Chapter 4-Training

Katie POV

We finished window shopping a while ago so we decided to go buy ourselves some supplies.

We pretty much had to split up to get ever thing we needed. Then we were to meet back at the apartment that we were staying at.

I finished buying some food and headed back. By the time I got there, Emily and Evie were already standing in front of the door.

"Sorry for the wait. There was a lot of food to buy and there was just so much to choose from!"

"It's fine. We just got here ourselves," Emily said assuring me.

"DID YOU GET IT?!" Evie asked excitedly jumping up and down like a five year old.

Emily finally realized what she was talking about and joined in.

"OH! OH! DID YOU?! DID YOU?!"

"YEAH! COME ON! I'M DYING HERE!"

I sweat drop and then giggled. Oh my hyperactive friends.

"Calm down. Of course I have it," I said waving a bag full of chocolate up in the air.

That was probably a bad idea.

"THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!" both of them shouted before completely glomping me.

I push them off of me and stood up rubbing my head.

"Owie. That hurted."

"Hurted? I don't think that's a word..." Emily said.

"Yes it is"

"No its not"

"Yes it is"

"No its not"

"Is too"

"Is not"

"Is too"

"Is not"

"Yes it is!" I pouted.

"Guys!" Evie said while munching on a piece of chocolate. "Katie, I'm sorry but I'm pretty sure that 'hurted' is not a word"

"It is to me," I said pouting even more.

"Of course it is. Here!" Evie said handing me the bag of delicious goods.

My frown turned into a happy face as I start munching on it as well.

"Aw. No fair. Gimme gimme!" Emily said.

Evie tossed her a piece and she caught it in her mouth. Cool!

That's when I noticed the weird looks we were getting in the hallway.

Oh my god! We were still in the hallway. It didn't even occur to me to go inside. It totally slipped my mind.

I look over at Emily and Evie devouring the sweets like there wasn't a care in the world.

"Um guys?"

They stopped munching and turned to me.

"I think we should go inside now..."

It took awhile for the idea to sink into their minds, especially Emily's, and they finally realized that we were still in the hallway.

Evie stood up scratching her head and blushing with embarrassment.

"Yeah... that would probably be a good idea. Hehe. Whoops!"

She took out the key that the Hokage gave us and unlocks the door.

We slowly walked inside one by one starring at our new home.

Evelyn's POV

Holy crap! Our new home was HUUUUUGGGGEEEEEE! And when I say huge, I mean it was GINORMOUS! Well it was big for an apartment is what it really meant.

Three bedrooms, three bathrooms, which is good! No one takes the couch or sleeps on the floor. Anyway, a big kitchen with a fridge and everything with a living room next door. There was a TV too!

My mouth was like literally touching the ground and Emily's face was like O_O while Katie's was like o.O .

Life was getting good.

The shock finally died down and we started unpacking.

Emily rummages through the things that I bought and then picks up an item.

"Really?"

"What?" I ask innocently.

"Don't what me! Do you really need this?"

"Yes, very much." I said with a satisfied nod.

"Really? Do you really expect me to believe that you would be using a lava lamp every single day?"

"But its soooo pretty! And it glows in the dark too! So that's a bonus!" I said defending myself.

"ALL LAVA LAMPS GLOW IN THE DARK!" she yells causing me to flinch.

"Return it!" she orders firmly.

"Aw. Come on. Why?" I asked looking down sadly.

"The old man already gave us this expensive place that we are in debt for! So we are NOT buying anything that we do not need!"

"Fine," I sigh in defeat.

"Please forgive me. *sniffle* I'll never forget you Lampy," I said sincerely to my beautiful lava lamp.

Emily sweat drops.

"Great. She named it too," she mutters to herself.

"Well I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna take a shower and head to bed." said Katie.

"Oh yeah, good idea! Byee! See ya in the morning," I said running into to bathroom and slamming the door behind me."

I took a shower and headed to bed.

It was a long day and I was exhausted! I threw myself into bed and then I was out like a goat getting hit by a tractor. I know. Awesome comparison right?

ZZZzzz...

zzzZZZ...

ZZZzzz...zzz

*knock knock*

Grrrr. Just ignore it Evie. Ignore it.

*KNOCK KNOCK*

Ugh. Groaning, I put my pillow over my head, covering my ears.

*DING-DONG*

That's it.

"SHUT UP!" I yelled at the door.

*DING-DONG DING-DONG DING-DONG*

Son of a bitch.

I glance at the clock beside me.

6:32 AM it read.

omfg. Even when i don't have school, I have to wake up this early.

"SOMEONE GET THE DOOR!" I heard Emily scream.

Grrrr...

*BANG BANG BANG DING-DONG DING-DONG DING-DONG*

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! I'M COMING!" i yelled angrily as I got out of bed and stormed to the door swearing under my breath.

I rip the door open to see Neji standing there looking very impatient looking pissed off for leaving him at the door for 10 minutes. Well screw him! He just woke me up from my peaceful slumber. The peaceful slumber that i may never get back. If he's the one that's pissed off, I'm gonna kill someone!

