(Chapter 8/ I'm Not Done Yet!)
I knew when I first saw the third it was scary, but as we talked he reminded me of my grandfather and I warmed up to him. I was surprised when he offered too adopted me but at the same time grateful as I didn't know how to survive here at all and needed a place to stay too but it was strange who he seemed to see me as his daughter already.
It was a pleasant surprise when I saw Asuma alive which helped me get the basics on where I was in the anime but when I met kohomaru everything froze and I felt a pain in my heart, I needed to protect to him like I did with my sister as he was small and funny just like Emily but when him and I got along, I could only think of my sister when I saw him.
I looked at the old man for a while in silence and thought about my options. I didn't really want to be a ninja at all in fact but I wanted to get stronger to find my sister so I was at a fork in the road. I need to do this for my sister so I decided to say yes and to say my new father was overjoyed would be an understatement...
"yes, I would like to become a ninja but..." I had said as my new dad and family started to celebrate but stop as I continued, "I don't want to fight, I would like to become a medic ninja. I want to help others instead of hurting others."
"Of course, Pook! we must celebrate! Asuma, we must call the whole family together!" Yelled the third as he stood up and skipped down the hallway outside of the dinning room to his study to probuly plan a party as I sweat-dropped. I didn't need a party but Asuma chuckle got my attention as I turned to him giving a confused look.
"that's dad for ya! he threw a BBQ for me and almost invited the whole village but mom had stopped him that time, haha. I'm afraid that he might do something big since he always wanted a daughter!" Asuma said good naturally with a kind smile as he got up and ruffled my hair before following after our dad.
I pout and try to fix my hair in annoyance but he was right...
A week past and the third did throw a party but not a normal one. Oh, no his daughter deserved to have a fricken festival thrown for her!
The third had thrown a party that turned into a full on festival that had lasted three days now and looked like it was not going to be over anytime soon.
I honestly was stocked about the festival but my dad refused to let me go alone fearing i would get hurt or worse so he requested someone to look after me which was why i was in the hokages office when my dad decided to tell me he invited all the kages of the five nations to attend it too, they were suppose to arrive today.
I was not impressed at all.
"Dad! are you crazy? what if this causes a war or worse? The kages all in one place at once would probably cause an up rower!" I yelled at my dad as I tried to get some sense into him but he just laughed it off with a grin.
he was looking out his office window viewing the leaf finish the decorating for the festival while smoking his pipe before speaking blissfully. "Oh hush, Pook it's a party to celebrate you. come and enjoy it why don't you? haha!"
I only rolled my eyes and sighed as someone knocked on the office door and walked in after my father said come in, when I saw a boy that looked the same age as me with blond hair and goofy grin on his face.
I knew it was Naruto as. He blushed when we made eye contact and I smiled shyly at him. Naruto was cute at his age and I liked him in a brotherly way of course!
"Hi! I'm Naruto uzmaki its nice to meet you! um... whats your name?" Naruto asked smiling cheekily before I smiled back the same way and I spoke. "I'm Pook sarutobi!"
"What?! your the old man's daughter? that the whole festival is for?" Naruto exclaimed shocked in awe and I shrugged before my father coughs which I knew was a warning and I respond properly. "Yes, I am. it is nice to meet you Naruto Uzumaki"
I bow politely causing Naruto to get uncomfortable and wave it off. My sister in law had been teaching me manners and acting like a lady feverishly ever since I became a member of the sarutobi clan. I never enjoyed them but it was a sacrifice I had to make in order to get stronger in this world. I had the speech done flat but would forget sometimes and my eating too.
"Lord third! the kages have arrived!" yamato said as he came in threw the now open entrance of the office and my father turned to me smiling and I suppressed a groan as I knew what he was about to do.
"Naruto would you do me a favor and show Pook here around the festival? Also I do not want Pook or you to be going anywhere around the Kages understood?" The third said with a happy go lucky smile on his face but we new better.
