Chasing the big brown beast of a dog around the yard, water dripping off of me. He knew exactly what he was doing with a mischievously look in his eyes as he avoided his bath. The village was busy so I was doing this D rank on my own, washing dogs at the Inuzuka kennel.
One of the best D ranks they have. I love animals.
I missed my team, Kuro was sent on higher ranked mission and because of that Hayashi was also spread around, without a genin team to place me on I was sent here alone.
The Dogs are incredibly smart so I was happy to get to know them, they are amazing but they are still dogs.
My arms lightly wrapped around his neck when he spun and ran so fast he started to drag me making me let go so I did not hurt him. Quickly jumping back up wiping dog hair from my mouth did not work as my hands were covered. Trying to spit I chased him again in the large field a big smile on my face. I just missed grabbing him again when he made a noise I swear was laughter, this guy was the last one I needed to wash and he knew it.
I paused to breath leaning forward, the dog stopped and sat down in wait. I smiled at him. "Silly puppy." He tilted his head and charged at me, I let him run into me in a hug as I fell backwards laughing. "Are we done with this yet?" I asked him as I stood up trying to dust the now wet dirt on my ass, he slowly walked back to the kennel with a happy look in its eyes. "Finally."
I know telling the Hokage was not that important but I headed there anyway wishing for a shower as I smell like a wet dog.
The poor women has been very busy so I have not heard much about the book or scroll but I hope when there is information they will inform me. The door was slightly open as I peeked inside, the air was tense confusing me as I stood there not sure what to do. She looked up, her face filled with stress.
So, she told me many prisoners staged a jail brake, ninja prisoners.
She then asked me to go help Iruka who just left, all I heard was his name and when she stopped talking I ran towards the gate with worry. I was so determined that when I got outside the gate, I just stood there confused, how the fuck am I supposed to find him?
I gave a look around the area was I supposed to wait for someone, what do I do?
I peeked back the guard watching the gate. "Where is the prison?" He gave me a weird look, before he pointed in a direction.
I headed in a way that would circle the prison from far away for a chance to find him, I was starting to feel a little dumb when I ran across two Chunin and one prisoner in chains.
I also passed a few area that there was obviously a scuffle.
I almost tripped a paper bomb trap, unsure who made it I did not know if I should disarm it. When I watched that pig run by, I moved to chase her. "Yo pig!" She stopped and looked at me with squinted eyes. "I am looking for Iruka, have you seen him?" She nodded and stuck her small hoof in a direction. "Thanks!" I yelled as I ran that way.
Thank you universe!
I was running when I felt his chakra, it was just him and one more person, I landed behind a stump and peeked out at the old but slightly broken stone tower that was being overtaken by the earth, they were both inside. I circled it but there was only one door. Looking for a way in without being noticed, I climbed up near the mess of a destroyed roof.
Finding a small hole that lead to a ledge.
Perfect spot so I would not even cast a shadow, I slid in on my chest using chakra in my hands to pull myself in. The sound of Kunai hitting Kunai and the voice of this guy echoed.
Moving to an edge I peered over but it was so dark I could not see anything with my eye's but I watched the chakra. Iruka stood still as this man ran circles around him in the dark just whining to Iruka about a lot of crap in his life and blaming him .
I am sure you were in the jail for a reason you ass.
I shifted to hang upside down like a bat on the ledge I was on pulling water onto my hand and I waited unsure how to ambush properly as I get one shot. I had a dumb moment when he said he could see Iruka's chakra and I freaked out that he saw me before I remembered.
No one can see me.
Then he knocked Iruka to the ground pissing me off, out of time I adjusted myself before shoving chakra into my feet, calculating where he will be I pushed off and attacked him. I almost hit him when his chakra sparked and he blocked my water with a kunai but I was able to shove it away and knock it from his hand before sliding my water back and I felt that I hit something.
This was the first time I fought using just my sense but I could see inside better as he was so close there was small lines peaking out of it.
I need to see better!
There was a small change as he moved his left arm making me duck on instinct in shock so I slashed out at his leg and cut him, this time he jumped far away to the other side of the dark tower.
"Who are you, where did you come from?" I closed in and tossed four Kunai, I heard him block only three with a quiet strange sound I think the fourth hit him.
Iruka got back on his feet.
The man jumped higher but I was behind him quickly as I kicked him in the back making him fly off the edge of some broken stairwell I think but I noticed next to me was paper bombs.
Iruka!
I jumped towards him and grabbed his arm. "Run." I yelled as I saw the man was leaving the tower and I headed to the door.
