So yeah… sorry it's been a while since I've posted something up, and I'm sorry about that. It's just… I've been really, really busy with art requests and schoolwork so I haven't really found a time to start typing stuff up, but here I am! Now, on with the story!
A "Friendly" Visit
"So he's Naruto. And he's a ghost."
"Yep."
"Then why am I able to see him? Last time I checked, I can't see dead… spirits."
We're still in my room and I just finished explaining everything about Naruto to Skye, every bit of detail, except, of course, the fact that I kinda thought that he's cute, but I think she can figure that out by herself. Naruto was awfully quiet during the whole explaining process, though.
"I'm not quite sure myself. Naruto, mind explaining it to both of us?"
"Well… you trust her with everything, right? Like, every little secret? Even the dirty ones?" Naruto asked me.
"Uh… sure, yeah, I guess."
"And Skye, you trust Sasuke like it's the end of the world, right?"
"Yeah…"
"Then there you have it. As long as Sasuke trust this certain person and this person trusts him, then he or she is able to see me."
"Okay, I got that part," Skye said. "But first off, why did you… why Sasuke?"
I've been wondering about that myself, but for some reason, I couldn't just bring up the question.
"I died on his birthday, remember?"
"Well, here's a bit of my theory… a lot of people have the same birthdays. That means that there may be a thirteen-year-old girl that can see ghosts as well living in Paraguay that has her birthday on July 23. I'm just making that up, but what if she does exist?"
"Well… I just don't know that much okay? But there's just this thing that connects both of us that I can't really explain"
"Okay," I mumbled. "Boy isn't this quite hard to understand…"
"So are we gonna go Tenten's or what?" Skye asked.
"Will she be able to see you as well?" I asked Naruto.
"Do you trust her?" he asked
"After the shit that just happened, hell no."
"Then there you have it."
"Can we go now?" Skye whined. She was leaning against the door. I didn't even know she moved.
"Well, aren't you fast…? Yeah, well, you go on ahead, I need to clean up this place… don't give me that glare." I said to the girl who was giving me a straight glare. When Skye glares at you, either she wants you out, or she wants you to do what she says to prevent future damage that she will be inflicting upon yourself.
"She doesn't want to go if you're not coming," Naruto said.
"Wait… how did you…?"
"He can read minds," I said matter-of-factly. "I think I forgot to mention that."
"Yea, you did. Sasuke, let's get this over with, please? I'll help you clean up this room later. Can we just go pay a visit to the girl who nearly killed both of us?"
"Do you promise?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, can we just go?"
"No, swear on the river Styx first."
"Really? Fine, I swear on the river Styx that I'll help you clean your damn room when I' done with Tenten. Happy?"
A thunder boomed outside on a clear Sunday morning.
"The promise was made, and the gods held your words," Naruto said.
Skye raised an eyebrow. "Okay, weird… so can we go now?" she whined. "I haven't interrogated someone in a while."
Another thing about my oh-so-dear friend: you do not want to make her mad, or else she'll interrogate you. Sure she asks questions and all, but while she is doing so, she'll be trying to form a plan on how best to kill you… or just scar you for the rest of your life. It all depends on her mood.
It didn't really take that long to get to Tenten's dorm, especially when your half-psychotic friend (sorry Skye) who was nearly killed in the same room where you were with a ghost friend was dragging you by the neck cuff of your shirt like she was dragging a piece of cardboard.
"OI TENTEN!!! OPEN UP!!!!" Skye banged on the door. The last door she banged was nearly reduced to splinters. And before that, she made a hole on the door and forced it open from the inside. And judging from how furious she is right now, I think this poor door may just be ripped from its hinges.
I think I forgot to mention that she's freakishly strong, especially when angered. That was one of the reasons how she took sown the whole kendo team on her own.
Tenten knew that the door couldn't hold much longer, so she opened the door before the lightning-blue haired girl could kick the door down. "What do you want, Skye?" she asked. She sounded tired, really tired. And pissed. Really pissed. But of course, not as pissed as Skye.
"Why… did you… try… to KILL ME!!???" Skye… growled.
"Kill you? You know, just thinking of an attempt of killing you is like asking the devil to sign my death wish. No offense…"
Skye was a bit stunned. "None taken... Hold on, lemme check your weapon vault."
Weapon vault? Naruto asked, or… thought in my head.
Yeah, you heard me right… he thought—or should I say, wondered—in my head. Don't get me wrong, I was surprised. Shocked, even. But I've had a lot of practice in keeping a straight face for years now, so I was good.
Sorry, I forgot to tell you that I can speak through you telepathically… Naruto mumbled… ish.
Ya think? I thought back.
So… about Tenten's weapon vault?
I'll explain it in a bit… it's a long, well sort of, a long story.
"Wait… why did you want to check my weapon vault?" Tenten asked.
"Why are you preventing me to do so? Are you hiding something from me?"
"N-No… it's just… well… you've only came here most of the time because you want me to trick out your smoke bombs. So I was just wondering why."
"I'll explain on the way. When was the last time you checked your vault?"
"Last night. I had to do monthly inventory and I had to restock on my kunais."
"Was anything missing?"
