Jacen – Hello everyone who reads my story. I'm apologizing for such an evil cliff-hanger. So I decided to post the next chapter.
Naruto – Jacen, We know the real reason that you take so long to post a story. You're lazier than Shikamaru.
Jacen – Take that back.
Naruto – [Sticks out his tongue]
Akira – Naruto-kun, stop acting this way. Jacen-sama, just has an extremely poor attention span and coupled with ridiculous reverse/regular writer's block.
Ryouji – Whatever…F.Y.I Jacen does not own Naruto, He does own the rest of us…
Thinking
"Talking"
Inner Voice
(Author Notes)
(Begin Recap)
"Oh so you remained conscious after being hit by my Tsukiyomi, hmm? Interesting, perhaps if you live long enough you can live to fight another day." Itachi said with a smirk as he jabbed the remains of his shattered ninja-to into her abdomen. Her eyes grew wide from the pain. "Good-bye, Miharu-neechan." Itachi said as he released her and let her bleeding unconscious body hit the floor…
(End Recap)
(Miharu's Hospital Room – Leaf Village General – 3 Days after the Uchiha Massacre)
Where am I? I wondered as I looked around the room. The walls were sterile white, the sun came in. Am I in the hospital? Why? I sat up and felt a cold breeze down my back. Nani! I'm in a hospital gown!?! What the hell happened to me? Suddenly intense pain erupted from my side. Fuck me, this hurts like hell. I thought as my face winced from the pain. I could feel the my eyes watering from the pain. I looked down at my side and noticed that my white hospital gown was turning red. Suddenly the machine's started beeping as I started screaming. Oh man, the pain. MAKE IT STOP! My strength was failing me as I feel back onto the bed, screaming.
I don't know how long I was in pain, all I know was it felt like eternality. Eventually, some nurses came in and stuck me with a syringe, I don't know what it was but the pain went away and I fell back to sleep.
I saw images of people floating past me, in my dreams. The people looked familiar to me, but I wasn't sure who they suddenly I saw my mom. She smiled at me before fading away. Then I realized that everyone else was fading away as well. I felt so alone. The tears fell down my eyes like rain. Then I heard my mom's voice, it seemed so peaceful and serene.
"I'm so proud of you Miharu. You are truly an Uchiha. Smile my daughter, I'll always be with you."
I still felt alone, but I knew that I would do my best, to make my ancestors proud.
I opened my eyes and wondered why no one had come to visit me from my family. Hell I should've at least seen my mother, she works here. While I was lost in thought, a doctor came in to check on me.
"How are you feeling now, any better? You gave us quite a scare, this morning." The man said with a concerned look on his face.
"I'm feeling a little better. Have you seen my mother? I figured that she'd be one of the first to come visit." I asked wondering why my mom was not here.
"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but your mother is dead." The man said with regret in his voice. My face showed nothing but surprise and shock.
"What do you mean she's dead!?!" I asked angrily trying to hold back the tears that were building in my eyes. But I saw her in my dreams, how can she be dead. "What about my sister, Rikku, where is she?"
"We believe she is dead as well, there were some severe scorching in some places at your estate. Again I'm sorry to be the one to tell you but your cousin, Itachi murdered every member of your clan and his, except you and his little brother, a couple of days ago. You were in critical condition when they brought you and your friend here. Your friend is fine, in fact he's going to be discharged tomorrow." The doctor said, his eyes told me that he was depressed and feeling guilt for telling me the truth.
I felt my whole world shatter before my eyes. I was truly alone. I could feel a void appearing in my soul. I'm going to kill you Itachi, if that is the last thing that I do. I swore to myself before I broke down in tears.
(Miharu's Room – Leaf Village General – 5 days after the Uchiha Massacre)
A couple days passed before they discharged me. As I got dressed I looked at the wound on my abdomen in the mirror. I will get stronger, so that this wound is the last one that I'll ever receive.
"Forgive me, mother. But I must give up my compassion, I must kill me heart, to avenge you." I swore to myself. Swearing to do such a thing is simple, succeeding is a completely different story. I shook my head at my own thoughts.
I calmly zipped up my navy blue vest and left the room.
As I walked towards the doors I heard a voice behind me.
