A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews from AngelInDark, and Fushigi Yuki. I appreciate the comments and hope you enjoy this chapter. It's a little humorous and a little bit shorter than the last chapter. I have chapter four and five written already, but I need to edit them...a lot. I want to change up the storyline a bit, so an update may come much later. THANKFULLY though I have study hall (FINALLY!) So I can bring my laptop to school and write for a good 49 minutes. The only problem is is that Fanfic doesn't work at our school (sad face) so I can only update when I get home :). But enough of the rambling, enjoy!

Waking up the next morning was a hassle.

Why?

Well, every time I woke up I went right back to bed. I mean it wasn't like I had anything important to do, but it'd be nice to go and look for a job. I needed some money now because the money that the Hokage had given me was slowly running out. I only had enough to go shopping for groceries one more time, and maybe a couple of more shirts. After yawning and rolling out of bed I made a nice breakfast of eggs and toast before taking a nice warm shower. I didn't bother to put a towel around myself since the bedroom was right there, and it wasn't really necessary. I'm fine with walking butt naked around my apartment. After changing into a plain white kimono top and black pants, I slipped on those awkward sandals that I'd probably never get used to, before heading out the door.

My goal today was to find a well paying job.

Walking around Konoha I glanced at each shop store trying to figure out which ones had Help Wanted. After walking around for more than an hour, I was starting to get the feeling that I would never find a store. Yelling could be heard behind me, but I ignored it and continued walking. That person was probably yelling for someone else.

Without warning I felt myself being tackled from behind and into the ground. Who in the hell tackles people from behind? I growled and made to get up, only to realize that my hand was bent in an awkward position.

Great, this idiot probably broke my wrist. A searing pain shot throughout my wrist causing me to hiss and cradle it closer towards my chest. Someone grabbed my right hand and pulled me up so that I was now standing. "Hey! It's Iruka's girlfriend." My eyes slipped shut and I fought to get that irritated look off my face.

The person who tackled me was definitely that Naruto kid from last night. I opened my eyes to be met with a kid with bright yellow hair and blue eyes.

Definitely Naruto.

Standing next to him was a girl with pink hair who was blushing. Wait what? Pink hair! It was long that reached past her shoulders and pooled around her lower back. Next to the girl with the pink hair was a boy who looked like he didn't want to be there at all. He had Jet black hair with onyx eyes to match and he had a scowl lining his face. Behind him was a man with spiky silver hair and one eye. Yes.

He had this headband like thing covering one, and a mask that literally took up the rest of his face except that one eye.

Talk about weird.

"For the record Naruto. I'm not Iruka's girlfriend."

"Aww, but last night…"

"Last night Iruka and I confirmed that we're not in any sort of romantic relationship. And what idiot assumes that I'm dating his sensei when I just met him that same night." Naruto's face fell a little bit, but my bashing didn't just end there.

"And look what you did, you big goof. You broke my wrist." I shoved my wrist that was bent in the most unnatural way possible into his face just so he would feel the guilt even more. "Oh my god!" The pink haired girl said while hiding behind the scowling boy. The man with the silver hair sighed and took my hand gently so that he could examine it. "It definitely is broken." He said after a while. I glared at Naruto with all my might and shoved past all of them not wanting to have to deal with an idiot. "Wait! What about going to the hospital?"

"I'll just get Kotetsu and Izumo to take me. I don't need you're idiotic self damaging my poor body anymore." Yeah I was a little harsh on him, but seriously. He just broke my wrist by tackling me. Was I supposed to be nice and caring after that?

No.

But that still didn't stop Naruto from falling in step with me as I made my way to the Hokage tower.

"Who's Izumo and Kotetsu?" Naruto asked while throwing his hands behind his head. Seeing as I wasn't in the mood to be nice, I decided to have a little fun with his gullible self.

"My pimps."

I heard the man with the silver hair cough awkwardly as the three kids around me looked as if they had no idea what that was. "What's a pimp?" Naruto asked, not ashamed at all. Grinning to myself I turned around to face the four that were following me. Bending down to Naruto's level I smiled sadistically while showing all of my teeth. "Oh you know. Just a man that collects my earnings."

"Earnings?" Naruto repeated with a hand on his chin. "Oh you mean like money!" I resisted the urge to roll my eyes as I turned around and continued walking. "Yes Naruto. Like money."

"Oh so what's your job then." I was about to answer him before Silver haired Cyclops over there puts a hand over my mouth. "I think that's enough." He said, eyes turned downwards till they were in the shapes of upside down u's.

Was that an attempt at a smile?

"I think uh…"

"Cho."

