Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! Believe me, I'd tell you if I did.
Claimer: I do own Akiko, Jin, Akira, and Kenji!
Note: When the font is bold and italicised, it is Ookamiko speaking.
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"My' feet hurt." Jin complained for the millionth time in the last hour.
"We know Jin." Akira said. "Our feet hurt too."
"Oh but you aren't wearing heels." Jin gestured to the spiked heeled, red, leather boots she wore.
Akiko rolled her' eyes. "I can't believe you could be so stupid as to wear those of all things." She said.
Jin looked down at her' shoes. "They're a fashion statement. We're going to another village and I want to look great when we get there." She got a dreamy look in her' eyes. "Wouldn't it be amazing if we're met by a totally hot guy?"
Akiko and Akira exchanged hopeless looks. Jin could be utterly revolting with her' fan girlishness at times.
Master Kenji switched subjects. "We should arrive sometime in the next hour." He said.
Akiko closed her' eyes. Her' exceptional senses allowed her' to keep from running into things.
"Are you ready for this?" a voice inside her' asked.
Of course, why wouldn't I be? Akiko asked her' spirit.
Ookamiko's voice echoed in her' mind. It is a big opportunity, training in Konoha. But do you think they will just accept us into their' society as though we were normal? You are going to have to prove your' self to them.
Akiko nodded. She knew that there was truth to what he was saying. I'm not worried Ooka (Ooka was what she called the spirit- he calls her Aki.). She told the spirit. My' abilities are powerful. How many girls or even boys do you know who are Jounin level shinobi at the age of fifteen?
"True you are exceptionally strong and your' abilities surpass most. But My'abilities far surpass yours Aki, and as you are my' vessel, I will help you in this place by giving you access to my' numerous abilities as well. I think this will be an interesting trip don't you."
Akiko smirked. Thank you Ooka. And, in answer to your' inquiry, yes I think this will be very interesting…
Three hours later in Konoha with the Konoha shinobi:
Shikamaru looked up when a piercing shriek filled the air.
"Nani?"an enraged Yamanaka Ino screeched. She stood face to face with her' rival, Hurano Sakura.
"You heard me Yamanaka." Sakura said. "Sasuke is MINE! So you just back off!"
"In your' dreams Hurano! Why would Sasuke want a billboard brow like you? I am obviously the better choice. I'm so much prettier than you; isn't that right Sasuke?"
Uchiha Sasuke rolled his' eyes.
The group had given in to Naruto's begging that they all go for ramen. That had been their' first big mistake, never go along with any plan thought up by the knuckle head ninja of Konoha. Their' second big mistake was to allow Sakura and Ino within one hundred feet of one another.
"You two are such losers." The Uchiha prodigy snapped.
Shikamaru rolled his' eyes. Here comes big mistake number three. He thought.
Naruto and Lee immediately jumped in to defend Sakura. "You jerk! Naruto exclaimed. "Sakura is not a loser! She is the coolest girl around!"
Lee nodded. "Her youthfulness is like a fresh, cool breeze on a hundred degree day."
Sasuke shot Lee a slightly disturbed look.
Shikamaru sighed. Big mistake number three: Never say anything bad about Sakura while Naruto and Lee are around.
Naruto turned a corner and a bumped into someone causing both of them to go sprawling.
The Kitsune looked up to see a raven-haired boy picking him self up off the ground. The boy had dark green eyes and wore a charcoal colored jumpsuit. The Hitai-ate on his' forehead told Naruto that the boy was from the village hidden in flames.
Naruto held out his hand. "Konichi wa!Sorry about knocking you down. I'm Naruto by the way. Who are you?"
The boy shook Naruto's hand. "Don't worry about it. I'm Akira."
Before either of them could say another word a female voice from behind them shrieked, "Akira?! There you are! Why did you just run off like that? I come out of the bathroom and everyone has disappeared."
Akira rolled his' eyes. "Jin, you were in the bathroom for over an hour; How long does it take?"
Jin placed her' hands on her' hips. "I had to fix my' makeup." She said.
Akira shook his' head. He turned to Naruto. "Meet my' teammate. This is Jin, a.k.a. the most ridiculous girl that ever walked the earth!"
Jin smacked him upside the head. "You creep!" She yelled.
Shikamaru rolled his' eyes. This girl was a redheaded version of Ino!
