I am so sorry this took so long; you guys really have no idea. I'd bake you all cookies if I could but my oven is broken and I'd have to use the microwave and I've only ever gotten brownies to work in the microwave and only a few at a time and I can't make brownies from scratch and I'd have to make them from scratch because that's how sorry I am. I really am sorry, but I just couldn't write it. I had just about 5,000 words down and re-read it to make sure it was coherent, but it wasn't. So I deleted it and started over. (It was unsalvageable.) So yeah, I'm gonna write this in one sitting now. It's… 12:58am now, we'll see how long it takes me. Ooh timed writing…
Btw: my traffic alerts are back up. I'm SO happy! Squee!
I look up at Hironori in shock, very aware I'm letting across more emotion in that one glance than I have the entire conversation. "Naruto…" I whisper, terrified for Kakashi's life. She said she'd send confirmation within the month, whatever that is. I want to smack myself in the forehead when it dawns on me. Confirmation my ass.
"Friends of yours?" Hironori asks with a faux smile.
I don't have time to answer before the door slides open cautiously. "Uh… Lord Toriyama?" The same servant girl from before says softly, her face red with excitement. "There's some people here to see Hatake-sama… should I-"
"Please, Aiko, let them in," Hironori sighs, waving her away.
She looks as if she wants to say something incredibly violent to the man, but instead she nods and backs out of the room, blushing. A moment later Naruto breaks into the room, followed by Hinata.
"Sakura!" Naruto yells, coming over to me quickly. "Are you ok? He didn't hurt you, did he? If he touched one hair on your head…"
"I'm fine," I cut off. "What are you doing here?"
"We're here to rescue you, Sakura," Naruto says, as if it's obvious. I'm hit with a sting of reality as I realize Naruto's definition of rescuing me seems to be the same thing as our definition of rescuing Sauske: dragging a deserter of the leaf back home kicking and screaming.
"I don't want rescuing, Naruto. I don't need it. I'm happy here with Kakashi." It's a small lie, but not anything to worry about. As far as anyone knows all I need to be happy is Kakashi.
"But Sakura," Naruto whines. "You can't be with Kakashi… he's old. And now he's a wanted criminal…"
"So am I," I say softly. I don't address his age. He's too old for me to settle down with, that's rather true, but certainly not too old to fool around with for a while. Of course if Naruto thinks we're getting married… as he (and everyone else) should… then I have no argument.
Naruto growls in frustration, turning to Hinata. "Tell her, Hinata, tell her how wrong this is!"
"B-but Naruto-kun," my heart nearly melts at how sweet she sounds. It's absolutely adorable. "I think- I think it's rather romantic."
"Hinata!" Naruto growls. "Why are you even here?"
"You asked me to come!" she cries, looking away.
"Naruto…" I warn. "You're being an idiot. Hinata's obviously here to be my maid of honor."
Hinata looks up in surprise, while Naruto voices his relief that we aren't yet married. Hironori, however, speaks up louder. "I have not yet said you could marry, Sakura," he reminds me. "With no date set do you think it wise to be asking them to stick around until the wedding?"
"Nonsense," I mutter, waving him off. "We'll be married when Kakashi returns… obviously."
"Kakashi isn't here?" Naruto asks, surprised. "Where is he?"
"On an errand," I say easily.
"When he gets back it'll be his funeral," Naruto growls, punching the floor.
I take one of the pillows from the floor, chucking it at Naruto's head. "And then yours," I warn when he winces at the speed of the pillow smacking his head.
"I hate to interrupt," all eyes turn to Hironori, as he discreetly moves his precious pillows away from me. "But who the hell do you think you are?"
"Konoha ninja!" Naruto says stubbornly, pointing to his forehead protector.
"Perhaps you would like to speak outside, where there are fewer things to break?" The distain in Hironori's voice is obvious, so his next words are completely unnecessary, but it gets a good response out of Naruto anyways. "Now, children."
Naruto is standing over him in a moment, glaring straight into his eyes. Hironori doesn't even blink. "And just who do you think you are?" Naruto demands, inches from Hironori's face.
"Lord Toriyama Hironori," he says clearly, his eyes cold. "And you are Uzumaki Naruto, and that's your girlfriend Hyῡga Hinata, and you're both going to be finding yourselves locked in very small cells very soon if you don't get out of my face."
