Konnichi wa Minna-san!
A/N: GOMEN! bows for the long wait. It was kind of hard for me to finish this chapter at a fast pace. I was hit hard by 'Senioritis'. Yep, senioritis; (for those who don't know what senioritis is, email me and I'll explain for ya) the worst disease of them all. I have been very lazy in the last week, and I'm sorry. Well, anyways, here is the third chapter. Please review the chapter at the end.
Warnings: YES! For those who have guessed this is a Naru/Sasu fic. It means that it is Shounen-ai. It is not Yaoi though, gomen. Gomen ne, I sort of made Naruto a bit childish in the beginning of the chapter.
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B.U.G.I.M.S: Yes, Kei is a nice person. Kei's past will be revealed in the next chapter, I think. Well, what do you think? Well, might as well tell you now, since it totally showed with the review response up there. It's Sasuke. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
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This chapter: Naruto finds Sasuke at his favorites spot. He was about to give Sasuke a piece of his mind, but something went wrong. Kei buys flowers and heads toward Hokage's Mountain. Kei and Kakashi meets. What will happen? READ and FIND OUT!
The Fated Red Ribbon
Chapter 3
Douzo! Or Doozo! (which it is?)
ENJOY!
Naruto walked through the forest with a content smile on his face. He had just finished eating Ramen at his favorite place. Kei had said that she needed to take care of something in the village so she went, and he went home. He hadn't meant to empty her wallet but Ramen was just too good to not stuff one's belly full.
Naruto walked through the dark forest. It was already late, but Naruto didn't feel a bit sleepy. 'I guess sleeping late 'til noon does that to you' Naruto smiled as the thought ran through his head.
The moon rose high in the sky, illuminating the darkness of the night. 'The moon's out. Great!' Naruto thought happily and walked into the forest.
He came to a stop at the clearing where he had trained every single day. The moon's rays danced around on the grass like some sort of ritual. Naruto smiled then turned to walk left of the clearing.
Naruto walked 15 paces and found himself in front of the beautiful lake that he had admired so much. Naruto walked a little farther around the lake and came upon his favorite spot to gaze at the lake.
As he walked closer and closer to his destination, Naruto saw a shadow leaning against a tree in a sitting position. He stopped abruptly. His senses became active instantly and grabbed the kunai in his pocket. He was about to yell at the person to ask who the hell they were but stopped himself. The figure sat unmoving. Naruto dared himself and walked closer all the while being very cautious.
Naruto came within 5 feet of the person and realized that the person did not see him at all, or, rather he/she was asleep. Naruto relaxed a bit but did not put away his kunai. Naruto scratched his head in confusion. He had thought that only he knew this spot, but it would seem that he was wrong. The person sat leaning against the tree with his, Naruto soon realized that it was a he as he looked over the figure, head slightly slumped on his shoulder indicating very well that he was asleep.
Naruto looked sideways at the lake. The tree was right next to the lake, only about 8 feet away. He had always sat against the tree whenever he wanted to gaze at the lake. After seeing the same beauty he had gazed at previously, he turned his attention back to the stranger. Naruto felt kind of pissed off. That was his spot and yet he found someone else sitting there. Anger rose in him. He stepped closer, planning to strangle whoever it was until he got his spot back but suddenly stopped as he saw the face of the stranger.
Sitting under the pale moonlight was no other than his rival himself. Sasuke sat, asleep not knowing that he had slept in the place where his rival had loved to be at.
'Sasuke? What the hell is he doing here?' Naruto thought, a little freaked out. 'Still trying to piss me off even when he's asleep, will he? Oh Yeah?! I'll show him!' Naruto barked silently and yet again walking closer to Sasuke. Naruto had intended to strangle the boy out of his sleep but found himself stopping abruptly again.
Naruto's eyes widened with surprise, his mouth opening slightly at his surprise. Naruto was looking at Sasuke under the moonlight's enchanting rays. His face was what had Naruto come to a complete stop. Pale moonlight caressed his cheeks, black strands of hair dancing on his face as the wind softly flew by. His eyes closed and lips with a content smile on his face. Sasuke looked so out of the world.....so magical.......so beautiful.....
Naruto suddenly felt dizzy as he remembered that he had forgotten to breathe. Naruto gasped for air and slowly regained his regular breathing patterns. Though he was gasping for air; his eyes never left Sasuke's enchanting features.
Naruto continued to watch Sasuke. A soft wind blew by and caused a few strand of hair to poke at Sasuke's cheek. Naruto's hand flinched. He brought it up and stared at it to see what was wrong. His gaze found its way back to Sasuke's face. His body seems to move on its own as it walked over to Sasuke. It stopped about one foot away. It kneeled down and Naruto found his hand brushing the strands of hair away from Sasuke's cheek. Once the hair was out of the way, he found himself staring at Sasuke's visible cheek.
