Ok, so the last chapter finished with Kai and Aranya, having JUST reached the gates, and Kotetsu and Izumo currently fearing the future – but they are excited too xD
ANYWAYS ON WITH IT XD
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**Aranya POV**
We'd arrived. And already we were all in business mode. Well. Everyone but Kaitaru.
"KAI. SHUT THE FUCK UP. PLEASE!" I yelled at her as she started singing the doom song again for the 3rd time since we'd entered Konoha
"KAY. FINE...Now...where are we going?" she asked Yamato as all the other ninja started to disperse.
"Lady Tsunade should be meeting us here soon, and then you will go to her office to finalise some arrangements." Yamato explained, "Kotetsu will go with you both, because I need to go over some things with Izumo." I frowned slightly at this.
"We're going to her office? As in Kai too?" I asked, glancing over at Kai who seemed to be daydreaming about flying donuts. Yamato nodded at me in confusion, "Uhh….is there any chance that the Hokage is nice, and won't kill Kai?" I asked, slightly scared for my cousins life.
"Ahh…I see….well, the thing is, Lady Hokage has quite the temper, soo….." He trailed off, looking slightly nervous himself.
"There isn't anywhere we can leave her?" I asked, watching her trying to poke a fly.
"No, I'm afraid she wants to see you both. Besides, she should be here soon." He explained.
"Dammit." I muttered. Ah well. Kai will survive…..but if I tell her that, she'll keep singing, so it's best to leave her out of this conversation.
**Kai POV**
I stopped trying to poke the fly for a second, as I saw Nya walk over to me – we had just been untied - and I saw a youngish looking woman walk up to us. Blond hair, huge boobs and a scary expression on her face – Jeesh, I do not like the look of her.
I grabbed Nya and waited until she looked at me, and she burst out laughing at what she saw.
"SHUT UP SHE'S SCARY!" I stage-whispered. Even I wasn't stupid enough to shout that.
I saw the scary woman walk up to Yamato, and he bowed respectively to her. She then spoke to him for a bit, and, once again, we were pointed to. Damn we'd better not be taken to another village – the damn lizards are bad enough round here.
I looked up as I heard Nya gasp, and saw the realisation on her face. Realisation of what? I grabbed her arm and tried to ask her what was up, but she just pushed me off.
Stupid piece of mayonnaise soaked bread.
Anyways, Yamato and the woman came up to us, and Nya stood a little bit straighter.
"Aranya, Kaitaru, I'd like you to meet Lady Tsunade, the fifth Hokage of Konohagakure." Yamato introduced.
Nya nodded her head in recognition, quietly saying a 'It's nice to meet you'. I was surprised she hadn't been nicer until I realised that this old bag is the whole reason we're here.
I frowned as I looked at her again.
"Hey, aren't you supposed to b-" I was cut off as Nya slapped her hand over my mouth, grabbed my shoulder, and brought her mouth to my ear.
"Kaitaru if you dare say what I have a bad feeling you were about to say, I will get Yoshi to eat you, shit you out, then get the gummy bears on you. And we all know the red one has a knife." She warned. I felt my eyes widen, and I gulped. I'm not exactly scared of the knife, but that damn yellow gummy bear is scary. IT TRIED TO STEAL MY FREAKIN SHOE.
'A B C D E F G, Gummy bears are chasing me, one is green one is blue, one is trying to steal my shoe, now I'm running for my life, cause the red one has a knife." I whispered in super speed, as Nya let go of me.
"It's nice to meet ya. Now. Can I go home now?" I asked. I still don't wanna be here.
Nya face-palmed, Yamato sighed, Kotetsu and Izumo looked on with bemused expressions, and the Hokage just raised her eyebrow. Then, she turned around, and walked off, muttering about 'insolent children these days, don't recognise a chance when they get one.'
Nya, still with her hand on her face, reached over and slapped the back of my head again, before turning to follow Kotetsu and Lady Tsunade, who were both walking off (into the sunset…lol jks its morning).
"Hey!" I protested, "I was just making sure…" I grumbled, rubbing my head. Damn that hurts. Poor baby brain cells. I'm sorry for my violent cousin.
