Chapter Nine: The Call

AN: FYI this chapter will be different for I will be posting Kora's thoughts/flashbacks in italic and the phone calls in italic and bold just so ya know and its only for this chappy. Now… on with the story!

Kora rolled over in her bed. She had gotten home late last night and just wanted to sleep, but this annoying ringing kept her up. She finally realized it was her phone. Goddamn, the LAST thing I wanted to do today was wake up. She answered the phone, "Hello?"

Hello, is Kora Palin there?

Oh god no, not grand father. Why now? "Hello… Grandfather…" Kora said coldly.

You need to come back. We need you!

"No you don't! I'm happy here! Every time I become happy you always ruin it! Not this time!" Kora had begun to raise her voice.

You will NOT raise your voice at me! You will come back and that's final. If you don't I WILL have Misha come get you.

Why Misha? Goddamn…She's the only one who believed that it wasn't my fault for Mom's death. "I'll have to talk to the Hokage and see if it's alright with her. I'll call you back in a few days" Kora hung up the phone. This is all too troubling ((no I'm not trying to copy Shikamaru))… Right when every things going good for me he has to fuck it all up! She went upstairs and changed into her normal cloths. Then she grabbed some breakfast and headed to the Hokage's office.

There she heard Tsunade yelling at someone. "I AM NOT AN OLD LADY!" Tsunade yelled. Kora sweat-dropped the only one that called Tsunade 'old lady' was Naruto. Kora sighed and knocked on the doors. "Come in AND YOU! GET OUT!" Tsunade said/yelled. The doors flew open and Naruto ran out. Kora was shocked, she had never seen him move so fast. "Oh Kora! Come in, come in." Tsunade said sounding completely different than she did a minute ago. "Um, H-hello ma'am. I need to talk to you about something really important." Kora said not sure how to start. Tsunade told her to sit down. She did and immediately started telling her about the phone call.

When Kora had finished Tsunade was shocked. "Why would he want you back?" she asked. Kora looked down and said, "I don't know and if I'm right, he would do anything to get to me. Even it that means hurting the ones I'm closest to." "I see. So what do you want to do about it?" Tsunade asked crossing her arms.

"I… don't know… but I think I should go back and see what he wants, but I want guards, who have strict orders to not let me stay there for more than two weeks. I'll tell you this much, he is not to be trusted and ALWAYS keeps his word." Kora said looking between about to kill someone and on the verge of tears. Tsunade nodded and said, "Understood. You are a part of Kohona, even if you were not born here. I trust your judgment." "Thank you ma'am," Kora said standing up and bowing. Tsunade nodded and Kora walked out of the room.

Kora yawned as she was walking back to her house. Ok, I'm going to go back to sleep and when I wake up yawn I'll take a shower. She trudged through her front door and almost didn't make it to her bed before she was asleep.

When she woke up it was around four in the afternoon. She drug herself out of bed and into the shower. Yea it was cold, but it jolted her fully awake. As she looked into her broken mirror ((an: She punched it on her tenth birthday and her aunt never replaced it.)) and saw that the scar on her neck from a few years ago had gotten a little smaller.

Flashback

"YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE BITCH!" Her grandfather has screamed trying to hit her with a katana. She was 6 and already wanted to die because of the way almost everyone treated her. She luckily rolled out of the way from the deadly sword but it slightly hit her neck leaving a deep wound. She screamed and clutched her neck. "Why grandpa? Why?" She choked between sobs. "Blame your mother and father" he snarled at her. He tried to go at her again but her favorite guardian, Misha, had stepped in front of her and blocked the Katana. "Kora! RUN! Go back to your mom! I'll make sure he stays here." Misha had yelled before Kora ran out of the room into the drowning darkness to find her mom. That's when she heard the scream…

End FlashBack

She hated that memory. It reminded her of why she was in Kohona. Yet, she was kinda glad this all this happened, or she wouldn't have met Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, or Kakashi-sensi. But those few who treated her like a person always got hurt protecting her. She sighed and tied her head-plate loosely around her neck so it covered her scar. She was going to go shopping to get some new cloths. As she walked out of the door she grabbed her coat and sprinted to the town center.

Of all the stores she passed the one that caught her eye was called 'Speed of Sound' ((I'm listening to the song right now. So, sorry.)) and she passed it every once 'n a while. She walked in and it much resembled 'Hot Topicâ'. ((I love this store already!)) She picked out TONS of jeans and T-shirts. She also bought another leather Jacket and spiked bracelets. When she had bought about $400 worth of clothes she decided that was enough.

Once she got home she changed out of her usual clothing and put on a pair of black and blue tripps and a black tank top. She put on the chains and went back out to train.

At the training grounds she was perfecting one of her kekei-genki. A blue orb grew in front of her and started to grow until the clearing was engulfed. Then water filled the inside. If any one had been in there they surly would have drowned. She broke the orb and smirked. She was getting better, mentally and physically. She pulled two kunai out of a pocket and started attacking a shadow clone. Her shadow clones were different from others though, even if you hit them they didn't disappear. She learned this trick right before her parents died.

After she finished training she was going to head to the Ramen shop. She still had to figure out a way so Naruto wouldn't have to go with her to see her Grandfather. I could always tell him I hate him and to leave me alone, but, I don't want to do that. There has to be another way. She sighed and ordered a bowl of ramen. She was to leave tomorrow evening, which was not enough time to think of something. She absentmindedly poked her Ramen sill trying to think of another way. Yeah she could tell him not to come but he wouldn't listen, everyone knew that. She hadn't even realized that Kakashi was sitting right next to her. "Kora, are you okay?" Kakashi said ordering himself his own bowl of ramen. Kora softly said, "No. I have to go to my grandfathers tomorrow and I don't want Naruto coming. I mean I know our cell will be one of the ones chosen to protect me." "Yea we are going to be one of your many guards, but as for Naruto, I'm not sure." With that said he grabbed his ramen, paid the man, and poofed away. Well he wasn't much help.

Sorry about all the updates to this chapter…. My computer was being evil and only posting half the chapter… but I fixed it.

Next chapter: Good-bye's are forever.