The Song Girl(Take2)
Author/Note: Hey thanks for clicking. This is my first Naruto Fanfiction please be nice.
This is an old story of mine and I have edited it and possibly changed some things here and there...
Any words in Italics are people thinking in their head or sounds that people make that aren't really words. Words that are Italic and bold are Japanese words (phonetically spelled).
I own nothing but 'The girl' and the story idea… I don't own Naruto or anything dealing with it if I did I would be making A LOT more money than I do now.
Chapter 3: The Hospitable
~*~Previously~*~
"Baka who said that I didn't want to get lunch?" Shikamaru smirked at Naruto. Naruto smiled back. As the boys waked to the ranmen shop Naruto talked about how Kisho didn't know what ranmen was.
At the ramen shop the boys were off the subject of Kisho and talking about every day things, like the last mission Shikamaru was on, "So my dad, Choji, and I were trying to herd these cattle back into their pen…" He took a slurp of ramen, "and they were just not going…" he took another bite, "… So I suggested to my dad 'Why don't you use your Shadow jutsu?' I couldn't believe it but he actually did it… But what was even funnier was that I convinced him to do them one by one…. It was funny… and then as my dad was putting the last cow in the pen the farmer came running out yelling at the top of his lungs 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU IDIOT! BAKA! THEY NEED TO BE ON ALL FOUR's ALL THE TIME YOU STUPID FOOL!' Man you should have seen it!" The two boys laughed at the story. Shikamaru looked at his now emptied bowl, "Ready?"
Naruto looked confused, "Eh? *Slurp* Ready for what?"
'Did he forget already?' Shikamaru put a disbelieving hand over his face, "Baka! To go see Kisho?"
"Who's Kisho, Shikamaru?" A female voice came behind the two boys.
'Ino!' Shikamaru winced, "Yo Ino, Kisho… Kisho is an injured shinobi that came to the village to speak to the Hokage."
"OH?! A new ninja? Is he cute? What dose he look like? Is he hot?" Ino rapidly bombarded Shikamaru with questions.
"Troublesome" Shikamaru thought. Just then Naruto was about to correct Ino and tell her that Kisho was a girl but Shikamaru shoved Naruto's face into his ranmen bowl. As Naruto was coughing and sputtering in his bowl Shikamaru said nonchalantly, "Well Ino, I don't check out guys, but you can come with to see for yourself?" Shikamaru lightly smirked and went unnoticed by Ino.
Ino's eyes lit up, "R-really? Ok then I'll meet you two at the hospital" and then she was gone.
Shikamaru realized that he still had Naruto in his bowl, "Gomen…" Shikamaru began to laugh not just because he just tricked Ino but also to the fact that Naruto had a ramen noodle on his upper lip and radish wafers on both cheeks.
Naruto was furious, "Shikamaru! Why in the heck did you do that," he growled and wiped his face.
Shikamaru wrapped an arm around Naruto as to tell him a secret, snickering he replied, "Think of this… ok… Ino thinks that Kisho is a boy and we keep letting her think that until we walk into Kisho's room and then she'll see that she was mistaken and she's a she not a he…"
It took a moment for it to sink into Naruto's mind but when it finally did the two boys laughed together. The two young ninjas paid for their food and hurried off to the hospital. When they got there they saw Ino, holding a small vase with a few flowers, waiting for them. Without saying a word the three friends walked inside to the lobby of the hospital.
"Yo, Shikamaru, Ino… Naruto…?" a male's voice came from behind the trio and the name 'Naruto' came out like it was more of a question. They all turned to see who was addressing them.
"Yo, Choji what'cha doing here?" Shikamaru asked his best friend, as the three walked over to Choji.
"Oh… nothing really… just a check up…" Choji answered looking a bit distracted with his thoughts.
Shikamaru nodded knowingly, "Ok… Wanna kill some time," he asked smirking and his eye direction drifted toward Ino.
Choji knew that look, "Sure," he smiled his answer. He got out of his seat and the four friends walked to the counter.
"Is Tsunade-sama done with the emergency patient," Shikamaru asked the nurse.
The nurse at the desk nodded, "Haruka Kisho, right? The new ninja?" Shikamaru nodded, "Let's see," after a pause of reading, "it is ok for Naruto and Shikamaru to see him but I don't see..."
"Thank you nurse. I will take care of these four now," a female voice interrupted.
