Waste No Jutsu
Fay sat next to Sakura on the bridge. She was supposed to guard it along with its workers. But she knew full well they didn't need protecting. Not now at least. So instead, Fay played with Sakura's hair. Pinky didn't mind and even let out a yawn. Tazuna just happened to be passing by and asked where the boys were. Sakura answered the man, though by the time they were done talking, she was mad. He also asked why Fay was there, to which she answered with 'I'm guarding Hime-chan!' and gave a clumsy salute. Tazuna snorted to this and moved on to continue working. Some guy walked over and asked to quit building the bridge. He said it was too dangerous. While he was arguing with Tazuna, Fay glared at the man. When Tazuna walked away, saying they would stop working today, Fay hopped to her feet. Moving next to the man, Fay placed a hand on his shoulder and shook her head.
"You're kinda a pussy dude... Hehehehe! Hime-chan! Let's go!"
Before the man could even react, Fay was once again next to Sakura and walking away. The two girls were soon following Tazuna through town to get dinner stuffs. Fay was strangely quiet and avoided eye contact with everyone. The three entered a store and Tazuna started buying food. Sakura was looking around in pity, not noticing the man behind her. He was going to pick pocket her, but she kicked him, calling him a pervert. Despite the funny situation, Fay didn't laugh. Instead, she stood by the door waiting, her gaze averted to the floor.
As the three left, Sakura asked what was wrong with everyone. Fay was still silent and it was starting to make Pinky worry. Before she could ask if Fay was alright, another person grabbed for Sakura. This time however, it was a little girl. Sakura grew sad and gave the poor girl candy. Fay watched the girl run off, allowing Sakura to finally catch a glimpse of her friends eyes. They were sad, understanding even. It made Hime wonder about Fay. Tazuna started to talk about the town, but Fay simply walked away. Her eyes still avoiding contact with others. She made it to the house long before Tazuna and Sakura. However, she secluded herself from everyone once there.
Around dinner time, Fay finally reappeared and gathered with everyone in the dining room. Despite multiple efforts, Fay refused to eat or even sit down at the table. Instead, she sat on the floor with her back leaning against the wall. She was glaring at Naru and Duck as they stuffed their faces. They asked for seconds, but quickly threw up all over the floor. Gaining an irk mark, Fay clenched her fists. Sakura scolded them, but Fay didn't feel it was enough.
"You ASS HOLES! Being bulimic won't make you stronger! All you're doing is wasting precious food! Food that most of the villagers can't even afford! You're even lucky to have what you already got! Selfish little bastards... Look around you! You know what... Fuck this..."
Before anyone could even say anything, Fay shot to her feet and sped out the door. She had an idea. But the others couldn't see her do it. Still pissed beyond words, Fay made her way to just outside of town into a clearing. It would work nicely. Taking deep breaths to calm herself down, Fay sat on the ground and relaxed. Rolling up her sleeves, Fay then placed her bare hands on the ground and let out a sigh. With a final deep breath, Fay started to sing.
"I happily give this wish to the sky. I happily give this wish to the earth. I happily give this wish to the world. In this infinite joy, I hope for the life~"
Fay closed her eyes as she sang, if only to hide their crimson glow. Her voice somehow split into three different voices and each sang a different verse in harmony to the others. It was unearthly, but beautiful. As she continued to sing, the clearing in front of her started to sparkle and glow with a bluish white light. Orbs of light floated up like fireflies, illuminating the night. It was breath taking and looked like something out of a fairy tale. As her song finished, Fay smiled, but kept her eyes closed. There was energy coming from the ground, and the villagers would find in the morning that this clearing was now filled with natural fruits and vegetables. There were even herbs and other useful plants. It wasn't much, but it would last the town at least a week. Standing up, Fay finally opened her eyes. As she expected, they were glowing. However, she knew they would be back to normal by the time she got back. However, it would seem that she wouldn't be going back right away. The sun was rising now, meaning that Fay spent more time than she thought she did.
"Hmm... Haku should be coming out soon. I want to talk to him again~"
Dusting herself off, Fay wondered into the forest and rolled down her sleeves. She walked for a while, not really doing much of anything. Every now and then, she would have a conversation with an animal. When she stumbled across Haku, Fay was talking to a squirrel that took up residence on her shoulder. Seeing the pink dress, Fay smiled and skipped over to the boy. She let the squirrel hop off into the trees.
"Haku-kun! Getting herbs? Let me help you~"
"Ah. Fay-chan. What are you doing up so early?"
"I didn't sleep. Not that it matters in the end. Hmm... Oh! Here's a good one!"
Crouching down, Fay snapped up a rather hearty herb that Haku had a basket full of. Handing it over to the boy with a smile, Fay sighed happily.
"You manage to sneak in that hug?"
"Fay-chan!... I might have... Why are you out here?"
"I was... helping? Or maybe just sticking my nose into things that I shouldn't."
The two sat silently together as they gathered herbs. After a while, the two neared a passed out Naruto. Fay eyed Haku as he neared the blonde, but made no move to stop him. Instead of strangling the boy like he initially wanted to, Haku shook Naru awake. Getting up, Fay went over and greeted the blonde herself.
"Hey Naru-chu. We're collecting herbs. Wanna help?"
After Haku gave Naru a smile, the boy did whatever Haku asked. 'Idiot...' Fay kept silent as Haku and Naru spoke. She smiled throughout the whole conversation, though never interjected her own opinion. After a while, the two boys seemed to notice this and looked at Fay. After a moment, Fay looked back and tilted her head.
"Don't you have someone important Fay-chan?"
"Oh, me? Not really. I mean, I have my team mates, but you guys don't really need my help all that much. I'm positive that you all would do just as well if I didn't even exist."
"Don't say stuff like that Fay-san! You're our team mate! We need you!"
"Hehehe~"
Haku looked between both Fay and Naru. Giving a smile, he grabbed his basket and stood up. After telling Naru he would get stronger, the boy walked away. But not before confirming that he was a boy. Naru flipped his shit while Fay waved goodbye. Soon Sauske showed up and the two boys continued their training. By the time Sakura and Kakashi found them, they managed to make it up really high in the tree. When dinner time came around, he and Sauske made it to the top. Finally...