"I think Cho here's done with her explanations."

For now.

It wasn't long before the Hokage building loomed above us, standing out amongst the other buildings. I actually just realized that I've been here every day since my coming into this village. I should probably live here since I spend more time here than I do in my own apartment. Entering the reception area for the millionth time I saw Kotetsu and Izumo off to the side talking to a man I had never seen before. Without hesitation I strode over towards all three men. Kotetsu was the first to notice and he waved at me. I waved with my broken wrist and his eyes went wide. "What happened?" He asked coming around the desk to gently take my wrist into his.

"Oh you know. Being tackled by orange blobs. Just the norm." He scowled at the state my wrist was in and looked behind me to notice my little followers.

"Kakashi."

Both men nodded at each other causing me to look back and forth between them. Kotetsu nodded and gently picked up my wrist again. "I think this needs to be set before you do anything else."

"Well I was looking for a job...until boy genius here decides to go tackle me."

"I said I was sorry!"

"Actually. Now that I think about it. No. No you didn't say sorry." Naruto whined a bit before I smiled at his childish antics. "Seriously Naruto. It's fine. I was just kidding with you." Izumo joined us right after and also made a big deal about my wrist. Of course I just brushed him off and all seven of us began making our way towards the hospital. It was an awkward silence before Naruto just had to go and ask that question.

"Are you two pimps?" Kakashi, Kotetsu, and Izumo literally stopped as the four of us continued like it was no problem that he just asked that question.

"WHAT!" Both men that were being accused of being pimps said simultaneously. "Well Cho here said that you two were her pimps and that you collect her earnings, so I was just curious." By this time Kotetsu and Izumo were red faced and Kakashi seemed like he wasn't doing any better in trying to keep his face neutral.

"You know Naruto. You're seriously gullible."

An awkward silence fell over us.

"What does gullible mean?

After a "medic-nin" healed me, and my mini little freak out when his hand turned green. Kakashi, his students and I exited the hospital as the sun began to set. Izumo and Kotetsu had left a while ago saying that they had gate duty tonight. I had no idea what that meant but nodded as the two of them poofed away. I'll never get used to that. Damn ninja's and their disappearing skills.

"I can't believe you were so scared of the green glow."

"You would be freaked out too if you saw a man's hand glowing green. I mean he just put my bone right back into place without a cast or anything. I'm seriously never going to get used to you ninja people."

"You mean you've never heard about ninja." Sasuke asked.

The first sentence I had heard him speak this entire time. Of course it shocked me that he wasn't mute and I just had to voice this earning a scowl, but I did answer his question.

"Well I have heard of ninja, but I never knew they still existed. I thought they were like some myth or something." I couldn't help but shuffle awkwardly as all four of them stared at me like I was the freak.

"What." I yelled. "Take a picture it lasts longer." With that said I turned on my heel and briskly walked towards my apartment. Maybe Bear would like some dinner tonight. Speaking of him, I haven't really seen the cuddly teddy anywhere. "You said you were looking for a job, right?" Kakashi asked as he walked in stride with me. I nodded. "I would have found one, if it wasn't for your idiotic student."

"Hey! I heard that."

"You were supposed to." I shouted over my shoulder before looking back ahead of me. "So what rank are you?" I asked wanting to make small talk. To me Kakashi seemed like a lonely fellow and I wanted to make him be my friend. I don't know why I had the sudden urge to befriend everyone I met, but I just did. Speaking of that I still haven't apologized to the smoking ninja that I shook the other day. He probably told some people about this crazy albino haired woman shaking him into next week. Giggling a bit to myself I didn't realize that Kakashi had been staring at me. "Did you say something?" I asked.

"Jounin. "

"A what?"

"My rank is Jounin."

"Oh." I remember that the Hokage had explained to me the ninja system. He said that younger kids become genin after they attend the academy, and then they take the chuunin exams. He explained to me that the genin that do exceptional well in the exams are then proclaimed chuunin afterwards . Then the next level would be Jounin, but I kind of spaced out at that point so I don't know how one goes from chuunin to jounin. I'm assuming they take some kind of test or something.

"What's your favorite food!"

"Maa…"

"Oh come on. Don't be like Bear and not answer me." At the mention of Bear his eyebrow rose.

"Miso soup with eggplant." I bumped hips with him and nudged his forearm. "See. Was that so hard now?"

"Naruto what's your favorite food." I asked without turning around.

"ICHIRAKU'S RAMEN!" Leave it to Naruto to scream it to the world.

"Sakura what's your favorite food."

"U-Um. Well..I like Tempura."

"What about you Sasuke?"

