Hellooooo everyone! Rivum here with a new story, this time, for Naruto! So, I think I should explain some things before I start the story. Kumiko is an OC, but not a SI. If you guys are looking for a good SI though, I totally recommend Butterfly Child by KlonoaDreams. Best. Story. Ever.

Continuing on, Kumiko IS the kunoichi of Team Gai. She replaces Tenten on the team. Tenten will still be in the story, but only as an extra. She's one of my favorite characters, even though she doesn't have much screen time, so I can't just act like she doesn't exist! Don't think that this is just me sticking an OC in the place of Tenten, she'll be doing a lot more than Tenten does in the anime/manga.

I will not be using honorifics like -kun, -san, -chan, etc., but only because I don't understand them. The only one I know correctly is -sama.

This story will NOT be a huge romance thing. It's mainly friendship/adventure. There will be some, but it's mainly after the huge time skip. This is EVENTUAL Neji/OC because, come on, who wouldn't want that cute genius?!

I think I've said everything for now! Honestly, I'm hoping this is a fun story for you guys to read. I'll try and update every couple of days, most likely sooner if this story is actually liked. I will not bother you with these long messages at the beginning, but I may reply to reviews at the bottom, or ask questions at the bottom.

Disclaimer: Rivum does not own anything that has to do with Naruto, except her OC's Kumiko, and her father.

Rabu Kumiko gave an exasperated sigh as she leaned back against the tree. She was absolutely tired. All day she's been training, trying to perfect her jutsu. It wasn't working very well, considering she didn't really have someone to test it out on. Maybe she can convince Lee to help her with it. After all, he's generally okay with her using him as a guinea pig as long as she promises to spar with him afterward.

Pushing herself off the tree, Kumiko bent over to pick her little doll up. Glancing at it in distaste, she then stuffed in her bag. The only reason she even used this jutsu was because her father did, and it was the only one he was good at teaching with. Maybe she should just head back to town.

Beginning her trek back to town, Kumiko extended her arms to soak in the warmth from the sun. Since she's been training all day, she hasn't really had a few minutes to herself. The seconds passed, and Kumiko was beginning to feel a bit careless. Who cared? It's not like anyone was around to-

Splash!

Kumiko's eyes snapped open, and a fire was burning in them. "Arf!"

"Good aim Akamaru!"

"Kiba! Your dog peed on me!" Kumiko screamed as she searched widely around for the boy and his dog. She glared when the duo appeared beside her, jumping down from a tree. Kiba was rubbing the back of his head shamefully while Akamaru was yipping next to his owner.

"Sorry Kumiko. I didn't know it was you that it landed on." Kiba apologized. Kumiko rolled her eyes as she took off her dark red vest, which was thankfully the only thing that had gotten hit.

"Whatever. You're going to clean this though." Kumiko ordered as she shoved the vest in the young boy's arms.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."

Inuzuka Kiba is a boy that Kumiko had just met a couple weeks ago, but they've already become friends. He's on a team with another boy named Aburame Shino, and Neji's cousin, Hyuuga Hinata. Speaking of the other two, where were they?

"Oi, where's Shino and Hinata?" Kumiko questioned as she glanced around. Since the three were a team, they usually were always together. Kumiko had known Hinata previously due to her and Neji being cousins, and Kumiko constantly visiting Neji when he'd train with his uncle. She met Shino and Kiba when the group had been put together.

"Right here." Shino spoke up as he and Hinata walked over to her. Kumiko grinned as she spotted Hinata.

"Hime!" Kumiko exclaimed, pulling Hinata into a hug. The young girl blushed at being pushed against Kumiko's chest, and being called a princess.

"Hello, Kumiko." Hinata quietly said with a small smile. "It's still odd hearing you call me that." Kumiko pulled away and smiled fondly at Hinata.

"Well quit acting like one and I wouldn't call you it." Kumiko laughed.

Ever since Kumiko has first met Hinata, she's always thought of the young girl as a princess. The way she acted, the way she talked, and the way she looked. Neji would always tell her not to call Hinata that, but she doesn't care. Hinata enjoys it, and so does Kumiko.

"Hello Shino. I didn't mean to skip my introduction with you." Kumiko said as she smiled at the bug boy, who nodded.

"Hello Kumiko." He greeted. "You're training I assume?" Kumiko nodded.

Quite often when she trains, she runs into this little trio, as they usually train in the forest, since Hinata and Kiba need space to train, and Shino works with bugs that are mainly in the forest. Kumiko thought that was a smart move on the people who put the teams together. She would be training with her own team, but they were on a mission for only guys.

"I was, but I just got tired since I didn't really have anyone to help me test things out." She sighed, leaning against a tree again. "Plus, Akamaru peed on me…so that's also making me stop."

"Hey I said I'll get it cleaned!" Kiba exclaimed, but he was ignored.

"I can help you t-train if you'd like." Hinata offered. Kumiko smiled gently at the young girl.