It was not a question. I and Naruto knew that as we just node in yes before we left to go around the village but Naruto stopped before we existed the Hokage tower and turned around giving me a mischievous grin.
"Hey, Pook-Chan! you wanna go see what the kages? my friends are down by the village gate where the kages are entering so we can go see the kages and I can introduce you to my friends at the same time! What do you say?" He whispered in my ear and I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What about my father?" I asked faking nervousness to a tee and Naruto fell for it. I honestly can be too intimidating as my sister put it and didn't want to scare off anyone here so I would act respective and well mannered around new people. I didn't want to offend the wrong person.
"What the old man don't know won't hurt him, Pook-Chan! It will be fine plus we can just get one of those masks from the booths at the festival to hide your face so no one will know!"Naruto exclaimed happily grinning reassuringly before grabbing my hand and started to pull me along.
I knew that this was not going to be good but what the hell!
I and Naruto had stopped at a mask vendor to get me a pink kitten one that only covered the upper half of my face before we headed down to the Kohana gates, as we got their I pulled on my mask and Naruto directed me threw the crowed that started to form as the village came to great the kages.
Naruto found his friends and I found my self sorrowed by shikamaru, choji, kiba and shino as Naruto started introducing me but stopped at my name.
I knew he could not say my name because it was easy to remember and likely that the crowed around us would hear it and crowed me getting my fathers attention which was the last thing we wanted so I stepped in.
"Call me Yuki-Chan!" I said shyly smiling causing the boys to fight a blush.
"This is such a drag, why did the old man have to throw a party this big? ugh..." Shikamaru sighed annoyed and I giggled using my kumono sleeve to hid it but he heard it and smirked at me.
I had been forced into warring kimonos along with my manner lessons as my sister in law said it helps my posture or some shit like that but I knew she just like dressing me up as I was "cute".
ugh..
I heard the crowed cheer and noticed a group or four carriages coming towards us and I got nervous but something patted my head soothingly which calmed me a bit as I saw it was Kakashi but seeing his posture he didn't know it was me... yet.
The first carriage was diligent as it looked to be made out of silver with two horses pulling it forward.
The seconded was made out of what looked to be steel or iron and had one giant horse pulling it.
The third one looked to be made out of... sand? and was levitating above the road with the others as the last carriage was made out of wood and rock?they went threw the gates like the others stopping in front of the crowed.
I watched nervously as the kages came out of their carriages but the crowed got thicker and I got stuck behind everyone, I was a little pissed off. wanted to use some of the ninjutsu or genjutsu I had learned from pa but thought about it.
"Yo! this is the place where I, killer Bee will dazzle my awesome rapping, yo!" I head a familiar voice rap cut throw the crowed of people.
Naruto signaled for us to go to the roofs before he left. I climbed up a telephone pole to sit on the top of it not really think about what I was doing before it was to late when I remembered that I was afraid of heights. Oh joy!
"Bee, will you shut up! this will be the only time I'll warn you! now their will be no fricken dazzling you hear!" A Big voice boomed threw the village and I sat down on top of the pole before I looked down to find Killer bee and Ai fighting about bee's rapping in a sectioned off space of road that was in between the crowded street and the carriages in front of the kohona gate.
Naruto who was sitting on a roof of a building, let out a loud laugh that was heard by everyone as they looked up at him but he couldn't stop they were just to funny for him and me too. I knew I, a little six-year-old was supposed to be afraid of a loud voice like that but I found it amusing as I giggled a bit but I covered my mouth.
"Hey! what do you think you are laughing at! you brat!" Yelled Ai pissed off as he glared at Naruto and I smile trying not to laugh to loudly but when I remembered my current position above the earth I felt fear work its way back into my body...
"I'm laughing cause you two are funny as hell!" Yelled a laughing Naruto as I noticed that all the boys were trying not laugh too and I smirked when Ai grew a tick mark on his forehead but I was to focused on not falling to care.
I saw Gai talking to kakashi below the bottom of the pole and gulped praying he wouldn't hit the pole but as lucky as I was that was unlikely to happen.
I was right!
