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On the Same Page-Chapter 6- II: Strange Connections
The flourishing sun pours down upon the earth with its rays, and the birds flew and sung through the sky without a care in the world. Although it was dark and gloomy as the blue eyes tried to take even a glimpse at the sun’s rays. A body sore from the back and arm stiffened with wrapping wouldn’t feel a bit better when his attacker came inside. She had black hair parting from his right side of his sight; her hair went down longer as it came toward left. Her hairstyle was cut short with brown eyes, and a fair skin contrasting with the outfit she wore. Similar to the ANBU Black ops uniform along with a kantana sword on her waist, she was standing with guilt at what happened.
“Arashi-san, I’m so sorry at what happened earlier,” Yutada apologized with a bow. “It’s just that I was so startled at your action and that… well, I just have zero tolerance for that kind of thing.”
“It’s okay now, I accept your apology,” Arashi said, struggling to sit up. “Let’s start over, I’m Arashi and you can just call me by my first name. What’s yours?”
“My name’s Yutada Shikamura, Arashi. You can call me Yutada too,” Yutada said, with slight embarrassment.
“I’m Kanashima Kuraki, nice to meet you,” the purple-haired woman said,” With that aside, we came to look for you and Jiraiya so we can train to, well… for the upcoming mission for the ANBU black ops. She’s very skillful but she needs to further it if she’s going to fight in the frontlines. I’m sorry if we’re asking too much from you and Jiraiya.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll personally train Yutada when I have free time,” Arashi said, smiling tenderly.
Yutada’s body sort of twitched when she saw his smile and thought,’ Maybe this is going to be a bad idea…’ A glowing red color formed on her cheeks and across her nose, so Yutada looked towards the window.
The next day, Yutada woke up and grumbled with frustration as the morning shine reflected on her face. ‘What day is it? Oh yeah, it’s Arashi’s day-off somehow… and he’s going to show me his students.’ Yutada thought as she brushed her teeth groggily, half-asleep and all. She got ready, armed with her kantana, and went out to wait for Kanashima. ‘What’s taking her so long?’ At the horizon point on the road walked up Kanashima with a bag of groceries in her left arm. The student and teacher rented out a small house in the Konoha village for a good price, and a price on a well-maintained single-story building. “Sorry for taking so long… I just had to stock up for the next couple of weeks,” Kanashima said weakly in excuse. “So let’s go!” Konoha was a bit different in some ways in which the buildings were built. The shops and restaurants that Yutada was familiar with were still in the same location. The only difference was that the village had a little more greenery to it than back in the present.
The two arrived at Arashi’s apartment, it was huge in a way and his room was at the top of the floors. It was painstaking for Yutada, since she didn’t expect so many staircases to walk on. They finally reached his room only to notice that there were no other doors around the staircase. A knock was placed upon the door and silence was the only thing heard at the doorstep. ‘Somehow, it’s creepy at the top floor. Nothing but grayscale walls here…’ thought Yutada. She decided to take a turn on the knob for no reason and it happened to be unlocked. She called out if she and her teacher can come in, and only a faded voice can respond an answer. So Yutada and Kanashima walked in amazed how big his room is. It consisted of everything anyone would need to live, and most of all, the design of his room is simple but functional. Nothing excessive in luxury except a television box and a radio for communication, everything else was for practical use. Going through the kitchen and the living room, the visitors finally walked upon into the residence’s bedroom by accident. Making sure to knock first—nothing came up—so the visitors opened the door slowly only to stumble mentally upon something they shouldn’t see. It was Arashi in a poor sleeping posture, his body spread over his bed in his boxers. The blanket covers half of his body but it wasn’t enough to cover his half-naked body. Yutada and Kanashima covered their mouths, flustered and blushing hard when they had to see a figure at the wrong time.
“What are we going to do? Wasn’t he the one who responded earlier?” Kanashima asked in a whispering tone.
“I got an idea… heh, heh…” Yutada whispered out a response, smiling menacingly.
Taking up a miniature beanie sack, Yutada tossed it up a few times with an evil look. With a graceful form with a careful arm pulling back, the arm released the sack towards the sleeping figure. With a stinging impact, Arashi woke up in a startled response while Yutada and Kanashima retreated to the living room. Acting as if nothing ever happened, Yutada casually whistled as she sat on the couch. Kanashima could only sit on the couch facing away from the opened bedroom door, with a panicking look on her face. Footsteps passed the bedroom door and towards the living room, holding the beanie sack in his hand.
“Hey… did you threw this at me?” an irritated voice asked.
“First of all, how can it be me? Second, Put on some clothes… you’ve got your window blinds up.”
“Jeez…”
The morning conflict was resolved over a morning meal of rice and noodles. Later on before noon, Arashi asked Yutada to come over to where he is after their practice. With a patterned whistle, three rushing figures came out from the bushes and halted where the two ninjas were. There was a little boy with goggles on his head, a girl with a white bandage on her right cheek, and a white, spiky-haired boy with a mask covering his nose and mouth. Her first impression… the three elementary kids were so cute.