"I'm glad to see you up and about, Miharu-chan." The voice called, I realized immediately that it was, Akira-kun. My whole face grew warm. "I got discharged two days ago. I tried to come visit you but the nurses wouldn't let me."
I turned around quickly to see him. I ran over to him and hugged him as tight as I could, happy to see that he was alright. He turned beet red.
"I missed you too…" Akira said with a bashful look on his face. Awkward silence followed afterwards.
Suddenly, I heard another voice coming from the direction of the doors behind me.
"Go you, Akira. I never expected to see Miharu in your arms. You make me proud." The voice of their perverted teacher said.
"Yeah all you need next is to head back to your house and…" Ryouji's voice followed Shigehito's before the sound of a fist making contact with a skull cut him off. "Ow…Bitch that hurt."
"Stop saying perverted things, then." A third new voice came from the same direction. "Well what are you waiting for…go ahead and kiss him."
Both Akira and I turned red at the same time, and then I fainted in Akira's arms.
"Well done, Katsume. I was not expecting you to be a closet pervert." Shigehito's voice trailed through my conscious mind. Great…Now everyone thinks that I have a crush on Akira-kun. And you don't? I've seen the way that you've been looking at him. SHUT UP! Girl, you are just in denial. SHUT UP!! Are you saying that Akira is not an attractive member of the human race? I'm not saying that he's not attractive. So what are you saying, hmmm? I must be going crazy, since I'm arguing with myself. Keep telling yourself that. Hahaha.
"Are you ok, Miharu-chan? You fainted and fell into my arms." Akira said with an awkward look on his face. My face grew warm again. Blushing like a fool with a crush. Stop it, I don't have a crush on Akira-kun. Hahaha, keep telling yourself that.
"I'm fine, I guess I'm still not at one hundred percent, just yet. Can someone help me up, I need to talk to Hokage-sama, about getting a temporary residence." I said as I grabbed Akira's extended hand and pulled myself up to my using him as leverage. Turning away from my team, I said: "I'll see you guys after I get everything taken care."
I noticed a look of disappointment on the team's faces, as I walked away.
"Would you mind if I tagged along, my little brother is in school and I'd rather not hang around those perverts." Akira said as he tried to catch up.
"Sure you can come, but you have to keep up." I said with a mischievous grin on my face, before I started running in the direction of the Hokage tower.
"Fine by me. I'll see you there." Akira said as he matched my pace.
While we were running we ran, literally, into a man that wore a Jonin Vest, a neon green jumpsuit, a pair of bright orange leg-warmers and he wore his red forehead protector as a belt, he had a hideous bowl-cut hair style and giant eyebrows that looked like fuzzy black caterpillars. Standing next the man was a boy that looked like the younger version of the man. I looked at the bright green duo, and did the only thing that I could think of, (other than call them queer…) I apologized.
"Gomen nasai."
The older man looked at the Akira and I and laughed.
"It is alright, I wonder though, where are you headed in such a hurry. The two of you should just enjoy your youth. Right, Lee." He said while smiling with his perfect, overly shiny teeth and sticking his thumb up.
"Right Gai-sensei." The younger version said.
"Lee."
"Gai-sensei."
"Lee."
"Gai-sensei."
"Lee."
As they embraced, a genjutsu of a beach and a sunset appeared behind them.
What the hell? Are these guys fags or something? I wondered as I blinked a few times to make sure I wasn't losing my mind…Both Akira and I felt a bead of sweat run down our brows at the same time.
"Akira-kun. Let's go, before they realize that we aren't there anymore." I suggested as I began walking as far away from those two as humanly possible.
After leaving the strange duo, we finally made it to the Hokage's tower. As we walked in his office, the old man was filling out papers and looking as bored as anyone could actually look.
"Hello, Aijigetsu-san and Uchiha-san. How can this old man help you today?" He said as he put his pipe in his mouth and took a drag of it.
"Lord Hokage, if it is alright, I'd like to make a request." I asked politely. The Third Hokage smiled as he took another drag from his pipe.
"As much as I would like to, I'm sorry but I can't help you. You see, we have no vacant apartments anywhere except near your home. Though I must say, I'm a little confused that you'd give up your family's home to live alone in an apartment. May I ask why?" The wrinkled old man asked, still puffing on his pipe.
