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Chapter 14
Sky's POV
I felt a rough tongue licking my hand and rolled over. Apparently, I was close to the edge of the bed because I fell off and hit the floor. I grunted and stood.
"That's one way of waking up," I mumbled. I changed out of my dress and slipped on some skinny jeans along with a blue T-shirt that had 'F.O.D' on it.(A/N: Those of you who listen to Green Day will know what F.O.D stands for :P) I walked down the hall and into the kitchen where my phone was plugged into the wall. I wonder how many texts and messages I had. I groaned inwardly. Turning on the phone, I found out I was pretty popular while I was gone because I had thirty-eight voice mails and fifty texts. I deleted all the texts figuring I would find out what the people wanted later. The voice mails I listened to though. Mostly, they were from the phone company saying that my bill was overdue. Others however, were from my friends asking where I was and saying that the cops were sending search parties for me.
"Lovely," I muttered, running my hand through my hair. I looked down at Sparta who was waiting for me to feed her.
"Looks like I have some things to take care of, Sparta," I told her. After I gave her food, I slipped on my converse and walked out of the house, taking the key and my cell phone with me. It was cloudy outside and storm clouds were gathering in the distance. The wind was howling its secrets to the world. If only it could answer all my questions. As I made my way towards my school, I passed the community pool. On the billboard was a sheet of paper with a picture of me with 'MISSING' up at the top. Below my picture was my name and all my information.
Name: Sky Razor
Guardian: Elinor Spinella
Height: 5'3"
Goes to Wayside Middle School. If found please call the Police Department.
I tore the paper off the billboard and tossed it into the trash then continued down the street towards my school. I walked out of the neighborhood and started across the street towards my school when I heard sirens. I looked up and down the street. I did not want to be found by the cops. Unfortunately, they had already spotted me and pulled over. The cop got out of the car and looked at me then at a picture of—guess who—me.
"Sky Razor," he said, "If you could please come with me." I gritted my teeth and looked at my school then back at the cop.
"Look," I said, "I just want to go into the school and find one of my friends."
"I'm afraid you can't do that," The cop said, walking over to me.
"Why not?" I asked, making a face.
"You've been missing for a while now. It'd be best if I took you back to the office and let your parent or legal guardian know your ok." He took my arm and started walking me towards his car. I dug in my heals and pulled and tugged as much as I could.
"No, I don't want to go with you," I said, yanking at my arm, "My guardian should be back from work in the evening, I can just wait for her at my house."
"Like I said," The cop said, exasperated, "You can't do that." With that, he opened the back door and gestured for me to get in. What I was about to do was crazy and, I'll admit, probably not the brightest idea I ever had. I yanked on my arm as hard as I could then bolted towards my school. All the training with Naruto had finally paid off.
"Hey! You get back here!" The cop yelled and ran after me. You're probably wondering why I was refusing to go with the cop. Well, being an "orphan" I have been too many police departments and they weren't the best place to be. Well, that wasn't the only reason. Hehe. The cop caught up to me and grabbed my arm and pulled me to a stop. I struggled.
"Let me go!" I yelled. I actually considered kicking or punching him, or, better yet, using my abilities on him. But, I figured that would cause more trouble that I needed.
"Calm down," The cop said, "Let's just get you back to the office and before you know it you'll be back with your guardian." I sighed, giving in and let him lead me to the car. I sat in the back seat and crossed my arms. Great. If/when they look at my records to verify I was actually who I said I was; they would see all the stuff I did. Hey, don't point fingers at me, I was young, rebellious and felt alone. So what if I didn't some things. They weren't that bad. Half an hour later, we arrived at the police station. I walked into the station, the cop behind me. He gestured for me to sit down then walked over to the front desk. After exchanging a few words, he walked through a door on the far side of the room. I sat down and took out my cell phone. Dialing a number, I put the phone to my ear.
"Come on, come on," I said quietly, "Pick up."
"Hello?" Came my friend Kellie's voice.
"Hey, Kellie, it's me, Sky," I said quickly.
"Sky? Where have you been? I've been worried sick! You know the police are sending search parties out for you," She said, her voice taking on a motherly tone. I sighed and glanced at the lady at the front desk then turned my back to her.
