A Few Days of Training Later...
"I can't go on!!!" Fugance cried as all of us fell from exhaustion. We panted hard and long. Sakura stood over us, smiling in triumph.
"Come on! I still have chakra left!" She yelled. She has trained us all until we were out of chakra. Since we were barely Genin, we lost chakra fast. And with my jutsus, I lost it faster.
"No more!! I can't go on!" Fugance cried. She rolled over and crawled away. Asuma and I laughed at how silly she had become since our team first started.
"Fugance-chan! I'm not done yet!" Sakura yelled and ran to catch up with Fugance.
Asuma and I stood up and hid in the bushes. We ran to catch up with Fugance and we helped her escape from Sakura. We all went to the dumplings shop and ate until Sakura found us. We ran away and she had to pay our meal. We laughed at that. Then we all ran to the Uchiha District and hid in one of the abandoned houses. We laughed softly as we watch Sakura run past us. We lit candles and sat in a circle. We began to regain our chakra. By the time Sakura found us we were fully healed. We ran from her again but she caught Asuma. She locked him in the abandoned house. Then she caught Fugance and did the same. I swore that it was like Cops and Robbers. I ran back to the house and opened the lock. The guys ran out and joined me.
Hours later, we had tired Sakura out. She had returned to Koyuki's home to have a bit to eat. We decided to cool off at the lake. Asuma was swimming, I soaked my feet and Fugance laid down on the deck with her feet in the water like me. Asuma played by himself and just swam around until the guys showed up. Sakumo sat with us. She began to talk to Fugance. I learned that Sakumo had grown to respect her new teamate, Colin. Linoone soon joined us and I heard her say that Woshi had stopped going for her since she told him that she was into Colin and not him. He took it hard but began to hang out with Sakumo. Sakumo enjoyed it a lot. Fugance was now talking more with them then she had before when she just listened to them talk. Arima joined them now and she talked that she really loved Jr. The girls laughed.
"Hey, Brainiac! Come swim!" Hishi yelled at me. He splashed me again.
"Why don't you ever swim?" Arima asked me.
"I don't like to." I told her without looking back at them.
"Well okay. So Sakumo-chan, have you heard the rumors?" Arima said. I became intrseted and listened.
"What rumors?" Sakumo asked.
"I hear that Genin kids from all over the world are coming here to take something called the Chuunin Exams." Arima said. She was always listening to gossip.
"I hear you have to take those so you can become a Chuunin. If you lose any match, you still have a chance since the Hokage decides who can pass by how they fought. If you lose in the first two parts of the exams, you automatically get sent back. The third part is where you can lose and still become a Chuunin." Fugance explained. It surprised me she knew so much about this.
"Wow. I hope our senseis put us up to it." Sakumo said. They laughed a little.
"Did you guys hear the latest rumor?" Linoone asked.
"What?" They all asked.
"Sand, Lightening, Waterfall, Grass, all nations' Genin are coming over. I hear that even Sound's genin are coming." Linoone said.
"Wow. That's a lot of Genin." Arima said, suddenly afraid.
"Yeah and I hear that Sound's sending a kid that's gonna be a spy. Ya know like to moniter what Konoha does." Linoone kept going.
"I hear it's that Kaguya kid." Arima said. I turned to them. Sakumo was looking at me.
"Sorry, Sasa-kun. We forgot." She said. I stood up and walked over to the house.
"His younger brother is a Kaguya. He hates him." Sakumo explained to them.
I walked away and went into the house. No one was in the kitchen so I sat down at the table. Gaara was out with the wolf tribe doing who knows what. I sat down at the table and laid my head down on it. I sat just the way I had in Sound. I couldn't believe it. Kimmy was coming over? Maybe even Karina, Sui, and Yugi too? I couldn't take looking at that traitor anymore. Why had she done that? I turned my head to look at the window where I heard the guys splashing. The twin girls and little Fugaku came in crawling. The girls were barely one and the little guy was turning two months. They crawled to me but I ignored them. They sat around me. Koyuki and the women came in and saw how depressed I was. I turned away from them.