"I can't stay at my house." I said, taking a brief pause to catch my line of thought, before continuing. "Every time I walk down the streets near my house I remember all of my family, before they were killed. I can see my, my traitorous cousin coming to my doorstep to pick up my sister, Rikku to take her out on a date. I see my mom smiling at me and wishing me luck on my missions. If I stay at my house, I don't know how I'll function." I took another pause as I felt my eyes water, I had to fight to keep from breaking down in tears. "I still can't believe that they are all gone."
The elderly Hokage nodded in understanding, he got up from his desk and walked over and gave me a comforting hug. This only caused my sobbing to increase ten-fold.
"I know what you are going through, and I wish that I could tell you that it'll get better with time. But I'm not going to lie to you. In time, you will learn to draw strength from their sacrifice. I wish that could grant you your request but at this time I cannot. Gomen nasai." The old man said as he hugged me.
Akira looked deep in thought, then his face lit up all of a sudden.
"Miharu-chan, I don't want you to get the wrong idea but you could stay at my house." He suggested, I quickly turned to face him. NANI! Looks like you can have him all to yourself. What kind of girl do you think that I am? Looks like someone's mind is already in the gutter. I meant that you can see how good your precious Akira-kun is with domestic life.
"But what about your little brother Naruto? Won't he throw a fit? Where will I sleep?" A million questions popped into my head as I thought about how this would be.
"Naruto will be fine with it. In fact he might ask you for tips on girls, since there is a girl that he likes and she doesn't know it. He'll probably be happy to have someone to talk to besides me. Besides I'll take the futon, you can have my room. On the bright side, it gives me an excuse to get rid of my collection of alarm clocks." He said with a chuckle. "I just want you to be happy."
"Arigato Akira-kun. I am truly in your debt." I said with a degree of sincerity and seriousness that I rarely use. "I'll head to my house and gather my clothes and possessions and meet you at your house afterwards." I suggested trying to get everything accomplished that I can.
"I'd rather help you pack. It's not like I have anything else to do today." Akira countered.
"Two words: alarm clocks." I said coldly.
"You win. I'll see you in a few hours." He said while holding his hands up in mock surrender.
"Well that's taken care of." The neglected old man said as he walked back behind his desk and started smoking on his pipe.
I quickly led Akira out of the Hokage's office, so not to take up anymore of the old man's precious time.
"See you at the apartment." He said before turning to walk in the opposite direction that I was heading.
I watched his movements as he disappeared down the streets to his apartment, with a look of disappointment. I shook my head and started walking towards my old home.
After several minutes of walking, I finally made it to the Uchiha Compound. It was peaceful and quiet, a rarity a week ago. As I walked I imagined the faces of every person that lived on this street. I imagined them coming and greeting me as I walked home, they were asking me about my mission and telling me how proud of me they were. I had to fight back my tears, the entire time.
I opened to door to my house and without thinking I called:
"Mom, Rikku. I'm home." It's a shame how one innocent act can trigger an entire nervous breakdown. I just sat on the ground as the tears fell like rain. After I finished crying and dried my tears I walked over to the radio and turned it on. The song that came on was one that I was familiar with but couldn't remember the name. (I think its "Closer" from the Three Tailed Bijuu's Arc's opening song. I'm using the subtitles from Dattebayo's Episode 90)
Mi jika ni arumono, tsune ni wo tsuketeinai to
(You've got to be extra careful with the things nearest to you.)
amari ni chikasugite, miushinatteshimai sou
(You know the closer you get to something, the tougher it is to see it.)
anata ga saiken taiken shitta, shiawase wa ittai nan desu ka?
(Explain to me this happiness that you just have to experience.)
megumaresugeteite, omoidasenai kamo
(Or maybe you're so blessed that you can't even remember?)
ima koko ni iru koto, iki wo shiteiru koto
(That you stand here now, that you live and breathe,)
tada sore dake no koto ga, kiseki da to kizuku
(They're all little miracles, just by themselves.)
Mi jika ni arumono, tsune ni wo tsuketeinai to
(You've got to be extra careful with the things nearest to you.)
amari ni chikasugite, miushinatteshimai sou
(You know the closer you get to something, the tougher it is to see it.)
