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I yawned and rolled over, forgetting that I was on a small grass bed. I felt a small rock push into my back annoyingly and I rolled back over. I opened my eyes and turned my head to look at Agrona. She was curled up with her tail on top of her nose. It would flutter in the air occasionally as she breathed.
I sat up and looked around. The sky was filled with soft swirls of reds and oranges, pinks and yellows which told me it was about dawn. I crawled off the bed, rustling the leaves under me. Agrona's head immediately shot up at the noise. I winced at my careless mistake. 'Oh man, I forgot she was a light sleeper'
"It's ok Ona, just me" She barked and yawned, showing her numerous dagger-like teeth. I waved my hand in front of my nose.
"Pee-u...talk about morning breath" I teased. She barked, looking slightly offended. I ruffled her already messy hair.
"Relax girl, I was just kidding!" She barked again, seemingly satisfied with my answer. I got up and stretched my sleepy limbs, realizing that I could stretch. I yawned again.
"Seems that I feel a whole lot better today. Shall we get going then?" She barked and yipped at me, and pretended to pounce on something. I grinned at her.
"You're right, how could I forget breakfast? We wouldn't want you to skip a meal would we?" She ran over and nipped at my heels, barking excitingly. I laughed again.
"All right all right, do I need to glue down your paws to make you wait?" She quickly sat down. I'm guessing gluing her paws down was not on her 'to-do' list. I sighed with a smile. After having a small breakfast of leftover meat, I went over to the camp fire, tossing the stones away from us and using Agrona's tail to sweep the remains clean. We looked back to admire our work.
"Now I know we are not the best housemaids, but I'm assuming that's a job well done, don't you?" She barked, her tongue hanging out.
"Come on Ona," I said getting serious, "we better start moving" I patted my thigh, a sign for her to follow. She obediently appeared pressed against my leg, obviously remembering yesterday. And we started off.
"Are we there YET!" Naruto asked again. Sasuke's eye twitched.
"No stupid, we just started. Care to enlighten us on how we could be there after setting out five minutes ago?" Naruto looked indignant.
"I didn't know it was five minutes!" Sasuke sighed.
"I'm surprised you know anything…"
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!"
"It means you're a moron…"
"AM NOT!"
"Guys…bickering won't get us there faster you know…"
"What does bickering mean?" Everyone sweatdropped.
"What? Why is everyone looking at me like that?" A throbbing vein appeared above Sakura's head.
"We are staring at you because we can't believe how STUPID YOU ARE!" Naruto gave her a sad look and said whiningly:
"But Sakura…" Kakashi stopped suddenly. Sasuke was right behind him and managed to move out of the way, making Naruto (who was behind Sasuke) bump intoKakashi instead. Naruto shot him a look.
"What was that for sensei?" Kakashi was silent for a moment, then went back to reading his book. ((A/N –eye twitching- …perverted book…must burn book…))
"Nothing, thought I heard something" Naruto's eyes bulged.
"WTF! THAT WAS FOR NOTHING! WHY I OUTA –" he said trying to strangle Kakashi while Sakura was holding him back, sweatdropping. The next scene was so fast that later all of them would have a hard time remembering it.
In one swift motion, Sasuke pulled out a kunai and aimed it off to his right. As it disappeared into the forest, five kunai shot out aimed towards him in retaliation. He quickly jumped out the way and landed smoothly while Naruto and Sakura just sat there staring. Naruto was the first to speak up((A/N…I mean scream…))
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR MORON! YOU TRYING TO GET US KILLED!" Sasuke sighed.
"You really don't know how much of an idiot you are. Something was there…that was what you had sensed before, right sensei?" Kakashi put his book away ((A/N …-eye twitching- god damn that book…EVIL!))
"Correct Sasuke" Naruto pouted because Sasuke had once again gotten all the glory and Sakura pouted because she had lost a chance to impress Sasuke. Kakashi just stood there.
"Come on out," the jonin called, "we know you are there" They heard a sigh beyond the tree.
"I guess you do..." and out stepped a girl about the geninsage with light brown hair that had blonde streaks in it. She had vivid sapphire blue eyes and an angular face. She wore a black camisole with a blue sleeve-less top outlined in black over it. On her right arm she had a long black fingerless glove that reached to her elbow and had blue designs on it. On her left hand she had a normal black fingerless glove. She had a black-outlined, blue skirt that reached to her knees and the bottom looked like the bottom of a diamond. It had two slits on the sides going to her hip and black shorts underneath. She had a pouch on her right thigh and a smaller one on her left angle. To complete the look she had black ninja sandals and a small silver chain that carried a small swirl-like charm. She sighed again.