The skin was pale under the moonlight. It looked so soft. 'Would it feel as soft as it looks?' Naruto found himself asking, entranced just by the pale cheeks that belonged to Sasuke. Naruto's body moved on its own accord again and he found his hand caressing the soft-looking cheek.
'It's so soft...' Naruto gasped. Naruto found that he was smiling as he caressed the soft cheek. As his hand caressed the cheek, his eyes came upon Sasuke's lips.
Sasuke's mouth was slightly opened, revealing lushes lips. Naruto gulped and unconsciously licked his lips. 'What would happen if I...' Naruto slowly brought his face closer to Sasuke's lips. His face was an inch away when suddenly, Sasuke groaned. Naruto jerked back to reality, snapping his head back away from Sasuke in the process.
Naruto stood abruptly, realizing what he was about to do. Sasuke groaned again and his eyes shutting tightly a bit before opening slightly, waking slowly. Naruto started to panic. If he was caught by Sasuke, here and now, his life would probably end; mostly from embarrassment.
Naruto's head snapping about, searching for any way out that he could find. He saw the lake and did the only thing he could.
He dived into the lake.
Sasuke woke up to a splash nearby. His senses jerked back to life and he stood up in alert, hands already drewing out the kunai in his pocket. He scanned the area searching for the source of the disturbance. His gaze came to the lake. Water ripples were present, which meant that something or someone had fell or jumped into the water.
Sasuke continued to stare at the ripples for any sign of a possible enemy. Seeing that there was nothing floating back up, he returned the kunai to its rightful place. He turned and headed home.
Meanwhile, Naruto stayed underwater and swam across to the other side of the lake. He cautiously lifted his head above the water and glanced around. The night was still and silent. There was no sign that showed Sasuke was still around. Naruto dragged himself on the grass and laid on his back breathing in air heavily.
'That was close...' Naruto thought as he sucked in air hungrily. 'Why the hell did I do that?' Naruto yelled at himself. He didn't understand why he had just did do what he did.
"Argg!" Naruto yelled through the darkness.
Next morning
Sakura walked and stretched her arms. "Ahh..." she yawned. She had stayed up a little too late last night and her muscles ached from not enough sleep this morning. It was hard for her to wake up this morning. She walked a little farther and came to their training site. Though it was hard for her to wake up, she found that she was not at all that late. The only person there was Sasuke.
Sasuke stood and leaned against the tree that he stood by every morning. He crossed his arms and his eyes were closed. It gave the impression that he was asleep.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said and put on her best smile. Sasuke opened his eyes, 'hn'd, and closed his eyes again. Sakura stood there gazing at Sasuke, waiting for Naruto and Kakashi to show up.
Dragged feet brought Sakura's attention behind her. She turned and saw Naruto dragging his feet, coming closer. "Mou, Naruto. Osoi yo," Sakura said, half yelled.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan," Naruto greeted tiredly, his 'chyan' missing, and his cheerful voice gone. Naruto continued to drag himself to a tree and slumped down against it.
Sakura was taken aback. It would seem that the missing 'chyan' and cheerful voice surprised her. It would also seem that Naruto was not normal this morning. It felt weird for Naruto to greet Sakura without the 'chyan' and his singing voice. Sakura shook her head and cleared the thought. She continued to look at Naruto, a puzzle expression on her face. 'Naruto seems 'not normal' this morning' Sakura thought. It was not the only thing she thought was strange. Naruto looked like he hadn't sleep in weeks; dark circles under his eyes, cheeks and mouth drooping downward.
By this time, Sasuke had opened his eyes and was staring at Naruto. Naruto felt someone staring at him and looked up. He made a mistake by looking up. As soon as he brought his gaze up, he met Sasuke's intense gaze. Looking at Sasuke brought last night's event back in his mind. His cheeks turned a light pink and he turned his gaze away. 'Damn. I have to stop this' Naruto barked at himself. He brought his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around his calves and rested his head on his knees. His legs touch something hard in his chest. Naruto took out the box that he had received from Kei yesterday. Then he remembered. 'The ribbon! That's it! Sakura.' Naruto thought happily, trying to distract himself from previous events.
Naruto jumped to his feet in a quick motion. Sakura and Sasuke was startled as Naruto jumped up. "Sakura-chyan, can you do something for me?" Naruto asked, a smile on his face.
Sakura somehow felt relief. 'Naruto's back to normal'. She smiled. Then she stopped her abruptly. She just realized that she did not hate Naruto, not at all. Maybe she should be friendlier to him, he might be less annoying then.
