Nick shook his head, and said, "That's Lynx, I'm NIck, and that's Alexis. We're new here, and yes, she is insane, don't worry, it's nothing new!"
I glared daggers at Nick, but Alexis just laughed at his remark. Scratching his head, Naruto still seemed confused.
"But Chirou, why did you jump onto her? Is she like your girlfriend or something?" Naruto asked.
"Eww! No friggin way!" I screamed.
"Uhh, if you haven't noticed she's sorta thirteen!" Chirou exclaimed giving Naruto a 'You-are-THE-stupidest-person-I've-ever-met-it-was-totally-obvious-we-aren't-dating' look, but nevertheless I saw a him glance at me with a funny look.
"Well now you know us, what do you want?" Alexis asked, politely implying that she wanted an answer, RIGHT NOW.
"We were sent here by the Hokage, so Chirou which of these children are our next mission?" Gravity-head asked Chirou, nodding at me Chirou beckoned for me to come closer but kept Gravity-head back.
"Lynx, you will be studying with Kakashi, OK? Your friends will be assigned other teachers, and other guardians. I am to be looking after you, OK? So I'll meet you in around half an hour and take you to your new home. But first I'm gonna take Alexis and Nick to their teachers, who will also be their guardian. Don't worry, you'll see them later though! I promise!" He added at the end, noticing the flicker of fear that had crossed my face.
"OK, but I want to say good bye to them first." Nodding he went over to talk to Kakashi. "First things first, we're going to be separated and we probably won't see each other for a while…"
Nick looked at me, pain evident in his eyes, "We know, they already told us, and I have a feeling that it won't just be a day that we'll be separated for… I don't want to leave you guys, but we have to. If we don't do what they say who knows what will happen."
Alexis looked close to tears as she moved forwards and pulled me into a tight embrace.
"We haven't been apart for a long time Lynx. I love you, OK? YOu're my best friend, so promise that you'll see us the second you get the chance?" She choked out, it broke my heart seeing her like this.
"Of course Lexi, you'll never, ever have to worry about that OK? I love you too, and don't go getting yourself into any guy trouble!" I smiled reassuringly at her.
"Lynx, I love you Ok? And don't do anything with that Chirou, he seems to like you as more than a friend and now you'll be sharing a house with him! Just be careful though for me…" Nick held me tightly against his chest, he was like a big brother to me, and was always a little protective!
"I promise Nick! And I'll thank you very much! He's four years older than me! AND I'm only 13 as we've already pointed out!" I giggle slightly at this, "Love ya too Nick! and either way I'm still your special gal!"
Nick nudged me gently, then gave me one last squeeze and gestured for me to go over to Chirou and Gravity-head.
"Love ya peoples!" I shouted back at them, blowing kisses, and catching the ones that they sent back at me.
Chirou looked a little jealous, and I almost laughed, but remembered that I was not with my friends any more so it might seem a little weird. The four surveyed me, and I felt slightly uncomfortable, as if being x-rayed.
"OK, I guess I'll see you later then Lynx. And BEHAVE for Kakashi-sensei would you?" Chirou told me jokingly.
"Not making any promises!" I said, playing along.
Then Chirou did the unexpected and he pulled me into a brief hug, and told me not to worry and that my friends were in safe hands. I suddenly felt remorse for losing them… I loved them and now I wouldn't see them for who knows long. The three of us never separated, always together, never apart. It hurt too much. I mean, Alexis lived next door to me and Nick with her boyfriend Terry and she was almost always over at our house bunking or talking! This was gonna be hard, but maybe after a while they'd let us get back together after we've finished our teaching and we get like a job and earned the money for a little apartment for the three of us! But until then I guess we'd just have to bear with it, we couldn't be kids forever and this was a pretty harsh wake up call.
"Thanks Chirou, and I know, I just wish that they were in my hands, I could take care of them just fine…" I looked up at him and slowly let go of him.
Almost reluctantly he did the same and he waved to Gravity-head and me as he walked off. 'Wow, I never expected that!' I thought laughing to myself.
"OK, I already know you people, and you know me, now what?" I asked Gravity-head, earning a surprised look from him and his team.
He quickly regained his composure and replied, "We train, and I'll instruct you on the basics of being a ninja."
I nodded, catching up with them, and we all walked off.
"So, Sasuke-kun, do you want to go out after training?" Sakura/Pinky asked O' Emo One.
Looking totally uninterested he gave a barely audible no and turned back in front of him.
"So Sakura, do you wanna go out for ramen with me after training, you know, since Sasuke won't?" Naruto asked her hopefully.
"NO WAY NARUTO!" She screamed and punched him.
This girl was violent alright, but damn she gets over things fast! I thought as Sakura turned her attention back to O' Emo One.
"Gravity-head, does this sorta thing ALWAYS happen?" I asked Gravity-head.
He nodded his head, but didn't seem all that interested.
"Gravity-head, do you like O' Emo One as well? I've noticed you looking at him quite often, more than you look at the other two. I mean, I understand and all, he's sorta cute, but so is Orange kid, so how come you have a thing for the emo rather than the clown?" I was joking, but he seemed to take this as a serious offense, as he glared at me and told me rather too forcefully.
"I do not prefer any of my students, and I'm not gay, quite the opposite. And are you looking for fights? You've gotten into one with both of your friends and Chirou."
Grinning wildly just to annoy him, I said, "If you're not gay, then prove it. Kiss Pinky! And yes, thank you very much, you people is boring!"
"I'M NOT GOING TO KISS A STUDENT!" He shouted at me outraged, his students/my teammates looked at us curiously as I rolled on the ground laughing and Gravity-head giving me an angry lecture.
"So-so-sorry GRAVITY-HEAD!" I choke out in between laughs.
By this time Naruto had joined me on the ground and we were rolling around laughing and gasping out parts of sentences, usually having something to do with Gravity-head's face!
"Priceless!"
"Need-- a ca-camera!" Naruto shouted panting he was laughing so hard.
After a while we sobered up,, but kept lapsing into fits of giggles every time we looked at each other or Gravity-head.
"So, what do you think of the new girl Sasuke-kun?" Sakura seemed to like you, and was quite kind, but still thought it strange that you got along with Naruto.
"She's more of an idiot than Naruto." He mumbled.
Sakura scowled slightly at him, and I had a feeling that it was a first since he looked at her surprised. 'Well, now I have Sakura and Naruto on my side, I only have to win over two more, then I'm good! But then again, do I really want Gravity-head and his boyfriend, O' Emo One on my side? I don't NEED them, so I'll just focus on keeping Sakura and Naruto!' I thought to myself, I think that I it must have given me a far away look cuz Sakura snapped her fingers in front of my face and asked,
"You there Lynx? Thought you were like dead or something!"
I stuck my tongue out at the corner of my mouth and laughed slightly. She laughed along, but kept giving me curious glances the rest of the way to wherever we were going.
"These are the training grounds, Lynx." Sakura told me, gesturing to a large clearing with a large stone in the middle, and a surrounding forest.
"OK, now what do we do?" I asked, I honestly didn't know what any of this was about.
Ninjas that used sign language to do magic, and 'training grounds' to practice sign language? WTF is up with this place?