"I know," I said, lowering my tone, "I'm at the police station now. I need you to come down here and get me out."
"Ugh, have they looked at your records?" Kellie asked, groaning.
"No, but I'm sure that's what they're doing now."
"Alright, I'll be down there in a sec, but you owe me." I snapped my phone shut as the cop who took me here walked up to me, holding some papers. He looked at me sternly and I stared at him.
"According to your records you've been to juvenile prison multiple times for stealing and violence," The cop said. I nodded.
"Your point?" The cop shook his head.
"Would you mind explaining why you were missing for a few months?" He asked.
"I was out of town with some friends," I said.
"For three months?"
"Yeah."
The bell on the door dinged and I turned and saw Kellie walk in with her Mother. I smiled and ran up and hugged her.
"Who's this?" The cop asked.
"I'm Kellie," Kellie said, "I'm one of Sky's friends." The cop nodded and looked at Kellies Mother.
"May I speak with you in private?" He asked.
"Sure," She said and they walked into a different room. I walked over to the small couch they had and plopped down with a sigh. Originally, I came back to Earth to get away and (hopefully) get some peace of mind. Getting arrested and possibly put into juvenile prison for a day or two is not what I would call peace of mind. Kellie sat down next to me.
"So, why are you here exactly, aside from the obvious," She asked. I looked at her.
"Well, let's just say my record isn't the finest in the world," I said, my voice irritated. Kellie nodded then smirked.
"How bad is it?" I scowled.
"It's not funny Kellie! They could put me in juvi for at least two or three days! I do not need that!" (A/N: Juvi is short for juvenile). She laughed and held her hands up.
"Alright, alright. Just how bad is it?" I crossed my arms and looked away. Kellie sighed and put her hand on my shoulder.
"Hey, come on, I was just kidding, ok?" I chewed on my bottom lip then looked at the ground.
"I wasn't the nicest kid when I was younger," I started quietly.
"Were you involved with gangs?"
"No, but I might as well have been. I was violent and because of that I got moved to different buildings for orphans or whatever."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Kellie said, looking at me sympathetically. I rolled my eyes.
"I don't need your pity, Kellie, not now. Anyways, I even considered doing drugs or something but I didn't because I didn't want to end up like…..other kids." Kellie didn't respond. I didn't really expect her to. I mean, for as long as we'd known each other, I had never shown her my "dark side." As far as she knew, I was a sweet, rebellious teenage girl with anger issues. The cop and Kellies Mother returned and he looked at me.
"You'll be going home with them," He said. I smiled.
"Awesome." He raised one finger.
"However, if I find you doing anything illegal, you won't get off as easy." I nodded impatiently.
"Yeah yeah, sure sure, can I go now?" He nodded and I left with Kellie and her Mom.
About an hour later and we were driving into their driveway. It had started to rain and lightning flashed in the distance. I figured that the worst of the storm was yet to come. Which I was happy about, I loved a good thunder storm. We walked into the house and went to Kellie's room. It consisted of a bunk bed, desk and the usual stuff. Kellie put on some music then we just lied around.
"So….why did you leave?" Kellie asked, "You were gone for a pretty long time." I sighed. I trusted Kellie (for the most part anyway) but I didn't think she would be able to handle the truth.
"Oh, you know, I just wanted to get away. So, I left to a different city nearby. Took some money from Elinor's bank account then jacked some dudes car and left." She looked at me like 'WTH?' I laughed so hard that my side hurt.
"You jacked some dudes car? I'm surprised the cop let you off without paying some fine or something!" She exploded.
"Relax Kellie. Geez, you're so uptight," I said, putting some gum in my mouth. Kellie studied me closely.
"Something different about you," She said slowly, "Whatever happened while you were gone made you go into auto defense mode or something." I snorted.
"You got that right," I said, a hint of contempt in my voice. Kellie crossed her legs.
"Well, you gonna tell me what happened?"
"You wouldn't understand," I said.
"I bet I would," She persisted.
"No, no you wouldn't."
"Come on, please?" I groaned and starred out the window. The trees were being tossed left and right as much as they could without flying out of the ground and the wind howled bloody murder. Rain pelted the ground and window and hail the size of baseballs were breaking windshields. Thunder clapped and lightning flashed. I actually thought that the power would go out. It was sorta ironic. Because what was going on outside was how I felt inside. It was like a tempest was going on in my heart, fighting for dominance.
