Chapter 3
"Man Naruto. You need to learn more self control! I'm ashamed to be your friend sometimes." Sakura held her head in frustration.
"Aww Sakura-chan, don't say that. I didn't mean to I swear! Its ero-sennin's fault I swear!" Naruto cried defensively.
"Ugh it's always someone else's fault with you. Why don't you take responsibility for your actions?"
"Sakura-chan…"
"Forget it Naruto. Just come on, we have to go check on that girl from the mission." She walked away with Naruto standing still, staring sadly at her back.
Sakura finally reached the room and slid open the door.
"Eh?" Her eyes widened and her mouth fell open.
"Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan! What's wrong?" Naruto sped down the hall and stopped as fast as he could to keep from crashing into Sakura's back.
"She's gone?"
"Naruto…"
"Huh? Yeah Sakura-chan?"
"That girl we rescued, what did she look like?"
"Uh…I think she had kinda long green hair and red eyes why…oh."
"Naruto."
"Yeah…Sakura-chan."
"We're going to run on the count of five."
"One…"
"…Two."
"…Three."
"Four…"
"FIVE!"
The two dashed off leaving only a trail of dust behind them and a door left wide open.
"Ugh…my back hurts." Cramped up in a most uncomfortable position was a green haired girl scantly clothed in nothing but underwear and bandages.
"It's getting dark and I have no where to stay.-SIGH- How the freaking heck did I get here?"
"I bet my TV's cursed or something…yeah that's it, I have a cursed TV that randomly felt like sending me to the world of my favorite anime." She said sarcasticly.
"Maybe if I find them again, I can see if they'll help me get some clothes."
"Ok, now to get out of this stupid slide and start trying to find some clothes…Crap…oh great I'm stuck!" She tried to pull her elbow out from under her back while also getting her foot untangled from her hair, getting her other foot and arm untangled and not fall out from the slides exist.
"This my dear Watson…will take awhile."
About thirty minutes later she emergedcough cough- fell- cough from the slide with tangled hair and numerous bits of chipped yellow paint covering her limbs.
"Ah, well that was easy enough." She grinned to herself.
She glanced around at her surroundings looking for any sign of human life. The street was…eerily quite. There was not a single person anywhere.
"What happened to all the people? –SIGH- oh well, I guess I'll just try and find Naruto and Sakura. It looks like I'm stuck here so I might as well tell them what happened.
She walked around for at least thirty minutes but still no one around. A few seconds later and an enormous gate came to view.
"The gate to Konoha. Wow it's so much bigger than on T.V…well I suppose that would be obvious. "She sweatdropped and stood in place pondering the difference in the city now and when it was on a screen.
"Open the gate!"
"Gate Opening!"
"Huh. What the heck!" She awoke from her daze and turned to see the doors of the gate opening slowly. With her mouth wide open she stood awestruck. (AN: this is happening the same time as the scene at the end of the second chapter. This is merely her point of view. So she gets there as Gaara and his friends get there. I hope that doesn't confuse you any if it does, just send me a review asking your question. Kay well enjoy the rest of the chapter)
Three figures emerged from outside the village. The tallest one stood towards the far right with his arms crossed. The strange purple paint was a dead give away. Kankuro.
On the far left side stood a girl with four ponytails arranged on the back of her head. Strapped to her back was a large fan; once again a dead giveaway. Temari.
In between the two was a shorter figure. Strands of crimson hair stuck out from underneath a cone like shaped hat with cloth hanging from the sides. Most of his face was shadowed but two distinct green eyes peered from underneath.
Sabaku no Gaara.
The attention of the newly arrivals was drawn to a single girl who stood planted in the middle of the street half-naked. Her eyes were wide; so wide in fact, it was a surprise to the tallest one that her eyes hadn't fallen off her face.
'Oh no! I didn't think anyone was here. What do I do?' She screamed mentally.
"Uh…um…'scuse me." She did a tiny bow and scrambled off further into the village.
"Well…that was…interesting?"
"Shut up Kankuro, let's just go." Kankuro glared at Temari who was already walking ahead with Gaara.
'Where do I go!'
She ran and ran trying to ignore the stares.
'Where do I go!'
A speck of orange and pink was far in the distance.
'WHERE DO I GO!'
The two specks of color slowly morphed into two teenagers with eyes wide open and mouths dropping to the floor.
"HEY! Girl STOP!" Naruto yelled.
"Ohhh noo…NARUTO RUN!" Sakura screamed taking a step back.
The half-naked girl was charging towards them apparently oblivious that they stood in the road.
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-BAM!-
The three collided falling to the floor.
"Ugh my head." Naruto whined grabbing his throbbing skull.
"Naruto get off me."
"Huh? What was that? Sakura where are you?"
"Naruto get off me!"
"Sakura what happened? Where'd ya go?"
"NARUTO GET THE HELL OFF ME!"
"Sakura there you are!" said Naruto happily. "Oh yeah hahaha sorry 'bout that." He jumped up and helped Sakura up.
"Yeah yeah. Hey, are you ok?" She said looking at the girl lying on the floor with a huge bump on her head and swirly eyes.
"So your names Saiyu?"
"Mhmm. It's a pleasure to meet you Naruto-san, Sakura-san."