"Ava?" I ignored his confusion as I kicked down the door, we got out of the tower when the whole thing blew up behind us, I dropped his arm and tried to block both of us from the flying rocks as a shockwave came from it blowing my hair and knocking me over into him.
"I feel like I am in an action movie, it is scarier then it seems." I said getting onto my feet and off him as I stared at the destroyed tower.
I spun fast shocked as I felt Naruto behind us, a small dog stood next to him. "Iruka sensei!" He yelled with joy.
I calmed down and looked towards the area that man left but he was gone, Iruka stood with a smile as his hand rubbing his head. "Glad to see you." He said to both of us.
"That tower is completely gone." The dog spoke, making me stare at him shocked. I stared so long at the crazy talking dog he glared at me asking why I smelled like a dog with a deep voice, I just looked away embarrassed.
Looking at Iruka he had only a few cuts. "How did you find me, the girl who get's lost going to the bathroom." He joked but I laughed, it was funny.
"Well, a pig told me." I smiled, I felt another pull making me get ready to fight startling the boy's but then there was a pretty girl with short black hair in a leaf ninja outfit.
People just keep popping up.
I guess Iruka knew her as he moved to talk to her, she looked frail and sad as she spotted a cut on his leg and moved to fix him up. Looking over as Naruto and the dog conversed I walked closer so curious about him. The dog said something about Iruka and the girl having chemistry making me look at them but then Naruto seemed confused not understanding so I laughed.
I squatted down in front of the dog. "What's your name?"
"Pakkun."
"Can I pet you?" He nodded and I rubbed his left ear. "How cool are you." I whispered. "I am so stunned a dog can talk and with such a deep voice." The dog beamed while he leaned into my hand, before snapping out of it, his pride taking over so I stopped.
Naruto seemed to not understand what I meant as this was normal to him. "So a ninja dog, how does one get a ninja dog?" The dog explained he was a summon of Kakashi.
Ya, that guy just gets cooler, he has a talking dog.
"So many questions I wanted to ask my dog and yet I can't think of one." I patted his head, a sadness in my eyes as I remembered my boy, the dog seemed to understand.
They walked over to us and he introduced the female, the girlfriend of the man that I just fought. The man was a previous teacher along side Iruka making me stare confused, I guess he tried to hurt Naruto and conned him into stealing something. I can see why he was ranting about his life to Iruka now.
She said she knew where he would be and talked Iruka into letting her join us, if she did not come it would be to late. He gave in and we followed her as she explained how he focuses on power and never stopped talking about it. How he talked about getting it from Orochimaru. I don't know much about him other then he killed the Hokage, people here tell me nothing, but I kind of understand why.
She does not know the power he was going after today and she turned to apologize to Naruto about all that went on in the past.
"What's done is done." He was incredibly calm, strange for the loud kid. I looked at him wondering if he was okay but his mind was elsewhere, making me feel slightly unsettled.
"You alright?" I said quietly
"I have someone to find and no one is going to stand in my way." He spoke lost in thought, made me wonder what happened.
Must be about Sasuke, he went to this Orochi guy right? why?
Thinking about it all I did not notice the two in front stopped moving, I almost ran directly into Iruka making me do a weird spin jump, giving him an apologetic look.
We all looked at the big cave opening, I could see him inside but everyone knew that already. "That guy is up to no good in there, the smell is giving me the creeps." Pakkun spoke, making me sniff the air smelling nothing.
His chakra was slowly moving toward us, I think he knows we are out here. His form slowly came out of the shadows holding a jar of red stuff. "You are persistent huh?" I was eyeballing the red stuff.
He wants power right, is that power? I looked at Iruka, someone do something.
"This is perfect, I was going to take you down anyway, now is my chance." I can't let him drink that making me eyeball everyone beside me but they just stood there. Naruto was glaring and I know they are more seasoned then me and I should follow but why the fuck are you all waiting?
I needed to get rid of the jar.
He was ranting about something when I charged in fast, I came close to smashing the jar but he spun out of the way just in time and moved to kick me, I blocked it with my water and cut into his lower leg making me see the blood on his clothes from me earlier, mostly on his chest. "Ava!" Naruto called when the man jumped backwards and started to down the red shit before I could smash it.
He then started to yell out in pain as I jumped backwards.
Iruka moved in front of me to protect me with a kunai in his hands as the man was so loud and his body started to morph startling me and we all just watched.
Iruka mumbled. "Curse mark." and Naruto had a look on his face like he saw a ghost.
I could feel it, making me nervous.
