Chapter 10

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Jinrou POV

We had just made our way out of the village and were walking through a path. Naruto and the old man didn't seem to get along. I spent the time talking to Ookami. As we walked, I saw a puddle on the floor. A puddle... when it hasn't rained in a while. I went to sensei.

"I think we should be careful and watch our backs." I whispered to him. He nodded. As we walked, a shadow seemed to come out of the floor. There were two guys and chains seemed to erupt from them. Their chains wrapped around Kakashi-sensei and tore him to pieces.

"Sakura! Protect the bridge builder!" I screamed at her. She stood in front of the bridge builder protectively. The guys' chains lashed out at Naruto, but he didn't move. "Dammit, Naruto! Move!" I screamed at him. I rushed to him and shoved him to the side just as the guys chains reached me. Sasuke threw a shuriken at the chains so they would get stuck in the wood of a tree. He grabbed the chains then kicked them both in the face, sending them flying. Kakashi-sensei appeared and grabbed the guys.

"Good job everyone, except you Naruto. If it wasn't for Jinrou, you'd probably be ripped to pieces." He told him. Naruto got up from the floor, he fell when I shoved him.

"Were you scared?" Sasuke taunted. I smacked him.

"Don't be mean." I told him. I walked to Naruto. "You okay?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He said.

"Jinrou, you're poisoned." Kakashi-sensei pointed out. I looked at my hand, and there was a cut. "The chains must have cut you when you pushed Naruto out of the way." He said. Naruto looked guilty. I gave him a playful push.

"Don't look so constipated." I told him joking as I offered him a smile. He looked at me sadly. I wrapped my arm around his shoulder and gave him a squeeze. "I should be the one looking like that." I told him logically. "So stop being such a little bitch." I told him smirking. He looked surprised, then smiled at me.

"Jinrou, you might want to get the poison out before it spreads." Kakashi told me. I sat down on the floor, and concentrated my chakra into my hand. It formed into the shape of a kuni. I did this because, I cleaned a wound with a kuni once and got a bacterial infection. I gripped the kuni how I would a normal one and bit my lip. I brought it down and stabbed my hand. I made sure all the poison got out before I stopped. I made the chakra vanish and opened my backpack. I grabbed some water and splashed a bit on my wound to clean it. I grabbed some bandages and expertly wrapped them tightly on my hand. When I was done, I put everything away and stood up.

"Where did you learn to do that?" Sakura asked me.

"When I was living in my old village, I got injured a lot. So I learned from a young age to bandage myself up." I told her.

"Why do you use your chakra instead of a kuni?" Kakashi asked me.

"Cuz, when I used a kuni when I was little, I didn't know it was dirty and when I cut myself I got a bacterial infection. My hand got swollen. So now, I just use my chakra instead." I told them. I walked to the bridge builder and looked up at him. "Sir, are you okay?" I asked him. He seemed surprised, but nodded. I smiled. "Good." And we continued walking.

'Good job. I'm proud." Ookami told me. I smiled.

'Thanks.'

'So, how's it going with your love life?' She asked me.

'What do you mean?' I asked her.

'Hows it going with the whole Sasuke-Naruto thing?'

'I have no idea what your talking about.' I told her and resisted the urge to walk with my nose up in the air.

'You know what I mean. Now, tell me about it.'

'Well, what do you want me to tell you?'

'How you feel about them both as individuals.' I sighed.

'Who do you want me to tell you about first?'

'How about Naruto?'

'Sure. You see, Naruto, he understands me. He knows what I've been through to an extent. He offered me a place to stay when all he knew was my name. He's really sweet an is hyper enough that I don't annoy him with my antics. I feel very protective of him, he's protective of me too. Not to mention he kinda cute.'

'Aw. Anyway, what about Sasuke?'

'Ah, Sasuke. He can make me smile no matter what and vice versa. He worries about me, remember how he was when I "woke up"? He's very sweet when he wants to be, and is cool to hang out with. He's very to-the-point. And really handsome too.' I told her. I could feel a small blush start to make its way up my face, but I ignored it.

'Alright, now what DON'T you like about them?'

'Well, Naruto is a trouble maker, though that isn't necessarily bad. He messes around too much and it seems like the only thing he's focused on is beating Sasuke at something.'

'And what about Sasuke?'

'He's looks like an emo kid, though that isn't necessarily something bad either. He seems like a constant downer, it wouldn't kill him to smile or kick back once in a while, and he's mean to Naruto.'

'Hmm, everything seems balanced out.'

'Yeah.' I sighed.

'But, they both seem to like you.'

'Why do you think that?' I asked as a blush reappeared on my face.

'Because of the way they act around you. I know for sure that Sasuke likes you. Remember what happened at his house?' I could feel my face turn scarlet at the memory.

"Jinrou, are you okay?" Sakura asked as they stared at my red face.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Just something Ookami told me." I said waving them off. They nodded and went back to walking.

'Anyway, how's it going with Kyuubi?' I asked her.

'We're still just friends.' She said.

'Aw, I thought you guys would for sure get together.' I told her.

'I don't know.'

'Maybe you guys should spend some more time together.' I said smirking.

'Are you trying to set me up?' She asked incredulously.

'Yup.' I said cheerfully. I could hear her sigh and I knew she would be shaking her head if she could. It was getting late and we would be camping out. Sensei said we would be getting a boat ride to the land of waves went to sleep in the trees and Naruto followed me.

"Hey, lets got see Ookami and Kyuubi." I told him. He nodded. We layed down on our sleeping bags, the tree had a VERY thick branch, and pulled our shirts up. We connected the signs and were taken to the white room.

"Hi Ookami!" I squealed as I hugged her around her neck.

"Hello Jinrou." She replied happily. I hopped off of her and walked to Kyuubi. "Kyuubi, come walk with me." I told him as I motioned him to follow me.

"What is it Jinrou?" He asked.

"Kyuubi. You have got to man up, or demon up, or whatever you call it, and make Ookami yours!"

"What? Why?" he asked.

"You know why! You guys wanna be together, you just won't admit it!" I I replied.

"But she'll say no!"

"I can guarantee you she won't." I vowed. He looked at her, then back at me, then back at her, and finally back to me.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure I'm sure! Now go get her!" I yelled pushing one of his ginormous legs. We walked back to where Ookami and Naruto were. I grabbed Naruto's hand and began walking away. "Just pretend we aren't here!" I yelled at them. Once we were a safe distance away, I turned around and looked at how they were doing. They were talking, Kyuubi looked embarrassed, Ookami looked embarrassed/happy, Kyuubi looked happy, he walked next to her and sat down right next to her and wrapped his tail around her, and she leaned into him. "Aw! They finally got together!" I squealed quietly at Naruto.

"Yeah." He said staring at them. I sat down and brought him with me. I leaned into his side and closed my eyes. I sighed. "Hey, Jinrou?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm really sorry about your hand." He said looking down. I grabbed his face in my hands and made him look at me.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. Now let it go." I told him sternly. He stared at me, before finally nodding. I kissed his cheek and leaned my head on his shoulder, closing my eyes and falling asleep.

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