Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Written In Ink ❯ Chapter 3
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By: Desiree Dee 
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Martial Arts / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.11.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 576 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Martial Arts / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.11.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 576 | Status: Work In Progress
"You know, there was no reason to hit him like that." Sumi stated flatly. "He was being honest."
"Yeah? And who the hell are you?" Sakura boomed. Hinata just stood by quietly looking very upset.
"My name is Sumi." She replied back just as fiercely. "And Naruto was given the mission of looking after me until tomorrow. That old man said that I had to stay here. Now if you wouldn't mind, I just cleaned up in here and do not feel like making repairs to the walls."
The outburst caused the other two females to look around. Sakura gaped and Hinata looked slightly relieved, though still upset.
"I thought it looked different in here." The pink-haired teen mentioned.
"Yeah, it was a mess. I have a question though, while Naruto's out." Sumi mentioned. "Does he have a lot of stomach problems?"
"Why would you ask something like that?" Sakura asked.
"Well, I found several cartons of rotten milk, seems like he's been drinking them." Sumi answered.
"I could start bringing him small cartons of fresh milk when I bring him food." Hinata volunteered.
"Oh!" squealed Sumi. "You must be his girlfriend. I hope you are okay with me staying here. What's your name?"
Hinata turned a bright red and seemed unable to speak.
"My name is Sakura," The pink coifed female answered,"And this is Hinata. She's a very good friend of Naruto's, but he doesn't have a girlfriend."
"Guy that cute," Sumi shook her head, "seems kind of a waste. I know he's a ninja, what do you guys do?"
"Well, I'm training to be a medic under the Fifth Hokage by focusing all my energy on healing techniques." Sakura boasted.
"I'm a ninja, too." Hinata stated softly. Naruto decided to reenter the world at this point.
"What did you guys go and do that for?" He grumbled. Hinata bent down to help him up and blushed in the process.
"Sorry," Sakura stated. "I assumed you were actually a man."
"Hey! I may be his student, but I'm not perverted like that old hermit." He argued.
"Yeah, as much fun as it is watching you guys argue, I would like to know what's up with all this ninja stuff." Sumi stated.
"What's with her?" Sakura asked Naruto.
"She's from another country, she came here with the circus, but she's not with them anymore, you should have seen her act! She's really good with illusion techniques." He exclaimed. Sumi blushed a little at the praise.
"I hate to burst your bubble, but that was no illusion." She said flatly.
"Oh, yeah? Then explain that tiger jumping back into you." He baited.
"You still haven't figured it out have you?" She asked.
"Well, Naruto is a little thick headed when it comes to the obvious."Sakura pointed out.
"In that case, everyone should just take a seat and see what makes me special." Sumi directed everyone to the floor in front of her.
Once her audience was seated, Sumi sat down facing them, but pulled up the back of her shirt. As she sat there, her pupils faded away to make them solid blue. As soon as her eyes had become a solid color the solid form of a tiger began to emerge from her back, and before anyone knew what was going on it sat right in front of them purring and rubbing on the girl seated in front of them.
"Wow!" Sakura stared in awe. "I bet that uses a lot of chakra."
"What's that?" Sumi asked, but seemed to have trouble directing her eyes right on Sakura.
"You don't know what chakra is?" Sakura choked.
"It wouldn't matter anyway." Hinata stated. "She isn't using chakra to do this."
"What!" Naruto and Sakura both jumped at that statement.
"Yeah, I'm looking at her with Byakkugan, and even though she has plenty of chakra available, she isn't using it to do this." Hinata stated quietly.
"Problem with this is that I temporarily go blind when I do it, but only when I use the tattoos. If I pull the image off of paper, then I'm fine."
"What! Off paper? Wait, so those vines and daggers came off of your arms?" Naruto asked.
"I think you're finally catching on." Sumi stated.
~*~
"So, it's some sort of modified summoning technique." Sakura suggested. "Considering you have to use your blood to make it work."
"I guess, but I still don't understand everything you're saying when it comes to all that ninja stuff." Sumi replied.
"If you can make things you draw come to life, why get the tattoos?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah, that does seem a little extreme." Naruto agreed
"It takes a that much longer to get it ready, with the tattoos, it's all there ready to go. It makes traveling that much easier for me." Sumi explained.
"Not to mention the extended wardrobe." Sakura said. "Do you think you could make me a few outfits?"
"That's the other limitation, if I loose contact with the drawings, they revert back to the paper. The tats are tied to me a little more, but at the same time they can't get too far from me, or I no longer have control over them." Sumi pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Naruto questioned.
"Well, the tiger is one of the images I received from a holy man. I originally got it in hopes to rid myself of my curse, but instead it literally trapped the spirit of a tiger inside of it. So, if I were to summon it, then leave it alone, the moment I am out of sight of the creature it will go insane trying to find me. It won't matter who's in it's way." Sumi bowed her head. "I learned that one the hard way."
"Oh!" Sakura gasped. "I didn't realize it was so late! I have training early in the morning with the Fifth Hokage!"
