Downstairs Kureji and Hikaru were laughing as they chatted about this and that. When Yushiro and Natsumi came into their view, Kureji smiled brightly and stood up.

"Natsumi, I am so sorry for what I said, will you accept my apology?" He held out his hand.

Natsumi glanced over to Yushiro before hesitantly taking his hand.

"Y-yeah, it's alright Kureji... but ah... I thought you didn't know what a handshake was."

Both Yushiro and Kureji burst into laughter. Hikaru and Natsumi starred at them as she pulled her hand back. Kureji walked over and placed his arm around his brother.

"Yu Yu and I know what a handshake is-" Kureji began.

"We just only use them for stuff like apologies." Yushiro finished.

Hikaru and Natsumi stood beside each other and starred wide eyed at the brothers, then the two asked in unison,

"Yu Yu?"

"Yeah, he's Yu Yu, and he calls me Ku Ku." Kureji explained with a laugh.

Yushiro smiled brightly as he too laughed along with his brother.

"Well, I think I've seen enough for today... bye!" Hikaru yelled as he opened the door.

"Wait, Hika, where are you going?" Natsumi yelled.

"Oh sorry Nat, I got a date." Hikaru winked as he closed the door behind him.

"Oh poor Hinata..." Natsumi said with a laugh.

"Natsumi, why don't you and I go for a walk? Get to know each other." Kureji asked with a smile.

Natsumi's eyes glanced over to Yushiro.

"Natsumi, you can trust him." He assured.

"Oh yeah Nat. Don't worry, I won't hurt you, Yu Yu, would kill me if I did and well, between us, he's stronger then I." He laughed.

"Alright... let's go then Kureji."

"No no, call me Kay." He winked as he kissed the back of her hand.

It was still early afternoon and the rain had finally stopped, so not an offal lot of people were out of their homes yet. Natsumi led Kureji to the top of the Hokage building. The two looked over the place, Natsumi pointed out some buildings.

"Things changed a lot here." He suddenly said.

"Didn't you and Yushiro grow up here?"

"Well yeah, but after Yushiro disappeared I traveled everywhere to find him..."

"You two really are close; I've never seen Yushiro as happy as he was earlier." She admitted.

"You haven't? Odd... I see the same look in his eyes every time he is with you."

"Y-You do?" She asked.

"Well yeah, even when you were kids he was like that around you. After you and your brother got captured he never shut up about you, he cried all the time about how he couldn't save you, and then afterwards when your memory was gone, he still cried out... You've been his whole world... I'm just glad you and him ended up together."

"Why don't I remember seeing you as a kid... at all?"

He laughed. "Well, when I was younger, like my family before me, I hated the Hitama's... I don't know... but then I did... I dunno, I guess it just followed through our bloodline."

"You said earlier that Yushiro is stronger right?"

"Haha! Yeah, about that, I lied."

"O-h... w-well do you have wings as well?"

"Yes of course."

Kureji smiled and stepped back a bit from Natsumi. He closed his eyes and spread out his arms. A pair of long and beautiful red wings grew from his back. He opened his eyes and smiled.

"H-hey..."

"What is it?" He asked noticing the confused look on Natsumi's face.

"O-oh sorry... ah, I just noticed your eyes don't change..."

"Oh I get it..." His wings returned to his back. "Yushiro is the only one in our family to have gotten the Rinnegan."

"I see... well, hmm..."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing it's just... I... Kure- Kay, why don't you live with Yushiro, Hikaru and I?"

"W-what seriously?" He stumbled back a bit and his eyes widened.

She smiled. "Of course, I see how happy you make Yushiro, he needs his big brother back."

"W-well I don't know... Hey Natsumi wanna hear a secret about Yu Yu?"

Kureji's whole being seemed to suddenly change, his laugh was almost psycho and the way he moved reminded her of a sneaky fox. He threw his arm around Natsumi's shoulders and leaned in close to her ear. She really felt uncomfortable.

"He can't swim!"

Kureji backed away and began laughing uncontrollably.

"R-really?" She asked speechless.

"Yes! That was one of the few reasons he liked having wings!" He yelled while he continued to laugh; she couldn't decide if it was her reaction that was making him laugh so hard, or if it was just him being himself...

"Well, that explains a lot..." She stated with a small laugh.

"Oh oh! Wanna hear another one?" He smiled again as he leaned in close to her ear.

"Ah actually Kureji," she backed away from him. "If these are secrets he probably doesn't want me, or anyone else to know but you." She let out a shaky laugh.

"Hm... but you two are gonna be married soon, there shouldn't be secrets..."

"Well no, but still."

"I mean, he didn't even tell you about me, who knows what else he could be hiding." He said as he leaned in closer again.