Naruto stares at him for a moment longer before stepping away. "Don't forget your promises, Lord Toriyama," I say clearly, handing him the one pillow I had captured earlier, and getting to my feet. "Let's go," I say to the others. Naruto and Hinata follow me into the main room, but I freeze the minute the door closes behind us. "Shikamaru?" I ask quietly. I haven't seen the boy, no, man in a while and I'm not really sure if it's him. He looks a lot more like his father. At his nod I gasp in shock. "What are you doing here?"
"Lady Tsunade pulled my name out of a hat to come babysit," he says with a shrug. "I spent too much time being seen not doing anything."
"You're not gonna force us back to the leaf, are you?" I ask slowly.
"Lady Tsunade said she'll wait for you to come back on your own," he says with a clear tone, he's already figured it out, the skunk.
I glance at the maid sitting off a ways, her face still red… what had he called her… "Aiko?" I ask softly.
She looks up, surprised. "It's Akiko, actually."
"Ah," I say with a knowing smile, "Akiko, my friends will be staying here tonight, could you have a room prepared for them?"
"Yes, Haruno-san, just one room?" She asks sweetly.
"Ah- perhaps two," Shikamaru cuts in, blushing. Akiko nods and runs off to do just that.
"Are Naruto and Hinata a little too loving for you?" I ask with a grin.
"Shut up," he mutters, a shadow flicking the back of my head, making me wince and scowl. That's a new one. "If I wake up to their stupid giggling one more night I'm going to strangle them."
"Better than sharing a room with Kakashi, I assure you," I say with a smile.
"Stop that," he warns, "Don't enjoy this." I pause at the double meaning to his words. Don't enjoy making fun of him, more importantly, don't enjoy being with Kakashi.
"I'll enjoy whatever I please," I say solidly, turning towards the main gates of the castle where I left Shinji.
"Eh, Sakura?" Naruto asks, hurrying behind me. "Are you sure you're ok? We were told you were kidnapped by that pervert, and thought you didn't want to be here…"
"That's not what we were told, you idiot, that's what you came up with for a solution," Shikamaru says, rolling his eyes.
I ignore them as I look around, finding not Shinji, but one of the men who had been pretending to be a castle guard. I happen to think he guards only the places I go. "You there!" I call out, and see him visibly flinch. "Where'd Shinji go?" I ask loudly.
The man turns to look at me sheepishly, as if he hasn't been following me around for days. "I'm sorry?"
"Cut the crap," I mutter. "Where is he?"
"He looked like he was heading to the edge of town," he admits with a sigh. "Probably to those hills you two always sit on."
"See, that wasn't so hard, was it?"I ask with a smile, starting off towards said hills.
Shinji is in fact at the hills, lounging in the sun. When I approach he merely opens one eye and smiles. "So, you've spoken to my brother, made him quite angry by the looks of it, will you come with me now?" he asks, smile still soft on his lips.
"Some friends have just come into town," I say, sitting next to him. "If I'm not here when Kakashi gets back they'll probably kill him."
"Excuses," He sighs, rolling onto his stomach, so he's facing me. "What if they're not here when Hatake-san returns? They can't kill him then, can they?" I raise a questioning eyebrow, confused. "Our trip up to the lake isn't a date, Sakura, your friends can come too."
"You sure?" I ask carefully. "I mean, you kind of made it sound like it's a secret."
"It is," he says with a smile. "But I'm willing to have a few ninja know where it is as long as you're there as well."
I reach over and ruffle his hair. "Keep that sweet tongue of yours out of my ears," I say with a grin.
"Found you!" I look up to see Naruto running up the hill, followed by Hinata, and a much slower Shikamaru further behind them. "Where do you think you're running off too? I still have to yell at you some more!"
"That must be Uzumaki Naruto," Shinji says from beside me. "Some of our ninja tell stories about him, not very flattering ones…"
I stifle a laugh, punching him gently in the arm. "Eh, Sakura? Who's the kid?" Naruto demands as he gets closer.
Shinji gets to his feet, dusting himself off, and offers a hand to Naruto. "Toriyama Shinji," he says, retracting his hand when Naruto doesn't shake it.
"Uzumaki Naruto, Hyῡga Hinata, and Nara Shikamaru," I say from the ground, pointing out each person.
"Pleased to meet you," Shinji says with a smile. "I'd like to extend the invitation to the three of you, to join Sakura and myself up at a secret lake in the mountains tomorrow. The water is clean and warm and it's absolutely beautiful. I can even have food packed for us by the best chef in all of Earth Country."
