I still don't own anything Naruto. Sorry not a whole lot going on in this chapter, and it's my shortest chapter so far. But still read it!
Chapter 4- Is It Too Late to Start Over?
Nanami was groaning internally as she made her way over to the cash register while being bombarded by questions from Naruto's friends. She really wished he would have consulted her before he opened his big mouth like that.
"You're Naruto's sister?"
"How come you've been gone for so long?"
"Where have you been?"
"Why are you here now?"
"Do you want to hang out with us?"
"Where all are you shopping at?"
Nanami couldn't hear what the cashier was saying over the constant questions. She couldn't even tell who was asking what. Finally, she had all she could take.
"Guys! Please just shut up for like five minutes! I can't possibly answer you all at once!"
They all shut up, probably surprised by her sudden outburst. Now that she could finally understand the cashier she paid for her clothes and stormed out of the store with the rest of the kids following. She turned around and faced them.
"Now, if you want to ask me something, please do it one at a time." She managed to say calmly even though she felt like she was one question away from killing someone.
No one said anything at first. Nanami was starting to feel self-conscious from all of their staring.
"I'm hungry." Naruto finally announced. That seemed to distract the group from her at the moment. Pretty soon all of the guys were complaining about having nothing to eat.
Nanami sighed gratefully. Even if he didn't do it on purpose, Naruto sure knew how to come through with the save.
"Well what if you go with your friends, and I'll finish shopping and meet you at the food court?" Nanami suggested to Naruto.
"That sounds great!" Naruto yelled as he took off running in the opposite direction.
A couple of the guys sighed and followed him. Kiba lingered a little bit longer but finally followed the others. The only people left in front of Nanami were the three girls.
"So you're really Naruto's sister?" the pink haired one asked.
"Yes" Nanami sighed, exasperated.
"Well do you mind if we go with you?" She asked unphased by Nanami's aggravation.
"Yeah, I like the guys, but sometimes we just need girl time." The blonde haired one added. From the way she said it, Nanami could tell that she enjoyed all of the attention she drew from the opposite sex. Nanami rolled her eyes.
"Well, yeah, I guess if you want. I still need to pick out stuff for my bedroom and school supplies." Nanami finally surrendered.
"Great! We actually came here in the first place for school supplies. I just got sidetracked by the cute outfits." The pink haired girl admitted, blushing.
"Awesome. You can show me where I should go, since my guide bailed on me." Nanami said referring to Naruto.
"Alright!" They cheered.
As they started shopping, the girls instantly took to Nanami telling her all of the town gossip, who's hot at the school, and where the best places to hang out were. Nanami also learned the girls' names along with everyone else's name. The one with the shoulder length pink hair, sea-green eyes, red headband, red tank top with the pink sweater over it, black skirt, and pink Ugg boots was Sakura. Nanami was right on that one. The girl with the blonde ponytail and bangs, baby blue eyes, purple sweater dress with a large black belt sitting above her waist, black leggings, and black ballerina flats was Ino. The shy girl who had barely uttered a word the entire time with purple hair, light mauve eyes, a netting shirt with a large purple hoodie, jeans, and black tennis shoes was Hinata.
They started going on about all of the guys in their group. Apparently Sakura and Ino thought Naruto was a good friend just not boyfriend worthy. Even though Naruto had been totally crushing on Sakura, Nanami could tell that Hinata was crazy for him by the way she blushed when they talked about him. Nanami found it very interesting and upsetting that her younger brother was in a love triangle at fifteen. Nanami's older sister instincts started to fire up at this, but they didn't stay on the subject of Naruto long, probably for that very reason.
The person they wouldn't shut up about was Sasuke Uchiha who was the nicely dressed dark headed boy. They started talking about how he was the Konoha version of Neal Caffrey: sexy, well-dressed, and smart. Nanami rolled her eyes at this. She finally got them off the subject of Sasuke long enough to have them tell her about the others.
The boy with the black ponytail, black zip-up hoodie with white splatter paint design, black skinny jeans, earrings, and lazy attitude was Shikamaru. The guy with the big appetite, shaggy brown hair, and red and black jogging suit was Choji. Kiba, Nanami already kind of knew, and apparently someone named Shino was missing from their group.
"So, you and Kiba. What's going on there?" Ino asked slyly.
