How We Became Friends!
The Rewrite!
By: Tilunar.
AN: I wasn't happy with my first attempt with this story. I have been researching Japan and it's Culture, and when I wrote How We Became Friends, I wasn't happy about using Naruto villages when I thought it would be better if I used real Japan cities and towns. Plus I could never get the all chapters very long, a problem I have with all my stories that I haven't yet been able to change though I hopefully will with this one, though I can't promise anything.
I hope that this attempt is better then my first. And I would like to say sorry if the things about Japan I have done is wrong. I have never been to Japan, and until I see Japan with my own eyes and experience the Culture, I doubt I'll have the true understanding of the Country. Though I hope my research hasn't been wrong or gone to waste as I write this story.
I would like to say that this is set in Japan 1988 and will continue to 2011, I will be adding somethings that really happened in Japan in the story in hopes to make it more real though I will not add them all.
I would also like to say that I'm from England and I'm going to write like a Brit so I'm sorry if you don't understand some of the terms and I would like to warn you that there is a lot of Japanese terms that will explained at the end of the chapter, so if they confuse you, I'm sorry and I would like to say I get carried away when it comes to the terms.
And I, finally, would like to correct something I haven't done with most of my stories and that is the disclaimer.
I do not own Naruto or it's characters. The plot is my own and the Ocs are also my own. Please Review. Anyway, on with the story.
Chapter One, First Day at Shōgakkō, a glimpse into the life of Namikaze Sakura, and Kendo.
"Namikaze Sakura has been my friend since we were four. She has always been aloof, polite, and lazy with a strange love for sports.
This is our firendship from Elementary school till we were twenty-nine with everything from Sakura's strange family, to running from fans, to new friendships, crushes, bad relationships, heartbreak, to pranks, to falling in love, losing touch with eachother and weddings, also with the knowledge that if I had never made friends with Namikaze Sakura then my life would be a whole lot easier." - Hyuga Neji.
~ Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Shibuya, Chiyo's Apartments, Apartment 23, Monday 4th April 1988, 07:20 am ~
Loud snores echoed through the through the two bedroom apartment.
The apartment itself was a good sized since it had two bedrooms, a partly enclosed kitchen, one bathroom and toilet, and a good size living room (that doubled as the main part of the apartment). The walls were painted a light calming green and cream carpeting though the kitchen was wooden flooring.
The front door was next to the partly enclosed kitchen (to the right side of the door) and to the left side was a getabako against the wall on the lower level of the genkan, while on the main level of the apartment there was a hallway in that wall. In the hallway had four doors, two on either side of the hallway and two between them.
The living room had a large black leather sofa with a chabudai infront of it surround by four zabuton, a medium sized T.V sat on a cabinet. There was shelves filled with books against the wall that lead to the hallway and on the wall that lead to the kitchen was numerous framed photographs. There was a desk near the books shelves with a leather seat in front of it and a black brieft case on top. In the corner of the living room near the T.V was the Kamidana.
One of the white painted doors with a sign proudly stating 'Sakura-hime's Room' in bright green with sakura blossoms surrounding the neat curvy rōmaji writting, opened with a soft click that was hardly heard over the sound of snoring from the door with a sign stating 'The Amazing Jiraiya-sama's Room' with a cute cartoon toad with a sword leaning against the rōmaji.
Sakura stepped out of her room, yawing slightly as she made her way towards the kitchen, flicking on the lights as she did.
She had shoulder-blade length soft light petal pink hair, that she had tied into two low pigtails with a few strands framing her heart-shaped face, and large emerald green eyes. She had lightly tanned skin and wore a red t-shirt, black trousers, an open black hoodie with a silver-lily pin on it, and dark red socks. She was above average height for a girl her age though she was still shorter the some boys.
She opened the metal fridge and grabbed a small carton of strawberry milkshake, easily piercing the silver circle on the top with straw. As she put the straw to her cupid's bow lips, she glanced at the clock, having learnt to tell the time when she was four since her father had a habit of oversleeping and needing her to wake him up, before she turned and padded softly down the hallway to her father's room.
