Well here it is chapter 8, this means that the contest in officially over and no one has won because nobody (except HyuugaAngel) had guessed… sigh… I was looking forward to seeing what you would all guess…..oh well. So in this chapter Umiko will meet Team Guy and her choice of occupation shall be revealed, but this chapter is also important because it going to start going more in dept about Umiko and her relationship to Naruto. It'll also start to hint at the 'enemies of the Uzumaki' that will be the main antagonist (yay I used a big word!) in this story.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Voices in Sasuke head/ inner Sakura'

"Bijuu speaking"

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Neji was walking with Tenten to their team training ground and rolled his eyes when Lee ran past yelling "If I cannot do two hundred laps around Konoha before my youthful rival reaches our training grounds then I shall do six-thousand, one arm pushup!" After Neji fought Naruto he was able to see what a great ninja Lee was even of he wasn't able to use his chakra. He now accepted Lee as his rival but he never let Lee know that, if he did Lee would assist in doing thousands of pointless challenges; he was not going to end up like Kakashi.

'Still if Lee was able to use his chakra he would be unstoppable, after all chakra is a mix of mental power and physical endurance and with as much 'physical endurance' Lee has he would have nearly limitless chakra capabilities.' Neji was very glad that Lee didn't know this; he didn't want Lee to feel depressed by his inability to use chakra.

"Ne, Neji did you hear?" Tenten asked him.

"Hear what?"

"You don't know? Everyone talking about it, the whole village is buzzing about it." Tenten replied while pretending to be shocked.

"No I don't, I don't listen usually listen to the villagers and I don't care much for gossip."

"Oh but you'll be very interested in this, it's about Naruto."

"Naruto? Was he behind yesterday prank?" Neji felt annoyance run through his veins, the part of the Hyuuga complex he was living in had been turned neon yellow in yesterdays prank, and the clothes he had left out to dry had turned a bright pink as well.

"No it wasn't! Actually I heard it was from Kaze who disappeared five years ago, he was the village biggest prankster before Naruto. Anyway that wasn't what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Then what is it?"

"Well you see I actually heard this from Asuma when he came to get his chakra blades sharpened but it appears that Naruto has a fiancée!"

"What?" Neji wasn't entirely too sure if he had heard what he just heard.

'A fiancée, when the hell did that happen?' Neji was careful not to let any of his shock show on his face but he must have not been careful enough because Tenten was smiling a larger smile at him and giving him a knowing look.

"I heard it happened when Naruto was seven." Tenten added relishing the shocked look on Neji face. Neji was stunned; he was quickly learning that Naruto was the village number one most unpredictable ninja for a reason. Neji was jolted out of his thoughts when he noticed something odd about their training grounds.

Neji stopped at the entrance of their training grounds and slowly looked around. Tenten who had noticed the change in their training grounds too had stopped by Neji and was looking at the strange contraption in curiosity. Four large pillars held up a net which spanned across their entire training field, swings made out of rope and smooth rods hung up at least twenty feet in the air, and a platform had been made in the far right side of the net.

"What the hell is this?" Tenten asked aloud.

"I do not know Tenten-san but it looks very fun." Lee exclaimed have just come caught up to them.

"Maybe the girl hiding in the bushes can tell us what it is." Neji said aloud as he deactivated his byakugan.

"Eh he he he so you saw me huh?" the girl replied while stepping out of the bushes across from them. The girl had curly red hair that fell to her waist and deep blue eyes that were like looking into the ocean. She was currently wearing a skin tight spandex suit that was light blue and a small tank top that was white. Before Neji could ask her what she was doing here Lee cut in saying.

"Ohhh that is a very youthful spandex suit! It fits you very youthfully!"

"Um… thanks I think?" The girl seemed very flustered before saying "I like yours too." Neji mentally groaned and listen to Lee start to rant about the 'youthfulness' of spandex suits and how 'green is the most youthful color ever but that blue came in a close second place.' He really did groan when the girl replied with "I really like spandex suits because they're so easy to move around in." and "Blue was more youthful than green." He really wanted to smack his head on a tree or something when Lee and the girl started a deep discussion on spandex suits and decided that he had to end this now before either he or Tenten mind melted from listening to their discussion.

"We still don't know why you're here or what your name is." Neji cut in when they had both paused to catch their breath. The girl blinked before giving a smile and scratching the back of her head in a Naruto-ish move. Neji noticed that both Tenten and Lee had noticed this as well.

"Um right, but shouldn't you be telling me your names first?" She asked.

"I see no need to tell you my name." Neji replied and dodge a blow from Tenten when she tried to hit him on the upside of his head.

