As the trio walked through the last of clearings and through the gate, they felt all gazes directed at them. Jiraya being a Sannin didn't think too much of it whereas Naruto and Nagisa were left feeling slightly awkward. They heard the infamous gatekeepers, izumo and kotetsu, whisper among themselves.
'Hmm, most likely gossiping about the new arrival or of Naruto', thought the aged shinobi.
Nagisa leaned closer to Naruto out of insecurity and began to whisper to him.
"Why are they staring at us like that?"
"Probably because of me and ero-sennin since we haven't been here for the last 2 ½ years"
Nagisa mouth's an 'OH'
"You guy's go on without me I need to do some research" said Jiraya.
Both Naruto and Nagisa sweat-dropped, anime style. They continued walking down the main street of Konoha till they bumped into Haruno Sakura.
"OMG Naruto is that really you?!!" squeals Sakura.
"Yup last time I checked" replied Naruto.
Nagisa giggled at his answer which caught the attention of the pink haired phenomenon.
"And who's this?" she asked politely.
Nagisa took her and out and replied "Names Hamasaki Nagisa".
Sakura shook her hand and felt immediately connected to the girl, but in an older sister manor.
"Well I'm Haruno Sakura, Naruto no Baka's teammate, it's nice to meet you" said Sakura.
"Sakura-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, why'd you show me up like that" whined Naruto.
Both girls laughed but Naruto felt the urge to chuckle along with them.
"It's nice to meet you too, Sakura-san" said the dark-haired beauty.
"Please, drop the formalities you can call me Sakura-chan" replied the green eyed medic.
"Okay, Sakura-chan" said Nagisa.
"See that weren't so bad, any way's I have to go to the hospital before Tsunade Shishou get's mad, sees you later" cried Sakura as she ran down the street.
"She seems nice" complimented Nagisa.
Naruto stood there bug-eyed.
"But...why...how.....did.....WHOAAAA, never mind" stuttered Naruto.
"Any way's, lemme take you to the BEST ramen restaurant EVERR" he continued.
"Nahh, its ok I'm not hungry" replied the blacknette.
However her stomach didn't agree with her knowledge and decided to voice its own thoughts of the situation with a low grumble. Nagisa stood there flushed whereas Naruto rolled on the floor laughing his ass off. After 5 minutes he calmed down and said...
"Its okay really, my treat, you'll love it there"
Nagisa replied with her own huge grin. He led her past many shops and one caught her eye immediately. It was 'The Yamanaka Flower Shop'. She stood there staring at one particular flower, the coreopsis. They reminded her a lot of Naruto like the colour of the petals that resemble his hair and the hidden meaning 'always cheerful'. Speaking of the cheerful shinobi he continued to stroll through the street until he noticed his companion's absence. He looks around and there about 50ft behind him stood Nagisa staring at the beautiful flowers. He then noticed that she walked into the shop and decided to follow her after 3 minutes.
Nagisa P.O.V:
I was looking at the beautiful flower and decided to buy a bouquet for Naruto to show my appreciation to him. If it were any other male person, they would of surely of hurt or raped me. I entered the shop and the shop doorbell rang and there I spotted a girl around Naruto's age with platinum blonde hair and pale blue eyes.
'Must be Ino Yamanaka' I thought to myself.
"Hello and welcome to The Yamanaka Flower Shop. How may I be off assistance?" asked Ino.
"Ano, Hi, I'd like to buy a bouquet of coreopsis please" I replied.
"Would colour wrapping would you prefer?" asked Ino
"Hmm, orange please" I replied again.
"Ok, that'll be ¥400 please" said the platinum haired kunoichi.
That was when Naruto walked into the shop with one of his goofy smiles.
"Hey Ino, what's up?" asked Naruto.
"KUSO! Naruto is that really you?!!" shouted the Yamanaka.
"One and only" replied Naruto with another Trademark Grin©. He continued to speak but this time to me.
"Hey Nagisa-chan are you almost done?"
'Since when did the honorific's come in ??!, oh well its a nice thought', I mentally grinned
"Yup, just need to pay and I'm out" I replied with a gentle smile.
"I'll pay" said Naruto.
"Nahh, its ok I got this, what kind of present would it be, if I made the person I was giving it to pay?" I asked.
"Oh now the colours and everything makes sense" Said Ino.
I grinned one of my biggest grins so far that it even made the other 2 blondes grin along with me.
"Whaddya mean?" asked Naruto.
"I mean that the flowers she chose mean 'always cheerful', which you are and how the colour of the flower is like your hair and how the wrapping she chose is that same as your jumpsuit" explained the blondette with a hint of a smirk.
"Yup" I agreed.
"It's ok, you don't need to buy me flowers" said Naruto.
"I don't need to buy you flower's but I want to, to thank you for helping me, it's the least I can do" I explained with my new and perfected 'Puppy Eyes No Justu'. He was soo falling for it Ino too. She fell for it soo bad that she gave the flowers to me on the house. I so love Konoha!
Normal P.O.V:
Both companions continued to walk to Ichiraku's restaurant in a steady conversation talking about their likes dislikes hobbies and ambitions.
