HEY GUYS! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE! I'VE BEEN BUSY WITH WORK AND PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS! AREN'T YOU ALL EXCITEED?! ANYWHO! here's another chapter of my story as an early christmas gift and it would be great if i could get more reviews guys COME ON! :D i don't mind at all, i'm open minded to postive reviews and negative so it could help me in the future ya know?! so don't be afraid to leave any, i respond to all :) so make sure you do that, fave or follow if you want, enjoy! 3
~Naruto Shippuden Opening Theme 1(Hero's Comeback)~
"Alright, lets get to it". Kakashi spoke, squatting down to do a hand sign, his hand touched the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!". Weird writing was formed on the floor as a poof of smoke surrounded him. The smoke cleared as dogs were seen dressed in ninja gear with headbands that had the leaf's symbol on them. You stared at them in awe trying to fight the urge from rubbing their tummies, they were so adorable dressed up like that.
"At your service, 8 ninja hounds". The smallest dog out of the 8 spoke. Naruto grinned at the familiar dog, recognizing its voice.
"Heyyy Pakkun! long time no see!". He grinned wider while waving at the dog. The small dog turned towards him with a questioning look at first but soon realized who it was.
"Is that you Naruto? didn't even recognize ya". Pakkun said once he recovered from being shocked.
"Woahhh look at you at you! you haven't changed a bit!". Naruto exclaimed, examining him carefully with his hand on his chin.
"You haven't either". Pakkun replied as Naruto pouted from the canine slightly offending him. He has grown way taller over the past three years and not to mention how strong his training made him, causing Naruto to correct him on that by yelling childishly.
"Alright alright, we can save the reunion for later". Kakashi sighed at Naruto's childish behavior, then turned his attention back to the ninjas hounds. "I need you guys to get on this right away" . He held out the piece of clothing from the Akatsuki members as the dogs surrounded his hand, each sniffing it to find out which direction they went.
"Alright we'll let you know if we find something!". Pakkun said as the hounds dashed away on the search.
"Alrightttt! we move out as soon as Pakkun and his friends get back with information, so i say lets get ready!". Naruto shouted enthusiastically.
"Not so fast Naruto". Kakashi interrupted, making Naruto freeze in his tracks. Kakashi turned towards Kankuro as Lady Chiyo and her brother walked up to him.
"There's something we must know and only you can tell us". Lady Chiyo spoke to Kankuro. He gave her a nod as to tell her to continue on.
"Am I correct into thinking that one of your opponents was Sasaori?". Kankuro looked her in the eye for a second and frowned. He began telling her about Sasaori of the red sand who Lady Chiyo informed everyone that he was her grandson who turned evil. It was shocking news to everyone and also sad because sooner or later she has to battle her own blood. After learning one of the identities of the members, Sakura shortly came in with the medics, giving Kankuro a potion that worked perfectly.
"There! you should be alright now, just lie back and rest..don't move around until the numbness passes". Sakura informed him.
You felt yourself smile at everyone who was happy that their friend would be okay now. Out of nowhere you yawned, feeling an unexpectedly drowsiness take over from all the traveling and not getting any proper sleep. Baki, who was Gaara, Temari and Kankuro former leader of the group, noticed how tired you looked.
"She looks tired, you all should get some rest as well after the journey you took to get here, we've prepared rooms for you". He said as Naruto shook his head disagreeing, he felt doing that would only be wasting time.
"But we've gotta go after Gaara!". Naruto exclaimed impatiently, not wanting to waste anymore time.
"Thanks we'll take you up on your offer". Kakashi ignored him as Naruto turned towards him with a disappointed look on his face . He thought that put of everyone else his sensei would have his back on this, he just wanted to save Gaara before anything bad happened to him.
"Naruto just calm down, we may have to travel far and fast tomorrow so we need all the rest we can get". Kakashi said to his pupil, giving him a worried expression. Naruto gritted his teeth but sighed shortly and decided to let it go, figuring it was no use to keep going back and forth when nothing was going to change. So you all grabbed your bags as you prepared to leave for your rooms.
"Naruto". Kankuro called out tiredly, stopping everyone from leaving out. He breathed heavily as he tried to catch his breath. "Please, save my little brother". He begged surprising everyone, shutting his eyes as he thought of Gaara and what they would do to his little brother. Everyone gave him a sad look but not Naruto, Naruto was the one who gave him a soft reassuring smile to not worry.
"Don't worry i will". His soft smile turned into a grin with determination as his eyes gleamed in the light. "After all I'm gonna be Hokage someday and for now the kazekage can just owe me one". He said firmly smirking in the process.
