Hello everyone!! Guess what!!? Now only two more days until my birthday! Come by and say hello on Thursday! Well here is chapter six for you all! And here is the long awaited scene of how Mako and Sasuke-Kun met when they were younger!! I want to take this time to thank all of my loyal readers and say, I couldn't have made it this far in my writing without you guys! So I solute you all! You know who you are!! ;p
Written in The Stars
Chapter Six- Excessive Training Has It's Ups and Downs
Disclaimer- I own nothing :
She looked around with a sly smile.
"Where are you Pineapple?" She asked looking to find the hidden man.
"Kino." She heard another voice that was monotone compared to the first. And owner of the said voice had earlier pissed her off and her face scrunched in revulsion thinking of the man.
"Koto, are you alrig-"
"Gaara, where the Hell are you!!? I'm going to kick your ass for leaving me with-" Makoto turned around and found herself staring through a window at, Kankuro, Temari, Gaara, Shikamaru and two other people that she found strangely familiar.
"God Kino, took you long enough." Shikamaru poked.
"Can it Nara!!" Makoto shouted as she leaned in through the window and shouted at Gaara.
"You LEFT me to listen to GAI- of all the freaking people- to talk about sex!! Do you understand me!? And then he was… Going…To make us… Demonstrate…Hehe… You know this all sounded a lot more pissed off in my head…" Makoto said with a deep blush. She had just made complete fool of herself of everyone including two people who she didn't even know!!
"Mako-Chan!! Aren't you going to introduce us to your hotty friend!!?" Mina practically drooled over Gaara.
"Minako-Baka! You're making a complete idiot of yourself! You're too easy for men! God have some decency baka!"
"Well Miss. I-have-too-big-a-stick-up-my-ass-to-care-about-the-male-population…. I DO!!!! So can it for a minute and go make a feminist pick-it sign why don't ya!?" Mina shouted.
"Why don't you go make a Hi-I'm–Aino-Minako-come-and-get-in-my-pants-I'm-free- AND-easy sign! Oh wait! You're wearing it!!" Rei retaliated happy with the look on the Senhsi of Love's face.
"You snotty little Miko wanna be!!"
"You snotty little Goddess of Love wanna be!!"
"Why don't you two shut the Hell up before I have to kick your asses and make you!!!" Haruka shouted grabbing the still bickering girls' collars and lifting them in the air as Makoto and Setsuna looked at one another sweat dropping.
"These are my friends… Please ignore them they don't normally ac- HEY!! HINO THAT WAS ME!!" Makoto shouted after being kicked in the head by the now three brawling girls as she jumped in as well.
"Stop it now you four!! Is this the kind of impression you want to make on the people of Kono- ha- ha- ha…. He-Hello K-Kakashi-S-San…" Setsuna stopped screaming once she noticed the Sharingan wielder walking down the street nose in his book as usual.
Suddenly it was like someone took a picture and froze the girls in place.
Mina had Rei's hair in her hand while Makoto was biting Rei's arm and Haruka had Makoto in a head lock and Rei was twisting Haruka's arm behind her back.
"Is that him?" Mina asked hearts in her eyes as Makoto spit Rei's arm out of her mouth to reply to the blonde haired girl.
"Yep." Makoto said smiling as she watched Setsuna blush deeper.
"Oh… Setsuna, I thought that you had left to find…" Kakashi stopped and looked at his future pupil on the ground fighting with the girls that he figured Setsuna went to go and get.
"Oh… So you found them… Makoto… Maybe we should go and start our training… You're an embarrassment, and above all you're right in front of the Kazekage and his siblings…" Kakashi spoke sweat dropping.
Makoto jumped up.
"Speaking of which, you now severely owe me one for that little number you played back there with Gai and Lee-Kun, Gaara!! Just because you've saved my life… Wait-." Makoto stopped and began counting how many times he had saved her already.
"Three." He said to her just to see her stare at him venomously.
"I was getting ready to say that you-"
"Hi! I'm Aino Minako, best friend of Mako's; I'm sure she told you all about me!" Mina shouted popping up next to Makoto in the window.
"Mina! Shut up and let Mako kick his ass!" Rei shouted as Mina pushed her back down to the ground.
"Shut up Rei! I'm getting my moment here and you're soiling it!!" Mina hissed at the fire Senshi.
"Just ignore her she has a tendency to shout out these crazy things that are SO not true!"
"Shikamaru… Why did you call crazy people over to talk to us?" The blonde girl sitting next to Temari asked.
"I don't know Ino…" He whispered helplessly and Makoto's head snapped in her direction.
"I-Ino!? Yamanaka Ino!?" Makoto asked astonishingly.
"Ano… Hai?" Ino said, not sure whether she wanted to be known or not.
"Kino Makoto…" Makoto said with a smile as she watched the girls eyes widen.
"The Kino Makoto? The one that got to be best friends with Sasuke-Kun!?" She screeched as Makoto stepped back.
"H-Hai?" Makoto replied now it was her turn to not know if she was sure she wanted to be remembered.
"You make it sound like he was a prize…" Makoto added and watched her eyes sparkle.
"What!? You think he was just some normal guy!? He was Uchiha Sasuke!!" She shouted looking up at Makoto like she was a god or something.
"Um… Sure… But he was just a guy… I mean com-"
"Mako-Chan, the way you were talking about him back home you made him sound like more than some NORMAL guy." Mina added suggestively as Makoto turned a deep red.
"That's because he was a good friend Aino! Now whose side are you on!?" She shouted at her.
