Team 101: The beginning (Naruto fanfic)

Chapter 8: Watching the Clouds

I walk through the streets of the hidden leaf village just looking. Looking at the lively faces of the many villagers dampen when I come into their sight. The silence choking me as they see me and the harsh glares I get from then making me feel sick. "Aiko, hey, Aiko, over here." The brown haired kunoichi turns around looking almost annoyed at me being there. I shake off her glare and try to smile at her but failing with my surroundings. "So did you pass?" She nods slowly before turning back around to buy some strawberries. I run up to her trying to get out of the oddly awkward situation. I look at the stall keeper looking straight into those eyes of hate. "Umm, can I please buy some strawberries." He looks at me before retorting."no way, I will not let you buy from my stall, not a betrayer of the leaf, go die in hell." I slowly turn around and on the way meet Aikos eyes. "So do you wanna go do something?" Her eyes now not as harsh as before "Im really sorry I have a mission I have to get to. See you around." I turn and trudge away feeling slightly sorry for myself, what was in Aiko's eyes and why can't I get a mission I feel useless just training with Sasuke or Hayate.
"Hey, Kurayami, what are you doing feeling sorry for your self." I snap around ready to start shouting but who I meet surprises me. "Shikamaru, what are you doing here." He shrugs and puts his hands above his head.
"Well I just finished my mission and I was walking back home but even though it's a drag I saw you and I was wondering if you wanna watch clouds with me?" I shrug and reply
"Sure, even though it's not really my kind thing I'll give it a try." His face visibly brightens as he carries on walking down the street. "So are you coming or what?" I snap out of my daze and run after shouting along the way
"Yeah, of course I am." I catch up to him quickly.
"So why all the stares?" I suddenly freeze as if some one has put a kunai through my heart and I feel my heart beat quickening the more I think about it. Do I trust him or not? Will he hate me if I tell him? I suddenly stop worrying if he hates me after I tell him then I know that I can't trust him. I loosen up and catch up to him again. "Well you see, my mother was a ninja of the leaf and she kinda betrayed it by killing a whole load of people and fleeing to the hidden rock village. Meaning that pretty much every single person hates me here, and now probably will now too." He just shrugs casually. "I know what happened to your mother, my dad told me." My eyes widen in surprise
"Really, but why don't you hate me?"
"Well, everyone should have their chance whether or not your mother betrayed the leaf village. Everyone has their own life it's whether or not you choose to take it, on the other hand you could let everyone boss you around and they would thing of you as the daughter of a betrayer but then you could make your own legacy and be known as someone different." As he says those words I realise something. I don't have to be hated, I can be myself and people can hate me all they all they want but I am me not my mother I am my own person. "Thanks Shikamaru, for everything." He looks at me in surprise. "What, I didn't do anything." I shake my head at his oblivity as we stop at a field. We both lie down on the cold grass just watching the clouds go by, even though I won't say it to Shikamaru I kinda like it. "If only I was a cloud, just going where the wind goes and floating gradually along, that would be the life."
"What, Shikamaru that would probably be the boringest life I could think of. No action, no nothing. Hey look at that one it looks like a bowl."
"What, it looks like a orange."
"No way, look it's not even round it has a obvious curve and a line, meaning it's a bowl."
"Ahh this is such a drag, even talking with you is too much effort."
"You can't mean that, I think you are enjoying it." I slowly move my hand towards his armpit making sure he doesn't see it. "So how was the mission."
"A drag" I slowly shake my head
"Of course you would say that you are Shikamaru Nara." And there. I attack him with tickles making him laugh loudly at my actions." No Kuaraymi stop. That hurts"
"Then why are you laughing?"
"Cause it hurts and tickles." I sit on top of him pinning him down trying to get under his neck to make him laugh even more."Hello lovebirds." I instantly stand up trying to hide the blush on my face as I turn around to meet the girl behind me. "Oh Ino. What are you doing here?" I say rather nervously hoping she didn't think it was something else.
"Well I was just coming to tell you that the Hokage wants to see you in his office but it looks like your... busy so I'll tell him that you will come later." I blush at what she was trying to get to
"No no no it was nothing like that, we were watching the clouds and then I started tickling him that's all."
"Oh ok well then the hokage wants you." She leans in to put her mouth beside my ear and whispers ever so quietly "you know if you like Shikamaru you can always tell me." I blush an even deeper shade of red
"No it's nothing like that"
"Ok what ever you say." I blush even more but manage to get the better of myself and wave at Shikamaru before poofing to the Hokages office.