Chapter 3 ~ Misaki
"It's time, my dear, dear sister. Wouldn't you be happy to see me?"
A woman stood on the treetops of a forest west of Konohagare. The wind blew through her jet-black hair. She smirked and took an animal mask from her waist and covered her face with it. The wind blew once more and she disappeared.
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Plip. Plop. Plip. Plop. Plip. Plop.
I hate rainy days. It always ruined my mood and my hair would get all weird. Today was one of those days. I sat in the classroom while Iruka began explaining about the rules of the Chuunin Exam. I propped my head on my fist while I watched Tsuyoshi flirt with Ino. He would tug her hair and she would turn around and give him an evil look, but when she turned back, she would giggle. Looking around the room helped me observe the characteristics of my classmates, which would help me predict what they would do in battle. Sometimes I looked at people as animals. Me as a fox, the sly one of my class back at my village. Yoko was a rabbit, always the scared, nervous one. Tsuyoshi was a lamb, laid back and carefree. To me, Sakura and Ino were like magpies, chattering about basically every subject. Naruto was a cute little puppy, looking for love, while Hinata was a kitten, scared, but always fun to be with. Sasuke and Neji both are like a dragon, serious, powerful, and arrogant. My thoughts were interrupted when a ninja ran in frantically.
"Sensei Iruka! We're under attack!"
"What? Sound the alarm and inform Lord Hokage right away!" he said. "Students, you will all return to your house and stay there until danger is gone."
"And miss a whole lot of fun?" Naruto said.
"Naruto, this is no time to disobey me," Iruka replied seriously. Naruto mumbled, but walked out of the classroom with the rest of the students.
"What do you think it is?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know," I replied. "But it's probably not something that we can't handle."
As we walked out of the Academy and into the soaking rain, I looked up into the sky and noticed a dark object flying towards us. The object got closer and closer and caused an uproar among the students. As it got closer, I was able to make out the object. It was a dragon with a rider on it.
"Holy shit! It's my sister!" I yelled.
"What?" all the students answered in unison.
I ran from the Academy towards the Hunter-Nin's guild. I must find Kakashi, I thought. I met Kakashi halfway there and he dragged me to the guild.
"That's your sister, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yes," I answered gravely. "But why is she attacking the village?"
"I don't know, but I must ask you to accompany me."
"OK."
We sprung from tree to tree until we arrived at the village square. My sister was there with the Water Dragon. Her face grew hard when she saw me and I slowed down. "Well, if it isn't the "Chosen One"?" she said.
"Misaki! What are you doing here?"
"To retrieve what is rightfully mine. The Phoenix."
I had no choice but to summon the Phoenix before she went into a rampage. The sky began to turn red and the rain slowed. My Phoenix appeared from the sky with a screech and flew down to me.
"If it's the Phoenix you want, you'll have to fight me for it!" I said.
Our beasts flew into the sky and began a vicious battle. The sky was still red and rain was still falling, but the raindrops had turned red into what appeared to be blood.
"Are you sure you can handle her yourself?" Kakashi asked. I nodded. All my concentration was in the Phoenix. I could tell that all Misaki's concentration was in the Dragon because I had never seen her fight so fiercely before. The Phoenix let out a screech and a thick jet of fire was issued from its beak. It hit the Dragon on its pearl that was located on its forehead. The pearl was the location of all the Dragon's power. The Dragon staggered for a while before it regained its balance. They both spiraled up into the sky into what appeared to be a jet of water entwined by fire. The Dragon and the Phoenix were hidden by the powerful attack until it exploded and my Phoenix was sent to floor with a loud thud. I ran to it and stroked its head. It cried weakly and the sky changed into a clam light blue. The rain had stained the buildings red. I concentrated all my power into the Phoenix and I let it all out into one blast. The Phoenix burst into flames and turned into ashes. From the ashes formed a silver egg. My head fell to the floor with a painful thud, but before I blacked out, I heard my sister's laugh.
"You lost, sister."
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AN: OK, Suki blacked out, but in order to tell the story, it's going to be in 3rd person.
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Misaki walked towards Suki's body with her shuriken drawn. All the ninjas were in the nearby buildings, watching the battle. Hinata and all of Suki's other classmate's watched in horror as Misaki proceeded to kill Suki.
