A month went by with training going amazingly. Yamato smiled at everybody, how could they have grown in everything so fast? He smiled they were on a mission today, they had to get Fu-fu out of the tree, without Fu-Fu being harmed because Fu-Fu was one of the elder's cats. Kaida had tried climbing up the tree to get the cat but it would scratch and hiss then climb up on a less sturdy branch.
"Why can't we just cut the tree down?" Zaki asked, smoking a cigarette.
"Because we don't want the cat to be harmed, especially this one, it's on of the elders." Yamato said.
"Well I mean the elders are rich they can buy them selves another cat." Zaki said, "I say we just kill the cat, I mean it's damn ugly." That was true it was the ugliest thing he had ever seen. Zaki then looked around "Where's Keiji?"
Yamato looked around for the other male on the team he was just here a couple minuets ago. "PLEASE FU-FU COMES DOWN!!" Kaida whined to the cat.
"So are we ever going to get like a real mission that pays real money?" Zaki asked.
"I've put in to the hokage for an escort mission. It will prolly take like four to 7 days they usually give easy ones to gennins." Yamato answered.
"Finally because if I have to get another cat out of a tree, I'm strangling it, especially if it's Fu-Fu again."
"Kaida's the one doing all the work here."
"PLEASE FU-FU COME DOWN I'LL BE NICE!" Kaida screamed again the cat just went higher in the tree.
"Yeah but we have to listen to her." Zaki explained, this made Yamato chuckle a bit. He had to admit Zaki was becoming his favorite, he hated to admit it but every sensei had a favorite. Anko said her favorite was Kristi the only girl on her team, Neji's was his cousin. Every body had favorites. Don't judge!
"He-He-hey every body!" Keiji yelled as he came walking up. A little brown bag in his hand. "I-I go-got an idea to ge-get the cat down." He took out a bottle of white liquid and spilled it on the ground. The cat leaped down to the liquid. "I-I got some half and half from the grocery store."
"NICE IDEA KEIJI!" Kaida said as she started to pet Fu-Fu who was rubbing himself affectionately against Keji.
"I was kind of hoping the cat would die." Zaki stated. Keiji picked him up and they started away. Kaida wanted to pick him up but the cat screeched at her.
"I've always been more of a dog person." Kaida commented.
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They were at the ice cream pallor to celebrate the mission completed. After going to a couple different places they have all decided ice cream was the best place to celebrate. It was Farley cheap, and the owner didn't growl at Zaki every time she ordered something. Kaida got a triple scoop waffle cone of elephant tracks, Malt chocolate and cookies and cream. Keiji got a single of strawberry. Zaki usually didn't get anything. Yamato was happy with his banana split.
Suddenly some dark brunette hair came flying past; look it's our 4th unofficial member. It was kind of disgusting the blatant lake of training Neji was giving Adara. Yeah Yamato had his favorites, but seriously it was ridicules how Neji ignored the other two on his team. "Did you not have training again today?" He asked
"Yeah apparently Neji wanted to teach Hinabi a secret technique so Lee and I weren't allowed to watch. But Lee's dad was teaching him another technique any way. And well yeah so I have nothing to do." Adara said.
"What about your dad or your brother." Yamato asked
"Well my brother is um out in Suna. So yeah nobody to teach me." She shrugged. "I'll have the fudge Sunday" Adara told the waiter.
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At the end of the meal everybody was going there own separate ways. Adara ran up to Zaki who was skating away.
"Zaki could I talk to you?" Adara asked the grey haired girl.
"Sure. What you need?"
"Well I know were not that close but I'm hoisting a sleep over this weekend would you like to come over? Unless you know it's not cool for you or what ever." Adara stumbled, she always felt so childish around Zaki, even though she liked the girl a lot.
"Like a sleep over sleep over, staying up all night and eating snacks and you know laughing and stuff?" Zaki asked.
"Yeah, it's to celebrate my birthday; Hinabi, Choni and Kristi are coming over."
"Well um happy birth day! Is Keiji not coming over??" Zaki asked, she looked unease at the prospect of the sleep over.