"Mmm… Oh! One of my spike balls and I think one paper bomb."
I like the way Skye interrogates. You get a lot of information out of it, even if it were just five minutes. Information like the fact that Skye comes here to deck out her smoke bombs.
"Ng… did you give out the password to the vault to anyone?"
"And what? Get robbed by unsuspecting people who do humongous damage and get blamed for it? Hell naw!!!!"
The interrogation continued on, and my ADHD mind took over. My head, err… mind… started to wander, noticing every little detail like how Tenten's hair was messy like she just woke up, how Skye's cheeks were red after screaming a lot, how Naruto still looked as calm as ever amidst the… mayhem… and other unimportant things.
"…right? OI SASUKE! Are you listening to me?"
"Huh? Oh… wait, what?"
Skye sighed. "I was asking you if you think Tenten was telling the truth or not."
"Why are you asking me? i think you out of all of us here would know better."
"Well… I figure with your ADHD mind, you'd notice the tiniest things, and it seems like I'm right because you were no longer paying attention to what I was saying. I thought maybe you could kinda tell if the tone of her voice changed or something."
I took a look at Tenten. Her hair was tied to a ponytail, which never quite happened before. She looked tired (I think it was because she stayed up late doing inventory in her weapon vault) and the way she looked told me that she was confused of what was going on.
She's not lying, Naruto thought.
You read her mind?
Yep.
"Well Sasuke? Is she lying or not?"
"No, I don't think so?"
"You don't think so?"
"No, I know so."
Skye looked at me like I was crazy, then she looked like she realized something and smiled. I think she remembered that Naruto was still there. She then turned around to look at Tenten who still looked confused as hell.
"Tenten… thank you. Now can you please let all of us check your weapon vault? Just to make sure everything's all right?"
The brunette weighed her options, and I am pretty sure I know what those two options were: 1) Let Skye check her vault and probably live to see another day, or 2) don't let her check and probably will have to write a will in the near future. Luckily, she chose the first option.
"I'll be back out in a sec, just wait here while I go get changed," she disappeared in her room.
After a few seconds, Skye sighed, relieved but with a hint of worry. "Thank you Naruto."
"No prob," Naruto replied. "Now, about her weapon vault…?"
"Oh, yeah… Tenten…" I started, but as soon as the door knob turned, I quickly thought, I'll explain you along the way. Come on.
Tenten led the way, down the hall, take the stairs on the far end all the way sown, into the maintenance room, into a door that led to a dim hallway in the room more sets of stairs, and finally, after roughly ten minutes, we arrived at the door of Tenten's vault, if you call a seven-feet-by-five-feet slab of reinforced steel nearly a foot thick with a set of alarm system, locks and chains a door. I lagged behind all the way, quietly following the two girls while explaining to Naruto about the weapon vault.
As I think you know, the teachers here encourage their student to use our weapons for one reason or another. Tenten's family… well… how can I say this… umm… let's just say if the government wants to blow something, they'd go to her family.
So her family is kinda like a weapon dealer.
Yes and no. See, her family also train selected people, mainly from the family, to be… secret agents.
Secret agents?
Well… to be exact, shinobis and kunoichis she was sent here because… well… I don't really know why she was sent here. Oh well… So back to the weapon vault thing… according to her, her parents said that the founder of this academy was friend of her family. I think the founder had allowed Tenten's family to store some of their weapons here, and I'm pretty sure it's because her parents know that someday, one of their children would attend this school.
Okay…
And Tenten actually liked the idea of the vault. She uses various kinds of weapons, ranging from something as simple as kunai blades to as scary as that spike ball that nearly killed us…
You mean you and Skye.
Yeah, that… so, she has all kinds of weapons, down to the scary ones, and she'd use some of those weapons for combat training. It has never quite failed to scare the crap out of her opponents, even after being paired with her for ages.
How do you know?
She brought a katana to my swords class and took out the teacher. With only the blade's sheath. Then after that, the instructor paired her up with me for some serious combat training. I think I still have the bruises she inflicted on me.
When did this combat training thing happen?
Like… a couple of weeks ago.
Err… sorry?
Don't be.
Ya know Sasuke?
Hm…?
You know a lot about her.
It won't hurt to know about some people, you know? That knowledge may end up useful.
Yeah… if you're gonna give her up when she's a criminal or something.
Your point is…?
Nothing… I'm just saying that you're quite the observer.
Well… I've been living with ADHD for sixteen years now. You get used to it.
Mkay… oh, by the way, do you know the name of the founder of this academy?
Mh… I think it was some guy called… um… if I'm not mistaken, Minato Namikaze?
Minato… Namikaze…?
Yeah. Why? You know him?
Well… sort of…
Okay… so… it sounds like you hate him or something.
…
Naruto? Are you okay? Who was he to you?
He… He was…
The next few words succeeded in freaking the shit outta me.
He was my father.
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I finally got this dang chapter done.
Now, only… fifteen more chapters to type. And counting. Sigh… Naruto, dear… do the credits
Naruto: Sasuke, Tenten and I belong to Kishi. Oh, and don't forget Daddy. Skye belongs to Rai. I'm done. Can I go home now?
Yes dear… you can go home now…
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