"Ahh, so you're the two ninja's from Mountain Country we've been expecting," one of the two ninja guards posted at the front gates of Konaha said. His partner was checking the forms Roland had handed him, but gave them a smile as he turned another page. The one reading the forms thought, trying to piece together some of the writing. Roland cast Mykya a sly glance from the corner of his eyes, which the girl caught.
"That paragraph right there, son, isn't important. Our village has some coded promises we had to sign before heading out. Just read the Kanji," Roland's voice penetrated the air around the tiny stand. Giving an embarrassed smile, the ninja handed the forms back to the older man.
"Eheh, enjoy Konoha!" They called. Mykya turned around, walking backwards, and waved. She smiled brightly.
"We will!" she called back, then jogged forward to catch up with her sensei. Roland watched the girl form the corner of his eye. He also watched the people watching Mykya as well. He sent the men menacing look, making sure that they knew to back off.
"They were nice," she said suddenly. Glancing at her, as if he hadn't been paying her any attention, he nodded, but frowned.
"It's a shame I'll be killing them," he spoke solemnly. Mykya froze in her tracks, and turned wide-eyed to her teacher. He stopped and turned slightly to look at her. He was surprised to see such a look of betrayal, hurt and furry.
Before she did anything rash, like kill him, he quick made a calming motion with his hands.
"Goodness child, I was only kidding."
Her shoulders sagged from their tensed position, and she browned at him. Crossing her arms, she made her way past him, only close enough so he wouldn't lose sight of her. Roland, sighed and rubbed his temples. Just as he was beginning to wish he hadn't decided to accompany Mykya on this trip of hers, his stomach rumbled.
Mykya stopped in her tracks again, but acted the opposite of what she had before, She burst out laughing. People paused to look at the 'crazy' girl, making Roland consider ditching her. Deciding that wasn't a good idea, he grabbed her arm and pulled the 'crazy' girl out of the street.
Mykya couldn't settled her face, and her cheeks twitched as Roland stared at her unhappily.
"Just because you can go for multiple days without eating because of you're weird doesn't mean I can. You gotta keep an old man fed, less he turn to bones quicker!" That did it for Mykya, and fell to the ground giggling.
Calming herself down after a time, she met the serious look on Roland's face. Sighing, she took his hand and they made their way back into the street. They both began to look for a food stand.
After a few minutes of unsuccessful searching, Mykya spotted something she loved. Ninjas. Near by were two ninja's of Konoha, both male. One had black hair, and was by most standards 'hot', and the other had vibrant yellow hair, with wild blue eyes. To her, he looked like her baby cousin.
Rushing up to them, she smiled as Roland followed behind, holding his grumbling belly.
"You two wouldn't know of a good place to eat, would you?"
Sakura slid the folder back into the filing cabinet. Stretching her back, she heard something crack. Whatever it was, it felt great. Brushing back a bang, she adjusted her pony-tail, and began to head down the hall to the examination room.
"Sir! You have to wait! Sir!" A nurse cried. Growling, angry that the hospital was dealing with another wacko today, she fisted her hands and veered to the right. This time the guy was being thrown out by her!
Inner Sakura was raging, but as the swinging doors allowed her to pass through she gasped. Neji was fighting off three nurses as he tried to make his way out of the waiting room. Tenten was cradled in his arms carefully. One nurse was being dragged along as he stomped through the room, another was trying to pull him backwards, and another was calling security.
"Neji!" Sakura exclaimed. The Hyuuga prodigy look up, and he face relaxed. Rushing over, she took Tenten carefuuly. It wasn't hard, considering her enormous strength and the fact Tenten was so fit she was easy to hold. But as the transfer was made, the girl moaned.
"Miss Haruno, what-" the nurse calling security was cut short.
"Why was he being held up! Can't you see Tenten is in pain!" The staff froze. Inner Sakura was making evil promises. With blazing eyes she ordered for a room, an IV drip and whatever the hell else she felt like getting for Tenten.
Deciding to skip the whole "put the patient on a stretcher" part of her job, she carried pained Tenten to her room. It buzzed up for a moment as people got equipment in, but as the IV was set, and Sakura could really get down to business on Tenten's ailment, everyone filed out. Turning around for gloves, she ran into the chest of Neji.
"I'm sorry," he said instantly, surprising the pink-haired girl slightly. She watched him carefully as she put on her gloves, and found him starring hard at Tenten, his eyes laced with worry.
"Neji, I'll take good care of her," she spoke softly. His head snapped in her direction, and she let out a slow breath. Remembering to treat him kinda the same as the other patients worried family/friends, she spoke to him.
"Neji, I'm going to have to ask you to leave. Wait outside." She made her voice firm, so there was no room for argument. The Hyuuga looked as though he was going to speak, but then looked at Tenten again. She looked even worse. Nodding silently, he left the room.
Hyuuga Guess who...25 minutes later.(not sure how long medical tests take, so if You have Chakra!?!? then whatever)
Neji watched in kind of well masked horror as Tenten was rushed out on a stretcher, multiple medic-nins pushing it along. Sakura came out, sending out orders to prep Tenten for surgery.