"Oh well it's a sleep over and my dad isn't to keen on the whole guys and girls thing. He thinks if we let Keiji sleep over we would all have like sex with him or something," Adara said a little rushed a blush creeping over her face. "I live at 1418 Seneca court." Adara said. "See you Friday!" Zakuro was stunned, Seneca court that's were all the rich people lived. Would she even be allowed there? Zakuro skated toward Keiji's house.
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Zakuro knew where Keiji lived because she followed him home one day. She would ask him what Adara would want for a birthday present. Getting close to the small gate Adara stopped the little cottage looked so simple and peaceful. It had a little wooden fence surrounding it and a very beautiful garden. His grandfather wasn't on his rocker good. Sneaking through the gate would be easy. As she past through the little gate Zakuro was jolted out of her thoughts. "What are you doing here?" An extremely gruff voice asked, looking around Zaki found the source it was Keiji's grandfather.
"I'm sorry I was looking for Keiji, is he here?" Zaki asked trying to be respectful; the old man scared the shit out of her. He stood up and Zaki took one big gulp. He had to be at least 3 feet taller then her.
"And who are you?" The old man asked.
"Zaki his team mate, one of our friends our mutual friends is having a party and I wanted to ask him what I should get her."
"Nara Adara is a sweet girl I like her, he is making her present right now." Keiji's grandfather said. "You can go into my house, but if you track mud in…there will be severe consequences."
"Yes sir." Zaki said.
Keiji was concentrating on the necklace he was making Adara, She was a Leo and her favorite stone was red tiger's eye. But He had made her red tiger's eye earrings and necklace's before he wanted to make her something different. She was turning 14 after all. He was making it with gold tiger's eye. Small round cylinder like gold tiger eye beads, and then in the very middle he got a blue tiger's eye heart. It would probably hang just below her collar bone. A nock sounded on his door. "Come in grand mother."
"Do I really nock that softly?" A recognizable voice said.
"ZAKI?! Wh-wh-what are you do-do-doing hehere?" Keiji stumbled trying not to nock any of the beads of his desk.
"Sorry, I just wanted to talk to you about Adara, like what she would want as a gift." Zaki said looking around and delecatley sitting on his bed. Was something wrong with her? "She asked me to her sleep over and I don't know what to get her."
Keiji stared at the grey haired girl she seemed out of her element a bit. "We-well she likes the color red, but not fire engine red like a fall red the color of maple leaves when they fall down. Jewel colors I think they call them. Her favorite flower is the jasmine cause of there fragrant smell. But don't get her flowers she thinks there too much work. She liked caramel but don't say caramel cause she call's it carmel. She doesn't have a favorite musician or band cause she can't decide. Don't get her anything that has to do with strategic board games. But if you have to get her games get her a question game like 20 questions or something. Oh and she loves playing trivia games about anything, she can memorize like every thing and history was her favorite subject at the academy. Adara's favorite season is winter cause she says it brings out the beauty in every little thing. Sometimes I think she likes making her parents upset. Too see how far she can push them, she is actually quite confrontational, and she doesn't get along well with her father. And her life's goal is to get out of Shikimaru shadow, figuratively speaking of course " Keiji summarized.
"Wow, you two know a lot about each other don't you?" Zaki asked looking at her.
"We-Well we-we-we are best friends. Sh-she was the only one at the academy to-to try to help me she cares ab-about other people then herself. She's my best friend." Keiji argued.
"What are you making her anyway?"
"A necklace, it doesn't have her favorite stone but it does have different types of her favorite stone." Keiji explained.
"You make jewelry? I mean no offense you don't seem like the type of guy to do that."
"we-well my grandfather doesn't seem like an obsessive gardener but he is." Keiji defended.
"Sorry, but what should I get her?" Zaki.
"Get her something that means something to you." Keiji offered. "Like I noticed you like music, or skating. Teach her how to skateboard."
"Hnn, you have a nice house. I got to get going." Zaki said as she walked out the door. That was odd Keiji thought to him self.
