Yullia: YES! I have a beta-reader!
Tomoe: Finally! People won't have to deal with yours misspelling anymore!
Yullia: Ye...Hey!
Tomoe: It's true.
Yullia: You're right...Thanks to dragon18 for beta-reading this fic!
Disclaimer: I DON'T, OKAY! But Tomoe, Aya, Haruna and Haruna's mother are mine! MINE!
Sound of Snow Falling
By Yullia
Chapter III: Meeting
Aya ran to meet her friend. After all, she had trained a lot today. She remembered her cousin holding hands with that guy, Itachi. Maybe he was Tomoe boyfriend? She would ask her cousin later.
She was really lucky she had Tomoe as her cousin. Most of her friend didn't like theirs older relatives, but Tomoe was always good to her, teaching her everything she knew.
"Aya-chan!"
Aya turned at the sound of Haruna's voice. She saw the red-headed girl running at her direction and smiled, Haruna was her best-friend and quite a nice girl.
"Hey, Haruna-chan! Let's play something!"
Haruna smiled and took Aya's hand "Maybe later. Now, I'm going to take you to eat!"
"Really? But I have no money with me!"
Haruna giggled "No problem! Mom's paying today!"
Aya smiled and nodded. They walked talking about silly things and finally made it to the Ramen Shop (A/N: hehe...). They looked around and saw Haruna's mother waving at them.
"Hello, Mrs. Aikawa!" Aya greeted Haruna's mom cheerfully.
"Hello, Aya-chan. Where's your cousin?"
"She's home. She met a old friend and they started talking and stuff."
"Oh, I see. So, what do you want to e..."
Mrs. Aikawa was interrupted when a blonde boy came running inside, jumping on the table next to theirs and started screaming 'Ramen!' over and over.
"Wha...?!" Aya was bewildered. How could someone be so impolite?
"Shut Up, Naruto!" A girl with pink hair punched the blonde on the head, making him stop his screams while a boy with black hair and a man with a silver hair and ninja outfit sat on the table.
"Itai! Sakura-chan, what was that for?" he whinnied, looking at the girl who was currently clinging to the other boy.
"Sasuke-kun, what will you order?" Asked her, with adoration written all over her face.
"Sakura, stop clinging on him. We're at a restaurant, behave yourself." Said the man with silver hair, with his face stuck on a book.
The girl glared at the man before releasing the boy and looking at the menu. The blonde, Naruto, had ordered a long time ago and noticed Aya looking at them.
"Hehe...Hi, I'm Naruto. Who are you?" Asked him, offering Aya his hand.
"Ah...I'm Aya." She said, smiling a little. The boy smiled too and introduced the others "That's Sakura-chan, and the guy next to her is Sasuke. The man reading's Kakashi-sensei."
Sakura smiled and waved, Sasuke only nodded and Kakashi looked up from his book enough to look at her and wave.
"Nice to meet you all. That's my friend Haruna and her mother, Mrs. Aikawa." She noticed the ninja protector at theirs heads and smiled "So, you're a shinobi?"
Naruto smirked and said "Yeah! I'm going to make everyone acknowledge me someday!" Aya smiled at him. 'He looks fun!' "So, what about you?"
Aya pointed at herself "Me? Well, I'm too. But I was home- schooled."
Sakura looked at her "Really? By who?"
"My cousin. She's a ninja too, and a very good one at that. Can I ask you guys to tell me what are you doing here?"
"We're on a mission." Sakura answered, looking with a face of disgust at Naruto, who was eating his ramem "Eww...Stop eating like this!"
"Wh~at?" He asked, his mouth full of ramem.
"Forget about it..." Sakura shook her head, and turned to Aya "So, Aya, do you know about an inn or something?"
"Well, there's Haruna's mother inn. It's a very good one."
"Really?" Kakashi asked "Mrs. Aikawa, do you have any rooms left?"