She opened the door, still drinking her milkshake, and easily walked through the messy room to the large bed that took up a lot of the room, where only the back of her father could seen as he was covering his head with a pillow.
Her lips let go of the straw as she reached one hand out to touch his shoulder.
"Tou-chan." She said as she shook the tall man's board shoulder, making his snoring falter as he slowly woke up.
Jiraiya yawned largely as he turned over on to his stomach and lifted himself on his elbows as his messy spiky long white hair framed his face and fell down his back as he blinked his dark brown eyes sleepily as he looked at his only child.
"What is it, Sakura-hime?" Jiraiya asked as he rolled on his back and sat up, running a hand through his hair as he stratched his chest before he stretched making his back crack.
Jiraiya was a tall man and was muscular. He had just wait-length spiky white hair, dark brown eyes and tanned skin. On his left shoulder was a spiral tattoo and on his right shoulder was a black and white tattoo of a sakura blossom within a circle of vine. He wore black pyjama bottoms.
"It's 7:34." Sakura informed him before she took another sip of her drink.
Jiraiya nodded, still somewhat asleep, so it took a while for his mind to pick up the information and connect it with the day but when it did, his eyes widened in realisation.
"You're going to be late!" He exclaimed, jumping out of bed only to get tangled in the sheets and face-plant the floor painfully while Sakura stared down at him blankly, still drinking her milkshake.
Jiraiya let out a muffled pained groan and rolled on his back, flashing Sakura a thumbs up before he untangled himself and dashed to get ready. Sakura nodded and left, heading down the hallway towards the genkan to open the door, knowing two of her aunts would be there as well as some of her cousins to make sure she got to school on time. It would be the first day of her actually doing class work after all.
"He just got up, hasn't he?" Tsunade asked, her left eyebrow twitching as her free hand clenched into a fist while the other held her daughter's hand.
Tsunade was a tall woman with long honey blonde hair that was in two low-pigtails with a few strands framing her face, a hairstyle that her niece took to copying, and golden brown eyes. She had slightly tanned skin covering a slender curvy busty frame. She wore black trousers, a long sleeved dark green silk shirt and had been wearing low heeled open toed sandals before she stepped into the apartment and let go of Konan's hand.
Konan was four years older then Sakura, being ten, and was taller then both Sakura and Kyubi. She had blue hair, which she got from her father though Dan's hair was light blue and Konan's was bright blue, which she had up in a high bun with a large white orgami orchid flower clipped to it and golden brown eyes, which she had gotten from Tsunade. She was pale and wore a blue t-shirt with a black knee-length skirt, a black jacket and had been wearing black sneakers.
Sakura didn't have to say anything for the older female already knew and just side-stepped as Tsunade briskly walked towards her younger brother's room.
"Jiraiya!" Tsunade shouted as she walked, cracking her knuckles as she went, "You better hurry up!" A loud thud was heard from Jiraiya's room before the sound of swift heavy foot-falls echoed back to them with muffled curses.
"Saku-nee-tan!" Naruto cried loudly as he leaped at his favourite cousin, his arms automatially wrapping around her neck and legs wrapping around her thighs, which she grabbed to support him easily.
Naruto was four, the youngest of the Namikaze children, and was rather short, being over a head short then his older cousin, and near a head shorter then his older brother, Yami, who was only near a hour older then Naruto. Both Yami and Naruto took after their father, having spiky blonde hair, that reminded Sakura of sunbursts, and tanned skin. The eyes were where they differed. While Naruto had the same bright blue eyes as Minato, Yami had Kushina's dark violet eyes.
Naruto wore blue shorts, a white shirt with a large orange swirl and had been wearing blue sandals while Yami wore black trousers, a black t-shirt with a smaller orange swirl, dark orange socks, and had been wearing black sneakers.
A trait that both Yami and Naruto shared with their older brother Kurama, who was two years older then Sakura being eight, were the six whisker-like marks on their cheeks (three on each cheek).
