"Did you hear that girl and the Nara boy are going out?" I heard a female whisper.

"I heard that they've been for awhile, and the only reason why, is because the girl is pregnant with their fourth child." Another replied.

"My word! Has she no dignity? At such a young age too. Disgraceful." The third one added. I'm two feet away, like I can't hear! God! And how in the world can I be the mother of like a 13 year old when I myself am only a few years older than them. Some people are so daft. They didn't even bother to even learn the truth, only spreading false information like a plague. You'd think they'd use common sense. Really? I walked up to these people.

"Hi there, I'm Hazuki and I'm the so called mother of soon to be four" I said sarcastically "You think I don't have any dignity? Look I'm not pregnant; those so called kids of mine are my siblings. Did you even go to school? Because I'm only a few years older than they are. It's not humanly possible for me to be their mother. I have dignity, more than you at least. I wouldn't be talking about others behind their backs when they are only a few feet away. I'm like three feet away from you. I can hear every single word that comes out of your mouth. And besides you're not even married and you have a kid. And you think I'm the one without dignity? Talk about your dignity if anyone's. Get your facts straight before you go spreading false rumours. Thanks have a nice day." I snarled at them and walked away.

"What was that about?" Eiri asked

"Nothing, just teaching those people a lesson."

"What about?"

"To not talk poorly behind someone's back. Time for you to go to class. Fujiye will likely pick you up, but I might. Have a good day. Oh, and don't get into too much mischief please!" Eiri hugged me and whispered "Thanks Hazuki, I won't be bad. I promise." And ran to class with his brother and sister. They all waved goodbye before they walked into the front doors. I can't do anything for them now.

~~~~Mini time jump~~~~

"Hey! Hazuki, what are we going to do today?"

"Well I'm not sure. I was thinking that we'd go hang out with Kiba and-"

"Really Hazuki? Can we really?" she asked jumping up and down "Please don't just be joking with me!"

"I'm not." I said smiling at her. She jumped off the couch and gave me a hug.

"Ahh! Thank you so much Hazuki! Gah! I have to get changed and oh, I have too…." Okay. She's happy.

"But there's one thing you have to do for me Fujiye."

"Anything!"

"You have to promise no matter what that you will go through with your agreement."

"I promise."

"Okay, so this is the plan"

~~~Mini time jump~~~

"Kiba!" I said knocking on his door.

"Yeah yeah just give me a minute." He yelled back. He opened the door and said goodbye to his mom and sister.

"So how come Shikamaru isn't here?" Kiba asked.

"Because he couldn't come." I replied.

"And he's fine with you being around me?"

"Why wouldn't he be? Besides it's not like you'd try anything on me. Now would you?"

"Well-"

"Don't joke Kiba. You and I both know you'd be in a shit load of trouble if you did. Not only with Shikamaru, but with me as well. Besides, you have Fujiye here to hit on."

"Hazuki!"

"Fujiye!" I imitated.

"That's not very funny."

