I had fun writing this part. too bad you guys'll hate me cus of the cliffhanger and it's not as obvious as you think. ;) enjoy X3
"Do you have to be such," Sakura started.
"A pig?" I finished.
Both of us started choking on the disgusting odour.
"So Cera," Kakashi started, "Where are you staying?"
I looked up and blinked. Where was I going to stay?
"I'll probably camp out in that training ground," I thought aloud.
"You can't do that!" Naruto protested.
"Why not?" I shot back, "I've lived like that my entire life."
"Why not stay with me?" Sakura offered.
Sai looked at me and pulled out a book. I couldn't read what it said on the front, which led me to realize that I couldn't read at all.
"She could stay with me," Sai said snapping the book closed.
"That's not a goo-," Kakashi started but I cut across.
"Sure," I beamed and smiled.
Sakura sighed in frustration and the other boys eyed me suspiciously.
I walked around them as they started whispering. Sai, who had opened his book again, looked up and smiled at my approach.
"Hello," I said shyly.
"Hello," he copied me.
"What are you reading?" I asked curiously.
"It's a book about the interrelationships of people in modern society," he replied, setting the book on his lap.
I stared at him for a second, confusedly.
He chuckled lightly. "It's about how to communicate with people and their emotions."
"Really?" I inquired, circling behind him and looking at the book.
"Yes," he said, lifting the book to read again.
"Could you read some to me?" I asked, getting excited, "It's a little hard for me sometimes."
"I can imagine," he said sadly, not looking at me.
"I heard about what happened to you from Hinata," I sighed, resting against the counter, "Its so sad."
"Too bad I can't understand these feelings yet," he sighed.
After that, he quietly began to read again. I stood behind him, listening to whatever was around me. I didn't want disturb Sai's reading and the others had started to talk about a mission and training again. The shop owners cooked behind me and I could hear Sin's slow breathing. She'd fallen asleep in the nest.
"Hmm," Sai murmured.
I leaned over to look at the book and there was a picture of a red object on the page.
"What is that?" I whispered.
"It says here it's called a heart," he replied in a voice as low as mine.
"What does it mean?" I continued.
"Here it says, 'A heart is used to signify the emotion love, be it between members of a family, for an animal or pet, or romantically between a couple,'" he read out.
"Sounds nice," I sighed.
"Love can also hurt," he said solemnly.
"Yes, but that's only when you let the love die," I whispered to him.
He turned to me then and I smiled. Our faces were so close and I felt mine turn hot.
"Well!" Kakashi clapped suddenly and I jumped in surprise, "We should get started on your special training."
I was excited at this prospect.
"You're not turning into Gai-sensei and bushy brow, are you Kakashi Sensei?" Naruto groaned.
"Don't worry Naruto," he chuckled, "This isn't really secret, more teaching the basics of ninjutsu techniques."
Naruto seemed content with this, which was almost the opposite of me. I felt like bouncing off the walls but simply stuck to hopping on the spot. It was just one good thing after another today.
"Hmm?' Kakashi looked up towards the entrance of the small shop.
A person wearing a black cloak and a cat-like mask entered. The air seemed to chill as he looked at each person's face. His eyes came to rest on mine.
"The girl is to be taken to the Hokage immediately," a deep voice spoke.
"I will escort her myself," Kakashi responded automatically.
The mysterious person nodded and then disappeared.
"Is there anything I missed while you guys were, 'hanging out'?" Kakashi asked, looking directly at Sakura and I.
"Umm," I stalled, "Well my Dad showed up, and then the guard who was at the gate showed up and then I got mad, and he ran away."
Kakashi sighed and grabbed my arm.
"Come on," he said, "the Hokage is a very busy woman."
I pulled my arm free and placed Sai's hand on the same spot.
"I'd prefer someone my age to be my escort," I insisted.
I expected a fight because I was considered a threat now but Kakashi just shrugged and I wondered what would have happened if I'd gone to Naruto or Sakura. Kakashi led us through the town. We met up with Ino, Shikamaru, another more rounded boy eating a bag of chips, and an older man with a cigarette who must have been Asuma.
