"F-Fox?" I looked at him closely to make sure that it was him.

"Hey Cat." He waved.

"Hey!" I waved back. I'm glad that I was able to see him. He's a really good friend. He's nice too. SB is lucky to have him.

"So SB. You and Fox are together I see."

"Yep!" She said excitedly.

"That's good. Hope you guys will last forever."

"Oh yes we will." She grabbed his hand,

I laughed. "Well how long have you guys been together anyway's?"

"6 years."

"Oh wow. You guys are almost up to us. We have been together for 7 years. But it's almost 8 years." I smiled.

"Well that's good! But! I want to tell you something. Well we want to tell you something."

"What is it?" I asked confused. "Wait… Your pregnant?!"

"What?! No!" She laughed hard. "Well. Actually I'm expecting it to tell you the truth."

"…WHAT?!" Now I was really shocked and surprised, that I nearly almost fell over. But Rai held me close to him. I blushed…

"Yeah. Everyone else knows expect you."

"And your just telling me now?! How rude…"

"Well. Actually to tell you the truth. I texted everyone saying that. You're the first person that I have told that in person."

"Oh wow. Then I must feel special."

"Yep." She giggled. "But I there's also something else."

"What?" I tilted my head.

"Me and Fox are getting married!"

"Oh. Congrats!" I hugged her. "I'm sure you'll be a good mother. And Fox will be a great dad." They both laughed.

"So your invited! And I hope you can come."

"Oh don't worry. I will come. And when is it anyway?"

"In a week."

"Ok. I'm gonna have to be in a dress… Oh boy…"

"But you look sexy in a dress." Rai whispered into my ear.

I laughed. "Of course you would say that." I whispered back to him.

"Well we are gonna go." SB said.

"Ok then. I'll see you later, or at the wedding."

"Alright. Bye Cat." She hugged me. I hugged back.

We both waved at them, and they waved back.

"Well it was nice seeing SB again. She's a really great friend. And she's always the happy one. When she's happy. I'm happy. And I like to see her happy."

"That's good."

"Yeah. Can't believe she's getting married though. Well she is 25 already. And Fox is 26. So she's not young to get married."

"It will be our turn soon." Rai whispered to himself so that I couldn't hear.

"What was that?" I looked over to him.

"Oh nothing." He smiled.

"Oh I will find out what you said."

"I'm sure you will." He smiled.

"Come on. Let's go somewhere."

So that entire day we spent out day together as always. Going to the park, then going out to eat. And finally it was time for us to go home, and relax.

We were just walking down the sidewalk alone, holding hands. (When don't we ever do that?)

"Cat?" Rai asked me.

"Yeah?" I turned my head to see his face.

"I want you to see that movie with me."

"What movie?"

"The Hills Have Eyes."

"…That sounds like a scary movie…"

"That's cause it is."

"Oh…I think I'll pass."

"No. Your gonna come see it with me."

"Oh come on! You know I don't like to see scary movies. I'm gonna get scared…"

"Awwww. Don't worry." He was holding me really close to him now. "I'll hold on to you. And you know that."

"I know." I was starting to feel warm from his touch. But I liked it.

"Now that you mentioned about a movie. There's a movie that I haven't seen."

"What movie?" He asked curiously.

"Kung Fu Panda." I said.

"Really? You've never seen it?"

"Yeah. I've never seen it. I want to. But I never got the chance to see it."

"We'll rent it."

"Ok. But I'm not paying." I laughed to myself.

"Who say's that I was gonna let you pay?"

"Well I was just saying."

"Besides. I'll never let you pay for anything."

"What? But what if I wanna pay for something? Even if I'm the one that's buying it?"

"Nope. I'm not gonna let you pay."

"…Aww come on! But what if you go broke?"

"Don't worry. I won't go broke."

"That's what you might say."

"I won't."

"Fine, fine. Oh and one more thing."

"What?"
"If I say 'I want this'. Don't listen to me and buy it."

"I'm still gonna buy it." He smiled.

"…Ok seriously! I just said don't buy it! Don't you understand what don't buy it means?!"

"Nope."

"Oh my gawd." I slapped my forehead. "Ow…"

"Don't do that." He took my hand away from my forehead, and kissed my forehead. "Better?" He smiled.

"Much better." I smiled back.

"Now come on. Better get home before your mom gets all worried."

"Yeah."

So we walked down the sidewalk while talking, until we finally reached to my house. When we got inside my room. We both got dressed getting ready for bed. I got into bed, and Rai did the same thing. He pulled the blanket over us.

I looked at him and I saw a grin on his face… This is the part where I get scared…

"Why are you grinning?" I looked at him scared.

