Hey guys, BakaChan here and I don't know if you've noticed but... OVER 100 REVIEWS! Oooooh my sweet jolly ranchers, we did it! So, to celebrate, I will do some more... Original filler! I was between doing a Team 4 mission and a nice small festival with fluff and za funnies... So, I decided on the mission, and I don't know if people will be going insane in this chapter... I kinda like writing about insanity. Blame Higurashi!
Scratch that... BakaChan was actually being all indecisive and totally changed it. But, it still's okay, hopefully it's well received.
"Alright, brats. You finished your C-Rank with a success. You all acted well while in danger, and saved our client from certain death. So, I'm told I'm supposed to treat you somehow, give you a good job kind of thing. So, I got you three summoning contracts. These are a few contracts that I've collected, and or stole, over the years. So, their finally gonna get used. All you have to do is write your name in blood-"
"Anko-sensei, my dad said stuff with signing your name in blood is some cult mumbo jumbo, along with drinking chicken blood and that kind of stuff-"
"Oh my me. Daiki, did you just say mumbo jumbo?"
"So what if I did?"
"You sounded like a total idiot."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah..."
"REALLY?"
"YEAH YA BLIND LOOKIN' ASS WIPE!"
"WHAT'D THE HELL YOU CALL ME, CIVILIAN!?"
"PECKING ORDER!"
"Shut up, maggots." Anko hissed, using a genjutsu turning the sky behind her red making her look horrifying. She wasn't that scary looking of course, I just chose to be quiet after she said that... Yeah...
She threw each one of us our scroll. They weren't huge like future Naruto's toad scroll, but I was okay.
I smirked when I looked at the scroll.
'Me being her apprentice, I bet I got the snakes. Giving me bad ass snake moves, AND maybe a connection to Orochimaru. I bet that guy could get me ten times stronger... Ooooh, I may have to add this to my plans... But I don't exactly need him. But, snake summons will still be very, very useful.' I thought.
I wrote my name in blood and did the hand signs she told us to do before slamming my hand on the ground.
"Summoning Jutsu!" we all chanted.
"SNAKE!"
"Bear?"
"WHY THE FUCK DID I LAY AN EGG?!"
I looked at Daiki who was instantly up in a tree looking down at the snake he had summoned.
"Hm, so that's where the snake contract went..." Anko said.
I glared at Anko.
She glanced at me, looked down at the egg on the ground, back up at me, and then laughed.
"THIS-THIS IS INSANE!? WHY THE FUCK DID THE IDIOT HYUGA OVER THERE GET THE SNAKE SUMMON?! I SUMMON EGGS!? WHY COULDN'T I SUMMON SOMETHING COOL, LIKE TITANS OR UNICORNS, I'D EVEN TAKE RATS RIGHT NOW! THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK!?" I yelled.
"ISummonBear?" Makoto asked pointing down at the small bear.
"Yep. Frankly, you're the only one on this team so far that might actually be something cool and famous in the ninja world. The other two as far as I can tell are just immature little maggots..." Anko said ruffling his hair.
"WHAT!?" Daiki and I yelled.
"Oh, yeah, heh heh... Shouldn't have said that in front of you two, huh... Maybe that will make you two get along and train harder!" Anko said.
I just glared at her.
"Just tell us our next mission, snake woman." I growled.
"Not even an Anko, Umeko? Is the little god in training mad? Did I ruffle almighty Umeko's jammies?" Anko teased.
"Oh, what do you want, a medal?" I asked, before giving her a raspberry.
"Nice egg." she said with a smirk.
"Kiss my ass, snake woman." I grumbled.
"Hmph. No respect." Anko mumbled.
"Alright, we are going on a B-Rank. We're going to be bringing this,"
She takes out a jade bracelet.
"This is a very ancient bracelet that is worth more than 100,000 ryo, and we have deliver this to the Tsuri Village Head, which is north of here." Anko said.
"Oh, so wait, we're having a B-Rank?" I asked.
"Yup."
"An honest to me, B-Rank?"
"Not really. This is more of a C-Rank, but their paying B-Rank money." Anko said.
"That means… SHIT LOAD OF MONEY IS COMIN' MY WAY! FUCK YEAH!" I cheered, happily.
Just thinking of all the amazing things I could buy.
"But, now it's time to do a nice long training session to prepare you for our mission." Anko said.
"Bitchin' let's do!" I said, instantly pumped and ready to destroy something.
