Hello people! Sorry for not updating in a while, but I've been busy. Anyways, thanks to larrycucumber2, MistFairie93, uchiha black, jjayno1, Uchiha Sasha, Lyris88, Hibiki-chan, Valinor's Twilight, and ruler of dragons for reviewing. Please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Oh, and now I'll tell you guys where my inspiration for Okoru came. Well, I based Okoru off of my friend Chris because he's lazy and crazy and scared of me like Okoru is scared of Rei. He can be pretty serious though and he always fights with his real life cousin like Okoru does with Zakyo but he's like a brother to me. Believe it or not he actually has fangirl problems, poor guy. Now, on with the story!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the lovely and clumsy Rei, the dashing and lazy Okoru, the childishly charming Zakyo and the arrogant yet loyal Yu.
Chapter Forty-Two
Two days after Sasuke's departure Rei as released from the evil hospital room of doom. Okoru was there to pick her up and she grinned as soon as she saw him. Okoru just smirked and waved at her.
"Okoru-kun, you actually came to pick me up!"
"Of course you brat, you know I wouldn't let you go home on your own. Besides…Zakyo is looking for me…"
He turned away and Rei had to try very hard to hold back her laughter. However, she didn't succeed and Okoru just glared at her while she laughed. He sighed and shook his head.
"Let's just go alright."
Rei smirked and nodded.
"So how do you like my dad's house?" She asked.
"Thanks for letting us stay, it's much better than the inn we were in."
Rei smiled and Okoru smiled back. Suddenly she grinned mischievously and Okoru had an uneasy feeling.
"So, have you seen Ino lately?"
Okoru's eye twitched and Rei began laughing.
"That's not funny you brat!"
"Well, I disagree, I find it extremely amusing."
Okoru glared at Rei, but he stopped and Rei saw him grow pale. He gulped and Rei almost died of laughter as she saw what he was looking at. Okoru, had had the misfortune of running into Ino who had now spotted him and was making her way towards him while shoving innocent bystanders aside.
"Okoru-kun, it's soooo nice to see you!" Ino squealed as she reached him.
Rei wished she had her camera. Okoru's expression was priceless. She watched with much withheld amusement as Okoru's eye began to twitch violently as Ino ranted on about completely unimportant things. Okoru shot Rei a pleading look and she just smirked wickedly. Ino continued talking, not noticing the panicked look on Okoru's face. He sighed.
"Um, Ino, I really have to take Rei-chan home, so we have to go." He said nervously.
Ino looked at him and then, for the first time, she noticed Rei who waved back at her. Ino looked back at Okoru.
"Well, why don't I go with you and then I can show you around the village?"
"Well, you see, I, um…"
Okoru looked back at Rei desperately, but she was too entertained to actually help him. She grinned and he just gulped and turned back to Ino.
"I...I kind of have to train with my cousin!" He said a bit too eagerly.
Ino pouted, but quickly smiled again.
"Well, maybe I can train with you too." She said.
Rei had to place her hand on top of her mouth so that she wouldn't laugh as Ino glomped Okoru who seemed close to suffocating.
"Hey, Rei-chan!"
Rei turned around to look at whoever had called out to her and saw Naruto grinning at her as he walked towards her. Rei smiled and waved at the other blonde.
"Hello Naruto-kun."
"Rei-chan, you're finally out of the hospital! That's great!"
"Yep, now I can finally train for the exams."
"Yeah, hey, why don't we go have some ramen to celebrate?"
Rei grinned.
"That sounds great, let's go! Oh wait."
Rei turned to Okoru and smirked.
"I guess I'll see you later Okoru-kun. Good to see you again Ino."
"WHAT!?! NOOOOO!!! DON'T LEAVE ME!!!" Okoru cried out.
Rei just waved and walked away with Naruto. As she left she heard Ino squeal and Okoru scream rather shrilly. She couldn't help but smirk. A while later they finally arrived at the r amen shop and ordered their food.
"Hey, Rei-chan, how's Sasuke?"
Rei frowned slightly, but then smirked.
"Well, you know how he is, he's too much of a power obsessed jerk to stay in the hospital for too long. He actually left a while ago to train."
Naruto just looked at Rei a bit surprised. Then he started laughing.
"Yeah, you're right, he really is too much of a jerk to stay in the hospital."
Rei grinned.
"What about you, who are you training with?"
"Oh, well, I met this perverted hermit that's been helping me, actually I should go look for him. He keeps running away." He complained.
Rei grinned.
"I'll help you if you want. I have nothing better to do anyways."
Naruto grinned.
"Okay, let's go!" He said as he dragged Rei away.
Naruto and Rei looked everywhere in the village for the Perverted Hermit and finally found him in the hot springs spying on the women. Rei had the sudden urge to smack him, but just watched as Naruto screamed at him saying something about some "material gathering" interfering with his training. As she watched she got the feeling that there was something strange about the old man. He seemed strangely familiar, but she couldn't remember why. She sighed and waited for the two to stop bickering, which they did a moment later.