Everyone smiled at his comment as you admired him, he was really a brave person who wants to keep everyone safe and would do anything for his friends. You didn't realize that you were now blushing for the blonde shinobi once more, something you found yourself doing more with each time your around him. Sakura and Ayame noticed you staring lovingly at Naruto, they smiled at each other and Ayame walked over to you, snapping her fingers in your face to stop your gawking.
"Heyy lovebird! snap out of it, were getting ready to leave for our rooms and your droolinggggg". Ayame teased you with a wide smirk.
You quickly wiped the drool off your chin and playfully glared. "I am not!". You pouted more, crossing your arms and looking into the other direction. Sakura smiled also walking over towards you two to join in on the tease, it was fun making fun of your denying feelings that you have for Naruto. Everyone can see it except for him because of how dense he are when it comes to stuff like that.
"So i was right, you do like Naruto! right?". Sakura smirked making you blushed fifty shades of red.
"Noooooooooooo! no no no no no! you got it all wrong hehehehe". You nervously laughed, hoping she would just let it go but you could tell she wasn't buying it. You sighed in defeat as she smirked with victory.
" CHAA!I knew you liked him allllll alone Kasumi! cupid to the rescue hahaha". She laughed evilly with her hands on her hips as you and Ayame sweat dropped at her craziness. She only laughed louder as the two inched away from her out of fear from her acting like a lunatic.
"Kasumi likes who?".
You three froze and suddenly became very quiet when hearing that voice. The three of you slowly turned around seeing that Naruto had overheard your conversation. You couldn't help but notice a look on his face, he almost seemed hurt but why?
"Uhhhh no one important! just a guy back at home hehehe". You rubbed the back of your head sheepishly with a nervous laugh. He looked disappointed again but decided to put his poker face on with a smile.
"Oh ok! well, i hope you guys workout! but Kakashi sensei said we should get going". He mumbled and turned around with his head hanging low, he gave a light sigh and started walking away. Ayame and Sakura stared at him sadly as he walked away, Ayame sighed loudly shaking her head.
"Kasumiii, your such a klutz!". She scolded while face palming herself. You gave her a confused look and she just shook her head at you for not realizing what was wrong with the situation.
"Well guys, lets head to our rooms to get some rest ok? we gotta big day ahead of us tomorrow". Sakura interrupted you two while yawning and walking out of the room.
"You heard her Sumi, let's go". Ayame sighed tiredly, shortly following after Sakura. You stood behind for a second, thinking about why Naruto looked so sad when you mentioned liking someone else.
"Hmmmmm...". You thought with your hand on your chin, with things like this you weren't too smart on it either. Maybe he just felt bad that you couldn't see this imaginary person since you were in a different world. Even though you tried to convince yourself that, you just didn't believe it, something in your heart was telling you it was something else but what?.
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You plopped on the bed with your arms over your eyes as you thought about earlier. You couldn't get Naruto's expression out of your mind, you didn't understand why he looked so upset when you told him you liked someone else, well lied rather. Their were no guy's back home that interested you or just didn't pay attention to because you had other things to deal with. After a while of non-stop thinking, you sighed loudly as you got up to walk out, all this thinking was making your head hurt.
"Where ya headed Sumi?". Ayame asked while coming out of the bathroom.
"I wanted to take a look around the village and get some air". You forced a smile, hoping she would let you go alone, too late.
"Really! well lets go". She yelled happily, grabbing your wrist and pulling you out into the village with a lot of energy you just didn't have at the moment. You whined mumbling you wanted to be alone to think.
You both walked around looking at the buildings that were covered in sand, you passed by a group of people who looked to be doing Karaoke. You didn't know they had that here, Ayame screamed with excitement as she tugged you along. You both watched as different people were singing Japanese songs on the little stage. As the song finished the little crowd clapped but Ayame being Ayame booed the person.
"Boooooo get off the stage!". Ayame yelled, giving them a thumbs down for the poor performance. You sweat dropped nervously and tried getting her to sit back down before she caused any trouble.
"You guys need some real talent! then maybe you could get a bigger crowd!". Ayame challenged, shouting towards the host on stage. He glared at her statement feeling insulted and started to shout back.
"Well do you have any talent missy?!".
Ayame stopped shouting and blinked at him with a dumbfound expression, she kept quiet after that because she couldn't sing if her life depended on it, a cat could sing better than her!. She started laughing nervously, shaking her head but a light bulb popped up in her head. Seconds later, you felt yourself being pulled up on your feet as she pointed at you with this mischievous smirk, just what was she up to?.
