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I'm back with another chappie. Yay.
Sorry about the delay. I had major writers block… Reviews! -Psycho laugh-
Sharkteeth – I'm glad you find it interesting! I hope you enjoy this next chappie. n.n
Snow-kitty231 – Yosh, sad but true. Are they? Or are they not.. It's that obvious, ne? I'm writing! I'm writing! x.x Please don't tell her. She'll laugh behind my back at my patheticness. Her stories are waaaaay cooler than mine. My imagination ist kaput. Hope you like this chappie!
Welp, better get to the point, ne? Okies, enjoy!
Kairi's eyes flickered open. The morning beams of light seeped through the window and she rolled onto her other side. A habit of the red heads was letting her limbs venture outside of her covers and off of the bed. Naturally, she let her arm flop out the side with her eyes closed, and then kicked her leg out. She buried her face in the pillow, before sitting up.
A strange feeling washed over her. Was someone… watching? Kairi snapped her head around quickly when she saw Naruto, on his bed, head on his pillow, watching her. Her voice was hoarse, so she coughed. "What?" Naruto just shrugged and got out of his bed, his sleeping hat cutely falling in front of his eyes. The blonde stumbled out of the room yawning, and Kairi found herself standing up, wobbling, and trailing behind him. There was silence in the house. Neither child spoke. Naruto broke the eerie silence. "Instant ramen?" Kairi just nodded sleepily. After about five minutes of silent cooking, they both sat down, and started eating the ramen out of instant serve cups.
After they both slumped in their seats from full bellies, Naruto finally spoke up. "Umm… Kairi?" Kairi rubbed her eyes and yawned. "Yeah?" Naruto began to fidget with his shirt. "Are… Are you alright?" Kairi looked at him weirdly. "Why wouldn't I be alright?" He shrugged and averted his eyes. "I could hear you crying in your bed last night." Kairi was shaken. She was so sure he was asleep. Her eyes started to well with tears. Naruto jumped up beside her and shook his hands. "No, no, don't cry!" Kairi stared at her feet. She had been crying last night. She'd cried herself to sleep. She missed her parents, and her friends weren't there to comfort her, only Naruto. Only Naruto…
Before Naruto could react further, Kairi was clinging to his stomach, wetting his shirt with her tears. "I… miss… my… parents…" She sobbed, beginning to break down. Naruto's eyes had widened, but he put one of his arms on her back and one on her head. Kairi continued to sob, by then she was drenching the bottom of his shirt and making his stomach wet. He petted her back. "It's… It's gonna be alright. You'll see!" He murmured, trying to calm her down.
After a few minutes of crying, Kairi ceased and let go of Naruto. Naruto stared at her. She was really sad. She had been holding in all the sadness for much longer than most people would. Drying her eyes with the back of her hand, Kairi sniffed and rested her head on the table. 'I'd better leave her alone now… knowing me, I would just do something wrong to make her start crying again.' Naruto thought to himself, creeping out of the room. "I'm… going to go get changed." Kairi lifted her head and nodded as he walked out of the room.
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At the academy, Kairi sat in silence, staring at the bench. Class was finished, but people were still there. Naruto was trying to pick a fight with Sasuke, but was always ending up having everyone laugh at him. Sasuke looked like he'd done this millions of times before. He probably had. Kairi felt a tapping on her shoulder. A blushing girl with short deep blue hair and pale lavender eyes stood next to her. "Uh… H-Hello, I'm Hyuga Hinata." She stuttered. "I c-couldn't help noticing that you look upset about something?" Kairi looked back down to the desk. Her eyes were still a little red and puffy from the outburst that morning.
"I'm Kairi," Kairi responded, scarcely letting her words come out as a whisper. "I'm fine." Suddenly, Sakura and the long blonde haired girl popped up from behind Hinata. Sakura spoke up first. "Yeah, you're not looking too good, Kairi." The blonde piped up. "Yup, it looks like you've been crying." Kairi just tilted her head as if to say 'And who're you?'. The girl seemed to understand. "I'm Ino, by the way. Yamanaka Ino." Sakura spoke again, continuing Ino's sentence. "Or just Ino-pig for short." Ino snapped her head around to Sakura, and as Kairi imagined a big stretch of flame flying from her mouth to incinerate the bubblegum haired girl, she screamed, "What did you say Billboard-brow?!" Almost instantly, they began to bicker. Hinata tapped Kairi's shoulder as confusion was written across her face. "I-It happens all the time," Kairi just nodded.
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After the academy day was through, Kairi was feeling happier. Her and Hinata had become much better friends, and Naruto always managed to capture a laugh from the class. She'd learnt how to do a Transformation jutsu and she was very happy with herself. She had just perfected it. Naruto, on the other hand, seemed to get it completely wrong every time. Kairi sort of felt sorry for him, apparently he'd been in the academy for a long time.
Naruto popped up beside her. "Wow, you're getting really good at this, Kairi-chan!" Kairi smiled sadly. "Yeah, but I feel bad that I just show up and perfect the jutsu when you've been trying to perfect it for ages," The blonde laughed loudly, with his hands on his hips. "I don't want to show off is all!" Kairi giggled at Naruto's volume, and a few replies from Sakura saying 'Sure Naruto,' He grinned. "I'm pulling out the big guns tomorrow, it's the examination! I know I'm gonna ace it this time!"
Kairi's eyes widened. The examination? "You mean we're going to be tested to see if we're going to become a Genin and get out head protectors tomorrow?" Naruto nodded quickly. The red head was nervous. She had hardly learnt anything, let alone enough for a Genin. Naruto must of seen her nervous look. "Don't worry, Kairi-chan. You'll be fine! You'll do great!" She smiled and grabbed the blonde's head, rubbing her knuckles on his scalp. "Oh yeah?" Naruto screamed hysterically and flung his arms around, trying to escape.
Feww! Chappie done.
Next chappie will be the exam! Stay tuned!
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