Kurama took after his mother more in looks then either of his younger brothers. Kurama had spiky red hair and dark violet eyes, with lightly tanned skin, he was taller then her though he was shorter then Konan. He wore a blood red t-shirt, black trousers, an open black hoodie, black socks, and had been wearing black sneakers.
Even though Kurama took more after his mother, he already had his father's angular face while Yami and Naruto had their mother's round face.
"Naruto-kun." Sakura greeted, before she looked at her other cousins. "Konan-chan, Kurama-kun, Yami-kun." Before she looked up at her other aunt with a smile. "Kushina-ba-san."
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Sakura-chan." Kushina greeted with a smile. "While Tsunade-chan helps get Jiraiya-san up, I'll make you some ramen." Her smile turned to a fox-like grin as she thought of Tsunade's version of help when it came to Jiraiya before she went to the kitchen and pulled a instand cup ramen from the cupboard.
Kushina was a beautiful woman with her long dark red hair, that she had tied up in a messy bun, and dark violet eyes. She had lightly tanned skin covering her slender curvy frame and was of average height though she looked rather short next to Tsunade. She wore worn jeans, a long sleeved bright red t-shirt and bright orange socks. Kushina-ba-san was always a colourful person, Tou-chan had once told her that it was because Kushina-ba-san was so colourful that Minato-ji-san paid attention to her in the beginning.
The younger cousins headed to the sofa of the living room and Kurama flicked on the T.V with the remote, making Naruto engrossed in it as it was his favorite anime with Yami following his lead while the older three sat around the chadudai on their zabuton and double checked their randoseru bags, listening to the sounds of Kushina moving about the kitchen, the T.V and of course Tsunade 'helping' Jiraiya get ready.
Crash! "I told you to hurry up, you lazy hentai ossan!"
"Tsunade! I can't hurry up if you keep hitting me or throwing things at me!"
Smack! "Whining won't get my niece, daughter and nephew to school on time!"
"It's not my fault that you brought Konan-chan along nor is it my fault that Kushina-chan brought Kyubi!"
Thud! "If we could trust you to get up on time we wouldn't be having this problem!"
Kushina smiled calmly as she handed the ramen and chopsticks to Sakura, though she did wince slightly at the loud crash that was followed by a shout of pain.
"Those two are always fighting." Kushina shook her head before she looked at both Konan and Sakura. "I'm just glad you haven't followed their leads."
"It would be stupid to fight like Kaa-san and Jiraiya-ji-san does just because we are their children." Konan said, her face impassive, while Sakura nodded in agreement.
"Kaa-tan?" Naruto asked as he looked up from his place on the sofa, his eyes wide and curious. "Will I have to go to Shōgakkō like Saku-nee-tan, Aniki and Ko-nee-tan?" Naruto wrinkled his nose at the thought.
Naruto's Aniki acted weird since he started Shōgakkō, especailly when Kyubi was doing homework. Naruto once saw Kurama throw his book at the wall then laugh madly about it, till his Kaa-tan told him off. He didn't know if it was like that with Ko-nee-tan, or even with Na-nii-tan, he just hoped it didn't happen to Saku-nee-tan and Ten-nee-tan, or Ya-nii-tan and him when they had to go to Shōgakkō.
"Hai, Ya-chan and you'll have to join Shōgakkō like the others, Naru-chan." Kushina answered, getting the pre-packed bento from the fridge and putting it in Jiraiya's brief-case.
"But I don't wanna!" Naruto whined with a pout making all the older children roll their eyes, some more obvious then the others.
"Too bad, gaki." Tsunade said, leaning against the wall of the head of the hallway.
Her nose wrinkled in digust when she saw Sakura drinking the broth of the instant ramen.
"Tomorrow, Konan and I will come earlier so you can have a real meal." Tsunade annouced making Naruto bristle in anger on the behalf of his beloved ramen.
"What's wrong with ramen?" Naruto demanded as he planted his hands on his hips with a scowl like he saw his Kaa-tan do when she was fighting with Tou-tan.
"Maybe, but a child needs more then instant ramen to grow right." Tsunade shot back with a pointed look over his lack of height.
