Hello my lovely readers. First of all I would like to thank the 3 that reviewed . Gnosismaster, dbzgtfan2004, and InaShioriInuyashazgurl.
THANK U GUYS!!
Now a lot of people had read this but only 3 reviewed :.(
(ALTHOUGH IM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE PEEPS WHO DID) and I just want to say I really would like more, cause how am I suppose to know whether u like it or not!! Just no flames, constructive criticism is alright as long as you also add whether u like it or not. I really only want the constructive criticism for if the story line sucks or not, cause I hate grammar and it doesn't really like me back so it's a hateXhate relationship but I try. Also not all my chapters are going to be as long as my first but I will try. So anywayzzzz on with the story!!
DISCLAIMER: If I owned Naruto, Haku would have been a girl just to prove that I was right.
Chapter 2, What I have missed
--Naruto POV--
"Okay then. Since you accept, get off your ass and get dressed. Its not safe for Sakura to be alone for a long amount of time so your starting training immediately." ,said Ariana while grabbing my collar, yanking me from the bed, and throwing a white wife beater and long white shorts. I'm guessing that they wear a lot of white up here.
"Training what the fuck do you mean training?!" ,I asked right before she smacked my head, hard.
"DO NOT curse when talking to me. In fact, don't curse ever!!", she yelled.
Before she could hit me again I quickly changed, she turned to give me some privacy but she kept tapping her toe so I could tell she was getting impatient.
When I was done she grabbed my arm and pulled me into a hallway. The hallway also looked like a hotel. Long and with many doors on the side.
She took me down what seemed like forever down the long hallway until we stopped by a door that said "Training room". As I made a motion to go into the room, Ariana shook her head and pulled me to the side of it.
"Why aren't we going inside?" ,I asked.
"You'll see in a few seconds." ,She said with finality.
Just then I heard screaming and then I saw what looked like one of those practice dummies used to practice martial arts come flying at the now knocked down door. I expected to see a big beefy guy step out into the hallway to pick up the dummy, but what I saw surprised me.
Instead of a beefy guy, a tiny petite girl stepped through the doorway. This girl wasn't even 5 foot tall, and her frame looked to fragile to ever expect any violence coming from her. She had long, curly black hair that went down to her waist. She had mocha colored skin, and brown Asian like brown eyes, and at first glance you would think she is the cutest girl u have ever seen, until you heard what came out of her mouth.
"MOTHER FUCKER THAT DOOR IS A PIECE OF SHIT!! THAT'S THE SIXTH TIME TODAY ITS BEEN BLOWN OFF ITS HINGES!!" ,she yelled in a very strong voice that did not look like it came from her at all.
"Yes they should really check into those iron doors you were talking about Riah." ,said Ariana. It seemed like she was on close terms with this scary person, actually it seems as if they were really close friends because she wasn't gawking or cowering in fear.
"Exactly!! When are those bastards gonna learn that these shitty doors don't cut it with my training methods!! Seriously Ariana I mean how many doors are they going to have to replace before they lear- whose the hottie?" ,said the girl called Riah, looking me up and down. I was too scared to move.
"My brother." ,said Ariana nonchalantly.
Riah gave me another look over and said, "Wow, nice genes Ari. So this is the golden child, yes? Well looks like I've got my work cut out for me. Don't worry though, this one is guaranteed to be the strongest ever, so he won't have to resort to betray-"
Ariana cut Riah off bye covering Riah's mouth with her hand. I have to say, my sister had balls.
"We don't have much time. The double is practically unguarded as we speak. I need to get down there right now to stand in until Naruto is ready. I've already gotten things set up so now all I need to do is-"
"WHAT DO U MEAN UNGUARDED? AND WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING? AREN'T U STAYING HERE WITH-"
Ariana gave me another hard smack on the head.
"WHAT THE HELL DID I TELL YOU ABOUT INTERUPTING ME!! Jesus, I said practically which means she is guarded, just not heavily so we don't draw suspicion from the darkness!! You are staying here to train with Riah while I am going down to earth, appearing to be human. They will be able to see me so I am going to also make sure she doesn't become suicidal on us. When you are done training you are going to come down to earth, however, unlike me, you will remain invisible because you have no need to interact with the humans. So be a good little boy and get your damn training in because I am not going to wait forever. Now MOVE!!"
Ariana shoved me into the room, picked up the door, and put it back on its hinges closed. I looked around the spacious room until I heard a slightly evil chuckle coming from Riah. I slowly turned to her to see a very evil smirk and she started to say,
"Welcome, I am now going to train you to the point where you'll wish you were still dying."
