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Your/Kimi's POV*

You open the door, and notice that it didn't creak.

Your eyes focus on an old man wearing a red and white cloak and hat.

"I take it you are Kimi-san?" he says, lifting his head.

"Yes sir, I am." You say, trying to sound as polite as possible.

"Now, Anko has explained everything to me," he begins, "about Orochimaru and about your curse marks."

He looks concerned, "May I ask why you do not wish to get them sealed?" he asks.

"I just know for a fact that I can control it, and that it wouldn't put anyone in danger." You say, looking him right in the eyes.

"How can you be sure of that?" he asks you, probing for information.

"Because I have been controlling it for 6 years now and I have never had an issue." You say.

"What do you mean?" he asks, now interested in your stay at Orochimaru's lair.

"I think that is just agrees with my genes, and I can control it without any problem." You say, arguing your point.

He frowns, "Well, I can't force you to do anything."

You know that, and you smile in success.

"But I advise that you get them sealed as soon as possible."

You nod, "I will, if I think it would be wise." You know that you've won.

He sighs and nods.

"You start at the academy tomorrow." He tells you.

"You can go now," he says, "but we don't currently have any housing, you will have to find someone who will let you live with them for a while."

"Okay, sure." You say, 'but I don't know anyone yet'

You turn around and walk out the door.

You decide that the first step to lying low, and blending in is to change your style.

So you walk into the nearest clothing shop.

You are now only wearing your black vest and some black bandage-pants.

As you walk in, a lady walks over and begins to talk to you.

You explain that you are looking for ninja-clothes.

The lady shows you to the section of her store that holds their ninja clothes.

You know that clothes can weigh a ninja down and that your old clothes were made of really light weight cloth.

You take a while to look through the clothes and then you see it.

A white Kunoichi-skirt.

It was loose enough to move but it fitted your petite image perfectly.

You also decided to grab some white bandaging for your arms as well.

As you were leaving a little red broach caught your eye.

It was a red, beaded rose. The transparent beads glowed in the sun.

You took a step out of the shop, happy with your new look.

Your eyes scanned the roads, and saw a park.

You realised that this was your first chance to explore the outside world.

'If I can't find somewhere to live, I will just sleep outside' you thought, getting excited.

You walked over to a tall tree and started to focus your chakra into your feet, and with one swift movement you were up in the tree.

"WOW!" you hear from the bottom of the tree.

You look down to see a stupid looking blonde kid standing under the branch you're on, staring up at you.

"How did you do that?" he asked in amazement.

"I don't know, I just did." You say, not quite realising what he was asking.

Using chakra manipulation was essential when climbing walls in tunnels, there was nothing to grab onto and nowhere to put your feet.

"COME ON!" he groans, "You have to tell me how to do it!" he looks up to you with hopeful eyes.

"I can try.." you start, his eyes light up,

"Really? Yay!" he yells so loud that his forehead protector falls down and covers his eyes.

"… but it will take a while and lots of practise." You finish and see his smile drop.

"Let's try!" you encourage him.

He looks up to you.

Swinging your feet around you slide off of the tree branch and land on your feet.

Hearing the boy's "Ahhh…" from amazement, you smile.

'I like this kid' you think.

"I'm Kimi, what's our name?" you say, thrusting your chest out and holding your head up high.

The boy looks surprised, "I'm Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto. Believe it!"

The boy's attitude causes you to laugh out loud.

You explain the basic technique to Naruto and he smiles and nods but then rubs the back of his head and you know that he doesn't get it.

Noticing the sun setting you sigh, you didn't have anywhere to stay for the night.

Naruto saw your face and realized what the problem might be.

"If you don't have a place to stay, do you wanna come over to my house for the night?" he asked, you knew that he had innocent intentions but you couldn't help laugh at the idea of staying with a boy.

"Sure." You say, smiling to show your appreciation.

Naruto's POV*

'Kimi looks confused' you think, looking at her facial expression.

You wonder why she wouldn't have a place to stay.

She notices you looking at her and smiles, you smile back.

"My house is this way," you say pointing to the small block of apartments, "Its on the top floor." You smile and she laughs.

You wonder why she always laughs when you smile.

'I wonder where Kimi came from, because she sure as hell didn't come from around here.' You think looking at her.

You notice someone standing outside your house, it is Kakashi.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei." You say, waving he looks at you and you see his eyes focus on the girl behind you.

"This is Kimi-chan." You say pointing to her. Her face lights up with shock at the mention of her name.

'She must have been deep in thought'

"I know," he says, 'what?' "I heard about her from the Hokage-sama."

He squints in an accusing way.

Your head dashes around to see Kimi's face as she looks to the ground.

"What did you want to see me about, Kakashi-sensei?" you ask, changing the subject.

"I came to tell you that we are leaving tomorrow for our first C-ranked mission." He said.

"NANI?" you ask, fires of excitement burning in your eyes.

He nods and in a flash, he is gone.

You turn to Kimi, "Let's go inside."

Your/Kimi's POV*

Naruto's house is really messy, "Sorry for the mess." He says.

He leads you through the rooms, giving you a semi-detailed tour of the house.

"… and here's where you will be sleeping." He says showing you into a room with a futon on the floor, surrounded by empty bowls of ramen.

You look around, and Naruto smiles, rubbing his head.

"Sorry, about the Ramen.." he looks down, "I usually use this room for eating."

You nod and say, "No, its okay. I don't mind." You turn to him and smile.

"Well, it's getting late." He says, walking out of the room. "G'night." He yawns.

