that again Mia, I know this was supposed to be your secret but don't just go and get drunk because you're depressed."
"Yeah."
"Do you promise me?" Jackson asked softly.
"Yeah," I whispered back. I fell asleep as Jackson held my hand in his.
Authors Note: I don't even know how I came up with the idea for this chapter anymore. But I probably won't be writing for a while because my history teacher dumped an assignment of about 50 pages on us the other day. Like the chapter? Please let me know!
