"It's time for lunch! Please stay on school grounds, and be back to class in an hour." On that note we all watched Iruka-sensei leave the class.

As soon as the door slid closed, the room exploded with conversation. I looked around nervously, unsure of what to do. Was I supposed to bring a lunch? What if I didn't? Was there somewhere I could get food? I didn't have any money for food though? What was I supposed to do?

"-kiko. Tsukiko!" I was broken from my thoughts by a hand in front of my face. I followed the hand to its owner and found Sasuke looming over me. "Do you have a lunch?"

"... No." I shook my head. My gaze dropped down to my lap where I was fiddling with my thumbs.

"Well, Itachi gave me some money so why don't I buy you something?" Sasuke smiled.

"You don't have to." I quickly said, waving my hands in front of me. "I'd feel bad since it's your money."

"Well, I'd feel bad if you went hungry on your first day of school." Sasuke declared, placing his hands on his hips.

"... Okay." I gave in.

"I'll be right back then." Sasuke grinned before running off. I remained in my seat for a moment before I was suddenly surrounded by girls. I quickly brushed my bangs so they covered my right eye.

"Your name is Tsukiko, right?" a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.

"How'd you get so close with Sasuke?" a girl with pink hair and green eyes questioned.

"Sakura, calm down." a girl with dark red hair and blue eyes. My eyes lingered on her. She had pinkish marks on her cheeks and chin, just like mine. My dad had them too. He said that they're from my great great grandfather and that…

"What's your name?" I asked the dark haired girl, inadvertently ignoring the other two.

"Minako Senju." she smiled at me.

"Your both from the same clan, but you've never met?" the blonde asked.

"My dad told me that they moved here from Sunagakure." Minako answered.

"Oh, that's cool!" the pinkette exclaimed.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka by the way." the blonde smiled.

"And I'm Sakura Haruno." the pinkette added. After a moment she continued. "How did you get so close to Sasuke?" Sakura leaned forward so her nose nearly touched mine.

"Back at it again." Minako groaned.

"I-I don't know what you mean." I stuttered as I leaned as far away from her as I could.

"Well… he walked you to class and he's getting you lunch." Sakura mumbled, beginning to play with her fingers.

"Sakura's just being jealous. Every girl here likes Sasuke." Ino told me.

"Is he really that special?" I asked.

"Of course he is! He's really cute, and he's the best student in class, and-"

"We get it, Sakura." Minako interrupted.

"Minako's not too impressed with him either." Ino stated.

"We're seven! I mean, I think he's pretty cool. My mom says that at this age I shouldn't like anyone, and if I do it's because I want to be their friend." Minako explained.

"I guess that makes sense." Sakura suddenly commented.

"Hey, give her some breathing room!" We all looked over to a boy with brown hair, red triangles on his cheeks.

"We're just trying to get to know her, Kiba." Ino countered.

"It sounds more like you guys talking about Sasuke." I turned to look up at the boy sitting at the desk behind me. His hair was tied up so it looked like the top of a pineapple.

"Shikamaru has a point." the boy sitting next to the pineapple haired boy said. He had red swirls on his cheeks and was eating from a bag of chips.

"Yeah, let us talk to her for a bit!" We all looked forward at the boy standing at the desks below us. He had spiked blonde hair, blue eyes, and… whisker marks on his cheeks.

Yeah! I'm Kiba Inuzuka." the boy triangles on his cheeks announced.

"This is such a drag." the pineapple haired boy grumbled as he laid his head on his arms.

"I'm Choji Akimichi." the swirl cheeked boy smiled. "And this is Shikamaru Nara."

"And I am Naruto Uzumaki. You better believe it!" the blonde before us shouted. Then all eyes were back on me.

"O-Oh… I'm Tsukiko Senju, but you guys already know that." I mumbled the last part.

"So, where you from Tsukiko?" Kiba asked as he took the seat to my left.

"I just moved here from Sunagakure." I answered.

"Did you get lots of sand in your clothes?" Choji piped up.

"That's a weird question to ask, Choji." Ino declared.

"I dunno. I feel like that would be a big problem." Sakura commented.

"They'd obviously have ways to deal with it though." Kiba said, leaning back in his chair.

