A/N: Sorry I didn't update quick enough. My semester just ended and we had a huge ass party and all that jazz. Who here is as annoyed as I am with Asumi? Well good, she's supposed to be annoying. I'm not trying to make Reiko all like super invincible and crap, 'cause we know she sucks at like everything, but it's just the good side of Reiko. Enjoy!
Skills
Everyone stood in horror, looking at the object below them.
"It's a... a... a..." Asumi choked out.
"Baby?!" Tora screamed. Reiko looked at Gaara then back at the baby.
"What the fu-"
"Reiko!" Gaara snapped. Reiko rolled her eyes.
"Fine. I won't say it. In front of these tiny-boppers." She said patting Tora and Asumi on the head. Asumi took a step forward looking at Gaara.
"Can I go get it?" She asked with puppy eyes. Reiko groaned and rolled her eyes again. Gaara shook his head 'no', looking at Reiko.
"Reiko has to get it." Reiko shot her head up from the ground.
"What the hell? That little girl said she wanted to get the damn thing, let her get it!" Reiko hissed. Asumi flinched.
"Don't call it a 'thing'!" She interjected. Reiko shot Asumi a glare, making her take a step back.
"Don't give me that bull shit. You don't care about it, you're just trying to impress-"
"Reiko!" Tora barked. Reiko stuck her tongue out at Tora, looking at Gaara.
"Do I have to?" Reiko pleaded. Gaara nodded his head. Reiko sighed loudly, going down the hill. Tora stood next to Gaara, the three of them watching her go down the hill.
"So why did you let her go instead of Asumi?" Tora grumbled.
"Just watch." Gaara replied solemnly. Reiko buckled her way down the hill. Finally reaching the bottom of the hill, Tora and Asumi anticipated the big deal about Reiko going down. Once she reached the baby, Reiko looked at it closely. Something shone around the child, making Reiko suspicious. Grabbing the child, a slight ring rung in Reiko's ears, turning her attention to the bushes a shining object projected itself towards Reiko. Tora and Asumi gasped, but they screamed when Reiko throw the child in front of the senbon.
"Why did she do that?!" Asumi shrieked. Gaara pointed at the child, or where it had been. In the child's spot was a block of wood with a needle stabbed in the middle of it. Reiko smirked, pulling the senbon from the middle. Once she tugged on it, another ring sang from the bushes.
"Smart." Reiko mused. A shower of senbon rained towards Reiko, she taking swift movements against it. Grabbing one by one, Reiko jumped onto one of the fast-moving senbon, landing out of it. Tora, Asumi and even Gaara were shocked by the efficiency of how fast Reiko could move. Reiko showed the three the impressive stack of senbon in her hand.
"How did you do that?!" Tora cried hopping up and down. Asumi, had to admit that was amazing, but she thought she could do better.
"Tora, calm down it wasn't that good," Asumi claimed. "I mean anyone can do that. Even I can." She bragged. Reiko made a face, taking one senbon from her hand.
"Oh yeah, princess. I want to see your bragging ass dodge this." Reiko said throwing the senbon. Asumi screamed ducking her head. She wasn't quite fast enough. The senbon flew over Asumi's head, hitting a leaf through the middle, with a strand of dark hair latched to it. Asumi pouted, on the verge of tears, while Reiko spun senbon between her fingers.
"I've still got it, don't I? Oh yeah I so do." Reiko sang as they began to walk again. She hid the senbon in her back pocket. Asumi lagged behind a bit with Tora, while Reiko had swapped spots with her.
"I don't like that Reiko lady." Asumi proclaimed. Tora looked at Asumi, then back ahead.
"I guess. But if she hadn't gone down instead of you... you could have died." Tora sighed. Asumi shrugged. "Yeah." Reiko and Gaara walked side by side, Reiko rambling on about how she still had her 'mad skills.'
"And when I grabbed that one senbon! Did you see that??" Reiko screamed. Gaara nodded, rolling his eyes. Reiko took one of the senbon from her pocket, looking down at it with a content smile.
"Did you see that, Daisuke? All that training paid off..." Reiko murmured to herself.
"Who's Daisuke?" Asumi and Tora cried simultaneously. Reiko shot them a dirty look, mostly towards Asumi.
"Didn't your parents ever teach you not to listen in on people?" Reiko snapped. Tora and Asumi crossed their arms, giving Reiko a devious smile.
"Is Daisuke your... boyfriend?" Asumi whispered, hoping that he was. Reiko boiled in her anger, almost slapping Asumi.
"You little bit- brat. You want to know who Daisuke is?! He's my dead brother!" Reiko screamed at them. Asumi and Tora flinched, watching Reiko turn around quickly.
"Well you don't have to scream." Asumi said nonchalantly, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. "I mean, he's just your brother. You don't need to make such a big deal out of it." She continued. Reiko stopped walking, her fist tightening around the senbon. Asumi had made the biggest mistake yet.
Reiko turned around, grabbing Asumi by her shirt collar, pushing her up against the nearest tree.
"You bitch! You don't know what it's like, to lose a brother that's close to you. He was ten years old. You hear that? Ten. Years. Old. And you tell me not to make a big deal? It's been two years since he's been murdered." Reiko paused, narrowing her eyes into slits.
Murdered? Asumi thought. Reiko was getting on her nerves, yelling at her like she was her mother. Psh. Yeah her brother died big deal.
"And here you are, trying to be big and tough. 'Oh yeah some lady whose being a bitch's brother was murdered. I shouldn't care.'I came out from the Suna to your little village, to look for your little brother. Being pretty and cool isn't important you know. Being a real family member, is more important than trying to make your boobs look big. Or wearing short skirts or whatever you teenagers do now. " Gaara grabbed Reiko by the shoulder, as she almost slapped Asumi.
"Reiko. Calm down. She didn't mean it." He muttered to her.
"Mean it my ass. If you weren't here, I would've killed her." Reiko huffed, letting go of Asumi's shirt. Asumi stared off into space, falling to her knees, Tora catching her.
Reiko twirled the senbon around her fingers, before throwing it towards Asumi. She missed by half a centimeter. Tora watched in fear and amazement, Asumi going over what Reiko threatened. I would've killed her. She would've killed me. Asumi thought to herself quietly. Asumi started to think, that bugging Reiko wasn't the best thing she ever thought of.