"Nanda, Naruto," Sakura said nicely. Naruto smiled as he realized that Sakura was being nice to him. His gaze shifted slightly and he was looking into Sasuke's eyes again. Naruto shook inwardly. "Can you come over here?" Naruto asked. He didn't want Sasuke to hear what he wanted Sakura to do.
"Hai," Sakura said, a bit annoyed. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Naruto turned away from Sasuke, his back to him. He motioned Sakura to do the same, she complied a bit unwillingly.
"Can I borrow your right wrist?" Naruto whispered into Sakura's ear.
"What? Naze?" Sakura asked confused.
"I just needed you wrist a bit. I want to see what happens." Naruto said, hope in his eyes.
"Ah, sure." Sakura held out her wrist.
"Thanks." Naruto said as he reached for the box in his chest pocket. He took out the red ribbon and returned the box inside his chest. He began wrapping the ribbon around Sakura's wrist. Sakura flinched a bit, but let Naruto do what he wanted. She wanted to get to know him. She might as well begin by being nice to him.
Naruto finished tying the ribbon around Sakura's wrist and turned the wrist over, the palm downward. Sakura looked at Naruto, still ignorant to what Naruto is doing. Slowly but surely, a gold letter revealed itself on the ribbon. Sakura looked at the letter, her eyes widened in shock. "Naruto..." Sakura gasped. "What? What is this?" She said as she stared at the letter.
The letter was a large L. Naruto's eyes drooped and he felt slightly disappointed. But as soon as the disappointment showed itself, it quickly vanished. Somehow, Naruto felt relief; relief that it was not his name on the ribbon. He didn't understand why.
"This is the person that you are destined to be with," Naruto told Sakura.
"What? Is that true??" Naruto nodded. He untied the knot and put the ribbon back into the box.
"Thanks, Sakura-chyan," Naruto said, smiling happily.
"Ah," Sakura said, dumbfounded, and still confused. Just then Kakashi appeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Yo," Kakashi greeted, his eyes closed and curved up, as though his eyes smiled.
"OSOI!" Naruto and Sakura yelled at their sensei, smiling to themselves. Somewhere in the middle, Naruto and Sakura became friends, though neither knew how.
"Yosh! I'm gonna train hard today!" Naruto cried to no one in particular.
"That's the spirit," Kakashi said and lead the way to the training destination.
Right after training, Naruto rushed away. "Ja, Sakura-chyan, Kakashi- sensei. See you tomorrow," Naruto said as he ran out of the forest. Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he saw the blond running from their training site.
"What's up with him?" Sakura said, slightly amused.
"Hm..." Kakashi murmured. "Don't know."
Naruto ran and ran. He ran, but not to his house, but to Kei's place. He arrived at Kei's house and knocked on it. The door opened and revealed Kei in her apron. "Ah, Naruto-kun. Come on in."
Naruto nodded and stepped inside. "What are you making Kei-san?" Naruto brought his gaze over to the mess in the kitchen.
"A family recipe. I had a feeling you'll stop by somehow," Kei said smiling widely, "so I made my family special."
"A family recipe? What is that?" Naruto asked getting excited.
"It's a Ramen recipe," Kei said, looking at Naruto.
"RAMEN??? A Ramen recipe??? Oh! I can't wait!" Naruto cried, excitement clearly on his face.
"Well, you don't have to wait long Naruto," Kei said cheerfully.
"Hai!"
An hour later
"Here you go, Naruto-kun." A bowl of steaming, delicious-looking Ramen was placed in front of Naruto. Kei sat in front of Naruto in her kitchen. Naruto stared at the bowl of Ramen like he had just won the lottery.
"Happy Birthday, Naruto-kun," Kei said surprising Naruto.
Naruto looked at her like she was the strangest thing on the planet. His eyes widened, and mouth gaped open. "H-how did you know?" Naruto stuttered.
"Don't worry about that, Naruto-kun, just enjoy your Birthday," Kei said, smiling. Naruto saw a glint of something unknown in Kei's eyes, but it was gone in a second.
"Ah..." Naruto nodded, really confused. He had just met her only a few days, yet she knew when his birthday was, even though he didn't tell her at all. "Doumo..." Naruto whispered looking at the bowl of Ramen in front of him, moments before forgotten.
Naruto brought his hands together, palm against palm, shaking his head a bit trying to shake off the confusion, saying slowly, "Ittadakimasu." Naruto grabbed the chopsticks and began to poke at the Ramen, mixing the bowl. Naruto lowered his mouth to the bowl and put the Ramen into his mouth and chewed. The moment the flavor of the Ramen touch his taste buds, his eyes widened. Naruto looked at Kei then back at the bowl of Ramen.
