Authors Notes: This is my second fan-fic. My first cannot be found because of my friends. (Don't ask) The pairing is naru x oc. I will update once a week or so. I hope you enjoy the story. Oh yeah, unlike many writers, I know that the plural of "ninja" is "ninja"XD. Also, this chapter might not make sense and it probably won't until later chapters.

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The Stars

An eerie, dense fog cloaked the evening forest. The pitter-patter of rain echoed through the trees. The leaves drooped down from the weight and force of the rain. The two chuunin that were guarding Konoha's gates were not pleased in the slightest and had a distinct look of irritation on their face.

"Ahh, why do we have to guard this anyway," The first guard whined, "it's not like something's going to happen."

The second guard sighed, "Yeah, I know. I wish I had a mission today so I wouldn't have to stand in the rain, looking out for 'threats'." Just as he said that, a small child came out of the forest and fell unconscious. The child was covered in multiple bruises and cuts, the most noticeable being a slash across the back. A small scroll bulged out of the child's pocket.

The chuunin guards looked at each other, nodded, and moved in to check it out. The ninja landed on the ground next to the child and confirmed that the kid was, in fact, a girl. The first guard hauled the unconscious girl onto his back.

"You stay here and guard the gate, I'll take this girl to the hospital," the chuunin commanded with concern in his voice.

"Understood," stated the other ninja.

A bolt of lighting struck the sky, and in a flash, the chuunin was gone.

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A gleam of light entered the corner of her maroon eyes. The girl fluttered her eyes open. The glistening, white ceiling was the first thing that greeted her eyes. She casually tucked her brown hair behind her ears and groaned. The realization of where she was hit her and her eyes shot open. She instantly tried to sit up in her bed to look around, only to feel a sharp pain across her back which made her immediately lie back down in her bed and sigh.

"Ah god, they really need to get dimmer lights," she thought as she raised her hand above her eyes to block the bright hospital lighting. Her hand moved down to the side of her hospital gown. She patted her pocket only to realize that something was missing. "Shit! Where's my scroll?!" Her hands chaotically searched the bed for the scroll.

The girl stopped moving when a man in a white and red cloak followed by a hospital clerk entered the room.

"Ah...I see you are awake," remarked the Hokage before dismissing the clerk.

The clerk shot the girl a shifty glance before leaving to attend to other patients.

The brunette only gave a quick humph before she crossed her arms, tilted her head, and puffed out her lower lip.

"What is your name, young one?" The Hokage inquired with a cheery smile as he took a seat next to the girl.

"Yami," The girl stated sharply while retaining her pouting position.

"So Yami, what brings you to the Village Hidden in the Leaves?" implored the sandaime who retained his smiling form.

Yami sighed. There was no way she could get out of this question. She would have to tell him the story. The whole story... or at least a censored version of it.

"I might as well start from the beginning," murmured Yami. "My old village, the village hidden in the breeze, was made up of two clans. The Shuin and the Reiun." If the Hokage was surprised at the names, he didn't show it. "Both clans were in a cold war. They both built up their strength but neither would make the first move. I was a member of the Shuin clan, but I was kidnapped by Reiun clan." Yami started playing with her hair and moved her gaze to the corner.

"They never spoke of a monetary ransom during the time that I was kidnapped, nor a reason, but they had one. I can guarantee it. My kidnapping sparked an all-out war in, during which, I made my escape. However, I got stuck in the battlefield and received multiple wounds. I came here because my old village was in chaos and this was the closest village to it." Yami sighed. That was a simplified version of the story but there was more to it, a lot more. But she didn't need to discuss that with the old man did she?

"I see..." responded the Hokage while stroking his beard.

"Umm...Lord Hokage," the brunette said, trying to speak with up-most respect, "there was another reason for me coming here. I was wondering if I could train as a shinobi here so I could help my clan when I'm older."

"Hmmmmmm...That depends," the sandaime responded with a wisdom-like tone, "are you going to train to help your clan...or to get revenge on the Reiun?"

Yami just shrugged.

"I do not wish to gain revenge on the Reiun clan," The girl said with up-most truthfulness. "My clan would have done the same thing to them if given the chance."

The Hokage smiled. "Congratulations. You're now enrolled in the Konoha ninja academy."

The sandaime got up from his seat and ruffled the girl's hair. The brown-eyed girl pouted.

