"Yama." Keiko stormed up to Yama who was just coming out of the grocery store with a bag in his hand.

Yama's eyes widened as he looked over to see Keiko and Kazuko walking toward him. "Ah... Hi?"

"Alright, big shot, drop the bag and let's go. You against Kazuko and I, right now!"

"Ah... why?" Yama asked, not moving from his spot.

"You lied to me!" Keiko looked around at the bystanders who stopped to look. "What're you looking at?" Keiko shouted at them. "Keep it moving!"

"C-calm down, Keiko." Kazuko murmured.

"What did I lie about?"

"You said the Hokage and Jounin were telling you not to see me when it was your decision to tell everyone not to allow me to remember you!"

He sighed. "Not quite, Keiko. At first it was them, then once I realized you didn't remember, I told people not to bother with it."

"Why? You caused yourself grief over it!"

"N-No I didn't..." Yama answered simply, his eyes avoiding her deadly gaze.

"Oh, just admit it!" Keiko spat. "You've been emotionally hurt by it!"

Yama said nothing as he turned in the direction of his home and began to retreat from the area.

"No you don't!" Keiko ran up behind Yama and grabbed his wrist. "You keep lying to me! What am I suppose to believe?"

Yama almost dropped his bag as he twisted his hand from Keiko's grasp. "Why does it matter to you? I told you the truth about me, why should anything else matter! It's not like you care for me anymore, that disappeared with your memory! Now leave me alone! I am your sensai and nothing more!" Yama sniffled, hiding his face from view as he continued his walk.

"Yama! You're extremely annoying!" Keiko let out a frustrated sighed and stomped her feet like a child.

He ignored her as he kept walking. Kazuko walked up and rested his hands on Keiko's shoulders.

"Are you really going to just let him go like that?"

"Oh boy, now this all just feels like a drama." Keiko sighed. "It's suppose to be the guy going after the girl!" Keiko screamed so that Yama could hear her.

Yama's head turned back to glance at her before he looked forward, disappearing over a hill.

"K-Keiko... it clearly isn't always like that..." Kazuko stated simply.

"I hate you - respectively - Kazuko." Keiko turned to face her friend. "I'm tired, can you go get him for me?"

Kazuko laughed. "This isn't my problem. You go after him. I'll go look after your pet fish."

"I don't have a pet fish...?"

"... I'm gonna go find something to do then!" He smiled brightly.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Who is it?" Yama's voice called through the door.

"I have a message for you." Keiko tried to pull off a deep mans' voice.

"Go away Keiko! You've played this game with me before!"

"Uh, hello! You're the one playing the games! Besides, it's a simple question."

"Then ask it." He said simply.

"I'd rather not speak through a piece of wood." Keiko grimiced.

Several seconds passed before a lock turned and Yama appeared. "What?"

"When are we going to train again?"

"Tomorrow at nine, why?"

"Well, you didn't tell anyone."

"Then pass on the message, bye." Yama began to close the door but Keiko quickly stopped him.

"I'm being serious when I say we all need to get our act together. You're our sensai, Yama, now act like one."

"I'm at home, I can act however I want. Things will be 'normal' tomorrow, now go on home!"

"You're really starting to make me angry, Yama." Keiko pushed the door fully open.

Yama glared at her. "Then go home. You don't belong in your sensai's home."

"Then why did you bring me here and give me clothing when it was downpouring? Huh?"

"It's called being friendly."

"Then why don't you start acting 'friendly' and just open up to me! I have no idea why you're acting this way but apartentally it's affecting both of our pasts! Please, I'm desperate here."

Yama sighed and moved away from the door knowing Keiko would follow. He made his way to the couch and sat down rubbing at his now pounding head. Keiko followed and stood infront of him, waiting for an answer.

"What do you want me to say, Keiko? I already told you the truth."

"The entire truth?"

"Yeah, I did."

"So basically - tell me if I'm wrong - both our parents died, the Hokage and Jounin didn't want you seeing me and after I forgot about you, you told everyone not to allow me never to remember you again? Now you're hurting inside because it isn't the same as it use to be before our parents death?"

