Atsui woke up unusually late that morning; she was almost always an early riser. Amaya and Uzu had already woken up and were at the table eating breakfast.

"Good morning sleeping beauty!" Uzu joked pouring more cereal into his bowl.

"Good morning. Hey, how come you guy's didn't wake me up?"

"We figured you could use the extra energy for your journey to the leaf village today." Amaya explained cleaning up her dishes.

"Oh! Thank you then." Atsui replied taking a seat next to Uzu and made herself some cereal. This was a meal that she could get down to a fine art; no heating up needed and it required only four items: a bowl, a spoon, the actual cereal, and some milk.

Atsui took a bite, while scanning the room, then swallowed.

"Uzu, I haven't seen your parents at all. Are they here?" She asked him.

"Oh, they left on a mission about three days ago. They're actually coming home this afternoon."

Parents. That reminded Atsui. She needed to go visit her dad today. Since she would be leaving, she probably wouldn't get to visit his grave for awhile. She quickly finished eating and went and got dressed. As she headed for the door she remembered to tell her friends that she was leaving.

"I'll be back in a little bit guys, I've got a few things to do before I head out."

"Say 'hi' to Obutsu for us!" Uzu called from the kitchen. He figured she would want to go visit her dad's grave before she had to leave.

"Okay, I'll see you in a little while! Bye!"

Atsui had made it a habit to go visit her father's grave at least twice a week and let him know what the latest news was and report on her training progress. It may have seemed odd for her to talk to a grave, but it made her feel that she was still connected to him. It was going to be hard to not come here and visit for awhile. She would miss how quiet and serene it was. She came to the headstone with her father's name written on it.

"Hi dad, it's me again. I've come with some very important news." She said aloud to no one. For the next half hour, she relayed the situation to headstone. Stopping only a few times to hold back the tears that wanted to come out; she had to show him that she was going to be brave about this whole thing.

"So I won't be able to visit for quite awhile, but I'll think about you everyday." This conversation was getting all the more difficult.

"I love you dad and I miss you so much. I'll try my hardest to make you proud. Please watch over Uzu and Amaya for me. Good Bye." And with that she left. She stopped at gate entrance and looked back at where she was. She was going to miss him so much.

As she reached Uzu's house, she noticed that Lady Mizukage was there with her friends and two ANBU Black Ops had accompanied her.

"Ready to go Atsui?" She asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be I guess."

Amaya handed Atsui the bag she had packed her stuff in the night before. Uzu pulled her in for one last hug.

"You stay strong okay? Don't let those Leaf Nin push you around okay? I'll have to come beat them up if they do." He kidded.

Lady Mizukage gave him a frown of disapproval, but he ignored it. No one was going to hurt her with out paying for it.

"Yes, and do write us as much as you can. I am curious as to how they treat you there as well." Amaya added as Atsui came over and gave her a hug good bye too.

"I'm sure they'll be nice and I promise I'll write to you every week."

Lady Mizukage handed her a scroll, a wrapped package, and a few maps.

"The ANBU Black Ops here will guide you half way then you must go on your own from there. Here are some maps to help you get to the village and a map of the village itself. You'll need to go to the center of the village to reach the Hokage's office. She will be expecting you. Make sure to give her that scroll and package. It's very important that she be the only one you give them to. From that point on she will help get settled in."

"I understand, thank you." She bowed to her then placed it all in her bag.

"We had better be going Atsui. If we don't you won't make it there before sundown." One of the masked ninja stated as they started to walk away.

"Right, okay. So I'll hopefully be seeing you guys soon. Good Bye" Atsui called as she ran to catch up.

"Good Bye my friend! Take care!" Amaya called and waved good bye.

"Show those Leaf Shinobi what this village can do Atsui!" Uzu gloated.

Atsui kept on the path. The ANBU had left her about an hour ago. They had been traveling for quite awhile; nearly two hours to be exact. They told her that all she had to do was keep going on this path for about another two or three hours and she would run into a large wall with a huge gate that was the border of the village.

Atsui kept looking ahead for any sign of a wall, but all she could see was the path ahead of her and lots of trees.

She kept a wary eye about, just incase there was anything that might cause her strife, but didn't sense anything.

