Hello Everyone!

I'm happy that people are liking this story, and I hope I keep that going.

I have a question for you guys, should I do the regular chunin exams, or another Century Grand Tournament like in Wild Card?

One last thing, Naruto's hoodie. I forgot to say, but it's white leather with tan fur.

Hope you enjoy the new chapter!

Chapter 2:

Crashing Wave.

Naruto inwardly sighed as he finished explaining the Iwa nin incident to the Hokage. After he had killed them, Minato had escorted he and the girls to the Hokage tower, where he asked for a report. Mana and Inori were sleeping on the couch, having their voids used for the first time really exhausted them.

"So..." Minato said, his hands in front of his face, "This power of yours, is it a bloodline? Or a technique?"

"I suppose you could call it a bloodline. I, and only I, can pull a weapon, called a void, out of anyone. I use their hearts as a weapon, since it's their heart, it's different for everyone." Naruto said while wishing he could leave, and for all he knew, both genomes did make it a bloodline.

Minato nodded, "Why didn't you tell anyone about this?"

Naruto scoffed, "So I can have greedy assholes trying to get me to marry into their family?"

Minato chuckled a bit, "Fair enough. Anything else I should know about?"

"Mana and Inori can use crystals." Naruto said, after all, Minato was one of the strongest ninja in the world. Hiding anything would be a bad idea.

Minato sighed and said, "Very well then. You three are dismissed."

Naruto woke up Mana and Inori, but before they could leave, Minato added, "Before I forget, having a new bloodline entitles you to create a clan within the village. You don't have to, but you can give it some thought if you want."

Naruto nodded and headed back to their apartment.

When they arrived, Naruto tossed his jacket onto the couch and sat down. Mana and Inori sat beside him, Inori said, "Naru-kun?"

Mana took his hand, "What is it?"

Naruto was silent for a minute before speaking, "He didn't recognize me. He didn't even fucking recognize me... Even though I stopped caring a long time ago, it's still a slap in the face."

Inori made him face her and said, "You have us, we will always love you. No matter what."

Mana nodded with a smile. Naruto gained a couple tears in his eyes and blinked them away, "Thanks Inori, Mana. I don't know what I'd do without you..."

Mana then gained a sly smile and said, "I know what'll cheer you up~" She then gave Naruto a heated kiss, holding the sides of his head.

Naruto kissed back, and when they stopped, he turned and found Inori giving him puppy eyes, he sighed and brought her in for a kiss as well.

Konoha Council Chambers.

Minato sighed as the room filled with the council, it wasn't the shinobi heads he minded, it was the civilians rambling on, acting like they knew all the ins and outs of Shinobi lifestyle.

Once everyone was there, Minato stood up, "Alright, we're here to discuss the attempted theft of the sacred scroll and the ensuing events that followed." Once everyone was paying attention, Minato continued, "As you've all no doubt heard, the two Iwa-nin were killed by one of the newly graduated gennin, Naruto Kokoro."

At this, Danzo the war hawk spoke up, "Yes, I heard that he used two enormous swords that he had pulled out of two other students..."

Minato nodded, while anticipating what Danzo was waiting for, "Yes, I have received confirmation from the boy himself."

Tsume Inuzuka sat up a bit, "So was it his ability or the girl's?"

"It was his, according to him, he can wield anyone's heart as a weapon, called a void. He also said that everyone's void is different."

Seeing some civilians about to speak, Minato said, "He already said he'd consider that Clan Creation Act, and he didn't tell anyone because he didn't want, and I quote, 'greedy assholes trying to get him to marry into their family'. So don't even try it."

They clammed up as Danzo spoke again, "I propose that I take over the boy's training. I can help him figure this bloodline of his out."

Minato gave him a look, "Denied." "Does he really think that I'm that naive?"

They then went on to discuss some issues of security and hoe the Iwa-nin had gotten into the village, before they adjourned and went home.

Ninja Academy - Team Selection.

Naruto and his friends were sitting in the classroom, waiting for Iruka-sensei to show up. When he did, the class quieted down. Mana idly noticed that since there were 14 graduates, then two teams were going to have 4 members. Naruto also reflected back on his meeting with Kurama, it was, rough at first. But after they got past their differences, Naruto actually enjoyed her company.

Yes, her.

"Well everyone, this is it. The start of your ninja careers. I know that you all will go far in this world, I also know that you all hold a special place in my heart." He then held up the graduation list, "Now to announce the teams! Team 1..."