It was like chakra was rising out of him, wanting a better look I closed my eyes as he screamed, I could see layers of chakra being sent wrapping around his skin, while the main ball of chakra grew bigger every second, I could almost see smaller chakra lines in his body as it got so big I thought he was going to explode.
"Shit." I mumbled as I opened my eyes, I gave a worried look at Iruka.
I started to breath shallow as the power was starting to suffocate me in chakra, I could even see it well enough with my eyes open.
Black marks appeared on his face and arms where the chakra wrapped around him, his chest and arms got bigger.
"This chakra is unbelievable its so bad my skin is crawling." Iruka spoke with a little fear, I nodded as Pakkun said even he can smell it. The frail girl dropped to her knees and called out this guys name. "Mizuki."
He then stopped screaming and looked at us all.
"What's the matter, too chicken to attack again?" He taunted, a baited Naruto ran in.
When he smirked and hit Naruto, making fly backwards.
"Naruto are you okay?" Iruka yelled, not even a second later he was behind Iruka, Knocking him in the side making him fly away also. I watched as Iruka spun to land on his feet when he punched me in the chest with so much speed.
My wind was knocked out of me as I fell into the dirt, flipping once, amazed at the speed, landing in a crouched position as my feet and hands slid in the dirt.
The issues with breathing from the chakra started to make me angry as I got up.
His girlfriend was crying, clinging on his giant arm, trying to hit a sense he does not have. He tossed her away, as she flew into the air Iruka ran to save her, she landed in his arms just before he quickly hit them with so much speed I did not even see, they went flying into the tree line, splintering one tree into pieces.
Ouch.
Naruto yelled his name as he ran in and I looked at the other two seeing they were alive but down for a second as Naruto made a ton of clones.
"Still using the same boring attack huh, you haven't gotten any better." He vanished but thanks to Naruto saying everything out loud I understood he was just moving really fast, His clones circled him and me in a protective circle. He may have speed but there is a chance he can't fully control it.
I grabbed all of my spikes as the man ran around Naruto and threw them in a circle around us. He moved so fast I could not figure out where he was exactly. I felt him on a tree behind us making me spin around.
Naruto called out that he can see him. "I let you see me." Mizuki yelled back as he quickly took out his clones trying to get at him but the one I stood next to was a clone himself as the real Naruto came from behind him. I watched Naruto spin on a branch as he did not notice him yet so I moved to distract him.
I moved to punch him cutting into his hand making him focus on me as Naruto flew towards him, he almost dodged us both but Naruto kicked him in the face and the man started to run around so fast again but he stepped on a couple spikes making him pause for a second to remove them giving Naruto an advantage and was on him right away and Mizuki went flying in the dirt.
He was up in a split second and kicked Naruto in the face. "Useless fox."
I was angry and I opened a water scroll, the wave knocked him over for a moment and he vanished with speed again as I stood mid spikes and Naruto made a noise while trying to get up making me stand near him on alert.
He hit me and I went flying into a tree with such force a part of it splintered and some bark embedded into my arm. "Fuck me." I yelled. When the shock wore off I moaned in pain and I tried to see what was going on. He was stomping on Naruto so hard the ground was breaking bellow him in a circle, fear in my eye's for Naruto I tried to get up.
I really need to learn correct use of spikes, they are only useless because I am.
"Stop!" Iruka yelled, I watched as he tried got on his feet, making me try and even adjust my body, rolling into my hands.
Luckily the guy started monologuing, seeing a good thing about someone talking, it gives you time.
He went on about how he wanted revenge on Iruka, making me wonder what that kind man did.
Iruka got to his feet and pulled out a Kunai. "Finally." Mizuki yelled. They got into a pretty fast fight as I tried to get up, man that hurt. They paused for a second as he just talked in all the breaks, something about how Iruka was jealous, getting on my feet I saw Naruto moving, he is okay.
Iruka Hit the ground sliding on his back, I was unsure what to do when Miziuki threw a giant shuriken. I shoved Chakra into my feet to try and move faster but thankfully Naruto was there in time, It embedded in Naruo's back as Iruka looked up at him scared. "Dont you land a hand on my sensei."
Then the douche started to laugh about how nothing changes, other then this time he was stronger.
I got a feeling looking at them something significant happened, I just don't know what.
He started to scream and his body morphed more, his chakra rising more scaring the shit out of me. What now? Watching him turn into a tiger, a big buff man shaped tiger.