The Namikaze Ichizoku as a whole was a tall family, having always been taller then average and making those of average height look short compared to them. Tsunade could remember her Ojii-sama talking about the tales of the family once being great samurai that could strike fear in enemies heart with their impressive height and great skill with the blade when she was young, it didn't matter that he hadn't ever been even a soldier, he was still proud about the family once being a samurai family and Tsunade knew he enjoyed telling his great-grandchildren about the family when the family got together.
Tsunade and her younger sister, Reika, had to suffer through the taunts from the other girls at school for being so much taller then them and a number of boys. Tsunade had been pleased when she fell in love with Dan, who was just a inch taller then her, she hadn't liked the thought of falling in love with a man shorter then her. It had been awkward in Kōtōgakkō, going out with a few boys shorter then her and she had refusing having to deal with that the rest of her life.
Naruto was the shortest of the children, now Tsunade wouldn't of been that worried, even if he was shorter then all his cousins had been when they were his age, if it wasn't for the fact that Yami, Naruto's older twin brother, was nearing towards being a head taller then his brother.
Hopefully he would have a growth spurt. If anyone needed it, it was him.
Naruto blushed at the obvious shot to his height, and puffed out his cheeks as he glared at Tsunade, who only smirked at him.
Naruto knew he was short, she didn't need to point it out! Especially in front of everyone! Where they would laugh at him!
Kurama had bursted out laughing when Tsunade drew attention to his youngest brother's lack of height, making said brother go even redder, while Yami had grinned in amusement.
Konan and Sakura though, acted like they didn't hear Tsunade take a shot at Naruto's height, which Naruto was thankful about in the back of his mind, he didn't know how he could take his favourite cousin and Ko-nee-tan laughing at him like his brothers did. He knew his brothers only laughed because they were mean! Saku-nee-tan and Ko-nee-tan wasn't mean at all!
Tsunade looked over her shoulder with a scowl on her pretty face and shouted: "Jiraiya, hurry up you hentai!"
"Coming, Nee-chan." Jiraiya grumbled as he finished pulling his thin black turtle neck jumper over his white t-shirt, before he headed towards his desk to get his brief case. "Let's go Hime."
Sakura threw the empty cup before grabbing her randoseru bag while Kushina swung Naruto onto her hip, holding him with one arm, after he put his sandals on while Yami gripped her free hand. As Sakura stepped out of the apartment after putting on her sneakers, she felt a larger soft hand wrap around her own and looked up to see Konan's impassive face though her golden brown eyes were soft as Jiraiya locked the door, the strap of his briefcase thrown over his shoulder.
Tsunade had around stared towards the stairs, impatient as ever to get to her job, grumbling about lazy younger brothers as she strolled to the stairs and then down them with Kushina following her blonde sister-in-law with a smile.
"Kaa-san has been having problems with one of the doctors at the hospital, Tou-san said the man's lucky that Kaa-san hasn't killed him yet." Konan explained her mother's unusally bad mood when Kurama turned to her with raised eyebrows.
"That explains so much." Jiraiya sighed as he lead the three children down to the parking lot.
He was normally the target when his older sister was in a bad mood, it had always been that way since they were kids. He remembered how Aika-baa-sama used to tell them even as toddlers, Tsunade would hit or throw soft toys at Jiraiya when she was upset but left Reika and Minato alone. Of course Nawaki never got more then a scowl from Tsunade because he was the baby of the family.
"Ja ne!" Kushina called as she left with Yami and Naruto as Jiraiya was going to drop off Kyubi with his cousins.
"Jiraiya-san!" A voice called out making said man turn to see his landlady and her grandson.
Akasuna Chiyo was a nice elderly woman, who didn't mind watching after Sakura if he had to go to a meeting with his Manger/Editor, and completely adored her 'cute little' grandson. Of course she had a strange sense of humour that had almost given him a heart-attack many of times when she had done her favourite joke with him.
She was on the short side with dark grey hair up in a high bun with strands framing her face and dark eyes. She wore a long tanned skin and a white blouse. She had a lightly tanned skin covering a plump frame.
