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Chapter 25: Repetition of the Hearts

It had been exactly five days since that faithful day for the avengement of Kagome's clan. She was out of Rehabilitation and back to normal, but still with a few stitches here and there, as well as bandages. But none-the-less, Kagome was back in Konoha, and out of the hospital.

It was a normal day, everyone met early in the morning, trained, and then went off to do a few things. One of the doctors orders, was that Kagome not take part in missions for at least two weeks, to keep her now weak heart in tact.

Turns out, the failure of her heart was from her heart being punctured every-so lightly with a broken rib-bone. It wasn't a large puncture, since the doctors did do a small procedure before she left the hospital, sealing a large portion of the hole, but there was still a small gap in her heart.

This meant, that if she worked too hard too early, she could go into heart-failure once again, and that wasn't a risk anyone was about to take. Best wait everything out when she was healed enough to keep herself from having a heart attack.

Because of this, everyone decided to just train, learn new jutsu, practice and perfect old ones, and just make cozy in their home of Konohakagure village.

It was now 2:30 p.m. in the calm village, and training had been finished. Sasuke had returned to his apartment, Sakura went back home to get a small nap, and Naruto went home, of course, to have his usual snack of Ramen. His fifth bowl, most likely.

Kagome, Kagura, and Kakashi returned to their apartment, and rested on the couch. Kagome was resting her eyes, closing them and breathing slowly. She had gotten used to it, but her heart would beat quite fast after small training, but this was just something she'd have to grow out of.

"You alright, Kagome?" Kakashi asked.

"I told you that you shouldn't have ran so many laps today." Kagura scoffed.

"Shut up, I'm fine. It's not like I'll die from trying to keep healthy."

"Still shouldn't push it." Kagura said.

"I'm not, I'm just trying to keep up with everyone, but I'm taking it easy."

This conversation went on for quite some time. Kagura had told Kagome to not work so hard, perhaps relax for once in her life, but Kagome thought that the beach trip was enough. She didn't want to get in bad shape.

First it was a conversation, then, as usual, it turned into an argument. Kagome yammered at Kagura about how she was becoming too bossy, trying to become her mother, when that wouldn't happen, Kagura got offended, seeing as she doesn't try to become the replacement mother, and Kakashi watched the entire time, ignoring it every-so-often by reading his book.

Kagome seemed to hate it when Kagura would worry about her so much, it made her feel like Kagura looked to her as a weak child, and it angered her to no end. It didn't take long until the both of them were standing in the middle of the living room, yelling back and forth.

"Will you stop trying to get me to act like a good little girl?!" Kagome shouted.

"I'm not trying to! You just need to be conscious of your health, you martyr!"

"Who's being a martyr?! I'm just trying to make myself into a decent ninja! If I don't go on missions, or train the same way, I'll lose what I've gained!"

"Well stop trying to be miss macho! You aren't!"

"Shut up! Are you just angry because I worked harder than you ever did when you were my age?!"

"What?! You have no idea how hard I worked when I was your age!"

"Psh, and that was decades ago, now was it? You probably don't even remember."

"Excuse me?! How did we get from a discussion with your health, to my age?!"

"Well, I don't know how old you are, so I'll just assume what I wish." Kagome poked fun. If Kagura had the right to peeve her, then she had the right to do the same.

"Oh, now you're being a baby!"

"And you're being an old lady!"

"You're beginning to piss me off, brat!"

Kakashi sighed, "Guess I should be used to this by now. . ."

"Hm, the feeling is mutual, Kagura! You've pissed me off to no end since day one!"

"Oh well sorry for actually giving you a place to live and paying your damn hospital bills, which by the way aren't cheap! You get yourself injured too often!"

"Do not!"

"Yes you do! You constantly think you'll go in a fight being all strong, beating all your enemies, and you just end up getting hurt each time!"

"Are you suggesting that I'm weak?!"

"Hm, perhaps I am! Since you think it's appropriate to throw a fit every time you can't do something right!"

"You know what. . . I'm sick and tired of you judging me!"

"Who said I was judging?! I made a statement that is quite true about you, considering that I've known you since you were a baby!"

"Quit trying to talk like a mother! You aren't my god damn mother! You aren't related to me, and frankly, I'm glad! Butt out of my life!"

