A/N: WELL, its been exactly one month since I updated. I'm so sorry. I've been busy and I had a bad case of writers block for this story since I don't exactly get feedback! So I think I should ask questions on the choices of development of character or something in the story. Oh yea the next chapter and after this chapeter will be a lot longer. At least 3000 to 4000 words ^^v
Anyway, *fake tone* wohoo. No reviews for the last chapter-.-
Maybe that's why I have had serious writer block for this story. Anyway, I was on holiday most of the time, so I have been busy and lazy and freaking addicted to simulator games on my laptop like KINGDOM HEARTS 358 BY 2 DAYS on DS emulator and POKEMON and HARVEST MOON WHICH KEEPS GETTING ERASED on GBA :c
But anyway, enough of my rant no one replies or actually reads! Byeeee(:
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CHAPTER 12
CONTINUING….
"y-yeah" agreed Kushina equally sad tone, feeling slightly guilty, although she didn't exactly know why. They sat there in silence for about half an hour, Mikoto thinking about her nii-san and Kushina trying to digest the sad but real information.
Kushina and Mikoto sat in awkward silence. Although they were close, the incident that had just be revealed by Mikoto made both slightly uncomfortable, since both of them had been involved. Kushina wanted to start a topic every so often, but once she looked at Mikoto looking down at the ground, she felt guilty and kept quiet.
Mikoto also wanted to start a couple of times, she was looking at the ground interpreting and making mental notes about Kushina's behavior. She's see Kushina glancing at her every so often from the corner of her eye, but Mikoto misinterpreted it as disappointment. Disappointment at her. Mikoto was about to apologize when a very familiar voice and body appeared in front of her, followed by a slight "eep" on her left. She smiled to herself.
"Hey Minato" said Mikoto.
"Mikoto! Hey mikoto. Nice seeing you here!" said Minato eating a bar of orange-flavoured popsicle not noticing the red-haired girl's presence yet.
"Uh, yeah. So, what are you up too?"
"I'm eating an ice-cream. SEE?-" he showed his ice cream to her waving it in front of her face."- and just thinking about-" Just then he noticed that the person that was there next to Mikoto, was still there, so he looked at her and his eyes widened when he noticed it was her.
"K-KUSHINA!" exclaimed Minato suddenly feeling blood rising up to his cheeks.
"Hey Minato" said Kushina, smiling.
"Why are you here?- " asked Minato not realizing he was being slightly mean. "-Uh, wait I mean what are you doing here. GAH. That came out wrong" said Minato putting his head down in shame. His gesture and poor choice of words made Mikoto and Kushina giggle, forgetting the incident that had just took place a while ago.
"Relax Minato" said Kushina between her fit of giggles.
Mikoto laughed more at her friend's position. His head was down, but his forehead omitted a red-ish glow. Thankfully for him, Kushina was too busy laughing to realize his tomato-red face. About 5 minutes later, they stopped laughing and Minato stopped blushing.
"I'm here on a mission!" said Kushina excitedly.
"oh! You didn't tell me that, did you? Uh anyway, what mission?"
"Erm, its secret"
"That's so cool! You aren't even a genin yet and you get to go on a mission?" asked Minato excitedly
"Hehe, well yeah…but it's not all…fun and games y'know?" said Kushina mentally adding "I wish I didn't have to go through with it"
"I know." Said Minato.
"so, why are you suddenly here?" asked Kushina
"Oh, I normally meet Mikoto here on Sundays then we'd spar"
"I see. " she said feeling slightly angry toward Mikoto for some unknown reason.
"Yeah, well…lets just spar a little but I think it best I stay till before lunch." She said winking at kushina
"Aw, why?" asked Minato
"Well, I have training at 3 and I figured I must as well get uh, ready."
"aww, alright. Kushina, you'd still be joining me for the spar right?"
"Yep!" she said, smiling at Minato and mouthing 'thanks' to Mikoto a little later
"Come on! Lets go to training ground 33" Said Minato
"But wait….Mikoto, you aren't exactly dressed for training."
"You'll see when you get there" Mikoto said, smirking slightly.
About 10 minutes later, after Minato finished his ice cream, they arrived at the training field. Kushina then saw Mikoto start to take off her yukata. She misinterpreted it and shouted at her
"HEY MIKOTO! WHY IN YUKATAS ARE YOU STRIPPING?"
"heh, chill Kushina. Look" she said after she took off her yukata. Kushina looked and smiled.
"Oh…" she said smiling sheepishly.
Mikoto was wearing an indigo colored tube bustier that reached till the middle of her rib cage and a matching short skirt that reached up to mid-thigh. On the back of her bustier, there was the oh-so-familiar Uchiha symbol on it with the same ninja shoes she was wearing with the Yukata. She was also wearing hand gloves that left three-quarters of her fingers bare.
