Wow! I can't believe people actually want me to continue with this
story...since I was losing confidence in it! Haha! Well anyways, due to
popular demand, I have decided to continue! Third Chapter here we go!!!!
Spring's Gift
Third Chapter: Shinobu's Weary Csonfession
For some reason, the rain had started pouring again and this time, with force even greater and more overcoming than the last. Shinobu raced across the streets. The sky was getting dark and the grey clouds fell closer to the ground. It was getting difficult to see in the dark atmosphere with the dense rainfall. The wind roared and yanked Shinobu's hat off her head and stole her umbrella in the process. At that moment, a sake bottle that was left previously littered on the ground by some uncaring person tangled her feet and tripped her. She fell onto the concrete ground hard, face down. Her hands stung to the severe bleeding of the deep scrapes. The right side of her face, which had landed onto the ground, ached with pain; fortunately no permanent scars were traumatized. Tears were beginning to accumulate behind her eyes.
"No Shinobu, you mustn't cry!" Shinobu told herself as she attempted to stand up but failed when she dropped back onto the ground. For a whole ten minutes, she laid there in the middle of the streets sobbing, with a few pedestrians to and fro, staring down at her with pity. When she harnessed enough energy to raise herself from her lying position, she pushed herself up with her two strong arms, and stood firm on ground. Slowly she meandered back to Hinata Sou with rain showering her. Nothing mattered for her heart was shattered.
"Shinobu-chan?! Are you alright?" Motoko cried aloud when she saw Shinobu walking weakly back to Hinata, with clothes soaked by rain, face dirtied by her fall, and hair ruffled by her irritation against the truth, which was too harsh for her acceptance. Motoko had been previously practicing her techniques on the roof, cutting leaves into a million pieces. She hurried jumped down from the roof and landed right in front of Shinobu with a light landing that looked as graceful as a feather drifting down (although she did not shifted about from right to left and vice versa).
"Motoko-chan," Shinobu whispered wearily before her vision faded to a blur and then complete darkness as she passed out.
"Hey what's going on?" asked Keitaro as he and Naru appeared within Motoko's sight. The duo rushed over to the fainted Shinobu to examine the severity.
"It's not too serious," Naru said with hands over Shinobu's forehead, "but I think we had better get her dried off and warm. I think she's getting a fever"
Motoko carried Shinobu into Hinata Sou as Keitaro and Naru followed from behind. Motoko had Shinobu situated safely in her futon after replacing the wet clothes with the dry pajamas. Suu entered into the room with a glass of personalize "eggnog "whilst Keitaro brought over a small tub of cool water with a towel.
"Without Shinobu, who is going to cook dinner?" cried Suu with a stomach hollering for the satisfaction from food.
Naru grumbled with annoyance and said, "Fine, I'll cook dinner for tonight, but don't complain that it looks unappetizing! Be grateful for what you have!"
"I'll help slice anything," volunteered Motoko.
"Go WinningStreak GO!" cried Kitsune as the tenants of Hinata Sou turned their heads at Kitsune's direction and gave her a what-the-hell-do-you- think-you're-doing stare. Kitsune had silently entered into Shinobu's room too and was carrying with her, a miniature-sized Walkman suited for traveling convenience but in this case for Kitsune's listening to horse betting races pleasure. "Fine I'll go rip the bones out of some stinky fish too if you want" said Kitsune to satisfy the tenants' displeasure.
"Hey but who's going to look after Shinobu-chan though?" Keitaro spoke aloud.
"You!!!" all the tenants turned their heads at Keitaro and simultaneously snapped at poor Keitaro, whose hands were still in the tub of water, squeezing the towel dry.
Keitaro gave a deep sigh, recognizing his inferiority, he plainly agreed to this arrangement. Keitaro could hear the Hinata girls rushing out to the kitchen. They were usually rather loud. Keitaro stared down at Shinobu, who was sleeping silently in her futon. She looked as if she was muttering something in her dreams..he couldn't make out the words that she was speaking.
Meanwhile..
At the Hinata kitchen, the Hinata girls were busily working themselves to create a good dinner meal, but of course, none of their cooking could really compare with Shinobu's.
"Hey why are the turnip pieces a bit red?" asked Naru in awe, "Did you add food coloring?"
Motoko paled. "Food coloring?" Motoko stuttered, holding up ten bandaged fingers, "How come these cutting knives are so different from my katana?"
"Eeeek!" Naru shrieked as she pulled away from Motoko, "I'll just continue washing these rice I have over here." Then she shifted her head to find Kitsune sewing the mouths of two fishes together, making a figure that looked like they were kissing.
"Kitsune!!!! What do you think you're doing?" cried Naru astonished.
"What?" Kitsune replied innocently, "Don't you care for a little romance in your dish?"
