In the Naruto world, where there aren't any cookies (Book 1 of The New Noblesse)

Getting slightly off-topic,ne?

"Sasuke, at point A."

"Sakura, I'm at point B."

"..."

"Naruto, at point C, believe it!"

"Naruto, you're slow...Kuroi, where are you?" Kakashi sighed.

"Kuroi is... in a tree." I grinned as I heard them all sigh.

"What are your distances from the target?" Kakashi asked.

"5 meters from the target. I'm ready."

"So am I."

"Me too."

"About 2, maybe 3 centimeters. Why are you guys till over there?" I asked, petting the cat. They came out of their spots and deadpanned as they saw me on my back with the cat on my stomach. Kakashi sighed.  

"Find Tora, the missing pet: Mission Complete." he said dramatically. I rolled my eyes, sighing sadly as I picked up the cat and walked back with them to the Hokage tower.

We would have to fight Zabuza and Haku soon. I didn't really want to, as they were on my 'awesome Naruto characters' list. They would die and I would either cry or be pissed, as usual, when I watch it on TV.

Kakashi looked at me and nudged me. I looked up at him.

"What?" I said, noticing they were all staring at me.

"You were spacing out and sighing and staring at the cat, Kuroi-chan." Naruto said, putting a hand on my shoulder. I fake smiled.  

"I'm fine, I just don't want to give Tora back to that damned old woman." I said, stroking the cat's fur and earning a soft purr. I smiled slightly and Kakashi gave me a weird look. I looked at the others to see them giving me similar looks.

"And let's all just stare for no reason..." I said, suddenly getting self concious as I noticed Naruto smiling his huge trademark grin. Damn you, inner fangirl.  

"You look pretty when you smile, Kuroi-chan!" he said, making me almost anime fall.  

"Wh-What's up with who now? Dude... I'm possibly the least normal looking person on Earth; most wouldn't call that 'attractive.'" Although, does this place even count as Earth? Oh my God, is this like heaven then???

O.O

Naruto shook his head and poked my arm.

"You're pretty, Kuroi-chan, believe it!" he said. I sweatdropped at Naruto while he looked at me like he just told me something very obvious, or if he said the sky was blue.  

Such a compliment was odd for me. No one particularly liked me, so I hadn't heard such things very often. Akira said it now and then, but he was my best friend. There was an obligation to it.

"N-Naru-kun, has anyone ever told you that you're a bit straightforward?" I asked him. He nodded and pointed to Kakashi, who was reading Icha Icha.  Of course Kakashi would bluntly tell him his personality. Well, I can't say I'm not guilty either, though.

Speaking of Kakashi, I must remind myself to get one of those books and find out if they were that good. From the Yaoi I've read, I don't think it'll be that bad. 

Ahem.

We arrived at the Hokage's door, and Kakashi raised his hand to knock, but since I was having conflicting emotions about having to kill Zabuza and Haku, I just opened the damn door. Said Hokagechuckled and Iruka, who for some reason was there as well, grew an anime irk mark. Akira was there too, sweatdropping at my actions. I got a thump on the head from Kakashi, but I shrugged it off and put on my best puppydog eyes at the woman, who 'awwed' at me.