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"Kami-Chan, Kami-chan!" Kaminari opened her door with raised eyebrows.
"Yes Naruto?"
"You're meeting your new team today right?!"
"Yeah." She said. "But not for another hour." She said blinking at him.
"I'm going with you." He said with a grin. "I gotta make sure your team is good enough for you." He said with a chuckle as he crossed his arms. Kaminari smiled softly.
"Naruto, it's a normal team. Two genin and a jounin sensei."
"But you're a chunin!"
"Only in skill level." Kaminari said shaking her head.
"As far as I'm concerned you're a chunin."
"Thanks Naruto."
"So do you know their names yet?"
"Not yet." Kaminari shook her head. "Uh...do you wanna come in?" Naruto blinked and looked past her.
"Can I?" He asked looking at her with wide eyes. She nodded and moved so he could come in. He slowly walked past her into the apartment.
"Whoa."
"What?" Kaminari asked as she closed the door.
"It's so clean."
"I take it yours is not?"
"Huh wha- no no it it's just... Not as clean." He said rubbing the back of his head.
"If you want I could come over and help you clean up."
"Huh? No no no that's okay."
"Are you sure? I owe you big time for..." she trailed off and looked away.
"For what?"
"For what happened on the mission... I'm really sorry-"
"Stop saying you're sorry." Naruto said with a frown. "You already said that a million times. I don't care that Ina-Chan gets really protective to the point of maiming someone. You're still the Kaminari I know and you're still my friend." Naruto said with a smile. "Ah- are you crying?! Don't cry Kami-Chan-!" Kaminari whirled around to hide her face.
"I-I am not!" She said. She wiped her eyes with one hand and hung her head.
"K-Kami-Chan?" Naruto reached his hand out.
"I ... I thought you would be afraid of me or hate me... I'm a killer I-!"
"Stop!" Naruto spun her around by her shoulders. "Don't say that." Naruto had a serious look on his face. "I would never be afraid of you and you're not a killer!"
"I killed my parents, Naruto!" She said with her eyes closed. Naruto blinked.
"Kami-"
"I keep having these flashbacks… these visions keep popping up." She swallowed. "I'm starting to remember what I forgot… My village came to kill me," Naruto's eyes widened. "My parents told me to hide in the woods and when they wouldn't tell the villagers where I was they started to hurt them." She sniffled. "They were screaming so much… Inazuma … took over and she killed the villagers that were in my house hurting my parents…"
"But you didn't-"
"They died by my hands and … Inazuma wouldn't kill my parents." Kaminari said. "They were so cut up and in pain… she wouldn't kill them no matter how much they screamed…they were in so much pain…" She closed her eyes tightly. Naruto frowned. "I left the house and I was going to run away then one of the villagers attacked me and cut my eye… she took over again and slaughtered the rest of the village…" Kaminari sniffled and Naruto used his sleeve to wipe her tears. "She was so mad that they hurt me… I know she was trying to protect me but…b-but…"
"D-Don't cry Kaminari." Kaminari 'hic'ed and suddenly was gripping the front of Naruto's jacket with her head buried against his chest. He blinked in surprised and his cheeks turned red. He swallowed and wrapped his arms around her. She wasn't scary to him. He wasn't afraid of her. He wanted to help her. She was that broken little girl again the one he'd seen that night in the rain. "You stopped your parent's pain, you helped them. That doesn't make you a killer." He whispered as he held her tighter. Kaminari sobbed into his chest. "You're not a killer."
After a few minutes of them just standing there in the apartment Kaminari pulled away and looked at Naruto.
"Sorry." She chuckled closing her eyes. "Now your jacket's all wet… I didn't mean to just…dump all that on you just now… I just needed to let it out."
"I don't mind." Naruto said with a soft smile closing his eyes. "Whenever you need me I'll be there for you. So whenever you need to talk just come to me, I'll listen." Kaminari blushed slightly making her already red face a bit redder. She quickly kissed his cheek and his eyes snapped open. He stared blankly and his whole face, neck and ears turned red.
