An Unexpected Daughter

Chapter Four: The Rest of Day 1 (mostly)

Nightflower had stormed off, furious with Naruto. Sakura was staring at Naruto with her mouth wide open as were the other ninja of his team. "What?" Naruto wondered as he looked after Nightflower, just as she stomped up the stairs to her house. "You have to admit-"

"She looks nothing like Kakashi Sensei!" Sakura yelled, hitting Naruto again.

"She does!"

"No, she doesn't," Neji interrupted, glaring at Naruto.

"How would you know, Neji? He wasn't your Sensei!"

"Naruto! Quit yelling," Tenten scolded, looking over at the house again. "Lee why don't you go talk to Nightflower while we continue working. Naruto might have been able to before, but he completely screwed things up."

"I did not," Naruto growled, continuing to clean things up.

Nightflower had burst into the house, Aarayan and Yue looking up, shocked. She was still fuming, and glared a her mother. Aarayan's eyes widened in surprise. "Those Ninja are leaving now!" Nightflower shouted furiously.

"What did they do, sister?" Yue asked, putting an arm over Nightflower's shoulder.

Nightflower shook it off. "You agreed with mother hiring those ninja! They accused me of being a daughter of a ninja! There's no fucking way that could be possible!"

"Calm down," Aarayan said slowly, still surprised at Nightflower's outburst at them.

After much work, Nightflower sat down at the table, covering her head with her arms. "Mother, do you have any idea who my father might be?" she whispered, glancing up at Aarayan. She shook her head.

"I have no idea. Those ninja are sure that your father-"

"I'm not related to ninja! I'm positive of it!" But Nightflower had some doubts.

"It's just what they said. Now go back outside-" Just then, Lee decided to pop into the house. Nightflower didn't glare at him, but she didn't exactly give him a warming smile either.

"I'm sorry about what Naruto said," Lee said with an apologetic smile.

"It's fine. Are the others still out at the barn?" Nightflower wondered as she stood up.

"Yes, we're still cleaning it out."

"I'll join you. There's lots of work to be done." Without another word, the two walked back outside. Everyone was silent as they worked and soon things were moving along. Nightflower continued to throw things off the ceiling and even had to go outside onto the roof to work on things.

After nearly four hours, they moved everything out. Nightflower was inspecting the building while the others looked over what could be reused. There wasn't much to use and a lot of damage that needed to be repaired. And on top of it, it was getting dark. Nightflower cursed silently, not happy they'd have to continue in the morning. And she'd had so much planned for tomorrow morning.

"We can get most of the things tonight," Nightflower announced as she turned back to the ninja. They'd hardly scrounged anything up.

"Well, we'll basically have to get all new boards," Tenten mused, thinking.

"I can tell how many boards are missing," Neji said, his eyes scanning with the Byakugan.

"Good. Make a list of it and then we can go pick it up." Nightflower quickly grabbed some paper and wrote down what Neji said. When that was all done, she asked Neji to get the horses (that's what he gets for skipping out on the animals!). He came back, looking unharmed.

Naruto, Lee, Sakura, and Tenten all stared in shock. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT, NEJI!" Naruto yelled.

Nightflower sighed. "Calm demeanor, I see," she said, sounding whiny.

"WHAT?" Naruto exploded, glaring at Neji. "So you're saying-"

"It only goes with the horses," Nightflower explained. "You'd be attacked seeing as you're so hyper. Would you like to try tying them to cart?"

Naruto hesitated. "Sure."

Let's just say, Naruto didn't end up like Neji.

Soon, the group was traveling to town, Neji controlling the front and the rest sitting in the back. Nightflower was asleep at the moment, curled up on her side and her head resting on her arms. Naruto watched her, silently thinking over how to approach the matter in her trying to bring out the Sharigan. He swore he saw it!

"Naruto, don't do it," Lee said softly, Naruto instantly looking over at Rock Lee.

"You don't even know what I was thinking," Naruto argued.

"It was written all over your face," Sakura frowned, glaring at the blonde.

"It was not," he muttered, folding his arms over his chest.

"Just keep quiet about it, Naruto," Neji answered, "if she is a ninja, it will be revealed to us in time."

Naruto glared at Neji. "Whatever you say, great leader," he replied sarcastically. Neji glared at him for a moment before turning his attention back to the road.

For a while, everything was silent, but Nightflower soon stirred, and blinked her eyes opening. They were red! But as soon as she blinked again, her eyes turned back to normal. "You'll want to remove your Ninja headbands," Nightflower said softly, noting they were close to town.

"Why do we have to?" Sakura wondered, surprised Nightflower would ask of such a request.