"What's wrong, Sasquehonno-kun? Are you sick?" Koyuki asked. She felt my forehead after she took off my Leaf headband.
"How is he?" Sakura asked.
"He's burning hot." Koyuki said. She went to the stove and began to make something. Sakura touched my forehead now but pulled away.
"Yeah, he's burning." She said. She went with Koyuki. I looked at the mirror the little twins held up and saw that my cheeks were shaded red. My eyes were dull still. Koyuki brought over a cup of something. I looked at it. Why was I sick again?
"I'll call Tsunade-sama." Sakura said and left the room to call Tsunade. Koyuki got me to drink the tea but it made no good.
"Anything?" Tsunade asked Koyuki. Koyuki shook her head and Tsunade sighed. Koyuki touched my forehead again. I grunted and turned away from her.
"You have to drink that if you want to get better." tsunade said. I grunted again.
"What happened?" Naruto asked and ran to me as he came through the door.
"He was like that when we came through the door." Ten Ten said. Naruto touched my forehead too. I grunted. Why was everyone touching my forehead?! I grunted again and turned away from him.
"He's burning." Naruto said.
"Yeah and we don't know what to do." Koyuki said. The kids came through the door and began to talk loudly. I grunted and clutched my head. Tsunade shooshed them.
"What happened?" Sakumo asked.
"He's sick." Koyuki said. Fugance and Linoone neared me.
"Doesn't seem so." Linoone said.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"It can be cured but I can't do it since I haven't trained in medical jutsus." Linoone said.
"I haven't either." Said Sakumo. Fugance looked over me. She placed her hand on my forehead and her hand began to glow silver. My fever was gone and my face wasn't red anymore.
"Wow, Fugance-chan. Where did you learn that?" Sakumo asked. I sat up and clutched my head.
"I learned it by watching him and Sakura-sensei train on his medical jutsus." Fugance said. I looked at her and saw her looking at me. She blushed and looked away again.
"You're doing great at it. I could teach her with Sasquehonno-kun in the medical jutsus. They'd make great medics." Sakura said.
"What else did you learn by gazing at him?" Tsunade asked and laughed when Fugance blushed. Everyone laughed. I rubbed my head.
"You alright now?" Fugance asked. I nodded slowly.
"Thanks." I muttered and stood up. Naruto had to hold onto my arm since I lost balance.
"He should be dizzy for a while." Fugance said.
"Let's get you to your room then." Koyuki said and Naruto and her lead me to my room. Fugance and Linoone followed with Inubi and Sakumo. I sat down on my bed.
"Alright. No training for you until at the least two weeks." Tsunade said and everyone but Sakumo, Linoone, Fugance, and Inubi stayed. They sat down next to me on the bed.
"I guess you can't go to training until next month." Fugance said.
"It's gonna be so boring without you there." Sakumo said and they laughed.
"Yeah, but at least you have me!" Linoone said and they laughed again.
"Sakumo, Linoone! We need you down here!" Sakura called.
"Coming! Stay here, Fugance-chan. We'll be back in a few." Sakumo said and the two left. Fugance was still sitting on the bed with me as the girls got up and left. I didn't look at her and she didn't look at me.
"You got sad when Sakumo-chan spoke about Kimmy, right?" Fugance spoke.
"Yeah. I don't like the little devil." I told her. She laughed a little.
"Arima-chan didn't know that he was your brother. She didn't mean it." She said. I grunted.
Fugance stayed quiet and just pulled her hair into a high ponytail. Again her hand touched mine when she brought it down. SD began talking again. I tried to ignore him but couldn't. I looked at Fugance and saw her blushing. She was nibbling on her lower lip like I'd seen Koyuki do. Since school had ended, the twin guys and I began to copy each other mre often. We all wore the same outfit: black baggy pant, black sandals, and a shirt with a high collar and the uchiha symbol on the back. The only difference was Jr's shirt was black, Hishi's was dark blue and mine was dark purple. I didn't wear my mask or gloves or fishnets any more. If all three of us wore contacts the color black, dyed our hair completely black, and wore the same shirt, we'd really be triplets. I laughed slightly at the thought.