"Fine I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours afterward, deal?" Neji nodded.

"My name's Umiko nice to meet you." Neji raised an eyebrow.

"No last name?" he asked assuming that Umiko was her first name.

"Nope, my mom never told me what my father last name was and she never told me hers so I just never really had a last name. Now what are your names?"

"Rock Lee!"

"Tenten I don't like giving out my last name."

"Hyuuga Neji."

"Hyuuga? Are you related to Hinata?" Umiko asked.

"Yes, she my cousin but you still didn't explain what you're doing here."

"Wow you're nothing like her, she's not an arrogant stuck up prick." Umiko said out loud without seeming to notice it. "Well anyway I'm out here training."

"Training for what?" Tenten asked. Umiko smiled then answered.

"I'm a trapeze artist; this set up is to help me practice even though it is a little low…" Umiko stated as she gazed wistfully at the swings.

"What's a trapeze artist?" Lee asked looking confused.

"Um well, their people who swing around and sort of dance in the air."

"So you're like a monkey." Neji stated flatly.

"NO I'm not! Jeez do you purposely try to piss off everyone you meet?" Umiko asked sarcastically.

"Yes he does!" Tenten answered. "He totally pissed off Naruto when shortly after they met."

"Naruto doesn't like you?" Umiko asked suddenly losing her somewhat friendly tone.

"He didn't but we straighten everything out during the chunin exams. He taught me a very important lesson." Neji told.

"Yeah he has a habit of doing that." She replied with a soft smile on her face.

"Why do you even care what Naruto thinks of us?" Tenten asked.

"That is because of the fact that she's Naruto precious flower my dear students!" Gai yelled out popping out of nowhere startling the two girls there.

"Gai-sensei please don't pop out of nowhere like that!" Tenten asked annoyed with being caught off

"What do you mean by 'precious flower' Gai-sensei?" Lee asked while whipping out a notebook to take notes on.

"I mean that she's Naruto fiancée everyone is talking about; I know this because my ultra-hip rival has told me so last night when I ran into him at the Hokage office!" Gai answered.

"Whoever she is it doesn't change the fact that her job is to be a monkey." Neji replied a bit annoyed at having been called an 'arrogant stuck up prick' earlier.

"My job is not being a monkey! Fine I'll just show you what I do!" With that said she turned around and headed toward the platform.

Umiko was beyond pissed, no one ever got away with insulting her job. She was so going to show him what being a trapeze artist was all about.

"Hey Lee I'm going to need your help if you don't mind."

"No not at all, but what will I have to do?"

"It's simple really all you have to do is catch me and let go when I tell you, but make sure to keep swinging. You also have to swing upside down and hook the bar with your knees. "

"Okay I can do that!" Lee nodded enthusiastically

Umiko clumber her way up to the pedestal board and griped the trapeze bar. When she did so she felt all of her anger just wash away. This was her stage, it might only be a stage for three people but none the less this was her stage and she was going to do everything she can to make them smile. Even if one of them happens to be an annoying arrogant prick. Umiko watched as Lee ready himself before pushing off. He swung back and forth a few times to get the feel of things and when he was ready he flashed thumbs up at her. Umiko took a deep breath and jumped off the pedestal.

Air rushed past her as she swung forward; all her worries, fears, and anger disappeared as her body flew through the air and she felt joy blossom throughout her body, she saw Lee and prepared to do her first trick the pirouette. She allowed herself to swing back and forth a few time until her timing with Lee was perfect before releasing the bar, as she flew toward Lee she spun herself her with her arms tuck into her sides three times before flinging her arms out for Lee to catch. Lee was able to catch her and let her go perfectly.

'He's really good at this, maybe I'll be able to do more complicated stuff.' Umiko thought to herself with a large smile as she swung back holding her pose with her head tilted back and her right leg bent. Feeling embolden Umiko prepared for her next trick. She did the double somersault next; she turned and swung back toward Lee, as she rose above him she let go and rolled forward twice before straightening out and letting Lee catch her.

'It's been forever since I had a good partner it's time to have a little fun.' Umiko thought while laughing. Forgetting about the ninja below her she lost herself in the joy of being a trapeze artist and really enjoyed herself for the first time since coming back to Konoha.

She performed trick after trick. She swung forward and when she reached her highest she flipped without letting go of the bar to pull her legs up and hooked them around the bar, as she swung backward she waited until she started swinging forward again before pulling herself up into a sitting position on the bar then waited until Lee was in the right position before tipping backwards and flipping to garb Lee out stretched hand. 'The penny roll' Umiko thought to herself.

