It was two weeks before Natsumi was allowed to leave the hospital and it's been one week since then. Her mind had been swirling since then. What was Madara's purpose in flashing his mangekyo at her? Was it some sort of warning? No matter which way she looked at it, it wasn't anything good. His eyes reminded her of her past. It pissed her off because she couldn't remember why it reminded her of her past.

So, as she did everyday out of pure boredom, she was walking around the village. It was her daily attempt to clear her mind and unfortunately, most of the time it did not help.

"NATTY-CHAN!" Her eyes widened as she did a 180 to see a crazy male riding on a very furry pony. An 'oof' was heard as Natty fell on the ground. Suddenly, she felt the furry pony licking her face incessantly.

"Get off you dumb dog!" After that, Natsumi was able to sit up and wipe her face of slobber. When she opened her eyes clearly, she saw a grinning Arata in front of her and a now-saddened Daike next to him.

The only response she could give was laughter. "Oh it's okay Daike! I don't mind your kisses! Just don't do it too much, okay?" She laughed again as Daike barked and licked her in response.

"Oi! That ain't fair! I called out to you so I can talk to you!" She laughed again as she stood up, only to receive a bone crushing hug from the hyper-active Inuzuka. "I haven't seen you since you left the hospital! Where have you been? I missed you!"

"Where have you been? I've been walking around the village. They won't let me train or go on missions. I'm about to die of boredom."

"Eh? Why not? You look fine to me!" She couldn't help the blush that covered her face as she noticed Arata looking her up and down.

"Uhm well, they said it was because they don't want to rush it. Something about amnesia causing a shock and potentially causing my death." An 'o' formed on Arata's lips.

"Well, that would suck! I don't want ya to die! Not when we just became friends!" Natsumi stopped moving and stared at Arata in shock, wondering if she heard him correctly. "What? Is that so weird?"

Once again, all Natsumi could do was laugh.

"Hey let's go walk around! I'm sure everyone would be happy to see ya again! I know they've been worried for sure."

"They have?" Her surprised face turned over to Arata's confused face.

"Well, of course. We're all friends, right?" A huge smile covered her face as she nodded happily.

"Yes, let's go see our friends." She felt a nudge and looked down to see Daike standing next to her.

"He wants you to ride him." Arata laughed out loud as he saw her facial reaction. "You have such a dirty mind! I never woulda guessed!" He continued to laugh as Natsumi looked away, red covering her face.

"Shut up." With that, she jumped on Daike's back. "So how do we find everyone?" I don't exactly remember their chakra signatures…

"Well, I know where to find Shikaro…" He trailed off. Natsumi looked at him in confusion. He sounded disappointed for some reason.

xXx

Natsumi stared. This guy was a ninja? The question 'how' kept running through her brain. As she continued to stare, disappointment quickly started running through her veins. After hearing all of the cool stories about him and his amazing mind, this was, simply put, disappointing.

"Re-really…?" A nod was the only answer she got as she continued to stare. He was sleeping at the bottom of the hill. Sleeping! How could he be the super genius she heard about?

"Huh?" She looked at Arata in confusion until she saw what seemed like a very pissed off Inojiro walking towards him. "This gotta be good." He laughed.

"Why?" She asked as he continued to laugh.

"Just watch." As requested, she turned her attention back to the pair at the base of the hill.

"You lazy ass! You no-good ninja! How're we supposed to do anything if you don't move?! You literally have no motivation what so ever!" Natsumi swore she could see steam coming out of Inojiro's ears when he received no response. "Get off your lazy ass!" Silence was once again the response.

Natsumi gasped as Inojiro grabbed the Nara by his shirt and pulled him off the ground. They only noise he gave was a groan in what seemed like annoyance. What Inojiro said next made Natsumi smile and made Shikaro reluctantly agree to 'get off his lazy ass'.

"At least you're allowed to train. Natsumi isn't allowed to do that."

With that, Arata decided to make their presence known. "Oi ass-wipes!" The two looked up and Natsumi saw the look of utter boredom on Shikaro's face and annoyance on Inojiro's.

"Natsumi!" Inojiro quickly let go of Shikaro's shirt, making the lazy Nara fall down to the ground, and ran up the hill. "I missed you so much!" He then, just like Arata, pulled her in to a bone crushing hug.

"It's great seeing you guys again." She smiled at Inojiro and then at Shikaro who finally made it up the hill, surprisingly with a bored expression on his face.

"Wanna hang out?" Inojiro looked at Shikaro after hearing Arata's question.

"I would ask him, but I already know his answer. We're supposed to train, but if it's for you Natsumi-chan, we can give it up for a day. Her face reddened at the sweet smile Inojiro sent her way.

"Oi, keep it to yaself." Arata glowered at the flirtatious Yamanaka. He then leaned in towards him and whispered; "imagine what Tobirama-san would do if he saw you."

Natsumi looked confused as she saw Inojiro's face grow ghostly pale. She became even more confused when a smirk covered her face. She looked over at Arata who had just groaned and muttered 'idiot'.

"Let's go beautiful. I believe we have more friends to find." All Natsumi could do was blush madly. The trio then turned around and started walking back towards the center of the village, chatting amicably between each other.

"It was hilarious Natsumi-chan! Arata was so worried about you! He was all Natty-chan this, Natty-chan that. He never shut up!" Inojiro laughed as he saw the Inuzuka's reddened face.