"So? How is it?" Kei asked, sort of worried if she had added the ingredients correctly.
"Th-this is GREAT!" Naruto bursted out, jumping out of the seat he was sitting on. "Sugoi! This is the best Ramen I've ever tasted," Naruto cried as he sat down again and began to devour the Ramen.
"That's great. Eat all you want, there's still plenty more where that came from," Kei said. Her eyes and mouth curved up to a smile.
"YAY! I'll do just that," Naruto said before planting his face into the bowl of Ramen. In mere seconds, the Ramen was gone; it lay at the bottom of Naruto's stomach. "Mou ippai!" Naruto yelled for seconds. Kei got up with Naruto's bowl and went into the kitchen. Kei came back with a bowl twice the size before, filled with Ramen.
"Whoa! Sugoi! This is the best birthday ever!" Naruto announced before digging into the content of the bowl before him. Kei watched Naruto with a sincere smile on her face. 'I'm glad...' Kei thought to herself.
It was now 3:00 sharp and Kei walked the streets of Konoha. It was only an hour since Naruto had left her place. Naruto had said that he needed to shower and had left her, but not before thanking her for the delicious tasting Ramen he had tasted.
Kei now was walking toward a flower shop. 'Tulips were his favorite' Kei thought as she walked into the flower shop. "Irasshai. May I help you?" the shop owner asked.
"Ah. I'm just looking for tulips." Kei said looking around the shop to see if there were any tulips about.
"Ah tulips? We have them. Chotto," the owner said and walked across to the far corner of the shop and came back with a batch of tulips. She held the tulips to Kei and smiled.
"Doumo, I'll take these," Kei smiled back.
"Hai."
Kei payed for the flowers and made her way out the shop. She walked with the tulips in hand to the middle of the village. She jumped on the nearest house and proceeded north. Her destination: Hokage's Mountain.
Kakashi walked out of a Ramen shop with a content feature on his face. He was kind of late to eat his lunch, but lunch was lunch before dinner. With his favorite book in hand, he walked through the crowd. Somehow, today the crowd was thick at this time in the afternoon. It made it hard for Kakashi a read his book without bumping into someone else.
Kakashi walked and turned on a corner. He found himself on the main street of the village, which was busier than the street he was on before. He put his book back into his pocket, deciding that it was impossible to read with the crowd that thick. He looked up at the sky. As soon as he did so, he saw a glint of blond hair. Kakashi stopped in his track. 'Naruto?' Kakashi looked over to where he had spot the blond hair and saw nothing. He was sure that whatever it was, it was on the roof. Kakashi leaped onto the nearest roof and glanced around, searching for the blond hair that had caught his attention. He turned 37 degrees to his left and saw it. The blond hair was there, but it was gone now. Kakashi looked up a little higher from his gaze and saw the faces of the four Hokages. Kakashi dashed across the rooftops toward Hokage's Mountain.
The glint of blond came again and was gone in an instant. He got closer and closer to Hokage's Mountain determined to find out the source of blond hair. 'Maybe, just maybe...' Kakashi thought as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop.
Kei landed on gracefully on her feet and looked up. She stood on the rooftop nearest Hokage's Mountain. She looked up at the four stone-carved faces of the previous Hokages. "It has been a long time ne?" Kei said to the last carve-face on the mountain. "He's doing just fine..." Before Kei could finish, she heard something landing behind her. She slowly turned her face around. She gasped as she saw the source of the sound.
Standing behind her, wide-eyed, was Kakashi. His eyes widened and his mouth opened in shock. "Kaka...shi..." Kei gasped out, shock taking over her.
"K-Kei..." Kakashi managed to mumble out.
The two stood staring into each other's shock eyes. The air of the afternoon was peaceful and quite. In mere moments, the atmosphere would shatter.
A/N: stretches It's finally done. I sort of found it hard to finish this chapter as fast as the others. But I'm glad I got this out of the way. Now, I can go deeper into the story and maybe add some exciting battles here and there. I can't wait 'till I write the chapter where Naruto uses the forbidden jutsu. But before I could do that, I need to get these chapters out of the way.
Everything about Kei will be revealed in the next chapter, I think. Well, anyways, I hope you people enjoy this chapter. Please review the chapter. I need every ounce of support you can give me.
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Ojochan over and out!
A/N: GOMEN! bows for the long wait. It was kind of hard for me to finish this chapter at a fast pace. I was hit hard by 'Senioritis'. Yep, senioritis; (for those who don't know what senioritis is, email me and I'll explain for ya) the worst disease of them all. I have been very lazy in the last week, and I'm sorry. Well, anyways, here is the third chapter. Please review the chapter at the end.
