Kick. Walk. Sigh. Kick. Walk. Sigh. Kick. Walk. "Sakura-chan, I'm bored." Naruto whined drawing out the bored to add to the effect. Looking at her with pleading eyes and pouting lips he waited for her to come up with some amazing game to play. Facial expressions becoming pensive Sakura absent mindedly kicked the rock that had been shuffling around with them for the past half an hour as she foxed up something to do.
Kick. Nibble lip. Sigh. Walk. Kick. Sigh. "We could visit Sasuke-kun!" Eyes alight with joy at the prospect of no longer being bored out of her skull Sakura regarded her companion.
"He has that family thing today." Naruto responded sadly.
"Oh, I forgot." Falling back into their silence Sakura strained to think of another activity. "We could…go…fishing!" After a few long pauses Sakura's mind latched onto something. A smile stretched its way across both child's face as they bolted in the direction of the river.
Thirty minutes, seven broken sticks, two snapped lines, and one hit to the head later they were ready to fish. Five minutes after that they were bored again. "Sakura-chan, I'm bored." They both watched their bait bob along the surface with nary a fish to be seen. Once again Sakura pondered on what to do.
"Hey Naruto, what's that?" Squinting into the underbrush Sakura pointed her finger to the area. Whirling around to look for himself Naruto could spot nothing.
"I don't see any…" With a strangled cry he met the water in all its cold glory. Coming back up he was greeting with the sound of Sakura's laughs as she fell backwards unable to contain her hilarity. Sensing an opportunity he splashed her throwing his whole body to create the biggest effect he could. Sputtering indignantly she scooted back out of range for another splash.
Fighting back a grin Naruto spoke. "Help me up Sakura-chan, I promise I won't do it again." Treading water he offered up a hand his eyes imploring her. Dubiously she got up and approached him, seeing that he wasn't making any move to splash her again she grabbed onto his hand and readied herself to heave him upwards and back onto the grassy ledge. With one solid tug she tipped forwards and into the water fire in her eyes.
Bursting out laughing Naruto made sure to distance himself from her, he had no illusions that she would be happy about being dropped into cold water. Breaking the surface of the water Naruto puzzled on how she could look so much like a cat. A very annoyed cat. With a roar Sakura pounced shoving the blonde's head roughly under the water and let it go as she swam away. Hacking up the water that had managed to get in his mouth before he could close it Naruto followed.
It was a full on water war complete with splashing, dunking, tackling, and laughter. After awhile their once mighty splashes had been downsized to flicks of water they called a mutual truce and floated on their backs catching their breathe. "That was fun Sakura-chan." Birds tittered all around mingling with the sound of the woods to create a symphony of noise adding to the beauty of the melting sun.
"That was a lot of fun. We didn't catch any fish though." Kicking along playfully Sakura brought herself by Naruto's side.
"Eh, who cares? Mom probably has something cooking now anyway." He said sagely closing his eyes to better appreciate the simplicity of the moment.
"Yah." Sakura grew quiet watching the sun shedding glorious colors upon the sky and tingeing the trees with gold.
All fell silent.
Rustle, snap. Eyes snapping open Naruto discreetly scanned the trees. "It's quiet Sakura." Words whispered out of the corner of his mouth directly into her ear. Eyes still glued to the horizon she answered.
"Yah, nice isn't it?" A wistful sigh escaped her lips.
Puzzled at how to tell her that complete silence is not a good thing Naruto settled for linking arms with her and kicking towards shore and out of their very compromising situation. Pushing off of the just reachable river bed Naruto threw himself over Sakura gaining a nick to his right leg instead of a kunai gash in the torso. Sakura grew alert and swam as fast as her small limbs would propel her to the shore. Unquestioning to what caused him to move Naruto backed up eyes constantly in motion trying to find the attacker's hiding place.
With a small grunt of effort Sakura was back on land edging towards her backpack filled with training weapons. A barrage this time, kunai directed at both. Jumping to the left Naruto managed to avoid the weapons. Sakura wasn't so lucky, slicing her right bicep she crumpled to her knees holding the weeping wound. Shuffling forward while keeping her eyes to the direction the projectiles had come Sakura reached her bag. She never noticed her attacker materialize behind her; she did pick up on the abrupt burst of pain before she fell unconscious however.
Hearing a short shout from Sakura Naruto turned to see her fall to the ground knives in her hands with a man standing above her silent as he surveyed his prey. Grabbing a kunai imbedded in the river bed Naruto poised himself to fight completely ignoring the fact that it was a six year old against a trained killer.
"Hey bastard, over here!" Narrowing his eyes in what he hoped was a threatening way Naruto hoped against hope itself that everything would turn out to be okay. Giving a short laugh at the spectacle before him the nin roughly shoved the girl aside with his foot and picked up the bag before throwing it at his target.
"Let's see what you can do kid that's worth as much as I'm getting paid." Catching the bag Naruto loaded himself up while keeping a weary eye on the nin.
"What are you getting paid to do?" Curiosity winning Naruto started to edge towards the land, he couldn't win in the water, he wasn't sure if he could win on land either but the chances improved.
Giving a bark of laughter the nin regarded him with a glint of cruelty dancing in his eyes, "I'm going to take you on a trip kid. I just get you there, that and kill off any problems." Giving a significant look to Sakura the nin turned to him once more. "That's my job. Now let's see what makes you so special."
My first cliff hanger! It's a milestone it is. Well I know where I'm going with this story so expect there to be an actual plot from now on. Amazing I know. Hope you liked it and even if you didn't I would like you to review. Please give me some feedback because as much as I like getting reviews I would rather they contain some criticism then just one or two words. I like something to respond to and keep in mind when I write more. Thank you and have a wonderful day! –Cloey Marie-