"I think you're the only one on this team that actually likes training with Anko." Daiki said.
"IEnjoyTrainingAsWell…" Makoto said.
"Shut it, Makoto." Daiki said not even looking at our blond teammate.
"Oh, so you finally heard him?" I asked.
Daiki stayed quiet.
Suddenly, there were senbon in my arm.
"I SAID GET TO RUNNING!" Anko yelled.
We all began to run around the village, being chased by various senbon and fire jutsu. Fun, fun, fun!
"All right, brats, we'll be meeting at the village gates at 7:00 tomorrow morning. Get plenty of rest, and bring lots and lots of supplies. Umeko, be sure to practice your medical ninjutsu, I have a feeling we may need it." Anko said.
"Okay…" I said walking off, going my separate way from my teammates.
When I got home, it was dinner time, so I sat down at the dinner table.
It had been the first time in a while that I was at the table, sitting with my family.
"Hey Dad, Mom, and it." I said.
"Y-You…" Sakura said with her eye twitching.
"Yes, sister dearest?" I asked.
"YOU… great human being…" Sakura seemed to struggle to get out.
She looked at Mom who smiled at her.
"Well, that's really a cruel insult, Sakura. I'm not human, so why would you call me that, dearie?" I asked.
"I'm very sorry." She said. But I could tell she didn't mean it in the slightest. It looked like it literally hurt her to say.
"Hmph." I said taking a bite of leek soup.
"So, Umeko, I heard that your team is going on a B-Rank together! Are you excited?" Mom asked.
"Sure, I guess. It's just a mission where I'll hopefully hand someone Chunin level or higher's ass. That would make me very happy. Yeah! That'd show that damn Hyuga! And it would show Anko, giving that damn Hyuga the snakes. That-THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF!"
"Umeko, sweet pea, are you okay?" Dad asked.
I looked at the kind hard working man.
"Peachy." I said.
"Okay, Umeko. But remember you can talk to me, okay?" Dad said.
"Yeah."
You know, if you spend enough time with someone, you get sick and tired of them. For me it only took about six hours of Daiki's nonstop questions to Anko, along with Makoto's sculpting with a small piece of Play Dough. Apparently it keeps him from freaking out.
Things didn't get much better as the trip went on. Makoto was falling behind, because honestly he kind of sucked at the whole physical activity and endurance thing.
As he kept falling behind, I could almost tell that Anko was ready to make him run faster.
"Here, let me handle this, it's my pleasure…" I said.
I slowed down to where I was running right next to him.
"YOU WANNA BE AN AIR FORCE RANGER! YOU WANNA LIVE A LIFE OF DANGER! YOU DON'T WANNA GET RAPED BY STRANGERS!" I sang loudly as I mockingly kept up with his level of speed.
"PleaseGetAwayFromMe." He said.
"STOP SINGING!" Anko and Daiki yelled.
I got behind him and began pushing him to go faster.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" he yelled, instantly stopping.
He had jumped to the ground, and was on his elbows and knees holding his head.
I had no idea what I had just done.
We all jumped down.
"What the hell's your problem, psychopath?" I asked.
"Shut up, Umeko." Anko and Daiki both said in sync.
They all crouched by him, careful not to touch him, saying nice things, trying to make him calm down. And I just watched. I wasn't feeling anything, not sad, or guilt, or worry. I was completely neutral, if anything I was pissed that we weren't still running just because Makoto was having a panic attack.
Makoto's POV
Again.
Being touched.
Why?
Why?
This always happens…
People I begin to care for, like the family I never had.
Family.
What is a family?
What's in a family?
Why?
Why was I the oddball?
The one that stuck out.
The freak.
The psychopath.
The one who should have never been.
Why?
Why did I have to be born as me?
The sniveling coward.
The silent psychopath.
The freak of the Yamanaka clan.
The one that was never loved.
Love.
Does it even exist?
If it does, where?
Is it excited?
Is it calm?
Is it hateful?
Hate.
Does love hate me?
Does bravery hate me?
Does the world hate me?
Why am I so calm, when I am stuck all the time in hell.
The hell in my mind, the mind of the silent psychopath.
Calm.
Calm down.
What?
"Calm down, you psychopath!"
My quick nervous breathes began to slow down.
My heart beat came back to normal.
I then, was pulled into a dream like state.
I immediately recognized it as the past, and prepared for the hell that I knew would come.
Flashback
"His parents left the village."
"Why would they join him?"