"No it's okay Hime. I don't mind. I can get Lee to help me. Can't have you kids catching onto my skills now can I?" Kumiko joked.

Hinata shook her head with a smile. "No, I guess not."

"I should get going now. My father is probably wondering what's taking me so long." Kumiko told them, as she pulled Hinata into another hug. "I'll see you some other time." She let Hinata go and waved to Kiba and Shino. "Bye boys. Kiba, I expect that returned to me by tomorrow."

"Sure."

"Bye."

Kumiko had honestly planned to return to her home when she left the forest to go back into the village, but had gotten a bit sidetracked by a blond haired boy and his companions.

"Look out!" Someone shouted, before Kumiko had felt someone fall on top of her. She collapsed onto the ground a bit too hard.

"Ow." She grumbled as she held her head a bit. Who the-

"Naruto you idiot!" She heard the familiar sound of Haruno Sakura's voice.

"Whoops." Someone spoke, and the weight had been literally lifted off Kumiko. "Sorry."

"It's okay." Kumiko said as someone helped her up. She dusted off her black stockings and jean shorts. Then, she noticed she had a hole in her dark orange tank top near the bottom. "Aw man."

"Sorry again." Kumiko heard, and finally looked up. She froze a bit when she realized it was Uzumaki Naruto who had fallen on her. He was standing with Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke, looking apologetic. She continued to stare at Naruto, until he awkwardly coughed. Kumiko blinked, then shook her head.

"No it's fine." She smiled gently. "You wouldn't believe how many of these I have at home."

"Well now you're one less, but don't worry!" Naruto shouted, jumping around a bit. "When I become Hokage, I'll buy you as many as you need! Believe it!"

All her life, Kumiko has been told to avoid the Uzumaki kid, because he wasn't normal. Her father had told her that there was something wrong with him, but that he wasn't allowed to tell her, as it was prohibited. Kumiko had done a great job at avoiding the kid, or at least talking to him.

It's not like she does 100% though. Whenever needed, she would help him or give him advice, but that rarely ever happened, so they never really conversed. They weren't friends, so she didn't really care for him.

Sakura was an acquaintance of Kumiko's though. They weren't friends but they also weren't strangers. They happened to be neighbors, living next to Sakura's home, so she's known Sakura pretty much her whole life.

Sasuke was just like Naruto, except, their relationship was pretty much non-existent. They've never actually talked to each other, other than when the Uchiha massacre happened, Kumiko told him she was sorry for what happened, and Sasuke blew her off, claiming she had no reason to be sorry as it had nothing to do with her.

"Hokage huh?" Kumiko questioned as she snapped back into reality. This kid sure was dreaming big. She didn't have the heart to tell him that it most likely wasn't going to happen, especially since this kid was a dunce in school. Besides, who was she to shoot down a kid's dream? Especially when he was offering to buy her more shirts when he achieves it.

"That's right!" Naruto shouted, giving her a thumbs up. Kumiko sweat dropped, but patted the boy on the head.

"Alright kid, just keep dreaming that." She said with a smile. "I need to be going now. Bye."

"Bye Kumiko!" Sakura smiled as she waved.

"Bye!" Naruto also waved. Sasuke just remained there, motionless as he watched Kumiko walk away. Once Kumiko was out of sight, Naruto turned to Sakura. "Hey Sakura, what's her name?"

"You idiot!"

Kumiko gigged as she heard Sakura's scream. Sure, that Naruto kid wasn't the brightest bulb in the package, but he sure was funny. The Uchiha kid sure wasn't one that she's going to tangle with anytime soon though. She hadn't heard a single peep from him.

She knew that the three had been assigned as Team 7, with Kakashi-sensei as their teacher. She was really surprised when she heard that the trio passed Kakashi's test, since Gai-sensei told her that he's never passed any team before. Although, Gai told her that the trick to Kakashi's test, was teamwork, so she doubted their skills were even needed to pass, thus explaining how Naruto was able to do it.

It's not that she's purposefully trying to put the kid down, it's just the fact that he's never really put much effort into his work at the academy, and had only passed because he was able to do some shadow clone jutsu instead of the normal clone one.

Sighing once more, Kumiko continued walking home. She didn't really know what to do for the rest of the day. The only reason she was returning home was to make her father lunch. No matter how hard he tried, he could not cook correctly, and refused to eat 'fast food', which only left his eating option of Kumiko's cooking. Thankfully, Kumiko was a good cook, having had lessons from Sakura's mother, who offered to teach her when she taught Sakura.

Of course Kumiko's mother could have taught her, if she was still around. According to her father, her mother had died in child birth, so it's just been the two of them. Kumiko didn't mind though, she still had other females who could help her when she needed it. Other than that though, she mainly got help from either her father or Gai-sensei.