"Sky?" Kellie asked slowly. I looked at her.
"You want the truth?" I asked somberly. She nodded.
"Alright, I'll tell you. But absolutely no questions until I'm finished. But don't say I didn't warn you." Kellie just grabbed the bowl of popcorn her mom had brought us and started munching on it. She acted as if I was about to tell her a nice happily-ever-after story. Ha, I wish. I leaned back in the chair I was sitting in, listening to the wind, rain and hail.
"Let's see….." I started, "Well, first of all. There's another world existing separate from Earth. I can't tell you where it is though, or how far, so don't ask. But, I guess I should start at the beginning. You know that one day I came to that party at your church with Sasuke and Naruto and how I said that they had broken into my house? Well, they hadn't. They came from the other world I mentioned. They said that they had gotten here by some rock that had the same mark I have. Anyways, they stayed at my house and before long I started having weird dreams and visions—"
"About what?" Kellie interrupted. I sighed. This was gonna take a while.
"I said no questions," I snapped, "I'll answer everything soon. It's not like I'm gonna disappear." Kellie scowled but shut up.
"Like I said, I started having dreams and visions about wars and this family. Later, I found out that that family was my birth Mother and Father and me as a child. In one of the visions I, as a baby, somehow transported, I'm assuming the same way Sasuke and Naruto had, myself to Earth. Anyways, Sasuke, Naruto and I started doing research and found out I was part of some Clan on their world that had abilities and was really powerful and all that stuff. And you know that mark I have that I always said was a birth mark? Yeah, it can transport me from Earth to my real world and back. That's why I disappeared. So, when I got there, I found my Mother and learned about my past. I also trained with Sasuke and Naruto on their team. There ninjas."
"So," Kellie started slowly, "Your actually from some other world, belong to a really powerful Clan and you're a ninja?"
"Pretty much," I said, "That's not the whole story but that would take hours."
"What are you abilities?" She asked, a smile playing with her lips. I rolled my eyes.
"I can move stuff with my mind like telekinesis, I can communicate with people with my mind, control all of the elements and one other that I'd never heard of, oh and I can talk to Dragons." Kellie's eyebrows rose.
"There are Dragons on that world?"
"Uh-huh."
"Awesome!" I nodded.
"Yup. I made friends with two." Kellie was totally beside herself.
"So, what was bothering you though? That seems pretty cool, I mean, you met your actual Mother," She asked. I sighed. I was worried that would come up. I don't know if I was ready to talk about Sasuke.
"That's complicated," I said quietly.
"Please? I'll listen without asking any questions," She persisted.
"Fine, but you won't get all of it," I said, "You know Sasuke?"
"Yeah."
"Well….let's say that we sorta….kinda….er….accumulated….feelings for each other"—Kellie smirked here—"Neither of us admitted it though. While I was there, I decided I wanted to go find the Dragons. Naruto and Sasuke came and, one thing led to another, and I got hypothermia and they took care of me. When we reached the Dragons, they cared for me and I was back to normal. Anyway, there's this group of really powerful ninjas called the Akatsuki. Sasuke's older brother is a member and Sasuke wants to kill him, I can't explain why because it would take too long, but that's all you need to know. So, Sasuke, for whatever reason, decided it a bright idea to wonder off for a few days. He got captured by his older brother and his partner. So, being the nice friends we are, Naruto and I went too go save him. Well, we got there and Sasuke refused to come with us, he even took it so far as to attack Naruto. Well, while they were fighting, Sasuke's older brother appeared and I had to fend him off. I fought him and got myself hurt. That got Naruto and Sasuke's attention and they came to help me. Naruto tended to my wound while Sasuke distracted his brother. Anyways, long story short, Sasuke basically told me to leave and never come back. So, I did, and now I'm struggling with my feelings and anger towards him." Kellie nodded slowly.
"I see," She said.
"Kellie?" I asked.
"Yup?"
"Please don't go guidance counselor on me," I pleaded. Kellie made a face but nodded.
"Well, why don't you just go find him and, I don't know, tell him how you feel?" Kellie asked. I face palmed.