You know the closer you get to something, the tougher it is to see it.
And I'll never take it for granted
oitsuzuketekita yume, akiramenzumi susume yo nante
(It's fine to say "Never give up", and "Keep chasing your dreams")
kirei koto wo ieru hodo, nanimo de kichainai kedo
(But the more time you spend talking big, the less you get done.)
hitonigiri no yuuki yo mune ni
(I'll press that handful of courage against my heart)
ashita wo ikinuku tame ni
(With its help survive another day)
And I'll never take it for granted
Let's go.
As those words went through her head, she thought about her family, her friends and her current actions. What am I doing living in the past, remembering every little detail of my past life, my life with my mother and sister. I need to move on with my life, but it's so damn hard to do that.
As I walked up to my room with some empty container scrolls, I couldn't shake the feeling that my life was going to get better. I took each step as if it were going to be my last step. Everywhere I stepped memories flooded my memories.
(FLASHBACK)
Today was her first day at the academy. Her face was beaming from excitement. The little six year old girl just smiled as she put on her navy blue tee-shirt and a pair of white pants. She quickly looked up at her mom before jumping up excited.
"Hey mom! I can't wait to get the Ninja Academy, to make some new friends." Young Miharu exclaimed.
"Calm down, Miharu." A taller blond woman came into view and lifted the little girl up and hugged her tightly. "You can do anything that you believe you can."
(END FLASHBACK)
"I'm going to be living with Akira-kun, from now on. I'm going to get stronger to protect those that are precious to me. I don't want to ever feel this pain, the pain of losing the people that I love." I promised myself as I walked into my old room. I unrolled one of the empty scrolls onto my bed as I began the process of gathering and sealing my possessions into the scrolls that I brought with me.
Several hours passed before I finished what I was packing.
"I felt like I never was going to finish. I own way to much stuff." I said before letting out a sigh, before walking out of my room and into the hallway that led to my mother's room and Rikku's room. Out of respect for both of them, I decided to pay them my last respects and visit their rooms one last time.
Rikku's room was right across the hall from mine so I decided that it would be the first one that I'd visit. I carefully opened the door…
Rikku was taller than me and arguably more feminine looking than I ever was. Her long blond hair flowed down her back like a river of gold, she was definitely the most beautiful women to ever have been born in my family, which probably the reason that she was promised to be wed to Itachi, the prodigy of the Main Branch, when they both turned eighteen, next year. As I entered her room I remembered the day that I caught her and Itachi making out after their date.
(FLASHBACK)
Rikku had pinned her boyfriend underneath her, and was holding him down while kissing him hard on the lips. She sat up and looked him straight in the eyes with a serious look in her eyes.
"Do you love me, Itachi?"
"Like the water loves the earth." He said calmly, before looking at me at the door. "Although our guest would disapprove."
Rikku jumped off of Itachi and ran to the door to quickly close it, very red in the face.
(END FLASHBACK)
"I'm sorry, Rikku. I wish that I was stronger to protect you." I said as I sat there in prayer. "Goodbye, Rikku." I closed the door and walked over to my mother's room.
The bed had a pool of dried blood in the center of it. I could only speculate that this was where Itachi found her. I stood at the door for a moment to say my good-byes before heading downstairs to the kitchen and dining room.
Sitting on the dining room table was a pair of sheathed kodachi attached to a crimson silken bardic-style strap and a small piece of paper. Curious as to the contents of the letter, I walked over to it and picked it up to read it.
To my beloved daughter, Miharu
I'm writing this letter because I'm pretty sure that I will be asleep when you get home. I just want you to know that I'm proud of you and that I'm sure that you will be the strongest Kunoichi that our clan has ever had in decades. So I'm giving you this present. These kodachi belonged to a legendary kunoichi that was born and died before the Hidden Leaf Village was made. Her name is unknown but she gave the swords to your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother. These swords were once known as the Oathkeeper's blades, Rekkimaru and Mekkimaru. The blades are unique, in ways, even I'm not sure of. They can't be shattered and the material seems to conduct chakra, those are the only two things that I am sure of. You might ask Masato Hayabusa to show you how to use them, if he can't he daughter, Tenten might. I wish you the best luck in your future. Well I'm going to bed, I'll see you in the morning. I hope that your mission was a success and that you will tonight. I love you, my daughter. Good night.
