Chapter 4 : leaf and the rock
"hey wakey wakey " korena said hitting the boys tent with odd sticks lying around.
"shut her up ! " kiba growled. " she wakes up earlyer than you! " kiba kicked shino.
"not really ive been up just not moving around like her." Shino sat up, but she's right time to get up.
kiba opened one eye and looked at his watch."when the hell did six become wake up time?"
"up." Shino said wlking out of the tent.
"morning " korena smiled joyfully then she poured the ramen in a bowl handing it to shino.
" thanks. " he took the bowl smelled the steam strick comeing of the food and proceaded to eat.
( Inner Korena )yay! His face I get to see it . does happy dance.
" you havent earned it yet." Shino took the bowl and jumped into the trees.
"can he read my mind?" korena whimmpered
"no you just talk when you think" then a small deep chuckle came from above. Followed by an empty bowl and spoon spining droping right into her lap.
"your cruel you know that ! " she screamed raising a fist to the tree from which the bowl had come.
"mmm….." korena looked over. Kiba had poked his head out the tent. " home cooking, smell that boy?"
"arf" akamaru ran over to her as she set down a bowl for him of just the soup. He began to drink it in quickly.
"kiba-kun watch- " hinata said as she quietly came to sit down in front of an easly placed bowl of ramen.
"thud." Kiba had cought himself of the door of the tent. Falling on his face. He instanly got up brushed off and sat next to another open bowl of ramen. " thanks"
"not a morning person are ya?" Korena giggled, hinata giggled slightly before blushing then she began to eat.
"where is shino?" korena pionted up.
" so he is looking ahead… that's fine he should be back when we are packed up again, he likes to skip out on clean up for most missions." Kiba slurped his soup tilting the bowl higher.
"arf , arf" hey he wants more, you have one good critic here."
"hinata can dish it right " korena looked in her direction with her nod, korena got up.
"hey where are you going we clean up soon?"
"to catch a bug…" she jumped into the trees.
"looks like its you and me again hinata."kiba said holding out his bowl for a little more.
"arf"
"and him too"
"kiba-chan when do you think they will come back?" hinata said turning to look in the direction she had jumped to.
"soon , and shino's cooking is getting better it doesn't taste like bug guts today." He laughed and began to eat more.
" but Shino cant cook , this is Korena's doing. She got up really early to gather stuff for it." Kiba set the empty bowl down.
"I wonder why" he followed the way of hinata's gaze to the trees.
"that shino, taking off, without even a thank you" she seemed angry " why would he do such a thing? Why does he facinate me so?
Is it his hair? The glasses to see the eyes that linger behind those shades of jet black frame work? His stance ? he has this precence that makes you take notice but not overwhelmingly. He is just so, so –." Thinking she was driving herself crazy .
" he is only one guy. I can do this, why can I not do this? Do I really have feeling for him so deep it wont go against my jutsu's? no that cant be. Its to soon, after just a small meeting, to soon, but then again…."
He was standing near the water watching it go . ok you can do this tell him how he is acting you know you can, give it to him, beat him down with your words.
"Shino?" he didn't move " was the food ok?" he still just stood there. " too spicy? Were the noodles bad?was it the- ."
"no, you cook well, it will make some man happy."
"what about you being the man… " she questioned. She put her arm around his, still though he kept his hand hidden in his poket.
" you see the split there….' He pointed to a rock in the middle of the stream. The rock seperated to paths.
"yes rock, not getting?" she looked at him, he pulled his hand out of his pocket it was a leaf.
"kohona is the leaf right?" she asked staring at his headband. "did I get it?"
"yes. but that's not it here. Watch the leaf." She watched closely, he placed it in the water. It glidded down smoothly in a straight path then stopped and hit the rock as the water pushed it higher it became trapped on the rock.
"im not shure I get it? What does the leaf do? It is trapped how can it move? What do you mean."
"nothing ."
"you just wanted to annoy me more?" she punched him lightly.
"lets go"
"but…" she sat next to the bank " its so peaceful here."
He just watched her. She didn't move. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "lets go Korena"
"you can call me Kor . o please do." She looked up smiling.
"com' on we need to get back."
"fine" she stood up and they went back to meet the rest of the group.
End chapter