You close the door behind him and begin unwrapping your arms and legs.

You sigh as you notice the scales still covering your legs.

It was a sigh of relief, the scales were slightly faded.

They smoothed out to look like flesh, but they still felt cold and hard.

Now you wore only your vest, and a pair of white short-shorts that you had picked up earlier in the shop.

You slump down, landing on your futon.

Closing your eyes no longer makes a clicking noise, you are glad.

You smile as you lose consciousness.

The next morning, you are woken by the screaming of a certain knuckleheaded ninja.

You open the door, and see Naruto with his hand under the tap, swearing furiously.

"What happened?" you ask, still half asleep.

"Hand… Ramen… Hot… soup… burn…" he says between swears.

You laugh at him, and go to his fridge.

You grab a couple of ice blocks and crush them in your hand.

You pass them to him and hear his sigh as he cools his burn.

He invites you to sit down and you listen to him talk about his team while eating ramen for breakfast.

He complains about Sasuke, and tells you about his attitude problem.

You make a mental note that when you meet Sasuke, you will personally give him a hard time for being so mean to the cheerful ninja in front of you.

He also tells you about Sakura and you smile at the cuteness of his love interest.

He then tells you about Kakashi and how he is a powerful ninja who Naruto looks up to very much.

You encourage him as he tells you that he will become the next Hokage, but then explain that it isn't all fun and games.

After you finish your breakfast, you decide that you would go with Naruto to meet his team before you go to the Academy.

He gets so excited about the C-rank mission that he almost nocks the door down.

You follow him through the door and close it gently as he runs ahead.

You smile and run after him.

You meet the rest of his team outside the gates to Konoha.

As you walk through, you wave to Kotetsu and Izumo.

Izumo blushes wildly as you do, you smile to yourself as you realise your powers over the men of Konoha.

Naruto and you arrive quite late to the meeting place, but Kakashi seemed to be even later than you.

You thought that introductions would be best.

"I'm Kimi," you say, smiling at the two ninja in front of you, "Saito Kimi. I'm new to Konoha."

"I'm Haruno Sakura." Smiles the girl with pink hair.

"And this is Sasuke-kun." She says pointing to the boy leaning against the door.

He obviously wants to look cool.

"Ohhhh…" you say, "That emo kid that Naruto told me about," you point to him, his eyes looking like daggers as he glares to you.

"He looks a lot like this guy I met this one time," you say putting your finger to your face. "Itachi-niisan." You say, bluntly. Sasuke looks stunned.

"Are You an Uchiha?" you say, looking Sasuke in the eye.

He looks startled, 'that should teach him to pick on my Naruto!' you think smiling.

He glares at you, hatred in his eyes.

You know why, you heard the story many times, but the one who told you told it a bit differently.

Flashback

"Itachi-niisan?" you yell running after the tall boy wearing a red and black cloak.

"Tell me why you joined the Akatsuki!" you ask, putting on your puppy dog eyes, you had been capable of controlling guys from a young age.

"Well.." he started, you sat still and to attention just like an interested puppy.

".. It all started at night, while my brother was out training. He was trying to surpass me," he said, smiling to himself.

"I went around and slaughtered my whole clan." He says, and then stops.

"Why?" you ask him. Looking curiously at the teenage boy in front of you.

"If you come closer," he says, curling his finger in a beckoning motion, "I'll tell you."

You lean in, and he whispers into your ear, "For love." He pokes your forehead with two of his fingers.

You look at him, confused, "Why?" you ask him again.

"To save my most special person." He smiles at you and you laugh at him.

You didn't have any special people, except him.

Back to the present

'Is this Itachi's special person?' you ask to yourself.

Sasuke is now walking towards you with full speed, he stops so that his face is about half a meter away from yours.

"How do you know Itachi?" he asks you, his eyes flaming with rage.

"Itachi? He was my first love." You say, and you swiftly lift your right hand up and tap him, with your two fingers, he looks shocked.

A tear wells up in your eye, you blink and it rolls down your face.

You smile and turn to hide your sadness.

You begin to run and yell back to Naruto, "I'll see you when you return from your mission, and I'll be a ninja by then!"

You continue to run towards the academy.

Tears now flowing down your face, why did you tell him the truth.

Why did you feel that you owed it to him to tell him of your feelings for his brother.

Sasuke's POV*

'Did she just say "first love"?' you ask yourself.

You realise that she had poked you the way Itachi, your older brother used to.

'She couldn't have known Itachi, she was just some girl that Naruto had found wandering the streets, wasn't she? What hidden connection does she have to me?'

"Hey, Sasuke?" Naruto calls to you.

You glare at him and say, "What?"

"Did Kimi-chan look like she was crying to you?" he asked, concern in his eyes.

You remembered that you had seen a sparkle coming from her eyes, you thought at the time that it was just the light reflecting.

'If she was crying, what if what she said about Itachi was true. About him being her first love?'

You were obviously thinking too much about this.

"There he is!" you hear Sakura and Naruto yell in Unison.

They are both pointing to Kakashi as he walks up to gates, hours later that the said meeting time.

He is holding the same book as during the training sessions with him.

'He really is a creepy old pervert.' You think nodding your head at the statement.

"I brought Tazuna." Kakashi says dragging the old bridge maker along behind him.

The mission was to escort this drunken man to his village so that he could build a bridge.

It was going to be a seriously boring mission.

I enjoyed writing this chapter, but then again i enjoyed writing all these chapters.

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