"He already knows how I feel! I mean, I didn't tell him, but he knows, trust me. He's just being a hot-headed, stubborn, jerk-off who doesn't give a crap about anyone or anything." Kellie sighed and both of us were silent.
"Well…he was kinda cute." I threw a pillow at her.
"Not helping!" I growled.
"Alright, sorry," Kellie said, "But I really think you should just go after him."
"Yeah well, easier said than done."
"No one ever said love was easy, Sky," Kellie said softly, "The fight is what makes it worthwhile." I nodded. I guess she did have a point, no matter how much I wanted to deny it. But right then, fight was the last thing I wanted to do. Honestly, I wanted to just give up and cry and just let Sasuke go and forget about him. But, of course, my stubborn nature wouldn't let me do that. No, it wanted to go after him and give him the what for. After dinner, Kellie and I crashed. I slept on the top bunk while she slept on the bottom. I was hoping I wouldn't have any weird dreams.
Yeah, of course, me saying that I didn't want to have a weird dream just jinxes it. Once again, I saw the huge white snake. Then, it zoomed in on the eye of the snake and I saw Sasuke, bent over in pain. It must have been pure anguish for him to fall to his knees like that, because he didn't seem like the type of person to bow to pain. Part of me felt like he deserved it, but then, deep inside, I wanted to find who did that to him and torture him. Then it all went black and all I heard was the sounds of battle. But, it appeared to be only two people. The fight went on then I heard a familiar voice. Naruto. He was yelling at someone. Then a new voice responded to him.
"It's over, Naruto." Naruto screamed and blood splattered across my vision.
"Naruto!" My eyes shot open and it took me a sec to realize that I had said his name out loud. My chest was heaving and I could feel my heart pounding. The storm outside was still going. I looked at my digital watch on my wrist. 5:15. I leaned over the bunk to look at Kellie. She was fast asleep. Lucky duck. I threw my covers off and jumped down, landing in a crouch. Rummaging around in her room, I found a hoodie and pulled it over my head. Then grabbed my converse and pulled them onto my feet. I padded down the hall into the bathroom. I flipped on the switch but nothing happened. So the power didn't work. Lovely. Mentally cursing the storm, I walked down the hall into the kitchen. My foot met the leg of a stool and I bit my tongue. Glaring at the stool, I walked around it for a flashlight. I felt something that felt like a flashlight and found the power switch. A bright beam of light lit the kitchen and I whooped, smacking my hand against a cabinet. I sucked on my hurt hand while making my way to the front door. I opened the door a crack and was met with a strong wind, blowing the door all the way open (and almost smacking my face).
"Well then," I mumbled, stepping out onto the front porch, pulling the door shut behind me. I pulled the hood over my head and faced the storm, shining the flashlight into it. The light illuminated maybe ten or fifteen feet in front of me then faded. The wind wailed, sending the rain flying in different directions. Thankfully, there was no hail. The storm coated the night in a dark, rainy blanket. The street along the curb was flooded with water, rushing downhill.
I walked onto the driveway and over to the garage door. Typing in the code, the door slide open, struggling against the wind. Once it was open far enough, I walked in and found Kellie's bike. I know, you probably think I'm crazy riding a bike in this weather, but I've done it before. I steered the bike out onto the drive way, then closed the garage door. Positioning the flash light on the handle so I could hold it, I swung one leg over the seat and pushed off the driveway. The wind buffeted against my bike, threatening to topple it. I stood and peddled along the street, water spraying my shins and calves. My clothes were already soaked. I biked out of my neighborhood and stopped, resting my foot against the curb. I stared out at the street in between me and my school. Water flooded at least a quarter of a foot deep. I chewed my lip, deciding on whether or not to go out there. I sighed and gripped my handles tighter then pushed off the curb onto the street. The rushing water immediately fought against me, turning my wheels left and right. A strong gust smacked against me, toppling my bike. I flew off the bike and rolled on the street a few feet away from my bike.