I ran in between them blocking the others, He laughed at me. "You don't matter." He said before he hit me in the chest with less speed but more strength making me fly near the cave entrance, making a path in the dirt. Grabbing my stomach I tried to turn over and stand up, breathing deeply I noticed they were on their feet.
I could see the area the Shuriken was on Naruto's back as it slowly healed up. Interesting.
Not being able to move I made three clones to parkour the area and toss kunai, hopping to help even a little.
I think my ribs are broken, I breathed through the pain and tried to stand, I need to help.
He was blocking and dogging my Kunai as Naruto's clones ran at him and dog piled. He easily took them all out, including mine but he did it slower then before, so now he is strong and not fast?
Holding the pain in my chest Naruto yelled out how is was now strong and not fast making me smile.
Iruka landed back on his feet and ran in again.
With short breaths not to put to much pressure on the ribs I shoved chakra into my feet and moved as fast as I could, Iruka went to punch him as I slide down slicing his ankle with water, moving to stand he kicked me in the head and my world went black.
The sound of falling stones as my eyes adjusted to the light, I heard the dog speaking as I tried to push my body off the dizzy ground, sitting up trying to look around. Iruka was in the rubble of stone next to the cave but he was getting up and got back into the fight.
How do they move so easily when they get truly hurt, making me try and move.
Looking over Naruto was being picked up by his neck as the guy yelled at him and Iruka ran away.
I am sure there is a plan, he would never leave him.
The dog was next to me as I got on my knees, everything hurt. I looked at him with a spinning smile and I tried to pat his head but I missed him. "Book guy puppy, I can't see." I laughed as I got on my feet. "The amount of pain I have been through in just a few months is more then my whole life." I think I confused the dog.
I could hear Naruto asking about finding where that Orochu guy was as the man held him by his neck, how he was not in the village of the sound making the guy yell out that Naruto was lying.
I need some information, they tell me nothing.
I tossed Kunai at the feet of this man making him drop Naruto and move. "You are still there." He yelled. He saw me barely standing and ignored me while focusing on Naruto. When I saw a strange reflection hit the back of him and move from behind him.
Something Naruto understood as he ran passed him, making the tiger follow.
I looked at the dog and moved, I can't run, can barely walk but I followed as fast as I can the dog not leaving my side but we got there in time to watch.
Iruka had trapped him in some kind of invisible box and Naruto used it to to destroy him with that spinning Jutsu again.
I smiled as I leaned on tree, watching him transformed back into a skinny human lying on the ground.
Iruka seemed surprised at Naruto about his, I guess new Jutsu, Making me wonder if it was stronger then I thought.
My head was dizzy but easily felt a familiar strong chakra coming fast.
Tsunade was suddenly there making me smile and I slowly slide down a tree while Mizuki withered in pain. She told him why it wore off and how it was not completed jutsu and his body was now disintegrating.
I sat along the base of the tree as we were waiting, the dog sitting at me feet as I petted his head slightly, glad he let me. Not to long a few White clad Ninjas came to check out the cave, I guess her lady partner Shizune was also hurt but fine.
For the first time I got some real information and why Naruto was looking for Orochi. How Mizuki was once in ties with him but not anymore, even if he thought he was. How the potion he drank was a random come across science from Orochimaru and it was made with animal DNA and combines it with humans for a short burst of power.
I got up and walked closer to hear better.
"Muzuki will be alive but broken and will never be a ninja again."
Leaning on a tree not far from Iruka. "Your world is very weird."
He smiled at me. "Really?"
"Sometimes it is very creepy." He just gave me a interested look.
Ino and her team were here for some reason and they hung around, I shared a small smile with her but I needed to the tree and I just wanted to go home and curl up in bed.
I quietly followed the horde back to the village, Iruka slowed down and walked next to me. "You're getting better."
I hmmed, feeling tired. "You like my sweater?" I pulled on my shirt and looked down. "Its more of a shirt but thank you." I gave him a small smile.
He just looked at me with a blank face.
We started to walk down a path and we came to a very beautiful spot where I could see massive rolling hills. "It's so pretty." The wind hit my face and the smell of flowers, Iruka now looked at me confused. "What?"
His face contorted even more confused. "She took a bad hit to the head." The dog spoke up making Tsunade walk over and do some basic healing.
It felt so good I shut my eyes and enjoyed it. "Your head has been taking a beating lately huh?"
"Ya." I smiled. "Thanks."
Once my mind cleared I noticed I had said 'its so pretty' and 'what' in English, feeling embarrassed. "You guys need to go to the hospital when we get back." Naruto was about to say something when Sakura came running at us screaming about doing something.
