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demon to human human to demon
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/ Felines to Nadia/
# Plants to Jeanette#
Yami is back, but she´s not alone, and it´s three persons?
Jeanette´s P.o.v
It´s not only Gaara, but his siblings too, but I don´t really mind that.
Temari run past me, I have no idéa as of why, and Kankuro hurries to the nearest hotel. Gaara takes his time, followed by Yami.
- They sure was in a hurry, I laugh, one could think Kyuubi was on the loose...
- No, Gaara say with a hint of a smile, but I think they have people to see. Temari want to see that lazy-ass Shikamaru and Kankuro want to see his girlfriend, Ino... So they are in a hurry there. Have you thought of my question?
- Yes, I blush, and I have decided to agree to it.
For the first time, I see Gaara smile, a big and real smile. Just for me! I couldn´t have been happier, impossible, it´s just too wonderful! I almost squeal, but hell no! I don´t want to do that, it´s just that I love him so much, and he´s nice. But what happened next was a total chock, he kissed me! I kiss him back, a pink blush made it´s way to my cheeks, not that we care. Then we both agrees on going to the hotel. Me and Nadia lives at the same hotel as Gaara and his siblings will be staying at, the one across the barbeque-resturant, so we´ll be able to see eachother more often. I sound like a love-struck fool, but then again, I am a love-struck now. So it all makes sense, in the end, I´ll ask Nadia if she´ll give me these days off...
Speaking of who, she´s sitting in our room, chatting with Yami and Tsuki.
I tell her the truth, and she´s happy, I never seen her this happy – not since the day Yami and Tsuki cleared their first mission together with us. Or when a new kitten is borned.
- Aww! This is so kawaii! You´ll get married! And to the Kazekage, you know how to pick the right husband, that´s fantastic! I thought you´d marry one of those sissies... I´m glad that didn´t happen...
- Hey! I do got a taste when it comes to men! And Gaara is really a great man. But when will I see you get married?
- When hell freezes over, she snickers, no man can make me agree to marriage. Mostly because I´m too much to handle for them, and because I don´t like most of them.
I sigh, that´s too true, both of those reasons where correct. At least she know it... I probably wont ever see her getting a husband, not that she mind though, she doesn´t really want to be married. Not until she find a man that she approve of and who can approve of her too. I´m just worried, it´s not like I´m afraid she´ll end up alone, but I don´t want her to feel empty and sad when I quit my jobs – I don´t want possible children to grow up with both parents gone working, I want to be there to watch them grow up an become geat people, I want a part in their raising. I need to be, or I´ll just be sad, and I know Nadia probably know this. I can see the sad undertone in her eyes she´s mostly happy for us, but a part of her will miss me, I´ll miss her too. But one have to clear ones priorities, and I know where mine lies, and it´s not in my homevillage anymore. A person in love is a foolish person, but I´d rather be a fool then being alone and wise, I´m sure. I see Yami look at me with wonder written in her face. It´s a silent question.
The question silently asked is: Will you still love me? Or will you give me away? Please love me still!
- Don´t worry Yami, I´ll always love you too, I would never leave you.
Yami look happier and purr deeply, walking over to me, sit down and want to be scratched behind her ears – her way to demand me to confirm my promise. Even if I´m not as good as Nadia on this understanding-felines-thing, but I´m pretty good at understanding Yami nowdays. She taught me to understand her, Yami taught me by re-doing it in certain situation, it´s great! Nadia say she´ll speak human lanuage when she get six years old, she´s five now, and it´s a whole year until then. It´s normal, all nincats grow to speak, but it take them six years to speak understandable. Yami tried two weeks ago, all she said was : Ideind foeoesn, it ment: I see some foes over there... I don´t get that weird speaking. But she´s a feline, so of course, she´s not supposed to speak human. Because it´s not natural to speak in another spieces language. I think it´s because she´s a nincat that she´s going to be able to speak.Tsuki is younger then Yami, she´s only three years old, but that´s because Nadia knew she had to wait until meeting her own partner. I asked why she didn´t have any nincat... I stop scratching Yami´s ears and tell them I´m going to Gaara´s room. Yami return to chat with Nadia.
