Courage -a naruto fanfiction-

Chapter 29

OCs OCs, I love OCs, don't you? Okay so two new OC's soon. NOT following the storyline of the show from now on, sorry.  Uploading a drawing of Sora next chapter, for now her new outfitlooks kinda like the one over there ---->PLEASE COMMENT AND VOTE. I really really like comments! They make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside....like cheese with that weird kind of hairy mold on it....yeah....

Weirdly Loving, Sky

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Apparently, Sasuke was worried about me. Let me point out the incredible magnitude of the feeling of awkwardness that seemed to seep from my every pore as I lay next to the boxer-clad Uchiha. It was clear that the Uchiha thought the only way to comfort someone was physically, and I could understand why. I doubted that someone had ever sat down with him and talked to him in a comforting way. It had been the same with me until I had met Mother, the female wolf that had "adopted" me in a way. Maybe...nah. I was not fit to be a mentor to Sasuke as Mother had been to me. It was impossible. I lacked the sympathy and patience that it took.

Sasuke groaned next to me, mumbling incoherently in his sleep. He turned around and slung his arm out while he dreamt. His hand landed on my chest, and I took a deep breath, trying to control the urge to break his nose or maybe poison him with Hemlock. I grabbed his wrist and twisted. "Agh!!!" Sasuke jumped out of the bed, cradling his injured wrist. "What did you do that for?!" He screeched, blowing a strand of hair out of his eye. 

"You where sexually harassing me, Uchiha. Be glad that I didn't tear your arm from your socket." I growled, getting out of the bed and straightening my nightgown. Sasuke walked into his bathroom, stretching his arms behind his head with a groan. I walked into my own room's bathroom, still half asleep. When I looked in the mirror, I groaned. I clawed around for a brush, my eyes almost blind in the black bathroom. "Sasukeeee!" I screamed. "Whaaaaat?" The Uchiha responded, clearly agitated. "Where's my hair brush?" Sasuke poked his head into the bathroom, his eyes narrowed groggily. He threw a hair-matted brush at me and I caught it as it soared  over my head. "Thanks." He responded with his usual 'humph!' . I tore the matted black hair out of the brush and flushed it down the silver toilet with a grunt of disgust. Boys.

I raked the brush through my snowy hair, having to pull it over my shoulder to brush it all the way down. Stripping quickly, I jumped into the shower, humming as the hot water warmed me up. After scrubbing myself clean, I wrapped a towel around myself and brushed my hair yet again. After patting myself dry I walked into my room, wrapping the towel around my hair. There was a small brown paper wrapped box sitting on my red pillows. The name Kakashi was sharpied on it and that made me smile. I unwrapped it and pulled out a new outfit. A band of black cloth for the chest, sleeves separated from the main shirt. A collar buttoned up the neck, connected on both sides with a space in the middle. (look at the picture) It was beautiful. I smiled and silently thanked Kakashi. 

I pulled it on, smiling at myself. I sighed and reminded myself that today the mission started. And I would transform on Saturday. My smile disappeared and I had to take a deep breath to steady myself. I grabbed my forehead protector and tied it as a headband around my head. I then took my belt and tied it around my waist. My two glass knives where in it, their hilts filled with fire and water. I had filled the glass shuriken with different elements and put them in one of the pockets of my belt. The glass around my neck was filled with my blood, hanging from a small silver chain. Similar jars and vials where in my belt along with regular shiruken and kunai. Maybe I was overly prepared. But maybe not. Who knew. 

I pulled on Kiba's gloves and sighed. Right then, Sasuke walked in, catching me off guard. "Sora are you-" He gave me a very slow once over, his eyes wide in shock. "I'm I what?" I asked.

"Huh?"

"I'M I WHAT?" This seemed to scare him out of his daze. "Oh. Are you ready?" I nodded, grabbing a duffel bag packed with supplies and followed him out the door. We made our way through the gates and started trekking through the forest. Around mid afternoon we stopped for a break. We slowly cooked some fish and rice over a small fire, eating silently. We snuffed out the fire and continued walking until eleven o'clock. Sasuke set up the tent while I hunted for rabbits. I patiently walked, crouched low to the ground while I sniffed the air. A crunch sounded beside me and I smiled knowingly. "Mother, Tara-chan, Mile-kun?" The white wolf walked towards me, followed by the rest of the pack and two figures. Mother nuzzled me, making soothing, happy sounds. Soon, I was covered in wolves. Each sniffed, licked, poked and prodded me. I started laughing, trying to muffle it so that my companion wouldn't hear it. 

Mile-kun smirked down at me as I layed on the forest floor, covered in a mix of red, brown and black fur. His purple-black hair was unkept, his left eye was brown and his right eye was green. He was dark from hunting with the pack day after day. His ears where pierced, bone and metal earings hanging from his pointed earlobes. His twin sister gazed at me lazily from the branch of a tree. She looked much like her brother, her hair kept short like his. Her eyes where large and doe-like, much like mine but they where different colors like her borther's. Her right eye was brown, her left eye green. Or had been.

After a fight for turf with a different pack, her right eye had been clawed at and now she covered it with an eye patch. Their clothing was made of fur and leather straps. "I see we're getting soft, are we?" Said Tara-chan with a joking tone. I rolled my eyes and forced myself back up, dusting off my pants. "Your eyesight must be getting worse, Tar." Mile laughed. "Haven't lost your sense of humor, have you?" He smiled, showing off his pointed canines. I laughed with him. "Want to join me? I'm going to go hunting. The pack can come! I've missed group hunting." They both nodded.

I missed them so much. My family