Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hatred Turned Love ❯ Seemingly Dark ( Chapter 8 )

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By: xDu083x

Hatred Turned Love

Chapter 8: Seemingly Dark

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KAKASHI'S POV:

I had to help Akemi get rid of her fears... I felt really sorry for her. More importantly the puppy she has to care for.

I walked in Tsunade's office, to see only three owners with three dogs. Tsunade walked over to me.

“One of the students will have to take care of a stray...” said Tsunade. “But...”

“Don't worry...” I said. “I have one in mined...”

AKEMI'S POV:

I have to take care of a dog AND go in some water. THIS SUCKS BUM!

We (as in the students and I) went toward Tsunade's office. Well... I didn't really go, but Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura made me.

Oh my gosh... I can't believe this was happening!

We were introduced by the dog owners, but there were only three...

No foolin'? Yippee! Maybe Kakashi let me off the loop! I was probably going to have a day off or something. I looked at the puppies Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura had.

Erm...

Naruto's puppy was hyper-genic. It kept bouncing around and barking loudly. Sasuke, Sakura, and their pets were disturbed by it, but Naruto didn't mind and he laughed along with it, petting it and hugging it as well.

His pup had white and orange hair. It wasn't blond for sure though. I couldn't tell what kind of breed it was; just that it was the hyper kind. Its name was Sparky.

And Sasuke's?

I had to choke down a laugh.

Sasuke's dog had deep, dark, black fur. It looked independent and noble. At the same time it looked fierce, intelligent and so on... It kind of reminded me of Sasuke himself. His dog's name was Night.

What about Sakura's?

No... it didn't have pink fur... it wasn't a poodle or anything... though I would've expected her to have one.

But she got a toy dog to take care of. It had blond brownish fur... Its name was Su.

Here's the concept:

Su hates Sparky, but it has a major crush on Night. Sparky loves Su, but it wants to challenge Night a lot. Night's just neutral. It sorta wants a competition on Sparky too.

A big connection, don't you think?

I walked toward Tsunade's desk. She was plainly sitting there... checking her scrolls and whatnot.

“Yes?” she replied. I guess she sensed I was near her. I mean she is a ninja too.

“Er... I don't have a dog...” I said slowly. “So does that mean...?”

“Oh...you'll take care of a puppy...” said Tsunade, smiling. “Don't worry...”

She reached under her desk and pulled out a gross looking hairball.

Sorry... it was a puppy.

She laid the puppy on the ground, who obediently sat on its bottom. Damn... I got a dog. It had white fur... I think it was a Labrador...

“Do I have to take care of one?” I whined.

“It's your mission...” she said. “Plus... you get to take care of something very cute...!”

“This... hairy ignorant slob... is cute?” I asked, pointing to the dog. “No way...”

“You don't like puppies?” said Tsunade. The dog whined.

“Like them?” I let out a laugh. “They disgust me, they're freakin' messed up, look at it's mutant body!”

“Eh?” said Tsunade “Looks fine to me…” The puppy whined again.

“And anywho...” I muttered stiffly. “They're corny pets...”

“Come now...” said Tsunade, covering the puppy's ears. “They have feelings too!”

“Tch... well... too bad...” I said nastily.

“That's harsh...” said Sai.

“It's smart and adorable...” said Tsunade, giving it a warm pat on the head. “You have to at least be kind to it...”

“Why?”

“It's a stray...” said Tsunade.

“Well, why do I have to take care of a stray?” I asked. “Why can't I take care of another pet?”

“This mission was made directly out of Kakashi-san's hands...” said Tsunade. “Community service helps... besides... we can't let you abort the mission.”

I crossed my arms angrily. Kakashi's going to have to expect another book attack soon.

“Come on now Fuji... bayashi... san...” said Tsunade slowly.

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

“Okay... Akemi-chan...” said Tsunade again, smiling.

I sighed.

“His name is White Fang...” said Tsunade. “I'm sure you and White Fang will get along just fine...”

Hmm... White Fang... sounded familiar... I wish I memorized the anime better.

“Wait... why White Fang?” I asked. “Why not Skippy or something...”

“It doesn't respond to anything else...” said Tsunade. “Other than White Fang...”

White Fang was coming towards me, but I backed away. No way am I going to let this mutt near me.

It finally stopped walking. Instead, it started panting.

Agh... disgusting...

“By the way...” I said. “Where's Kakashi-san…?”

“He went to do a small mission himself,” said Tsunade. “He didn't really give me further details…”

“Oh…”

I started walking away. Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura had already left with their pets.

“Have fun with your pup!” Tsunade teased.

“Shyeah right…” I muttered.

A little later…

I bought one of those “Dog Catcher” leashes in a nearby pet shop. You know… one of those metal sticks that have a strong wire loop on the end for a neck. I wanted something that didn't bend while I walked White Fang.

I asked the seller to put it on White Fang for me.

“This dog is vicious…” I said quickly, before the seller said anything.

He looked at me suspiciously, and the dog (unfortunately) wasn't playing his part. It cuddled under the dude's hands.

“Ahaha… ha… ha…” I uttered slowly. “Well, you see, he's tired from… from… attacking children, that's right!”

I totally blew it.

The seller snorted, and gently placed the leash on the puppy's neck.

“Okay, thank you, good-bye!” I said quickly, running from the store and dragging the poor dog with me.

Anywho…

“I'm home!” I yelled as I entered the apartment. It was still around the early afternoon, but I was tired as hell…

Inside, however, was empty…

“Naruto-bozu?”