Gai, smashed clean threw the pole as I felt my body tip with the pole sending me falling towards the ground.
"Aaaaaaah-!" I screamed getting the attentions of everyone around and felt the air fly throw my pined up hair as it undone. I could hear Naruto screaming for me as I saw the ground about to meet my face but when I closed my eyes in fright.
I felt two very big and strong arms grab me, one around my back the other around my knees as I tucked my arms in to my chest.
'Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god!"
I was still thinking I was going to die until I realized I was not dead when felling someone carrying me.
I heard whispering before a soft voice spoke to me getting me to open my tightly shut eyes.
It reminded me of my mom, sadly.
"Are you all right, dear?"
I came face to face with Mei Terumi, Aka The mizukage herself. She was looking at me worriedly and I wouldn't blame her, I was staring at her like a frighten kitten and the kitten mask didn't help.
"Miss? Are you all right?" I head Ao who was standing right beside Mei call to me. I looked up at him before feeling dizzy. I noticed that someone was still holding onto me and looked up to see that it was the Raikage who was holding me in a bridal-style. He looked at me frowning but I noticed something in his eyes, was that worry?
"I'm fine-!" I tried to say as I gasped out of pain when leaving Ai's hold to feel a sharp pain stab threw my foot and cringe, getting the raikages attention and he picked me back up."You don't look fine?" Ao said with concern as I blushed in embarrassment which he noticed before chuckling and Mei threatened him to stop.
She let go of my foot after fully healed it which I wonder when she even gotten a hold on it and Ai put me down softly as I turned to him but his hand stayed on my waist.
"I can make it on my own raikage-sama..." I said shyly as I tried to hide my dizziness which didn't look convincing as Ai grunted in displeasure. "Ya sure you can"
"Dear let me take a look at you" Mei asked or more like demanded before pulling me to a near by stool of a side bar and started to heal my headache as I sighed in relief.
"Thank you, I'm sorry for all this..." I said shyly with a blush as I bowed politely in a an apology before Mei blushed waving it off smiling and Ai turned away but I could see his red ears.
I smirked devilishly, he was a softy in side.
"Oh! don't apologize dear! it was not your fault, in fact I believe it was the man over their who should be apologizing to you... hmm!" Mei said happily but it felt like the whole nation of fire freezes over as she looked over at Gai who was cowering behind kakashi.
"Mizukage, please calm down but I too believe it would be most impolite to not apologizes... since you have injured a lady, sir" Said the forth kazekage, rasa, calmly glaring at Gai who looked to the ground depressed and came up to me before dramatically bowing on one knee.
Oh boy...
"I am so sorry! for my inappropriate behavior ma'am please forgive me! the power of youth was to great for me to handle..." Gai clammed loudly as everyone sweat dropped and I stood their gigging which shocked everyone. Gai looked up at me and smiled as my mask showed my big bright smile to everyone.
"Thank you for your youthfull spech!" I said motioning for him to get up before I turned to the kazekage and bowed in thank you to him and the kages.
"Thank you for your help kage's but I must be on my way" I turned around and started to make my way out of the spotlight but a huge hand gently grabbed my shoulder causing me to turn around and come face to face with Killer bee who stared at me threw his shades intently before a bright grin grew onto his face.
'oh no' I thought fearing he would give away who I was and my dad would find out I was here which is much worse.
"Yo, my name is Killer bee, yo! do A baby like you now a small darling this high, yo?" Killer bee rapped seriously and rise his hand to my hight as I looked at it but before I could respond, a giant fist slammed into Bee's head sending him into the store beside us that was followed by Ai's rower.
"Bee! what did I say about your stupid singing! will, you shut up about that girl?"
(Ai's pov before he came to the gates of kohana)
I and Bee have been riding in this old carriage for about a couple of days now and have been joined by the other kages that were also on their way to the festival, but I personally wanted nothing to do with the leaf. after a week of Bees cons ten rambling about a girl who stole his heart living their, I finally decided to go taking bee with me since I knew he would have tagged along anyway.
