Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto obviously. Though I do own, Rica, Luca, Shinneri and Ary. (Shinneri and Ary are minor characters) and the mysterious man in black. Who we will find out his identity soon enough.
Author's Note - Chapter seven already. Its funny how I kept this story going. I should go on for another five chapters if I am lucky. Questions in the story will be answered, as well as new twists and weird happenings. I'm going to try for a more comedic chapter, lets see how it goes.
Clarification -
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Thoughts
Whatever else
(inner Sakura)
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Chapter Seven - What the hell?
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Luca slept fitfully that night, perhaps a little too fitfully. She was twisting and turning and even throwing a few good punches that had hit Rica in the stomach, ribs or face. Having enough, Rica took a blanket, pillow and walked out of the room. She walked into the living room to find that Kakashi was asleep. She was tempted to wake him, but what good would it do? She shrugged and set her pillow down right near the doorway to Kakashi's bedroom and fell asleep there.
In the morning Kakashi had a surprise waiting for him. He almost stepped on the sleeping Rica and blinked. He was surprised to see her there, as was glad that he did not step on her. Seeing that she was sound asleep, he picked her up and put her on the couch.
"Better than the floor at least." He said to himself. He considered sleeping on the floor a few times, but decided against it.
Kakashi yawned and stretched and looked out the window. He didn't have to meet up with his students today, but he still woke up early. Sighing, he tip-toed to his bedroom to find that Luca was rolling around in her sleep.
No one she wanted to sleep out there.
He got dressed, looked to see if the girls were okay and left. They would be alright by themselves, they were old enough to be on their own. Today was his day off and he wanted to disappear for a while.
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Some hours later…
Rica rolled onto her side and rolled off the couch with a "thud". Rubbing her head she got up, a little disoriented. She realized where she was and sat back on the couch.
"…What a dream." She said aloud looking at her knees. A small part of Rica was homesick, and a little worried about what people would do when they realized she was gone. It would probably take a week for her mother and father to realize that she was no where to be found. They rarely talked to her. She didn't know about Luca, since she didn't talk about her family. She'd talk about other things.
Standing up and stretching, Rica shook off those feelings and went to take a quick shower.
While Rica was showering, Luca's eyes snapped open as she shot out of bed.
"Ugh…what a night." She said as she got up. She took a few steps before she fell flat on her face. Her balance was still off, obviously.
"God damnit…" Luca said as she sat up. Her head was still fogged up, but she didn't feel that bad.
Bracing herself using the bookcase, Luca stood up and walked slowly to the kitchen to get a glass of water. To her surprise there were to glasses by the sink with a note under one of the glasses. Luca hobbled over took the note and read it aloud.
"Gone for the day, feel free to come and go as you please. There is a key by the door, don't lose it."
"That's nice…" Luca said as she turned on the faucet and got some water. "I don't feel like going out today anyway…" She said as she made her way back to the bedroom.
Luca set the glass on the bed stand and hobbled over to the bookcase to look for the first book of Icha Icha Paradise. Finding it, Luca sat back down on the bed and got comfortable. She had no reason to leave today, but was more interested in reading that book.
Rica got out of the shower and got dressed, she wandered into the kitchen and saw the note that Luca previously read. She was happy to be able to leave today, since there was no reason to stay in. Rica smiled and walked to the bed room to find Luca awake.
"I'm going out." Rica said as she tied her hair back.
"Alright, I'll be here." Luca said barely looking up from the book.
"You and that stupid book, I swear." Rica said as she put on her shoes and got up. "I'll be back before nightfall."
"Alright." Luca said, still disinterested in what Rica was saying.
Rica shot Luca a cold glare and walked out. In a way she was happy to be able to wander around without her friend embarrassing her. Rica hummed happily to herself as she shut and locked the door behind her. It was a little after noon, and there was not a cloud to be seen.
"A clear blue day, how nice." Rica said as she wandered down the street. She was interested in seeing the sights and sounds of a busy village.
Two hours had passed and Rica was tired of walking around. She found a place to sit under the shade of a rather large tree. She shut her eyes for a little while and fell asleep.
Not much later, Rica opened her eyes as some young children ran past her.
Academy students. She thought with a smile on her face.
She watched the children run by, and a few seconds later a man was chasing after them.
Ah…Iruka. She thought as she got up. She was no longer tired. Dusting off her pants she went back to wandering.
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Bored, Sasuke was also wandering around town. He didn't feel like training at the moment, besides a little relaxation didn't kill anyone. He saw Rica who was idly walking by some shops and took the opportunity to talk to her.
"Hello." He said calmly as he walked up to her.
Rica didn't look up right away, but when she did she gave a small jump.
"Hello." She said, equally as calm.
"I wanted to say sorry for threatening you a couple days ago…" He said, feeling slightly ashamed.
"Oh, no problem. It's a think of the past." Rica said smiling. She was slightly unnerved by the boy, but didn't let it show. He was kinda creepy.
"Alright." He said, slightly relieved "So what are you doing wandering around here?" He asked, looking at her.
"No reason. Kakashi left a note saying that we could come and go as we pleased. There was no reason to stay inside on which a beautiful day." Rica explained, her attention directed to what she was previously looking at before Sasuke arrived.
"I see." Was all he said as he directed his attention to what Rica was looking at.
Girls and clothes… He thought to himself as he looked at the outfit Rica was staring at.
"I know of a better place to go than here." He said, sparking Rica's attention.
