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As this occurred, Naruto looked at the girl with widened eyes, not knowing what to do as a drop of sweat fell from his forehead. He leaned in as well as they prepared to kiss, but the door suddenly flew open, Sasuke and Takeru standing there with a surprised look as they seen the situation Naruto was in.
"So, did we interrupt something?" Sasuke asked with one of his eyebrows raised up as Naruto fell to the floor, the girl going back to her bed and laying down.
"Nope, I was checking her face for something..." Naruto said, not able to come up with a legit excuse. "Oh, forget it. What the hell do you want?"
"Jennifer wanted to talk to us in her apartment," Sasuke explained as he walked over to the other girl who was still passed out and looked at her with a curious look. "Did you check up on this one too?"
"He was probably too busy making out with the other one," Takeru teased as Naruto turned red.
"I wasn't making out with her!" Naruto insisted, turning away from Sasuke and Takeru. "She leaned in and tried to kiss me, so I was just going with the flow."
"Yeah sure," Sasuke teased, walking to the door and motioning Naruto to follow him. "We got to get going downstairs, lets go." Naruto sighed as he got up off the floor and followed Sasuke downstairs, Takeru looking back at Naruto with a interested look.
As Naruto and Sasuke made their way downstairs, the first thing they noticed about this Jennifer woman is that she was a mess. Her apartment was cluttered, bottles of alcohol laid on the floor, and she was passed out on her couch, a notepad in her hand.
"Um, Jennifer?" Naruto asked as he nudged her with his foot. "We are here to report in."
"Uh, what?" Jennifer mumbled as she looked at Naruto and Sasuke with a drowsy look and sat up a bit. "You guys are here?"
"We have been here for hours now," Sasuke said as Jennifer nodded. "You were talking to us not even a hour ago."
"I have no idea what you are talking about," Jennifer said as Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other in unison. "But I'm glad you made it here. I'm working on a very important project and if anyone was aware of it, they might try to steal my research, or even worse, kill me. I expect you to report in to me every day, and take these cell phones." Jennifer reached in a purse laying next to her and pulled out two small black cell phones.
"The village told me you didn't have them, so I got you both one," Jennifer explained as she handed the boys each a cell phone. "My cell and house number are programmed into the phone, along with the authorities if you need to call them. Also, you both have each others number programmed in there as well."
"Cool, a phone!" Naruto cheered as he turned his phone on and began to mess with it. Sasuke just glanced at his phone and shoved it in his pocket.
"I'm counting on you," Jennifer said as she put her head back against a pillow. "Now, let's relax and have a drink. Want to join me?"
"Maybe some other time," Sasuke said, grabbing Naruto and dragging him out the apartment.
"Stop pulling Sasuke!" Naruto growled as Sasuke pulled him out the door.
The next morning, Naruto woke up bright and early, excited to be starting school. He yawned as he woke up from his slumber and stretched. He heard a bunch of screaming outside his door for some reason. He looked at his door with surprise as he got up from his bed and opened his door, revealing Sasuke, Takeru, Ryou, and Mari arguing with each other.
"What the hell is going on?" Naruto screamed as everyone stopped arguing and looked at him.
"We're trying to figure out who should go talk to that girl in there," Sasuke explained as Mari and Takeru nodded.
"Why the hell are you doing that?" Naruto asked with an annoyed look. "I'll just go talk to her!"
"She doesn't know who she is!" Mari said as Naruto nodded.
"I know, I talked to her yesterday," Naruto said. "She probably needed a good nights sleep." He walked to the door and barged in, the girl standing by the window and looking outside of it, not wearing anything.
"Not so fast Mr!" Mari shouted as she grabbed Naruto by the back of his shirt and threw him out the room, walking in herself and slamming the door in his face.
"I thought I was helping," Naruto grumbled as he walked back into his room to get dressed.
A little bit later, Naruto walked out of his room, fresh out the shower and dressed in his new school uniform.
