[007 ☿] Dream a little dream

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[It's been a rainy dream, as Mizuno Ami (aged seven) walks home. Her backpack looks quite plump and full, probably due to the extra books she brings to have something to focus on during lunch.

Some things distract even her.

Ami hops across a few small puddles then, after a quick thought to decide it's alright, she hops across a much larger one. She sails through the air- and clears her target! All dry. She giggles in satisfaction.

The rain has stopped by now and there's a playground nearby, where the ground and equipment are somehow dry enough to use. Ami has a long time before Mama will be home, and she knows the people who live around here and play at this spot.

She can finish her homework after dinner (and she really will). Right now, she really wants to play. She climbs carefully into the seat of one of the swings, which turns out to be a touch too high for her and she pumps her legs but barely gets up momentum.

She might need a little help. She could also use a friend to play with.]

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[She didn't know him. Ami came to a full stop on the swing, not even pumping her legs now. She looked up - still up - at Naruto, her hands still on the chains of the swing.]

What's your name?

[She hadn't seen him around this area... She probably shouldn't talk to a stranger, but there were people around she did know so it should be safe, shouldn't it?

Though she had to admit, times like this it'd be nice if Mama was around. Just to be sure of things.]

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Naruto! [ he raised a hand towards her. ] Uzumaki Naruto.

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I'm pleased to meet you, Uzumaki-san.

[Hmmm. He seems nice, really. Not threatening. And the idea of being able to swing sure is tempting... And it's nice that he thought to offer.]

Will you really push me?

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Yeah! [ Naruto easily shrugged of his red backpack without a care. it plopped on the wet ground, just missing a puddle. He didn't seem to care though. with a good leap onto th playground area, he headed over, grinning brightly. he moved behind the young girl. ]

Okay! Do you want just like, kinda high, or like, super high so you're flying! [ but not flying out of her seat. that would be bad. ]

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[Naruto. Ami has something to tell you, very seriously.]

People can't fly. Except in airplanes.

[She smiles a bit timidly after this pronouncement.]

But I'd like going very high. It would almost feel like it.

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Or jet packs! [ theoretically. ] And people can too fly! What about people with wings?

[ Naruto hooked his fingers onto the seat of the swing. he had his own reason for wanting to push her. long ago, Naruto used to swing on a little wooden swing, tied to a big tree. His toes barely touched the ground. ]

[ But there would never be anyone to push him. ]

Lets go! Whoo! Up, up, up! [ With each cheer, Naruto lifted Ami's swing, back, and higher and higher, until he was almost holding her over his head. ] Take off! [ with a small push, he released the young girl's swing, allowing gravity and his momentum to take its toll ]

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[She actually seems to take the question seriously, and comes up with an earnest answer.]

A person with wings would be an angel. Or a fairy.

[The seriousness is soon lost as Naruto swings her higher and higher. Ami kicks her feet randomly as she sails through the air, not trying to pump the swing now but simply to enjoy the height and motion.]

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[ Naruto grinned, merely giving her another good push when she came back around. ]

You're really moving dattebayo!

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[It felt good. The wind brushing her cheeks, kicking her legs against nothing. Uzumaki-san turned out to be pretty nice!

She wants to ask to go higher, but it feels rude when he's already doing this for her, so she doesn't. Instead, she pumps her legs for real again, gaining a bit more height.]

I can push you next, if you want!

[He might not get far, but she can do it!]

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[ Naruto knows what it feels like--what kid doesn't want to go higher? he gives her another good boost to watch her. and then... he realizes he's in another dream. This isn't Konoha, which is weird, and Vanille isn't there. Just him and this little girl. Who was she? ]

Hey, you want to fly? [ he was grinning now, wide. ]

You wanna fly with me?

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[Apparently this time, Ami decides to take the crazy talk as silliness, because she laughs.]

People can't fly! [She may be young, Naruto, but really. She knows reality and not-reality.]