Sasuke´s Pov
When I wake up, I hear Naruto coming my way, he sound happy.
And I´m not wrong, two seconds later, he´s sitting beside me. A big smile on his face, I think I got a own "little brother" right now, he want to say something – so he does.
- You slept for three days!
- Oh. But since when can you speak so clear?
- Since
Yesterday, he smiles proudly, Iruka-sensei taught me a lot of stuff!
I felt like I already knew it... but it was fun!
I think he´s
starting to remember stuff now, that´s good, I want him to
remember – then he can finally get back home to his own place.
Naruto then dissapears in a yellow flash, looks like he remember the
body flicker no jutsu. That´s a improvement, I think, and he
then return with something to eat and tea. I eat and drink before
getting up, taking a shower, and make myself presentable.
Iruka-sensei is still here, sleeping on the couch, with a couple of
scrolls in his lap.
- How long have he slept?
- since yesterday, he got tired, and told me to train on my own for a while. So I did, but then I heard you wake up, so I ran there.
I guess it´s his way of reasoning. But kami-sama know if I ever can understand it. Iruka wakes up soon after that, telling us that he need to go now, he have a class to teach.
- Well, bye, Naruto. You can keep on training those things I showed you, and then ask Sasuke if he will teach you some moves.
- Bye, Iruka-sensei!
- Hn.
I can´t belive Iruka-sensei said that! Now he´ll be pestering me to teach him stuff! And I have no idéa what on earth I can teach him without risking him to hurt either me or himself gravely... maybe I can teach him one of his old moves? No, he knew some forbidden jutsus, I couldn´t copy them... And I have no idéa how he learnt them, I mean, if they´re forbidden – they can´t be taught that easily. Sometimes I think he has three personalities: goofy, happy, Naruto, angry, pissed and calculating Naruto and then we have the Kyuubi – Wait, Kyuubi isn´t a actual part of Naruto, just a parasiting demon, who got sealed inside Naruto...
And the fourth Hokage did too, but that was Yondaime´s own fault...
- Will you teach me something? Sasuke-niichan?
Now he call me his brother too, I´m not sure what he´ll call me next, perhaps ojisan? Nah, I´d kick his butt if he did.
Naruto get tired of waiting and start training.
- Kage bunshin no jutsu!
Ten Naruto appear beside the original one. I thought he forgot that move... but nooo, Kami-sama thought it would be funny to let him continue his favourite jutsu, and to tease me... he´s evil at times...
- RASENGAN!
OH NO! Not that move! And now he perform it without using both hands? This is not bidding well for the future. Not when he have a bunch of new tricks, both demonic and Kage-leveled things, he absorb their knowedge. This wont end well.
- Hellfire!
The whole lake become steam, damn it, and then it becomes rain. Refilling the lake, I decide that this is enough, I can´let him train those moves until he grow up more.
- That´s enough, Naruto, I don´t want you to get a chakra burn. We can make some ramen and watch a movie?
- No, not ramen, I´d like dango.
- well, that´s my favourite, so of course. If you prefer it right now, I think we can make it together, are you sure you don´t want ramen?
-I said no ramen, he pouts, and I ment it.
- Sure. Just asking.
Him not wating ramen? I like this version better! Muuch better! No more " RAMEN!" maybe Kami-sama isn´t all that bad today...
I make the food, with help from a calm and curious Naruto, and things work out just fine. We eat it under silence, Naruto doesn´t seem to have anything to say right now, and I enjoy the silence.
Well, until I hear a loud " Let me in!" it´s Tsunade-sama...
I let her in.
- what is it?
- I think I have found a way to restore him back to his real age!
- and this is why you ran here, yelling and destroying the silence? For once, Naruto is quiet and actually standable, and I enjoyed it.
-Well, I don´t, I´ll fix this and then take him back to his place. And you´ll be rid of him.
- It´s ok, but I can take him back there after the movie, I promised. And I probably wont hear the end of it if I break it.
- No,she laughs, probably not.
Tsunade walk up to Naruto and turn him back with some chakra and some signs. He´s once again 17 and a half year old, but still quiet, and still wanting to spend time with me. He look so happy, I feel like a real brother, even if I´m only five months older then him.