Her grandson, Sasori, was slightly below average height his age with short messy red hair and half-lidded impatient cinnamon brown eyes. He had light tanned skin and wore black trousers with a long sleeved dark green top, black sneakers, and a black open hoodie with a silver lily pin.
"Hai, Akasuna-san?" Jiraiya questioned, absently throwing Tsunade the keys for his car before she started shouting at him.
"Can you take Sasori-chan to school?" Chiyo asked, ignoring the scowl on Sasori-chan's face, before she laughed nervously and stratched her cheek that made Jiraiya remember Sakura when she was younger, more expressive, and when she had do something silly. "It seems I over slept and I can't let my cute little grandson walk by himself, who knows what could happen to him!"
Jiraiya nodded, biting back a grin. Chiyo and him both had a habit of over-sleeping, though the children had different ways of getting them up. Sakura did it gently while Sasori set off a loud alarm. Jiraiya much preferred his wonderful daughter's way.
"I'll take him, Akasuna-san." Jiraiya ressured the elderly woman with a grin before Tsunade shouted at him from the car;
"JIRAIYA!"
Jiraiya winced before he took Sasori's hand and gave Chiyo a parting bow before he rushed towards his car with the red head.
~ Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Ginyuri Shōgakkō, Monday 4th April 1988, 07:37 am ~
Ginyuri Shōgakkō was a five minute walk from Shinsen-eki and a fifteen minute walk from Shibuya-eki. It was made up of two good-sized buildings made out of smooth concrete with medium-sized windows, one the main school building and the other a Gym/Dojo/indoor swimming pool, with the teachers car-park around the back of the building.
It had a four foot wall surround the front with it's neat green hedgeways, short grass and an asphalt playground with black painted open iron gates at the entrance.
Students had already made their way to their classrooms and was waiting either impatiently or patiently for the day to begin. Class 1-A was no other class.
The Sensei, Souen Miko, had thought being a first-grade teacher would be rather easy and had always cheered herself up when she felt like she was going to fail. It was her first time teaching, but she loved children and enjoyed teaching others. Miko just hadn't been prepared for the mothers who had come with their child the first day, she had almost fully wilted under their calculating glares of some of the mothers.
Souen Miko was a petite woman with black hair cut in a cute bob and large brown eyes. She wore a simple black skirt and white blouse with her white indoor shoes on her black stockinged feet.
Miko looked around the rather plain classroom, she had pushed six single desks together to making a rectangle table for each Han, her gaze paused on one Han and she withheld a sigh as she noticed only four of the students were in their seats and their missing seat-mates were not in the classroom, Miko couldn't of missed them if she tried, their rather vivid hair colours stood out against the near complete sea of brunettes, and blondes, with only one purplette and one boy with grey hair.
The Han group that Miko knew was going to give her many headaches was made up of six students and was also know as Ichi-Han. Akasuna Sasori, Hyuga Neji, Mitarashi Anko, Namikaze Sakura, Shiranui Tenten, and Uchiha Itachi.
Itachi was the heir of the well-known Uchiha Ichizoku, and already Miko had heard whispers that he was a genius. He was just above average height with mid-shoulder-blade length black hair that he kept in a low ponytail, and almond shaped dark grey eyes with almost feminine thick lashes. He had porcelain skin that was just tint with a nice even tan. He wore black trousers with a dark navy shirt and white indoor shoes on his navy socked feet.
Sitting across from him was Neji. He was the heir of the Bunke of the Hyuga Ichizoku, distant cousins of the Uchiha Ichizoku, and again Miko had heard whispers of the word genius when it came to him. His height was the same as Itachi with mid-back-length dark brown hair in a loose low ponytail and pearl coloured eyes with the barest hint of blue to them. His skin was really like porcelain and lack the tan that Itachi's had. He wore dark brown trousers with a white shirt and white indoor shoes on his white socked feet.
There was a seat between Neji and Tenten. Miko had overhead Shiranui-san saying that Tenten was well on her way of being a master of karate when Tenten gets older.
