Continuing on from last, attack of the baby bird! lol get to see more characters now, some aren't too impressed with the newbie, *cough*neji*cough* ugh! so enjoy!
'You're pretty tough for a baby,' Akamaru appraised.
'Thank you,' she giggled, falling over.
"Get back in your nest now," I said sternly.
'Okay Cera,' she continued giggling as I dropped her lightly into the nest.
"Feisty little thing," Kiba mumbled, rubbing his head.
Hinata was laughing at him into her hand. I smiled widely and Kiba smiled back.
"Hinata, Kiba!" called a woman's voice behind me.
I turned to and saw that she had bright red eyes and long black hair. I recoiled a little at the eyes but then she smiled and I could see the warmth in them. A boy wearing sunglasses and a high collared jacket flanked her. He seemed to shy away from the other humans that passed in the opposite direction and I could hear a slight humming sound emanating from his body.
"Kurenai-sensei, Shino," Kiba called back, waving.
As they approached, the humming got louder and became a loud buzzing noise.
"Insects?" I questioned when he was near.
He looked at me but I couldn't tell what expression he had on his face.
"Who's this?" Kurenai asked.
"Cera," Kiba said shortly.
I glowered at him, growling slightly at the short introduction.
"My name is Kurenai," she held her hand out.
I shook it and smiled. She had a warm hand.
"You must be Shino," I said, turning to him.
He stared at me and the humming became erratic. Some beetles started flying out from beneath his jacket and headed towards me.
"Stop," I hissed to the beetles.
They obeyed and Shino stepped back.
"H-how?" He stuttered.
"How what?" I inquired.
"How did you get my insects to do what you say?" he asked, quivering.
"I can speak to them," I stated, "I can understand them on a simple level that you cannot."
His eyebrows turned down at this. I held my hand out and he took it. The beetles flew back to him and the buzzing became almost unnoticeable.
"You seem to be a pretty capable," he told me.
"Thanks, I guess," I replied awkwardly.
Kiba put his arm around my shoulder and started singing, "Shino and Cera sitting in a tree."
"Kiba!" Kurenai scolded, but all he did was laugh.
"I assure you, you are mistaken," Shino said coldly.
"Kurenai sensei, Cera asked me to take her on a tour of the village," Hinata said, still giggling at Kiba.
"That's a good idea," Kurenai encouraged.
"Come on!" I exclaimed, grabbing her Hinata's hand and running off.
She struggled to keep up so I slowed down again after we got far enough away from the others.
"Thank you," she puffed.
"Hey Hinata?" I started.
"Yeah?" she said still trying to regain her breathe.
"Can you take me to meet as many people my age as possible?" I asked, slurring the words together in my excitement.
"Sure," she agreed, "I think there were some people training in an area near here."
"Do you know who they are?" I asked as I began hopping up and down.
"I think it was Gai sensei's team, Lee, Ten-ten and my cousin, Neji," she told me, "and Kakashi Sensei's team. He has Naruto, Sai and Sakura, plus Shikamaru and Ino from Asuma-sensei's group."
"What type of training are they doing?" I inquired.
"Neji told me it was battling team verses team, one on one," she explained.
We walked towards a part of the village cloaked in trees. Hinata told me stuff about the village and I told her about my home. She seemed just as interested in my home as I was in hers. She told me about some of the people who lived here.
"What about that the other one you said?" I asked.
"Sai?" she inquired and I nodded. "He's sort of hard to describe. He's quiet and can be rude. Naruto told me that up until a little while ago, he was trained not to have emotions."
"That's so sad," I sighed.
We entered a clearing to find two people fighting in the centre and six sitting to the side watching. A girl with pink hair, Sakura from what Hinata had told me, and a blonde girl, Ino, were the ones fighting. They were really going at it and I was hypnotised as Hinata led me to the others.
"Hey Hinata, who's your friend?" asked the spiky, blonde haired boy.
"H-hi N-N-Naruto," Hinata stuttered.
