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Chapter 3: A Thousand Regrets

Kiyoko swept herself out of house. She barely knew the two of them, but she felt accustomed to them already. They were also affecting her. Normally when Kakashi would flirt with her, she would flirt right back, but now it felt so wrong. She felt as if she was already attached to the people who were taking her away from everything she knew and held dear.

To her surprise, Tsunade and Sakura were out in the streets talking to none other than Jiraiya and Naruto. Kakashi also dropped by and Naruto gave him a present that made Kakashi seem extremely happy. Kiyoko smiled. That hyperactive ninja got back from his training. Dang he grew! "Oi Naruto-kun, have enough time to eat ramen with an old friend?"

Naruto turned around and smiled upon spotting Kiyoko. "Kiyoko-san! You're buying of course?"

She laughed. "The day will come when you will buy me ramen Naruto-kun. Come on, I am hungry. Here Hokage-sama is my mission report."

Tsunade browsed through the scroll and nodded. "This is good, thank you. Enjoy your lunch. Come Sakura." Sakura waved and followed Tsunade. Naruto looked happily at Kiyoko and a certain pervert was hovering close to Kiyoko.

"Jiraiya-sama, it is nice to see you again, but if you try to peek at me or touch me, I assure you a painful death." Jiraiya backed up several meters.

"You know I wouldn't do that Kiyoko-chan!" Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"You better not. Kiyoko-chan is just like a sister to me." He turned towards her and smiled. "Come on! It's ramen time!" Naruto grabbed Kiyoko's gloved hand and lead her to Ichiraku Ramen.

Sitting at the ramen stand, she could not help but notice the other ninja around her. She had been on so many missions that she rarely saw anyone so she was surprised by everyone's appearance. Neji's hair grew longer if possible and his traditional attire somehow made him seem like the perfect gentleman. Ten Ten was staring at Neji with dedication while Lee was eating his ramen with what he called the gusto of youth. Shino was leaning against a nearby tree not being hungry. Hinata hid the moment she saw Naruto while Kiba was trying to cheer her up. Shikamaru was still relaxed, being dragged here by none other than Chouji would insisted that Ino would want to come despite her diet. Ino looked at Kiyoko with barely held contempt.

"Kiyoko-san, what are you doing here? I'm sure that you have some important missions to be taking care of…" Kiyoko did not even glance up at the girl to know what she was resentful about. She still does not forgive me? It is not my fault that the men of the Leaf Village prefer someone not anorexic. I will not take back that insult until she decides to stop acting like this or at least cuts the diet.

"Back from a mission and Naruto decided to invite me to ramen. I love ramen after all so I could not refuse. Surely you want some ramen also Ino?"

Ino's eyebrow twitched up quickly and Shikamaru cut in before any damage could be done to public property. "Ino is still on this troublesome diet of hers. She still quite won't give it up. What a drag…"

Kiyoko smirked and Ino glared at Shikamaru. "How is it troublesome to you? You're not the one on a diet."

"It's troublesome when you are on a mission following someone and a certain teammates' stomach grumbles."

"Hey! That was once!"

Kiyoko laughed, but was quickly getting bored with the conversation. Neji was also, but Naruto and Chouji did not notice as they were engulfing their ramen at untold speeds. Neji turned towards Kiyoko. "Kiyoko-san, how did your last mission go? Going on missions with you is quite enjoyable as you are a very efficient member to work with."

Everyone's attention snapped to Kiyoko. Even Ino regarded her with curiosity. "Easy. Dead the instant we shook hands."

Kiba glanced at her. "That was all? No exciting fight or powerful jutsu used?"

Ino snorted. "Kiba, you forget that Kiyoko is unable to use any combative ninjutsu. She is vulnerable in a figh…"

Ino's words ceased as Kiyoko's foot connected with her head sending her flying several meters. Kiyoko stood up and walked towards Ino. She was half a meter away when Shikamaru's Shadow Possession Jutsu kicked in. "Fine, I promise not to beat her within an inch of her life." Kiyoko made the motion of wanting to leave and Shikamaru released her. She turned around to Ino. "I came back from this stupid, stressful mission and I don't want to hear you bitch about how my abilities make me of more use to this village than yours.

Ino was about to retort when a steely glint came to Kiyoko's eyes. The harsh tones that emanated from her made everyone's blood run cold. "Do not dare come near me again or I will not be so forgiving. For so long, I have had to resist my… tendencies. I wonder what will happen if I decide to kill again…"

Naruto crushed Kiyoko in a hug and in a rush, she returned to normal. "Kiyoko-chan, you can't kill someone. Remember what happened last time?"

Kiyoko nodded, but drew her right hand back as she knocked Naruto unconscious. Immediately, a puff of white rose petals and a gust of wind followed and she was gone.

Kakuzu was researching her entire house to try to find out any information about their unwilling hostess. The only useful information was the one in his Bingo Book. He pulled the book out and was reading when a constant dripping noise ticked him off. "Hidan! You better clean that room. I would rather not anger Kiyoko-san."

"We don't know shit about this girl and we are doing so much for her so she doesn't seem like a traitor. We are Akatsuki and we shouldn't have to accommodate the reasoning of a girl."

"First Hidan, she is 20 so technically a woman, not a girl. Second, her being more willing to come with us might be of use if Leader-sama decides to have her join."

At the mention of Kiyoko joining, Hidan looked thoughtful. "I suppose she isn't too old... Her body is nice and if she is immortal…"

Kakuzu rolled his eyes and could not help annoying the Jashinist. "You think she will fall for you when she has the Copy Ninja?"

Before Hidan could dignify that with an answer, a door slammed and Kakuzu and Hidan ran down. They saw Kiyoko, but her eyes were a lot colder than usual. "Come on. We need to leave now."

Hidan looked outside. "It's not fucking midnight."

Kiyoko glared at him. "I know that, but we have to leave now."

Kakuzu looked at her. "Why?"

"Because I almost got restrained by the Anbu for using a forbidden technique on some ninja."

Hidan raised his eyebrow. I thought she liked this village… "What technique?"

"One that places others in a coma… I didn't mean to put him in a coma… I do not want Naruto to be hurt, but…"

Kakuzu glanced at Kiyoko. "If you did that, we should take our leave."

With that said, the three ninja dashed into the bright afternoon day.