"Hn." I turned to stare at him. "Oh come on. I know you have some sort of favorite food."

He didn't say anything but he stared at me for a long time before sighing. "Tomato soup."

I grinned at all of them. We finally made it to my front door and I turned to all of them with a goofy smile on my face. "You guys don't mind me making you lunch tomorrow, right?"

There were no objections so I did to them what I did last night to Kotetsu, Izumo, and Raidou.

I hugged all of them. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea as Kakashi stiffened at my sign of affection, as well as Sasuke. Sasuke seemed to tense more than him so I quickly let go of him before moving to Sakura and Naruto. Naruto hugged me the longest and had to be pulled away by Kakashi. "Training ground 13." I nodded and closed the door behind me.

I would have jumped for joy at the new friends I made but seeing Bear standing in front of me had me squeaking like a pig. "Hi Bear. Would you like something to eat?" He shook his head and stepped backwards to give me room to walk. "Sorry I took so long, but I had to go to the hospital and treat my broken wrist." Quickly making some instant ramen I shoved it into his hand and told him to eat it. "I promise I won't watch." With that said I walked away so that I could take a quick shower.

The shower didn't last long, and I completely forgot that I had left my towel and pajama's in my bedroom. Sighing at my stupidity I calmly walked out of my bathroom. And of course Bear was right there when I streaked right past him. I hope he has a nosebleed or something. Just to take away from that calm demeanor he always has. I knew that I was giving him the perfect view of my ass, but couldn't really care less as I slipped into some panties, completely ignoring putting on a bra and pulled on a long sleeved shirt. The shirt fell a little past my butt, but if I lifted my hands up you could see the bright yellow underwear that I was wearing.

After brushing my teeth and turning off all the lights in the house I said a quick goodnight to Bear before retreating back to my room. What surprised me was that he spoke before he poofed away.

"You have no shame."

I grinned to myself.

Hey. That's four words.

For once I woke up early. Maybe it was because I wanted to have enough time to make everyone lunch. It motivated me that morning to get up early. My shower was long, but it wasn't nearly as long as the other one's I've taken. While my hair air dried I pulled out my spandex shorts and put on my corset that I was wearing the first day I got here. I tied my hair up into a high ponytail and let my bangs frame my face. Better to cook with your hair up anyway.

By the time lunch rolled around my kitchen was a mess. From making Tomato soup to the tempura to Miso with eggplant it really took up my entire morning. I stopped to make some breakfast as Bear was sitting at the table watching my every move, but I decided to ignore him and hum to myself to pass the time. I didn't turn around as he ate, so that he could have some privacy while eating, which I'm sure he was thankful of. Looking around my kitchen I found some fancy containers that I didn't know I had, to put all of the food in. All I needed to do was order some ramen to go from Ichiraku's and I'd be on my way.

Cleaning up my kitchen took less time, and I was thankful for that as I didn't want to make them wait any longer. Placing everything in a basket, I asked Bear if he was coming which he nodded. That surprised me, but he'd probably disappear after helping me deliver the food. Being the nice person that I am I packed an extra lunch just in case he decided to disappear on me.

After locking the apartment door we headed down to Ichiraku's to order some Beef ramen. I wasn't really sure what kind Naruto wanted, but I ordered that and Oriental just in case. With our hands fully loaded, Bear led the way towards Training ground 13. We had to exit Konoha's gate where I saw Raidou standing. I tried to wave the best I could at him in which he smiled and returned the wave. We had to walk for a good five minutes before we heard the sounds of metal clashing against each other towards our right.

We entered the field and I saw Naruto and Sasuke going at each other with their full strength. I was shocked by all of this that I couldn't help but just stand and watch them. I knew ninja were fast, but this seriously iced the cake. They were incredible. The sheer speed that they had amazed me and I couldn't stop the Wow that passed through my lips. It went on for another three minutes before each boy stopped, clearly out of breath.

"Good job everyone."

Kakashi seemed to have emerged from the trees startling me as I didn't even hear a twig snap. Well…they're ninja for a reason.

"Hi everyone!" I smiled and made my way towards them with Bear towing behind. "Like I promised. Lunch is here." Naruto jumped ten feet in the air, nearly giving me a heart attack, and practically snatched the ramen out of my hands.

"Miso with eggplant for you." I said handing Kakashi his dish.

"Tempura for the beautiful Sakura." She blushed as I handed her her dish.

"And for the handsome Sasuke, tomato soup. There's some bread in that basket over there if you want to dip into the soup." He just "hn'ed" me, and sat a little away from the rest of the group.

Maybe he's just antisocial.