I was interested to see what kind of girl could get my brother hooked so easily around her finger.
"Yo, bro we there yet, yo?" Bee rapped sitting front of me writing in his book. I sighed annoyed as this would be the fourth time he asked. "No Bee like I said we are not going to be there until sunset"
"Do you think she'll remember me?" Bee asked me putting down his book worriedly and I sat up with a straight face thinking it over. Bee had told me she was young and childish but had the eyes like a tiger which threw me off a bit, I wouldn't be surprised if she did remember him.
"Bee if she doesn't that means she thought nothing of you" I told him seriously before looking out the window of the carriage, wondering if I would ever fall in love but I stopped that train of thought as I new my time for finding someone was long gone. We stayed in a comforting silence until bee saw the leaf. I had to physically keep him from jumping out of the moving carriage but incessant it stops.
I couldn't hold him anymore as he jumped out of the carriage, after punching bee to shut up tho I could hear someone laughing but it was not the loud mouth brats laughter I could here, it sounded like bells chiming. I heard a scream and saw a woman fall off a teal phone pole, she was plummeting to the ground as I speed jumped to her and cached her in mid air. She was as light as a feather.
I watched calmly as the other kages helped her but something in my wanted to be the only one helping her and I pushed the feeling down until bee got to her and asked about his crush. I apologized for my brothers behavior and from what I could see she smiled and I heard the bells I had head before, it was her laughing and I smiled.
"Would you like to... See the festival with me?" I asked her trying to act seriously but fail probably looking like a school girl. She looked at me shocked but nodded none the less and we went off into the festival.
***
"One moment I'm not done yet..." The girl yelled as she shot the riffle and it hit the target perfectly, I whistle In amazement.
"Your a tough cookie aren't you?" My response to her winning streak made her laugh and I found it amusing to hear. We had went around the festival for the last hour and I had gotten quite attached to her but I didn't know why...
"Excuse me Raikage-Sama, but um what is he doing?" I head her say and looked ahead of us to see bee hooking up a microphone as his team put up a stage...
"I believe he is about to die" I respond bluntly and waited till bee picked up the mic to iron claw his ass but a soft hand on my chest stopped me in my tracks.
"Wait, I want to hear what he has to say..." The girl mumbled and I tensed as I noticed her hand didn't move until she noticed and flinched away. I frowned.
" what's wrong?" I asked her gruffly and she looked to the ground with a blush which I noticed. "I'm uncomfortable with the touch of others that I don't know vary well, sorry..."
"N-no I should have been aware...earlier when I cached you..." I mumbled ashamed remembering earlier events but she looked up shocked and protested.
"It's alright you were saving my life then don't worry... A-and my name is Yuki."
"Wha?" I looked down at her shocked and she bit her lip continuing,"I never told you my name it's Yuki..."
I smiled softly in amusement as she blushed shyly it was cute...
"I'm Ai and that lunatic is my brother Killer Bee it is nice to meet you," I said kindly pointing to bee who was now on stage getting her to softly smile at me and giggle. It made me want to hold her... Wait! What was I thinking? I couldn't do that, she looks like she six for Christ sakes! But... Her hand was so soft...
I did not notice how close I was getting to her until are body's were about a five inches apart and Yuki opens her mouth to speak blushing nervously...
(Eeeeeeeechk)
"Yo, this is Killer bee, yo! I'm looking for a babe who's voice sticks in the head and can rap a mean beat, yo!" Everyone could here bees voice rap threw the mic after a ear defying screech that I had to cover Yuki's ears for and I made a beeline for him.
(No ones pov)
Pook watched in amusement which a smirk as the Raikage beat the life out of Killer bee in the center of town while she brought her hands to cures her ears blushing deeply before she turned on her heels and made her way back to the Kohona gates, hoping Naruto and his friends would still be there.
They were not. It was a ghost town when Pook got there except there was only a short old man laying on the ground groaning.
'Is he alright? It doesn't look it...' Pook knew that something was wrong and ran to the old man's side not taking notice to who he was as she pulled him onto her back.