While Kakashi and Mrs. Aikawa talked, Haruna and Sakura started talking about boys, leaving Aya and Naruto.
"So, is your cousin nice?"
"Yeah! She's great!"
"What's her name?" He asked her, smiling.
Aya stopped. Tomoe didn't like to tell people her name. To everyone, she was the kind and cute 'Shrine Girl', or 'Aya-chan's older cousin'.
'But, Naruto looks so nice...There isn't any problem in telling him her name, right?' Aya smiled and answered "Her name's Tomoe."
"Tomoe...She has a pretty name!"
"Doesn't she? I love her name!"
"What about your parents?"
"My mom died giving birth to me and my father died a few years ago." Aya said quietly "Since then, Tomoe took care of me. She's like a older sister."
"Oh..." Naruto said "You know, I never met my parents. You were lucky you had your cousin around."
"Yeah, I was. But hey, let's talk about happy things!"
"Yeah! We're fine now, and that's what matters!"
"Yeah!"
They laughed and Aya looked at Sasuke. He was the only one silent, eating his food quietly.
"Hum...Naruto?" Aya whispered "Why is Sasuke so quiet?"
"Feh...Don't care about him, Aya-chan. He's always like that." Naruto frowned, but smiled after a while "Hey, I didn't told you our last names! Mine's Uzumaki, Sakura's Haruno, Kakashi's Hatake and Sasuke's Uchiha!"
'Uchiha? I don't know why, but this name ring a bell...'
"Kids, let's go!" Said Kakashi, getting up "Mrs. Aikawa, Haruna, Aya. Nice to meet you all."
"Bye!" Aya waved at them.
"Hey, Aya-chan! Let's meet again tomorrow! You can show us around!" Naruto said.
"Okay! I'll meet you guys at the inn! See ya!"
"Kay!"
She watched as he made his way to his friends and then turned to Haruna and her mother "Bye, Haruna-chan! Bye Mrs. Aikawa, thanks for the meal!"
"You're welcome, Aya-chan. Can we meet tomorrow?" Asked Haruna.
"Of course! Bye!" Aya waved and took of running to her house. Tomoe would be happy to know she had made new friends.
The Shrine
Tomoe walked out of her room in her pajamas. What would she do now? Damn her temper!
"Tomoe-chan!" She heard Aya's call.
"Yes, Aya-chan?" She asked the girl as she entered the living room.
"Hi! Haruna-chan took me to eat with her mom, and I met four very cool persons!"
"Really?" Asked Tomoe, mild-interested, as she read a magazine "What are theirs names?"
"Well, there's this really funny boy named Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, she's so pretty! Oh, there's also Kakashi-sensei and Uchiha Sasuke!"
Tomoe snapped her head up when she heard the last name. Uchiha Sasuke...? Her cousin, Itachi's brother, Sasuke?! And wasn't Naruto the boy that had the Nine-Tails Seal?
"Aya-chan" Tomoe asked, trying to look calm "What was the last boy name?"
"Uchiha. Uchiha Sasuke. Why? Tomoe-chan, are you all right?" Asked Aya concerned.
"Yes...I'm ok." Tomoe said "Could you get a glass of water, Aya- chan?"
"Sure." Aya walked to the kitchen, leaving Tomoe alone.
'That can't be good. If Itachi find out that Naruto and Sasuke are here...God knows what him and Orochimaru will do. Maybe I should ask Aya to introduce me to then? But what if Sasuke recognize me?'
"Here." Tomoe's thoughts were interrupted by Aya. Tomoe thanked her and took the glass. Maybe it was time to tell her?
"Tomoe-chan, are you sure you're all right?"
Tomoe looked at Aya's honey-colored eyes. No, she wouldn't tell her at least not now...
"Yes, Aya. I'm right." She said smiling. Aya smiled, too.
"Aya-chan, I won't teach you anything tomorrow. Is that okay?"
"Yeah! Then I can meet Haruna, Naruto and the others sooner!" She said excited.