"Well, let me think, I was until you- Oh yeah ! You were gnawing on my leg like it was a sausage!!!!!" Mina screamed as Makoto looked at her with a smirk at her friend's stupidity.
"Umm… Hey Mina-Baka… THAT WAS MY LEG NOT YOURS!!" Rei shouted and smacked the girl.
"ALL OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!!" They heard a voice come from behind them. Everyone turned around even those inside the BBQ Restaurant to look at Kakashi who shook his head and pointed at the flaming Setsuna.
"Go inside and sit down. And if I hear ANY of you make a noise louder than a pin drop, you will regret it." She seethed as the four Senshi gulped and obeyed her orders.
"And you call yourself Senshi; you should be ashamed of yourselves for that kind of behavior!! Even Usagi-Hime knows when to stop!" Setsuna shouted as the four of them slinked away into the BBQ Restaurant shamefully.
Kakashi tried to sneak away but Setsuna grabbed his arm.
"Get in here because after I feed them a send those three home you're training Makoto!" She growled as he sighed.
"You're a very abrasive woman when you want to be Setsuna, I like that." He whispered just to ruffle her feathers for fun.
"S-S-So…" She stuttered as she heard Mako, Mina and Rei snicker.
"I heard that you three!" She screeched and they quickly filed into the restaurant.
-:-
Unknown to them, an older pervert was enjoying the scene between the oldest male and female.
"He he he!! What wonderful subjects for my next book!! A young perverted sensei, training a shy stuttering beauty's friend. Both meeting because of the young pupil but when they meet, a strange but beautiful love/lust bond blooms!!... Oh, yes that's good!! I've got to write that down!! That could be my summary on the back!" The white haired perverted Toad Hermit smiled gleefully at finding his next big success in Konoha.
"Won't my number one fan be surprised to see that he is a star in the making!? Let operation Icha-Icha Paradise sequel; begin!" He shouted with enthusiasm and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
-:- About Ten Minutes Later -:-
"Choji! I still can't believe it's you! And to think all three of you got put into the same squad… But then again, Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke all were placed in the same squad as well." Makoto said placing her finger to her lips.
"So, are you from around here Gaara-Kun?" Mina asked with hearts in her eyes as Gaara did nothing but glare at Makoto.
"I'll kill her for bringing this annoying little tick here…" He thought venomously.
"I like her; she's already attached to you." He heard Shukaku laugh in his mind.
"Is she always like that?" Kankuro asked Rei as she glared at the blonde.
"What do you think? She's attached to his arm and no one seems to care but me and mister. I'm-Gonna-Kill-Mako-Chan-Because-She-Brought-This-Blood-Sucking-Girl-Here!" Rei shouted and Kankuro laughed at her comparison.
"This girl isn't so bad, and she's definatly hot that's for sure." Kankuro thought looking at the young Miko.
Makoto looked over at Haruka's pissed off face as Ino was practically throwing herself at her because she, like all the other Senshi thought when they first met her, thought she was a guy.
Makoto leaned over and whispered in Shikamaru's ear.
"Do you think that Ino knows that Haruka's a girl?" She watched as the boy spit his pop out all over Gaara and Minako.
"WHAT!!?" He shouted looking over at Makoto his eyes wide out of humor, not even caring that he had just spat all over the highly acclaimed Kazekage of Suna.
Oh boy, how he was going to love telling his dear egotistical teammate that the 'guy' she was throwing herself at was the polar opposite of what she thought.
Mako sweat dropped sure that Gaara was going to kill either her, Mina; who was now wiping off Gaara's face, or Shika…. She had feeling that it was going to be her.
"Oh!! Did Gaara-Kun get pop all over his face!? Here let me get it for you." Mina shouted as she practically scooted on to his lap and wiped his face off.
Gaara wouldn't stop staring at Makoto as she smiled evilly and mouthed.
"Payback's a bitch…" Mako mused to herself as she watched Gaara close to explosion while Mina wiped his face off and cooed to the young Kage.
"You're not kidding are you?" Shikamaru asked looking back at Makoto with a sly smile.
"Can you not see the pure look of disgust on Ruka's face, but she must really not like her because she is gay." Makoto stated in a matter of fact tone of voice as Shikamaru burst out laughing.
"Oh, I will never let her forget this! Oh, Asuma will get a kick out of this one!" Shika shouted catching Ino's attention.
"Shikamaru!! Be quiet! Haruka-Kun can't hear me over your constant shouting!!" The fiery blonde blasted now, thankfully for Gaara, she had caught Mina's attention.
"Ruka!! You player!! Michiru has been taken captive and you've already given up hope on your eternal lover!! Wait until I tell Michi you found another lesbian lover!!" Mina shouted and looked at her scornfully.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Ino who had dropped her drink.
"Aino, aritgato…." Haruka said unemotionally and stood up and moved to sit next to Setsuna and Kakashi.
Shikamaru and Choji were snickering at Ino's face.
"N…N… NANI!!!!!!??" Ino screamed looking at Haruka from across the table with a pissed expression.
"I tried to tell you, but you can't take a hint. That's you're fault." Haruka stated crossing her arms under her chest.
That was it; Shikamaru and Choji lost it and began laughing hysterically at their clueless teammate.
"Shut up you two!!! Shut up!!" She screamed smacking both over their heads and sat down crossing her arms. Needless to say she didn't utter a word for the rest of the time.
The only person not paying attention to the catastrophe going on around her was the Senshi of Time. No she wasn't paying attention for just any reason! Actually it was a very good reason.