"I thought it was." I said smiling

~~~~~~Mini time jump~~~~~

"Crap is it that time already? Sorry guys I have to go!" I said to Kiba and Fujiye.

"Why do you have to go?" Kiba asked.

"I have a meeting to go to. See you later!"

"Okay…bye."

Okay so that was a little white lie. I don't have to go to a meeting but I do need to pick up my siblings from school. Knowing Kiba if he sees me doing nothing he'll get annoyed. Now don't get me wrong, Kiba is a great friend. But that's just it, he's only a friend. And Fujiye likes him so why should I have stayed? They need time to bond and maybe then Kiba might ask her out, or vice versa.

"Hazuki! You're late!" Eiri whined.

"Sorry! I lost track of the time." I replied to him "how will you ever forgive me?" I continued sarcastically.

"I don't know." he replied in the same tone.

"So how was your first day at school?"

"Good, I guess…"

"What happened?"

"Some people made fun of us because are parents left us. They would say 'My parents would never abandon me!' stuff like that."

"Is that true Eiji?"

"Yeah, it happened to Yuriko too."

"Don't these villagers ever learn? You'd think that they'd have more common sense. Who was it that said those things to you?"

"It was them!" Eiri and Eiji said pointing to three kids, and they're parents? Who are they you might ask, they are none other than the three women who I talked to in the morning. Yeah, they're about to feel my wrath again, no one ever picks on my siblings and goes away unpunished.

"Hi again. It's me, you know the girl you we're spreading false rumours about. I'm sure you remember. I've been told by my siblings that you're kids talked poorly about their situation concerning their parents. There must be a mistake I'm sure, because after all you send you kids here so they'll be smart, unlike their parents. But I guess you three didn't do a very good job on it because you're kids were stupid enough to talk poorly about someone else when they don't even know why they are in that situation to begin with. I'm sure there must be some mistake; there is no way one of your kids could do something like that. So, children" I said bending down to their height as their mothers held them closer to their bodies "Did you talk about Eiri and Eiji's parents in a bad way?"

"Noooo…" they answered.

"Tell me the truth."

"Our children said they didn't!" one woman snapped

"Well if they're anything like you, they likely lied, and they did, I can see it clearly, only someone stupid couldn't see that."

"Are you calling me stupid?"

"No, I just implied it time and time again." I snarled "So, children" I said returning back to their height "Did you or did you not talk poorly about Eiri's and Eiji's parents?"

"We did, but they don't have any parents. Everyone has to have any parents living with them."

"I don't have parents. I'm an orphan. Just like Eiri and Eiji."

"Why?"

"Because my parents are crazy and left me at a young age to fend for myself. I had no family, only my sister and brother. Our parents loved us, but they still left us. They didn't care but at the same time they did. Do you understand what I'm saying? We didn't chose to be abandoned, our parents chose for us, much like all parents make choices for their kids. We had no control over it. You must never speak poorly about someone else without knowing their situation. Remember that for me will you?"

"Umhm" they said nodding and smiling. They're parents were still paranoid. I can't fix adults but I can fix children.

"Thank you. Who knows, maybe once you talk to them you'll like them for who they are and the fact that they don't have parents living with them won't matter, because it doesn't. Have a nice day." I glared at the parents and walked away, back to the spot I had left Eiri, Eiji and Yuriko.

"The nerve of that girl. I can't believe-"

"I can still hear you! Remember?" I said facing them; I turned back around "This is why I implied you were idiots. BECAUSE YOU CLEARLY ARE!" I yelled back to them.

"Let's go home."

"What did you do?"

"I set the kids and their parents straight. Don't ever mess with me or my siblings."

"Thanks Hazuki." Yuriko whispered faintly.

"You're welcome." Yuriko looked at me, her eyes wide. She didn't expect me to hear it. That's for sure. After all this is Yuriko we're talking about, she never goes along with what I say. She has a strong personality, she hates showing weakness. Sort of like Sasuke in that way. WAIT! Why the hell am I thinking about him? Bad Hazuki Bad! Forget about that idiot! Ugh, why? Why the hell did he have to show up? I hadn't thought of him for the longest time! Why now? Why when everything in my life is starting to fall together. He just has to show up. I will never think or speak of him again. Yeah. Okay. Another topic, another topic another topic….ummm-

"Hazuki!" Fujiye yelled waving her hand.

"Yeah? What is it this time?"

"Kiba!" she squealed.

"Of course it is. What happened?"

"He's actually really nice! But all he ever does is talk about you." she said, her smile fading into a sadder face.

"Ugh, I'll try to get him off my case. No matter how many times I tell him I don't like him like that he never listens."

"Could you really? I love you and all, but it's annoying when every second word is 'oh Hazuki is so amazing her skills are like any others. And on top of that she's beautiful' it's annoying. I know it's true but, I would like it if he didn't talk about you whenever we're alone together."

"Yeah don't worry I'll tell him. Can you bring Eiri, Eiji, and Yuriko home? You have to keep your part of the deal."

"Yeah I'd be happy to. But say goodbye first." I said my goodbyes and explained the situation to them. They understood and happily went home with Fujiye.

"Hazuki! Just the person I'm looking for!" Kiba said happily. It's now or never.

"Look, Kiba, before you say anything I need to tell you something. Fujiye likes you, as in more than a friend. I don't, I only like you as a friend and you're a great friend at that, maybe one of my best friends. But I don't want you to keep on hurting Fujiye. I know you aren't the best when it comes to seeing that. But she likes you more than a friend. And you should take her up on the offer before it's too late." He said nothing. He just stared. Not at me, at his feet. I left; I saw no reason for me to stay.

