Chapter 9: Great Rescue
The next day I woke up and yawned. No bad dreams last night. None that I could remember, anyway.
"Kyoshi, we're leaving!" I heard Sakura's annoying voice call from down the stairs.
"Be there in a minute!" I yelled to her. I got dressed into my usual outfit. Then I went to where they were waiting.
"Where's Naruto?" I asked, not really caring.
"Oh, he probably won't be able to move for a while. He's resting." Kakashi said.
"And I'm guessing you didn't wake him up to check that he couldn't move?" I asked accusingly.
"Nope!" He said cheerfully.
"So… can I stay here to make sure he doesn't come?" I asked. I felt really lazy today…
"Suit yourself." Kakashi said then left with Sakura and Sasuke.
I was resting on the couch when I heard Naruto's voice yell "Why didn't someone wake me up?" he came down the stairs, still in his pajamas. "Where is everyone else?"
"I'm right next you!" I said. "No need to yell!" he got really annoyed so I said "They went to the bridge, okay? You can't go."
"What?" He hollered. "I knew it! They ditched me!" he ran into his room, changing, no doubt.
"Naruto! You can't go!" I yelled again, still laying on the couch. He came down, fully dressed, and said "See yah!" to me. I sighed and followed him out the door.
"Hey! Wait up!" I called. He stopped completely, causing me to run into him.
"I said wait um, not stop completely." I said, annoyed.
"Look." he said, pointing towards a maimed boar.
"Lovely. Let's go." I said.
"No, ninjas have been here. We have to go back."
"I never wanted to leave, to begin with!" I said and headed back to the house with him. When we got there, we saw two ninjas taking Tsunami out of her house. Soon Inari came running out yelling "Stop!"
"Naruto, do something!" I told him. He used substitution on Tsunami and Inari right when a ninja slashed Inari. He3 and Tsunami turned into logs.
"Substitution jutsu. The woman. She's gone." The one with a ski cap said.
"Sorry I'm a bit late." Naruto said smugly. The ninjas looked at him and then at me. Naruto set down Inari and Tsunami.
"Hey, they're the two weak little ninja brats that Tazuna hired. Let's get them." They said, charging with katanas in their hands.
"Weak?" I hissed, fuming. I took both of my katanas out and clashed my katana down on the guy with the ski mask. Oh, how I love the sound of metal meeting metal. The ski mask guy blocked my attack with his own katana. I shoved my other katana into his stomach while Naruto kicked the other ninja with his shadow clone in the back of his head, causing him to become unconscious.
"Who's weak now?" I asked.
"You did it!" Inari shouted. "like real ninjas!" He was smiling like an idiot.
"We are real ninjas. That's what I keep trying to tell you." Naruto said. They both started laughing.
"Uh, guys… Guys? GUYS!" I yelled. They looked at me. "Don't you think we should tie these people up?" I asked. Naruto looked at the ninjas and nodded. He took some of the rope off of the bridge and tied them up. And then he sneezed.
"They say that when you sneeze, someone's talking about you somewhere." Inari said.
"You don't really believe that, do you?" Naruto asked. "Anyway, I'm sorry about yesterday about calling you a coward. You know it's not true. 'Cause you were really brave." Inari started to cry.
"We're sorry, Inari, but we have to leave. You can take care of yourself and your mother, can't you?" I asked and he nodded. Then I left with Naruto following behind.