She found herself lost staring at the previous ANBU with complete and total attention. She noticed how well built he was and his silver hair was so unique and he had such an alluring smell and not to mention his mask which gave a bit of mystery about him.
Oh, how she wished to see what it was that was hidden by the soft material. She wanted to see his soft lips move as he spoke and the soft pink color that would-
"So Setsuna-"
"Ah!" She screamed falling out of her chair and almost hit the floor but felt an arm wrap around her waist.
She automatically gripped his sleeves and brought herself close to him…
"…Wait…" She thought eyes still closed.
"…Well built body, strong and… Alluring smell!!!" Her mind was screaming total Code: Red!!
She slowly opened her eyes and froze.
"Wh-Wh-Why me Selenity?" Setsuna stuttered speaking of her former queen.
"You should really learn to calm down Setsuna." Kakashi spoke softly and slowly brought her back up, as she now realized how close they really were.
"Hehehehehee!! O-Of course Kakashi! -I mean Kakashi-Kun- I mean Chan… San!! Hatake-San! Hehehe why do I keep saying your name?! Hatake….. Hahaha!" She laughed nervously and then put her head in her hand out of embarrassment.
"Dear lord, help me…"
Unknown to any of them Jiraiya was outside the window laughing at the wonderful material he was gaining.
Mina shook her head in disappointment.
"She has no idea what she's doing, she's even worse than Ami-Chan and her allergy to love letters!!... It's shame that this has no cure…" Mina spoke sadly as Rei sweat dropped and looked at like she was stupid.
Makoto put her elbow on the table and sighed lovingly.
"I think they're cute… I mean it's the perfect way to fall in love… Total Romeo and Juliet! Star-crossed lovers, who can't be together because of their duties and they have to return to their true worlds… Okay maybe it's not the same but it's still adorable." Makoto sighed and Gaara's eyes traveled over to her in curiosity.
"Speak for yourself Mako… What about your Sasuke-Kun? If anything, they copied you two…" Rei smiled slyly as Makoto blushed and threw a piece of fried meat in her direction.
"Hey!! I was gonna eat that!" Choji shouted.
"Oh… Gomen Choji, I'll cook you something better to make up for it- but Hino needs to can it!! How many times have I told you that Sasuke and I were nothing but good friends!" Makoto shouted as Mina spoke this time.
"Ah, but Mako-Chan, is it just me, or do I recall that you told us that you got your first kiss when you were only the tender age of seven and from a good friend?" Mina asked as Mako's eyes widened.
"Th-That was… Um… Oh yeah!! Th-That was Shinozaki, see it wasn't Sasuke!!..." She looked over at Ino who was on fire.
"I swear! He was my best friend you guys know that!" Mako shouted making up an excuse.
"Ah, but you are wrong again, my dear friend Mako! You told us when Shino-Kun was attacked he was nothing more than a good friend, you said you could never see him like that, and you were serious." Mina replied sparking the interest of everyone at the table but Kakashi and Setsuna, who still sounding like an idiot whenever she spoke.
Makoto looked around then scrunched her face up in anger then hit Mina across the head.
"What are you a freaking elephant or something?! Since when do you listen to what I tell you anyway?! It was Shino-Kun, end of discussion!" She shouted and crossed her arms across her chest as her expression became soft as she became lost in her memories…
-:-
They never bothered to get to know one another before this… They had every class together in the Academy, but both could care less about the other. She never cared for the popular type and he never really cared for any type…
That was until they crossed paths, not knowing that they would forever change each others lives from that moment on.
She sighed deeply as her brown ponytail swooshed behind her with every step that she took.
"I wonder if Papa's gonna' come home from that mission today like he said he would…" Makoto asked herself aloud her effervescent green eyes traveling around the village as she walked home the same way she did every day.
"Well, if not I'll just go over and surprise Naruto-Kun with a sleepover!" She giggled to herself then felt something tickle her nose.
She crossed her eyes and saw that a butterfly had landed on her small nose.
She smiled admiring its beautiful colors as she slowly moved her hands towards it to capture the small creatures' beauty.
Just as she was about to hold it, the small flying insect flew off her nose and away from her, but she was Kino Makoto and wasn't about to give up like that so easily.
She chased after the multicolored beauty giggling.
"Come back here you!" She shouted playfully and followed it into the woods nearby.
"I've got you now." She smiled triumphantly as she had found the small creature perched on a saplings' thriving branch.
"Now, Mako-Chan's not going to hurt you, just hold st-" Makoto stopped and looked around at her surrounding area and who exactly was only ten feet away from her newly made hiding spot.
Her eyes widened as she watched in amazement.
She knew had no idea who this guy was but all she could think was how handsome and attractive he was!
He had a long black low ponytail and black eyes to match. He was definatly older than her by at least five or six years, but she could care less, this man was now the man she wanted to marry… Like every little girl at the tender age of seven who goes for the older men.
She watched his awe striking skills as he flipped backwards and many other different directions lashing out Kunais and Shurikens in all sorts of ways but each one landed dead on their target.
He then landed gracefully on the ground and looked over at his younger brother who Makoto had not seen (surprise, surprise) since she had been too busy admiring his brothers' talent.
"Nii-Chan!! Let me try now!! I know I can do it just as well!" The boy shouted catching Makoto's attention.
"He looks so familiar…" She thought curiously while looking at him.