She was so excited, took a minute but I found out Sakura brought a fish back to life and she is training to be a medic ninja, making me feel proud of her.
I felt so much better I enjoyed the walk back surrounded by all these friendly ninjas, not one seemed to hate me or gave me any weird looks.
I kind of felt at home.
Looking at Iruka, I am glad he is okay. I started to wonder again why I know the language, I kind of forgot about English, looking down at my tattoo unsure why and how some knowledge was taken and some was given.
"What did you try and say?" I looked over at him.
"I just said it was pretty in my language." Making Tsuande look at me quickly and Iruka was shocked, she had a look in her eyes and I was unsure what it meant but I thought about it and I guess it had never come up before.
Understanding and knowing to tell everything to this lady. "Ya I don't know how I know it but when I woke up here I knew your language but it is not the one from home." They were both in thought, I looked around and no one else was actually listening to this quiet conversation.
"Sorry, I thought about it a lot when I was first in the hospital but I had no one to talk to and I just, forgot." I looked at her. "It was one of the questions that would just eat me up if I dwelled, so I didn't."
I was slightly afraid I said something wrong when she looked at me, curious but not dangerously. "We need a real conversation one of these days."
I nodded with small smile. "Anytime."
Hope it wont be a scary conversation.
I was free to go home after a short hospital visit. I am so tired of it and I swear I just got better. I had two broken ribs and many smaller issues but my head took a beating again. Tsunade is a miracle worker.
Knowing I will be down for days I went to the grocery store and just stalked up on unhealthy food. Grabbing some tortilla chips and stuff to make a kind of layered dip so I can be depressed in front of my t.v.
I even grabbed a large case of some kind of alcohol.
I put my stuff away and made a large bowl of it, grabbed a bottle and curled up on my couch finding something to watch, I found some cheesy and bad comedy and started to drink.
I felt the pull making me look to my window as Kuro landed in it.
I was so happy to see him as he looked me over. "Your hurt again?"
I nodded. "It is so annoying." I said as I moved down my couch to make room. "When I can fight, you need to go tougher on me." He nodded as he walked over. "This show sucks but." I handed him a drink. "This helps." He flopped down next to me ungracefully.
"Where you been?" I asked shoving a chip in my mouth.
"Most boring mission." He grabbed a chip and dipped it, he paused and glanced at me before getting another, I leaned over and pulled out a second bottle as my first was empty.
I scanned his face curious. "What is your most embarrassing moment?" He just looked at me blankly, sighing I let it go, he wont tell me. "I have so many." I spoke softly before taking a sip. We just sat quietly when I felt Iruka walking up the stairs, I stood up and walked over to my door waiting for him to knock as Kuro watched me confused.
He did not knock and turned away making me swing the door open. "Iruka." I smiled. "Where you going?" I was a little tipsy so I grabbed his vest and pulled him in. "Come drink with us."
He looked startled but followed as they two of them shared a hello nod.
"We are not watching anything good but join us." I handed him a bottle.
He sat down next to Kuro looking a little awkward so I just smiled at him. "You okay?" I asked about the fight.
He nodded. "Actually I wanted to thank you." I just sat on the corner of the couch. "I might have been worse if you did not show up."
"You would have been fine." I grabbed my chips and made him try it.
He looked at the mixed dip, it was not the most appealing to look at but he tried one anyway. He loved it as he smiled and grabbed another.
"You should try her pizza." Kuro said as he grabbed more chips, making my smile grow big as they liked my food.
Iruka looked at the show. "Oh I know this." He sounded like he liked the show, not be rude I just smirked and took a sip at the dumb show.
"Ava was about to tell an embarrassing moment." Kuro spoke as he just stared at the t.v, seemingly like he did not care making me give a silly smirk.
"Okay, let me think." I sighed but did not care. "Well this one time I was sitting on the edge of the road at home with my best friend, we were next to the river when I really needed to pee." My face wistful in nostalgia. "Some stupid funny shit came out of our mouths that I just can't remember now, making me laugh so hard I peed myself." A stupid smile on my face.
"It was so embarrassing and she just laughed at me, Because both of our homes were about an hour walk away I jumped into the river and got soaked and had to walk home like that." Kuro had a weirded out look in his eyes, While Iruka seemed to enjoy the story, with a small smile.
"She still brought it up so often and eventually everyone knew." I laughed. "Man I miss her."
"What happened to her?" Iruka asked.
