(AN) sooo… she made it home! Now, if there's anything you'd like to see please leave a review! I'll always be happy to hear what you say and take it into consideration! Thank you so much to those who've supported me, especially my sister, Lexiie! Love you! Wellll I don't want to keep you soo, let's get on with the show…

Ch: 7

It's been about a week since we came to Konoha. Some have welcomed us with open arms while others, mostly bratty children, abhorrer outsiders because apparently we've got this undiagnosed disease called cooties. Watch out everyone, don't want to catch it.

The day after we went to visit mom, we all helped to organize our new home. Even Yugao, who didn't have to be there, came for about two hours to help lift some of the heavier things. Not that we needed it, but it was always nice to have company from my previous life, it made things less surreal. So evidently, while I was asleep the night before, furniture was delivered. My team somehow snuck giant pieces of wood and things past my lightly sleeping form. Okay, not so lightly, but you get the point. After everything we had was all organized, Yugao wanted to take us out so we could shop for new gear and clothes.

It was…enjoyable. We all searched for the colors and things we previously owned. I chose black leggings that seemed to have an endless supply of pockets. Black shinobi sandals and I picked out a few long sleeved mesh shirts. For colder weather, I bought long sleeved navy hoodies with extra storage and for the summer a sleeveless navy hoodie with extra storage. The thing I'm proudest of is my new cloak. It's a black with some dark green laid in for the camouflage effect. There's little pockets on the inside for senbon and shurken; the hood is really big so it quite literally dwarfs me.

The boys kind of went for the same effect, but Shiori was, for some indefinite reason, nearly venerating the color bright green. She was almost as bad as Naruto minus the jumpsuits. I found it reasonably amusing and horrendous at the same time. I was torn on what to think so I just blamed it on global warming and the increase of insanity in the shinobi ranks. Anyway, she picked out neon green training tank tops and matching forest green training shorts. Thank god she got black long pants and a long sleeved black shirt for missions.

After we left the shop with all our newly bought items in sealing scrolls, Yugao took the time to show us around for a while. We got familiar with some of the streets near us, but she gave us a map as well just in case. We got home and continued to argue over which should go where for hours until one of our stomachs gave in. It was nice, we all cooked a healthy pot of ramen noodles without being too hostile with one another. Of course Riku managed to burn the first pot. And let's not forget, Touma "unintentionally" poisoned the second, because out of the blue, he thought the white powder was the salt. Note to self: Touma is passive aggressive. Ultimately, Shiori and I exiled the boys to the dining area.

The second day found us roaming the streets trying to get a good layout of Konoha. It was a relativity simple and calm day. We got lost a few times, but meandered our way back somehow. The day came and went so fast it was as if kami pulled the rug from underneath us. Shiori and I served non-poisoned and un-burnt ramen for dinner. It was questionably silent though and when I asked what the matter was, two out of three's response were tears.

Shiori and Touma were the first to break down. Not soon after Riku was silently sniffling along. I didn't know what to say, so instead I dragged them to the couch where we all just had a moment of silence.

"It's jus' so wrong!" She half sobbed that out.

"What's wrong?" I wrapped my small arms around her as she cried into my miniature chest.

"They should be here with us." Touma quietly said. I almost couldn't hear him. Almost…

"Yeah they should be. But they helped us get here. So I think they would want us to be happy, right? Isn't that what parents want? For their children to be happy?" I unknowingly started weeping along with them. Wryly, I questioned if this was like having siblings. Soon the day melted into another evening and we finally felt slightly whole again. While it was clear we would never be the same, it was still pleasant to find some sort of serenity.

By the help of the gods, I finally collected all of my teammates and shooed to bed along with myself. I didn't even have to use a pill since I was emotionally drained, so I simply collapsed onto my bed and fell into a dreamless slumber.

Since I'm usually a light sleeper, I was jolted awake by the muffled screams coming from the door across our room. I threw my blankets and scurried to the boys' room only to find Touma thrashing violently and Riku by his bed trying to pacify him. I vaguely noted that Shiori was standing behind me, but that wasn't as important as Touma right now. I stepped up and touched my hand to his arm, sending a small pulse of pain through him. I kind of felt bad about that since he shot awake, his eyes full of unadulterated fear and panic. I didn't know what to do after that, but I was not expecting Riku to sit down on the bed with him and start humming. I don't know how long we sat there but Shiori started drooping.

"You two should go to bed; I can handle this."

"Aye aye captin'" Shiori finished with a mock salute and a wink in Touma's direction. He softly chuckled at her behavior and winked back. Shiori and I got back and situated in our beds. In a few minutes I could make out that her breathing evened out and her chakra was swirling around in a calm, sedative manner.

I tried to sleep, but in the end gave up. I simply had too much to think about. I sighed and weaseled out of my bed yet again. Grabbing my cloak, I vaulted out the window. I felt a chakra signature spike nearby. 'huh, so he had anbu guards on us to see if we were doing anything… makes sense.' Well too bad for them because I wasn't up to anything. 'Well except the roof' I snickered in my mind. That was such a stupid pun that I wouldn't even be surprised if I threw myself off the ledge.

I gathered chakra to my feet and walked up the building to perch on the roof. When up there, I allowed myself to breathe. It was nice, the air here was fresh. It wasn't like in Ame where I could practically feel my lungs failing from all the chemicals. I could feel the eyes from the anbu on me.

"You can come out you know, I'm not poisonous." I oh so daringly confronted the guard who in turn spiked his chakra. Huh, I must have surprised him. Well it's not like you're not there. I heard soft footsteps to the side of me. I looked to my left and there was a boy with a weasel mask standing in all his glory. He had a low pony tail draped down his shoulder blades. I knew instantly who this anbu is. Itachi Uchiah. The future mass murder. That brought up a pressing subject: how the hell do I stop a mass murder?! I know why Itachi did it, and I greatly respect his reasons even though they're definitely warped.

We simply sat while the silence cloaked us. This brought me into a reverie of thoughts; all regarding a certain blonde kyuubi vessel, an emo avenger and a silver haired, mask addicted teacher. I missed them so much and I can only hope that I can be involved with them again.

"So little Kunoichi," He broke the silence with his words, "You gave up your peace as well?"

Wait…what?

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That's another chapter guys! Hope you enjoy and like always leave a comment tell me what you think and yeah! Have a nice day! Oh also stay tuned to find out what happens next