"Almost..." He mumbled.

"Almost...?" Keiko repeated inquisitively.

He nodded. "It's not that I'm hurting because 'It isn't the same', I'm 'hurting' as you call it because-" Yama cut himself off as he sighed. Keiko just stared blankly at him, waiting for him to continue. His eyes remained on the floor as he mumbled. "B-Because I still love you..."

Keiko's eyes widened and she gasped. "You...uh..." She let out a nervous laugh. "You...ah...you know..." Keiko bit her lip and scratched her head, suddenly feeling like a huge idiot.

Yama stood up and walked past her, opening the door. "I told you, will you just go now?"

Keiko stood still, not listening to a word he was saying. 'He loves me? How...why..? Since when? Ugh, I'm so confused! I don't feel so well.' Keiko slid onto the couch before she was about to pass out and breathed in deeply.

Yama moved through the room to stand in front of her; his embaressing comment now forgotten. "K-Keiko? You alright?" He asked nervously as he bent down to her eye level.

-FlashBack-

The young blond boy approached Keiko and smiled brightly, his grin filled of missing teeth.

"What do you want?" The young Keiko giggled playfully.

"I was coming to tell you, that I'm going to marry you one day! Mommy and Daddy told me so!" Young Yama stated happily.

"What is marry?" Keiko wondered as she pushed her dolls face into the dirt ground and laughed.

"Um... it's um... it's means you and I will be together forever~!" Yama explained as he sat down beside Keiko in the dirt.

"Like mommy and daddy?" Keiko turned her face to look at Yama.

He nodded as he grinned again. "Yep! Just like them! Isn't it great?"

"Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever-"

Yama finally cut Keiko off from her endless forever's and said, "If you want to!"

"When?"

Yama paused to think. "When we are old enough!"

"Like grandma?"

He shook his head. "More like my cousins!"

Keiko went back to playing with the doll, attempting to rip it off the body to discover what lied beyond the neck. "Okay!" Keiko giggled and through the remains of the doll at Yama before running away. "Catch me if you can!"

"If I catch you, you have to agree to be with me!" Yama called as he chased after Keiko.

-End Flashback-

Keiko was lying on a bed with a cloth over her forehead. The room was dark and she appeared to be alone. She reached up and pulled the cloth off her forehead before climbing out of bed and exiting the unfamiliar room. Outside the door, Yama was sleeping on the couch. She moved over and kneel down beside the sleeping man and watche as he breathed in and out in a rhythmic pattern.

"He loves me?" Keiko muttered and watched as he reached up to scratch his cheek and then returned his hand to his side. "I guess I've just taken him the wrong way when we first met." She sat down beside his head and leaned her head against the arm of the couch. Sleep was dawning on her again and her mind was just about to slip when she heard a noise come from Yama's lips.

"I-I'm s-sorry..." He mumbled, his eyes reamining closed.

"About what?' She whispered in reply.

There was no response from Yama as he shifted to his side, his face now inches from Keiko's.

"Yama-sensai?" Keiko turned to studied his facial features. There was a gap between his lips and she could feel his breath gently on her arm. She reached up to trace the scar that ran from the bridge of his nose to the middle of his left cheek.

Yama's eyes slowly opened to see Keiko. He held back a scream as he sat straight up, looking down at her with wide eyes. "Wh-what the hell are you doing?"

"Where did that scar come from?" Keiko asked gently.

"S-scar..? Ah... wait... what?" Yama tripped over his words in his confusion.

She pulled herself up to sit on the couch beside the startled Yama and traced the scar on his face once again. "This one.."

Yama's face turned red as he tried to back away from Keiko. "Um.. I ah... tried to save my parents and got cut by something..." He answered nervously.

"Oh." She breathed. "I'm sorry for being such a jerk." Keiko murmured. "I didn't mean to push you so much, it's just... I was extremely frustrated that I didn't even know what was going on in my own life. It was a huge shock to hear you say...those words." Keiko diverted her eyes as a blush covered her cheeks.

