Hi people! I know I haven't updated for a while but I've been busy. I'm turned in my portfolio yesterday and I only hope that I get a good grade on it or else I'm risking getting an F in three of my classes…………………………….
Well besides those depressing thoughts I also created a new fanfic but there is one major difference between that one and this one. The major difference…. It's done entirely first person, FIRST PERSON!!!!!!! Yeah sorry about that, just a little excited about it I guess. It's about Naruto again but it's based loosely off of Tsubasa Chronicles. Still not many people have read it and it made me a little upset. I know the whole "Naruto has wings" is a totally overused plot but I promise that you'll like this so please check it out! It's called "The Golden Song" and so far there's only one chapter but I plan on getting new chapters out pretty soon.
*Please make note that I hate Mary Sues so the chance of one appearing in that story or any of the Naruto characters turning into one has a lower chance of happening than Orochimaru not being gay*
"Talking"
'Thinking'
'Voices in Sasuke head/ inner Sakura'
"Bijuu speaking"
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
The first thing Umiko noticed when she woke up was the fact that she was tied up to a chair. The second thing she noticed was that she was blindfolded and third was that she was being watched.
'What the hell happened to me?' Umiko raged in her mind but stiffened when she heard that voice whisper in her ear.
'You don't remember?' it asked her in an innocence voice.
'Of course I do, I know exactly why I'm tied to a chair and wearing a blindfold while being watched by some unknown person or people.' Umiko thought sarcastically back toward it and almost snickered when she heard it sigh.
'I was trying to help…'
'The last time you tried to 'help' we almost died. The last time you tried to 'help' Yousuke did died!' Umiko hissed toward it feeling satisfaction as she felt its presence leave her mind but before it left it whispered to her one more time.
'Here's a hint, Naruto friends.'
'Naruto friends? What was that supposed to mean?' Umiko thought to herself. 'Well what was I doing before I woke up? I was trying to find a job when I ran into Naruto friends at the market. We started talking and Ino wanted to ask me questions about Naruto… then I got really sleepy for some reason and I guess I fell asleep. Wait a minute, why did I fall asleep? I had a full night rest and I wasn't the least bit sleepy when I left the hotel so there shouldn't have been a reason for me to fall asleep……………………………………..the hell! THEY DRUGGED ME!' Umiko wasn't entirely too sure how they drugged her only that they did and it pissed her off to no end. If it wasn't for the fact that Umiko was trying not to alert them that she was awake she would have been struggling for everything she was worth. Unfortunately for Umiko she never knew that when she slept she rolled around so much people wondered how she got any rest at all, so her pretending to 'sleep' really just gave her away.
"It looks like Umiko awake, shall we ask her some questions?" a voice that Umiko realized belong to Sakura asked out loud.
'How the hell did they know I was awake?!' Umiko gave up all pretenses of being asleep and responded with a growl.
"Well I really didn't expect Naruto friends to be into this kind of thing, I really hope you didn't get Naruto into bondage as well, I'll kill you if you did." Umiko said out loud in a fake surprised voice inwardly smirking when she heard some of them fall to the ground.
"What the hell are you talking about?! We're not into bondage!" Sakura yelled at Umiko but Umiko didn't look convinced.
"Right so I'm bond to a chair, blindfolded, in a room full of people who are watching me because this is the customary way of greeting people now?" Umiko nearly laughed when she imagined the look on their face but kept quite so she could hear their response.
"No we were just going to ask you some questions about Naruto!" Ino yelled at her and Umiko smirked.
"Ah I see now! The polite way of questioning people about other people are to knock them out, tie them to a chair, then blindfolded them and stare at them until they wake up. So nice to know, I wasn't entirely too sure if just ASKING them was a polite thing to do here in Konoha. Then again this is a ninja village maybe it's just like that in all ninja villages?" Umiko replied in a fake innocence voice while laughing madly inside. Umiko heard someone sigh before feeling her blindfold taken off. She blinked when she came face to face with Shino and stared at him for a long time before a look or horror passed on her face.
"Holy crap there's a bug on your face!" She yelled at him watching in horrified fascination as a bug crawled around on Shino face before disappearing into his collar. Shino backed away and stood next to Hinata who was sitting in a corner of the room looking really depressed.
"Look we just want to ask you about Naruto, are you going to answer them?" Sakura asked looking somewhat frustrated.