Nanami blushed even though she really didn't know why. "Nothing. He was just really nice to me this morning, that's all." She explained really fast.
"Uh-huh." Ino replied, unbelieving that it was that innocent.
"So what do you think about this?" Nanami asked holding up some curtains, trying to change the subject.
Ino and Sakura rolled their eyes, but went ahead and helped her pick out the perfect curtains for her new pad. Nanami held back a little to talk to Hinata.
"It doesn't look like Kiba and I have a thing, does it?"
"Well, act-actually N-Nanami. It kind of does." She stuttered.
"Great." Nanami huffed. "Not only am I the new girl and Naruto's sister, but now I'm in a non-existing relationship with Kiba."
Hinata giggled. "There could be worse things." She pointed out.
"I suppose that's true." Nanami smiled wryly.
Hinata seemed to be warming up to Nanami the more they talked, and Nanami found that they really had a lot of things in common. She found herself rooting for Hinata in Naruto's love life even though she liked Sakura too.
"Okay so do you want to go catch up with the guys?" Sakura asked, as they left the store.
"Yes!" Ino blurted.
Nanami suppressed a laugh. Ino is so boy crazy!
"That's cool." Nanami agreed. Hinata smiled and nodded her head so they all headed over to the food court.
It wasn't hard to find them since they were the loudest and biggest group there. Nanami really noticed that it was Naruto being loud and the rest of the guys were either going along with it or telling him to shut up. Nanami shook her head at her ridiculous, yet incredibly adorable little brother.
"Hey guys!" Ino called, announcing her arrival.
"Hey girls!" Naruto shouted and waved, as if we couldn't see where they were sitting.
We made it over to their tables and set our bags down.
"So how did it go?" Kiba asked.
"Way too much fun." Ino announced. "You should invite your sister to hang out more often Naruto."
"Like that had been a previous option." Sasuke pointed out dully.
"So I'm going to get something to drink. Do you want something? Ino? Sakura? Hinata?" Nanami asked uncomfortable about having everyone talk about her.
"Nah, we're good." They answered back.
"Hey! Get me one of those giant cookies!" Naruto yelled at her.
"Naruto quit yelling! And why can't you go get your own cookie?"
"You're the one who offered." He grumbled. Shikamaru and Sasuke snickered. She wondered if they were laughing at her or him, but decided to let it go rather than question it.
"Fine, whatever." She turned and walked away.
"Hey, wait up. I'll go with you."
Nanami didn't stop, but slowed down so Kiba could catch up.
"So you're Naruto's sister." Was the first thing Kiba stated when he caught up.
"I thought that had already been established." She replied back with a small smile.
"You could have told me." He said with a slight pout.
"Yes, when would you have liked me to do it when you ran over me in the grocery store or when I was ambushed by you and Naruto in J.C. Penny's?"
He didn't say anything for a while and Nanami made it to the cookie stand. She ordered a Coke ICEE and then two giant chocolate-chip cookies. She figured if she was here she might as well get one for herself.
"I've got it." He said reaching for his wallet.
"Will you stop buying me food?" She teased, but still refused to let him pay. "I can kind of understand in the grocery store, but you haven't done anything to me now."
"Well, I feel bad about earlier. I mean, I kind of thought, that you and Naruto weren't, well…" He started blushing, and was too embarrassed to finish his sentence.
Nanami started laughing understanding what he thought. "How about we just start over? No more owing each other anything, kay?"
"Alright." He agreed. Akamaru who had been quiet the whole time yipped his reply to that.
Nanami jumped. "I almost forgot about you Akamaru." She giggled, reaching out to pet the white dog. He growled nervously, and Nanami was almost afraid that he was going to bite her. However, he allowed her to scratch his head, and slowly started to relax under her touch.
"I guess Akamaru likes me." She happily proclaimed.
"Yeah, looks like that makes two of us." Kiba softly murmured. Nanami felt herself blush as they walked back over to the gang. It seemed like Konoha was going to be a very charming place to live.
Awww, isn't Kiba so cute and such a gentleman. Okay so I know I said last chapter that I was going to add in another love interest, and I am. I'm still trying to work him in. Also I wasn't trying to make a love at first sight kind of thing. Kiba likes Nanami he just doesn't know if its like that yet. Thanks to everybody who has been reading so far and I still need reviews!