"Uh... N-Naruto?" He didn't blink. "Naruto?" She poked his cheek. He blinked and looked at her.
"A-Ahh!-" he took his arms from around her and turned away.
"Naruto? I-I'm sorry I shouldn't have-"
"No no no its okay." He turned back and waved his hands in front of him. His face was still pink. Kaminari looked away embarrassed. "H-hey we're still getting ramen after you meet your new team, right?"
"Y-Yeah." Kaminari nodded.
"So uh..." Naruto cleared his throat.
"We can leave now." Kaminari said. "Take the long way."
"Alright." Naruto said with a smile. The two left Kaminari's apartment. He felt a breeze blow his hair again and blinked. "Oh, Ina-Chan." He chuckled. His wrist was pulled towards Kaminari's hand and she looked at him when their hands bumped. "U-Uh, I-I'm not- I-Ina-Chan-" Naruto's hand was pulled to bump into Kaminari's again. Kaminari blushed but slipped her hand in his before looking forward. Naruto blushed and smiled to himself. "Thanks Ina-Chan." He whispered.
Kaminari knocked on the Hokage's office door.
"Enter." He called from inside. Kaminari opened the door and walked in, Naruto behind her. "Ah Kaminari and… Naruto." The Hokage sighed and looked annoyed.
"I'm only here to meet Kami-Chan's new team." Naruto said. The two noticed a man and two identical boys standing in front of the Hokage's desk. The three turned to look at the two.
"Kaminari this is your new team." The Hokage said. "Kiyoshi-sensei." He said. The man turned and nodded to her. He was tall with short spiky brown hair and matching deep brown eyes. He wore a jounin vest and wore a similar outfit as Kakashi's but with more black instead of blue. He had his headband with a black cloth around his neck. "And twins Akira and Akio Tsuji." The two boys looked at Kaminari with identical looks. The boys were the same height with the same short black hair and green eyes. They wore identical outfits; they each wore the same black shirts with fishnet reaching to their elbows and black wrist bands on each wrist. They wore blue and black shorts that reached their knees with weapon pouches attached to their right legs and blue ninja shoes. The only thing that told them apart was the fact that Akira had his headband around his upper right arm and Akio had his on his forehead with his hair covering it slightly.
"She's on our team now?" Akio asked.
"She doesn't look very strong." Akira said.
"What did you say you brats?!" Naruto shouted. "Kami-Chan is a chunin!"
"Chunin level." The Hokage corrected.
"She's still stronger than those two!" Naruto said pointing at the twins.
"Naruto." Kaminari said looking at him she put a hand on his arm lightly. He stopped but was still frowning. The two boys looked at each other.
"Why don't you four get to know each other while I speak with the Hokage." Kiyoshi said. The four left the room. Naruto glared at the twins and they glared back.
"So...ramen?" Kaminari asked quietly. Naruto took her hand and started to lead her to the ramen shop. The twins followed.
Kaminari sat down on one of the stools and before Naruto could sit down the twins were on either side of her. The twins looked at Naruto with impassive looks as he glared at them. He took the open seat next to Akira and the four ordered their ramen.
"So Kami-Chan," Akira said making Naruto's eye twitch.
"What happened to your old team?" Akio asked.
"You're a chunin right?"
"Why are you joining our team, eh Nari-Chan?" Naruto immediately decided he liked Akio better.
"Naruto was on my old team." Kaminari said.
"I can see why you left." Akio said. Naruto retracted his previous thought and glared at the two.
"I was an extra person on the team." Kaminari explained. Their ramen bowls were place in from of them and Naruto directed his glare to his bowl while he ate.
The four finished their bowls in silence. Akira took a napkin and wiped Kaminari's cheek.
"You had some on your face, Kami-Chan." He said.
"Oh." Kaminari put her hand on her cheek. "Thanks Akira-Kun." Naruto's jaw dropped and he glared at the first twin. Kaminari had never added 'kun' to his name.
