Part 9

"She was sitting near a white cherry blossum." Hinata said. Neji asked, "Where was the cherry blossum?" Hinata remembered and said, "At the field we always played at when we were little, it was behind the field, up a hill, and then down a hill." Neji nodded his head and said, "In front of the tree, did it have a pond?" Hinata tried to remember, "I was too busy looking for Mizuki, so I didn't look at the surroundings."

Hinata left Neji to take care of Mizuki.

Mizuki woke up the next morning. She took a shower, and did her usual routine. She planned to make sushi for Kiba and Shino. Hinata woke up and saw Mizuki in the kitchen. "Mizuki-chan, are you alright?" Mizuki nodded and said, "Do you know the place where Kiba and Shino lives?" Hinata nodded, and wrote it on a sheet of paper.

Mizuki finished making the sushi and started walking on the streets. She looked at the piece of paper and thought that she should go to Kiba's first.

Knock, knock. She knocked on Kiba's door. Kiba's sister opened the door. "Um, good morning, is Kiba in there?" Kiba's sister nodded and yelled, "Kiba! Someone's here for you!" Kiba ran down the stairs and yelled, "Ha! Akamaru! I came down first!" Kiba walked towards the door and Kiba's sister left.

"Good morning, Kiba!" Mizuki said cheerily. "Um? Good morning, Mizuki." Mizuki gave Kiba a smiled and said, "Thank you for last night, I made sushi for you." She handed him a basket fulled with sushi. He took it and looked inside. "Wow. The whole village can share with me." Mizuki giggled and said, "I have to give this one to Shino, enjoy my sushi with your family, please!" She bowed down and walked towards the main street. She turned around to see Kiba digging in her sushi at the front door. She giggled and looked at the paper.

Knock, knock. Mizuki knocked at the door. Shino looked out of the window. He opened the door. "Hello, Shino. Thank you for what you did last night. I made sushi for you." Mizuki handed over the other basket. He looked at it for awhile before grabbing it. "Thanks." He said. Mizuki bowed and said, "Please enjoy!" She walked down the street again. She turned around to see no one at the door.

"Mizuki!" Shizune said on the streets. Mizuki turned around and walked closer to Shizune. Mizuki bowed. "Tsunade-sama told me to tell you that we're holding the ceremony tomorrow." Mizuki looked puzzled. "What ceremony?" Shizune smiled and said, "The ceremony, when you're getting your Konoha headband." Mizuki looked puzzled, but remembered. "Oh, ok. Thank you for telling me. How big is it?" Mizuki asked. Shizune said, "Big. Afterwards, we're having a party with some of the people of your age." Mizuki sighed. It's not a big deal.

After they said their goodbyes, Mizuki walked home. She was very tired, even though it was the afternoon, she wanted to go to sleep. She sighed.

She slid her bedroom door open, walked inside and was about to slid it close, but Neji's door opened. Mizuki bowed. Neji walked outside of his room and walked towards the main room, looking like he was about to practice with this teammates. Mizuki sighed.

She closed the door, laid on her bed, and slept.

When she woke up, the sun was already out. "Damn!" She yelled. Hinata ran in and asked, "Mizuki-chan, are you alright?" Mizuki walked over to her closet to get her kimono out. "What time is it?" Mizuki asked hurrily. "Um, it's almost one." Mizuki looked up, "What?!" Mizuki took out her black kimono and ran into the restroom, leaving Hinata standing in her room, shocked.

Hinata closed Mizuki's door. "What's wrong with her?" asked Neji. "She has to get ready for the ceremony." At that moment, mail flew in, and landed on the table. Neji took it and opened it. It said, "Hyuuga Neji and Hyuuga Hinata, you're invited to the Welcome Back Ceremony of Tomoyo Mizuki. Please arrived at three o'clock sharp. Thank you, and have a nice day." Neji sighed and walked towards his room. Hinata looked at the mail once more.

Mizuki made sushi that morning. ALOT. Hinata helped, she didn't want Mizuki to make it by herself, and she wanted to know how Mizuki could make such good sushi. Hinata now knows that Mizuki is a sushi monster. She makes them in seconds. When they were finished, Neji came in and said, "Come on, I don't want to waste time, I have to train after this ceremony." Hinata and Mizuki nodded.

They walked towards the Hokage's building. "Mizuki-chan!" yelled Shizune. Mizuki looked over to see Shizune, she walked towards her, with Neji and Hinata following behind. "Are you wearing that?" she said, looking at her clothes. "Why not?" Mizuki asked. "It's not proper, this is a ceremony." Mizuki sighed. Shizune dragged Mizuki away from Neji and Hinata.

The ceremony started. Almost every ninja was there. From genin, to jounin, everyone was excited to see who's the new Konoha ninja.

Naruto pouted, "When I became a ninja, why didn't I have a big ceremony like this?" Sakura hitted his head and said, "Baka. You're not that special." Kakashi butted in, "And besides, her mother's rich and royal, if she knew her status, her status would be as high as the Hokage's." Sakura looked at Kakashi for awhile and said, "So, you're saying that she doesn't know her background as well, and if she did, she can even up to Tsunade-sama?" Kakashi nodded, and said, "Too bad Sasuke's in the hospital to know the new ninja."

