Author's Note: I'm off university today so I actually got the chance to write two chapters in one day xD Do you guys think you know which team she will be with?

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xoxox Chapter 2 xoxox

The apartment was better than Kisa has dared to hope! Tsunade had given her the keys and left her to look around but only after asking why she hadn't brought anything with her. Kisa had replied that she wanted a new start, completely fresh and without a hint of the past. Her forehead protector had been the last thing to go. She now wore her Konoha forehead protector loosely around her neck, a change from having worn her old one on her forehead as the name suggested. She caught her reflection in the mirror that had been hung in the living room. She looked alive again, so much happier than she had been in years. Her blue eyes shone with delight. She had a home!

A knock on her front door made her frown. Who knew she was here? Cautiously she walked over and opened the door. Stood on the other side were three people; two guys and a girl around her age and... was that a dog? Kisa's eyes lit up as she crouched down, stroking behind the white dog's ears. "Hello handsome, what's your name?" she cooed, speaking to the dog as if she was going to get an answer which of course she wasn't. He yipped happily, enjoying the attention.

"Ah, Akamaru seems to have a fan," the brown-haired teenager commented. Kisa stood up once more and looked at him with a characteristic lopsided smile, "He sure does, I love animals!" It occurred to Kisa that this must be her new team. She looked at them each in turn before realising they were stood in the hallway, "Come in, come in. I literally just got here but make yourselves at home." She walked away from the door, flopping down on one of the two sofas in the living room. At least the place was fully furnished ready for her. She reminded herself to thank Tsunade-sama properly later.

The others had followed her in, closing the door behind them. The guy with the dog sat beside her whilst the other two sat together on the opposite sofa. "So, you must be the team I'm joining, huh?" It was pretty obvious but she thought it was a good conversation starter. "I'm Kisa, by the way." She felt a little on edge as she had never met them before and they all seemed comfortable with each other. She was nervous about being able to fit in with a team that had been together for several years. Would she only ever be the outsider to them?

"I'm Kiba," the dog-guy replied with a grin, "This is Shino and Hinata. And yep, you guessed it, we're your team mates." He seemed to be in good spirits, someone that Kisa could easily get along with. Their obvious shared love of animals might go a long way to them being friends. Kisa then looked at Shino and Hinata. Whilst Shino seemed cool and calm, Hinata looked almost as nervous as she was herself. Kisa smiled warmly at her new team mates, "It's nice to meet you! I..er... assume Tsunade-sama told you my story?" They all seemed awkward at this question but nodded, confirming that they had been briefed on the reason she had left her home in the first place. Good. It wasn't a story she wished to repeat.

"So Tsunade-sama said ... you might need some help... getting everything you need?" Hinata said. Her voice was so quiet and she was clearly very shy. Kisa promised herself there and then that she was make a big effort to draw this girl out of her shell. As the first step she smiled at Hinata and nodded, "That'd be great! I pretty much need to buy everything... but I don't know my way around Konoha..." At this Kiba jumped out of his seat and, grabbing hold of Kisa's hand, pulled her up to stand infront of him, "Come on then we'd better get going!" Kisa laughed as she was dragged by Kiba out of the door. She caught hold of Hinata's hand in passing so the pair of them were pulled along by Kiba's keenness to get going. Shino sighed and calmly followed them, closing the door behind him. It seemed that the team would be changed completely now they had a fourth member.

xoxox a few hours later... xoxox

Practically drowning in bags, the four teenagers sat in a small cafe. They were all exhausted from a day of showing Kisa around and helping her to kit out her new apartment. As a way of thanking them she had insisted on buying them dinner so they sat eating together as if they had always had four members in their team. Kisa smiled happily as she managed to take a piece of pork from her meal under the table without anyone noticing, feeding it to a waiting Akamaru who she had developed a soft spot for. She heard a faint buzzing noise and looked up to see a kikai that seemed to be spying on her. She glanced at Shino and grinned sheepishly. He'd caught her.

Kisa held her hand out to the insect so it could land in her palm. She found all sorts of animals fascinating although sometimes she did not get along with people. She had a habit of putting her foot in it and distrusting... Still, she had found herself right at home with her new team and she was determined to be an asset to them. A sudden flurry of activity caught her attention. Two people were approaching; a blonde guy and a girl with pink hair...

"Ah! Who's this?" the blonde asked, practically staring at her. She knew she stood out from the crowd with her blue hair and eyes but that was no reason to stare.. She arched an eyebrow, viewing the blonde carefully, "My name's Kisa, I'm part of this team now." He seemed taken aback by this and was about to speak when the girl with pink hair smacked him across the back of his head, "Don't be rude, Naruto! Hi Kisa, I'm Sakura. It's nice to finally meet you, Tsunade-sama's told me all about you."

Kisa blushed a little at the attention but she smiled at Sakura all the same, "Nice to meet you too Sakura-chan! I've heard all about Tsunade's favourite student... she tried and failed to teach me once, aparently I'm not patient enough." The two girls laughed at this. It seemed she had made another friend... the blonde guy, Naruto, was irritating though. Kisa glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. He was chatting away with Kiba, not paying attention to the others as they play-bickered between them.

"So, Kisa, what do you think of Konoha? Is it to your liking?" Shino asked. Kisa looked at him, aware that he had not spoken much since they had first met. She thought for a moment then smiled her usual lopsided smile, "It's... home."