"What's so funny?" Fugance asked.
"Just thinking of something." I told her. I sensed that she was looking at me. I looked at her and she blushed but didn't look away. I starred at her.
"Hey guys!!" Sakumo called from downstairs. We looked at the door and heard footsteps. Sakumo popped up into my room.
"What is it, Sakumo-chan?" Fugance asked. Sakumo smiled.
"All of us gots to go. Fugance-chan, you have to stay here and tend to Sasquehonno-kun since he isn't allowed out." Sakumo said. Fugance blushed for some reason.
"When will you guys be back?" I asked. Sakumo looked at me.
"In about four hours." Sakumo responded. I nodded at her.
"Okay. Well, bye." Sakumo said. She left. Soon I heard the doors shut. It was quiet now.
"What now?" Fugance asked.
"I don't know. I'm not that bright." I said and she laughed.
"Yeah you are. Everyone says so." She said.
"Well I don't know what to do now. I've always been home alone and not with anyone." I told her.
"Well now that has to change. I'm gonna be around here most of the day since Tsunade-sama wants me to check on you." Fugance said. I heard her sigh softly.
"I guess it has to." I said and got up from bed. I walked to the window and gazed out.
"What ya lookin' at?" She asked.
"Wanna go to the lake?" I asked. She nodded and we headed down. Like most of the times, I had my feet in the water while she did too but swung her legs back and forth. It was quiet for a long time.
"What you do when you're alone?" Fugance asked. I sensed again that she was starring at me.
"Nothing. Just, I guess, played my flute." I said. She was confused.
"What flute? I never saw no flute with you." She said. I pulled it out from my bag and handed it to her. She looked over it.
"I play it when I'm alone and have nothing to do." I told her. She used her small fingers and ran them over the flute.
"You ever played it for someone?" She asked. I looked at her.
"No. I never did." I told her. She handed it back.
"Then why do you have it?" She asked. I looked at the flute.
"Orochimaru gave it to me so I could summon three demons like Tayuya did." I told her.
"Oh. Well can you play it?" She asked.
I nodded and began to play the flute. I decided to do something. I played the flute and the water burst up and danced. Since I had always played the flute in front of the lake, I had learned how to control the water. The water shot up from the sides and joined at the center where more water shot up. The lake now looked like a temple. The water went subsided and I continued to play it. Small animals appeared on the water and ran around like it was a forest. Trees appeared too. I stopped and the water animals all subsided. I just looked straight ahead. I then looked at Fugance who looked shocked.
"Wow. I've never seen anyone do that with water or any other substance!" She said. We laughed. It soon became quiet again.
"Think you can teach me that one day?" She asked.
"Probably." I said. We sat down quiet without a noise being made.
"What were you and Asuma-san talking about last time?" She asked. I smirked.
"Asuma has a crush." I told her. She laughed.
"Is that so? Who is it?" She asked. We looked at each other.
"I haven't met her." I told her.
"Oh. But he hasn't told you her name?" She asked.
"Nope. I don't think I will meet her. I think Asuma is a big enough boy to handle his mom by himself." I said. Fugance laughed at this.
"You're right. He is a big boy." Fugance said. We both laughed now.
"I guess so but I just wish him luck. He's gonna need it." I said and she laughed. We soon stopped.
"So..." She began. We laughed again.
"So what?" I asked. She was smiling.
"You're not leaving Konoha, are you?" She asked. I looked at her.
"No. Why would I? It's better here than Sound ever was." I told her. She gave me a quick hug.
"Good. I'm not going back to Sound just to get ya back." She said. We both laughed.
"Who did you go with when you went to Sound?" I asked her.