When Naruto begins a rant about something inherently wrong with that situation Hinata cuts him off with a soft, "We'd love to."
"Perfect," Shinji says, clapping happily. "I'll have someone send a message to Obaa-chan."
"Oh no," I laugh, imagining such a feast as Shinji and I were given being lugged up into the mountains Shinji shares in the quiet laugh, and then bids his farewell, heading back to the castle.
"Who was that?" Naruto asks, surprised.
"Toriyama Shinji," I say quietly.
"No," Naruto spits. "I mean who was that?"
"The younger brother of the Lord Toriyama," Shikamaru pipes in, coming to stand closer to us. "Sakura's new best friend, right?" I smile at how quick Shikamaru is; already figuring out why I've befriended him. Or part of it anyways.
"That's right," I say with a warm smile. "If you'd like to take your things back to the castle you can leave them in your rooms… then I can show you around?" I offer, calmly getting to my feet.
My bed is lonely again tonight, empty. I almost am thankful for that though because of how hot it is. Another body would've been far too warm. I'm stripped down to just my pajama shorts by the time I'm even remotely tired. And even that seems to be too hot. But still, I miss the dip of the mattress that always pulls us closer, and I know I'm going to miss waking up in his arms.
I sigh and kick off the sheets altogether, feeling more than a little exposed in the open air of the room. I pull a pillow under me and try to fall asleep on my stomach, but I soon realize I can't breathe properly this way. I'm about to give up on the idea of sleeping all together when the door slides open. As a shinobi I reach for a kunai, as a woman I reach for the blankets. As an indecisive individual I reach neither in time.
Thus Shinji gets a good eyeful.
"I really wish you'd knock," I mutter, blushing as I hold the sheets up to my chest.
He shakes his head. "No way. Next time you might be naked."
"Next time I might be with someone who wouldn't hesitate to kill you for saying something like that," I say, gathering up the blankets tighter around me.
"It'd be worth it," he says, shaking his head. "In fact, I could die now, a happy man."
"Would you close the door?" I snap, irritated at the idea of Shikamaru or Naruto getting an eyeful as well if they decide to simply walk down the hall. I was a bit annoyed at Akiko for putting our rooms so close together. It meant Kakashi and I would have to wait until they left or be very quiet. Or… be more adventurous with our future escapades.
"Yes ma'am," he says with a wink, stepping in and closing the door behind him.
"Throw me a shirt?" I more demand than ask, pointing to the discarded shirt by his foot.
"No," he says after a moment, shaking his head. "Come get it."
I sigh, wrapping the blanket around me more securely and sliding from the bed. "There's a special place in hell for men like you," I tease, taking great care to keep myself covered as I go across the room. I don't fail to notice Shinji's gaze on my exposed back as I do so.
"And there is a special place in heaven for women like you," he says with a small smirk.
"Why are you here, Shinji?" I ask as I turn my back to him, pulling on the tank top and dropping the sheet.
"Our little trip tomorrow, we'll have to leave from here very early if we're to pick up the food from Obaa-chan first, or we could leave the lake earlier to eat with her at the end of the day. Which do you prefer?"
"We'll leave here early," I say with a sigh. "Naruto can't go without food for that long. Is that really it?"
"I may have just wanted to see you," he says with a blush. "Before you're married and all your time is taken up by your husband."
"How sweet," I say, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"I mean it!" he protests, "You one of the only friends I've had around here in ages."
My heart nearly breaks at his words. My ulterior motives for being friends with Shinji don't alter my real feelings towards him, but the ulterior motives are still there. I sigh heavily. "Is there some kind of tricks to getting these rooms cooler?" I ask as I go back to the bed, sitting cross-legged.
Shinji laughs, "Well the less clothing the better."
I laugh dryly. "Well I guess I'm just out of luck then," I say with a laugh, falling backwards onto the bed. I'm only slightly shocked when I feel weight added to the bed and Shinji crawls up next to me, lying so he's facing me, but not close enough to touch me.
"I escaped my guards for the night I think," he says softly.
"Yeah, no one followed you," I say after a moment.
"Do you think I could stay here?" he asks quietly, watching me carefully for any signs of violence.
"As long as you don't touch me," I say with a sigh. "It's too hot for that. And uh… Kakashi will kill you if he comes home tonight."
"He won't be home tonight," Shinji says with a laugh. "Hironori said he won't be home until at least tomorrow night. Maybe the next. Unless he can magically teleport all the way across the country."
