LeMoNs-Chan: Mou ichido! >:O
-Of Gypsies and Fortunes-
I placed my keys down on the counter and raised a hand to rub at my forehead. I needed to call Shikamaru to tell him where Gilmore Jerry went down so he could send a clean up crew and wire my pay. So what if Sasuke had taken my kill? The bastard wasn’t going to fess up to it so I might as well claim the bounty and get the pay, right?
While dialing the number for Shikamaru’s phone, I found myself fiddling with the cord. I was restless, mad, tired, and ultra mad. Hopefully the mad would not show in my voice.
He picked up on the third ring, “Nara Inc. This is Shikamaru speaking.” Came his usual bored and boring voice.
“Hey Shikamaru, it’s Naruto,” I paused a second, pleased that my voice was not brimming with anger. “Gilmore Jerry is down, so send the crew to the alley behind the Konoha ST building. There is no light so the prick won’t fry.”
In the red light district, the Konoha ST was the most ominous. ST standing for Slave Trade. Though it was illegal to trade people like this, they used a system that made the establishment seem clean. Hah, what a world, right?
“All right, done and done.” And he hung up just like that. Just like always without saying a quick and courteous good bye.
“Bye Shikamaru,” I said sweetly and wondered if he always did not say good bye or if it was just like that with me. We’re such great buds.
It was nine ten and I was just about to disrobe when the phone rang. After two rings I picked up the phone and gave a somewhat beat, “Hello?”
It was quiet for a large amount of time, but then a small frail sounding voice came over the line. “E-eh… H-hello N-Naruto-kun…”
Ah. “Hiya Hinata-chan, what’s up?” I grinned, and tried not to sound teasing. I knew it must have taken her all the courage she had within that tiny body of hers to call me.
Another batch of shy induced silence and she replied after clearing her throat, which didn’t sound all phlegmy and nasty like a man’s, but quiet and delicate, “I-I’m fine, and y-you?”
“Peachy,” I lied, and was glad that she was unable to sense lies like all the other supernatural beings.
“Naruto, I have something to warn you about.” Hinata started, tone serious.
I knew Hinata was serious when she stopped stuttering. I gave a somewhat audible gulp and asked her what it was.
“I saw you… I saw you dead.” Her voice had become somewhat choked with tears.
My eyes widened and I gave an exasperated sigh, “This is a joke, right H-Hinata-chan?” Damn, my voice was getting a bit high, which gave away my anxiety.
All I heard in reply was silence, and beyond that soft crying. I knew it had to be true.
Ah, yes. How might Hinata know this? She was a sightseer of the Hyuuga clan. She was related to Hyuuga Neji but did not have the same power as him. While Neji could find someone with his powers, Hinata could see someone’s past, present, and future. A true fortune teller if you will.
“I-I’m sorry Naruto, but I-I thought I should warn you…” Her voice faded out but I knew she was still on the line.
She must have sensed how shocked I was because I was quiet for the longest time. The only thing audible was hers and my breathing. It took me a while, but when I had finally collected myself I asked, “Is there more I should know?”
“Yes, beware of red and black?”
Red and black?! I felt like demanding more information but I knew that a reading under stress only became less accurate. “All right Hinata-chan, thank you.”
“I know this is not something you wanted to hear so early in the morning, but I hope it is helpful to you.” She said in her soft serious tone.
“Yeah, it is very helpful… but.. may I ask one more thing?”
“What is it, Naruto-kun?”
“Do you perhaps have a time frame?”
There was a short silence that had nothing to do with her shyness, she was reading me, and in a moment she replied, “In two to three days. This is a bit hazy, but accurate.”
Two to three days. Two to three days before I die. I was still trying to decide if this information was anymore helpful than the last. I shook my head and said, “Thanks Hinata-chan, and good bye.”
“G-good bye N-Naruto-kun.”
And with that we both hung up.
To sum up this morning I woke up early, took down Gilmore Jerry, well, I let Sasuke take down Gilmore Jerry but that is beyond the point.
Oh yeah, I also got dumped, Sasuke said he was coming again, and now I find that I am going to die in two to three days.
This was definitely one of those days that just gets worse and worse, and I prayed. Prayed to He who is holy that nothing else will go so terribly wrong before my date of death.
It was about noon whtn a figure landed on the head of the fourth hokage. His black and red cape swished eerily within the slight breeze. He turned back to look at the five other cloaked figures that landed behind him and gave them a nod.
It was time to set the plan in motion.
A/N: Yes, it is very short but.. Um.. Two chapters in a row! –runs away-
-LeMoNs
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