Kyoko smirked, she had him. In what seemed like a split second, Shikamaru fell to his knees. Neji glared at the girl, he ran to Shikamaru and asked him if he was alright.
"Don't worry; the Genjutsu I used wasn't that strong." Kyoko said. Neji looked at her, but then she was gone.
"Byakugan." Neji then had veins popping out around his eyes. He found Kyoko in a tree, Kyoko knew that he saw her and she waved. 'What arrogance.' Neji thought. Then a kunai came flying toward Neji and he easily dodged it. He looked at the tree again and Kyoko was gone. Neji then felt someone behind him and looked to see Kyoko. The girl lifted her leg to kick him. 'I can't dodge it in time, I have to block.' Neji thought. He threw his arms up to protect his head. When the girl's leg made contact he went flying. Kyoko slowly walked toward Neji. He was trying to stand up, she kicked him really hard. 'She's good. Shikamaru's still knocked out too.' Neji thought to himself.
Kyoko stopped in front of Neji and said, "I win… I guess I should heal you guys." Kyoko bent over and raised her hand close to Neji's face. Then a water-like substance surrounded the boy and it began to glow. 'This must be what Shikamaru was talking about. It is very strange.' Neji thought. The water quickly disappeared and Neji honestly felt better than before. It was like she had never kicked him. Kyoko smiled and stood up. She walked to Shikamaru and sat on her knees.
Kyoko sighed while healing him, "I accidentally used a stronger Genjutsu then intended." Finally Shikamaru opened his eyes and Kyoko stopped healing him. "Sorry, Shikamaru, I didn't mean to use that strong of a Genjutsu," she said rubbing the back of her head. Shikamaru sat up and Kyoko stood. She held her hand out to help him up. Shikamaru took it and she pulled him up. Neji was there by then and Kyoko grinned, "I win." Kyoko began to think, and then she started to pace with her hand on her chin.
"What is it?" Shikamaru asked.
"Well, I won, so you have to do something for me," she replied.
Shikamaru sighed, "Like what?" 'This girl is really bothersome.' He thought to himself.
"Aha! I got it!" Kyoko exclaimed.
"What do you want, and I'm not doing anything stupid or pointless." Neji said flatly.
Kyoko quickly replied, "It's not stupid or pointless, to me anyway."
Neji was getting annoyed, again, "What do you want."
Kyoko smiled widely, "I want you to bring all of your friends and we'll eat dinner together. I want to make more friends. Plus, you guys have to pay for everybody, except for me. Deal?"
Shikamaru was confused for a moment and said, "Fine, I'll go get everybody, Neji take Kyoko to the restaurant." Neji nodded and Shikamaru walked away.
"Come on." Neji said flatly. Kyoko obediently followed the boy.
~Later when everybody was at the restaurant. ~
Kyoko was on the end sitting next to Naruto, who was beaming (as always.)
"Hey everybody, if you guys don't know her already this is Kyoko Uchiha." Naruto practically yelled. Everyone who didn't already know her was gaping at the mention of her last name. "I'll introduce everybody, then." Naruto said when nobody moved.
"No, Naruto, everybody will introduce themselves." Neji interrupted.
A girl with pink hair and jade green eyes spoke up, "I'm Sakura Haruno."
A pale white boy with short, black hair said, "Hello, my name is Sai."
"My name is Ino Yamanaka." A blond girl said.
There was a boy sitting next to Shikamaru who was already eating. He swallowed a piece of meat and said, "I'm Chouji Akimichi."
Then a boy did a thumbs up and smiled a huge grin that could rival Naruto's, "My name is Rock Lee, it's very nice to meet you."
"My name is Ten-Ten" a girl with brown hair and eyes said.
"I'm Hinata Hyuuga, i-it's very nice to m-meet you." Said a girl with blue-ish hair and she looked nervous.
Then a boy with sunglasses and most of his face covered spoke up, "Shino Aburame."
Kyoko smiled and said, "It's very nice to meet you all."
"So, why are you showing up all of a sudden?" Sakura asked.
"I was training." Kyoko replied.
