"Hmm… I sense a familiar chakra…" A now older teen boy with red, messy bedroom hair was leaning on the rail on the Hokage Mountain, looking down at Konoha.
"Gaara… sorry to burst your tiny bubble of hope, but give it up… they might not come back ever again…" Kankuro, Gaara's older brother by one year was watching his brother from under the same tree the two girls last hanged out. His brother always comes up to this exact spot, looking out for that girl from six years ago. He was seven and Temari was eight when his brother's best friend left him and that blonde boy.
"She said she would come back…"
"In five years… and its one year later… so I bet they won't come back…"
"Wanna bet?"
"Sure… who ever lose will have to-"
"Wear a skirt and shirt like that blonde girl… and walk slowly around the village like some fashion walkthrough…" Kankuro smiled at his little brother.
"You're on!" Gaara then smirks. He kept his promise of trying to speak more than two words sentences… gotta tell Noka-chan. Then he frowned. She said five years… and like Kankuro said… she and her sister was a year late…
After Konoka and Takara left, his family told him what he was, and then his childhood of hell started. The only person that made him feel like worth living was his best friend, but she hasn't come back yet, his hope was wearing thin. He didn't think it might last very long.
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A sensei was walking down the road looking for the blonde hair demon vessel to remind him about the girls. He had just seen the parent and had a nice chat with them before they had to see the Hokage. He had asked about the girls and found out they were strolling around the village. That made him smile.
"You'll know right away it's them Iruka… they look the same… but they grown up a lot also!" the mother was whisk away by the father because they had to visit the Hokage.
"If I was Naruto…" the sensei was having a hard time looking for Naruto. He then remembers that he had a lunch date with the very same boy… at the ramen shop he liked a lot. He then hurries to the Ichiraku ramen shop to find the boy waiting impatiently inside.
He had grown a bit since he was little. He grew out his hair until it was over his shoulders. He had grown some muscles and was strong, but he still had his childish face and fox-like smile and whiskers. He had on an orange shirt with had a fox head with black fire burning around it and had on black pants with the ending folded a bit because it was a bit big.
"You're finally here Iruka-sensei! I thought you forgot about me!" Naruto told the teacher/father figure. He crosses his arms to show how mad he was.
"Found you Naruto!" Iruka sits down next to the boy and looks at him. "Naruto… do you remember those girls-"
"Iruka… the Hokage is calling you." A ninja appear next to Iruka and gives him a scroll. Iruka reads it and told Naruto that he had to leave.
"What about the thing you wanna tell me?"
"Go to the Hokage Mountain… you'll find out soon enough…" Iruka disappear with the ninja, who gave him a dirty look before going back with Iruka.
"The Hokage Mountain… wonder whats up…" Naruto left without eating ramen, something rare for the owner to see.
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"Remember the first time we played 'tag' with Naruto he didn't know how to play so he was always it?" the girls were racing up the stairs, talking and laughing along the way.
"Yeah! And the time we were trick-or-treating Naruto was a mummy! That was cute!" Takara giggle, remember Naruto had a hard time getting it off after they were all done. "I wonder how they look like now…"
"Yeah… I wonder if Ga-kun has changed to…" Konoka sighs, when they reached the last steps, they stumble and held on to the tree, resting and laughing and gasping for breath.
"Excuse me?" Konoka and Takara looks up to find Kankuro and Gaara looking at the girls who recently came.
"Oh! I'm sorry boys! We ju- Gaara?" Takara's eyes widen, looking at the boy with red hair.
His red hair was spiked up and he had tons of eyeliner on all around his eyes, giving him a mysterious look, but it also made him look like a panda. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a picture of an hourglass. 'Mine, until the end of time…' was written in shadowy, white letters. The sleeves were hanging over his elbows, while a fishnet stopped right over his hands. He had on long pants. It looked like it was a short black with another white pants underneath it, but that was the style.
"Oh my… Gaara?" Takara mouth was hanging at the boy in front of them. Was this really Gaara? Konoka's best friend?
"That's me… you are?" Gaara crosses his arms while Kankuro just eyed the girls, something was familiar about these girls...
