Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hatred Turned Love ❯ Gained Trust ( Chapter 5 )

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By: xDu083x

Hatred Turned Love

Chapter 5: Gained Trust

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AKEMI'S POV:

We finally reached Naomi's old man's house. They were pretty rich, considering how Naomi's the heir and everything.

“Thank you for taking my daughter home…” said Naomi's father, offering us some tea.

“Your welcome…” said Kakashi. He gave me a wink. I wanted to smile… but no, I was tough. I pretended to ignore him by shifting my head away and giving off a small “Humph…”

“I hope she wasn't much trouble…” said Naomi's dad. “She was chased away from here by a small puppy.”

“Well… no wonder we have to protect her…” Naruto muttered. Sakura elbowed him to shut up.

“Please guide my daughter to safety…” said Naomi's father. “Do you need any food… some water…?”

Everyone except Naomi and Kakashi was going to say something, but Kakashi just had to butt in.

“No… we're fine… the trip wasn't long…” he smirked at us. We growled like animals and glared at him like hawks.

“Very well…” said Naomi's dad (eh… I didn't know his name…). “I give you the best of luck for your journey…”

“Thank you,” said Kakashi, bowing and taking Naomi by the hand (who didn't oblige).

I went out and did a little shopping with Sakura. I picked out my own ninja costumes… I couldn't just wear a black shirt and pants all day. It was… tight… but at least it gave me movement… it didn't show too much skin (thank gawd).

After that, Sakura and I talked a bit. We became friends, and I was glad I wasn't the only girl around.

She talked about her family… about her life. I didn't tell her about myself… my life was too depressing…

“Do you like anybody…?” I asked her. She didn't say anything, but blushed. I knew she had a little thing about Sasuke, I remembered about the main reason about Sakura in the anime. It was a random question, but I just had to find out.

“I… lo… I mean,” she coughed. “I…”

“How about Sasuke?” I asked her innocently. She looked at me surprised. If you continued to hang out with Sakura, it was pretty obvious…

“Y… yeah…”

I smiled at her.

“Don't you like Kakashi-sensei?” asked Sakura, still blushing. I started blushing.

“What are you talking about, of course not!” I said, still red.

“Then… why are you blushing?” Sai teased.

“I… just…”

“Yeah, yeah…”

“No… it's…”

“Okay… I believe you…” said Sai.

Whew…

“You do like Kakashi…”

I slammed myself to the ground.

“Eh?” said Sakura. “Akemi-chan, are you okay?”

“N… never better…” I said groggily.

A little later...

“So… what exactly are you going to do once you reach the temple?” I asked Naomi.

“I need to pour a drop of Emblem into the sacred wood…” said Naomi.

“Huh?” I asked. “What's Emblem?”

She held out a small red stone.

“The liquid in this stone is the only thing that can burn the sacred wood... it's a tradition…” explained Naomi. “This stone is rare... and it can be dangerous if fallen into the wrong hands...”

“Ah... I see,” I said.

“Can I see it?” Naruto asked.

“No!” said Naomi, bratty like. “Only the heir bloodline can!”

“May I see it?” Kakashi asked, coming up from behind us.

“Su... sure...” said Naomi, giving the stone to him. I sighed. Naruto pouted.

We entered the forest again… and groaned (well... except Kakashi, and Naomi... she just stifled a small cry). But it was strange this time… The forest didn't shriek or anything… it was dead quiet. Like nothing lived in there…

“This is so boring…” Naruto drawled. "Nothing's happening!”

“I wouldn't be so sure Naruto,” Kakashi said. He knew what I was thinking.A trap, maybe?

“Yeah, ye-…”

He was cut off when something cut him across the cheek.

“What the-?”

And then…

A flickered light and I saw it… hidden on the trees were… string… no… it was…

“Hair…” I replied. “Don't move!”

Kakashi and the rest of the gang stopped in their tracks.

“What do you mean?” asked Kakashi.

“Can't you see it?” I asked, coming towards the string. I touched it, but it pricked me. Boy… it was sharp. My finger bled.

“Akemi-san, what's wrong?” Kakashi asked, coming toward me. He tried to come, but the hair stopped him, giving him a little cut on the legs.

“Argh…” he said.

“Don't move!” I said again. “This is obviously a trap…”

Kakashi sprayed water on the invisible hair from his water bottle he got from his backpack. Since when did he have water? I was dyin' of thirst! I glared at Kakashi… he grinned at me…

I knew it was hair because it didn't shine and… does string cut you?