After watching the movie, and it´s not for kids, it´s called " skeletton key. A good,scary, movie. Naruto thank me for taking care of him, I only answer that he hasn´t been too much of a bother and that he´s not that bad to spend time with. He smile again, tell me he appretiate it very much, and that he´s happy that we cared enough to serach for him.
He´s about to leave when I see somthing: His wings are almost gone now, and the tails is getting shorter, he´s getting back to normal! But I´m sure he´ll never forget this adventure or the merging of three minds, I see my rival/ teammate/ extra brother run home to his apartment and making sure no one spots him, but sooner or later, will people realise that the yellow flash is him, some people have thought it´s Yondaime that comes back from the dead to make sure Konoha is safe... one can say it has it´s pieces of truth, but it´s not that simple, Yondaime and the Kyuubi live in the last Uzumaki here on earth – Yondaimes son and Kyuubis prison. Yet I wonder why he never became like Gaara was when we met him? Both have been lonly for most of the time of their life, hated shunned, despised, demon holders and so on. But they turned out so very different, it´s a very interesting question. But now I have better things to do, like training.
So I went down to the training area and start working out, tomorrow we might have a mission, and I don´t want to hear we aren´t training enough. Well the disgusting, slimy, pink- haired-insekt- monster- thingy called Sakura aren´t, but the other two of us are training hard. I bet she´s the only reason we doesn´t get many higher ranked missions. Because she´s weak. Have no real strenght, but many weaknesses, but she know a lot of things – like healing, that´s the only use we have for her. She´s more a bother then help. But Kakashi says we are a perfectly formed team, we would´ve been if - it weren´t for Sakura, that is. She´s always nagging about me, like all my fangirls, I hate fangirls. They just ruin everything, a perfect day, a training session – eveything they can ruin, they do. I think I need a break, from all fangirls, I want a mission that make it possible to get away for at least a week. One can always hope.
What time is it? Ah, nine pm, good. I call it a day, I´m getting hungry now, so I walk into town. To my favourite resturant, they make delicious dango, and so I enter. I get a really bad shock when I see Naruto there, eating a little of everything, in human speed! This is weird.
I see Gaara too and some girl I´ve never seen before, they look like a couple, his girlfriend? Things is getting way too weird, the only thing that can shock me now is if there´s getting dark in the middle of the day...
I take a seat beside Naruto, he greet me and ask how my day have been.
I tell him it´ve been fine, order dango when the waitress comes along, and then ask about his day.
- It have been ok, he answers, I have thrown out all things that broke. I´ll buy new stuff tomorrow, that will be good, I´ll miss those old things. I have had them all my life, but it´s just stuff, nothing to get emotional over.
I´m suprised to hear that he´s not really attached to his things, his only company for almost whole his life, he´s gotten really mature since last time he was 17½ years old. I think the kidnapers beat him, and did other things to make him tougher, he´s a lot more like me, without getting as cold or harsh as I am most of the time. But not with him, I can´t be that way with him, he has become my brother. In a good way, not the bad – not like with my real bother, I like spending time with him nowdays. I have no idéa when or why it suddenly changed, why I now love to spend time with him, and we have fun.
Naruto´s P.o.v
I actually spend time with Sasuke, and we both enjoy eachothers company, we laugh and talk all night. And it feel like everything I went trough was worth it in the end, becuase I have a unbreakable bond now, and I´m not alone anymore. I can easily buy new furniture, but I can never replace a bond. I know what is more important. Sasuke and I talk about almost everthing, we talk about missions, about Sakura and how annoying she are. After that time I had a silly crush on her, I´ve learnt just how much annoying and a bother she really are. I want to go home now and get some sleep. I see Gaara and his girlfriend, decides to be polite and talk to them. Sasuke have just left, while I was still thinking, I can´t blame him for being tired. I really wasn´t easy to handle as a chibi...
- Hi,Gaara! Who´s your lovely girlfriend?
- Hello, it´s fiancé since earlier this day, her name is Jeanette. Second- in-charge- Tsukikage. But she want to leave the position and become my wife and headwoman in my village, we are very lucky, both me and the village...
