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---Chapter 3---

An hour had past, and a medical ninja came out of the room Kurai was in. The medical ninja walked over to Ino, Naruto, and Sasuke.

"You can go and see Kurai, she's awake now," the medical ninja said, with a smile on her face.

"Thank you," Ino said, getting up and heading to the room Kurai was in.

Naruto and Sasuke followed behind Ino into Kurai's room.

"H-hey Kurai-chan. How are you doing?" Ino asked, hugging Kurai.

"I-Ino-chan? Hey, yeah, I feel much better," Kurai said.

"Kurai-chan, what really happened? Who was at the door?" Naruto asked, getting close to Kurai. Sasuke stepped closer as well.

"Um… Well, I think that the person that stabbed me… was… Itachi," Kurai said, closing her eyes, waiting for Sasuke's reaction.

"Who's Itachi?" Ino and Naruto asked, at the same time, looking from Kurai and Sasuke.

Sasuke's hair was covering his face, but you could tell he was mad by the way he stood.

"Itachi is my brother," Sasuke said. His voice sounded a bit shaky and his fists balled up.

"What!?" Ino and Naruto yelled, they seemed to be saying a lot of things at the same time lately.

"The Akatsuki is after you, Naruto, because of his jinchuuriki, the nine-tailed fox," Kurai said.

"What's the Akatsuki?" Naruto asked, nervously.

"It's a group of S-rank missing ninjas. Now, there are nine of them, since one left." Kurai said.

"So, you feel better?" Sasuke asked, you could tell he was trying to change the subject.

"Yeah a bit better," Kurai said. "Why are you asking?" 'Please don't say you want to ask me on a date,' Kurai thought.

"Can't I just ask if you're alright?" Sasuke asked. 'Why doesn't she like me? I just don't understand,' Sasuke thought.

"Okay, sorry," Kurai said, mentally letting go a sigh of relief.

"It's alright," Sasuke said. "Who is Orochimaru? And how do you know about Itachi?"

"Orochimaru is one of the three sannin. He has icky black long hair. Oh, and he gave you that curse seal mark," Kurai said.

"But that was a woman," Sasuke said, putting his hand on his neck.

"No, that was Orochimaru disguised as a woman," Kurai said.

"That's weird," Naruto said, making a weird face, 'She knows more about this than he does.'

Kurai giggled and Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"How do you know about Itachi?" Sasuke asked.

"That's not something to talk about right here, right now," Kurai said.

She looked at Sasuke in a way, and he under stood what Kurai meant.

"Okay. How about tomorrow night, at 7:00, my place," Sasuke said, with a smirk on his face.

Kurai rolled her eyes and said, "Ugh, fine."

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(at the Yamanaka house)

"…And it turned out to be Sasauke-kun," Kurai said.

"So you kissed Sasuke-kun?" Ino said.

"Unfortunately, yes," Kurai said, putting her head down, shaking it slightly.

"They left the part out when you both kissed," Ino said. "Was he a great kisser?"

"Ugh… Yes, but I like Naruto-kun not Sasuke-kun," Kurai said, she wasn't supposed to like it!

"Ha ha! Maybe I should set Naruto-kun and you up…" Ino said, with an evil grin on her face.

"Wh-what!? You'd do that for me?" Kurai asked, sitting up and getting excited.

"Yeah, totally!" Ino said.

"Oh my god! Thank you so much Ino-chan," Kurai said, hugging her tightly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

"Okay, okay! Please, you're going to choke me to death," Ino struggled to say.

"He he! Sorry!" Kurai said, with a smile on her face.

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(next morning, at the ramen shop: Ino and Naruto)

Ino walked down the road to the ramen shop, and saw Naruto. She took a seat next to him.

"Hey Naruto-kun. How are you today? Is that good ramen? Are those new clothing?" Ino asked, trying not to be obvious.

"Okay, okay. What do you want Ino-chan?" Naruto asked, knowing her ways.

"Fine you caught me…" 'So much for not being obvious' "…Well, I just wanted to know if you liked anyone," Ino said. "And remember, you can tell me anything. You're like my little brother"

"Thanks… Now it's going to be all weird if I'm considered your 'little brother,'" Naruto said. 'If I'm her little brother, then I can't be with Kurai,' Naruto thought. He kept eating his ramen, slowly.

"Ugh… Naruto I'm sorry," Ino said. "Just remember, I'm always here for you."

Ino ordered a bowl of ramen and sat there eating . A few silent minutes passed by, until Naruto broke the silence.

"I do like someone. I like Kurai."

"Ha! I knew it. So…do you want to get together with her then?" Ino asked, getting excited, 'Way to easy.'

"Only if she feels the same way," Naruto said, looking a little hopeful at the idea.

"Trust me, I know she will," Ino said, nodding, a smile on her face.

Kurai: Hey people, thanks for reading my fan fiction. I really appreciate it. Next chapter will be up as soon as I can put it up. c-

The last week of june I have summer school, and the first week of july I'm going to Virginia to see my family members. so hopfuly I could try to put chapters up between those weeks.

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