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The Hokage's office looked just as it did in the Anime. A big open room with a desk at the end facing from the windows.

And there he was, the Third Hokage. Hiruzen Sarutobi, it was a strange to see him younger than how he first appeared in the Anime. Surely these were one of his more kinder years that he had.

The Medical-nin shuffled me into the room, and as quickly as he entered, was how quick he left to go "Stand guard outside." Yeah, whatever.

My eyes refocused on the older man, growing more nervous by minute. The silence was unbearable, my muscles twitching involuntarily. I had felt vulnerable under the old man's knowing eyes, as those very eyes seemed to undress me in every layer of skin that I was wearing.

Fidgeting, I bowed to him out of respect. That's what you're suppose to do when ever you come along to an elder, right?

The Old Man smiled at me, which did not help out my nerves at all. So there we were, me standing in a uncomfortable bow position, and him sitting at his desk, just staring at me.

Maybe it was just my paranoid getting to me, but it was really starting to creep me out.

"Sit down Akinori." I looked around the room for a second, then realized that it was me he was talking to. I would have thumped myself on the forehead if I was alone. I was still not use to the fact that Akinori was my new name.

I complied to his wishes, sitting on my shins.

"Good morning Third Hokage." I said lamely, not sure what else to say. We sat there in silence for a moment, until he spoke up again.

"I give my condolences to your father's loss." My face scrunched up to his words, as I sluggishly shrugged one shoulder.

"It's not that big of a deal..." I trailed off, only glancing to see the Hokage's reaction. His face spoke of curiosity as he leaned more onto his desk.

"Most usually wouldn't just shrug off a family's death." I looked down at my hands in shame. I mean, this was this girl's father we were talking about. I could at least be more thoughtful in the situation. So I decided to give out the half lie, half truth that had seemed to be 'my case'.

"Well, sir, I don't remember him at all. I have no connection to him in my memory, so I don't care as much as I should." I told him bluntly, watching him carefully. His face stayed neutral but his eyes... It was only a short moment but I could have sworn that his eyes widened slightly in surprise.

He sighed, "I see," then he went on to shuffling through some papers. I had waited patiently , which was hard to do, as he found the one he wanted.

"Ishio Akinori, I hereby claim that you are under the Academy's Discount to Orphans in Need of Homes, or ADONH. This paper here states that the Academy will pay all living fees that concerns a home until you either become of age or become a Genin. Also, this includes all other things that you will need to survive such as food and ninja gear for the first two months. I just need you to sign right here." He pushed forward the paper he hand in his hands, pointing to the line that had 'signature' besides it.

I sat there for a moment, staring at the paper.

No wonder why orphans were able to survive on their own in the show! Kohona is loaded with money!

I eagerly stood up, bouncing on the balls of my feet to the paper. This was the deal of a life time. Not only was I magically in the Naruto world, I was given a roof over my head for free.

Free was probably my most favorite word at the moment.

I signed the paper in English, with out a second thought. I handed the signed paper to him, as he glanced over it to make sure I didn't have to fill anything out.

"What language is this Akinori?" He inquired, looking up from the paper. I froze in place.

Had my cover had just been blown?

Well it wasn't much of a cover. I had concluded earlier in the week that it was probably in my best interest if no one knew that I had came from another dimension. Reasonably, I wouldn't get the best reaction from the other people.

I had to think of a plausible lie that even the Hokage would believe. Something so grand, something amazing, that to this day people would be amazed-

"Erm, I had been reading an English book at the hospital all week, and I guess I had did it out of habit from practicing." I lied lamely, cringing at the terrible lie. I had wanted to bang my head against the wall because of the garbage that came out of my mouth.

That was the oh so grand lie that I had come up with? I had deserved to be kicked in the bum for that one.

Waiting to be called out, the Hokage just shrugged his shoulders putting the paper into a pile of papers.

"Just be sure to sign in Japanese the next time." I deadpanned. Had I really just fooled the Hokage, of all people? Man, he must really be losing his touch then...

He opened the drawer and brought out a key with a room number on it. He tossed it towards me. I squeaked in surprise as I fumbled the keys in my hands, but ended up dropping them anyways. I let out a sigh of frustration as I snatched it up from the floor.

The Third Hokage smiled at me, then sent me on my merry way, saying he had a lot of paper work he had to finish.

I bowed to him in thanks, then I jogged out of his room, feeling his eyes watch me all the way to the door.

Once I was out of the range of the office , I let out a sigh of relief. I don't know how I got out of there so smoothly. I would have at least thought he would be suspicious or something. Then again, why would he had been? For all he knew, I was just some little girl that had gotten the bad end of the bargain in a house fire that managed to still survive.

No reason to be suspicious here. Still... I had to shake off the feeling of him watching me with those all knowing eyes.


That Medical-Nin was a lair.

Went to go stand guard? Yeah, right. He left me alone with the Hokage the first chance that he got.

Not that I was complaining, I was actually glad to have some alone time, it was just that it would have been nice to have some one show me where I would be spending my childhood from here on out. Kohona was huge, how was I going to find my room that I was staying at? How was I going to find the apartment building it was held at?

I sighed, it seemed as if I was going to have to find it the hard way. Through trial and error. How fun this was going to be. Sense the sarcasm there?

