I sighed loudly, feeling very annoyed. It was a hot, beautiful day and here I was with my team...cleaning the rain gutter for an old man. Let it be known that the man wasn't a nice, not even remotely pleasant old man. He was the type to bitch at the way everything was done.

"Sensei, why can't we go on a real mission?" I asked angrily. The man with black hair and blank green eyes, leaning up against a nearby tree, smiled at me. His smile was a mocking one, add it angered me so I looked away.

"You're only a genin so that means you can only take D ranked missions," My sensei said. I turned my head to my sensei and he waved to me as if to annoy me even more. I pushed my light pink bangs out of my eyes and started pulling out the gunk located in the man's rain gutter.

'Damn, why am I stuck up here...Ohh yeah! Those two dumbasses picked me...because I'm the 'smallest'. What a lame excuse!' I thought glaring down at my teammates. The one holding the ladder was looking up at me. His aquamarine eyes were practically hidden behind his white hair. Saji was his name and most girls would scream in excitement if I said it around here. He was the total hottie that every girl wanted. That is except me. He usually ignored them and was distant from everyone else. I wouldn't call him cold, but he didn't like to trust people easily. When I looked down at him, his bright blue eyes looked into my emerald ones. I stuck my tongue out at him and he shook his head.

My other teammate was picking up the gunk off the ground, that I was throwing from the rain gutter. He was sweaty and his light brown hair stuck to his face. His face was lightly tanned and he was very strong. His eyes were the color of honey and he was the second hottest boy in the village. His name was Kyo and he was a strong ninja, but also nice. He wasn't so quiet and mysterious like Saji, but he was a fun guy.

Most ninja girls would DIE to be where I am right now. On a team with the hottest guys, them all sweaty and crap, but I couldn't really care. I didn't like fangirls and just focused on your so called 'missions'. This was going to be one long day!

~Three Hours Later~

I was sitting on the ground with my team in front of my sensei. I finished that stupid mission and he said he wanted to tell us something. The way his green eyes twinkled gave me a hint that it was something to be excited about.

"I've decided to enroll you three into the Chunin exams" he finally said after making us wait so long. My face brightened up quickly. The frown that had been plastered on my face all day quickly vanished, leaving behind a warm smile.

"Really?! Aww man! This is going to be so awesome!" I said with a little laugh. I looked over at Kyo and he was smiling too, but Saji looked unemotional. That was the usual outcome of some type of important announcement. Kyo and I were all excited while Saji looked like he could careless. We were all pretty use to it now.

"You need to take these contracts and sign them. That's only if you want to be in the exams. If so meet me tomorrow at the willow tree, like always at 9:00AM. If you all come back with the papers signed then we will be leaving that day to go to the village hidden in the leaves" he said then disappeared with a faint pop.

'The Village Hidden in the Leaves?' My thoughts screamed panicking. 'But that's where my sister and mother are! Dad won't be pleased about this...and quite frankly neither am I'

My mother never comes to me, like my father does to my sister. All she would do is send me cards on my birthday. I always wished she would come and see me one day, but she never did. As for my sister, I don't really remember much about her. Except that, we both had pink hair like our mother.

I got up and so did the rest of the team. My legs and back still ached from the so-called mission.

"Are you good to go?" Saji asked me. He knew about my past and it sent chills down my spine, just thinking about reuniting with my mother and sister.

'Would they embrace me with open arms? Or shake me away?' I thought and nodded my head anyways.

"I'm not going to let you guys down!" I said sending a smile towards Kyo and Saji. They both nodded and I began walking away till I felt a tug on my arm.

"(Y/N)...I could walk you home...If you want" Saji said his eyes looking down.

"Uhh...Okay" I said with a smile. I waved goodbye to Kyo and he only winked at me, his playful smirk glided across his face. The kind of smirk that was made about naughty things in life. Man, I really wanted to smack him right then and there.

'I never thought Saji would care enough to walk me home' I thought as we both to my house. We stayed silent not knowing what to say. We had nothing in common and there was absolutely nothing I could say that wouldn't make me look like an idea. My brain was looking for something, but when I found something we were already at our destination.

"Thank you," I said quietly and looked at the faint blush on his face as he replied with no problem. I gave him a quick hug and rushed inside my home.

"DAD!" I screamed once I closed the front door. My dad walked into the room and gave me a hug. He stroked my hair as his loving eyes stared into mine. I might not have a mother in my life, but my father sure made up for it.

"How was your day?" He asked and I shrugged telling him how I had to clean out the stupid gutter thing. He laughed which got me even madder! His laughter was contagious and I couldn't help but laugh too. Which of course I did.

"Oh, and Dad...Our sensei decided to enter us in the Chunnin exams" I said handing him the papers. He looked at them and sighed. His violet eyes scanned over the papers quickly skimming over the huge paragraphs. His eyebrows furrowed in disappointment.

"The Village Hidden in the Leaves..." He mumbled with a distant look in his eyes. I knew he was thinking of my mother. He also had a habit of touching his black hair and looking down when he thought of her. It made me upset to see dad this way. My mother probably never thought about him the way he thought about her. Not like I knew. The last time I saw mother was when I was five. The memory of her was sacred. I couldn't remember what she looked like, her smell, or her voice. She was truly a mysterious person.

"Please, Dad!" I said with an innocent voice and smile. He sighed and went into the kitchen. I stood still like a dummy until he came back and handed me the papers. I looked down and saw he signed it!

'Sweet!' I thought super excited that I accidentally screamed a little. My father covered his ears with his hands. I ran to go upstairs, but father stopped me.

"(Y/N)...If you see your mother could you tell her that I said hello" He said and I promised I would as I stared into his sad violet eyes.

'He must love her so much...even after ten years. I guess that's what you call true love.' I shook out those thoughts and jumped into bed, anticipating for the next day.