I gulped and braced myself for a very long session of training.
END OF CHAPTER!! Jk I am not that mean. I owe you guys all a longer chapter because of the long wait, no matter how late it is and tire I am.
--Ariana POV--
-On earth-
I appeared at Jaraiya's house at three am in the morning. I purposely chose this time because I was certain that no human would be out to see me appear. I was right.
I knocked on the door to hear a quiet stirring inside. I knew that Jaraiya was not asleep, not the man who has lost so many loved ones. I cringed because most of that pain was my fault.
He opened the door with a defeated expression when he asked, "Can I help you?"
"I'm hurt that you do not remember me Jaraiya, and here I thought that I was your favorite." , I said in a teasing but gentle tone. Seeing me again was going to be enough of a shock to him.
He took a good look at my face and then his eyes widened.
"No, it can't be! Ariana, what, how, you were, I thought!! Your dead!!" ,he said in a jumble of words.
"Oh, really Jaraiya, I died? I have never noticed. I am here on official business, Jaraiya. Sakura is the new double, and right now she will be unstable and pretty much a sitting duck in the hands of darkness right now so I need you to do me a favor."
"How is Naruto? Did he, you know, make it?" ,Jaraiya asked with every ounce of hope left in his eyes, waiting to rise or disappear depending on my answer. I was just glad that I didn't have to lie.
"Yes Jaraiya, he's ok. He is training for his new role. He is the Golden Child Jaraiya. He is going to help the steer the fate of all humans and angels."
"Wow, I never would have guessed those two would change the fate of our lives as we know it. I just can't see them in a battle like before." ,said Jaraiya in disbelief.
"It won't be a battle like before, it is going to be a thousand times worse." ,I said in a serious tone.
"Its just, Naruto was always so gentle with Sakura, how is he going to train her to fight beings that taint the hearts of many to do evil. I don't think he could even let her lift a sword, being afraid that she might hurt herself."
"You might be surprised on what kind of things people will do if the fate of others is at hand."
"I couldn't even see you, going to battle to slay him because it was your-"
I cut him off before any painful memories could resurface.
"Lets not bring up things of the past that changed all our lives."
"Right, now what is this favor you are asking of me?" ,asked Jaraiya. Jaraiya knew me the best, so he knew when it was time to drop a subject.
"My resources tell me that Tsunade is looking for someone who can keep an eye on Sakura so she doesn't do anything drastic. I heard Sakura is basically in a catonic state and Tsunade doesn't trust her to be alone, and Tsunade needs to go back to the hospital, seeing as she is really the only one anyone can seem to depend on. So I need you to set it up that I will be the person to watch Sakura."
He pondered for a moment before asking, "Why didn't you just go straight over there in the first place?"
"I need an alibi for being in town. What will people say when some strange girl just happens to appear in town, who looks exactly like a girl everyone used to know but is known to be dead? I need you to say that I am a very good friend's daughter or something like that. As long as it makes it less suspicious that I am here."
He thought for a few minutes before giving in and saying, "Alright, I am going to call her right now so you can get there by tomorrow. Just answer this. Why do you need to watch her?"
My mood became very solemn. "The lives for doubles have never been easy, always suffering to an extent. However, he is now on the darkness. That person knows our most secret fighting techniques, and how to get into our heads so he can get to her. While Naruto trains, I see it as my duty to protect her, because of me, her life is now filled with hardship because of what she is."
"I'll go call Tsunade right now, do you want anything? Tea, soda, coffee, water?" ,he asked nonchalantly.
"Um coffee I guess" ,I said surprised. I haven't had human food in about 14 or so years. Heaven had no need for it.
I let my eyes wander about the house that Naruto has been living in the past few years. When I was his guardian angel I never actually saw the details of he surroundings. My job was to protect him from danger, which wasn't too hard because us angels have a certain intuition about danger. We do not need to know details of the surrounding of our humans. We were suppose to guide them away from danger and that was it.
Now I was able to look without searching for danger. It was a nice sized house for two people to live a very comfortable life. I looked over to see a bookshelf and finally gave into temptation. When I was human I was quite the book worm and couldn't get enough of them. I wasn't able to read when I was a guardian. I was too busy watching over Naruto. Of course we were allowed to. When the human sleeps, a natural strong barrier is put up to protect them. The barrier is tapped from our power and devotion to the human. I could have read during this time, but I felt terrible for making it so he basically had no family so I made sure to take precautions.
