Drug Runner (Naruto fanfic)

Drug Runner - Chapter 5

"Any plans on how to escape the leaf village?" Kiritsu asked me as we walked through the unusually busy streets of Konoha in the early morning. Students I recognized were in groups and laughing while running to the academy. Parents were tending to their crops in their front yards while the young children played and cuddled against the soft grass enjoying the warmth while it lasted. "Hm, well I haven't given it much thought. Although, we will leave soon." I told him truthfully. With adjusting to this lifestyle of living a different life I haven't thought about escaping.

"Well, stop being distracted. To be honest I liked it better when you were aggressive and dealing drugs."  Kiritsu said to me with a bored sigh. I glared at him and gritted my teeth together,"Shut it, mutt," He glared at me and bared his teeth at the nickname. While picking at the bandaged tape on my wrist out of boredom I decided to stop and get some tea. "Brat, what are you doing? Don't you have to go to school and meet your sensei?" Kiritsu asked impatiently.

"Learn patience and yes I do, but hey I'm thirsty so wait we have time," I told him casually as he gritted his teeth together. I know how much it annoys him when he isn't taken seriously. Going up to the front counter I asked a girl with light ginger hair, "I'll have jasmine tea and also I'm running very late so if I could have it to go that would be great." The girl behind the counter grumbled some words but went into the back.

"Tsk, I thought we had time, kid. Why lie?" Kiritsu asked me. "I don't like waiting and plus why tell the truth anyway?" He said nothing after that and eventually, my tea came. "Jasmine tea and that will be 50 yen." After paying her the amount we left. Steam was rising from the plastic cup but disappeared into the air. Sipping from it I walked into the classroom with the usual chaos of things. Dumb and dumber trying to get the raven's attention, Naruto being the annoying little runt he is, and other students loudly talking, but there a sleeping boy who caused no noise and I smiled inwardly at this. At least one student isn't annoying.

"Naruto, what are you doing here? Only people who passed the graduation test are allowed here." A sleepy voice said as he yawned. "See this, Shikamaru! It means I'm a ninja now like the rest of you," the blonde said back as he pointed at the headband that replaced his green goggles. I had always wondered what triggered this spunk and such loudness in such a small body. I had also wondered how he became a ninja. He's nothing but an obnoxious prankster who gains from the attention and acknowledgment from others regardless of who they are. This made him particularly naive and innocent. Not being able to differentiate from right to wrong.

Sitting down next to the Uchiha, Kiritsu curled up under the table and shut his eyes. The fangirls paid no attention to me so I was having a good morning for the most part. I have learned to drown out the noise and concentrate on myself and make it through the day without snapping my neck. So far it was kind of working and the tea was helping too. Closing my eyes for a brief moment I relaxed but like every other morning, something went wrong.

One minute I'm relaxing and the next minute I'm drenched in the piping hot tea that burned my skin. Everyone went silent and stared at me with wide eyes. To say I was angry is an understatement. I'm livid. The longer my skin absorbed the burning tea the more my skin was turning red and the pain rose. I stood up quickly and my seat slammed into the table behind me. At this Kiritsu woke up. Opening my eyes I saw vibrant blonde. I hate his hair so much.

"Naruto," I said to him in the calmest manner I could muster. He is the one responsible for this and here he is standing there like an idiot. "Mieko~chan! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! Sasuke and I were-" I cut him off with a glare and I visibly saw him shrink under my eyes and close his mouth. I clenched my fist together to remain calm no matter how much I wanted to kill this teme. I was becoming numb to the pain and reached into my pocket.