hi! i have chapter seven! i feel very proud of my self. grins yes i know it took me some time, and it's not very long but if you want to complain about the length, then go a head, i'll just ignore you though, this is four freaking pages on Word prosessor so yeah. anyway i hope you like it; R&R please!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto.i wish i did though.
"So," Naruto said, after both he and Sakura had somewhat stopped laughing, Taka was still inwardly laughing his tail off. "Do you think you're up to walking around town?"
Sakura thought for a moment, she was a little tired, but there was no chance of a nap after her recent explosions of uncontained laughter. 'Besides,' she thought, 'I really want keep talking to him, he seems like he's changed so much.' "Why not?" She finally answered with a grin.
The blonde grinned back at her. "First though, I suggest we find you some other clothes to wear, you might get rather cold in that." He said, pointing at her. The pink haired teen had on her usual no sleeve, skirt ensemble.
"Why though? I was fine before." She asked.
"Before, it wasn't snowing." He countered, smirking playfully.
Confused, the medic nin leaned over the side of the bed to look out the window. The jinchuuriki was right. The unfamiliar city she saw outside her window was covered in a soft white blanket of foot deep snow. "Oh." She said, slightly surprised. The last time she'd seen the sky, it had been such a clear blue with no clouds in sight. Just how long had she been unconscious?
"Surprising isn't it? You've only been out a couple of days and we've already got a foot of snow." The whiskered teen remarked, looking out the window from behind.
Sakura turned her head to see the blonde standing behind her, staring out the window as well. "So, umm how am I going to get clothes? I kind of didn't bring anything warmer." She asked him sheepishly, embarrassed that she was unprepared for any situation as shinobi were supposed to be.
"Eh, I'll ask Lina if you can borrow something of hers." He said absentmindedly, obviously focused on something going on outside the window.
"Oh, okay. Thanks."
Naruto's attention returned to the mid-sized room. "I'm going to go find Lina and get you some different clothes, 'k?" He said, turning to walk out the door.
"Okay." The pink haired jounin replied as she watched him leave. The teen was unsure of what else to say. 'I don't know how he'll react anymore, it's hard to think of the right things to say.' She realized, as she watched his back fade from view as he soundlessly closed the door.
"Annoying, isn't it?" Came the 19-year old like voice of the black summon still stretched out on the hospital bed. "Not knowing quite what to say anymore."
Sakura looked down at the fox beside her, startled, 'Does he always know what people are thinking?' She wondered. "Yeah, it is." The cherry blossom replied after a while.
The teen felt something very heavy move back into her lap. She looked down to see two large gray eyes looking hopefully up at her. She laughed, "Do you ever not want attention?" She asked him playfully as her hand once again began to scratch the massive K-9 behind the ears. "And what was with the sad puppy dog face you just gave me, are you part dog or something?"
The fox wagged his tail at the response. "Well," He began, moving so Sakura's fingers were in just the right spot. "Dogs are technically cousins of mine, as are wolves, but I guess you could say we differ from family tradition a little bit. Annoyingly, we are also cousins to the coyote but we all just sort of try and ignore them. As for attention, I only like it when it's not the painful sort. And, far from annoyingly, when it comes to the scratching the ears gig, I must say Cherry you do a great job. Nothing like that wolf chick who always does it too hard, now that is annoying. Mind you it still feels rather good, it simply pales by comparison."
Sakura laughed, she was going to like Taka, except for maybe the fact that it was technically his fault Naruto was stuck here; then again it was also thanks to him that Naruto was alive. She was curious about Lina, too. Obviously she was both the person who had healed the hyperactive blonde when he first came to Fang, and the person he worked with on patrol. She wanted to know who Konoha's number one most surprising ninja had been spending so much time with.
While one teen's thoughts were lost to curiosity, the other came back into the room, visibly ticked off at something, or someone. In his hand was a gym bag filled with clothes. He walked over to the bed and leaning back onto the firm mattress. With a sigh he let his current frustration go. Grinning at some internal joke he handed the bag to Sakura. "Here," he said, as she took the bag with her free hand. "She gave me several different things, so you can take your pick. It's all pretty warm though."
"From the look on your face when you walked in she gave you a bashing to go with it." Taka noted, slightly annoyed as Sakura stopped scratching his ears to look through the clothes in the bag.
"Yeah, well, remind me to kill Kai when I find him."
"Why, what did Eagle Boy do?"
"Do you remember the 'bucket of water dropping on you from on top of a door' faze he finally got over last year?"
"Oh, no, not again."
"Well apparently he didn't quite get over it. He dumped one on Lina and she thought I did it."
"Didn't you go through one of those when you were little?" Sakura asked the only other human present, taking interest in the conversation.
"Yeah, only I was nine." He retorted.
"This guy is 18." The fox informed her. "It's really annoying when you have to look out for flying objects because of an 18 year-old. It's bearable when it's a kid, but this is just kind of ridiculous. Did you manage to convince wolfie that it was her brother who pulled the juvenile prank?"
