I thought of my options on whether or not to go with Naruto and the others, it seemed beneficial for me to go with them, but I had also grown accustomed to the lifestyle (if you could call it that) that I had been living, but on the other hand I have also gotten used to being around others, and the thought of possibly having a permanent roof over my head was an attractive idea. 'I will go' I thought to myself.
'I can sell the knife and get some money to buy myself a meal at least to' I thought putting the photo and the knife back in the box, I stood ready to go back to Tsunami's house, box and Star in tow. I walked back to the house, I saw Tsunami standing outside on the porch looking worried. "Tsunami-San are you okay?" I asked interrupting her thoughts, she looked surprised to see me.
"Oh Luna I thought you were with the others"
"No… is something wrong?"
"Well…Kakashi and the others went to the bridge and they were ambushed, and I'm worried about the village, Inari convinced them to go fight too" she said obviously worried for her father and son.
I felt as though I should be there at the bridge even though my fighting skills were minimal at best. "Tsunami-San we should go to the bridge with the others to help out" I stated. I wanted to go for some reason, maybe I wanted to see if they were okay, I had grown to like them even if they were a bit eccentric.
"I don't think that's a good idea, we should stay here to help when they come back, and besides it's too dangerous"
"But-"
"You need to have more faith Luna, they're capable ninjas after all"
'You didn't sound so sure before' she thought, maybe Tsunami thought that I could be her reason to stay behind, or maybe she thought I was scared, though she was right it wouldn't be smart for either of us to go.
"a-alright" I stammered going inside to wait, Tsunami followed behind me, I went upstairs into the room I slept in, and sat down and started waiting, and waiting feeling impatient and lazy. Until I heard the sound of the door, and Tsunami gasp, I rushed down the stairs seeing Kakashi and the others enter the house, Sasuke was being supported by Naruto and everyone looked worn out.
"You guys are okay!" I exclaimed
"More or less" Sasuke said, he looked more severely injured then everyone else. "You should've been there Luna-Chan!" Naruto exclaimed excitedly, "we beat them so bad that they cried for their moms!" he shouted everyone seemed to give out a small chuckle. I felt relieved that they were okay.
After a few weeks everyone's wounds were healed, and they were about to leave in a few days, though I had yet to tell Kakashi that I wanted to go with them back to Konoha, so I decided to ask if I could go with them today, I found Kakashi at the back of the house reading.
"Hello, Luna" he said without looking up "Hey…" I greeted back "I have to ask you something…"
"If it's about puberty I think you should ask Ms. Tsunami about that" he said casually "W-what!? Why would you even- you know what never mind. I wanted to ask you if I could go with you and the others back to your village."
"And what exactly are you going to do there?" he asked "Well I thought I could be a ninja like your students" I explained, I had actually thought about it, but I mostly didn't want to be dependent on others, or go back to stealing again.
"Are you sure? Do you even know what ninja life is like Luna?"
"I…Yes I understand" I said, I didn't know much-true, but I did know that it was dangerous.
"…Alright then, I'll be glad to have you along with us then" he said smiling through his mask.
"Thank you"
I had been a few days since we left the village, we were getting closer to Konoha according to Kakashi. Though all the walking we did had made things really, boring. So I mostly provoked Sasuke or Naruto.
"Naruto I still can't believe how much you cried when we left!" I said to him "Shut up Luna!" he shouted.
"I wish you'd both shut up…" Sasuke mumbled
"I wish you'd both shut up" I mimicked to Naruto, he snickered, Sasuke shot us an annoyed glare. "Aw come on Sasuke lighten up a little" I said poking his cheek he slapped my hand away. "You two are so annoying" he grumbled.
"Luna, Naruto leave Sasuke alone" Kakashi said, he sounded like a parent telling his kids to leave the older sibling alone.
"What can I say? I live to provoke"
"You live to be a pain in the ass" Sasuke whispered under his breath "oh well you-"
"We're here!" Kakashi announced I looked forward to see a giant gate, which was the opening to Konoha. "As of now you three can go home and rest until your next mission" Kakashi instructed gesturing to Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke, they left walking towards their own homes. "Luna you'll follow me so we can get you situated" he said going into the village I followed him looking around seeing shops, and lots of people talking and buying goods. "There's so many people here" I stated.
We walked through the crowds of people, Kakashi led us towards the mountain at the back of the village, which had faces carved into them, but in front was a large building with the words Hokage office written on it.
"Now when we go in can you please behave yourself?"
"I don't act terrible all the time you know" I said he sighed deeply "oh I doubt that" he exasperated walking up the stairs of the building, I followed him, we went inside and walked down the hall.
"You wait on that bench until you can come in okay?" he asked opening a door labeled Hokage "yes" I said rolling my eyes, he went inside, and I went to go sit on the bench I took out the money I had in my pocket and counted it, I only had enough for a meal. The clerk was kind of cheap when I sold that knife to him. I put the money back in my pocket, and waited for Kakashi to come out of the room.
I waited for about twenty minutes until they let me in, Kakashi stayed with me in the room, I saw an old man with a white beard, and robes, sitting at a large desk.
"Hello, Luna was it? Come, here don't be shy" he said I moved closer a stood next to Kakashi. "Kakashi and I were discussing your desire to be a ninja" he stated "You do know the dangers of being a ninja don't you?"
"Yes, but I need a fresh start in my life" I said, a cheesy and stupid answer but that it what I want right now.
"You do realize that we'll have to test you to determine your skills and whether or not you can be considered a genin" he explained
"I'm sure that I'll be able to pass the test you give me, Hokage" I said confidently, the old man smiled. "I'm sure you will, Kakashi will be watching over you as your guardian, and you'll live with him, since you two already know each other."
"You will also train and have with Kakashi's team until you are assigned to a new team" he continued.
"You both go and get settled in and rest" the Hokage said Kakashi nodded, and we both left the room.
'Finally a new life'