I didn't feel the need to state Kakashi probably could do such a thing. Because he wouldn't kill Shinji and he wouldn't do such a thing to finish a mission any quicker when there was no need to do so. "Checking up on my husband's comings and goings?"
"Fiancé," Shinji corrects stubbornly.
"Are you with your brother in your desire for us to remain as such?" I half scold.
"Yes," He says with honesty. "If you don't get married I get to keep you as my friend."
"Shinji," I sigh, reaching out to grab his hand. "My marriage wouldn't force us apart…"
"So you mean to spend the rest of your life here in Kinosaki?" I don't answer him immediately, and he catches the hesitation and smiles softly. "You won't stay here. We both know it. If Konoha will take you back you'll go back." I feel a weight in my chest at his words. Of course I won't stay here, why would I stay here? "So: no. I don't want you to get married, I'd much rather you stay here with me, even if it's just like this."
I want to tell him none of that's true, but I can't find the words. Instead I pull him closer, lacing our fingers and touching his cheek softly. I lean forward and hesitantly press my lips to his forehead. I need to say something comforting is so strong, but anything I could say seems to be a lie, so I just lie back on the pillows and give his hand a squeeze. "Goodnight, Shinji," I whisper.
Shinji really does wake me up very early, excitement in his eyes as he shakes me awake. The sun's not even up yet… "Sakura-chan!" he calls happily. "Let's go, we have to get ready! Wake the others, get dressed, let's go, let's go, let's go!" I push him off me forcefully, rubbing my head, and stumble across the room to the bath room.
I'm more awake after a shower, but still pissed that the sun isn't even in the sky yet. Once I'm dressed I meet two of the three other ninja, both sleepy eyed and looking more than a little annoyed. "Where's Hinata?" I ask with a yawn.
"Taking a shower," Naruto says. His hair is wet as well. Ah... I snicker in response, leaning against the nearest wall.
"Shinji, I'm going to kill you," I mutter down the hall to the boy keeping his distance from us, smiling wildly. "Are we getting old? How come he's wide awake?" I ask Shikamaru. Shikamaru shrugs, yawning and closing his eyes, as if prepared to get more sleep just waiting for Hinata.
When Hinata finally emerges she's blushing slightly, and won't look at Naruto, who seems very intent on catching her eye. "How'd you sleep last night?" I ask, not able to resist. The girl nearly falls over, making me bite back a laugh.
"Let's go!" Shinji calls from down the hall, beckoning us to follow.
With a few glances at each other we trudge down the hall after him, grumbling all the way. We're nearly out of the building when we're stopped by a puff of smoke, and a new figure in the hall way. Naruto goes immediately on alert, grabbing a kunai, but Hinata and Shikamaru just watch with interest, while I scowl in confusion. This isn't an attack. No ninja is that stupid. All the same I step closer to Shinji.
"Shinji-sama…" a woman sighs, voice low and calm. She immediately reminds me of Kakashi, simply how she acts. Four enemy ninja surround her and she's leaning against the wall, arms folded and miles away from the two tanto that rest at her lower back. "You weren't trying to sneak away… were you?"
As the smoke clears more I can see even wears a mask like Kakashi does, though her mask doesn't attach to a shirt, but hooks over her ears. She's clad all in blood red clothes, and wears metal leg and arm guards, along with a chest plate, but the armor seems to be more for show than protection, as there's not even a scratch on it. She also doesn't wear a head band, so it is more likely she is a mercenary than a ninja, or if she is she has no affiliation.
"Zenith…" Shinji whispers, trembling. "You don't understand… I was just-"
"Coming to get me?" She asks with a smirk I wouldn't have recognized if I wasn't so used to reading the top half of Kakashi's face. "How thoughtful of you. You're heading up to the mountains, I see. I would love to come along."
"Zen-shi," he begs, surprising me with the suffix, "I was hoping these ninja would be enough…"
"Enemy ninja, Shinji? How stupid are you? You may have a trust for this particular Kunoichi, but it is a trust only you have. Any the others… you don't even know them," she argues, pushing off of the wall to step closer to Shinji. "You brother has so kindly allowed your normal guard to step down, at your request, in exchange for this: he has placed me in charge of keeping you safe." She pauses, her almost lavender-grey eyes softening. "I won't get in the way, sweetheart. Promise."
