Letters to Temari
Summary: The day of Temari, Kankuro and Gaara's arrival to Konoha, Sakura gets a threatening letter. How does this "X" know she wrote Ino's letter!
Disclaimer: I love Naruto, but I don't own it.
Chapter Nine
To: Sakura From: X
The silent sun peaked over the trees and mountains of the calm village. It had been three night since the strange scroll upon the blonde's door and now things were looking calm. Today was August 1st, the day of the green eyed blonde's return upon the soil of Konoha. The blue eyed one slowly opened her crystal eyes, taking in the soft light and sound of humming outside of her window.
She sat up slowly and saw someone sitting on the ledge of her house, watching the sunrise and singing an old tune that no one knew the words to. She didn't say anything as greeting but joined the newcomer, humming with him. The dog in between them stayed silent, watching the ground below them. The song soon ended and the pair sat, watching the breathtaking sun continue its steady rise over the awakening village.
Blue eyes met brown and they acknowledged each other and then the dog started to back when it spotted something below. It was the pink and green eyed female from the village, the one the dog hadn't seen much of since he had only returned from missions four days before. After that night of creeping with the bug man, in search of whatever it is that the bug man searches for, and no luck in sight, the dog had forgotten the encounter with the females that night.
The bug man had come asking questions of a lost item and was asking for the aide of the brown haired boy standing with his dog on the corner of a block only three miles from the center of the village. Being an old teammate the dog lover nodded and helped search for this lost thing. The bug man said it looked like a pair of glasses but were clear and would probably be hard to find in the dark.
He was correct for the white pup could see nothing in the day light and even less in the night so the search ended with the females. They had been having fun and the white pup had longed so much to be in their company, not on his stomach sniffing. They had stopped laughing though when the bug man fell into the open, seeming to have thought he found something.
No words were exchanged during this time and the white pup was confused and gave up on the pointless search, asking to leave. The dog lover nodded and bid good night to the bug man but was stopped when he seemed to remember something he needed to do. The dog after that seemed to no understand why they were heading toward a large group of rich looking houses when they reached one in particular and stopped.
The blue eyed girl stood up and called the attention of the green eyed one, the latter replying with a smile. The blonde bided good day to the dog and lover. The brown haired boy only nodded in response, suddenly disappearing in a cloud of smoke. He had confirmed what he had hoped.
The dog looked up to his master as they landed at their own home. Satisfaction was on the dog lover's face and even if the dog couldn't read minds, he knew that the lover had done something to make that blonde act strangely.
The blonde, the pinked haired one, the white eyed female and male, the spiky blonde, the brunette Chinese one, the bug man, the lazy ponytail, and the dog lover with dog in tow, walked toward the front gates that separated the safe village of Konoha from the rest of the dangerous world. Today was a day of excitement and things were certainly getting exciting now. The dog looked up to his master, watching the said master start to grow impatient, as if the ones they were waiting for were starting to get on his nerves for not coming faster.
The blonde chatted with the lazy ponytail, the pink with the white eyed one and the others stayed silent, waiting for the trio of sand-dwellers to come. That was what the master of the dog had mentioned. The dog did not remember whom these three were, but did remember one thing in particular about the female. Was that why his master was so impatient?
The chatting was suddenly disrupted as a squeal escaped the mouth of the blue eyed blonde. She was pointing toward the gate at a tall blonde with green eyes. The others stayed silent as the blonde ran toward the other, laughing and embracing the sand-dweller with such force that the green eyed blonde chocked a little, laughing and hugging the girl back. There were smiles (almost) all around as the Hokage stepped forward, smiling the largest he had. The red-love-man was standing behind the blonde sand-dweller, glaring at the Hokage, and an invisible battle went one in between them, no words needed be spoken. Finally the silence was broken by the pink haired one.
She greeted them and everyone went over, the girls all chatting a mile a minute, and the dog looked at the new guests. He slowly looked from the blonde sand-dweller, though, and unto his master. There was a hungry look in his eyes, uncommon for such a calm of a guy. Cocky as he may be, he knew when to control himself and this was no time. The dog started to get worried.
His master was sort of looking angry and glad at the same time. The bug man said nothing, along with the white eyed male and slowly the group headed toward where the Hokage lived, the two Kages glaring at each other, locked in their battle of wits. Finally upon the arrival of the residence of the highest ninja in the village, the master told the dog to stay and the bug man, white eyed one, and Chinese girl, left, as silently as they had come.
The others slowly made their way in, the master still holding his hungry look. The dog decided to nap on a bench in wait of his master, as the afternoon slowly slipped away.
The green eyed beauty walked home, listening to the birds of the world around her, music only nature could truly give her. She stopped almost three meters from her house when she saw someone standing by her door. It was that dog lover. She looked around, for the young man looked lost and was looking at a small scroll in his hand, mumbling to himself.
She didn't call to him, but watched from a distance. He stopped in front of her house and with what looked like a strange and hungry look, he set the scroll on the front step, dog barking but he quickly disappeared, taking the dog with him. The green eyed one ran toward her house, stopping at the step and staring at the scroll. The name she had gone by since the day she was born was engraved in red ink.
She calmly picked it up, peeling the scroll open, and reading the words upon it.
I know what you did with Ino. Very clever and sweet, but sentimentality is not worth it in the real world. Some ninja. Tell her and yourself to stay out of this. It is between someone else and myself. Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. This is just a warning before something does happen.
X
The blonde laughed while the other blue eyed one continued with the story she had told her friends three days before, the same reactions from the green eyed blonde. Suddenly the door opened to the house of the blue eyed one and stepped in from the light breeze night was the pink haired one.
The girl seemed distraught and a little frightened. The parents that were talking excused themselves to let the girls have their privacy. Finally the scroll was shown to both blondes and utter chaos exploded in each ones' minds.
The X.
The girls stayed in utter silence, fear not dwelling in their minds, but worry for what might happen next…
February 18th, 2006
Dear Reader,
I will not make this very long, but trust me, this story was looking like it would end soon but suddenly I had a thousand good ideas at once so now it'll be longer and many more letters will be written. Thank you for everyone who reviewed, I really appriciate them!
Invader Hog
PS: Man late nights don't do well for me, but reviews do!