"No, Sasuke… It's too dangerous right now…" Itachi replied, obviously he knew that Makoto was there and wasn't about to carry back a hurt girl to their house and take care of her. He had more important things to do.
"Yes, I can watch!" Sasuke shouted and threw the Shuriken in Makoto's direction.
"Ah!!" She screamed and held her hands in front of her face and waited and felt a searing pain in her side.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!" She let out a bloodcurdling scream.
"Damn it Sasuke!!" Was the last thing she heard as her body crashed to the ground helplessly falling unconscious.
-:- The next day -:-
She turned over and let out a moan of pain as she rolled on to her hurt side.
"Ow…" She whispered softly as she leaned up and lifted up her shirt on the injured side seeing that it was now bandaged.
She then looked around, realizing that she had awoken on a soft bed that wasn't at all hers. The room was dark and she could barley see anything but she did find something that made her smile.
She looked down next to her to find the younger boy asleep with his head lying on the bed, right next to her.
She sat up then scrunched down right next to him and looked at his face and slightly blushed.
"He's kawaii!! But not as cute as his brother, that's for sure!!... But it was nice of them to bring me here and watch over me…" She thought smiling kindly at the boy next to her side.
She swung her legs over the bed trying to not wake up the boy and stood up just to find herself letting out a small yelp and falling back on the bed holding her side.
"You shouldn't move around just yet, your wound will reopen." A voice said from the darkness as her face turned red again upon seeing Itachi standing in front of her.
She quickly backed up against the wall taking every precaution with him after finding out he could kill her in a second flat.
"Wouldn't it have been pointless to bring you here and help you if I was just going to hurt you? I'm not going to harm you…" He stated as he extended his hand towards her. Makoto measured the odds of what he was saying and agreed with a simple nod.
"Do you promise?" She asked looking him in the eyes, before taking his hand and he nodded ever so slightly.
"Now let's change your bandages." He said as Makoto's eyes widened and she blushed deeply.
Before she could even protest she felt the bed move and saw that Sasuke was waking up.
"Joy, more people to see me half naked… Over my dead body!!!" She screamed in her thoughts.
He blinked a couple of times then clearly saw the girl in front of him. His eyes widened as he jumped on the bed and next to her.
"A-Are you okay?" He asked as his gaze traveled to her side.
She smiled warmly at him, glad that he cared.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She spoke warmly towards him.
"Good… And… I'm sorry I didn't know you were there…" He replied as Mako could clearly hear the shame in his voice.
"It's okay, really. Like I said, I'm fine and it doesn't hurt." She smiled at him again.
Sasuke looked up at her and cocked an eyebrow.
"It doesn't hurt?" He repeated unbelievably as he watched her expression intently.
"N-No." She stuttered under his handsome gaze.
"You're lying." He concluded with a matter of fact tone of voice.
"I am not!! I'm no fragile little girl!! I'm tougher than you!" She said sticking out her tongue.
Sasuke scrunched his nose up and replied.
"No one's tougher than the Uchihas! Not even… Not even… Who are you anyway?" Sasuke asked curiously.
Makoto couldn't believe what she had just heard!! Too bad she was too busy thinking about being the in Uchiha's house to answer the question.
"Y-you're Uchihas?" Then she began seeing the Clans crest everywhere around her.
"Uhhhh, yeah and?" Sasuke asked like it was no big deal.
She turned a bright red.
"Y-You're Itachi a-and…" Her eyes then connected with the boy's next to her; whose eyes asked 'What the Hell is wrong with you!?' If physically possible her eyes grew larger.
"You're… You're-" She stuttered while looking at him as he finished her sentence for her.
"Uchiha Sasuke." Her thoughts were then proven bluntly positive.
She, Kino Makoto, was not only sitting next to Uchiha Sasuke, but in the same room as Uchiha Itachi!!
She exploded off the bed, face blazing, and threw the door open so hard that it smashed through the other wall due to her inhuman strength that was rightfully inherited from her mother.
But that little mishap didn't stop her, she just kept running.
Sasuke's jaw dropped almost having second thoughts about her being stronger than him.
"Girls… Are so weird…" He concluded as Itachi dragged him out the broken door.
Poor little Mako could have cared less about the broken door at the moment, all she could think was find a rock and hide under it! She was just sitting next to the heartthrob of the Academy and the infamous Itachi!!
Her face flushed even more, if possible, as she thought about the oldest Uchiha.
Then the next thing that she felt was the ground.
"Ow…" She moaned then she realized why exactly she was on the ground in the first place. She had run flat into someone.
She opened her eyes to find herself staring into dark black ones full of kindness.
The older woman smiled down at her and helped her up.
"You must be the girl Sasuke and Itachi were talking about… So what's your name dear?" She asked kindly.
"K-Kino Makoto ma'am…" Mako-Chan replied obediently.
The woman felt a ping in her chest. Sadness overtook her emotions.
"I should have guessed that was coming… With her brown hair and emerald eyes… She looks identical to her mother…" The woman thought as she grabbed her hand and began leading her back to the two boys as they skidded around the corner.
"What is wrong with you!!??" Sasuke screamed at her like she was a crazy person for running away like that.
Makoto blushed then looked away.
"And, explain to me how exactly you did that!?" He shouted again pointing at the door that was supposed to be in the next room. Makoto blushed deeper at seeing the damage she had inflicted.
"Most definatly a Kino…" Mikoto thought.
"Gomen… Minna-San…" She mumbled sadly bowing her head in shame…
Mikoto looked down and smiled at her.
"Don't worry, it can be easily fixed." She reassured the young kunoichi.