As wandered through the city, I fiddled with the key in my hands. Room Number 36. The thick black 36 was imprinted to the old yellow key. That was the only clue I had to tell me where I would be living at.

I was tempted to go and asked the Third Hokage, but I wasn't to thrill at the thought of accidentally making more of a fool out of myself. Besides, he said so himself, he was busy with paper work.

So it looked like I was on my own on this.

I stood there with a hand on my chin, thinking of a game plan. I didn't even know where to start.

I guess I could find a map of the city, but I didn't even know where one would be at in this damnable city. I sighed in defeat as I started to mindlessly wander around.

I went into every shop I saw and asked if they had a map I could have or if they knew where the building for the key would work at. Everyone I had asked didn't know and didn't have a map.

How useless.

It wasn't until a few hours later I had caught my lucky break.

My feet were sore from aimlessly walking around, and I had not yet found out where I would be staying. This really seemed like some sort of flaw in the ADONH system.

Then by some saving grace , I had ran into a little boy that was covered in dirt from head to toe. Of course, when it happened, I didn't see it much of a saving grace.

He had knocked into me with such force that we had both landed on our butts. Irrigated that I had not found out where I was stay at yet, and now some one had ran into me.

You could say I was not a happy camper.

"Watch where you're going!" I snapped at him, getting up from the ground. He looked up at me, he seemed as if he was nervous about something.

"I gotta go!" He jumped up onto his feet with grace of a cat. He was about to run off when I grabbed him by the wrist.

"Hold up! You aren't leaving until I get an apologize!" I told him, glaring. Because of him, I too, was covered in dirt. He was being anxious now.

"I-I-I gotta go!" He claimed, tugging at his wrist. Was this all this kid could say?

He seemed as if he was my age, yet he was smaller than I!

Suddenly I seen a group of civilians come running down the road. We both stared wide eyes at the oncoming , angry group.

"There he is!"

"Get him!"

"Don't let him get away!" They all seemed to be screaming in chorus, rampaging through the city.

He squeaked, making a last minute decision. He jumped onto a roof. With me still holding onto his arm.

I've never screamed louder in this lifetime.

Now let me tell you, being dragged around like a rag doll by a boy smaller than you was not fun. I had hit roof tops harder than I would have liked to , and before I could compose myself, he had jumped to another roof which sent my stomach in a spiral of nausea. He even put his hand on my mouth to stop my screaming!

Though I guess it was my fault since I was the one with the death grip on his wrist. But there was no way in the nine hells I was letting go and allow myself to potentially have my second death from falling a dangerous height.

We finally settled onto one roof top, both out of breath. Well his from using his chakra while I on the other hand thought I was about to have a heart attack.

"Are you insane? " I sputtered out, pushing him away from my grasp. He proceeded to put his hands on his knees, laughing.

"This is not a laughing manner!" I yelled at him, my eyes narrowing at him. He feel on his butt, laughing harder. I was fuming now.

"You don't just drag girls across the damn city!" I snarled , crossing my arms at him. He abruptly stopped his laughing, as he looked up at me.

"You're a girl?" He asked, as he gave me a perplexed look.

I gave him a look as I bonked him on the head.

"Of course I am a girl!" I hollered, steam coming from my head . He pouted as he rubbed the top of his head.

"Could have fooled me..." He mumbled, continuing to rub his head. I took this moment to study the boy.

He was sure a mess. He had dark brown hair that had seemed to stand up against physics, as his bangs seemed to fell lightly above his chocolate brown eyes. His tan reminded me of the light brown dirt used on roads.

Shoot! He was even wearing brown civilian clothes. This boy was starting to look more like a coconut the longer I stared at him. I averted my gaze to my surroundings at that moment. No one seemed to be wanting our heads on a silver platter.

"Looks like we lost them." I stated, looking back at the boy. He jumped up bubbly, giggly like a little girl.

"Of course we did! They'll never catch me!" He seemed upbeat about that exclamation. He smiled brightly at me, and I couldn't help but give a small smile back. All my anger from before had disperse into nothingness. The kid was just to cute to not smile back at.

"Hey, where are we exactly?" I asked him, looking down at the building we were on.

"We're at a apartment building." He said, tilting his head. My smile grew bigger as I rushed to the ladder that would lead me to the outside railing. Once I planted my feet on the metal floor, I rushed through the doors, searching for Number 36.

It was on the third floor, the half way mark of the building since it had six floors.

I grabbed my key out of my pocket and shoved the object through the key hole. With a satisfying click, the groaning door opened.

Thank my lucky stars! I squealed in delight, as I had finally found my new home after hours of searching. The boy smiled, probably glad he could help. A look of realization went through his face, as he stood up straighter.

"Oh! I gotta go! My Mum's probably wondering where I am with dinner now!" He jumped on the railing, about to be off.

"Wait! I don't know-" And his was gone, jumping onto roof top, to roof top. "Your name..." I mumbled out the last two words of my sentence, sighing.

I turned back to my new home, examining it.

It was an old building, having not much to offer. Thus, it was a roof over my head so I shouldn't be complaining. I walked into the dusty room, in dismay. Even though it was free for now, it looked like I had to be doing a lot of cleaning to make it livable.

Oh Joys.

I hope you enjoy this chapter as it was mostly kinda filler you could say.

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