3 years ninja

~ timejump ~

Kurumi walked briskly towards the source. She was running late, but unlike usual, she was a little uncomfortable. She had still been training, had met Yumi there and persuaded her to come along. Then she went back to her room to look at the plans. She had forgotten the time.
After just a few more steps, she could hear roaring laughter and the splash of water. The girl grinned slightly and hurried even more. ° I think it will be a nice evening ... °
Yumi came running towards her and smiled at her. "There you are! We have been waiting for you." They walked on next to each other. "You should be used to being a little late ...", the black-haired countered. "Oh yes, you could say that!", Yumi joked around. They both started laughing. It was good to laugh. There was something liberating about it. As if all burdens would fall off you and you lived only for the moment.Another girl came towards Kurumi, it was Temari. "HEY !!", she called to the two girls in a friendly manner, "Hurry up. We want to toast right away!" The blue-haired and her black-haired friend jumped to the source with big leaps.
Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Neji, Tenten, Choji, Sakura, Naruto, Lee, Sasuke, Gaara, Kankuro, Shikamaru, Temari and Ino had come. All but Yumi and Kurumi were already in the water, so they quickly changed into the cabins and then went to the others. A glass of champagne was given to both of them. They smiled and accepted the drink, although they did not drink alcohol.
"TO OUR PROUD 3 YEARS AS NINJA!" Yelled a blond boy. Glasses clinked, champagne was washed down like water, laughter rang out. The two strange girls dumped the alcohol into the water. Chips were passed around and people started talking about the biggest mistakes and embarrassments. Sasuke swam over to Kurumi and her friend."How long have you been a ninja?"
Yumi answered. "I've been 9 years and Kurumi 7 years."
Sasuke hadn't expected that and he raised an eyebrow. Yumi smiled slightly and turned away. She swam over to Hinata and started a conversation with her.
"You have been a ninja for 7 years and only Chunin?" Said the Uchiha offspring with arrogance that could not be ignored.
"Tss, do you really think I hadn't taken the Jonin exam?", Kurumi replied and added: "And what's that to do with you? You're just a little genin anyway." With these words she swam to the Edge of the source and leaned against it. Sasuke was angry and confused at the same time.

Shikamaru had been watching Kurumi the whole time. Today she was very different from usual. Like a new person. A nice person. He decided to talk to her.
"YOU decide to enjoy yourself."
"Mh-hm", Kurumi says soberly and looked at Shikamaru. "You too."
"Yes, it's not quite as tedious as I thought."Kurumi started laughing. Just very lightly and quietly. Shikamaru was happy that she laughed and smiled.
"You're a lot more beautiful when you laugh," he muttered.
Kurumi suddenly looked at him. "What did you say?"
"Um ... d-you ... should laugh more often. That ... is healthier!" ° Shit, did I just say that out loud ?! °
"Ah yes..."
There was a silence.
But suddenly Kurumi grabbed the confused and slightly red Shikamaru and hid behind him. She had seen Sakura's searching look.
"What's going on?" Asked Shikamaru.
"Sakura ..." was the answer.
"Yes, and what about her?"
"She's looking for me ..."
"How do you know?"
"Look, do I look like I'm stupid?"
° Huh? °, thought Shikamaru, ° What is that supposed to mean? ° HE looked at Sakura and then he understood. All but Hinata, Sasuke, Neji, Shino and Gaara had sat down and apparently wanted to play spin the bottle.
"Do you understand now? I hate this game ...!"Kurumi grumbled behind him.
Before the young Nara could reply anything, Ino pulled the two to the circle and forced them to play along.
Kiba was the first to go. “Okay, the one pointed to by the Flasceh, he has to dive for 2 minutes!” Lee was the victim and did as he was told. after 2 minutes a slightly blue tarnished something came up again. "Man! I could have drowned!" "Choke, don't drown," Sakura pretended to be precocious, and Lee grumbled something unintelligible. "The one the bottle points to must list what he has already eaten today." He turned and stopped the bottle at Kankuro. "My goodness, do you think I remember?" he asks reproachfully. Everyone stared at him in horror and had pretty much the same thought: ° What kind of mini-brain does he have? ° Kankuro grinned to himself. ° Let them think what they want. I remember it well, but what's that got to do with her? ° He quickly took the bottle and turned it."The one the bottle is pointing to has to steal her dry clothes from Sakura." Sakura turned pale and wanted to get out of the water to save her things, but was stopped by Kurumi and Yumi. So Kiba went out of the water and stole Sakura's clothes, grinning broadly. The pink-haired didn’t think that was funny and had to pull herself together to avoid teasing. Kiba came back into the water and said: "Well, she has fancy underwear ..." Everyone started to laugh and Sakura went red like a tomato. She was so embarrassed about it that she said she had to clean up her room. So she disappeared with Hinata and Shino, who saw no point in staying any longer. Since it was Kiba's turn before, Yumi was allowed to shoot. "The one pointed to by the bottle has to run 25 laps around the source." The bottle stopped at Shikamaru, who said, "Hard ...!" set off. Meanwhile, the others talked animatedly and Nejli and Sasuke as well as Gaara were sometimes more and sometimes less forced to play along.After 15 minutes, which seemed like an eternity to poor Nara, the game went on. "The one the bottle points to has to tickle Temari." The bottle stopped at Gaara. Temari and he didn't look happy and strictly refused. "Don't be a spoilsport!" It kept repeating. But the two Sabakunos remain iron, so they had to turn again, but this time by Temari, because Sgikamaru was too lazy to think of something new. At that moment Tenten checked his watch. "Guys !! Now it's intimate!" Temari smiled mischievously. Yes, it was time. At the beginning it was agreed that only normal tasks could be set for an hour, after that everything was allowed. Before anyone could say he didn't want to play any more, Temari announced the request: “Mien victim has to kiss Neji for 1 minute!” Shock was in almost every face and Lee only says he was cold, he had to go home. with that he would have disappeared. The bottle was turned and it's called by ..."No...". Ino muttered flatly.