Makoto felt tears of shame fill her eyes.
"B-But… I still broke it… I-It's my fault… I'll fix it, but please don't be mad!?" The tiny girl pleaded bowing her head once again.
Sasuke's angry gaze became more and more pitiful every second as he regretted yelling at her.
"You don't need to do that. Now cheer up and after I change your bandages, I'll fix you something yummy to eat. How does that sound?" Mikoto asked as she kneeled down and whipped a few tears from Makoto's face as she smile kindly at her.
"Come, Sasuke…" Itachi called as he turned.
Sasuke followed but he looked back just as Mako's pitiful tear stained face looked up at him.
Sasuke and Itachi were able to quickly repair the broken door and they made their way into the kitchen smelling something delicious.
"Hmmm… Nii-Chan, Kaasan must have made something good for lunch today." Sasuke smiled up at his older brother who seemed to be lost in his thoughts.
Sasuke noticed his serious gaze then realized what was perplexing him: one small yet powerful little girl. Sasuke's thoughts also became plagued with the green eyed vixen.
"I wonder who she is… I see her sometimes at the Academy, but we've never talked before…" Sasuke's thoughts were broken by small giggles coming from the kitchen. Sasuke looked up at Itachi and they walked into the kitchen.
They found Makoto and their mother jabbering away about something. Both females were facing the opposite direction putting various types of veggies into a large pot.
Sasuke watched as Makoto skillfully diced up a few tomatoes.
"Wow… Nii-Chan? Are all girls born able to do that?" Sasuke asked as Itachi let a small smile curl up the corner of his mouth.
Makoto's ears perked up as she heard Sasuke's voice and looked over her shoulder to see the two boys.
She smiled at them both, now thankfully able to control her blush. Mikoto noticed her distraction and then saw her two sons.
"Well, you boys finished faster than I expected. Why don't you two sit down while I finish this up, you too Makoto. You've helped more than enough." She replied with an urging smile.
Makoto paused thinking about protesting… She loved to cook and never got to do it for others, only her father and grandfather on occasion… But then decided not to and began untying her apron.
"So, your name's Makoto?" Sasuke asked her back still turned as he watched her.
Once the apron was folded in her arms she turned around and smiled kindly.
"Hai, Kino Makoto." As those words left her mouth Itachi gained a look of realization upon his face.
"Aren't you that girl who beats everyone up?" Sasuke asked, her genuine smile fading from her face.
"I see you too fall for every thing you hear out of someone's mouth Sasuke… I only beat people up when they're picking on someone! It's wrong and no one seems to care but me! So someone's gotta' do it!" She yelled crossing her arms and looking the other way.
"Well, I guess it's fine if you're doing to protect people… That's a really good reason…" Sasuke chided.
Makoto's head snapped up in disbelief. She was waiting to be called a monster or a weirdo at least something along those lines!!
But… But this boy agreed with her! And he wasn't just any boy he was Uchiha Sasuke!
"You really think so Sasuke?" She asked this time unable to suppress her blush, as he nodded.
Itachi sat back and examined her carefully taking in everything.
"This little girl is the last of the legendary Kino Clan? I should have guessed with her brown hair and strength, which I'm sure, her mothers side of the family only magnified… And the only grandchild of the Third Hokage?... This could get very interesting…" Itachi thought watching the girl sit down next to Sasuke.
Mako blushed feeling his eyes follow her.
"You're friends with that Uzumaki kid aren't you?" Sasuke asked as Mako smiled with familiar remembrance.
This also proved to be more interesting for Itachi.
"Yeah, Naruto-Kun's a really good friend and he's so funny… He's my best friend." Makoto smiled with a small blush thinking of her dear friend… He meant so much to her and Sasuke could see that…
Was he?... Was he jealous of someone he didn't even know over some girl that he just met thirty minutes ago!?... No, he was just fine… Just fine….
"Here you go you three. Eat up!" Mikoto smiled as she placed three plates on the table in front of each adolescent.
Sasuke licked his lips and began eating at once.
He could believe how good it was!!
"Wow, Makoto! This is awesome!" He shouted, food still in his mouth, causing Makoto to blush deeply.
"Arigato…" She replied in a small voice then took a bite herself.
"You mother must have be an awesome cook too! Did she teach you?" He asked taking another bite.
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing.
Makoto bit her lip and slowly put down her fork.
"From what I heard she was… But… No, when Papa's off on missions I get bored so I taught myself how to cook." She looked up thinking that would tell him enough but he looked clueless.
"My whole Clan besides my father and I were assassinated the night I was born… My father and grandpa are all that I have left… And with father always having to take missions for the ANBU and grandpa always busy with Hokage work… It's not much help…" She replied as her eyes began to cloud over with tears.
Sasuke gapped and looked at his mother and sibling to find them looking elsewhere.
Sasuke then looked at the broken girl next to him. He then looked down glumly replying…
"I-I'm sorry to hear that…"
"It's alright, Sasuke…" She replied trying to muster up the best smile she could but it didn't turn out anything like one.
There was a long pause then Sasuke looked up smiling with an idea.
"Hey! How about you and I go train?" Sasuke asked enthusiastically as Makoto gave him an 'Are you kidding!? Last night you almost killed me!' look.
He rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Without weapons, just one on one… You did say you might be stronger than me." He said as she looked up.
"I am stronger than you, and I'll take you up on that." She corrected with a smile as the two stood up from the table as Sasuke led the way out, the two of them already fighting about who was stronger than the other.
