Here's chapter 10! I wont be writing for a while because I have exams in less then 2 weeks and I'm going to a horse show this weekend and a horse camp next weekend. As you can tell horses take up a lot of my time :P
I also have something to ask you readers. My beta has been getting really busy and doesn't have the time to look over the chapters anymore, and I was wondering if anyone wanted to beta my story or stories. If no one wants to then they'll just be edited by me so don't be too upset if there are errors... Well, hope you enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto. I just own Lark, Jiro and Mika :D
The next day I woke up all by myself. There was no masked man, reading his perverted book, to wake me up. I was thankful for the peaceful awakening though. Kakashi probably would've pushed me on the floor again.
I got up off the couch, stretching my arms over my head. Yawning, I walked over to the small kitchen and began to rummage through the, very low stocked, fridge. There was food there, but it didn't look very edible. Giving up in my search for food, I started for Kakashi's room to see if he was even up yet. Though, before I got there, I caught a glimpse of a small sheet of paper on the table.
The paper seemed to be a note, which I could hardly read. The handwriting was the worst! I was sure an Academy student could write better. Anyway, I began to read the horrible written letter. It said:
Hey Lark. Judging on how you are drooling on my couch, I guessing I'll be long gone before you read this. I forgot to tell you yesterday that I would be going on a mission for a while. Before you think it; No you couldn't come with me because it's about the Akatsuki. Now, later your temporary supervisor will come by. DO NOT LEAVE THE APARTMENT! I put a seal on the door, so you can't escape anyway.
See You Later,
Kakashi
I crumpled the note with a slight growl. I didn't want to stay in the apartment or have a temporary supervisor, or baby sitter, as I like to call it.
Throwing the note in the garbage, I strolled over to Kakashi's bookcase for something to read. What I noticed was that all the books were scattered all over the shelves, but there were a few books that were place neatly beside each other. Curious, I reached for one of the books, but regretted it as soon as I flipped the page.
Quickly, I flipped the book closed and looked closely at the cover. It read Icha Icha Violence.
"Does Kakashi only read porn?" I exclaimed. Shaking my head, I placed the book back. Though, before it was fully back in place, I got wondering.
"I wonder why Kakashi likes it so much…" I wondered to myself. Taking the book again, I sat down in the armchair and began to read.
It took me about half an hour to read two pages. I kept turning my head away in embarrassment. The author didn't waste anytime to begin the smut.
After I read the third page, I had to put the book back. I just couldn't read it. It's not that I'm not a perverted person at times, but porn, to me, is just plain creepy. So, instead of reading Kakashi's favourite book, I pulled another one of the shelf.
This one was a horror/mystery book, which is more to my liking. Though, before I sat down, I grab the only good apple from the fridge. I had begun to get hungry and I needed something to tie me over till lunch.
About 2 hours pasted since I sat down. The book I was reading was getting really interesting, but the doorbell rang. So, unfortunately, I had to put the book down. As I walked closer to the door, I remember that Kakashi had put a seal on it. So, I was hoping the person on the other side knew how to break it.
Looking through the small peephole, I saw a person dressed head-to-toe in green spandex. I quickly looked away and began to look for a hiding spot.
"Hello!" Exclaimed Guy as I dove behind the couch. I know it wasn't the best place to hide, but I was in a hurry and this guy didn't seem too smart. So, if I'm lucky, I'll get away with it.
"Lark! Kakashi sent me to watch over you while he's gone. I'll just let myself in," declared Guy with too much happiness in his voice. While Guy was breaking the seal and opening the door, I was sitting there while muttering "no" over and over again.
"Where are you?" Questioned the "youthful" jounin when he entered the apartment. As soon as he stepped a foot the doorway, I stayed perfectly still.
"Playing a game of Hide and Seek, are we? What I good training exercise! I can improve my finding skills!" Cheered Guy. I shook my head at Guy's over excitement. I wasn't playing 'Hide and Seek'; I was playing 'Hide from Guy'. While Guy left the living room, to go check the bedrooms first, I peeked from my hiding spot. Noticing that Guy left the door wide open, I thought of a plan.
Even though I have no chakra, I'm still a very fast runner. So, if I'm quick enough, I might be able to get out of here and away from the green freak. Then I might be able to get out of the village and back to Mika and Jiro! Though, I still wont have chakra, but I'm sure there's some sort of jutsu someone knows that it will give me back my chakra. As I thought this was a fantastic plan, I got myself ready to run.