Love always,
Sachiko Uchiha
P.S.: You should bring Akira over for dinner, since he doesn't get much good home cooking living alone with a twelve-year old.
Tears rained down my face as I finished reading mother's letter. Mother gave me the Nameless Kunoichi's swords. I couldn't stop crying, but the tears were of a combination of grief and joy. Mother gave me the swords.
"Arigato, mother. I'll make you proud." I said as I picked up the twin kodachi and quickly put on the bardic strap. The strap placed one of the swords on my left shoulder blade so that I could quickly draw it with my left hand and the second one was oriented on the small of my back placed where I could draw it with my right hand for primarily for defense. I had a memory of Itachi watching me practice my Taijutsu, the Interceptor-style of the Uchiha clan.
(FLASHBACK)
"Hello Miharu-neechan. I see that you are practicing our clan's Taijutsu style." Itachi called from the fence.
I paused for a moment, and nodded.
"Would you mind if I sparred with you for a moment? Your sister is helping at the hospital, and I'm off-duty right now." He asked calmly.
"S-s-su-sure." I said shyly. Rikku's boyfriend is so cool. I thought before taking the stance that mother had shown me before.
"Your stance is different than your sister's." Itachi commented as he adopted a similar stance to mine. "Now come at me. I wonder just how much different your style is from your sister's."
I attempted a spear-hand thrust with my right hand, which he calmly parried with a knife-hand block. Then a straight sweep using the momentum I had from the spear-hand thrust to try and catch him off guard. He leapt back a few feet to dodge my attack but it ended up placing him right where I wanted for my rising cartwheel kick. I felt my foot make contact but when I landed I found a small log resting right where I hit. My face scrunched up.
"I thought we were sparring! Using the Substitution technique is unfair." I yelled while sulking.
"I noticed something interesting about your style, you might want to know. Your stance rests a few inches lower than someone, probably to add extra force to your attacks. Also your initial stance is much more aggressive than the traditional Interceptor-style. But combine your stance with a ninja-to or a pair of kodachi and your Sharingan and you have a very unique and dangerous style of your own."
"You are very crafty mother. You knew that you were going to be giving me the two swords all along, that's why you taught me a modified version of the traditional style." I said aloud while laughing.
I turned and left the dining room for the front door. Reaching my objective, I turned and to take one last glance at the place that I spent the majority of my fifteen years.
"I hope that I continue to make you proud, mother. I'll settle the score with Itachi for you both, while I'm at it. Please watch over me." I said as I walked away from my empty shell of my former life and headed to start anew.
I couldn't help but fight back a laugh as I heard Akira-kun and Naruto-kun arguing from outside the door.
"Why does your girlfriend have to live with us?" Naruto-kun's voice argued.
"She's not my girlfriend and she has nowhere else to live." Akira-kun retorted.
"What about her house with her parents?"
"Her entire family was killed a week ago!"
"You mean that your girlfriend is a Uchiha!?! Like Sasuke. That is so cool, nii-san."
"I'm going to beat you senseless for that statement. Let me say this one last time, she's not my girlfriend." Akira said mustering up a little bit of 'killer intent.'
With a smile on my face, I decided to make my entrance at my new home. The sight in the living room made me sigh. Akira was in the process of pummeling his little brother who was attempting to say something like "girl…friend."
"Stop that. Can you two not fight for one day. Your daily fights are more dangerous than a B-Rank mission." I yelled causing both boys to turn and look at me, Akira-kun stopping in mid-swing.
"Nii-san, your girlfriend is almost as scary as you." Naruto-kun stated naïvely. Akira-kun and I sighed at the same time for the boy's stupidity.
Akira-kun stepped away from Naruto-kun and walked over to me, with an innocent smile on his face.
"Miharu-chan, let me show you where you will be sleeping." He said as he led me into his old room. The closet had been emptied, which caused my eyebrow to rise curiously. "Funny story, when I bagged the alarm clocks to take them to the recycling center, the man gave me pretty much the equivalence to the payment of a D-rank mission." He said with a chuckle, before continuing, "So I bought a 'Jutsu-proof' clock with some of the funds." I couldn't help but laugh alongside him. "Well you can put your possessions in the closet and these drawers." He said motioning to most of the drawers in his dresser.
