Wishing on a Star (Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 6

I Do Not Own Any Of The Naruto Characters Except For Hunter and Any Of The Characters I Make Up As I Go Along In The Story................................Have Fun Reading My Newest Naruto Fanfic. <3

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Recap:

I stay silent as the group passes by Kakashi and I, and start to head on down the road. "I hope you will not do anything rash, tomodachi," I say softly before following behind Tazuna. Kakashi stiffens as he realizes that I had just acknowledged him as someone I trust. Smiling to himself, he runs after the group.

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As we continued through the forest, we soon arrived at the docks and boarded a ship to take us to the Land of Waves. I positioned myself at the front of the boat so that I would be able to see if anyone tried to attack us.

I felt the boat move slightly as Kakashi sat down beside me and leaned closer toward me, so that the others wouldn't be able to hear us. "I had been meaning to ask back in the forest, but how did you know to get into a fighting stance when those assassins attacked earlier?" Shrugging my shoulders, I glanced back at the almost tranquil waters as I pondered the meaning behind his words.

"I don't know. I guess you could say that my instincts kicked in, that I didn't want to die or watch any of them die." Kakashi sighs and leans against the edge of the boat, "I didn't mean for you to get depressed about it. It just caught me by surprise that you reacted so quickly, almost like a chunin, or even jonin." Chuckling lightly, I let my fingers slide into the water, "I've never been trained, but where I'm from I've always had to be able to defend myself from those who may be stronger than I am."

Kakashi puts a comforting hand on my knee causing me to glance back at him confused. "You know that you can talk to me, right? Think of me as your older brother , who would always protect you no matter what." I stare into Kakashi's eye trying to find any form of deceit but soon realize that his words are truly genuine. "Fine, nii-san, but it's my story to tell when I feel comfortable telling it."

Smiling to himself, Kakashi looks back toward the rest of the group just as Naruto starts to shout about the bridge under which they are passing. "LOOK AT THAT!! IT'S HUGE!!! OWW...," he says as Sakura knocks him on the head with her iron fist. The owner of the boat glares at Naruto as he maneuvers the boat underneath the bridge and through the fog that has formed. "Will you shut it, kid. Do you want us to be spotted by someone?"

Naruto pouts as he sits in the middle of the boat. I shake my head before looking back toward the water to find that we had approached land. I smile to myself as I turned to Kakashi, "I'm going to go and scout ahead of you guys to make sure we won't be ambushed." Kakashi hesitantly nods his head but not before he whispers low enough for me to hear, "Be careful and come back in one piece, otouto." Smiling again, I disappear into the brush before Naruto and the gang could notice me.

I move silently through the trees with an oddly newfound sense of stealth and heightened senses. What is going on with me? I feel as though I am changing, but to what? Clearing my head, I move in front of the group and begin to expand my newly acquired senses to the surrounding woods. This is oddly familiar as though I have done this before. Why does it come so naturally to me?

As I zoned back to the present, I sensed a presence in the brush right beneath me and move my hand slowly to my sword. Before I could advance on the mysterious and somewhat deadly presence, I suddenly hear the sound of a kunai striking a tree. Moving my eyes down further, I see a kunai resting above a traumatized white rabbit's head. Wait a minute. I was sure I felt a person's presence, not an animal's.