I could tell Guy was in Kakashi's room at the moment, and his room was at the farthest end of the house. Counting to three in my head, I prepared myself.
'One… Two… Three!' I got up from my place and headed for the door at lightening speed. Making it out the door, I heard Guy's heavy footsteps quickly coming after me. Though, I kept running.
Surprisingly, I made it out of the building and to the park next door. Starting to slow down, thinking I lost him, but I thought too soon. There was Guy, standing right in front of me with a stupid smile on his face.
"Shit!" I yelled out of frustration. I really believed I could've gotten away. Guess I was wrong.
"Thought you could get away from Kohona's Green Beast? Well you thought wrong!" Exclaimed the 'Green Beast'. I stared at him for a moment, and then rolled my eyes.
"Technically, I did get away from you. I got out of the building and you couldn't catch up with me for a while. I think someone's getting a bit old," I pointed out. Guy's smile faltered for a second, but returned as he flashed me a wide smile.
"Never will I be old. I will always have my youth!" Cried out Guy. I rolled my eyes again.
"Well ' ', are you going to turn me in for trying to escape?" I asked. On the outside I probably looked like I didn't care, but on the inside I was scared. If the Hokage finds out I tried to escape, then I'll be imprisoned for sure.
"No, I won't turn you in. I'm going to have you train with my team as punishment," answered Guy. I stared at the man confused.
"You do know I have no chakra, right?" I questioned. Guy nodded in response and began to walk away. Still confused, I followed the green covered man.
We arrived at a training area where three people were standing. I recognized them instantly and they remembered me too. They all gave me suspicious looks as they turned to their sensei.
"What's she doing here?" Asked TenTen.
"Yes. Isn't Kakashi-sensei supposed to be watching her," stated Neji. Lee nodded in agreement. I just stood there in silence, not looking at them in the eyes. I could tell they weren't happy to see me, and I knew they wouldn't be as easy to make peace with like Naruto was.
"Kakashi's gone on a mission, so I'll be watching Lark while he's gone. Now give Lark a warm smile and lets start training!" Answered Guy. No one gave me a smile. Well Lee did, but that was because Guy told him to.
As they were doing some sort of training, I just stood there not paying attention. I didn't need to train, and it's not like I could practice my ninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu wasn't my strong point, but even that you need some chakra.
"Come on Lark! Show us your youthfulness!" Guy yelled from across the field. I shook my head, and plopped myself onto the ground. Everyone stopped what they were doing and came over to me. Though, I didn't look up.
"Lark, this is your punishment. Now can you please train with us?" Asked Guy. I turned my head like a child would when they refused something.
"No." I stated. They all shook their heads in annoyance, but I didn't care. Let them think I was lazy.
"She's probably feeling the effects of old age without her chakra," muttered TenTen. That got my attention.
"Excuse me?" I asked, slowly getting up from my spot. TenTen looked at me with a bit of worry.
"I said you're probably feeling the effects of old age," repeated the female. I glared slightly at the girl and stared at her straight in the eyes.
"I'm not feeling old," I growled. Lee somewhat laughed in the background.
"It's alright. Guy-sensei sometimes has those effects too," laughed Lee. Guy glared at his student slightly, but soon turned his gaze back to me. I turned around to the Guy look alike.
"I'm not feeling the effects because I'm not old," I again growled. Lee's laugh soon became less happy and more worried.
"You are thirty aren't you? Or maybe a bit older," questioned Lee. That made me mad, or maybe mad was an underestimate. I was furious!
"I'm 25," I replied with a dark tone. Lee laughed nervously as he saw my fists clench.
"Still… That's pretty old," muttered TenTen to herself. Unfortunately for her, I heard what she said.
"I'm not old!" I hollered as I swung my right fist at TenTen, but Lee just had to interfere and stop my fist.
"Now lets calm down and get back to training. There's no need to start a fight," said Lee as he let go. Though, I didn't want to train. I wanted a fight now. That way I can take out my anger on someone.
"How about we fight each other bug eyes. That way your still training and I get a fight," I offered. Lee thought about it for a moment. He looked over at his team for an answer. Guy nodded yes, while Neji and TenTen shook their heads. TenTen still looked a bit shocked from when I tried to punch her, she probably didn't want her teammate to take the punch for her.
