Dimly a sound filtered past the foliage.
"HINATA – SAMA!!! HINATAAAAAAA - SAMAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DINNER TIME!!!!!!"
Hinata recognized her nursemaid's voice calling her back to the compound.
Hurriedly, she dug into the hidden pocket of her kimono and brought out a packet of onigiri, handing them to the starving boy.
"A-ano, here. They w-will at least keep you f-from st-st-starving. M-meet me here a-again, tomorrow, o-okay?"
Hinata got her stutter back, since the boy wasn't in danger anymore. Turning, she fled towards her nursemaid.
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Naruto was back in his dingy apartment, chewing contentedly on his onigiri that the "fallen angel' – his affectionate term for the mysterious girl he had met in the forest – had given him earlier that day.
Hmmmm… something good DID come out of today's adventure… I guess. At least I won't have to scrounge around for dinner in the garbage pail again. The people around here are so stingy! I couldn't find food for a month…
He had managed to sneak back, avoiding the crowd of angry villagers still pursuing their prey, though the mob had gotten considerably smaller since. Many got bored with the day's "kill the demon" game and decided to go back to doing their jobs.
Eh, she said to meet her there again tomorrow. What do you think, Kyuubi?
Well kit, she didn't seem too bad, so I say we chance it and go again tomorrow.
Naruto had discovered the great Kyuubi no Youko residing in him two months ago when he was recovering from another one of the villagers' "kill the demon" games. Now he looked to Kyuubi as rather a friend and advisor. Anyhow, the demon had taught him quite a few powerful jutsu- powerful to Naruto, at least.
Alright; tomorrow we go and meet the girl again. After that we'll go and practice the Kawarimi jutsu you showed me. Sound good?
Yeah.
Heh, he's already half in love with her… but then again, she's the only one who didn't shun him just quite yet. Well. We'll just have to wait and see tomorrow….