Alone [Hiatus]

Chapter 7: Detour?

“So, Nanami-san-” Ayumi was cut off by the older girl.

“Just call me Marise okay?” Marise spoke, smiling.

Ayumi returned the smile and nodded, “Hai, Marise-san. I was just wondering… What is it like in Nadeshiko Village?”

Marise looked up as she thought over her answer before turning to Ayumi as they walked, “I suppose it’s actually very similar to Konohagakure. The only difference is that the population is mainly females.”

“Eh? How come?” Sayomi questioned, listening in on the conversation along with Miyu and Kana.

“In Nadeshiko Village, women are in charge. When a girl comes of age, she must find a man just like in almost any village. However, with Nadeshiko, women must find a man worthy of fighting. Once she does, they must fight and if the man defeats her then they return to Nadeshiko Village and get married.” Marise explained with a sweatdrop as the genin stared at her like she had grown a third head.

“That’s so crazy! It’s really cool though… Hm, maybe I could do that some day.” Sayomi mumbled as she began to get lost in her thoughts.

Ayumi scoffed and rolled her eyes, “Right. A bit too early to think about that, don’t you think?”

Sayomi stuck her tongue out but before she could say anything, a loud yell and bark cut through the air. Before anyone knew what was happening, Ayumi was on the ground with a brown haired boy on her.

The boy, whom Sayomi recognized as Kiba Inuzuka from their first day at the academy, was the boy laying on her sister.

“Oi! Ayumi-chan! Weren’t you the one saying it’s too soon to be thinking about dating??” Sayomi questioned in a teasing manner, smirk and all.

Ayumi growled as a blush of embarrassment and anger dusted across her cheeks as she shoved Kiba off her, “You know that’s not what happend!”‘

Ayumi quickly turned to the boy who was still trying to get his bearings as he finally stood up, “And you! What’s wrong with you?!”

“Hey! It wasn’t my fault! It was Shino’s fault!” Kiba barked back, almost literally in fact.

“Ah, Kana-san. Did we interrupt your mission?” A woman with long black hair and red eyes asked as she came out of the brush of the forest with two others.

Kana sighed and chuckled in exasperation, “To be one-hundred percent honest? Yeah, you’re student did...”

“Gomen, Kana-san. We didn’t mean to.” The woman apologized and bowed slightly.

Kana simply waved her hand in a dismissive manner, “No worries. We’ll be heading out now. Ja ne Kurenai-san.”

Ayumi and Sayomi stared at her in disbelief. No fighting? No yelling? They thought Kana-sensei was over-reactive with all the other sensei. That’s when Ayumi and Sayomi glanced at each other with a smirk and turned to Miyu.

“Miyu-chan,” Ayumi started.

“Do you know what this means?” Sayomi finished.

Miyu simply shook her head in obliviousness, “Gomen… I don’t know.”

The two girls giggled and glanced at their sensei who was still slowly walking with Marise before turning back, “She only seems to act obnoxious around Kakashi-sensei. She definitely likes him.”

Miyu’s eyes lit up in realization. It was surprising to her that she didn’t notice it first since she considered herself as the type of ninja whom was better at observation than most and simply average at ninjutsu and taijutsu.