I wanted to finish a few chapters before I posted the first chap.
Here are some facts about this story:
O.k so in this story Ino Sakura and Hinata are 16.
Ino's hair is short like it was when she cut it at the chuunin exams. Hinata's hair is long like in Shippuuden.
Sakura's hair is long like it was before she cut it in the chuunin exams.
They are still ninja but not from Konoha they will meet the the guys and girls from the Leaf villiage and Sandvilliage who all have their appearances from Shippuuden later in the story.
Also there may be some slight OCness. Maybe more.
Please enjoy.
Disclamer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters. Wish I did because I'd be rich as hell!
You're a vision of tomorrow, a ghost from yesterday, im not trying to let you, take my breath away, you're a summers breeze that comes and goes, but somehow lingers on, tell me how am I supposed to forget you, if youre never really gone?
I stood at the edge of that cliff. The one that was over a hundred feet high with a river flowing beneath.
Most tourist came and took pictures on their vacations. But there were no tourist here now.
It was queit. I was the only one here. The wind blew my hair in my face.
It trully was a windy day. Kind of like that day.
I opened my hand and looked at what I held inside.
All fairy tales do not have happy endings. Some are just too good to be true. I always knew this but yet still I thought...
Tears streamed down my face. It had been a year since that summer. The summer that changed my life.
I had tried my hardest all year to not think about it,but as I stood here now my mind wandered back to that mermory. It was something I would never forget.
(Flashback)
"How about this one?" Hinata said holding up a book.
I read the cover. It was another fairy tale book.
"I told you before Hinata I'm looking for a realistic book fairy tales aren't real." I said talking the book and setting it back on the shelf.
Me Sakura and Hinata were in the bookstore searching for a book for me to take to camp. We were leaving tommorrow. It was a ninja camp that Sakura had found in the paper. I couldn't believe any of our parents had agreed to let us go there.
I didn't believe we were going to have much fun there so I would secretly read whenever I got the chance to buy time.
So far all Hinata had picked out were fairy tales and love stories which I hated.
"It's such a sweet story!" Hinata said picking the book back up and holding it to her chest.
I rolled my eyes. "Nothing like what happens in those silly books ever happens in real life, that's why I never read them."
"That's not true!" Hinata cried.
I stared at her hard. "Who do you know who's had a fairy tale ending?"
She blushed than shrugged.
"See I told you." I said taking the book back from her grasp and setting it back on the shelf.
Hinata looked up. "Just because we don't know anyone dosen't mean they don't happen."
I sighed. I personally didn't believe in love and happy endings. They weren't real. I figured that out when my parents had gotten a divorce.
Sure they were inlove at first but now where were they? No happy ending there. I had learned not to cry anymore.
Sakura sighed. "Can we go now?" Every book we've picked out so far you've turned down." I'm tired and besides you're not suppossed to bring books to camp anyway."
"I guess we can go." I said heading for the door. Hinata and Sakura follwed me.
"I wish someone would write a fairytale with a sad ending." I said as we walked past another aisle of books. "I would really read that book."
Sakura rolled her eyes.
"I hate sad books." Hinata said biting her lip.
"I know but for once I just wish-
"You want a sad book you say?" a voice said.
We all turned and looked to see an old woman with gray hair. She was dressed in all black and she had a mischevious smile on her face.
"Ino let's go." Hinata said tugging on my sleeve.
"Hold on." I said pulling away from her grasp. I walked towards the lady. "It must be interesting full of action and humor." I said.
The woman nodded and pulled a red book from behind her back and handed it to me. "Will this do?" she asked.
"Will this do?" she asked pulling a small book out of her basket.
I read the title. It was called "Cave".
I took it from her hands and read the summary. "I think I'll get it." I said.
The woman smiled.
I put the book under my shoulder and I was about to walk to the counter when I heard a loud. I turned around and saw that the woman had dropped another book from her basket.
It was a thick red book. I bent down and picked it up for her. I read the title. It was called X.
"What's this about?" I asked looking at the back of the book which was bare.
"Oh you don't want that book." she said trying to snatch it from my hands.
"Why not?" I asked.
"It's way too sad." she said.
"That's just what I'm looking for." I said.
"But this story unlike any other seems to come alive to it's readers."
I smiled. Thats's the kind of story I like." I said handing the other book back to her.
The woman sighed. "Are you sure?"
She was making this sound spooky.
"Um...yes." i said.
"Maybe you shouldn't get it." Sakura whispered in my ear. Hinata was shaking on the other side of me.
"I'm getting it." I whispered back.
I thanked the mysterious woman and walked to the counter.
"Can I have this." I said to the cashier.
She was a girl who looked alittle older than us. She had her black hair in a long braid.
She sighed and took the book from my hands. Her expression changed when she saw the title. "Where did you get this?" she asked.
I turned around to point at the lady but she was gone.
"Someone gave it to me." I replied.
The girl stared at the book for a long time. "I've never seen this book in our stock before." she said staring at the red book.
"So can you just give me a price and I'll pay it." I said impatiently.
