Author's Notes: Chapter 2 for anyone who wants to read it. Please review if you like this story.

The next morning, I woke up feeling completely energized. It was the first time in about a week that I had a decent night sleep. Yawning, I grabbed my ninja gear and dressed rather eagerly, remembering that Shishi was going to meet the rest of my team.

I ran outside, watching Shishi's door to check and see if he was leaving. I needed to beat him there and warn my team that he was someone I was very interested in. I didn't notice him leave his house by the time it was out of my sight, so I thought I was in the clear.

The meet spot for my team was a small, abandoned outpost near the forest entrance. My sensei was already there waiting. Unlike her boyfriend, she was always on time. Ayame was also there, waiting under a giant tree and fiddling with some of the wildflowers. Yuki, my cousin, had not arrived yet. I ran over to Ayame, surprising her and making her scream.

"Nari! I haven't seen you in like, forever." She gave me a giant hug, causing me to gasp for air.

"I…It's nice to see you too Ayame." I gave her a hug back, after she loosened her grip up. "Have you seen my cousin yet."

She smiled, "Not yet, and thank goodness. No offense to you but she's an awful bitch." She started to laugh, causing me to smile.

I recalled all the times my cousin had yelled over nothing, "None taken, I agree with you one hundred percent." I looked over at Natsumi and realized she was talking to someone. "Who's Natsumi sensei talking to?"

Ayame looked over and made a face, "I don't know, I hadn't even realized she was talking to someone. Wanna go find out who?"

"Of course." The nervousness in my voice was evident but she didn't seem to notice. We ran over to her, my hands shaking when I realized who she was talking to.

"And that's how I run things on my team." Natsumi looked over at us. "Oh, hello Yasunari, when did you arrive?" A smile dawned on her face, and fear overcame me.

"I just arrived sensei." I looked over and found a very happy, very nervous looking Shishi. "Hello Shishi."

Ayame looked at him and then back at me, "Who is he and more importantly, how do you know him?"

Shishi came over and gave me a hug, "It's good to see you again Nari." He turned to face Ayame, "Hello, my name is Shishimaru Enkai. I'm Nari's…friend." He leaned his head down close to my ear, "Or am I something else now?"

His voice sent a shiver down my back, something that hadn't ever happened to me before. I sighed in defeat, "He's not just a friend; He's my boyfriend."

Ayame let out a scream that sent the birds flying from the trees. "That's awesome Nari! I'm so proud of you! So when did this all occur?" Curiosity was in the tone of her voice, the kind that doesn't just go away.

"It happened yesterday morning when he helped me move a fallen lamp post from my porch. We went on a date later that day and now we're official, I guess." His voice was full of joy.

"What's got everyone in a good mood?" A chill had come upon the air, indicating that my bitch of a cousin Yuki had arrived.

I turned around slowly, "It's nice to see you too cuz. So how are you doing?" I tried to hide the slight sting in my tone.

"I'm perfectly fine, what's got you in such a good mood? You know I hate it when people are in a good mood." Her eyes were softer now, but still had a rough edge to them.

I gave the fuck-you smile, "I'm in a good mood because my new boyfriend is the new member being added to the team." I hugged Shishi, smiling into his chest.

The face that came upon Yuki's face was priceless. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened, "I never thought you'd get a boyfriend before me and I never expected that it would be someone on our team due to the fact that it's got all girls on it," She turned around, "Until now."

"Hmm, you say something cous?"

She turned around, "Oh, nothing." She walked over to Natsumi to probably explain why she was late.

"Is that someone in your family?" Shishi gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah, that's my cousin. I've stayed with my aunt a lot while my mom went on mission. I think she holds a grudge against me for living with her some much."

His eyebrows scrunched together, "What about your father?"

The smile dropped from my face, "I haven't seen my father since I was seven, over ten years ago." A tear slid down my cheek slowly, almost invisibly.

"I'm sorry, maybe we can change that eventually." He gave me an encouraging smile.

I released a sigh, "If you really want to meet him and my step momster, we'll go see them. I haven't seen my brother in forever." I put a fake smile on, his eyes focused intently on me. "You have amazing grey eyes."