Yama sat awkwardly as he stared at her. "Um, ah... that's fine... b-but... why the sudden change?"

"Because I feel bad for being a jerk to someone who...ah, loves me?" Keiko laughed nervously, "And other stuff."

Yama's blush deepened as he continued to stare at Keiko blankly. "Ah... okay?"

"I have to admit though; I was placed into this team with my mind set on how I'm going to treat you, but I should have thought more clearly. I'm sorry." Keiko leaned forward and rested her head against Yama's chest.

"Um.. I ah... s-stop apologizing... i-it's fine..." Yama's body tensed as Keiko leaned against him.

"You're not very good with females, are you?" Keiko giggled and snuggled in to his side.

Yama sighed. "I-It's not that... I just haven't been this close to you since we were kids..."

"What were we doing?" Keiko asked with a shock, but joking tone.

Yama laughed nervously. "Not telling~"

"Hugs?" Keiko snaked her arms around Yama's middle and squeezed slightly.

Yama laughed and hugged her back. "Yeah."

"I had a weird, but cute, dream." Keiko smiled and sighed.

"What was it about?" Yama asked, curiosity evident.

"We were just kids, and you came up to me and said your parents told you that we were going to marry one day, so you asked me if that was alright. And then I ran away giggling and told you to chase me..." Keiko let out a chuckle that led to more of a laugh. "It was cute!"

Yama pulled back to look into Keiko's eyes. "Y-You 'dreamt' that? Th-that wasn't a 'dream'... that happened a week before... everything else." Yama explained.

"Then what was I doing while you were telling me you were going to marry me and be with me forever and ever?"

Yama laughed and paused to think. "I believe you were destroying some sort of toy."

"Did you catch me?" Keiko looked softly into Yama's eyes.

Yama thought again. "No, I was about to, but then you turned and caught me... then you laughed and tackled me for some reason..."

"Haa, what spontaneous behavior I had."

He laughed and nodded. "You did that a lot."

"What time is it?"

Yama's eyes glanced over to a clock. "Three o'clock in the morning."

"I didn't get to tell the others that we were going to train."

"Oh yeah... Um... I'll take care of it. I'll go early."

"I still kind of feel lightheaded."

"Then go back to sleep, you can use my bed, I'll stay here."

"Are you comfortable here?"

He stared at her strangly. "Ah, yes?"

"Just like this?"

"W-well... I'd like to be lying down rather than sitting..."

"Alright." Keiko's tone showed her disappointment and she stood up to stretch.

Yama moved so he was lying down on the couch. "You can stay here if you want, Keiko." He stated gesturing to the spot she was in a moment ago.

Keiko sat down on the ground in front of the couch and leaned her head on Yama's hand as she stared into his eyes.

"Wh-what?" He asked awkwardly.

"I like watching your expressions."

Yama blushed deeply. "Wh-why? That's just weird..."

"But you're cute when you sleep."

"Are you a stalker now?" He asked jokingly.

"Nah, you're the stalker remember? You know...that morning...ah, nevermind." Keiko looked away embarassedly.

Yama laughed as his tone became seductive. "Well I have to admit, boxers are pretty cute on you." He winked at her. Keiko was too embarassed to look him in the eyes, so she just played with the palm of his hand.

Yama moved around a bit on the couch, his eyes falling shut.

"Thank you for telling me everything." Keiko whispered and placed a kiss gently on Yama's cheek before shutting her own eyes.

Yama nodded as he yawned. "I never thought I would end up telling you..." He admitted.

"Feel better?" Keiko muttered sleepily.

He nodded; he didn't have enough strength to speak.

"Night." She breathed.

"Keiko wake up! We're already two hours late 'cause I let you sleep in!" A deep voice called.

Keiko sat up to find herself in Yama's bed once again. "Huh?" She asked as she shielded her eyes from the blinding light that flooded through the doorway.

Yama was standing agaisnt the doorway with his arms crossed. "Get up... Kazuko and Satomi are waiting at the training field."

"Why didn't you wake me up early then?" Keiko threw the pillow beside her head at Yama and missed tremendously.