The bottle slowed down and seemed to be holding onto Ino. But she didn't, she stopped by the person next to her ... and that was Kurumi.
She just stared at the bottle and then at Neji. The Hyuuga, however, did not feel uncomfortable. He liked Kurumi, she was strong and weak at the same time. She was no ordinary girl and she seemed to have a dark secret, which appealed to him even more. He suppressed a smile and went to the black-haired girl.
Yumi watched everything. ° This weird guy ... his name is Neji, he doesn't seem to mind. ... Poor Kurumi ... but this is sure to be fun! ° She had to laugh to herself. Yes, Kurumi really didn't have it easy, but this picture ... too wonderful to be angry with!
Kurumi was not very enthusiastic about this, if you can call it that, stroke of fate. She didn't want to kiss someone she didn't love. ° He's very nice, but why should I kiss him!°, she got upset in thought. And then it hit her like lightning. ° No! HE lets me watch me all the time ... I don't want to put anyone in danger! °, she thought desperately.
Neji now stood in front of her and approached her face.
° What should I do! °
He came closer and closer.
° Damn it! °
Their lips were only a few millimeters apart.
° NO! °
Neji carefully placed his lips on Kurumis.
The girl quickly grabbed her hair and pulled out a kunai.
° Typical Kurumi! Always has weapons with her, thought her blue-haired friend. She watched the spectacle with interest. ° What are you going to do ...? °
Neji thought nothing. His heart was beating up to his neck and he just enjoyed this indescribable feeling.
In a moment she stabbed the kunai in the shoulder. She didn't even notice the pain, but she felt the blood slowly flowing down her back.
Shikamaru was still staring spellbound at Neji and Kurumi.° Why doesn't she defend herself. Why doesn't she do anything about it? ° Something cracked in him. The confidence in the young Kunoichi. He trusted her, he liked her. But that liking seemed to have degenerated into a greater feeling. He pushed it aside, as a shinobi he couldn't allow himself to be weak. Then all of a sudden he noticed a red trail in the water and realized with horror that Kurumi had one of her weapons dug into her shoulder.
Kurumi bit Neji on the tongue. This zuvktr together and broke away from her. He looked into the eyes of the black-haired one. ° Why did she do that? °
Ino saw the trail of blood in the hot water and cried out. "There's blood !!" she yelled. Tenten quickly grabbed Kurumi's arm and pulled her out of the water. "I have bandages with me!", She said and quickly ran to her bag.
Gaara struggled to keep Shukaku under control. The fresh blood aroused his greed for blood. Temari saw this and said shortly goodbye to the others.She and her brother dragged the redhead away.
Yumi followed them unobtrusively.

Shikamaru observed everything with mixed feelings. ° Why? °, he thought.
Tenten came back with gauze bandages and wanted to bandage Kurumi, who was just standing there. "No," hissed the blue-eyed girl. “Leave me alone!” With one last look of death, she disappeared into the forest, she had taken her things with her.
° She's really crazy °, Sasuke thought, ° But ... I'm interested in what she would do in a fight. ° So he decided to challenge Kurumi once.