"Yeah, her parents don't exactly like her training with outsiders just incase we steal some secret uchiha moves or something, that's why she wears her training gear under her yukata." Said Minato
"Hm, you guys really are best friends." Said Kushina smiling sincerely
"Yeah, we are, nothing more than that."
"YEAH BECAUSE SHE LIKE F-" shouted minato but he was cut off by a punch to the face.
*CRACK* and again, small pieces of wood was seen on the ground below where Mikoto had punched a second before with Minato standing next to a tree, smirking slightly. Kushina was shocked.
"I already expected that Minato, that's why this time, I have gloves"
"Heh yeah, it would hurt without the gloves" he said rubbing the back of his head.
"So…you know his moves? Is it cause of the sharingan?"
"Nope, mines not on. You see, it wouldn't exactly be fair if I use it. I'd rather actually work for the moves. Not copy it off. But yea, I knew it cause that stupidhead uses that same move EVERY TIME causing my knuckles to have splinters." She said, smiling slightly.
"Hey, it helps you be immune kay" replied Minato cheekily
"Yea yea. Whatever minato" she replied
"Aw, I'm sorry." He said
"I was just kidding! Of course I know it helps! Now come on. Lets spar!" said Mikoto, smirking
"Well, both of you spar first, I'd prefer to just watch what you guys are doing and the rules and such"
"You probably just want to see our abilities" replied Mikoto slightly smirking..again
"you really love smirking huh? I've seen more as of late. And she deserves to watch us first" Said Minato
"well, yea, I guess I have been smirking a lot lately and I was just teasing her!"
"hm, hurry up and spar already"
They both bowed at each other and went to opposite ends of each other.
"Just taijutsu and weapons?"
"Yea. As usual"
"alright then. you make the first move, Mikoto"
"hn, no. I won't fall for that"
"There's nothing much to fall for since its not our first time sparring"
"Well, maybe one of us learnt a new move" she said.
"fine, I don't mind starting first. And yes, I do have a new move" He said
"Konoha Senpu: (Konoha Hurricane), Konoha Daisenpu: (Leaf Great Whirlwind)" he said as he kicks her up into the air with the first jutsu and subsequently jumps in the air again,performing a spinning kick attack that ends up kicking her abdomen area softly, making her fly backwards slightly and lands on her back.
"Not bad…Namikaze. I'll just go for the old fashion" she says as she pops out of the ground under Minato with a kick aimed at the jaw. There was a slight 'crack' sound heard. His neck had jerked backwards, but it did not have enough force to actually do much harm.
"Just kidding, like my new move?" she asked smugly.
"GUYS! DON'T KILL EACH OTHER" she shouted, slightly shocked at the intensity. They both replied that it was normal and they wont actually hurt each other.
He runs forward after he managed to get up and kicked her shoulder, with the intention of making her fall, but he ended up kicking a log instead.
"So, finally perfected the jutsu huh?"
"Yes" she said from behind him, holding up a blunt kunai to his throat.
"Not quite" he replied and poofed away.
Three blunt shurikens came from the back of her and she heard it whirling through the air and managed to dodge at the last second. She stared at the direction the shurikens came from and threw 10 blunt senbons toward the general area of bushes and all of it hit the ground.
"damn. HEY! CREATING A CLONE IS NINJUTSU"
"right…sorry" he said as he appeared jumping from above her with his leg aimed at her shoulder.
"Well, according to the rules-" she said as she avoided the attack by rolling forward. "-I get to use one ninjutsu also" she said, smirking as she thought of the perfect ninjustsu she'll use after this move.
"Konoha Reppu :(Leaf Gale)" she said as she used her form which was already on the floor and put out one of her legs and spinned on the spot, 3 times. Just when Minato had touch the ground and since he didn't expect it/avoid it, he fell to the ground on his butt.
He got up again and jumped into the sky using a little chakra to jump higher and he took out 5 blunt kunai and threw it at her all, surrounding her with it so she wouldn't have anywhere to move as 4 of the kunais was at the north,south,east and west of her body and one aimed in the middle, but using her agility and grace she managed to get her small frame between the kunais that were coming at fast speed around her and only 2 of the kunai lightly grazed her arm and shin as she avoided the other 3.
"Kage Buyo: (Shadow of the Dancing Leaf)" she said, jumping and putting her hand upwards in a superman way to deliver a punch to his abdomen, since it was the most vulnerable position he was in since he was still horizontal in the air. She used some chakra to partially hide herself and jump into the air.
He let out a gasp of air as he fell backward spinning 2 times before he lent on his back. She smirked and stood perfectly in a fighting stance as he got up again. This time, he threw a few paintbombs at her. He threw 5 into the air and 5 to the ground where she was and it exploded within 2 seconds around her and she got covered in water.
"Isnt this your paintbombs?"
"Yea"
"Then why is it filled with water?"