The hermit looked at Rei and recognized the girl. He remembered hearing about what had happened to her while she lived in Kirigakure and about how she had escaped from Orochimaru. To him it seemed strange for a girl like her to be able to escape the Sannin, but he had heard about her special abilities. He smiled at the girl.
"And who is your friend, Naruto?"
"Oh, this is Rei-chan! She was helping me find you since you ran away!"
"Hey, hey, what is this about me running away!" He said waving his hands in defense.
He turned to Rei.
"You're giving the girl the wrong idea about me!"
Rei laughed and Jiraya smiled.
"Well, I should get home, bye Naruto."
"Bye Rei-chan and thanks for helping me."
Rei smiled and turned to Jiraya.
"Bye mister hermit, it was nice meeting you."
She turned around and left. Jiraya looked at the girl as she walked away and wondered if she was really the girl he had heard about. He hadn't expected her to be so happy. After al that he had heard about her he had expected her to be more like Sasuke. He would just have to keep his eye on the girl, especially after hearing that Orochimaru was at the exam.
As Rei made her way home she kept trying to remember where she had seen the hermit before. She sighed and gave up as she reached her house. She walked in and had to dodge a lur of red as Zakyo lunged herself at her.
"Rei-chan, you're home!"
"Yep, where are the others?"
"Well, the only one missing is Okoru." Yu said, walking in.
"Oh, well, he'll probably get home a bit late today." Rei said as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
"What did you do?" Yu sighed with the patience that only came from knowing Rei for so long.
"Well, we kind of ran into Ino on the way back and…"
"And?"
"Well…I kind of…left him to get some ramen…"
Yu sighed and shook her head.
"Well, he'll be back eventually and when he does you better hide."
"Yeah, I know." She laughed
"But, if Ino did a good job on him I might not have to hide. Hell, he might be tied to a chair or something like that as we speak." She said cheerfully.
Zakyo smirked and Yu just sighed and walked away muttering something about Okoru being doomed. Rei grinned and followed Yu to the training room.
"So how is the training going?"
"Well, if I told you that it would only make our fight easier wouldn't it?"
Rei grinned.
"I guess you're right."
Yu smirked. Suddenly Zakyo ran into the room and hid behind Rei. Yu and Rei turned to the door in time to see a very disgruntled Okoru enter the room. Rei tried to hold in her laughter, but failed miserably as did Yu. Okoru was now covered in what appeared to be flower petals and had several rips and tears on his clothes.
"Well…it seems…you had a good time…with Ino…" Rei said between laughs.
"I hate you." Okoru growled as he glared at Rei.
"What the hell happened to you?" Yu asked after having recovered.
"Oh well, after Rei abandoned me I was dragged to that infernal flowershop by that demon girl called Ino. Then, after managing to escape by hiding in a particularly large delivery I found out that the flowers were to be delivered to the birthday party of an incredibly annoying girl. A few hour later, after clawing myself out of the party from hell I made it back here. How was your day Rei!?!"
Rei just laughed nervously.
"Now, Okoru-kun, you know I was just joking."
She could see his eye twitching.
"Well, I didn't think it was too funny."
"Oh come on, what could she have possibly done to you that was so bad?"
"Oh no you don't! You just want me to tell you so you can laugh more! Well, you can forget about that. I will never speak of the things that happened in that flower shop."
Rei looked at Okoru questioningly as he seemed to be shaking slightly. She smirked, maybe she had underestimated Ino.
"Fine, I won't abandon you again. Now come on, I have to train."
"Um, Rei-chan, I don't think he's in condition to train." Zakyo said as she watched her cousin as he muttered something about too many flowers.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Rei sighed.
"Come on baka, maybe some ramen will make you feel better."
She grabbed the now traumatized boy and dragged him away to the ramen shop.
"No thanks, do you know how many fangirls are roaming the streets of Konoha right now? With Uchiha gone I'm their next target!"
Rei sighed and shook her head.
"Fine, but you have to go outside someday!"
"Not until the exams I don't and by that time Sasuke will be back."
Rei frowned, but then smirked.
"But you still have to help me train, you promised you would and you also promised Zakyo to help her train."
Okoru sighed and slumped in defeat.
"Fine, let's go, but I want to at least change my clothes."
Rei grinned and nodded. She watched Okoru trudge to his room and shook her head.
"Well, that went better than I had expected." She said cheerfully.
Yu just sighed and walked away. It was always better to just walk away when it came to Rei. Still, she had provided some very good amusement for the day. She smirked, living with her would be interesting, even if it was only until the end of the exams.
End chapter Forty-Two
Hope you guys liked it and sorry for taking so long and making it so short, but I've been sick, and apart from that I have school. Anyways, please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Sayonara!