Three Dreamers
Scroll 3
Destination Unwanted
Haruka
Terrible, terrible, how could she leave me? Anei, where are you? What do I do now?
"Make me proud" I heard her say. Those were her last words to me. I promise sis, I promise I'll find you one day, and you'll be so proud of me. I pro…wha-? Is something poking me? What the hell? I woke up to see a bright light.
"am I dead?" I asked to no one.
"OOOHHHH Welcome back ma'am!"
"WHA? Who the hell are you?" I yelled rather alarmed, "Where the hell is this?"
"You are in a bed in a Hospital in Konoha. You were found outside the gate by two shinobi. I am a medical nin that works here. I was checking your vitals to make sure you were alive (you're welcome)." she looked at me with attitude. She had a tall slim figure and wore a nurses outfit. Her hair was platinum blonde and she had dark brown eyes that squinted at me with unhappiness. Her hair was pinned in a tight bun, and her posture looked like she had a stick very far up her ass. She looked tired and overworked.
"um…thanks. How long have I been here?" I asked
"A day. Anything else you want to know?" she asked smugly
"yeah..um…how do you get your hair to look so good?" I tried to cheer her up
"tch…effing kids" with that she walked away
"well I suppose I can go now" I hopped over the side of the bed, "where are my clothes, I'm not staying here". I found my clothes sitting next to the door. I put on my black tank top and purple cargo pants. I sniffed them, ew, they hadn't been washed in a while.
"you'd think if someone is going to undress you they'd have the courtesy to wash your clothes for you", I thought.
Then again the world's unhappiest nurse worked here. I turned back towards the mirror, deep sapphire eyes glared back at me. Even my face was still covered in patches of soft dirt. My hair was so frazzled, I ran my fingers through it, then struggled to get them out. I placed it up in two high pigtails with black ribbon. My bangs were never neat, they hung in front of my face like a shaggy dog. I looked like a tomboy, but I preferred it that way. If I look like a frilly little girl then no one would take me seriously. Of course there was also the fact that I never really got a chance to wash, coming from a place that is constantly attacked by rogues.
After taking 5 minutes to figure out how to put on my shoes, I tied my family crest choker around my neck. It barely sparkled anymore, now it just glinted beneath rust and dented metal. It reflected off of my light skin tone, I was pale but not terribly, my skin was always somewhere between peach and very `light mocha.
After finally dressing myself I made my way out the door. That was, until I met back up with 'little miss thang' again.
"Hey! What are you doing out of your room. I told you that you weren't allowed to leave!" she sounded like a yap dog with that yell.
"No you didn't. you never told me I couldn't leave?" I was very confused.
"Uh yeah I did. Now get back in your room!" she yelled again.
"but why? I have no reason to stay here"
"because I said so! the two shinobi who found you are coming to pick you up soon. SO STAY!"
"Fine, I'm going, I'm going. Sheesh!" Now I was really annoyed. I walked back into the cold hospital room. I collapsed onto the white iron bed and began staring at the white wash ceiling. Why were hospitals so boring? This place looked like something out of a thriller film. It felt like I could be put into surgery at any moment for no reason. I found a small rectangular window to my right. I could only see trees, the tops of them, a serious waste of a window. Hopefully the rest of this city isn't as boring as this hospital room or I may run away quicker than…
"DRAMATIC ENTRY!" I fell off the bed in shock as the door blasted open and two shinobi busted in. Well, one busted in, the other waltzed in coolly behind him. Mister enthusiastic door breaker stood with his fists on his waist striking a pose in green spandex. He looked very cheesy compared to the man standing next to him. The normal one stood with his mask covered face in his hands. I could tell that he wasn't fond of the extreme enthusiasm the other man was putting off. I stayed behind the bed, I wanted to have something between me and the green giant incase he exploded from excitement.
"Wh-who the hell are you two?" I asked being sure to shield myself.
"Well young lady I am MAITO GUY! THE GREATEST NINJA IN KONOHA!" for some reason there were flames coming out of his eyes, can that physically happen? I wonder how long he can hold that pose for?
"And I'm Kakashi"
No, really? That's all? Wow, it was as if his happiness was sucked out by mighty morphing power ranger over there.
"And what is your name?" Kakashi asked
"Haruka Mousoka" I replied staring at Guy who still had flames in his eyes, how long could he hold that pose for?, "um…is he okay?" I asked.
"he's fine" said Kakashi as he poked Guy on the shoulder.
"YOUTH!" yelled Guy coming out of his epic stare into space.