"Very simple; this is the Mist Village. They don't appreciate many ninja here." The group hesitantly agreed. Sakura took hold of the reigns while Neji removed his headband and they all tucked them into their pouches. "You'll also want to remove all ninja gear," Nightflower added, then five sharing a glance. With a nod from Neji, the rest of them hesitantly nodded their heads and did so as well. Nightflower took them and tucked them into her backpack she wore.

"I feel exposed!" Rock Lee and Naruto both complained.

"Then quit your complaining," Nightflower snapped, just as they finally pulled into town. She happily got into the seat by Neji and told him to go sit in back. For about two minutes, they rode in the cart, but were suddenly pulled to a stop, right in the middle of the road. Nightflower had stood up and Naruto could hear a light growl under her breath.

"What are you doing with them in your cart, little girl?" a guy laughed. Instantly, the squad from the Leaf Village was on their feet. Nightflower signalled for them to back down. Momentarily.

"They were hired by my mother, Kortetzu," Nightflower growled. Naruto remembered a name similar to that about three years ago, during the Chunin Exams…

"Are they ninja?"

"No, they're simply workers. You can ask each one if you want to." Her eyes only narrowed more. These two always gave her problems when she came to town.

"Really? Then we'll start with the one that looks like an idiot." Kortetzu turned his gaze to the blonde. "So, idiot, what are you here for?"

That flamed Naruto up. "What did you call me?" he asked dangerously.

"Idiot. That's what you are, aren't you? Especially if you actually work for this girl here-" Kortetzu was cut off when Naruto punched him in the stomach yelling, "You think I'm an idiot? Let's see who the idiot is!"

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, quickly dragging Naruto back. "You don't go around picking fights like this!"

"Sit down," Nightflower ordered, already ready with the horse reigns. Before they fully had a chance to, Nightflower took off, hitting Kortetzu in the shoulder as she passed. Nightflower glanced at Naruto, and gave him a quick smile, but no one else saw it. Naruto grinned, but said nothing.

It took them about two more minutes before they got to the builders. They seemed to know Nightflower pretty well too. "So, how many boards do you need, Nightflower?" a younger boy smiled as they appeared.

"Hey, Ari," Nightflower grinned, stepping off the cart. Then she handed Ari the list Neji had told her.

"Did your barn get destroyed during the last storm?" Ari wondered as he looked up from the list.

"Yeah, the cow barn got destroyed."

Ari nodded, then nodded towards the others. "Who are they?" Nightflower brightened.

"These people here are helping my mother and me around the farm. This is Naruto, Rock Lee, Sakura, Tenten, and Neji."

"Pleasure to meet you," Ari smiled, then the smile disappeared. "I haven't heard about you before."

"We travel around through all the villages," Neji said, as if it were the most natural thing.

Ari nodded, accepting the answer. "Well, can you give us a hand?"
"Of course!" Naruto and Lee said, then rushed forward to help Ari.

They got everything loaded in ten minutes. Nightflower went to pay when Ari placed a hand over hers. "It's fine. I'll pay for it," he smiled, then quickly pulled out the money before Nightflower could argue. Nightflower glared slightly, but she smiled anyways. "Thanks, Ari. I'll see you later." Then Nightflower signalled to the group to get into the now filled cart and quickly left, not even glancing back.

They were almost out of town when they were interrupted again. A group stood in their way and no one saw Kortetzu in the group. "Hey, Nightflower get down here," a man called.

Nightflower hardly glanced at the group. "Are you going to get out of the way or do I have to run you over?" Naruto was already ready to jump into the fight if he had to, but with a signal from Nightflower, he backed down… slightly.

"You're going to come down here right now!" another one called out and then suddenly Nightflower was pulled for her seat. Instantly, all five of the ninjas were out of their seats and had surrounded the group.

"Back away from Nightflower," Naruto threatened, his Kunai Knives pulled out.

One man sneered. "This is our business-"

The squad didn't allow him to finish. Within ten minutes, the group had beaten half the group (seeing as most weren't ninja) and had surrounded Nightflower to keep her safe. Nightflower was on the ground, nursing a sore cheek and glaring at her rescuers, spitting a little blood out of her mouth. "You need to get back into the cart. I can handle them," she growled before Sakura helped her up. Nightflower pushed Sakura away, then winced.

"Let us pass and you'll get to live," Lee said softly, then stepped forward. Everyone backed off, surprisingly. With a grin the ninja walked away, taking Nightflower with them.

~Author's Note~

Finally! A longer chapter! It's not longer by much, but it is longer. On my document, it was two pages longer! Yays! Anyway, thanks for all the reviews! They mean so much! But I hate to ask, but Review some more!

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