my own story..........my characters
The carroty-blonde haired girl counted her steps as she walked down the beaten dirt path. It was the same routine she performed everyday. One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. But, as always, she’d find her thoughts wandering off. She had a colorful mind that could not be constrained by counting mere numbers. She began looking around. The sky. The trees. The buildings. The huge crowd of young ninja huddled around a poster hanging on a wall.
Wait, what?
She trotted over to the group of her former classmates. She heard chattering and giggling.
“Oh my gosh! This is so exciting!”
“I hope it’s better than last year’s.”
“-no, Revina stood me up last time. Hey! It’s not funny! Why you little-!”
“-I HAVEN’T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT MY HAIR! Oh man, Kira, what am I gonna do???”
So many voices, so many conversations, but what was it all about? She had to figure this out, or she’d end up going insane!
“Excuse me?” she asked while tapping an older boy’s shoulder. “What’s everybody talking about?”
Hey only turned his head slightly, still caught in a conversation he was having with one of his buddies. “OH! It’s you!”
He quickly pushed some of the other kids out of the way.
“You guys! Move it! Destry Uzumaki is trying to see!”
Her stomach tightened, “There’s no need for that, really. I was just wondering…”
“Here you go!” he ushered her to the poster. She swallowed and slowly walked towards it, feeling sharp glares being thrown at her. Why did people have to act this way around her? She was no different than any of them. Well, other than the fact that her family tree had been filled with renowned Hokage, her father being the present one.
She shoved down all of her thoughts and worries when she finally reached the flyer. It was filled with bright colors and beautiful writing. She put her finger to the ink and traced the symbols as she read it aloud.
The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For Has Finally Arrived! The Annual Konohagakure Teen Spring Formal!!! The dance will be held at the Tykatsu Building this Saturday, from 6:30pm to 11:00pm! All young ninja must meet the requirements before attending:
~You must dress formally. This is not an event to look tacky.
~All guests must be of genin rank or higher.
~All food and beverages must be bought from the dance! There will be no outside food or drinks allowed into the building.
~You will not be allowed through the doors if you do not have a ticket. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!
BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY!!!
Destry clapped her hand over her mouth once she finished reading. Is this really it??? This was the dance that everyone talked about every year! She couldn’t believe how many times she’d heard Shakino going on about it! And now she was able to participate!!! Oh she just had to tell Ando about this!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The tall boy emptied out the last of the deer feed into the trough. Man, managing deer farms wasn’t as easy as one would think. How he longed to be somewhere else right now. But no. His father said it would be good for him to do some work. Get a feel on how the business was run. What he was REALLY trying to say was, “Son, I don’t feel like doing anything today. But if no work gets done, your mother is gonna throw a fit. I have an idea! Why don’t you do it for me?”
Despite how he tried to get out of it, his dad somehow managed to trick him into doing it. He dusted off his sleeve and rested his elbows on the fence. One of the deer that had been enjoying its food stopped to look up at him.
“What? I fed you already!” Ando whined. Its ear flicked back and its body grew tense. “What the-?”
Suddenly all the deer perked their heads up. Their dark eyes widened. Ando began to grow a little nervous. What had them so riled up? Just as they darted away from the trough, Ando heard a loud shout coming from behind him, growing louder and louder with each second.
“AAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” screeched the familiar voice. A voice he had grown quite fond of. That is, when she wasn’t yelling.
He was just beginning to turn when he was thrown to the ground.
“Oof!” he choked.
“Oh my gosh Ando!” Destry exclaimed, still leaning on his chest.
“What Des?”
“The Annual Konohagakure Teen Spring Formal! It’s here! And we’re finally eligible to go!!!” Destry shouted all at once, not even stopping between sentences to breathe.
“Wow, here already?” Ando asked. Destry nodded while grinning. She looked like a broken Jack-in-the-Box toy. “I’m surprised I haven’t heard my sister talking about it.”
“Yeah, well Shakino’s crazy. ANYWAY! We should all totally go! That’d be so cool! I know Sakai and Koinu won’t go. They’re probably banned from it anyway since they’d be all dirty and stuff…But you, me, Shakino, and even Isamashii could go!”
Ando bit his tongue at hearing Isamashii’s name. He really didn’t understand why she liked him so much. Sure he had his good moments, but overall he was horribly mean to her.
“I…I don’t know Destry…” he tried to get out of it. “I’m not all that hyped up about loud places…”
Then she did exactly what he was hoping she wouldn’t do.
“C’mon, Ando…” she pouted, fake sniffling. “It’ll be no fun without you…And my sad little heart will be broken if my best friend doesn’t go…”
“Shakino’s your best friend too,” Ando struggled to not feel guilty.
“But-but-but!” she started to make her eyes water.
Ando sighed deeply, “Fine! I’ll think about it, all right?”
“YES!” Destry shouted with joy and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt his face growing hot. He tried to force down the redness by not thinking about the butterflies in his stomach.
“My dad’s right. You women are troublesome.”
She beamed, “But ya still love me!”
More than you’d ever know.
“Hey, since I’m doing this for you, can you do something for me?” he asked her. A look of sincerity filled her face.
“Yeah, sure. What is it?”
“GET OFF OF ME!!!”
She looked around him to realize she was still sitting on him.
“Whoops!” she laughed and was quickly on her feet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Darkangelsaku15 Community Member 
|
|
