Got a huge writer boost minna! Feeling very proud of this chapter and was lucky enough to not have to re-write it as I often do with the others... mehe. Before the warnings, I'll just say that the flashbacks are now going to be written in third person. Since I'm working on my writing it's also important to me to somehow manage to write in other perspectives than just first person. I decided not to change the other flashbacks, unless people reacth negativly at it... so yeah
Warning: Contains fluffy teasing, the horror story behind Naruko's hidden eye, also blood and murder
I glared at Kakashi over the bowl of soup as I ate it. He carelessly ate rice with his mask down, smirking slightly. "You happy now?" I growled as I put down the bowl and crossed my arms tightly around my chest. He smiled as he put down the bowl, now empty for rice. "What are you talking about, Neko-chan?" My face heated up and I looked away, growling in my through. "S-stop calling me that!" He chuckled and his smirk probably widened. "But why? What's wrong about calling you Neko-chan, Neko-chan?" Shivers ran up and down my spine as he said 'Neko-chan' in such a terrible teasing way. "Y-You shouldn't use that when I'm off duty Kakashi! …besides… it's not my name…"
I felt my cheeks heat up and I looked at him through my bangs. He smiled, his eye closed as he just sat there. "Yet, it suits you well my kawai little kitty." Glaring at him through my bangs, I tried my hardest not to turn red like a tomato. "I'm not a damned kitty you shit headed crow!" He chuckled, then got up and walked up next to me. I instantly froze and tried to keep my eyes away from him… a lot easier said than done, somehow. He hunched down next to me, and carefully put his index and thumb finger on my chin. My eyes connected with his and it felt like the whole world around us disappeared. Then, his forehead touched mine, our eyes still locked. "Your fevers gone down." And then, he grabbed the plates, bowls and cups and walked out of the room. I felt like I was in a daze, before I woke up at the sound of the door being locked. "DAMIT!" I swear I heard him snicker, but if he did, it was only for a second.
I hugged the oversized jacket and looked down at Naruto. Well, the other two were also there, but my eyes lingered on Naruto. He laughed rawly as Sasuke almost lost his footing as they fought on the water. What I had seen three nights ago wasn't pleasant, and it was even worse to think that might happen to my ototo. I gripped my stomach, where I knew father had placed Naruto's seal. Could I do something to start the Biju training sooner? Maybe contacting Ero-Chichi(1) could solve some problems?
"GYYYAAAA!" I glanced down, just in time to catch Naruto's priceless face as Sakura fell over him in the water. Deciding to step in before the poor boy got hurt; I jumped down, holding the jacket close with one hand. "Let's take a break, good work guys." Sakura jumped up from the water, her face tomato red; though I wasn't sure if it was caused by anger or embarrassment, might both. I sneaked another peek at Naruto before I closed my eyes and shook my head. My free hand moved to cover my right eye on reflex as I felt a slight breeze.
"Naruko-sensei?" Opening my eyes, I saw the genins sit in front of me in a semi-circle, Sasuke in the middle; Sakura on his right and Naruto on his left. "What can I do for you?" Sakura blushed and looked down. "Why do you hide your right eye?" Oh, the Uchiha carrying on the tradition of bluntness without trouble. "An injury." I answered dryly and shortly. Sasuke arched a brown, and Naruto leaned closer to me. "Hey hey, please tell us Naruko-sensei! You can trust us you know!" I winced slightly, and ruffled the bangs on the left side of my face. "I know I can, but I'd rather not want to tell." Naruto glared slightly at me, and I returned it with an even more heated one.
"Yo, cute little gathering you have there. Why didn't you invite me Ne-" "Kakashi! Just the person I wanted to talk to!" I was about the get up, when I felt three pair of hands holding me down. Turning I saw the three, yes even the famous Sasuke, holding the jacket tightly. "Don't ignore us Naruko-sensei!" Naruto groaned, and I tried to stifle a giggle. "Mhm what can it be your talking about? Naruko's right eye maybe?" I groaned and fell down again as he pushed me down with a single hand. "I got to say, I'm surprised you didn't ask before now. But anyway, the story behind why she hides it is indeed an exciting one:"
FlashBack!
Strong gusts of wind pulled her hair roughly. Inu-taicho, Tori and Hyo had left to recon the area, leaving Neko alone to place seals and genjutsus. She sat hunched down over a scroll and had a brush in her hand. Her eyes lingered on the scroll as her hand moved quickly over it. Black lines, circles and other patterns were scribbled down. When she finished seconds later, a humongous wild cat was inked onto the paper. She did a few quick hand signs, then whispered "Ninpo: Kemono gado no jutsu.(2)" The cat slowly climbed out of the paper, and its natural colours emerged. Neko moved her index finger in a circle, the huge beast's full attention on her movements. "Go." And the beast ran off silently into the nearby bushes. She looked at where the cat had left, then closed the scroll and walked up to a tree. The brush painted small, but complex seals on the dark bark, before fading away. Neko continued, painting seals on almost all the trees that surrounded the camp. A sudden surge of chakra made the young teen stop and listen. As a bird flew out of the nearby tree, all hell broke loose. Neko was suddenly grabbed by her long hair. Hands wrapped around her mouth, but just a tad too late because a blood freezing scream warned the rest of her team.
