Atsuko's POV
I woke up on something with something else covering my entire body, including my head. I was on my stomach. I perked up, throwing covers off my body. I looked around the unfimilar place. I started hyperventalating and started walking around the room nervously. The door opened and I squealed scared. Jun stood in the doorway looking at me.
"Calm down, Chibi. Jeez, its just me."
I glared at him.
"Where am I?"
"Are you still scared little Chibi Hmm?"
"Tch, I'm not a baby."
"Oh, to answer your earlier question, your at my house."
"What?"
"My house. Want me to spell it?"
"Why am I here?"
"You're staying with your cool Oji Jun-san."
I squinched my eyebrows together.
"But Tou-san and Kaa-san doesn't have a brother."
"No, not like that."
"Almost like my God father?"
"You can say that."
"Gosh, Tou-san never even told me."
"Dismissing that, lets go to the hot springs!"
"No."
"Why not?"
"No way in hell am I going to hot springs."
Jun hit my head.
"Ow!"
"Watch your language!"
I guess I have to watch it around ALL adults, huh?
"Whatever. Anyway, I can't go by myself."
"Don't worry, its the hot spring behind my house. I have to talk to you in private."
"Can't we go when its late?"
He sighed before he agreed.
"Alright. Why don't you go around the village, okay? I have to fix up the room you'll be staying in."
"Okay."
I brushed past him and went to go around the village, though I done it so many times.
When I left his house, I realized I wasn't in a fimilar place.
"Where am I?," I said to myself.
I started walking around. I wasn't in Konoha anymore. Oji-san, where did you take me?
I walked around the village for a while. It was slightly different than Konoha. It was more busy. Stores were crowded. I don't even think there are shinobi here. Weak!
Why am I here, though? Oji-san didn't really answer the why part. Just the what and the where.
"Hey, you. Stop him!" somebody screamed.
I turned around and saw a little boy running from two adults chasing him.
The boy ran passed me and I looked at him. He seemed frighten. My eyes drifted back to the adults who were chasing him. At the last minute, I stuck my feet out and tripped them. I jumped in a nearby tree so they won't see me.
You got time, kid.
I decided to go after them and see what they're doing. I jumped on a roof and started running parallel to the men.
The little boy ran into a dark alley, followed by the two men. I stayed on the roof and watched from a distance.
The boy was backed against the wall by the men.
I jumped down from the roof and walked into the alley.
I heard the boy whining and the men snickering.
I jumped down from the roof and walked to the alley. Then, one of the men were about to punch the boy. I hit a front flip over his head. I grabbed his fist and went under it. I landed on the ground and twisted his arm around his back. He hissed in pain.
"You may not want to do that again. If you do, I'll find out, and come after you," I threatened.
"She's a ninja! She must be, run!," the other man screamed.
I let go of the man's arm and he and his partner began running.
I looked at the little boy and he was gleaming at me with big eyes.
"Thank you, Nee-chan," he gave me a tight hug.
Nee-chan?
"Er...its okay, you don't need to thank me. You needed to be saved," I told him.
He hugged me tighter.
"Uh, what's your name?," I asked him.
"Kaede," he screamed.
"Well, Kaede, do you know where your Okaa-san and Otou-san are," I asked him.
He shook his head. I frowned. He was lost.
"Okay, I'll help you find them."
"Thank you, Nee-chan!"
I smiled, I liked that name.
I bent down to the ground and he jumped on my back. I wrapped my arms around his legs, while he wrapped his arms around my neck. I began walking around the village, asking villagers do they know who his parents were. They all said the same thing. No. I decided to go to Jun.
"Yo, Oji Jun-san," I called to him.
"What is it?," I heard his voice.
I followed the trail of his voice into a room. I'm guessing that's my room I'm staying for tonight. Hopefully, I can return to the village.
"You're here early. Kaede?," he said looking at the boy on my back.
"Jun-senpai," Kaede smiled and jumped off my back.
He hugged his legs, and Jun placed his hand on top of Kaede's small head.
"My my, you've grown some. Or am I shrinking," Jun joked.
Kaede laughed.
"No, I'm growing, Senpai! Your not shrinking!," Kaede reassured him.
So, they know each other? Jun looked at me.
"Where was he?"
"Er, I followed him and these couple of guys around."
"What did you do, Kaede?," Jun asked looking down at him.
"Nothing. Just played a prank on them," Kaede shrugged.
This boy is cool!
"Wanna play another one? I have a great one," I asked him bouncing my eyebrows.
Jun scolded me.
