A/N: I will try to catch up to where I was. But I hope you guys like the story better! Anyway, I am slowly doing this, making sure every thing is lining up. I adding a few thing with how Tooru thinks and things to that nature, but this chapter is basically the same. Not a lot will change until two chapters from now I believe. At least I think. But I don't know how much this will become a love story so much as a dealing with things type of story.
But please leave thought and comments on the story! I would lobe to hear from people!
Chapter 2: The Loud Mouth and The Genius
May 11th:
I wake up to movement. It should be Tenzo leaving. I sit up in bed and look around, I only got three hours of sleep. I guess three must be my lucky number this time. I guess Tenzo is slightly late in getting ready to leave. Seeing as there is faster movement than normal.
I roll out of bed and get dressed, mostly just changing into a clean pair of cloths. I walk out and see Tenzo is running around and eating a muffin. He rushes off and leaves me alone in the house. Tenzo doesn't even say bye to me before he leaves.
I scratch my head, what do I do now?
Day after mission is relaxing, and I don't know how to do that. I look through the house, I see Tenzo did not go shopping while I was gone, that seems like the best option. Seeing as Tenzo just left and I am here for three weeks by myself. Not to mention that the whole living situation is getting worse. No, I shouldn't say that.
The Hokage has been nothing but kind to me. Tenzo lives with me to keep me from being lonely. Something that I a use to.
I grab a basket and get on my shoes.
I walk to the market and see the colorful fruits.
"You're such a drag Kiba!" I hear someone say.
"Oh come on! Tamika is great, I think I might be in love with her." The one called Kiba says, almost shouting.
I turn my head and I don't see them. Whoever they are one of them are really loud. But no one else has turned to look at the noise. This must be something normal that happens. I shrug and continue shopping. Or it could be the fact that I enhance my ears a lot, so they got better over time anyway.
That could also be why I am hearing this conversation even though I really don't want to. I should focus on shopping.
"And asking her out now is a good idea?" The quieter voice asks.
Whatever. I just am here to get food for the house. Nothing else. I want the day to be over to focus on the group. Lord Kakashi made me take these breaks. I never had to take breaks before, all the Hokage's before Kakashi let me do what I wanted to do.
Well, not whatever, but they let me work all the time. Which is not healthy from what I have been told, but I get results, that's all that should matter.
"Ruff Ruff!" I know the dog with them is Kiba's: Akamaru.
Why am I hearing their conversation? I should leave now, no way should I be anywhere near them. No way I should be near anyone.
These two are a part of the group that hangs out with Naruto I realize, his friend group. Friends with the sand siblings as well, the Kasikage Gaara. They are the biggest group in the village. A group of friends that are so tight that no one could break them apart.
I wonder why they are out now. Oh, right because Kiba wants to ask Tamika out.
I shake my head. This is a trivial matter. I need to focus on the group. This is a dangerous group since none are known to be missing from a village and no one has reported one going missing. Which is strange, ninja defect than join up to get power.
No I can't think about that now. I need to focus on the food, but these voices are too dominate over everything else. It is slightly annoyed how loud they are, they are ninja, they should know how to be quiet. I grab a banana, I should make a salad of fruit for lunch today.
"Akamaru is right! She leaves in two days. Just because she likes cats and I like dogs shouldn't keep us apart." Kiba sounds very heated over Tamika bringing me out of my thoughts.
They sound like they are getting closer to where I am. I should finish fast. But fighting over a relationship? Dumb.
Pathetic, two people fighting over a girl when they should be focused on a mission they have next. Focusing on asking someone out is troublesome. None of us should have time to be worrying about relationships. I am an 18 year old ninja who has so much ahead of me, I have more to work for than these two.
I pay for the fruit in my basket. I turn around and run into someone. I am taken aback by this, no one can sneak up on me like this unless they are another ninja suppressing their chakra. And they shouldn't be doing that in the village. I hate being shocked, but I hate dropping all my fruit. Which I am upset about.
"Hey sorry." He says, a little surprised about seeing me.
I am looking at his chest since that's is how short I am to him. I feel his hands on my hip, as though he is trying to stop me from moving. It doesn't matter though. He made me drop my fruit. But I should have been the one paying more attention to where I was going. After all it is in the rules, and I may have just broken one by accident. I assume everyone has some chakra signature when in the village.
And I shouldn't be assuming anything.
"No it was my fault." I mumble into his chest.
I look up and see Shikamaru looking down at me. His face is shocked by seeing me. I break out of his hold and bend down to gather my fruit. This sucks, I make sure none of them got bruised. I pick up the fruit and don't look up at the two of them. I shouldn't even be talking to them, they shouldn't have made me drop my fruit. This is shaping up to being a bad day.
I sigh, nothing can stop this now.
But I still shouldn't be talking with them. I shouldn't even be seen by these two. No one should know I exist within the village. Only here I am. I was told it was for my protection, so the people who took my clan away wouldn't find me again.
