Chapter 11
Time for Some Fun!
I was about to run up the stairs to the Kazekage office again when Rei caught me.
"What?" I asked irritated
"You have to check with the receptionist!" Rei hissed. Receptionist…. I always thought of her as the desk lady, Jeenda, never introduced in the anime though.
"Mleh!" I said. Rei narrowed her eyes and dragged me along. Jeenda looked up
"Do you two have an appointment?" She asked. She didn't even recognize me! After all this time too! So boring…
"Yes ma'am! We need to see the Kazekage-sama about a promotion to Gennin." Rei explained. I felt extremely bored, I was always bored right? Not really, wasn't this exciting? Not really right now…
"The Kazekage will be seeing you now." Jeenda said. I ran up the stairs.
"MEGAN!" Rei called out. I smirked, so much energy. Once again I stopped short of the door. I knocked on it, wanting to seem like a proper lady in front of the Kazekage-'sama', hmph, I never liked such titles, while only used in anime and not in real life for me, I lived in America. I never liked the term 'sama' as much as 'san' all of them are too fancy. I preferred 'kun' or 'chan'!
"Enter." I heard his voice say. Was that what he said to everyone? How bland. I opened the door, Rei ran to my side, just keeping up with my retardedness was an exercise I guessed.
"Helloooo Gaara-Kun!" I greeted. Gaara looked at me waiting, while Rei looked about ready to slap me across the head.
"Kazekage-sama, we have come for Megans promotions to Gennin." Rei reported
"Very well then, Megan, I will now assign you your first mission as clarification." Gaara said. I got excited.
"What is it?" I asked eagerly. Images of just dodging sharks, nearly dying by exploding kunai, thieves! Sadly being the pessimist I am I knew I would be disappointed with a terrible D-Rank job.
"You will be going to capture a cat." He said. I was rather surprised. Yes, a terrible D-Rank mission was expected but, wasn't the whole cat thing owned by Konoha or something? Suna had cats? Well yeah, Suna reminded me of Egypt, and people of Egypt worshipped cats for a while correct? But Suna wasn't Egypt, no matter how much I thought Gaara was Egyptian the first time I saw him in the series, I mean seriously, no eyebrows, the eyes, that all screamed EGYPT!
"By myself correct?" I asked, he shook his head
"Rei will be coming along so you can get used to working alongside others." He said. Rei seemed ready for suicide. Maybe thinking something about how sad it was she was picked for this stuff.
"Woah, Gaara-kun! You are so damn EVIL at times now aren't you?" I asked, I felt like I had said this before… Maybe so.
"I am not evil, I am merely doing my job as the Kazekage of the village." He protested coolly. I rolled my eyes
"Fine, you're just 'doing your job', either way you will always be second on my fangirl crush list!" I said. He cocked his head
"Who's first?" He asked, I chuckled
"Gaara-kun is jealous now isn't he? Well, he is almost like you, red hair, from Suna, and seems like an adult trapped inside a teenagers body." I said. This type of thing was easy for me, but I was a Narutard back home, I knew everything related to Naruto, but I wasn't crazy enough to memorize the colors and kanji on the Akatsuki rings, I loved the entire organization and all, but I didn't have time, and my memory was already more then half full with Naruto facts, and good fan-fictions. But to stay on track. Gaaras eyes narrowed.
"You have a clue yet? I'll let you think longer." I said. Had Gaara seen him out of Hiruko before? Damn, he hadn't even seen Hiruko, maybe pictures? Describing? It could be tough for him to guess.
"Megan, we came here for serious business, not guessing games. Kazekage-sama, I can tell you the answer if you wish." Rei butted in. I groaned, always ruining the fun now? Gaara folded his hands in front of his mouth.
"No thank you Rei, it's interesting that Megan here likes such a man." Gaara said. I smiled at him, I liked how I was so innocent yet so damn messed up. I shrugged
"How can you not like him? Goody-two-shoes are annoying at times, what's more badass then a puppet master and a manipulator of sand?" I asked. Gaara seemed remotely interested now.
"How far does your list go?" He asked, rather demanded. I thought for a second
"I don't yet, officially and permanently, about four, but I can name ones from the tip of my tongue about to twelve." I informed. Gaara closed his eyes for a second, I knew he was curious, aren't we all? He was fighting the instinct to ask
"You don't have to hesitate, I wont judge you if you ask. Curiosity is just one of the main things of humans." I urged. Rei seemed lost. Most likely thinking how Gaara, the Kazekage could be interested in a mere fan-girls list of crushes.
