The others looked at Hikari with confusion and shock when she jumped out of the tree and landed next to Sasuke.
"What do you mean he knew?" Naruto asked loudly.
"That's right, she used to go with our Dad to the Uchiha's to train with Sasuke when we were kids and I went with Mom to the animal nursery," Kimiko said, scratching the back of her head a little embarrassed.
"You used to know him?" Sakura asked. Hikari nodded.
"Our Dad's were best friends and were on the same team. I was always more aggressive than Kimi, so Dad took me when he would practice with Sasuke's dad," Hikari said. Sakura looked a little relieved and sighed. Sasuke smiled a little, but then it was gone. Hikari looked at the flower in her hand and then looked at Sakura.
"Hold still," Hikari said, stepping close to Sakura.
"Huh? What are you doing?" she asked.
"Putting this in your hair where it'll stay," Hikari said, starting to intwine the flower with Sakura's hair as she whispered in her ear, "Don't worry. I can see you like him; and I have never had any desire to date him. He's never been more than a friend." Sakura blushed a little and nodded when Hikari pulled away.
"Wow, you did a great job. You sure it'll stay?" Sakura asked. Hikari nodded.
"Yeah. It works well with your hair too. It looks good, Kimi we should probably go find some place to stay for a while," Hikari said, walking away. Kimiko sighed.
"Alright. It was nice meeting you all, see you guys later," Kimiko said, following Hikari. Kiba picked up Akamaru before he could chase after the girls.
"Bye!" Naruto shouted, waving at them.
"Do they have any clue where they're going?" Sasuke asked.
"No," Shino said.
"Should we help them? Kari there seems to be pretty independent," Sakura asked. Kiba shrugged.
"She's always been arrogant… They'll get lost before they know it," Sasuke sighed and started running after them.
"Sasuke wait up!" Kiba and Naruto shouted, following after him. Shino sighed and Sakura looked over at him.
"Something wrong Shino?" she asked.
"Hm? It's nothing," Shino told her. She smirked and crossed her arms across her chest.
"What? Does Kiba like the same one as you?" she asked. Shino raised a brow and looked at her like she was crazy from behind his glasses.
"I like neither one of those girls. Kiba seems to be already attracted to Kimiko," he told her, walking to follow the others who had left them.
"Really? How do you know?"
"He said it. Something about a 'dogs tuition' or something of the sort."
"Oh." Shino nodded and continued to walk silently. Hikari already had Naruto in a headlock and her face was red with anger and his face was turning blue.
"Kari let him go! He can't breathe!" Kimiko shouted, trying to pry Hikari off of him. Hikari tightened her grip and Kiba was laughing while Sasuke was shaking his head in disappointment.
"What happened?" Sakura asked.
"He tried to put a lizard down my pants!" Hikari said. Naruto started to scratch at Hikari's arms and she let him go. He took a deep breath in and rubbed his neck.
"Ow! Jeez, do you not have a sense of humor?" he shouted, looking up at Hikari.
"It surprising how dumb you are," Hikari said. He looked at her lost and realized she was hearing his headband.
"Hey! That's mine! Iruka-sensei gave it to me! Give it back!" he shouted, reaching up. Hikari held his arms away and Kimiko took it off.
"Iruka? As in Iruka Umino?" Hikari asked, letting his arms go. He nodded. Both the girls smiled.
"Where is he?" they asked.
"Why are you so glad?" Kiba asked.
"He used to be our babysitter, until he became a teacher," Kimiko told him. Hikari nodded with a smile.
"Well here he comes with Kakashi-sensei," Sakura said. Both girls turned to looked behind them to see Iruka walking down the road with Kakashi. Iruka stopped in his tracks, looking at them with shock.
"Hm? Oh those are two new ninja's in training in the village," Kakashi said to Iruka.
"Who would have thought it'd be those two," Iruka said with a smile and walked up to the girls with open arms. Kakashi looked at Iruka confused with his one eye. Both girls hugged Iruka.
"I never thought I'd see you two here again," Iruka smiled.
"We'd never thought we'd see you again at all," Hikari said. Iruka laughed.
"You know them Iruka?" Kakashi asked.
"I was their babysitter for years before I became a teacher at the academy," Iruka told him.
"Ah, I see."
"You girls need a place to stay right?" Iruka asked them.
"That's what we were just going to do," Kimiko said. Iruka looked at them shocked and then half smiled a little nervously.
"Then you two can stay with me until you get situated," he said.
"We don't want to impose," Hikari said.
"It's no problem at all. I looked after Naruto until he graduated, there's no reason I can't look after you two until you graduate," he told them.
"Are you sure?" they asked. He nodded.
"I'll take your backpacks and take them back to my place. Ah, Shino, Kiba? You wouldn't mind helping them find my house after a while do you?" he asked, looking at the two boys.
"Not at all sir!" Kiba said with a smile. Iruka smiled back and took their backpacks.
"Looks like I had a good reason to keep that room, right Kakashi?" Iruka asked, laughing. Kakashi smiled and nodded.
"I'll see you girls later." Iruka turned and started walking away with Kakashi, who started whispering to Iruka.
"That was unexpected," Kimiko noted. Hikari nodded.
"Least we don't have to worry about finding a place to stay now."
"Now that you two are free; what should we do?" Naruto asked.
"What we should do is help them get familiar with the village. What we want to do is go bother the others," Kiba said.
"I think you've bothered enough people for now Kiba," Shino said.