**Aranya POV**
I turned around and saw Kai, still standing, muttering something about it being morning, and turned back, grabbed her arm, and dragged her along with me. I'm gonna miss her when Lady Tsunade kills her.
We made our way through the village, Kai now walking beside me, and made our way to a huge building with a domed roof. We went up the stairs on the outside of the building, and made our way to the Hokage's room, ignoring all the strange looks Kai and I kept getting. Probably because of how we looked – we both still had our cloaks on, (both of them dark indigo and dark violet, and both a little torn at the edges). For me, my dark violet, straight, knee-length hair was swirling around me like a second cloak, and I had my Fleserai (our kekke genkai) activated. Kai's midnight blue knee length hair was tied up in a low pony tail, but that didn't stop it from being blown up in the wind.
We got to lady Tsunade's room just as a random chunnin with a spiky brown ponytail and a bored expression on his face left. Inside was a desk piled high with papers, a few potted plants here and there, and some windows that stretched across the back of the room, showing a view of the entire village.
There was also another woman there, who the Hokage called Shizune, who seemed to be Lady Tsunade's assistant. She seemed nice enough, if slightly frazzled, but left when Lady Tsunade told her to sort out some of the paperwork that she still needed to go through.
Lady Tsunade sat down at her desk, and picked up some paperwork, looking through it briefly before she began.
"So girls, I understand you didn't want to come here originally. Is this true?" She asked, looking us both in the eye. I kept my face emotionless – as a ninja, you should show no fear.
"Yes, this is true. Not out of disrespect of you village of course," I began, shooting Kai a look to say 'shut the fuck up and stay the fuck out' before she could get us killed, "We appreciate the offer and all, but we've been a part of the war for as long as we can remember. T-"
"To come here simply for an education, to us, feels like we're betraying our village." Kai finished off for me. I quickly thanked whoever was out there that she didn't say anything stupid.
"I understand," Lady Tsunade said, "But your education is important, so it's best that you were here, although I do understand that you didn't want to le-"
"Damn straight I wanted to stay home. I wanted to kill the mother fuckers that were getting us all killed! And then THIS? Course we didn't wanna leave. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HOME FEELS LIKE?" Kaitaru said angrily. Crap. She'd done it again. Spoken without thinking.
Lady Tsunade stood up from behind her desk to look at Kaitaru properly. She came around and stood face to face with her. It was at this moment where I took a quick moment to ask myself why I didn't gag her beforehand. Kaitaru would have been scared normally, but she looked too pissed off to be scared right now.
"Do you know who I am?" Lady Tsunade asked dangerously.
"Uhh…I forgot. And to be honest I couldn't care. Who gave you the right to decide what I can or can't do?" Kaitaru retorted obliviously.
"She doesn't mean it. I swear-HOLY CRAP" I ended up screaming.
That was the moment when I saw my cousin get punched through the Hokage's door. Tsunade followed to where Kaitaru had damaged the wall beyond on the other side of the hall, and, as soon as I saw my cousin was okay, I started laughing hysterically.
"Damn that was a good punch. Reckon you could teach me that?" Kaitaru said genuinely, coughing up blood into her hand. Shizune turned up at that moment, took in the scene and panicked slightly.
"LADY TSUNADE!" She screeched.
"Lady...? Tsunade...OH YEAH! I remember now! Hey!" Kai said dazedly. She looked over at me as Lady Tsunade helped her up.
"Thanks for reminding me! I thought she was some...Person! You polka dotted monkey!" She yelled at me while I laughed some more.
"Shut up already. Shizune. Show Kaitaru to their flat and tell her her school schedule whilst you take her. Dismissed." Lady Tsunade said, dusting her hands off and sitting down in her chair.
I had quietened down to a slight giggle, and Kotetsu seemed to be struggling to keep his face emotionless. I wasn't sure if he was worried for Kai, or found the whole situation hilarious.
"Now, Aranya, I'm hoping I can go through things with you without having a repeat of what just happened." She said, her eyes narrowing.
I laughed again, shrugging off the warning undertone in her voice, and pulled up a chair I saw by the wall.