"I went with my dad, mom, and aunt. She had to tend to animals there." She said. Gaara came to us with Inubi and her pups. They sat down with us.
"Inubi's doing good with Gaara. She's already with his second litter." Fugance said. She was right. Inubi was pregnant again. The first litter were five months now.
"Yeah, I guess so." I said and patted Inubi.
"How many litters does Diana have?" She asked. I looked at the water.
"Probably the fourth by now." I said.
"Wow. You must love her." She said. I laughed.
"I don't have to love her so she can have my pups. She's just the only female in the tribe that was my age and could make the pups for me. I really could stop when I want but my father says that I have to since he is too old to have more pups." I told her.
"Are you going to continue?" She asked. I sighed and looked at the sky.
"I don't think so. She needs rest and she can't handle so many pups." I explained.
"How old is the first litter now?" She asked.
"They're about a year." I said. I looked at Fugance and saw her starring. "What?" I asked. She blushed and looked away.
"If you told Tsunade-sama that, she would say you were ready to have kids with humans." She said. We laughed.
"Yeah but nah." I said. She laughed.
"You have a crush?" She asked. I looked at her again.
"No." I said. "Do you?" I asked. She blushed and began biting her lower lip.
"Y-yeah." She stuttered out. I smirked.
"Who?" I asked.
"S-someone fr-from o-our te-team." She said. I kept my eyes on her. She saw and looked at me too.
"Asuma?" I asked. She blushed harder.
"N-n-no." She said. I smirked again and kept it.
"Sakura?" I asked. She shoved me.
"No!" She yelled. I acted dumb and thought for a while.
"Matroni?" I asked. I heard her laugh.
"No. He's not from our team." She said. I looked at the reflection in the water.
"I am." I said. I saw her blush harder in her reflection.
"T-that's r-r-right." She stuttered. I looked at her.
"Am I?" I asked. She blushed to the shade of crimson.
"M-m-m-mi-mig-might b-b-be." She stuttered.
"Is that so?" I asked. She was still blushing.
"Yes." She said without stuttering. I smirked again. Gaara was gone with Inubi. And it was getting dark.
"Then do you like me?" I asked.
"Yes." She said. I was surprised she wasn't stuttering anymore.
"O...kay..." I said. She laughed.
"Do you like me?" She asked. I looked at the water. She wasn't blushing anymore.
"I might." I said. She looked at me. I looked at the reflection in the water.
"Really?" She asked. I looked at her. Her hair was down again.
"Yeah." I said.
She seemed to have blushed and looked away again. I looked at the water. I closed my eyes and laid down on the deck. I opened them. She just looked at the setting sun. I closed my eyes as the sun finally set and the moon slowly rose. I opened them when the moon was up. The moon was on the horizon now. It looked great with the lake in front of us. I closed them again and just relaxed. I opened them when I felt something on my lips. I saw Fugance. She pulled back and blushed. I looked at her. I sat up while watching her. She didn't look at me. I smirked and decided to kiss her back. She responded and encircled my neck. We kissed until the moon was finally at the top of the sky. We both panted. I looked at her and saw her slightly blushing. We pulled away from each other. I looked at the house and saw lights on. I feared the worse. I looked at Fugance and saw that she saw too. We stood and headed back to the house. We saw everyone back. Even the dogs were in there.
"Where were you two?!" Sakumo asked.
"By the lake." Fugance answered. Tsunade looked over me.
"He's fine. Go hang out if you want." She said and went back into the living room with the adults.
The kids were in the kitchen. The boys, like always now a days, were talking about girls. Fugance, Sakumo, Linoone, and I all went upstairs instead. gaara and Inubi with their pups followed us up.
"Why don't you hang with the guys?" Sakumo asked. She was playing with the dogs.
"They just talk about girls. I am not as big of a pervert as them." I said. The girls laughed.
"True. Those guys just talk about girls and the future." Linoone said and stressed 'the future'. They laughed again.
