Authoress note: Hello everyone. Sorry it took so long to update. I would have posted this two days ago but the site wouldn't let me. Anyways time for the reviews! Konoka: LOL I'm glad I was able to give you the Naruto/Chibi-ness you were missing. Leo: It's OK it took you so long to read this I understand. Same with the cleaning. I dislike it to lol. (Huggles) I'm glad you don't think my chappies are cruddy and yes Naruto is VERY cute!!! OK so I tried my best to fit in some humor this time. Tell me if you guys like it or not. Oh and I also threw in another lil bit of intros. Enjoy and R and R please!!!
Two days have passed since I had met Hinata and Neji. During those two days not much happened. Well….unless you count Sky ending up head first in side of an old tree trunk something. Anyways I was walking down the street on the way to buy a few groceries for Mom and Sky was around somewhere. He was close so if he got in to trouble I'd know it but he was far enough to be doing his own thing.
Half way to the store I spotted Hinata. She wasn't alone. There were two guys and a jounin with her. 'Must be her team.' I thought.
Spotting me Hinata smiled and said "Oh hi Dakota."
Returning her smile I said "Hey Hinata what's up?"
"Mmm…I was just heading back from practice with my team." She said motioning towards the two boys and jounin.
I smiled at them and said "Hey nice to meet you. I'm Dakota."
The woman smiled and said "You wouldn't happen to be the youngest daughter of Raven Kano would you?"
Grinning I said "Yup."
"Well it's great to finally meet you Dakota. I'm Kurenai. Your father talks a lot about you." I blushed a little at this and she laughed. "These are my other students. Shino and Kiba." Kurenai said pointing to each boy. I gave them a smile in response.
"Dakota where's Skye?" Hinata asked.
"Skye?" I asked in return. She nodded and I looked around our surroundings. I didn't see him any where. Frowning I said "He was here a minute ago." Hinata looked around as well but he was still no where to be seen. Cursing softly I said "I'm sorry but I have to go find him. He shouldn't be left alone."
"Can I help?" Hinata asked.
"If you want to." I said then turned and hurried away. After five minutes of searching I found him. He was sitting out side of the weapons shop looking mad. "Sky!" I called as I hurried up to him.
"Oh hi Dakota." He said with a small smile.
Frowning I said "Where have you been? I've been worried sick!"
A surprised look crossed his face as he said "I'm sorry."
I scooped him up and held him close. "Don't ever do that again."
"Good you found him." Hinata said as she and her team came up behind us.
Turning I smiled and said "Yup." Sky looked them over and smiled at Hinata.
She returned it and said "I'm glad to see you're safe Skye. Dakota was very worried."
An embarrassed look crossed his face as he said "I know. I just wanted to check out the shop but they wouldn't let me in."
"Well of course not. You're only a little kid." Kiba said.
Shooting him a look Sky said "Mind your own business." Needless to say everyone but me was shocked.
"Sky don't be so rude." Frowning he moved so he was on my back instead of in my arms. Recently I have learned of how stubborn he is. Shaking my head I said "Anyways thanks for helping me to find him."
Kurenai nodded and said "No problem but may I ask what he is?"
Glancing at Sky I said "Well……we're not really sure. He says he's been like this for as long as he could remember."
Frowning Kurenai asked "Where did you find him?"
"In a village a long ways from here. Some villagers had cornered him and I helped him out." Frown still in place Kurenai studied Sky. "Something wrong?" I asked.
"It's just that something about him seems familiar." Sky stiffened and she continued. "I just can't figure out what though."
Feeling the worry from Sky I said "Well it was nice meeting you all. Please excuse us we have a few errands to run." Once on our own again I pulled Sky from my back and asked if he was OK.
"Yeah….I'm fine." he murmured.
Frowning I said "Something's bugging you."
He looked at me then looked away. "Were you really that worried about me?" He asked softly.
"Of course Sky."
He fidgeted a little then said "I'm sorry. It's just I'm not used to this."