Tenten was of average height with chocolate brown hair in a odango bun hairstyle with chin-length strands framing her wide brown eyes. She had nicely tanned skin, obviously from spending time outside, and wore dark brown capri trousers, a light blue chinese styled top and white indoor shoes on her white ankle-high socked feet.
Across from her sat Mitarashi Anko, daughter of the doctor Mitarashi Orochimaru-sensei. She had dark purple hair tied up in a spiky ponytail with strands covering her forehead and framed her face with light brown eyes and lightly tanned skin cover her just below average height frame. She wore light brown trousers, a dark purple t-shirt and white indoor shoes on her white socked feet.
The two that were missing of course were Sakura and Sasori. Sakura, daughter of the author famous Namikaze Jiraiya-sensei, a genius like her two Han-partners and cousin of Shirunai Tenten, and Sasori, grandson of Akasuna Chiyo and heir to Akasuna Corp., already on his way to being a talented artist.
Miko had only wanted a normal class for her first time teaching, and instead she got six children that were not normal, of course it could be counted as seven because of Rock Lee.
Rock Lee sat at his Han a little away from Ichi-Han. He was unique in a different way then members of Ichi-Han, he was average height for a boy of his age with black hair cut in a bowl cut and large dark eyes with thick eyebrows. He had tanned skin and wore a dark green t-shirt, a shade darker knee-length shorts, black socks and his white in door shoes. He, like Tenten, was on his way for being a master of karate.
Miko felt she was going to cry as she stood infront of her class as the children watched her like they were judging her. Which they most likely were, her mind seemed to whisper to her.
The door slid open with a bang making Miko jump with a scream and startled the class as Jiraiya fell to his knees in the doorway, Sasori and Sakura jumping out of his arms casually.
"Souen-sensei." Sakura greeted as they made their way to their table while Jiraiya panted in the doorway.
"JIRAIYA!" Thundered Tsunade's voice making Jiraiya groan. "YOU PROMISED TO TAKE ME TO WORK!"
With a wave to his daughter and niece, Jiraiya beat a swift retreat before Tsunade could get even angier then she already was.
"Namikaze-chan, Akasuna-kun please take your seat." Miko near-whimpered as she clutched the front of her shirt over her heart.
Why did she want to be a teacher again?
~ Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Ginyuri Shōgakkō, Class 1-A, Monday 4th April 1988, 04:20 pm ~
Sasori huffed slightly as he finished cleaning the floor, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced up at where Sakura was finishing up cleaning the black board.
"You two finished yet?" Kurama asked, leaning against the doorway, smirking when he saw Sasori jump slightly at his voice.
"Konan-chan and Nagato-kun have already left, ne?" Sakura inquired as she walked to her desk while Sasori put the broom back in the cleaning cupboard at the back of the room.
"Hai, Nagato has gone to Juku and Konan has gone home to plan what she's going to do with her Art Club." Kurama said as he watched his cousin pick up her bag as while as his cousin's friend.
"Let's go, Sakura, gaki." Kurama smirked at the glare that was sent his way by Sasori, before he pushed of from the doorway and began walking down the hall, the two younger kids followed him.
He didn't get on well with the Akasuna gaki, Kurama already could tell he was going to be a brooding artist type when the gaki grew up and already Kurama hated those types. Of course Konan was an artist, Kurama doubted his older cousin would ever become a brooding type of artist. Even if she did, she was family and the Namikaze Ichizoku and the Uzumaki Ichizoku were big on family. He just happened to have both families blood running through his veins.
And just because he was big on family didn't mean it included his cousins friends, especially the brooding artist types.
They paused at the shoe-lockers, each going to the one that was assigned to them and changing their shoes before they were off and heading towards the station.
The moment they entered the station, Kurama grabbed Sakura's hands as she gripped Sasori's hand so they wouldn't be parted easily in the crowd as they went to buy their tickets before they were on their way home.