He then named off the teams, Naruto didn't bother paying attention until he heard the important names being called.

"Team 7: Menma, Nami, and Nozomi Namikaze. Led by Kakashi Hatake."

Naruto nodded to himself, he expected them to be on a team together, he just didn't know if Kakashi or Kushina would be the sensei.

"Team 8: Hinata Hyuga, Sakura Haruno, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. Led by Kurenai Yuhi and Hana Inuzuka."

Kiba slammed his head into the desk when he heard his sister's name.

"Team 9 is still active, Team 10: Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Chouji Akimichi."

Ino appeared behind Chouji and stole a few chips while Shikamaru went back to sleeping.

"Team 11: Naruto Kokoro, Mana and Inori Yuzuriha, and Saki Uchiha. Led by Yugao Uzuki and Anko Mitarashi."

Saki perked up with a small smile, before she caught herself and went back to being a tsundere.

Iruka gave the students one last smile and said, "I wish you all the best of luck, your sensei will be by to pick you up in a few minu-"

At this, a ball of canvas flew through the window and landed on the ground. It went up in smoke and a banner was pinned to the wall reading, 'The Sexy and Single Anko Mitarashi-sama has arrived!'

When the smoke cleared, it showed a woman in a... revealing outfit, "Hello~ maggots! Where are my new crash test dummies!?"

Another purple headed woman came in through the destroyed window, "Anko... Sorry about that Iruka..."

Said sensei had fought through the banner pinning him to he wall, "Not your fault Yugao. Hello Anko."

Said Kunoichi took out some dango and started munching on it, "Ooooh. Icy. Still mad about last week?"

Iruka twitched, "You told various drunk ninja I was a chick."

"Shouldn't have been wearing a dress."

"You put me in the dress!"

"Shouldn't have let me put you in a dress."

"YOU DRUGGED ME FOR YOUR OWN AMUSEMENT!"

"As fun as this is, shouldn't we get going?" Yugao said in deadpan.

Anko stopped teasing the fuming teacher, "Oh right. To the dango stand kiddies!" With that she disappeared.

Yugao twitched and turned to Naruto, Mana, Inori, and Saki, "Follow me please..."

Dango Stand.

Everyone was sitting at a large booth in the corner of Anko's favorite dango place. She was munching away while Yugao smiled at her new students, "Let's start with introductions. I'll go first. My name is Yugao Uzuki, my likes are my boyfriend Hayate, swordsmanship, and sewing. My dislikes are perverts, fangirls, and idiots. My dream is to one day settle down and raise a family."

She then elbowed Anko, who sighed, before saying, "My name is Anko Mitarashi! I like dango, sharp objects, and working at T&I. I dislike perverts, goody goodies, and a certain snake. My dream is to find said snake and skin him alive!"

"Alright then...' Naruto said, 'I'm Naruto Kokoro, I like my friends, training, and fighting. I dislike shallow people, arrogant people, and those who think they're better than others. My dream is to become the strongest and protect my friends."

Mana was up next, "I'm Mana Yuzuriha, I like my sister, singing, dancing, and cooking. I dislike my fanclub and perverts. My dream... hm... My dream is to... I guess I would like to live a long life and have a family someday."

Inori looked up from her rice, "I'm Inori Yuzuriha, same as Mana-nee."

Everyone sweatdropped as Saki went last, "I'm Saki Uchiha, I like my Nii-sama, training, and learning new jutsu. I dislike bullies, perverts, and lolicons." Naruto had needed to help her get rid of a few, or to be more precise, save them from Saki's wrath, "My dream is to become even stronger than Madara Uchiha himself!"

Yugao nodded and said, "Well then, let's get started on your test."

At their confused look, Anko elaborated, "The academy was just to see if you have the potential to become genin. Whether you truly make it or not depends on what we think."

"Exactly' Yugao said with a smile, 'Meet us at Training ground 11 in 10 minutes."

With that, the two ninja disappeared, leaving some money for the bill.

When the team arrived, they saw the two woman sitting down on a bench near a small pond.

Anko smirked, "Five minutes, not bad. Now on to the test!" She then pulled out a small string, which she tied onto her skirt's belt loop, "You have to get this string off of me in under one hour. Yugao-chan here will be running defense for me as well, but I can't leave the clearing."

Yugao smiled and said, "GO!"