"Well we were best friends for years and still are in my mind. About a year before I landed here she went on the road with her boyfriend, got a job that made them go all over, so we did not see each other for a while, we still talked but." My face dropped. "Now I never can." Blankly staring at the wall in thought When Iruka stepped up.
"I got one." He took a drink. "We were doing a physical test when I was in the academy, We had to jump from log to log over a pile of mud, I slipped and fell off but my pants got caught on a small piece of wood, I got stuck hanging there with my ass hanging out." I smiled. "Everyone laughed at me, no one helped me down so I had to slide out of my pants and dropped into the mud in my boxers." I started to laugh as I pictured it, holding my ribs as the laughter slightly hurt.
"Don't pee yourself." Kuro spoke making me give a friendly glare but it made me laugh harder.
"I acted like I meant to do it and laughed with them but I still cringe when I think about it." I patted his shoulder, I looked at Kuro, he seemed to not want to share.
"I got another." I downed the rest of my bottle and opened a new one. "I once went on a date with this guy, who I previously got drunk with and had a blast during a drunken scavenger hunt party." I took a sip. "So he took me to a bar, it was empty minus the hot bartender, he got us drinks but did not say a word to me as he chatted up the bartender, I just went home after waiting embarrassingly too long for him to come back."
Kuro started to smirk with a small head shake. Smiling at them I went and filled up the chip bowl.
"So your language, how do you say sad?" Iruka asked curious, I told him and he repeated it.
Kuro actually looked at me startled for once.
I gave him an apologetic look forgetting I never told anyone before today and explained. His face went back blank obvious thinking about it, he took a sip and asked for a rude sentence and finished his bottle.
"There is so many, what do you wanna say?" I tossed him a new drink.
"How about...go fuck yourself?" I smiled, so I told him to go fuck himself, He repeated it a couple times and I fixed his words as he strangely smiled.
"Wow so weird to hear that kind of accent again." Making me smile in nostalgia but he seemed confused at that word.
"What about run?" Iruka looked at me with an idea in his eyes and I told him. Kuro looked at him and they seemed to understand each other.
They started to ask me for some simple words, attack, hide, and a shortened I see them and just took see, making me start to understand, a different language mid fight would be massively useful.
We drank some more and learned some more words and 'You're so dumb, please don't breed" for Kuro.
They slid over and I sat on the couch as we watched the credits from the bad movie, when a very dramatic drama show came on. "The intro is a little crazy." I mumbled as I took a long sip.
Once the show started none of us knew what was going on, we started to make fun of the overacting that was going on, 15 minutes in my ribs started to hurt at all the jokes they made, It was nice to see Iruka a little tipsy as he was kind of a serious guy.
Hayashi was suddenly in my home from the window, I had not seen him in ages making me call out his name in a drunk manor with a big smile. I was feeling like he was leaving me behind as I have barely talked to him. He looked us over, saw the almost empty box of alcohol held up one finger and disappeared.
We all looked at each other confused and turned back to the tv.
"A spider once jumped on me in the hot springs shower room making me run, I thought I was running to the spring but I ended up running into the lobby and everyone saw me naked." Kuro spoke as he stared blankly at the t.v. "Everyone." He said quieter.
I was so startled, it was silent for a second before I burst out laughing, Iruka laughed lightly. "Awesome." starting to get drunk I spoke a little loudly. "Well I guess all of us has had our ass's hanging out at the worst time!"
Kuro smirked at me understanding, I landed here with no pants.
Hayashi was suddenly back into room, with more alcohol and a box of pastries.
I cheered at him as he offered one to all of us. "Thanks, it been to long since I have seen you." I mumbled as I asked if we were okay with my eye's he nodded back and I tossed the last bottle to him, he cracked it open and chugged it to catch up with us.
"Hey Hayashi hows your girlfriend?" He looked startled at drunk Kuro who was strangely smiling at him, he slightly blushed and mumbled great. I smiled so big and pulled a kitchen chair over for me as he sat next to Kuro as they slid down the couch making room.
He looked at me and asked if I knew any other drinking games like last time.
Looking between all of them I could only think of one. "Never have I." I gave a sly small smile, none of them understood making it grow. "You say something you have never done and if someone else has done it they drink." The all seemed to understand but just looked at me to start.
"Umm like.. let me think." Kicking my feet on my coffee table, I looked a Kuro with an idea. "I have never broken into a friends house without them knowing, now you drink if you have." Kuro stared at me and took a big drink, Hayashi also drank, Me and Iruka did not. "Mine?" Kuro nodded and Hayashi shook no making me smile.
I pointed to Hayashi as he was technically next to me in the circle. "You go."
