A/N: This is, like, only an introduction of who's paired up with who. My OC and my friends' OC's paired up with three guys from Konoha... So it's all short...

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"C'mon!"
"No."
"Why not?"
"No."
"Ritsuko!"
"No."

"Why won't you go with me and Shikamaru to watch the clouds?" the brunette whined. With her brown eyes, she stared at her black-haired friend. This green-eyed Sound ninja, who was oh-so-serious, glared at her companion, the brunette. Agurashi Mei's pouting couldn't get Kagachiwa Ritsuko to come along...

"Agurashi Mei, remind me of something."
"What is it?" Mei asked in curiosity.
"Why is it that you call me a... friend?"

It was a fine day. The clouds floated across the blue sky as three ninjas, two from the Hidden Village of Sound, both 16-year-olds; and a 15-year-old ninja from the Hidden Village of Rain, sat on the grassy fields right outside of Konoha... It was supposed to be a fine day. Two of these ninjas kept arguing. Mei and Ritsuko's purple-haired friend from Sound,Yakushi Yumiko, didn't seem to mind the arguing since this was a daily thing... It became a habit for the three...

"What do you mean, Ritsuko? Aren't we friends?" Mei asked the very annoyed Ritsuko. Ritsuko gave Mei a deadlier glare. Mei simply blinked, waiting for an answer. Ritsuko shook her head, not meaning "no" but she tried to stop herself from getting too angry that she'd kill Mei right there. She looked down to her left where her pet chick, Nell who doesn't seem to age, stared up at her owner. Nell chirped, finally getting the attention she was waiting for. Ritsuko brushed the tiny feathers on the chick's head with her fingers.

"Why do you pay more attention to Nell?" Mei asked angrily, waving her arms. No answer came from Ritsuko which made Mei even more irritated. Ritsuko just mindlessly patted Nell softly.

"The feathers. They're yellow. It reminds her of Naruto. That's why." came Yumiko's voice. Mei, being in Ritsuko's right, looked over at the other Sound ninja who sat at Ritsuko's left. Yumiko, too, was patting her own pet: a Siberian husky, Cello.

Ritsuko blinked, snapping out of her mindless-ness and looked up at Yumiko. "And what do you mean by that?" she asked. Yumiko just smiled at her.

"Naruto?" Mei said, "Oh! Yeah! His hair! It's blonde!"
"I never said I had any interests in that Uzumaki Naruto." Ritsuko murmured, angrier than ever.
"But-"

Ritsuko turned her head to look at Mei with the deadliest glare. Mei swallowed, knowing what the glare meant.

"C'mon Ritsuko. You can mute Mei anytime with your powers of sound but I'm from sound, too. I can always get Mei's voice back from you." Yumiko reminded. Ritsuko sighed and stood up.

"Come, Nell. We're going." Ritsuko said, facing the direction where Konoha stood. She started walking back to the village, followed by Nell. But only after a few steps did they stop in their tracks.

"Ritsuko!" a voice called. Ritsuko turned to look back at Yumiko and Mei. Three other ninjas, 17-year-olds all from Konoha, were standing near by. And she saw one in particular waving his hand at her. Shikamaru, Neji, and, to her surprise, Naruto came to join them. Cello barked happily at the sight of Neji. Ritsuko heard Nell chirp. She looked down at her pet chick then back at the other five ninjas. Hesitated at first, but gave in anyway, she walked back to her spot.

As she sat with the rest, Ritsuko saw Mei hug Shikamaru suddenly. Ritsuko looked at Yumiko who smiled at Neji. Then lastly, she looked at Naruto who smiled at her.

"Hm." was all she could say as she closed her eyes and placed her arms over her bent up knees.

The six sat on the grass, relaxed and watched as the clouds continued to float, free in the sky...

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A/N: Yup. That's it... Please review...