Naruto and the girls all disappeared into the trees.

Anko glanced around and said, "Impressive, I actually can't find them. What do you think will happen?"

Yugao thought for a minute, "Maybe they'll try once then get Naruto to try mana and Inori's voids." The Hokage had told them about Mana, Inori, and Naruto's abilities.

With Naruto and the girls.

"Okay, we need a plan." Naruto said.

"Well, what'll we do?" Saki asked.

Mana placed a hand to her chin, "They'll be expecting our voids to come out..."

Naruto nodded, "Right. We need to come up with a new plan. It's obvious we have to work together, so let's think up something..."

They spent a few minutes thinking, until Inori snapped her fingers, "They're expecting a void right?" Naruto and Mana nodded, "Well then let's give them one." Inori finished with a smile.

Naruto was confused for a second before he caught on. He then smirked devilishly.

Saki was confused, until they all turned and stared at her, "What?... Ooooooh."

"Those brats better hurry up, they've only got ten more minutes."

"Calm down Anko, they're coming."

As she said this, Naruto, Mana, and Inori showed up. Naruto was in the king's mode with his power flowing. Anko and Yugao were ready for him to use his power, until the girls jumped away and sent a wave of crystals each.

The two jounin were forced to dodge as the girls sent wave after wave of crystals at them. Meanwhile Naruto was looking at something at his feet, it was a map of the battlefield, complete with knee high holograms of the girls and sensei.

Anko and Yugao watched as Inori and Mana jumped back behind Naruto, who revealed silver bracelets on his wrists, ankles, around his neck, and around his waist.

Then, a pillar of crystal shot up behind him, the ribbons carved away at it, until it was revealed to be a human.

It was a huge statue of Saki!

The statue was made completely out of sky blue crystal, wearing hakama pants and bandages wrapped around the chest, with a giant broadsword in it's hand.

Naruto looked up at it as it copied his movements, "Just like you Saki-chan. For someone so small, you have an enormous heart..."

As Naruto moved, the statue followed every twitch, Naruto swung the boken, and it carved a huge trench into the ground. As Naruto tried to hit his two sensei, they figured out that he was controlling the statue, so they rushed him in an attempt to beat him. However they had forgotten a very important factor.

Mana and Inori appeared in front of them and each drew a katana of crystal.

"Tsk." Despite her attitude, Anko was smirking, "Looks like we underestimated the brats."

Yugao nodded and assessed all the situation, "Saki is probably hidden somewhere. Hokage-sama said that Mana and Inori entered a trance while Naruto was using their voids..."

"We could go look for her..."

"No, you can't leave the clearing and they won't let us close to her."

The statue advanced on them.

Naruto stomped along the map as the statue did the same, his sensei were so focused on the statue, that they didn't notice the wall of crystals behind them until they hit it.

They looked up to find a dome of crystal above them, and the only way out, was between the statue's legs, so they took it.

The two jounin ran out as the statue tried to grab them. When they looked back to the gennin, they saw three smirking teens.

Suddenly, a wall of fire separated the two jounin.

"Surprise!" Saki yelled as she jumped off the statue's head, where she had been hiding. Saki quickly pulled out a kunai and sliced the string off Anko's belt.

Saki smirked as she stood up with the string in hand.

The crystal and the statue crumbled while the fire was extinguished. Naruto also walked up to Saki and returned her void.

Yugao shook her head and said, "Excellent you four, you pass with flying colors. Though I thought using someone's void rendered them helpless."

Naruto shrugged, "I guess since the scroll incident was the first time, it was more powerful or something."

Anko shrugged and pulled a stick of dango from... somewhere, "Well kiddos, looks like we're an official team!"

Naruto and the others relaxed a bit as Yugao spoke up, "Now we'll need to report to the Hokage. Meet us back at this spot tomorrow morning at 8:00 sharp."

With that, the two women disappeared in a shunshin, Naruto was about to suggest going out to eat, until he felt something poking his back.

He turned to see Saki poking him with her boken, his face instantly paled as she spoke, "What was that about me being small..."

Naruto was instantly gone with Saki hot on his trail, Mana and Inori stood there for a minute before running after them, "Wait up! Naruto has our money!"

Inori, as concerned as ever, "I'm hungry."

As Naruto was running, he stopped to duck into an alley, he ran to the other side and found himself in a small plaza with a cafe and a fountain in the middle.