"How do I look?" Naruto asked as he walked down the stairs.
"Like a million bucks kid!" a man answered as he walked over to Naruto with a grin. "Name is Itcho, I'm Mari's dad and Takeru's uncle."
"Naruto Uzumaki, at your service!" Naruto said, shaking Itcho's hand.
"I hope you mean that," Itcho said as he pointed at a ton of boxes sitting by the front door. "I run two businesses, and I could sure use a strapping lad like yourself to help me out."
"No problem, anytime you need me just ask," Naruto said with a grin. Itcho patted Naruto on the shoulder with a grin as he picked up the boxes and headed out the door.
"Hey, I hope you like eggs!" a voice said in the kitchen as Naruto walked in, smelling the aroma of bacon and eggs in the kitchen.
"I'll eat anything!" Naruto shouted as he walked into the kitchen and gasped. The girl was sitting at the table next to Sasuke and Mari, eating with a happy expression on her face.
"Naruto?" she said as she looked up at him.
"Um, yeah," Naruto said with a nervous smile, blushing a bit. "You remembered me."
"She hasn't said a word until now," Sasuke said, taking a bite of bacon. "She must really understand you the most huh?" Naruto got redder as he looked at Sasuke with an annoyed look.
"Do you want something to eat Naruto?" a woman asked from the stove as she handed Takeru a plate of food. "I'm Sumie by the way."
"Are you Mari's older sister?" Naruto asked with a grin as Sumie waved at him with a smile.
"Oh stop," she said. "I'm her mom, you know that. How much do you want?"
"As much as the plate can hold!" Naruto said as Sumie started fixing his plate.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Sasuke asked the girl, who shook her head no as she looked at the wall next to her with a blank look.
"Come on, if you want your memory back, you got to eat!" Naruto said as he got his plate from Sumie and sat down next to Sasuke. He began to devour his food, shoveling it in his mouth without even chewing. Everyone at the table just watched him as he did this, looking at him with a surprised look. Naruto sighed with satisfaction as he rubbed his belly and sat back in his seat, his plate completely clean. The girl started to eat the same way, devouring her plate as everyone looked at her in surprise.
"Now that's how you get the job done!" Naruto said with a grin as the girl cleaned her plate.
"Great, Naruto number 2," Sasuke sighed as Naruto playfully hit him on the arm.
"So, do you remember your name?" Naruto asked as he got up and stood over the girl. The girl shook her head no as Naruto looked up in the air thoughtfully.
"Well, you need a name for the time being then," he said as he stroked his chin. "What would be a good name?"
"How about Mari?" Mari joked as Takeru groaned.
"Already too many people in the house with that name," Takeru teased as Mari gave him a sharp look. "How about Tsunami or something?"
"Nah, I knew somebody with that name," Naruto said as he looked around the kitchen and his eyes fell on a magazine. He picked it up and his eyes got bright as he grinned.
"How about Hikari?" Naruto asked as the girl looked at him with a smile. "You like that?" The girl nodded as Naruto smiled with excitement.
"Then, introducing Hikari!" Naruto said as he pointed at Hikari, who blushed a bit.
"Thank you," Hikari whispered as everyone looked at her in surprise.
"I didn't know she could even talk," Mari whispered to Takeru, who nodded.
"Well, it's time for school," Sasuke said as he put his plate in the sink and headed for the door. He turned back as Mari and Takeru followed him. "You coming Naruto?" Naruto was about to nod as he looked at Hikari, who must have sensed he was going to leave, because she had a sad expression on her face.
"Nah, not today," Naruto said, sitting back in the chair next to Hikari. "I'm going to walk around town with Hikari today since she can't go to school."
"Don't do anything stupid bonehead," Sasuke replied as he walked out the door with Takeru and Mari.
"Well, let's get a move on!" Naruto shouted as he stood up from the table and grabbed Hikari's hand.
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