"We're here to take you to see the Hokage. We didn't find a ninja headband on you, but we noticed you have a ninja pack and weaponry. So we'll have to take you to see him before you can go anywhere" said Kakashi. Wow! I think that was his first full sentence in this whole chapter. I slowly came out from behind the bed, still scared of Guy exploding. The two men lead me to a large red building in the middle of town. I could see the Fire symbol standing on the top. Wires ran down from every inch of the circular tower, there must've been a lot of information traveling through here. I was lead up some very long flights of stairs and into a terribly lit hallway.
"stay here for a sec" said Kakashi as he entered the room, "I've brought the girl we found outside of the gates sir."
"Wonderful, let her in" said a voice from inside. I entered the room, there were papers everywhere. In the center of the room there was a desk, and at that desk sat a very old man. I presumed he was the Hokage. He motioned for me to come up to the desk.
"What is your name ma'am?" he asked in a polite voice
"Haruka Mousoka sir. Are you the Hokage?" I asked
"yes, I'm the third Hokage of Konoha. I have a problem at the moment Haruka. You see, you have no ninja headband and therefore we aren't sure where you are from. However you do possess ninja packs and weaponry. This is strange because those items are owned by genin level shinobi. You can't be a genin level because you have no headband and therefore couldn't have graduated from an academy yet, correct?" he looked at me
"yes, sir. I haven't graduated from the academy" I replied
"and why is that?" he asked
"you see sir, I am 10 years old. Most kids don't graduate until they're 12, averagely. However, at the age of 4 my family was kidnapped and there was no one in town to train me beyond taijutsu level fighting. I grew up in the river country in the village hidden in the shadows, but I would appreciate if I wasn't sent back sir. There's no one left and I've had to fight off rogue ninja every night since I was five. I never reached Genin level because there was no one in the academy to graduate me, the ninja packs belong to my missing parents." I sat there for a moment wondering if they believed my story. The silence was unbearable, Hokage-sama sat with his hands clasped together thinking of what to do with me.
"I have a proposition for you Haruka-san. You can stay here and finish your academy studies in Konoha. You, however, must promise me that you won't return to the river country and that you promise not to cause any problems while you're here. This means you must behave as a model citizen, train very hard, and I'll trust you aren't lying to me. How does that sound?" he asked
"That sounds wonderful Hokage-sama, I promise you won't regret it" I said giving him a big smile and a bow. I didn't want to tell him about my older sister being a criminal, or the fact that I would leave as soon as I got word of where she was. This city would do for now.
"Wonderful, we'll start you at the academy today. However, since you are 10 and can only do taijutsu at the moment I'll have to put you in a grade one year behind where you should be. You should be able to learn nin and genjutsu while you're in school. I look forward to seeing you graduate and receive your headband." he smiled at me warmly. He seemed to make a very good leader, probably because he was old, "I'll have Guy here bring you to your new class at the academy". Oh god why! Why does it have to be mister enthusiasm? Can't I have the nice quiet never says anything masked man over there, at least he won't kill me with happiness and sparkles!
"No problem Hokage-sama. I'll make sure Haruka makes it to her first day of class with no problems" said Guy, he actually sounded a little bit serious. We started out towards the academy, I had no clue where it was. Guy kept rambling on about something about youth and the beauty of running into sunsets. He had a very odd way of talking, it made you want to either feed an army of orphans or duct tape his mouth shut. Either way it seemed like win-win.
"So you say you can only use taijutsu huh?" he asked randomly out of nowhere
"yes sir, I have other abilities I just haven't been able to learn to use them yet. For now I'm better at hand to hand combat." I replied.
"I'm a taijutsu expert in Konoha. I'd like to see your fighting one day" he said smiling at me, "once you graduate of course"
"I suppose I could" I replied, "would I be fighting you? Because if that's the case then I'll have to get a lot better"
"No, not unless you want to. I'm sure I'll see you fight when you take the chunnin exams once you're older. Who knows, perhaps you'll be on my team" HOLY CRAP! THIS MAN TEACHES KIDS! Who allowed that to happen?
"Yeah, um….maybe" I said with a side grin, gosh I hope I'm not on that team.
"here we are, the academy" the building wasn't that big, there were kids everywhere. Guy marched me over to one of the class rooms and introduced me to the teacher. He was a tall man with shoulder length grey hair and he looked a little creepy, but so did everyone else in this town. "Everyone, this is Haruka Mousoka, I expect you to treat her with respect" sensei said and turned to me, you may pick a seat wherever Haruka-chan". The kids kept staring at me like I was some kind of demonic plague. I noticed a boy sitting in the top corner of the room, no one was sitting anywhere near him, score. I chose a seat two chairs down from him. He was short with long black hair that was tied back in a braid. He wore tan simple shirt and pants with flat shoes. His eyebrows were GINORMOUS! Freaking caterpillars that needed shaving. They went with his round eyes though, so I guess it wasn't that annoying, better than the ones on Mighty enthusiastic Guy. I began hearing a lot of whispers, I turned to see all the kids staring at me sitting next to this boy.
