Chapter 24: Slumber Party?
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For some odd reason I'm being forced to stay over at the old man's house, hell, I even woke up in the spare bedroom with a memory of the mother begging me to stay, claiming she enjoyed my company- she's probably planning something evil with an impossible claim like that. No one has enjoyed my company since I was a sweet little naive 7-year-old wandering around screaming "Papa smells like poopoo!". Now I'm as annoying as ever, not to mention salty 24/7. Hey, don't blame me for having a personality they can't handle, do I look like a common doll to them or something? I grunted as Sakura's high-pitched morning voice chirped hoarsely in my ears, hitting my ear drums harder than I expected, along with the old man's voice as well. Well, that was unpleasant.
"Naruto didn't come back last night, either?"
"He's such a fool," she exclaimed after, causing my eyebrows to twitch. What's her deal? Seriously, don't think I've missed the way she treats Naruto, like he's nothing more than dirt on the ground, while she practically washed the ground Sasuke walked on with tears of happiness and admiration. At least I don't give either of them special treatment and treat them both like trash! "He's been out every night, climbing trees!"
Oh, shut up, Seven. As if that's any better than Sakura.
Shut up, me. Seriously, sometimes I just wanna....
"Oh, good morning, Seven!" the mother chirped happily, I brightened up at the tone of her voice and chirped back a good morning before taking my seat on the nearest available chair.
"He might be dead already from using too much Chakra." She flippantly waved off the possibility. I wasn't sure if that was a joke or if she really is that awful of a person, ghouls may be selfish but we're certainly not backstabbers. Loyalty is something we appreciate, even monsters have some humanity, well, some. Some ghouls just lack that morality. So, I stood up from the table and walked away, since I was already dressed I didn't bother with anything else and made my way towards the door. Almost as soon as my hand even gazed the doorknob, Kakashi spoke up like he just caught me with my hand in a cookie jar.
"And where do you think you're going?"
"As much as I love to stay here and listen to you all gossip about Naruto, I'd rather go out on a walk," I stated, and pulled the door opened. Wouldn't hurt to just make sure he isn't hurt, don't get me wrong I couldn't give less of a shit... oh who am I kidding? Damn you mushy side!
"I'm coming with."
"I don't think that's necessary."
"I wasn't asking." Well, that was bold and annoying. My lower left eye twitched in annoyance at his level confidence, but nevertheless, I just rolled my eyes and mumbled a "hello", walking out and slamming the door shut on the dog who was fast on my tail, unfortunately, it seems like he caught it. The silence between the two of us was tense at the beginning, considering that I just slammed the door in his face, but giving it a few minutes and the silence was actually... nice. It was comforting, and it didn't feel like I was obligated to spike up a conversation. Ah, there's someone in the distance, doesn't look like Naruto. Perhaps a woman? Before I could walk past I stopped in my tracks and made eye contact with her, the silence was awkward but she actually seemed eager to speak to me.
"A man?!" Naruto screech loudly, I blinked at the boy planted on his ass.
"What's his deal?"
"He thought I was a girl." I blinked a the... well... newly identified as a man.
"Well, I can see why," I mumbled, to which he chuckled at in a tone I did not expect, I noticed Sasuke making his way towards Naruto but I simply just shrugged it off and turned back to the man. "Well, gotta go. i***t teammate down." I waved the man goodbye, and nearly jumped back when his shoulders slugged like he was a puppy, for God's sake what is up with men and getting so dejected when a girl says goodbye, it's getting seriously weird.
"Wow, I've seen a lot of weird things in my life before but this one takes the cake!"
"Ouch!"
"What a bunch of morons."
"Did you just forget about mealtime, you idiot." Sasuke inquired harshly, but the smirk picking at the corner of the mouth, and I had this itching feeling to just tease the living f**k out of this tsundere.
"Awww, Sasuke! You care!" I beamed happily, earning a heated death glare from the oh-so deadly Sasuke to which I ignored and continued to gushed happily with a blush dusting my cheeks, "I never knew you could be such a softy!"
"Shut up, i***t! You're the one who leads us here, tell me, why would someone as lazy as you want to go out for a walk when just this morning you were whining about not wanting to move?!" Ah, he just exposed me. My blushed brightened significantly to the point where I thought a gardener would come pick me like the brightest tomato in the world.
"Be quiet! I just didn't want to interact with humans!"
Later that morning...
Sasuke and I stood at the bottom of the treeline, hiding within as you would consider it- let's be honest here-- we're both such socially awkward assholes, as we stared at Naruto showing off to Sensei and Sakura, I couldn't help but grin. I like this kid- WAIT! NO! NOT IN THAT WAY YOU PERVERTED READERS! I meant, I respected his determination and dedication. Wait a minute, I stared at the boy when his feet started to slip from the tree and begin to panic. Before I could take another step, Sasuke brushed past me and dashed towards Naruto with such speed that I was almost surprised how much he cared. Until I realized, he just wanted to get on Naruto's nerve, and it worked.
Seriously...
Night time.
"Ugh, I'm still the highest!" I attempted to foul them, but in reality, we were all standing at the tippy-top of the highest trees, though my tempts to go on my tippy toes wouldn't work anyhow.
"LIAR!" They both shouted in unison to which I sighed dejectedly.
Since they were both taller than me regardless of what I do... actually....With a churn of your knuckles, and the Rinkaku emerged from my lower back. The tentacle-like organ soon pushed you off your feet and held onto the end of the branch with the best grip that it possibly could while it held you up as high as you possibly could go.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of me winning."
"Ugh, whatever. Let's just go back, you completely ruined the mood, Seven, you're an even bigger dork than Naruto."
"What did you just say to me, emo boy?!"
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