"Rise and shine beautiful." A smooth calm voice teased.

Akira's eyes fluttered open slowly and soon she felt herself get tense and ready for battle mode. She quickly gave a bad attempt of trying to get up and off the ground but her body ached due to the hard surface. She cringed a bit but tried not to show it much. Failing at that attempt as well she felt warm arms wrap around her and bring her off the ground without any hassle.

"W-Who are you?! I um...I AKIRA RAIN WILL..-" Before she could finish her muttered sentence and interogation she was interupted.

"Will what? Fix me lunch? I sure am hungry...How's about it?" The mystery man chuckled warmly and winked down at her.

Akira's cheeks burned under her bandaged hands indicating she was blushing intensely...Who was this man? What the hell did he want with her? Couldn't he tell she was a deadly kunoichi? She had stolen many lives in her lifetime more than he could imagine...Now all of a sudden she felt herself get tingly and fuzzy.

"You're getting red...Extremely fast. Do you have a fever?" This man's thoughts were easily read. He knew she didn't have a fever. He was such a tease! His hand moved onto her forhead lightly, feeling her skin. As his hand made contact with her skin she did quick handsigns and used a subsitution jutsu. She was subsituted with a leaf. He glanced at the leaf and held it up by the end and examined it closely, almost too closely.

"Not that nice to look at. So will you cook me something? Perty pwease sweetheart?" He was well-aware that she had vanished into the tree limb above him. He looked up at her and smiled sweetly. Boy was he persistent on feeding his gut though...

"Now wait a darn second! Well...Tell me your name and I might think about it..."

She was shocked that he was a shinobi as well...Probaly a jounin certainly not one of the Kage. Deffinately not an Anbu. She pondered as he shook his head, looking somewhat embarassed.

"Ahhh, How rude of me. Seeing as how you kind of introduced yourself I should have done the same awhile ago. The name is Hikaru."

Hikaru stood there patiently looking up at her like a puppy begging for food except less dramatic.

Akira smiled and hopped down, almost onto him. She thought about how her village would be worried about her not arriving at the time given to her but she shrugged it off in her mind and walked ahead of Hikaru with confidence overshowering her. She stopped and looked back, motioning him to follow her and he returned it with a smile as he appeared next to her.

The weather of the afternoon was excellent. The sound of birds chirping filled the air, The sweet scent of freshly bloomed flowers also filled the air. The wind occasionally danced around lightly and the sun shined down on everything under it. She concentrated for awhile and made most of her chakra go to her feet, making her speed extremely faster. Her walk turned into a jog and then before Hikaru knew it, she was long gone.

"Catch me if you can, Or if you want a nice hot meal...Hehehe..."

Hikaru's ears could barely make out the words but he sped up as well, almost right behind her. She panted as she walked inside the village, allowing Hikaru to as well. All the villagers were busy living their normal happy lives. Children ran up to Akira with glee and hugged her, showing her new toys that were bought for them. She nodded and patted their heads, feeling Hikaru's eyes locked on her. She didn't trust him fully yet but she didn't sence any bad thoughts from him at all. After talking to all the villagers she dashed into a restaurant with Hikaru right behind her.

. . .

"Well it's not your cooking but I guess I could accept it. It smells so...Awesome. Your village is great. I figure your dying to ask questions so have at it. Ask away."

Hikaru ate his meal and sipped his drink here and there, showing wonderful well-taught manners. He smiled up at her as to thank her and the waitress before she left.

"First of all, Why were you so close to my village? Why did you come up to me? What's your purpose? What village are you from?"

Akira felt her face get more serious but she didn't realize it, she was used to being serious in missions so it couldn't be helped if it was a habit.

Hikaru held up his hands, his palms facing her and he laughed softly.

"Woah, Woah. Where's the fire babe? Nonetheless I'll still be glad to answer them. 1.I was just exploring, taking a break from missions. Enjoying the scenery here. I came up to you because that is my nature, I worry about pretty girls. I am from the village hidden in the leaves."

He let out a deep breath, exageratting it. He then finished his meal, wiped his lips gently and rested his head onto his right hand, using his arm as a lift. He looked at her with a straight face, awaiting her response.

Akira just nodded and placed a tip as well as the payment for the meal. She got up and dusted herself off.

"I hear great things about your village...I never got a chance to go there sadly...I am usually quite busy with...Missions."

Hikaru took the money and put it back into the palm of her hand within the blink of an eye. He put down his own money and put his index finger onto her lips as to 'shush' her.

"I would love to take you to my village. As of right now. I'm kidnapping you."

Akira stepped back, shocked. Adrenaline rushed through her as he took ahold of her hand and ran out of the restaurant. No one noticed him or her due to the intense speed. It was all a blur. She felt her knees get weak but she couldn't figure out why. That's when she found out he was a medic nin and must of spiked her drink with some potion when she wasn't looking...But how?! Her eyes are sharp they couldn't miss a thing! She knew her once blue eyes turned golden as she gave him a death glare filled with nothing but pure fury. He took a glimpse at her and picked her up while running, smiling sweetly down at her as if nothing had just happened. He smirked and barely caressed her forhead, leaving her drowsy. She gave in to the sleepiness.

