Intertwined: Naruto Fanfic

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"You're awake." Says a girl with beautiful blue hair. "Konan." Says the boy with red hair. Then they both began to bicker with one another.

I sat there with a throbbing pain wrapping around my neck. I place my hand on my neck and saw dried blood on my hand. Who's blood is this? "W-What happened?" I ask in a quiet voice. They both turn to me. "You were attack." Said Konan. "I'll tell you later." She says as she stands up and leaves me alone with boy. "Here." He says to me as he hands me a clay plate with some bread and rice on it. "Thank you." I said as I shoved my mouth full of food. "Ummm. Sorry, I never introduce myself." Said the boy. "I'm Nagato." He said with a smile on his face. "I'm Mika." I responded softly. Nagato reaches out and fixes the bandages wrapped around my neck. "What happened to my neck." I asked him. He looks away, he had a look of frustration on his face. "Mika just finish the food. Then you'll talk to Sensei." Nagato said as he stood up and left me in the tent I was in.

It seemed like hours has passed. Until a man comes in with red paint streaked down his cheeks from below his black eyes. "Hello." He says to me as he sits down from across me. "Hi." I respond with. "Tell me. Do you feel better?" He asks me. I nodded. "Well then. I'm Jiriya the Toad Sage!" He says me. "R-Really?" I asked him. He nodded with a dumb smile on his face. He then continued with his writing hobby, how he wants to make it into a job. And he went on how he could be my Sensei as well because Nagato and Konan seemed fond of me. But Jiriya~Sensei had one more discipline named Yahiko. I met him later. He was very nice.

So from then on I traveled with them until they stopped the Leaf Village.

"We're here." Shouts Yahiko. As I stood there I realised how close we have grown. At first we were all strangers. Now we are all friends, almost inseparable. "Yes we are...." Sighs Jiriya~Sensei. Konan and Nagato were standing silently next to me. "What do you think?" I ask them. "I think it's really pretty." Konan says with a small smile on her face. "Not very exciting." Mumbles Nagato. "Oh come on!" Laughs Sensei as he almost elbowed Nagato. But instead Nagato pushed his over. "Run!" Shouts Yahiko. We all started to sprint out of there, laughing.

As we ran from there, we ran down the streets with Sensei running after us. "Come on." Says Konan as she picks me up and jumps onto one of the rooftops with Yahiko and Nagato. "Why pick shorty up?" Shouts Yahiko at Konan. "Because she'll just slow us down." Laughs Nagato with a bright smile on his face. "H-Hey! I hurt my ankle this morning!" I hissed at him.

We stopped in front of some stores. People walked past us and stared at us. "Why are they staring at us?" I ask Nagato quietly. He takes me by my hand and walks me inside of a store. Konan and Yahiko came in behind us. "It's because of the scars on your neck." Nagato says to me. I remained silent. But I guess it must be strange to see a young girl with scars running up and down her neck and having a messed up lip.

"Here." Whispers Konan as she hands Nagato a black scarf. "Good idea." Agrees Yahiko. "Huh?" I said as I watch them all reach into their bags and each pull out a few coins. "It's not necessary." I tried to protest. But it was too late. They already purchased the soft black scarf. I couldn't complain, I loved it myself.

As we walked out of the store Sensei was talking with a tall young man with strange yellow hair. "Put it on." Says Yahiko as he shoves the scarf into my chest. I take the scarf and wrap it around my neck and covered my mouth. It was a nice change, I strangely felt........ safe.