"I wonder when they'll actually have the guts to kiss their own girlfriends?" Sakumo said.
"Yeah. A true boyfriend will kiss you the day you tell him you love him. Maybe you kiss first but if he really likes you, he'll kiss back." Linoone said which made Fugance blush.
"Oooooooo! Fugance-chan's blushing!" Sakumo said and they laughed.
"What happened? Why are you blushing?" Linoone asked suspicious. Fugance laughed and told them it was nothing. They kept insisting.
"I know! Sasquehonno-kun never lies!" Sakumo said. They ran to me. I saw Fugance was shocked.
"Why is she blushing?!" Linoone asked.
"Does it have anything to do with you?!!" Sakumo yelled. Gaara howled.
"No!! It doesn't!!" Fugance yelled. Sakumo and Linoone laughed so hard they fell to the floor.
I took the time to climb out the window and head down to the lake. I sat at the deck again. I soaked my feet again and watched the stars and moon. I noticed that Yugi was watching them somewhere in Sound. I soon stopped looking at the sky and looked at the water. As I watched, I saw Fugance's reflection. She was behind me. I looked at the water for a while until I turned back to her. She sat down next to me.
"Why'd you run out?" She asked.
"Sakumo was right. I can't lie anymore." I told her.
"I noticed." She said. I looked at her and saw her smiling.
"Yeah. Should of known." I said. We laughed and then looked at the sky.
"You don't have any more feelings for that girl, right?" Fugance asked. I looked at her and saw that she was worried.
"After what she did, nope." I said. Fugance hugged me. I hugged her back. She placed her head on my shoulder while I kept one arm around her waist. She talked about some things while I listened.
"I knew it!!" Someone yelled. We turned and saw Sakumo. She was running to us.
"I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!" She yelled.
"What ya know?" Fugance asked. She had no emotion on her face which was not like her.
"I'm telling your dad!!" Sakumo yelled and Fugance gasped as Sakumo ran to the house.
"Oh no. I'm so busted." Fugance said.
"Why would you care?" I asked. She looked at me and I looked at her.
"You don't remember the first time we met? My dad thought you had already...um..you know." Fugance said.
"We didn't." I said.
"Yeah but he thought so." Fugance told me. I looked at the sky.
"Like I care." I said. We laughed.
"But I do. What do you think he'll do when he finds out?" She said. I thought for a moment.
"Let ya live a little." I said. She laughed.
"No. It's worse than not letting me be with you." She said.
"What's worse?" I asked. She stayed quiet for a while.
"I don't know." She said. I laughed.
"Than what you said is the worst. Nothing can be worse than you not being with me." I said. She hugged me again.
"What will your parents say?" She asked.
"Uhhhhhhhhhh, I don't care." I said. She laughed.
"I guess they won't care either since you're the boy." She said.
"What's that suppose to mean?" I asked and she laughed.
"You already know how to mate. And you don't get pregnant." She said. I looked at her.
"Sure. Yeah, I know. What about that?" I said.
"Stop acting like an idiot." She said. I shoved her playfully.
"Who's acting?" I said. She laughed again.
"You're so good." She said. "Come on!" She said.
We got up and she held my hand. We walked into the forest. She just lead me where she wanted to go and I didn't argue. We walked around the forest as she pointed to things she wanted to know about. Since I was a wolf, she said, I should know all about my habitat. Like she had said, I told her about the things she pointed to. She seemed to have liked that I did. She kept pulling me to new places and I even thought that we were going to get lost. She laughed when I told her. She ignored it and just kept pulling me. Soon she became tired and we stopped to rest. We sat at the hill close by to the district. I think Linoone was up there with Colin on the festival. We sat down on the hill by a tree. I leaned against the tree while Fugance sat next to me. She was falling asleep with her head on my shoulder. Her hands were on my chest while she fell asleep next to me. I looked at the district in front of the hill. I fell asleep to and for the first time in years, I didn't have the nightmare.