"Someone do something!" Sakura yelled. As if on cue, Kakashi appeared in front of Suki's body.
"You can't do this, not now. Not when I've seen you again," Kakashi whispered.
"It was over years ago Kakashi, you have to move on. What I do now is my own business," Misaki hissed.
"It wasn't over. It was never over. Never. You just disappeared."
"You promised that you would wait for me there. You promised. But you never came. I waited for you the whole night, but you never came," Misaki whispered.
"I was told that you had disappeared, so I figured that you wouldn't be there," Kakashi answered.
"No, no. You broke your promise. You never came."
"I've missed you Misaki. I've missed you a lot. Come back to me and stop being a Missing-Nin and an outlaw. Come back to me finish what we had so long ago."
Inside the buildings, the students crowded the windows.
"What are they talking about? What's taking so long?" Naruto whined.
Minako watched silently with tears streaming down her face. One of her own students was about to get killed and she couldn't do a single thing about it. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Iruka. She let out a cry and fell into his chest, crying out her heart. Iruka blushed and soothed her.
Outside, Suki had begun to stir and Misaki was watching her the way a hawk would watch its prey. She lunged with her shuriken, but instead of her sister, she found her knife in Kakashi's torso. He wrapped his arms around her in a hug and a single teardrop fell onto her cheek.
"I love you."
Those three words shattered the pain and tears began to stream down her face. She collapsed onto the floor and sobbed. Her neck began to let out steam and she clutched it with her hand.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked.
"It's Orochimaru's bite. He's been trying to control me," she said.
Back in the building, everyone was cheering.
"Hey, why are they making out? Aren't they supposed to be killing each other?" Naruto asked. Everyone laughed and they all went out the main door to help Suki and Kakashi. As they approached Suki, she sat up and rubbed her head. She looked up and saw Neji holding out his hand.
"Here, get up," he said. She grabbed his hand and he pulled her up.
"Thanks," she replied. " HEY! Don't touch that!" she yelled when she saw everyone poking at the egg.
"Can I eat it?" Choji asked.
"NO!" Suki yelled. She grabbed the egg from off the floor and put in her hip pouch before she walked to Misaki.
"Misaki?"
"Suki, I'm so sorry. I didn't know what I was doing. Will you forgive me?"
"Of course! You're my sister!"
They both flew into each other's arms and cried from happiness. Misaki handed Suki a necklace with a phoenix pendant on it and helped her tie it on her neck.
"I found it on my travels. Thought you might like it," she said.
"Thanks sis. Com'n, let's go back to the village, we have to check your bite and Kakashi's wound. Then we can celebrate."
"YEAH! More ramen!!" Naruto yelled.
Everyone laughed and they all walked back together to the village. Kakashi and Misaki lingered for a while before they walked back together with their new found love.
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The weather was slowly cooling down and the holiday season arrived once again. Bundling up, I stepped out of the inn and walked through the streets. Yoko followed behind me. We were both shopping for Christmas presents.
"Do you miss home?" she asked.
"Why would I?" I answered.
"Well, at this time of the year, we would be celebrating the Festival of the Dragon. It was always so much fun," she said.
In the Hidden Mist Valley, every year before Christmas on the day of the first snow, we would have a festival in honor of the Water Dragon. Legend said that the Water Dragon dwelled in the Dragon Lake and it brought prosperity to everyone. But on the day of the first snow, it would signal that the lake would soon freeze and the Dragon would go into hibernation. Then, the ninjas of Mist would hold a celebration to honor the dragon. They would also hold a celebration of love. In the winter, the celebration of love would take place and in the spring, new life would be brought up again. It was a cycle that went on for the past 100 years at my village. The Festival of Love was like Valentines Day, but I never liked it for I was an outcast in my village. I didn't participate in any of the festivals.
"It was fun for you, but not for me," I said.
We walked through the stalls when something caught my eye. It was a necklace with a dove pendant on it. To me, it symbolized love and friendship. I picked it up and the stand owner watched me with greedy eyes.
"How much?" I asked.
"Usually for the regular costumer, 30 yen, but for you, I'll lower the price to 20 yen," he said slyly. I knew it was a rip-off, but I just had to have it. I paid him the money and he wrapped it into a small box. I put it in my hip pouch and walked to another stand.