"Well, I figured, since you almost always have to return in that yukata, it wouldn't be proper if you had paint all over yourself, hence,I made the water bomb" he said simply as he spinned a shuriken around her finger.
"shall we call it a day? She seems pretty bored there" he said.
"Fine. You win. Judging by the position of the sun its around 11 so I have to leave soon"
"yeah, I'll probably take her to try the ramen"
"I think she'll love that"
"Hm KUSHINA!" he shouted.
Kushina who was watching and listening came down and smiled
"yes?" she asked
"wanna join me for the best ramen in the world?"
"S-Sure…" she said smiling and blushing slightly but then realized that Mikoto was smirking at her and she glared at her friend.
"well, I better get going now and dry off a little before I wear the stupid yukata again"
Both of them laughed.
"Minato, help dry me off with your wind jutsu?"
"Sure." He said and did a simple wind jutsu that acted like a huge fan.
"thanks" she said after she was dry and she put on her yukata.
"No problem" he said and turned back to Kushina
"so… if you liked the ramen at Hana's shop, you'll love Ichiraku's ramen here! The man is very nice! He occasionally gives me more topping of beef and Naruto! He's about 20 plus and his ramen is so good. It's the best in the whole entire world!"
Kushina laughed at his excited-ness and realized that it was spreading off on her, she started feeling excited and hungry. Mikoto said goodbye a little later and left her friends alone, smirking slightly. She suspected that Minato had feelings for Kushina, but he never actually confirmed it and Kushina wasn't stuttering, so maybe she was over him. But she still left them alone. it also wouldn't be the wisest thing to hang out with the member of the village that killed her brother. She had no problem with it, she just didn't want her parents to get angry. Most Uchihas' were narrow-minded.
When she reached home, her mother was still sharpening he father's weapon.
"Back so soon?" she asked, looking up at Mikoto
"Yeah… Where is Tou-san?"
"He's finishing some things off at work."
"I see, anyway, I'll just go and take a shower first. I'll be down at 2:30 for training."
"Hn, alright. " said her mother, continuing what she was doing.
Mikoto bowed slightly and went back up to shower.
"I'll have one Beef Ramen please. She wants the pork ramen with extra seaweed" said Minato
"Hai! It'll be ready soon!" he said and started preparing the ingredients.
The sweet and salty smell of the soups were making both their mouth water slightly.
"So Minato! Is she your girlfriend?" asked Ichiraku smirking
"W-W-WHAT? N-no she's n-not!" he said blushing. He looked down again, his face was red. He missed the surprised and the slightly hurt expression of the equally red girl next to him. Ichiraku smiled at their reactions. He knew something was up.
"Well, I was kidding. Your ramen. Enjoy" he said and smiled at them, leaving them to eat their ramen
Minato was staring at her expectantly and it sort of creeped her out.
"WHAT?" she shouted
"Heheh, I just want to see the look on your face when you try the best ramen in the world!" he said enthusiastically. Ichiraku smiled a little at the praise
" yeesh, alright! I'll try." She took one spoon of noodles and soup and added a slice of pork on it and put it in her mouth. Explosion of salty flavor and slightly sweet flavor as well as pork flavor filled her mouth as she swallowed the broth and chewed on her noodles. The noodles were chewy and tasty. It had its own little flavor. She didn't realize that her eyes was closed when she was trying it.
"…So, how is it"
"IT'S THE BEST FLIPPING FANTASTIC THING I HAVE EVER ATE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!" she said full of energy. [1]
"told you so" said minato, beginning to dig into his food.
"well then. that looks like another free bowl of ramen for both of you!" declared Ichiraku as he prepared another bowl
"REALLY? SUGOI!"
"You really are nice and the best!" said Kushina smiling sweetly
"well, thank you then-" he said, smiling. "-just promise to come back for more"
"Oh i-, I mean we will" said Minato happily too absorbed in his food to notice kushina blush slightly at the implications of 'we'. They finished their noodles and second bowl a little later and paid for the bill.
"Thanks for showing me that shop Minato!" said Kushina excitedly
"No problem. We'll grab more next time after we train! How long will you be here anyway?"
"Hm, about 2 weeks"
"I see…well, I'll be at school most of the mornings and afternoons, but we can hang out with Hitome, Mikoto, Inoichi and maybe some other friends after that!...you still remember them right?"
"tch! Of course I do! And yes, that would be great. I'll be busy most of the mornings anyway."
"Oh yeah, where are you staying?"
"well…my mission requires me to stay at the Hokage's house so I'm staying there" she said smiling a little sheepishly
"I see. Anyway! Lets train."
"We just ate silly"
"Hmm, Right. Fine we'll do something else for an hour then we'll train"
"You mean spar"
" same thing"
"Not really"
"Yes really" she said
"Fine. But anyway, let me show you around Konoha"
"Alright" she said and started walking next to him as he began his mini tour.
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