Kakashi looked up from his book, and Kagura glared down at Kagome, her eyes shrouded with her red bangs.

"If the way I've been taking care of you is bothering you so much. . . Then get the hell out of my house." she said.

"Psh, fine, like I care."

"Good, you can go find food and shelter where someone doesn't care about you so much, little brat."

"Kagura, come on." Kakashi said.

"Shut up, Kakashi, if she wants to be a spoiled bitch, then she can."

"You can't just kick her out."

"I'm not being kicked out, I'm leaving! I don't give a damn!" Kagome rolled her eyes and turned around, opening the door and walking out.

"Fine!" Kagura yelled.

Kagome slammed the door behind her.

"Don't come back, till you find some respect in that poked-to-death heart of yours!" Kagura tried not to scream, "That ungrateful little bitch!"

Kakashi sighed again, "And you completely forget what she's gone through" He whispered.

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Kagome growled loudly, clenching her fists and slamming her feet to the ground.

"Stupid Kagura. . . I'm sick and tired of her trying to run my damn life. . ."

She walked out to the street, not knowing where the hell she was heading to, but walking anywhere that she could get food and then find a place to sleep, maybe under a tree in the park, perhaps.

But then, Kagome realized something. She stopped in the middle of the dirt road, and sighed.

"Great, I have no money. . . ." She sighed, "This day can't get any worse."

Just when Kagome spoke her words, thunder clapped loudly, and rain began to drizzle, then pour upon her head.

Kagome's eye twitched, "I spoke too soon. . ." She stared up at the sky, "Hey! What'd I ever do to you?! Just cuz I get in a fight with Kagura, you get me wet?!"

She was then silent, sighing heavily as she stood in the rain, her clothes soaking wet in a matter of seconds. Well, so much for sleeping in the park.

"So I have no money, no food. . .and no place to stay." Kagome said coldly.

And now Kagome was doomed to catch a cold, wonderful for her heart, huh? She had to figure out a place to stay, but where? The last thing she wanted to do was stay with Sakura, no offense to her, but if she had to listen to someone obsess over a boy, or constantly talk about 'girly' things, Kagome would explode. She wasn't one to hang out with girls for more than a few hours.

She had no idea where Naruto lived. It was raining too hard for her to even see where she was going to look. She only knew the direction to one place. . .

"Oh boy. . ." Kagome reached her last decision. "Sure. . .he's been nice to me lately, but I doubt that he'd let me in his house. . . ."

In the end, Kagome had no choice. It was off to Sasuke's home. She took a U-turn, leaving from her neighborhood, straight to the Uchiha portion of the village.

It didn't take too long, perhaps about five minutes, to arrive at the end of the street to Sasuke's home. Kagome started to get cold, the rain wasn't being friendly at all, and the temperature dropped very fast.

She shivered, the cold was not something she'd get along with very much. Kagome walked faster in the empty streets of the wet village, and to Sasuke's front door. Hesitating for a moment, Kagome took a few seconds before she knocked on the door. She definitely had a look of disgust still from her situation, not a pleasant look.

The door opened, and Sasuke stood at the doorway, wearing a regular black shirt, and white pajama bottoms. He tilted his head to the side.

"Kagome?"

"Don't ask." Kagome's eye twitched.

"Well, I have to. Why are you here?"

She sighed, "I walked out, got in a fight with Kagura. I'd rather not be there."

"So, you got kicked out."

"Can you just let me in? I'm cold and wet."

That was definitely a fact clear to Sasuke, he just shook his head, smirking a bit. Sasuke decided to play with her a bit, just to make things interesting.

"Why didn't you just use your Sukashime to control the water."

Kagome's shoulders hunched, and she felt embarrassed all of the sudden, she really hadn't thought of that, since she was so angry.

"Is that really important? Just let me in the house. . . ."

"Let me in. . . what?"

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me, that attitude does not become you, Sasuke. . ."

"Hm. . ." Sasuke crossed his arms, still smirking, "Guess you have no problem going under a tree to dry, the worms sure like to come out when it's wet too, you're alright with bugs now?"

"Ger. . . Alright, alright. . . Let me in. . . please."