“Yutada, I’d like you to meet Obito, Rin, and Kakashi,” Arashi said proudly,” These are my chunin students.”
“Hello guys, how are you doing?” Yutada said with a smile.
“Great!” Obito and Rin said cheerfully.
“Great…” Kakashi said dully. A sound of grumbling can be heard within the pack of ninjas.
“You guys didn’t eat breakfast huh?” Arashi asked with slight disappointment.
“It’s not our fault our sensei here made us wait after his practice,” The three chunins said in chorus with complaint.
“Okay, okay. How about I treat you guys to some ramen and soup?” the jonin said.
“All right!!!” the little ninjas said.
They went to Ichiraku’s and had some of their teacher’s treat, with Yutada’s slight complaint since she already had breakfast recently. The only thing she ate was a sweet rice cake she bought from a vendor along the way.
“Excuse me! I’d like a bowl of miso soup with eggplant in it!” little Kakashi said happily.
“Okay, one order of it coming right up!” said the waiter.
“You sure love that kind of soup do you?” Yutada said, while Kakashi was happily having his soup.
“Oh yeah! I like it a lot!” he said.
“And so that’s how I knew…” Yutada said, finishing her story by 1: 00 pm.
“Jeez… you went back in time for preparation for the exit exams, and you’ve even met my teacher,” Kakashi said with exasperation and with surprise.
“So, you’re gonna have to keep your promise Kakashi-sensei,” Yutada said sternly, with her finger pointing at him for reassurance.
“Don’t worry, I will,” Kakashi said, with a chuckle,” Well, I’d better be off. You should get to your group for the next class.”
“Oh! You’re right! God…” Yutada said with amazement.
Yutada ran back to the resort, hoping the group didn’t left before she came back. But along the way she thought,’ Even though I’ve told you this part of the story, there’s more to it than where I’ve stopped. It would be too much for Kakashi if I told him I also had a relationship with Arashi…’ At that last thought, Yutada sweat-dropped about how Kakashi will give as a reaction to the later story.
“Where were you Yutada?” Kiba asked,” You’ve barely made it back before we left to the innards of the hot springs.”
“Sorry, I just had a talk with Kakashi about dogs,” Yutada said,
“Why?”
“Is it really you’re business?”
On the Same Page-Chapter 6- II: Strange Connections
The flourishing sun pours down upon the earth with its rays, and the birds flew and sung through the sky without a care in the world. Although it was dark and gloomy as the blue eyes tried to take even a glimpse at the sun’s rays. A body sore from the back and arm stiffened with wrapping wouldn’t feel a bit better when his attacker came inside. She had black hair parting from his right side of his sight; her hair went down longer as it came toward left. Her hairstyle was cut short with brown eyes, and a fair skin contrasting with the outfit she wore. Similar to the ANBU Black ops uniform along with a kantana sword on her waist, she was standing with guilt at what happened.
“Arashi-san, I’m so sorry at what happened earlier,” Yutada apologized with a bow. “It’s just that I was so startled at your action and that… well, I just have zero tolerance for that kind of thing.”
“It’s okay now, I accept your apology,” Arashi said, struggling to sit up. “Let’s start over, I’m Arashi and you can just call me by my first name. What’s yours?”
“My name’s Yutada Shikamura, Arashi. You can call me Yutada too,” Yutada said, with slight embarrassment.
“I’m Kanashima Kuraki, nice to meet you,” the purple-haired woman said,” With that aside, we came to look for you and Jiraiya so we can train to, well… for the upcoming mission for the ANBU black ops. She’s very skillful but she needs to further it if she’s going to fight in the frontlines. I’m sorry if we’re asking too much from you and Jiraiya.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll personally train Yutada when I have free time,” Arashi said, smiling tenderly.
Yutada’s body sort of twitched when she saw his smile and thought,’ Maybe this is going to be a bad idea…’ A glowing red color formed on her cheeks and across her nose, so Yutada looked towards the window.
The next day, Yutada woke up and grumbled with frustration as the morning shine reflected on her face. ‘What day is it? Oh yeah, it’s Arashi’s day-off somehow… and he’s going to show me his students.’ Yutada thought as she brushed her teeth groggily, half-asleep and all. She got ready, armed with her kantana, and went out to wait for Kanashima. ‘What’s taking her so long?’ At the horizon point on the road walked up Kanashima with a bag of groceries in her left arm. The student and teacher rented out a small house in the Konoha village for a good price, and a price on a well-maintained single-story building. “Sorry for taking so long… I just had to stock up for the next couple of weeks,” Kanashima said weakly in excuse. “So let’s go!” Konoha was a bit different in some ways in which the buildings were built. The shops and restaurants that Yutada was familiar with were still in the same location. The only difference was that the village had a little more greenery to it than back in the present.
