A/N: Sorry, I finally got time to fix an error I hadn't realized I made until after I read what I'd posted for this chapter... I was thinking about the fourth when I was trying to type the meaning of Gondaime and mixed them up! I also fixed the spelling of Ossu from Oshu but in the actually story itself I had initially forgotten... Gomen nasai!

Jutsu Two: Settling In

Dango: Dumplings - I hear they are quite sweet
Baka: "Idiot" "stupid" something along those lines
Hai: "Yes", and 'hai hai' is like "Yeah yeah"
Gondaime: "fifth" - meaning the fifth Hokage in Konoha Chakara The types of energy used to perform Jutsu in a nutshell. Not generally seen with the naked eye, but can be sensed if you've had training to do so.
Ichiraku: All I know is it's the name of the ramen (noodle) shop many villagers like to eat at, especially Naruto.
Ossu: "yes" - a way of exclaiming yes or like 'affirmative' to a superior ninja or commander, etc.

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"Ne, onee-chan!" a small girl called out as she franticly waved her arms in the air to a young woman. The women smiled warmly with her eyes shadowed by the straw hat she wore. The voluminous material of the dark cloak she wore spilled out around her as she kneeled down to catch the child and embraced her.

The child snuggled into the woman, "I missed you! It was lonely… oni-chan is still away!"

The woman giggled at the pouting kid, then mussed the child's hair, "He'll be back soon. Just like I was."

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Roy-chan had been dreaming again. 'Was… that a… memory? Or just a really weird dream?' She covered her face with her right hand and sighed, 'I can't remember anything beyond wandering alone in this world with nothing but the headband and clothes on my back." She slipped her hand to her forehead and turned to look at said headband folded on the dresser.

Moonlight was shinning in through the window, highlighting the metal. The sight of it reminded her of her first glimpse of Naruto-kun's forehead protector, "Naruto-kun…"

Roy-chan turned and curled to a more comfortable position before drifting to sleep again.

Yawning and stretching Roy-chan thought of food. "Man, I'm SO hungry!" she sweat-dropped, "But I heard hospital food is terrible!"

Hanging her head in disappointment she thought of dango and red-bean soup…

"Well, you should be fine, just take it easy for a day or two though," the same nurse from yesterday was scratching a few notes on her clip board with one hand, and holding the used bandages Roy-chan had been wearing in the other.

Roy-chan nodded her thanks and slid her sleeves back down as the nurse left.

Flopping back onto the bed she starred up at the ceiling and sighed, 'It was just as I heard, the food didn't taste great.' She made a face just thinking about it.

As if saving her from reminiscing over the food the door flew open, "Oi! Roy-chan, you ready yet? They said you could leave."

Naruto-kun came striding over to the end of her bed, "You're not even dressed yet! What have you been doing, sleeping again?"

"Baka! They just finished my examination! Go wait outside so I can change, then we'll leave!" Roy-chan retorted.

"Oi, oi! You're in a bad mood," Naruto-kun's face was disgruntled, "just hurry up, I want to meet with Tsunade-ba-chan then get back to training."

"Hai, hai." Roy-chan waved Naruto-kun away and reached for her clothes.

After meeting the Hokage

"Well, she's letting me stay in the village… but are you sure it's alright for me to stay with you?" Roy-chan looked to Naruto-kun.

"Tsunade-baa-chan told me to let you… and it's only for a bit right? I could use help with the bills…" He began drifting off into his own thoughts. i'He always wears the most interesting expressions… how can he do that?'/i

Roy-chan sighed. Tomorrow she was going to meet Iruka-sensei to test her and see if she was skilled enough to be a Konaha ninja. It seems he was Naruto-kun's old sensei from the academy. 'That couldn't be too bad right? If Naruto-kun had become a Genin she could too, right?' She sweat-dropped and hoped so. She'd already made a vow of loyalty to Konahagakure for Gondaime. Then she had a weird jutsu performed on her. It made her body tingle and she saw the Hokage's Chakara. Besides, she'd be paid for completing missions, how else would she repay the Hokage and pay her hospital bill?