Naru stood stunned in front of the sink, feeling the awkwardness her two friends released beside her. The air thickened with stress: Motoko continued chopping her fingers, Kitsune continued using all the thread to sew mouths of two fishes together, and Naru was busily running back and forth, trying to keep things under control.
"Umm....Naru," Motoko said in a quiet voice as she poked Naru, who was busily washing vegetables, with her bandaged finger.
"What?" Naru snapped back, having her tops blown from being under too long periods of stress.
"Uhh...I think your fried rice over there has gone in flames...." Motoko replied, without turning to look at the disaster on the stove.
"WAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Naru screamed as she quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher that was very conveniently laid beside the kitchen and sprayed the pan of rice.
(phew) The three girls gave out a deep sigh of relief. At that moment, Suu came in and said with a hungry smile, "So what's for dinner?"
"Argh..." The three girls sighed and fell to the ground with exhaust.
"What?" Suu said as she grabbed hold of a bucket of water and poured it over the three Hinata girls.
On the other hand...
"Keitaro-sempai! Don't go!" Shinobu cried from her dreams. She was dreaming of Keitaro leaving Hinata Sou with Naru to go off to another place and get married.
"What is it Shinobu," Keitaro asked worriedly, as he shook Shinobu awake.
"Sempai.." Shinobu called out wearily without realizing Keitaro leaning over her.
Then Shinobu shot up from her sleep. Pearls of sweat rolled down her back and soaked her pajamas. Her face was blushing a deep pink and her eyes were bulging out with terror.
"Shinobu...What is it? Is everything alright?" Keitaro asked with concern.
"Sempai..." Shinobu fell onto Keitaro and hugged him, "Sempai..I was so afraid, so afraid that you were about to leave Hinata, leave Hinata and me.."
"Huh?" Keitaro was blushing and he was nervous. He had never thought that Shinobu would like him....
To worsen things further more, Naru was found standing by the foot of the doorway, holding a tray of food and she did not seem pleased....
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So that was Chapter 3? What did you think? I thought it was kind of short but my eyes are getting really tired. To all the comments I received earlier about this fic..I'm really grateful to you all, but I really do not noe what I'm going to do with this fic. It was my first fic and it was intended as a trial to see how it goes...hehe..hope you don't mind the disorder! It's not really an all-based Shinobu or Naru fic, (well maybe not yet) but what I was trying to do at first was to make it a fic about ever character in Hinata Sou. But I guess reviews may determine the ending of this fic...so once again, please leave a review (or more if you want to hehe) behind to support this fic! Thanks to ya all!
Spring's Gift
Third Chapter: Shinobu's Weary Csonfession
For some reason, the rain had started pouring again and this time, with force even greater and more overcoming than the last. Shinobu raced across the streets. The sky was getting dark and the grey clouds fell closer to the ground. It was getting difficult to see in the dark atmosphere with the dense rainfall. The wind roared and yanked Shinobu's hat off her head and stole her umbrella in the process. At that moment, a sake bottle that was left previously littered on the ground by some uncaring person tangled her feet and tripped her. She fell onto the concrete ground hard, face down. Her hands stung to the severe bleeding of the deep scrapes. The right side of her face, which had landed onto the ground, ached with pain; fortunately no permanent scars were traumatized. Tears were beginning to accumulate behind her eyes.
"No Shinobu, you mustn't cry!" Shinobu told herself as she attempted to stand up but failed when she dropped back onto the ground. For a whole ten minutes, she laid there in the middle of the streets sobbing, with a few pedestrians to and fro, staring down at her with pity. When she harnessed enough energy to raise herself from her lying position, she pushed herself up with her two strong arms, and stood firm on ground. Slowly she meandered back to Hinata Sou with rain showering her. Nothing mattered for her heart was shattered.
"Shinobu-chan?! Are you alright?" Motoko cried aloud when she saw Shinobu walking weakly back to Hinata, with clothes soaked by rain, face dirtied by her fall, and hair ruffled by her irritation against the truth, which was too harsh for her acceptance. Motoko had been previously practicing her techniques on the roof, cutting leaves into a million pieces. She hurried jumped down from the roof and landed right in front of Shinobu with a light landing that looked as graceful as a feather drifting down (although she did not shifted about from right to left and vice versa).
"Motoko-chan," Shinobu whispered wearily before her vision faded to a blur and then complete darkness as she passed out.
"Hey what's going on?" asked Keitaro as he and Naru appeared within Motoko's sight. The duo rushed over to the fainted Shinobu to examine the severity.
"It's not too serious," Naru said with hands over Shinobu's forehead, "but I think we had better get her dried off and warm. I think she's getting a fever"
Motoko carried Shinobu into Hinata Sou as Keitaro and Naru followed from behind. Motoko had Shinobu situated safely in her futon after replacing the wet clothes with the dry pajamas. Suu entered into the room with a glass of personalize "eggnog "whilst Keitaro brought over a small tub of cool water with a towel.