The water ran under my clothes, soaking them even more. Thunder clapped and I stood and hopped back onto my bike and rode across the street. Jumping the curb I biked across the lawn. The principal would have killed me if he saw me doing this. I reached the front door and got off the bike. I tried the handle but it was locked. Cursing, I ran along the side of the building towards the library. I stopped and shielded my eyes as I looked up at the window. Years of breaking into buildings told me that I could easily scale the wall then pick the lock of the window, if it was even locked. Instinct told me to just break into the front door. But, there was an alarm on the front door, for whatever reason, they hadn't put on in the library. I sighed and approached the wall. Reaching up to a ledge, I gripped it and pulled myself up. Standing, I looked up at the window. It wasn't that far up, but the rain made it harder. Yeah, I was crazy doing this.
Then an idea came to me. I could use my element ability and just see if I could bust the window open. Of course, I didn't know how to use wind. How hard could it be though? Then there was always the possibility of me missing and blowing myself off the wall. I reached up cautiously and positioned my hand so the palm was facing the glass window. Closing my eyes, I concentrated on the wind howling by my ears. After a few seconds, all I heard was the wind. Not the rain. Not the thunder or lightning. Nothing but the wind. Then the window shattered and glass flew everywhere. I immediately ducked, crouching on the small ledge, shielding my face. Slowly, I stood, glass crunching beneath my feet. Carefully, I brushed the glass on the window sill off and started to pull myself up. I felt my fingers slipping on the ledge. I gritted my teeth as a gust of wind buffeted my body, making my fingers slip even more. Thankfully, I managed to pull myself up and hopped down into the library.
I looked at my watch. 5:45. Awesome, so I had a few hours until school. My hair was soaked, since the wind had blown my hood off. I felt something warm running down my hand. I glanced down and saw blood on my hand. The glass must have cut it when it shattered. I looked around the library for the secret room Sasuke and Naruto had found. Eventually, I found it and tried pulling random books out in an attempt to find the right one. After going through a few books, I managed to find the right one. The shelf started to shake and many of the books fell off. Then, with one final shake, it slide in and to the side, revealing the room. The books we had looked at all those months ago still lied around where we had left them. I sighed and looked at the book of my Clan. I starred at my Father and lightly ran my finger on his picture.
"What should I do?" I whispered, as if he could answer me. I stood and started looking for any books on the Akatsuki. I wanted to learn anything I could about them. Unfortunately, I didn't find much. Just that they were in something called the Bingo Book, and that they were S-Ranked criminals. Oh, and that they were not to be messed with alone. I snorted. Like I needed to know that. I glanced at my watch. It was 6:35. I didn't have much time left. Remembering the white snake in my dreams, I started to look for books that had white snakes in them. I didn't think it would be that hard. But, of course, it was. Really, I only found stuff on normal sized snakes, not huge, bigger-than-life snakes. Yeah, so the white snake wasn't "bigger-than-life" but it was close. I groaned and tossed yet another book onto the floor.
"How hard can it be to find a freaking snake!" I yelled, pressing my palms to my forehead. Of course, that only smeared blood onto my forehead, since my hand was still bleeding. I would have stanched the flow, but I didn't want to use Kellie's hoodie. I heard a thump and looked to my right. A book had fallen from the shelf. I crawled over to it since it had a picture of three people. One looked like Tsunade. Flipping it open, I saw a man with long black hair. He strangely resembled a snake. Well, his facial features did anyway. Apparently, he was obsessed with creating an immortality jutsu. (A/N: I'm not sure if it was exactly immortality, but it was something like that). Even more interesting than that, he was really a huge white snake that possessed various human hosts/bodies. Guess I found my snake.
"Orochimaru," I said, as I starred at his picture, "What do you want with Sasuke?"
Naruto's POV
"Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I said as fifteen clones appeared beside me. I pointed at the clone of Kakashi-Sensei.
"Get him!"
"Right!" They all said in unison and rushed Kakashi-Sensei. I followed and jumped on their shoulders towards the clone of Kakashi.
"Rasengon!" I yelled, bringing the swirling ball of air down on Kakashi. The clone of Kakashi disappeared and I dispelled my clone jutsu.
"Well done Naruto," The real Kakashi said, walking up to me. I smiled.
"Thanks! But, Sky still hasn't shown up."