Tenten rolled her eyes. "My little blooming flower, why aren't you supportive for your new teammate?" Gai-sensei said. "I know! I know, Tenten's mad that she can't be the only flower in this group now!" Lee said. "Hn." Neji said, and Tenten rolled her eyes.

Everyone else talked about the new Konoha ninja.

Sand Village

"Gaara?" Temari said. Gaara turned around slightly. "Gaara, what are you doing here? You have been here everyday ever since you, Naruto, and that Mist ninja fought." Gaara looked back to the sun. "I don't know, but their words is giving me a huge headache. I can't understand that well about love. I understand it alittle, though. I've been thinking about the Mist ninja alot. She doesn't have to do with Konoha at all, but she almost died for the village. I don't understand that. Naruto, he would do anything to save his partners. Why is this complicated. I also don't understand why, but everything I do, the Mist ninja pops in my head, and she wouldn't get out."

Temari smiled, "I have those to. Everything you do, that person you almost think about pops in your head. In other words, you're missing that person." Gaara asked, "What do you mean by 'missing' " Temari said, "When, you want to see the person alot, but you know you can't for some reason." Gaara nodded and said, "Yes, I'm missing the Mist ninja."

Back at Konoha ...

Everyone was whispering about everything they could think of about the new ninja. The whispers and talks were interupted when Tsunade arrived on the top of the building. She yelled, "I know everyone wants to know who the ninja is, or some of you know who she is already. But I'll introduce you your new comrade, Tomoyo Mizuki!" When her name was called, she walked and stood next to Tsunade.

"Unbelievable." "No, it can't be." "She's back?" "Oh my!" Whispers and talks started to form. Neji, Hiashi, and more Konoha ninjas stood there, not believing their eyes.

Mizuki looked exactly like how her mother look when she arrived at Konoha. Mizuki tied her hair to the side, how her mother would always tie it. Her kimono was red, the color her mother would always wear, and they had the same exact face structure and eyes. It was like Hitomi came back to life.

"No way, it can't be Hitomi." "It's not, its Mizuki, Hitomi's daughter." "They look exactly alike though." All the talking didn't stop.

The ceremony ended. [AN: Yeah, that's it, I couldn't think of what else could happen during the ceremony.

The party started though.

Kakashi's team [excluding Sasuke, because he's at the hospital right now, Gai's team, Kurenai's team, Asuma's team, Tsunade, and Shizune was at the party. It wasn't a party inside, it was a party outside, under the sun, on a blank, no flower field. Everyone sat with their teams on the grass, talking. The sensei's sat with each other.

Mizuki stopped at every table to give them two plates of sushi. She walked to her team first. "I'm sorry, but I can only make sushi with such little time, sorry you have to eat this two days in a row." She smiled. "Thank you, Mizuki-chan." Lee said.

Next, she went to Hinata's group. She bowed and said, "Hello, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru!" She smiled and placed two plates on the grass. "I'm sorry you have to eat sushi again." Rawf Rawf! "YAHHOO! SUSHI!" Kiba said, digging in. Shino took his chopsticks and took a sushi, "Thank you, Hinata, for helping." Hinata said, "No, thank you for teaching me how to make them." Mizuki smiled and moved to Shikamaru's group.

"Hello, I'm Tomoyo Mizuki. Nice to meet you guys. I've made sushi for you guys, so please enjoy." She placed two plates onto the grass. "Hey! I'm Ino!" Ino waved. Mizuki smiled and bowed. "Oh, another girl who's going to fall for Sasuki, what a bother." Shikamaru said. Chouji didn't say anything, he digged in faster than anyone could say 'shinobi'.

She walked to Naruto and Sakura next. "Hello, Sakura-chan, Naruto-kun. I know we've met, I'm Tomoyo Mizuki, I've made sushi, I know it's as good as ramen, but I hope you guys would enjoy." Sakura looked at her, with a glow in her eyes. "You still remember my name?" Sakura asked. Mizuki nodded and said, "How can I not remember you guys, you killed Haku and Zabuza, but I won't let that bother." Naruto looked at Mizuki with curious eyes, he didn't trust her one bit. "Oh, by the way, where's Sasuke-kun?" Mizuki asked. "I'm not telling you, we don't even know why you're being a Konoha ninja." Naruto said stubbornly. "Baka!" Sakura yelled and turned over to Mizuki and said, "He's at the hospital, he came back from a mission and got seriously hurt. " Mizuki nodded and bowed.

She walked over to the sensei's and said, "Hello, I'm Tomoyo Mizuki." She placed the plate down in the middle of everyone. "Ah, you look exactly like your mother." Kurenai said. Mizuki smiled. Gai said, "Kurenai, don't get mad that I have the student and you didn't." He looked over at Kakashi and said, "You owe me money, you betted that she would be in the medical team, and I betted that the blooming flower would be in my team." Kakashi looked over, "I never agreed." Asuma added in, "Yeah, I was there, Gai. You never made a bet, you betted yourself." Mizuki giggled, bowed to Kurenai-sensei who was not involved in the whole betting game and walked over to Tsunade and Shizune.

"Tsunade-sama, Shizune-nii-chan. Sushi?" Both of them shook their head and said, "We have things to do, we're leaving in one minute."

"MIZUKI-CHAN!" Mizuki turned around and was greeted with a hug.