The girl sighed. "Ten bucks."
I raised an eyebrow.
"For a book?" Sakura said.
"I'll take it." i said handing the girl ten dollars.
"Do you need a bag?" she asked.
I shook my head and grabbed the book off the counter. I couldn't wait to read it.
"Do you think there will be any cute guys at camp?" Sakura asked stuffing a chip into her mouth.
We were all at Sakura's house. We were going to sleepover here and her mother would drive us to the camp tommorrow.
Hinata blushed.
"I wouldn't care." I said.
"You should care maybe you'll find your dream guy." Sakura said looking up at the ceiling.
"I don't have a dream guy you guys both know I don't date."
I had stopped dating after my parent's divorce. Like I said I don't belive in love.
"Ino come on." You gotta fall inlove sometime." HSakura said.
"S-she's right." Hinata added.
I sighed. "I'm fine the way I am." I said looking back down at my book. I had been reading it every chance I got. So far it was really interesting.
It was about a guy who was abandoned at the age of 2. One day he was found in the woods by some travelers.
They took him back to their villiage where they fused a demon in him.
Ever since that day the boy who they called X was unable to die. At the age of 17 he stopped aging. They used him as weapon to kill anyone to attacked their villiage. After a while
they became the most feared villiage. As people from his villiage passed away X was left to live on for thousands of years watching the people he grew to love die.
He wanted no more than to die with them. The only way he could die was to give his heart away and gain one in return,but X was never loved by anyone and after watching so many others die he learned not to love.
He began to kill for his own purposes. He destroyed the village of a girl named Sayuri. Since then she trained for years to defeat him.
When she finally found his hiding space she like every other person failed to kill him. But instead of killing her he captured her.
I was at their first real conversation.
I predicted they would fall inlove and he would kill her in the end or something. Or she would die and leave him alone. A sad sweet love story. Man I loved these. They were just like reality.
No one lives forever no happily ever after.
"Ino why do you have to be so unromantic?" Sakura said snatching the book from my hands.
"Hey give that back!" I cried trying to snatch it back.
"You've had your head in that stupid book all day." she said moving the book away from my grasp.
"No I haven't!" I cried trying again to snacth the book.
Sakura tossed the book to Hinata. "Catch!" she cried.
Hinata caught the book and hugged it to her chest.
"Come on you guys give it back." I said in a calm voice.
"N-no not until you make us a promise." Hinata said squeezing the book tighter.
I sighed. "What do you guys want?"
"Promise us that if you meet a great guy this summer you'll atleast give him a chance.' Sakura said. Hinata nodded. "Pleeeeaaase!"
I shook my head. "I can't do that."
"Then you won't get this back." Sakura said taking the book from Hinata's grasp and opening it to the back. She grabbed a few books in her hand. "Atleast not whole."
My mouth dropped open and so did Hinata's. "You're not serious?" I asked.
"I'm very serious." All you got to do is promise."
I sighed. I really wanted to finish that book.
"O.k I promise." I said almost in a whisper. "I didn't hear you." Sakura said still holding the pages.
"I SAID I PROMISE!" I yelled.
"Alright you don't have to scream." she said tossing the book back to me.
"What's that book about anyway?" she asked sitting back down.
"It must be really interesting if you don't want to talk to us." Hinata said a said look on her face.
I closed the book.
"It's nothing you guys would like." I said closing the book and sitting down on the floor next to them.
"Let's have fun." I said throwing a pillow at Hinata. "Get her!" I cried.
Sakura and me both grabbed more pillows from her bed and began hitting Hinata who was balled in a tiny ball.
"Hit us back!" I cried.
Hinata grabbed a pillow and threw it at Sakura causing her to hit me on accident. before we knew it we were all hitting each other and laughing.
"Oh my god that guy is sooooo hot!" Sakura said clasping her hands toghther and staring at a guy with black hair cut in a a short hair style. He wore his ninja headband on his head and his bangs hung over it.
We had just arrived at the camp and Sakura's mom had just drove away.
We were almost officially campers.
I would have liked to spend my summer at home reading instead of coming to this ninja camp. All we would do is work and stuff just basically like school.
The brochure did say we would have fun, but I bet what they called fun was getting you head bashed in.
"I didn't know this was a coed camp." I said looking around.
"Me neither." Sakura said. I could tell she was lying. That probly the only reason we were here today.
I strectched and layed on my back on the ground. We were waiting for the head of the camp to show up and give us instructions. I wanted to read some more of X but I couldn't read right here. The rules had perfectly stated no books. That was dumb.
I hadn't to hear X and Sayuri's talk.
"Wake me up when things get interesting." I said closing my eyes.
"You can't just sleep right there." Hinata said.
"Is there any rule that says I can't?" I asked peeking one eye open. "N-no." Hinata replied.
"But there are boys around." Hinata said in a whsiper.
"I don't care." I said.
"Ino sit up!" Sakura said hitting me in the stomach.
"Ouch!" I cried sitting up. I looked around. Hinata was right. There were lots of boys around.