- Congratlations! I´m glad to hear that, I told our life isn´t over because we both ran into big trouble when we were very small...
- No, Gaara smiles, I guess you were right then. And I´m happy I listned. I really am.
- I´m glad I could be helpful! See you two later! And I´m happy to hear you two found happiness.
I walk past the first store I got literally kicked out of, I was three years old, it was my first time I had to go shopping on my own.
Flashback
Sandaime hokage took care of me until I were one and a half year old, then he sent a man he trusted, but that man was killed by some villagersa couple of weeks just before that day. I went there because I needed some thing to eat, I was very hungry, the supplies was long gone. I had starved for three and a half week, waiting for him to come back and talk to me, I was so lonley - but I trusted him to come back... He always told me I wasn´t allowed to go out, becaue it was too dangerous for me to do that, I had to go out. I was too hungry, and I was getting thinner and thinner, I couldn´t go on without food. So I went out, grabbed some money and went out, for the first time in my life. I had never experienced so much hate. I was scared, and I was hungry, so I ran here to buy food. Some man lift me up, I was happy, the man who took care of me used to do that and tell me that we could do something later. That was a short happiness, this man just yelled and kicked me out of the store, screaming " demon!" and many other followed him. I was really frightned, I had never seen so many people in my whole life! I had no idéa what a demon was, nor why people yelled at me, I ran until I found other stores. Tried there, go the same response there, in the end I ended up sitting beside the Ichiraku ramen stand and cried. The owner heard me and felt sorry for me, asked if I was hungry, and he smiled at me. I answered the truth, I was very hungry. I payed him all I got, but he gave me back the most of my money, and a huge bowl of ramen. I ate until I got sick, one shouldn´t eat so much after starving for so long, and I learnt it the hard way. But the owner didn´t scold me at all, he helped me, I was grateful. He helped me back home, left some instant ramen. I started eating it for that reason and I have done it ever since. I love that place, it´s about the only place that hasn´t anything against me, so I became it´s best costumer.
end of flashback
No more sentimental thoughts. I walk further home, when I see a girl about my age, she is cursing something and with her are two huge felines. One is black and big as an adult bear, the other white with black spots and the same size as the girl, no – young women I belive one call it when at our age.
- why are you yelling at no one in particular?
- I´m lost! She say with a very upset voice, I was looking for my friend – Jeanette, Yami here are her nincat partner, and she isn´t used to be separated for this long. She get really mean when she´s upset, I know – I raise nincats in my village. The bigger ones, my mother take the smaller ones.
She´s blushing slightly, she smile a little, like she´s glad I´m here.
- I know where she is, I answer, in the resturant over there. Let the, wait a minute you call these "cats" !
- Yes, we do, and they are to us. And I love to work with them. Yami, you can find Jeanette now, I think she´d rather be alone with Gaara. But go there, me and Tsuki will try to find the way back to he hotel...
the huge black "cat" walk into the resturant.
- I can how you back to the hotel, or I could show you around, so you´ll find your way on your own next time.
- Thank you. I´d like a tour. Are you from here?
- Yes, I´m Uzmaki Naruto, the prankster here. I´ll become the Hokage one day.
- Ah, the holder of Kyuubi, I have read about you. I´m Nadia Neko, the Tsukikage, and this is Tsuki – my nincat partner.
Shit! The one really nice girl I have met already know how bad reputation I have.
- I guess you don´t want to be seen with me, then, not many who know about Kyuubi want that.
- I don´t care about that furball, I think you are a nice guy, and I´m not afraid. I still want you to show me around, and I know Tsuki want too, she scowl me for not listening to Tsunade-sama...
what! She don´t mind the Kyuubi! This is wonderful! Her deepblue eyes with golden streaks, a bit cat-like, and her last name mean exactly that, "cat", the eyes look so alive. Her ,long, midnightblue hair look like silk. She´s really beautiful. Oh, back to the conversation!
- Tsunade-baachan? She´s so boring sometimes, but she´s a nice person and she´s like an aunt to me, so I don´t have much against her. She acknowledge me, unlike so many others, so I care much for her. The only thing is: I can´t really respect her as most people does...