"Yeah," Sakura agreed, approaching us, "Where do you think she is?" Kakashi didn't answer; he just looked towards the village, a worried expression on his face. He ended training and we headed back towards the village. I was starving, but I decided to look around for Sky. It's not like her to miss training. I walked around the village, asking people if they had seen Sky. During the past few days since we'd returned to the village, I noticed how Sky's mood could change pretty fast. One minute she could be happy and relatively normal. But, if you say one thing, and she gets mad and defensive. I mean, I got it, I missed Sasuke to, but she seemed to be taking it a lot harder than everyone else.
I'd gone over that night over and over in my head and I was positive it had to do with her and Sasuke making eye contact. Then of course, how he told her to leave and never come back. That was it! When Sky had gone and contacted Sasuke with her mind, she had said that he had feelings for her. And when they had made eye contact in that building, she must have seen the same feelings in his eyes. Then when Sasuke told her to leave and never come back, it must have messed her up. The Baka. Couldn't he see that she loved him? I clinched my fists. I had to find Sasuke and bring him back.
I looked up and saw the path that led to Sky's house. Hopefully she'd be there, but somehow I doubted it. I ran along the path anyway though. Fifteen minutes later and I saw her house. It seemed lonely to live out here, but I could see why Sky would like it. Nice and peaceful. I walked up the porch steps and knocked on the door. A few minutes later and the door swung open, revealing Sky's Mom. Man, she looked worried.
"Naruto, thank goodness," She said, taking my arm and pulling me into the house, shutting the door behind me, "Have you seen Sky?" I shook my head.
"No, that's why I came here. She didn't come to training so I thought something was wrong." Her Mother nodded and took me to the living room where a plate of cookies was sitting on the coffee table. I smiled and took one, biting into it.
"So, where is Sky?" I asked through the cookie.
"I don't know," Her Mother said, "She came home from the dinner and went straight to her room. I figured she was tired and wanted to be alone. But then she yelled and there was a crash. When I got up there she was gone and a glass was shattered on the floor." I blinked. I knew girls could be dramatic but I never took Sky has a dramatic person. Guess I don't know girls.
"Do you think she transported to Earth?" I asked, remembering how she transported us to Konoha accidently and l had landed in a tree. I frowned at the memory. Her Mother was silent for a second but she started to nod.
"She could have, I suppose," She said slowly, "I can't imagine why she would go back though."
"I can," I said quietly. I could easily understand why Sky would go back. She wanted to get away from all that had happened in the past few days. Which, would be going back to Earth. I finished my cookie and sat back in the couch.
"Is there any way I could get to Earth?" I asked, looking at her Mother. She shook her head.
"Sky is the only one that can transport between worlds." I sighed. Figures.
"Can you contact her?" I persisted.
"I could try," Her Mother said. I smiled then frowned when my stomach demanded food. She laughed and gave me some soup, which was really good. Once I was done eating, I went up stairs to Sky's room. A few clothes were on the floor and her Ipod was lying on her bed. I noticed that the picture we had taken of Team 7 with her was lying down on the dresser and walked over to it. I picked it up and saw the crack going across it. Poor Sky. Sighing, I set the picture down and flopped down onto her bed. I starred at her Ipod and put one of the earphones on and turned it on (hey, I know how to work an Ipod, I'm not stupid). I immediately recognized the song playing. I had heard her singing it to herself lots of times.
"Hey there, I know it's hard to feel. Like I don't care at all. Where you are and how you feel with these lights off as these wheels. Keep rolling on and on (and on and on and on) Slow things down or speed them up. Not enough or way too much (and on and on and on…) How are you when I'm gone? I can't make it on my own (I can't make it on my own) because my heart is on Ohio. So cut my wrists and black my eyes (cut my wrists and black my eyes). So I can fall asleep tonight, or die. Because you kill me, you know you do you kill me well. You like it to and I can tell. You never stop until my final breathe is gone. Spare me just three last words. 'I love you' is all she heard. I'll wait for you, but I can't wait forever. I can't make it on my own (I can't make it on my own) because my heart is on Ohio. So cut my wrists and black my eyes (cut my wrists and black my eyes). So I can fall asleep tonight, or die. Because you kill me, you know you do you kill me well. You like it to and I can tell. You stop until my final breathe is gone."
I closed my eyes and fell asleep listening to the music.
A/N: So, there ya go. Chapter 14.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor the song by Hawthorne Heights, I only own my characters.