"Ara, Kokoro-san? What are you- Mph!?"

Naruto pinned the person to the wall and covered their mouth with his hand, he then watched as Saki zoomed past the alley, still looking for him. He sighed in relief, before turning to the person he pinned, he then found himself looking into the cobalt eyes of one Nami Namikaze.

"Gah!" Naruto said as he jumped away.

Nami just brushed off her kimono and said, "Running from Saki-san? I'm surprised, from what I hear you could defeat her easily."

Naruto, uncomfortable at having to socialize with his former sister, said, "Y-yeah... She's actually pretty scary when she wants to be."

The blonde noticed Naruto's expression and smirked, "What, are you... uncomfortable, being around me?..."

Naruto flinched and said, "Well... I..."

She got close to him and walked a couple fingers up his chest, "Am I... distracting you, Ko~ko~ro~san?"

Naruto straightened his face, backed up, and said, "Thank you for understanding my situation Namikaze-san, I must go." With that, he sped off.

Nami shook her head and analyzed her encounter with Naruto, when she teased him... Something felt, familiar. She was much more in touch with her feelings than her family, so she learned to trust them. Naruto Kokoro... she knew him from somewhere...

Namikaze Estate.

Nami walked into her home and entered the living room. Menma was out getting some groceries with her Kaa-san, and her Tou-san was still at work, so she took a seat across from her sister, her nose buried in a book, and thought for a moment. Nami hated having unresolved personal problems...

"Naruto Kokoro... I obviously know him from before the academy, since this feeling came into existence on our first day. Did I meet him in the park? No... At a council meeting? No..."

Nami sat and toiled over the issue, the more she thought about where she knew him from, the more she wanted to figure it out. As she was thinking, she glanced over to a picture of herself and her family taken a week ago, the day they graduated. As she stared at it, a memory surfaced... an old memory from her toddler days...

She was at the park with her family, an older boy knocked her down... someone grabbed the boy and told him to apologize... after he did, the person who grabbed him helped her up... she thanked him. "Thank you-"

"ONII-SAMA!" Nami screamed in her head as she shot up and instantly was over at the fireplace looking over the family photo album.

Nozomi nearly jumped out of her skin when her sister shot over to the album, "The hell!?" She marked her spot in the book and went over to Nami, "Nee-chan, what's wrong?" Nami didn't even acknowledge her, she just kept flipping through the album.

Nozomi was considering calling her parents, until Nami dropped the book and covered her mouth with her hands. Nozomi looked at the shattered look in her sister's eyes, and picked up the album.

She took a look at the pictures in it, and her face went through a wide range of emotions: confusion, realization, shock, and horror, "Nii-sama..." She whispered as she stared at the pictures... Pictures of four small children playing, and looking closer than anything...

Konoha Council Chambers.

Inside the council chambers, all the clan heads and their wives were gathered to hear the summaries of the team tests. Minato and his wife were sitting at the head of the table, with the sensei standing over to the side.

"Now then." Minato said, addressing the last team's sensei, "Yugao, Anko."

Said women stepped forward, and Yugao took the floor first, "The team is well balanced and meshes well as a unit. Naruto seems to have taken up the position of the unofficial leader, Mana and Inori follow his lead wherever they go, and though Saki tries to hide it, she values Naruto's opinion as well."

Minato nodded while Fugaku quietly scoffed.

Shukaku Nara picked his head up off the table for a second, "How would you rate him as a leader?"

Yugao thought for a minute, "He has the potential to be a very good one, he has a cool head, a mind for strategy, and he practically exudes charisma."

"What about their psychological evaluations?" Inoichi asked.

Anko stepped up, "They each have their own quirks, but nothing too bad..."

Hiashi's eye twitched, "Your perception of 'quirks' and 'nothing too bad' might be a bit off."

Anko sighed, "Fine... Inori is incredibly submissive when it comes to Naruto and her sister. Mana seems normal and flirty on the outside, but she has the potential to become a sociopath with the right motivation. Saki puts up a tough front, but she's incredibly insecure and in need of validation from authority figures. Naruto is hiding something, not sure what, but it doesn't seem that dangerous, though I think he'll explode into a berserk rage if Inori and Mana get too badly hurt."

Everyone was silent as they absorbed what Anko had said, Kushina blinked her widened eyes, "Well. That's quite a laundry list..."

Anko nodded like they were talking about the weather, "Yep. But they work, and function, splitting them up would be a huge mistake."