I actually made him blush, "Thanks." He stared me in the eyes, "Hmm, I can't tell what color your eyes are."

The redness returned to my face, "I have hazel eyes so they change with my mood." Right now, my eyes were probably green because of my embarrassment.

His eyes, full of countless shades of grey, stared lovingly into my eyes. "Well, I can't wait to see what other colors I can make your eyes turn."

My sensei had seen us hugging under the shade of a tree and decided to come over and be nosy. "Well, well, I see you two are already close." She butted in between us, "Now I don't want to find you guys having sex behind a tree while we're on a mission, alright?"

My jaw dropped, "Natsumi sensei, that's a little inappropriate."

She smiled slyly, "What, I'm just saying."

Shishi pulled me in, "So, none of this?" He placed his lips on mine, pushing his tongue against my teeth.

My knees buckled. I tried to protest, but he started massaging my gums with his tongue. It slid over all my teeth slowly and precisely.

The taste of his saliva was amazing. My eyes started to close slowly, eventually shutting completely. Natsumi's eyes on the other hand widened, "Guys, could you turn down the heat a little?"

Shishi must have heard turn the heat up a little, because all of a sudden, he stuck his hand under my chuunin vest and started to massage my abdomen. His other hand moved its way into my hair, pushing me deeper into the kiss. I moaned slightly at the feel of his strong, firm hands massaging my stomach.

I gave in and started to massage his tongue with mine as it kept gliding over my teeth. It felt so amazing to be kissed by him. I took in a long sniff, savoring his scent. He smelt like the forest, pine trees to be specific. I started biting on his lower lip every now and then, just to add to the pleasure. I moved my hands up into his longish brown hair, and by longish, I mean he didn't have hair down to his shoulders or even past his ears, it was just long enough for me to bury my hands completely in.

Ayame turned around and saw us under the tree shade, "Whoa, gay tongue orgy." She ran over and stood next to Natsumi, enjoying the show. Yuki just rolled her cold, dark eyes and continued to stare the other way. Ayame licked her lips, "I love watching two guys make out."

Natsumi turned to her and whispered, "Me too."

Shishi started to ease up, only to go down to my neck and start biting at my skin. I let out a loud moan, shocking both Ayame and Natsumi. Natsumi leaned in, "I take it Nari's liking this." She cleared her throat, "Guys, can we get to the mission at hand."

Shishi raised one finger; his index finger. He quickly went over to the other side of my neck and started biting again. The hicky he left on my right side was starting to show more and more as he continued to nibble.

He took his hand and stuck it up my sleeve, massaging my biceps and other arm muscles. Now, I don't have huge arm muscles, but I am a ninja, so I have toned ones. I bit my lower lip in pleasure, stifling a moan for escaping my lips. I used one of my hands and grabbed his hair again, and the other one that he was rubbing went backwards and grabbed onto the tree for support.

After about a minute, he came up off my neck, revealing a matching hicky to my other one he had just given me. I took a long, deep breath, "Are…you…done?"

Shishi smiled, "Yes, I just wanted to make a point." He turned to Natsumi, "So we can't do that on a mission, right?"

She fanned herself, "Oh yes you can, that was hot!" Ayame squealed at the thought of see that again.

My face turned bright red, "THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANT MY TEAM TO SEE ME DOING!" I turned around, too embarrassed to even face them.

Shishi turned me around and smiled. "It's ok Nari. Your, I mean our team seems really cool." He gave me a hug, a normal hug.

My face returned to it normal shade of red blush, "I know but it's still embarrassing to know that my team wants to watch us make out and that they'd want to watch us have sex."

He leaned into my ear, "Take it as a compliment. They think you're sexy enough to watch while you have sex. To be honest, I think it would be kinky to have someone watch us do it, whenever we get to it, but I'm in no rush to do that."

I lowered my head, ashamed of my previous night. "Yeah, we don't want to rush that sort of thing." A tear escaped my eye, the shame inside me was building up, but I couldn't tell him what I'd done,not yet at least.

