Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto. Silly disclaimers
Author's Note - Keep in mind that when I wrote this, I was a tad tipsy. I should have changed some parts, but I thought it'd be funnier to keep them in, considering the weird frame of mind I was in at the time.
I'd like to know how I'm doing so far. So if you want to leave a quick review saying "its good" or "it sucks" go right ahead. I don't know how many chapters this'll run, but its far from over.
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Chapter Five - Stupid Fangirl(s)
"Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, plan to introduce me to these lovely young ladies?" Kakashi said casually as Luca almost died of a heart attack. All Luca could do was stand there with her mouth open. The little hamster in her head was running at full speed.
Wow, he looks better up close, happy day, happy day, happy day. Hahahahahaha…" Luca thought as Kakashi cocked an eyebrow at her.
"…is she alright?" He asked to no one in particular as Luca stood there, mouth open, twitching every few seconds.
"She's fine." Sakura said shrugging. "The one that looks like she's having a fit is Luca. The one you're touching is Rica. We met them today as they were performing."
"Yeah, Rica has a nice voice." Naruto interjected.
Rica blushed at the compliment and became more conscious of the hand that gave a slight squeeze on her left shoulder.
"Is that so?" Kakashi asked, looking down at Rica.
Rica looked up and quickly looked down again, her face visibly red.
"I guess so." She added softly.
My brain is broken. She thought to herself as she visualized an egg being thrown against the wall. So very broken. This is not like me at all. Damn it all.
She thought to herself as she visualized an egg being thrown against the wall.Sakura walked up to her sensei, and tapped his shoulder.
"There's something I have to talk to you about later." Sakura said softly. Kakashi nodded and walked over to Luca, who was still having a fit.
"Very strange." He muttered as he patted her head gently.
"Goddamnit." Rica said as she walked up to Luca and punched her in the arm. "Snap out of it. How many times do you have to do this in a day?"
Luca stopped twitching and looked around slowly. She hung her head low, clearly embarrassed.
"Sorry." She said, head still down.
"Whatever. Just try not to do that again. Its really embarrassing, for you and me." Rica said putting a hand on Luca's shoulder trying to make her friend feel a little better.
Sakura pulled Kakashi away from the two girls and lead him away from the rest of the group.
"I need you to keep Sasuke-kun away from them for a while. He doesn't trust him, and I'm worried something may happen to them. Though I know he wouldn't hurt them, its just…the twitching one might do something to piss him off." Sakura explained.
Kakashi nodded and looked at Sasuke, who was still sitting in the tree, clearly bored.
"Alright. I'll have a talk with him later." He said and turned back to the girls.
Sakura shrugged her shoulders and let out a sigh.
I hope nothing happens
Rica was trying to make Luca feel better as Kakashi met up with them again. He was wary as well to the strangely dressed girls, but didn't see them as any sort of threat, c'mon one of them had strange fits for no apparent reason. So he decided to make small talk with them.
"So, how old are you two?"
"I'm 19." Rica said with some weird satisfaction in her voice.
"18." Was all Luca managed to blurt out.
"So, where are you two from?" He asked, searching for more questions to ask.
"Well, I'd rather not talk about it now. Its not a nice story." Rica said, struggling to find something to say, since telling him they were from a different "universe" would be a little creepy. Make that very creepy.
"I see, I see." He said smiling through his mask.
Luca was having a hard time containing herself. But she managed to keep her cool.
Must…not…glomp…very…bad…idea…shit… Luca said as she stared at Kakashi. She wanted to glomp them all. Just because. Plus her horrid fan girl urges made it hard to keep her cool.
"So, where's a good place to eat?" Rica asked.
Naruto heard the word "eat" and ran to her as quickly as he could.
"Did someone say eat?" He said, with a hopeful expression.
"Yeah, do you know of a good place to eat."
Naruto's expression changed from hopeful to ecstatic.
"The Ichiraku Ramen, is a wonderful place to eat." Naruto said, with a wide grin.
I knew he'd say that. Rica thought to herself looking at the boy, who had the same expression as Luca as she looked at Rica with hopeful eyes.
"Can we go?" She asked.
"Let's go." Rica said to everyone. "Naruto lead the way."
"Yeah!" Was all he said as he ran off in the direction of the Ichiraku Ramen.
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Rica, Luca, Naruto and Kakashi all sat at the Ichiraku Ramen. Sakura and Sasuke had went home for the evening. Rica looked at her small amount of coins and looked at the prices.
"Looks like we can afford one bowl each Luca." She said with a dismal expression on her face.
"Sounds good to me." Luca said, looking at the menu.
Naruto and Kakashi already ordered and had their bowls sitting in front of them. Naruto was already slurping his bowl down with incredible speed.
"Never seen a guy eat ramen so fast in my life." Rica said staring at Naruto.
"He does that a lot." Kakashi said looking at Naruto as well, wondering how he could slurp hot ramen down so quickly without getting sick or burning his throat.
I guess some things will never be explained, that being one of them.