Suddenly Jin caught sight of Sasuke. Her' body language changed, and the sour expression on her' face transformed into a sweeter than sugar look. She batted her' long eyelashes at him.
"And who might you be?" She asked in a flirtatious voice.
Sasuke glared at her silently.
"Oooooh, I see." Jin said. "You're the strong, silent type." She pressed closer to him, disgusting the Uchiha prodigy. "Well, maybe I'll just have to find a way to make you loosen up a bit." She whispered.
A commanding voice peirced the air. "Jin, back off!" All eyes turned to see a girl with sapphire blue hair and maroon eyes crouching on the edge of the roof above them.
The girl wore a long sleeved, dark red Kimono, which cut off between the hips and the knees, over a tight fitting, black jumpsuit. Her' long, glossy hair was tied back into a loose braid with several escaped strands blowing in the wind.
The Hitai-ate, fastened around her' waist, identified her as a shinobi from the village hidden in the flame.
Jin backed up several steps. "O-Oh…um…Aki…There you are…I was just-"
"I am fully aware of exactly what you were doing Jin." Akiko cut her' off with a cold voice. "You and your' flirting are completely and totally revolting!" she rebuked. "We are not here for pleasure and to fool around." There was a dangerous edge to her' voice as she warned, "I expect you to keep that in mind Jin."
Jin nodded. "O-Of course. What ever you say Aki."
Akiko nodded. "Good, I knew you'd see it my' way." She jumped down and landed in the street beside Akira.
Akira made the introductions. "This is my' other teammate, Kashurii Akiko. Akiko this is Naruto."
Akiko gave an almost imperceptible nod.
Naruto greeted her and then introduced his' friends. "This is: Hurano Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, Rock Lee, Hyuga Neji, Tenten, Hyuga Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and Shikamaru."
Akiko gave another slight nod. Two Hyuga, and an Uchiha, huh? Konoha has some pretty good lineage.
Sasuke watched the new girl with interest. She had taken charge so easily and her' teammates had backed down instantly. He wished he could make Naruto react that way to him.
The boy had said that her' bloodline was Kashurii. Sasuke had vaguely heard of the Kashurii clan, it was said to be a powerful line, but only a few of it's members still existed. But what really caught his' attention was the strange chakura that he sensed radiating from her. It was unusual to say the least, there seemed to be at least two…perhaps three, but Sasuke couldn't be sure, separate chakuras contained within her. But they weren't normal; they were…strange.
Sasuke noticed that Neji too was watching Akiko carefully. Sasuke activated his' sharingan, but the moment he attempted to look into her' mind he found that it was completely surrounded by impenetrable mental blocks. Okay…Sasuke thought. …Forget that idea.
Akiko turned and caught his' eye. She smirked slightly. "Nice try Uchiha." She said. "But it'll take a lot more than your' sharingan to see into my' mind."
Sasuke was surprised. "But…how did you…?"
She smirked again. "That's for me to know and you to wonder about."
Inside her' mind Ooka's voice pierced her' thoughts, "Keep an eye on that one Aki. He's pretty sharp, as is the Hyuga boy over there. The others don't appear to be very strong, although the kid called Naruto is a Kitsune."
Wait…you mean he has a demon inside of him?
"Yes, he has the nine tailed fox demon sealed within him." Ooka replied.
Interesting…Thanks for the info.
No problem.
Akiko spoke to her' teammates. "Okay guys, we have to meet Master Kenji at the Hokage's office in exactly…" She glanced down at her' watch. "One minute and thirty…four seconds."
Jin and Akira nodded. "Okay, see ya everybody."
"Wait a second." Sakura called. "How are you going to get from here to the Hokage's office in one minute and thirty four seconds? It's over two miles from here."
"Jutsu." Akiko replied simply. "Now if you'll excuse us, we only have one minute and eleven seconds left."
She quickly formed five hand signs. "Transfer jutsu." Suddenly all three of them disappeared in a puff of smoke."
The Konoha shinobi glanced at one another. "Ooookaaaay…" Naruto said. "Let's go get ramen!"
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Hey everybody,
So what did ya think of chapter 2?
I'm trying to decide which Naruto guy Akiko should fall for. (Eventually)
Should it be Sasuke, Gaara, or Neji?
I'm leaning towards the two former.
Review and tell me which one you think would be the best. (No fangirlisms or flames please.)
Mata Kondo, (Untill next time,)
Yaruhi