Most of the books were written by Jaraiya himself. 'Perve' , I thought with a smile. Then on the other half of the shelf were pictures. Pictures of him and Naruto growing up. I looked at one of them where Naruto was about three and saw how there was a blur in the corner. It could be mistaken for over exposure but I knew that I was in the picture. Cameras can pick up our astral aura to an extent where our outline is shown.
Then I saw a group of small pictures in the end of the shelf. They were slightly hidden on top of a book. My eyes widened and small tears started to form in the corners of my eyes. Those were pictures of our family. My mother, father, Naruto, and me, when I was human. Naruto was just born, and it was the happiest day of our family's life. There was one of just my mother and father but two of me. One was posed and one was candid. Someone must have snuck up on me when I was in the garden playing my violin. I always secretly snuck away there to play because the music flowed together with the scenery. I haven't lifted a bow since I was human, simply because there was no need to. I never realized how much I missed from being human.
I tore my eyes away from the pictures to the book they were sitting upon. I carefully removed the book out from under them and cracked open a page. My face soon filled with a deep red blush, when suddenly Jaraiya walked in. Then it turned to anger.
"JARAIYA WHAT THE HELL YOU PERVERT!! YOU USED ME AS A MODEL FOR A CHARACTER IN YOUR PORNOS!!"
"It's not a porno!! It is a mature piece of romantic literature designed to stimulate the mind, and body."
"BULL SHIT JARAIYA!! WHY THE HELL DID YOU USE ME!! THIS DESCRIPTION IS EXACTLY ON HOW YOU WOULD DESCRIBE ME!! AND YOU USED MY NAME TOO!!"
"Calm down, I used you as one of my characters because we both know that you are by no means an ugly duckling. I just thought that if my character was going to have some character, that I might try and base it off of someone I know. Now why don't you head to the guest room and sleep until you head for Tsunade's tomorrow, ok NIGHT!!" , he said while pushing me into a room.
He was right though, I did need sleep.
-Next morning-
I had a suitcase filled with clothes that basically all looked the same. I liked darker colors but then there was the occasion of a pretty blue, or yellow. There was more green than those two combined. Colored clothing was also a thing I missed about being human.
I walked up the length of Tsunade's walkway. I knew she would recognize me so I needed to be prepared to cut her off and tell her I would explain later. I had heard Sakura was in bad shape.
I rang the doorbell to see a very exhausted and worried Tsunade open the door.
"Oh so you're the girl that Jaraiya sent. Leave your bag by the stairs inside, and let me show you around first." , she said without looking at me. She always did that when she was worried.
When I walked in and set my bag down by the stairs she then got a good look at me.
Her eyes widened the same as Jaraiya had. I gave her the foxy grin that ran in our family and said, "Now is not the time but I promise I will explain later. Right now, I need to see Sakura."
She nodded, her eyes still wide, she showed the way to Sakura's room. All my experience in battle did not help me here.
She was surrounded by pictures of Naruto, her and Naruto, Naruto and other friends, that were lain out all over the place. She was curled up in a ball and stared into outer space. She was wearing clothes that I remembered she borrowed from him when they had a huge water fight one of the past summers. I remember that because Naruto kept slipping and almost crashing his head on the pavement in the street. I was very busy with him that day.
She looked up at me but held no emotion or light that I know usually flared up in those emerald orbs. Her face was blank, an empty slate. I was glad Naruto could not see her now.
I knew what she needed right now, and that person was probably having the shit trained out of him right now and could do nothing. She needed anything from him. A hug, a kiss, a smile. I doubt the first two would do anything because they come from me, but I know that the grin she adores so much would be enough to pull her to the surface just a little bit for me to talk some sense into her.
I put on the foxy grin and immediately I saw her come back to life, even if it was only a little bit.
"Sakura, my name is Ariana. I know how you feel but I need you to take this from his point of view." ,I spoke gently to her, approaching her like I would if she had a weapon.
"I am very sure if he could see you now, he would not like what he sees, I'm sure you know how he would take it. You need to mourn but not to the point to where if it goes on too long, it could kill you. We don't need to talk, but I need you to react, please." , I said as I offered out my hand to help her off the ground. She inspected my hand, and her unemotional mask slipped off into something more human. She grabbed my hand as her face crumpled and she cried. She pulled herself up by my hand and flung herself at me. She is not overly tall, but she was an inch or two taller than me.