Minato thought for a second, then said, "How about their combat effectiveness? Give us a rundown of the battle."

Yugao spoke again, "We did the string test, they waited until there were only ten minutes left before making their move. Naruto set up something while Mana and Inori used their crystals on us, then a pillar of crystals appeared and revealed that Naruto had used Saki's void."

Mikoto perked up at this while Fugaku payed slightly more attention.

"Saki's void manifested as a sword wielding statue of the girl about three times our size, it copied Naruto's movements using a map on the ground. Naruto distracted us with it while Mana and Inori protected him. Then we were separated by a wall of fire as Saki jumped off the statue's head and stole the string. Apparently Naruto's power doesn't always knock people out."

Minato nodded and said, "Well, this has been an eventful graduation... I wish you all good luck with your teams."

Namikaze house.

"I can't believe we forgot Onii-sama... How did this happen?" Nami said as she and her sister were in their room.

Nozomi nodded, "I guess we just got so wrapped up in training tha he just slipped our minds... as horrible as it sounds..."

"Should we tell Tou-sama, Kaa-sama, and Menma-chan?"

Nozomi just shook her head, "No... if he wanted that, then he would have done it himself..."

"Then what'll we do?"

"I guess... we can start off small, be nice to him... He obviously remembers us, so we can't exactly act like nothing happened."

"We'll just need to hope for the best I guess..."

Uchiha Compound.

Saki walked into her house to see her mother making dinner, Mikoto turned to her and said, "Hello Saki-chan, I hear you passed your test."

Saki nodded as she sat down at the table, "Yeah, though it would have been nice if you told me about the real graduation test..."

Mikoto giggled, "Now where's the fun in that?"

The petite Uchiha grumbled and placed her head onto the table as her brother, the famous Itachi Uchiha, walked in, "Hello imouto."

"Hi Nii-sama."

Itachi sat down across from her and said, "So... You seem close with Kokoro-san."

Saki's eyes went wide as her face turned red, "Wh-wh-wh-what? We're not that close, we're just friends..."

Mikoto gained a twinkle in her eye and a sly smile on her face, "Really? You talk about him a lot~"

Saki sputtered, "What!? Not that much, and I d-don't have a c-c-crush on him! Don't be ridiculous!"

Her mother's smile got wider, "I never said you did Saki-chan~"

Itachi watched as his little sister nearly blew a gasket at their mother's teasing, he just hoped that nothing ruined the little family moment.

Speak of the devil, Fugaku walked in and sat down at that moment. Itachi mentally sighed as he thought about his father, he was as big into Uchiha superiority as one could be. One thing that Itachi couldn't stand was how their father would look down on Saki, Fugaku seemed to think that Saki's small size translated to her being weak. Of course Itachi knew that this wasn't true, while Saki wasn't a prodigy like himself, she had the potential to become even stronger than him.

"Saki." Fugaku said with his usual superior tone of voice.

Said girl flinched, "Yes Otou-sama?"

"I was told that the Kokoro boy used your void. It this true?"

"Yes."

Fugaku nodded, "Why did you let him use it? It was my understanding that using someone's void rendered them unconscious."

Saki fidgeted and said, "We needed something to take our sensei by surprise. They were expecting Naruto to use Mana and Inori's void, so we surprised them by using mine."

Fugaku scoffed, "You shouldn't need their help. You should have been able to pass the test on your own. Letting someone use that power on you like it's the only thing you can do, another reason why I shouldn't have let you into the Academy..."

Saki clenched her fists, maybe it was having this new connection with her heart, but she had the urge to tell her father off for the first time in her life, to show that she wasn't a fragile little flower... So you know what?

She did it.

"Well then Otou-sama," She spat out the word, as everyone turned to her in confusion and surprise, "I apologize for not being able to beat a jounin and a former ANBU by myself. I wonder, did you pass your genin exam by yourself? I think not, now if you'll excuse me, I have better things to do than listen to you ramble on about things you know nothing about." She then walked to the doorway and turned back to see the stunned look on her father's face, "Go find someone else to put down, because I'm done taking it."

One Month Later.

Naruto and the team were in the Hokage tower as the Damiyo's wife crushed her cat, which they had just retrieved. Saki and Mana took silent pleasure in watching the cat suffer, while Naruto and Inori were indifferent.

Hey, Tora seemed to like them.