"Yomi was always a freak, then she married that Jigoku and everything went down hill from there."
"Just like with dogs. When there's something wrong with the bitch, there's something wrong with the pup."
"Stay away from that child, he's a psychopath."
"Psycho."
"Freak."
"Weirdo."
"Your just mad!"
"Crazy."
"Psychopath."
"I'm not a psychopath! Why does everyone think that?!" a young blond boy cried on the wet streets of Konoha.
This boy had no home.
While the boy knew there was another like him. Hated, and alone. This other boy had the Hokage's favor. And this boy knew that. He knew no body cared for him. No body cared what happened to him. He could die, and it would make so many people's days. This kid wasn't an orphan. His parents said they'd come back for him. But day after day, he endured people being cruel to him. Village children chasing him, and if he didn't run fast enough, he'd get hit. Again, and again. Until he was black, blue, and red on the ground. Shaking and no one ever saved him.
He could cry all he wanted, but no one would save him. He was the traitor's child. No one cared. People from the Yamanaka clan had tried to help a few times, but he was soon seen a lost case. Not even the kind Yamanaka head, could convince the boy to come with him.
One cold night, he was hiding in an alley when he saw a cat. A grey cat with bright green eyes and a scar on it's belly. The boy reached a hand, begging for the cat to not reject him like the others. He begged for it to know his pain.
"P-Please, let m-me." The boy whispered.
The cat stared dully at him, warily watching his hand come closer and closer. Right when the boy touched the cat, it snapped. The cat sprang at him, scratching and biting. The boy let out a big scream of pain. The village boys heard him and came running. They laughed at the scene of the cat, scratching the crying boy.
One of the boy's bravely grabbed the cat's scruff and roughly threw it at a wall.
He looked at the bawling boy and gave a smirk before punching him.
While cruel boys felt no pain at all from hitting him, and they even lost count of how many times he's been hit. But the homeless boy felt every punch, every kick, and every brutal word.
He soon stopped crying. He didn't even say a word, let out a sound. He was silent as a mouse, laying in an alley as the boys beat him.
The leader of the group found a rock on the ground and picked it up. He was about to hit him with it when…
"Boys, isn't it late? You five should go home, or should I have a ninja escort you home?" a man's voice said.
The homeless boy looked up emotionlessly. He couldn't see straight, and he was coming in and out of consciousness.
Umeko's POV
"I did the best I could with the medical ninjutsu that I could! He didn't have any physical scaring. I'm not at the point to where I can help people with panic attacks, damn it!" I argued.
"Well if you hadn't touched him, this wouldn't have happened!" Daiki retorted.
"Shut up!" I said.
"Loud." Makoto said sitting up.
Anko, Daiki, and I just looked at Makoto.
"I'm glad to see you awake," Anko said with a grin.
I could have sworn at that moment, I saw a tear in Makoto's eye. He quickly wiped it off and smirked.
"ICanSayThatIAmTooAtTheMomentHappyToBeAwake. ShallWeContinueTheMission?" Makoto asked.
"Is okay to run?" Anko asked.
"Yeah, he's fine." I said getting up.
Makoto began to get up when Daiki offered his hand.
"Daiki! Are you fuckin' crazy!?" I exclaimed.
"Ah crap!" Daiki said.
He was surprised when Makoto grabbed his hand and let him pull him up.
"Thank. You. Daiki." Makoto said, at a normal tone of voice and very slowly seeming to try to make sure we all heard him.
He walked over to me and offered his hand.
"I. Apologize. For. Frightening. You. Thank. You. VeryMuch." He said, going back to his usual voice as he got further into the sentence.
I sighed.
"Yeah, okay…" I said shaking his hand.
"Alright, now that's done and over with, let's head to Tsuri Village!" Anko said happily.
I can let myself trust them. I know it. Because I believe they won't leave me behind. They won't truly bully me. Maybe, they'll be like a family to me. Just you, Shikaku, and Inoichi… You all are the one's that I'll truly care for. Because when you know what it's like to have no one and nothing , you'll never take what and who you have for granted. Maybe, just maybe, this is love.
Whoa. That was fun. I worked all week on this. This went from high insanity and action, to mental conflict and sadness… Yup, I hope you liked version three of this chapter!
Cause, I really liked this one.
Okay, I'm actually not gonna be able to do the answers and stuff this chapter because of pure, unadulterated lividness (Internet being a bitch).
So thank you all for reviewing.
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Umeko: So... Anyone going to Izumicon?