"Why are you even here lady…" Kiba asks after a moment.
"I just got back from a mission yesterday." I say evenly.
"Ruff ruff!"
"Well said Akamaru! I should have brought Neji, at least all he really cares about is Tenten." Kiba says to Akamaru.
"Well, good bye," I say.
I feel their eyes on me. I turn the corner and walk home. I believe it is odd that they are looking at me like that. I made a mistake by staying as long as I did. I shouldn't have been seen by the two of them in the first place. That was another mistake.
In the distance I can hear the two bickering a little bit more. I sigh, again pathetic men. But, running into the two of them was odd. I would think Kakashi makes sure everyone is busy at all times. Clearly I am wrong about that.
I walk into the house and begin to make lunch.
May 14th:
I open my eyes and see I am on the floor of my room. It's been three days since I went to the market, I was looking at information about the group. I guess I feel asleep while I was working. I look at the clock, seeing that it is seven in the morning. I look around and see that I only have a single scroll out. The room is clean, maybe a little too clean.
The plain walls have nothing to dress them and probably never will. The bookshelf is clean and has everything that I need. The only thing missing is the scroll next to me. I sigh and get up and put away the scroll. I see that the sun is getting ready to rise, something that has lost all beauty to it since, no that information is irrelevant to what I am working on right now. The last thing I remember is the clock reading 4:36 in the morning. A few hours of sleep.
Nothing out of the ordinary for me. I always get a few hours of sleep, then it is back to work.
I go to the kitchen and see that there are dishes everywhere. I automatically, almost against my will, go and clean up the kitchen. What little of it is dirty. Tenzo is the messy one. I guess I made something last night, I must have been too focused on the group. After I finish I make breakfast.
I eat and change my cloths. I look back over the work I did last night and see that I made very little progress on the plans. I have to be ready in two weeks about so that way I can go. And having so little planned is not what the Hokage wants to see from me.
No one will mind if I just vanish. No one seemed to mind when my family was gone.
Other than the Hokage.
I push that thought out of my mind. The group is something that is important, and it is for the village.
I need to go to the market, I ran out of fruit. Something that I hate doing by myself. I put up a bubble that allows me to detect any chakra and I see that there is no one outside the house. My mind wonders to the group.
Why did they even form? I have been looking into them for about a year and a half at this point. Something that was started in secret when I stumbled upon them while I was training. I went straight to lady fifth and reported what little I could pick up from the groups conversation. Shortly after I was sent to spy on them. I gather the information and report back.
Kakashi recently took over in the past few months. Lady fifth could not wait to give up the seat of Hokage. But, Kakashi was brought up to speed and he and I have been going back and forth. Tenzo helps when he can, which is rarely. When Tenzo does join in it is not helpful.
I look up and see that the market is busy for it being ten in the morning. I sigh and pull my shoulders back and head up. I will not disgrace lord thirds wishes for me to be a strong person in crowds. I feel a similar chakra approaching though. I tilt my head to the side and see Shikamaru and Kiba walking around the market.
Shikamaru looks annoyed and bored out of his mind. Kiba is talking his ear off though. I snap my focus back to the front and refuse to let them know that I had seen them. They are a distraction that I do not need. Anything they say to me does not mean anything to me since I have bigger things to focus on. Anyone that I meet will only inhibit my ability to focus, something that I was told by lord third.
Something that I plan on keeping and making sure that I follow his wishes. Lord Third word was law, and will remain it. The other Hokage's have not changed any of his three main rules for me. Rules that I have no idea if I can even go against at this point.
Rules that I don't even think the others care about. No matter what I do, cannot find a will to go against them. I obey.
"Hey!" I hear someone yell and I know that it is Kiba.
I ignore him and go into a shop to get something for tonight at least. I don't need to talk to them. I am better on my own, and that is the way it will stay. Refusal to go against Lord Third and what he wanted for me to do.
When I walk out I see Kiba with a big stupid grin on his face. I recall Kiba being hot tempered and does not think through any plan. He attacks and tries to use counterattacks to his advantage. Though he his better then when he was much younger he still has a long way to go. And that is a reason he is of little value. I don't have the patience to wait for a boy who can't keep his mouth shut.
I turn my attention to Shikamaru, who seems surprised to see me around again. I have heard that Shikamaru is the lazy genius that knows when to attack and when not to. The only problem that I can see is his lazy nature and not wanting to do anything. Something that I envy about him. But I could see talking with him, mostly about what should be done and how to fix it. Other than that, I see no point in talking with him.
I step around them but Kiba grabs my arms, "Hey, you're the girl from a few days ago. I was wanting to ask you a few questions."
"I have work to do," I snarl.
Kiba retracts his hand and I walk away. I sigh and go home. I feel eyes on me and I turn around and see both the boys looking at me.