(Bleeerrrggghhh! Summer sux. I have nothing to do, which, in turn, means no insparation. I lost the file whith my plot plans, so from now, i have to wing it. oooh, that'l me fun DX

Im leaving for Montana in two or three days, hopefully, i can write a few more chapters for you guys.

Thanks!)

Waking up in a strange place is weird enough, but waking up to a perky little girl grinning in your face is worse. Hinata jerked up and scrambled backward. "W-who are you??"

"Im your new chamber-maid."

"My new what?"

"Chamber-maid You kn-"

"I know what a chamber-maid is. Why do i have a chamber-maid?"

"How am i supposed to know? I was sold here."

"Oh my, Im so sorry...I know just how you feel."

"No you dont!"

"Um...how do you figure i ende up here?"

"Oh..." the little girl uncrossed her arms and sighed. Maybe 7 or 8? She shouldnt be here, she is way to young...Hinata bit her lip and undressed. She reached for a simple grey kimomo she had laid out last night, but her maid stopped her. She nodded towards the closet and grinned. "Naruto-sama brought kimomo for you. I think he likes you." Hinata's cheeks flushed and she began twidling her fingers. "Dont say things like that."

Nothing was better than iced tea on a hot afternoon. Work done, Hinata and the little girl sat under a tree and talked. The chamber-maid never said her name, and Hinata was politly demanding it. "Sasame" was her only reply. Hinata hugged her and patted Sasame's redorange hair. She was a cute girl and a sweet character. (if you guys remember, Sasame was the one who made an agreement to bring Naruto, Sakura, and Jiraya to Orochimaru in return to see her cousin, Arashi.)

Hinata showed Sasame around the manor and returned to her room tired out and weak from the sun's mocking rays. Sasame quickly unrolled her bedmat and curled up next to her nee-san (pronounce: nay-san. meaning: big sister). Hinata had told her to call her that when they were alone. Sasame's parents had died shortly after selling her here, so Hinata Hyuuga decided to be her unrelated sister.

They both fell asleep with smiles on their faces. Hinata had found a new friend and Sasame, a new family.