A New Dawning!

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I sat with my back against the tree, wishing something exciting would happen or someone new would walk by.
"Come on Shizuke, go get up and do something!" I thought to myself. I sighed and stared up at the clouds, thinking about brother and how he's doing.
"Oh come on!" I yelled to myself.
"I should be running off finding enemy shinobi to fight!" I exclaimed. I sighed and relaxed again.
"This is so not fair, why can't it be exciting like when we were in the Academy?" I thought. I shut my eyes and took a little nap.

[kittenkunoichi]

Tawanai was dancing crazily in the middle of the forest, singing her favorite song. "I am a superstar, with a big big house and a big big car!" She giggled and swung her arms about wildly. "I am a superstar, and I don't care who you are!" She was a horrid dancer, but it was boring to dance well! And, besides, she danced well enough while practicing her fighting style. Right now, she was just taking a little break.

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I could hear somebody singing out loud and it woke me. I opened my eyes and saw an odd girl dancing around singing a song.
"Hey! What are you doing!?" I yelled. I got up and stretched my arms out then I yawned and cocked my head at her.
"Is she dancing, or doing the chicken dance?" I thought.
"Oh well, at least she's enthusiastic!" I thought.

[kittenkunoichi]

Tawainai stopped instantly and looked for the source of the noise. Finally resting her gaze on a girl resting against a tree. She scratched the back of her head and grinned. "Just taking a break! I had strawberries for breakfast, so I'm hyper!" Then, she looked at the sun for awhile. "Noon... I guess I should get back to training..." She said more to herself than anyone. She remembered that someone was there and smiled at her. "Nice meeting you, but I have to go train now." She ran out of the woods, waving. "See 'ya!"

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

"Strawberries?" I thought. I raised my eyes brows.
"Now I'm sure she's just a bit odd." I said. I jumped up and tried to run after her.
"Wait! I didn't catch your name!" I yelled as I ran after her. I stopped and ran back to the tree, remembering that I had forgotten my bag. I then turned and ran after her, hoping to catch her before she got too far.
"Wait up!" I yelled louder. I waved my arms, hoping she would see me and stop and wait.

[kittenkunoichi]

Tawainai had extremely sensitive hearing and picked up Shizuke's shouts immediately. "Hmm? My name? I guess I should wait up for her." She stopped in the middle of the road and turned around. Then, something shiny on the ground caught her attention. She picked it up. "Cool! A glass shard! I'll add it to my shiny collection!" Yes, Tawainai had an obsession with shiny things. Glass, water, fake, broken jewelry, particularly shiny rocks, she had all of these types of things in a shoebox that she kept under her bed.

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

I suddenly noticed that she had stopped and ran faster so I could catch up. When I caught up to her I was breathing heavily and began to laugh.
"I thought I was going to loose you!" I laughed. My cheeks had gone a bit red, due to my embarassement that I looked like a fool.
"Man she's fast." I thought. I took a deep breath in and let out a big sigh.
"Sorry, but I didn't catch your name." I said, smiling at her

[kittenkunoichi]

Tawainai smiled and shoved the glass shard in her pocket, which was on the shorts she wore under her dress. Bad idea, she winced as the sharp edges cut her hand. "Yeah, I heard. Name's Tawainai. Yours?" She took her hand out of her pocket, along with some bandages, and began to wrap bandages over the bandages she was already wearing. 'She looks embarrassed. Why?' She thought, finishing the bandage with a knot and cutting the eccess bandage with her teeth.

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

"My name is Tsukiyama Shizuke." I said. I looked at her hand. She was wrapping bandage around her hand.
"What did you do? Cut your hand?" I asked. I adjusted my locket and noticed that it had opened up. I pulled it out from underneath my blouse and stared at the pictures inside. One of them was of my brother, and the other of and good friend. I closed the locket up so the pictures didn't fall out then put it back underneath my blouse.

[kittenkunoichi]

Tawainai pulled the glass shard out of her pocket. "Yeah, on this. I'll have to be more careful." She laughed and stuck it, carefully, back into her pocket. "Cool locket. I've never seen one like it." She remembered the locket she used to have, when she was little. It had a picture of a squirrel in it, along with a picture of a butterfly. 'I think it's still in my room... in the dresser...' It was a pink, plastic, emensly over-sized, heart-shaped locket with silk flowers covering every inch of it. (I only wish I had a cool locket like that) She shook Shizuke's hand. "By the way, nice to meet you."

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

"Thanks, the locket was a gift, from my older brother." I replied. I shook her hand back.
"You too." I replied.
"It's always great to see people around here, I don't see many unless I'm down wandering around the center of town where all the shops are! I love meeting new people, but only wish some more people I've never met would wander around here." I said happily.
"I do like your glass shard though, I've seen many of them around my house while I tend to my Mother's garden, I have a box full of multicoloured ones! If you would like after you finished training I could show you, I'm sure you'd love them!" I exclaimed

[kittenkunoichi]

Tawainai stared at Shizuke, jaw dropped. "You like shiny things, too!? That's so cool!"
Something in the back of her head shouted. 'YOU STILL NEED TO TRAIN!!!!'
'What? Why do I have voices in my head?'
'Cause you never remember anything! Now train!'
'Yes, sir!'
"I'll have to see your collection later. I just remembered that I had to train." Tawainai looked in the direction of the training grounds. "How about you meet me here tomarrow at two. Is that okay?"

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

"Yeah! Of course it's ok!" I exclaimed. I smiled happily, one of the things I don't always do! My locket clicked open again.
"Oh no, not again, my locket popped open again." I said. I pulled my locket out from underneath my blouse again and closed it.
"If I'm not here right away at two, I'll be back at the tree where I was before." I said.

[kittenkunoichi]

"Yeah, okay! See you later!" Tawainai waved and ran towards the training grounds. Once there, she started training. Spinning, swooping, and doing cartwheels, Tawainai's 'fight dancing' was much better than her regular dancing. This 'dance' had a strange rythem, if someone were watching, they'd almost be able to hear the song she was fighting to. Truth was, she didn't have a song to fight to, she just fought with flowing, acrobatic movements. It was just easier for her.

[Shizuke Tsukiyama]

"Ok! See ya!" I exclaimed. I ran off the opposite way that Tawainai had gone back to my tree. When I arrived back at my tree I climbed up to the top and stared out over Konoha.
"Wow, Konoha from up in a tree is even prettier than walking around it." I thought to myself. I pulled out my locket one more time.
"I wonder if brother is staring out over the village too, how I wish I could see brother again!" I thought. I just realized that I should be listening to some music right about now.
"I should pull out my head phones and listen to some music." I said to myself. I dug around in my bag and pulled out my headphones and music. I put my headphones in listened to some of my favorite music.