"Shino, you're typhoon is getting a little weak; don't cha think?" Kiba said. Shino sighed and tried using his typhoon against Kiba again. Team eight had been training all day and were getting tired. All except for Kiba and Akamaru. They were training in the woods near the village.
"Missed me!" Kiba shouted.
"Kiba, m-maybe you should s-stop being so m-m-mean to Sh-Shino?" Hinata suggested.
"Nah, he's doing fine! He's just off balance today," Kiba said.
"I'm just not myself today, Kiba," Shino said. Kiba looked at him with a bored expression.
"Fine then. Hinata! Train with me!" Kiba shouted with a smirk. She looked at him a little shocked and he threw a kunai at her and she stepped out of the way.
"Dang, I missed!" Kiba shouted.
"Ow! Son of a-" someone shouted from behind the bushes.
"Hey! Stay quiet! Jeez, want to be caught and arrested?" another voice said.
"To late, dog boy is walking over here. Plus I'm safe, I'm from here!" a girl shouted walking out of the bushes.
"Who are you?" Kiba asked, getting close to the girl's face.
"Whoa, major dog breath dude. I'm Hikari Maki and this is Kimiko Maki. We left the sound village to become leaf ninja. So we need to talk to the Hokage," the dark haired girl said.
"Wh-Why would you want to become p-part of the l-leaf?" Hinata asked.
"Because I couldn't stand the way the sound was treated. We ran away when we started getting treated like dirt, and it's nicer and peaceful here," Kimiko said.
"We were just finishing up our training for the day. We can take you," Shino said.
"Really? Man, how we'd appreciate that!" Hikari said gleefully.
"I'm Kiba Inuzuka, she's Hinata Hyuuga, and he's Shino Aburame."
"Wait what?" Hikari asked.
"Oh here we go… Hikari ask him about it later, right now we have bigger issues to worry about!" Kimiko shouted at Hikari. Hikari sighed disappointedly and nodded.
"J-Just follow us," Hinata said. The five of them began walking to the Hokage's tower. Akamaru barked from inside Kiba's jacket and Kimiko looked at him strangely.
"Never heard a dog bark before?" Kiba asked.
"I've never heard a jacket bark," Kimiko said.
"Kimi loves dogs. Just don't let her get too attached to him," Hikari said. Kiba smiled.
"Really? His name is Akamaru," Kiba said, getting Akamaru out of his jacket.
"Aw he so cute!" Kimiko squealed , petting Akamaru; who barked and wagged his tail. Hikari sighed.
"W-We're here," Hinata told them.
"Thanks for your help. See you guys around! Kimi let go of his dog and come on!" Hikari shouted, pulling her friend away from Akamaru. Both Kimiko and Akamaru whined as they were separated.
When they walked in and knocked on the door, a man with silver hair answered.
"Hello, can I help you?" she asked.
"We're looking for the Hokage? We're from another village; and wish to become ninja of the leaf," Hikari said.
"Oh what village?" he asked.
"Kakashi? Who is it?" a man inside the room asked.
"Two girls from another village. They wish to become ninja of the leaf and want to know if you can help?" he asked, letting the two girls come in.
"What village did you two come from?" the other man asked.
"We-we came from the sound village… If you help us; we'd be grateful!" Hikari said, bowing.
"Th-The sound?" Kakashi said shocked.
"Yes. You see, we did not pass our Genin exams on purpose. After we were failed; we ran away to come here. My parents were from here; but then things started going downhill," Hikari said.
"As for you?" the man asked, looking at Kimiko.
"My parents abandoned me when I was an infant. Her parents adopted me."
"Alright. So you need to retake your Genin exams?" the man asked. The girls nodded.
"Everyone else is about to take their Chuunin exams too," Kakashi said.
"We can pass our Genin and then take our Chuunin the same time as everyone else," Hikari said.
"Are you two really ready for that?" Kakashi asked.
"We failed the exam on purpose, we know more than they taught us at that academy anyways," Kimiko said.