"Come by my office later to get more info." suggested the Hokage as he waved goodbye.

The old man stopped at the doorway. "Oh wait, I almost forgot. Your stuff is in the storage closet connected to this room," the sandaime affirmed while pointing at a nearby closet and with that, she was alone again and the room was silent once more.

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It felt nice to be out of that hospital gown. She was wearing her old, torn outfit now, sure it had some rips, but she could find a tailor soon.

She wore a deep blue shirt that cut off at the waist. The shirt had her clan insignia embroidered in black on the back. Under that she wore a fishnet shirt that would line her other shirt. On her lower half, she wore skin-tight black ninja shorts.

Her visit with the Hokage went very well. She got an apartment for her stay in the village. She had a roommate, but she would worry about that later. Right now she was busy exploring the village.

The brunette walked through the streets and whistled, a skill she picked up back home. "Class starts in a week," she thought, "That should give me some time to get adjusted to this place."

The konoichi-in-training started twirling her apartment keys on impulse. She froze when her stomach growled.

"Hmmm...I need to get some food," she muttered to herself while rubbing her stomach. The soon-to-be-konoichi reached into her pocket and pulled out her cat-shaped money carrier and sighed. "But it better be cheap, neko-chan is pretty empty."

Yami walked through the food district with her hands on the back of her head, searching for any food that would fit her budget. The konoichi had a hard time dodging people in the busy streets.

"Damn, everything is so expensive here," the brunette thought as she looked through the menu of yet another store, "I'll never find something to eat."

5 minutes, and 10 shops later, her eyes fell upon a small ramen shop. "Hmmm... Ichiracku's... Oh well, sounds good to me."

She walked in to see a yellow blond devouring ramen like he was about to die, and an old man who could barely cook fast enough to appease the kid. The konoichi-in-training took a seat next to the azure-eyed boy. The blond stopped eating to look at her. Six noodles were falling from his mouth and a long noodle was stuck to his cheek. Yami giggled.

"What would cha like to have, miss?" Ichiraku implored.

"One miso ramen, please," she replied while holding up one finger.

When the old man turned around to cook her order she turned to the blond boy sitting next to her. "Hey," she said, poking his nose, "you should eat slower, it's not healthy to eat one bowl every five seconds, y'know?" Yami joked.

Naruto slurped up the noodles that were currently hanging from his mouth and whipped off the noodle that was clinging to his cheek.

In an instant, the blonde's head was inches away from the brunette's face. Yami was taken aback a bit but still kept her position. They both examined each others faces. Soon, there eyes met. Yami got lost in the eye's crystal blue abyss. They both couldn't move. They were both lost in each other.

"One miso ramen!" shouted the old man's assistant and daughter, Ayume. The moment shattered. They both grabbed their heads with one hand and tried to still the headache.

"Uhhhh, what just happened?" Yami implored.

"No clue! All I know is that I've got one helluva headache," the blond replied.

"Me too, my heads spinning!" Yami added.

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"Ehhh...I don't think I'm hungry anymore," the brunette admitted, "You want my rame..." Suddenly, before she could finish her sentence, her full bowl of ramen was empty. The konoichi could only smile.

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It was getting dark, the two had been talking at the ramen stand for at least three hours about becoming ninja and how cool it would be.

"Naruto, can you show me where the apartment district is?" asked the brunette, "The Hokage never told me how to get there. He only told me the apartment number."

"Sure, what's you're apartment number?" the blond replied.

"Um...lemme check," the brunette responded while pulling out a scroll. "Hmmm...It is...B-56."

"You sure about that?" Naruto asked.

"What do you mean?" Yami replied inquisitively.

"That's my apartment number," the blond stated bluntly.

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"He he...well...he did say I would have a roommate," the konoichi revealed while rubbing the back of her head nervously.

"Well...This is really awkward," the azure-eyed ninja said, repeating the brunette's action.

"Yeah," Yami remarked.

"Ok then, follow me," the blue-eyed shinobi stated while making a hand motion.

They both stood up and exited the ramen shop. Yami noticed Naruto looking at the stars while they walked. "Are they beautiful?" Yami said softly.

"What?" Naruto replied in the same tone.

"The stars..."

There was no talking for the rest of the walk. The only sound was their footsteps. The only sight was the stars...