"Yes eventually. 'Still didn't get me out of a verbal bashing."
Sakura officially couldn't wait to meet Lina.
Sakura opened up the gym bag once more. Naruto had left the room, dragging Taka along with him, to give her some privacy while she changed. The kunoichi curiously pulled out each piece of clothing in the bag and laid them out on the bed. The items were certainly warmer than her current attire, but the pink haired teen couldn't help but wonder if they were snow worthy. 'Oh well. At least it's an improvement.' She thought as she selected a white, thick-strapped tank top. Removing her own clothes, she swiftly pulled the top down over her head. The tank was a little long, but hugged close to her curves. It stretched a little over her by now generously sized bust; it must come with the trade, considering her sensei.
She picked up a black jacket with a high collar. She put it on over the tank, leaving it unzipped for the time being. Honestly the teen didn't think her body could take the heat if she zipped it. The jacket was impossibly warm, the interior, as she had failed to realize before, was fur, velvety soft creating more heat than any other material the girl could think of. The sleeves, as if to double as gloves, hung down over her wrists, ending at her knuckles.
Sakura now had no doubt the clothes were meant for the current weather situation. Blood rose to her cheeks with the sudden warmth of her body as she reached for a full-length pair of kaki colored pants. She quickly stripped off her skirt and donned the pants. They were, like the preceding jacket, unbelievably warm, and a few inches to long. Otherwise, they were comfortable, made out of a material unknown to the jounin. The kaki bottoms flared slightly at the bottoms, made to fit loosely over thick boots.
Grimacing, she noticed the only part of her body that wasn't ridiculously warm. She looked down at her cold feet and realized she would need shoes as well. Sighing, the medic nin, now fully dressed, walked out the door into the hallway, barefoot. She was surprised to find that Naruto and Taka were no longer the only ones waiting on her.
A girl with waist length snow-white hair was leaning against the wall in front of her. The girl looked up curiously, meeting the Konoha shinobi's equally curious stare. The kunoichi's silently studied each other.
Sakura, of course, had hair the color of cherry blossoms that ended between her chin and shoulders, much like it had hung three years ago. Sea green eyes complemented the pink hair that surrounded a facial structure that hadn't noticeably changed while Naruto had been 'missing'. In fact, her figure hadn't really changed, just matured with the last few years of adolescence.
The other, had hair the color of the soft white powder covering the ground outside. It hung around her waist, with thin strips of white that were cut shorter, framing her tanned face. Her eyes were gray, but unlike Taka's they were warm and inviting. She was taller than Sakura by a few inches, yet had basically the same figure, though not as gifted in the upper regions of the feminine physique. She sported long black pants that hung over casual, black, close-toed boots. She wore an equally black sweater that hugged close to her body; sleeves going down to the knuckles like the jacket Sakura had on.
"You must be Sakura!" The white haired teen exclaimed cheerfully in a musical voice, unable to remain quiet any longer. She was grinning from ear to ear, perfectly content where she was. "I'm Lina." Lina introduced her self politely, taking a step away from the wall and holding out her hand.
The jounin smiled as well, stepping forward to shake the eager girl's hand. "Hi, it's nice to meet you." She replied sheepishly, unsure of what to say. She needn't have worried; Lina took over the conversation happily.
"I'm so happy to finally meet you, I've heard lots about you! Oh yeah, I brought you shoes; I figure you'd need those, no since in going outside barefoot. As for clothes, feel free to keep borrowing mine! I'm glad they fit you so well; I was a little worried they would be to big for you but I guess not! Anyway, I have to take you shopping after Naruto shows you around, I have a feeling he can't really show you the feminine appeal of the village; even if I have dragged him through ever store from here to Vinci!" She paused to breath, grinning again
"Sure, sounds fun." Sakura replied to the completely unexpected rambling, Naruto wasn't kidding about the talking. She smiled back at the grinning kunoichi.
A/N: I hope you liked it! it's still choppy i know, i'm working on it. anyway; i wrote an extra conversation out on the computer while i was trying to think of how i would introduce sakura and lina,i decide not to go the route that involved using this conversation but i liked it to much to just delete it, so i thought i'd share some pointless banter with you! (warning this in no way will be in my story, though it is similar to what naruto and taka's reaction would be to this question)
"So is Lina your, umm girlfriend?" Sakura asked, both embarrassed by her question and afraid of the answer.
Taka gagged, choking on the pretzel he'd just been given. Naruto froze, "Hell no." He stated firmly, shivering at the thought
"Why not?" The medic nin asked, surprised at the amount of reaction.
"She is way to annoying." The fox started off. "Missions are bad enough! You date her blondie and I eat you."
"No worries there" The blonde replied grimacing.
"What's so bad about her anyway? She seems nice." Sakura injected, secretly overjoyed with the two's reaction.
"She never shuts up." The whiskered blonde replied flatly, scowling.
ha, okay i'm done for the next few days, i'm leaving for thanksgiving and will be miserable in what is quite possible the most boring city ever, but i'll try and get a chapter up before i leave, and write another while i'm gone.
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