Anyway, after she left, Minato asked, "Okay, next mission?"

Yugao spoke up, "Actually, I believe that they're ready for a higher ranked mission Hokage-sama."

Naruto, Mana, Inori, Saki, and strangely Anko, all cheered while Yugao looked for a mission.

At that moment, a small pug appeared through the window and spoke in a deep voice, "Hokage-sama, Kakashi needs help. His team ran into Zabuza Momochi in Nami."

Minato nodded and turned to team 11, "Change of plans, you six will go to Nami no Kuni to assist team 7, understood?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama." They all said.

"Alright Pakun, lead them to- Where is Pakun?"

Everyone turned to see said pug held in Inori's arm while she pet him, the dog seemed to be enjoying himself, upon noticing their stares, Inori held the dog closer, "He's cute..."

Wave, hours later.

Team 11 had just arrived in Nami, it had been dark for a few hours, and had found themselves at the client's door as Pakun disappeared, leaving a sad Inori. Yugao walked up and knocked on the door, when it opened, it revealed a pretty woman who seemed a bit cautious, "Yes?"

Yugao smiled, "Hello, we're here as the backup for Kakashi and his team."

"Ah, I'm sorry, but I didn't expect so many people, please come in." She opened the door for them and they walked to the house, seeing team 7 plus their sensei sitting at a dining table.

Anko dropped down next to the silver haired shinobi and said, "Hey scarecrow, so~ I hear you got your ass kicked."

Kakashi's eye twitched as he said, "Oh perfect, just what the mission needed. Hello Anko..."

Anko chuckled, "What's with the cold attitude buddy?"

Kakashi stared her straight in the eye, "You roofied me and I would up on the roof of the Hokage tower wearing nothing but my mask, a loincloth, and a poncho, with a lipstick message on my chest saying 'Property of the Konoha Women's League'."

Everyone stopped and processed what they had heard. Before Tazuna started laughing his ass off.

When everyone had calmed down, Kakashi explained his encounter with the Demon of the Mist, and after, he revealed that Zabuza was still alive, explaining the significance od the senbon used to 'kill' Zabuza.

Naruto and the others decided to retire to bed, it had been a long day. The girls ignored Menma trying to hit on them, and went up to bed.

Just before Naruto went up, he felt two pairs of eyes on himself and turned to see Nami and Nozomi quickly turn their heads, "Wonder what that's about..."

Naruto was walking through town with Mana and Inori, they were observing the thugs around town while team 7 and Saki were guarding Tazuna, and the sensei were at the house. Naruto looked around and noticed the defeated look on the people's faces and tried to think of a way to cheer them up. Then he noticed how everyone was recognizing Inori and Mana...

He looked at the two girls and saw that they were thinking the same thing as him, so the three walked around town until they saw an old nearly destroyed stage in the center of town.

After scouring the town, they found two working microphones and stereos, after placing the disk with the instrumentals of their songs in it, Inori stood up on the stage.

The music started, and Naruto could see people recognizing it, it all got better when Inori started singing... (EGOIST)

Saita~ no no hana yo~

Aa douka~ oshiete okure~

Hito wa naze~ kizutsukeatte~

Arasou no deshou~

Naruto and Mana watched as people started to crowd around the stage to hear Inori sing, as the song went on, more and more people gathered, even Tazuna, his family, and the rest of the two teams.

Everyone was entranced by Inori's singing, she somehow made the run-down stage seem like a high society ballroom. The song was soft and full of emotion, each note flowing from Inori's mouth like a gentle stream...

Naruto was even able to walk over to Saki and place his elbow on her head, she just kept swaying with the music. Menma just stared and grinned like an idiot.

When the song was over, everyone was sad, until Mana replaced Inori on the stage and took her place at the microphone. (Blue Bird)

Habata itara modoranai to itte~

Mezashita no wa aoi aoi ano sora~

Though the two girl's looks were nearly the same, they had completely different songs, while Inori stayed in one place and let the song flow softly, Mana was singing at the top of her lungs and swaying her body to the music.

Everyone watching nearly had a heart attack at seeing the two famous idols performing live in Nami, especially during such hard times...

Once the songs were over, people came up to Inori and Mana to thank them for their performances, the two girls were more than happy to sing, not only did they love it, but it felt nice to give the people of Nami a small bit of cheering up.