Naruto-kun had shown her the way to his place and given her the key and envelope of money. He said he was off to go and train, she'd have to buy her new clothes herself. Before she could ask him where the stores were he'd already run and leapt away.

Hanging her head and sighing Roy-chan put the key away and decided she'd just have to find out for herself where to get new clothes.

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It had taken her two hours to find the right shops selling anything close to what she'd wanted. The first thing she bought was something new to wear right away: a midnight blue short-sleeved shirt with a false turtleneck, black Capri's, blue zori (like all the other ninja), and a blue ribbon to hold back her hair. She'd ended up stopping for a snack next to a noodle bar called "Ichiraku" or something like that. Seemed popular, there were a few people there, they all wore green vests with a red circle with a swirl in it and the Konaha headbands.

The shopkeepers were friendly enough. She found a plain kimono in pale blue with a deep blue obi, a pair of wooden sandals to go with it. One tailor even offered to custom make her new clothes exactly like her old clothes, three pairs! Two would be black with white thread; the other was blue with pale blue thread. She hadn't replaced her cloak yet, but she thought that could wait since she had a warm place to stay now and didn't have to camp out or wander anymore.

"I wonder how much Naruto needs for rent? And it would only be fair if I helped pay for food too." Roy-chan thought aloud as she set her purchases on the floor next to Naruto-kun's table. She set the house key on the tabletop.

Inhaling, then exhaling slowly she decided it would be a good time to meditate and build up her spiritual chakara. She sat on a clear spot in his living room and started.

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"Oi, open the door!" Naruto-kun called out as he knocked loudly.

Irritated from being disturbed so suddenly Roy-chan huffed and went to open the door. As soon as it was opened Naruto-kun rushed in and began to boil water.

"Dattebayo! Ramen after training is the best," Naruto-kun laughed as he sat and waited for the water.

"So it went well I take it?" Roy-chan asked while seating herself back on the floor, Naruto-kun only had one chair for his table.

"Oussu! Once Sasuke gets back I'll defeat him and prove to him, Kakashi-sensei and Sakura-chan that I'm better! Hee hee," Naruto-kun said.

Roy-chan cocked her head to the side, "Who are they?"

Naruto-kun's face shifted to look somewhat angry and he clenched a fist in front of him, "Sasuke is a bastard that Sakura-chan spends all her time paying attention to!" his face seemed to start to get more enthusiastic, "Secretly she's madly in love with me though. Kakashi-sensei is our Jounin sensei. All of us are Team Seven, dattebayo!" in the end he smiled and gave Roy-chan a thumbs up.

She sweat dropped and thought, 'Well, that didn't tell me a lot about them but I do know they are on his team.' Then she asked, "If you guys are a team, why aren't you training with them?"

"Tsunade-ba-chan sent them off on a mission while I was recovering! I hadn't found out until they'd already left!" Naurto-kun growled, "Tsunade-ba-chan wouldn't tell me what their mission was or where, so I couldn't go catch up to them either! But they said they'd be back…" he tilted his head and seemed to be thinking, "…in 2 weeks. That means they'll be here in another week."

"Ah, so you'll introduce me then won't you? I mean, they are you're team after all." Roy-chan inquired.

Naruto-kun grinned widely, "Sure, dattebayo!"

"Uh, Naruto-kun?"

"Nandato?"

"Am I going to be sleeping on the couch then? You're place only seems to have one bedroom, and I take it that's yours?" she pointed to the bed next to the window.

He rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, "Yeah… I'll just check and see if I have a futon you can use! There's lots of stuff in the spare room." He stood up and started rustling around in his things.

Roy-chan hadn't really paid much attention until now, and now that she did, she noticed he did have a lot of random things in his place. And they were everywhere.

"Hah!" Naruto-kun pulled out a futon from a pile of things in one corner, "I found one!" he laughed and brought it over, along with a blanket and pillow he dug out, "Here, you can stay here in the extra room." He handed them to her.

"Thanks, Naruto-kun," Roy-chan hugged him before laying out the futon, "by the way, your water is boiling."

"Nani!" Naruto-kun rushed over and took his kettle off the element.