Natsumi cleared her throat again, "Ok, let's talk about the mission we were assigned. Lady Tsunade wants us to travel to the land of locusts and find a missing scroll that was stolen from a traveler as he made his way to the village. The contents of this scroll includes a list of very powerful forbidden jutsus that in the wrong hands could prove fatal. We must make sure that Kabuto Yakushi does not obtain this scroll."

Shishi raised his hand, "Who's Kabuto Yakushi?"

Yuki laughed arrogantly, "He's the old apprentice of Orochimaru. As of now, he's absorbed what's left of his old master and is one of the most powerful and evil ninjas walking the earth."

Shishi gulped, "Oh, ok." He stood there, nervously.

"Right. This is an A rank mission and it may also be an opportunity to advance to the jounin rank, like me." Natsumi smiled playfully, "So if you don't want me around anymore, I suggest you advance. Now, are you all ready to head out?"

"Yes Natsumi sensei." We all answered in unison.

"Good, then let's head out." We all ran out into the forest towards the land of locusts.

We had just past the through the border between the land of fire and the land of stone when we decided to take our first break. "Ok team, let's take a quick breather." We'd just traveled for over five hours. It was about noon and we were all hungry. "Anyone want some food?"

I pulled out one of the scrolls in my vest, "No need sensei, I have that covered." I rolled the scroll across the ground and made the tiger sign. Release. A poof of smoke covered the scroll. When it cleared, there was a giant spread of food, from sushi to miniature dumplings. "Eat up team."

Ayame came over and gave me a huge hug, "I love you so much right now. I've been craving your cooking for the longest time." She let go and grabbed a pair of chopsticks.

Shishi hugged me, "I love him more than you do." He laughed and let me go, completely embarrassed.

"Oh whatever." She grabbed a wasabi roll, "Mmm, my favorite." She plopped it into her mouth and rolled her eyes into widening. "Best yet Nari."

I blushed, "Thank you Ayame." I took one of my chicken dumplings and placed it into my mouth. "Well, eat up." I said, mouth full of food.

Natsumi and Shishi were then next two to take some food. Natsumi was used to eating my food, as was Ayame because of the team parties I held, but this was a new thing for Shishi. He ate an inari roll and his eyes widened. "Wow Nari, this food is amazing."

Ayame smiled cockily, "I told you his cooking was the shit. That's why I've been dying for it." She grabbed another wasabi roll and ate it slower, savoring the spice zing.

Yuki reluctantly took a saruchi roll, one of my personal creations, and ate it. "You're lucky you're such a good cook or we'd have kicked you off the team long ago."

I grimaced at her, "Gee, thanks cuz. Don't take into consideration my mastery of medical ninjutsu, the fact that I was the first ninja on this team to make chuunin, or that I can whip your ass any time we spar." My anger began to raise. I hated my cousin when she was like this.

Natsumi raised her hands, "Now, now, we don't need anyone fighting. Yuki, your cousin's right. He won't be kicked off the team any time soon." She then turned to me, "Nari, don't gloat about your strength. You may be the best ninja on this team other than me but you still need to remember that you can always be outdone." She look at Shishi this time, "I want you to battle Yasunari here."

My heart stopped momentarily, "Um, sensei, I don't think that's a good idea."

Shishi looked over at me, almost insulted by my words. "And why wouldn't that be a good idea. I think I can fight you." He smiled playfully, pearly white teeth accenting his grey eyes.

The butterflies in my stomach reappeared and were more energetic than before. "W…well, we don't want to give our position away to the enemy."

Yuki snorted, "What enemy? Sounds to me like you're scared wittle cousin."

My anger for Yuki was beginning to overflow. "I'm not scared!"

Yuki smiled at me, "And I'm the Hokage."

I got up and turned to Shishi, "Alright, let's spar."

The smile he grinned was full of happiness, "Woo hoo." He jumped up and instantly got into fighting stance. "Ready?"

I got in my stance, "Ready as I'll ever be." My teeth shown for the entire team to see.

He pulled out some kunai and threw them at me. I dodged them and when they collided with the ground, the created two craters in the ground. "What the hell, what did you lace those kunai with?"