"Fine, let's hear your list then." Gaara said. I perked up
"Now that wasn't so hard now was it? So first is you-know-who, not Voldmort though. Second is you. Third, Itachi, fourth is Neji. From there its random, like fifth, Kisame, sixth, Hidan, seventh, Nagato, eighth, Zetsu, ninth, Kakashi, and tenth, Deidara, eleventh, Minato, and twelfth, Rock Lee." I listed. I saw Gaaras eyes get slightly wider.
"Who is Nagato?" He asked. I grimaced
"Sorry, you're not supposed to know for a long while, I would tell you, but that may mess up EVERYTHING in this world. I wont take such a risk." I said. Gaara nodded his head
"Responsible. Doesn't even give in to her second fan-girl crush." He observed. I felt like laughing, and losing my 'responsible' title right there.
"Mmmmhmmm, now what does this damn cat look like?" I asked. The mission was a dud. I wanted to kill that cat. It isn't the cats fault though. I'm too soft. Too soft, this is a cat! So? Conversations with myself are confusing. Gaara handed me a packet. I stared at it in disgust
"Anything wrong?" He asked
"An entire packet. Dedicate to a cat?" I asked. Gaara nodded his head.
"A problem?" He asked me
"I never saw you as the type for loving cats Gaara-Kun…" I said. He seemed to almost jump in his seat.
"Megan! Don't say such things about the Kazekage-Sama!" Rei scolded
"We're all equals in the end." I stated. Rei blinked
"What?" She asked
"We're all equals. If not by chakra ability, but by the fact we're all humans, and Shinobi. We're all basically the same. If I wouldn't be so fancy to a stranger or to a friend, why to someone who holds a simple name? I get that their powerful and all, but why so tense and official? It makes me sick." I said. I liked how I always gave speeches like this, usually it was online, an almost perfect and moving one, then some idiot realizes he'll lose and starts correcting a simple grammar error and stupid retorts. Not the definition of a Gentleman, holy shit. School can teach you a lot cant it? And here I hated paraphrasing that damned essay. Many useful facts actually laid there. Gaara stared at me. Or at least I think so, he always seemed to keep his cool. Rei was all wide eyed, like those moments in the anime. I hate those moments. So damn annoying. I grabbed the packet
"If you don't mind Gaara-Kun, me and Rei-chan will be leaving now." I said, dragging Rei out of the office. When we were outside Rei finally talked. I had thought she has gone mute there.
"What was that?" She asked. I shrugged
"I always do simple speeches like that online back home, sadly no one really acknowledged me for it, being a Grammar Nazi was more important then realizing you've lost I guess." I said. Rei looked lost. That was annoying. After some walking I stopped short
"So where could this cat be?" I asked, eyeing the packet carefully.
"Well what does it look like?" Rei piped up, finally, some signs she was alive.
"Grey cat, yellow ribbon around it's neck, and likes bushes." I said. What the hell…
"There!" Rei said, thumbing her fist on her other palm. I looked around, had she seen it?
"Where?" I asked. Rei blinked. So clueless…
"What do you mean?"
"So you didn't see it?" I asked. I was annoyed now.
"No! I would tell you!" She retorted.
"No! I meant tha- Never mind.." I muttered. I then saw a rustle of grey in the bushes. I immediately darted after it, Rei jumping after me. We went on a wild goose chase for a while. Only making my mood worse. Why couldn't I have a better mission? If the series of Naruto is correct, I will have weed picking, house cleaning, and more of the SAME cat for about 3 months… The thought made me depressed. Around now wasn't my best time I could say, I was pissed, annoyed, and a bit depressed, and because of what? That damned cat, or maybe not, but it was in the way of an exciting life I always wanted! My eyes narrowed. More stupidity forming into a brilliant idea. I made hand signs. We were waiting outside a bush. Rei had said it was poisonous and that only the cats agility kept it out of harm. I created a small ice spear in my hand, and threw it into the bushes, causing the cat to run out of the bush, loose yellow ribbon streaming behind, into my arms. Rei immediately flipped out.
"Megan what the heck did you just do? You could have killed the cat! You're so reckless!" She scolded. This all merely went through my head. I had finished this retarded to-long-excuse-for-a-mission.
"Your lucky I didn't actually aim to kill the damned cat." I growled. Rei went silent
"You would actually kill it?" She asked. Shit.
"I don't know, I find no need to but I could if I needed to." I said. My words weren't the best choices
"Woah, you're just terrible!" She exclaimed. I calmly turned to her
"Do I strike you as a great person?" I asked her. She blinked.
"Exactly." I said, then I started back to the Kazekage building, leaving her standing there. Stunned.
I walked into the front office. The cat snuggled in my arms. It had taken a liking to me, I almost felt bad for thinking of killing it. Most cats back on Earth didn't give a crap about me. Dogs, well they are cool and all, but it annoyed me when they started sniffing you 'all over', made me feel violated by a mere Perceptive Being. I went up to the front desk.
