Who was that girl? I wondered as I lay in my bed. My sister? No way. That was insane. I rolled over to stare out my tiny window. But she knew my first name. She was smiling as she read the album, almost as if she knew those people herself. I rolled over again to stare at the ceiling. I have to ask her about it. If I even knew where she lived. I sighed. How did I reveal everything about me but I barely know anything about her? I sighed again. I need to stop getting distracted by girl's looks. Then, I remembered, I wasn't alone. Hey, fox.
"What's up, kit?"
That girl…What do you think about her?
"She's cute."
No! Not like that…
"You want to know if she's your sister." He said it more like a statement than a question.
Yeah…
"Judging by her reactions and statements, I'd say it's about a 90% chance."
So…Yes.
"Interpret it how you want, now go to sleep."
Okay.
I woke up early again the next morning. Instant ramen? I grabbed a container. No, wait. Iruka-sensei is treating me today. I put the cup back and got dressed.
Starving, I hurriedly shut the door, forgetting to lock it, and ran to the closest ramen stand: Ichiraku's ramen. Iruka-sensei was already there when I arrived.
"Hey, Naruto! Good to see ya!" he greeted, his hand waving: a second greeting.
"Hey, Iruka-sensei," I replied nonchalantly and slid into the stool next to his. "How's your weekend been?" I asked, trying to start a conversation while also ordering breakfast.
"Good," he said. "I'll have the same."
I grinned.
"Iruka-sensei, Naruto," a voice from behind me said.
I whipped my head around to come face-to-face with Hinata. "Oh, it's you Hinata."
She smiled. "Can I join you?"
"Of course," Iruka-sensei butted in.
"Thanks," she replied shyly and took a seat.
While we were waiting for our food, a conversation was started about everything you could turn into using the Transformation Jutsu. Crazy monsters that could only exist in your imagination were thought up. I lay low, vaguely listening and replying when necessary. Maybe I should look for her today…
"Don't kit."
Why not?
"Think about it. If she ran out yesterday, she probably got all the information she needed and saw no point in staying longer. Why would she stick around afterwards? That would only get her discovered."
I guess you're right…
"What worries me more, though, is if she's not your sister and was only her on an information-gathering mission."
They actually have those?
"Yeah, and judging by the way she operated, she's probably been doing missions like that for years."
Speaking of missions, if she wasn't my sister, what value would it hold telling me what village she came from? Remember? 'No, the rain village.' That's what she said.
"Yeah. I'm still trying to figure it out myself."
"What do you think, Naruto-kun?"
I brought myself out of my pondering state. "Huh?" Hinata and Iruka-sensei practically fell over. I rubbed the back of my head. "Sorry, sorry, I was thinking about something. Could you repeat the question?"
"I asked 'is a giant purple silk worm or a giant gold statue were worth more?'" Hinata explained.
"The silk worm, obviously."
"I'd have to go the silk worm," I said and Iruka sighed. "Sorry sensei."
"Here's your ramen," Tenchi told us, giving each of us a steaming bowl of noodle-y heaven.
"Thanks for the food!" we said in unison, broke our chopsticks, and dug in.
A/N: As promised, the next chapter! I'm serious...i really will give you cookies...i'll even throw in a free cupcake...PLS REVIEW! By the way, i'm taking ideas for thenext few chapters so if u wanna help out just include them in a pm or...the reviews ur gonna make =P thx^^! -SleepyFox