"Who wins now?" Sasuke said, "Alright, get in."

Kagome scoffed, before walking inside. Sasuke shut the door behind them, and looked at Kagome, dripping wet on the hard-wood floor.

She sighed, rolling her eyes, and turning pink.

"Do you. . .have clothes I could borrow?"

"Eh? Well um, I guess." Sasuke pointed behind him, to a small dresser, "First drawer on the top is shirts, and second drawer underneath is shorts."

"Thanks, mister organized." Kagome poked fun back at Sasuke, smirking as she walked over to the dresser.

"You wanna get kicked out of here too?"

Kagome ignored his comment, and grabbed his old blue-shirt, and white shorts. She walked over to the bathroom, straight down to the end of the room, and shut the door.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, still smirking, as he sat down on his couch in front of a small television set, which had already been turned on.

It took Kagome a few minutes to change, considering that it takes a while to peel off wet clothes (Which, by the way, everything was wet, including her undergarments). She finally got everything off, and slipped on her new spares. She looked at herself in the mirror.

"Okay. . . This is awkward." She said as she turned around, keeping her head fixated on the mirror, and staring at the Uchiha symbol on her back, "I don't know whether to think I look decent in blue. . .or think that his clan symbol on me is weird."

Kagome laughed at herself before walking out of the bathroom, keeping her wet clothes to hang on the shower pole to dry. She sighed as she walked out and shut the door.

"Thanks." She said.

Sasuke looked up and over to Kagome. He shook his head a bit, and looked back at the television.

"Not a problem." He replied.

Looking around, Kagome noticed that Sasuke actually had a nice place, sure it was a one-bedroom apartment, but it was large and roomy. She paced around, to get a good look at everything.

"Damn, you live in a nicer place than me." She said, "Must be nice living on your own."

"It's not it's all cracked up to be." Sasuke said, "Can be a bit boring."

"Or what, lonely?" Kagome turned her head, looking at Sasuke with a grin, "Does Sasuke get lonely, poor baby."

"Y'know, that 'kicking you out' thing still stands."

Kagome laughed, she turned away and continued her pacing of the room, making her way into Sasuke's bedroom. It was pretty plain, just a few framed photos on a desk, a side table, and a queen-sized mattress, dressed with black sheets, on the floor. It looked quite comfortable to Kagome, since her bed was so small and flat, and this one was. . . Well, not.

She curiously walked to the bed, got on her knees, and crawled onto it, above the sheets, and lied on her back. The bed was actually soft, not hard like her futon at home.

"Damn, Sasuke, you even have a nicer bed than me." She said while laughing, "This would definitely make me sleep better."

"You're not sleeping on my bed." Sasuke said, still sitting in the living room, "No way."

"Aw, lighten up, Sasuke, I never said that I'd sleep on it. You want me to be a good girl and sleep on the couch. Wait. . .isn't the guy supposed to do that?"

"With a woman in a broken home, arguing, yeah."

"Psh, does that look like our situation? Besides, it's not like anyone will see us."

"Yeah, yeah."

Kagome scoffed, she rested her head on the pillow, assuming that she just would relax, and then move over to the couch when Sasuke was ready for bed. The walk to his house was quite tiring, considering that her heart had worn itself out rushing in the rain for hospitality.

Her eyes became tired, as well as her body, she closed her eyelids and relaxed her muscles, then sighed heavily before completely falling into relaxation.

Sasuke sat in front of the television for another half-hour, until he shut it off and stood up.

"You got quiet really quick, Kagome." Sasuke said, "You alright?"

No answer.

He headed over towards the bedroom, walking through the already opened door. His eyes directed downward to his bed, looking at Kagome.

She was dead asleep.

Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes. Didn't he tell her no? But of course, as usual, Kagome listens to no one but the crazy voices in her head. He walked over and knelt down on the bed, outstretching his arms a bit, prepared to pick Kagome up and move her to her originally planned bed.

But then he stopped, looking at her and watching her breathe heavily.

She has been getting tired from training with her heart injury. He thought.

Sasuke then decided, he'd cut Kagome some slack, considering her problem. He used his right hand to pull down the sheets, then used both hands to move her body into the bed. Sasuke took the black sheets and pulled them over her, then tucked her in, keeping her arms out of the blanket, but chest-down, covered warmly.