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Kaida was eating out with her parents; they were going on a picnic. It was a nice sunny day after all. Her father had brought his fiddle with him. "Daddy? Who do you think is better with the fiddle you or Moses?" She was referring to her cousin.
"Umm well dear I am a bit rusty, so I think she could beat me, but If I was in my prime I would whoop her A.." Kin shot Lido a dirty look. "Behind, I would whoop her behind."
"Hn your funny daddy, is Moses coming back? I miss her. She promised to teach me how to play the piccolo. She is so smart, like Zaki. But her and Zaki wouldn't get along at all. Cause Zaki doesn't get along good with anybody. Except me! And Keiji, Keiji is really really tall and sweet. And I promised him that I would help him out because sometimes he loses control." Kaida told her parents smiling wail stuffing food down her throat.
"Kaida deer eat slower." Her mother scolded. She started whispering to her husband. "What do you mean they decided to dock your pay?"
"Well I don't know just some Anbu came up to me and tried to get what I was working on. But I told them I couldn't it was for the eyes of the Hokage and the Hokage alone. I think they were Danzou's people. The next thing I know is that I'm getting a report that they are docking my pay. "
"Root why would they be interested in an old flickien text? I mean it doesn't make sense." Kin tried to keep her voice low. Kaida was trying to listen.
"The text itself doesn't make sense; I think they are not giving me all of it. Something is up everybody was edgy when they handed it to me."
"But if it was that important wouldn't they have shinobi decipher the text?"
"Exactly, the last time I had to decipher something this important for the Hokage is when the fourth asked me to decipher the death god jutsu he used on the Kyuubi. He at least gave me a reason saying that if Shinobi got a hold of it they wouldn't let him do it. But this is something totally different. I think I'm over my head hear darling." Lido told his wife, Kin gave him a passionate kiss.
"I'm here for you, no matter what. For better or for worse." She told her husband.
"I'm getting my pay check tomorrow I can help you guys, I heard that the evil land lady is coming around and I can help I can I'm working I want to help." Kaida said.
"NO!" Both her parents practically shouted.
"Honey you save your money for you. Your father and I will think of something you have nothing to worry about." Kin told her daughter. Kaida gave her parents a pout.
"Why don't I play some fiddle for you little dragon" Her father offered picking the instrument up in his hand. Kaida nodded and snuggled into her mothers arm. Her father started playing a soft winding tune and not too shortly Kaida was asleep.
"Let's get her home." Kin said. Her and her husband got everything together.
"I think I'm over my head here darling." Lido told his wife.
"I'm sure we will find a way out of it, we are only just citizens after all the government can't want that much from us."
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It was Friday night and Zaki skated her way up to Seneca court. She hoped what she wasn't going to end up embarrassing herself. Knocking on the door, a very pretty older women who looked just like Adara opened it. "Hello can I help you."
"Ugh yeah um, my name is uh Zaki I'm uh here for Adara's birthday."
"Zaki? Is that short for Zakuro?" Her mother asked.
"Yeah, but call me Zaki."
"Zakuro, what a…uncommon name." The lady said Zaki rolled her eyes. This is why people started calling her Zaki, cause having a name that means Palma granite is just plain embarrassing. "Adara is up stairs."
"Thanks," She was about to go up the stair well when Adara's mother shot her a glare.
"WE take off our shoes in this house young lady."
"Oh, ugh Sorry."
"Zaki! Your late the others are all ready here." Adara told her from the stairwell. Zakuro followed her up to her room. She tried not to marvel at the nice clean house. When she entered the room she was shocked to see 3 girls all ready there, two giggling the other giving an amused smile. "Everyone this is Zaki."
The one with the amused smiled on had white orb like eyes, and chestnut colored hair. Her forehead protector covered her forehead; she had a boyish like face. She wore a somewhat traditional kimono. "This is Hyuuga Hinabi." Adara said.
The next one to be pointed at was a very chubby girl with two pigtails in her hair. Violet spirals painted across her extremely pudgy cheeks. Her eyes were a chocolate brown. In her own sense was extremely pretty. "This is Akamachi Choni, she's a year younger then us. She will graduate the Academy next year."
