Chapter Three
After taking them to the Hokage, I went to the ramen bar for dinner. I didn't usually cook at home much, because I was the only one there.
"One beef ramen?" the man asked.
"Yes, please."
"Are you okay?" he asked me.
"Well, I haven't seen my best friend all day. And I feel kind of lonely..." I admitted.
"Aw, well I'm sure you'll meet more people."
"Yeah, thanks for helping," I said. He smiled.
"No problem," he said, then went to making the food. A boy around my age sat down beside me. He had black hair and brown eyes.
"One chicken ramen please," he said.
"Hi," I said to him.
"Hey," he said back.
"I'm Akemi," I said holding out my hand. for him to take. He shook it.
"I'm Kenta." I smiled.
"So, are you here for chunin exams?" I asked him.
"Yeah, are you doing them?" he asked, and I nodded my head.
"I want to hurry up and become a chunin."
"Why's that?" he asked.
"Because then I can become a jonin," I said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. I was handed my food and thanked the man. He gave me thumbs up and smiled. I merely rolled my eyes at him.
"Oh, I want to become Mitsukage of the water village."
"That's a good goal...my friend wants to become Hokage," I said, feeling a little depressed thinking about Orochimaru. I didn't realize I could miss so one so much in so little time apart.
"That's cool. Tell her she'll have to fight me when she does," he said.
"Okay, but it's a he," I said laughing.
"Oh, sorry," he said blushing.
"No problem. So, where's the rest of your team?"
"They're wandering around somewhere," he said while rolling his eyes. "How bout yours?"
"They're training with different people."
"Well, since you don't have any teamates around, and I don't either. Want to go somewhere with me?" he asked. I smiled.
"Sure," I replied. So the two of us walked away from the ramen bar together, the ramen man smiling as we went.
"That was a lot of fun," Kenta said while stretching his arms.
"Yeah, thank you."
"No problem. So what do you want to do now?" he asked.
"Huh? what do you mean?"
"Well, it's only five...do you want to do something else?"
"Yeah, that'd be nice," I said, smiling.
"Alright, then let's go to get something to eat. Any good, nice resturants here?" he asked. I put a finger to my chin in thought.
"There is one. But are you sure you want to go there? They're pretty expensive..."
"Yeah. I have an idea! We can go shopping for some nice clothes to wear there first," he said, I nodded and we headed to the store.
"That's cute on you. You should definitely get it," he said. I stood there in a simple red dress. It went to my knees and had noodle straps. It showed a little bit of cleavage.
"Are you sure? I feel kinda naked in it," I said looking in the mirror. He laughed.
"It looks great on you."
"Okay, I guess. Did you find one?"
"A dress?" he asked and we both laughed.
"No silly, a suit or something!"
"Oh, now that I have," he said with a smile. So we headed to eat.
"thanks so much.I had fun tonight" I said with a smile.
"I did too. I hope we can do this again some time soon."
"Yeah. I should get home. I'll see you around!" I said as I ran off. I wanted to see if Oro-kun was done with training yet. So I headed to his house.
Knock, knock.
"You silly," came a girl's high pitched voice. A laugh that sounded much like Orochimaru's followed.
"Hold on a minute," said Orochimaru. He's in his house with a girl... is he d-dating h-her? Before anyone could open the door I ran to my house and shut the door, locking it. I collapsed onto my bed. Stupid me for liking him, supid, stupid, stupid me, I thought to my self while crying into my pillow. I fell asleep in that position.
Bring! Bring!
"Stupid alarm," I mumbled. I turned it off and picked out a pair of clothes. They were my normal pair, a black and grey striped shirt, white ninja shorts, and hair bows. I showered, dressed, combed my hair, and sat on my bed.
"Am I forgeting something?" I asked myself. "Aha!" I opened my nightstand's drawer, quickly wrapping my legs from above the knee to the upper thigh. I then wrapped my wrists and put my finger-less gloves on. They were a black leather and went just passed my wrist.
"Ready," I said as I went to the kitchen. I made a quick breakfast, and headed out to do something, anything. I just had to get Orochimaru off of my mind. So I walked down the street aimlessly.
"Hey you!" came a voice behind you, I turned around to see the blond boy from yesterday.
"I'm going to kick your butt for what you did yesterday!" he yelled. I just turned around and kept walking. That drove him crazy. He ran up to kick me but I moved to the side, making him miss and fall.
"Please leave me alone," I said politely.
"Just cause you kicked my butt yesterday doesn't mean you can do it again!" he yelled.
"I don't want to hurt you. I have stuff I have to do," I said, continuing walking.
"Hey, wait!" he said as he caught up to you. "What are you doing?"
"I'm walking..."
"No like... what stuff are you doing?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter."
"You don't have anything to do, do you?"
"No, but I'll find something to do," I said looking down the street at the different shops.
"Well, you want to train with me?" he asked.
"um... you wont try and beat me up, will you?"
"Nope, I promise I won't." .
"Okay, then lets go train." I said as I kept walking down the street. He stood there for a second, not moving, like he was in thought.
"Hey, hold up!" he said as you ran to catch up with me. As I was walking down the street, I walked right passed Orochimaru, who just stared at me. I put my head down, my hair in my face. I felt like I was going to cry again. Well, we weren't dating so I shouldn't be upset at him...we are just friends...nothing more..and I like him as a friend and nothing more.
"Akemi, you walk way to fast!" the blond said behind me. I just smiled and turned around to face him.
"No, you walk too slow." I turned around again and started walking. Orochimaru, who was glaring at me, but I wasn't sure why. I hadn't done anything. I passed him quickly and went into the forest to train with my new sort of, kind of, not really, friend.
"You haven't told me your name yet," I said to him.
"And I won't until you beat me in a sparing match," he said smirking.
"I don't want to have to beat you up."
"Oh come'on, please."
"Alright, but it'll be short. And when I win you have to stop bugging me," I said getting into a fighting position.
"Understood," he said getting into a fighting stance. Then someone grabbed the blond by the ear.
"You idiot! What do I have to say for you to stop getting into fights!" the brunette said. He was the same guy that stoped him yesterday.
"We were just sparing," the blond said trying to make him let go of his ear.
"Oh," he said and let go.
"I'm Katsu," the brunette said holding out his hand.
"Akemi," I said, shaking it.
"So you're taking the chunin exams?" he asked me.
"Yep."
"Where's your team?" he asked. I put my head down as I thought of orochimaru.
"They're training with their temporary sensei's..."
"Where's yours?" he asked.
"I-I don't know..."
"You know what Akemi?" he asked.
"Hm?"
"You're really pretty," he said, making me blush.
"T-thank y-you," I responded. He chuckled.
"You're welcome. You ready to train?" he asked. I nodded.
"Alright, lets train!" yelled the blond. I went into a fighting stance.
"Let's go!"