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?!" I yell half asleep.

"What happened to you? You look terrible" he says smirking.

GRRRRR...

Son of a bitch. He wakes me up at 6 o' clock and this is Wat he says? The nerve!

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO ME?! YOU COME TO MY HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND WAKE ME UP FROM MY WONDERFUL DREAM OF DELICIOUS COOKIES! I WANT MY COOKIES!" I said throwing a tantrum.

"What's going on out here?" Katie asks yawning and rubbing her eyes.

Emily comes out following behind her.

"Unfortunately you three were suppose to meet with us to train half an hour ago. I would've warned you all if I didn't get a door slammed into my face," he said glaring at me and then smirking. "Take this as payback"

"Whatever" i said huffing."Give us 5 minutes"

Slamming the door in his face again, I walk back to my room to get ready, as well as the others.

30 minutes later

*knock knock knock*

I open the door to answer.

"Yeeess?" I ask munching on an apple

"What happened to 'give us 5 minutes'?" he said with a huge anger vein sticking out of his head.

I swear, I don't think that's very healthy...

"Um. I guess we just lost track of time..."

And we did! There were A LOT of things to do in the morning.

"Well we're all done now!" Katie says coming up from behind me.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Emily said running out the door.

Neji rolls his eyes and runs ahead to lead the way.

I'm tired and i'm exhausted.

We've been out here training for hours and I have not progressed at all.

Before, I was some noob who didn't know how to fight.

Now, I was some noob who didn't know how to fight plus kunai.

My friends on the other hand have improved drastically.

They have the stance and the basic ways of fighting down and it took them both less than three tries to hit the target right in the middle when it took me more than five tries to even get it near the target.

Plus, my fighting stance is not balanced according to Neji and can easily cause me to fall with a tiny push.

They are what Lee calls 'geniuses', and I'm happy for them, just not really that happy for myself.

Lee has been trying to cheer me up and telling me that hard work beats all, but honestly, I'm not so sure anymore.

I can never work as hard as Lee.

He can train for more than 3 days straight while I'm beat after a few hours.

I was currently sparring with Neji and dodging his hits.

I was actually doing pretty well before tripping on a rock causing me to get jabbed to death by him.

It may look like little jabs to you, but they hurt like hell. It was like getting stabbed by millions of needles and he was going easy me! I can't even imagine what it would feel like if he went all out. It makes me wonder how Naruto did it.

Standing up was a difficult task for me after wards which took me about five tries.

My breath was slow and my heart was beating like crazy.

It was so frustrating.

Here I am, watching my friends succeeding and becoming great ninjas while I'm here falling flat on my butt.

"Are you ok?" Katie asks while her and Emily help me up.

"Yeah...I'm fine..." I said looking down at my feet.

"Listen, I think I'll just go for a walk. I'll be back..." I swatted them away.

They look at me with worried eyes.

"Relax, I said I was going for a walk. I'm not dying or anything," I said with a sad smile then walking away to where ever the wind carries me.

I just needed some time to think. Do I really belong here? I guess not cause I have the stamina and skill of a civilian who can't even throw a simple kunai without cutting myself. Do I belong anywhere?

I find I nice tree to sit under that over looks a pretty lake.

I take out my ipod and plop an ear bud into my ear playing whatever song that comes to mind.

Turning the volume all the way up, I close my eyes and listen, feeling the cool breeze hit my skin and blowing my hair.

"What a drag. Looks like someone found my special place."

Opening my eyes, I see a guy with black hair pulled back into a spiky pony tail starring down at me.

Shikamaru...

I give him a little smile as he sits down beside me.

We sat there in silence. Me enjoying the nature around us while he looks up at the clouds. Until he decides to speak up.

"It's pretty, isn't it."

I give him a small nod.

He sighs.

"What a drag. Can't you talk?"

"Of course I can talk! I was just thinking."

"What's on your mind?"

"Nothing really... just some life problems"

There was silence once again.

"Never give up"

"Huh?" I said turning to face him.

"I believe that if you have the will to protect the people you love, you can do or achieve anything." he said looking up at the sky.

"The Will of Fire..." I whisper.

"What was that?"

"Nothing" I said getting up. "Well I got to go. Thanks for the talk. It really helped."

"No problem"

I turn around ready to walk away, when he suddenly speaks again again.

"By the way, the name's Shikamaru"

"Evelyn," I said smiling.

This time, I turn away and ran. But not far enough to still hear him.

"Troublesome woman," he mutters.

"I wouldn't be talking you lazy ass!" I yelled back giggling and even though I couldn't see him, I can just feel him smirking back.

*Chapter 4, done! Two chapters in one day! Whoo! And those of you who are wondering when they are gonna meet Naruto and pick teams and all that stuff, well it's coming in a few chapters, in like one or two. Anyway. Thx for reading! Comment! Like! BYEE!*