- Who can? She only brag, is an alcoholist, gambler and yet a decent hokage...
- I know, shall we go?
- of course, I´d never miss this chance, I think the village look so much better in the darkness.
- Sometimes I agree, but it´s not as fun to prank someone that sleep...
- No, she answers, I know that.
We walk and speak of all kinds of stuff, Tsuki follow us, I show them the best places around. Then back to the hotel she told me she lives in. Wow, a fun, nice, carefree, and interesting kage? I´d never thought I´d see that before I become a hokage... She´s amazing.
We part with a promise to meet again tomorrow.
Gaara´s P.o.v
I´m really happy today! I will get married to the most amazing woman on earth, I guess Naruto wasn´t wrong at all, I have told her about Shukaku. Yet she smiled warmly at me and kissed me, before saying that it didn´t matter, that she´ll always love me for who I am. And I belive her, I really do, and I´ve never been so happy in my whole life. I never want this to end, and I know that it wont, not this time.
And I smile all the time when I´m with Jeanette, her last name means heart, and she make mine beat undescribeably fast. I have never doubted this is the one person for me, and I´ll never regret the day I asked her to marry me, I know it. And I´m not the one to change my mind. Her smile make me melt on the spot, I haven´t felt so many feelings for a very long time, not since my aunt. I thought my aunt was the only one who cared or me, but she didn´t
, but I know Jeanette does. She feel the same for me, and I can feel it cearly, I have never ever been a emotional person. But suddenly I am, and it feels so good, I kiss her. But in the same second, her huge cat comes in and interrupt the whole thing, I get very pissed – but I´m not showing it.
- Yami! You don´t have to follow me everywere, you could´ve stayed with Tsuki, and found something else to do...
- I agree.
- I´m sorry, this wasn´t expected at all, but Yami has a problem with separation. We are working on it.
She´s soo adorable when she blushes, and her nincat purrs loudly, before Yami lick me in the face. Ok, I guess this means I´m accepted, and I´m happy. Oh, so many emotions in the same time, how do people handle this? But I don´t mind at all. I have the most wonderful woman on the earth as my fiancé, so there can´t be anything that goes bad. I can easily drown in Jeanette´s fantastic eyes, we look in eachothers eyes, and get lost in the moment. I can finally belive in true love, and I´ll never let go. I decides to show her around the places in Konoha, the ones I prefer, and I have to say – this place has it´s very romantic places. Yami leaves us soon, bored, and we get this night back on track. I would prefer to show her around my own village, but she´s needed here for now, I suceeded to convince the original Tsukikage to her job and do it without Jeanette. It was tough, but she decided to agree to it, saying that she´d rather do the job all alone then seeing Jeanette there and sad. And people say she´s not easy to talk to, they´re partly right, but she can understand. Not as much as Jeanette, but enough to do the right thing in the end. I have no disagreement tonight. We ran into my siblings at some point, Temari and the laziest ninja in Konoha – Shikamaru are dating now. Kankuro run around with Ino, I´ll never get that pairing, because Ino is very dominant and bossy. And Kankuro is also kind of bossy, but none of them are as bossy as I am, the main thing is that they love eachother.
- What are you thinking about?
I guess it´s time to tell her.
- I spoke to the Tsukikage, and came to a agreement. After this mission, you will come with me to my village, and she´ll manage her own work. Of course we´ll visit, and get your things, invite your family and friends to the wedding.
- And she didn´t kill you! That´s amazing. She really doesn´t like to change her plans, once she actually made one. She´s a bit hot-tempered...
- Let´s not talk about that. Now is not the time, are you sure you want this?
- Of course, I´ll make a special place for my plants, so they can grow well. And then everything is alright, I really want this, and nothing will ever change that. I´ll never change my opinion, I love you.