"You don't like talking much do you?" I turned to look up at Shikamaru as everyone else continued arguing over clothing.

"Not in large groups." I mumbled quietly.

"Well, you'd get along with Hinata." Shikamaru told me as he pointed to the girl next to him. She had pale, nearly colorless, eyes and purple hair.

"Hi." Hinata waved timidly as she smiled a little. I waved back and gave a similar smile.


The day finished and I soon found myself walking home with Minako and Ino. Shikamaru and Choji had gone off one way from the school. Kiba and and another boy, I think they said his name was Shino Aburame, went off the opposite way. Hinata had met up with an older boy named Neji and they had split off our path not too long ago. Sakura and Naruto had done with same a little earlier, going off separately in opposite directions. Then Sasuke had met up with his brother Itachi to train somewhere.

"So where exactly do you live?" Ino asked, her hands reaching up to rest at the back of her head.

"It's right next door to this place with big white walls." I explained.

"Oh, that's probably the Hyūga Compound." Minako commented. "It's just around the corner." Then, just as she said, we turned the corner and found the big white walls.

"My house is just down the road from here. Right above my parents flower shop." Ino stated as we continued walking to find my house.

"Mine's down the road in the opposite direction from Ino's." Minako added.

"Didn't we pass your house then?" I turned to ask Minako.

"Yeah, but I'm not really ready to go home." Minako shrugged. "Would it be alright if I came to your house? My parents will want me to introduce myself to your parents sooner or later."

"Okay." I nodded as the house came into sight.

"I wanna see your house too!" Ino exclaimed happily.

"Sure, it's right here." I smiled as we stopped in front of a house.

It was two levels, but it wasn't very wide. There was an eave over the front door and an open space above that. The house actually stretched to the left of the door.

"Really?" Ino awed as I opened the door and let them in. Both of them immediately came to a stop.

The front door was more of a gate that led back to the actual entrance into the house. The path was made out of stone and against the left wall were different flower bushes of varying kinds. At the far end of the path was a bird house with four levels and four rooms on each level, each with its own hole entrance. Hummingbirds buzzed in and out of the bird house to the different flowers. As soon as they saw us, most of them moved back into the house and the bushes near it. This allowed us to get to the actual front door, which was halfway between the front gate and the hummingbird house, without disturbing them.

Ino and Minako followed me into the house where we slipped off our shoes in the front entrance and stepped up into the main floor. The side of the house towards the street had the living room. The living room currently had a bookcase, a low sitting table, some cushions, and boxes. The side of the house away from the street had the kitchen. It had the fridge, stove, oven, and counter space at one end of the room. The other end of the room had a booth style dining table with a window looking out at the hummingbirds. There were a couple of unfolded and empty boxes sitting on the dining room table. Directly across from the entrance was the bathroom and the stairs. The bathroom had a two separate spaces. You had to go through the first part to reach the back space that had the bathtub. The bathroom also still had boxes all over the place. The stairs exited into the living room and entered into a hall on the second floor. Connecting all of the main floor was a single hallway.

The second floor had a hallway and three bedrooms. My room was the bedroom with a window looking out at the street. My parent's room was at the opposite side of the house above the kitchen. It sat directly in front of the entrance to the stairs. The third room was currently filled with a few other boxes we had yet to unpack. The bedrooms were nearly completely unpacked though, and my dad took great pride in that since he had done all of the bedrooms alone while my mom and I had dealt with the kitchen.

"There are still boxes in the living room and upstairs, but we're mostly unpacked." I explained as I walked towards the kitchen. "I can make a snack if you guys want?" I asked as they followed.

"Do you have any fruit?" Minako questioned as she ran over and took a seat at the table.

"My dad went shopping yesterday so we should." I answered as I pulled the stool over so I could reach the bowl on the counter.

"I'll have an orange!" Minako exclaimed happily.

"Do you have any cherry tomatoes?" Ino asked. I thought about it for a moment before pointing at the fridge.

"You might find some in there." I told her before grabbing Minako's orange. I then climbed down and followed Ino. She found some cherry tomatoes while I grabbed some strawberries. We then went and sat with Minako at the table.

"So where are your parents?" Ino asked between tomatoes.

