Part 29

Wrote this the other day but the computer I normally use crashed.

:(

So it had to wait.

Now I'm going to be using my sisters laptop

For a few hours

Anyway Part 29. Yay.

It'll be a little shorter then part 28

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Part 29

Rue awoke on damp grass. The morning due clinging to her hair and eyelashes. Naruto snoring to her right. Sitting up she looked around.

Not far from Naruto was Hinata, still asleep with Kiba and Akamaru curled up on either side of her, snoring contently. Neji was to Rue's right, sprawled out awkwardly.

She couldn't help but laugh quietly at the sight. The sun wasn't up yet, but would be in nearly an hour or so.

Standing, she brushed herself off and went to the edge of the water. The bowls had floated back to shore and the candles had burned themselves out. So she placed them back into the bag she'd brought them in.

Rue took the bag back to Naruto's apartment and took a quick, warm shower. Then she changed into a clean outfit. She didn't stay much longer though. Naruto would be worried if she wasn't there when he got up. So she went back to the lake.

Everyone was still sleeping when she returned. Smiling, Rue sat at the end of the dock and laid back with her feet dangling over. And she watched the morning sky. Wispy clouds passed overhead. It went from dark to light, and soon the sun was rising.

"When did you wake up?" Neji asked as he came and lay next to her.

"Couple hours ago."

"You could have woken us up."

"Nah. You guys looked like you needed the sleep."

"Well you could have woken me up. That position was uncomfortable."

"I don't know, I found it amusing."

"Brat."

"Call me something new gramps." She smiled.

He rolled his eyes and sat up. Rue looked at him curiously.

"I apologize for what happened to your family."

"Thank you. But it's fine. I can't think about that now though. If I do I'll cry, go catatonic, hide away or maybe even do all three. I can't go through that again. It's not productive. I'm moving forward. Going back to that place will hurt me."

He thought over what she said and nodded.

Then a kind of feminine scream sounded.

Rue and Neji turned to see Hinata, awake and clutching her chest. Kiba was half on top of her, still sleeping. After her scream, Akamaru popped up, trembling slightly.

Naruto lurched awake as well and looked around. Seeing Kiba, he groaned and got up. Rue giggled at the scene and Neji shook his head.

Narutp went over to them and dragged Kiba off of a very red faced Hinata. Then he kicked Kiba, waking him up.

"Wanna get something to eat?" Rue asked, turning to Neji.

"Alright." He nodded, standing before helping her up.

Together they left the others and got some breakfast. It was a fun outing. Though they ended up going to Naruto's apartment and Rue made eggs with toast.

She burnt the toast and Neji refrained from laughing at her poor cooking skills. After eating Neji helped with the dishes before leaving.

Later, Rue went to her families old shop. There was a notice on the front door. Something about seeing the lady Hokage. Rue took it down and went to the counter. She put her back pack on the counter and went to the register.

Business had been exceedingly good so there was a large amount of money inside it. In face there was about the equivelant of a couple S-rank missions. Rue tucked that into her bag along with the inventory, pricing and income books.

Then she slipped into the back room. Weapon plans, scrapped weapons, and blacksmith tools Rue placed into a large delivery bag. The delivery bags were specifically made to hold weapons without ripping. Each bag was cloth with a layer of mesh armor and a thin steel cage so it held its shape.

With that set with her bag, Rue got out her mother's poison supply box. It was similar to Rue's only slightly bigger.

Rue sat back and opened the box. Pouches, vials, a mortar and pestle. Everything was neat and labeled. Unlike Rue's, Katya had several vials of acid. Hand crafted and dangerous, Katya's acid added a kick to all of Katya's work.

The box also contained a large, handwritten book, Katya's recipes. This book alone was enough to bring any competeing shop to it's metaphorical knees. Katya's poison's were the best. As she trained primarily as a medical ninja, Katya knew better than most what could help and what could destroy the human body.

Rue tucked the box into a delivery bag and placed it with her things. Going back into the back room, She noticed something. Something she'd never noticed before.

Part of the wall by the now empty poison shelves... was different.

Going over to it, she examined it closer and found a small handle. Pulling the handle, the wall part swung forward..

Inside was a book. It was thin and ornately designed. Rue picked up the book and closed the wall again.

Opening the book to the first page, Rue gasped and slammed the book shut.