Sitting on top of the Hokage Mountain, a sigh escaped her lips. Her raven danced in the light breeze as her jade colour eyes scanned over the town below. Nothing had changed. It had only been a year, since she had been here and seen him. The boy with the golden hair and foxy grin. Still she remembered the saddened ocean blue eyes, which she had to leave behind in order to fulfil this mission.
Climbing to her bare feet, Yoko leapt forward flipping until her feet landed on the ground below those who stood in the area glanced at her stunned at her, she acted as though it was it was normal. Turning her back to the villagers, she let out a high pitched whistle that earned a howl of Jinx in reply, the black, grey and white wolf companion that she travelled with.
Dusting off the dirt from her black Chinese style fighting dress, Yoko slung her leg easily over the back off the giant beast, thanks to the high slits in the sides of the dress. Jinx sprang on to the orange tiled roofs of the buildings and began to run in the direction of the hokage’s office.
Leaping across the roofs, they reached the hokage’s office briefly; Yoko dismounted when Jinx jumped down landing in front of the building. Turning to the beast she signalled for her to head into the forest.
Now Yoko stood alone in front of the building, a soft sigh breached her pale lips as her eyes drifted down to the orange ribbon tied around her wrist. She smiled as she remembered the day that she had received it from the golden hair boy.
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“Naruto” the young raven-haired girl, called chasing after the blue-eyed boy.
Laughter escaped her lips as she chased him, though her long raven locks blocked her sight. Unable to see, Yoko tripped scraping the delicate skin of her knees against the rough surface of the floor.
Grasping her wounded knee, tears slipped from her jade eyes a whimper escaping her lips. Turning Naruto had spotted his fallen friend and went to aid her. Taking hold of her small hand , he pulled her to her feet. Naruto’s ocean blue eyes locked with the jade ones belonging to Yoko.
He gave that famous foxy grin as he spoke “your hair is too long, you need to cut it”
Letting go of her hand, Naruto stood behind the eight-year-old girl. Her cheeks tanned red as Naruto pulled the soft raven locks back and held them back in place with the orange ribbon.
“there, that’s better” he whispered
“thank you ” she smiled turning to the boy
the sound of footsteps could be heard from behind them turning in that direction, Yoko’s eyes met those of her fathers. Standing by the edge of the park the voice of her father said “Yoko time to go, the mission is finished we’re going home”
“goodbye, Naruto” she called running towards her father
…..that had been the last time she seen her friend before her father had abandoned her at the gates of konah.
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shaking her head. Yoko cleared her thoughts and walked through the wooden doors of the building before her. Jounin glanced at her wide-eyed and turned whispering to one another. Heading down the corridor she now stood before the hokage’s office. Her knuckles rapped against the door before she received permission for entrance from lady tsunade. Opening the door, Yoko stepped into the room, staying silent, waiting for the woman to look up.
Once she had, lady tsunade dropped the pen she had been writing with.
“you? but? how?” she stumbled upon her word, but finally when she did find them lady tsunade spoke “your supposed to be dead, we received a report claiming you had died in an explosion”
“that had been a lie. The mission that you had sent me on turned out to be an ambush. I was captured and spent six months in a cell and spent the last six moths hunting sown the ones you had sent me to assassinate” she explained briefly “ I came to report and ask for my house keys”
tsunade looked troubled as she explained that because she thought that Yoko was dead, her home had been sold but also told the raven haired girl that she had been put on the K.I.A
“is there anywhere else that I can stay?” she sighed sweeping her hair out of her eyes
“for now you can stay in Naruto’s place, he’s on a mission at the moment and won’t be back until the end of this week” tsunade answered tossing the set of keys to Yoko.
Muttering a word of thanks, Yoko teleported the apartment leaving a cloud of smoke . the apartment building looked old but steady. Climbing the stairs to the third floor, she placed the key in the lock of the fifth door along before turning the cold steel handle and walking into the room.
Looking around her features twisted in a look of disgust, as she looked at the mess before her, dirty clothes hid the wooden floor ramen packets littered everywhere. Dishes lay in the rusted sink unwashed.
However one place was clean the bedside table where two pictures lay, one of the old team seven and one of herself and Naruto, that had been taken at the last sakura festival. Picking up the picture, she whispered “Naruto”
Taking one more look around the room, she sighed. She had a lot of cleaning to do.
After eleven hours the apartment gleamed and sparkled. The clothes washed and put away, all rubbish was now in the bin. the dishes had been cleaned as well as t the kitchen that now looked brand new. Still there was one last thing to do.
Exiting the apartment she headed to the roof of the building and let out a whistle, in order to call her beloved Jinx. Within moments the large beast stood next to her. Yoko performed several hand signs that caused the beast to shrink to the regular size of a wolf. Now that was done Yoko decided to rest.
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The rest of the week went by quickly, and to day was the return of Naruto. Kakashi, sakura and Naruto headed towards the hokage’s office in order to report in.
The pink haired Jounin hadn’t been the same, since the news of her death, it was as if the joy had been zapped from him. Shaking her head, the pink haired Jounin turned her attention back to the hokage listening to what the woman had to say.