I was still watching the match as I sat next to a boy with sleek, black hair. He turned to look at me but I ignored him as the sparring continued. I was vaguely aware of the conversation going on behind me.
"She seems to like the fight," I soft voice said to my left.
"I've never met someone with her abilities," Hinata spoke.
"What does she do?" asked a monotonous voice directly above me.
"She can talk to animals," Hinata told them.
I sighed and turned on the spot. They were staring at me in the same way as Kiba. I looked up and saw that it the boy called Shikamaru was on a branch in the tree above me. There was another canine scent, sweeter than Kiba's but more wolf-like, blowing towards me. Hinata looked at me worriedly as I stood up.
"Hi," I smiled, "it's very nice to meet you all. My name is Cera and my friend Sin is on my head."
They're eyes grew wider and I giggled. So did Sin. All eyes turned to the nest-hat I wore as she took off and landed on the ground in front of me.
'My name is Sin,' she cheeped, 'I'm a ferocious death machine wrapped up in cute, fluffy feathers.'
They looked at me, waiting.
"She said her name is Sin and she's a ferocious death machine wrapped in cute feathers," I translated for them.
"Hinata, Neji, use byakugan," the grey haired ninja with a half hidden face instructed.
I knew it was it was Kakashi because Hinata had only told me about one sensei, Gai, in the time we took to get to the spot, and this guy was definitely not over-the-top happy and pumped to train at all.
Hinata and her cousin made a sign with they're hands and said the same word, "Byakugan."
I stood there, expecting something to happen to me but nothing did. I stared intently at Kakashi and he just smiled back. I wondered what he was hiding for. The breeze blew again and I realised he had the sweet wolf smell, mixed with the smell of several other dogs.
"Wolf," I said, instinctively backing off from the danger.
"Her chakras are strong," Neji said.
"Chakras?" I inquired.
I had heard the term often from travelling ninja, but I had never expected it to have anything to do with me.
"They're different from anything I've ever seen before," Hinata stated, "It seems to concentrate at different places to normal humans."
I smiled. Different was nice. I'd always liked being able to do things my friends in the forest couldn't.
"She seems unaware of the power though," Neji shrugged, turning away.
I glared at him and growled, "I'm right here and I have a name, so please use it."
"Why should I bother?" he sighed still not looking at me, "even with your strength, I could still take you easily."
I dashed forward grabbing his shirt with one hand and heaving him up in the air against the tree. He looked at me now that I held his chin and forced him to.
"Is that a challenge, caged little birdie," I sneered as I registered his scent too, "I think you're probably jealous of my friend Sin right now. I mean, she can fly freely wherever she wants, but you're tied down, aren't you?"
His eyes widened and he started to gasp for air. I realised that I shouldn't have done or said that to him. I dropped him and returned swiftly to Sai's side. I don't know why, but he felt safer than Hinata and I hadn't even heard him speak yet.
"Wow," Shikamaru snickered from the tree, "I think Neji just underestimated you a lot."
"How did she know about that mark on your forehead, Neji?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know but she's definitely dangerous," Neji replied, still gasping for air slightly.
I flushed slightly and mumbled, "I'm sorry, but you shouldn't be so mean to someone you just met."
I felt soft hands on my shoulders and looked to see that it was Ino and Sakura behind me.
"She's right Neji," Sakura spoke, "You should give people a chance before judging them.
"I'm glad she knocked you down a few pegs," Ino said and smiled at me, "Now you won't be so high and mighty because of your special jutsu."
"Thank you," I smiled at them.
I looked around and realised that I had completely missed some people.
"Where are Gai sensei, Ten-ten and Lee?" I asked, looking up at the Kakashi as Sin decided to return to her nest.
"Gai took Lee for 'special' training that was top secret and he needed Ten-ten to help," he replied smiling again.
"She can read minds too!" Naruto burst out.
"N-no Naruto, I told her who was going to be here," Hinata corrected.
Yay! that'll show Neji! lol, get ready for what will come out of Sai's mouth, you know it'll be bad! XD till next!