Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Written In Ink ❯ Chapter 7
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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: 01.16.2006 | Pages: 5 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 443 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Naruto Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Shounen / Martial Arts / Drama / Comedy / Adventure / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.16.2006 | Pages: 5 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 443 | Status: Work In Progress
"Alright!" Sumi stated excitedly. "I'm ready."
"Me, too." Naruto echoed.
"But where's Lee?" she asked.
"Yeah," He agreed. "I'd have thought Fuzzy Brows would be here by now."
"I can understand why you call him Fuzzy Brows, but yesterday you called him Lee when no one else was around." Sumi commented.
"It's an old habit." He shrugged. "Mostly now, I just do it to annoy people, especially him. It's one of the few things I can still get away with without people thinking less of me."
"Oh." Sumi nodded, then crossed her arms and pouted. "Either way, it doesn't excuse him from being late."
"We could always stretch so that we're ready when he gets here." Naruto suggested.
"Okay." She agreed. Sumi reached up towards the sky and let her shoulders pop. She folded her arms behind her head, spread her legs apart and bent forward. Her pony tails drug in the grass as the top of her head touched the ground.
"You're practically bent in half!" Naruto exclaimed. Sumi came back up to stand at her full height. Popped her shoulders again, rotated them and proceeded to lean backwards.
"So." She stated as she brought her head between her legs.
"How are you able to do that?" He asked.
"How many times do I have to explain?" She brought herself back to a standing position. She grabbed her left leg and brought it up flush against her torso. "I...was...in...a..cir..cus." She spoke as if she was explaining something to a child. She continued with some other stretches as she spoke. "I didn't have the tattoos as a kid. The most I could do was bring pictures to life. I had to be able to do other things to pull my weight. I trained with the acrobats and trapeze artists."
She stepped over to a nearby tree and jumped up. She latched on to a limb where she pulled herself up and proceeded to hand upside down by her legs.
"Why didn't you do any of that when you fought Temari?" Naruto asked.
"Huh?" She started to swing from the branch and used the momentum to propel herself further into the tree. She crouched on top of the new branch when she landed. "What do you mean? Those are all tricks. How am I supposed to use them to fight?"
"I'm not really sure myself, but I'm sure they could be used for something." Naruto began rubbing his chin.
"Hey!" Lee's voice floated over to them, soon followed by the boy himself.
"Fuzzy Brows!" Naruto shouted back. "Your late."
Sumi dropped from the tree, which caused Lee to look at her. He looked between the two confused.
"What do you mean? It's not even sunrise yet." He pointed out. "Came up here planning to get ready for you to arrive, but I guess you two are just too dedicated. How about we start with a run to get ready?"
"Whatever." Sumi muttered and she fell into step between Lee and Naruto.
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"Naruto!" A voice called out. All three youths turned as Jiraiya jumped out of a tree.
"What do you want, perverted hermit?" He grumbled.
"We're going to go train." The older man stated. "Tsunade already told me the situation, and since you're new bodyguard is training in basics, I thought I could help you with some training of your own."
"What do you think I'm doing here?" Naruto shouted at him. "You've barely been around for the last year and a half. I'm lucky I've been able to improve at all."
"I'll teach you a new technique." Jiraiya baited.
"Really?" Naruto asked carefully.
"I think you should go, Naruto." Sumi said. "I'm sure Lee can do a fine job."
"Okay." He said. "I'll see you around dinner time then?"
"Sure, whatever, go on!" She pushed him. "Goodbye!"
"See ya, later." Naruto exclaimed, then followed Jiraiya into the tree tops.
"Are you ready to go on to the next exercise, Sumi?" Lee asked.
"Sure!" she smiled.
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"Sumi?" Naruto poked his head in the door. "Are you here?" After not finding her in the apartment, he stepped out to go look for her.
He was walking to where he had left her earlier when he ran into Lee.
"Fuzzy Brows, where's Sumi?" He asked.
"Sumi? We finished training hours ago." Lee said. "It's already very late, maybe I should help you find her."
