Another day another chapter.

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"This is horrible!" I pouted falling back on my butt. My arms crossed over my chest. My hands were killing me. In the morning after I removed the wrapping and showered I realized I had no replacement wrappings so I reused the same ones but it was a sloppy job. The three looked at me and Sakura nodded.

"Yea what kind of mission is this, picking weeds?" Naruto grumbled. I looked at the blonde and a smirk came on my face. "W-what? Something on my face Suiren-chan?" He asked poking at himself smearing dirt on his semi clean face. I saw Sakura roll her eyes. "Baka." I heard the raven haired boy mutter. Before Naruto could say anything I kept talking. "Can't you make more of you to do this job faster? I mean we really don't even have to do any of the work right?"

Looking at me dumb founded I rubbed the back of my neck under their gaze. "that's a great idea!" Naruto jumped to his feet making a few quick hand signs, "Shadow Clone Justu!" Seven loud boys appeared. "Alright guys get to work weeding this garden for us!"

"Sure thing!'

"We'll get this done in no time."

"Weeds don't stand a chance!"

"Believe it!"

All the Narutos were talking and I couldn't help but laugh. The four of us took a few steps away and sat down in the grass. We needed a well deserved break. "Your clones are really handy." Naruto seemed to drool at Sakura's complement. "Hn." I rolled my eyes at Sasuke, I was pretty sure he had his own language.

"Who's the Baka now, Teme?" I snorted a laugh at the killer glares Naruto was getting but the kid didn't seem to mind. I pulled at my disgusting hair trying to make sense of it. I wanted to put it into a braid this morning but I didn't have the time and now it was one big knot. "Need some help?" I looked over at Sakura with a smile, "that would be great." She sat behind me and started to detangle my hair. "I can do a French fish tail braid if you want." She said and I smiled. The sun warming my face. "That would be nice." I said closing my eyes for a second. I felt a familiar knucklehead's chakra lay beside me.

"Hey Suiren-chan." I nodded in his direction. "What happened to your hands?" I looked over at the blonde and smiled, "Nothing really. Just too much training I guess." I chuckled a bit and got a smile out of the boy. I felt Sakura tense behind me as Sasuke got up and sat in front of me, grabbing my hands kind of rough and shaking his head. "Bad job." He said slowly unwrapping them. "I know I suck, but it's hard. I'm left handed so the left hand is so loose." He took a single glance at me before looking back down, "Both suck."

I savored this moment. One of my first happy memories with my new friends. Trust no one. "Ointment?" Oh right. I opened my pouch that was now on my left leg since I had my headband was on my waist and grabbed the ointment he gave me. He took it and started rubbing it softly into my hands, for a second it hurt but only for a second because right after it was soothing. "Oww!" I winced, my head pulled back by my hair. "I'm sorry!"

"It's okay." I said as she tied the end of the braid and moved next to me. Her eyes focused on something on the ground. Her mood suddenly changing. I sucked my teeth a bit. "Thanks so much." She glanced at me and nodded. Fiddling with her fingers. I frowned slightly and put my attention onto Sasuke who was just finishing up re wrapping my hands with new wrappings from his pouch. I was pretty sure the girl was obsessed with the kid. Like on a different level then just liking him. I kind of felt bad when I thought about it. She was probably feeling some type of way about how he touched me. Even though he was just being nice.

"Once I start making some money I would like to take you all out to eat. As a thank you. You have all made this transition from weird hermit in the forest to ninja in a village … nice." My voice got soft as I lost my gaze in the grass. I could feel their eyes on me.

A soft nudge from my left made me smile, "You don't have to thank us." I gave the blonde's hand a squeeze. He was so cheerful. I really did enjoy it. The aura he gave off was so pure and innocent. Even the hint of loneliness in his eyes didn't seem to affect the positive outlook on life he portrayed.

"It was our pleasure; you're our teammate after all." Sakura smiled at me and I couldn't help but grab her hand with my free one and give it a squeeze too. She seemed to shake off whatever was on her mind a second ago.

"hn." Sasuke, a man of few words had a fainted smirk on his face. It was truly a candid moment.

"Slacking off I see." We all jumped at the sudden appearance of our Sensei. "Who's slacking off?" Naruto said standing up. We all followed him.

"All done boss!" The Naruto weed company saluted the real Naruto before they poofed away to nothing but smoke. "Shadow clones huh?" Kakashi-Sensei seemed more pleased then angry. "I guess you guys are done for the day." Jumping up in the air Naruto yelled. My eye twitched a bit. He was so loud sometimes.

