Hello again! Wow, I'm actually updating things, huh? Haha, well, anyway. This story actually takes place after another one that was written by me and Summonergirl001 again :) Kaia and Naruto risk life and limb to find the serial killer who managed to kill Kaia's father and brother. Suika Kodomono, a woman not really mentioned in this story, knew the murderer and fell into all sorts of misadventures too. So, that's all you really need as review. :) Enjoy!

Oh, wait, you'll figure out Kaia's pairing but Suika was with Iruka. Oh, and Kaia's sensei's name is Noelle Yokobue and she has a cousin named Jun, too. Phew! That's a lot to go over. Now we welcome Kaguya and Kaia! Yaay!

It was a nice day in Konoha, but the weather was always nice. Seventeen year old Naruto Uzumaki was heading towards the Hokage's building, deciding that it had been too long since he had bothered, annoyed, and otherwise infuriated Tsunade So, he marched brightly towards it before he was interrupted by a tap on his shoulder.

"Naruto-kun," a brown haired, brown eyed girl started walking beside him, not giving him much chance to say anything about her arrival. "You're going to bother Tsunade right? You probably shouldn't. She has a lot of Hokage related business to attend to. They only just fixed the last wall she punched you through." She smiled smugly.

"Kaia-chan, " Naruto said, in his usual pathetic groan. "It's scary how you always seem to know just what I'm thinking, before I think it myself. Can all girls do that?" Naruto watched Kaia laughed, her brown eyes shining with her amusement to the point she was almost crying. He frowned more, mumbling, "I'm so glad you think it's funny."

"Well, You're not the hardest person to figure out. And yeah, most girls have that power. Boys don't think too much." She reached over and flicked him on the forehead, laughing again. "Well, if you're going to bother Tsunade-sama I better go with you. Hopefully with me there she won't kill you." Kaia linked her arm with his, making Naruto blush. "Aw come on! You still blush like a girl Naruto!"

Okay, so just to recount everything that you, beloved reader have missed. Five years ago, Kaia and Naruto worked together to rescue their beloved Iruka and Suika sensei from their own stupidity and beat up a few bad guys at the same time. They had been good friends for a very long time, but it was more recent that their friendship has turned to something much more. It was weird, they didn't even have to say it; but the general consensus was that Naruto and Kaia were in fact, dating.

Only thing; Naruto still hadn't told Kaia about the nine tailed fox, and she still didn't know. It was weird, knowing that so many people knew his secret but Kaia didn't. But, Naruto didn't really see a need to tell her yet. He would eventually. What was he so afraid of? Her actually hating him. He had no idea if her family had been effected by the nine tailed fox, because most people just didn't talk about it anymore. He had no idea if she would hate him, or just be angry he had not told her sooner. So, he feigned ignorance.

Walking into the Hokage's building, they were greeted by the usual faces. Shikamaru was chatting with Temari, probably about a mission, the Sand Village, or something else. Naruto wasn't exactly sure, but sometimes they seemed to like each other and then they hated each other the next moment. Kakashi was there walking out, looking tired and worn as always. And then, there was Iruka with a small child following after him.

"Iruka-sensei!" Both teenagers greeted enthusiastically. It had been so long since they had seen Iruka! There was no time to see their old academy teacher, and it really had been a long time. Naruto bounced up to him waving excitedly. "Who's that? One of your students?" He said.

Iruka smiled and shook his head. "Uh well, yes." He blushed slightly, putting a hand on the small mahogany-haired boy. The boy had his thumb in his mouth, and he looked up at Naruto and Kaia with large hazel eyes. He did not really say much of anything, and just continued staring. "Why don't you introduce yourself?" Iruka said, gently.

The small child turned his attention from Iruka, back to Naruto and Kaia. "Rin. . . ." he said, then a few mumbled around his thumb. He looked back up to Iruka, before looking back at the two scary teenagers.