"Thank you, Fuzzy Brows." Naruto and Lee ran off towards the area they had used for training.
"I think I see her!" Lee shouted. Naruto joined him on the branch where he was seated.
"What is she doing?" Naruto asked.
"While training, I took note of how flexible and fast her movement was." Lee explained. "I set her up with a log like I used to use. I told her to just do one thousand of each of the things we had worked on, but she did all of those before I left. She's probably gone through them again several times already."
Naruto jumped from the branch and landed behind Sumi. She continued to kick the large log.
"Sumi, it's time to go." He said.
"No." She stated as she continued with her exercises. Naruto stepped up to her and grabbed her shoulders. She glared at him and pushed away. As her hands made contact with his chest, he noticed dark stains covering her arm warmers. She turned back and continued to kick the log.
"Sumi, don't force me to carry you back." He warned.
"I have to catch-up." She growled. "You guys have years on me, and if I can't prove that I can do just as much as you, I'll have to go back."
"What gave you that idea?" Naruto pinned both of her arms to her side and spun her around. Her eyes were glazed over, and she suddenly fell against him sobbing.
"I can't go back." She sobbed. "I can't go back."
"What the hell?" Naruto stared in shock. "Fuzzy Brows, get down here!"
Lee jumped down and help adjust the sobbing girl on to Naruto's back. On the way back to the village, Sumi drifted off to sleep.
"Thank you, Lee." Naruto stated seriously.
"I'll be by tomorrow to see if she wants to continue." He responded.
Naruto took her into the small space of his home. He stepped over to place her on the bed. He leaned down to release her onto the mattress, but when he loosened his grip, she tightened her own. He had wanted to at least clean the obvious injury to her hands, but he didn't want to injure her further by forcing her off.
He laid down on the bed and adjusted the covers to at least drape over Sumi. He let out a deep sigh and drifted to sleep.
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Thank You to rakio and Battosai25 for your reviews!
I'm always eager to know what people think about the story, and finding out that I made somebody laugh, always makes my day.
I'll do my best to update everyday except Sundays. I will be having a hand Surgery in February, but I'm working on stockpiling chapters so I can keep updating during that time.
Later!
"Me, too." Naruto echoed.
"But where's Lee?" she asked.
"Yeah," He agreed. "I'd have thought Fuzzy Brows would be here by now."
"I can understand why you call him Fuzzy Brows, but yesterday you called him Lee when no one else was around." Sumi commented.
"It's an old habit." He shrugged. "Mostly now, I just do it to annoy people, especially him. It's one of the few things I can still get away with without people thinking less of me."
"Oh." Sumi nodded, then crossed her arms and pouted. "Either way, it doesn't excuse him from being late."
"We could always stretch so that we're ready when he gets here." Naruto suggested.
"Okay." She agreed. Sumi reached up towards the sky and let her shoulders pop. She folded her arms behind her head, spread her legs apart and bent forward. Her pony tails drug in the grass as the top of her head touched the ground.
"You're practically bent in half!" Naruto exclaimed. Sumi came back up to stand at her full height. Popped her shoulders again, rotated them and proceeded to lean backwards.
"So." She stated as she brought her head between her legs.
"How are you able to do that?" He asked.
"How many times do I have to explain?" She brought herself back to a standing position. She grabbed her left leg and brought it up flush against her torso. "I...was...in...a..cir..cus." She spoke as if she was explaining something to a child. She continued with some other stretches as she spoke. "I didn't have the tattoos as a kid. The most I could do was bring pictures to life. I had to be able to do other things to pull my weight. I trained with the acrobats and trapeze artists."
She stepped over to a nearby tree and jumped up. She latched on to a limb where she pulled herself up and proceeded to hand upside down by her legs.
"Why didn't you do any of that when you fought Temari?" Naruto asked.
"Huh?" She started to swing from the branch and used the momentum to propel herself further into the tree. She crouched on top of the new branch when she landed. "What do you mean? Those are all tricks. How am I supposed to use them to fight?"