"Wanna go Shopping Suiren?" Looking over at Sakura I gave her a faint grin. "I would love to Sakura but –"

"That remind me Suiren. Here." Kakashi fiddled in his pockets before producing an envelope with my name on it. "What's this?" I mumbled, it felt thick in my hand.

"From the Hokage. We can't expect you to live all on your own with no money or support. You are just a kid after all." With a few pats on my head he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

I shoved the money into my pouch and smiled. "I would love to go shopping with you!" I said with a cheesy grin turning toward Sakura. Truth was I need clothes badly and a sketch book if I could find one.

After finally ditching the boys my girlfriend and I walked the village. "This is nice." She said glancing at me.

"I know sometimes those boys can drive me crazy." She chuckled probably being able to relate to it pretty well since she had known them longer. Stopping at a store that sold ninja gear I clasped my hands together. "God I need more clothes!" I said pushing the door open. I sweat dropped. "I don't know where to start." I said sheepishly.

Grabbing my hand Sakura pulled me to the s/m section and started flipping through hangers. "Did you like that outfit?" She asked motioning to the one I was wearing. "Yes very much. How did you know I liked Purple and Black?" I asked as she started pulling things out for me to try on.

"Just a hunch." She said with a grin. She was acting so different without Sasuke and Naruto. I was beginning to really enjoy her company.

Shoving me into the dressing room I tried on this and that. Showing her what my favorites were she clapped her hands with a smile, "You look great." Nibbling my lips I smiled back at her. "Thanks." I decided on getting one more pair of blue capris and a black one. 2 pair of black shorts and a pair of sheer black stocking to go under. A short sleeve dark blue v neck shirt. A violet boat neck tank top and upon constant nagging a dress similar to the one Sakura had but it was all black with a violet stripe on both sides. I grabbed another pair of ninja shoes in black and some wrapping to cover up some of my skin along with a couple of kunai and suriken. It was all in all a very good haul.

We giggled a bit when she told me stories about Naruto and Sasuke at the academy. Apparently one time Naruto got pushed and ended up kissing Sasuke. The image made me laugh harder than I had in a awhile. It wasn't long before we were in front of Kakas—my house. We were about to say our good bye but she cleared her throat and I looked at her. Waiting for her to say what she had to say.

"Do you like Sasuke-kun?" My head fell to the side. Her voice was soft and timid. Afraid of the answer that I might give her.

I thought back at the time in the hospital and early today when he was helping me with my hands. I could see in her eyes she fought with herself. Part of her wanted to be a child and hate me but the other part longed to ignore that and be my friend. I sighed softly. "Sakura I like everyone. You three are my friends and that's how it's going to stay. I never knew how wonderful knowing people could be till I came here, I mean I never even knew how to be a friend till you guys showed me. I don't even know what liking someone like you like Sasuke is like. I've never felt it before." I gulped a bit know I was being a bit vulnerable.

"Really?" She said wide eyes and I nodded nervously.

"Really really." I laughed a bit but was cut off when she hugged me tight. Dropping my bags I hugged her back. I felt warm inside. This was friendship. I could feel it in my bones. It had to be. "When you do start to feel that way about someone. I don't care who, you'll tell me right?" She asked eyes glistening.

I nodded, "of course, who else would I tell Naruto?" Bursting out laughing I held my side, "Sasuke?" She added in which brought on a new wave of laughter.

Sighing slightly we finally said our good byes and I walked it to the house. The smell of rice and miso filled the air and my stomach growled. "Hungry?" I heard from the kitchen as I bounce toward the yummy smells. "maybe." I said eyeing the food Kakashi had put on the table.

"Did you have a good time with Sakura?" He asked taking a seat and I followed. I nodded my head watching him. Waiting for him to start eating first. "I did, she is really nice. I think we will be great friends."

"That's good. Eat Suiren you will need your strength for training tomorrow." I didn't have to be told twice to dig in. I washed all the dishes when we were done and thanked him a million times for dinner before I ran up to my room and shut the door. Opening my closet I started to hang all my new things that littered my bed.

I heard my balcony door open and with that I turned, my head smacking against the closet door. Damn it. I blinked a few times started to see black spots. A blur walked over to me and grabbed my chin. I was about to smack the intruder but my eyes focus at my moody teammate. "Damn it kid you need to stop sneaking up on me." I mumbled rubbing the spot where I smashed myself.

"You need to be more aware of your surroundings." He said matter of factly. Letting go of my face he sat on the edge of my bed and looked over at the dress and I felt a wave of heat hit my cheeks. "Sakura made me get it. I probably won't ever wear it." I mumbled grabbing it off the bed and hanging up before closing the door.

