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"Bye, Shino." you say as he walks away.

You feel a presence behind you and you whip around to see...

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"NARUTO!?!" you screamed. Yea, right there in front of you was your dumb, blond teammate who was currently laughing his ass off at your pissed off expression.

You whacked him on the back of his head and he gave that famous Uzumaki grin.

"Heh, gomen Rika, I was just trying to see if you were okay, we never saw you leave the hospital."

"I left with Shino, Kiba and Hinata, thanks for worrying, though." You said while you relaxed after that first scare.

"Sooo..." He questioned while pretending to act casual by looking around the room, "What happened? Why were you with Sasuke? And who hurt you?"

He stood there with a determined questioning look on his face. It was kinda funny, so you started laughing.

"Okay, I got attacked, Sasuke found me, and...um..." You replied, trying to avoid the subject, "i don't know."

"Hmm..." he said with a finger on his chin, "I WILL FIGURE OUT WHO DID THIS!!!" and ran out the door, pointing his finger in the air. All in all, he looked pretty strange.

You sighed and closed the door after him, after seeing him trip down the stairwell and fall a couple of floors, oh yea, THAT'S a ninja right there!

You went to your bathroom and turned the faucet on, letting the steaming water splash into the tub. You walked into your bedroom and gazed out the window. It was a starry night and you could clearly see your favorite star.

A young girl rushed out into the clearing, the stars were bright and twinkled above her. Next to her ran a boy that look a couple years older, his silver hair hit his face lightly with each step. Finally, the girl stopped running right in the center of the Field where the grass seemed the softest. There, she fell onto the green carpet and looked int the sky.

"Yuki, how many stars are there?" she asked quizzically.

"Nobody knows," he replied, "there are billions and billions of 'em, though."

The girl made an amazed sound and found the brightest star she could see.

"What is that one called?" she asked, pointing a finger at the twinkling light.

"I don't know, you should name it so we'll know what to call it." he said while the younger girl still gazed with wide eyes into the abyss.

"I'll name it...Yuki" she said after thinking for awhile, "after my favorite person."

"Aww, thanks ya little squirt," Yuki said, "I love you."

"I love you too," she replied, "Onii-san."

"Shit!" you swore as she heard the bathtub overflow. You rushed in, turned off the water, and let some of the hot liquid disappear down the drain. After the water receded enough, you stripped off you clothes and sunk into the water. You sighed with relief as your muscles loosened.

After you finished soaking in the tub, you got and and dried off. You slipped under the covers and drifted off into a dreamless slumber.

The next day

You walked the training Fields before you had to get to the academy. It was going to feel great to train again and get your muscles working after all those hours in the hospital bed. The sun shone down on you and you could see the wood life bloom around you. It was beautiful for 6:00 in the morning.

You began to train by practicing your punches on a tree stump. After about 10 minutes of punching, you felt that eerie feeling again, a presence behind you. You whipped around, hands in front of you in a fighting stance. But, to your confusion, nobody was there.

You raised an eyebrow but continued to train, this time, with your guard up.

After you were satisfied with your training, you headed to the open Field where Naruto, who had later stopped by because he forgot, told you to meet.

"Hey Rika!" Naruto yelled when you got to the Field, waving his hands in the air.

"Hey Naruto!" You yelled and waved back.

You notice Sasuke and Sakura were also already there, but your new sensei was decidedly absent.

You heard Sakura giggle near Sasuke and rolled your eyes when you realized she'd gone into 'fangirl mode.' Naruto was totally oblivious as he sat in the grass, but you could see Sasuke and you gave him a pitying look. He just glared at you because you didn't do anything and you smirked as the irk mark on this forehead grew bigger and bigger.

After a few hours, Kakashi showed up and Naruto and Sakura screamed, "YOU'RE LATE!!!"

Kakashi just shrugged and made up some excuse.

"Now," he said, "it's time to BEGIN." He laughed evilly and you all sweatdropped.

"This is our jounin?" You whispered to Sasuke. He grunted.This is going to be a loong day, you thought.