She sighed and very lightly smiled as she looked up at the many buildings, some new and some old. So many buildings had changed, and the city was almost nothing like she remembered. But at the same time, she'd grown up in this place, and it seemed embracing and familiar.
Her names was Rui (Pronounced: Re, as in Re-play). She had jet black hair that went just above the small of her back, bangs which were cut at an angle and were side swept. Her skin was evenly fair-skinned, and very light in color. Her eyes were almond shaped and were a deep honey color.
She wore a white kimono, with a plum colored obi, and a small, thin magenta sash around the obi. Her feet making the slightly sound at all, in her plain brown flip flops.
Naruto smiled brightly as he looked forward to only one thing, ramen. For so long, he'd been denied the simple pleasures. Mission after mission with the rest of team 7, had kept him from such delicious home cooked food.
"Ah Man! I can't wait for some Ichiraku Ramen!" He couldn't hide his big cheesy grin as he yelled what he felt, out loud.
He longed for the different ramen flavors, the different meats, and noodles. He'd invited Sakura and Sai to meet him there, to enjoy their time off together. Whether they would actually show up or not, was yet to be seen.
Sprinting to Ichiraku, Naruto turned the corner to reach his destination. Though what he got instead, was knocked to the ground as he ran into another body.
"Hey! Watch where your going you twerp!" He heard a woman's voice call out angrily at him.
"Ow." Naruto whined as he scrunched his eyes and rubbed his rump, from having fallen., "Sorry. I wasn't..."
Naruto's voice trailed off as he opened his eyes and saw a young woman bent over slightly, dusting off her white kimono. Her long black hair pulled over to the side and over her left shoulder. Her mouth in a slight frown.
"..paying attention..." He finished as he blushed just the slightest bit.
Her head turned sharply in Naruto's direction, and for a moment her deep honey colored eyes met his big bright blue ones. Suddenly her angry expression softened and she smiled slightly at him.
She sighed before standing up straight, "Meh, it's ok, kid,"
Naruto quickly stood up and dusted himself off, "Hey..." He trailed off, looking at her a bit longer, "You're not from Konoha are you? I've never seen you here before,"
The woman's slightly happy expression, went straight to a blank stare, as though she didn't know how to answer that question.
"Look, kid. I don't really feel like explaining," She said plainly and started to walk around him.
Naruto rushed to grab her around the wrist and started to drag her in the direction of Ichiraku Ramen, "Well, nevermind that. But if you just came to Konoha from somewhere else, then you gotta try Ichiraku Ramen!"
"Hey kid, you don't even know me!" The woman yelled as she was unwillingly dragged the direction she'd come from.
"Well, I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" He yelled from just in front of her.
The woman sighed and frowned, "Rui," she replied.
"Now we know each other!" He said happily as he skidded to a halt. "Hey Teuchi!" He yelled loudly.
"Hey Naruto," The older man called out from behind the counter, "Who's your friend?"
"This is Rui," Naruto said happily as he let go of the woman's wrist and sat down on a stool. He turned back and looked at Rui with a smile.