His smirk grew slightly as the tension in his shoulders decreased. "What's that?" He said motioning to the book and pencils sticking out of the last shopping bag on my bed.

Walking over I pulled it out and handed it to him. "Sketch book." I said sitting on my bed, back against the head board. Flipping threw it he looked up at me. "It's empty."

"Duh it's new I haven't used it yet." He tossed it at me along with the pack of drawing pencils. "Get to work." He said getting up and walking over to my desk.

"Get to work? What am I your slave? I need to be inspired Baka." I huffed turning to a clean page anyway. Sometimes I liked to just stare at the whiteness of it. It spoke to me. Told me what it wanted to become.

I watched the boy touch my journal that I hadn't used yet. He looked over at the cork board that I pinned the notes that Sakura and Naruto wrote me, that and the ramen coupons. His eyes lingered on the scroll on the book shelf along with some basic ninja skill text books that Sakura gave me and a mystery novel that Kakashi gave me. My finger twitched a bit as I pulled out a pencil tapping it on the blank page.

I watched him grab one of the text books. One of the only ones I had started going through. It had a bunch of dog ear flaps on all the things that I deemed important or that I needed work on. Glancing at him and back onto the page my hand moved. Back and forth, back and forth. I started to shade and smudge, I always got lost when I drew. Looking up I jumped when I realized he was sitting back on my bed in front of me, legs crossed.

"You really need to work on that." He mumbled scanning some other pages in the text book. Running my finger through my hair I watched his shoulders tense again. "What?" I said brows furred together.

"Why are you interest in bloodline traits?" He asked glancing up at me for a moment. I shrugged my shoulders a bit. "I mean I guess I should be since I have one." I said nonchalantly. His eyes snapped up, his glare hard. "What do you mean?" I shrugged my shoulders again. "Apparently I had a seal on base of my neck. To stop me from using it but that day I met the Hokage, Kakashi-sensei released it. Something about keeping me hidden and what not."

I brushed it off staring intently at my work. Something was missing. "Do you know what it is?" He was a regular chatty Kathy tonight. I shook my head. "No not yet. Kakashi-Sensei said in time it would be releveled to me. Speaking of can you do that Sharing- what's it who's it for me?" Look up I could almost laugh at the expression on his face.

"Sharingan?" He said and I nodded. He hesitated for a moment but shut his eyes and when he opened them they were blood red. I smiled. "Perfect. Stay like that." I said leaning forward a bit taking them in, trying to figure out how to bring them to life on the page. His breathing became ragged but I didn't really put too much thought into. I knew he was still getting used to using those eyes and they did take a toll on his chakra. Leaning back I continued to sketch.

"I'm jealous of your eyes." I chuckled at the thought of it. They were pretty cool. Even when I first saw that Kakashi had one I was impressed.

"Jealous?" He said propping his head in his hands as I sketched. His red eyes trying to read my face. "Yes, they are beautiful." I mumbled not really paying attention to what I was saying. I was almost done and that made my heart flutter. It had been while since I had sketched. It was hard to find sketch paper out in the forest especially when Gato owned the town.

"Done!" I said turning the book around so he could see. I drew him leaning against my balcony door frame, curtains flowing in the wind, hands crossed over his chest. Most of the room and half of his body was in shadow except that part of him that I drew to seem like he was standing in moon light. His red eyes staring back at whoever was looking at the drawing. A look of calmness over his face. He said nothing and I frowned. I knew I wasn't that good by jeeze kid lie if you have to.

"Don't like it huh?" I said about to put the book down but he snatch it from me. "God if you don't like it then fine. I never said I was an artist." Rolling my eyes I got off the bed with my pencils in my hand.

I stopped when he grabbed my wrist. Looking over at him he glanced up at me. "This is how you see me?" He asked eyes soft and confused. It was a look I hadn't seen from the boy before.

"Yes." I said cautiously. I cocked an eyebrow. "Why?" I asked wondering why the stone cold features of Mr. Sasuke seemed to melt slowly as he looked at himself. His hand dropped from mine and I walked over to the desk putting my pencils down.

Getting up he walked over to me and put the sketch book on my desk. His eyes back to their usual black. "You have talent." He said walking to my balcony. I clicked my tongue on the roof of my mouth. "Good night." He added before jumping onto the roof. I faintly heard his feet land before he was gone. I sighed a bit. That kid was a mystery. I couldn't imagine how Sakura dealt with her feelings toward him. It would drive me crazy.

Locking my door and shutting the curtains it wasn't long before I cuddle into bed and shut my eyes. Tomorrow was another day.

Disclaimer: I don not own Naruto ™ only my own Oc's thrown into the mix.

Updated: 1.19.19