"Don't worry; I'm not as….ditzy as Kai is. Also, if she seems to be about to piss you off again and I'm not there, just remind her that I am good friends with either Yoshi, the yellow gummy bear, and the talking moose from the Maynard's wine gum adverts. That'll shut her up." I explained, sitting cross-legged on the chair.
"O…kay….moving on. I've got the flat that you and Kaitaru will be sharing all sorted out. There is running water and electricity, and the cupboards and refrigerator should have enough food in there to last you at least two weeks, by which point you should be earning enough money of your own. You've been enrolled in Konoha Academy, where you will not only learn science, English, maths, etcetera, but ninja tactics, rules, and so forth. The school day starts at 8.15 a.m., and finishes at 2.50. After that, a group of students are required to go to the training grounds for some extra combat training. A different group of students go down each day, but they each have a set day to go, and a set amount of time they are required to be there. If you would like to look at the schedule for the school day, I have a sheet here that you can keep. School is only three days on week one, four days during week two. The other days, the other students have training with their appointed sensei, but I'm not sure what we'll do with you two, considering they are usually put in teams of three students and a sensei. Nevertheless, we will provide you with some training." Lady Tsunade explained, pushing a piece of paper towards me.
Quickly I scan read it, folded it up it up, and put it in a pocket on the inside of my cloak.
Form time – 8.20 – 8.30 (10 mins)
Lesson 1 – 8.30 – 9.25 (55 mins)
Lesson 2 – 9.25 – 10.20 (55 mins)
Break – 10.20 – 10.35 (15 mins)
Lesson 3 – 10.35 – 11.30 (55 mins)
Lesson 4 – 11.30 – 12.25 (55 mins)
Lesson 5 – 12.25 – 1.15 (50 mins)
Lunch – 1.15 – 1.55 (40 mins)
Lesson 6 – 1.55 – 2.50 (last period – 55 mins)
"I also have a map of the village for you to keep. Marked on it is your flat, the school, the training grounds, and this building. Any questions?" She finished, sitting back in her chair.
"A couple." She raised an eyebrow, and I took that as an invitation to ask, "Can we use the training grounds at any time?" I began, wanting to make sure I could get my anger out if and when I need to.
"Of course, they're for any training at any time, however you may have to make sure there's no one already there." She explained, "otherwise they may attack you."
"I'll survive. Is that all?" I said, standing up and grabbing the map she had just presented me with.
"Yes. I hope you enjoy your stay here, and that you both learn a lot here. Kotetsu, could you please show Aranya to where she's staying." She said, also standing up.
"Learn a lot…..like Kai learning to keep her mouth shut?" I asked, grinning at the smirk that appeared on her face, "Yeah, sorry, that won't happen. It's a family trait – in fact she has several family traits. If she starts calling you anything like 'a polka-dotted monkey' or a 'llama-fucking pineapple tree that needs to be put in a blender' it's probably not as bad as it sounds. The worse they get, the more she's accepting you, it's just how she is." I explained, and turned around to Yamato who was waiting for me at the he whole where the door should be.
"I'll bear that in mind." She replied, sounding completely unconvinced.
As we walked through the village, dodging little kids every now and then, I marvelled at how absolutely gigantic it was.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Kotetsu asked as we walked along, me taking in everything around me.
"I was just thinking about how huge this place is – I mean, I always knew that my village hidden in the flames was small, but I never really knew how big all the other villages are in comparison." I explained, looking up at some of the bigger buildings to emphasize my point.
"Yeah, I can see what you mean," He laughed, looking up at the buildings with me, "This place is pretty huge for a village." He said, looking at me as if he were actually paying attention, and actually cared.
"I know right! I always just thought of villages as no more than about….I don't know, fifty to a hundred people, max, and then I come here, and it's more like my idea of a city!" I say, just wanting to get it out. He laughed, but continued to look at me as if he was really interested in what I had to say, and it made me blush a bit, but in a good way, you know?
We talked for a little bit longer, but we soon came to the block of flats where Kai and I would be.
