As the sun came over the tree line of the Third Training Grounds, Kami is training against his shadow clones. As clones explode, more spring up. After about an hour, all the clones disappear from the training grounds, Kami is the only one standing. Kami looks over the river, trying to catch his breath from the hard training.
'What a hard day. That training really took a lot out of me.' Kami thought to himself. 'I need to work harder than ever before.'
As Kami collected his things, he felt the presence of someone close.
"I KNOW YOU'RE THERE, JUST COME OUT!" He yells out.
Suddenly, a dark figure walks out from the tree line. It was A, the Raikage of the Cloud Village, followed by Samui. The two of them walked into the clearing of the training area. The air became hard to breathe due to the amount of charka A was collecting. Soon, things returned to normal and A started laughing.
"So, you're the samurai from the Land of Iron I've heard so much about and Samui has a thing for." A states while looking Kami up and down. "I am the Raikage from the Hidden Cloud Village and you are?"
While taking a knee and bowing, "It's an honor to meet you Lord Raikage, I am Kami."
"Rise Kami. Please, join us for a walk. I'm very interested in getting to know more about you and your ideas with Samui." A says with a grin on his face.
Samui is standing behind the Raikage, her face cherry red. As she tried to look at Kami, she quickly looks away. Kami does the same, but A notices and starts laughing.
"Young love. Come now you two."
The three make their way into town and are joined by Choji and Kauri. The group is seen about the town laughing and joking. Finally, they end up at Yakiniku Q, a place Choji and his teammates frequently went to a lot with Asuma-sensei. The hostess recognized Choji and greeted him.
"Aww, Choji. Welcome, I see it will be seating for five, correct?" the hostess states.
"Yes, can we please have the private room," Choji responds.
"No, you can have my personal room," Kakashi says as he appears behind the group. "The Raikage is a personal guest here. Please, bring us the House Special."
The hostess acknowledges the Hokage and leads the group to the private room. After getting comfortable, the hostess and other servers enter the room to bring bowls of rice, meats, and vegetables.
"So, Lord Raikage, what brings you to our village unannounced?" Kakashi questions. "Would it be to learn more about our newest villager, Kami?"
"Lord Kakashi, I see it has also sparked an interest in you as well." A responds. "Samui has been here longer than expected, so I knew the only reason could be is that she must be enjoying herself. Plus, Kauri told me about the young samurai that has her sister's interest."
The blushing on both Samui and Kami faces told it all. Soon everyone was laughing at their embarrassment. As the group enjoys their meal, the Hokage and Raikage begin having their own side talk about future plans between the two lands. Karui attempts to slow Choji down from eating all the BBQ pork. Kami and Samui just look at everyone then begin to have their own talk.
"So, um, are you heading back after we finish here?" Kami shyly askes.
"Um, no. Lord Raikage came to visit Kauri and me. Master B-sensei was also worried about us." Samui replies. "When are you heading back to the Land of Iron?"
"Oh, um, I don't know at this time. My time here in Konoha has been a blast, but it's going to suck when I head back. I've met a lot of great people here."
As the day continued, Kami and Samui took a walk through the town eventually ending in a park. They took a seat on a bench and continued their conversation. Knowing that they can't keep their feelings for each other hidden from everyone anymore, they know they must face the music head-on.
"Well, I guess now we need to talk about what everyone else seems to already know," Kami says while trying to hide his shy face. "We both like each other but are from different areas. Konoha is the only place that connects us both."
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. We would both have to figure this out. I do want to be with you, and I know you want to be with me." Samui says.
"I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT." Karui yells as she and Choji come walking from behind some bushes. "See Choji, I told you they were going to tell each other how they felt."
"Oh, cool. I mean *munch, munch* what's so special that it came out now?" Choji responds while eating his chips.
"Ugh, you're so lost my love." As Karui pinches the bridge of her nose. "My sister can finally have a reason to stay in town longer." *SQUEAL*
Now, looking truly embarrassed, Samui and Kami try their best to hide their faces from Choji and Karui. As the evening rolls in, the group makes their way back into town. Samui and Kami wave goodbye to Choji and Karui as they reach their apartment building. As they make it to their hallway, Samui and Kami stop halfway between their rooms. As the awkwardness between the two builds up, they end up just heading into their own apartments. The next morning Kami wakes up to hear banging on his door.
"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I'M UP! GASH, HOLD YOUR HORSES!" Kami states as he wakes ups and heads towards the door. As he opens the door, there he finds the group of guys standing in the hallway. After looking over the group, he defeatedly allows the group to enter his apartment.
"You sly dog, only in town for a few months and got himself a girlfriend," Kiba states as he puts his arm around Kami's shoulder. "So, tells us all the details Kami."
"Gosh Kiba, your worst then the girls across the hall doing the same thing." Neji states from across the room. "I believe Kami kept this quite just for this reason."
"Oh, shut up Neji. Now where were we, that's right. Kami was about to tell us all the details about him a Samui." Kiba states.
"Kiba, jeez, let the man get dressed so we can head out," Naruto states as he eats his Cup 'O Ramen on the balcony. "Kakashi-sensei is waiting on all of us for a mission."
Kami heads into his room and begins putting on the new combat armor that was created for him by the Master Tailor in town. After about ten minutes, Kami walks into the living room ready to head out. Shikamaru nods in appreciation of the new uniform then heads out the balcony window. The rest of the group follows suit behind Shikamaru, but as Kami was about to head out…
"I have to go out the front to lock the balcony door, I will catch up."
"I left a few of my bugs behind to take care of that Kami, let's go," Shino states as he is standing on the roof.
The group is bounding from rooftop to rooftop and pole to pole, while others are running on the ground through the city streets and back alleys. No one has brought up the fact that the girls are behind them heading the same way. Once everyone makes it outside of the Hokage's building, they are met by Iruka, Asuma, and Guy. Everyone takes a knee before them.
"GOOD MORNING SENSEIS," the group says in unison.
*Laughs* "Good morning all." Iruka says. "Today Lord Hokage has a very special mission for you all. Neji, Shikamaru, and Samui, each of you will be tasked with your own team and mission details. Please join Lord Hokage on the roof with Asuma-Sensei. For the rest of you, Guy-sensei will give you background information about the importance of this mission. That is all."
With that, Neji, Shikamaru, and Samui along with Asuma make their way to the rooftop while the rest take a seat on the ground. Iruka begins taking the roll of all young chunin before Guy begins his explanation.