"Hey Kami-Cha-"
"Nari-Chan." Akio said over Naruto, making Kaminari look at him. "I like your scar." He said closing his eyes in a smile. Kaminari blushed slightly and lowered her head to hide her face with her hair. Akira brushed the hair out of her face as Akio lifted her chin. Naruto practically had steam coming out of his ears. He grabbed her hand and pulled her off her stool. He started to storm away from the twins, dragging a confused Kaminari behind him. Suddenly her hand was pulled from his and he whirled around.
"Hey!" Kaminari blinked. The twins were hugging each of her arms.
"We're not done hanging out with Kami-Chan." Akira said. Kaminari blinked again.
"She's our new teammate after all." Akio said. "Come on Nari-Chan."
"Bu-but-" Kaminari looked back at Naruto as the twins lifted her by her arms – she was shorter than them so it was easy for them – and started to walk away. She turned her head forward as the twins looked back at Naruto; they each stuck out their tongues and pulled a lower eyelid down.
"Errr!" Naruto glared with a growl and went after them. "Hey wait a minute!" The twins started to run. "Come back here with Kami-Chan!" The twins laughed as they ran. Kaminari simply allowed her be carried and blinked some more.
The two boys lost Naruto and put Kaminari down as they burst out laughing.
"Did you see his face?!" Akira laughed.
"He was so pissed!" The two said in unison. Akira put a hand on his brother's back to steady himself. Kaminari shifted awkwardly.
"That guy was on your team?" Akio asked.
"Yeah." Kaminari said with a slight frown. "He's a lot stronger than he looks. He took down an S-rank criminal and his accomplice." The two boys looked at each other before they burst out laughing again, putting a hand on each other's shoulders. Kaminari glared at them then started to walk away.
"Aha ha- huh?" The two stopped laughing when they noticed her leaving. "Wait!"
"Nari-Chan!" The two ran after her.
"Kami-Chan!"
"Hang on!"
"Where are you going?" They asked in unison.
"I don't hang out with people who make fun of my friends." Kaminari said crossing her arms. The two boys blinked at each other and Kaminari started walking away again.
"Wait!" The two caught up again. "We didn't mean it!"
"Don't be mad at us." They said in unison. Kaminari looked away and kept walking.
"Apologize to Naruto, not me." She said before walking away.
Kaminari walked back to the ramen shop as Naruto slammed down his fourth bowl of ramen. She ducked under the flap and hopped onto the stool next to him. He glanced at her then did a double take.
"Kami-Chan?" He looked shocked that she was there. He looked at the counter as another bowl was placed in front of him. "I thought you were hanging out with your new team?" He asked without looking at her.
"I wanted to hang out with you." She said looking down at her hands. Naruto looked at her. She was playing with her hands and wouldn't look up. Naruto pushed the bowl of ramen so it was in front of her. She looked up at him and he smiled.
"I'm not mad at you, Kami-Chan." He said. Kaminari smiled back. Someone cleared their throat and the two turned around to see the twins. They mumbled something. "Huh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow. They mumbled again. "Speak up!"
"We're sorry." They force out. They looked from Naruto to Kaminari. Naruto crossed his arms and looked away with his eyes closed.
"Naruto." Kaminari said with a frown. He opened one eye to look at her and sighed.
"Fine, fine… You're forgiven." He muttered. The twins grinned and grabbed Kaminari. "Wha- Hey!" Naruto shouted.
"What?" The twins asked.
"You can't just take her away like that!" Naruto shouted.
"Why not?" The two whined.
"…Cause!"
"That's not a good answer!" The two yelled.
"U-Um.." Kaminari blinked. Naruto grabbed one of Kaminari's arms. The three began tugging her back and forth, arguing about who she should hang out with. Kaminari was starting to get dizzy from the rapid movement. Someone came around the corner and her eyes lit up. Sasuke blinked at the sight before him and Kaminari's pleading eyes. Sasuke sighed and within a second Sasuke had Kaminari in his arms five meters from the boys. The three stopped and looked over as Sasuke put Kaminari down. "Thanks Sasuke-kun." The twins looked annoyed while Naruto looked angry and upset. She used 'kun' with everyone but him. Naruto jumped over and picked Kaminari up before jumping away towards their building. "N-Naruto?!"