Both Kakashi and Rica shrugged their shoulders as they began to eat their meals.
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A half an hour passed as everyone finished their meals. Naruto had eaten his fill as usual and had a bit of trouble walking around. The others appeared to be fine. Except for Luca, who had tried to eat her ramen as Naruto did.
"How does he do it?" She said feeling a little ill.
Rica shrugged and looked around. The sun had already went down and few people were on the streets.
The girls waved to Naruto and Kakashi as they wandered off in search for a place to stay. They had already spent most of the money they made on clothing and food, and had not enough to find a room for the night.
"Fuck." Rica said stopping in the middle of the street.
"What?" Luca said looking at her friend.
"We don't have any money for a room. Looks like we're out of luck tonight." Rica said looking around for a suitable place to sleep.
It didn't take long for the girls to find a place to sleep behind a building.
"Not bad. But not good either…" Rica said sitting down against the wall.
"Goodnight." Luca said happily as she curled up beside Rica and was asleep within minutes.
An hour had passed, and Rica was still awake. She couldn't stop staring at the dark clouds which had not gone away since earlier that day.
"Looks like rain…" She said before she dozed off.
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Rica woke up sometime later to a drops of water on her face. She looked around startled, unsure of where she was. She calmed down once she saw Luca sleeping beside her, and the familiar sight of Konoha before her.
"Fuck…its raining." She said as she nudged Luca awake. "C'mon, we need to find a place to sleep, that won't get us wet."
Luca sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Alright, alright." She stood up and stretched.
The two girls walked around Konoha for a while, in the rain. It wasn't raining that badly. A light drizzle. But the clouds above promised heavy rain, and the light rumble of thunder confirmed it. Few people were out, and those who were out were walking home from the bars, which were closing their doors. Rica looked down at her watch, which read a little after 11:30.
A bolt of lightning lit of the area around them as Luca jumped and grabbed Rica's arm.
"Shit, you don't have to do that." Rica growled as Luca still clung to her.
"Sorry, I hate lightning."
"Well, I think its nice." Rica replied.
Rica sighed as she dragged Luca along the street in search for a place to sleep. After a half an hour of searching, Rica gave up and collapsed under an overhang which overlooked an apartment complex.
"Guess this is better than no place at all." Rica said as she sat down and looked in her bag to see if their clothes were still dry. Which they were.
"Goodnight again, Rica." Luca said as she curled up again by her friend and was asleep within minutes. Rica secretly envied Luca's ability to fall asleep in almost every situation.
It didn't take too long for Rica to fall asleep. It was cold and rainy, but she didn't care. Sleep was more important than keeping dry.
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An hour later the rain began to fall at a heavier pace, the wind blew faster, and changed directions quickly, but the two girls still slept.
Kakashi was making his way home from spending time with Gai. Gai had kept him up with stupid bets, but he had finally gotten away from him, saying he needed to wake up early in the morning - which he didn't. He was tired and cursing the rain.
He made it to the door of his home as he noticed two figures crouched by a building. Curious, he went in for a closer look, and to his surprise, Rica and Luca lay sleeping in front of him.
"I guess it makes sense." He said to himself as he looked at the two girls. Luca twitched slightly in her sleep.
He crouched down and gave Rica a tap on the shoulder. She didn't budge, so he tapped her again, a little harder. Rica moved slightly and swatted his hand away in her sleep.
"Stubborn." He said, amused as he poked her again.
"Dammit…" Rica said, still in her sleep.
Kakashi gave up on Rica and started to poke Luca, who only rolled away from his pokes and muttered something about Naruto and biting off his finger if he ever poked her again. Sighing, Kakashi just decided to shake Rica out of her dormant state.
"Wake up." He said as he shook her.
Rica's eyes snapped open as she let out a yell. Kakashi quickly put a hand over her mouth.
"Don't yell." He said as he removed his hand.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Rica said between breaths.
"I should be asking you that. Why are you two sleeping outside in the rain?"
"Well…" Rica said unsure on what to say. "The truth is…we don't have anywhere to stay tonight. We don't have enough money for a room since we used it on clothing and dinner."
"Wake up your friend, I don't want you two to die out here in the cold." He said getting up and extending his hand to Rica.
Rica took it and stood up.
"Where are we going?" She asked using her foot to nudge Luca awake.
Luca rolled over and growled in her sleep. Rica kicked her this time and woke her up.
"Hey…" She said as she looked up and saw Rica and Kakashi. Luca's eyes went wide as her mouth hung open.
"There's no time for that." She said as she kicked her again. "So where are we going again?"
"I guess there's no other place to go than my home." He said feeling odd having two girls in his house late at night. "I don't want you two dying out here."
"Y-you don't have to do that." Luca said looking up at him.
"I'd feel bad if I didn't. Now lets go before you both catch colds."
Rica and Luca got up as they were told and followed Kakashi to his home. They were grateful for his kindness, but they were actually quite fine outside. They just didn't want to disappoint him, or make him feel bad.
