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"You're not going to class today, Naruto-nii?" Nana asked as she pulled her hoodie up.
"No. I feel sick." Naruto said into his pillow.
"Well…get well soon, nii-chan. I'll bring you notes from today's classes." She said and ran out the door so she would not be late for class.
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"Good morning, everyone" Iruka greeted the class and everyone greeted back.
"Now it's time to take attendance." He announced and looked around the room.
"Naruto's not here? Nana, do you know?"
"He's sick" Nana replied as everyone else used the time to chat.
"Enough…Let's start the lecture" Iruka said and began a lecture on space-time jutsu and about the second and forth hokage.
The lecture has interested Nana to the point where she stayed after class to talk to Iruka sensei about some books on that subject. Nana rushed to Konoha's library and borrowed some scrolls and books on the subject of summoning items through sealing techniques.
On her way home she stopped in a store and bought ramen for Naruto, who was probably lying sick in bed waiting for her to return.
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"Naruto?" Nana called through the apartment, but did not receive any answer.
She looked around the room, under their beds, in the kitchen and in the bathroom. There was no sign of Naruto anywhere. She ran out the apartment in search for Naruto and she found him at the playground playing tag with other kids.
"Huh? Nii- chan…lied?" She asked herself as she watched the kids leave the playground with their parents.
She saw Naruto's pained face, she too could feel the pain of not having parents, of being alone. She remembered all the days she spent in the hospital waiting for someone to visit her, but the only people who visited her were the nurses and doctors. There was no one else, no relative, not a single person that would miss her, not even Naruto knew about her, duo to her life hanging by a thread. She rubbed her tears away in the sleeve of her hoodie as she plastered a smile on her face, making her way over to Naruto. On her way to Naruto she bowed to Shikamaru's dad as to greet them.
"See you tomorrow Nana" both Choji and Shikamaru said as they went away.
"Naruto" She whispered his name and he looked up whispering her name.
"Let's go home,…Naruto." She said stretching her hand with a smile on her face, even though she felt like crying because of all the memories resurfacing.
She didn't cry, she didn't want to show Naruto her sad face, she didn't want him to see that side of her. The only thing she wanted is for them to be a family, even though they didn't have parents to relay on , she wanted to be his greatest support on his way to becoming a hokage, so she will always smile in front of him no matter what. She promised herself on that day that she will become her brothers support on the way to his dream.
As they came home they both sat down at the kitchen table with ramen soaking itself in hot water, waiting for the long 3 minutes to pass, so they could start eating. The alarm clock went off and they both broke their pair of chopsticks saying itadakimasu, as they blew on the noodles, both slurping them not soon after.
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Next day they were both awoken by the doorbell. As Naruto went to check it Nana dressed herself up. She quickly brushed her hair throwing the brush on her bed as Naruto came running screaming silently in panic that Iruka-sensei came. Naruto threw Nana her shoes and they both jumped out of the window.
"You know Naruto, you really should go back to the Academy." She told naruto as they walked down the street .
"Man, when I'm not going to the Academy, I sure have a lot of free time…" He yawned into his hand.
"Naruto…." She started but was cut off by Hibachi and his friends. She moved behind Naruto a bit, letting him as the big brother handle the situation, after all he knew the guys far longer than she had, and the only ones she knew were Shikamaru and Choji.
"Naruto, we're gonna let you become our friend." Hibachi said, making Narutos face lit up in eagerness.
"Huh, are you serious?" Naruto asked him.
"Yeah, even your sister can be our friend. But if you want to become our friend, there is one condition."
"What is it, dattebayo" Naruto murmured to him, his smile dropping.
"Yesterday, my dad's patrol unit fought an enemy ninja up in the hills. They left his body behind, so if you can find it, and bring some spoils back to us, we'll let you two join us." Hibachi explained.
"Really?" Naruto asked as the other boy confirmed.
"Alright, I'll definitely bring some spoils back with me" Naruto said as he grabbed Nana's hand and took off running.
"Naruto, do you really think we should trust them?" Nana asked as they kept on running.
"It'll be fine Nana. You'll see, when we come back the others will acknowledge us." He said back to her with a grin, and all she could do was nod dumb folded at his trust.
Five minutes later they entered the forest on the hill, Naruto with a grin on his face and Nana stumbling behind him with a face painted full of worry.