"For what?" Sai asked. Kyoko looked down at her hands, not sure what to say. She looked up and smiled at Sai.
"To help Sasuke." She said quietly. Everybody got a look of sadness at the mention of the Uchiha's name. Except for Sai, who didn't know Sasuke. Kyoko felt bad for bringing up bad memories.
"Anyway, I hope to become friends with you all." Kyoko said, trying to get everybody's mind on something else.
"If you don't mind me asking, why did Neji and Shikamaru have us gathered here?" Ino asked. The two boys got a look of defeat on their faces.
"I kicked their asses." Kyoko laughed.
Kiba joined in the laughter, "You beat them."
Kyoko stopped laughing, "What, you don't believe me? I am an Uchiha after all. I could kick your ass too."
Kiba stood up, "Oh, whatever, I can beat you whenever and wherever."
Kyoko laughed again, "Believe what you will, Inuzuka." Then Akamaru barked at her and the girl continued to laugh. Kiba grunted and sat back down in defeat.
"So, you really are strong." Sai said flatly.
She grinned proudly, "Yep." Sai smiled and Kyoko frowned.
"What?" Sai asked.
"You shouldn't smile if you don't mean it." She said crossing her arms. Sai quietly grunted in reply. Kyoko got quiet and closed her eyes. Everybody wondered what was wrong with the girl. She quickly shot her eyes open and stood up. She started to walk away and Naruto stood up.
"Oi, where are you going?!" The blonde yelled.
"Shh," she quickly replied. Naruto tilted his head to the right in confusion. The girl then whispered something that nobody could here.
"What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked curiously. Kyoko turned to face everybody with a grin on her face.
"Nothing." She said sitting down. Everybody had the same thing going through their minds, "Liar." Except for Chouji who was thinking, "I'm not sure if I should eat anymore, I mean Shikamaru and Neji are paying for this, I don't want to make it cost too much."
"Eat as much as you want Chouji, don't worry about the price." Kyoko said practically reading his mind. Chouji nodded in excitement and dug in. Kyoko smiled at Shikamaru and Neji who were glaring daggers at her. After awhile, everybody was done eating and Neji and Shikamaru were mad at Kyoko because of the price they had to pay. Kyoko stood outside and looked at the sky. The sun had just started to set and she thought it looked beautiful.
"Yo." Kyoko turned and saw Shikamaru.
"Hey."
"What're you looking at?"
"The sky, it's so pretty."
"Yeah." Shikamaru sighed. Kyoko sighed and got a sad look on her face. "What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked her.
"I have to go tell the Hokage something, I'll see you later, 'k?" the girl said quietly.
"What do you have to tell her?"
"Well, when I walked out of the restaurant earlier, I felt something and I'm not sure what it was. I figured I should tell her about it…"
"Hn." Shikamaru said, staring at the ground. "Her senses must be pretty sharp, nobody else felt it…." He thought to himself.
"Anyway, see you around." Kyoko smiled and waved. In a puff of smoke, she was gone.
"That girl is nothing like the other Uchiha's I know…." Shikamaru sighed and walked home.
~The next morning~
Kyoko was walking through Konoha trying to find Shikamaru's house. She smiled when she found it and knocked on the front door. A man with scars on his face answered.
"Who're you?"
"I'm here for Shikamaru, he has a mission." Kyoko smiled.
"He's asleep, let me go get him." His father said.
"Uhm, Mr. Nara-"
"Call me Shikaku."
"Alright, I was wondering if I could wake up Shikamaru."
"Sure, go ahead."
Kyoko smiled even wider and walked inside. She ran up the stairs and almost immediately found Shikamaru's room. She quietly opened the door and walked inside. She walked next to his bed and for a few seconds, watched him sleep.
"Shikamaru, it's time to wake up." She whispered in his ear.
"Hmmm?" Shikamaru groaned in reply. He opened his eyes to see Kyoko's face inches from his. Shikamaru screamed and shot up.
"Wh-What the hell are you doing in here?!" he practically yelled. Shikamaru frowned because Kyoko was laughing and apologizing at the same time.