"HEY YOU GOT AN EYE PROBLEM?" I yelled, "CUZ IF SO I CAN FIX IT NO SWEAT, I'LL JUST KICK EVERYONE OF YOUR BUTTS AND THAT'S IT! SO TURN AROUND AND PAY ATTENTION". They quickly turned back to the teacher, I sat pouting in my chair. The boy next to me started staring wide eyed, I glared at him and he quickly turned away. Class ended quickly seeing as I got there so late. The boy sitting next to me began to leave and all of the kids made an effort to fully avoid him on his way out. I wonder why no one likes this kid? I decided to find out for myself.
"HEY…HEY KID!" okay poor choice of words, "HEEEY YOU WITH THE GIANT EYEBROWS!" he turned around looking quite angry, another bad choice of words, at least I got his attention.
"you got a problem?" he asked looking pissed.
"No…I'm not…"
"cuz if you do then I'll beat you up. C'mon try to fight me!" he yelled
"look I don't want to…AH!" he started kicking at me. This little brat was kicking at me! Fine, if that's the way he wanted it, I would gladly kick his ass! You could call it a full school yard rumble. I tried to punch him but he dodged most of my moves, dang! he was pretty good for a kid. He started coming at me with those damn high kicks again, I hated those. I started running and he chased after me. I ran up the school wall and flipped over his head, now I was behind him. He turned around and I kicked him, he fell down.
"Hey guys! The hot blooded drop out and the new girl are fighting!" yelled some random kid. Soon a circle formed around the school yard with all of the kids yelling Fight!
"No, I wasn't trying to fight him…OUCH!" I never saw it coming, mister kung fu eyebrow master over here had gotten up and drop kicked me before I could know what was happening. "Alright…that's the way you want it fine…you're in for it!" I yelled as I got up. I was going to punch him until a hand grabbed the back of my tank top and pulled me up.
"Okay everyone, break it up! There's nothing to see here!" yelled a voice. He was a grown up with brown hair tied back in a tight high ponytail. His skin was a tad darker than everyone else's and he had a long line across his face.
"Aw! But Iruka Sensei" yelled a small orange blonde child in the back.
"Go home Naruto!" he yelled, this must've been another academy teacher. Dammit! The Hokage told me to behave, and on my first day of class I get in a fight with some kid I don't even know. Now I definitely didn't want to know him.
Iruka took us back to one of the class rooms to decide our punishment. We sat there in silence as he went to go get cloths to start cleaning the classroom with. It was silent. We both sat on opposite ends of the front row and stared straight ahead, never glancing at each other. It was quiet again, just like back in the hospital, I really hated this village.
"So Your name's Haruka, right?" he asked out of nowhere.
"Yeah, Haruka Mousoka, You?" I asked still not looking at him
"Lee, Rock Lee" he said
"Rock…Lee? What?" that was such a strange name. I'd never heard of something so simple.
"that's my name…you got a problem?" he asked getting an attitude again.
"NO! for the last time…I have no problem with you! Geesh! Chill" I was getting annoyed of his mood swings, "so why does everyone avoid you?"
"ugh…I can't do nin or genjutsu. Just taijutsu, so everyone calls me a dropout. But I swear one day I'll become a splendid ninja just on taijutsu alone!" he yelled, I think I saw flames well up in his eyes too, weirdo!
"Cool" I replied not wanting him to explode again
"What? Cool? You mean you don't think I'm a dropout?" he asked now paying full attention to me.
"I mean…yeah. I think you have a serious attitude problem and may need anger management!" his face became disgruntled and he turned away, "But I can only do taijutsu too. I never started to learn nin or genjutsu so I get where you're coming from"
"really? You're the first person I've met that can only do taijutsu!" he yelled, quite happy now.
"yeah? So are you" I said with a smile
"wanna be friends?" he asked
" does it mean you won't try to round house kick me anymore?" I asked
"not unless you deserve it!" he said
"alrighty then, friends" I spit on my hand and reached it out. He stared at me for a bit, but quickly followed doing the same, we shook on it. When you're ten a handshake is kind of a big deal! And if I didn't like anyone else in this village, at least I knew I had one friend I could fight with!
"alright guys" Iruka sensei came back in, "here are your mops and cleaning cloths. Don't even try leaving until you're done cleaning."
Darnit! I completely forgot about cleaning!
for those who are wondering why i call chapters scrolls...it's because i dislike the word chapter...i dunno why...too many bad books in high school english maybe. Scroll sounds cooler anyways...REVIEW MY CHAPTER NAOW! or i will attack you with a giant three headed rabbit or something...hrm, that's not intimidating at all. well onto the next chapter now...i'm not saying bye because you ARE gonna hear me after the next chapter, geesh ^_^