He then stood up, still looking down at her, before smiling a bit, and heading over to the living room. Sasuke situated himself on the couch, lying down, and taking a pillow sitting by the arm-rest, and placed his head over it, falling asleep quickly.

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By the end of the hour, the majority of the village had been in slumber. The time that Kagome and Sasuke had fallen asleep, was around 10:00 pm.

The night went by calmly, everyone sleeping soundly before the sun rose above and over the Hokage statue. Morning came by with its warm sun and calm breeze.

Sasuke was the first to wake up. He got out of his position on the couch, stood up, and looked over to the bedroom. Kagome was still asleep soundly.

He decided that she at least should eat something, she didn't eat anything when she came over, and that couldn't have been good for her heart. Knowing that she probably wouldn't wake up for a while, Sasuke figured he should at least get started making breakfast.

Living on his own for so many years, Sasuke did learn to make basic meals for himself. It wasn't his style to live an unhealthy diet by eating instant ramen, like Naruto did. It was best he just make healthier and more filling meals.

Busily working, Sasuke cracked a set of four eggs into a hot pan that sat on the stove for a few minutes, he added six strips of bacon, and put some bread in the toaster, two at a time.

By the time he was done, a large meal of toast, eggs, and bacon was sitting on the small wooden table. The fragrance of the hot breakfast filled the apartment.

While Kagome lied, her nose wiggled slightly, smelling something. She groaned as she opened her eyes, then yawned.

"I smell. . . Food." Kagome said quietly as she sat up.

"You awake?" she heard from Sasuke's voice in the other room.

She looked around the room, then down on the bed. That was weird, why was she in there? Kagome then shook her head, she must have fallen asleep and Sasuke must have forgotten to move her, passing out on the couch while watching television.

Figuring out her theory, Kagome got out of bed and stretched her arms, then lowered her hands to her hair, fixing the bed-head that developed. She then walked into the living room including the kitchen, noticing the breakfast on the table. Sasuke was already sitting down, drinking orange juice and looking out the window, then to her.

"What's. . . this?" Kagome asked, sitting down on the empty chair of the table.

"It's breakfast, dimwit." Sasuke said sarcastically, laughing.

"I know that. . . But you made it?" Kagome looked at the plate, then up to Sasuke, "You didn't poison it, did you?"

"Why would I do that? It's not like we fight anymore."

"I know, but still. . . You're a ninja, therefore, your actions shouldn't be predictable."

"Oh, don't tell me you think I've been acting."

"Hmm. . ."

"Kagome." Sasuke crossed his arms and tilted his head, looking sternly at her.

"Alright, alright, I'm joking." Kagome smirked, "Sheesh, can't notice when I'm being smart with you?"

"Whatever." Sasuke smirked back, "Go on, eat. You didn't eat dinner, so I made something big enough to get you going today."

"Yes, dad." Kagome scoffed with sarcasm.

She began eating her breakfast, taking a bite out of her eggs, then her bacon. Her eyebrows raised, and she sat up completely straight.

"It's good." She said, surprised, and with a full mouth of bacon and eggs.

"Hmph, you make it sound like it looks like I can't cook."

"Well. . . Never expected something so motherly out of you."

Sasuke sighed, "Just shut up and eat."

"Yeah, yeah."

Kagome continued eating, quickly taking down the bacon and eggs, then the toast. She was the first to steal the butter and cover the bread with it. Sasuke was the one that ate slowly.

She finished before he did, and got up to clean her plate, she at least knew that kind of proper manners, to wash after herself as a guest.

Once she turned around, she noticed that Sasuke had finished his breakfast now, and she walked over and grabbed his plate.

"You don't have to."

"Yes I do, I owe you something." Kagome grinned as she walked over to the sink, and cleaned off his plate, "Quit doing stuff for me and expecting nothing in return."

"Hmph."

Kagome finished, and sat back down at the table, there was a closed bottle of water, filled to the middle, at the edge of it, and Kagome didn't take her orange juice, she never liked it. Figuring it wasn't a problem, Kagome took the bottle of water and drank whatever water was left in it.