"Wasn't that a waste of money?" Yoko asked. I shrugged. We walked around the other stands until it was nightfall. We walked back to the inn with our gifts.
"Man, you guys bought so much, you'd think there would be no tomorrow," Tsuyoshi said.
"Well, I guess someone doesn't want their present," I said sarcastically.
"Ha ha, I wonder who that is," Tsuyoshi replied.
We all walked into our rooms and set down our gifts before we went downstairs to the dinning room. We sat down for dinner with Kakashi, Misaki, Minako, and Iruka. I sat quietly while chewing slowly on my unagi.
"Sensei Minako, I've been wondering. You know that at this time, Mist Village would be having the Festival of the Dragon. Why don't we have one here?" Yoko asked. I groaned.
"Do we have to?" I said.
"I think that would be a great idea," Minako replied, ignoring me.
"How about the Festival of Love?" I asked. I glanced at Iruka and winked at him. He blushed but smiled.
"Sure, that would be a great idea. I'll talk to Lord Hokage tomorrow," she said.
In the Festival of Love, you would approach your love with a small boat and lantern. You would then write both of your names on the lantern and set it floating in the Dragon Lake. The gods were supposed to see the two names and bless their marriage. I knew that I wouldn't have a partner, but I hoped that Minako would agree to Iruka's request. Dinner was finished and I went back to my room and eventually fell asleep.
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I woke very late in the morning and sat up. Rubbing my eyes, I put on my headband and sweater, checked on my egg, and walked out the door. Minako ran into me in her excitement.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"Lord Hokage agreed to the festival! It'll take place tomorrow! So many preparations!"
She ran off and I laughed silently. Minako was always that excited before a festival. I walked out of the inn and was almost hit by a snowball if it wasn't for my quick reflexes. Yoko giggled with the rest of the other ninjas. I scooped up some snow and hurled it at Yoko. It plopped right onto her head and I fell to the floor laughing. Nearby, all the others were having a snowball fight and I joined into the fun. Scooping up some snow, I threw at whoever happened to be in view. Unfortunately for Shikamaru, he was standing a little too close to me. Akamaru, Kiba's dog was also in the fight. He was helping Kiba distract the other ninjas. I watched Ino and Sakura build a snowman, which eventually began to look a lot like Sasuke with all that spiky hair. Naruto was sitting nearby with a bowl of hot ramen, when suddenly he found a snowball in his bowl.
"Who threw this at me?!"
A loud laugh gave away the culprit and the crowd parted to see Hinata in a tree laughing her head off. Everyone was having fun, but I noticed Neji sitting on a log. Once again, he had that look on his face that said that he was too dignified to have a little fun. I crept behind him and scared him.
"What do you want?"
I sat down next to him and stared at him just to piss him off.
"What are you looking at?"
"Why don't you go have some fun?"
"Don't want to."
"Fine, then I'll bring the fun to you!"
I grabbed some snow and plunked it all on his head. He sat motionless for a moment as if processing what happened in his head. I ran off and he finally got up and began acting like a thirteen year old. He chased me around while I was laughing. He lunged and caught me by the legs and we both fell tumbling into the snow. We wrestled around when finally, he broke a smile.
"See, you're having fun!" I said. He didn't answer me but instead, tickled me until I was gasping for breath.
"Stop! Seriously, stop!" I laughed. He finally stopped his attack on me when a snowball hit him and he got up and began throwing snowballs. The snowball fight continued until nightfall and I ran back with Yoko to the inn. Tsuyoshi had disappeared and Minako sent me to go look for him. I had seen him at the snowball fight so I went back to the battlefield. I looked around, but found nothing until I heard a rustle in the bushes. I pushed aside the bushes and saw Tsuyoshi. I was about to call him, but whom did I see next to him? Who else but Ino? I walked back to the inn and laughed. It was obvious who would be signing Tsuyoshi's lantern.
"Where is he?" Minako asked.
"Somewhere, doing something. Don't worry, he's not in trouble," I answered.
"You better get to bed, the Festival starts early tomorrow morning," she said.
I went to bed dreaming about new couples and the Festival tomorrow.
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AN: Sorry, I have to stop here. But please REVIEW! I can't wait until the Festival! Almost forgot..
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Too bad.