I turned towards Bear as he tried to hand me the last box, but I pushed it back into his hands. "Nope! That one's yours. I made this lunch especially for you. So enjoy it." He left without even saying thank you and I sat down to enjoy my steamed vegetables with rice.

"This is really good, Cho-chan." Sakura complimented. Everyone nodded, even Sasuke, before continuing to dig into their meal. A silence passed over us, but it wasn't an awkward one. Just a nice silence as if we were enjoying each other's company. Which I hope they were. After finishing my meal I placed the bowl down and snatched an eggplant out of Kakashi's bowl. He stared at me with a blank look before doing that awkward eye smile and….wait a minute. How did he eat practically all of that without me noticing?

My eyes squinted in suspicion at him before popping the eggplant into my mouth. It practically melted at the touch of my tongue and I shuddered at how warm it was. This was the best cooking ever. Usually I don't praise myself because my cooking never really turns out that well, but this…this I think I overdid.

"Wow. That was really good." I whispered. Of course the air took it away and no one heard it, but it put a smile unto my face.

Stretching a bit, I stood up and collected everyone's bowls before storing it into the basket I carried. "It was nice having lunch with you all, but I must return to the village to continue job hunting."

"Are you sure you'll be alright walking back."

I nodded. "Don't worry about me. I have a good sense of direction."

"I'm not worried about your sense of direction." Awww. Kakashi really did care. I chuckled at his protective air and gave him a quick hug which he of course was stiff in. "Don't worry about me," I repeated while poking him in the forehead. "I'll be fine." After giving hugs to everyone, and a very reluctant Sasuke, I gathered my belongings and left the training field. It didn't take me long to arrive at the gate, and when I did I noticed four people standing in front of a desk handing Raidou some papers.

I wonder if they were returning from a trip or something. I walked up to Raidou and smiled at him, but my gaze rested a little longer on their headbands. Looking back and forth between Raidou's headband and their headbands I noticed that the symbols were different. Maybe they come from a different village. "What village do you come from?" I asked. All four turned to glare at me, and I shrunk back a little bit behind Raidou. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to talk to them.

They left without speaking and I turned to Raidou to voice my thoughts. "Who were they?"

"They come from the Village Hidden in the Grass."

"What is up with your Villages and being hidden in something? Next thing you know they're going to have a Village hidden in some rain or snow or something."

"Actually…" He started, but I cut him off with my hand. "Don't even." I said while walking away.

It was too much ninja stuff for one day. I returned back to my apartment to find Bear sitting in my living room with another person. He looked like he was a cat of some sort. "I'm guessing that's Tiger." No one acknowledged me so I went to the kitchen to wash up the dishes from the basket. After finishing the dishes I dried my hands and exited the apartment once again.

Today I was going to get a job. And I don't care if it kills me. I needed a job or else I wouldn't have any money left. And I couldn't ask the Hokage for any more money. I would be utterly sad if that happened. I can't take money from older men. I'd feel like I was using him or something

I eventually did find a job. There was this small corner store that had job listings and helped you get settled into a new job, which I had no idea existed. I stumbled upon it when I saw a young teenager walking into the store asking for a job. Of course I stopped to listen and then noticed that the entire window was filled with clippings of help wanted.

The older woman behind the counter smiled at me as I entered and I asked her if there was a well paying job closer by my apartments. She gave me a long list of jobs, but the one that caught my attention was that the academy needed an assistant to watch over kids when teachers were on their lunch breaks. The only reason why that one stood out to me so much was the fact that I remember the Hokage talking about the Academy. He said that after the academy kids graduated to genin level. I felt like I needed to be a part of the cause so I of course accepted. She gave me these papers to fill out, and sent me on my way towards the academy.

It didn't take me long to find the building as it was pretty big and you couldn't miss it.

The woman at the front desk looked like she was beaming rainbows out of her ass as she ushered me into a room that looked like it needed major filing. "No one's really been coming in asking for jobs, and we have too many kids on our hands so filing never really gets done. You're actually the first person that's come in since the last kids have graduated, and we can't be more grateful."

"Wait. I don't need an interview or something." I asked, clearly shocked that I was just hired on the spot.

"Of course not honey. I'm sure you know your alphabet and can file perfectly fine. Taking care of kids isn't really hard so I'm sure you'll do just fine." I grinned at the lady and turned towards her.

"Thank you so much for the job. I don't know how I can repay you, but I desperately needed one and you're the closest to my apartment, so once again thank you."

"The names Ishida."

"I'm Cho."

"Well Cho. I'm sure this is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship."

I smiled in response.