Sasuke finished off his orange juice, and placed the glass down. When Kagome finished her water, she knocked the bottle on its side, and used her index finger to rotate it around by the tip of the nozzle.

Sasuke shook his head, it seemed to him that Kagome was one to play with left-overs, or random objects lying around.

He watched as Kagome began pushing the bottle with her finger, making it spin in a complete circle, and repeating her action when the tip landed in any direction. Sasuke couldn't help but smirk, thinking of something else other than her pass time.

The tip of the bottle seemed to always land on Kagome, then Sasuke, and sometimes on either sides of the table, which is what Sasuke was observing.

Kagome looked up at Sasuke, batting the bottle again to make it spin.

"What're you staring at?" She asked.

"You."

"Why?" Kagome raised her eyebrow.

"If you don't notice it, then I'm not saying anything."

"What? That's not fai---"

Kagome then looked down at the bottle, noticing it stopped and the nozzle was pointing at Sasuke. She gulped and couldn't help but blush.

"Oh." Kagome realized.

"Heh." Sasuke grabbed the bottle and placed it in front of him, he then repeated Kagome's actions, to his own humor, and spun it with a flick of his wrist.

Kagome's eyes followed the bottle as it spun around and around, watching the nozzle closely.

To Sasuke's expectation, he laughed a bit when he saw the tip land on Kagome, not perfectly situated, and crooked. He waved his hand lightly, giving Kagome the idea that it was her turn.

Apparently, Sasuke was just teasing her by playing a game. Kagome played along, and spun the bottle by tapping it at the nozzle. It stopped after spinning two times.

"Uh. . ." Kagome stared at it, "why does it keep landing on either of us? Wasn't doing that so often before. . ."

"Hm. . .maybe it's trying to tell us something?" It was weird, but Sasuke seemed so un-phased by this, it was probably just a joke to him, or so it appeared to Kagome.

Kagome scoffed, "What would a bottle try to tell us?"

"I don't know."

Sasuke stood from his chair and leaned his elbows on the table-top. Kagome looked up at him, hearing the movement and catching her attention. He was looking right at her, straight in the eyes.

Kagome couldn't help but do the same; she stood from her chair, and leaned forward, staring at Sasuke to his eyes. Suddenly, she completely lost her train of thought, it was as if everything went quiet in her mind. Both began to lean forward towards each other.

Closer and closer as they went, Kagome's hand slid, and knocked over the bottle onto the ground.

"Sasuke . . ." Kagome said quietly, her eyes slightly shut, but still seeing Sasuke in a blur.

"Yeah?" Sasuke's face tilted sideways a bit, closing his eyes slightly as well.

"Don't you think. . . We should stop. . .before th-this works?"

"Why do you ask?"

At this point, Kagome and Sasuke's faces were more than centimeters away from each other, their noses almost touching. Kagome almost lost her breath, trying to think of her reply.

"W-We. . . Don't feel this way about people, remember?"

"No." Sasuke's reply was fast, as he purposely moved his face ever so closer.

Kagome's face turned bright red, she completely closed her eyes, knowing that Sasuke most likely did as well. Her heart was fluttering, but didn't hurt from her injury, so it seemed, and her stomach began to get a peculiar feeling deep-down, like a knot was forming.

What. . . What is going on? How did this happen, I forgot. . . Kagome thought, Sh-should I back away? Before I get in too deep?. . . No. . . for some reason. . . I really want this.

Their lips were quite close, just one more budge, and they would touch. Kagome's hands began to shake.

Have I. . .have I fallen for him? Am I just like any other girl out there in Konoha? I think. . .that I have. . .

Her hand slipped above Sasuke's, as she let herself be taken. She was just about to make the final budge, ready to free fall to her first kiss, and then. . .

The telephone rang.

Kagome was so concentrated, that the sound of the phone loudly ringing startled her, she backed away, as well as Sasuke. Kagome had backed away too far, though, and tripped on her chair, falling backward with it, and crashing to the floor, smacking her head into the wall. She moaned in pain.

"Uh. . .you alright?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke . . .telephone" Kagome said, her voice jumpy and mangled from hitting her head. Her hand, shaking, rose up and a finger pointed to the phone.

Sasuke looked at Kagome curiously, narrowing his eyes, but then shook it off and walked over to the phone, picking it up off the dock.