"I need to get home, too." Hinata whispered.
"We'll see you guys tomorrow." Naruto said. "Oh, and thank you for the food Hinata." He showed them to the door. He turned to Sumi. "Well, how about you sleep on the bed tonight?"
"Where will you sleep?" Sumi asked.
"I have my sleeping bag from when I go out on missions. Since you did such a great job of cleaning the place, the least I could do is sleep on the floor." He chuckled.
"Thanks." She stepped over to him and pecked him on the cheek before heading towards the bed.
Naruto just stood there dumbfounded and rubbed his cheek for a moment before getting out his sleeping bag and setting up for the night.
~*~
Naruto rubbed his nose when he felt something brush over it softly. He let his eyes flutter open slightly, then opened them wide when he noticed a face hovering above his own. He sat up so fast that he smacked up against Sumi's forehead.
"Ow!" He rubbed the sore spot. "What in the world?"
"And you say I'm bad, aren't ninjas supposed to be able to sense people? I was sitting there for like ten minutes." Sumi chattered.
"What time is it?" He asked groggily.
"Almost sunrise." She stated cheerily.
"Huh?" Naruto looked at her. She already had her hair back up in pony tails and was dressed in a white t-shirt and her large pants once again. "You're already ready to go somewhere? This early?"
"I was going to make breakfast but you don't have anything in there, so if you sow me where the bakery is we can get some fresh bread for breakfast." She smiled.
"I usually just eat ramen." He rolled back over, in an attempt to regain sleep. Sumi kicked him in the side.
"That can't be healthy." She said. Naruto jumped up angrily.
"Well, neither is breaking my ribs!" He shouted. He calmed down a bit. "Besides, Hinata brought plenty of food to last until lunch."
"Do you like Hinata?" Sumi asked carefully.
"Where did that come from?" He asked, caught off guard.
"Nowhere, it's just obvious to me that she's infatuated with you." She crossed her arms smugly at the look of utter shock on his face.
"What makes you say that?" He questioned.
"She brings you food," Sumi counted off on her fingers. "She turns red every time she tries to sneak a glance at you, and she looked completely heartbroken when she saw me step out of the bathroom yesterday."
"That doesn't explain anything." He said. "She's from a prominent family here, and I'm just a nobody. She couldn't like me."
"That doesn't mean anything." Sumi said flatly.
"It doesn't matter." He shook his head like he was dispelling a thought from it. "I don't have time for anyone until I get Sasuke back."
"Who's Sasuke?" She asked.
"It's a long story." He sighed.
"Well, sun's still not up, and since it seems we're not going to the bakery. We have time for a long story." She said.
"Okay, I guess you might as well know."
"Yeah? And who the hell are you?" Sakura boomed. Hinata just stood by quietly looking very upset.
"My name is Sumi." She replied back just as fiercely. "And Naruto was given the mission of looking after me until tomorrow. That old man said that I had to stay here. Now if you wouldn't mind, I just cleaned up in here and do not feel like making repairs to the walls."
The outburst caused the other two females to look around. Sakura gaped and Hinata looked slightly relieved, though still upset.
"I thought it looked different in here." The pink-haired teen mentioned.
"Yeah, it was a mess. I have a question though, while Naruto's out." Sumi mentioned. "Does he have a lot of stomach problems?"
"Why would you ask something like that?" Sakura asked.
"Well, I found several cartons of rotten milk, seems like he's been drinking them." Sumi answered.
"I could start bringing him small cartons of fresh milk when I bring him food." Hinata volunteered.
"Oh!" squealed Sumi. "You must be his girlfriend. I hope you are okay with me staying here. What's your name?"
Hinata turned a bright red and seemed unable to speak.
"My name is Sakura," The pink coifed female answered,"And this is Hinata. She's a very good friend of Naruto's, but he doesn't have a girlfriend."
"Guy that cute," Sumi shook her head, "seems kind of a waste. I know he's a ninja, what do you guys do?"
"Well, I'm training to be a medic under the Fifth Hokage by focusing all my energy on healing techniques." Sakura boasted.
"I'm a ninja, too." Hinata stated softly. Naruto decided to reenter the world at this point.
"What did you guys go and do that for?" He grumbled. Hinata bent down to help him up and blushed in the process.
"Sorry," Sakura stated. "I assumed you were actually a man."
"Hey! I may be his student, but I'm not perverted like that old hermit." He argued.
"Yeah, as much fun as it is watching you guys argue, I would like to know what's up with all this ninja stuff." Sumi stated.
"What's with her?" Sakura asked Naruto.
"She's from another country, she came here with the circus, but she's not with them anymore, you should have seen her act! She's really good with illusion techniques." He exclaimed. Sumi blushed a little at the praise.
"I hate to burst your bubble, but that was no illusion." She said flatly.
"Oh, yeah? Then explain that tiger jumping back into you." He baited.
"You still haven't figured it out have you?" She asked.
"Well, Naruto is a little thick headed when it comes to the obvious."Sakura pointed out.