~~~~Mini (5 hours or so. It's like 2:00 am) time jump~~~

I got home. But I didn't go inside, there was no need to. I took the bag that was sitting just outside the house. I made my way to Shikamaru's house. I quickly arrived and put a note in his mailbox and left both him, and his house behind. I can't wait any longer. I just can't wait for life to keep on throwing me whatever I want, because that's not how life works. If you really want something then you have to take action, or you might miss out on a great opportunity in life.

It was night, the dead of night. No one walked the streets, only I did. After all, it's always easier to leave in the dead of night. No one can stop you expect yourself, and I had no plans of doing so. I kept on walking to the gates. After everything, I'm doing this again. But it's for the best. I've explained everything to the important people in my life.

I've reached the gates. I turn around looking at the leaf village, it's calm and quite. The stars and moon shine bright. It's a clear night; there are no clouds in the sky and a breeze that is perfect to cool you down on this warm evening. I smile and take a mental picture, after all that's all I'll have for a long time. Memories. Just like before. I turn back around and slowly walk. Hoping, just hoping that I'll hear someone's voice, someone in particular. Someone I might even love. But no. there's no sound. Just the sound of the nightly animals and the crickets, I hope for too much, I've become so selfish. Goodbye Leaf Village. Until next time. I'm leaving, again. But I have to; I have to find the rest of my family. I can't keep on waiting, I have to take action, and I have to take action now. Even if Shikamaru isn't with me. But he'll defiantly be the reason why I return. He's given me a reason to return. And so has everyone else. I smile for one last time as I make my way down the path.

~~~Side note~~

Okay so again I realized that the little ~ thing isn't working! Gah! This is soooo annoying! So now instead I'll put ' ~~~mini time jump~~~' each time, it wont be like another year, just like 10 min or so (unless specified that it's longer or shorter). This is so annoying and I'm very sorry to everyone. I don't tend to read my own story on fanfiction once it's on, so I only realise it after like a lot of chapters. Again I am very very sorry! It must have been confusing for all of you! So sorry!

Also I was re-reading the reviews from chapter 1 till about, well now, and I'm really thankful for all the kind words everyone has said over the course that I have written this story! I'm not sure if the people who alerted this story or favourite it still read it, but in all means, I am very grateful for everyone. Thank you.

Okay, so again this is last chapter before Hazuki starts to go and search again, which mean the deadline is coming up really soon. (If you just skipped to this chapter because you didn't feel like reading the other chapters leading to this one then look at previous chapters as a reference of the whole thing. I'm not re-typing it again. Same for if you read it normally but don't remember what I'm talking about.) (and yes I did just copy and paste that, I'm lazy get over it.)

I'm also thinking of writing one-shots for people who want to be the main character in a story and they can choose who they're paired with etc, if your interested then just send me a private message. (again copy and pasted from the last chapter)

So that's basically it. Again thank you to everyone who supports me. You really have no idea how happy the support you give me make me! Mainly because when it comes to my writing I don't feel it's developed very well, and I always feel that it is never good enough. I often re-write the chapter a few times before putting it on Fanfiction. Believe it or not but I am very self conscious about my work and I just don't like the way I write sometimes. I've often been told by some people at both school and at home or even on the web that my writing isn't very good and needs a lot of work. And hearing that over the years really makes me a little paranoid about my work and how good the product is. So everything you guys do makes me just a little bit more confident in my work. Okay this side note is long enough. Until next time!~