I awoke early the next morning and waited for someone to come get me for the meeting. A lazy looking gray haired ninja walked in and said "You Miyumi?"

"Yeah." I replied.

"The Hokage will see you now" he said and then just puffed away and a cloud of smoke. I was slightly baffled that I didn't even catch his name but decided not to question it and just walked to the Hokage's office. Just as I arrived I saw sand ninja escorting the Kazekage away from the Hokage's office. Although this slightly confused me I decided to just keep walking into the Hokage's office. As I walked in I saw the Hokage with a disgruntled look on his face unlike the calm one he was wearing the day before. "Miyumi" he said in a very official tone, "the Kazekage thinks that it would be in your best interest to stay here for the time being." I looked at him in disbelief "what about my parents?" I asked and a saddened voice. "They have been taken out of the village but the sand ninja believe that they are still alive." he sounded concerned at this last part making me feel uneasy. "Your mother was from Konoha correct? A Hyuga if I remember correctly…" he stated. "Yeah…but…" I started but didn't know where to go with my argument I was just so confused about everything that has happened. "The Kazekage asked me to take you in and allow you to continue training as a leaf shinobi. However, I cannot allow you to just start off as a genin here so you will have to take the genin exams over again." I stood there shocked at everything unraveling in front of me and couldn't find words to express the mix of emotions that were running through my head. "Now about housing…" he trailed off before continuing "Kakashi" he said and shortly afterwards the gray haired ninja from earlier puffed into the room. "She said it was alright if she stayed with her" Kakashi stated before turning to leave again. "Kakashi…" the Hokage started but didn't finish because Kakashi just nodded and looked at me. "You coming?" Kakashi said and I could see the faint outline of a smile beneath. I just looked at him and started following him. He led me to a house and knocked on the door. "Coming!" I heard the voice of a girl yell from the otherside of the door. When it swung open I saw a girl with short brown hair and deep brown eyes. She smiled at me and said, "You must be Miyumi. My name is Aiki nice to meet you roomie!" she smiled at me. Now fully grasping the situation I turned around to thank Kakashi but when I looked to where he was standing before there was no one there. I wonder if he always does that. I looked over at Aiki who was rolling her eyes. "Don't worry he always does that" she said sounding slightly annoyed. As I settled in she gave me some clothes to wear for the night and showed me to a room.

I laid down in bed after showering and changing but found myself unable to fall asleep. I sighed and walked out to the kitchen to get something to drink. As I was heading back to my room I saw someone sitting on the couch in the living room. "Having trouble sleeping?" a familiar voice asked. "Aiki… yeah I guess everything that has happened just finally sunk in" I sighed and looked at her. "Want to talk?" she asked. I nodded and sat next to her on the couch putting my glass of water on the end table. We talked all night about what happened to me and just trying to find a way to feel normal again after everything. She seemed to speak from experience but when I asked about her parents she just fell silent and I felt it was better if I didn't pry. She said that she would help train me to make shadow clones so I could pass my exam, she said that it would be best if I didn't make sand clones. She seemed to know an awful lot about me but I guess Kakashi probably told her about me before I moved in. She was originally from the sound village I did get at least that much about her past. She said that she had graduated last year from the academy despite being the same age as me and she was put on Gai-sensei's team, which apparently was Kakashi's biggest rival. We talked about all sorts of different topics before finally feeling exhausted and heading to bed.