Well, it has been a while hasn't it? No? okay, well, whatever. Um…oh, yeah!
NOTE: I'M GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN LESS THAN A MONTH! And for you haters that are annoyed with me saying 'why the Phuck should I care?' well, let me tell you! I won't be posting as often! Maybe like once or twice a week for all my stories. I'm going to have a schedule, co one week I could work on story A and story B and then the next week I could work on stories B and C and so on.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but the old lady might come in in this chapter! How exciting!
As I walked through my empty home, and hopped in the shower, knowing all my stuff was packed. I quickly washed my hair. "Do dodo do do dodo do! Shoebee-doo-op, lollido da! Ha-ha," I sang tunelessly as I washed the conditioner out of my hair.
I turned off the water and wrapped a towel around me, glancing at the clock that hung on the wall. Oh, guess I didn't take as quick of a shower as I thought I did… I thought as I saw that over a half an hour had passed.
I got dressed and made my way into my room, double-checking my pack. "Extra clothing, check. Kunai, check. Shiruken, check. Some money, check. Health care products, check. Some food pills, check. Um…is there anything else I need?"
"No, I think you've got everything," Madara said behind me.
"Why would you block your chakra from me, Madara?" I asked, not looking up from my bag.
"I sensed that someone else was here," he replied.
I paused, looking at him. "I'm the only one here. I don't have anyone over."
"Well, are we ready to go?"
I zipped up my pack, carrying on my back, and nodded. We headed out, making sure I locked the door behind us.
We started walking in silence, and soon we had left the borders of our clan boundaries. Madara looked at the sky.
"You've been doing that an awful lot lately," I commented, not shifting my gaze from the path in front of us.
He looked at me. "Doing what?"
"Looking at the sky," I pointed up. "what's so interesting up there?"
He shrugged. "Nothing, I guess," he turned his attention back to the path. And that awkward silence fell over us again. A few minutes passed.
"How long until we get there?" I asked.
"should be a few days' worth of travelling."
"Then why are we walking?" I asked, picking up the pace.
"I thought you would've needed to rest," he shrugged.
"No, I got plenty of sleep when somebody didn't wake me up."
"Sorry, clan business," he replied.
I rolled my eyes. "Tell me when to stop," I told him as I went past him, scouting ahead.
"Hn." He replied.
"What is it with those Uchiha guys?" I asked myself. "Always answering with 'hn's, like look, I don't speak your language! If I started answering 'hn' to everything, no one would know what I'm saying! Stupid…"
"I can hear you," Madara called to me.
"Then maybe I should stop talking to myself," I called back to him. I stopped, checking for any unfamiliar chakras. All clear. No signs of an ambush. I waved Madara over.
"What did you find?"
"I sensed no other chakras, but we should still be careful about what we say in case they are better at hiding their chakra than most people," I told him. "I still think we should've brought a sensory type."
"All of our sensory types—as you know—aren't as fast as us. So while they have the affinity and not the speed, you have the affinity—though not as strong as theirs—and the speed to keep up, making you the obvious choice to cautiousness and time-saving," he said, squinting at me.
"Madara, what's wrong?" I asked.
"It just helps me to see better."
"I told you not to use your Sharingan as often," I shook my head. "You'll go completely blind if you don't stop using it."
"It's fine."
I sighed, and continued ahead. We made this our standard procedure. I go ahead, stop, look for chakras other than Madara's and my own, gesture him forward, go ahead, stop, look for unfamiliar chakras, gesture him forward.
"We'll stop here," Madara announced as I waved him forward, panting.
I nodded. "I'm gonna…sleep in that tree," I told him, pointing to a tree on the opposite side of the small clearing we decided to stop at. He nodded.
"Wake me up in an hour," I told him as I jumped over to the tree.
"Got it," he replied from the ground.
*The next morning*
The sun shined brightly in my face, making me squeeze my eyes shut tightly. What the heck? I didn't open the blinds…?
I shot up, the previous day's events coming back to me. Wait, did I sleep through the night?