He was in thought. "Never have I ever.. stolen something." Me and Kuro drank. "What?" He looked at us curious.
"I used to steal all my makeup when I was a teen, never got caught." I said.
"Food." Kuro slightly slurred.
I pointed at Kuro as next one in the circle. "umm..Never have I ever said I am never drinking again." He looked a little unsure that was what he wanted to ask. Hayashi and Iruka both drank, I just smiled.
Looking at Iruka. "Never have I ever played drinking games like this." A smile on his face, I drank and so did Hayashi.
My turn again. "umm... never have I ever slept naked in this world." Kuro smirked and drank, Hayashi blushed but did not drink. Iruka looked embarrassed and tried to drink secretly, making me laugh lightly.
"In this world?" Kuro asked.
"Ya I used to all the time but being here I was being watched and well."
I looked at Hayashi who was next he gave a small weird look to Kuro. "Never have I ever, flirted with an older lady." I giggled when he drank.
"How old?" I asked
"40." He said quietly but to distract us asked his right away, he gave me a look. "Never have I ever kissed someone of the same sex." He stared at me, reminding me he thought I was gay.
I took a drink. "But I'm not gay." I stared back, he smirked as they all looked at me. "She was hot." I mumbled awkwardly.
We all looked at Iruka, He looked stumped. "Never have I ever laughed so hard I peed myself." I drank and none of them did.
"What, come on." I yelled but now I was even more embarrassed as they laughed at me. "Umm never have I ever eaten food from the garbage." I couldn't think of anything.
Kuro looked away and took a sip and something clicked in me, hmm.
Hayashi blurted out. "Never have I ever seen snow." I was the only one to drink.
"Really?" I asked them all. "You need too, snow can be great."
"Kuros turn." I yelled.
"Never have I ever gone skinny dipping." He looked at us all, I drank and so did Hayashi as we gave a good look at each other.
"Never have I ever danced on a bar." We all looked around and no one drank.
"My turn." I slurred. "Never have I ever hurt myself trying to impress someone." Both Iruka and Kuro drank as they both looked at each other in understanding.
"Never have I ever not remembered I made out with someone." Me and Kuro drank, we shared a smirk.
Kuro looked around as he tried to think of something, I took a sip anyway as I waited. "Never have I ever.. Cheated?" I looked around and none of us drank anything, that made me smile.
With a need to toast. "Ya no one has cheated, cheers." we all drank.
We played this for a while and got pretty drunk. I learned a lot about them but a big question started on my mind about Kuro.
All my snacks were gone as I watched Kuro raid my kitchen, finding some chips and uncooked garlic bread I made. I wished for a pizza delivery but I put the garlic bread in the oven for him. He dipped these chips in my dip but then made a face like it was gross but he continued to eat it.
"I can do a food run." Hayashi spoke up. "I am the least drunk." We all were happy about that, I handed him some money to pay and we made a list.
Iruka wanted some kind of snack and Kuro wanted more of my chips and dip so I wrote down what was needed. I drunkenly leaned on my oven as I waited for the bread and Hayashi jumped out my window.
"That fight in tower." Iruka walked over as he put an empty bottle in the sink. "I take it your sense is way better." I nodded.
"I saw a small line of chakra toward his right arm move and I was able to block, it was so cool."
Kuro stuffed his face at the table and said nothing. "You should work more on that and get some smoke bombs or something and fight in darkness."
"Smoke bombs?" I ran over my tongue. "Hmm." is it what it sounds like?
I watched as Kuro walked into my bedroom, I was confused but turned back to Iruka. "Glad your okay." I grabbed him another bottle for him that Hayashi brought.
"Last one." He shook at me. "Gotta teach tomorrow." I gave him a small smile and turned to take the bread out of the oven.
I cut it into four pieces for each of us as Kuro came out of my room holding one of my shirts, I was confused as he sat down and ate his part but I was distracted by my own, I love garlic bread and these two did as well.
Once he was done he grabbed it and wrapped it around my head making me stumble back a little. I noticed he was walking around me in a circle slowly "What do you want me to do?" I was drunk so I was swaying a little but I watched the chakras the best I could.
When Kuro gave me a small weak punch to the head. "Ow." I said even if it did not hurt.
Looking as deep as I could at the chakra lines attached to there orb, when the line heading up towards his right arm flickered making me duck.
"Nice." Iruka said as he walked around opposite to him, trying to look deeply at both was a little awkward when I saw Kuros chakra and I ducked again but he hit me lightly in my side making me stumble a bit into Iruka, he held me up as he was laughing.