I saw White Fang sniffing the carpet floor behind me. The leash was still around his neck, but I ignored him.

I saw a note on the kitchen table, along with a empty ramen cup with a cup which was also empty. I read the note.

Hey Akemi-chan!

I went out to train for a while. Don't tell Kakashi-sensei I didn't do the first task! Don't worry about me! Sparky's with me

too…

-Later,

Naruto

“Hmm…” I whispered. “So he went out… sure I won't tell…”

The dog barked.

I ignored him and walked into my room… the dog following. It reputedly thought I was going to feed it… but it was wrong! Ahahaha!

Ahem…

I forced my face on the dog, who happily looked at me. I glared at it.

“Look here, furball,” I said. “You don't get near me, and I don't get near you, and no one will get hurt… comprende?”

The dog just barked.

I sighed, walking toward my bed, and collapsing on it as well. I felt White Fang trying to jump on it. He was really short and the weight of the metal leash was pulling it down.

After it successfully jumped on the bed, I shoved it off with my foot.

“No dogs on bed…” I said grumpily.

I heard the dog whinning.

“Shut up please!” I said, groaning. I turned in my bed. The dog stopped whining.

I pooped my head over the edge of the bed to see the dog. It was next to me on the floor, it's paws were supporting it's head.

I felt bad for it, believe it or not, but I was afraid it was going to turn into the same puppy I got years before.

It started whining again, but softly.

“Akemi…” said Sai.

“What's up, S-chan?”

“Why are you so sour to people?” asked Sai. “You're even displaying a cruelty to animals…”

“People, and animals, didn't care about me when I was small,” I said. “They didn't care about me, so why should I care about them?”

“I'm sorry Akemi…”

“It's okay…” I said. “I knew all along, the past is the past, no one can change what they did. If only I had a time machine, or some sort of wish that can take away my awful past. All I wanted… was a happy life…”

“…”

“Sai?”

“I know how you feel Akemi…” said Sai. “But now you have friends… so I guess part of your wish is coming true…”

“Yeah, I guess…”

I heard the puppy bark.

I grunted and ignored him.

DAY 2: OUTSIDE TAKEOUT:

I woke up, fully rested. I almost stepped on White Fang. Aw man, it wasn't a dream…

Geez…

I let White Fang go outside to take a piss. I myself ate some eggs and some steak. I gave my leftovers to White Fang.

We headed out. I remembered Kakashi telling us to go take it out for a walk, so I did.

“C'mere little dude…” I muttered. The puppy came, yet again, overexcited.

“Mission one, half accomplished,” I said, forgetting to show White Fang around. “Aw… who cares… now for mission two…”

I started walking outside, pulling hard on Whitey's leash (I can't keep calling him White Fang… it's too long…). It yelped, but I ignored it.

I finally got out of Konoha. Some of the people in the village were looking at me, horrified. I ran away, quickly as possible, covering my face and dragging the poor pup with me.

No duh, I've just convicted dog abuse. But if my phobia wasn't so bad, maybe I would've handled Whitey another way.

But no…

Anyways…

I finally got outside to the spot I liked the most. After sitting around in the anime dimension, you should at least have a favorite spot, yes?

I looked at Whitey, who was barley conscious.

Hmm… about this anime world…

“Sai…”

“Yah?” asked Sai.

“Am I dead?” I asked.

“What makes you say that?”

“Just… wondering…”

“No…” answered Sai.

“For real?” I said, surprised. “I thought this was a dream or something…”

“No… it's not a dream…” said Sai. “This is the real deal…”

“Then… how did I come here…?”

“I seriously don't know…” said Sai.

“What?”

“The next thing I knew was that I was your conscious…” said Sai. “And… yeah…”

Wait… I'm confused. What was my purpose here?

My stomach ached. I looked at it.

My birthmark was reacting…

That's weird.

M'kay… back to reality! If this was reality… sheesh…

“Alright small fry,” I said to Whitey. “Let's have a small walk…”

A little later…

We went toward a cliff were the sunset supposedly should be viewed best. I just lay near the grass and closed my eyes. White Fang barked.

“Just rest a moment…” I said, sighing. I closed my eyes.

Sure I slept a little. Alright, I slept a lot. Alright, I slept for eleven hours without eating. It was getting dark out…

I heard a noise. A weird gurgling noise. I spun around with my kunai, preparing to strike.

“You dumb bum, that's your stomach,” said Sai.

“Oh… heehee…”

I guess I was getting hungry.

But I heard a different noise this time.

“Are you sure it wasn't the wind?” said Sai.

“Very funny…”

The noise came from the bushes.

I flung three kunai toward the bushes.

They dodged it, but the dudes had to reveal themselves.

From the looks of their clothes, they weren't around Konoha.

Uh-oh…

“She's the girl Itachi wants?” said one ninja.

“He said he'd spare us if we did the job…” said the other.

Who the heck is Itachi? Sounded like an evildoer.

“This'll be easy…” said the fist ninja, cracking his knuckles. Whitey growled at the mysterious ninja.

Whoops… DANGER ALERT, DANGER ALERT!

To be continued…

Sorry guys I took soooooo long again… I had so much homework and everything, and I'm f-ing pissed. Thanks guys for being patient on me… Thank you reviewers and readers! Okay, now you guys know why Akemi's a little too... bitchy... so yeah... her life's pretty hard... Please review! Huggles to all that do, remember! I bought an ice pack, so my fingers are stone cold now, ACHOO!