My Life Isn't Beautiful Either Naruto

Chapter 35: The Escape

READ AUTHOR'S NOTE THIS ONCE PLEASE IF YOU NORMALLY DON'T!

"You need more Chakra, Rhia," Tsunade ordered as I stood there leaned over while panting, my fist resting on the cracked ground.

"Fine." I stood up and walked to another cleared space in my family's forest. I put another fist up, Chakra already collected and slammed down. The ground cracked up quite well and went everywhere. I looked up at Tsunade as she began clapping.

"Well done!" she praised, walking over to me. "Show me one more time that fake Scalpel technique you made up." I grinned and did the hand signs.

"I've used it on Naruto if you want to know. It seems like you're harmed by it, but really you're not. It's kind of like a Genjutsu."

"Do you specialize in Genjutsu?"

I shrugged. "I know a bunch of Genjutsu techniques, but I don't specialize. I just have it in case I need it." She nodded.

"We're going to take a break."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, we'll begin again tomorrow." I frowned, but agreed to it and walked over to my wolves.

"Hey, guys, I'm going to go see if Naruto wants to do something tonight." It had been about three weeks since we had come back to the Leaf Village. I had been training with Tsunade, trying to improve my Ninja skills more. I bit my lip as I remembered the plan I had made up. They would hate me for it. I looked sadly at the ground before I caught sight of Naruto and wiped the sadness off my face, grinning widely.

"Hey, Rhia!" Naruto called, waving an arm.

"Naruto! How are you?" I asked, stopping in front of him grinning. We hadn't talked since I had gotten out of the hospital.

"I'm great. How's your training coming along?"

"Amazing! Lady Tsunade said I was almost ready to become a full Medic Ninja."

"That's awesome!"

"Yeah. Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to do something today?"

"How about a sleepover?" he suggested. "We can have this huge Ramen party!"

"I'll bring the Ramune!"

"Great!" We grinned at each other. "Oh, hey, I was supposed to ask how Oyashiro and Itamaki are coming along?"

"Oyashiro's planning to tell Itamaki soon. She figures she should try even if she's worried he'll reject her."

"That's great." I nodded.

"I have to go help Larka exercise her pups so I'll see you around."

"Okay. Bye."

"What time should I come over?"

He was thoughtful. "Six?"

"Sure!" I smiled one last time at him and left him to go back to Larka. "Hey, Larka!" She looked up from the bustling pups and I saw her face light up.

"Hey, Rhia! Thank you for coming over!" she gushed, getting up. I saw Naru playing with a few of them, except one was laying there. As soon as he saw me though, he jumped to his feet and scrambled over to me, jumping up on me almost instantly. Laughing, I pretended he bowled me over. He eagerly licked my face and I kissed his muzzle.

"His name is Tatanka right?" I asked, looking up at her as Tatanka ran off to join his denmates.

"Yes. He's gorgeous," she murmured, laying down beside me. "Don't you think?"

"Of course I do," I replied, laying my head on her side. I sighed slightly as I realized this would soon all be gone.

"What's wrong?" I looked up at Larka.

"Nothing, nothing at all."

"You're lying. You're planning something." She looked at me seriously.

"I can't hide anything from you, can I?"

"No you can't."

I didn't sigh like I normally would. "Listen, Larka, after tonight I'm going to be gone for a little while. I need you to tell Tsunade if she asks that I'll come back, but that's all. Oyashiro's going to stay here also."

"Why don't we come with you?" Larka asked, her tail flickering nervously.

"You can't," I argued, shaking my head.

She sighed. "Fine, we won't argue. I just hope Tsunade doesn't get mad."

"Thank you, Larka." She nodded and rested her beautiful head on her paws.

"Take care, Rhia."

"I will. Give everyone my love." I hugged her around the neck and kissed her nose. "I'll see you around."

"Yes."

"Serve Itamaki, Oyashiro, Anko, or Naruto while I'm gone. They could use it." She nodded again, eying me as I stood up. I smiled at her and then went to my house to begin getting the few things I wanted. I made sure I wasn't watched as I got the small safe I had stashed in the floor of my bed. Inside was a bunch of money I had raised up for this purpose. Guiltily, I pulled out everything and got it put in a small bag I had. I got some clothes put in there and then stashed the bag by the front of the gate. I realized what time it was and began heading over to Naruto's house when I ran into someone. "Oh, mother!" I said.

"What is it?"