Warnings: YES! For those who have guessed this is a Naru/Sasu fic. It means that it is Shounen-ai. It is not Yaoi though, gomen. Gomen ne, I sort of made Naruto a bit childish in the beginning of the chapter.
Replies to all my wonderful reviewers :
Brains: Well thanks for reading this far. What is a slash fic anyway? Well, never mind. It's not like you're here to answer me.
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Orange Blossom Nin: Yes it is a Sasu/Naru or Naru/Sasu, whichever you prefer. I love this pairing too. Hope you're not disappointed with this chapter. There's Naru/Sasu action in it. Thanks for your review.
B.U.G.I.M.S: Yes, Kei is a nice person. Kei's past will be revealed in the next chapter, I think. Well, what do you think? Well, might as well tell you now, since it totally showed with the review response up there. It's Sasuke. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
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I Rite Gud: haha. That's great, I've never thought of that. The third Hokage. That's funny. But you don't have to worry, I won't do that. Thanks for the review. Hope you enjoy this fic.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.
This chapter: Naruto finds Sasuke at his favorites spot. He was about to give Sasuke a piece of his mind, but something went wrong. Kei buys flowers and heads toward Hokage's Mountain. Kei and Kakashi meets. What will happen? READ and FIND OUT!
The Fated Red Ribbon
Chapter 3
Douzo! Or Doozo! (which it is?)
ENJOY!
Naruto walked through the forest with a content smile on his face. He had just finished eating Ramen at his favorite place. Kei had said that she needed to take care of something in the village so she went, and he went home. He hadn't meant to empty her wallet but Ramen was just too good to not stuff one's belly full.
Naruto walked through the dark forest. It was already late, but Naruto didn't feel a bit sleepy. 'I guess sleeping late 'til noon does that to you' Naruto smiled as the thought ran through his head.
The moon rose high in the sky, illuminating the darkness of the night. 'The moon's out. Great!' Naruto thought happily and walked into the forest.
He came to a stop at the clearing where he had trained every single day. The moon's rays danced around on the grass like some sort of ritual. Naruto smiled then turned to walk left of the clearing.
Naruto walked 15 paces and found himself in front of the beautiful lake that he had admired so much. Naruto walked a little farther around the lake and came upon his favorite spot to gaze at the lake.
As he walked closer and closer to his destination, Naruto saw a shadow leaning against a tree in a sitting position. He stopped abruptly. His senses became active instantly and grabbed the kunai in his pocket. He was about to yell at the person to ask who the hell they were but stopped himself. The figure sat unmoving. Naruto dared himself and walked closer all the while being very cautious.
Naruto came within 5 feet of the person and realized that the person did not see him at all, or, rather he/she was asleep. Naruto relaxed a bit but did not put away his kunai. Naruto scratched his head in confusion. He had thought that only he knew this spot, but it would seem that he was wrong. The person sat leaning against the tree with his, Naruto soon realized that it was a he as he looked over the figure, head slightly slumped on his shoulder indicating very well that he was asleep.
Naruto looked sideways at the lake. The tree was right next to the lake, only about 8 feet away. He had always sat against the tree whenever he wanted to gaze at the lake. After seeing the same beauty he had gazed at previously, he turned his attention back to the stranger. Naruto felt kind of pissed off. That was his spot and yet he found someone else sitting there. Anger rose in him. He stepped closer, planning to strangle whoever it was until he got his spot back but suddenly stopped as he saw the face of the stranger.
Sitting under the pale moonlight was no other than his rival himself. Sasuke sat, asleep not knowing that he had slept in the place where his rival had loved to be at.
'Sasuke? What the hell is he doing here?' Naruto thought, a little freaked out. 'Still trying to piss me off even when he's asleep, will he? Oh Yeah?! I'll show him!' Naruto barked silently and yet again walking closer to Sasuke. Naruto had intended to strangle the boy out of his sleep but found himself stopping abruptly again.
Naruto's eyes widened with surprise, his mouth opening slightly at his surprise. Naruto was looking at Sasuke under the moonlight's enchanting rays. His face was what had Naruto come to a complete stop. Pale moonlight caressed his cheeks, black strands of hair dancing on his face as the wind softly flew by. His eyes closed and lips with a content smile on his face. Sasuke looked so out of the world.....so magical.......so beautiful.....
Naruto suddenly felt dizzy as he remembered that he had forgotten to breathe. Naruto gasped for air and slowly regained his regular breathing patterns. Though he was gasping for air; his eyes never left Sasuke's enchanting features.