"Hello?" he answered.

It was quiet, except for the murmur of the voice in the phone.

"Yeah. Why?"

As Sasuke was talking, Kagome got up from the ground, rubbing her head as she put the chair back and up-right to the table. Her blush quickly escaped her face.

"Right." Sasuke then hung up the phone, rolling his eyes.

"Who was it?" Kagome asked.

"Kakashi."

"Huh? How the hell does he know your number?"

"Well, he is the teacher, so he needed the numbers of his students, I guess."

"Okay, so what did he want?"

"He wanted to know if you spent the night here."

"Oh. . . Shit, I'm in trouble." Kagome slapped her forehead.

"Why? Kagura kicked you out, didn't she? You had to find a place to stay."

"Yeah, but I'm sure she didn't expect me to stay here, at your place. She's been on my case about you since day one."

"Wait. . . Hasn't she been trying to well uhh. . . You know." Sasuke said, referring to the fact that Kagura would constantly say Kagome liked him.

"Trust me, she has, but if she hasn't taken a part in getting me here, that means I snuck over, and she'll think I slept with you or something."

"Huh?" Sasuke didn't get it, "She's confusing."

"Tell me about it. I've been living with it for months now."

Kagome sighed as she leaned on the chair.

"So, where were we?" Kagome asked, not thinking about before, and assuming they were in a conversation.

Sasuke was quiet for a second, "Uhm. . ."

Kagome then looked up at Sasuke. He was slightly pink over the nose.

He had realized, suddenly, what he was planning to do if the phone hadn't rang.

Kagome figured out as well. She immediately turned red.

"Were we. . .?" Sasuke said.

"About to kiss?" Kagome finished his sentence.

Sasuke didn't move, waited a moment, then nodded his head. Kagome bit her lower lip.

"R-really?"

"I. . .I think so." Sasuke answered.

"W-well. . . Umm. . ."

". . . Kakashi said you should head home. . . Kagura calmed down, supposedly." Sasuke had to change the subject, the tension in the room was getting worse by the second. Obviously, the moment was killed.

". . . . . Right." Kagome turned around, heading toward the door.

She wanted to get out quickly, since the tension was getting to her as well. Kagome opened the door, and stopped for a second, "I'll. . .see you around."

"Yeah. . ." Sasuke replied, "See you around."

Kagome didn't hesitate, she walked out the door, and shut it behind her. She leaned on it for a moment, trying to catch her breath and calm down her still-beating heart.

She couldn't believe it. It was still foggy to her as to how the moment even happened. Kagome tried to stop herself from panicking. Was she really going to kiss Sasuke? And did she actually want to?

Kagome had to shake herself off it, Kagura and Kakashi were expecting her. She began to walk down the street and toward the Hatake apartment.

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Back in his apartment, Sasuke walked away from where the phone was, and back over to the table. He saw the notorious plastic bottle, lying on the ground. Leaning down, Sasuke picked the bottle up, staring at it.

A smile slowly formed on his face, as well as the small blush returning to his face.

"Feh." Sasuke chuckled, before placing the bottle back on the table, looking at it, "Definitely made your point across today, didn't you?"

He shook his head, heading over to the stove to clean up the mess that was made from making breakfast.

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To be continued. . . End of Chapter 25

Preview to chapter 26:

"Oh damn. . .I forgot my clothes!!!"

What a mistake. Today is definitely going to end in a mess.

"What?! What's Takai doing in Sasuke's shirt and shorts?!"

Apparently it's illegal to wear the 'great' Sasuke Uchiha's clothing in public, if you aren't him.

"Do I even want to ask?"

And. . . People have dirty minds.

Next time on Naruto The New Chronicles, Embarrassment.

God, I love writing fluff! I bet I pulled a few nerves, besides my own, with that kissing scene. Yes, the next chapter is definitely planned to be hilarious!

I hope the next one will be up either late tomorrow on Sunday, or late on Monday. Some point the beginning of this week, the next chapter will be up. And that may be my last one for about a week and a half, for Ninja is going to California for four days!

But no worries, I'll return! Thanks for reading, don't forget the reviews, and I'll see ya all next time!

Hugs,

Ninja Chan