I jumped down from the tree, finding Madara cooking something over a fire. "Sure, thanks for waking me up again!" I pouted, crossing my arms over my chest.
"I didn't feel tired and figured you needed the rest," he replied, handing me a sausage.
"Thanks," I said in reply for both the sausage and allowing me to sleep.
"Hn."
I glared at him. "Not funny."
In reply, he smirked. "Eat," he gestured towards the sausage.
"Hn," I mimicked him.
"Hn."
"Hn."
"Hn."
"Hn."
"Hn," he was starting to get frustrated.
"HN!"
"HN!"
"HN!"
"HN!"
"HN! HN! HN!"
"This is getting ridiculous," he commented.
"Hn," I smirked at my sausage.
I felt him glaring at me. Smiling, I ate my nummy sausage and stood up, stretched and made this weird, fake-yawning sound. I picked up my pack, setting the straps comfortably on my shoulders. "Are we ready to go?" I asked.
"Hn," he replied, standing up.
"Madara, please try to limit your use of your Sharingan," I asked him before we started running again.
"Not this again," he said with a commanding voice, telling me to try to push my luck.
"Madara, you won't be of any use to the clan if you're completely blind," I told him. "You may not see it, but-"
"But without my Sharingan, I cannot fight," he interrupted with anger in his voice.
"It's your double-edged blade," I whispered. "Please just try to think of a solution."
"Hn."
I sighed before racing ahead again. When I was a good mile or so away from him, I stopped and took in my surroundings. I felt it then. Activating my Sharingan, I looked around, finding six other ninja all with chakra that I have never encountered before.
One came out of hiding, and I saw he was taller than me with a more muscular build. As soon as he was out in the open, he began forming hand signs. I followed his movements carefully, waiting for him to strike.
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Missiles!" the man shouted. I dodged each one, mimicking his previous movements.
"Monkey see, monkey do," I announced before making the hand seals: Sheep, horse, dragon. "Earth Style: Earth Dragon Missiles!"
I laughed as he got hit with his own jutsu. I sensed another one behind me, making hand seals. I smirked. "Fire style: Flame Dragon Jutsu!" I yelled as I sped through the needed hand signs.
He dodged it easily, sending his jutsu at me a moment later. Fireball jutsu, how could I get hit by that? Well, I did and it sent me backwards into a tree and burning me at the same time.
He came towards me, looking me in the eyes—his mistake. I immediately trapped him in a genjutsu and killed him. I turned to face the other four who still have yet to come out of hiding, noticing another chakra had joined the fight.
I heard three thumps and saw Madara come out of the canopy of leaves. He took one look at me and scowled. "You got hit?"
"Whoa, don't get mad at me, they ambushed me!"
"You should've sensed them!"
"I'm not as good as most sensory types, okay?"
He looked away. "Let's just go."
"Fine," I mumbled, starting away. I shook my head when I heard him follow behind me, closer than he had before.
*Three days later*
Madara's still…I don't know…mad? That I had gotten hurt and refuses to talk to me. Whatever. "Talk to me, dammit!" I demanded as the gates for the Senju got closer in our line of vision, coming to an abrupt stop.
Madara stopped to and walked over to me. "Hn."
"That doesn't count!" I accused. "Use real words! Tell me why you're mad at me!"
"You weren't careful," he said, turning to start again. I grabbed his arm.
"Look, I'm just a shinobi, okay? I'll get hurt sometimes and I'll make mistakes, but I would enjoy it if you, my friend, would be there to tell me it'll be okay."
"But it is not okay to make mistakes."
"But I'm only human, so I will make mistakes," I countered.
"But you don't make mistakes."
"Well, obviously I do seeing as you're mad at me for making a mistake!"
"I'm mad at you because you weren't careful-"
"Yes, and that was a mistake!"
"Yes, but-"
"Why are we even arguing? Why am I arguing while you're saying I didn't make a mistake…?" I turned away, starting to run again. "Just forget it."
I heard Madara sigh and follow behind me.
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