He smiled and charged forward. He formed some hand signs, "Earth Style: Shaking Earth Jutsu." He slammed his foot on the ground and it created a tremor powerful enough to uproot some of the trees.

"Wind Style: Gusting Winds Jutsu." The winds picked up around me and hovered me in the air away from the earth.

Shishi grinned maniacally, "Mud Style: Multi-Mud Bomb Jutsu." Shishi puffed up and started shooting multitudes of mud up into the air. When one of the mud blobs hit my leg, it exploded, throwing me into a tree. "Are you ok Nari?" His tone was sarcastic, as if knowing I was fine.

I lifted myself up and started healing my leg. It was fractured, but that was something I could fix easily. I stayed up in the tree for a few seconds undisturbed as I healed my leg completely. I looked over to Shishi, who was laying on his stomach picking a flower. "Was that your kekkei genkai?"

He looked up from his flower picking, "Why yes it was."

I grinned, "Good, that means I can use mine."

Ayame and Natsumi were watching me intently. Neither one had ever seen my kekkei genkai in person because the missions we'd previously been assigned never called for me to use it. Natsumi tapped Ayame on the shoulder, "I wonder what kind of kekkei genkai he has."

Ayame never strayed her gaze from me. "I don't know, all Sora told me about it was that is was the most annoying jutsu to fight against."

I pulled up and made my hand signs. "Bubble Style: Bubble Typhoon Jutsu." I made the "ok" sign in my left hand and blew out millions upon millions of bubbles that surrounded Shishi.

Natsumi and Ayame burst out laughing. "That's it. That's the super special kekkei genkai we've waited over five years to see." Natsumi had tears running down her cheeks.

I glared at them and had some of the bubbles surround them, trapping them both in two just-big-enough bubbles. "Hey, let me down."

Yuki watched them and laughed loudly. "Serves you two right for mocking a jutsu you know nothing about."

Her statement caught me off guard. Did she really just compliment me? I lost my focus long enough for Shishi to break free from the bubble typhoon and charge at me with a kunai raised. I turned around just in time to avoid his knife attack and to trip him onto the ground.

He fell to the ground, but when he hit the dirt, he sunk right in. "Hahaha, I guess I'm not that bad at sparing, am I?" His voice sounded close. A few seconds later, I felt his hand grab my heel. "Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu." He pulled me down into the dirt, my head being the only exposed part of my body left. "Do you give up?"

I smiled at him and turned into a thousand bubbles. "You're not the only one who can use clones." My real self was waiting behind a tree. "Wind Style: Pressurized Air Cannon Jutsu." I jumped out from behind a tree, chest puffed out as far as I could make it and shot a large compressed air cannonball out of my mouth.

Shishi jump out of the way just in time to avoid being seriously injured, but he still got hit with the aftershock of the explosion. He fell to the ground, cut up and bloody from the wind chakra. "Are you ok?" I ran over to make sure I hadn't seriously hurt him.

He coughed, but no blood came out, thank god. "I'm fine, just a little sore now. I give up, you win." He smiled, grey eyes staring at me, reading my reactions.

I placed my hands over his stomach, "Here, let me heal you quickly." I focused my remaining chakra to my hands and began healing some of the major cuts he had received. I was only able to heal up half the cuts and stop the rest from bleeding. "That's all I can do for now, I'm out of chakra."

Shishi smiled and leaned up, kissing me on the forehead. "That's fine, I did tucker you out from out spar."

I smiled and hugged him lightly, as to avoid hurting him. During the hug, I looked up and noticed Ayame and Natsumi still stuck in their bubbles, stuck in a tree. "That's what you get for making fun of my kekkei genkai."

They both had kunai out and were stabbing the bubbles, trying effortlessly to pop the damn things. "Ok Nari, we're both sorry for dissing your mad bubble skills. Now can you please release this damn jutsu." Ayame looked at me, her eyes pleading just as much as her words.

"Alright, release." The bubbles popped and they both fell to the ground. "Now can we take a short breather so that I can build up my chakra."