~ Japan, Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Ginyuri Shōgakkō, Dojo, Friday 15th April 1988, 04:50 pm ~
Naruto bounced on his bare toes as he watched the Kendo matches and would of run off if it wasn't for Yami's hand clamped tightly around his while Yami held Kushina's hand.
"Mikoto-senpai!" Kushina called happily as she saw her old friend and senpai standing with her youngest son, Sasuke.
Mikoto was of average height with a slim build and long black hair that was perfectly brushed and kept out of her face by a few hairclips and almond-shaped dark grey eyes. She wore a simple black dress with long fitted sleeves and dark stockings.
Sasuke was of average height for a four year old being shorter then Yami but taller then Naruto with black tinted blue hair that spiked up at the back with cheek-length strands framing his face with dark grey eyes and pale skin. He wore a black long sleeved top with navy shorts.
"Kushina-chan." Mikoto greeted just before their youngest sons saw each other.
"TEME!" Naruto shouted, dramaticly pointing at Sasuke with a flush of anger.
"Dobe!" Sasuke snarled, also with a flush of anger though it looked darker because of his pale skin tone.
"Naruto!" Kushina scolded at the same time as Mikoto exclaimed; "Sasuke!"
"Where did you hear that?" They demaned their younger sons at once, both putting their hands on their hips making Kyubi shiver in unease.
"Kashi-nii-chan and his friends." Naruto mumbled.
"Obito-nii-chan and his friends." Sasuke grumbled at the same time.
"Don't worry about Kakashi-kun, Mikoto-senpai, I'll deal with him." Kushina said with an almost sickly sweet smile on her full lips.
"Of course, Kushina-chan." Mikoto agreed before she too got a sickly sweet smile on her lips. "And I'll deal with Obito-kun."
The women laughed lightly together making Kurama take a wary step back as he eyed the women. His Tou-san was right, women were scary.
"Kushina-san." A soft female voice came from Kushina's right, snapping the redhead out of her thoughts of dealing with Kakashi and most likely her youngest brother-in-law.
"Momoko-san." Kushina greeted in slight surprise as she noticed Neji's mother and then grimaced slightly when she noticed Neji's aunt, who she had never gotten on well with. "Rukia-san."
Momoko and Rukia were very different though their husbands as twins were alot alike. Kushina didn't understand how Hizashi married such a sweet woman as Momoko while Hiashi married someone who seemed so cold like Rukia.
Momoko was rather petite and had a delicate face with light blue eyes while her long dark brown hair was tied up in a messy bun. She wore a simple light blue kimono.
While Rukia was somewhat tall with dark plum long hair tied in a simple and neat bun at the base of her neck and light violet eyes. She wore a dark grey knee-length skirt, a white blouse and a dark grey blazer.
While Momoko happily held Hanabi, her niece who took after her father with dark brown hair and pearl eyes, Rukia only allowed Hinata, who had short navy hair and pearl eyes tinted violet, hold her hand. Hanabi was dressed in a simple white kimono while Hinata wore a long sleeved light blue top and dark blue trousers.
"Where is Sakura-chan?" Momoko asked while Hanabi looked around with childish curosity.
"Most likely still sparring." Kushina said with a shrug as she looked around at the children were men to protect their faces, making Kushina unable to tell which one was her niece.
Hinata looked down with a blush as she pressed herself closer to her mother's side when she caught sight of Naruto looking at her curiously. She always got a funny feeling around him but she had no problem with Yami, she didn't know why but she could never bring herself to meet Naruto's blue eyes with her violet tinted pearl eyes.
"Winner Hyuga-kun!"
Neji pushed back his men, a white towel tied around his forehead to keep his hair out of his face, a smirk taking over his lips, before he bowed at his opponant, who bowed back. Neji then made his way towards his mother and his aunt and cousins.
"Kaa-san." Neji greeted, before bowing his head to Rukia. "Ba-sama." He looked at Kushina and smiled slightly. "Namikaze-san."
"Neji-kun." Kushina greeted with a smile before she lifted Yami into her arms, keeping a close eye on Naruto's and Sasuke's glaring match.
"Draw between Namikaze-chan and Uchiha-kun!"