After about an hour she calmed down. With tears still slightly falling down her face she looked at herself in the mirror and said, "I'm a mess, aren't I?"
I smiled at her and said, "Yes, but that's nothing a shower couldn't fix. I'll start your shower, how about you pick your favorite movie and something you would like to eat. When your done, I'll have the movie and food ready." I never had any experience as an older sister, but I felt those instincts arising to help this girl that helped my brother in so many ways. If she helped Naruto, then she helped me. I need to repay this girl.
She rubbed her arms and said quietly, " I like macaroni and cheese."
"Then I'll go make that for you." Oh, god I missed that so much!!
I got her shower ready, complete with towel, clothes, underwear etc.
She walked up to me shyly, like some little kid talking to their older brother or sister's friends.
"I would like to watch this movie.", she said showing me the cover.
I may not have had time to read, but I did see that movie. It was a favorite of hers, and she watched it frequently with Naruto. After awhile I did get a little curious, so I watched it with them. It was one of my favorites but because of what happens in the end of the story I wasn't too sure that this was a good thing for her to see again.
"Um, Sakura, I am not to sure that movie is the best thing for you now." , I said with an unsure expression.
"Please, its my favorite, it is sad but still, it is my favorite." , she said not looking me in the eye.
"Alright", I said giving in. I was glad I paid attention to a few things in Naruto's life because technology sure changed from when I was his age. I put the movie in and we watched as the credits for Moulin Rouge came on.
I made sure she ate while she watched, even offering her some of my own, much to my chagrin because it was a favorite of mine and a bit more than 14 years is a long time to go without something. She stayed awake until the very last line came on.
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."
She then fell asleep on my shoulder. Now any normal human with my stature would just get a blanket and let her sleep on the couch. However I was no longer human and I was extremely strong. I carried her up to her bed and laid her down. I quickly cleared up our tiny mess that we had left behind and ran back up to her room. I was not taking any chances with her.
She lightly started to talk in her sleep. I was getting tired myself so I drew up an extra powerful barrier that was stronger due to my astral powers and started to go to sleep.
Right before I fell asleep, I heard Sakura whisper in her sleep something from the movie.
"Come what may, I will love you, til my dying day."
I pulled the blanket higher on her shoulders and faded into the sweet darkness that exhaustion provided me. This ordeal will take its toll on us all.
--Naruto's POV--
I was dying again. I swear to god that psycho bitch is trying to kill me.
"COMMON YOU DICKLESS PANTY WAIST!! (a/n where did we hear that before? : ) ) HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT TO HELP SAVE THE FATE OF EVERYONE IF YOU SLACK OFF!! MOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!"
I stand corrected. That psycho bitch is succeeding in killing me. I finally collapsed on the floor.
"UGHHHHHH FINE YOU CAN HAVE A BREAK, BUT YOU BETTER BE READY TO PUT EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IN YOU." ,said, well yelled Riah as she folded her legs and plopped down Indian style.
"Do you train everyone like this?" , I asked between huffs of breath.
"Yup, I train every guardian angel the exact same way. That is my job and I must say I kick fucking ass doing it." ,said Riah cheerfully. She must be bipolar.
"How exactly did my sister fair?" ,I asked slowly gaining my breath.
"Your sister? I never trained your sister."
"But you just said you train every guardian angel. Why would you not train her?"
"Because she could use her astral powers to their full potential before she died. I only train humans who have died and decided to become guardians." ,she said giving me a look.
"Riah, how exactly did my sister die?" , I asked slowly, wondering what I would get as an answer.
"She died in the last battle fighting the tria- wait didn't she tell you?!" ,she shouted.
"Tell me what?" , I asked halfheartedly.
"She was the last double." ,she said. "She was the one who had to fight her own guardian and got slain."
MWAHAHA here I will end it because honestly just started laughing at my water bottle for not apparent reason. I am that tired. So the next chapter or two is going to be strictly about Ariana when she was a double. It is crucial for the story so yea I need to put it in there. There will be a lemon in the next chapter or two so don't say I didn't warn u. it is a rated M fic so its suppose to be expected.
Btw Riah is a character that I based off my friend Shariz, who is amazing and I thought it would be funny as hell to add her to the story. But no she doesn't swear like that, well not to me.
Please review, I really have a hard time thinking about how to keep the story moving and reviews make me more motivated.
Oh and to any of my readers who are twilight friends I have a question. Team Edward or team Jacob?
(press that lil purple button, it calls to you, trust me, it does.)