I could tell when just not where but he mostly just went with my head. He also swung out at my feet and I understood that one and jumped.
I could see tons of other chakras around but I can easily just focus on just them now, when I saw Hayashi coming. Whipping off my shirt. "He is back." Making me step back and almost fall over at the prospect of food.
He brought what we wanted and some meat on sticks. Everyone was excited as we sat around the t.v and pigged out watching some late night crap show I never have seen before, we just joked around and drank.
I woke up on my bedroom floor using my blanket as a pillow, rolling onto my back with a small headache and a pulsing pain from my ribs I saw a guy's hand hanging over my bed unsure who's it was.
I slowly stood up with a strong need to pee, grabbing my ribs.
It was Kuro, passed out on his chest not using any pillow as they sat around his head and not under. Silently making my way to my bathroom as the small sun was in early morning light.
Hayashi was spread out on my couch and Iruka was not here, he left after that last drink.
Feeling sluggish I sat on my toilet to long not wanting to move feeling bad that Iruka needs to teach. "Poor guy." I took my pot into the bathroom to fill it with water as quiet as I could to not wake Hayashi and poured it into my coffee maker and sat in my window like always.
Kuro started to move around in the room as I could see him from here with the door open, He slowly shuffled to the bathroom while grabbing his head.
Looking over I got up and made us both a coffee as he sat at my table, I took the seat next to him. "I have a mission later today." He spoke looking for a clock, I gave him a sad look as I took a sip.
"That sucks, I miss being your teammate."
"Stop getting hurt." He joked before he stared at the table.
"I take it a high level mission?" He nodded.
"The hokage is overwhelmed, not enough ninjas, too many missions."
We sat in silence.
He laid his head down on the cold table and yawned. I started to wonder what happened to him, by the sounds of things he was once was extremely broke and hungry, I want to know more but not sure how to ask him something so personal even if he is my best friend.
Hmm he is my best friend.
I leaned my hand over and ran my hands through his hair softly, my heart sad for him, he did not seem to mind.
"Your hair is softer then it looks"
"That's rude." He spoke into the table but let me continue.
"Go fuck yourself." I spoke in English making him make a small noise.
"You're so dumb, please don't breed." He spoke back in English, muffled in the table, making me smile as I enjoyed his hair.
"What did you just say?" Hayashi sat up, I was confused at what to tell him, don't want him running away again so I just stood up and made him a coffee.
"Nothing special." As Kuro sat up straight and took a drink of coffee.
"I had fun last night." I mumbled as I handed him a cup, Hayashi seemed like he always does morning after, not hungover.
"Ya that was eye opening game, I liked it, I will be playing that again." He smiled at us, Kuro closed his eyes and slid down the chair a little as he sipped some more. "I did not know you were straight." He spoke to me.
"How did that come up, why did you both think that?"
Hayashi pointed to Kuro. "He came up with it."
Kuro moaned. "A few reasons made me think that." He made no reaction. I just smiled and curious what I did to make them think that.
"So what is that girls name?" I looked at Hayashi.
"Akane." He gave a happy smile.
"Ya, you like her a lot don't you." I quietly spoke, He blushed and nodded. "She is cute."
I mumbled, and he looked at me confused. "You have seen her?"
"Ya she really liked you when I met her." I spoke in a half asleep way, "I told her to make it more obvious." Not realizing I almost said how I met her, shutting up I don't wanna call her out.
"You were the one who told her that?" He looked surprised.
"She told you about me." Now I was confused, did he know she tried to kill me?
"Not much just that someone said that to her, making her come up to tell me bluntly she likes me." I nodded and yawned.
I looked at Kuro who seemed to be sleeping with his head back on the table. Hayashi finished his coffee and stood up the leave, he looked like he did not even drink a little and his perfect hair. "I have something I need to do this morning." He stood above me and patted my head. "Thank you." Gave me a nice smile and he left.
I went and flopped on my couch, Sitting in silence for a few minutes. "You met her?" He startled me as I thought he fell asleep.
"Ya she and two other cornered me and tried to kill me." That made him lean his head up and looked at me blankly. "She seemed to only hate me because she thought I stole him." I yawned. "The other two were worse." I closed my eyes half asleep as Kuro came over and lied on the other side feet on the coffee table. "I stalked them one day and she seemed okay with him, so I mostly forgave her."
"I wouldn't." He spoke after more silence.
"Forgive someone?" He made a noise that seemed like an agreement, hmm I moaned as I was half asleep.