"Sure, Nee-chan!," he screamed.
I ran out the door, followed by a hyper Kaede. We stopped when we reached the village.
"What now, Nee-chan?"
"Is there anybody in the village who hates ninjas?"
"Everybody."
"Huh?!"
"People think they just want to get stronger to make the villagers lives miserable."
"That's not true!"
"I know. Jun-senpai is really nice. And so are you, Nee-chan!"
"If you like Oji Jun-san and I so much, you should meet my family."
"What are they like?"
"Well, my Otou-san is the strongest in the village."
"You're lying! Don't say stuff like that just because he's your Otou-san!"
"I'm not lying. We can ask Oji Jun-san, when we go back."
"I will!"
"Okay, Otou-san is the strongest of the village. He watches over the village and keep it safe. Everybody loves and respects him. Tou-san feels the same about everybody else."
"Hmm."
I chuckled.
"My Okaa-san is a very shy person. She's nice and always encourages me to do things. Well, unless its dangerous."
"Hehe!"
"Then, there's my Onii-san."
"You have a Onii-san?!"
"Yeah. Akira-onii is funny and likes to help me train. He wants me to be my best and a better shinobi than him."
"Wow!"
"Mhm."
"What about your grandparents?"
"Er...they died a long time ago."
"Aw!"
"Its alright. Time to do the prank!"
"Yeah!"
I walked into a random shop and I talked to the clerk.
"Excuse me, Sir. But where's the bathroom," I asked in an innocent voice.
"In the back," he smiled.
"Thank you," I smiled back.
I went to the back of the store. Two minutes later, I walked out of the shop.
"What now?," Kaede asked.
"Now, I work my magic," I told him.
He smiled.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," I whispered it, since we were right outside the shop.
"Cool. There are two of you," Kaede admired the jutsu.
"Trust me, I can do much more," I chuckled.
"How many?!"
"2,000."
"So awesome! You are a ninja!"
"Kaede, keep your voice down."
"Oh yeah, sorry."
My clone walked into the shop and asked the same question.
"Um, weren't you just in here," the man asked.
The clone shook her head.
He told her and she went to the back. 2 minutes later she came out and disappeared in smoke.
I did the same thing a couple more times. The clerk got frustrated and stopped answering the questions.
This time, I made two clones and they walked in at the same time. The man screamed and ran out of the shop. Kaede and I fell over laughing. I had to hold my stomach I was laughing so hard. Kaede started crying it was so funny.
After our nonstop laughing, I took Kaede to a ramen stand. We stayed there until night fall. I told him how it was living in Konoha. Of course, I had to leave out the part about Kyuubi and how the villagers treat me. In exchange, he told me about how it was to live in this village. He said that it was hard being a young child around here. He said it was nothing to do. Just work. That's why he played pranks and I could understand that. I would feel the same way considering I'm only two years older than him. I would get bored easily, too.
"Chibi," I heard Jun call my name.
I rolled my eyes at the name and turned around. There were a man and a woman standing with him.
"Otou-san, Okaa-san," Kaede yelled jumping off the stool, and running towards them.
He hugged them tightly.
"Thank you for taking care of him, how may we ever repay you," his Okaa-san looked at me.
"Uh...it-it was nothing. I had a great time with hi-him," I waved my hands reassuring her.
She bowed before leaving with her husband and son.
"Wait!," Kaede screamed.
"What is it?," his Otou-san asked him.
He turned to me and smirked.
Huh?
Then, he turned to Jun.
"Jun-senpai," he called him.
"What is it?," Jun asked looking at Kaede curiously.
"Is it true that her Otou-san strongest in her village?," he asked.
Jun nodded.
"Yes. He's very strong. Along with his strongness, is his niceness," Jun smiled.
I smiled at what people thought of my Otou-san.
Kaede turned back to me.
"Can I meet him?!," he asked with hope in his eyes.
"Sure. The next time I see you, you can. Well, that's if your Okaa-san and Otou-san are okay with that," I said eyeing the parents.
They seemed confused.
I'm guessing they don't know I'm a ninja.
"Bye, Nee-chan, Jun-senpai," Kaede waved.
"Bye," I waved back.
"See you later, Kaede," Jun shouted.
My eyes drifted to the ground a while, thinking about returning to Konoha hopefully tomorrow, but I want to see Kaede before I leave.
"Chibi," Jun called me.
"Yeah," I lifted my head to look at him.
"I need to talk to you about something important. Lets go to the hot springs," he said.
I got off the stool and followed him back to the house.