"So? Is it so bad that I was worried for a friend?" Arata's face almost seemed to give off steam as he saw the smile Natsumi gave to him.

"Thank you Arata." He stuttered a 'no problem' as they continued walking. However, Natsumi didn't see the smirk Arata sent the now-annoyed Inojiro.

"Shut up stupid dog boy!"

"I didn't say anything girlie boy!"

"What kind of insult is that?!"

"It's because you spend all your time on your hair!"

"At least I smell good! You smell like dog piss!"

"I don't smell like dog-piss! And what kind of man smells like roses?"

"My mom sells flowers! It's not my fault they decided to put the shop in our house! At least I'm not a dumbass!"

"At least I'm not-"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" The arguing duo stopped mid-insult and stared at Natsumi who was glaring daggers at both of them. "Both of you better stop or else I will make you pay." The only sound was a small chuckle that came from the, until-now, silent Nara.

"Natsumi-san?" The quartet turned to see Tsubame standing in front of them. They more or less assumed she was staring at Natsumi, considering none of them could see her eyes due to her hair covering them.

"Tsubame-san?"

"It is a relief to know that you remember me. I was extremely worried you would forget about me because of your amnesia." The three boys stared at the girl with a stupid look.

"Of course I would remember you Tsu-chan!" The boys stared in wonder as Natsumi walked over to the serious girl and gave her a hug. Tsubame also seemed surprised as she stood straight like a statue. "You're the only girl friend I have in this world of smelly boys." The boys continued to stare in silence at the exchange.

"Males are smelly?" At this Natsumi laughed.

"Disgustingly smelly! Hey, we're all going to hang out. Want to join?"

"I would love to, Natsumi-san." A great smile covered Natsumi's face at the answer while the guys continued to be silent. The girls began walking on their way again.

"You coming, smelly boys?" It was then when the boys realized that Natsumi very well might be the death of them.

xXx

The group of five continued to search the village, looking for their group of friends. In the end, they could only find Katsuo and Chou to join in on their 'small' dinner.

"I'm so happy you're okay Natsumi-san! We were so worried." Chou managed to mumble out in between stuffing his face.

How can one person stuff so much in their mouth? The rest of the group seemed to have the same question as they stared at the Akimichi in either disgust or wonder.

"I'm sorry for worrying you all."

Different forms of 'it's okay' and 'don't worry about it' resounded throughout the table.

"Just make sure you take care of yourself Natsumi. You're not allowed to train for another week, right?"

Natsumi stared at Katsuo, annoyance covering her face. "Yes, thanks for reminding me."

He nodded at her. "We don't want you hurt like that again nor do we want you exhausting yourself to that point again."

"Yes, yes, yes. Thank you big brother." Natsumi rolled her eyes at the smile Katsuo gave her.

"As long as you listen." She couldn't help but the twitch of her eyebrows.

The seven friends continued to sit around the table for a few more hours, continuing to get to know each other and becoming closer. After finally saying their good-byes, Natsumi left the restaurant with a big smile on her face.

Who would have thought that having friends could make her feel so at peace and so happy? She stared up at the night sky until she bumped in to someone causing her to fall on her butt. The pair of them both landed on the ground with an 'oof'.

"Aw man, now Hashi is going to make fun of me!" Hearing 'Hashi' immediately reminded Natsumi of Hashirama and hearing the girl say he'd laugh at her furthered her suspicion.

"Are you referring to Hashirama-sama?" The red-head looked up and stared Natsumi in the eyes.

"Yes, I am. Why do you ask?" The pair, while sitting, stared at each other in confusion.

"Oh, it's just that I am somewhat close to him because I'm being trained by-"

"Natsumi. Why are you on the ground with Mito-san?" After voicing an 'eh' the pair looked at Tobirama and then looked at each other.

"You're Mito?" "You're Natsumi?" Both said in unison.

"Yes! I've heard so much about you!"

Tobirama stared in annoyance at the two now-laughing girls. "Stop speaking at the same time. It's annoying."

"Well you're annoying but we don't complain!" Laughter came from Mito as she quickly agreed with Natsumi.

"Natsumi. You complain all the time." Tobirama stood at the still-sitting girls who were still laughing

"I should complain more!"

"You should!" Tobirama stood still arms crossed with a scowl on his face, completely and utterly annoyed, and he was not afraid to show it. "Aw, Natsumi, I think wittle Tobirama is upset. What should we do?"

After that, the new pair of friends stood up. "I don't know Mito, maybe-" Before she could get another word out, Tobirama quickly covered her mouth and glared at her.

"Mito. Hashirama is looking for you. He is quite worried." With that, Mito gasped and started running.

She didn't get very far before she turned around and yelled out; "Let's hang out tomorrow Natsumi!"

After pulling his hand off her mouth she yelled back an 'okay'. She continued smiling and laughing until she looked at Tobirama's face.

"Oh hey, Rami-kun. How're you doing on this fine evening? You're good? Well that's fantastic. I'm great too! I'm also tired, so I think I'm going to go home and sleep now!" She quickly turned around in an attempt to avoid a possibly dangerous situation.

However unfortunately, Tobirama is a cunning ninja. So when she felt a hand on her arm she started to sweat. "Natty-chan. The doctors informed me that you are allowed to train now. I believe the sooner, the better." With a horrified face Natsumi turned around to see Tobirama with a smile on his face for once. But that wasn't what horrified her. It was how purely evil the smile looked.

"Help?" She croaked out before he suddenly grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder. She had never cried so much in her life.