First Kiss--Chapter 26
"Love is like a cold, it almost certainly passes over, and like a cold, sometimes it stays."
Naruto and Hinata walked amoung the streetlife of Sachi. It was a holiday, and all of the people of Sachi came out of their homes to watch fireworks. Hinata, and Aya, like the other women and children of the crowd were all wearing kimonos, Naruto and most of the other men just wearing what they usually wore.
"Look at that one!" shouted Aya. A green glow went over the crowd. Sasuke stood, standing on a building, a ninja behind him.
"Are you sure that there won't be any disturbances?" he said to the ninja.
"Yes sir," the ninja said, following a firework to the sky.
"That's great," Sasuke smiled. "Our first holiday can go off without a hitch."
Ishida and Soonichi stood on the hill, their usual perch, with a woman standing beside them. "Are you ready?" said Ishida to the woman. She didnt answer. "Rui?" She was too, wearing a kimono, it was blue, although the darkness covered most of the lightness of the kimono.
"Don't call me by my first name," her answer was fast and sharp, and it caught Ishida off guard.
"Uh. . ." he sighed. "Ota. . .?"
"Yes. Soonichi?"
"Yeah," he said as he rested his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Remember, no needless fights. We get in, we find Uchicha and we get out. Remember."
"Yeah yeah yeah, but just cause the village sent you doesn't mean that you are the owner of this operation! I am!" he threw his thumb to his chest, trying to protect pride.
". . .Just wait for the god damn signal."
Naruto slammed his hand down on the wooden desk in front of him, it was day now, and only five hours had passed since the holiday. There was a man in front of him, sleeping in a chair, he long orange hair, which was a mess all over his head. "Where the hell is the god damn manager!?"
Hinata sat with her head down on the table that Naruto and Sasuke had spoke at, Mr. Tao and Aya were there as well. "What are we going to do?" said Hinata.
"The manager. . .?" said the orange haired man. "Out back," he pointed to the back with is head as he said, "he's always out there, just go through the shop, there should be a door at the end, and yep, there's the manager."
Naruto walked through the door, and then through the shop, passing many shelves and items along the way, kunai's, swords, vests, clothing, headbands, food even. He slammed opened the next door and continued through, in this room were boxes, tons and tons of boxes, and this room was even larger than the shop. He finally reached the last door, as light poured through it.
". . .should we go meet her?" said Mr. Tao.
"It's for the best," said Aya as she stood up.
"Well, lets go. Hinata?" Mr. Tao looked down to her, and then sighed.
"Go, I'm not going, I'll wait for Naruto to come back," Mr. Tao sighed and then walked out of the room. Aya stopped, looked at Hinata, and continued. She caught up to Mr. Tao, and looked to the ground as they kept walking.
Naruto kicked the door open, and the door flew from it's hinges. He was outside again, and there were plants and flora everywhere, and a little spring running through the open room. The door flew and hit the man who was sleeping in his chair next to the spring. He flipped back into the water. "What the hell!?" he shouted. "Who the hell are you!?" as his head flew from the water.
". . .Mr. Tao. . .how do you think that Sakura will take it?" said Aya as they walked through the hall, getting closer and closer to the exit. They passed by the doors of many ninja acadamey classrooms, and Aya looked into each of them. They had the same features in all of them, a long row of heads and a small figure on the stage in front of the rows.
". . .I don't know her well. . .I have no clue. . ." he said.
The manager put his eboshi back on, and looked up at Naruto. He the same style hair as the man out front, only he had brown hair and a small beard. He wore clogs instead of the regular style of shoe, and wore a samurai's outfit. "Are you the manager?" said Naruto.
Aya and Mr. Tao stood in the tows entrance, a small wooden arc. Aya sat, leaning on one side, while Mr. Tao was on the other. "It's almost nightfall, maybe we should send a team to check on them?"
". . ." Mr. Tao kept his head towards the path, keeping his eye on the end, trying to find signs of Sakura and her group. "There they are."
The manager scratched his cheek and then sighed. "Yeah, what do you need?" He stepped out of the water and set his chair back up again. "Hey could ya get me a towel or something? They're over there." He pointed to a box with a towel over it. Naruto walked over and got the towel, then threw it to him.
First there was the ninja in front, then as they got closer both Aya and Mr. Tao could see the rest of the group. Sakura looked at the village that slowly inched closer and closer to her. "So. . .this is where you live Hojo?" said Sakura. Hojo had black hair that was finely groomed and reached his shoulders. He wore a usual chunnin vest and a black undershirt. He was usually cheerful.
