A/N: Hi there! Welcome to the second installment of Away. I got positive feedback so I'm continuing! YAY!
On a non-related topic, guess what? I just learned some HORRIBLE news as of late. Naruto shippuuden is coming to Disney channel………………………………..W-WHAT??........WHAT? EXCUSE ME; I THOUGHT I JUST HEARD YOU SAY NARUTO IS COMING TO DISNEY CHANNEL?? And I ask you…. W-why?? Why must they do this to us?? Hasn't American dubbing ruined naruto enough?
Ahem, I'm sorry about that, I'm just really p-ed off about that.
DISCLAIMER: I was walking down the street the other day and found the deed to naruto just lying on the floor, so yeah, now I own it :) NOOOT!! Come on people! I do not in any way own naruto (or Kiki's Delivery Service) those; my friends belong to two great anime genius!!
Chapter 2: The Village Hidden in Leafs
They had been flying for over 3 hours and had already passed multiple lighted towns.
"Sakura…" Sissy whined "…I want to land!"
"Be quiet Sissy, we're going to keep flying in till we find a town that's interesting."
"…But, how will we know if a town is interesting or not if never try?"
"Oh, I don't know. But I have a gut feeling to keep going. And you know my gut is never wrong!
Sissy seemed to have nothing to say to this. Why do I even bother? The cat thought to herself.
Sakura looked down; they had been flying over nothing but trees for a while now. Large mountains were in the distance. Hiding the horizon line. "There doesn't seem to be anything else out here Sakura, nyaa~" the feline finally spoke up again. It was Sakura's turn to say nothing.
"fine, ignore me"
~ x X x ~
They flew for another twenty minutes. Sakura's now heavy eyes threatening to drift to sleep in mid-air. Sissy trying to keep that from happing, tried to keep conversation.
"Look, Sakura!" Sissy said after a short while of not talking. Sakura jolted awake after the sudden bolt of energy "A light! There! Do you see It?" Sakura squinted towards the supposed light, and to her surprise, saw it.
As they drew closer, not only one light, but more, and more as they came into view. The lights were not the bright white lights of a populated city, but a faint warm orange glow. As a flame flickering on a candle stick.
A large stone wall surrounded the village, which was strange in itself. It seemed as if the village and its citizens didn't want anyone to know they existed. Sakura had never seen anything like it.
"Are we landing here?" Sissy asked, raising her voice so Sakura could hear her. Sakura had seemed to be going faster, and the wind resisting them. "Yeah" Sakura said softly. A village hidden in leafs….
~ x X x ~
The pink haired witch lowered her flying speed, now just hovering and admiring the village below them.
It's true she grew up in a small country town but, she had never seen anything like this. Most of the buildings were tall and multi-layered. Having large balconies and water towers. Long telephone polls touched the skies. The architecture looked like something out of a history text book.
"We'll land here" Sakura suddenly said, smiling. She started her slow decent over the village and landed on concrete sidewalk. This is so strange. Sakura thought looking around. The side walk was concrete but the road was gravel.
~ x X x ~
Sakura and Sissy walked side by side for a while until Sissy noticed that they were walking the wrong direction. They were walking towards the out skirts of town. Sissy chose not to say anything because it would be a waste of breath. Once Sakura had her mind on something, you could not change it.
Soon they came to a more modern looking building. It had two floors and lots of plain glass windows, but that's not what was strange about it. Right above the glass double doors, was a big four pointed star. In the middle of the star, was a red and white symbol that looked kind of like a fan?
Sakura stopped walking to examine it. "Hmmm… I wonder what this place is…?" the girl wondered aloud. She saw Sissy shrug from the corner of her eyes.
Sakura looked at the large lightened sign in the front lawn that read: 'Uchiha Police department'
Uchiha…? Sakura wondered. "Sissy, do you think that 'Uchiha' is the name of the town?"
"Perhaps, but I doubt it." The cat said, licking her paw "It sounds more like a family name."
"Yeah…" they continued walking.
~ x X x ~
They soon came to a park. Who's grassy hill lead up to a playground.
Sakura sighed "Guess we're sleeping in a park tonight." She started to trudge up the tiny hill. But came to an instant halt when she saw someone sitting on a stone bench facing the playground she had her sights on. "Wonder who is up and out in three in mourning?" Sakura though aloud again. "Look who's talking" Sissy mumbled under her breath
Sakura chose to ignore her and started walking forward, to the male. "We'll ask him directions to the nearest hotel."
Although Sakura was walking up to his back, she could tell he was around the same age as her. He seemed to be day dreaming and not paying attention.
One thing Sakura did really notice though, was the red and white fan symbol from the police station building was printed on the back of his navy blue shirt.
"Excuse me." Sakura finally spoke up.
The young black haired man jumped and spun his head around to look at her.
Green apple eyes met charcoal black ones for the first time. Once he had turned, Sakura could get a good look at his facial features. She could admit he was very handsome. Dark bangs fell over his onyx eyes and pale, smooth skin. His expression was still shocked. Not many expected a random girl to pop up and start talking to them at the crack of dawn.
The young man also got a good look at the stranger before him.
Her skin was a little darker and pinker than his. She seemed to be only a few inches shorter too. Her long unkept pink hair fell to her waist and she had a bright red ribbon holding most of her bangs in place. Framing her face
Her face, he decided reminded him of a cat. He stared into her green eyes for a few seconds which felt like hours. They seemed to hypnotize him. Until he was finally able to pull his eyes away.
She was holding an old broom, which scared him a little. But what also caught his eyes was her huge brown boots, loosely tied.
"Hi." The girl spoke confidently, straitening her back.
The boy stood up to face her, the stone bench still separating them.
"My name is Haruno Sakura, and I'm a witch!"
Sakura saw the confused, weird look on his face.
"Oookay…." He said slowly. Turning around, and walking quickly in the other direction. Probably thinking she was insane.
Sakura huffed in anger, mounted her broom stick and took off. Only to cut off the boy and hover in front of him. Proving that she was, in fact, a witch.
"What the…"
"Believe me now?"
"I-I… okay I believe you... so what do want from me?"
"Well, I haven't seen a single hotel…" she said finally fully landing on the ground
"Yeah… konoha is not the kind of place people come to visit to." The boy said, reclaiming his cool. Stuffing his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah…kinda figured…"
The two fell into a long, awkward silence. "So yeah... I'll be going then. He said as he walked past her.
"W-wait!" the boy stopped and turned around to look at her.
"u-umm… can I stay at your house?" she asked shyly.
The black-haired boy look flabbergasted at her blunt question.
"…Are you serious?"
A nod.
A long pause.
"You won't try to turn me into a frog or anything right?" a sarcastic remark.
A shake of the head and the pleading fold of hands
"…Fine."
"REALY? Thank you, thank you! ...are you sure it will be okay with your parents?"
"Yeah, parents, sure…lets go with that." He said turning on his heel and walking away, gesturing her to follow. And she did.
~ x X x ~
The two were passing the police building when Sakura remembered that the boy wore the same fan symbol as the building's sign. She decided to ask him.
"This building is-"
"-My family's business."
"So your name is-"
"My name is, Uchiha Sasuke."
To be continued
Okay… That was a long chapter! Tired! Thnx for reading. Id like to thank those who added my story to their alerts and favs!
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Twisted Musalih, for reviewing