Grabbing her hand before she went to operate on Tenten, Neji looked at her. Simply looked, his eyes just screaming for anything.
"Peritonitis," Sakura said as if it explained everything. She got out of Neji's grip and sprinted down to the operation room. Neji stared at them, and stared at the doors they went through even after they had been gone. Bringing a hand to his head, he covered his eyes for a moment, before going to inform Gai and Lee.
"You two wouldn't know of a good place to eat, would you?"
Naruto looked up from his froggy wallet when the voice addressed him. He saw a pretty girl, leading a man towards them. He heard a stomach growl, and was happy to know for once it wasn't his won. He grinned madly. Ichiraku ramen! his mind screamed.
"Yes, there is a good sushi bar a block-" Sasuke began, almost making Naruto choke on his own spit. His coughing cause the girl asking them to hold his shoulders and rub his back.
"You alright blondie?" She asked sweetly. Naruto nodded his head rapidly, blushing slightly.
"Don't go to the sushi place!" he exclaimed, making her jump back. Sasuke smacked his face, and sighed. The man looked agitated and was trying to see over the crowd of people's head to find this sushi place the young dark-haired man had began to talk about.
"I know a much better place." And with that Naruto dragged the strangers to his favorite location in Konoha.
"Here you go guys, four orders of beef ramen," Teuchi said smiling, handing over the steaming bowls.
"Thanks old man!" Naruto said happily, before breaking his chopsticks, saying a little prayer and digging into his favorite food. As he was getting ready to finish the last bite, he heard a bowl slammed down and stopped, noodles halfway to his mouth. Looking over, he saw the old man who had come with the girl ordering another bowl.
Sasuke himself was starring, but the girl hadn't even looked up from trying to cool down her ramen. The silence filled the bar as a few other people saw Naruto beaten at eating ramen.
"Who are you two?" Sasuke finally asked as Roland attacked his second bowl, and Naruto ordered his. The girl stopped eating and blushed madly.
"Oh goodness! We didn't introduce ourselves?" She looked at him, her eyes round and innocent. Sasuke sweatdropped.
"N-rofpew" Naruto answered with a mouth full of noodles. The girl laughed and rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment. Roland stopped eating, giving Naruto the advantage to finish his bowl. Roland, seeing this, went back to his meal and left Mykya to deal with the situation. The two went into an all out eating war pretty soon.
"Eheh, sorry. I'm Higa Mykya, and this," gesturing to Roland, "is Ikagi Roland." She then took another bite of her ramen.
"Uchiha Sasuke, and that's Uzumaki Naruto." Mykya nodded at this, then turned on her stool to face him.
"I thank you and your friend very much for directing us to this place. We both must be going, but I'll see you soon," she said. Draining off her ramen, she leaped from the stool, handed Teuchi money and dragged Roland from his seat. Sasuke watched them going, his black eyes glinting with suspicion.
Naruto looked up from his bowl of ramen, and found his two new friends gone.
"Where'd the pretty girl go?" he whined, setting his bowl down. Sasuke shook his head, and stood.
"I think to the Hokage's office. I'll ask Sakura if she knows anything," he stated and began to walk away. He heard a snicker from Naruto and turned around glaring.
"What baka?" He hissed. Naruto wiggled his eyebrows and grinned stupidly.
"You just want an excuse to see Sakura-chan," Naruto whispered, but then laughed. No sooner had the chuckles come from his mouth than was he face first in the ground.
"Moron..." Sasuke muttered as he walked away.
Naruto awoke to something cool being pressed up against his head. Blinking his bright blue eyes open, he saw pale lavender ones. The face pulled back, and he smiled at seeing Hinata.
"Hello Hinata-chan, why are you in my palace?" Naruto asked, still groggy from the powerful blow Sasuke delt him. The Hyuuga heiress, rasied an eyebrow, and laughed softly to hide her burning blush.
"I found you on the ground, Naruto-kun, and this is the Ichiraku ramen bar," she said, taking back the wet cloth from his forhead. The fox boy sat up, making Hinata pull back quickly. Naruto beamed at her, hoping to cover up his folly. Hinata-chan is so nice, she is always taking care of me, he thought warmly.
"Do you want some ramen, Hinata-chan? I'll pay for you," Naruto offered. The girl blinked, and smiled. She nodded her head, and soon the two were talking and eating.
"Neji-kun where were you!? Where is Tenten-san?" Lee called to his teamate. The Hyuuga looked up, causing lee to stumble from his one-handed-push-up postion. the look, it was ghostly.
"Tenten's in surgery," he answered simply. Gai stopped punching a target, and turned to listen to what his student had to say.
"Sakura rushed her into Surgery when I took her to the hospital, and she only said that she had Peritonitis." Neji said simply.
Lee's eyes lit up as he sat upright. "I have never heard of that." Neji shook his head. Gai smacked his hands together and stuck off for the local library.
Not sure how much I liked that chapter, but whatever, it works. Review please, flames, critism, whatever.