"Yep," said the ninja. "Mr. Taguchi--"
"His name is Sasuke!"
"Fine. . .Sasuke is inside."
"Jeez, what a puny village," said Ino.
"Bite your tounge. . .bite your tounge. . ." thought Hojo.
"It's not that small. . ." said Sakura. "I can't believe Sasuke created all this."
"Alright now, what is it that you want?" said the manager. Naruto reached for his kunai holster, and then pulled out a kunai, flipping it in his fingers before catching it, then pointing the blade horizontally at the manager.
"I've heard that you, Takeda Shingen, were the only surviving ninja that came out of Soonichi's village alive." Shingen stood up and sighed. He pushed Naruto's kunai away.
"Aya?" said Sakura, they were now at the gate. ". . .So Naruto really did find him." Mr. Tao looked up at her, then stood up.
"Hello, I'm Mr. Tao," he shook hands with Sakura. "I'm sorry to tell you this on our first greeting but. . ." he looked around at the people in Sakura's group, and then at Hojo. "Hojo, please return to your post. I don't want you to hear this."
"No need to do all this heroic stuff, kid. Yeah I am, so what?" said Shingen.
". . .you got rich off the reward that Sasuke. . .Mr. Taguchi gave you. Giving them invalueable information. . .well you now need to give me that information," said Naruto.
"Why is that?"
". . .Sakura. . ." said Mr. Tao as soon as Hojo walked off. ". . ." Mr. Tao bit his tounge. "Last night was our second year celebration, our first holiday, and there were fireworks, everyone was out of their home, sake and alchohol everywhere, and it was the perfect time for an enemy to attack. . ."
"What are you saying?" she said, fearing what was true.
"Last night a village called Einizigartig came in and almost killed Sasuke, they took them back to their village, the attack was so sudden that we couldn't possibly do a counter-attack."
". . .I see. . ." said Shingen. "Follow me," he walked past Naruto and went back into the box room. He shoved past a couple boxes and came to a door. "Here it is! I knew I remembered it! Damn Hanzo always telling me he forgot where it was. Never wanted me to get into it!"
"Is Hanzo the man out front?" said Naruto.
"Yeah, he probably should be the manager of this place, I'm too unorganized, as you can see through this room." He took some keys from his sleeve and flipped through them. "Alright. . .here we go!" he opened the door, and inside it was completly white, only three boxes were inside.
"What is this. . .?"
"Rare merchandise! We only let our most trusted, and highest paying customers in here."
"Why am I here? I just came here a week ago. . .?"
". . .I dont know. . ." he scratched his cheek again, most likely the beard growing in that was bothering him.
"Are you drunk or something?" Shingen walked over to a box and sat on it.
"Yeah so what? Anyways," he flipped another box in front of him. "Sit. We can discuss the troubles here."
"Why are you sitting on the rare merchandise?"
". . .oh, we haven't got any yet. These all solid boxes. Just incase someone breaks in and finds it."
". . .Right. . ." Naruto walked over to the box and sat down.
AN: I'll be doing something like this, below, everytime we get new characters, this time we got three new characters. New chapter soon.
Name: Shingen
Age: 29
Rank: Jounin (retired)
Likes: Sake (beer), his eboshi (samurai hat), customers, women
Dislikes: Long conversations, times when he has to concentrate, being a manager of a shop
Info: Shingen was given a shop and a lot of money in reward for finding Soonichi's village. He is usually laid back and carefree, but is a very intellegent and strong person. He retired after he got his reward, and became the first jounin to retire in Sachi's short history.
Name: Hojo
Age: 19
Rank: Chunnin
Likes: Ramen, women, happy people, sunshine, and the outdoors
Dislikes: Darkness (afraid of the dark), depressed people, long conversations, and when people insult things
Info: A very cheery and usually happy chunnin, Hojo was the first person to sucessfully go through the ninja academy and become a chunnin. He has just recently become a chunnin but is very strong and fast for his age, and can sucessfully do Mr. Tao's "Sempfry" technique of turning a kunai into a sword, as well as doing five of the other six jounin's techniques.
Name: Hanzo
Age: 22
Rank: Never became a ninja
Likes: Doing Shingen's job and bossing Shingen to do his job, sleeping, pasta, rock music
Dislikes: Bossy people, when people brag about rank, when people brag, indoors, pop music and popcorn
Info: Also laid back, but not as much as Shingen, Hanzo is either managing the shop or sleeping. Despite his laziness he gets most of the things around the shop done, and is the reason for it's sucess. He doesn't allow Shingen into the rare merchandise part of the store, and the one that he showed Shingen is the fake room.