After awhile she decided to pull out her map to check how far she was from her destination. She calculated how much time it had taken to get this far and estimated how far she had traveled in that time. From the looks of it she was only a little ways away. She looked up ahead again and squinted. There it was! It was rather faint line, but most definitely a wall.

She kept up a quick pace until she reached the entrance. The archway for their gate doors was huge. She nearly tipped over backwards from looking up so far.

"Can I help miss?" a voice called from the right of her. She looked over and noticed a small booth with a man in it. He had his head protector tied like a backwards bandana, with the knot in front, and was chewing on a senbon needle.

"Oh, I was sent here. I'm supposed to report to the Hokage's office." she asked as she approached the man at the booth.

He gave her a confused look, until he caught site of her head protector.

"Aw, you're the new genin from the Moon Village aren't you?" he asked.

"Oh uh yes, I am. My name is Atsui Hisakata." She introduced herself.

"It's nice to meet you Miss Hisakata, the name is Genma Shiranui. Welcome to Konoha Village." He replied.

"Thank you. Oh, if you don't mind, could you point me in the direction of the Hokage's office?" She asked remembering her task.

"Not at all, you'll want to head down this road, turn left and go down that road…" He continued to explain, but just ended up making her more confused.

"Got it?"

"I-I think so and thank you again." She called back as she headed for the road he had first pointed out.

The truth was, she hadn't got any of the last few directions he had told her, but she didn't want to be rude and ask for them again. She came to a split in the road and decided to turn right.

As soon as she made it around the corner, her mouth gaped in amazement at what she saw. The village was huge and there were hundreds of people scattered throughout the street. She had never seen buildings so big before. I mean sure the Moon Village had its few big buildings, but they couldn't even compare to these ones and the number of people on the street was mind boggling. Did all these people live in this one village?

Atsui tried to cap her wandering mind, and stay focused on finding the Hokage's office, but it was just so breath-taking.

Finally getting over the shock, she continued walking. Turning every which way so often, until she was pretty much convinced that she had gotten herself totally and utterly lost within this massive village. She consulted her map, but with no further success. She sighed in despair; only the first day here and she was already failing miserably.

"Maybe I should just ask someone." She said to herself as she looked around for someone who might be able to help her. She had left the one main road she was on, and was on a less busy street. No one seemed to be there, until she heard voices come from what looked like a small food stand nearby.

"I swear it's here somewhere! Rrrgh! Come on! Where are you, you stupid coupon?! Can't you just give me a small bowl while I look for it? I promise I have it!" a boy's voice whined.

"Sorry Naruto. No coupon, no ramen." Atsui presumed that was the stand owner's voice. She approached the stand and moved its banners to walk inside. She noticed a boy with bright blonde hair in an orange jacket and pants, emptying his pockets.

"Aw! Welcome! What can I get you young lady?" A stand owner asked.

"Oh, I uh, I couldn't help but hear, and I don't mean to interfere with other's business, but…" She looked at the boy.

"Would you like me to buy you some ramen while you keep looking for that coupon you mentioned?" She asked the boy politely. She couldn't help but feel bad for him; he looked like a nice guy.

The boy looked up with a look of shock on his face. He suddenly made a dash for her. He wrapped his arms around her with a deadly grip, and lifted her off the ground and started swinging her to-and-fro.

"You would really do that?! Oh thank you so much! Thank you…" He paused for a second setting her down and took a look at her. She stumbled over to one of the stand's stools and sat down gasping for air.

"Hmm, I don't think I've ever seen you here before, what's you're name?" He asked looking intently at her while scratching his head.

Atsui had caught her breath by this time. She looked back up to him and gave him a smile.

"My name is Atsui. Atsui Hisakata. I'm new here."

"I knew I hadn't seen you before! Well the name is Naruto Uzumaki, Leaf Ninja, and future Hokage of the Leaf Village!"

Atsui smiled and held out her hand.

"It's very nice to meet you Nartuo Uzumaki! How about we get us some ramen to eat and you can tell me more about this place?"

Naruto took her hand and shook it excitedly.

"Deal!" He replied in total bliss of getting to eat ramen.