"Maybe, it depends on what you ask me. So what do you want to know?"
"Well… what exactly is your…………"
"……relationship with Umiko?" Naruto blinked and then looked at Neji in surprise before anger crowded onto his face.
"The hell?! You break into my apartment at eight in the morning, knock me out, tie me up with chains, CHAINS, and bring me to some random training field in my pajamas only to ask me that!" Naruto yelled in anger not really noticing how loud his voice was, Neji sighed.
"Just answer the question Naruto or else we'll just leave you here." Naruto glared at them but answered anyway.
"Umiko like a nee-chan to me, she taught me a lot of things and showed me what it was like to have a family."
"But aren't you two engaged?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah we are what about it?" Naruto asked looking confused.
"Dobe why are you marrying a girl you consider a 'nee-chan'?" Sasuke asked while rolling his eyes.
"Shut it teme! We didn't exactly get engaged because we wanted to!"
"What does that mean?" Shikamaru asked from where he was lying down.
"We were seven when we made that vow. We said 'when both of us reach our goal then we'll become a real family and share our last names' because Umiko never knew her last name she wanted to share my last name and I was fine with that but we didn't know that 'sharing' our last names meant getting married." Naruto confessed looking embarrassed. "I only realized it two years ago and by then there was nothing we could do about it."
"Why didn't you go looking for her?" Tenten asked curious and Naruto looked away.
"I wasn't allowed to leave the village at that time." He answered while looking down.
"How come Umiko doesn't……"
"……………have a last name?" Ino asked her and Umiko sighed.
"My okaa-san told me that my otou-san died before I was born and my okaa-san never told me his name."
"So why didn't she just tell you hers?" Sakura asked looking confused and Umiko shared her look.
"I don't know, my okaa-san died when I was five and I can't remember once when she told me her last name… in fact I can't even remember her real name, I only remember her as my okaa-san."
"That's kind of weird." Choji muttered and Shino nodded.
"Well then, do you……………"
"……………love Umiko?" Tenten asked. Naruto blushed and looked away.
"Why would you want to know that?" He asked looking really embarrassed.
"Well if you're getting married to her then you have to love her right?"
"Well I'm not sure… I mean I do consider her as my nee-chan and I will always do whatever I can to help her but I'm not sure if that's what you would call love." Tenten thought about what Naruto had told them before answering.
"Think about Sakura and then think about Umiko. Imagine both are in danger but in different parts of Konoha, who would you go to first?" Naruto was silent for a long time before answering.
"I would go to Umiko first."
"There that proves you love Umiko, or if not it means that you're getting there." Tenten said with a triumphant smile.
"Yes Naruto-kun you and Umiko both shine youthfully with love!" Lee yelled out with tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Umm thanks?"
"Naruto is there a time limit to your vow?" Shikamaru asked looking very serious.
"A time limit, what do you mean?"
"I read in a book about chakra vows, they sound similar to this 'unbreakable vow' thing that you and Umiko did but the book states that because the vows are made with chakra they have a set time limit to complete the vow before the chakra kills them. Does the unbreakable vow have a time limit?"
"I don't think there…………"
"…………is one."
"What do you mean there is one?" Sakura asked looking stunned.
"You asked if there was a time limit and I told you there is one. I haven't told Naruto yet because I don't want him to worry." Umiko replied.
"How long is this time limit?" Shino asked.
"Three years after one of the participants complete their part of the vow. So I have about two years and a half left."
"Will Na Naruto die if you don't com complete the vow?" Hinata asked worriedly and Umiko gave her a reassuring smile.
"I'm about ninety percent sure that he won't die if I don't complete the vow in time."
"Why only ninety percent, shouldn't it either a yes or a no?" Sakura asked confused.
"Well it depends on what you say when you make the vow. In our case there are actually two parts to our vow. The first part is to 'reach our goals' and the second is to 'share our names' both parts need to be completed to finish the vow. As things are right now, I'm ninety percent sure that he'll not die if I don't finish in time."
"That still doesn't explain why you're ninety percent sure that he'll live." Choji pointed out.
"Ah well I don't really want to tell anybody until I'm a hundred percent sure and I want to tell Naruto first so you're not going to learn anything from me."
"Okay, then what about your goal? I heard from Tenten that you want to open a circus here in Konoha how long do you think that's going to take?" Sakura asked.