Kakashi handed over the scroll that held the written report of the mission, then the team was dismissed. When they left the building, Kakashi and sakura watch as their teammate slumped away.
“what are we going to do with him” the pink haired girl sighed “he’s been like this for months”
“he’s grieving sakura. He needs time to heal” the silver haired man replied burying his nose back into his perverted book
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Naruto had reached his home and walked through the door. His depression had prevented him from seeing the changes around the room or the wolf that lay asleep beneath the dining table. However he did hear the scream come from the direction of the bathroom.
Going into alert mode, Naruto pulled kunai from the weapon holster on his right leg and headed into the bathroom. Placing his hand upon its handle he flung the bathroom door open he was about to enter when something solid collided with his body. The force that it had come into contact with him caused him to fall backwards the kunai slipping from his grasp and out of reach. Turning his head he saw the snarling wolf, its fur stood on end and its teeth were bared. Nervously Naruto smiled at the approaching beat his eyes widened in fear.
“jinx, stop” he heard a vaguely familiar voice order the wolf
Almost immediately the wolf stopped and walked back towards its place beneath the dining table watching over the two lay on the floor. Naruto turned his attention back towards the raven-haired girl that they across his chest. She had a vanilla scent, which was addictive.
Looking down the golden haired boy blushed, this was caused by the fact that the woman was barely covered by a dampened towel. Slowly the pressure on his chest reduced as the girl climbed to her feet and walked into the guest bedroom muttering about hating spiders.
Now he was alone he looked around his apartment, as he bent down to grab the kunai that lay on the floor replacing it back into the holster on his leg.
Knocking on the door to the guest bedroom and asked if she had done this, there was no reply,. Only the sound of draws opening and closing could be heard before the girl reappeared fully dressed.
From the back Naruto could see that the raven haired girl wore a slick black dress, with a slit going up the right side where weapon holster could been seen. A white dragon climbed up the side of the dress. On her feet she wore knee high silver ninja shoes. Her raven hair was tied back in a high ponytail that was held in place with an orange ribbon.
“yeah I did tidy up” she spoke finally turning to Naruto “sorry for screaming I just hate spiders”
a surprised gasp escaped his mouth has he looked into the jade eyes of the girl who stood before him.
“Yoko” the blue-eyed boy whispered as his knees gave collapsed beneath him. His arms gripped around her waist as his head buried in her stomach.
“Naruto?” she questioned shocked
the fabric of her dress dampened with the tears on her friend. Gently she stroked the golden lock of the tearful boy soothing him. A few minutes later she knelt down to his level wrapping her arms around his neck.
Naruto tightened his grip around her waist and lifted his head burying it in the crook of her neck, whispering “ I thought you were dead” over and over again.
“I not” she replied a smile gracing her pale lips
Naruto looked up at the girl he was holding onto a small smile on his lips as he spoke in a broken voice “I never letting you go again”
“I was about to go for a ride on Jinx, care to join me” Yoko questioned tracing the whisker marks on his cheek
“sure” was the only word he spoke as they both climbed to their feet
Once they stood on the roof of the building, Jinx transformed into her giant self as Yoko and Naruto climbed upon her back. Jinx sprang forward heading towards the forest. Once in the forest, her speed increased as she ran through trees in the direction of the small lake.
Naruto held onto the waist of the girl sat between his legs, tightly. Yoko held her head up and felt the wind against the delicate skin of her face, but occasionally needing to duck beneath the low braches of the trees.
Ten minutes later, they arrived and dismounted from the wolf, which shrank once again and went to sleep within the shaded trees. Yoko stripped down to her underwear and dived into the chilling water. Beneath the surface of the lake Yoko swam, only surfacing when she reached the centre.
Looking back at the side the lake, she saw Naruto already swimming towards her. A smirk graced her lips as she swam away from him. Ducking beneath the water Naruto lengthen his strikes as he chased after his friend. Finally when he did reach her, Naruto grasped her ankle and yanked her towards him. Snaking his arms around her tiny waist, they surfaced with her pressed against his chest.
“you’re not getting away from me this time” he whispered teasingly into her ear. His warm breath against her skin caused her to shiver in his grasp.
A soft laugh escaped her lips as she gazed into the ocean blue eyes . they kept themselves a float by kicking their legs slowly beneath them. Yoko pressed her hands against his tanned sculpted chest. Their lips merely an inch apart, Naruto leaned in and brushed his soft lips against her. Their eyes drifted closed as their lips meshed perfectly together.
Naruto nipped at her bottom, requesting entrance. Teasingly she denied him, smiling into the kiss. Wanting to deepen it he brushed her hand against her lower stomach.
The sensation caused her to gasp, giving Naruto the entrance he desired, he explored every inch of the cavern of her mouth. Both fought for dominance, Naruto won but pulled away shortly after thanks to the lack of air in his lungs.
Smiling Naruto whispered “I love you and I’m never letting you go”
“good because you can’t get rid of me that easily” she replied kissing him again “I love you to”
