3RD POV
Mikamo and Ireene were sitting by the dim fire having a small talk.
"So, your a ninja, hm?!" Ireene bluntly said "-Hehe, I figured as much. No wonder you know all about chakra or whatnot." She then turns her head, looking at the magenta haired teen "you keep saying I had parents, so why am I here then?" she asked with confusion sadness and a hint of betrayal "how can you miss someone you haven't even met before?" she asks more herself than Mikamo
"No, there's no need to feel that way!" Mikomo reassured, waving her hands in front of her caught a bit off gaurd "They loved you so but-" dark clouds start to circle her as the atmosphere gets suddenly dark. "-,but your mother died a little after your birth"
"and my father?" she raised her head slightly
"I don't know" the pink haired teen simply replied. "I mean there's a possibility he could still be out there" she reasurred
She gets up and starts to riffel through her bag getting out a rolled up piece of papper handing it to the redbead
"what's this?" she asked, glancing down at the parchment in her hand and received a slight nod from the teenager. She opened it, letting out a small gasp. "Is this-"
Makimo nodded "yeah, that's your mother" she show a picture of a girl with brown tipped, pale blonde-silver hair and the same eyes as Irene ( and is what she's wearing in the photo)
"Arigatō (thank you)" she whispered
the two continued chatting into the night, Makimo told a little bit about Irene's mother; Telling the young girl how she was one of the most kindest person she met and how she saved her nurturing her back, enough so that she wouldn't die from malnuriousment
"Whaoh that's amzaging!" she said with stars in her eyes, she then asked "Wait. that headband from the other day, did it belong to my mother?!" she asked
"no. That one was mine but I do, have, it-where is it?" she said digging through her bag.
"You mean this-" she takes out the headband and hands it to Mikamo "Gomen (sorry) I kinda took it-"
The teen gave a soft smile "no problem squirt" taking it from the young girls hand and gave a longing stared at the fabric in her palm. 'I wish you could see her, she's so much like you, both of you.'
:::::Time skip:::::
"I cant believe you almost got us attacked by a bear...again" Lena huffed
"Well at lest its better than a giant scorpion attack." Rin said casually
"Oh yeah the scorpion" Lena said dryly
"Yeah, I was never good with direction, they were never my strong suit" Mikamo admitted bit sheepishly with a little scratch of her neck
"How did I survive this long with you" Irene said dryly, a small dropped as Mikomo let out a sheepish smile.
"yeah a ninja who has no sense of direction" Lena whispered to Ireene
"because, I'm a badass ninja. and you wouldn't be here cause of me" Makomo retorted\gloats. The other two just gave deadpanned glare
"Rrriight." They both said deadpanned
"Let's just keep walking," she waved off "I think that old man said that there a village close by" Makimo said with a wave runnin head of them, naruto jumping through the tree.
IRENE POV
Soon after a few days they arrived at the borders of konaha and took a look around the vilge while Mikamo, again, consulted for our stay with this villge's leader.
I was walking around town,Tasokare let out a small yelp hmm, "your hungry aren't you" I cooed "maybe we could find a place to eat nearby. Hows that sound" he let out a barked in agreement
We wandered around the town,eventually stopping by a small ramen stand, hoping onto one of the stools "now what should I have" she thought out loud
"try the pork ramen it good, believe it" a voice said
I turned my head to the voice to see a blonde kid with whiskers smiling at me "hi, I'm naruto Uzumaki and I'm gonna be hokage! believe it!" he said a bit loudly
"that's nice" I simply said giving a soft smile back at him
"who are you,I haven't seen you around" he asked
"I'm not from around here"
"then where?" the blonde, naruto followed up
before I could answer the shop owner asked for my order "I'll have the same thing he's having and a bowl of water" I said and he nodded headed into the back
I turned back to the blonde and answered with; "well the last place I've been was suna, so you could say"
"Oh I never been there, what it like there"
"uhm, very sandy and hot and very different from here" I simply said
"sounds horrible"
"It really isn't, the people make are.....mostly nice. And its great over all" I casually said
"You really sound interesting" he complimented I smiled back at him and gave a little thanks
soon our food came out, I sat the bowl of water down for my little furry pal, then started eating my ramen
soon after we were done I said goodbye to the blonde and departed.
Soon I found myself walking in a nearby forest of some sort, suddenly flies past me I looked and saw a kid with a slightly sheepish look on his face
"Hey kid I think this is yours" I said handing him back the kuni
"Gomen (sorry)" he muttered
"hey let me help, give ya some pointers" I offered
"and what do you know about shirukenjutsu" he retorted
"hmm, I'll show ya" I said with and outstretched hand he gave a little sigh and reluctantly placed one of his kunai in my palm. "uh," gestured for him to step back. I threw it and it landed dead in the center of the target. a small smirk ran across my face.
I turned too the raven head boy and saw the awe in his eyes before he quickly brushed it and let out a small scoff "hn, beginners luck" he muttered
"Wantta bet" I challenged
"your on; I'm gonna bet ya"
"don't count on it" I retorted back with a smirk throwing my own blade at him, caught him off guard
he jumped back and retaliated, throwing kunai at me. I swiftly dodged them getting up close and going for a hard jab to his stomach, knocking him back a few meters
"That was actually good" he complimented
"Arigatō (thanks)" I nonchalantly said, going in for another hit but he dodged and countered. Sending me collided with one of the surrounding trees
"Oops, are you-" he said bit concerned racing up to me as I got back on my feet
"yeah, don't fret." I reassured "you still game?!"
"if you are" he said getting back into a fighting stance
I somersaulted, back flipped landing behind him and sweat his leg
"heh," he huffed, wiping his saliva off his cheek, smirking a small smirk
"if that's your way of I'm better, than yeah"
"in your dreams" I retorted back
"well see" he muttered with small smirk dawning his face he throw some more kunai
I dodged with minaum scratches, a few on my cheek from the previous on-slot of kunai
racing up to the raven haired boy, using a tree as momentum and flipping behind him and grabbing his arms before he could react, pushing him down and sat in the middle of his shoulder blades preventing him from moving "I win" I cheered
getting off him and offered him a hand "that was the most excitement I had all day. Names Irene" I said introducing myself. And thats my pal Tasokare I said pointing to the sleeping hound my the tree stump.
he takes my hand and introduces himself as Uchiha Sasuke. I heard rumors about his kind. Where they can unlock a special kekkei-genkai, I wonder if its true. "Well nice to meet ya Sasuke-chan, I'm happy we meet this way" I said, taunting a bit at the end.
"hn, and you the same." he said "your not like other girls in this village are ya."
"hmph, should I take it as a compliment that I'm different" I teased with a light smile on my face and tilted my head a bit.
"whatever you want" he said nonchalantly
"hey, Sasuke-chan" I said before he could walk away "how bout a re-match sometime what do you say"
"yeah I like that. And next time wont lose"
"we'll see" I taunted as he walked off
"See ya around red" he said with a little wave as he headed in another direction
I smiled and walked back in the opposite direction with Taso running up from behind. "Ya like the match. Hmm" I hummed picking up the small canine, he barked in agreement "yeah that sasuke-chan is nice, eh" I said as if I could really understand him and continued to walk back to town.