The Silent Orphan
I do NOT own Naruto
Chapter 5:
"Take Riley off my hands for a while. I need to throw Kakashi off a bit."
"WHAT!" Both Riley and Itachi snapped.
"What do you mean you're sending me with this perv!"
"Riley, please. Do you want your father off your trail?"
"Yeah but,..."
"Okay then. Itachi?"
"Alright, I will. As long as she can put up a good fight. I need a good sparing partner."
"Better believe I am!" Riley exclaimed. That was that. They agreed and Riley went with Itachi. The two of them left and Zabuza smirked. Haku looked at him from the retreating forms of Riley and Itachi.
"So, how long?"
"Huh? Just until we get rid of Kakashi. I might bring her back before the fight." With that said, Zabuza turned around and began to walk the oppisate way. Riley stopped after about an hour of running and looked over only to see none other than her father passed out. Itachi stopped and looked at her. There was a mixture of emotions in her eyes.
Damn!
"Riley! Come on." He grabbed her arm and forced her to walk. When she pulled her gaze from her father to glare at Itachi, she found herself just watching the back of his head, calm. After an entire day of running, the sun fell as the moon rose and they both stopped near a water fall.
"Bath!" Riley exclaimed, running to the lake just under the water fall. Itachi watched her and sighed, sitting under a nearby tree, facing the oppisate way.
How'd I get babysitting again? He asked himself mentaly. He heard a small splash and felt a small blush. NO! This girls only twelve! He mentaly scolded himself and went back to his other thoughts. After about fifteen minutes, a head swung around and over his shoulder with a smile.
"Lord Itachi, I'm done. You should take a quick bath. It's relaxing." He looked up, a bit startled, but nodded.
"Uh...Right..." He stood and looked down on her some(because of their heights). She just turned to look up at the sky. Itachi just followed her gaze a moment and then turned to walk to the lake. After a few minutes, he returned, feeling a lot better than before. When he returned to the spot the two were in together moments before, he found her asleep, head leaning on her own shoulder as she leaned against the tree. He sighed and wrapped his cloak around her, picking her up, walking over to a more tree filled area. He layed her down and layed near her, wide awake.
Why is this girl so calm about everything a lot? She reminds me of Mom...
"DAMNIT!" Itachi shot up and looked over when he felt an arm wrap around his waist some.
"Mhmmmm..." He looked at her and carefuly removed her arm, staring at her a moment. She moved again and then snapped up, panting.
"Riley?" She looked over to Itachi and looked away, standing.
"I just need to g\splash some water on my face is all. I'll be right back."
"I'm coming with you. I have a job to do ya know."
"Then come on." She walked off, Itachi standing and following close behind. He noted she looked cute in the cloak and then shook the thought. They reached the lake and when she looked at her reflection, she noticed it and blinked, looking back at him for the first time, striaghtly.
"What?"
"Thanks...No one's this nice to me...Back in the village...No one really talked to me. And this braty little jerk, Sasuke..."
"Say no more. I get the point." Itachi felt his blood boil at the name of his younger brother. He sighed heavily and watched as she knelt to splash water on her face. "Say, Riley," Riley looked up at him.
"Yeah?"
"How bad was it for you?"
"What do you mean?"
"In life to not talk to anyone? In the village?" There was a short silence.
"Horrible. People would make coments and give me dirty looks. Forcing a smile everyday was hard. I wanted to cry, but the children seemed to like me, so I kept a smile on my face, just for them. I never talked, I led them all to think I was mute but...They all knew better I guess. Until just the other night, a blonde was in my room. When I sat up from the nightmare, he asked me what was wrong."
"I see...Come on. Let's go back to bed." Why did I just ask about her life in the village? DAMNIT all! I'm going soft. he thought to himself and led her back to the area they were in moments before. They layed back down and that's when she notced the extrea clothing on her. She lifted the extra clothing and then to him.
"You looked cold." He said, looking up to the sky. She nodded and followed his gaze.
"Thanks. we should get some rest now."
"Yeah." Itachi wrapped his arm around her and she willingly rested her head on his shoulder, falling asleep. He soon fell asleep as well.
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