Finding light in a dark world (Naruto fanfiction)

~ Training ~

*Recap*

"See you later my eternal rival, I'll be sure to take good care of the lovely youthful flower!" He yells cupping his hands around his mouth so daddy can hear him better. Daddy just waves his hand in acknowledgement. Then guy turns to me with that creepy grin of his. My eyes widened. He's got something planned, I just know it. 

"LET"S DO FIVE HUNDRED LAPS AROUND THE VILLAGE, MY YOUTHFUL FLOWER." he says and takes off leaving a cloud of dust in his wake. I just stare after him with wide eye's. So much for taking care of me...

Man he really is crazy. I thought with a sweat drop and an eye twitch. 

*End recap*

I glance around frantically looking for a place to hide. I was now standing in the middle of the village sweating profoundly horrified from what was chasing after me. I only have a few seconds to find a good place to hide, before HE finds me. 'In that shop, no that's to obvious', 'over there behind that stand', still not good enough! I think still searching for somewhere to hide. Then I find the perfect hiding place. A couple of feet ahead of me was a house with a small porch high enough off the ground for me to squeeze under. Quickly scrambling over to the house I dive under the porch just in time for guy to come into view. I heave a quiet sigh in relief. I was just in time. 

"Where are you, my youthful flower. You haven't done your morning routine. We must do them in order to stay youthful!" he yelled out looking around for me. Everyone was giving him strange looks, but he didn't seem to notice. I watch from my hiding spot as he paces around looking for me. Yeah like I was going to do two hundred push ups, six hundred jumping jacks, and who knows how many laps around the village I thought bitterly. There's no way. This guy is completely nuts. I have been running from him for two days now. I didn't even go home last night. I hope chi's ok. He's been trying to get me to do those crazy exercises sense daddy left.  

"YOUTHFUL FLOWER! guy yells out causing a few people to grumble around him. I cringe at my nickname.. Thankfully he still hasn't found me yet. He then walks past the porch I'm hiding under, and I cringe in fear. 'Please don't find me, please don'r find me' I think over and over in my head. He just continues on calling out my nickname. I sigh in relief as he gets farther and farther away. That was a close one. He had spotted me earlier, when I was buying a dango with some of the left over money daddy had given me for clothes. Thinking back on it I didn't get to eat that dango, I had dropped it in fear. Stupid guy. He made me drop my delicious dango. My stomach growled in agreement. I sighed. 

"Looks like someones hungry." says a really irritatingly familiar voice. "No, my stomach just likes to talk." I said sarcastically. "Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." I glared up at Ichiro who was upside down hanging off the porch. "No dip Shurlock." I grumble out. I didn't even sleep last night I was to scared that guy would find me and drag me through hell and back. I shivered involuntarily. His exercises were really that bad. Ichiro chuckles bringing me out of my scary thoughts. "Why don't you come in I just made lunch anyways." He says lightly.  This is his house!?! Luck seemed to have been against me, or maybe it was fate playing a cruel game with me. "Why should I?" I ask with a glare. "Well for one thing you look like you haven't even eaten for days, and another is i'm sure you don't want that weird dude finding you. So you can hang out here for a little bit." What did he mean by that, I'm not that skinny.... But he did have a point I really didn't want to be found by guy. "Fine." I say crossly turning my head and pouting. 

He chuckles once more, and holds his hand out to me. I look over at him with a glare. "Just take my hand" he says with a sigh. He was now crouched down in front of the porch. I grumbled a few incoherent words but grabbed his hand anyways. He pulls me out swiftly, and helps me to my feet. I immediately let go of his hand, and cross my arms. He enters the house and jesters for me to follow. I hesitantly go in the house, and follow him through an archway to the left of where we entered. Upon entering the kitchen, my stomach grumbles again. It smelled delicious, and my face heated up in embarrassment. My stomach really has a way of making things awkward. Ichiro laughs and says "sit" gesturing to the chair beside him. I nod and slowly make my way to the table.