The water showed the hair a little. Sakura gasped, so did Naomi. Sasuke and Naruto just glared at it.

“I'm going to scout ahead…” said Kakashi. “Stay together… and don't move…”

“I'll go with you!” I said.

“No!” said Kakashi. I was shocked at the tone of his voice.

“Just… stay here…” he said. He jumped to the tress, spraying water all over and using a kunai to cut the hair…

KAKASHI'S POV:

I ran as fast as I could, cutting down a lot of hair. Then I saw…

A ninja went right past me… no ninjas. Or ninja... what's the plural form... I think it's...

Okay... don't think about it right now!

Some turned to me, while the others went to where Akemi and the others were.

“So… are you the famous Hatake Kakashi?” asked one of the ninja. Five were blocking my way. They didn't have any forehead protectors, so I couldn't really tell where they came from. They were obviously jounin.

I'm famous?

“I don't know who you guys are… but I have something to do…” I said, turning from them. They, however, blocked my view.

“Make us…” said another ninja.

I gritted my teeth.

"Hang on Akemi…" I thought.

Wait… it's not like I cared about her… not to be mean... It sounded like I actually had feelings for her…

AKEMI'S POV:

What took Kakashi so long? I was so bored and cranky. Then again… he's always late…

I looked up to find the hair moving. Wait… moving?

“Duck!” I yelled.

“Where?” Naruto asked stupidly, looking around and licking his lips. I sighed and pulled him down on the ground, smashing his face. Sasuke pulled Sakura and Naomi down as well.

The hair sliced off the trees… it was a good thing they didn't land on us. Next to me was…

It was a corpse… a dead jounin from Konoha. His body parts were missing… He had the same forehead protector as I did. I felt like barfing…

“C'mon guys…” I said, crawling. They followed suit.

We crawled until Sakura screamed. I turned around to see Sakura screaming from seeing a beheaded ninja. Sasuke clamped her mouth shut with his hand, but it was too late…

Hair moved toward us and caught us. It picked us up from the ground and hung us, immobilized in the air. About four ninja came toward us… three guys and a girl. I guess they were the ones that controlled the hair...

"Nice..." I said. Sakura nervously smiled at me.

The girl had a… ahem… a very revealing costume. She also had VERY long black hair, tied to a ponytail. The hair must've been from her.

Eww... she should wash her hair more often, 'cause the feeling of the hair was a little too greasy...

The rest of the men almost looked alike. Except one had flat hair, one had spiky hair, and one had short girlie hair.

“What beautiful prey we caught…” said the girl. “Unfortunate prey…”

She and the guys laughed.

O… kay… that wasn't... funny...

“Oh!” said the girl again. “And who do we have here…?”

Oh no! I thought.

The woman was going toward Naomi.

“Where's the Emblem, girl?” the woman said.

“I... I dunno...” said Naomi softly.

In the corner of my eye, I saw Sasuke cutting the hair frantically with his kunai. I started doing the same...

“Give it to me... I know you have it...” said the woman. “Or I'll use force...”

Naomi didn't move. I saw her sweating though...

C'mon! I thought urgently. C'mon! C'mon!

Yes!

The hair was cut and I was free. The woman didn't notice though.

Where the hell are you Kakashi?

“I think some ninja are distracting him...” said Sai. “This was probably a trap in the beginning...”

I saw Sasuke prepare something in his hands... some lights were coming out of it. I think he was preparing his Chidori. I wanted to do mines too, but I remembered what Kakashi said.

He told me it was an assassination tool, nothing else. I didn't want to kill the ninja, but it looked like I didn't have a choice.

I prepared my Chidori as well. What if I missed?

“Leave her alone...” I said. The woman looked at me. She came up to me without worry... I guess she didn't know that I was loose against the trap.

“And why should I?” said the woman. The boys behind her sniggered. Was she their boss or something?

“Because I said so bitch...” I said angrily. The ninja girlsnapped. The boys stopped laughing.

“You sure are good catching attention...” said Sai.

“Quiet you!”

“Hmm... maybe I'll kill you first...” said the woman. “Because you annoy me...”

My Chidori was ready... so was Sasuke's. I gave him a wink and he nodded.

“I was thinking the same thing...” I said.

She glared at me...

“What a beautiful face...” said the woman, grabbing my chin, forcing my face to go up...

Some of the hair around us made a cut on my left cheek.

“Prettier than mines...” she said.

She was right. She was ugly... no FREAKIN' ugly. She was butt ugly. You name anything horrible looking and she would've been related to it. I mean... she was so ugly it looked like an atomic bomb just exploded on her face…

I snorted. That's probably why she has a VERY revealing costume...tch... skank...