"My parents said they were meeting with some group of old people and clan leaders." I answered after swallowing the bite I had taken.

"Clan leaders, must be important." Minako mumbled as she focused on peeling off the skin of her orange. Then she suddenly looked up from the orange, her eyes focusing on the opposite wall. "Actually, my dad said he was going to some kind of meeting with the Hokage too." Ino looked like she was going to speak, but was stopped by the sound of a door.

"We're home!" I heard my father call.

"In the kitchen!" I called back. There was a shuffling sound and soon my dad appeared followed by my mom.

My dad had red hair and green eyes. He had the Senju markings and a somewhat tan skin tone. He was wearing a suit today with his hair slicked back. My mom had light brown hair, purple eyes, freckles, and a lighter skin tone than my dad. She wore a green dress that hung off her shoulders with a brown vest. Her hair had been tied up into a pair of buns with a braid around the base. Aside from the freckles, I looked a lot more like my mom than my dad.

"And who are these?" my mom asked, a smile splitting across her face.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka." Ino smiled back. "It's nice to meet you."

"I'm Minako Senju." Minako waved.

"Oh, so you're Kazuki's daughter." my dad began as he sat down next to me. "He told me a lot about you over lunch."

"You're my dad's brother?" Minako questioned.

"Well, he's got the Senju marks." my mom stated. "So, I suspect that you two are in Tsukiko's class?"

"Yup!" Ino and Minako replied before beginning to eat again.

"I'm glad she's made some friends. She had a hard time in Suna-"

"Mom!" I interrupted. Ino and Minako both looked at me and I quickly covered my face with my hands.

"Why did she have a hard time?" Ino asked as she stopped eating.

"People just made fun of her for eyes and ears." my dad explained vaguely.

"Her ears look fine to me." Minako declared before finally eating a slice of her orange. This caused Ino and both of my parents to start laughing. I had to stifle a laugh as well.

"What?" Minako stated as she looked at us as if we were all crazy.

"It's not her ears, that was just Shota being vague." my mom giggled as she pushed the side of my father's head playfully. "She had a lot of trouble learning when she was younger because she went deaf after an accident. Shota made devices that'll help her hear better, but he didn't complete them until she was 3. So, she was behind in her education and the other kids made fun of her for that." By now my hands had fallen into my lap, and that's where my gaze rested.

"Really!? I couldn't even tell!" Minako awed.

"We had a pop-quiz today and she totally got a higher score than I did!" Ino cried out, throwing her head back in the process. A second later she had smacked her head down on the table which caused everyone to laugh.

"So I wasn't seeing things!" Minako suddenly shouted, cutting off our laughter. "You're eyes are different colors! I thought I saw it earlier, but I wasn't sure. That is so cool!" Minako proclaimed as she slammed her hands on the table and stood up so she could lean over the table and stare into my eyes. I felt my cheeks heat up and I quickly hid my face.

"Is that why they made fun of her eyes? Because they're different colors?" Ino questioned. "Because I think it looks really pretty." Ino smiled at me as I looked at her between my fingers.


"Did you have fun today?" my mom asked as she stood in the doorway of my bedroom with my dad behind her.

"Yeah, all the kids were really nice." I smiled.

"I'm glad you're making friends." my dad grinned back. "Also, we should stop by Ino's house more often. When I was walking them home it looked like her mother ran the flower shop just under their house."

"That'll be nice. Maybe we could get some new flowers for our hummingbirds." my mom thought aloud as she stared back into my father's eyes.

"If you're gonna kiss, then go away. I need to go to bed so I can get up early for school tomorrow." I ordered.

"Well, okay then." my dad smiled. He walked over and kissed my head before tucking me in.

"Good night, Tsuki." my mom said before switching the light off. She then slid the door closed after my dad walked out.

I think everything will work out here. I was able to make friends and, according to Ino, I'm doing good in my classes. I just have to hope that everything works out here and we don't end up moving again. Or just hope that nothing bad happens.


Hey guys! I'm back with a new chapter!

I know it seems to be going really slow, and I kinda agree.

It will begin to pick up soon, I just really want to build some ground work first.

I hope you guys liked this chapter. I liked trying to write everyone when they're younger.

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