"Alright. I'll evaluate your Genin exam in two weeks. Should give you time to practice right? I'll call in a favor from an old friend and have him help you two. Then you can take your Chuunin exam with everyone else," she told them. The girls nodded and thanked her before they walked out.
"Meet him at the training grounds tomorrow afternoon. He'll be waiting, and you can't miss him," Shizune said, handing them a paper with directions.
"Thank you," Kimiko said, taking the paper.
"You two probably should find a place to stay. Do you have any money with you?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah we do. We'll be fine," Hikari told him.
"Okay. One last thing; how old are you two?"
"Fourteen turning fifteen," Kimiko nodded and closed the door
"Well what now? All we have to do is train and pass our exam and we're in," Hikari said.
"We could just walk around for a little bit. No harm in that right?" Kimiko asked. Hikari nodded and they started walking down the street. As they were walking, they heard a dog bark. They turned around to see Akamaru sitting there, wagging his tail. Kimiko picked him up and held him like he was a baby, tickling his belly.
"You're so adorable!" she said.
"Yeah, until you get covered with fleas. Then it'll be hilarious," Hikari laughed.
"He doesn't have fleas," Kiba said walking up.
"Well, then I apologize," Hikari said, blushing a bit out of embarrassment; she didn't realize he had walked up.
"I could change that," Shino said, suddenly behind Hikari. Hikari jumped and screamed.
"Where the hell did you come from? Don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Hikari shouted.
"Sorry. Didn't you see me walk up?" Shino asked.
"No! Otherwise I wouldn't have freaked out!" she yelled.
"Hikari, just calm down. Sorry, Shino right?" Kimiko asked while Shino nodded, "She doesn't like it when she's not on guard and someone startles her."
"It's alright," Shino said.
"Where's Hinata? You two are here; did she go home? She looked tired," Kimiko asked.
"Oh she headed home to rest for a bit. Did you two talk to the Hokage?" Kiba asked them. They nodded.
"We're taking our Genin exams in two weeks after we train with some guy named… Did we even get a name?" Hikari asked, looking at Kimiko. Kimiko pulled out the paper and nodded.
"Jiraiya," Kimiko told her.
"Anyways, we're training with him for two weeks, taking our exams, and then take the Chuunin exams with everyone else," Hikari told them.
"You two want to go find something to do? Shino's being boring like usual… Everyone else is training, so there isn't much to do," Kiba asked them with a big smile.
"Sure, I don't see why not," Kimiko said. Hikari was eyeing Kiba, who looked at her and raised a brow. Akamaru barked. Kimiko looked at him a little surprised and giggled.
"What'd he say?" Hikari asked, looking at the pup.
"Huh? Oh, nothing," Kimiko told her. Hikari looked at her questioningly, but let it go and looked back at Kiba.
"We've got time to spare. What shall we do?" Hikari said.
"Go annoy Naruto and his team for a bit until Kakashi-sensei tells us to get lost?" Kiba suggested.
"I don't know who they are, but sounds like a plan," Hikari smiled. Kimiko nodded and they went to the training grounds to find team seven; but there was no teacher to be seen.
"So who's who?" Kimiko asked when they reached the grounds.
"The blond loud one is Naruto, the annoying pink haired one is Sakura, and the quiet one is Sasuke," Kiba told them, then looked at the team with a smirk.
"Naruto! Get him! Sakura can hit harder than you can! Stop being a wimp!" Kiba shouted. Hikari laughed when Naruto looked over and glared then got hit my Sasuke.
"Ow! Sasuke! I was distracted!" Naruto yelled.
"Never let your guard down when in a battle, Naruto," said the man with silver hair, who appeared next to the girls
"He's the guy from earlier! Who is he?" Hikari asked.
"Kakashi," Shino told her. She nodded.
"Go Sasuke!" Sakura cheered.
"What is she? His girlfriend or an annoying girl who likes him?" Hikari asked.
"Second one. Naruto you fight like a girl!" Kiba shouted again with a laugh.