"I may not have talent, but my best friend here has the voice of an angel!". Ayame gloated smugly as you blushed, getting stares from the small crowd who wanted to know if it was really true. The host smirked with dollar signs in his eyes, he encouraged you to come up as you shook your head countless times with Ayame forcefully pulling you up on the stage. You felt all eyes on you as shrieked hiding behind Ayame, peaking from behind her shoulder to see that everybody was waiting on you to perform. Ayame laughed, turning towards you and patting on your shoulders for reassurance.
"Ayammmeeee why are you doing this to meeeee? you know i have stage fright!". You whined, covering your eyes and trying to hide away from the villagers stares.
"But its also a chance to get over that, come on sumiiii pleaseeeeee for meeeee". Ayame begged, clasping you and her hands together with the puppy dog look. You sighed, giving into her puppy dog eyes as she hugged you with happiness.
"Oh oh I know!". You watched her curiously as she dug in her pocket and pulling out her ipod with a usb cord, wondering what she was going to do with it. You watched as she walked over to the Karaoke machine and plugged it in.
"What are you doing?". You asked while walking over to her.
"Well we need music..aha! found it!". You looked at the song she picked then smiled noticing it was her favorite song you always sang to her. You nodded as you walked up to the microphone taking a deep breath trying to calm your nerves down. The beginning of the song started to play as the crowd was curious to hear how you sounded.
(The song is by Ariana Grande-Tattooed Heart; i love love loveee her!her songs are awesome!you guys should listen!)
[VERSE 1:]
(Sha-la-la-la-la-la-la...)
You don't need a lot of money,
and you don't have to play no games;
All I need is all your lovin' to get the blood rushing through my veins...
I wanna say we're going steady like it's 1954;
Now, it doesn't have to be forever,
Just as long as I'm the name on your tattooed heart...
You started singing as the crowd gasped at your voice. You blushed as the crowd grew more coming to hear you sing, soon half of the village was there.
[Chorus]
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart...) Oh...
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart...) Ooh, oh...
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart, sha-la...) Whoa-oh-oh, yeah...
[Verse 2:]
You don't need to worry about makin' me crazy, 'cause I'm way past that;
So just call me if you want me, 'cause you got me, and I'll show you
How much I wanna be on your tattooed heart...
[Chorus]
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart...) Oh, oh...
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart...) Oh, oh...
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart, sha-la...) Just as long as I'm the name on your tattooed heart...
You felt your shyness going away as you began to feel more comfortable with crowd as they cheered you on. You opened your eyes looking at the big crowd that formed infront of you until your eyes landed on a familiar face. You widened your eyes realizing it was Naruto, a small blush crept up on your face as he watched you in awe. Sakura and Kakashi were there also cheering you on, you closed your eyes getting into the bridge of the song.
[Bridge]
Wrap me in your jacket, my baby, and lay me in your bed,
And kiss me underneath the moonlight;
Darlin', let me trace the lines on your tattooed heart...
[Chorus]
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart...) Oh, oh...
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart...) Oh, oh, babe...
(Tattooed heart, tattooed heart, sha-la...) Just as long as I'm the name on your tattooed heart...
The song had finished, you put the microphone back on its hook and sighed relief that it was over. You opened your eyes as you looked around at the crowd who was astonished and cheering at the same time. They were swaying back and forth with happiness while applauding at your amazing performance. You blushed from all the attention that the audience was giving you but inside silently cheering yourself from overcoming your fear. Ayame tackled you as she jumped up and down out of excitement.
"Omg Sumi that was amazing! I could never get over the fact that you sing like an angel!". You blushed at her compliment then smiled, jumping up and down also from not being able to maintain how happy you were. After everything settled down, the crowd was beginning to leave as the host walked up to you and Ayame with a bright smile.
"That was a beautiful performance young lady, you've helped raise a lot of money for me and my family thank you". He bowed his head as you blushed and begged him to raise his head because it was embarrassing. He smiled at you and ended up tipping you off with a lot of money that you earned from the performance. You stared at the money in your hand in disbelief and tried returning it to him but when you looked up he was already gone.
"W-where did he go? I can't accept all this money!". You shrieked, still in shock that he would give you all this money even after talking about his family.
"Ohhhh relax Kasumi! just think of it this way, we get to go unlimited shopppiinngggggggg!". Ayame giggled while daydreaming of buying numerous of clothes.
A nerve popped on your head as you stared at your crazy friend ramble about what she was going to buy and many other things. You couldn't really understand what she was saying because her excitement gave her too much energy and was causing her to talk fast. You sighed deeply and decided giving up since you couldn't seem to find the man anywhere, he left so fast.