"What about you, where are you keeping your clothes?" I asked, a little disappointed with myself, that my friend gave up his room, privacy and most of his possessions, for me.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun and I don't have that much stuff to keep track of. You need the space more than we do." He replied as he headed for the door, pausing once to say, "Make yourself at home, Miharu-chan."
"Arigato, Akira-kun." I said as got my container scrolls out and began unpacking my possessions. I removed my sheathed kodachi and hung them on the back of the chair in front of the desk.
"Nii-san, can we go eat at Ichiraku's tonight?" I heard Naruto-kun ask Akira-kun, as I finished unpacking.
"No we can't eat ramen every night I already told you that, several times. And plus we have to stretch the funds that we have between the three of us." Akira-kun replied to his little brother's request. They obviously didn't notice me coming out of my room.
"It's fine, I'll treat you guys to Ichiraku's tonight." I suggested, Naruto-kun's eyes turned to hearts at the thought of ramen. I guess that you were right mom, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
"Miharu-chan, that isn't necessary, we've got enough stuff in the fridge for me to fix something up for dinner." Akira-kun said trying to play the chivalry card, "You're the guest here, you don't have to do that."
I rolled my eyes at Akira-kun's pathetic argument. Naruto-kun looked disappointed over the lack of ramen in his system. .
"That may be the case, but I just wanted to take you guys to out to Ichiraku's to thank you for letting me stay here with you." I said shrugging my shoulders. "It's not like I'm asking too much, I just want to treat you guys to dinner. Especially since you've saved my life several times already, it's the least I can do."
"Tch, fine. You win. Let's go." Akira-kun said holding his hands up in mock surrender.
"Yatta!!! RAMEN HERE I COME!!!" Naruto-kun said as he ran out of the apartment. Akira-kun hung his head in despair.
"…This is why I cook at home." Akira-kun said shaking his head.
I let out a long sigh and followed Akira over to Ichiraku's ramen stand.
If I told you, my day was going to improve would you believe me? Well, let's just say that my face spent the evening a bright red, mostly due to Naruto's innocence and my own insecurities.
(FLASHBACK)
"Hello everyone, how are my favorite customers, this evening?" Teuchi asked from across the counter. His daughter, Ayame smiled as she prepared the cooking utensils.
"Who's the pretty girl?" Ayame said, making me blush. I don't get called pretty every day.
"That's just nii-san's girlfriend." Naruto spoke, causing my face to turn bright red like a tomato. "Hey nii-san, how come your girlfriend is looking like Hinata Hyuuga, when I'm near her?"
Akira just sighed and ignored him. Ayame just laughed.
"So Akira, how did you two meet?" Ayame asked Akira-kun. I quickly sat down at the counter and interrupted him.
"Two bowls of barbecued beef please." I ordered trying not to look like a complete fool.
"Awwe, Akira is growing up so fast. I remember the first time he came here with Lord Namikaze." Ayame said, causing Akira-kun to turn red himself. My ears perked up at the mention of Namikaze. "He was just a tiny thing, barely two years old. His father was a serious ramen junkie. At first, Akira refused to eat it, but after a while he finally gave in and about once a week he comes here with little Naruto and has at least one bowl of ramen."
"Lo-lo-lord Namikaze? Fa-fa-fa-father?" I stammered, completely taken by surprise. My face had just returned to a normal color, only to pale as I tried to make sense of this revelation.
Akira-kun decided that this was the moment to change the subject, quickly.
"Ayame, can I get two bowls of your pork ramen, please."
"Sure hun. I'm just surprised that you didn't bring your girlfriend here for a date." Ayame said with a sly grin on her face as she went into the back of the stand to prepare the ingredients. "You guys look so cute together."
Unable to take anymore embarrassment, I did the only thing that I could think of at the time. I fainted.
Several minutes passed before I came to. Only to see Akira-kun's concerned face inches away from my face. I turned red again and fainted.
(END FLASHBACK)
"Thank you for dinner, Miharu-chan. You're awesome. I'm so glad that nii-san is going out with you." Naruto said as we all walked back to our apartment.
