This is an AU fanfic that I've been working on, I've really been a a roll writing this (However it's taken me forver to get it down again and proof read)

This is my second Fanfic, and I think it will probably be my main one for the time being as I'm having trouble getting the motivation to write more for the other one. This one seems to be a lot more fun to write...

(Im currently going over the story to make a few changes and adjustments also spelling mistakes etc should be gone.)

Anyway, I do not own anyone or anything within the Naruto universe, just my OC and the plot for the story.

ENJOY! :)

Chapter 1 : Family friends

Sitting in the passenger seat of a small car, Himiko let her mind wonder as she looked out the window: rain beating down against it. She had spent the last week or so packing her belongings into boxes in preparation to move to Konoha after her father passed away. Her mother had died when she was little and her brother was currently serving in the army on the other side of the world. He would be away for months on end, and seeing as this was an unstable environment for her she was entrusted to an old family friend: a strange, but very humorous white haired man who was close to her father growing up. All that she could remember was that his name was Jiraya. Her elder brother had told her a bit about him before he went off on tour, but truth be told she didn't have a clue who he was...

She looked over at him as he quietly hummed along to a song playing on the radio whilst he was driving. He had noticed her gaze and spoke up in an attempt to get a conversation going.

"Sorry Naruto couldn't be here; he's in school right now. Once your settled in, you'll be going to the same school."

Himiko smiled slightly as she remembered the spiky blond haired boy that he was referring to. The two were inseparable when they were little, even though she was a year older than him. Her family had moved away from Konoha a couple of years ago because her father had been promoted in his job and it required them to move to Suna. Although they were far away Naruto and Himiko would still kept in contact and talked from time to time, but it just wasn't the same as talking in person. Eventually they talked less and less as time passed but she had always held on to the fond memories she had of him when they were younger.

I wonder if he still remembers me? It's been a few years now... I imagine he's gotten much taller since I last seen him, and probably much louder too.

The car suddenly stopped and once she had a look around, it was obvious that they had stopped at a gas station. Jiriya swiftly left the car after asking if she wanted anything from the shop whilst they had the chance to pick some stuff up.

"No thanks, I'm okay." She said politely and he nodded and left for the shop.

Now that she was left alone for a few moments, she turned the volume of the radio up and flicked through a few radio stations, immediately stopping once she heard the chorus of her favorite song.

(Catfish and the bottlemen - Kathleen)

She sang along, drumming her fingers on the dashboard to the beat, getting lost in the music.

After a few minuets she looked out the car window to see Jiriya making his way back to the car again and quickly decided to shut up before he caught her singing, also turning the volume down again as if she had never touched it.

He entered the car with a small bag of groceries and set them in the back seat behind him. He glanced down at his watch to check the time before looking over to Himiko again.

"Well, look at the time. Naruto will be home from school soon, we'd best get going!"

He started up the car and they soon found themselves at the house. It was a white bungalow of decent size, with a large garden out front that had various colorful flowers and plants lined around the edge of it. The car pulled up in the driveway and Himiko let her thoughts wonder as she admired the flowers in the garden through the window.

I wonder who looks after all the flowers? Jiriya doesn't look like the gardening type...

The rain had stopped momentarily and both Himiko and Jiriya started to take her belongings out of the boot and into the house. She made her way back out of the house to get another one of her suitcases when she looked to see a spiky mop of blond hair from behind Jiriya's small car.

He must have told Naruto she was here as she suddenly heard his unmistakable voice all the way from the other side of the garden.

"HEY HIMIKO! LONG TIME NO SEE, EH?"

He called, approaching her in large strides before pulling her into a bear hug, squeezing her tight.

"Ahh...Can't breath..N-Naruto..."

She wheezed, before he finally let go of her, standing back and scratching the back of his neck out of nervous habit.

She grinned, realizing that her theory about being taller than her was right, she was a good few inches smaller than him now.

"Well, you sure have grown a lot since we last met!"

I said, laughing slightly.

"Yea I know, haha. It's the growth spurt thingy. Didn't recon it would have happened to me you know."

She ginned from ear to ear as she went to speak but was interrupted by the loud coughs of Jiriya in the background, swiflty reminding them that he was still here. They both looked over to him and suddenly remembered about the array suitcases in the car that still needed to be taken into the house.

He daringly raised an eyebrow and the two teens made their way back to the car, taking more stuff out of the car.

Later on after everything was moved into her new room and Himiko had some time to settle in, Jiriya ordered everyone a pizza as he couldn't be bothered with the effort of making something to eat after long drive from the airport seemingly tired him out. Seeing as they were all sat in the living room together with their food, they took the opportunity to have a good catch up, since it had been a while since they had all seen each other.

Naruto and Himiko both cringed and held back nervous laughter as Jiriya delved into various tales of the strange things they got up to when they were little. He, on the other hand held no reserve in outright laughing through out his story telling.

"Ahaha...and you two were covered head to toe in mud...we just looked at you...we didn't know what to think...hahah..."

He leaned back on his position on the floor, wiping a tear from his eye as he tried to control his laughter...He was defiantly finding it funnier than them as they just looked at each other cringingly and shook their heads.

A few hours later, after taking a shower and changing into some pajamas (consisting of a baggy grey t shirt and black and white stripped shorts) Himiko went back to her room to start unpacking more of her things. She had a few things out of their boxes such as clothes and other everyday stuff so she decided she'd try to get most of the unpacking out of the way now. An hour or so had passed and shed had just finished putting the sheets on her bed when she heard the phone ring in the hallway.

After hearing it ring a few times she popped her head out the door to see if anyone was going to answer it. Giving it a few more seconds, she walked out into the hallway and picked up the phone.

"Um...Hello?"

She said, feeling a little awkward.

"Hello? Who's this?"

A male voice replied, a confused tone evident as he spoke.

"Who's this? Your the one that called."

She said back, feeling much more awkward than before.

"Hn...Whatever. Is Naruto there?"

The male voice replied impatiently, clearly avoiding her question.

Himiko quickly looked around the hallway for any sign of him before walking into the living room to find Jiriya. He looked away from the TV he was watching and over to her as she entered the room.

"Hey, is Naruto around?"

She inquired, covering the cordless phone with her hand.

"He's in the shower at the moment. Who's that?"

He gestured to the phone in her hands.

"Um...I'm not sure, but their asking for him."

She said, realizing that she never got an answer as to his name.

"It's probably Sasuke or someone, he'll phone them back when he gets out the shower."

She nodded and put the phone back to her ear.

"He's in the shower at the moment, do you want me to leave a message, or..?"

She said going back into the hallway, leaving Jiriya to watch his program.

"No just tell him to call me back. It's important."

He answered abruptly before hanging up, not even giving her the chance to ask who the hell he was.

Gees, whats this guys problem?

She made her way back to her room after putting the phone back on it's place on the stand in the hallway. Sitting on her newly made bed she reflected about what the hell just happened. As far as she knew it wasn't a thing in Konoha to randomly call peoples houses and demand to be called back without giving your name...what a weirdo...

Oh great, I forgot to ask his name...Oh well, Naruto would probally know who it was anyway, If it was something important.

Thank you for reading! :) x

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