"It's time, my dear, dear sister. Wouldn't you be happy to see me?"
A woman stood on the treetops of a forest west of Konohagare. The wind blew through her jet-black hair. She smirked and took an animal mask from her waist and covered her face with it. The wind blew once more and she disappeared.
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Plip. Plop. Plip. Plop. Plip. Plop.
I hate rainy days. It always ruined my mood and my hair would get all weird. Today was one of those days. I sat in the classroom while Iruka began explaining about the rules of the Chuunin Exam. I propped my head on my fist while I watched Tsuyoshi flirt with Ino. He would tug her hair and she would turn around and give him an evil look, but when she turned back, she would giggle. Looking around the room helped me observe the characteristics of my classmates, which would help me predict what they would do in battle. Sometimes I looked at people as animals. Me as a fox, the sly one of my class back at my village. Yoko was a rabbit, always the scared, nervous one. Tsuyoshi was a lamb, laid back and carefree. To me, Sakura and Ino were like magpies, chattering about basically every subject. Naruto was a cute little puppy, looking for love, while Hinata was a kitten, scared, but always fun to be with. Sasuke and Neji both are like a dragon, serious, powerful, and arrogant. My thoughts were interrupted when a ninja ran in frantically.
"Sensei Iruka! We're under attack!"
"What? Sound the alarm and inform Lord Hokage right away!" he said. "Students, you will all return to your house and stay there until danger is gone."
"And miss a whole lot of fun?" Naruto said.
"Naruto, this is no time to disobey me," Iruka replied seriously. Naruto mumbled, but walked out of the classroom with the rest of the students.
"What do you think it is?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know," I replied. "But it's probably not something that we can't handle."
As we walked out of the Academy and into the soaking rain, I looked up into the sky and noticed a dark object flying towards us. The object got closer and closer and caused an uproar among the students. As it got closer, I was able to make out the object. It was a dragon with a rider on it.
"Holy shit! It's my sister!" I yelled.
"What?" all the students answered in unison.
I ran from the Academy towards the Hunter-Nin's guild. I must find Kakashi, I thought. I met Kakashi halfway there and he dragged me to the guild.
"That's your sister, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yes," I answered gravely. "But why is she attacking the village?"
"I don't know, but I must ask you to accompany me."
"OK."
We sprung from tree to tree until we arrived at the village square. My sister was there with the Water Dragon. Her face grew hard when she saw me and I slowed down. "Well, if it isn't the "Chosen One"?" she said.
"Misaki! What are you doing here?"
"To retrieve what is rightfully mine. The Phoenix."
I had no choice but to summon the Phoenix before she went into a rampage. The sky began to turn red and the rain slowed. My Phoenix appeared from the sky with a screech and flew down to me.
"If it's the Phoenix you want, you'll have to fight me for it!" I said.
Our beasts flew into the sky and began a vicious battle. The sky was still red and rain was still falling, but the raindrops had turned red into what appeared to be blood.
"Are you sure you can handle her yourself?" Kakashi asked. I nodded. All my concentration was in the Phoenix. I could tell that all Misaki's concentration was in the Dragon because I had never seen her fight so fiercely before. The Phoenix let out a screech and a thick jet of fire was issued from its beak. It hit the Dragon on its pearl that was located on its forehead. The pearl was the location of all the Dragon's power. The Dragon staggered for a while before it regained its balance. They both spiraled up into the sky into what appeared to be a jet of water entwined by fire. The Dragon and the Phoenix were hidden by the powerful attack until it exploded and my Phoenix was sent to floor with a loud thud. I ran to it and stroked its head. It cried weakly and the sky changed into a clam light blue. The rain had stained the buildings red. I concentrated all my power into the Phoenix and I let it all out into one blast. The Phoenix burst into flames and turned into ashes. From the ashes formed a silver egg. My head fell to the floor with a painful thud, but before I blacked out, I heard my sister's laugh.
"You lost, sister."
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AN: OK, Suki blacked out, but in order to tell the story, it's going to be in 3rd person.
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Misaki walked towards Suki's body with her shuriken drawn. All the ninjas were in the nearby buildings, watching the battle. Hinata and all of Suki's other classmate's watched in horror as Misaki proceeded to kill Suki.