Yuki came over and stood behind Ayame, "And why should we wait for you? We have to find this scroll before Kabuto can get it."

"Alright, can we please stop talking about Kabuto." Ayame closed her eyes and sat down, hugging her knees.

Yuki glared at her, "Awe, the wittle baby doesn't want us talking about her old boyfriend."

"Shut up Yuki!" Ayame got up and grabbed Yuki by the collar of her chuunin vest. "Or so help me god I'll be the one to kill you. When he was back in the village, he wasn't that bad of a man." She dropped Yuki back onto the ground and looked at me. "You know what it's like Nari. You're like that with Arashi."

I rubbed my eyes and Shishi turned to me, "Who's Arashi?"

Ayame instantly closed her eyes, "Damn it, sorry Nari."

I sighed, "It's ok Ayame, I was going to tell him later, but now is fine." I turned to Shishi, "Arashi is technically my friend that was more than a friend."

Shishi scrunched his eyebrows together, "So, he was more than a friend?"

"Yeah."

"How much more than a friend was he?"

I bit my lower lip, not even my team knew what I did with Arashi the other night. "He was basically my ex boyfriend."

Shishi loosened his grip on my hand, "That's not a bad thing, but how serious did you two get?"

It was time, the moment of truth. "We…each took each others virginity."

I closed my eyes and backed away from him, but his hand wouldn't let me go. Instead, he pulled me closer and hugged me. "I don't care if you're not a virgin Nari. I just want to know about who came before me."

The way he said it sounded like he was asking who he replaced. "Well, you're the complete opposite of him. You're nice, talented as a ninja, and you're much more attractive than he is."

He smiled slightly, "Why, have you seen him recently?" I closed my eyes, "I just saw him the other night, when we did it."

He closed his eyes and smiled, "That's good, so you just saw him recently and you say I'm hotter. Which position did you take?"

Ayame and Natsumi were still in shock that I'd even had sex. I looked at him nervously, "I…I took the bottom position."

His eyes remained closed but his smile grew bigger. "Well then, now I know which position I'll be used to doing."

Ayame fainted and Natsumi started to fan herself. My brain temporarily shut down again. "Uh."

Shishi laughed and kissed me on the lips. "This is a good thing that you're not a virgin. Now you'll be able to tell me what to do when we eventually do it. I wont pressure you into having sex because from your tone, it seemed like you didn't really like it."

My cheeks looked like they had been sunburned, "It wasn't too much fun having drunk sex with someone you really didn't want to have sex with."

Natsumi fainted and Shishi laughed, "You were drunk?"

I laughed, "Yes. I was drunk, ok. I blame Sora and Sasuke for showing me the wonderful and messy world of alcohol."

His smile widened, "That's two things you're going to have to show me."

Yuki came over, "Alright, can we please wake these two up and get on with the mission." She pulled us apart and slapped Ayame and Natsumi awake. "We only have until tomorrow afternoon to complete the mission and we're almost there."

Shishi limped over to Natsumi and helped her get up. "Thank you Shishimaru. Yuki's right, we have to finish the mission." She stood up and dusted herself off, "Alright team, ready to move out."

I rolled up my food scroll and put it back in my vest. "I'm ready."

Yuki helped Ayame up, "We're ready sensei."

Shishi walked over and grabbed my hand. "I'm ready too."

Natsumi got in front of the group, "Alright, let's move out." She darted out with us entail, the land of locusts border right in front of us.

The land was very beautiful. The trees were all in bloom and the variety of flower colors accented the sky. "I love this land." Ayame ran through a flower field, picking a variety of flowers and sniffing them.

Yuki groaned, "Can we please focus?"

Natsumi set her hand on Yuki's shoulder, "Relax Yuki. We made it here earlier than we expected." She looked out at the trees and noticed something we didn't. "Nari, use your kekkei genkai and see who's in the tree over there."

I looked at her and nodded almost invisibly. I formed a circle with my fingers and blew about fifty bubbles in the direction of the tree. When the bubble got close enough to the tree, a few of them popped but most of them past right by the tree. "The person in the tree is a ninja but not a very powerful one. It may be the thief we've been looking for."