"You're meeting them tomorrow?" Tomoe asked "Can I go?"
"Yeah!" Aya smiled, then looked kind of ashamed "Hum...Tomoe-chan?"
"Yes?"
"I told Naruto your name...Is there a problem?"
Tomoe looked at her cousin. 'Well, I would have introduced myself tomorrow, anyways...'
"No, Aya. There's no problem at all."
End Chapter III!
Yullia: Ufff...I did it!
Tomoe: Yeah, yeah...Whatever.
Yullia: *angry* What's wrong with you now?
Tomoe: Nothing *glares at Yullia*
Yullia: *glares back*
*They stay like this for a few minutes*
Tomoe: Ouch...My eyes.
Yullia: Ha! I won!
Tomoe: *mumbles* She-devil...
Yullia: Shut up! *turning around * Hey again! I would like to thanks everyone that reviewed chapter I and II.
Emilio, you're right about the sharingan part, but I don't think I'll make Tomoe fall in love with Naruto. Aya? Perhaps...
radicalL, don't worry, she's not all that. You'll see as the fic goes on.
Anime Lass, I'm very tempted to do so, but I'm not sure of nothing yet. To everyone that thinks the relationship between Tomoe and Itachi is 'eww' (everyone used the same thing to describe it ¬¬*). Well, I understand your point of view. It's not usual. But my best friend's parents are cousins, you know. It's love. But I'm not complaining!
Tomoe: Yeah, you're rambling...
Yullia: I thought I told you to shut up?
Tomoe: Since when do I listen to you?
Yullia: True...Anyway, thanks to everyone that read this fic and Review! They give me strength! ^______________^
Tomoe: Infernal girl...
Yullia: *hit Tomoe's head* You'll die the death of a thousand Naruto- hatters! *look at people staring* Hehe...Bye!
Dragon: I'M ALSO GONNA SAY, U BETTER REVIEW OR ELSE I WILL SICK MY MUSES AND YAMI ON YOU GUYZ!!
Tomoe: Finally! People won't have to deal with yours misspelling anymore!
Yullia: Ye...Hey!
Tomoe: It's true.
Yullia: You're right...Thanks to dragon18 for beta-reading this fic!
Disclaimer: I DON'T, OKAY! But Tomoe, Aya, Haruna and Haruna's mother are mine! MINE!
Sound of Snow Falling
By Yullia
Chapter III: Meeting
Aya ran to meet her friend. After all, she had trained a lot today. She remembered her cousin holding hands with that guy, Itachi. Maybe he was Tomoe boyfriend? She would ask her cousin later.
She was really lucky she had Tomoe as her cousin. Most of her friend didn't like theirs older relatives, but Tomoe was always good to her, teaching her everything she knew.
"Aya-chan!"
Aya turned at the sound of Haruna's voice. She saw the red-headed girl running at her direction and smiled, Haruna was her best-friend and quite a nice girl.
"Hey, Haruna-chan! Let's play something!"
Haruna smiled and took Aya's hand "Maybe later. Now, I'm going to take you to eat!"
"Really? But I have no money with me!"
Haruna giggled "No problem! Mom's paying today!"
Aya smiled and nodded. They walked talking about silly things and finally made it to the Ramen Shop (A/N: hehe...). They looked around and saw Haruna's mother waving at them.
"Hello, Mrs. Aikawa!" Aya greeted Haruna's mom cheerfully.
"Hello, Aya-chan. Where's your cousin?"
"She's home. She met a old friend and they started talking and stuff."
"Oh, I see. So, what do you want to e..."
Mrs. Aikawa was interrupted when a blonde boy came running inside, jumping on the table next to theirs and started screaming 'Ramen!' over and over.
"Wha...?!" Aya was bewildered. How could someone be so impolite?
"Shut Up, Naruto!" A girl with pink hair punched the blonde on the head, making him stop his screams while a boy with black hair and a man with a silver hair and ninja outfit sat on the table.
