Kazumi woke up with the sun streaming in through her curtains. She looked over at her alarm clock and saw that it was 10:30. She heard knocking on her bedroom door and lazily walked over to open it. Before she even put her hand on the handle, ( xD haha) her dog, Lucky, burst in and tackled her with dirt all over him.

"Lucky, not in my room!" Kazumi whined. Her cat walked by, and just meowed, not caring a bit at all about what was happening. Kazumi slipped out underneath Lucky and dashed to the bathroom before he could tackle her again. She looked at herself in the mirror and she was covered in dog slobber and dirt, mostly dirt. She washed it all of when she took a shower, and brushed her short black spiky hair up into a small ponytail. She got dressed in dark jean shorts and a black tank top. She slipped on her flip flops and headed downstairs where her parents 'wouldn't' be. They were always working and they barely came home. Kazumi went outside her front porch and started walking around her neighborhood. She'd would be moving today so she thought she might as well have one last walk around.

The Next Hour or So

I was in my new room putting the furniture in when I heard a knock at the door. My mom zoomed passed and ran down the stairs to see who it is. It turned out to be one of the neighbors giving us a welcoming gift. I peered down the stairs and saw that there was a middle-aged woman with what seemed like her teenage daughter. What was strange was that her daughter had pink hair and REALLY green eyes. She was just standing looking around the room until she spotted me. Her piercing green eyes creeped me out. I shrunk back into my room hoping my mom hadn't noticed anything. But my hope was crushed when my mom yelled for me to come downstairs. I slowly walked down the stairs and walked straight to my mom. I glanced at the pink-haired girl and her mother. Both of them had those piercing green eyes.

"Kazumi, these are our new neighbors, Mrs. Haruno and her daughter, Sakura." My mom squeezed my shoulders, signaling me to say something.

"Uh, nice to meet you." I held out my hand and Mrs. Haruno shook it.

"Well, why don't you and Sakura go outside for awhile, Mrs. Haruno and I will catch up on things."
Both Sakura and I turned our heads at that.

"Wait, you guys know each other?" Sakura asked. I was just gonna say that...

"Yeah, we went to high school together. We were best friends, but we lost contact after we went to different colleges." Mrs. Haruno smiled. "I miss those days don't you?"

"Yeah, remember that time in science class how we always pranked the teacher." And that's when Sakura and I headed outside. We sat down on the stairs and sat in silence.

"So..." I said.

"So, what brought you to Konoha?" Sakura asked.

"My dad got a job here, so we had to move." She nodded.

"Is he a businessman or something?"

"Yeah."

"My dad is too, so he's gone a lot." She looked down at the ground. Then Lucky came flying onto the porch barking at Sakura and wagging his tail. He licked her face and barked even more.

"Huh, he's acting as thought he's known you for a long time."

"Well, I did meet him today morning. He was in my backyard digging up a bone." She laughed when Lucky knocked me over. That's when two boys about our age came walking slowly down the sidewalk.
One of them was this hyperactive kid who had whisker-like birthmarks on both of his cheeks. With his blond spiky hair and blue eyes, he looked like the kind of person who could become friends with anyone, even a person like me. The other was the exact opposite. The look on his face told me he had a lot of hatred coiled up inside of him. By the time I got up, Lucky was tackling the blond one, and Sakura was talking with the raven-haired one. But it was more like she was talking to him. He was only ignoring her. Then Lucky ran off somewhere and the blond one got up and greeted Sakura. I felt like an intruder just standing like that. I was about to go inside when Sakura called me over. I froze for a second and started walking over to them.

"Kazumi, this is Sasuke and Naruto, guys this is Kazumi. She's my new neighbor." I smiled nervously at them.

"So where were you guys heading?" Sakura asked.

"We're going to eat ramen!" Naruto shouted with his fist in the air. Sakura hit his head and smiled sweetly while Sasuke rolled his eyes and walked on.

"C'mon Naruto, let's go." Naruto hurried after him.

"Bye guys!" Sakura waved after them. "Well, I should tell my mom we should go now, we don't want to keep you guys from finishing moving in." We went inside and I zoomed up to my room. I didn't feel like finishing unpacking, so I waited until I heard Sakura and her mom leave so I could go get something to eat. When I heard the front door slam, I went slowly downstairs. I went into the kitchen and found a note stuck to the refrigerator.

Honey, I'm sorry, I was called to the office for an important job. I won't be back until tomorrow afternoon. Your father won't be back 'til Thursday. Dinner's in the fridge.

Love, Mom.

I crumpled up the note and threw it away. Why did she just leave a note instead of telling me she had to leave to my face? I'm getting tired of this. I don't feel like eating anymore. I crawled up the stairs and set my alarm for tomorrow to 6:00 A.M. It was gonna be my first day of school here. I jumped onto my bed and fell into a deep sleep.

IN THE MORNING

I woke up to someone slapping me. I looked up groggily and screamed when I saw who it was.

"Hey, calm down. It's me, Sakura." I rubbed my eyes. Since my eyes weren't so tired as they were before, I could see Sakura clearer now.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I'll tell you on the way to school, and speaking of that, if you don't hurry up we're gonna be late." I looked at the clock.

"What time does school start?"

"8:10."

"It's 7:45! I have to hurry." I got up and zoomed to my dresser. I pick out a light green t-shirt and black jean capris and ran to the bathroom. I took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, got dressed, and tripped down the stairs to eat something. I chose to eat some cereal. When I was finished, I went back upstairs to grab my schoolbag and shoes. Once I had those, I put my hair in a small ponytail.

"Alright, I'm done. Are you ready to go?" I turned towards Sakura. She was laughing.

"What? Why are you laughing?" She pointed to the window curtain. I opened the curtains and froze. It was night outside. I looked at the alarm clock. It said 8:00 A.M.

"I don't get it." I said. She handed me a watch. It said 5:00 A.M. I got it now.

"You tricked me!" I pointed an accusing finger at her.

"Yup, I was waiting 'til you'd notice." She laughed some more. I took a deep breath.

"What are we going to do now?" Sakura tapped her chin.

"Let's go wake Naruto. He's always late to school because he oversleeps." I nodded and we headed outside. I locked the front and back door. We then started down the dark street, turning this way and that way until we stopped at a building full of apartments. We walked up what Sakura said was his and opened the door. We didn't have trouble opening it because the door was unlocked. When we stepped inside, a wave of what smelled like ramen hit us. There were a bunch of ramen bowls stacked in a corner. Not far from it, was Naruto sleeping on his couch, with a noodle half stuck out of his mouth. I had to stifle a laugh. Sakura went over and shook Naruto to wake him up. When that didn't work she grabbed a ramen bowl and waved it around his nose. He fell off of the couch and woke up to that.

"Oh hey Sakura what are you doing here?" Naruto looked up at Sakura.

"We're here to get you ready for school." She softly kicked his head. "Now get up."
Naruto got up and stretched. He headed straight to his kitchen. He grabbed ramen from his cupboard above the kitchen sink and prepared it. What I was shocked to see was that he not only ate one cup of ramen, but he ate more than ten! After Naruto had enough ramen, he got dressed and we were already out the door.

"You know, we should stop for teme." Naruto said out of nowhere.

"Who's teme?" I asked. Sakura rolled her eyes.

"It's what Naruto calls Sasuke." Sakura informed me. I nodded understanding. We heard a cough and looked back at Naruto.

"So, are we getting teme or not?"