"Ok, Naruto-kun, let's get something straight right now. Akira-kun and I are NOT DATING!!!" I said unconsciously releasing a wave of 'Killer Intent' that ended up summoning a small squad of ANBU special forces. Akira-kun just put his right hand to his head and sighed.
"What's seems to be the problem here?" The ANBU agent wearing a wolf mask asked.
I just sighed and thought about what I was going to say.
"Gomen nasai. I guess I got frustrated over the fact that Naruto-kun wasn't getting the point that his brother, Akira and I weren't dating, and I guess that in my frustration I released a wave of 'killer intent' to try and get him to realize it." I explained, the ANBU agent laughed as he turned to a female in a cat mask.
"I can emphasize right, neko-neechan." 'Wolf' said jokingly to the woman in the cat mask.
"Just wait until our shift's over then you're in for a world of pain and suffering." She said her words filled laced with venom. "But then again, you're a masochist." She continued causing a bead of sweat to appear on everyone's forehead, well almost everyone Naruto just looked confused.
Naruto-kun turned to Akira-kun and without missing a beat asked:
"Nii-san, what's a masochist?" The ANBU agents burst out laughing at the same time.
"Ummm…It's someone that enjoys pain." Akira-kun replied albeit hesitantly.
"You mean like…" Naruto started saying before Akira placed his hand over Naruto's mouth.
"Don't finish that statement." Akira warned. My eyes narrowed towards little Naruto.
"We see what you mean. Please no more outbursts tonight though. They usually end with a lot more paperwork for me to deal with." 'Wolf' begged. The rest of the ANBU laughed.
The rest of the walk back to the apartment was peaceful and quiet, to my surprise.
I watched Akira-kun reach into his pocket and pull out a small steel key and unlocked the door. A couple seconds later he turned the doorknob and we walked in. I headed straight to my new room and quickly shut the door behind me. I let out a "I'm glad that it's over" sigh, I would never have guessed that the little innocent blond-haired boy would embarrass me to the extent that he did. This is going to be tough living with him. Quickly making sure that the door was locked, so that no one could catch me changing. If someone walked in on me, I'd probably be the first person to die of embarrassment…
I went through my drawers, attempting to find something to wear to bed. A blue tee-shirt with a chibi cat on the front of it, and a pair of blue cotton shorts, were the most comfortable things that I could find. (I'm not really good at coming up with clothes, so bear with me.) I unzipped my vest, revealing my plain white bra and my borderline B-cup breasts. I sighed, of course who would've thought that possessing a Sharingan, would doom me to having a small chest. Even as a tomboy, I care a little about my appearance. I'll never be one of those girly girl fan-girls, but hey what's wrong with looking good and kicking butt. I pulled out a couple hangers out of my closet. I carefully removed my vest and hung it on the hanger, leaving me in my bra and skirt. Reaching down to the zipper of my skirt on my right hip, I slowly removed my skirt. Letting it fall to the ground, revealing my white cotton panties. I closed the closet door and stood in front of the mirror built into the door and admired my figure. I'm not going to win, the kunoichi of year for it but at least I'm not ugly.
Throwing my tee-shirt on and putting on my shorts. I quickly admired myself in the mirror, with a quick smile. I walked over to the door and unlocked it. I was not prepared for what was on the other side.
Sitting on the futon, with a sketch-pad in his hand, was Akira-kun. His toned muscles rippled under his skin. His dark shoulder-length hair flowed down, outlining his face. The black dragon tattoo on his back seemed to want fly off his chiseled chest. Damn, Akira-kun is a sexy beast! I felt a trickle of blood running down my lip. A couple of seconds went by before I could even take my eyes off of the chiseled frame of the teenage god in front of me. It's a good thing that he was so preoccupied in his drawing to pay any attention to me, otherwise he would have noticed the nosebleed. I quickly wiped it away, and walked over to the futon to look at the picture.
"What are you drawing, Akira-kun?" I asked before sitting down next to him and peered over his shoulder. He looked up with a look of shock on his face and tried to hide the picture he was drawing.
"Uh…nothing." He said trying to hide the sketch-pad under a pillow.
