I was falling asleep watching the clouds go by when I heard a voice calling to me. I jumped down from my tree and looked around for the source of the voice. I came to a clearing and found Sakura waving to me with Ino, Hinata, Ten Ten, and Temari. I smiled at them and walked over. Sakura started to talk about nonsense with the rest as I followed and left the forest. Ten Ten lead us to a plaza where they sold all sorts of things. There was food, clothes, games, stores, weapons, even ninja puppies for sale. I decided to leave the girls and go look at the ninja supplies. I went inside and saw the cuttest thing.
Hanging on the wall was the most adorable bags in the world. The first bag was a wolf pup bag. Then there was a dove chick bag. The last was a baby weasel bag. They were all like my Kodiak plush doll but they were bags. I haven't seen any of these things since I was five. I starred in aw at the bags until I heard Temari calling to me. The sellsman saw that I was starring at the dolls and asked if I wanted to buy one. I said that I would buy one some other time if he still had them. He said he would save one of each for me and I could come back for them when I could. I thanked him and left with the rest of the girls.
"So what were you looking at in that store for so long, Koyuki?" Temari asked a while after we left.
"Oh, just somethings I hope to buy." I answered and started to get hungry.
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm hungry!" Ten Ten yelled and pulled us to a resturant.
"Is there anything else on the menu besides dumplings?" I asked as I started to lose my appetite from the smell of sweets.
"No, I guess not." Hinata answered.
"What kind of a girl doesn't like sweets?" Ino said as she saw me get up to leave.
"Apparently, the kind that have meat-eaters for demons." I answered and left to go find some real food.
I walked down the road until I came to my favorite place. Old Faithful, Hoshigaku. I walked through and was welcomed by my old friend. I looked around and saw that the Leaf boys were there. Along with the Sand ninja, they were all eating ramen but Naruto had eaten about 15 bowls of ramen by the size of his stack. The senseis were there too, but Kurunei was somewhere else. I neared them and said hello. Naruto jumped up from his chair and gave me a bear hug. He let me go and I began to breathe again.
"What brings you here?" Kakashi asked as he read his book.
"Tell him it was the spirit of youth that made you come to the festival!" Guy said and his teeth made that sound with that twinkle of light. I starred at him as Kakashi sweatdropped.
"Actually, Sakura and the rest of the girls called me to come." I answered.
"Then why didn't you stay with them?" Neji asked, finishing his bowl.
"They were going to eat dumplings and I lost my appetite from all the sweet smells." I answered.
"What kind of a girl doesn't like sweets?" Sasuke asked as I sat down.
"They asked the same thing. I said apparently the kind that have meat-eaters for demons." I answered and started to eat my ramen.
The boys just went back to their talking as if I never came and interupted. I didn't mind, I didn't feel like talking. I finished my third bowl and paid. I said my goodbyes and walked back to my tree. It wasn't until I was on the tree's branch that I felt that familiar chakra. I looked down from my tree and found Kisame looking up to me. I laughed at a similar story.
"What's so funny this time?" He asked a bit annoyed.
"Oh, nothing." I answered but continued to laugh. I looked down and saw that he knew what I was laughing about.
"Yeah, Koyuki. Like I'd say that." He said crossing his arms.
"Aw. Just say it this once." I pleaded and succeeded.
"Alright but you have to keep it between us, okay?"
"Okay." I answered and waited until he said it.
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!" I burst into laughter and almost fell off the tree. Kisame started to laugh too. I had waist length hair so it was pretty funny for us. I stopped and looked at him. He had an eyebrow raised and was looking at me like I was crazy.
"Okay, enough fun. What are you here for?" I asked and jumped off the tree.
"I just came to remind you about your time being spent here." Kisame answered as he approached me.
"How much time do I have left?"
"Only one more week."
"OKay."
"Have they asked about the Akatsuki yet?" He asked.
"I guess you can call it asking." I blushed remembering what the Misukage stated.
"What did they asked?" He questioned.
"Uh...um...ah..." I blushed harder and looked down.
"Oh, I get it." Kisame said and I looked up to him and saw him smirking. He chuckled.
"So...is he here too?" I asked looking down again.
"No. He had a mission with Sasori."
"Okay."
"Well, I'll come back for you in a week." He said again and started to leave the forest.
I sat there wondering why Kisame had brought me here in the first place. I kept thinking that maybe they just wanted me for special missions. I was a healer and had a demon afterall. Maybe people like me get special missions. Or maybe they didn't want me around to see things I couldn't keep a secret from the Misukage or Leaf nin. I missed them and the time we spent together. We had so many good times.