. . .

When Akira awoke she found herself on a bench laying on it, but not only that Hikaru as well...She immidiately rubbed her forhead, feeling a throbbing headache. She then sat up and glared at him, reading his thoughts. His thoughts were healthy though...No evil.

He sat there while eating dango. He put the dumpling into her mouth and gave a thumbs up while chuckling calmly. They were at the hidden leaf village and on another bench was another couple of people. A girl and a guy about the same age as them. The girl carried a huge fan with her and the guy had a spikey pony tail.

"Konoha has the best dumplings. Better believe that. Now don't give me that sour puss look okay? I just did you a damned favor. Besides I left a note its all taken care of. Oh and about the headache...My apologies but that won't last as long as you think it would."

After swallowing the dumpling she felt her mood lighten up and she just savored the remaining sweet taste in her mouth. Akira knew she needed a break from all the work and missions. She helps out way too much. It's about time she had some time to herself. Even though this guy was a little annoying she liked him, something about him...Maybe that's why she's spending all this time with him. Explains alot.

"Whose the girl? Yeah, What a drag...He actually found a girlfriend before Naruto."

The woman spoke first and then the male spoke afterwards with a smirk painted on his face.

"Shikamaru, Temari, Do you mind if I close your mouth for you? I learned a new medic way of shutting you two up without much work done on my part. Plus, She's not my girlfriend."

Hikaru sent a venomous look over to the both of them and they just laughed and turned around, finishing their sweets. Akira found herself laughing at him with her hand over her mouth, trying her best to stifle it.

"Hm? Missy don't you be laughing."

Hikaru flicked Akira's forhead and smiled at her making her blush lightly.

"Yes sir."

She simply did a peace sign and smiled back.

. . .

The next day was gloomy. The clouds were blanketed over the sky in a gray color. It began to rain hard and Akira touched the window of her hotel room with her hand, sighing. She liked the rain, it was soothing but she wanted to go outside and have fun with...Hikaru. She couldn't remember the last time she actually had gotten to chill out and relax with friends. Most of her friends died from vicious rogue ninja...

Akira shook off the memories right when there was a knock on the door, Opening it up with hope that it was Hikaru she realized it was some yellow haired blue eyed boy. She literally raised her eyebrow and sighed.

"Uhhh...Guess I have the wrong room, Hehe. My bad. Hey lady? What's with the long face? I said I was sorry. Oh wait...No, no I didn't. Sorry about not saying sorry first."

Akira looked at him blankly.

"Eh, Hyper aren't you? It's alright. My fault I was being exactly like this gloomy weather. By the way my name is Akira Rain. What is there to do on days like this?"

The boy stared at her and then crossed his arms over his chest as he thought for a second.

"You're from the Rain clan? That's flippin sweet! Er, Um. Yeah. My name is UZUMAKI NARUTO! Days like this I either train, eat ramen, or eat ramen and then go to the hot springs. The cold rain hitting down on you makes it feel twice as good when youre in the hot water! Hehe."

Akira giggled and grinned.

"Take me to the hot springs! Please!"

She looked up at him with glossy begging eyes. Naruto looked at her and shrugged with a smile.

"Sure why not?"

. . .

Naruto and Akira made their way to the hot springs, getting soaked throughout the process but Naruto handed over his jacket so her regular clothes wouldn't get drenched. People were rather nice throughout this village and helpful...Just like back home,She thought. Naruto stopped and pointed to the "Women" sign with a chuckle.

"Women only. I hope you like it here Akira-chan. Have fun! Maybe you can have some ramen with me sometime, yeah? Well I gotta go, I forgot to look for someone at that hotel, Sakura is going to get pissed off...Boy oh boy this is going to suck."

Akira laughed at Naruto's hyper kid-like behavior. She thought it was sort of cute and interesting. But before she could give Naruto's jacket back he was already jumping on roofs heading back towards the hotel. She went in the hot springs and realized her and another girl with brown eyes and brown hair was there. She sunk into the water slowly, enjoying the new sensation and waved respectfully at the other girl.

"Hi there, Welcome to Konoha, I see you're a newbie here, huh? Haha, It's fine. The name's Tenten. I'm just soaking my aching muscles...Geez I sound like an old guy..."

"Thanks. My name is Akira Rain. It's a pleasure to meet you. So you work with weapons alot, hmm?"

"How'd you know that?!"

"Oops...I er...I read your mind. My clan's bloodline can do that. It's my Kekkei Genkai."

"Oh...That's really neat. Now that I think about it I heard about a clan that can do that...To think I'd actually meet a rare member from it. Sweet."

Akira giggled and grinned feeling good about herself. It seemed most people knew about her clan so that was a really good feeling. The two girls leaned their head back and let the cold rain hit their faces while letting the warm water make them feel all toasty.

"Hey Akira."