Title: Unexpected Arrival

Author: Wakyanimefreak

I looked at my original flavored ramen.. I was so happy I haven't eaten ramen for the longest time! I looked next to me and there was a kid looks like Sasuke-kun's age. He had blonde hair, blue eyes, and he was wearing orange clothing.

As I was about to lift up my bandana over my eyes and put down my mask to eat, I felt as if someone was looking at me. I looked to the left and he was looking at me eyes widened. I smiled and ask, "Do you want mine?" and smiled with the great grin and started eating.

"THANK YOUUU!"

"You're welcome, have you not been eating? You seem very hungry..."

"I've been eating but today is the Chuunin exam and I'm just nervous but really excited at the same time! And I don't really have a lot of money right now.. OH WOW! This is good! I haven't eaten an original for the longest time! This is so good!"

I giggled and asked, " So what's your name?"

"NARUTO! UZUMAKI NARUTO! What's yours?"

"Akatsu.. Nevermind..I don't think you should you, I'm sorry. What's your purpose of becoming a Chuunin?" that name sounds so familiar…

"So I can become a step closer to becoming the Hokage! Umm can I ask you a question?"

"Oh wow! That's wonderful! I'll be cheering you on today if I can make it to the Chuunin exam! Here I'll buy you another ramen pick anything you like! … Yeah sure, what is it?"

"How can you see through that cloth over your eyes?"

"My eyes have special capabilities; well I have to go now. Here take this." I handed him a little envelope and continued, "Open it after I leave and when you finish your meal." I scooted of the counter and handed the ramen owner the amount for the ramen Naruto began to eat.

"Wait! What's in the envelope?" he yelled having a confused looks on his face.

I turned around, smiled, and waved goodbye.

Naruto-

He ate the ramen as fast as her could and once her finished he took the envelope out of his left pocket and opened it. He took out what was in it… it was money. Money worth to last him another 2 years of ramen. His eyes were wide open and he ran outside looking both ways to find the lady … but there was no sign of her.

Rikku-

She walked around the neighborhood of Konoha… everything was still the same … as she sat on the grass that viewed the town.. she looked around and noticed the mountain that carved the Homage's faces… she looked straight at the Yondaime… it gave her a little memory shock of seeing him and her playing at the same area that she was sitting at… she started laughing and mumbled to herself, "what has gotten into you?" and she giggled a bit more. As the cool breeze of wind went through her hair she laid back and fell asleep.

She was walking down the street… about four years old, she bumped into a guy and he helped her up and the person next to the guys was tall… she was smiling at both of them...

Rikku woke up suddenly.. looked around .. What was that dream? Who were they…? She couldn't make out whom the people where… but it seemed like time passed by and she ran to the Chuunin exam area. She ran up the stairs and passed a boy going down with red hair… and saw Naruto sitting next to another boy on the stairs with worried faces… Rikku stopped right in front of them and bent down to their high level .

"Naruto-san? I'm sorry I didn't make it… how was it? And what's with the worried/confused looks upon you two?"

Naruto looked straight into her red eyes, " nothing heh… well I won my battle! It was against Hyuuga Neji! And I was sooo- cool out there!"

Rikku giggled a little and looked at the boy next to Naruto, "who might you be?"

"Nara Shikamaru, you?"

"You guys will find out soon, hehe I'm sorry I can't introduce myself yet.. It's rude of me but I just can't yet, by the way is Uchiha Sasuke up yet?"

Naruto's eyes widened, "OH! IT'S RIGHT NOW! SHIKAMARU WE GOTTA GO STOP IT!" Shikamaru and Naruto ran up towards the seating area where Kakashi was standing.

Rikku had the funniest look on her face confused and worried at the same time. She walked up the area and noticed that the red hair boy that she passed on the stairs was Gaara of the Sand.

She looked down and saw Hatake Kakashi and Maito Gai. She whispered to her self, "Hatake-san… Maito-san"

As Naruto begged Kakashi to stop the battle, Kakashi looked behind him and saw her and said, "who might you be, miss?"
Naruto also responded, "Do you know her Kakashi-sensei?"

Rikku bent down to him as a greeting.. and took down her mask and pulled up her bandana… "Nice to see you again Hatake-san"

Kakashi looked at her eyes opened and turned back to look at the battle. Rikku continued, " Hatake-san… why are you avoiding me… since I first bumped into you…?" Kakashi ignored her, Rikku looked to the ground and looked up to Gai and bowed down as a greeting.

Gai responded happily, " RIKKU-CHAN! It's so nice to see you again! We all thought you were dead!" Everyone's eyes widened and looked at Rikku. " I guess I can introduce my self now, my name is Akatsuki Rikku, I've been out of Konoha for 4 years and I'm somewhat like Sasuke's family."

Sakura looked towards her, and repeated what she just said in her mind over and over. That means Sasuke lived by himself for a whole four years by himself? How can she call herself family to him?

"How can you say that if you left him?"