He sighs, his head dropping, and pushes past her, looking just like a child. "Come on then," he sighs, asking us to follow with a soft nod. The others follow him, Shikamaru shooting a meaningful look at me, and then Zenith and I are alone in the hallway.
"Go ahead, Haruno-san," she says with a challenge in her eye.
"I'd prefer it if you go first, I don't like hostile individuals where I can't see them," I keep my voice solid, so she won't think there is an insult in my words.
She smiles. "And I don't like being surrounded by the enemy, please, go ahead."
I bite my lip, and then move past the woman. She waits a few steps, patiently, and then follows a good distance behind me. "Zenith, was it?" I ask cautiously.
"For the time being," she says calmly, her voice giving away nothing. "Zen is fine as well."
"What village are you from, I don't see any sign of affiliation… but you had to be trained somewhere, right?" I can feel myself rambling, but it's impossible to stop. This girl puts me on edge, as well as Shinji, given his reaction.
"Unfortunately," she says slowly. "I have no memory of my childhood."
"I'm sorry," I say kindly, trying not to be hated immediately. She doesn't respond, so I chance a look over my shoulder, but she is just walking, eyes blindly staring past me. "Where did you train?"
"Mist, Cloud, Rock, Sand, Rain, Waterfall, Grass, Sound, Hot Springs, Whirling Tides, Star, even your own Leaf," she says quickly, throwing me off. Several of those places would never allow an outsider to train with them. I'd bet the leaf would be hesitant to let her in.
"That's… extensive," I say softly, still shocked. "How, might I ask?"
"I traveled with a man who happens to be good friends with people everywhere, a writer," My heart sinks, knowing who it would be who would allow a strange, beautiful woman to travel with him.
"Jiraiya?" I guess.
She smiles, speeding up her steps so she walks almost next to me. She does it so smoothly I might not have noticed if I hadn't been so skeptical of her to begin with. "Yes, he took me in to help with his research." I almost shudder at the idea of how she could have helped. "Little girls are very good at getting the sympathy of young women," she says with another smile, making me stop.
"I thought you said you didn't remember your childhood…" I say softly, feeling like I might be catching her in a lie. "If you were just a child when you were with Jiraiya…"
"My childhood ended long before that," she says softly. "The day I 'woke up'… I witnessed too much to ever be a child again." She sighs, shaking her head. "Why am I telling you this?"
"I don't know," I whisper back, simply content that she still hasn't reached for any weapons, and that her arms stay folded.
"You're here to get married I heard?" She asks, switching the conversation with a light voice. Still, it feels as if she has an ulterior motive to her friendly questioning.
I nod, "Hatake Kakashi," I say softly.
"The copy ninja," she replies, smiling behind her mask. She now walks right by my side. "I know him; he gave me my first mask after what he did to me."
"What he did to you?" I ask, startled.
She smiles and stops, taking my arm slowly. I lethargically glance down at her fingers, clad in neko-te. Ah, not wanting to put us on guard probably kept her hands securely under her arms. Seeing no threat behind her gentle grasp on my arm I trail my eyes up to her face, watching her other hand reach up to her mask. Her eyes dart down the hall, where the rest are still walking, before one iron fingernail pushed against her skin and slipped under the blood-red fabric clinging to her face. She pulls down the mask in once, quick motion, and I blink in surprise.
She's gorgeous, of course, but along the lower right side of her face, is what looks like a burn mark, turned wrinkled and scared with age. It starts at the corner of her mouth, where it is thickest, and then shoots out in little lines, getting thinner all the way. One vine shoots straight out to her earlobe, and probably into her hair line, this one is the most prominent. All the others slope downwards towards the edge of her jaw and chin, as if while looking up she had nearly been punched in the face, but had turned her head to miss the brunt of it. Punched with fire of course, or perhaps… lightning. "A close call with the chidori," she says, confirming my suspicions, as the movement tugs at the scar.
"I'm sorry," I whisper, wanting to look away, but entranced by the deformed skin.
"Not your fault," she laughs. "Not his either." I watch with amazement at the way her mouth moves, just a little off center. "I attacked him, you see, I wanted to see if I was any match for the copy ninja." I know something is missing from her story. Kakashi wouldn't give her something like his mask if he didn't know her pretty well. I have to stop myself from pouting, knowing full well how it is the probably know each other. She pushes the mask back up and releases my arm, staring down the hall. I follow quickly.
