Hi, Nikkie here! I DO own Nikkie, Miki, and the Leng clan. The other characters are by M. Kishimoto. And yes, the character Nikkie is supposed to be me. Review! Enjoy! Thnkx! -Nikkie da narutard

Chapter 2

Training with Nikkie

By the next morning, almost everyone knew about the Leng clan's arrival to Konoha, and they had also heard about the feisty heiress that had arrived with them.

"Did you see her?" Chouji whispered Naruto, Shikamaru, and Kiba. The group of guys was huddled together close to the town's center, waiting to see the brunette pass by.

"Yeah. She's beautiful." Shikamaru answered his friend.

"She's a pretty, pretty girl…" Naruto said, dazed in his thoughts of the girl. "Such...a pretty…girly…"

"Yeah, she's hot." Kiba smirked. "I actually got to talk with her yesterday, too."

The boys' faces went wide with curiosity and enthusiasm. "What'd she say?"

"She said she wanted to train with my team sometime." Kiba gave a toothy grin as he saw the envious looks on the other's faces.

"K-Kiba!" the inuzuka turned around to see Hinata running over to him.

"H-hi K-Kiba." Hinata greeted her teammate timidly. "N-Nikkie's going t-to train w-with u-us today if th-that's alright."

Kiba smirked at the group of boys whose mouths were hung open. "Sure. I'm all for it."

" T-Then let's g-get going. We're m-meeting Nikkie a-at t-the training g-grounds ou-outside of th-the village. S-Shino will m-meet us there t-too."

"Why aren't we training at our regular practice field?" he questioned.

"B-Because of N-Nikkie. Sh-she c-can't use our f-field."

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Shino steadily walked along the forest path. He sighed. Late that night, Hinata had shown up at his front door to tell him that that Nikkie girl would be training with them today, and that he had to go to this other practice field. There was something different about that girl. He just couldn't figure out what it was.

Shino reached a clearing in the forest. From where he stood he saw few plants and trees, but lots of rock and stone. He could see the black outline of a person standing on a huge boulder a few yards away. The figure jumped off the rock and stood a few feet before him.

"How'd I know the Aburame would be the one to be here first?" Nikkie smiled, narrowing her eyebrows at the boy hidden behind his collar and glasses.

Shino nodded in acknowledgement. He watched as she smoothed out the bottom of her striped ninja dress.

"I like your jacket. It's really cool." Nikkie said twirling a highlighted strand of her hair around her finger.

OKAY, Shino thought.

Just then, Hinata and Kiba entered the training grounds.

"Hinata, hey!" Nikkie went over to give the petite girl a friendly hug. "Hey Kiba."

"Why are we training here?" Kiba asked with a puzzled look.

Nikkie laughed. "I'm a Leng. The Leng clan has the ability to wield stone and rock."

"Oh, I get it now." Kiba could feel his face turn pink from looking like an idiot in front of Nikkie. Kami, I'm such an idiot! Now she must think I'm a complete moron! Kiba thought sadly.

"Well, we need to have sparing partners. I pick Shino." Nikkie naturally began to take lead.

"Boy, she must be driving you up a wall." Kiba muttered to Shino as he passed by the collared boy.

She realizes Shino's a freak. She's just mocking him and making fun of him, Kiba reasoned.

Shino liked to be in charge, but for some reason it didn't bother him to see Nikkie take control. Actually, it gave him more respect toward her. He watched as Hinata and Kiba headed to the other side of the field. Nikkie sat on a rock and pulled out a small container. She opened up the container and shook it over her hand. A white powdery substance fell from the opening.

Nikkie saw Shino watching her with full interest. She smiled at him.

"It's chalk dust, in case you're wondering." She tossed her head to the side to move her hair out of her face as she began to rub her hands together. She then pulled on thick black leather gloves that covered all of her long slender fingers. Nikkie stood up and recapped the chalk dust.

"You ready, bug boy?" Nikkie teased in a flirty tone.

Shino nodded and stood a few feet back, motioning for her to begin.

Nikkie moved her arms in a large, forceful motion. Suddenly, the flat stone the Aburame boy was standing on began to shake and change. Before he knew it, he was knocked off his feet, the stone hurtling away leaving a huge hole in the ground.

Shino quick landed with his fast reflexes. He gathered his beetles in his right sleeve, getting ready for an attack. He jumped in the air. He was coming toward the sassy brunette from overhead. When he was only a few inches away from her head, Nikkie suddenly put her hand up toward Shino, telling him to pause his attack.

Shino stopped midair, his bugs wrapped around his ankles to keep him from falling.

"Sorry, but can we like take a break for a second?" Nikkie said flashing Shino a smile.

"You're already tired?" Shino questioned raising his eyebrow.

"I'm NOT tired!" Nikkie's voice became louder and had a strong determined quality to it. "I just have to fix my hands."

Fix her hands? Shino could feel his eyebrows rise again.

Nikkie strolled over to the side of the training field where she left her chalk powder. She took off her gloves and poured the whole container of powder into them.

"There. That should fix it." She flashed another smile at Shino. "Now, where were we?"

yay! good chapter, huh? Nikkie's unusual huh? lol. Well, not to me, cuz she's like me, but well, you know. Next chapter coming soon! Review!