"Someone do something!" Sakura yelled. As if on cue, Kakashi appeared in front of Suki's body.
"You can't do this, not now. Not when I've seen you again," Kakashi whispered.
"It was over years ago Kakashi, you have to move on. What I do now is my own business," Misaki hissed.
"It wasn't over. It was never over. Never. You just disappeared."
"You promised that you would wait for me there. You promised. But you never came. I waited for you the whole night, but you never came," Misaki whispered.
"I was told that you had disappeared, so I figured that you wouldn't be there," Kakashi answered.
"No, no. You broke your promise. You never came."
"I've missed you Misaki. I've missed you a lot. Come back to me and stop being a Missing-Nin and an outlaw. Come back to me finish what we had so long ago."
Inside the buildings, the students crowded the windows.
"What are they talking about? What's taking so long?" Naruto whined.
Minako watched silently with tears streaming down her face. One of her own students was about to get killed and she couldn't do a single thing about it. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Iruka. She let out a cry and fell into his chest, crying out her heart. Iruka blushed and soothed her.
Outside, Suki had begun to stir and Misaki was watching her the way a hawk would watch its prey. She lunged with her shuriken, but instead of her sister, she found her knife in Kakashi's torso. He wrapped his arms around her in a hug and a single teardrop fell onto her cheek.
"I love you."
Those three words shattered the pain and tears began to stream down her face. She collapsed onto the floor and sobbed. Her neck began to let out steam and she clutched it with her hand.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi asked.
"It's Orochimaru's bite. He's been trying to control me," she said.
Back in the building, everyone was cheering.
"Hey, why are they making out? Aren't they supposed to be killing each other?" Naruto asked. Everyone laughed and they all went out the main door to help Suki and Kakashi. As they approached Suki, she sat up and rubbed her head. She looked up and saw Neji holding out his hand.
"Here, get up," he said. She grabbed his hand and he pulled her up.
"Thanks," she replied. " HEY! Don't touch that!" she yelled when she saw everyone poking at the egg.
"Can I eat it?" Choji asked.
"NO!" Suki yelled. She grabbed the egg from off the floor and put in her hip pouch before she walked to Misaki.
"Misaki?"
"Suki, I'm so sorry. I didn't know what I was doing. Will you forgive me?"
"Of course! You're my sister!"
They both flew into each other's arms and cried from happiness. Misaki handed Suki a necklace with a phoenix pendant on it and helped her tie it on her neck.
"I found it on my travels. Thought you might like it," she said.
"Thanks sis. Com'n, let's go back to the village, we have to check your bite and Kakashi's wound. Then we can celebrate."
"YEAH! More ramen!!" Naruto yelled.
Everyone laughed and they all walked back together to the village. Kakashi and Misaki lingered for a while before they walked back together with their new found love.
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The weather was slowly cooling down and the holiday season arrived once again. Bundling up, I stepped out of the inn and walked through the streets. Yoko followed behind me. We were both shopping for Christmas presents.
"Do you miss home?" she asked.
"Why would I?" I answered.
"Well, at this time of the year, we would be celebrating the Festival of the Dragon. It was always so much fun," she said.
In the Hidden Mist Valley, every year before Christmas on the day of the first snow, we would have a festival in honor of the Water Dragon. Legend said that the Water Dragon dwelled in the Dragon Lake and it brought prosperity to everyone. But on the day of the first snow, it would signal that the lake would soon freeze and the Dragon would go into hibernation. Then, the ninjas of Mist would hold a celebration to honor the dragon. They would also hold a celebration of love. In the winter, the celebration of love would take place and in the spring, new life would be brought up again. It was a cycle that went on for the past 100 years at my village. The Festival of Love was like Valentines Day, but I never liked it for I was an outcast in my village. I didn't participate in any of the festivals.
"It was fun for you, but not for me," I said.
We walked through the stalls when something caught my eye. It was a necklace with a dove pendant on it. To me, it symbolized love and friendship. I picked it up and the stand owner watched me with greedy eyes.
"How much?" I asked.
"Usually for the regular costumer, 30 yen, but for you, I'll lower the price to 20 yen," he said slyly. I knew it was a rip-off, but I just had to have it. I paid him the money and he wrapped it into a small box. I put it in my hip pouch and walked to another stand.