She glared at the red and brown clad jonins who had kidnapped her. They just grinned and toyed with her. Like pulling her chin towards them before pushing her away, or pull her hair roughly before patting her head. A low trough growl left the petite girl as one of the men got too close once again. He only grinned in response. "You look terribly like the Yondaime, don't you?" She instantly froze and her eyes narrowed. "Our mission was simply to get our hands on a jonin or higher ranked shinobi of the leaf… but it looks like we really hit jackpot with a Yondaime look-alike…" His grin widened dangerously and Neko moved a bit back, hoping to find a stone or something to lean on. "You know, maybe those Konoha fools lied when they said his daughter had died in the Kyuubi attack?" Her head shut up, her eyes cold as ice. "You know, I believe what my comrade says. And if that's the chase, guess how… 'Popular' you'll become when we arrive in Iwa." She easily noticed the suggestive tone in his voice, and definitely not liking it. The men chuckled in union and some of them threw looks at each other. She started to claw at the ninja wire that tied her hands behind her back, and at a furious speed. Her face never lost the glare though.
A rather loud noise from outside of the cave stole their attention, and Neko started to claw desperately at the wire, sending chakra through her fingertips. She didn't even care that she slowly was cutting her wrists bloody or what consequences it might have. A slight snap was the only warning before she jumped onto the back of the closest man and used the wire to slice his trough. Her already bloody hands and arms were soaked in more of the crimson liquid, and she disposed if the wire before getting out a kunai. Quickly she plunged it into the spine of the man in front of her. He fell with a dunk, and the men still alive soon had their weapons out. Grabbing one of the many scrolls from her pouch, she jumped over them, and landed just a meter or so from the exit. "Ninpo: Mippu sukuroru pawaririsu!(3)" A huge urge of chakra appeared from the seal on the scroll, and soon transformed into an enormous fire ball. "Katon: Karyuu endan(4)."
Her breath was –even if by a little- deep and her body shivered and she felt weak, finally the great blood loss she had suffered affected her body. She put the scroll back into her pouch and sighted, backing away to get out of the cave. "Where do you think you're going?" Her head whipped back and her eyes were open wide. A single man stood in front of her. His great body sheltering her from light and acted as a barrier from freedom. He swung his katana at her, his aim clearly being her head. At a short of time, she turned her head and tried to grab the sharp edge. The katanas blade dug into her left palm, more blood dripping down her wrist and making a small pool on the dirty ground. "Hehe the little bitch got guts, don'tcha?" She shivered, but gasped in pain and horror as he swung his blade away, before cutting down at her. She felt a sharp pain in her face, but ignored it with only one goal left. Because, if she died in that cave, she would damn well bring that bastard with her to hell. Neko quickly backed off, before re-appearing in front of the man and used every last inch of will power and chakra to create an orb of pure chakra. Her whole being got soaked in blood as her wrist dug into the man's upper body, just below his heart. "If I'm…. going… I'm gonna fuc-fuckin' bring… you with me…" Her eyes got heavy and her whole being fell to the ground. The man fell backwards, eyes wide open and a look of sheer horror on his face.
FlashBack: Kai!
I held my right eye as Kakashi told the story. The memories of blood and the intense hatred I had felt for that single man made my body shake, though I managed not to look like a leaf in a storm. "Wow…" I glanced over at the genins in front of me. Their eyes were big –hell even Sasuke's were slightly bigger than normal- and Sakura had tears in her eyes. "What happened after that?" I sighted and leaned back, leaning on Kakashi's leg. "I woke up in the hospital. Kakashi stood by the window and looked at me. It was really strange, because when I woke up, I felt that I had lost something, or that something was missing. It was only after one week I suddenly was given a mirror and almost fell into a coma like shock." Kakashi laughed slightly, making me feel the slight vibrations surging through his body.
"So… how does it look now?" I winced at the question, but slowly moved away the bangs. It probably looks disgusting. The eye was missing, and the eyelids were stitched together. Also the nasty scar really didn't help the fact that it looked like something right out of a horror movie. "I know… ugly." I closed it and covered it with the bangs before I got up, but still leaned against Kakashi. "Ugh tired…" Wrapping my arms around my waist, I groaned loudly and nuzzled my face into Kakashi's shoulder.
Mehe! Feeling overjoyed right now! So, what'cha think of the chapter? Might have been a bit angsty and stuff but... Well 'bout her eye, at first I though about miss-matching eyes, somewhat like Kakashi but... then (in my head anyways) it had to be either red, Yamananka blue or black. Then I just, what the hell, people reading this story is probably not wimps... so yeah.
(1)- Ero-Chichi is Jiraya-sama of course. Chichi's another or cuter name for father or something like that
(2)- 'Ninpo: kemono gado no jutsu' means (litterally) 'Ninja art: beast guard no justsu' and (of course) a selfmade jutsu on both sides. Planning on seeing more of it's background in later chapters...
(3)-'Ninpo: Mippu sukuroru pawaririsu' means (again, litterally) 'Ninja art: sealed scroll power reliease', aslo a selfmade jutsu and I also plan to exsplain it in later shapter.
(4)-'Katon: Karyuu endan' means 'Fire Type; Fire Dragon Flame Blast' and is an actuall jutsu from the series used by the Saindaime Hokage (third Hokage)
... a lot to exsplain in this chapter I suddenly noticed n.n mehe well as seen above I plan to tell more 'bout Naruko's jutsus. After all, her clan, the Uzumaki's and her father were seal masters, so she found a way to use seals and sealing as attacks. (2) and (3) is good exsamples, so I plan to kinda stick to those kind of jutsus... I think ^^ And I also must apolegize if some of you think this story's a bit random, which indeed it is. But anyways CHEERS for a 15 pages long story folks!
mehe random rantin's done with now, I'll try to update within next week (which is indeed last 'real' week before winter vecasion) so, let's cross finger minna!
Ja ne Mikane x3