"Wow, you sigh just as much as Shikamaru does." She heard Yamanaka Ino say as she passed a restaurant. Apparently, Ino and her two teammates, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji, had just gotten food there, courtesy of Choji's constant complaints that he was hungry.

"Shut it Ino." Shikamaru spoke as he rolled his eyes.

"Oh, hello there Ino." Kumiko greeted with a nod to the young girl. "Shikamaru, Choji."

"Hey/Hi." The two boys said with their own nods.

"I'm just tired. Sorry blondie." Kumiko said as she patted Ino on the head. Ino raised an eyebrow.

"You're a blonde too ya know." Ino pointed out, making Kumiko smile.

"Yeah but I don't let it affect my personality like you do." Shikamaru chuckled as he understood what Kumiko meant. Ino, who didn't understand, gave him a look.

"Shut it Shikamaru!" She snapped.

"Whatever. Geez, this is such a drag. Come on Choji, I think Asuma-sensei wanted to talk to us about something." Shikamaru said as he and Choji said their farewells and left.

Ino was a girl who Kumiko had met quite the amount of years ago. She had been Sakura's friend, and was over Sakura's house often when they were younger, which is how Kumiko met her. Of course, when Sakura broke off their friendship over Sasuke, Kumiko hadn't seen Ino as much, or at least, up until recently.

Ino had been so excited to graduate that she had wanted to tell someone so bad, and since Kumiko was kind of Ino's only girl friend, at least in Ino's eyes, Kumiko had been one of the first that Ino personally told. Said girl then introduced her two teammates to Kumiko.

Ino, in Kumiko's opinion, was a bit of a boss, and focused a bit too much on her long hair, which was much cuter when it was short. That didn't stop Kumiko from enjoying the girl's company every once in a while though. Remembering that Shikamaru and Choji just left, Kumiko turned to the grinning Ino.

"Aren't you going to go with them?" She questioned. Ino's grin slightly dropped as she shrugged.

"I guess. I was hoping to hang with you a bit though, but you're probably heading home to cook for your dad, aren't you? Sorry for stopping you." Ino apologized as she bowed her head. Kumiko frowned, instantly feeling guilty.

"It's okay Ino. We can hang in a couple days if you'd like. I am kind of in a hurry to get home though. I don't want my dad claiming how his daughter's trying to starve him purposely." Kumiko laughed. Ino smiled as Kumiko patted her head. "I'll see you later."

"Yeah, bye!" Ino said as Kumiko left.

Thankful that no one else had stopped her after that, Kumiko arrived home. She unlocked the door, but then paused. She was about 6 minutes late, due to the distraction. Hopefully her father wasn't in one of his moods. Slowly opening the door, she carefully entered. After standing for a couple seconds, and nothing happening, she shrugged and decided to head for the kitchen.

"Sneak attack!"

Smash!

Kumiko's eyes widened as she watched the bottle smash next to her had. Instantly, her eyes were burning and her anger soared.

"You asshole! Is there a reason you always try to take off my head when I see you?!"Kumiko shouted as she stormed over to her dad, who was currently trying to blend in with the wall, acting as if he never even threw the bottle in the first place.

"I'm always just trying to make sure you're prepared for a sneak attack!" Her father defended himself, shrinking in terror. Kumiko smacked her hand against her forehead.

Ever since the first day Kumiko came back from the academy, her father's been trying to test her instincts, by throwing stuff at her in greeting. He's gotten her quite the amount of times, leaving Kumiko to wonder how many brain cells she's lost due to his stupidity.

"You've been doing this for like 7 years!" Kumiko complained.

"And I haven't gotten you in 2!"

"Do you know how many bottles you've broken?"

"I don't know. Probably 3 thousand…maybe more."

"Ugh, you're an idiot!"

"Ah, but you love me anyway."

Kumiko sighed in annoyance at her father's antics. Yes, she did love him, but he sure as hell was a pain. Suddenly, Kumiko noticed the black smoke filling their home. There wasn't a lot, but enough for it to be noticeable.

"You tried cooking didn't you?" She deadpanned, noticing tears running down her father's face.

"I had to. You were late and I thought I was going to starve!" He whined. She glared.

"It's only been 8 minutes past noon you dunce!" Kumiko snapped, before going to the kitchen to clean whatever he did.

"Do you not know what could happen in 8 minutes?!" Her father exclaimed. Kumiko started muttering dark words under her breath as she aired out the smoke and turned off the stove of the burnt ramen.

"You! It just had to be you huh? Why couldn't my father be Master Jiraiya, or the Hokage, hell even Gai-sensei could have been my father! But no, I just had to get stuck with you! Someone who can't cook for shit, and enjoys throwing things at their child's head, that could very well kill them!" Kumiko ranted. Her father just stared at her, then winked.

"You know you love me."

"Oh shut up!"

First chapter: DONE! Wooo! How was that? I'm so nervous to be posting this since I've been working on it for a while. Anyways, feel free to leave reviews! Any and every single one helps, and feedback is really lovely.

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