Naruto met Kuri at Ichiraku Ramen. It looked like she had changed after school; she was wearing a red and gold cheongsam with the Uchiha symbol on the back. Naruto made a face. Of course.

"Hey Kuri! Over here, ttebayo!" He yelled, gesturing her over to the stool.

Kuri ran over and sat beside him. "Do you like my kimono, Naruto?"

"I-I um..." Naruto said, trying not to offend her. "I just...wish you didn't have that Uchiha symbol on it."

Kuri laughed. "You still don't like brother, right? Well I am an Uchiha, so just get used to it, ne?"

"Uh...right!" Naruto said. "Now! Let's eat. I ordered you a plain ramen to start with."

Kuri stirred her ramen with her chopsticks and got some on them and brought it to her mouth, staring cross-eyed at it.

"Aren't you gonna eat it?" Naruto said, already finished with his. "It'll get cold ttebayo!"

"Hmm..." Kuri sniffed it. "I don't know..."

"Hey don't be so picky!" Naruto said. "You won't know until you try it."

Kuri looked at the food, then at Naruto, who watched her with anticipation. Very suddenly, she popped it in her mouth and chewed. "Mm...hey it's good!"

Xxx

Sasuke met Reiko in front of Valice Club Sushi, the fanciest eatery in the village. She too had changed after school, wearing a purple and white kimono top with silk purple pants underneath. She looked nice.

Sasuke took her hand without a word and steered her to a table. He pulled out a chair for her.

Reiko sat. "Do you like sushi Sasuke?"

"I like the lobster roll." He replied simply. "Besides that. I knew you liked it. You mentioned it several times and talked about saving up to come here."

"Huh?" Reiko said as they made their orders. "But I only mentioned that quietly to Naruto when Valice opened. And he shot me down right away, saying it was too expensive."

"Well it's not out of my price range." Sasuke replied. "So you like the spicy tuna roll? You like spicy food?"

"Yes!" Reiko replied. "I want to eat all the spiciest foods. This place is famous for using the best spices. That's why I wanted to come here!"

Sasuke smiled. She certainly was interesting. He was right; being with her, he wasn't bored.

"Do you think what I got will be any good?" Sasuke said.

"Oh don't worry. We can do what brother and I do when we order strange food." Reiko said. "We'll share! I'll eat some of yours and you'll have some of mine. Then there's double the chance we'll like at least some of it!"

Sasuke was surprised, and then laughed. "That sounds like a good idea!"

Xxx

On the training ground, Mana and Kiana were training.

Mana flawlessly attacked the training dummy, hitting it with various blows and delivering a spinning kick to it's torso.

As she spun back, her pants had ridden up to reveal a line of blue-green scales on her leg. She whirled, withdrawing the view from Kiana, who was also using the training grounds.

Kiana seemingly floated on air as she delivered punches and kicks from midair, not coming down. She lingered in mid air for a moment, then delivered the finishing blow, a bright gold light from her hands destroying the dummy.

A kunai flew from Mana to Kiana. Kiana whirled, catching it in two fingers.

"You throw kunai with your eyes, not your hands, or even...your scaled legs." Kiana said.

"You know very well that I do, as you are in flight." Mana countered.

The two laughed and returned to training.