"He's so cute," Kaia commented, squatting near him. She smiled at him, making silly faces at him. Kaia was surprised when the little boy started wailing, and Iruka quickly picked him up. The little boy stopped, latching his tiny chubby arms around the older man's neck.

Iruka chuckled. "This is Ringo, my son."

"What son?!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Yeah Naruto," Kaia said. "You didn't know?" Kaia rolled her eyes. "He's already three years old. Geesh, you really are behind on the times." Kaia straightened her back, before she grabbed Naruto's arm and started dragging him. "Alright, come on Naruto. Let's get this over with."



"Wait, you mean Ringo as in the Beatle?" Naruto called.

"No, Dummy, " Kaia answered. "Ringo the fruit."


"Apple?"

Kaia laughed and rolled her eyes, before they marched up the stairs to the Hokage's office. She pushed Naruto ahead of her, and both of them walked in the door, in time to see two adults screaming their heads off at the Hokage.

"My daughter is missing and you're refusing to do anything about it! She could get hurt, or kidnapped, or anything else! I demand you send out a search party!" The man was rather tall and thin, with light hair and light eyes. There was a woman who looked similar, crying slightly. "I demand you find Kaguya!"

Tsunade looked ready to start shouting back, before of course she saw the two teenagers walk in. "Good, just the two I was looking for. Naruto, Kaia, I want you to go find Kaguya Ichitsuki. Apparently she's been missing for some time, and her parents are worried." Tsunade turned her brown eyes to the two parents.

"How long has she been missing?" Kaia quickly straightened, going into mission mode.

"Two hours," the mother answered. "I haven't seen her since lunch time."

Naruto made a face. "Two hours? You're worried because she's-"

"Don't worry! We'll find Kaguya in no time!" Kaia had covered Naruto's mouth, and started dragging him out the door, before he could say something stupid and really aggravate one of the two Ichitsuki ninja.

"What was that for! They're being paranoid!" Naruto complained. "They should be worried if she's been gone a day!" Naruto rolled his eyes at Kaia. "Plus, we don't even know what she looks like, you dragged us out so far."


"Geesh, you're so unobservant. Both her parents have silver hair and silver eyes. All the members of the Ichitsuki clan do." Kaia sighed. "Plus, a mission is a mission. You're not supposed to anger the people you're supposed to be helping. Let's just find her okay?"

Naruto grumbled, and started following after Kaia.

"Two hours. And this Kaguya girl, I think I've seen her around before, she's somewhere near our age. She shouldn't be too hard to find, then." Kaia thought aloud as she and Naruto leapt atop a roof and started their search.

"Maybe she ran away," Naruto shrugged, keeping an eye out below.

"I guess. We don't exactly get many kidnappings here IN Konoha…" Kaia looked back, smiled, and grabbed his hand, "Come on, let's try and find her quickly so Tsunade-sama doesn't get angry at us."

"Always worried about getting her angry, huh, Kaia-chan?" Naruto teased, but he smiled too as she turned back to pull him along.

It was so warm outside. Beneath their feet the grass grew long and thick. Kaia and Naruto had been searching for some time, now, having gotten into little predicaments of their own (Kaia thought it would have been a good idea to look in the Forbidden Forest. The ANBU guarding the area disagreed).

Hands still intertwined, Kaia turned back to grin at Naruto, "That was fun."

"FUN?!" Naruto shouted, "Are you insane? I thought they were gonna kill us!"

"Oh, pish posh, dear. No way." Kaia pouted. She looked forward once more and caught sight of something silver. "Eh?"

Naruto followed to where she was looking at, "Looks like a person."

"Let's go see then," Kaia pulled Naruto along once more.

((They really were the perfect couple- their personalities couldn't be more in sync.  ))

The silver haired girl was just sitting in the training field, staring off into space. She was in a rather obvious location, so clearly she had not been trying very hard to run away or hide. She almost looked like she was drifting off to sleep, her eyes half closed and her mouth set in a small line. Naruto and Kaia walked towards her, and she did not move save for a ripple of wind through her long silver hair. Her frame was thin, but strong. Her hair was tied high on her head in a hard metal band that fell down her back. The sun glittered off the silver of the Konoha head band, sewn into the lavender material of her shirt across her chest.