"Without Shinobu, who is going to cook dinner?" cried Suu with a stomach hollering for the satisfaction from food.
Naru grumbled with annoyance and said, "Fine, I'll cook dinner for tonight, but don't complain that it looks unappetizing! Be grateful for what you have!"
"I'll help slice anything," volunteered Motoko.
"Go WinningStreak GO!" cried Kitsune as the tenants of Hinata Sou turned their heads at Kitsune's direction and gave her a what-the-hell-do-you- think-you're-doing stare. Kitsune had silently entered into Shinobu's room too and was carrying with her, a miniature-sized Walkman suited for traveling convenience but in this case for Kitsune's listening to horse betting races pleasure. "Fine I'll go rip the bones out of some stinky fish too if you want" said Kitsune to satisfy the tenants' displeasure.
"Hey but who's going to look after Shinobu-chan though?" Keitaro spoke aloud.
"You!!!" all the tenants turned their heads at Keitaro and simultaneously snapped at poor Keitaro, whose hands were still in the tub of water, squeezing the towel dry.
Keitaro gave a deep sigh, recognizing his inferiority, he plainly agreed to this arrangement. Keitaro could hear the Hinata girls rushing out to the kitchen. They were usually rather loud. Keitaro stared down at Shinobu, who was sleeping silently in her futon. She looked as if she was muttering something in her dreams..he couldn't make out the words that she was speaking.
Meanwhile..
At the Hinata kitchen, the Hinata girls were busily working themselves to create a good dinner meal, but of course, none of their cooking could really compare with Shinobu's.
"Hey why are the turnip pieces a bit red?" asked Naru in awe, "Did you add food coloring?"
Motoko paled. "Food coloring?" Motoko stuttered, holding up ten bandaged fingers, "How come these cutting knives are so different from my katana?"
"Eeeek!" Naru shrieked as she pulled away from Motoko, "I'll just continue washing these rice I have over here." Then she shifted her head to find Kitsune sewing the mouths of two fishes together, making a figure that looked like they were kissing.
"Kitsune!!!! What do you think you're doing?" cried Naru astonished.
"What?" Kitsune replied innocently, "Don't you care for a little romance in your dish?"
Naru stood stunned in front of the sink, feeling the awkwardness her two friends released beside her. The air thickened with stress: Motoko continued chopping her fingers, Kitsune continued using all the thread to sew mouths of two fishes together, and Naru was busily running back and forth, trying to keep things under control.
"Umm....Naru," Motoko said in a quiet voice as she poked Naru, who was busily washing vegetables, with her bandaged finger.
"What?" Naru snapped back, having her tops blown from being under too long periods of stress.
"Uhh...I think your fried rice over there has gone in flames...." Motoko replied, without turning to look at the disaster on the stove.
"WAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Naru screamed as she quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher that was very conveniently laid beside the kitchen and sprayed the pan of rice.
(phew) The three girls gave out a deep sigh of relief. At that moment, Suu came in and said with a hungry smile, "So what's for dinner?"
"Argh..." The three girls sighed and fell to the ground with exhaust.
"What?" Suu said as she grabbed hold of a bucket of water and poured it over the three Hinata girls.
On the other hand...
"Keitaro-sempai! Don't go!" Shinobu cried from her dreams. She was dreaming of Keitaro leaving Hinata Sou with Naru to go off to another place and get married.
"What is it Shinobu," Keitaro asked worriedly, as he shook Shinobu awake.
"Sempai.." Shinobu called out wearily without realizing Keitaro leaning over her.
Then Shinobu shot up from her sleep. Pearls of sweat rolled down her back and soaked her pajamas. Her face was blushing a deep pink and her eyes were bulging out with terror.
"Shinobu...What is it? Is everything alright?" Keitaro asked with concern.
"Sempai..." Shinobu fell onto Keitaro and hugged him, "Sempai..I was so afraid, so afraid that you were about to leave Hinata, leave Hinata and me.."
"Huh?" Keitaro was blushing and he was nervous. He had never thought that Shinobu would like him....
To worsen things further more, Naru was found standing by the foot of the doorway, holding a tray of food and she did not seem pleased....
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So that was Chapter 3? What did you think? I thought it was kind of short but my eyes are getting really tired. To all the comments I received earlier about this fic..I'm really grateful to you all, but I really do not noe what I'm going to do with this fic. It was my first fic and it was intended as a trial to see how it goes...hehe..hope you don't mind the disorder! It's not really an all-based Shinobu or Naru fic, (well maybe not yet) but what I was trying to do at first was to make it a fic about ever character in Hinata Sou. But I guess reviews may determine the ending of this fic...so once again, please leave a review (or more if you want to hehe) behind to support this fic! Thanks to ya all!