Saturday, February 11, 2006

   Bizarre Love Triangle, Chapter 6!!!!
A little action! HORRAY!! Sorry if the action isn't descriptive enough, but I hope you'll like it! And Hihana is like a younger, female Naruto. And yes, Moroi is Rei's trusty steed. ;) lol, jk.

Chapter 6

“You can go first, Hihana!” Naruto shouted, almost instantly regretting his decision right away. He’d forgotten about her long range skills; her specialty was ninjutsu. She made several hand seals, then held up her forefinger and thumb in a circle shape. Then, she blew a hot blast of fire through the hole. It was the Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu; otherwise known as the “Grand Fireball Technique”. Naruto easily dodged this, but she was already on her second set of hand seals; she was quicker at doing them than he was.

“Dokugiri! Poison Mist!” Hihana shouted, opening her mouth wide and spewing out the purple cloud of toxic gas. It soon began to envelope the area, but Naruto was already wearing a special gas mask; it was more of a medical mask, but it worked. She was wide open to attack now, so Naruto did just that. Throwing two kunai at her torso, he’d assumed he’d got her. But, she just grinned and closed her mouth, leaping out of the way.

“Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu! Grand Fireball Technique!” Hihana shouted again, blowing out another fireball. Naruto had fallen for it again! She’d make the poison cloud, then set it aflame while he was inside. It usually exploded after anyway, so even if he got out, it still managed to hurt him. Which it did at that moment. It had blown him right into the forest, and he’d bowled over some innocent citizen. She had been gathering herbs, unaware of the fighting that was going on behind her.

“Oh man! I’m so sorry miss!” Naruto told the girl, putting the fallen herbs back into her basket, “didn’t mean to knock you over!” She just giggled and picked up the herbs herself, standing up just in time to be knocked over by Hihana, who’d tripped over a still stooping Naruto. It was like a three car pile up… but with people and very, very minor injuries. The girl pulled a twig from her long, purple hair, and smiled at them, gathering her herbs yet again.

“I’m sorry, little lady!” Hihana shouted, correcting herself when she realized that this girl was a few inches taller than her, “erm… want some help?” The girl nodded, and soon they were all re-gathering the herbs. The girl’s kimono, which had been pink at one point, was now covered in dirt. The others were equally as dirty, but for some reason, she just seemed dirtier. However, everything had been recognized; she was picking herbs for her sick father, it seemed.

The two shinobi had felt bad for knocking the citizen over, so they decided to treat her to lunch. And, well… you can guess where they took her. The Ichiraku ramen shop wasn’t very filled at lunch; most people missed lunch or brought their own to eat while they trained. It was easy to see why they were the shop’s best customers. The girl ordered a chicken ramen, with some wasabi in it for kicks. The others were alarmed by how fast she ate; it seemed like she hadn’t had anything in her stomach for days.

“So… are you from Konoha or did you come from a neighboring village?” Hihana asked. The girl said that she was apart of a troop of performers, led by her father. He’d recently gotten sick, so she was going to collect herbs. Naruto grinned when she said she was a performer. After a little bribery, he got her to do her act. She smiled at him, and strung up some wire between the Ichiraku ramen shop and a shop across the street. Then, she climbed up to the roof of the ramen shop, and began to walk across the wire.

“She isn’t even using her arms for balance!” Hihana pointed out, and she cried out when the girl fell off. But, she landed right on her feet, and looked over her shoulder at the two ninja. The bell on her collar jingled as she approached them again, giggling at their stunned expressions. She acted as if she did that all the time, as though it weren’t a huge feat.

“I hope you liked my act!” The girl smiled, “maybe you guys could watch my troop perform for the Hokage?” When they nodded with their mouths agape, she giggled and ran off again, completely forgetting the herbs. The others were too stunned to really do anything. After all, it wasn’t everyday someone did a tightrope trick and fell off, only to land on their feet. Landing unharmed was unmentioned as well.

***

“So, you found two strong shinobi, eh Moroi?” Reikoku said, looking at his filthy protégée. She nodded and brushed some of the dirt off her pink kimono, her eyes flashing in the darkness; they took in a lot of the surrounding light. She could see the smiled on her sensei’s face; nothing pleased her more than satisfying her favorite person.

“Good job, Moroi.” Reikoku smiled, “for that, I’ll allow you to have a training session with me tomorrow. We’ll see how good your fighting skills are compared to your reconnaissance skills.” She smiled this time and left the room, glad she’d pleased him enough to train with him. Most of the time, they had to train against Yuki, and now against Guujin and Haruka as well. Their sensei must’ve been pleased with her.

Hope it was good! Was it too obvious that the little knocked over girl was Moroi? Anyways, read and review, please!
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