Nikkie da narutard here! (NDN for short) Well, as promised, here's chapter three of this story. Hope you like it! R&R!

-nikkie da narutard

Chapter 3

Water Spying

It was a cheery day in the village. As usual, the group of boys stood at the corner of the town center, waiting to see Nikkie pass by.

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"Hey! Shino!"

The bug boy was officially awakened by Kiba banging on his door. Of course, he'd already been awake for several hours, but nobody but him knew that.

Shino flung open the door to see the toothy grin of his teammate.

"Did you need something, Kiba? Kind of early to be bothering me." Shino's emotionless voice echoed on the walls.

"Hey, I came over to be nice. I was just going to ask you if you wanted to come with me to hang out with some of the guys down by the village square."

Shino sighed. "It's been 3 weeks since she moved here, haven't you all grown tired of waiting for her to walk by?"

Kiba frowned. "I don't get you. Why wouldn't you want to watch a hot girl walk by you?" The Inuzuka's face looked puzzled for a second. "Do you not like her or something?"

"I have nothing against her, I just don't get why you all stand at the corner, eyes popping out of your head."

"Fine then. Suit yourself." Kiba opened up Shino's window and jumped out of it.

Shino sighed again. He shouldn't be criticizing the other guys for staring at her. He watched her just as much as they do, only no one else could tell if he actually was or not, because of his sunglasses. He understood what Kiba meant. She was hard not to look at.

There was one thing he definitely knew about Nikkie. She was not like other girls. She was different.

And she made him feel different. She made him doubt himself - lose his superior thoughts and mind.

Another thing he realized was that she was strong. Stronger than all the kunoichis their age, and possibly stronger than some of the guys.

Everyone liked her too. She dazzled everyone. Noone could forget about her after seeing her gorgeous gleaming smile.

All the guys were trying to claim her already. There had been fights and even a broken nose over the girl, without her knowledge of it being about her at all.

And to think that all of this happened just because some mysterious new girl moves into their village! It puzzled him. How could she cause all this, make him feel like he did?

This was why he was going back to her training grounds. He had to know more about her. Maybe, just maybe then, he'd understand her.

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Nikkie walked casually through the village square. Once again, like she expected, the group of boys who had been whispering, or at least trying to, had become utterly silent as she came into view. All of their eyes were on her. Which one will be brave? She thought.

"Hey Nikkie!" As usual, the blonde haired ninja hollered out like an idiot, and the others bashed him over the head.

"Hi, Naruto," She replied, waving her fingers and raising her eyebrows. She held back a laugh as the blonde's eyes widened in happiness. It's fun tormenting them.

"Hey Nikkie, what's up?" Kiba casually said. Nikkie chuckled to herself. Once again, Kiba's using Naruto to make himself look like Mr. Cool.

"Hey Kiba. Nothing much." She gave him a quick smile.

"Cool. So where're you headed." What is he getting at?

"Nowhere really."

"Mind if I tag along?" YES! I DO MIND!

"Nowhere meaning home. I was out all night." She watched as Kiba's eyes had a disappointed look to them.

"Some other time than?" he asked quietly.

"Sure Kiba." Nikkie couldn't help but laugh as his eye's got brighter and the other boy's faces were filled with surprise.

Nikkie continued on her way down the path. That was close. There was no way he could tag along with me today. Not during water training. Not until everybody else knows about my other power. She sighed, stressed. He'd better not follow me...

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About an hour later, Shino arrived at the familiar stone training field. Many new cracks, holes, and upraises were in the field now. She's been here a lot more. He bent down to examine the indent left in the rock. It was perfectly smooth, like marble.

Suddenly, his kikaichu buzzed inside him. Someone was coming near.

Shino leapt up into the braches of a large bushy tree to hide himself.

The brunette walked onto the field. She walked slowly, fluidly, going off the field and through some leafy shrubs that covered what looked like a back pathway.

Shino slid from the tree and quietly slipped past the bushes to follow her.

About eighty feet behind the tall shrubs was a waterfall, which flowed into a bright crystal lake. There were short stone walls lined around the edges of the lake. Nikkie sat sideways on one of these quarter height walls, smiling happily.

She sat staring at her hand. Then slowly, gracefully, she raised it up, moving her wrist and fingers in slight motions, like she was doing a jutsu of some sort.

Water rose from the lake and floated above her palm, and she playfully moved it this way and that, from hand to hand.

She had waterpowers. Her graceful movements mesmerized Shino.

Suddenly, her smile vanished. As she stared directly at the hiding place I was in. she flicked her wrist at the bush he was behind and within seconds, he was whip lashed by the harsh water.

"Who are you and why did you follow me?" she demanded.

He knew that he could only tell the truth. "I was curious about you."

Nikkie's eyes grew wide. "No one can know of my other power yet!" She snapped her arm down with such force it sent a strong wave over the lake's surface.

"I will not tell your secret." Shino told the worried and angry heiress.

"But I have a right to know who you are!" Her face was sharp and determined, not playful like it had been a few minutes ago.

"I will meet you here in three days to tell you who I am." Shino's voice remained calm. "Though I challenge you to try and find out who I am before then."

Nikkie's face still looked very determined. "I'll beat your challenge, I promise you!"

"We'll see." He answered before he poofed away from his hiding place.

As he was running from the training ground he finally realized what was going on with him. He had a crush on Nikkie Leng.

Aww! So sweet! Next chapter will be soon, and I can't wait to write it!