"You know my name. Im currently 15, my birthday's in a couple months, October. I like, no no I LOVE ramen, my precious people and Konoha. I dislike assholes, people who try to hurt my precious people and the 3 minutes it takes to make ramen. My hobbies are eating ramen, annoying ero-sennin and Tsunade-Baachan and training to get stronger. At the moment I have to ambitions but I'm focussing on one. The first one is to bring back my 3rd teammate and best friend and the second is to become Konoha's Hokage." explained Naruto.
"Wooooow, good luck with your ambitions" said Nagisa.
"What about you" asked Naruto with curiosity laced through his voice.
"Well, you know my name too. I'm currently 15 also my birthday's in April. I LOVE pizza and my friends. I also dislike assholes, long queues and creepy crawlies. My hobbies are shopping and spending time with my friends. My ambition is to find out who my family are." said Nagisa.
"You don't know who you're family are? How comes?" asked Naruto.
"I've been living in an orphanage for as long as I can remember, they said my mother died during giving birth and my father was murdered. They don't know if I have any siblings. Do you know who you're family are?"
"Nope, I used to live in an orphanage but Sarutobi-Jiji gave me my own apartment at the age of 5 cuz they didn't want me there and he gave me the same story you got about your parents too. Heh you're the only person who I've told this to before, so I trust you" explained Naruto.
"Same here. So it's mutual" replied the brown eyed teen.
"Nagi-chan?"
"Hehe, yeahh?"
"Where are you from?"
"Whaddya mean?"
"I mean what nation? Are you a kunoichi?"
"I don't know myself. The orphanage was on an empty island. As for being a kunoichi? nope. You're the first ever ninja I've met"
"So how'd you get here?"
"I seriously don't know, 1 minute I was in my bedroom the next I was on your shoulder"
"Would you ever consider becoming a citizen of the Hidden Leaf Village?"
"Nope"
"Why not?"
"I wanna become a kunoichi of the Hidden Leaf Village, but it's impossible"
"Why's that?"
"I've never used chakra in my life and I'm already too late to start now"
"Who said you're too late to start?"
"Well, aren't I?"
"Nope, in fact I'll teach you myself after Ichiraku's"
"Really?!"
Naruto nodded with a small sincere smile curved on his soft lips. Nagisa was truly excited about becoming a kunoichi and glomped Naruto soo hard that he lost balance and they both dropped on the floor with Nagisa on top of him. They were both blushing so hard that they might have outmatched Hyuuga Hinata, might. Luckily they were right in front of Ichiraku's when this incident occurred and Naruto jumped in with Nagisa in tow so that they could avoid the incredulous looks they were being given. The even heard some one say "young ones these day's, they'll do it anywhere". Naruto sat on his usual stool and Nagisa sat on the stool to his right.
"Hey Jiji-san one large miso ramen anddd....." shouted Naruto.
"And one small miso please" replied Nagisa.
"Coming right up!" could be heard in the distance.
Naruto had told Nagisa about the relationship between him, Ichiraku and Ayame (Ichiraku's daughter). They were like a family and they'd always help him out. They've been there for him ever since his Iruka-sensei introduced them. He was of 12 yrs that time and he was now 16.
"Here are your orders" said Ichiraku as he placed both bowls in front of them.
"Thanks old man" replied Naruto with a Trademark Grin©
"No Prob- Naruto is that really you?!" asked Ichiraku.
Further in the ramen shack you could hear several pots and pans being dropped.
"Yup, it's good to see you too" said Naruto in between chuckles. You could also hear Nagisa's sniggering too.
"Oh my, Naruto you've grown so much" said Ayame.
"And you've got quite an eye for the lady's" continued Ichiraku.
"Thanks Ayame-neechan and Jiji-san" replied Naruto.
Nagisa just blushed, trying to hide away in the shadows.
"And what might your name be" asked Ayame.
"My name is Hamasaki Nagisa and you must be Ayame-san And Ichiraku-san?" asked the blacknette.
"Yup that's us but you can just call me Ayame-chan, I have a feeling were gonna get along" replied Ayame.
"Okay Ayame-chan" said Nagisa.
"And you may also call me Jiji or just Ichiraku, I'm not much for formalities." said Ichiraku.
"Okay Jiji, it's a pleasure to meet you both" replied Nagisa with a genuine smile. She truly felt welcomed in Konoha everyone seemed to like her and she seemed to like them all too.
"So tell me, are you a shinobi like our Naru-chan" asked Ayame with pure innocence in her voice, but the statement seemed to make Naruto blush.
"Not yet, but Naru-chan said he'd help me out" replied Nagisa while sniggering. Ichiraku and Ayame joined in and Naruto was now blushing extremely from embarrassment.
15 large bowls of miso ramen and 6 small bowls of miso ramen later Naruto and Nagisa decide to take their leave.
"So Naru-chan, where are we going?" asked Nagisa.
"Well Nagi-chan were heading to my team's training grounds so i can teach you the basics" replied Naruto.
"COOL!" squeeled Nagisa.
"I never thought of you as the Squeeling type Nagi-chan" teased Naruto.
"I'm just really really excited that's all" replied Nagisa with a small blush.
"Okay, to the training grounds !" shouted Naruto.
"YOSH!!" shouted Nagisa in chibi-style. Naruto watched her and thought she was majorly cute.