"Now, Kiba. What are you doing? Shouldn't you be training?" Kakashi asked them.
"Kurenai gave us the rest of the day off after we ran into these two. Now we're just looking for something fun to do," Kiba told him.
"And disrupting my training session is an idea of fun?" he continued to question.
"Well yeah. How'd you get from the Hokage's office to here so quickly? We left before you," Hikari asked.
"Transportation jutsu," he answered, still monotone.
"Looks like Naruto lost," Kimiko pointed out, pointing to Naruto; who's head was stuck in a tree. Hikari and Kiba broke out into laughter and fell over.
"Breath Kari! Breath!" Kimiko said, kicking Hikari's side. Hikari took in a deep breath and kept laughing. Kiba started laughing at Hikari then.
"Hah! You're face is blue!" he shouted, still laughing.
"His head! It's stuck in a tree!" Hikari yelled, trying to calm down. Naruto got his head out and appeared next to Hikari and Kiba.
"Who are the new girls?" Sakura asked walking over.
"I'm Kimiko Maki, you can call me Kimi. She's Hikari Maki, you can call her Kari. Kiba told us who you are." Kimiko smiled and put out her hand for a handshake. Sakura shook her hand and Hikari stood up and shook Naruto's hand.
"Where are you guys from?" Naruto asked.
"We ran away from the sound village. My parents were leaf ninja, so I want to follow in their footsteps," Hikari told him. He looked at her shocked.
"Sound?" he shouted. Sakura hit him over the head.
"They ran away for a reason Naruto!" she yelled at him.
"Ow…" he whined. Hikari giggled. Sasuke walked over and looked at both the girls. His eyes stopped on Hikari then looked away.
"Good luck with your training with Jiraiya tomorrow. I have an appointment with a friend, so if you don't mind I'll be on my way. Training is over for the day," Kakashi said, then left.
"Aw! He promised to fight with me this time!" Naruto yelled.
"Looks like he doesn't want to," Kimiko said. Sasuke chuckled a little.
"Shut it Uchiha!" Naruto shouted at Sasuke. Hikari blinked.
"Uchiha? That sounds familiar…" she said.
"Don't over think," Kimiko teased.
"Oh just shut up! You think you know what's going to happen! Well guess what! I'm just going to let it go… I'm to bored to think," Hikari said. Kimiko laughed and Akamaru barked.
"He seems to really like you," Kiba said.
"I tried to put him down a second ago, but he refuses to let go," Kimiko said. Akamaru barked again and wagged his tail.
"Can I wear your glasses?" Hikari asked, getting close in Shino's face. He backed up.
"No."
"Why not?" she continued.
"He never takes them off. I'm his best friend and I don't even know what his face looks like," Kiba told her.
"Really? Well how come?" Hikari pressed on.
"It keeps the enemy on their toes," Shino told her. Hikari sighed and then smirked.
"Oh, what's the harm?" Hikari said, snatching his glasses off his face. Shino closed and covered his eyes and put his hand out.
"Oh just look! Come on!" Hikari said, putting the glasses on. Then she felt something crawling on her and looked to see bugs all over her.
"Kari! Curiosity killed the cat," Kimiko told her.
"Kari is about to hit the Kimi in a minute. I'd run but I don't want to squish any bugs," Hikari told her as the bugs flew away with Shino's glasses and put them back on.
"Don't do that again," Shino said, looking at Hikari.
"I'm sorry. She's kind of hard to control…" Kimiko apologized. Kiba laughed.
"They're too dark to see out of for me anyways," Hikari said, looking up at the cherry tree with a thoughtful look.
"You're not thinking what I think you're thinking are you?" Kimiko asked.
"There's a pretty flower at the top..." Hikari mumbled, then ran up the tree trunk and jumped up on the branches. She grabbed the cherry blossom and sat on the top of the tree. Kimiko sighed.
"She's a handful isn't she?" Sasuke asked. Kimiko nodded.
"You guessed it," she said.
"He didn't guess. He knew," Hikari said, looking down at them.