"Well, target practice isn't your strong suite." Yama said with a laugh. "Come on, hurry up." Yama said as he closed the door.

Keiko groaned as she finally got to her feet. She had realized that she had no extra clothes with her, her hair was a complete mess, and her breath smelt bad. She wa just about to open the door when she noticed a bag of her stuff on the chair beside the door. She let out a sigh as she began to get ready.

Ten minutes later she exited his room and met him waiting at the front door.

"It's too early to train!"

"It's ten thirty, Keiko." Yama said simply.

"Exactly." Keiko shrugged. "Is there any way I can convince you to not do training today?"

Yama thought. "Possibly..."

"Do you like ramen?" Keiko smiled as she waited expectantly for his response.

Yama walked forward and ruffled Keiko's hair. "I was the one who first took you to a ramen shop.. what do you think?"

"Yes?" Keiko replied questioningly.

Yama smiled. "You still have to train, Keiko. I'm sorry."

Keiko sighed as she pushed her way past Yama and exited his apartment. "How long have they been waiting?"

"Two hours." Yama answered. "But I was working with them, so it's not like they have been waiting all that time."

"Alright." Keiko followed Yama as he started for the training field.

"Hey! Sleepy head is finally awake!" Satomi yelled as she waved to Yama and Keiko.

"Heh, 'bout time!" Kazuko called to Keiko.

"Enough talking, let's get to work!" Yama ordered. "Back to target practice!"

"Alright sensai!" Satomi eagerly began to throw kunai at the targets, easily hitting the mark.

"I guess it's time to take training more seriously, huh?" Keiko stated before departing from Yama's side to take her place in front of her target.

Kazuko's target was near Keiko, he looked over as she stood in front of her target. "So, why were you really late? You seem better than you were yesterday..."

"Yama and I talked last night and cleared up a lot of stuff. And I'm late because I slept in." Keiko replied with her eyebrows raised.

"Where were you then? You weren't at home when I went to go and get you."

Keiko laughed nervously. "Well, something Yama said made me a bit lightheaded and I guess I passed out, so I ended up just staying at his house for the night."

Kazuko's eyes widened as he stopped throwing kunai. "D-did you guys... you know... do that?"

"No!" Keiko was taken aback and her face began to turn beat red. "Where did you get that idea?"

"W-well, you said you "stayed at his place" so... you know..."

From behind, Yama overheard the conversation and laughed to himself.

"I meant 'stayed at his place' as in, 'stayed at his place'. Nothing like that happened!" Keiko brought a bunch of kunai out of her pouch and began to throw the weapons at the target, practically hitting the mark each time.

Kazuko smirked. "Well, you're getting along with him, and you are no longer mad... so something had to have happened!"

"Kazuko!" Keiko gasped. "He might hear," she whispered. She looked around and spotted Yama smirking as he watched them. "Nothing happened, Kazuko. We just talked and found out more about each other is all."

"Uh huh." Kazuko replied, still smirking.

Keiko groaned and threw a kunai past Kazuko face, inches from hitting his nose. Kazuko's eyes widened as he slowly turned to look at her.

"D-did you... j-just throw... a-a kunai... past my face?"

"No it was a bat."

Kazuko sighed and repeated the same action Keiko had; the kunai whizzed past her, just missing her nose.

"D...did you-"

"The bat came back..."

"Jerk." Keiko turned and began to throw the kunai at the target once again.

Once training was over, Yama said his goodbyes to the team and took off down the village streets. Keiko said goodbye to Satomi and Kazuko and ran off in the opposite direction so as not to allow them to suspect anything. Eventually she caught up to Yama again. "So, shall I buy you Ramen now?" Keiko ran up and attempted to scare Yama.

Yama just laughed and stopped walking. "Wouldn't be very nice of me to let you by me food. How about I buy it to... apologize?"

"You have nothing to apologize for, I buy you food." Keiko stated matter of factly.

Yama laughed. "No."

Keiko mimicked his laugh. "Yes."