"Sir are you alright?"Pool asked sternly with worry as he tried to refuse her help but ended up coughing out blood instead," I'll take that as a no then, we are going to the hospital hold tight!" Pook had yelled trying to keep the old man from sleeping and infused her muscles with chakra to carry the old man better while tuning with super speed to kohona's hospital.
"Somebody help!" The whole entrance of the hospital went quite until five medic ninja's answered Pooks cry of distress and took the old man from her hurriedly.
"Is he going to be okay?" Pook asked one of the medics as she grabbed their arm scared.
"Don't worry he's in good hands" the medic told her reassuringly, "he'll be fine now go sit in the waiting room and let the grownups work"
Pook was not stupid, she could see that the medic didn't truly believe her own words before she left in a hurry, following the other medics.
Pook sat in a chair in the waiting room and wondered if she should leave as the old man was safe to some existent but she was pulled from her thoughts as two ninja from Iwa came storming into the waiting room breathing heavily.
"What are we going to do! dame it I knew we should have kept a watch on him!" The female Iwa ninja yelled to none one while the fat male Iwa ninja tried to calm her as Pook tried to mind her own business. "Please, Kurotsuchi calm down! your grandfather is going to be alright, remember what the doctor said"
Pook couldn't mind her own business when she heard the kunoichi's name and started wondering if the Tsuchikage was alright before a nurse came into the room with a happy smile on her face as she looked at Pook.
"The Tsuchikage will be alright thanks to you, if you had not brought him to the hospital when you did he would have not made it!" The nurse happily relived voice echoed threw the room as all eyes were on Pook and she gulped realizing that the old man she had saved was the old geezer him self.
"You saved my grandfather?!" Kurotsuchi yelled in shock as Pook turned to her nodding shyly until she grabbed Pook suddenly and swallowed her up in a bone-crushing hug with tears as Kurotsuchi thanked her again and again. "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!"
"I-I'm always happy to help.." Pook said happily and Kurotsuchi let go smiling back as her partner Akatsuch came up behind her smiling at Pook with glossy eyes before the medic interrupted them." we have gotten him set up, if you would like, you can now meet with him"
"I'm afraid I have to go my father is waiting for me" Pook refused and bides farewell to Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi but not before Kurotsuchi spoke. "Who are you? me and my grandfather would like to knew who his savors name is!"
"I'm Yuki wood, I hope your grandfather gets better!" Pook said happily and left to go straight home where her father was yelling at Naruto who he had found with out his daughter. Pook explained that she got lost and some nice kids pointed her to home which seemed to satisfied him as he asked how her first day of the festival was.
"It was exhausting but I'm not down yet!" Pook yelled tiredly with a grin and with that her night went on like it normal did for the past week, she took a shower, got dressed for bed and then slept. But unknown to her the kages did not as they could not stop wondering who this mysterious Yuki was and why they couldn't get her off their minds...
"Do you think we will meet yuki again?"
"I dont know Bee... but I hope so..." The raikage answered Bee in a daze as they got ready for bed in a in.
"This, yuki. she saved me did she?"
"Yes grandfather! she was the sweetest thing!" Kurotsuchi answered her grandfather as the Tsuchikage looked out the hospital window to the night sky above blankly before grinning. "then I must meet her and thank this Yuki properly"
"Mizukage!"
"Hmm? what is it Ao?" The mizukage asked Ao as they were finding an in to stay in and Ao frowned at her dazed behavior. "You have been in a daze for a while, but I'm informing you I have just booked us an in"
"Oh! okay, Ao. um I was just thinking about that sweet dear we met earlier... she reminded me of myself when I was younger you know.." The mizukage sighed as she reminisced of her childhood and Ao stiffened thinking of the girl.
'I wounder...'
"what is it kazekage?" A sand ninja asked the kasekage who was lounging on a couch of sand thinking before grinning devilishly.
"Oh! nothing just that the coming years are going to be intresting thats all..."