"That was great Kasumi! I really enjoyed myself". You heard someone say as you turned your head to see Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi walking up to you with a light smile.
"It was great but i thought i ordered everyone to get some rest for tomorrow, am i right?". Kakashi said while poking your head a little. You pouted at him but then apologized for disobeying him.
"Ohhh lighten up , have some fun quit being so up tight all the time!". Ayame grinned cheerfully while nudging him to get him to stop being so uptight about everything. He gave her a bored look before he shooing her away like she was a pestering fly, making everyone laugh except for Ayame, she just stuck her tongue out at him that made everyone laugh more.
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On the way back to your rooms, you smiled at everyone laughing and chatting about almost everything. For some reason, you started spacing out and not really paying attention to where you were going, making yourself accidentally trip over your own feet. You shut your eyes tight waiting for the fall but it never came. You opened your eyes seeing something orange and black, you looked up and was shocked to see Naruto who had stopped you from falling. You gasped and pushed yourself out of his arms from being too close to his face, feeling your heart starting to pound at how handsome he looked from the moon shining down on him. A chuckle escaped from his lips at the surprised expression on your face.
"Wow Kasumi, you really are clumsy". He chuckled more while looking down at you. You blushed as you both stared into each others eyes deeply, not realizing that you and him were starting to inch closer and closer. You felt the butterflies forming in your stomach like they always did whenever you were this close to him, your heart thumping rapidly in your chest and it was becoming harder to breath. You tightened your grip on his chest as you felt his breath on your lips, almost touching yours.
"Hey love birds! come on lets get a move on!". You heard Ayame yelling from a far. The blush on your face grew darker as you quickly jerked your head away from Naruto, the whole situation was embarrassing. Trying to avoid eye contact, you mumbled sorry to him and ran to catch up with the others.
"H-hold up Kasumi!". Naruto called out to you but you continued to ignore him. He sighed lightly and tried shaking himself from getting into his feelings about what almost happened. "Come on Naruto get a grip, she's into someone else already, you have no chance with her". He let out an irritated sigh and stuffed his hands in his pockets, walking off to catch up with everybody else.
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The door to your room slammed shut with you leaning on it, panting heavily from all the running you did. After the incident, you ended up dragging Ayame away from the rest of the group because it was too embarrassing to be around Naruto and everyone else. It was obvious that they all saw what was going on between you two and you didn't want to stick around for the constant teasing. Ayame just gave you an incredulous look as she walked up to you with a smirk.
"You should've just kissed him and got it over with..you know you wanted tooooooo". Ayame teased as you shook your head like vigorously.
"No! I can't do that, we have no time for crushes, we have to focus on getting home!". You shouted a little, trying to deny the fact that you wanted to kiss him badly on his lips that looked so soft. Denying your feelings was becoming harder since you knew deep down inside that Naruto was growing on you.
Ayame crossed her arms."Honestly Kasumi, how long are you going to keep telling yourself that, its too late, I see how you look at him..looks like to me that your starting to fall in love". She smirked teasingly while making a heart shape with her hands. You flinched in shock as she wiggled her eyebrows at you, a blush was easily creeping it's way onto your face.
"I'm not...I-I just..". You stuttered uncontrollably as she grinned more. You looked down at your feet sighing in defeat, it was no point in trying to hide it anymore, you've got it bad but you didn't want her and especially not Naruto to know that. Either way, it didn't work because Ayame was nodding her head to herself for being right, it was written all over your face no matter how hard you tried denying it or tried hiding it from her.
"Exactly and now that you are, it's really gonna hurt if we actually do find a way back home... so you have a decision to make, make the right one before it's too late". Ayame simply advised as she changed into her pj's, getting into bed to get ready and fall asleep. You gave her a confused look while changing out of your clothes too.
"Decision? what decision?". You asked after finishing from changing, getting into your bed as you waited for her to explain what she meant.
"Arghh! seriously?! your so dense sometimes i swear Sumi! look you'll know when that time comes, this is something that you have to figure out on your own this time". She sighed loudly and turned her back on you to get some sleep.
You blinked cutely, thinking of what she could be talking but nothing came to mind. She didn't make any sense because there was no decision to make, it was clear as day that you wanted to return home and nothing or no one was going to come in between that. A yawn dragged out of your mouth tiredly as you turned on your side, staring at the wall still deep in thought about this Naruto problem.
"I have to get rid of these feelings and its only one way i can do that...I'm sorry Naruto". You thought to yourself as your heart ached at what you were thinking of doing. You closed your eyes as you let slumber take over.
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