"Are you okay here, or do you want me to come up with you?" Kotetsu asked me, and as I jumped up a step, he turned around to face me at the bottom.
"Um...I'll be fine from here I guess – only three floors right? Besides, if I get lost, all I have to do is shout for Kai and she'll come out and freak out about hearing my voice but not seeing me."
We laughed again, me being almost his height standing on the bottom step.
"Thanks by the way." I said, smiling at him.
"Believe me, it was my pleasure." He said, but not in a (completely) flirty kind of way.
I blushed a little bit and turned around, shouting a 'see y'around then' over my shoulder as I went up the stairs, to the third floor.
I read off the door numbers as I went past, looking for number thirteen, and as I turned the corner, I saw one of the strangest things I think my cousin has ever been involved in, and I stopped in my tracks.
Kaitaru was standing outside our flat, the door still closed. Fiddling with the thirteen, was a guy in a green spandex suit, with orange leg warmers, a bowl cut, EXTREMELY bushy eyebrows, and a determined look on his face. Behind him, Kai stood, seemingly engaged in a staring/glaring contest with a blond kid, who was wearing an orange tracksuit, and had very blue eyes.
Sighing, I walked up to Kai and the blonde kid, pushed them apart, grabbed my keys, knocked the dude in the green spandex out of my way, unlocked the door, walked in, and slammed the door in their shocked faces.
Well, when I say 'their' shocked faces, I mean the guys shocked face. Kai still seemed to be staring/glaring at the blond kid when I shut the door on them.
**Kai POV**
I ignored Aranya as she walked past me, knowing that if she entered the flat, she would leave us be. Sadly, the blonde idiot in front of me didn't seem to realise that, and looked after her. Idiot.
As soon as Aranya shut the door, I started screaming at him;
"HA! I WIN! YOU FAIL WORSE THAN A FLUFFY WHITE BEAR IN A BIKINI! I WIN I WIN I WIN!"
"NO YOU DON'T! IT WAS SO OBVIOUS I GET TO WIN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS GOING TO BE THERE! YOU SET THIS UP!" He argued back. Asstard.
"I DID FUCKING NOT THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SHE WAS COMING BACK, I FIGURED SHE'D PROBABLY GO FUCK A ZEBRA IN THE ICE-POLE TONIGHT!" I explained, not willing to be called a cheater.
"SURE, WHATEVER, I WON ANYWAY SO IT DOESN'T MA-ARGH" He yelled, as this huge old guy with loads of white hair grabbed the back of his shirt and picked him up.
"Alright, that's enough, c'mon kid, we gotta get some training done." The old guy said, not seeing me yet.
"AWW BUT PERVY SAGE! I'M BUSY!" Blondie said to….pervy sage. The old guy suddenly noticed me, and his face turned into a huge grin.
"WELL WELL WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE HMMM? A PRETTY GIRL! AHHH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" He asked me, leering at me slightly.
"I'm fourteen." I told him, stepping back. His face took on a bored expression and, throwing blondie over his shoulder, he walked away.
"THIS ISN'T OVER BLONDIE" I called after him.
"So, bushy brow, how's that thirteen coming along?" I asked, turning back to him.
Earlier, he and blondie (whose actual name I can't remember) came out after hearing me shout about how we got flat number thirteen. I'm surprised they even made a flat no. 13 – couldn't they just have skipped it? Everyone knows thirteen is an unlucky number, Jeesh. Now we're got to de-unluckify the flat by taking the number thirteen, dipping it in peanut butter, washing it off with witches spit, putting bronzer on it, spit roast it, then paint it purple, with green stripes and blue spots.
Sadly, however, we don't have peanut butter, witches spit, bronzer, anything to spit roast it with, or purple, green or blue paint. So we're having to settle with turning it upside down.
"I am almost done Kaitaru!" He exclaimed in that annoying way of speaking. Damn, he should try talking like a normal person. I'm sure if he asked nicely, the nice purple koala bear will help him.
"There, I am done!" He said a few minutes later, standing up and wiping his hands on his jumpsuit.
"Thanks!" I said, opened the door, then proceeded to go inside and slam it in his face.
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