"Aren't they just too cute Mako? How long do you think it will take for them to like like each other?" Mikoto asked with a smile as she watched them walk out of the door.
Wait?... Mako? Shouldn't that have been-
-:-
"Are you listening to me Mako!!?" Makoto then snapped out of her daze to then realize…. She wasn't in the memory, although she dearly wished that she was…
To be with Sasuke, to have a chance to change everything in the past. To make all the wrongs right…. And Itachi…
"You bastard…" Makoto spat with venom thinking how unbelievable it was that he killed everyone in his Clan but Sasuke…
"What?" Mina asked looking at her like she was nuts.
Makoto looked up and saw that everyone was staring at her.
She bit her lip and looked down at her hands like she had done when she was speaking to Sasuke so many times in that memory.
"Nothing… It's nothing…" She replied miserably.
Now she wouldn't get this off of her mind for the rest of the day… She knew it would be circling her head like a buzzard over its prey for a while to come…
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It was too late to realize what was happening before it could register in his mind. Grazing his cheek he felt the kunai narrowly slip past his face.
"Damn… Maybe, I should put this down… This girl… Is much more capable than what I had previously thought…" He thought now with a piss-poor attitude towards the Kunoichi in training.
"You hid you true strength well, that's a good quality for a ninja." He spoke with a small smirk under his mask.
"Well, it's not like I didn't pay attention when I was here at the Academy!" She retaliated forcefully.
He noticed after her friends had left, she seemed to be much less open than normal and maybe a little so even before they left the BBQ restaurant.
He sighed with impatience and now watched her movements carefully.
She was much more skilled than Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke when he first began training them, but maybe it was to be expected from a girl whose true creation was to fight to protect her queen thousands of years ago. And so far the electric based Amazon was doing exceptionally well.
She took in deep labored breathes and wiped the perspiration dripping from her brow. She licked her cracked lips and swallowed hard, her throat was obviously parched from panting with her mouth open.
She took a deep breath and quickly pushed herself behind her sensei and bolted electricity through her body.
She jabbed her arm forward in hope of hitting the man, but failed.
A tight grip fastened around her wrist making her immobile. But what caused that was the surprise of Kakashi being unharmed although he was clearly making contact with the lightening swirling around her small hand.
"And now you would be dead… Again." He said, clearly smirking from under that damned mask of his.
"I know!! You don't have to say it every time! And isn't this enough of a 'warm-up', trust me; I'm pretty sure that I got plenty of that yesterday." Makoto spat back and pulled her wrist from his tight grip.
"I suppose so, but this so called 'warm-up' wasn't just for anything. You had to prove to me you had the ability of performing this jutsu." Kakashi spoke watching her emotions change from overly confident to hesitant.
"You proved me wrong…" He replied and watched her smile again with her self assured attitude.
"You bet I did!" She beamed with the first true smirk he had seen grace her lips since they left the restaurant.
"Now, am I ready to learn the Chidori, oh great master?" Makoto smirked; as he could see to gain her playful mood back she only needed a little head start.
"I suppose you are." He replied lazily, also gaining back his normal personality.
"First, I will teach you the Chidori, once you have mastered that, then Lighting Blade, and after that Twin Lightening Blade and after that, you will have already adapted it to something much more powerful and to your liking." Kakashi spoke, making Makoto's jaw drop.
"So this is really in my category of fighting style isn't it?" She asked as he nodded.
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"Let the games begin and my writing, prevail!! Hehehehe! This is going to turn out amazing, I just know it!" A perverted old man shouted with a note tablet and pencil in hand as he watched a certain female make her way over.
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"So you can really deduce that much about her abilities in only one sitting Kakashi-San?" They heard a voice ask from near and both finally realized her footsteps had been coming for a long time.
"Hai, Setsuna… She seems to have exceptional chakra control, she could use some work on her skills in other things besides Taijutsu and Ninjutsu… But, even Sasuke wasn't able to take to this so quickly." He replied as Setsuna walked over and smiled glumly at Makoto.
"So she will make progress soon?" She asked directing her attention to Kakashi again as he nodded in approval.
"See Setsuna, there's nothing to-" Makoto stopped and her eyes widened, thanking God that she had seen it just in the nick of time.
She gasped and Setsuna's mouth opened to scream as she moved to block the attack.
She quickly grabbed his hand, her face snarling as what looked to be electricity surrounded both his and her hands now.
She gripped his hand tighter and her scowl deepened as his lightening began to dissipate.
"What the Hell do you think you're doing!!?" She screamed and pissed her off even more seeing him smile.
"Just as I had suspected…" He spoke and moved his hand out of her grip.
Makoto's snarling face then turned into amazement as she looked into his eyes in disbelief.
"Are you crazy you baka!! You could have killed her with an attack like that!! If I ever-"
"That was it, wasn't it?... That was the Chidori?" She asked in awe.
"No… That was Lightening Blade… This will give you a flawless advantage when you fight him… Unless he uses his cursed seal form you'll-"
Makoto backed away from him; her expression had once again changed as Setsuna watched in confusion.
"Wh-What are you talking about? Him, fighting who? Orochimaru?... And if he has a cursed seal form and that sounds more powerful than his normal one, I'll never make it a second fightin-" Kakashi cut the frantic girl off.