"I'm sorry." She said gasping for air.
"No you're not…" Shikamaru mumbled. "Why are you at my house?"
"I'm here to tell you about your new mission!" Kyoko smiled.
"What is it?" Shikamaru yawned, getting out of bed. Kyoko was about to say something when she blushed.
"What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked.
"You're not…wearing a shirt…" she whispered in reply.
"So?"
"I'll just let you get dressed and I'll see you downstairs, k?" she said nervously laughing. Shikamaru lazily walked down the stairs and into his kitchen to find Kyoko eating his breakfast.
"Oi! That's my breakfast!" Shikamaru shouted.
"That's what you get for taking so long, and don't worry, I left you some." Kyoko said, chewing her food. Shikamaru sat down and looked at the half-empty bowl of rice in front of him.
"This food is delicious, kaa-san!" Kyoko exclaimed.
"Kaa-san?" Shikamaru asked.
"What?"
"She's not your mom."
"Really?! I had no idea!" Kyoko smirked and stole more of Shikamaru's food.
"Oi! Give that back!" Shikamaru said irately.
"You gotta be a better ninja, I mean you can't even protect your own food." Kyoko smirked.
"My mission?" Shikamaru asked with gritted teeth.
"Oh, right! Well, we are going to Suna, they need a few of us… Well, actually they requested us."
"We?" Shikamaru asked quickly.
"Yep! I'm a Jounin, so I'm the leader!" Kyoko laughed, eating more food. Kyoko stood up and told Shikamaru to meet at the north gate of the village in 30 minutes. Kyoko had to go and assemble the rest of the team.
Kyoko arrived and knocked on someone's front door. "Hn?" a certain blond answered the door.
"Wow. You're cute in the morning too." Kyoko giggled.
"Really?" Naruto grinned.
"Not like that, cute like in a little brother sort of way." Kyoko smirked. Naruto mumbled something about the girl being a jerk and Kyoko laughed.
"Why are you here?" Naruto asked yawning and rubbing his eyes of sleep.
"We have a mission, so in 30 minutes we'll all meet at the north gate." Kyoko stated.
"Alright, I'll be there." Naruto said. Kyoko then waved and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Later she arrived at another house; it was larger than the other houses she had been to that morning. Kyoko didn't feel like asking for permission to go inside so she just hopped over the large wall. When she got inside she could hear someone training.
Kyoko walked to the courtyard and said loudly, "Ohayoo gozaimasu!" There were two people there, a girl and an older man.
"Hey Hinata." Kyoko smiled. Hinata smiled and waved. The man who Kyoko guessed was her father said she could take a break.
"Do you need anything?" Hinata asked quietly.
"I need to see Neji, he has a new mission." Kyoko whispered back. Kyoko laughed at herself, wondering why she whispered too. Suddenly, Kyoko got a serious look on her face. She suddenly jerked around and grabbed someone and shoved his face in the ground.
"Nice try, Neji! That wasn't very sneaky." Kyoko laughed. Kyoko stood up and helped the boy stand.
"I gotta go, so just get ready and go to the north gate. I'll explain the mission there. I expect you to be there before me." Kyoko said before smiling, waving, and disappearing.
~30 minutes later: Konoha's front gate~
"Hey guys!" Kyoko said from behind the three boys. Naruto smiled and waved, Shikamaru nodded and Neji just looked at her with a blank expression.
"Well, I'll tell you about the mission and then we'll be on our way. We have been ordered to go to the Village Hidden in the Sand to get an important document and bring it back here. Sound simple enough?" Kyoko explained.
"Earlier you told me that 'they' requested us. Who are 'they' and why us?" Shikamaru asked.
"Well the Kazekage picked us and I'm guessing he picked you because you're supposed to be smart or something. He picked Neji because he's strong and has the Byakugan, which could be a big help in case there are any enemies. I'm not really sure why he picked Naruto, maybe because their friends." Kyoko shrugged.
"Why did he pick you?" Naruto asked.
"Hell if I know." Kyoko sighed then continued, "Let's be off then!" The three boys nodded in agreement and then the team started their long journey to Suna.