Episode 5-->That whole chase scene type scenario... East!? West!? Which ways best?! Ah, forget this! I’ll wing it.

Generally I wouldn’t think about the whole killing of rogues ninjas thing— like come on, anime, little cartoon violence, it’s expected— but when you’re put into that kind of situation and the anime characters are flesh and blood it’s the only thing you’re thinking of I tell you that. Arg, I’m making myself panic… Come on Natalya stay calm. I shut my eyes tight listening to the phone ring, silently begging for someone to answer.

Pick up. Pick up. Pick up. For the lord’s sake PICK UP!!

“(919) Nine-One-Nine, what’s your emergency?”

A woman’s voice suddenly sounded on the other end of the receiver making my heart jump, half from relief; half from being startled.

Me: “Oh thank the lord. I—“

I couldn’t finish my sentence. What was I doing exactly? Calling the police? No I wasn’t going to say something stupid like “a bunch of ninjas are after me, help, oh please” for the police to think it’s a prank and hang-up. That’s just cliché. I can just say scary looking guys rushed me when I was going out my front door and now they’re trying to kill me please send help. [Logic is sweet I know] But I can’t get the police mixed up in this mess. Even if they’re from an anime Kiba, Naruto and Shino are still deadly ninjas who can easily take down a few cops. (But what if they accidentally got shot?! I’ll never live down getting my favourite anime guys shot!!) I don’t know if it would get that dangerous but it was better not to get anybody involved. I don’t want to start World War IV up in here but I don’t want to die either.

“Hello ms, what’s your emergency?”

The women on the other line sounded impatient but uneasy, expecting the worst but keeping her calm because her line of work required her to. I swallowed my spit and licked my dry lips. The following sentence rolled out with ease since I said it many times before though in a totally, completely and utterly different type of situation.

Me: “Um y-yes… I would like to order a large, meat-lovers pizza, delivered; 30 minutes or less please.”

I heard the line go dead. It’s too late to turn back now. I prayed I was right. If not I’m so dead. Wait… I’m so dead anyway! Right now I have no help. Was it really too late to call back—no. No Natalya, you mustn’t.

I just sit in the dark cabinet for a second, thinking about nothing, but just sitting there trying to settle my nerve, having the phone that was now going ‘beep, beep, beep’ clutched to my chest.

Okay my game plan so far… I socked three ninjas with a baseball bat… I ran down stairs, banked a corner, grabbed up the house phone and hid in a cabinet… dialled the police… hung up from the police to prevent another unnecessary world war… and now… I’m sitting in a dark cabinet with a receiver cradled in my arms—Ok maybe that was less of a game plan and more of a list of the stupid things I had done in the last ten minutes but point is! Uh... point is… =_= I have no game plan…

I let out a breath through my nose and moan quietly while face palming. Why are anime guys so, so… so stinking ANIMATED! Why don’t they just relax and leave me alone. Why do I have to be any ninja? I’m a high school student on her summer vacation, give me a break! Oh the Irony... I need a break on my summer break. When did Shino have to send Hinata and Choji out, maybe they could have talked these buttholes out of this ridiculous— Oh my am I dumb or what!!? Choji and Hinata! I can find them and hopefully get these three lunatics to stop. Yes! Yes! YES! I’m home free!

Okay first mission: Find Hinata or Choji.

I was just about ready to bolt out of the cabinet when I heard something thump it and I fell back with a gasp.

Kiba: “I found you too easily Natalya. Find a better hiding place or just hide better than this…”

From his voice I could tell Kiba was probably shaking his head in mock disappointment. He tugged at the phone line that ran across the hall and to my hiding place and the receiver fell from my hands. The jig is up I’ve been caught and just when I was about to put my plan in action. I cursed under my breath. Slowly I slid back until my back was pressed against the back of the cabinet. My eyes flickered to my right, then that’s when I got an idea.

Kiba: “Hey! Natalya... You can come out now.”

I heard Kiba’s taunting voice but I just stayed quiet. There was only a 50% chance this was going to work.

I was almost caught off my guard when light spilled inside the cabinet and Kiba shouted “Gotcha!” but then a second later, I realised my plan was going to work. In a rush I shove the other cabinet door open, crawled out on my hands and knees and made a mad dash while getting up. I nearly tripped but I managed to get standing and I didn’t stop sprinting. I ran through the hallway heading for the backdoor.

Me: “OOF!!”

I yelled as I crashed. My eyes widen as I felt someone’s arms tightly around my waist.

Naruto: “I got you.”

Naruto says with an evil grin that rivalled the Grinch’s. I thought up something quick. 

Me: “OH MY GRAVY ITS SAKURA!!!” I yelled looking behind Naruto. I saw his face brightened and his head swung round to see. His eyes landed on Shino and his smile dropped. I, on the other hand dropped it like it was hot as I slipped out of his grip.

Aw I can’t take anymore of this!! I look around frantically as I made it in the living room not sure what to do. I was just about to book it out the front door when suddenly everything went quiet. No I mean that freaky, scare you out of your Barbie underpants quiet. Why? Because I was just being chased and all the sudden, BOOM (!) it’s quiet. You can’t tell me you wouldn’t be freaked out.

I couldn’t move, just went back to looking around frantically trying to figure out what was happening, what was going to happen next. Where are they?!

It was as if my thought set off a landmine because one second I'm standing in my living room alone… then next, ninjas are flying out of the couch cushions. Ok I’m just joking… Only Naruto came out the couch cushions. Kiba appeared in the kitchen archway and Shino… well he just burst through my front door like he owned the place; like freaking “Honey I’m home!”

With my eyes popped I looked from each of them to the other making a perfect triangle with my line of vision.  

I cursed under my breath at my situation that was starting to piss me off but that seemed to be a trigger because suddenly the three ‘ninjidiots’ decided to charge at me… at the same time… +_+

Naruto/Kiba/Shino: “I GOT HER!!”

I heard them exclaim at the same time. In a fast sort of slow motion they looked at each other realising they were all charging at me and this caused them all to try to decide who was going to actually get me but they forgot one thing…

Everybody: “ARGH!!”

…to stop charging at me…

I felt the air gush out of my mouth when three of their bodies simultaneously crashed into mine. And I was only worst off with them blocking my way from getting new air back in my lungs. It had only been for me rising up on my tiptoe after barely squeezing out of their death grip that a finally took in a huge gulp of air albeit coughing and wheezing after.

I use all my strength(again not much) as I drove my elbows into Kiba and Naruto’s guts prying them away from me and as they went to the ground I push Shino’s chest hopefully sending him to the ground too… but he didn’t move… or budge… at all…

Me: “AW FRIG IT!”

I kick him in the shin and run around him and out the front door. Not knowing where to go or even which direction Hinata and Choji had gone, I took off into the endless pine forest surrounding every which way of my home hoping to find them somewhere.

But the last thing I heard before making it to the forest line made me wonder just how long were those ninjas planning to keep up this chase.

Naruto: "Shadow Clone Justsu!"

Oh... my... shitake mushrooms...

That's impossible right? They can't use jutsu here... RIGHT?!

Reminder:I am still banded from the computer so slow updates. Posted as much as I cudda. And truth be told it is very painful to write this chase scene because I have it played out in my head but cant get the words where I want 'em. I even wrote stuff that happens after just because. Im hoping to wrap up the chase in the next chapter.