"No, Makoto… Not him, he isn't the one you should be worrying about… From this moment on, Sasuke is no longer your lost friend, or dearly loved companion, but your enemy… He will not-"
"No!! You're wrong!! Sasuke would neverhurt me! You have no idea what you're talking about! You-" Makoto shouted feeling tears in her eyes and venom penetrating her voice. She wasn't sure if she was crying because she didn't want to believe it or if she felt that deep in her heart that she was.
"Shut up! You haven't seen him for almost ten years. His clan was murdered by his older brother that he respected and then you left him that same night… He is not the same Sasuke you were friends with Makoto! And as far as I, along with this village, am concerned he never will be. In order to save your beloved queen and return to your rightful home, you must forget him as a friend and move on to defeat him, or you will fail your duty. Do you understand?" Kakashi bit with anger at the young girl.
"If that's what it takes to become stronger and to save my queen, then no." She replied then lifted her head up and looked at her sensei tears spilling from her eyes.
"If I have learned anything at all from my queen, it's that there is always more than one way to solve a problem… Even if that means that I'll loose my life in the process! She has saved me countless of times, as well as her friends! She never once saw us as her 'Protectors' but as equals among her when fighting! And even when she has done that, she's given up her life for me and my Senshi! And if that's what it takes to bring Sasuke back, then damn it, that is what I'm going to God damn do! And don't you for one minute think that I'd ever leave a friend behind! I am the Senshi of Loyalty and Protection; it is in my blood and veins and can never be stopped!" She shouted and turned on her heals to walk away.
"And, you have passed." She heard a voice speak with a smile.
She stopped, licking her lips tasting the salt from her tears and turned around.
"What?" She bit harshly, eyes smoldering.
"You have passed my test. You have been taught well, and replied with the exact answer I was looking for. If there is one thing a ninja I will train needs to know, is that there is always more than one way of going about a problem. While on a mission, if you are given the orders to save countless people and only return with two saying that, I followed your orders but left other less important victims behind, you will fail as a ninja; period." He spoke as Setsuna walked up to him her eyes as vicious as Makoto's.
SLAP!
"How dare you do that to her!!? I was even going to agree with you if that is what it was going to take to save this world as well as ours! You just had to pick the touchiest subject I had ever seen this girl speak of! Even more so than when she first told everyone about the death of her parents! You-You bastard!! You are a dog Hatake Kakashi!! I don't know how I couldn't have seen right through that fake muscled build of yours!!" She screamed and stomped off leaving Makoto and Kakashi with a red cheek mouth agape.
"Wow…" Was all either of them could say.
"You do know that I've never seen her speak to someone like that before, let alone slap a man!" Makoto said drying her tears.
"Which only makes her more appealing." He spoke softly with a smile watching the blushing woman walk away.
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"This is getting better every time I watch them!!" Jiraiya shouted blushing like a madman behind a bush.
-:- Several hours later -:-
She looked down at her feet as she bit her lower lip. She sighed deeply then looked up at her sensei that was walking next to her.
"So… Kakashi-Sensei?... Do you really think that I'll be able to bring Sasuke-Kun back and save my Senshi from Orochimaru?" She asked staring at the man she had already began to respect with a great deal even only if he had been training her for about three hours.
His pure black eye looked down at her then back up at their surroundings as they walked.
"That is up to you and your strength in the end Makoto… Only you are able to tell that, but once I am done training you… I should be able to tell you then, but for now you have me amazed enough that you can touch my Lightening Blade and have no affect on you." He spoke making her smile with appreciation.
"Well, I think that's obviously just because I'm immune to any kind of lightening… I mean, my own had never hurt me except when I've used it too close and which was in turn, the cause of my own demise." She spoke with a smile and he found it weird that he was walking next to a girl that had been reincarnated more times than he could count on a all ten fingers and toes.
"But what you don't understand Makoto is, if you are to learn that attack, you really will be invincible to him. Don't retaliate just yet, let me finish." He said already knowing she was about to yell at him without him even looking, she blushed and closed her mouth.
"He could very well attack you on a whim, thinking you were not the true Kino Makoto but someone after the Sharingan… And with only one attack he could kill you but it depends on what attack he would use." He finished.
"Gezz, you make me feel sooo reassured Kaka-Sensei…" Makoto replied in a flat but sarcastic voice sweat dropping.
"You're welcome." He smiled as she rolled her eyes at his 'joke'
He looked down at the pouting girl and watched as her emotions changed from sulking to being serious and lost in her thoughts, most likely about Sasuke or her Senshi which was taken captive.
"You're definatly the spitting image of your mother Makoto… Natsuko was a beauty that looked identical to you... But Orochimaru and love were her downfall in the end… Let us all hope that you don't suffer the same way as she… He would face the consequences of many including your over protective God Parent…" He thought looking down at her with a smile.
She looked up and blushed.
"What now!?" She whined unhappily.
"You're not going to tell me I have to train my ass off everyday like I just did are you?" She asked as he suddenly smiled most likely catching sight of a certain female up ahead.
"See you bright and early, good night Makoto." He spoke softly but rushed as he winked and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Just don't give me anymore tests okay?!!" She shouted although she knew he didn't hear her in the end.
Makoto sighed and looked up at the stars as she felt people pass her by on the night streets of Konoha.
"Men, you can't live with them and you can't live without them, ne Usagi-Chan?... I hope Mamo's taking good care of you, wherever you are… I hope we can talk soon… I miss you my friend…" Makoto smiled warmly up at the silver moon her heart filling with elation at the gleaming white mass.
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"Naruto!! Slow down!! You'll make yourself-" Makoto's ranting was interrupted by his shouting mouth filled with breakfast.