The shooting star that was an easy one all she did was swing toward Lee and when she let go she spread her arms and legs forming a star with her body. She did the back hip circle next; she pulled herself up till the bar was resting on her hip making sure that her body was completely straight she flipped backwards feeling her body roll under the bar. On her next swing forward she flipped so her ankles hooked the bar and held her hand out for Lee once he took hold of her hands she unhooked her ankles and waited for lee to let go of her so she could swing back to her original bar. 'The front end straddle' Umiko thought to herself pleased that she was able to pull it off. The last time she had tried her feet had gotten tangled with the bar and she got a face full of painful net. Umiko decided that she would do one more trick before going solo. On her next swing she let go of the bar and spun once before letting Lee catch her and as she returned to her bar she spun herself again performing the full twisted straight jump. Umiko loved flying through the air twisting and turning her body as graceful as she could, watching as the sky and earth met in a dizzyingly blur; she loved the feeling of escape being a trapeze artist gave her.

"Lee arigato but I'm going to go solo from here so you can stop now." Umiko whispered to him when he caught her again.

"Ah, I see hai." Lee let go and gave a small salute before swinging back and flipping to land on the pedestal. Umiko smiled before starting the static trapeze act she had been making. She slowed down her swings until she wasn't moving at all and then stood up. She smiled down to Team Guy and then started dancing. Moving and bending her body in nearly impossible ways she danced on the trapeze, she finished her act and then let herself drop toward the net making sure she landed on her back.

"That was awesome Umiko-san!" Tenten complemented to Umiko, Umiko smiled and turned to look at Neji.

"So how was that ASP?" Umiko asked

"What does ASP stand for?" Tenten asked her in a whisper, "Arrogant Stuck up Prick." Umiko whispered back to her.

"To bad you weren't a Hyuuga that flexibility would have made you a great Hyuuga." Neji answered ignoring the whole ASP part. Umiko smiled then blinked when Guy said.

"That was beautiful Umiko-san! You have truly shown your youthfulness today! In celebration I shall do five-thousand laps around Konoha!"

"Guy-sensei! I shall join you in your five-thousand laps and if I cannot finish it before sunset I'll do six-thousand crunches!"

"No Lee, for this one there shall be no punishment for you helped show Umiko-youthfulness!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Do they do this a lot?" Umiko asked the rest of Team Guy. Neji rolled his eyes.

"You have no idea." Neji stared at her for a long time before saying "I'm sorry I shouldn't have made fun of your occupation."

"Yeah you shouldn't have, I bet you wouldn't like it if I started bad mouthing ninjas, so don't bad mouth trapeze artists." Umiko replied looking a little smug.

"Ne Umiko-san do you know anything else?" Tenten asked excited.

"Yeah! I'm really good at tight rope walking and the diabolo, I'm also pretty good on the trampoline but I really like the trapeze the best."

"You sound like a circus performer." Tenten said joking around.

"Well I am. My goal is to make my own circus right here in Konoha. It's one of the reasons I came back to Konoha." Umiko replied not the least bit offended.

"Was your other goal to marry Naruto?" Neji asked smirking when Umiko face turned bright red.

"GAI-SENSEI!"

"LEE!" the two embraced crying rivers and suddenly they were a beach while the sun was setting and a large wave crashed behind them.

"What the fuck was that!?" Umiko yelled in surprise and horror. Neji smirked and Tenten laughed already used to their teammate and sensei strange behavior.

While Umikowas busy wondering in horror about how she was transported to a sunset at the beach Neji frowned.

"It's weird."Neji whispered to Tenten.

"What is?" Tenten whispered back to him, wondering why they were whispering.

"Umiko a civilian but she has fully developed chakra pathways, not only that she has more chakra then a chunin."Neji whispered to Tenten making sure that Umiko was still focused on the disturbing display their sensei and teammate were putting on. Tenten frowned.

"What does that mean?"

"I don't know."

"I happened to have found something very interesting today."

"Oh what was it?"

"A giant bridge in the land of waves."

"I've heard of it but why bring it up? We know she not in the land of waves."

"Well it turns out that the bridge was named after someone."

"Who?"

"Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki."

"Uzumaki? Do you think he could be..?"

"He's from Konoha, the last place Uzumaki Kushina was seen."

"Konoha huh?"

"Yeah Konoha, finally after all this time. We shall have the Uzumaki blood in our hands!"

Well here's chapter 8, if you're wondering what those tricks I used for Umiko trapeze act was I found them on Google. So I hope you liked this chapter and please review!

I rewrote this chapter so that you'll all get an idea of what kind of tricks Umiko performed with Lee. I wasn't able to describe what her static act looked like but I based it off a video and there's a link to it in my profile.