"Hahahaha just Sakura is fine."
"Oh, hai."
"So, do you have a place to stay?"
"Umm…hai. I do." 'Not'
"Oh. Ok well I have to go check in to the hospital but maybe we can hang out sometime. Ja ne."
Sakura waved and smiled to the two before walking off.
Naruto watched Sakura's retreating form then turned towards Saiyu.
"You don't have a place to stay do you?" He asked.
"Well…uh ya see…" She looked embarrassingly at him.
"Hehe. Why don't you stay with me?"
"What! No no I couldn't do that to you. Really I'm ok so you don't have to worry."
"Well you don't have a place to stay right? So it would only make sense if ya stayed with me." He grinned at her and held his head up stubbornly.
"But Naruto-san, I couldn't. You saved my life and that in itself is so much. I'll be ok, so please don't worry about me. I already owe you so much."
He was silent for a moment. Just when she started relaxing he shot out his hand and tightly grasped hers.
"Come on Saiyu lets go." He pulled her hand along with him.
Saiyu opened her mouth to protest but deciding not to, merely smiled gently at Naruto's back letting him pull her along.
A little while later they reached an apartment building. Still holding her hand, he did a single hand signal and put a foot against the wall.
'I wonder what he's doing.'
'I think I saw this in an episode but I don't remember…doesn't he-'She was interrupted when she felt her arm being tugged. She looked up to see Naruto slowly walking on the wall.
"Naruto! What are you doing?" She called franticly. Naruto looked down to Saiyu who was clenching the grass with her toes and foaming at the mouth.
"Holy shit! Saiyu what's wrong?" With a strong flow of chakra holding him to the wall, he reached out his other arm and grasped both her hands.
"Come on. It's the easiest thing in the whole world to climb walls." He said looking at her with disbelieving eyes.
She looked down and he cocked his head to the side. After a moment her eyes met his.
"Kay. Let's go Naruto-kun." She smiled brightly and held on tighter to his hands.
He looked away to hide the red tint adorning his striped cheeks.
The screaming sound of boiling water echoed through the small apartment room. A small table sat low to the ground in front of a scratched TV set. Two cups sat across from each other, right next to two bowels of ramen. Saiyu picked up her chopsticks and took a small bite of her ramen. Across from her Naruto slurped loudly. His eyes were glued to the TV which was advertising a new brand of Ninja sandals.
Saiyu stared at Naruto's face. He looked completely innocent and childish. Her lips trembled slightly and she tore her eyes away.
'That's right, the most noble and loyal person that ever lived, is the container of the most feared demon ever to set foot on the earth.' Tears swelled at the corner of her eyes.
'It's not fair. Why does someone so innocent have to be forced into such a fate. Why couldn't it be someone else? Someone heartless…someone greedy or uncaring…or, someone like me.' She gazed at her hands. They were clenched tightly.
"Do you wanna go to the park today Saiyu?"
"No Moiji. I'm playing on the computer."
"Come on you never want to go."
"I said no!" "God can't you leave me alone!"
"Saiyu, we're going out to eat, do you want to go?"
"No thanks. I'll probably just heat something up."
"Alright if you're sure."
"Yeah. Bye, love you"
"Three people died today in a car crash. A husband and wife and their son. It seems they left behind their 14 year old daughter. In later news-"
'I loved you all. But…did you guys know that?' Her tears dripped down her cheeks splashing on her hands.
Naruto who was completely absorbed in the TV, turned his attention to the other figure in the room quietly sniffling.
"Eh…Saiyu what's wrong!" He jumped from his seat and ran over to her.
She started sobbing harder and harder rocking her body back and forth. Naruto's eyes widened and his mouth fell to the floor.
'Kuso. I don't know how to cheer up crying girls. On no oh no oh no.' He looked side to side searching fro anything thing to help him…but of course since it's Naruto we're talking about, he couldn't find anything.
Taking a deep breath he thought to himself. 'I hope this works.'
His arms wrapped gently around her waist and pulled her body into his lap. He set his head on her shoulder and waited to see her reaction.
She immediately relaxed and leaned into his stomach. Naruto, being a young guy of course and having no luck with the ladies; turned completely scarlet.
"I love them." Saiyu whispered.
"Huh. Loved who?"
"My family. I love them."
"Where are they?"
"…"
"Oh… gomen nasai."
"They died in a car accident. But I didn't die cus I didn't go."
"…"
"I never appreciated my family as much as I should have. I loved them then and I love them now, but I don't think they knew."
"Of course they knew! They're your family."
"I never liked to hang out with my little brother. And my mom and dad thought I was lazy sometimes, but they still loved me. Maemi…Maemi loved me for who I was as well. She was my best friend and like a sister to me. But I was the one who started causing problems. It was my fault."
"It wasn't your fault; you couldn't do anything about it."
"Maemi got a boyfriend and I didn't like him. I was jealous that he hung out with her more than she did with me and I caused problems for him."
"It's alright, I'm sure they knew you loved them."
"…I…suppose your right. We had lots of fun…"
"Hey Saiyu."
"…"
"Saiyu…oh." He lifted his head from her shoulder and smiled at her sleeping form.
"Goodnight Saiyu-chan." He whispered.