I was pretty? I guess in the Naruto anime, some girls weren't that attracting.

I shrugged.

“I hate girls that have a prettier face than me...” said the female ninja.

“So... you hate all girls?” I asked innocently.

The ninja was ticked off, for sure, but I knew she tried to keep her anger down... she wanted to calm down... be patient... smooth...

“I guess its beauty against the beast...” I said, smiling. Okay... I said too much.

“Why you...!” the woman snapped.

She didn't finish because I lunged my Chidori at her face.

I didn't see the results… Must've made her beauty worse. Oops… heehee…

It was weak, so it just made the woman get thrown into a tree, unconscious. Wow… she was weak…

Sasuke used his Chidori to knock down the trees, blocking the ninja. I used my kunai and sliced off the hair that held Sakura, Naruto, and Naomi. Sai helped me with dodging…

Two of the ninja came after us again, I was too busy clearing the path… so Sasuke knocked down one guy, and Sakura and Naruto knocked out the other guy… Where was the third guy…?

We made a run for it... Um… sorry Kakashi…

I sliced the hair using my kunai, the kids were following closely behind...

Suddenly, the hair caught us again, binding us tighter. Sai did try to help me dodge the hair, but I was soon caught. So were Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura… The hair seemed to be alive…

“You... won't get away...” said one of the male ninja… he was the one I was wondering about... He threw a kunai at my face.

I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst.

But... I didn't feel anything...

I opened my eyes to see Kakashi smiling at me. He was wounded pretty badly, he had cuts on his arms and legs, and there was some blood on his face. He was panting...

“Good thing I came here in time, eh?” he said happily. "You guys moved around too much..."

“Ka...”

He turned around to face the ninja. I saw the kunai that was supposedly meant for me, stuck on his back.

“Don't think you'll get away with this...” Kakashi said. He began advancing toward him…

The ninja looked like he saw a zombie... he was scared and so he ran... Hey... I would get scared too... but later on Kakashi caught up to him and knocked him out as well…

He slumped to the ground...

I helped him, taking out the kunai and bandaging the wound.

“This was in the bag for me, you know...” I said.

“Yeah but...”

I looked at him.

He smiled at me again.

“I was worried...” he said.

I just stared...

Worried? Worried about me? Since when did anyone get all worried over me? Not since my father died... my dad was the only person who was worried about me in my life. Sure I had friends… but they weren't that close…

Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Naomi were coming toward us.

“Alright Akemi-san...” said Kakashi, rising up. “We should...”

“Akemi-chan...” I muttered.

“Huh?”

“I said...” I said slowly. “You can call me... Akemi-chan...”

He smiled at me again.

“Okay... Akemi-chan...” he said, still happy. What made this guy tick?

Naruto and the others finally came. Naomi cried because she thought Kakashi was going to die...

From that day on... I trusted Kakashi... he was one of the few people I actually trusted...

To be continued...

NOT!

Heheh… tricked ya!

KAKASHI'S POV:

We lead Naomi to the temple successfully and now we had to head home successfully. We got out of the forest, alive again as well...

"Geez..." muttered Akemi. "If I go back there again...I'm not human..."

I saw the leader of the group.

“Yikes…” I said, seeing her face while Sasuke and Naruto helped me tie them up.

“I know…” muttered Akemi. “I think I over did it…”

“Hmm… you used Chidori… didn't you?”

“Yeah… sorry about that…” said Akemi.

“I guess it's okay…”

I gathered up the mysterious ninja and summoned some of my dogs. They left (five of them) with their captives toward Konoha. Tsunade may do something about them…

It was almost dark, so I figured it was best to rest...

We did manage to get through `The Forest of No Return” (not Perverts...)... but heading to the village was still long. We made camp near the lake.

Akemi sighed, resting near a rock... the rest of the kids were asleep. I laid down next to her. There were a lot of stars tonight.

“Thanks...” said Akemi.

So she wasn't asleep.

“For what?” I asked playfully, still staring out into the night.

“For... saving me...” Akemi said.

“I did it because I had to...” I said. “It was my job...”

“A job, huh?” Akemi said. I looked at her. Her face... went into a sad expression.

“Akemi-chan?” I asked worriedly. Why was she... upset?

“Yes, Kakashi-chan?” Akemi said, her innocent voice rang sarcastically.

“Nothing...” I laughed. I continued to look at her. She still looked troubled.

To be continued...

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