"Itai! Sakura-chan, what was that for?" he whinnied, looking at the girl who was currently clinging to the other boy.
"Sasuke-kun, what will you order?" Asked her, with adoration written all over her face.
"Sakura, stop clinging on him. We're at a restaurant, behave yourself." Said the man with silver hair, with his face stuck on a book.
The girl glared at the man before releasing the boy and looking at the menu. The blonde, Naruto, had ordered a long time ago and noticed Aya looking at them.
"Hehe...Hi, I'm Naruto. Who are you?" Asked him, offering Aya his hand.
"Ah...I'm Aya." She said, smiling a little. The boy smiled too and introduced the others "That's Sakura-chan, and the guy next to her is Sasuke. The man reading's Kakashi-sensei."
Sakura smiled and waved, Sasuke only nodded and Kakashi looked up from his book enough to look at her and wave.
"Nice to meet you all. That's my friend Haruna and her mother, Mrs. Aikawa." She noticed the ninja protector at theirs heads and smiled "So, you're a shinobi?"
Naruto smirked and said "Yeah! I'm going to make everyone acknowledge me someday!" Aya smiled at him. 'He looks fun!' "So, what about you?"
Aya pointed at herself "Me? Well, I'm too. But I was home- schooled."
Sakura looked at her "Really? By who?"
"My cousin. She's a ninja too, and a very good one at that. Can I ask you guys to tell me what are you doing here?"
"We're on a mission." Sakura answered, looking with a face of disgust at Naruto, who was eating his ramem "Eww...Stop eating like this!"
"Wh~at?" He asked, his mouth full of ramem.
"Forget about it..." Sakura shook her head, and turned to Aya "So, Aya, do you know about an inn or something?"
"Well, there's Haruna's mother inn. It's a very good one."
"Really?" Kakashi asked "Mrs. Aikawa, do you have any rooms left?"
While Kakashi and Mrs. Aikawa talked, Haruna and Sakura started talking about boys, leaving Aya and Naruto.
"So, is your cousin nice?"
"Yeah! She's great!"
"What's her name?" He asked her, smiling.
Aya stopped. Tomoe didn't like to tell people her name. To everyone, she was the kind and cute 'Shrine Girl', or 'Aya-chan's older cousin'.
'But, Naruto looks so nice...There isn't any problem in telling him her name, right?' Aya smiled and answered "Her name's Tomoe."
"Tomoe...She has a pretty name!"
"Doesn't she? I love her name!"
"What about your parents?"
"My mom died giving birth to me and my father died a few years ago." Aya said quietly "Since then, Tomoe took care of me. She's like a older sister."
"Oh..." Naruto said "You know, I never met my parents. You were lucky you had your cousin around."
"Yeah, I was. But hey, let's talk about happy things!"
"Yeah! We're fine now, and that's what matters!"
"Yeah!"
They laughed and Aya looked at Sasuke. He was the only one silent, eating his food quietly.
"Hum...Naruto?" Aya whispered "Why is Sasuke so quiet?"
"Feh...Don't care about him, Aya-chan. He's always like that." Naruto frowned, but smiled after a while "Hey, I didn't told you our last names! Mine's Uzumaki, Sakura's Haruno, Kakashi's Hatake and Sasuke's Uchiha!"
'Uchiha? I don't know why, but this name ring a bell...'
"Kids, let's go!" Said Kakashi, getting up "Mrs. Aikawa, Haruna, Aya. Nice to meet you all."
"Bye!" Aya waved at them.
"Hey, Aya-chan! Let's meet again tomorrow! You can show us around!" Naruto said.
"Okay! I'll meet you guys at the inn! See ya!"
"Kay!"
She watched as he made his way to his friends and then turned to Haruna and her mother "Bye, Haruna-chan! Bye Mrs. Aikawa, thanks for the meal!"
"You're welcome, Aya-chan. Can we meet tomorrow?" Asked Haruna.