"Hello, do you have an appointment." Jeenda said, boring as always.
"I have to report about a mission I was given." I said. She gestured me upstairs. I started walking the steps, suddenly the cat hissed and tried to run away. Did it not like Gaara? Was it a bitch? Was it even possible for cats to be bitches? I looked around. What had unnerved it? I held it still and continued up the steps. I got to the door. How many times had I seen it today? About 3 including now… I knocked, e told me to come in and I entered.
"Where is Rei Smith?" He asked immediately. I blinked
"She stayed behind." I said. He nodded his head
"So I see you caught the cat fast?" He observed. He called out, and a skinny old lady came in. The cat hissed and once again tried to get away.
"Ohhh, so that's what it was scared of!" I said. Gaaras eyes told me to stop speaking now. The lady ran over and hugged the cat. I felt like a clip of the Naruto series was being played right in front of me. I then resisted the urge to critically injure the lady and take the cat into my own care, was she abusing the animal? Was there a such thing as animal abuse here? Never mind. I tore my eyes away from the scary scene in front of me because Gaara was motioning me over. I walked to his desk.
"Your pay." He said. Holding out some money…
"I thought the lady paid." I said
"She paid in advance. She trusted us to find the cat without problem." He said. I smirked. Was I supposed to be flattered? I didn't feel like it, I actually felt rather offended. But all feeling aside, I left the room. Was Rei still there? We had to split the pay correct? I ran over to the place she had been before. She was sill there.
"Rei?" I said, waving my hand in front of her face, then snapping.
"Thank god I found you, people may have drawn stuff on your face like mustaches, or even a peni-" I started. Suddenly Rei attacked me. Full of shock I dodged reflexively.
"What the hell?" I exclaimed. Was she that attached to animals? It was getting dark, was she tired and cranky? Oh shit, I needed to report to Zetsu soon! I jumped and dodged her next attacks. What the hell was wrong with her? She began to press me back, but I had the upper hand, I could kick her in anywhere, anytime. Yet I wasn't doing anything because she was my FRIEND and I would never do such a thing to her. I tripped over something. I just barely dodged another attack, I then saw and recognized the area where I was. The rendezvous point for Zetsu and I.
"FUCK!" I screamed, there were two ways this was happening. One, either Rei has been a spy for Gaara and has found this place by chance. Or two, she's being controlled for that same purpose. The second choice was most likely! I then saw someone appear behind Rei. Chakra strings. But not who I wanted it to be. An outfit resembling a cat.
"Kankuro?" I asked.
"Why hello there Megan, Gaara told me to find something out, and this way is a lot more fun." Kankuro said.
"But aren't you a good guy? Why do such a thing to Rei?" I asked frantically. At this the once almost invisible chakra strings snapped from Rei. She gasped, then collapsed. I ran to her side
"REI!"
"Calm down, I need you to answer something." Kankuro said. I glared up at him.
"And to think you were number 13 on my fangirl crush list!" I growled. A good insult in my opinion
"That thing? I don't understand how Gaara would be interested in such nonsense." He said, swatting away the air. What the hell was happening? Kankuro was completely out of character! What was happening?
"What are you even doing this for?" I yelled. Rei was coming to.
"Well Gaara had a suspicion that you may be a spy or something, and he sent me to investigate!" He said. I still couldn't comprehend why he was like this.
"So?"
"We have no evidence, but I feel convinced myself." He explained. My mind was racing. How in the HELL did Kankuro get convinced himself? I was so careful. Wait, was Rei being dragging into this? Oh hell no, Rei was innocent! We were doomed. I was no doubt terrible at defending from puppets, and Rei was barely even conscious! If we stayed around we would betaken in, and n doubt found guilty! That was not how I wanted my experience in the Naruto world to be! Option two… Well, risks are worth it right? I took a deep breath, then I screamed
"ZETSU!" It was loud and rang throughout the area. Less then three seconds to see if it had worked! I then saw a green Venus Flytrap appear from the ground.
"Only because we need you as a spy." Zetsus white half grumbled. He then held onto my and we began to sink into the ground. My eyes got wide
"REI!" I screamed. I extended my hand to hers. Farrtther! Farrrrther! PLEASE MAKE IT!
Note: Wo-oah! Pretty damn intense right? If not I need to work on my writing skills XD but you should be grateful! I gave you two chapters over this weekend! And it was an R & R one too!(No Homework) I hope you liked this chapter! Around now is when things get better, and questions pop up!
Like:
-What's with the Konoha cat rippoff?
- How did Kakuro get to Rei?
- Why is Kankuro so out of character?
Aaaand!
-What the hell is going to happen next?
JUST REVIEW PLEASE AND WAIT MAYBE A WEEK FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER!
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