"Ah come on, don't be stingy. I just want to see what you drew." I said tackling him to try and get the sketch-pad. Eventually I pinned Akira-kun underneath me and reached under the pillow and pulled out the sketch-pad. My face drooped in sadness when I finally saw the picture.
The picture was a rough sketch of a tall man with spiky hair in a trenchcoat and a long-haired woman wearing a jonin vest and dark pants, standing next to short dark-haired boy dressed in a dark shirt and pants and standing in-front of the Hokage Tower.
"Is this a picture of you and your family?" I asked curiously. The man in the picture looks familiar… Akira-kun's eyes saddened at my question.
"They were my adoptive parents, it's true." He said looking at the drawing. My eyes seemed to ask, 'what happened to them.' Akira continued his story, "My adoptive parents are more or less my true parents, I never met my birthparents, but Minato and Kushina raised me like their own, until their deaths twelve years ago." He knows what it's like to be an orphan, to be all alone in the world.
"I'm so sorry, Akira-kun." I said pulling him into a hug, tears rolling down my face. His face turned a bright shade of red with an awkward expression on his face.
"Um…Miharu-chan, as much as I'm enjoying the embrace…um, can you get off of me please, I rather not have Naruto-kun see us in this position." He said obviously very embarrassed to be in this predicament.
I looked down and realized to my horror that I was sitting on Akira-kun's waist and that I had my hands on his chest. I leapt off of Akira-kun and turned away from him to hide the blush that had covered my face. Akira-kun's face was still the color of a ripe tomato.
"Nii-san. What's going on?" Naruto-kun called from his room behind me, with a sleepy voice. He yawned before walking into the kitchen and grabbing a drink. "Forget about it I'm going back to bed." He walked back into his room and closed the door quickly.
Wanting to avoid another awkward situation, I decided to call it a night. It's much easier that way. I walked into my room and shut the door behind me.
I carefully pulled back the blankets on my bed and laid down on the bed. Pulling the blankets over my body, I quickly drifted off to sleep.
(Dream)
"Hello, Miharu-neechan." A voice cried out to me, it was Itachi's, "You should have died the last time we met. I was foolish letting you live, this time though, I won't make the same mistake." Suddenly I felt him drive his sword into my chest, I could feel my blood dripping through the bed and on to the floor.
"Akira-kun!!!" I cried out in my dream…
(END Dream)
"Akira-kun!!!" I cried out, sitting up with tears running down my face. That nightmare it felt so real.
The door to my room opened and in the doorway, stood Akira-kun with a worried look on his face.
"Are you okay, Miharu-chan?" He said from the doorway.
"I had a bad dream. I saw Itachi killing me in the room. I'm too scared to go back to sleep. Can you stay with me tonight?" I said shivering and curled up in the fetal position on my bed.
"If that will make you feel safe, then I'll sleep here tonight. I'll go grab my sleeping bag." Akira said as he turned to head to the linen closet where he keeps container scrolls for missions, as well as towels and such. I spoke up to stop him.
"I just want you to lie down next to me and hold me until I fall asleep." A bead of sweat rolled down his bright red face.
"Um…That is a very awkward request," He said as he tried regain his composure, unsuccessfully, "but if that's what you want then I'll go grab my sleeping bag and lay next to you in it. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable." His facial expression and his body language seemed to say that he was very uncomfortable with this turn of events.
I'm not going to lie to you and tell you that I was completely comfortable with sharing a bed with anyone, let alone an attractive boy like Akira-kun, but after having such a nightmare, I could use being held to calm me down.
It took Akira-kun several minutes to gather his sleeping bag before he crawled into bed, with me.
"Miharu-chan, are you sure about this?" Akira-kun asked both worried for my sake and his.
"I'm sure." I said as I laid down against Akira-kun's sleeping bag, his strong arms wrapped around me. And I drifted off to sleep…
(That's the end of this chapter. I opted to try a different format for this chapter. I wanted to this chapter to be about Miharu's recovery and her dealing with the death of everyone she knew. Expect a different Miharu in later chapters… And please Read and review. Heck flames are good so long as they are constructive and not crap like (Where are the normal characters? OC suck.) But yeah, I will probably not use first person perspective except for dream sequences. Ja Ne.)