"Of course! Bye!" Aya waved and took of running to her house. Tomoe would be happy to know she had made new friends.
The Shrine
Tomoe walked out of her room in her pajamas. What would she do now? Damn her temper!
"Tomoe-chan!" She heard Aya's call.
"Yes, Aya-chan?" She asked the girl as she entered the living room.
"Hi! Haruna-chan took me to eat with her mom, and I met four very cool persons!"
"Really?" Asked Tomoe, mild-interested, as she read a magazine "What are theirs names?"
"Well, there's this really funny boy named Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, she's so pretty! Oh, there's also Kakashi-sensei and Uchiha Sasuke!"
Tomoe snapped her head up when she heard the last name. Uchiha Sasuke...? Her cousin, Itachi's brother, Sasuke?! And wasn't Naruto the boy that had the Nine-Tails Seal?
"Aya-chan" Tomoe asked, trying to look calm "What was the last boy name?"
"Uchiha. Uchiha Sasuke. Why? Tomoe-chan, are you all right?" Asked Aya concerned.
"Yes...I'm ok." Tomoe said "Could you get a glass of water, Aya- chan?"
"Sure." Aya walked to the kitchen, leaving Tomoe alone.
'That can't be good. If Itachi find out that Naruto and Sasuke are here...God knows what him and Orochimaru will do. Maybe I should ask Aya to introduce me to then? But what if Sasuke recognize me?'
"Here." Tomoe's thoughts were interrupted by Aya. Tomoe thanked her and took the glass. Maybe it was time to tell her?
"Tomoe-chan, are you sure you're all right?"
Tomoe looked at Aya's honey-colored eyes. No, she wouldn't tell her at least not now...
"Yes, Aya. I'm right." She said smiling. Aya smiled, too.
"Aya-chan, I won't teach you anything tomorrow. Is that okay?"
"Yeah! Then I can meet Haruna, Naruto and the others sooner!" She said excited.
"You're meeting them tomorrow?" Tomoe asked "Can I go?"
"Yeah!" Aya smiled, then looked kind of ashamed "Hum...Tomoe-chan?"
"Yes?"
"I told Naruto your name...Is there a problem?"
Tomoe looked at her cousin. 'Well, I would have introduced myself tomorrow, anyways...'
"No, Aya. There's no problem at all."
End Chapter III!
Yullia: Ufff...I did it!
Tomoe: Yeah, yeah...Whatever.
Yullia: *angry* What's wrong with you now?
Tomoe: Nothing *glares at Yullia*
Yullia: *glares back*
*They stay like this for a few minutes*
Tomoe: Ouch...My eyes.
Yullia: Ha! I won!
Tomoe: *mumbles* She-devil...
Yullia: Shut up! *turning around * Hey again! I would like to thanks everyone that reviewed chapter I and II.
Emilio, you're right about the sharingan part, but I don't think I'll make Tomoe fall in love with Naruto. Aya? Perhaps...
radicalL, don't worry, she's not all that. You'll see as the fic goes on.
Anime Lass, I'm very tempted to do so, but I'm not sure of nothing yet. To everyone that thinks the relationship between Tomoe and Itachi is 'eww' (everyone used the same thing to describe it ¬¬*). Well, I understand your point of view. It's not usual. But my best friend's parents are cousins, you know. It's love. But I'm not complaining!
Tomoe: Yeah, you're rambling...
Yullia: I thought I told you to shut up?
Tomoe: Since when do I listen to you?
Yullia: True...Anyway, thanks to everyone that read this fic and Review! They give me strength! ^______________^
Tomoe: Infernal girl...
Yullia: *hit Tomoe's head* You'll die the death of a thousand Naruto- hatters! *look at people staring* Hehe...Bye!
Dragon: I'M ALSO GONNA SAY, U BETTER REVIEW OR ELSE I WILL SICK MY MUSES AND YAMI ON YOU GUYZ!!
