Dark Matter

Chapter 2

A/n: Well, I don't have much to say, except I have bad grammar and not so bad, but still bad spelling. This chapter will be a short one, in fact I think most of my chapters will be short, but not to short though. I'm not the best at writing stories. Oh, yes this stories is guaranteed to have oc's in the future and present. Well enough rambling from me.

Disclaimer: Naruto, me, Owner!? I have no magical drawing talent! So, no.

The morning was foggy, quite unusual for Fire country. The sun couldn't pierce through the fog, leaving Konoha quite chilly. Most families were happily enjoying the morning sleeping in or waking up slowly in their slightly heated house. Not Naruto though, she was always up and about from five in the morning and always did her morning ritual, which consists of warm-ups, running three laps around Konoha, a couple of sit-ups, practicing her kata's, practicing her aim then cooling down before the academy starts. It was a simple morning ritual and not an exhausting one at that.

But today was different, her chilly, damp apartment was quite filled with water, thanks to the hole in roof. It was quarter past four and the lithe blonde was sitting up in her bed. She always woke up earlier when it rained, not that she knew why. Naruto drowsily dragged herself out of bed and made her way to the bathroom.

Her bathroom was smaller than her bedroom and only consisted of a small sink, a small toilet and shower in the corner. Some of the tiles on the floor and on the walls were cracked slightly. Her mirror on the wall was cracked and had half of it missing, giving a person who looks through it only their right side, in a distorted way. Naruto proceeded to undress herself, climb in the shower and turn on the cold water tap.

After a cold, freezing shower, not that there was an alternative, Naruto slinked towards her bedroom, intent on dressing herself. Her attire consisted of simple, black shinobi pants that is tapped down from the ankles to twelve centimetres below the knees with bandages, her black Kunoichi sandals covered half of her bandaged legs, her shirt was black and was tapped down by bandages at the stomach, due to it being that the shirt is too big for her and she had no other clothing. She slipped on a black hoodie that obstructed the view of her face, the sleeves themselves went past her hands, but didn't hang unnotably. Her hands were bandaged and on the back of her hoodie was the Uzumaki spiral.

After a brief check on her appearance, Naruto slipped out of her apartment, not bothering to close her door. Half of her apartment was rotten from all the rains and lack of care. It must've been years since it went under maintenance. It was still dark out with a noticeable chill in the air, the night sky was clearer and seemed to brighten slightly.

A small, distant chirping caught her attention. It was a strange, it didn't sound like a bird, but more like a combination between a cat and dolphin, not that it made any sense to why it sounded like that. It sounded angry. Not understanding why, Naruto simply walked in the direction of the noise.

The noise lead her to an empty park. It must've been abandoned after the Kyuubi attack, most of the playground equipment was in disrepair and covered in green moss. The ground was littered with various scraps of metal and screws. The grass was up to Naruto's waist. The wooden swing was broken in half and the chains rusted. There were a couple of wild flowers and there was a bird nest situated on the monkey bars.

'It's such a sad place...' Thought the blonde Uzumaki,, as she stared dumbfoundedly at the desolate park. The angry chirping seemed to bring her out of her trance, as she turned her head towards the blue, rusted slide. There was something moving there, a very small something.

Moving slowly closer to the slide, Naruto got a better view at the creature. It was small, easily the size of her palm, black and had a long, scaly neck. It had two folded wings on it's back, it's face was long and narrow with two horn-ish ears. It had four horns on each side of it's head. It's tail was the size of it's body length wise and had a small, leathery fan at the end of it's tail. Naruto was confused at first, the creature reminded her of something she read in a book. It took a while for the information to settle in, but she soon realised what the creature is.

'Are dragons supposed to look like this, are they even supposed to be this size?'

The now identified 'Dragon' noticed Naruto staring at it and craned it's head to stare back at her. It shifted it's feet, shuffled forward and chirped again. This time the chirp was curious, as if this 'dragon' was wondering why the jinchuuriki was there. After abated breath, it chirped again, this time loudly and hungrily. " So you're hungry, huh?" Considering it for a moment, Naruto asked. " Want to go for some Ichiraku ramen?" It seemed that she said the right thing, since the dragonette was climbing up Naruto and settled on her shoulder. It bite her head as if saying, 'Let's get going then.'

Later on

Our favorite blonde heroin was standing in front of a closed, ramen stand, looking lost. Her new found buddy sitting on her right shoulder was as disgruntled as her. " I forgot that Ichiraku isn't open until seven..." She mumbled quietly to herself, feeling downtrodden. The little dragon was not happy and was nipping Naruto's ear. " I know, I know... I'm hungry too..." The blonde said, as she dejectedly walked away. Intent on finding something to eat for both of the mini monsters.

That's it for now, I'm not certain when I'm going to update. But expect soon, since I've got exams. Yes, you've got that right. I've got exams and you might get an earlier update since it's exams. I've got motivation, but not the right one... Get it? Maybe? Maybe not?... Well, damn. Well, review and tell me what I can improve. I'm still improving...