"Fine. I'll fight you," agreed Lee. Both Neji and TenTen sighed, while Guy gave a thumb up. I just smirked at the bug-eyed boy and he smirked back.
We stood about twenty feet from each. Both of us having pure confidence in our eyes. Guy, Neji and TenTen were all standing on the sidelines as they watched us with interest. I knew this was going to be difficult, me having no chakra and all, but I still had skills even without the extra energy.
"I'll be nice and let you have the first try. You'll need the head start," I smirked at Lee. The boy's eyes narrow slightly as he gets in a ready position. I went into my own position as well, and waited for the fight to begin.
"Start!" Guy yelled from the sidelines. At the signal, Lee took off with lightening speed. That took me off guard a bit, as I wasn't expecting the kid to be so fast. Lee came up in front of me and was about to strike me, but I moved out of the last minute. My sudden movement shocked my opponent as well as the rest of his team. Guess all that running Hantā-sensei made us do was worth it.
"Oh come on. You can't be done already," I teased as I waited for Lee to make another move. It took a second for the shock to wear off, but when it did the kid was after me again.
Punches and kicks were thrown back and forth between the two of us. Lee had landed a few on me, but not hard enough to do anything. It didn't seem like he was trying to hard, like he was taking it easy on me. Well, I appreciate the gesture, but I hate it when people think I'm not able to do something.
"Don't go easy on me! It's no fun when you're not trying," I whined. At that being said, Lee struck me with a hard kick to my side. Now this kick hurt a lot more then the others, but still not enough to bring me down. So, since the kid wanted to go easy on me, I thought I'd take advantage of it.
When Lee was about to punch me, I quickly dodge it and fell to the ground. Before the kid could recover from the slight shock, I wiped my leg around and hit the bug-eyed kid's leg. This made Lee lose his balance and fall to the ground. I got up before he even hit the ground, and when he finally did hit, I pulled out the one kunai I had and placed it right at his throat. Of course I wasn't pressing hard enough for it to actually break skin, but it signaled that I won the match.
"Never underestimate your opponent. It might just get you killed," I murmured lowly. Lee looked up at me with scared, but also surprised eyes. I put the kunai back into my pouch and stepped away from the boy as his team came up to us.
"You got beaten by a women with no chakra! That's bad Lee. Real bad…" Scolded TenTen as she offered to help Lee up off the ground.
"Well… She's better then I thought she was," replied Lee, not letting his team know that he hadn't been full out fighting.
"It seems that Lark is a more powerful then we thought," mumbled Neji, not really speaking to anyone. They all turned to me and stared at me for a moment.
"What?" I asked when they didn't move for a few seconds. It was getting kind of awkward with them staring at me.
"You just showed us the great power of youth, Lark!" Exclaimed Guy. The green man had tears streaming from his eyes and had thrown a fist up into the air. Lee did the same pose after I moment and Neji, TenTen and I all looked at them like they were insane. This was actually more awkward then the staring…
"Umm… Thank you?" I drawled, not very sure what to say. Lee came up to me and gave a respected bow.
"It was a pleasure sparring with you Lark-san! You've taught me to never underestimate my opponents, even if they don't have much chakra," rambled Lee. I stood there dumb founded for a second.
"Glad I could help. Now if you excuse me-," I started, but a slight pain in my head made me stop.
"Is everything all right Lark-san?" Asked Lee who was staring at me with slight concern. The pain increased a bit more and I started to rub my left temple.
"Just a little dizzy, but I'm fine," I reassured the bug-eyed chunin. Lee nodded in understanding when Guy came up beside him.
"Maybe you should take it easy for now. Fighting with little chakra can take a lot out of you," informed Guy. I nodded and began to walk towards the tree I had been sitting under earlier. Though, after more time passed, the pain became more intense. I had know clue what was wrong, but figured I just overworked myself. Resting in the shade should help, but after that I know not to fight with the situation I'm in.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to the shade. Just when I was ten feet away from my destination, I fainted. I've been fainting way too much lately…
Though, before fully passing out, I heard a voice whispering in my head.
"Finally. Now we can talk…"
Hope you liked it! Please tell my what you think! I'm also sorry if any member of team Guy is out of character... I'm not as "youthful" as Guy or Lee, so it was somewhat hard to wright for them. I hope I got Neji right though :) And as for Tenten... She's probably not right, but I don't really like her sooo... Anyways thanks!