"If she were a corpse, how could she be alive?" asked Kakashi, wondering what it was with ANBU lately. Half of them seemed a little... off.
"But it's the Ninetails!" said the ANBU member.
"I'm not so sure about that," said Kakashi, coming to a complete halt.
"What do you mean?" said the ANBU member just before running into a post.
Again Kakashi wondered what had been going on with ANBU of late.
"Someone moved that into my way," accussed the ANBU operative.
Kakashi REALLY wondered what had been going on with ANBU of late. "You've heard the rumors?"
"What rumors?" asked the operative.
"That it wasn't really the Ninetails that got sealed," said Kakashi. "That it was something else."
"But... that can't be..." said the operative. "Everyone KNOWS it was the Ninetails."
"We're ninja," said Kakashi. "We're supposed to keep secrets but we're also supposed to uncover the truth underneath the truth. Remember?"
Somehow you could tell under the mask that the operative was wincing. "Uh. Right. I remember that, but..."
"Does Naruto Uzumaki ACT like a rampant engine of destruction?" asked Kakashi.
"He sure did a number on that wall back there," complained the operative. "I've seen him eat. He sure acts like a rampant engine of destruction if there's food involved."
"What's your name anyway?" asked Kakashi. "Should I call you Otafuku after your mask?"
"...it was the only one left on the rack..." griped the operative. "Tambu."
"All right Tambu, what would you call that?" asked Kakashi.
Tambu looked. There, across the street, was the victim. Entrails hung out of her mouth. Oh. Wait. Those were noodles. "Uhm."
"They look more like they're on a date than anything sinister," commented Kakashi.
"Errr, well, he could be fattening her up to feast on her later?" asked Tambu.
"Are you a betting man?" asked Kakashi.
Tambu sighed and slumped where he stood. "I ain't Tsunade."
"Good man," said Kakashi, leaning against a wall and watching events progress across the street.
His budget wasn't up to his appetite, so he reluctantly had to push away from Ichiraku in order to get cup ramen later.
"Uhm, N-naruto, I, ah, really enjoyed, err," said Hinata as she tried to shrink inside her clothing.
Naruto sighed and wondered if he'd EVER understand girls. They were so weird. Hinata more than most. Still, she TRIED to be nice to him apparently. If only there were a way to relate through all the weird...
"Hey, Hinata," said Naruto abruptly. "You do really good in class and all, right?"
"W-well, ye-yes, that's right," stammered Hinata, trying to get her mind away from going over and over again the studly muscle she'd felt while being carried. Trying NOT to activate her Byakugan just a little tiny bit and see past his clothing to verify that Naruto was hiding Prime A Beefcake in there.
"How about you help me with practice sometime?" asked Naruto beaming at her. He couldn't relate to girls worth a damn, but this was ninja practice stuff. That ought to be safe, right?
Hinata nodded with a little "hmph" sound, looking so happy that Naruto thought he had managed to do something right. Then she fainted and he was left wondering what that was all about again.
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