"Oh, you must be Kaguya-san!" Naruto greeted. "Your parents were really worried about you. You gotta come back with us to see them, okay?" He stepped ahead of her, beaming with enthusiasm striking his most heroic pose. Kaia sighed and stood beside him, looking more normal in comparison.

Kaguya raised her eyes, and looked at them blankly. Then she slowly rose to her feet, her stance neutral. "They sent a dummy this time? I guess Tsunade has finally learned not to take my parents claims seriously. I am glad at least they are not wasting the time of ANBU." She looked bored, and spoke so plainly it was almost boring listening to her. "Well, I suppose I should go see them." And she started walking back to the village.

"Wait, did you just call me a dummy!" Naruto shouted. "Take it back!"

"My mistake," Kaguya said, bluntly. The angry expression faded from Naruto's face for an instant before the girl made her next comment. "You are too loud to be an ordinary dummy. They sent a full blown retard this time." Then she looked back over her shoulder and started walking again, hands at her sides and no more concerned with the world than she had been before.

Kaia was busy holding back Naruto. "Stop it you idiot!" she said, which only enraged him more. "You can't beat up the person we're supposed to find! Calm down!"

"Let me at her, let me at her!" Naruto said. "I'll smack that look right off her face."

"Naruto it's not even a look! That's what people look like when you do smack a look off their face!" Kaia said, which seemed to calm Naruto down. Still, the smoke rising from his read face worried her, just a little. "Come on, we better make sure she doesn't run off and really does go to the Hokage's office!"

The two teenagers followed after the silver haired girl, who seemed perfectly able to take care of herself. She did not even seem to want to run off again. She just kept walking in a straight line, her half closed eye focused on the red building ahead of her. Naruto and Kaia watched in silent interest, from time to time looking at each other. How could someone be so emotionless? She wasn't cold, or hateful, or anything. She was just . . . deadpan.

They reached the main building in no time, and without having anyone to guide her, Kaguya walked up the stairs and straight to the Hokage's office. Naruto and Kaia followed along, still looking a bit confused (well, Naruto just looked aggravated).

Kaguya pushed open the heavy doors and walked right in. Naruto held open the door for Kaia as the two proceeded after her. They felt so awkward, but the moment was fixed once they were away from Kaguya. Her parents were hugging her tightly and delighting in her return.

"Oh, Kaguya, I am so glad you came back without a fight, this time!" her mother cooed, clutching her to her bosom.

"Yes, it was very wise of you to return, Kaguya," her father sternly agreed, his hand on her shoulder.

Tsunade looked a little surprised, turning to Naruto and Kaia, "Good job, you two."

"Hai!" the two bowed, grinning.

The Honorable Hokage growled at their teasing and pointed at the door, "Report downstairs to get credit for the mission." The two smiled at her for a moment, but Tsunade was not in the mood, "GET OUT OF MY OFFICE OR I WILL MAKE YOU GET OUT."

"Alright! Alright! We're gone!" Kaia replied, following Naruto as they made their escape.

While they were waiting in line to get credit for their mission (even though the parents were trying to make it top priority) -which would probably be E-rank, knowing Tsunade- they saw Kaguya and her parents leaving the premises. Naruto and she made eye contact, but while his own eyes were hesitant and wary, he could read nothing in hers. She turned and exited the building, her parents right behind her, chastising her the whole way.

Naruto made a face, turning back and noticing that Kaia was staring at him.

"What?" he asked.

"She's rather strange, isn't she," Kaia nodded towards the three Ichitsukis. "I get the feeling that she runs away a lot."

"Yeah," Naruto replied, then they stepped up to report their mission.