"I'm not really sure myself, but I'm sure they could be used for something." Naruto began rubbing his chin.
"Hey!" Lee's voice floated over to them, soon followed by the boy himself.
"Fuzzy Brows!" Naruto shouted back. "Your late."
Sumi dropped from the tree, which caused Lee to look at her. He looked between the two confused.
"What do you mean? It's not even sunrise yet." He pointed out. "Came up here planning to get ready for you to arrive, but I guess you two are just too dedicated. How about we start with a run to get ready?"
"Whatever." Sumi muttered and she fell into step between Lee and Naruto.
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"Naruto!" A voice called out. All three youths turned as Jiraiya jumped out of a tree.
"What do you want, perverted hermit?" He grumbled.
"We're going to go train." The older man stated. "Tsunade already told me the situation, and since you're new bodyguard is training in basics, I thought I could help you with some training of your own."
"What do you think I'm doing here?" Naruto shouted at him. "You've barely been around for the last year and a half. I'm lucky I've been able to improve at all."
"I'll teach you a new technique." Jiraiya baited.
"Really?" Naruto asked carefully.
"I think you should go, Naruto." Sumi said. "I'm sure Lee can do a fine job."
"Okay." He said. "I'll see you around dinner time then?"
"Sure, whatever, go on!" She pushed him. "Goodbye!"
"See ya, later." Naruto exclaimed, then followed Jiraiya into the tree tops.
"Are you ready to go on to the next exercise, Sumi?" Lee asked.
"Sure!" she smiled.
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"Sumi?" Naruto poked his head in the door. "Are you here?" After not finding her in the apartment, he stepped out to go look for her.
He was walking to where he had left her earlier when he ran into Lee.
"Fuzzy Brows, where's Sumi?" He asked.
"Sumi? We finished training hours ago." Lee said. "It's already very late, maybe I should help you find her."
"Thank you, Fuzzy Brows." Naruto and Lee ran off towards the area they had used for training.
"I think I see her!" Lee shouted. Naruto joined him on the branch where he was seated.
"What is she doing?" Naruto asked.
"While training, I took note of how flexible and fast her movement was." Lee explained. "I set her up with a log like I used to use. I told her to just do one thousand of each of the things we had worked on, but she did all of those before I left. She's probably gone through them again several times already."
Naruto jumped from the branch and landed behind Sumi. She continued to kick the large log.
"Sumi, it's time to go." He said.
"No." She stated as she continued with her exercises. Naruto stepped up to her and grabbed her shoulders. She glared at him and pushed away. As her hands made contact with his chest, he noticed dark stains covering her arm warmers. She turned back and continued to kick the log.
"Sumi, don't force me to carry you back." He warned.
"I have to catch-up." She growled. "You guys have years on me, and if I can't prove that I can do just as much as you, I'll have to go back."
"What gave you that idea?" Naruto pinned both of her arms to her side and spun her around. Her eyes were glazed over, and she suddenly fell against him sobbing.
"I can't go back." She sobbed. "I can't go back."
"What the hell?" Naruto stared in shock. "Fuzzy Brows, get down here!"
Lee jumped down and help adjust the sobbing girl on to Naruto's back. On the way back to the village, Sumi drifted off to sleep.
"Thank you, Lee." Naruto stated seriously.
"I'll be by tomorrow to see if she wants to continue." He responded.
Naruto took her into the small space of his home. He stepped over to place her on the bed. He leaned down to release her onto the mattress, but when he loosened his grip, she tightened her own. He had wanted to at least clean the obvious injury to her hands, but he didn't want to injure her further by forcing her off.
He laid down on the bed and adjusted the covers to at least drape over Sumi. He let out a deep sigh and drifted to sleep.
88888
Thank You to rakio and Battosai25 for your reviews!
I'm always eager to know what people think about the story, and finding out that I made somebody laugh, always makes my day.
I'll do my best to update everyday except Sundays. I will be having a hand Surgery in February, but I'm working on stockpiling chapters so I can keep updating during that time.
Later!