"A while, the first thing I need to do is find performers which shouldn't be too hard since there are a lot of people here who have failed from the ninja academy and with some training they would make great performers. The second thing I need to do is find a place where I can perform. In Konoha there are a lot of empty plots of land where I could perform but the problem is that there are so many safety regulations and drills that opening up a circus in certain places could screw everything up. I don't really have to worry about that right now, instead I should be focusing on getting supplies to make the props for the performances and spreading the word about myself."
"It sounds like you thought this through." Choji told Umiko.
"Well of course! My dream is to be the best trapeze artist out there but I also want to create a stage were anybody could forget their worries even if for just a moment."
"Wh why do you wa want to be a trapeze ar artist so bad? You're ve very good with th the diabolo." Hinata asked.
"That's a hard question to answer." Umiko replied with a sigh.
"How so?" Choji asked while opening another bag of chips.
"My okaa-san loved the water but not just the water the entire ocean as well. She would often tell me stories about the sea and would describe in detail her memories of the sea. She loved it so much she even named me after it. 'Umi' means ocean and 'ko' means child, my okaa-san named me 'ocean child' and that just proved how much she loved the sea. For a time I loved the water as much as my okaa-san did but that changed when I saw my okaa-san drown….. After that I didn't like the water anymore, it felt suffocating and heavy. I wanted to escape from it, to get as far away from it that I could, so I started to look toward the sky instead of the sea and I decided that I wanted to fly instead of swim. Which is why I want to be a trapeze artist so bad, to fling myself through the air without the fear of ever falling, even if it was for a brief moment I felt as if I was truly flying." Umiko said with a small smile.
"Go gomen…" Hinata whispered while looking down.
"For what, you asked me a question and I answered so why are you apologizing?" Umiko asked while tilting her head to the side.
"Be because your o okaa-san…"
"That happened a long time ago and while I might not be the completely over it, it doesn't hurt as much anymore." Umiko reassured Hinata with a small smile before an annoyed look crossed her face. "But if you really want to show how sorry you are can you do something for me?"
"What?"
"UNTIE ME GOD DAMN IT!"
"Not until you answer every single one of our questions!" Ino yelled back at her and Umiko growled.
"GRAAAAAAH! I don't have time for this I finally got an interview and I'm going to be late if you keep me here!" Umiko yelled while struggling against her binds.
"A interview for what?" Shino asked.
"A part time job, unlike you guys I'm living on my own which means that I have to pay for everything by myself, I need to get a job or else I'll wind up sleeping on the streets!" Umiko glared at them while they exchanged guilty looks.
"We still have questions for you." Sakura told Umiko looking a little guilty and Umiko rolled her eyes.
"Look I really need to get to that interview I'll answer whatever questions you have latter just let me go already."
"Do you promise that you'll answer our questions?" Ino asked and Umiko sighed.
"Yeah I promise now let me go!"
"Fine but we are going to hold you to that promise." Sakura said while cutting Umiko free from the ropes that had been holding her down. Umiko jumped to her feet and rubbed her sore wrist before looking at them.
"Where's my bag?" Shino tossed her, her bag and Umiko nodded at him. She turned around and walked through the door without turning around.
"Are you sure that there's no time limit to the unbreakable vow?" Shikamaru asked again and Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, Umiko never said anything about a time limit so I guess there are none." Shikamaru sighed before looking toward the rest of the group.
"Well that's all we needed to know so I'm going to leave now, Choji probably waiting for me already." Shikamaru said before getting up and leaving.
"This was stupid see you later dobe." Sasuke said to Naruto while walking toward the Uchiha complex.
"Ah we must be going as well Guy-sensei said that he had a special training exercise he wanted us to do. Come my youthful rival let us race and see who can reach Guy-sensei first!" With that said Lee went of racing toward their training grounds while Tenten and Neji followed slowly behind.
"Come on Akamaru sis said that she was going to teach us a new move." Kiba said to Akamaru who barked excitedly and followed his master as they left the training field. Naruto sat there for a few moments wondering why he felt like they forgot something before it clicked in his mind.
"OI GUYS, UNTIE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Well sorry for the late update but here it is! I actually had this chapter ready a few days ago but for some reason I wasn't able to log in and therefore unable to upload this chapter…..
So review please!