I have wanted to hear those little words my entire life, and now, when I finally hear them – I know my waiting was worth it. And to hear them again, is what makes my life worth living. That and Jeanette, I correct myself, I´m a very lucky man. I´ll be married soon. I remember the talk with Naruto earlier, he was damn right all this time, hate wont take one far – but love ln the other hand will always take you farther then one might suspect. I sometime wish that I had the same point of view as he, but then, I wouldn´t have been me then. And if I wasn´t me, who would Jeanette love? Not me. So, in the end, I´m lucky to be me.
- I want to tell you, the sand village hasn´t as good weather as this or the Tsukigakure no sato, do you think you´ll still be able to handle the harsh weather?
- Stop worrying so much, she smiles friendly, I said I´ll manage. As long as you´re here, Gaara, I can and will manage whatever the world throw at us.
- I just need to know, I don´t want you to go there totally unprepared, and then wont be able to handle it...
she laughs at that comment and then tell me I worry for nothing, kiss me, and remind me that it´s past midnight. I sleep nowdays, so I realise I need to sleep too, so we both say goodnight and get into our rooms. I meet Kankuro and Temari there, waiting for me, and they doesn´t look too pleased...
- Where he you been! You´d better not have killed anyone...
- Don´t worry. I haven´t killed anyone after the battle between me and Uzumaki Naruto and I wont do it unless I really need to do it. I have to go to bed now.
- Had a nice date?
I glare at them, in my trademark way, it make them run back to their beds and stay there. I go to bed, totally exhausted, and fall asleep as soon as I place my head on my pillow.
This is one of the greatest days of my entire life.
A demon holder isn´t all I´ll ever be, after all, and I thank the gods for this.
Nadia´s P.o.v
I can´t belive I met a relly wonderful guy! Not even the sissy Kazekage can destroy this great mood I´m in right now. Well, he´s not all that bad, Jeanette love him. Therefor, he can´t be a lousy man, and I´m glad for Jeanette´s sake. But I could kill Gaara sometimes, he just thought I would let go of Jeanette. She´s my best friend and I´ll miss her, but as her best friend, I want her to be happy. So I have nothing against Gaara´s idéa. Back to happier thoughts. Naruto-kun is really wonderful guy, and I think he´s very handsome, kind, loveing, charming and absolutley wonderful. I hope he´s single... Wait! I´m not a love-sick kitten! Oh, heck, I am! Damn it! And I can´t even hate it! I even blush, I guess it´s ok, Naruto is a great choise.
- OH NO! HELL IS FREEZING OVER!
I wince at the loud noice.
- Stop yelling! Jeanette, I don´t like to hear nonsense this time of night. Hell doesn´t even exist... and what does hell have with anything to do?
- It does too, and it´s freezing over, thanks to you!
- oh kaay, what the heck are you talking about? And hell is just something religion use to put fear in it´s followers...
- You´re in love! And blushing! This is the end of humanity!
- Um, Jeanette? What on earth are you talking about, Yes, I´m in love with someone. But it´s not the end of the world...
Her panic suddenly change into curiousity.
- Who is it? Tell me! I wanna know all details! Come on give me all tasty details. I knooww you wanna... come on! Come on! Teelll mee!
- Geeze, who gave you a overdose of sugar? I´ll tell you.
- YAY!
- Tomorrow... Sleep now.
- Aww, no fair, ok. But you´re in trouble if I don´t get to hear it tomorrow...
- You will, I yawn, but not now.
With that, I fall asleep.
Next morning. I wake up to the sound of Tsuki´s voice.
/ She´s getting weirder today.../
don´t worry, Tsuki, I´m not that bad...
/ Not you, she snickers, her. Jeanette./
love does that to most people, Tsu, she´s just happy and hyper today. She´ll return to her old self some day... but she´s not coming back to us soon, she´ll go with her mate, and stay with him.
/ aren´t you sad? I am, this means Yami wont play with me anymore... Don´t fall in love.../
Too late, Tsu, but don´t worry – we wont leave Tsukigakure no sato. I´m the ninth Tsukikage, and the raiser of all the villages grand felines. We wont ever leave. It´s our home, and my responsibilty to take care of it.
/ Thank, all mighty felines from the past, present and future for that/
That´s their version of "thank God for that"!
- Weelll? You promised...