While the girls were talking to people, Naruto took out a piece of paper and a pencil, he looked at the lines on it and thought over his little secret project. He thought for a few minutes and started writing ideas down, erasing, writing again, and erasing again. He sighed and put the project away, he sensed someone coming up beside him and turned to find... Nami Namikaze.

She seemed shy or, cautious, "I apologize if I was bothering you... I just wondered what you were working on..."

Naruto debated on talking to her, on one hand, she had completely forgotten him and had been a horrible sister. On the other hand, she was a kid, she didn't know what the repercussions of her actions would be.

After a few seconds, Naruto said, "Nothing, just a little project."

"Ah..." They spent the next few seconds in awkward silence before Naruto said, "Well, I think I'll head back to the house..."

Nami's head perked up, "I'll join you!"

"Alright..."

The two walked in silence, Naruto could tell that Nami wanted to say something, but it seemed that she didn't know what to say. The two had arrived at Tazuna's house and walked in to find that none was there yet.

Naruto turned to Nami and said, "Well, I think I'm gonna go to bed."

"Wait. Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"A-actually I think I should just-"

"Please Onii-sama..."

Naruto stopped in his tracks and turned to face her, his eyes wide. When he was fully facing her, he noticed that her eyes were filled with tears.

"P-please..."

Naruto sighed and sat down on the couch, she joined him and they sat their for a minute before she spoke, "I'm sorry..."

"Is that all you have to say after all these years?"

She started to sob, "It's all I can think of, I have no idea how we forgot about you, and I know that there are no words that I can say to make up for what I did..."

"How did you find out?"

"On the first day of the academy, I knew that there was something familiar about you, but I couldn't place it. Then when we met again after Saki-san was chasing you, that feeling came back full force, so I went home and thought about it. It all came back to me after an old memory surfaced, then I went to check the family scrapbook and remembered everything..."

"Does anyone else know?"

"Just Nozomi, but she was too scared to approach you..."

Naruto nodded, he had noticed that Nozomi had been avoiding him since he arrived, "So what now?"

Nami fidgeted and said, "I know that we can't get our old relationship back, and that I have no right to want it back... So whatever you decide, I'll abide by. Whether you want to try and be... something, or if you want nothing to do with me."

Naruto thought for a minute before saying, "I have an idea... But you have to trust me."

She nodded and turned to him, Naruto then placed a hand on the small of her back and held his other hand up, the usual circle of light appeared on her chest. She looked up at him and smiled, Naruto then plunged his hand into her chest, she gasped as Naruto's whole arm was encased in crystal, when he was done, she caught her breath while Naruto examined her void.

It was an armored gauntlet, with a large shoulder pad, white cloth wrapped around the rest of the arm, with only a curved spike appearing from the elbow, and the hand was clawed.

Naruto stared at it for a minute before thinking, "She's hiding her real self... Why?" It was easy for him to sense, plus most of the gauntlet being hidden clued him into that. Shaking the thought away, he felt her heart, he sensed her feelings, pure unadulterated sadness and longing. She was telling the truth, she probably couldn't feel worse about anything.

After realizing this, Naruto placed her void back into her, she got her breath back and waited for him to say something.

Naruto sighed, "I... I suppose that we could start small... But for now, let's just go to sleep."

She nodded with tears in her eyes and a smile on her face, "I think I should tell you, Nozomi feels as bad as I do..."

Naruto nodded as they both went into their respective rooms.

A few minutes later, Mana and Inori came into the room, Naruto then proceeded to explain his encounter with Nami.

Mana was silent until he finished, "So you're gong to give them a chance?"

Naruto nodded, "Yeah, they might have forgotten about me, but I sensed that her feelings are genuine. I just... don't want to be cruel to her."

Mana and Inori smiled, Mana took her spot next to him and said, "That's why we love you!"

Inori leaned her head into his chest and said, "I'm tired, Naruto you are my pillow."

Naruto chuckled and lye down, "Well. This is turning out to be an eventful mission..."

Chapter End!

Well, I hope you guys liked the new chapter.

Tell me what you think of the original voids, I tried not to go too overboard with them.

I hope you guys like the new chapter.

I'm also starting a new story that acedragoon brought up to me, we both had a thought of Naruto Pokemon crossovers, and I'm going to be making one. Thanks again! It's another neglect story, a mix of Pokemon Omega Ruby, Alpha Saphire, and the original Emerald.

So look for it, I'm thinking of calling it... Gemstone Clash, or something similar.

Review Please!