It's not like what he was saying was a lie, but there was something about Kureji that made her feel uneasy, more uneasy then when she first met Yushiro.

"I mean, how long did it take him to tell you about your own flesh and blood Hikaru?"

"W-well I ah..-"

"And you know, I mean I don't know what he's told you, maybe he's lied to you all the time you've known him."

Natsumi reached for a piece of her hair and began twirling it through her fingers, she didn't want to agree with him, but he had a point, it took this long for her to find out that Yushiro actually had family, so what else could he still be keeping from her? Most of her memory was indeed back, but some parts were still hazy.

"Oh no, maybe I've said too much... Now now Natsumi, I'm sure he's told everything by now, I mean, he did tell you that it was his fault father died right?"

"W-what?" Her eyes darted to him and widened.

"Ahhh let's just go back..."

"Yushiro told me you were crazy, are you a liar too? Are you trying to break us up, make him look bad? Tell me dammit! If you don't have Rinnegan then I can easily find out on my own!" She screamed as she pulled out a kunai and held it to his throat.

"Hm, so you are nuts... no wonder your family abandoned you to Rao." He said before he disappeared with his evil laugh echoing in the distance.

Natsumi ran home full force yelling for Yushiro.

"Yushiro!"

Yushiro and Kureji ran outside looking panicked. Natsumi stopped in her tracks and pointed at Kureji mumbling.

"W-ha, b-but no... I was- no that doesn't... huh?"

Yushiro walked closer to her but she backed away from his presence.

"Natsumi, what's wrong?" He asked looking hurt.

It wasn't until that moment Natsumi realised how alike the two brothers were. The way they acted, talked and even looked.

"I-I don't understand this!" She yelled as she ran away.

Natsumi ran into the tree house that her and Rao had made years ago and the same one she took Yushiro to, to talk to him about her past. There were still several feathers sitting on the floor. She picked one up and petted it as she cried silently.

"Natsumi?" A voice called.

Natsumi looked down the latter to see Naruto. He looked concerned.

"Hi." She said with a sniffle.

"Are you alright?" He yelled back.

She shook her head and let down the latter. Naruto climbed it and sat opposite her. She pulled the latter back up and sat down wiping her face.

"Y-you have to promise not to kiss me again a-alright?"

"I promise."

"Okay... Yushiro's brother is here, and I-I don't know how to explain it..."

Truth was, she didn't. How was she supposed to explain that the two had wings, Kureji turns invisible, and that she is now maybe scared of her own fiancé?

"I'm sure it will be better when you go back home..."

"I ran away from home Naruto..."

"Hey Naruto! Come on we gotta go!" Another voice called.

The two looked down to see Kiba and Akamaru.

"I-I'm sorry Nat, but I-"

"It's alright." She forced a smile.

"Talk to me whenever you need alright?" He asked as he climbed down the latter, she just nodded.

She began to cry again as she pulled her knees closer to her chest, then she heard a familiar voice in her head.

'Nat what's wrong?' It was Hikaru.

'Oh brother! Where are you?'

'Just finished my date, I could hear you crying, are you alright? Wheres Yushiro?'

'Don't go home! Come to the tree house!'

'A-alright.'

About ten minutes later he showed up yelled up to her. She let down the latter, and once he was up pulled it back up, then she threw herself into his arms.

"Oh brother I don't know what to do!"

"A-about what? What's going on, where is Yushiro?"

"Hika, there is something weird going on with Kureji, I don't trust him, not one bit!"

"W-why?"

Natsumi went off and told Hikaru about the talk she had, had with Kureji and how strangely he acted, and how now she questioned Yushiro.

"That is strange... maybe he lied, maybe he does still hate Hitama's..."

"W-would Yushiro choose his brother over me?"

"I don't think he would..."

Just then the two heard the sound of flapping wings before both Yushiro and Kureji came into view. Natsumi screamed and hid behind her brother.

"Natsumi, what is going on?" Yushiro yelled.

"I don't trust him!" She yelled pointing to Kureji.

"But Natsumi, last we talked you said you had to go find your brother, so I went back to hang out with Yu Yu."

"You're lying! That's not at all what happened!" She screamed.

"But Natsumi...-"

"Yu Yu she's right... I did exactly what you didn't want me to do." Kureji lowered his head.

"What do you mean?" His eyes shifted to his older brother and his tone was cold.

"I-I just couldn't help it!"

"I told you- Kureji!" Yushiro threw himself at his brother and the two flew off out of sight.

"A-are you as confused as I am?" Hikaru asked.

"You have no idea brother..."

Author's notes: What is goin on? O.o Stay tuned~

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