"Why didn't you tell me you could cook like this!!!!?" He screamed angrily at her as she blushed and sat down beginning to eat her own meal as well.
"Well, you never asked… And you weren't ever here in the mornings because you're always off eating your ramen or training!!" She retaliated but he didn't reply he was too busy filling his face.
"I don't think he's ever been given a breakfast this good…" She whispered to herself, proud that she could give her friend more nutrients than a bowl of ramen.
"Do you want me to make dinner if I get here in time? It all depends on how long Kaka-Sensei trains me." She commented watching her friend look up his eyes sparkling.
"Would you really do that for me Mako-Chan?" He asked grabbing her hand as she looked at him like he was crazy.
"Why not? But like I said, I'll only do it if I'm here on time, so don't count on it-"
"Yosh!! Arigato Mako-Chan!! You're the best!!" He shouted and dug back into his beloved food.
Mako smiled and blushed as she watched the boy.
She couldn't say no to him now! Not after how happy her food had just made him… He really was like Usagi in so many ways and even if she wouldn't get to see her pigtailed friend for a while, she knew between the Usagi and Rei twins, she would be okay.
…. That is if Sakura didn't kill the Usagi look-alike before too long.
But she had a feeling… That something was going to change… Sometime soon…
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"What would I have done without your wonderful assistance Michiru-San? Thanks to you're ignorance, and falling into my trap to find your lover, I am one step closer to Mako-Chan and this will let me know wherever she goes and what she's planning." His sickly voice penetrated the empty room as soft cries could be heard echoing through the hall.
"There is no need to cry Michiru-San, Orochimaru-Sama will free you as soon as he gets Makoto-Chan, and you will be left unharmed." A man with glasses and silver hair smiled down at the weeping Senshi.
Her arms and legs were bound and her mouth was gagged as she sat back tied to a wall in a dark and wet room. Her aqua hair fell in front of her red and blotchy face.
She was so utterly stupid to think that Haruka had been captured! And now look at her… She was defenseless, put Mako and Usagi in danger and now was completely useless and crying… What had she done to her loving Senshi?
She wept harder thinking of all the horrible things that this man planned to do with Makoto and her Senshi…
"Stifle that woman Kabuto… She is distracting me…" Orochimaru spat while staring into the mirror and not moving his gaze away from it whatsoever.
"Hai, Orochimaru-Sama… Come Michiru-San…" Kabuto said lifting the woman from the floor and pushed her towards the door.
He quietly opened the metal door and pushed it aside making sure he didn't let go of her allowing for an unwanted escape.
As they walked out she kept her head down tears still falling freely to the ground then she heard footsteps walk by her.
"Oh, Sasuke-Kun. You really shouldn't be wandering the halls at this hour, Orochimaru-Sama-"
Michiru's head snapped up her eyes widening tears streaming down her face more than ever.
Her eyes connected with the bloodstained red ones, hate and disposition seeping from their very beholder.
She began to struggle in Kabuto's grasp her eyes not leaving the Uchiha's her muffled cries blared out Kabuto's constant shouting at her to stop.
Finally she somehow managed to maneuver her way out of the gag and scream.
"Sasuke!! When Mako- Ahhhhh!!" The Senshi of Neptune cried out feeling a sharp pain penetrate her arm, Kabuto had injected something into her before she could tell the Uchiha what Orochimaru planned to do with his friend.
"Shhhe Sheee needs..y-you…." She whispered as she fell to the ground her body going limp.
Sasuke glared at the woman then his eyes connected with Kabuto's who was trying to lift her over his shoulder.
"Sasuke-Kun, you-" Before the assistant to the wretched man in the other room could finish his sentence, the wielder of the Sharingan walked away no longer caring to be in the medic's presence as well as the fallen female.
"That was close indeed…" Kabuto seethed at the collapsed woman and picked her up carrying her to an unknown place.
In the room just left vacant Orochimaru sat watching the mirror with pleasure filling his snake like eyes.
"She truly is worth waiting for… And resembles Natsuko perfectly…" Orochimaru licked his lips smiling at the brown haired Senshi as she threw electricity at the Copy-Ninja fiercely.
Unknown to him, another pair of eyes watched with a small hint of interest and loathing.
"She is most definatly worth waiting for ripening…" He spoke again watching the Senshi of Lightening.
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His hand didn't even knock on the door as he slipped into the room forcefully, thanking Kami that she was the only on in at the moment.
"What is it now Kakashi? I have no mission for you besides training Makoto at the moment so-"
"Hokage-Sama please listen, I have come here to speak to you about Makoto and her training." The silver haired man spoke as the only female of the Legendary Three Sannin raised a delicate blonde eyebrow in interest as she leaned forward.
"Oh? And that would be?" She asked drawing her voice out.
"I want her to train with Jiraiya… There is something that we didn't know about her powers." He spoke his tone couldn't have been more serious.
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I am now going to be rabidly ripped apart by you all aren't I? Hehe… Please….. Don't! Lol!! Weeeellllllll all I can say is that I am super extremely proud of this chapter!! And I think if anyone were to ever flame it… I would weep like a baby! Lol!! All I'm going to tell you about the next chapter is… You'll be knocked off your seats from the first five words, guaranteed. :D I bet you love me even more now, don't ya? Lol, well please review and be kind!! Oh and please excuse any mistakes in the grammar that I missed!! Up next, chapters five and six for Desert Rose! I should have Chapter Five's release date up on my profile in about a week... Hopfully! ;p
Later!!
-Kat