Naruto continued to watch Sasuke. A soft wind blew by and caused a few strand of hair to poke at Sasuke's cheek. Naruto's hand flinched. He brought it up and stared at it to see what was wrong. His gaze found its way back to Sasuke's face. His body seems to move on its own as it walked over to Sasuke. It stopped about one foot away. It kneeled down and Naruto found his hand brushing the strands of hair away from Sasuke's cheek. Once the hair was out of the way, he found himself staring at Sasuke's visible cheek.
The skin was pale under the moonlight. It looked so soft. 'Would it feel as soft as it looks?' Naruto found himself asking, entranced just by the pale cheeks that belonged to Sasuke. Naruto's body moved on its own accord again and he found his hand caressing the soft-looking cheek.
'It's so soft...' Naruto gasped. Naruto found that he was smiling as he caressed the soft cheek. As his hand caressed the cheek, his eyes came upon Sasuke's lips.
Sasuke's mouth was slightly opened, revealing lushes lips. Naruto gulped and unconsciously licked his lips. 'What would happen if I...' Naruto slowly brought his face closer to Sasuke's lips. His face was an inch away when suddenly, Sasuke groaned. Naruto jerked back to reality, snapping his head back away from Sasuke in the process.
Naruto stood abruptly, realizing what he was about to do. Sasuke groaned again and his eyes shutting tightly a bit before opening slightly, waking slowly. Naruto started to panic. If he was caught by Sasuke, here and now, his life would probably end; mostly from embarrassment.
Naruto's head snapping about, searching for any way out that he could find. He saw the lake and did the only thing he could.
He dived into the lake.
Sasuke woke up to a splash nearby. His senses jerked back to life and he stood up in alert, hands already drewing out the kunai in his pocket. He scanned the area searching for the source of the disturbance. His gaze came to the lake. Water ripples were present, which meant that something or someone had fell or jumped into the water.
Sasuke continued to stare at the ripples for any sign of a possible enemy. Seeing that there was nothing floating back up, he returned the kunai to its rightful place. He turned and headed home.
Meanwhile, Naruto stayed underwater and swam across to the other side of the lake. He cautiously lifted his head above the water and glanced around. The night was still and silent. There was no sign that showed Sasuke was still around. Naruto dragged himself on the grass and laid on his back breathing in air heavily.
'That was close...' Naruto thought as he sucked in air hungrily. 'Why the hell did I do that?' Naruto yelled at himself. He didn't understand why he had just did do what he did.
"Argg!" Naruto yelled through the darkness.
Next morning
Sakura walked and stretched her arms. "Ahh..." she yawned. She had stayed up a little too late last night and her muscles ached from not enough sleep this morning. It was hard for her to wake up this morning. She walked a little farther and came to their training site. Though it was hard for her to wake up, she found that she was not at all that late. The only person there was Sasuke.
Sasuke stood and leaned against the tree that he stood by every morning. He crossed his arms and his eyes were closed. It gave the impression that he was asleep.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Sasuke-kun," Sakura said and put on her best smile. Sasuke opened his eyes, 'hn'd, and closed his eyes again. Sakura stood there gazing at Sasuke, waiting for Naruto and Kakashi to show up.
Dragged feet brought Sakura's attention behind her. She turned and saw Naruto dragging his feet, coming closer. "Mou, Naruto. Osoi yo," Sakura said, half yelled.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan," Naruto greeted tiredly, his 'chyan' missing, and his cheerful voice gone. Naruto continued to drag himself to a tree and slumped down against it.
Sakura was taken aback. It would seem that the missing 'chyan' and cheerful voice surprised her. It would also seem that Naruto was not normal this morning. It felt weird for Naruto to greet Sakura without the 'chyan' and his singing voice. Sakura shook her head and cleared the thought. She continued to look at Naruto, a puzzle expression on her face. 'Naruto seems 'not normal' this morning' Sakura thought. It was not the only thing she thought was strange. Naruto looked like he hadn't sleep in weeks; dark circles under his eyes, cheeks and mouth drooping downward.
By this time, Sasuke had opened his eyes and was staring at Naruto. Naruto felt someone staring at him and looked up. He made a mistake by looking up. As soon as he brought his gaze up, he met Sasuke's intense gaze. Looking at Sasuke brought last night's event back in his mind. His cheeks turned a light pink and he turned his gaze away. 'Damn. I have to stop this' Naruto barked at himself. He brought his knees to his chest and wrapped his arms around his calves and rested his head on his knees. His legs touch something hard in his chest. Naruto took out the box that he had received from Kei yesterday. Then he remembered. 'The ribbon! That's it! Sakura.' Naruto thought happily, trying to distract himself from previous events.