Kakashi opened the door and let them in. He sighed as he went into another room and threw them both shirts.
"Bathroom is down the hall, go change in there." He said as he walked into the kitchen.
Rica and Luca found the bathroom and quickly changed their shirts, which weren't even that wet.
"Its nice that he's letting us stay here for the night. It was kinda cold out there anyway." Luca said as she dried off her hair.
"True. But he didn't have to. I'm surprised he's this nice." Rica said as she did the same thing.
It didn't take long for the girls to dry themselves off. They walked out to the living room and took a seat on the small couch that was there. Kakashi arrived a few minutes later and sat on a chair directly in front of them.
"So, why are you two really here?" He said in a serious tone.
Rica and Luca looked at each other for a moment. Rica was the first to speak.
"Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe me." She finally said.
"Try me."
"Alright."
Rica started to explain from the beginning. After she was done, Kakashi sat there scratching his head and looking at the two girls with a confused look on his face.
"You could have simply said you two were from another village." He said, still looking at them.
"Well, what I told you is the truth, sir." Rica said seriously.
"I really have no room to argue. I'll believe you." He said. "And you don't have to call me sir."
"Alright." Rica said leaning back on the couch. "Thank you for your hospitality." She said, softly.
"Its no problem. I'll take the couch you two take the bed. Its not that big, but its more comfortable than what you're sitting on." He said calmly, while on the inside he was cursing himself for suggesting that they take the bed. He hated the couch since whenever Gai would come to his home drunk he'd take the bed from him.
"Thank you again." Luca said softly as she looked down at her fingers.
"Your friend is strange." Kakashi said to Rica, which made Luca's cheeks go tomato red.
"I'm not that strange…" She said trailing off. "…well, maybe I am."
Kakashi beat himself up mentally for embarrassing the girl.
Dammit.
He didn't mean to hurt her feelings. It just came out.
"I apologize." He said looking at Luca.
"Oh, I get it all the time. I am strange, so its no big deal." She said quickly with a smile. "If its not too much trouble I'm gonna go to bed. Which way is the bed room?"
"Down the hall, to your right. There's an extra blanket in the closet if you need it."
"Thank you. Goodnight." Luca said bowing as she hurried off to the bedroom.
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Luca stood in the bedroom looking around. She was still in that frame of mind that everything around her was still a dream. She sat on the bed and sighed. It was the first time since they arrived that she had been alone. Looking around she was the room was in good order, Kakashi wasn't a slob as she expected. She laughed quietly to herself as she walked to the closet and pulled out an extra blanket and walked back to the bed. She sat down again and pulled off her shoes and socks and took off her pants and folded them nicely. She didn't want to ruin the sheets with her dust-ridden pants.
Sighing she slipped under the covers and pulled them up to her chin. She stared up at the ceiling as the glow of the streetlamps bathed the ceiling in a soft yellow glow. It didn't take long till she fell asleep soundly.
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"I'm sorry I embarrassed your friend." Kakashi said slightly embarrassed himself.
"I don't think you embarrassed her. It takes a lot to embarrass Luca." Rica said cheerfully.
"Okay." He said as she shifted in his chair.
"You don't have to sit there if its uncomfortable." Rica said as she shifted to make more room on the couch.
"Its okay." He said sitting still again.
Rica didn't believe him and stood up and pulled him on the couch. She sat down at the end and sighed.
"I'm not stupid." She said flatly.
"Alright, alright. Shouldn't you get to bed?" Kakashi said as he looked to the clock. He was getting tired.
"I'm not sleepy yet, or anymore at least." She said. "You woke me up, remember."
"Only because I didn't want you two sleeping out on the street." He argued.
"Understandable. I feel bad for everything."
"No need. I don't mind."
"Thank you again." Rica said softly.
"No more thank yous, its time for bed." He stood up and nudged her off the couch.
"Alright." Rica said as she hurried off to the bedroom.
She went into the bedroom and took a pillow off the bed and hurried out to the living room to find that Kakashi wasn't there. Rica sighed and placed the pillow on the couch and went back to the room. She looked around the room the same way Luca did and slid into bed. Rica smiled at the pictures that were placed on the bed stand and sighed.
"Must be nice living here." She said in a dreamy voice before putting her head down to sleep.
Smiling at the picture again Rica put her head down on the pillow, seconds later she was asleep.
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Kakashi came out of the bathroom yawning, ready to go to bed when he noticed the pillow on the couch.
"That's nice…" He said as he sat down setting the pillow where he wanted it.
"Not bad at all…" He said as he laid his head down to sleep.
What did I get myself into? He thought as he closed his eyes.
Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day.
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End chapter Five
Heheh, it was longer than I expected it to be. Chapter six should be out sometime this week. The chapters are becoming longer and longer it seems. Which is good.
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Jackson - Thank you very much! It shouldn't take too long to get the entire story written out. :3
Blighton - Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Its kinda like Fushugi Yuugi in the sense of the book, but I didn't have much else to go on. XD Things should be interesting, I hope. Whatever comes out of my mind I guess.
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