Hey Everybody!
I hope you all liked my first chapter; I sure had fun writing it!
Actually, there's a little inside joke in that one. The first part, the whole 'protecting the stick mission', my 2 fave cousins of all time and my little sister, one night all got high on god knows what and started playing 'Ninja' in the backyard. And we loved to fight with these long wooden sticks that were taller than us, so decided to have 2 of us 'protecting' this stick that stuck up out of the turf, and have the other two try to 'attack' it. I loved those times.
Of course if you love to read all different types of fan fict, you'll notice one Naruto and Hinata fan fict written by a "Sasuke", where she uses the same technique. Well guess what, she is my little sister.
Identical twin sister to be exact.
Although when it comes to Anime characters, she is a whole different story! She prefers the action side than the quiet and happy side like me. My friends and I give her nicknames like Inuyasha from Inuyasha Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto and "Satoru Tanomi" (Sa-tore-ru Ta-no-me) from the story me, her and my friends are writing together (again, we all need a life!). Satoru is a dark mean character, out for revenge and loves to pick on people.
Good god I've taken up a third of the page again?!
I'll need to work on this...
Before you read this chapter I must tell you how to say the names of the O.C (own characters) I've brought in. There's Kanashii Nodono (Ka-gnash-ee No-dough-no) and his mother Midore Nodono (Me-door- ray No-doe-no).
Well, here's the second chapter of "True confessions"; enjoy!
- True confessions –
Chapter 2: The Waste Villa - exposed
"Why couldn't you have just told us before?"
Kakashi rolled his eyes. "Naruto, you've been arguing this case since we left Konoha. Could you please drop it?"
Squad 7 had left on their mission to the Waste Villa 6 hours ago (they had to leave at noon because Naruto had slept in), the 7:00 sky looming above them; dark, cloudy and cold.
"Are we there yet?" Naruto complained, dragging his feet.
"Yes, it's just up there." Kakashi pointed.
Ahead, lit only by the dim, crescent moon; was a broken down village. More than one building had collapsed, plants had shriveled up and died years ago, crops and water supplies were exhausted by the taunting sun and the turf lay cracked and uneven.
"Can you call this a village?" Naruto said.
"It's horrible." Sakura said quietly, feeling sympathy for the villagers.
Suddenly a small voice called out to them from the edge of the Village.
"Hey! Over here!"
A 6 year old boy ran over to squad 7 and stood tall, smiling in the faint moonlight. "Hi! My name is Kanashii Nodono. Are you from the village hidden in the leaves; Konoha?"
Sakura smiled at this little boy's enthusiasm.
"Yes we are. I'm Kakashi Hatake, and these here, are my students." Kakashi replied.
Sakura smiled, Naruto gave him the thumbs up and Sasuke kept his hands in his pockets and a frown on his face.
"My mum says you're free to come have dinner with us! We have spare beds for you too!" Kanashii said, pointing towards the Village.
"We would love that." Kakashi said, his eye closing in the form of a smile.
Kanashii smiled, skipping the way up the path to a medium sized house; paint pealing off, and doors creaking on worn-out hinges. Kanashii ran inside into the light, announcing to his mother that 'The ninjas are here!'
A woman, about in her late twenties, came out from the kitchen holding a tattered old tea towel. She had a tattered dress and long silky brown hair that slung over one shoulder in a ponytail. "Hello and welcome. My name is Midore Nodono."
"Pleased to meet you. I'm Kakashi Hatake." Kakashi smiled, then motioned to Naruto, who smiled like an idiot; "This is Naruto Uzumaki", then Kakashi pointed to Sakura, who smiled sweetly; "This is Sakura Haruno.", then Kakashi's hand waved over to Sasuke, who still stood with his hands in his pockets and an un-amused look on upon his pale face; "And this is Sasuke Uchiha."
Kakashi took a deep breath, continuing the intro; "We have been assigned personally by the third Hokage to escort your son safely to Konoha for his schooling in the ninja academe."
"Well I'm very happy to know that my boy is in good hands." Midore smiled. "I hope you're planning to stay the night" she added, slinging the tea towel over her shoulder; "I've made enough dinner for at least 7 families!"
Naruto's eyes lit up at this.
"Yes, well. We would have been here and back by now… if it weren't for a certain someone." Kakashi's cold-one eyed gaze fell upon the little blond boy next to him, who shrugged; "Hey, I like to sleep!"
"It looks… delicious."
Squad seven sat around the small table with the Nodonos, dinner set out neatly in front of each person.
The words of Mrs. Nodono floated back into Sakura's mind as she picked up her chopsticks; this was a meal big enough for 7 families?
Everyone's meal consisted of one small steamed carrot, a tiny rare cooked slab of lamb, a pinch of rice and a glass of murky water.
"Do you grow these yourself?" Naruto asked, picking up the carrot and trying not to look disgusted how it slipped out of his grip and flopped back onto the plate.
"Yes, they're grown right here in the village; just across from the old shrine." She smiled, picking up the lamb. "And the livestock were raised here too."
The room fell into an awkward silence once again.
Sasuke and Sakura both had the same question on their minds, but dared not to ask it out of courtesy. But Naruto, not thinking of the consequences;
"Why is this village so torn up? Did a big war go on or something?"
Midore looked down at her plate, lowering her chopsticks; she had been expecting this.
"Kanashii, will you please leave the room for a moment?" she asked softly.
Kanashii nodded and got up from his empty plate and turned to leave. As he did, Sakura noticed a large jet black slash on the back of his neck and trailing down to the side of his left shoulder.