"Yes, Hokage-sama," the nurse answered and bowed slightly.
Tsunade sighed, "Come on all of you."
"Oh nurse, I'm Akimichi Choji and I'm here for a check-up, but I'll be with them," Choji let the nurse know before leaving the desk area.
"Now be quiet, Kisho is still sleeping. There are some powerful and harmful seals we are trying to get rid of, so don't worry about how she looks," Tsunade warned. 'How she looks?' thought Shikamaru and Naruto, exchanging a questioning glance. Tsunade slid open the door quietly and gestured for the four young ninja to go inside. She didn't follow them in, but closed the door behind them.
As Shikamaru rounded the curtain he stopped suddenly. Naruto ran into him, Ino ran into Naruto and dropped the vase, and Choji being far enough back didn't run into anyone and saved the vase.
"Shikamaru why did you," Ino hissed but didn't get to finish, "Oh!"
There lay a female with tubes in her from what looked like everywhere. There were scroll seals on her arms, torso, legs, and the top of her head.
Choji solemnly placed the vase on a cleared table. Naruto looked shocked and angry. Ino looked close to tears, and Shikamaru looked horrified.
There was a knock at the door that brought all of them to their senses. It opened, "Tsunade-sensei? Tsunade-sensei?" a female voice whispered from the other side of the curtain.
"Sakura-chan?" Naruto whispered in response.
"Naruto-kun?" Sakura whispered and came around to his side of the curtain. "OH!" she jumped in surprise when see saw all the visitors, "Sorry, you were all so quiet that I didn't know you were here. Oh, hey Choji I heard your name being called in the lobby when I was on my way here."
"Aww man I told the nurses that I'd be here. Gotta go guys, ja-na." Choji whispered and he left the room. Everyone echoed some kind of a bye to the boy as he left.
Sakura started to adjust things around Kisho, " I know why Naruto and Shikamaru are here, but why are you here Ino?"
Before Ino could answer Shikamaru answered for her, "It's my fault. Ino didn't know that Kisho was a she and I didn't know she was this bad off..." as Shikamaru trailed off he sat in a chair beside the bed. He put his head into his hands and Ino went and stood next to him.
Naruto balled his fists, "Orochimaru did this to her?" he seethed
Before Sakura could answer Kisho suddenly started to thrash around, "Kei, Keichi? Where are you?!" she was trying to get free.
Shikamaru looked up in dismay and Naruto turned his head not being able to watch, and Ino looked on blankly.
"Kisho, Kisho, I'm Sakura, Sa-ku-ra," Sakura was trying to get Kisho to respond.
"No! LIES! Kei where are you? Kei help!" Kisho began to weep once more while still trying to get off the bed.
Sakura did a few hand seals and touched the scroll on Kisho's torso and she instantly went limp. "Sorry. She's been doing that off and on ever since she was brought in." She looked sadly at the older teen on the bed. "I have to report this to Tsunade-sensei. I'll see you guys later." With that she was gone.
Naruto looked sadly over at Kisho. Many minutes passed and he slowly walked over to her bed, so he could get a better look at her. He moved a hair that strayed into her face from her episode.
A quiet croaky voice came from the bed, "I see orange." A small sad smile played on Kisho's lips. "Sorry Naruto can I get a rain check for that ranmen you were talking about?'
"Ino go get Sakura and/or Tsunade." Shikamaru ordered. But, Ino was still in a daze. "INO! GO!" She shook her head clear and ran out of the room.
Naruto had a bittersweet smile, "When you get better you can bet on it." He looked down to his hand and blushed. What he had thought was his hand brushing the bed, was in fact Kisho holding his hand. "Ummm... Kisho.." he looked back to her. The older teen was now peacefully sleeping. He smiled at her sleeping and tried to place her hand back to the bed, but she had a firm grip on Naruto's hand.
Shikamaru's mask of surprise turned into amusement. "Naruto, I think she likes you more than me," he said with a sly smile, as Naruto had a look of panic, "Were you not the first one to befriend her when she first got here?" Naruto softened. "Here," Shikamaru gave Naruto the chair that he was sitting in "you're going to need this more than me. Ja-na"
Naruto looked around in a panic and squeaked loudly, "Shikamaru?!"
"Shhh... she's sleeping," was the last thing Shikamaru whispered before quietly leaving.
A/N: So what do you think? Please read & review/comment ^_^