"Agrona, trying to bite someone really doesn't make a good first impression…" Sasuke whipped around to find a black and silver dog with a white face and chest trying to sneak up on him. Before he could react, the girl called it over. It turned its head and gave one last growl before retreating to the girl's side. She gave him an apologetic look.
"Sorry about that…she's a little suspicious of strangers" He raised an eye brow. A little? Naruto pointed an accusing finger at her.
"Who are you and why do you have a crazy wolf as a pet?" She frowned and the she-wolf snarled at him.
"One, I don't think it is very proper to ask someone's name after attacking them and two, she is not crazy or my pet. She is as sane as you or I and is my companion" The wolf gave a fierce nod. Sakura paled.
"D-did that thing just nod…?" The wolf gave another growl and the girl's frown deepened.
"I told you before, she is extremely smart…or maybe I didn't tell you…oh well now you know. You should also know that she can understand everything we are saying" Sakura paled even more, Naruto lowered his hand and Kakashi and Sasuke, well, just stood there. Then Kakashi posed a question.
"How smart is she exactly?" The girl grinned.
"I'll show you..." she threw a kunai at the ground a couple of feet away from her.
"Oh dear, looks like I dropped my kunai. Could you get it for me?" Agrona obediently trotted over and picked it up with her mouth. But when she returned to her, the girl shook her head.
"Looks like I was mistaken. It wasn't mine. Could you give it to the tall man over there?" This time Agrona padded over to Kakashi, but more cautious and alert. She dropped it at his feet and backed away. The girl frowned.
"Now that was rude Ona. Please put it in the man's hand" Agrona made a noise that sounded like a sigh and picked it up again. She sat waiting for Kakashi to reclaim it. The girl shook her head.
"It is sort of difficult to return something if you don't take it…" Reluctantly, he put out his hand. Agrona gently placed it on his palm and quickly trotted back to the girl, who had her finger on her chin.
"I really don't know anything like her IQ or how smart she is compared to other wolves but I do know she has the smarts of about a 7 or 8 year old human. But that's just a guess…" she quickly added. Naruto and Sakura had their mouths hanging open, Sasuke's eyebrows were raised so high you couldn't see them and Kakashi…well Kakashi just stood there. Again.
"What's your name?" he asked suddenly, trying to catch her off guard. She smiled.
"Now that's a piece of information that you really don't need to know" The masked ninja shook his head.
"On the contrary, I do need to know. How many teenagers walk around these woods with a wolf and sporting major injuries?" The three genin's heads whipped around to see if he was right. Unfortunately,he was.
She had major slashes down her back and her left shoulder seemed limp by her side. The trio hadn't remembered her ever using it. She favored her left leg, as her right ankle seemed to be an ugly shade of purple and blue. She also was sporting several burn marks on the right side of her stomach. She smiled, but this time her eyes seemed more tired and old.
"Very perceptive Kakashi, the Copy Ninja of Kohana. That is your name correct?"
"So you have heard of me?..."
"Yes…as I recall you seemed to be in most bingo books when I last checked…" He smiled under his mask.
"True true…but since you know my name, could you tell us yours?" he tried again. She cocked her head.
"Well since you want to know so badly, I guess it wouldn't hurt. My name is Naomie" He nodded.
"Right…and these are my students, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura" he said, pointing to each one in turn. He turned back to Naomie.
"Any last name?" she frowned slightly, her eyes narrowing.
"Your lucky I gave you my name at all…don't push it" He sighed.
"Fine…do you know where you are headed?"
"Yes…I was thinking of stopping by Kohana to pick up some things and then be on my way…but you won't let me do that, will you?" He smirked.
"No…some of those wounds are really serious, you should get them checked" She shook her head.
"I can fix them on my own-" she started stubbornly until Kakashi raised his hand.
"No, you are coming with us. That's final. You don't look like you could fight your way out of this anyway" he added, seeing her open her mouth to retaliate. She huffed.
"Fine…but I warn you that there are people after me…people who won't hesitate to kill if they find the way to me blocked" He started down the road.
"Well, you will have to tell us about it on the way then. I don't pick up stragglers for nothing you know…" She turned to Sakura.
"Is he always like that?" Sakura sighed.
"This is a good day for him. He's usually weirder…"
So that was it! They have met! Yes I know kinda boring but you will find out a little about Naomie's mysterious past in the next chp. Till next time…REVIEW!
–poof-
(Automated voice) Dragon of the Water has now left the building. And this is not her saying this, its some random person…really!
Naruto: -sweatdrop- riiiiiiiiiight…………