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~The Ninjas
Naoko Akari
As the three walked through the streets of the Hidden Leaf Village, Akari made sure she memorized everything. Naruto chattered happily about all his friends and ramen. That boy was crazy for ramen, no doubt. They stopped in front of a shop that had delicious scents coming from it. She read the sign out loud,
"Ichiraku Ramen?"
"Yeah! It's the best!" Naruto replied, pulling back a flap to reveal about five kids their age talking at a bar. Three girls, two boys. "There's Hinata, Sakura-chan, and Ino." he said, pointing to each of the girls. Hinata had short hair with the white Byakugan eyes, with a slight lavender tint to the white-ish orbs. Akari's own pure white gaze moved on to a green eyed girl with short-ish pink hair, Sakura. The last one, Ino, had long blonde hair pulled into a ponytail with bangs covering her right eye. and her eyes were blue. Two guys were at the other chairs, their talking ceased and stares increased. One had long, dark hair in a low ponytail with lavender tinted white Byakugan eyes, introduced to the girls as Neji by Naruto. The other had black hair, spiked slightly. He wore a high necked, long coat paired with glasses that covered his eyes. That was Shino, from the Aburame clan. Both Akari and Katsuki knew he dealt with bugs, which was dangerous in fighting.
"Everyone, this is Miko Katsuki-chan and Naoko Akari-chan!" Naruto said, a bold smile on his face.
"Hai, that is us, Konnichiwa." Akari said politely with a short nod of her head.
"Miko Katsuki, at your service!" Katsuki said with her trademark, extravagantly comical bow. Shino nodded back, as did Neji.
"H-Hello!" Hinata squeaked, nervously chewing her fingernails shyly. Sakura and Ino waved with smiles, before beginning to speak about something again. No, as Akari's sharp hearing caught, not something, but someone by the name of Sasuke.
"Old man! We need more ramen!" Naruto cheered before inviting the girls to chairs at the bar. Akari and Katsuki took a seat, and for the next two hours they socialized with their fellow shinobi. Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino were training to be medical ninja, Hyuuga Neji was cousins with Hyuuga Hinata, and Shino showed Akari some of his bugs. Katsuki ate ramen with Naruto, or more like, they inhaled it. After two hours passed, Akari looked outside and cursed.
"Shit! It's sunset!" She looked over at Naruto. The teen got up and nodded.
"Time for you to meet Granny Tsunade!" he said while paying Ayame, a waitress sort of person there. The three walked out, heading for a large red building closer to the cliff that had the five Hokages' faces carved into them. They passed through town and headed into the building. The climb upstairs was long, but Akari was slightly nervous so she barely noticed her travel weariness. Naruto stopped at a door and burst in without knocking.
"Granny, I brought them!" he declared, stepping farther into the room. A young-looking blonde woman looked up from her papers at a large desk. A raven-haired woman looked up from the stack of papers she was holding. The woman, the Hokage, had a small purple diamond on her forehead and had amber/brown eyes. Her glossed pink lips curved upwards as she rose to meet the three.
"You must be Naoko Akari and Miko Katsuki?" she asked. Katsuki nodded, while Akari did a short, formal bow and nodded.
"Hai, Hokage-sama." she spoke quietly.
"Right to business " The Hokage said, sitting back down in her chair. "Shizune." Tsunade said, and the dark haired girl now known as Shizune handed her two papers. "Only Hatake Kakashi and Yūhi Kurenai can be there." the Hokage's assistant said. Tsunade nodded, then looked at the ninjas before her. "You," she said, her gaze on Akari. It flickered over to Katsuki and she repeated, "and you." A short moment of silence gaped in the room, until Akari finally and tentatively spoke.
"Yes? H-Hokage-sama." she mentally kicked herself for forgetting the leader's title.
"You two must face one shinobi chūnin here in Konoha." the blonde said, her gaze moving from the girls to the papers on the desk. "And I have picked Hyuuga Neji for you," she pointed to Akari, "and for you to fight Inuzuka Kiba and Akamaru."
Katsuki looked tired, curious, determined, and slightly confused all at once. She hadn't met Kiba there, what if he was a tough opponent? She grinned despite herself, she would obviously win, for she had her trump card. Akari, however, stood thinking. Neji had seemed pretty powerful, but she had her trick too.
"Hai!" Both girls spoke at once.
"Both of you will face your opponents tomorrow, so get some sleep. Shizune will show you your temporary rooms here." Tsunade said with a nod, the conversation obviously over.
"Right this way." Shizune nodded, walking out into the hallway. Naruto was gone, he had somehow slipped out, probably to tell everyone else, besides Kiba and Neji. The ninjas were shown their rooms and left to rest for the night, tomorrow would be a big day for both of them.
Notes: 'Chan' is a term for a female friend. 'Hokage' is the leader of Konoha. 'Konoha' means Village Hidden in the Leaves. 'Byakugan' is the Bloodline Limit of the Hyuuga Clan. 'Sama' means master, someone higher than you. 'Konnichiwa' means Good Afternoon. 'Chūnin' is a rank of ninja. Ranks, Least to Greatest: Genin, Chūnin, Special Jōnin, Jōnin.