"You… don't remember… me and my sis…" Konoka was lost for words, she was hurt and it was showing really well… she takes a deep breath and frowns. She stood up and leans on the tree. "I guess our promise really was nothing to you…" Konoka looks away taking deep breaths to steady herself. She looks up again and smiles a smile so bright, it would have put the sun to shame. "It's a shame that you don't remember our promise… but to see you again Ga-kun… is the happiest thing that can happen to me…"
Gaara's eyes widen in realization, only one person ever called her 'Ga-kun', and he haven't heard it from her since six years. Was this girl, with long black hair and red bangs that looked so familiar to him, be the little Konoka he known? This girl that looked like both her and her sister both looks like some girls that came from a teen model magazine.
"Noka-chan?"
"I still see that you only say two word sentences Ga-kun… and I thought you forgot about our promise…" Konoka crosses her arms and tilts her head at Gaara, grinning. She walks over to Gaara and reaches for his neck and found what she was looking for.
"My necklace… you kept it…" Konoka smiles and hugs Gaara.
"Noka-chan… you're back…" Gaara hugs her back, kissing her forehead. Takara 'awed' and Kankuro scoffed, he lost the bet… oh god how will the village reacted to that? Kankuro went away to god knows where.
"Gaara's hugging a girl? Next thing we know Sasuke is going out with his fan club!" Takara turns her head and looks at the newest arrive of a blonde hair boy with whiskers… wait… whiskers? Takara eyes widen… only one person had those, but right now what he said was funny.
"You mean Sasuke-kun? He's still alive? I thought the girls would have gotten to him already!" Takara started laughing so hard, she had to hold the tree for support before she starts laughing on the grass holding her sides.
"Who's this? Some new student that Iruka dumped on me to show around?" Naruto was confuse, what did Iruka want?
Takara then stops laughing and tackles the bewilder boy to the ground in a flash. She reaches for his neck and was happy to find her necklace. She quickly unties it and puts it around her neck, grinning happily like she won a battle.
"Hey! Give that back! It's mine!"
"Naru-chan I can't believe you! I thought we were the best of friends! And you said you'll never forget me and our promise!" Takara had the boy pinned by his arms. Konoka felt sorry for the boy. "What's your best friend name?"
"Her name was Kara-chan… hey wait… Naru-chan? Hey! No one calls me a girl!" Naruto struggle, which was futile.
"Not even little Kara-chan? You didn't seem to mind back then Naruto…" Gaara smirk, he was hugging Konoka's head like he did eight years ago, his head resting on her hair, and Konoka was holding his arms, watching the scene that her sister was causing.
"I haven't heard that name in a long time! So only you remember Gaara-kun!" Takara looks at Gaara and grins. Naruto however, was dumbstruck.
"Kara-chan? As in the girl that left us six years ago and… what the heck took you so long?" Naruto shouted, clearly mad at Takara.
"Aww! Naru-chan is grumpy!" Takara stick out her tongue at the mad boy and singed in a sing song voice. She lets go of his arms and hugs him, squeezing the life outta him.
"Kara-chan… I thought I would never see you again!" Naruto hugged her back, smiling. They were still on the ground and they didn't sense some adults coming.
"This is a nice scene… welcome back girls… I'm glad you boys were the first to find the girls…" Takara and Konoka turn to find the Hokage. They both got out of the position they were in and tackle the man.
"Hokage-sama! We missed you!" Konoka cried out, smiling at him.
"Do you have any new great and exciting story you'll love to tell us?" Takara asked excitedly, they always love hearing stories from the older days in his view. He is, after all, a strong ninja.
"I have some new stories, not about me but about what these two were doing when you were gone." the Hokage smiled at the two girls. They were exactly the same since they left, but gowned up a lot.
'Old man don't you dare!' Gaara freaked out but kept his calm face on.
"Catch up later?" Takara asked, getting off the man, pulling her sister off.
"Sure girls, but now I have to do paper work."
"Aww! How can you do paper work? That gotta be boring!"
"Come on Konoka, it my job and I have to do what has to be done."
"Ok Hokage-sama… you'll still bake for us when we come over?"
"Yes Takara… I'll make those cookies you like…"
"Fure!"
"Come on girls… let Hokage-sama go so he can do his job."
"Okay… hey! Ga-kun, Naru-kun! Wanna spend the night with us?" Takara asked the boys, and when they nodded she started jumping around.
"Takara-ko… we can't go in the house yet… there are a few problems… this is why we came to tell you…"
"The Hokage has offered to let us stay the night with him…" the father told the girls who frowned.
"Noka-chan and Kara-chan are welcome to stay with me…" Gaara offered.
"Can we father?" Takara and Konoka pled, they had their hands under their chin and Konoka was doing the puppy eyes.