"Wasn't that a waste of money?" Yoko asked. I shrugged. We walked around the other stands until it was nightfall. We walked back to the inn with our gifts.
"Man, you guys bought so much, you'd think there would be no tomorrow," Tsuyoshi said.
"Well, I guess someone doesn't want their present," I said sarcastically.
"Ha ha, I wonder who that is," Tsuyoshi replied.
We all walked into our rooms and set down our gifts before we went downstairs to the dinning room. We sat down for dinner with Kakashi, Misaki, Minako, and Iruka. I sat quietly while chewing slowly on my unagi.
"Sensei Minako, I've been wondering. You know that at this time, Mist Village would be having the Festival of the Dragon. Why don't we have one here?" Yoko asked. I groaned.
"Do we have to?" I said.
"I think that would be a great idea," Minako replied, ignoring me.
"How about the Festival of Love?" I asked. I glanced at Iruka and winked at him. He blushed but smiled.
"Sure, that would be a great idea. I'll talk to Lord Hokage tomorrow," she said.
In the Festival of Love, you would approach your love with a small boat and lantern. You would then write both of your names on the lantern and set it floating in the Dragon Lake. The gods were supposed to see the two names and bless their marriage. I knew that I wouldn't have a partner, but I hoped that Minako would agree to Iruka's request. Dinner was finished and I went back to my room and eventually fell asleep.
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I woke very late in the morning and sat up. Rubbing my eyes, I put on my headband and sweater, checked on my egg, and walked out the door. Minako ran into me in her excitement.
"Guess what?"
"What?"
"Lord Hokage agreed to the festival! It'll take place tomorrow! So many preparations!"
She ran off and I laughed silently. Minako was always that excited before a festival. I walked out of the inn and was almost hit by a snowball if it wasn't for my quick reflexes. Yoko giggled with the rest of the other ninjas. I scooped up some snow and hurled it at Yoko. It plopped right onto her head and I fell to the floor laughing. Nearby, all the others were having a snowball fight and I joined into the fun. Scooping up some snow, I threw at whoever happened to be in view. Unfortunately for Shikamaru, he was standing a little too close to me. Akamaru, Kiba's dog was also in the fight. He was helping Kiba distract the other ninjas. I watched Ino and Sakura build a snowman, which eventually began to look a lot like Sasuke with all that spiky hair. Naruto was sitting nearby with a bowl of hot ramen, when suddenly he found a snowball in his bowl.
"Who threw this at me?!"
A loud laugh gave away the culprit and the crowd parted to see Hinata in a tree laughing her head off. Everyone was having fun, but I noticed Neji sitting on a log. Once again, he had that look on his face that said that he was too dignified to have a little fun. I crept behind him and scared him.
"What do you want?"
I sat down next to him and stared at him just to piss him off.
"What are you looking at?"
"Why don't you go have some fun?"
"Don't want to."
"Fine, then I'll bring the fun to you!"
I grabbed some snow and plunked it all on his head. He sat motionless for a moment as if processing what happened in his head. I ran off and he finally got up and began acting like a thirteen year old. He chased me around while I was laughing. He lunged and caught me by the legs and we both fell tumbling into the snow. We wrestled around when finally, he broke a smile.
"See, you're having fun!" I said. He didn't answer me but instead, tickled me until I was gasping for breath.
"Stop! Seriously, stop!" I laughed. He finally stopped his attack on me when a snowball hit him and he got up and began throwing snowballs. The snowball fight continued until nightfall and I ran back with Yoko to the inn. Tsuyoshi had disappeared and Minako sent me to go look for him. I had seen him at the snowball fight so I went back to the battlefield. I looked around, but found nothing until I heard a rustle in the bushes. I pushed aside the bushes and saw Tsuyoshi. I was about to call him, but whom did I see next to him? Who else but Ino? I walked back to the inn and laughed. It was obvious who would be signing Tsuyoshi's lantern.
"Where is he?" Minako asked.
"Somewhere, doing something. Don't worry, he's not in trouble," I answered.
"You better get to bed, the Festival starts early tomorrow morning," she said.
I went to bed dreaming about new couples and the Festival tomorrow.
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AN: Sorry, I have to stop here. But please REVIEW! I can't wait until the Festival! Almost forgot..
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Too bad.