- Jeanette, I will tell you, calm down. I was sitting here, when Yami got worried, so we went looking for you. We got lost, since neither me or they listned to Hokage-samas description. So, while I stand there cursing about everything, a blonde guy comes up to me. We start talking, and I realise he´s Uzumaki Naruto, the Kyuubi´s container. He show me and Tsuki around and we talked a lot, and he´s such a great guy ... And I realised that Konoha and Tsukigakure isn´t all that different, besides that our buildings are much more well-kept even though our village is so much older – Tsukigakure was the second Village ever built, just after the hidden village of the sun. But back to where I was, he was so nice and loveable. We decided to meet again today. He want to become the next Hokage.
- That wouldn´t be good for a relationship, if both of you are kages?
- I don´t know if things will get that far, we´ll just wait and see.
- Aaww. This is just too good! You´re in love! It look like we both found demon holders to love... it´s just adorable!
- stop fangirling... I want the real Jeanette back!
- I AM the real Jeanette! But it´s just so cute, to think we both found demon wielders, what´s the chance of that happening?
- As if I care? I just wanna get some breakfast, go explore some more, and resume to my duties. All that´s left is to sign the last papers.
- So, I can go, ne?
- Hai.
No P.o.v
Nadia get dressed and at the back of her robes are the village symbol, a fullmoon and a silver dragon that flies around the moon. Jeanettes long, crimson, dress also have this symbol on the back. Both now that this is a great new day that they should do the most of.
- I´ll be around, with Gaara and Yami, so no need to look for me.
- Ok, I´ll be around with Naruto and Tsuki, after I´m done with the last details.
- Who´ll be Tsukikage if you disappears too?
- I´m not going anywhere, Jeanette-chan, I´ll remain Tsukikage until the day I die - which, mind you, will be a long time from here. So that´s not any problem.
- But if he asked you to marry you?
- No differences, Jeanette-sama, because my job mean that I will protect my village until I no longer is among the living. And I can´t just give up that for my personal feelings, it would be a huuuge betrayal towards them, when I´m still at my early ages and still strong. I just can´t do it...
- You´ll do what you feel is right when the moment comes, not before, not after – not until the moment arrives. Ok?
- Hai. You´re right, I should put that decision to when it´s relevant information, not worrying until I need to. The kittens have grown to be real nincats during these two days, I´m so proud! They finished only slightly slower then Yami and Tsuki did, but I´m really happy with the results, they finished in only one month! I´m as proud as their parents would be if they were here right now. I´ll send them home today – the survival test is to get back home safe and sound.
- Ok. Sounds fair enough, it´s a long way to travel for so young kittens, and they can use the experience later on.
/ Ok, Kion, Sora and Utae, I know you three are well aware of what´s await you... your survival test. This test will determinate if you are suitable for joining the proud and srtong Nincat clan of Tsuigakure. The test is for you to get home with only eachother or all alone – that´s your individual choise to make, or if you decide together, I don´t care of how you do it. Start the journey... now! See you when/if you get home safe.../
with those words, the kittens scatter and head back to Tsukigakure, Jeanette and Nadia watching them running all they can to reach the goal.
- That was fast, Jeanette say in a stunned voice, what did you tell them?
- Not much, Nadia answers with a chuckle, only the rules and what the test was.
- Ok, she shake the whole thing off her, I´m off now!
- See you sometime, Jeanette-chan, and I hope it to be soon!
With that, the friends separated for the first time since the time they met and Nadia handed over Yami to Jeanette, and went to different directions. Both womens eyes tell that they know they´ll meet again, and the nincats follow their partners, sad and happy at the same time. All four with tears in their eyes.
RyuNeko: Well that´s this chapter!
Kompis: Yup. And I happen to be very happy that felines also can be ninjas now! Not only mutts!
Wildcat: I agree with the little black and white nutcase...
Kompis: I´M NO NUTCASE! I HAPPEN TO BE THE GREAT SPIRIT OF A BELOVED PET!
Wildcat bored : and your point is?
Kompis: that you´re a imaginary muse, borned from RyuNeko-samas head, to help her! I´m at least real, or was at some point...
RyuNeko: Review... Pwease? Puppy eyes Ja ne!