"Sure! I know you guys need some catching up to do."
"We just gotta talk with the father."
"Lets go now!" Konoka pulled her father while Takara was pulling the mother to the house that Gaara lives in with his family. Naruto was tagging along. They always used to sleep over at Gaara, so he wouldn't mind.
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"TAKARA! KONOKA! I'VE MISSED YOU!" Temari tackle the girls as soon as they took off their sandaru's. They started talking while the parent talked to the father with Gaara, so Naruto was with the girls, listening to everything they said. The group of friends went to the living room, it had couches, and a bookshelf and a few pictures on the wall.
"What took you guys so long to come back?" Temari asked the twins.
"Yeah Kara-chan! You guys are late!" Naruto just asked, making Takara smile sheepishly and giggle nervously.
"Problems with traveling… can't blame parents for messing up the papers and we land up in the village hidden in the mist…
"We played with this boy named Inari! He was kinda moody… and I've met this boy named Haku… he had long hair!"
"They were building a huge bridge for some reason…"
"Then we left, and then dad found the familiar look of Konoha gates, and then 'ta-da!', we are here in Konoha! We were moving in yesterday so we couldn't look for you that time… and we had the whole day to hunt you guys down! But I had to see the view first… the last view I've seen and the last place I saw you guys!"
"I've missed you Temari-onee-chan!" Konoka hugged Temari again, laughing with her.
"Haven't been called that since you left Konoka." Temari informed them, telling them about what has happen to everyone, like Gaara had turned into a goth when he reached the age of nine. Gaara and his siblings all like wearing black, so Temari was happy that Gaara liked black now, but she knew the reason why.
"Gaara missed you so badly Konoka! He was so depress that he locked himself in his room. When he finally came out… he was full in full black and the only other color on him was that white part of his pants. The next thing, girls were stalking him and asking him out…"
"Wha? Did he say yes? Can I meet his girlfriend? I wanna meet her! It'll be cool!" Konoka asked excitedly, not waiting for Temari to finish. She loved it when people are in love, it was so romantic.
"Konoka… you baka! Won't you be mad if he had a girlfriend?" Takara slap her sister on the back of her head. Yup… they realllly grew up…
"Nope… why?" Konoka asked her sister who sigh and groan in defeat.
"I wonder how our parents went wrong with you! Gaara is… hot! You are his friend! You have to be protective about him and who he goes out with!"
"It's his life… why do I have to be nosy? That's your job!" Konoka swiftly dodge her sister's hand again, smirking when she looked at her again. "Fine... I'll be more protective!" Konoka cross her arm, tilting her head to the side while stick out her tongue.
"You girls didn't let me finish! Gaara didn't go out with anyone… he wouldn't talk to anyone but me and the family, Naruto, Iruka-sensei and the Hokage…"
"What about you Naruto? What you do?"
"Naruto here… he was somehow okay… he played pranks on other people! He even turned this girl he dislike hair orange!" Temari and the girls laugh while Naruto grinned in a devilish way.
"She was the prettiest girl in class… but now she is…" Naruto made a disgusting face, sending a clear message that she was history now.
"So… when does the academy take in new kids?" Konoka asked and her sister nodded. They wanted to get in as soon as possible. They didn't want to sit around doing nothing while their friends get paired off on teams and go on missions and have fun. Oh no! They wanted to go on missions, travel places and meet new people, without forgetting her friends.
"Dunno… will ask Iruka-sensei…"
"Iruka-SENSEI? What happen to the nice quiet Iruka that liked books and spending time at the library go?"
"Some things have CHANGE!"
"I thought he wanted to serve under the Hokage and stuff like that… while reading stories…"
"I bet he'll be your sensei! He is good… but a bit boring…" Temari told the girls who got even more excited.
"Takara-ko, Konoka-ko, you may spend the night here with Gaara and Temari." Takara's and Konoka's parents came into the room, the mother looked nervous with Gaara's dad standing right next to her. Gaara was right behind them, looking happy… like he was smirking.
'Knowing Ga-kun… if he hasn't changed… he must have begged a bit then threaten…' Konoka sigh, she wondered if Gaara was the same.
"Naruto… you may spend the night here as well…" Gaara's father seems to smile… it kinda looked painful for him to smile, like he was frowning all his life or something.
"We'll get you girls your stuff, you just get comfortable and settle down." The father went out the door, chuckling to himself.