"I'll bet you'll want to know about what happened to Kanashii too, huh?" Midore asked, noticing Sakura's look of concern towards the boy.
"It was 4 years ago… Kanashii was only 2 at the time.
Drake, his father, was alive at the time too… a modest man he was; always going out of his way for the village's sake.
But one day… an outsider came to our home with a warning. She said that millions of warriors were headed this way, and that if this village was chosen for their overnight, or longer, stay; that it was as good as death for the entire village if refused.
Well, the warriors came in their millions, demanding food and shelter. But Drake refused, said that there was no room and that they should move on elsewhere.
As you can guess, that didn't sit well with the leader of the pack at all. He and his group of thugs tore up the place, killing many… Drake along with the few that decided to stand up and fight.
In the end the leader created a deal among the still living; claiming he and his men would come back every full moon and take an offering from us… if there was no offering… there was no village.
And he told us, that if anyone tried to leave the village… he would be hunted down and killed on the spot; no excuses whatsoever.
That's how Kanashii got the scar. He was too far out of the boundaries and the guards found him… luckily letting him off with just a warning."
She looked up now, a tinge of hope shining in her eyes.
"Please, I need you to see Kanashii to your village safely… and keep him so until such time when this is all over. Train him to be strong and able to protect himself… that is all I ask."
Kakashi nodded, standing up. "We gladly accept your offer and shall see to it that Kanashii is brought to our village safely."
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura all nodded, agreeing.
Sakura closed up her bag and placed it next to her bed. She looked around the small room, where only she sat.
She stood up and exited the room, walking down the drafty hall, walking past Sasuke and Naruto's room where aggressive words were being shared.
She stopped at one room that had the door ajar, but not enough to see into. She pushed it open a little more, peering into the room. Inside sat Kanashii, on the only piece of furniture in the room, reading a book. His face was screwed up cutely in concentration.
Sakura opened the door and took a step in. "Hey, whacha doing?" she asked friendly.
Kanashii looked up, lowering the book. "I'm reading!"
"What are you reading?" she asked, sitting on the mattress next to him. Sakura giggled as she saw he was reading it upside-down.
"Here, let me help you." Sakura offered, taking the book and putting it the right way round. "It says; 'Ninja Jacks training'."
Kanashii looked up at Sakura in awe. "What else does it say?!"
Sakura read over the short story with the boy, him laughing at the funny pictures on each page.
"I wanna be a ninja one day!" Kanashii told Sakura as she closed the book. "I wanna learn to fight bad guys and win!"
Sakura smiled, but it only lasted a second; Kanashii's enthusiastic smile had turned to a look of defeat, his eyes recalling something.
"I wanna learn how to protect mummy... when the bad guys come and the big moon is out. I wanna be strong."
Sakura ruffled his hair. "Don't worry; we're here to help you achieve that dream."
Kanashii smiled in contentment. "Really?! Wow! I'm gonna be a ninja!"
Sakura left the bedroom and went outside to find the boys; they weren't in their rooms anymore.
"I hope they haven't killed each other." She worried, but couldn't help smiling all the same.
She took a deep breath and exhaled; the air was still warm from this afternoon.
She looked around for the boys, soon hearing Naruto's loud obnoxious voice.
"And what make you so sure I would lose?" Naruto argued, sounding absolutely outraged.
"Because you don't think about these things, you just rush ahead and get your ass kicked." Sasuke replied coolly; it almost sounded like he was enjoying the rise he was getting out of Naruto.
Sakura rolled her eyes and followed Naruto's loud voice, soon finding him around the back of the Nodono's house with Sasuke.
"I do not!" Naruto started yelling. "You just always get in the way and screw things up!"
Sakura came up behind Naruto who was standing over Sasuke, at full volume now. She hit him over the head with her fist not too hard, but not too soft either.
"Shut up, you'll wake the whole village." she said effortlessly, sitting in the dirt and looking out at the crescent moon.
"Oh," Naruto complied, remembering that he wasn't the only one here.
Sakura rested her back on the wall behind her, trying not to make eye contact with Sasuke or else she might do or say something embarrassing. She took her flower pendant into her fingers, rolling it around idly while looking up at the silvery moon.
"How's Kanashii?" Naruto asked, hoping to get a conversation between him and Sakura happening.
"He's gone to bed." Sakura replied plainly.
She pulled her legs up to her chest and rested her chin upon her knees. "We have to help him... at all costs!" she said, making both Naruto and Sasuke look up at her. "He... he told me some things... why he wants to become a ninja. And I want to help him become the best ninja Konoha as ever seen!"
Naruto snorted. "Maybe the 2nd best."
Sakura smiled up at the moon. "Yeah, you're right. Kakashi is pretty hard to beat."
Naruto gnashed his teeth. "I can beat him! Any day, anytime!"
"Yeah... right." Sakura said, stretching her legs out again.
Off in the distance, Naruto's volume-rising voice entered the ears of three anonymous men, hidden in the trees just beyond the waste villas boundary.
"That's them, huh?" a deep, hair-raising voice sniffed.
"And they aint alone either, they have some sortta teacher with them." replied a calm shrewd voice.
The sound of Midore Nodono calling the three teens inside sounded, along with the replies of two of them.
"Orders were no one leaves the village." a third dangerous voice said, chuckling lightly. "But there were no rules about visitors..."
His eyes flashed dangerously in the moonlight. "Let's have some fun."
Chap 2Fin