"Love is like a cold, it almost certainly passes over, and like a cold, sometimes it stays."
Naruto and Hinata walked amoung the streetlife of Sachi. It was a holiday, and all of the people of Sachi came out of their homes to watch fireworks. Hinata, and Aya, like the other women and children of the crowd were all wearing kimonos, Naruto and most of the other men just wearing what they usually wore.
"Look at that one!" shouted Aya. A green glow went over the crowd. Sasuke stood, standing on a building, a ninja behind him.
"Are you sure that there won't be any disturbances?" he said to the ninja.
"Yes sir," the ninja said, following a firework to the sky.
"That's great," Sasuke smiled. "Our first holiday can go off without a hitch."
Ishida and Soonichi stood on the hill, their usual perch, with a woman standing beside them. "Are you ready?" said Ishida to the woman. She didnt answer. "Rui?" She was too, wearing a kimono, it was blue, although the darkness covered most of the lightness of the kimono.
"Don't call me by my first name," her answer was fast and sharp, and it caught Ishida off guard.
"Uh. . ." he sighed. "Ota. . .?"
"Yes. Soonichi?"
"Yeah," he said as he rested his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Remember, no needless fights. We get in, we find Uchicha and we get out. Remember."
"Yeah yeah yeah, but just cause the village sent you doesn't mean that you are the owner of this operation! I am!" he threw his thumb to his chest, trying to protect pride.
". . .Just wait for the god damn signal."
Naruto slammed his hand down on the wooden desk in front of him, it was day now, and only five hours had passed since the holiday. There was a man in front of him, sleeping in a chair, he long orange hair, which was a mess all over his head. "Where the hell is the god damn manager!?"
Hinata sat with her head down on the table that Naruto and Sasuke had spoke at, Mr. Tao and Aya were there as well. "What are we going to do?" said Hinata.
"The manager. . .?" said the orange haired man. "Out back," he pointed to the back with is head as he said, "he's always out there, just go through the shop, there should be a door at the end, and yep, there's the manager."
Naruto walked through the door, and then through the shop, passing many shelves and items along the way, kunai's, swords, vests, clothing, headbands, food even. He slammed opened the next door and continued through, in this room were boxes, tons and tons of boxes, and this room was even larger than the shop. He finally reached the last door, as light poured through it.
". . .should we go meet her?" said Mr. Tao.
"It's for the best," said Aya as she stood up.
"Well, lets go. Hinata?" Mr. Tao looked down to her, and then sighed.
"Go, I'm not going, I'll wait for Naruto to come back," Mr. Tao sighed and then walked out of the room. Aya stopped, looked at Hinata, and continued. She caught up to Mr. Tao, and looked to the ground as they kept walking.
Naruto kicked the door open, and the door flew from it's hinges. He was outside again, and there were plants and flora everywhere, and a little spring running through the open room. The door flew and hit the man who was sleeping in his chair next to the spring. He flipped back into the water. "What the hell!?" he shouted. "Who the hell are you!?" as his head flew from the water.
". . .Mr. Tao. . .how do you think that Sakura will take it?" said Aya as they walked through the hall, getting closer and closer to the exit. They passed by the doors of many ninja acadamey classrooms, and Aya looked into each of them. They had the same features in all of them, a long row of heads and a small figure on the stage in front of the rows.
". . .I don't know her well. . .I have no clue. . ." he said.
The manager put his eboshi back on, and looked up at Naruto. He the same style hair as the man out front, only he had brown hair and a small beard. He wore clogs instead of the regular style of shoe, and wore a samurai's outfit. "Are you the manager?" said Naruto.
Aya and Mr. Tao stood in the tows entrance, a small wooden arc. Aya sat, leaning on one side, while Mr. Tao was on the other. "It's almost nightfall, maybe we should send a team to check on them?"
". . ." Mr. Tao kept his head towards the path, keeping his eye on the end, trying to find signs of Sakura and her group. "There they are."
The manager scratched his cheek and then sighed. "Yeah, what do you need?" He stepped out of the water and set his chair back up again. "Hey could ya get me a towel or something? They're over there." He pointed to a box with a towel over it. Naruto walked over and got the towel, then threw it to him.
First there was the ninja in front, then as they got closer both Aya and Mr. Tao could see the rest of the group. Sakura looked at the village that slowly inched closer and closer to her. "So. . .this is where you live Hojo?" said Sakura. Hojo had black hair that was finely groomed and reached his shoulders. He wore a usual chunnin vest and a black undershirt. He was usually cheerful.