He put her down on the roof of their building and turned away.
"What's the matter?" Kaminari asked him.
"How come you call everyone 'kun' but me?" Naruto asked quietly.
"N-Naruto… it means I think of you as a close friend." He looked at her. Naruto had an 'oh' face.
"Then I'll just call you Kami from now on." He said.
"Uh, Naruto, not that I don't appreciate that but… don't address me as 'god'." Naruto blinked.
"Huh… then how about…"
"Kashi-nii calls me Nari."
"I don't wanna call you that. I want my own name for you… how about Kana… or Kari… or Mina! Yeah Mina!" Kaminari blinked.
"Or you could just call me Kaminari."
"Aww but that's no fun." Naruto whined.
"Well it is my name." Kaminari said. Naruto crossed his arms and started to think.
"I'm gunna call you Ame." He said before grinning.
"Eh-Naruto, you can't rename me!"
"No no no, it's my special name for you!" Naruto explained. Kaminari blushed slightly making Naruto's face turn pink. "Your name means thunder, and Ina-Chan's means lightning, so I'll call you rain."
"Alright… then I'll call you…"
"You don't have to think of a name for me." He said shaking his head.
"Well I want to." Kaminari said crossing her arms with a pout. "…I can't think of anything."
"That's okay." He said.
The next day Naruto was walking with Kaminari on their way to their team's meeting spots when she was suddenly gone.
"Eh?! EH?!" Naruto looked around rapidly and saw the twins running away with her.
"Sorry!" Akio called.
"Not sorry!" Akira called after.
"We have training!" The two called in unison. Naruto glared after them.
"HEY!"
The twins didn't put Kaminari down until they reached the training grounds. Kaminari frowned and moved her arms around.
"I can walk." She muttered.
"Yeah but we didn't wanna walk with Blondie." Akio said. Kaminari crossed her arms. "Sorry." He said with a sigh.
"Nice to see Kakashi's lateness didn't rub off on you." Kiyoshi said as he walked over. "We didn't officially meet yesterday, I'm Kiyoshi Hamasaki."
"Kaminari." She said.
"You've already met the twins." The two grinned. "Kakashi's told me a lot about you."
"Are you friends with Kashi-nii?" Kaminari asked. Kiyoshi smiled.
"We used to work together. I'm only a year younger than he is. I heard that you're at a chunin level." Kaminari nodded.
"But I'm still a Leaf genin."
"Well the boys were going to enter the chunin exam this year; they can't really without you so..." Kaminari smiled slightly.
"I was already planning on taking it; I just didn't have a team."
"Sweet!" The twins high fived. "There's no way we can fail with a chunin on our team!" They said excitedly. Kiyoshi chuckled.
"So today we're going to train in chakra control. Can anyone explain what I mean by this?" Kaminari grinned and raised her hand.
"No fair Kami-Chan!" Akira called up to her, out of breath.
"Yeah, you already learned this Nari-Chan!" Akio called. Kiyoshi chuckled and looked up at the white haired girl who was sitting on a tree branch and carving a deep line into the wood. She was smiling and humming. She noticed something orange in the corner of her eye and saw Naruto walking up.
"Naru-Kun!" She called while waving. Naruto looked up with a slight blush. He saw the twins were trying to walk up the tree but they kept falling at two meters. Naruto snickered and walked past them and up the tree to sit next to Kaminari. He looked down to see the two boys looking up with their jaws open. They glared and looked at each other with determination before they continued to try and climb. Kaminari giggled quietly.
"So uh, 'Naru' huh?"
"Mhm. Do you not like it?"
"Hm? No its fine, Ame." He said with a smile. She blushed slightly, still not used to the nickname. Naruto chuckled watching the twins.
"Why are you laughing? That was you and Sasuke before." Naruto frowned.
"Well I can do it now so... Yeah." Naruto said with a pout as Kaminari giggled. Naruto smiled slightly.
Next chapter starts Chunin Exam Arc and has the sand sibs.^_^ Yay.
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