"Oh no reason." He was still grinning.

"…I have a bad feeling about this…"

Then the next thing I knew. He poked my sides…Therefore…I squeaked. I covered my mouth wishing that the squeak had never came out.

"Such a cute squeak." Rai said.

I was blushing… And really red this time.

"And your blush is cute also."

"Oh will you quit it already!" I turned around letting my back facing Rai.

"Awww. Don't be depressed now."

"I'm not depressed." I sighed.

"Cat." Then he also sighed. "You know I don't like seeing you being depressed right?"

"I know." Then I turned around meeting his face again. I looked at him in the eye then laid my head down on his warm, hard chest. "I love you Rai."

"I love you too." He kissed my forehead.

"And Rai?"

"Yeah?"
"Just to let you know. You won't get away with it."

"Get away with what?"

"You poking me."

"Oh. I like to see you try."

"Don't worry. I will." I smiled. "Just not now. Someday."

"Ok. And I'll be waiting for that day."

"I'm sure you will." Then I finally closed my eyes, and drifted to sleep. And Rai did the same thing.

I woke up with the sound of the vibration from my cell phone. But before I could turn around to get the phone. Rai beat me to it. He didn't want me to wake up I guess.

"It's from Sakura." He told me.

"What did she say?" I asked him.

"Well she said to go to Blue's house."

"…Ok then." I thought it might say something like 'Happy Birthday Cat!' or something similar to that. But I guess not.

I got up and go dressed, while Rai was getting dressed also. Then I started thinking. Sakura inviting me to Blue's house? How come Blue didn't say so herself? Something's up… It's just weird that your friend would invite you to another friends house. But we'll see once we get there.

Before I could put my shoes on. Two pair of arms went around my waist, then kissed my neck.

"Happy Birthday Cat." Whispered Rai.

"Thx." I whispered back to him.

He turned me around to face him. Then he locked his lips with mine, and he broke the kiss.

"Maybe I can take you somewhere out to eat later."

"Please don't tell me it's gonna be somewhere expensive." I looked at him.

"Yes it is."

"Rai. You don't have to take me some where expensive. You don't need to waste your money on me. Please don't."

"Well I want too. It's my money. And that's what I want to do with it."

"But you don't need too."

"But I want to."

"Alright, fine." I sighed.

"Besides. We guys do this just to make the girls happy."

"But I'm already happy with what I have. You."

He smiled. "And I'm glad to make you happy."

When I had finally put on my shoes, I went down stairs to tell my mom that Sakura had invited me to Blue's house. She smiled as if she knew what was going on. But I didn't want to ask because I'm not that kind of person. I just wanna find out on my own.

Before I was able to leave out of the house. Someone stopped me.

"Catarina wait!" It was my mom.

I turned around. "Yeah?"

"Come here."

"Um. Ok?" I walked over to her.

She hugged me. "Happy Birthday Honey."

"Mom. I thought I told you not to call me that anymore. But thx anyway."

"Your welcome. And here." She handed me a green envelope.

I took it. "Mom. I thought I told you not to give me anything."

"I didn't get you anything. Just open it."

"Huh?"

She laughed. "Open it."

"Ok." I opened the green envelope. Inside of it was a card. I read the card and it said. "To a great daughter that's finally 22! Woohoo!" I laughed at that. "Well I hope you will have a fantastic birthday!" Then I opened the card and… I found money in it.

I was shocked… "Mom…You didn't have to give me this either…" I grabbed the money and counted how many it was. It was about 500 dollars.

"Well since you said that you didn't want anything for your birthday. I decided to give you some money instead."

"I should've saw that coming." I muttered to myself. "Well I'm heading off to Blue's house." I told her while I was putting the money inside my pocket.

"Alright honey. Have fun."

"Bye." Then I headed outside.

We were heading down the sidewalk, to Blue's house. When we were coming to the ninja academy. I looked at it. Remembering those memories. Those good old days.

Flash Back Time.

6 years ago…

I was jumping from tree to tree. Trying to let no one to notice me. Until I was safe, I looked around to see if anyone saw me. It was clear.

But before I could sit down, and relax. There was a kunai heading towards me. I gasped and jumped up into the air landing on another branch. The kunai hit the tree instead, and I was safe from that kunai. But I'm sure there's gonna be more from where that came from.

I was looking from the distance. To see who threw that, and where it came from. Then I saw another kunai coming from the North.

"Gotcha." I said to myself.

I jumped out of the way so the kunai wouldn't hit me, and landed onto another branch. Then I started jumping from tree, to tree heading into the direction from where those kunai's where coming from. I was also dodging those incoming kunai's that were coming towards me.