"In that case, everyone should just take a seat and see what makes me special." Sumi directed everyone to the floor in front of her.
Once her audience was seated, Sumi sat down facing them, but pulled up the back of her shirt. As she sat there, her pupils faded away to make them solid blue. As soon as her eyes had become a solid color the solid form of a tiger began to emerge from her back, and before anyone knew what was going on it sat right in front of them purring and rubbing on the girl seated in front of them.
"Wow!" Sakura stared in awe. "I bet that uses a lot of chakra."
"What's that?" Sumi asked, but seemed to have trouble directing her eyes right on Sakura.
"You don't know what chakra is?" Sakura choked.
"It wouldn't matter anyway." Hinata stated. "She isn't using chakra to do this."
"What!" Naruto and Sakura both jumped at that statement.
"Yeah, I'm looking at her with Byakkugan, and even though she has plenty of chakra available, she isn't using it to do this." Hinata stated quietly.
"Problem with this is that I temporarily go blind when I do it, but only when I use the tattoos. If I pull the image off of paper, then I'm fine."
"What! Off paper? Wait, so those vines and daggers came off of your arms?" Naruto asked.
"I think you're finally catching on." Sumi stated.
~*~
"So, it's some sort of modified summoning technique." Sakura suggested. "Considering you have to use your blood to make it work."
"I guess, but I still don't understand everything you're saying when it comes to all that ninja stuff." Sumi replied.
"If you can make things you draw come to life, why get the tattoos?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah, that does seem a little extreme." Naruto agreed
"It takes a that much longer to get it ready, with the tattoos, it's all there ready to go. It makes traveling that much easier for me." Sumi explained.
"Not to mention the extended wardrobe." Sakura said. "Do you think you could make me a few outfits?"
"That's the other limitation, if I loose contact with the drawings, they revert back to the paper. The tats are tied to me a little more, but at the same time they can't get too far from me, or I no longer have control over them." Sumi pointed out.
"What do you mean?" Naruto questioned.
"Well, the tiger is one of the images I received from a holy man. I originally got it in hopes to rid myself of my curse, but instead it literally trapped the spirit of a tiger inside of it. So, if I were to summon it, then leave it alone, the moment I am out of sight of the creature it will go insane trying to find me. It won't matter who's in it's way." Sumi bowed her head. "I learned that one the hard way."
"Oh!" Sakura gasped. "I didn't realize it was so late! I have training early in the morning with the Fifth Hokage!"
"I need to get home, too." Hinata whispered.
"We'll see you guys tomorrow." Naruto said. "Oh, and thank you for the food Hinata." He showed them to the door. He turned to Sumi. "Well, how about you sleep on the bed tonight?"
"Where will you sleep?" Sumi asked.
"I have my sleeping bag from when I go out on missions. Since you did such a great job of cleaning the place, the least I could do is sleep on the floor." He chuckled.
"Thanks." She stepped over to him and pecked him on the cheek before heading towards the bed.
Naruto just stood there dumbfounded and rubbed his cheek for a moment before getting out his sleeping bag and setting up for the night.
~*~
Naruto rubbed his nose when he felt something brush over it softly. He let his eyes flutter open slightly, then opened them wide when he noticed a face hovering above his own. He sat up so fast that he smacked up against Sumi's forehead.
"Ow!" He rubbed the sore spot. "What in the world?"
"And you say I'm bad, aren't ninjas supposed to be able to sense people? I was sitting there for like ten minutes." Sumi chattered.
"What time is it?" He asked groggily.
"Almost sunrise." She stated cheerily.
"Huh?" Naruto looked at her. She already had her hair back up in pony tails and was dressed in a white t-shirt and her large pants once again. "You're already ready to go somewhere? This early?"
"I was going to make breakfast but you don't have anything in there, so if you sow me where the bakery is we can get some fresh bread for breakfast." She smiled.
"I usually just eat ramen." He rolled back over, in an attempt to regain sleep. Sumi kicked him in the side.
"That can't be healthy." She said. Naruto jumped up angrily.
"Well, neither is breaking my ribs!" He shouted. He calmed down a bit. "Besides, Hinata brought plenty of food to last until lunch."
"Do you like Hinata?" Sumi asked carefully.
"Where did that come from?" He asked, caught off guard.
"Nowhere, it's just obvious to me that she's infatuated with you." She crossed her arms smugly at the look of utter shock on his face.
"What makes you say that?" He questioned.
"She brings you food," Sumi counted off on her fingers. "She turns red every time she tries to sneak a glance at you, and she looked completely heartbroken when she saw me step out of the bathroom yesterday."
"That doesn't explain anything." He said. "She's from a prominent family here, and I'm just a nobody. She couldn't like me."
"That doesn't mean anything." Sumi said flatly.
"It doesn't matter." He shook his head like he was dispelling a thought from it. "I don't have time for anyone until I get Sasuke back."
"Who's Sasuke?" She asked.
"It's a long story." He sighed.
"Well, sun's still not up, and since it seems we're not going to the bakery. We have time for a long story." She said.
"Okay, I guess you might as well know."