Natsumi nodded, "As I expected. Ayame, you're up."

Ayame looked up from her flowers and nodded. She formed some hand signs and nothing appeared to happen at first. Then, from the tree, we heard a loud scream and then it was instantly muffled by something. Ayame smiled evilly, "I got'm sensei."

"That'a girl. Bring him over here." Natsumi got the same smile that Ayame did.

Ayame lifted her hands and moved them in front of her. Something green came out of the ground and was bringing a struggling man over to us. "Let me go you stupid vines." The man couldn't move his hands so he tried to chew his way through them.

The vines stopped right behind Ayame and started to squeeze the man, shutting him up. Natsumi walked over to him and smiled playfully. "Are you the thief who stole the scroll?"

The ninja struggled more, but to no avail. He stopped his moving, "Yes, I did steal the scroll." He lowered his head, shame filled his eyes.

"Where is it?"

The thief eyed down to a pocket in his chuunin vest. Natsumi walked over casually and took the scroll out of his pocket. She looked it over to make sure it was legit. "This is the real scroll. Ayame, take our guest as far away from us as possible."

Ayame got the same evil gleam in her eyes and threw the ninja over twenty miles away from us. "He's not gonna be bothering us again."

"Good, now let's get back to the village. We should arrive in about five hours if we don't stop." Natsumi put the scroll in one of her vest pockets and lead the group. "Alright, team, move out!" We took off into the forest, the thought of home prevalent in our minds.

We arrived to the village in only three hours, both exhausted and hungry. "Natsumi sensei, I'm heading to my house." Yuki ran away from the group and headed to my aunts house.

"Good…oh never mind." Ayame dragged her feet behind us, her strawberry blonde hair filled with small twigs. "Sensei, can I go home too? I don't want to deal with Tsunade right now." Natsumi nodded and Ayame disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Nari, Shishi, would you two mind reporting to the Hokage? I have to get home and see my boyfriend."

I grabbed Shishi's arm, "But what if we have plans to take care of right now?"

Shishi looked at me confusingly, "We do?"

I turned to face him and whispered into his ear, "Go along with it. We don't want to have to report to lady Tsunade." When I turned around, Natsumi sensei was gone and the scroll laid on the ground. "Great, well if you're still close enough to hear, have fun with Kakashi." There was no response, meaning she left right when I turned around. "Oh well, let's go report." I picked up the scroll and placed it in my pocket.

Shishi grabbed my hand, "Let's hurry, sorry Nari but I can't do anything tonight. We'll do something tomorrow, I promise."

I looked down, disappointed. "Alright."

We hustled to the Hokage mansion, neither of us saying a word until we arrived. I was the one to knock on the door. I heard a muffled sound that sounded like enter, so we did. "Lady Hokage, we're here to report on team Natsumi's mission." I took the scroll out of my pocket and placed it on her desk. "The mission was a complete success. The scroll was retrieved and it never made it into the hands of any of our enemies."

Tsunade took the scroll and smiled, "Good job Nari and…I'm sorry, I don't remember your name."

Shishi blushed, "I'm Shishimaru Enkai."

"Yes, well, good job Shishimaru. Now, I'm sorry to announce that none of your team will be advancing to the jounin rank. I looked over your mission records and realized that no one on your team has enough A rank missions completed to be raised to jounin rank without taking the jounin exams. The next jounin exam won't be for eleven months so I would train hard and be prepared." She turned around, afraid that if we yelled, she'd do something she'd later regret.

I sighed, "That's ok, I'm not ready to become a jounin yet." I grabbed Shishi's arm, "Let's go, you said you have to do something." We ran out of her office, the look on her face was satisfaction.

"I knew putting him on Nari's team would be good. I'm a damn good matchmaker for my apprentices."

We stopped in front of the Hokage mansion. "So I'll see you tomorrow then?" I took his hand, my now blue eyes staring across at him.

"Well, other than missions tomorrow, yes, we'll have another official date."

I smiled happily, "Good, because I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with for an official date. I guess I'll see you tomorrow." I gave him a kiss on the cheek and we went our separate ways, for now.