Naruto jumped to his feet in a quick motion. Sakura and Sasuke was startled as Naruto jumped up. "Sakura-chyan, can you do something for me?" Naruto asked, a smile on his face.
Sakura somehow felt relief. 'Naruto's back to normal'. She smiled. Then she stopped her abruptly. She just realized that she did not hate Naruto, not at all. Maybe she should be friendlier to him, he might be less annoying then.
"Nanda, Naruto," Sakura said nicely. Naruto smiled as he realized that Sakura was being nice to him. His gaze shifted slightly and he was looking into Sasuke's eyes again. Naruto shook inwardly. "Can you come over here?" Naruto asked. He didn't want Sasuke to hear what he wanted Sakura to do.
"Hai," Sakura said, a bit annoyed. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Naruto turned away from Sasuke, his back to him. He motioned Sakura to do the same, she complied a bit unwillingly.
"Can I borrow your right wrist?" Naruto whispered into Sakura's ear.
"What? Naze?" Sakura asked confused.
"I just needed you wrist a bit. I want to see what happens." Naruto said, hope in his eyes.
"Ah, sure." Sakura held out her wrist.
"Thanks." Naruto said as he reached for the box in his chest pocket. He took out the red ribbon and returned the box inside his chest. He began wrapping the ribbon around Sakura's wrist. Sakura flinched a bit, but let Naruto do what he wanted. She wanted to get to know him. She might as well begin by being nice to him.
Naruto finished tying the ribbon around Sakura's wrist and turned the wrist over, the palm downward. Sakura looked at Naruto, still ignorant to what Naruto is doing. Slowly but surely, a gold letter revealed itself on the ribbon. Sakura looked at the letter, her eyes widened in shock. "Naruto..." Sakura gasped. "What? What is this?" She said as she stared at the letter.
The letter was a large L. Naruto's eyes drooped and he felt slightly disappointed. But as soon as the disappointment showed itself, it quickly vanished. Somehow, Naruto felt relief; relief that it was not his name on the ribbon. He didn't understand why.
"This is the person that you are destined to be with," Naruto told Sakura.
"What? Is that true??" Naruto nodded. He untied the knot and put the ribbon back into the box.
"Thanks, Sakura-chyan," Naruto said, smiling happily.
"Ah," Sakura said, dumbfounded, and still confused. Just then Kakashi appeared in a cloud of smoke.
"Yo," Kakashi greeted, his eyes closed and curved up, as though his eyes smiled.
"OSOI!" Naruto and Sakura yelled at their sensei, smiling to themselves. Somewhere in the middle, Naruto and Sakura became friends, though neither knew how.
"Yosh! I'm gonna train hard today!" Naruto cried to no one in particular.
"That's the spirit," Kakashi said and lead the way to the training destination.
Right after training, Naruto rushed away. "Ja, Sakura-chyan, Kakashi- sensei. See you tomorrow," Naruto said as he ran out of the forest. Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he saw the blond running from their training site.
"What's up with him?" Sakura said, slightly amused.
"Hm..." Kakashi murmured. "Don't know."
Naruto ran and ran. He ran, but not to his house, but to Kei's place. He arrived at Kei's house and knocked on it. The door opened and revealed Kei in her apron. "Ah, Naruto-kun. Come on in."
Naruto nodded and stepped inside. "What are you making Kei-san?" Naruto brought his gaze over to the mess in the kitchen.
"A family recipe. I had a feeling you'll stop by somehow," Kei said smiling widely, "so I made my family special."
"A family recipe? What is that?" Naruto asked getting excited.
"It's a Ramen recipe," Kei said, looking at Naruto.
"RAMEN??? A Ramen recipe??? Oh! I can't wait!" Naruto cried, excitement clearly on his face.
"Well, you don't have to wait long Naruto," Kei said cheerfully.
"Hai!"
An hour later
"Here you go, Naruto-kun." A bowl of steaming, delicious-looking Ramen was placed in front of Naruto. Kei sat in front of Naruto in her kitchen. Naruto stared at the bowl of Ramen like he had just won the lottery.
"Happy Birthday, Naruto-kun," Kei said surprising Naruto.
Naruto looked at her like she was the strangest thing on the planet. His eyes widened, and mouth gaped open. "H-how did you know?" Naruto stuttered.
"Don't worry about that, Naruto-kun, just enjoy your Birthday," Kei said, smiling. Naruto saw a glint of something unknown in Kei's eyes, but it was gone in a second.
"Ah..." Naruto nodded, really confused. He had just met her only a few days, yet she knew when his birthday was, even though he didn't tell her at all. "Doumo..." Naruto whispered looking at the bowl of Ramen in front of him, moments before forgotten.