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[ well, Naruto is all about bending the rules. ]

Rules, shmules! I'm Konoha's #1 maverick! [ he wasn't going to let a silly thing like rules and gravity hold him down. Why? He was dreaming! He was dreaming in some little girl's dream, and while that was a lot of strange... confusing words, whatever! if he wanted to fly, he was gonna damn well fly. ]

[ Naruto got on the swing beside her. he started pumping his legs, kicking off from the ground, and he was quickly at Ami's height. he knew if he asked, she'd get scared, so he quickly grabbed her hand, grinning. ]

Here we go! Hope you brought your wings!

[ he knew he probably sounded insane, but Ami wasn't going to have a choice in the matter. And suddenly, Naruto jumped out of his swing, and he brought Ami with him. ]

[ there was a brief moment that Naruto felt he forgot dream mechanics, and they were flying through the air, but not defying gravity--but then, the young ninja thought hard, and suddenly, he and Ami were flying up, up and into the air, the blond holding onto her hand as they soared upwards. ]

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[But rules are important! We have to obey the rules so that-

OK, flying was definitely a good time not to follow the rules anymore. She lets out a quick, scared noise when Naruto grabs her and she thinks they're going to fall, she's sure they're going to fall... and then they don't. They fly.

Her face lights up immediately with the incredulous wonder of the slow-motion, dreamy sensation.]

You were right! You were really really right!

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[ he did it! Naruto laughs, he and Ami taking a little trip high, high above the playground. the blond looks down, then over at Ami and grins. ]

Your wings must have worked! [ he grins, but then think about it. What if the little girl woke up and tried to fly on her own, thinking it was real and got seriously hurt?! ] Uh, but don't try flying without me'ttebayo.

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[It's Ami. When she wakes up, she'll realize that it was a dream and that she was right: people can't fly.

But that it's pretty fun to fly in dreams.]

How can you fly? Are you magical? [After all, the evidence of something magic is right here in front of her.]

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Me? Nah. But you are.

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I am? [She doesn't know whether to be excited or skeptical.]

But I never did anything magic before.

[Skeptical, apparently.]

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All girls are magical dattebayo.

When you make someone happy, by just being you, you become someone important to someone else! And when they think about you, you give them the ability to do anything! [ He was speaking from the heart. ] You made me fly, after all.

[ the blond looked at her, and smiled. ]

What's your name?

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[When she wakes up, she'll be amazed that someone could say words like that to her - but of course it's this her, young and still innocent.

Young and still innocent, it still makes her happy - like the dreams she's had sometimes of riding on a white pegasus.]

I'm Mizuno Ami.

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Ami! [ Naruto nodded, grasping both her hands now, and spinning around in a circle in the air. ]

So Ami! What do you want to be when you grow up?

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I'm going to study hard and become a doctor. [Just like Mama.]

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Whoa, a doctor huh? That sounds awesome!

Dreams or important, so don't let anyone tell you that you can't do it dattebayo! And...

[ he smiled. ] ...If you think everyone doesn't believe you...

...Just remember I'll always believe in you.

Besides, girls with great dreams are the best!

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['If you think everyone doesn't believe in you, just remember I'll always believe in you'.

She'll wonder what on Earth made her even capable of dreaming words like that, when she wakes up. And of course the answer at hand is a simple, if pathetic one: She wants someone to believe in her like that, to treat her kindly, to be there even when others aren't.

Right now, however, it simply makes her happy. She calls out her dream to the world at large:]

My dream is to be a doctor. My dream and Mama's!

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[ Naruto felt himself grinning. After she shouted her dream, he didn't the same ]

I wanna be Hokage! The most powerful in the village!

We'll both do it, Ami! We'll show them what's what!

[ he looked down, starting to slowly lower the both of them down towards earth. ]

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[All good things come to an end, and Ami bore the return to the ground stoically.]

I had fun. Thank you very much for helping me fly.