"I have a sleepover at Naruto's house tonight if you don't mind."

"Of course not. Have a nice time."

"Thanks!" I pulled out some of the money I had put in my pouch and bought quite a few bottles of Ramune, mostly Strawberry and Orange, heading to Naruto's house. I'm going to tell him, I decided as I stood outside his house. I want him to know how I feel about him before I leave. Then he knows how much I care about him and that I'm not just thinking of him as a friend. I nodded, happy with my decision and knocked on Naruto's door.

He opened it up. "You're finally here, Rhia!" he exclaimed. "You're like half an hour late!"

"Sorry," I apologized, setting everything down. On the table were bowls of Ramen and a bunch of other things. "I was just getting some more training done." He nodded in understanding.

"So how is everything with training coming along?"

"Great. Tomorrow I'll be working with Lady Tsunade some more."

"I heard she might have a mission for Squad 7 finally. She hasn't sent us out since she was training with you a lot and wanted you to go with us."

"Awesome," I lied, looking at my bowl of Ramen and finishing it up. I opened a bottle of Ramune and took a drink of it to distract myself. Naruto and Tsunade are both going to hate me for this. I smiled at Naruto when he looked at me suspiciously and he quickly put it out of his mind. "Do you know what kind of mission?"

He shook his head. "No, not yet. I'm still working on that."

"Good luck finding out!"

"Thanks. I think it will probably be a C or D rank mission."

"That sucks…"

"Yeah." It was strange listening to him ramble on as if I was going to be there too and it made me feel worse than I already felt. I felt worse as I got ready for bed, knowing I would change almost right away after that. I turned away from Naruto when we both laid down to go to sleep after a long time of watching some movies and closed my eyes, letting tears escape finally, but it didn't last long. I waited half an hour after Naruto began snoring before I turned over and shook him awake. "Hmmm… what is it, mother?" he murmured.

"Naruto, it's me," I whispered, my voice shaking from emotion.

He frowned sleepily. "Rhia?"

"I'm going away Naruto. I want you to take care of yourself, okay?"

"Why?" He was beginning to wake up. He obviously understood me quite clearly.

"I can't tell you. Just… be careful and don't get too hurt while I'm gone."

"Wait, Rhia, you can't-" He was basically wide awake now and he took hold of my arm.

"I'm sorry," I whispered, leaning in towards him. "Please, forgive me when I come back." His shock was quite obvious as I pressed my lips against his and then hit him with the same thing Tsunade hit me with earlier. "I'm sorry!" Then I burst out of the room with tears falling down my face, running down the stairs and putting on an invisibility Jutsu to hide myself. I got my bags and headed out of the gates without looking back.

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"Rhia, come on, we need to keep moving," Kami grunted as she pulled me along by the back of my clothes. I feebly looked up at her through the snow. My numb lips moved to say something, but no sound came out. I shivered again.

"We need to find shelter," Sasu said. "Why don't you put her on my back?"

"She can't hold on to anything because she's numb to the bone," Kami answered. "We can't stop either because of the snow underfoot." Kami dropped down from exhaustion, panting. "Why did you want to come here anyway Rhia?"

I forced sound out of my mouth. "I… mother…"

"You want revenge from your mother?" Kami asked and I painfully nodded. Already, we were in the Mist Village. Snow was everywhere and the temperature dropped at an alarming rate.

Suddenly, a light flickered out in front of us. "Why, hello, it seems like you could use some help."

~Author's Note~

Hi! We're almost to Shippuden! YAYS! I hope you're excited. I am. And after we hit Shippuden, we won't be going along with the plot at all in the real series. It will all be out of my own imagination on how things should go because I don't want Smokey Sensei (Asuma. Do you like my nickname?) to die! Oh, and Tatanka is my own wolf too. He was abondoned in my garage.

One other thing I'd like to ask since you finished reading the new chapter. You see, Amira Malfoy (account name) and I have written this novel called Untitled, Unrequited Love and we have it posted on so if you'll look up my profile (it's the same as here) you should find the first chapter. If you would review or at least look at it, that would be great! And tell others about it too because we're thinking of making it a novel. A novel like Vantasia The Tiny Peoples (which I may put up the first chapter there. I'm still debating) Oh, did I tell you that I've sent out Vantasia The Tiny Peoples to my first publisher? I haven't gotten news back yet, but I'll tell you as soon as I know.

One more thing, you're all going to hate how I end this. LOL

Love you all who read this and like or love it!

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