"Now you two behave yourself! Don't cause any trouble-"
"Mom…"
"Don't make any noise-"
"Mother…"
"And last but not least! Make sure you take a shower an wear a-"
"OKAY MOM! Love you, mean it, bye!" Takara and Konoka pushed their mother out of the door, heaving a huge sigh of relief, leaning on the door and sliding down slowly. How embarrassing! A knock on the door and the girls scramble for the knob, knowing it was their dad.
"Kono-ko… you don't throw your mother out! I know she gets embarrassing once in a while… but that doesn't give you the right to throw her out…" the father scold Konoka, making her feel guilty.
"Sorry dad…" Konoka said sheepishly, he doesn't know the whole story of what their mother was gonna say next. Their father sighed and gave the girls the bag, and kissed Konoka and Takara on the forehead.
"Well… here are your girls bags… the Hokage also said you are starting school next Monday… take care, alright?"
"Not like we are gonna burn down the house, kill everyone and run away to another village father…" Takara said in a dead-pan voice.
"Although… that does sound like fun…" an evil smirk appears on Konoka's face, she was getting ideas.
"Kono-ko…" the father had a threatening sound in his voice.
"I'm just kidding! BYE!" Konoka wave her hand and the father close the door behind him, waving one last time at his very confusing daughter.
"Kono-ko… aww… what a cute nickname Konoka!" Temari ruffle her hair, making her cross her arms and pout in a childish way.
"I say that Takara fits it better…"
"Liar… just you don't like being called 'ko'…"
"Do I look like a child to you?" Konoka asked impatiently, frowning at her sister.
"No… more like a-" Takara was annoyed a bit… we shall never understand their sister bond because Gaara thought it was wise to stop them.
"Noka-chan… Kara-chan… your rooms…" Gaara pulled Konoka away from Takara. He remembers their infamous 'sister fights'… they were the most dangerous thing in the world. Temari started drinking from her drink that was on the side. She was happily drinking it, taking gulps. She threw the empty can in a nearby trashcan, making a gesture when it flew in.
"Rooms… Ga-kun… do I still sleep with you?" Konoka innocently ask, causing Temari to spit her drink, Naruto to fall off the couch, Gaara to look at her shocked and Takara to laugh at the face Gaara was making.
"Ehh… Konoka-chan… aren't you to old to do that?" Naruto asked her, causing her to shrug her shoulders. He stands up and dusts himself, shaking his hair to find some dust.
"I wanna relive the old fun times! Plus I have to be protective!" Konoka smiles, clearly not understanding what was happening around her.
"You don't gotta follow him to bed!" Takara sighed… her sis was dense.
"But Takara… Ga-kun is like my brother!" Konoka protest to her sister, pointing to the still shocked boy.
"Let Gaara decide! So lil bro… do you want lil Konoka to follow you to bed?" Temari had an evil smirk on her face, eyeing her brother for an answer.
"Err… if Noka-chan wishes it…" Gaara clear his voice and nodded his final decision. Konoka grinned at the older boy, happy.
"How bout you and Naruto, Takara-chan?" Temari looked at the other two who were now standing next to each other.
"WHAT!"
"It'll be fun!" Konoka put one arm around Naruto's and Takara's neck, hanging.
"I'M NOT LIKE YOU!" Takara shouted to her sister, making her grin grow wider.
"Aww! Naruto… wouldn't you like to sleep with Takara? Like old times?"
"That sounded wrong on so many levels!" Naruto took a step forward, making Takara carrying Konoka's weight.
"What? How?"
"Never mind! Lets play something!" Temari dragged her brother while Naruto and Takara got the idea and ran walked after them, leaving a confused Konoka behind.
"What! LIKE what levels?" Konoka ran after them, heading into another room at the end of the hall.
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"Uh huh! I rule! I rule! Takara drools!" Konoka was jumping around the room, cheering happily. She started dancing a bit, laughing a lot.
"Konoka… it's just a game of cards!" Takara called her sister back to sit down.
"But I always beat you in goldfish!" Konoka took her place in the middle of Gaara and Takara, still humming a happy tune.
"How come you always win Konoka?" Naruto sigh while he slump his head and shoulders.
"I guess I'm lucky!" Konoka pats Naruto on the head, like she always does when she was little. Like a little girl petting a fox that was depress.
"Hey… do you remember how we all first met?"
"Yeah! I remember how I met Gaara! We were both 4 years old…"
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I left it here! It was so long:P
If you kill me… you'll never know the ending!
live with it!