Naruto brought his hands together, palm against palm, shaking his head a bit trying to shake off the confusion, saying slowly, "Ittadakimasu." Naruto grabbed the chopsticks and began to poke at the Ramen, mixing the bowl. Naruto lowered his mouth to the bowl and put the Ramen into his mouth and chewed. The moment the flavor of the Ramen touch his taste buds, his eyes widened. Naruto looked at Kei then back at the bowl of Ramen.
"So? How is it?" Kei asked, sort of worried if she had added the ingredients correctly.
"Th-this is GREAT!" Naruto bursted out, jumping out of the seat he was sitting on. "Sugoi! This is the best Ramen I've ever tasted," Naruto cried as he sat down again and began to devour the Ramen.
"That's great. Eat all you want, there's still plenty more where that came from," Kei said. Her eyes and mouth curved up to a smile.
"YAY! I'll do just that," Naruto said before planting his face into the bowl of Ramen. In mere seconds, the Ramen was gone; it lay at the bottom of Naruto's stomach. "Mou ippai!" Naruto yelled for seconds. Kei got up with Naruto's bowl and went into the kitchen. Kei came back with a bowl twice the size before, filled with Ramen.
"Whoa! Sugoi! This is the best birthday ever!" Naruto announced before digging into the content of the bowl before him. Kei watched Naruto with a sincere smile on her face. 'I'm glad...' Kei thought to herself.
It was now 3:00 sharp and Kei walked the streets of Konoha. It was only an hour since Naruto had left her place. Naruto had said that he needed to shower and had left her, but not before thanking her for the delicious tasting Ramen he had tasted.
Kei now was walking toward a flower shop. 'Tulips were his favorite' Kei thought as she walked into the flower shop. "Irasshai. May I help you?" the shop owner asked.
"Ah. I'm just looking for tulips." Kei said looking around the shop to see if there were any tulips about.
"Ah tulips? We have them. Chotto," the owner said and walked across to the far corner of the shop and came back with a batch of tulips. She held the tulips to Kei and smiled.
"Doumo, I'll take these," Kei smiled back.
"Hai."
Kei payed for the flowers and made her way out the shop. She walked with the tulips in hand to the middle of the village. She jumped on the nearest house and proceeded north. Her destination: Hokage's Mountain.
Kakashi walked out of a Ramen shop with a content feature on his face. He was kind of late to eat his lunch, but lunch was lunch before dinner. With his favorite book in hand, he walked through the crowd. Somehow, today the crowd was thick at this time in the afternoon. It made it hard for Kakashi a read his book without bumping into someone else.
Kakashi walked and turned on a corner. He found himself on the main street of the village, which was busier than the street he was on before. He put his book back into his pocket, deciding that it was impossible to read with the crowd that thick. He looked up at the sky. As soon as he did so, he saw a glint of blond hair. Kakashi stopped in his track. 'Naruto?' Kakashi looked over to where he had spot the blond hair and saw nothing. He was sure that whatever it was, it was on the roof. Kakashi leaped onto the nearest roof and glanced around, searching for the blond hair that had caught his attention. He turned 37 degrees to his left and saw it. The blond hair was there, but it was gone now. Kakashi looked up a little higher from his gaze and saw the faces of the four Hokages. Kakashi dashed across the rooftops toward Hokage's Mountain.
The glint of blond came again and was gone in an instant. He got closer and closer to Hokage's Mountain determined to find out the source of blond hair. 'Maybe, just maybe...' Kakashi thought as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop.
Kei landed on gracefully on her feet and looked up. She stood on the rooftop nearest Hokage's Mountain. She looked up at the four stone-carved faces of the previous Hokages. "It has been a long time ne?" Kei said to the last carve-face on the mountain. "He's doing just fine..." Before Kei could finish, she heard something landing behind her. She slowly turned her face around. She gasped as she saw the source of the sound.
Standing behind her, wide-eyed, was Kakashi. His eyes widened and his mouth opened in shock. "Kaka...shi..." Kei gasped out, shock taking over her.
"K-Kei..." Kakashi managed to mumble out.
The two stood staring into each other's shock eyes. The air of the afternoon was peaceful and quite. In mere moments, the atmosphere would shatter.
A/N: stretches It's finally done. I sort of found it hard to finish this chapter as fast as the others. But I'm glad I got this out of the way. Now, I can go deeper into the story and maybe add some exciting battles here and there. I can't wait 'till I write the chapter where Naruto uses the forbidden jutsu. But before I could do that, I need to get these chapters out of the way.
Everything about Kei will be revealed in the next chapter, I think. Well, anyways, I hope you people enjoy this chapter. Please review the chapter. I need every ounce of support you can give me.
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Ojochan over and out!