Both children drew apart and pulled off their men before they bowed to the other, like Neji both Itachi and Sakura had a white towel wrapped around their forehead though Sakura had the rest of her hair tied up in a messy bun, together they made their way to their families.
"Saku-nee-chan!" Naruto giggled joyously as he leaped forward and wrapped his arms around his cousin's neck.
He had gotten so sick of Sasuke bragging about his on-so-amazing Aniki and loved the look on the smug Teme's face when he heard that his precious brother couldn't beat Saku-nee-chan. He knew there was a reason that Saku-nee-chan was his favourite cousin.
Sakura wrapped one arm around Naruto, her other hand gripping her shinai, and continued walking towards her Ba-san, Naruto's feet were ontop of her own.
"Kushina-ba-san." She greeted with a smile.
"You did good, Sakura-chan." Kushina complimented with a bright smile while Itachi took his place next to his mother and ignored Sasuke's irated ranting.
"That was a good match Sakura-san." Itachi said. "I hope we can spar again."
"Likewise, Itachi-san." Sakura replied with a politely distance smile.
Kushina and Mikoto both sighed at the politeness that seemed to pour of the children. Though it was a nice that they were polite, it seemed like Itachi and Sakura couldn't be anything but polite to people. Kushina personally didn't know how Jiraiya ended up with such a polite daughter when though he wasn't always rude, Jiraiya wasn't always polite either.
Kushina wondered if Sakura's politeness came from her mother's family though knew better then to ask anyone. Though she had met Sakura's mother in the past, before she left Jiraiya and Sakura, she had never met Terumi Mei's family so she didn't know and she wasn't going to ask Jiraiya, he was heartbroken when Mei left him, and it was safe to say that Terumi Mei was not spoken of by the family. She was a taboo subject and Kushina doubted that would change.
Kushina absently wondered how Sakura felt about her mother but thought it better not to ask.
"I hear you beat Shiruma-san, Neji-kun." Sakura said making Neji nod. "Maybe next time we can spar?"
"I'll beat you." Neji said with a smirk.
Japanese Terms:
Juku: Cram School.
Han: Group/Team.
Ichi-Han: Group One/Team One.
Sensei: Title of respect for Author/Teather/Doctor.
Ichizoku: Clan or Family.
Bunke: Branch Family.
-Eki: Station.
-Ku: Ward.
Kaa-san/chan/tan: Mother.
Tou-san/chan/tan: Father.
Nee-chan/tan: Older sister.
Nii-san/tan: Older brother.
Aniki: Older brother.
Hime: Princess.
Tan: Cute form of chan, often used by small children and girls trying to be cute.
Ojii-sama: Formal term for Grandfather.
Gaki: Brat.
Ji-san: Uncle.
Ba-san: Aunt.
Hentai: Pervert.
Ossan: Old Man or rude form of Mister.
Rōmaji: Japanese written in english lettering and not kanji.
Shōgakkō: Elementary School.
Kōtōgakkō: High School.
Ohayo gozaimasu: Good Morning.
Getabako: A free-standing shoe cupboard that is commonly made of wood and bamboo.
Genkan: Entry-way.
Randoseru: Elementry School bag.
Chadudai: Short legged table.
Zabuton: Japanese cushion used for sitting on.
Kamidana: Mini Shinto Shrine. The kamidana is typically placed high on a wall and contains a wide variety of items (kamizane) related to Shinto-style ceremonies, the most prominent of which is the shintai, most commonly in the form of a small circular mirror, though it may also take the form of a stone (magatama), jewel, or some other object with largely symbolic value. A similar shrine, when placed at ground-level upon a platform possessing three or four steps, is referred to as a kamidoko. Worship at the kamidana typically consists of the offering of simple prayers, food (e.g., rice, fruit, water) and flowers. Before worshiping at the kamidana it is ritually important for family members to cleanse their hands.
Ginyuri: I borrowed the name of the school from Otomen, Manga. I believe it means Silver Lily.
Men: Face-protectors.
Shinai: Bamboo sword.