She doesn't speak after that, and once we are on the road I move forward to walk by the rest, while she stays behind. Shikamaru drifts to my side, arm brushing against mine. His hand reaches out and touches my arm, and I jump at the word threat pressed gently into my skin. I glance up to see one raised eyebrow and I laugh.
"No," I say softly, "No, I don't think so, where did you learn that?" It probably could be figured out, since it's just a slight difference, but I doubt it.
"Neji," he says with a laugh. "I figured he knew something…"
"You're annoyingly insightful," I say with a sigh.
You two were a weird couple, I couldn't believe it. I glanced over just in time to see him smirk.
"Eh, Sakura?" I glance up to see Naruto and Hinata paused on the road. Hinata is tugging on his arm, looking a little uncomfortable, ahead Shinji has paused as well; glancing over his should to us. "Why are you with Kakashi-sensei?"
"I have a thing for old men," I say dryly, making Zen snort in laughter behind me.
"Seriously, Sakura!" Naruto yells. "I didn't even think you two were that close. Weren't you with Neji?"
I feel Shikamaru stiffen beside me, but I try not to react too much. If Naruto can't keep his mouth shut… "Neji broke up with me," I say softly. "You were out of town, and he left me devastated. Kakashi came over to get me drunk and get over him," The lie comes easily to my lips; it's from the plot of one of my favorite books. "We may have gotten a bit carried away," I admit with a sigh. "But he was there for me, and I realized he always has been."
"Carried away?" Naruto asks, crossing his arms. "Hey, you're not pregnant, are you?" Hinata blushes like crazy, tugging on his arm.
I sigh, rolling my eyes. "I think Tsunade would've allowed our marriage, were that the case, Naruto," I sigh, somehow wishing I couldn't answer that question with such certainty.
"Oh yeah," he mutters, scratching his chin. "We'll I'll figure it out."
"N-Naruto," Hinata stutters. "Maybe they're just in love."
Naruto looks over to me, and shakes his head. "Nah, Sakura: maybe. But not Kakashi-sensei, that guy's made of ice."
I sigh, shaking my head, but thankfully Shikamaru comes to my rescue. "Naruto, shut up you idiot."
"Sakura," Naruto mutters, ignoring Shikamaru's advice. "Just… just promise me you won't turn against Konoha. I don't think I could handle being the only one of us that turned out to not be a traitor." When Tsunade first offered me this mission I thought of Naruto, how unfair it was to leave the boy who had already lost so many people he loved, but I had then assumed I would leave him in the hands of Kakashi and Hinata, who would, no doubt, be there for him, because Hinata would go anywhere for him, and because Kakashi would need Naruto as well. But now, now I had stolen Kakashi from him as well, and he was the only one left of our original team who didn't turn their back on the leaf.
"We will return to the leaf, without a moment's hesitation, as soon as Tsunade is prepared to accept us as a couple," I say clearly, trying not to let emotion touch my voice. Failing miserably, but trying all the same.
Hinata smiles and silently thanks me with her eyes. I could only begin to imagine the wreck Naruto had been when he had first heard. "See, Naruto?" She gasps, grabbing his arm. "Everything will be fine. Once they're married there's nothing Tsunade can do and she'll be sure to ask for them back!"
Naruto sighs, turning his back on me. "Yeah, I guess," he mutters and he continues with Shinji down the road. Shikamaru leaves my side and Zen pushes ahead of me with only a parting brush of arms. This mission is turning out to be more trouble than it's worth.
I lied; I didn't write it in one sitting. I lasted about an hour… then I gave up. Sorry once again for taking so long, but this chapter is on the long side, and a lot happens, so I hope you'll forgive me. I probably won't post tomorrow, but maybe the next day, depends if I can decide on how Hinata and Sakura's conversation might go.
There's a joke there with Aiko/Akiko's name, look up the definitions and you might get it… maybe it's just 1 in the morning… I love how easy it is to type Kakashi… it just works with my fingers.
So I just watched 3 episodes of Naruto Shippuden in Spanish. Team Gai just kicked their own asses, Kakashi has a new trick involving shinny bits of space, and Deidara just lost his other arm. Crap, I'm missing all the good bits; Naruto is turning into the nine-tail I think… I really need to touch up on my Spanish skills… Hey! Two birds, one stone! Spanish speakers: review in Spanish!
Also I was watching random clips with Sai in them… what's with the power lines that seem to be all over the place. They weren't there in part one of Naruto, were they?