"Where?" She asked.
"Follow me." Sasuke starting walking and Rica followed him.
Sasuke led Rica to a small stream, it was more relaxing than staring at clothes. Rica took off her shoes and socks and stuck her feet into the cold water.
"Its nice here." She said as she moved her feet around in the water.
"Yeah, I come here to think sometimes." Sasuke said from a tree. He didn't like sitting near the river, but in a tree over it.
"Thanks for taking me here, its really nice." Rica said as she was watching a fish swim around her ankles.
"No problem." Sasuke said as he lowered his headband, covering his eyes.
Rica sat there, listening to the sound of the stream and the other forest noises and sighed happily. It really was a nice day to be out. She took her feet out of the stream and walked over to a sunny patch and laid down.
So warm…
It didn't take long for Rica to fall asleep.
Sometime later Sasuke pulled his headband back up and looked around. He saw that Rica had fallen asleep. The sun had moved since she had laid down, so she was no longer covered in sunlight, but small little patches of it made by the gaps in the leaves.
Jumping down from the tree, Sasuke made his way over to Rica and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Wake up." He said, tapping her again.
Rubbing her eyes, Rica groaned and propped herself up on her elbows.
"How long was I out?" She asked groggily.
"No idea. Maybe you should get back to the village." He said as he extended his hand to her.
Rica took his hand and stood up.
"Thanks." She said, still sleepy.
"No problem. Follow me." He said as he started to walk back to the village.
Rica shrugged her shoulders and followed the boy once again.
Sasuke led her back to the village and waved to her and was off. Rica waved back and looked around. The sun wasn't near setting, but a lot of time had passed since she was with Sasuke. He wasn't that bad it seemed, he apologized, but he never said much to her.
"A man of few words." She said with a smile.
Looking around, she recognized the area she was in and walked back to Kakashi's apartment. Searching for the key she let herself in and shut the door behind her.
"Luca, you here?" She shouted.
"She's here." Said a familiar voice from the bedroom.
Rica walked to the bedroom to find Luca and Naruto having an arm wrestling contest. Rica stood there, her mouth open as the two were in the middle of a close match. It was Naruto who ultimately won.
"Phew. I almost lost." Naruto said as he shook his arm to get the feeling back into it.
"I almost won." Luca said disappointed.
"Well, you didn't. I won." Naruto said triumphantly.
"I'll get you next time."
"No you won't." Naruto said.
"Oh, yes I will." Luca said standing up.
"Won't."
"Will."
"Won't."
"Will."
"Won't"
"Shut up both of you." Rica said standing by the door.
Naruto and Luca looked at her and went back to arguing. Rica sighed heavily and gave up on them. It was useless to stop Luca when she was arguing with someone, and Naruto appeared to be the same way.
Rica could still hear the two arguing as she sat down on the couch and picked up a magazine off the coffee table.
"Hm. Current events…interesting."
Rica grew bored of the magazine quickly and set it back down on the table. There were other magazines on the table, but judging from the girls on the covers she didn't want to read them.
Twenty minutes had passed, and Luca and Naruto still were going at it. Though it seemed that Naruto was winning whatever those two were up to. Sighing, Rica leaned back on the couch and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, not even two minutes later, Kakashi was standing over her.
"Jesus Christ, where in the hell did you come from?" Rica shouted loudly.
"Huh? I live here." Kakashi said in a duh tone.
"But…but…you just appeared right in front of me. I didn't hear you open the door." Rica stammered.
"Oh. Don't mind that. Ninja stuff." He said as he walked into the bedroom.
Rica could only assume that Kakashi's expression was just like hers as he stood at the doorway. She was correct too.
"What in the hell is going on here?" Said Kakashi in a normal tone.
Luca and Naruto stopped wrestling and looked at Kakashi.
"Well, I'm trying to beat Naruto at something." She said shooting a death glare at Naruto.
"I'm winning." He said with a wide grin as he pinned Luca to the ground.
"See, I won."
"NO you didn't." Luca said using all her strength to push Naruto off her.
"I'll show you." He said as he pinned her back on the ground. Luca couldn't move no matter how hard she tried.
"Bastard…" She said through gritted teeth.
Naruto just grinned. He had fun competing against Luca.
"Don't be so mean." Naruto said, letting Luca get up. "Friends" He said extending his hand.
"Friends." Luca shook his hand and let it go.
Kakashi just looked at them in disbelief. Shrugging his shoulders he went back into the living room and sat down nice to Rica.
"No wonder you stayed out here." He said moving around his magazines and putting them under the coffee table.
"Already saw them." Rica said as she was looking at a newspaper.
"Oh." Kakashi said as he placed them back on the table.
Rica looked at the date on the newspaper and blinked.
"Is this today's date?" She said pointing to the date on the newspaper.
"Yes it is." Kakashi said looking at her.
"I guess that means my birthday is tomorrow." Rica said staring at the newspaper.
"Really, that's nice." Kakashi said. "We should celebrate it then."
"Really?" Rica set down the paper. She never really had a birthday party before. Her parents never really remembered her birthday until two or even three weeks later.
"Its settled then." Kakashi got up and disappeared in the hall.
"A birthday party? That'd be nice…" Rica said as she glanced at the paper on her lap. Now she couldn't wait for tomorrow to come.
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End Chapter
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Not as long as the last, but its good nonetheless. Should have chapter 8 done as soon as possible.
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