Hi guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while it totally slipped my mind and I had to finish an assignment lol. Thanks for the reviews. Because I missed my weekly deadline I'm going to try and put another chapter up later tonight. Here's chapter six of Troublesome Girl.
Troublesome Girl
Chapter Six:
Sagi Unakaki and Frayea Unakaki the pair had been his best friends since he was a child. Sagi had been killed in the line of battle, after his death it is said that Frayea went insane. She disappeared from the village along with her daughter, he'd tried to find her but she never stayed in one place for more than a month. Last year she had died leaving Tammie with no one, he had cried when he heard of his beloved friend's death and vowed to protect her child.
Tammie was a strange child she didn't cry, it was almost as though she didn't know how. She was so confused; her mother hadn't spoken a word since the death of her husband, she had only ever sung that one song when Tammie was scared. Once she heard her mother cry out in her sleep but she didn't understand why.
Tammie learned to talk from the villages she stayed in; she developed her attitude from running away when she was 10 and hanging around with the wrong kind of people.
She had never seen a person cry and was always interested when a person "leaked". She didn't know love, safety or friendship. She knew hate and sadness but her father had always told her it was wrong to be sad that she had to be strong.
Asuma didn't know what to do he could only hope that the people of Kohona could teach her to be a normal teenager. Rain started to sprinkle down on Asuma; he stood and with one last look at stone left.
He entered the house to find Shikamaru there again, on the floor teaching Tammie Shoji, Tammie's brow was creased trying to understand. As far as she was concerned it was a stupid game that only he could win.
"You can't do that!"
"I just did"
"You have to follow the rules"
"What rules?"
"The rules I just spent half an hour explaining to you!"
She giggled at his angry expression; she was having fun annoying him, so was so easy! He sighed at the rain coming down in buckets, Tammie was also looking at the rain but then she went to the window and opened it.
He cleared his throat "I'm not going anywhere, calm down" she said. Using her chakra she started to mould the rain into shapes. Shikamaru was amazed as the line of water twisted it's self into various shapes and words. One minutes it twisted into a pretzel, next it was a sphere of colours then it fleetingly formed the words "Asuma is a grouchy old git" before turning into a bird that she held in her palm. The water bird opened its wings to fly but as soon as it hit the rain outside it dissolved back into water droplets.
"That was amazing!"
"You'd be amazed at what you learn when you're bored"
"Who taught you that?"
"My half brother, you probably know him.
"Who is he?"
"Deidara"
Silence followed this revelation. Deidara was a member of the Akatsuki, the men that had tried to abduct Naruto. They were a constant threat the Hidden Leaf Village.
"You don't get to choose your relatives"
"I think I had better go" Shikamaru said. Tammie nodded and helped him gather the Shoji board and open the door. When he was gone Asuma peered around the corner.
"Are you ok?" he asked. 'I don't know' she thought. She nodded and Asuma left.
'What is this feeling? I've never wanted not to hurt some one's feelings. I never told anyone about my family let alone my brother. I just don't understand. Is this why people cry? Is this where the need to be hugged comes from?' still musing over this new emotion she left the room and went to bed.
Shikamaru lay on his back watching the clouds again. Light footsteps pattered the ground near his feet. He looked up and saw Tammie standing over him. She looked at him curiously "What are you doing?" he sighed it would be troublesome to explain it to her, so instead he patted the ground beside him. Intrigued she sat laid down beside him.
"So….."
"Shut up and watch the clouds"
"Why?"
"Because"
"Gee that's a great argument"
"I like the clouds"
"Why"
"Because they're so free and untroubled. They remind me of what I want in life"
"And what's that?"
"Two kids, a boy and a girl. Become a jounine, maybe teach a few squads before retiring. Dieing before senility." He said reminiscently.
"And an untroublesome wife?" Tammie said laughing.
Shikamaru smiled "that too" he said.
"Whose you perfect girl?"
"Hm…. Now that I think about it she would have to be a lot like you. Smart, funny, beautiful, and strong"
Tammie grinned and turned her head to look at Shikamaru. He looked straight back and they leaned in closer and closer. But when their lips were about to touch she ducked away and kissed him on the cheek. "Thanks" she whispered before getting up and walking away.
"Troublesome"
Ha-ha though they were gonna kiss didn't you. Don't forget to review.