I made a few hand signs and said. "Blending No Jutsu!" My whole body was blending in with the background. You really couldn't see me. This jutsu also hides my scent, so it's impossible for the opponent to find me. Which is perfect.

Next thing I did was hide from behind a tree. Peaked out a little to see who the person was. I couldn't really see, so then I was walking really quietly making sure that the person wouldn't see me. When I was only inches away from the person. It was time.

So then I jumped out and tackled the person from behind. When I took a closer look to see who it was… It was… Michiyuki.

I rubbed my eyes just to see if it was really him. "Michiyuki?"

"Hey Cat. Looks like you found me huh?"

"Yep." I got up from him, and helped him up.

"That was pretty nice, and a nice sneak attack too." He said to me.

"Thx." I replied back to him. "So have you gotten Rai, or Kenta sensei?

"Nope. I thought you were Rai, because of those moves. Didn't know you had it in you. Nice."

"Once again. Thx." I laughed. "Well there's no time for sitting around, and relaxing. We still have to find those two guys."

"Right." I'll head South. You head West." He said getting ready to take off.

"Alright. Go!" We both headed out in our directions.

I was looking ahead until something moved in the bush. It made me jump a little cause I didn't expect that. I took out a kunai, turned around, and stood there. Waiting, to see if anything else would happen. And there was another movement inside the bush again. Then I threw my kunai into that bush, and I saw a black shadow leaving the bush.

Then the person that was in the bush threw about 5 kunai's at me. I took out 5 kunai's and threw one kunai, at the other kunai one by one canceling them out. It was a success. But before I could jump into a tree, something caught around my ankle. I looked down, and I saw a rope around it. The only thing I could do to get out of it quickly was to grab another kunai and cut the rope. After I did that, I was finally able to jump into the tree. Then I looked at the ground, trying to find that black shadow again.

"Where did that shadow go?" I was thinking to myself. Then I felt something that was getting close to me. I could sense that chakra. I quickly left so whoever that was won't get me. Then I used that same jutsu that I had used on Michiyuki just so this person won't find me, or sense me. I went behind a giant rock, and this time I was able to have my eye on the shadow. Then something happened that I didn't see coming… The shadow was looking at me… Then he started towards me.

"Crap…" It was the only thing I thought.

Then this dark shadow reached out his hand to me. I slapped the hand away from me. But he grabbed my hand before I could pull away from that slap I have given him. I smirked. Then the clone disappeared. It was a trick. For him of course. Then my head popped out from inside the tree. Then I jumped out of it and tackled the shadow. We fell from the branch, and landed onto the ground. I'm glad I wasn't at the bottom. The shadow wasn't hurt from that fall. But I was a little. Cause his body was hard. Then I looked at him in the face… It was Rai.

"Good job Cat." He said.

"Thx, and sorry about that fall. Hope you didn't get hurt." I half smiled.

"Oh it's ok. You didn't hurt me that bad."

We both got up, and before we could say anything else, Kenta, and Michiyuki appeared on a branch of a tree side, by side.

"Looks like you got Rai, Cat. Nice going. Didn't expect that." Kenta said.

"Oh just because he's a guy, and I'm a girl, doesn't mean that he's gonna win. Girls got some things up their sleves too you know." I stuck my tongue at him. "So who got who first between Michiyuki, and you Sensei."

"Oh. Well." He starched the back of his head.

I looked over to Michiyuki. He crossed his arms across his chest like he was upset.

"I'm guessing you got Michiyuki, huh Sensei?" I asked.

"Yeah… He sure did." Said Michiyuki. Then he sighed.

Kenta patted his back. "Don't worry Michiyuki. You'll do great later. And you will become a lot better, stronger, faster, and quicker."

"You really think so?" Michiyuki asked.

"Yes indeed. Just don't give up. Keep on trying, and believe in yourself."

"I will." Michiyuki smiled.

End Of Flash Back.

Yeah. And Kenta was right. Michiyuki was gotten a lot stronger. He's really improved a lot since the last time I saw him. And he has never given up. He kept on trying until something worked.

When I finally focused back onto the real world. I've noticed that we've already reached to Blue's house. We walked up to the front door. I knocked. No one answered the door. So I knocked it again, but this time harder, and louder, so maybe they will hear it this time. After that knock, the door opened a little by it's self.

"Is that suppose to happen?" I asked Rai.

"I don't know." Was all he can say.

"Hmmm. Well let's just walk in and see what's going on." I headed inside with Rai behind me.

It was dark inside. I was looking around, feeling around to see if I can find the switch for the lights. But before I could turn on the lights. The lights turned on, and then you could see everyone all together and then yelled. "SURPRISE!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATARINA!!!!!"