The two arrived at Arashi’s apartment, it was huge in a way and his room was at the top of the floors. It was painstaking for Yutada, since she didn’t expect so many staircases to walk on. They finally reached his room only to notice that there were no other doors around the staircase. A knock was placed upon the door and silence was the only thing heard at the doorstep. ‘Somehow, it’s creepy at the top floor. Nothing but grayscale walls here…’ thought Yutada. She decided to take a turn on the knob for no reason and it happened to be unlocked. She called out if she and her teacher can come in, and only a faded voice can respond an answer. So Yutada and Kanashima walked in amazed how big his room is. It consisted of everything anyone would need to live, and most of all, the design of his room is simple but functional. Nothing excessive in luxury except a television box and a radio for communication, everything else was for practical use. Going through the kitchen and the living room, the visitors finally walked upon into the residence’s bedroom by accident. Making sure to knock first—nothing came up—so the visitors opened the door slowly only to stumble mentally upon something they shouldn’t see. It was Arashi in a poor sleeping posture, his body spread over his bed in his boxers. The blanket covers half of his body but it wasn’t enough to cover his half-naked body. Yutada and Kanashima covered their mouths, flustered and blushing hard when they had to see a figure at the wrong time.
“What are we going to do? Wasn’t he the one who responded earlier?” Kanashima asked in a whispering tone.
“I got an idea… heh, heh…” Yutada whispered out a response, smiling menacingly.
Taking up a miniature beanie sack, Yutada tossed it up a few times with an evil look. With a graceful form with a careful arm pulling back, the arm released the sack towards the sleeping figure. With a stinging impact, Arashi woke up in a startled response while Yutada and Kanashima retreated to the living room. Acting as if nothing ever happened, Yutada casually whistled as she sat on the couch. Kanashima could only sit on the couch facing away from the opened bedroom door, with a panicking look on her face. Footsteps passed the bedroom door and towards the living room, holding the beanie sack in his hand.
“Hey… did you threw this at me?” an irritated voice asked.
“First of all, how can it be me? Second, Put on some clothes… you’ve got your window blinds up.”
“Jeez…”
The morning conflict was resolved over a morning meal of rice and noodles. Later on before noon, Arashi asked Yutada to come over to where he is after their practice. With a patterned whistle, three rushing figures came out from the bushes and halted where the two ninjas were. There was a little boy with goggles on his head, a girl with a white bandage on her right cheek, and a white, spiky-haired boy with a mask covering his nose and mouth. Her first impression… the three elementary kids were so cute.
“Yutada, I’d like you to meet Obito, Rin, and Kakashi,” Arashi said proudly,” These are my chunin students.”
“Hello guys, how are you doing?” Yutada said with a smile.
“Great!” Obito and Rin said cheerfully.
“Great…” Kakashi said dully. A sound of grumbling can be heard within the pack of ninjas.
“You guys didn’t eat breakfast huh?” Arashi asked with slight disappointment.
“It’s not our fault our sensei here made us wait after his practice,” The three chunins said in chorus with complaint.
“Okay, okay. How about I treat you guys to some ramen and soup?” the jonin said.
“All right!!!” the little ninjas said.
They went to Ichiraku’s and had some of their teacher’s treat, with Yutada’s slight complaint since she already had breakfast recently. The only thing she ate was a sweet rice cake she bought from a vendor along the way.
“Excuse me! I’d like a bowl of miso soup with eggplant in it!” little Kakashi said happily.
“Okay, one order of it coming right up!” said the waiter.
“You sure love that kind of soup do you?” Yutada said, while Kakashi was happily having his soup.
“Oh yeah! I like it a lot!” he said.
“And so that’s how I knew…” Yutada said, finishing her story by 1: 00 pm.
“Jeez… you went back in time for preparation for the exit exams, and you’ve even met my teacher,” Kakashi said with exasperation and with surprise.
“So, you’re gonna have to keep your promise Kakashi-sensei,” Yutada said sternly, with her finger pointing at him for reassurance.
“Don’t worry, I will,” Kakashi said, with a chuckle,” Well, I’d better be off. You should get to your group for the next class.”
“Oh! You’re right! God…” Yutada said with amazement.
Yutada ran back to the resort, hoping the group didn’t left before she came back. But along the way she thought,’ Even though I’ve told you this part of the story, there’s more to it than where I’ve stopped. It would be too much for Kakashi if I told him I also had a relationship with Arashi…’ At that last thought, Yutada sweat-dropped about how Kakashi will give as a reaction to the later story.
“Where were you Yutada?” Kiba asked,” You’ve barely made it back before we left to the innards of the hot springs.”
“Sorry, I just had a talk with Kakashi about dogs,” Yutada said,
“Why?”
“Is it really you’re business?”
Chapter 6: Part 2- Strange Connections
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