"Yep," said the ninja. "Mr. Taguchi--"
"His name is Sasuke!"
"Fine. . .Sasuke is inside."
"Jeez, what a puny village," said Ino.
"Bite your tounge. . .bite your tounge. . ." thought Hojo.
"It's not that small. . ." said Sakura. "I can't believe Sasuke created all this."
"Alright now, what is it that you want?" said the manager. Naruto reached for his kunai holster, and then pulled out a kunai, flipping it in his fingers before catching it, then pointing the blade horizontally at the manager.
"I've heard that you, Takeda Shingen, were the only surviving ninja that came out of Soonichi's village alive." Shingen stood up and sighed. He pushed Naruto's kunai away.
"Aya?" said Sakura, they were now at the gate. ". . .So Naruto really did find him." Mr. Tao looked up at her, then stood up.
"Hello, I'm Mr. Tao," he shook hands with Sakura. "I'm sorry to tell you this on our first greeting but. . ." he looked around at the people in Sakura's group, and then at Hojo. "Hojo, please return to your post. I don't want you to hear this."
"No need to do all this heroic stuff, kid. Yeah I am, so what?" said Shingen.
". . .you got rich off the reward that Sasuke. . .Mr. Taguchi gave you. Giving them invalueable information. . .well you now need to give me that information," said Naruto.
"Why is that?"
". . .Sakura. . ." said Mr. Tao as soon as Hojo walked off. ". . ." Mr. Tao bit his tounge. "Last night was our second year celebration, our first holiday, and there were fireworks, everyone was out of their home, sake and alchohol everywhere, and it was the perfect time for an enemy to attack. . ."
"What are you saying?" she said, fearing what was true.
"Last night a village called Einizigartig came in and almost killed Sasuke, they took them back to their village, the attack was so sudden that we couldn't possibly do a counter-attack."
". . .I see. . ." said Shingen. "Follow me," he walked past Naruto and went back into the box room. He shoved past a couple boxes and came to a door. "Here it is! I knew I remembered it! Damn Hanzo always telling me he forgot where it was. Never wanted me to get into it!"
"Is Hanzo the man out front?" said Naruto.
"Yeah, he probably should be the manager of this place, I'm too unorganized, as you can see through this room." He took some keys from his sleeve and flipped through them. "Alright. . .here we go!" he opened the door, and inside it was completly white, only three boxes were inside.
"What is this. . .?"
"Rare merchandise! We only let our most trusted, and highest paying customers in here."
"Why am I here? I just came here a week ago. . .?"
". . .I dont know. . ." he scratched his cheek again, most likely the beard growing in that was bothering him.
"Are you drunk or something?" Shingen walked over to a box and sat on it.
"Yeah so what? Anyways," he flipped another box in front of him. "Sit. We can discuss the troubles here."
"Why are you sitting on the rare merchandise?"
". . .oh, we haven't got any yet. These all solid boxes. Just incase someone breaks in and finds it."
". . .Right. . ." Naruto walked over to the box and sat down.
AN: I'll be doing something like this, below, everytime we get new characters, this time we got three new characters. New chapter soon.
Name: Shingen
Age: 29
Rank: Jounin (retired)
Likes: Sake (beer), his eboshi (samurai hat), customers, women
Dislikes: Long conversations, times when he has to concentrate, being a manager of a shop
Info: Shingen was given a shop and a lot of money in reward for finding Soonichi's village. He is usually laid back and carefree, but is a very intellegent and strong person. He retired after he got his reward, and became the first jounin to retire in Sachi's short history.
Name: Hojo
Age: 19
Rank: Chunnin
Likes: Ramen, women, happy people, sunshine, and the outdoors
Dislikes: Darkness (afraid of the dark), depressed people, long conversations, and when people insult things
Info: A very cheery and usually happy chunnin, Hojo was the first person to sucessfully go through the ninja academy and become a chunnin. He has just recently become a chunnin but is very strong and fast for his age, and can sucessfully do Mr. Tao's "Sempfry" technique of turning a kunai into a sword, as well as doing five of the other six jounin's techniques.
Name: Hanzo
Age: 22
Rank: Never became a ninja
Likes: Doing Shingen's job and bossing Shingen to do his job, sleeping, pasta, rock music
Dislikes: Bossy people, when people brag about rank, when people brag, indoors, pop music and popcorn
Info: Also laid back, but not as much as Shingen, Hanzo is either managing the shop or sleeping. Despite his laziness he gets most of the things around the shop done, and is the reason for it's sucess. He doesn't allow Shingen into the rare merchandise part of the store, and the one that he showed Shingen is the fake room.