"We heard," Ino said, running up and hugging me, "there's no way I'd leave you to go in there without me."
"This is such a drag," Shikamaru complained, "She'll be fine."
"Is that the girl Shikamaru?" the other boy asked.
"That's her Chouji," Shikamaru chuckled.
"Wow!" he appraised, "You're really cute!'
I blushed and hid behind Sai shyly.
Shikamaru turned and whispered in his ear. I heard him say, "She's taken," and Chouji pouted.
"We'd better hurry," Asuma urged. "We don't want the wrath of the Hokage on our hands.
"Who's the hokage?" I whispered to Sakura.
"She's the woman in charge of looking after the village," she replied, "Her name is lady Tsunade."
We turned up at the large building and Kakashi knocked on the door. There was no reply. He tried again, still the same. He pushed open the door to the Hokage's office and we found her sleeping on her desk.
"So much for a busy woman and powerful wrath," I giggled.
She woke at that moment and mumbled, "Huh? Who's there?"
"We've brought Cera," Kakashi announced.
"Who?" She slurred.
A slender black haired woman hurried past our party carrying a pig.
"It's the girl you requested," she informed the hokage in a hushed voice.
"Oh, yeah," the hokage mumbled, slowly coming out of her daze.
"What is it you wish to see her for?" Kakashi inquired.
Like you don't know, I thought.
"There has been a report that a dangerous person has entered the village under false pretenses," Tsunade said, rubbing her eyes and sitting up, "That person was isolated by ANBU to be this girl. She fits the description given by a guard attending an animal that had entered the village as well."
She looked at me with piercing eyes and I cowered under her gaze. Kakashi pulled me into full view and I started to shake. No matter what species I was, I was animal at heart and it felt like I'd been cornered with nowhere to run.
"This is her," he said, holding my arm.
"Tell me your name," she ordered.
"C-Cera," I stuttered nervously.
"What were your intentions in coming here?" Tsunade continued in the same commanding voice.
"I wanted to meet humans," I answered quietly.
"Humans?" she said questioningly.
I nodded and she continued with her interrogation.
"Why did you want to meet 'humans'?" she asked.
"Because I live in the forest with animals and I've never met any before," I responded trying to hide but Kakashi held me still.
"You must have," she insisted, "What about your parents?"
"I was abandoned when I was a baby," I mumbled.
"Then how is it that you've been alive this long!" she yelled, slamming her fist on her desk in frustration and causing it to groan in protest.
I felt as small as a mouse against this powerful attacker, even if she wasn't even touching me.
"I was raised by deer!" I yelled back, closing my eyes to escape her horrifying stare.
I started writhing and clawing at Kakashi's hand, trying to escape his grasp. The attempt failed miserably but I didn't want to fight with this woman here.
"Is this true Kakashi?" I heard her ask through closed eyes and my mind focused on escape.
"That's what she's been telling all of us," Kakashi replied.
"The deer was her dad," Sakura added.
"Do you seriously think I would believe that?" the Hokage asked incredulously.
I felt soft hands on my sides, but they weren't restraining so I ignored them and continued my attempt at freedom.
"We can prove it!" Ino insisted.
"How?" Tsunade asked, "There are no animals here!"
'What's with the yelling?' Sin peeped angrily from my head, 'I was sleeping!'
"Sin!" Sakura and Ino chorused.
"A bird?" Tsunade did a double take, "On her head?"
I stopped writhing and opened my eyes slowly to see her looking at me in a curious way rather than a menacing one.
"Th-this is Sin," I introduced her quietly, "She's my best friend."
'Cera, Cera,' she tweeted taking flight and circling me.
I watched her fly and heard the people behind me sigh in relief. I saw then who was holding me.
Sorry for the delay but after my usb erased what i'd written, i just couldn't bring myself to try and retype. This part is actually a bit different to what i had originally, before it was wiped.