I didn't see any girls. All of a sudden a guy with black hair and green spandex looked our way. He did a double take then came running towards us.
Hinata screamed.
"You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen!" the guy said in a loud voice. I persoanally liked his voice it was funny and cute.
"I believe he's talking to you Sakura.' I said laying back down.
"Sakura is that your name?" the guy asked.
"I am Rock Lee." he said standing straight and making a fist in the air.
"Allow me to show you around." he said taking Sakura's hand.
"I-I um...I-
"Everyone over here!" a woman's voice called. Sakura looked relieved. I could tell she had been searching for a nice way to tell Rock Lee she was not interested.
I didn't see why she didn't like him. He was kinda cute and he seemed nice enough. A little crazy but nice enough.
Rock Lee reached out his hand and helped Skura up,then Hinata then me. He was pretty strong. My hand hurt just from him holding it.
He may look silly and act a bit silly but he was strong.
Me, Sakura, Hinata, and Lee made our way over to a woman with long blonde hair that she wore in a poinytail. She had on white shorts and a shirt. She had a headband on like the one the boy Sakura had pointed out wore. She was very pretty.
"Hello everyone and welcome to Camp Konoha!" she said smiling and looking at all of us.
"I'm glad to have so many participants this year." I'm Tsunade." You guys can call me Tsunade." I'm the owner of this camp."
"This is my assistant Shizune." she said pointing to a woman with short black hair. She also wore a white shirt and shorts. She held a clipboard in her hands.
"And I'm the co owner of this camp!" a man with white long white hair and a mischeivious grin on his face.
"I was going to introuduce you." Tsunade said casting him an evil glance.
He shrugged.
Tsunade held her head down. "Anyway behind me are your counselors and teachers Kakashi,Kurenai,Asuma, and Gai." she said. Behind Tsunade were three men and a woman. They all wore the same headband as her.
"O.k Shizune read the rules."
Shizune looked down at her clip board. "No pets, not electric divises,no books, no...
I stopped listening at books. Instead my mind and gaze wondered to our counselors. There was a guy with the same black hair cut into the same bowl shape like Lee's. He wore the same outfit and he was smiling way too hard. Weird!
Beside him was a guy with gray hair. The one I could see was black. The other was covered by his head band. O.k another weirdo. Beside him stood a woman with dark brown hair. She wore her shoulder lenth hair down.
Lastly there was a guy with dark black hair that really looked blue. He had a cigarette in his mouth and he was grinning.
"As you know this camp is to better your ninja skills and to have fun, but mostly to have fun." So our most important rule is to have fun!" Shizune said. "Thank you Shizune I'll take it from here.'
"About your conselors I will not issue conselors until I know a bit about you." Tsunade said. "So when I point to you please tell me a bit about yourself."
Tsunade began looking around the group of ninja.
"Let's see...you." she said pointing to the boy with the black hair Sakura had pointed out earlier.
The boy began to speak.(You guys remember Sasuke's introduction from the show)
There was silence. He was creepy. Hot but creepy.
"O.k Naruto you go." she said ponting to a guy with an orange and black suit on. "But you guys already know me." he whined.
Tsunade sighed. "Everyone dosen't know you Naruto." she said.
Naruto took a deep breath and introduced himself. (You remember his introduction from the show)
I looked at Hinata. She was fidgiting with her fingers and blushing.
Me and Sakura rolled our eyes. She always fell for the weird guy. I didn't see why she wasan't falling for Lee.
Tsunade countinued to pint to people who gave their ages and some info about themselves. So far I could identify Kiba, Choji, Shikimaru, Sasuke, Naruto, Tenten, Temari, Kankuro, Shino, Neji, Rock Lee and Haku.
I had almost fell out when Haku said he was a boy. There was no way! The guy was prettier than me!
"O.k...you." Tsunade said pointing to a guy with brownish red hair. He had dark black rings around his green eyes.
"I'm Gaara Sabuto." I'm 17." he said.
He didn't say anything more. Tsunade looked at him for information but he just shook his head. She sighed and pointed to me. I tore my eyes away from Gaara and looked down at the ground.
"My name is Ino Yamanaka.' I'm 16." I like reading and drawing." My hobies are reading and drawing."
"Hm...things you should know about me are that I do not believe in love, atelast for myself." I don't like fairytales and happy endings." They aren't real."
"But that dosen't mean I don't like making friends they last forever."
"I think that's about it." I said looking back up at Tsuanade and smiling.
Everyone was staring at me like I was sick or something.
I blushed.
"O.k..." Tsunade and said scratching her head.
(Gaara's POV)
I stared at the girl who called herself Ino Yamanaka. She was perfect.
She was my chance.
The best thing was that she didn't believe in happy endings so she wouldn't mind the one I had planned for her summer.
A smile crossed my face.
I would go through with it this time. I took a deep breath and listened to Shizune's pen as it hit her clipboard.
That's it for th first chap. Please review and tell me what you think.
A/N:You might have gotten the gist of the this story by the first chap. I don't know it may be kinda obvious.
Anyways I will try and update soon if you guys like it.