"Hopefully," Choni added and they all gave a nervous giggle.
The last to be pointed at was a girl who had Thick platinum blond hair swaying at the side of her head. She had forest green eyes and her mouth was open because she was laughing at something. She had a shape and away about her it tolled that she had all ready accepted the full of puberty. "And last but certainly not least is Yamagochi Kristi." She got up and shook Zaki's hand.
"Hi, so you're Zaki, I've heard so much about you." Zaki gave Adara a look who just shrugged. "Oh not from Adara, from my team mates, is it true your dad is the leads the mob?"
"No, my dad doesn't do anything. Who are your team mates?"
"Parker Pop and Michel Geiger they are two idiots, but I love'em to death. So who are your team mates again?" Kristi said in one breath.
How could that girl talk so fast? "Um Kaida and Keiji,"
"Keiji?" Kristi said giving Adara a knowing look which she returned with a blush. "Well I used to go to the academy with hi8m. Kind of slow but really, really nice there is really nothing wrong with him. Did you know he was last in the exam? I think that's rather sad, but they always average up the teams so that means you must have come on top, you or Kaida I don't know who she is. Is it true that she is only 8 years old? Personally I don't think 8 years old is an appropriate age for a shinobi. But hey I'm not in charge." Kristi rushed.
"Well isn't that a good thing." Zaki said. "And you should tell your team mates to keep their filthy noses out of other people's business."
An awkward silence fell, "Well let's get started with the games." Adara cut in.
A half and hour later.
"Truth or dare?" Zaki asked Hinabi. Within 5 minuets of the game Zaki has established herself as the asker.
"Truth." In response Zaki blew a raspberry. "What?" Hinabi snapped.
"All you guys say is truth, truth, truth you guys never pick any dares."
"Fine then Dare." Hinabi said.
"We will start off with something easy." Zaki took out her pack of cigarettes giving one to Hinabi. "Smoke that entire cigarette."
The other girl's ooed as Hinabi popped the fag in her mouth diligently. "I don't have a light."
"Here yah go precious." Zaki said lighting up her thumb Hinabi took one big drag of the fag and started chocking violently. Popping one into her mouth, "It's not that bad once you get used to it."
"Ok so now its your turn." Kristi said.
"Dare." Zaki said.
"You only do dares, you have to change it up a little too." Hinabi coughed.
"Ok, truth." Zaki spat, glaring at Hinabi in disgust.
"What does your dad really do?"
Taking one long drag Zaki looked at the fag in fain amusement. Using the carpet under the bed as an ash tray she thought about answering the question. "You have to answer it's a truth." Kristi ordered.
"Sighing heavily Zaki dawdled with the flames in her hand. "Well ya see my dad's dead, died of an overdose when I was 6."
A hushed silence fell on the gaggle of girls. "Oh Zaki," Choni started in pity.
"You can stop right there, this was 8 years ago I'm over it." Zaki stated taking the fag from the improvised ash tray and giving it another good suck. "So Adara truth or dare?"
"Dare." Adara giggled nervously. Zaki gave her a wolfish smile. Bringing out the duffle bag she had brought. "I dare you, no all of you, to paint the town red." She threw a can of spray pain toward Adara, who caught it in surprise. "Blue." Throwing it to Hinabi. "Green" This one was to Kristi. "And hey we even have a purple." Giving the can to Choni.
"You do know vandalizing is a crime?" Asked Hinabi looking at Zaki, in mild self righteousness.
"Only if you get caught, are you scared Hyuuga?" Zaki shot back looking at her.
Glaring at Zaki Hinabi rolled her eyes. "Lets get this over with."
"So everybody in?" Zaki asked.
"Yes" Was the general reply.
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The next morning Shikato stared at a side of the Hokage tower. Some Chunnin were cleaning it up, reading out loud what it said. "Peace, Love, Honor, Prosperity and Sake? What kind of hippy shit is that?"
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I know it focused a lot on Zaki! I'm sorry! But yeah she is my fav character to write so yeah, next chapter will focus on Keiji I swear!