His eyes narrowed. "On one condition then..."

"Uh-oh."

He bent down slightly so his face was near Keiko's. "Be my girlfriend." He smiled brightly as a blush covered his face.

Keiko began to giggle and then it turned into a laugh. "Aren't I suppose to be the one blushing?" Keiko reached out and lightly touched his cheek with the tip of her finger.

"Maybe, but does it matter? You're about to buy me food."

"I'll tell you what. I'll be your girlfriend...under one condition." Keiko smirked.

"Uh-oh..."

Keiko laughed at the change of events. "If you beat me there!" Without warning Keiko began to run for the Ramen Shop.

Yama was caught off guard as he watched Keiko run before he finally stumbled after her. As Yama was running, he remembered a short cut; something she wouldn't remember. He quickly took the turn and was basically right at the shop. He waited for her to show up.

'Ha! He's so far behind now!' Keiko turned back and noticed that he was no where in sight. She laughed out loud and ran harder. The shop was just around the corner and she was determined to beat him in this race. She let out another laugh and was just about to turn the corner when Yama stepped out from in front of the building and she ran right into him, knocking the two of them to their butts.

Yama rubbed his head from pain. "W-well I think I won." He said with a laugh. He pulled himself to his feet and held out his hand to help Keiko to her feet.

"How...where did you- How did you get here so quickly?" Keiko asked.

"'Cause I'm awesome." Yama replied with a smile.

"Ahh, I was really hoping to beat you!" Keiko frowned and crossed her arms.

"Does that mean you're not going to follow the conditions anymore?" He asked with a smirk.

"O-of being your girlfriend?" Keiko said.

He nodded.

"I...I guess I could be." Keiko said and began to blush lightly.

Yama snickered. "Now who's blushing?"

"You." Keiko walked up to stand in front of Yama, her face inches from his.

As expected, Yama began to blush from the closeness. "N-Not fair," He mumbled.

Keiko giggled and headed into the Ramen Shop. "So whose paying then?"

Yama shook his head and walked up beside Keiko. "Me." He said simply as he handed the shop owners money.

After both their bowls of Ramen were placed in front of them, Keiko looked over at Yama and smiled, "Thank you."

He returned her smile with one of his own. "No problem."

"No, thank you." Keiko said with a serious expression.

Yama starred at her blankly. "Ah.. yeah... kay."

"Oblivious." Keiko shook her head and laughed before beginning to eat her Ramen.

When the two finished, Yama began to walk around the village aimlessly with Keiko staying close behind.

"Do you want to train?" Keiko asked.

"No." Yama replied bluntly.

"You don't want to know my-" Keiko jumped and landed lightly on her feet. "-abilities?"

Yama laughed. "I already know some of them; like how you're a lousy aim, at least towards me." He smirked.

"I was tired, and your pillows are made of bricks!"

"You looked comfy sleeping on them. I don't think bricks would be comfy pillows."

"Maybe your bed in comfy, but your pillows were iffy."

Yama laughed. "The sun is setting... why don't I just take you home?" He suggested.

"I guess." Keiko sighed and took his hand in hers as she rested her head on his shoulder.

Yama smiled as the two strolled toward her apartment. When they got there Yama smiled. "Training is at nine... no sleeping in tomorow, Keiko."

"Ahh, why not?" Keiko snickered.

"Do you want Satomi to be ahead of you in skill?"

"You don't know how skilled I am." Keiko punched Yama in the stomach lightly with a determined expression and laughed.

Yama laughed as well. "True, but you don't know how strong she is either, right? Just be there at nine, alright?"

"I guess I can obey this time." Keiko rolled her eyes.

Yama turned and waved to Keiko. "Night!"

Keiko stood at her door and watched as he walked down the street. Yama stopped and turned for a second, he smiled to her before calling, "I love you, Keiko!"

Keiko, once again, felt lightheaded as she unlocked her door and stepped in. She locked her door and headed to her bed, lazily slipping out of her shoes and jacket. Sleepiness dawned on her and she yawned, collasping down on the bed; once again, not bothering to change.