Ah….now I understood. Moving so we were in a side alley I sat him down and knelt in front of him. "Naruto I know you're knew to this and that it might be a little over whelming but remember this. You are my family and no matter what you will always be. So I will always care about you and that includes worrying If you wander off with out telling me." He finally looked up at me and I was shocked to see tears in his eyes.
"Thank you…." He said as his tears began to fall.
I quickly pulled him in to a tight embrace and said "You're very welcome." It took him a few minutes to calm down and once he did we headed to the grocery store.
"So what was it we needed to get?" Sky asked as we walked down a aisle.
Pulling out a piece of paper that my Mom had given me I said "Rice, ginger, eggs, milk, miso, and codfish."
"Interesting combination."
Laughing I said "Well it's not all for the same dish Sky."
"I know." He said laughing as well.
"I'll go get the fish, miso, milk and eggs. Can you get the ginger and rice?"
"No problem! Meet you at the check out counter." He said before hurrying off. 'OK first the rice.' He thought as he headed down an aisle. Looking to the shelves he frowned. The rice was on the fourth shelf.
He could barely see over the third. Looking up and down the aisle he saw no one else around. "Oh well here goes nothing." He said as he began to carefully climb the shelves. Just as he was grabbing a bag of rice the shelves began to shake. 'Oh shit!' He thought seconds before he fell. Landing hard on his butt he looked up in time to see several bags of rice falling…..headed straight towards him. With a yelp of pain the rice landed heavily on his head and a few bags burst open sending thousands of grains of rice all over the aisle.
Sky sat there in the middle of the mess in a daze. The first thought he had was 'My head REALLY hurts.' Then his mind cleared. Just as he was climbing to his feet the sound of footsteps reached his ears. "Oh man if I'm caught like this I'll be skinned alive!" He said grabbing a bag of rice that hadn't burst open and made a run for it.
A clerk rounded the corner in time to see something blond disappear around the other corner. Then he saw the mess. The people in the shop who were happily minding their own business were then jolted from their own happy little worlds by a loud scream of "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Hearing this I turned and looked around. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary I shrugged and turned back to looking over the fish on display.
Meanwhile Sky had made a clean get away and had hurried to the area where the vegetables were. Looking around he spotted the ginger and hurried up to it. The bin it was in was to high for him to reach. 'Not again….' Man being short could really suck sometimes. Once more he looked around. There were a few people around but no one seemed to notice him. Setting the rice down Sky looked up at the bin. Squaring his shoulders he jumped up and managed to grab the rim of the bin. Luckily it held his weight.
Pulling himself up Sky perched on the edge of the bin and examined the ginger. "Ah here we go.." He said as he reached out and picked up a piece. Jumping down he picked up the rice and headed for the check out counter not noticing the rather large woman approaching him from the side. Seconds latter the woman slammed in to him and he fell and hit the ground hard. The woman let out a cry of surprise as she stumbled backwards and in to a bin of tomatoes. Picking himself up Sky looked at the woman as she struggled to get out of the bin. She looked like a turtle that was stuck on it's back. All the struggling did was cause her to squish more tomatoes thus she soon became covered in them. Seeing people beginning to hurry to her aid Sky decided it would be best if he left.
I was standing at the check out counter waiting for Sky when I spotted him hurrying towards me from the veggie section of the store. He was carrying the rice and ginger and one of his ears was twitching. "Hey Sky are you OK?" I asked worried when he approached me.
"Yeah I just hit my head."
Frowning I took the items and sat them on the counter. Kneeling down next to him I looked at his head and found a rather large bump. "Wow Sky that's a pretty big bump." I said as I gently poked it.
He let out a yelp and jumped away. "That hurts you know!"
Laughing I said "I'm sorry but I couldn't resist." He mumbled something I couldn't understand as I turned to pay for the food. As we were leaving the store I saw a rather large woman surrounded by clerks. She was covered in tomatoes and seemed to be ranting about how she was going to sue the store. 'OK….' I thought shaking my head. People around here are really weird.
