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Chapter 8

The shop

I had managed to find to make my way to the hot village of Sunagakure. The journey there was grueling and unbearable. It was a miracle I had gotten there alive, the heat in the day was like living in hell and the freezing cold at night which would seem like a relief turned to be the opposite. Before I had traveled to the village I had managed to find a general store, the trip in the shop was strange and I couldn't get it out of my mind.

I had walked into the small wood built store that was snug on the edge of the woods, it had been raining for two days and I was soaked and if I was gonna continue being alive without a purpose I was gonna have to buy new clothes. As I opened the door a small belled chimed and a girl a few years younger than me smiled.

"Hello." She grinned her hair was mid length and brown and her eyes were the same color, several cats were resting on the counter in assortment of colors.

I walked to her a trail of water followed me. I looked up at her shivering. "Hello."

"You look cold." She grinned.

She reminded me a lot of a cat, from the way she stood with her chin resting on the knuckles of her hands to the way her eyes shimmered. "So Sakura what can I get you."

My brows widened and I stood back "How do you know my name!?" she blinked then began laughing "Is that really you're name, you look very much like a sakura tree, it's almost as if a spring walked into this shop." She looked up at me

"I would like a new clothes please and some gauze." I said pulling out a small burlap sack where I had been storing money for years.

She turned around pulling out a violet dress with a grey purple cloak and some fishnet socks and a new pair and a roll of gauze. She smiled blinking slowly. "Here you are."

"Thanks how much do I owe?"

"Ya'know long hair isn't ideal for rain; it looks heavy, is it heavy?" Her eyes lit with curiosity.

"Yes."

"And you have a pretty big forehead…ya know…you should have side bangs…. Here!" she reached into a drawer pulling out two red barrettes.

"Oh no thanks." I could feel the vein in my forehead pop.

"Oh no…please take them. They'll make you look cute hehe." She smiled winking "You can change over there." She pointed to a curtain that hid a small room.

I put on the dress leaving it unzipped the same length my shirt, the dress was a little big and made me look boxy so I put on the same rope like tie I had from Orochimaru and tied it around my waste, not only was it fashionable but held my sword. I then put on the fish net socks they went over my knees then the red sandals along, the I put on a kunai and shrukien pack, looking at the clips I sighed before pinning them on my bangs to the left side of my hair. Finally I clipped on the grey purple cloak that went to my knees and was very similar to the one I had worn when we lent to the land of snow. I emerged from the room, she smiled.

"Man do I have taste or what." She grinned to herself proudly.

I handed her the amount due. She smiled and said thanks and gave me an unsettling look.

As I walked out the store an old woman came hobbling up, when she was next to me I felt an unsettling presence, I turned and she grabbed my hand "Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind." She quickly said, I tugged my hand away and walked away confused and continuously looking over my shoulder checking for the old woman.

Pretty short chapter hehe sorry but please continue reading for more

Until next time.