"Not to change the subject; but it looks like someone is being chased by a giant ball," Hikari said. The others turned around and pulled Hikari and Kimiko out of the way as Ino ran past being chased by Chouji.
"I'm sorry!" Ino yelled.
"You shouldn't have called him fat!" Shikamaru shouted at her, following behind Chouji. He was trying not to laugh, and then was distracted when he noticed Hikari and Kimiko.
"You two the new girls Asuma was talking about?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'm Kimiko and she's Hikari."
"I'm Shikamaru. Why are you two hanging out with a bunch of losers like Naruto?" he asked jokingly.
"Hey!" Naruto shouted. Shikamaru laughed.
"I'm kidding. The girl that ran by was Ino and the guy behind her was Chouji."
"Remind me to not make him mad," Kimiko muttered.
"It was nice meeting you two. I should probably go find Chouji and Ino now. See you guys later," Shikamaru said, running off in the direction the other two went.
"I should head home, the sun is starting to set and I still need to clean my room," Sakura said.
"Okay. See you later," Hikari said with a smile. She smiled back and left. Hikari looked and realized Sasuke was gone too.
"Well he sure leaves a good notice," Hikari said sarcastically.
"I didn't even notice he was gone," Kimiko told her.
"Who?" Naruto asked.
"Sasuke you idiot. He just left before Ino came by," Kiba told him.
"Oh! Okay. Oh crap! I told Jiraiya he owes me dinner tonight for yesterday's training! I got to go! Nice meeting you two! Bye!" he shouted running off. Hikari and Kimiko waved.
"Can I ask him now?" Hikari asked Kimiko, sounding almost impatient.
"Go on," Kimiko sighed. Hikari smiled and looked at Shino.
"Your clan is the one who can do that bug stuff right?" she asked. He nodded.
"Can I see?" Kiba looked at Hikari like she was crazy.
"You want to see it? What kind of person, who isn't part of the Aburame clan, would want to see that?" Kiba asked, putting in the part about the Aburame's to not upset Shino.
"Uh I would?" Hikari scoffed.
"She's always been a little… Strange. You get used to it," Kimiko told Kiba. A butterfly landed on Hikari's nose and sat there. She stared at it cross eyed.
"Bird wing… They're always so pretty," Hikari whispered. Kimiko rolled her eyes and laughed a little. Kiba rubbed his chin thinking, and then snapped his fingers with a bright smile.
"What did you just come up with Kiba?" Shino asked. Kiba smirked.
"Oh, nothing," Kiba said with a bigger smirk.
"I don't like the look of that smirk on your face. You look evil," Kimiko said a little nervously.
"Hey Kari, how many types of insects do you know?" Kiba asked.
"A few. Mainly dragon flies and butterflies are my favorites. Why?" Hikari asked, looking at him from the corner of her eye.
"Oh, just wondering. It explains why you had asked, that's all," Kiba said.
"Kiba, stop," Shino told him.
"Shino, stop being such a bore!" Kiba shouted.
"Kiba! Mom wants you- oh well hello Shino. Who are these two?" a girl asked, walking up.
"Hey Hana. This is Kimiko and Hikari," Kiba said.
"Hi, I'm Kiba's sister Hana. Mom says you better get home and clean your room."
"And if I don't?" Kiba asked.
"I didn't want to ask. She just got back from a mission with her old team, do you really want to upset her?" Hana asked him, her hands on her hips. Kiba's eyes got wide with slight fear.
"Right. I'll see you guys later. Good luck tomorrow," Kiba said before he ran off. Kimiko and Hikari waved as he ran off.
"I hear you two are going to become ninja as well. I wish you luck with that. I'm off to the Yamanaka shop for some healing herbs. Do you two know where you're going?" Hana asked.
"Kinda…" Hikari said, scratching her head.
"I'll help them find their way around," Shino told her. She nodded.
"Well, good luck," Hana said before she left the three.
'Great… I'm left alone with two girls who I don't even know… What am I supposed to do now?' Shino thought to himself.
'What do we do now? We don't even know this guy! I hope Hikari has an idea…' Kimiko thought, looking at Hikari. Hikari's eyes were fixed on Shino, who was staring off in the distance.
'This kid is a stranger. Even if he is an Aburame… I can't trust him right now. I can't even trust Sasuke right now. Something isn't right with him. Their all becoming Chuunin soon. We have to pass that Genin exam in two weeks if we want to keep up with them. I think I'll hold off on asking anyone about anything for a while. For now; let's see if this kid will show us around the village,' Hikari thought to herself. She smiled innocently
"Shino, would you mind showing us around the rest of the village so we know our way around please?" Hikari asked sweetly, forgetting the butterfly had moved to her hair. He nodded and put out his arm as the butterfly landed on it. They started walking toward the academy, where they made their way to the springs. Before they knew it; they had made a full on circle, coming up on Iruka's home.
"And this is where Iruka-sensei lives. It's getting dark; so I suggest you go in before you get lost. I have to head home. Good luck with your training tomorrow," Shino said as he walked away.
"Well, isn't he just a social one?" Hikari asked sarcastically, looking at him with a bored expression. Kimiko laughed a little and jumped a little when Iruka opened the door without warning.
"There you two are! I was afraid you two might have gotten lost," he said, letting them inside.
"Kiba left us with that Shino kid. Then he walked away as soon as he told us this is your place," Hikari told him.
"He's not one to talk is he?" Kimiko asked. Iruka sighed and nodded.
"He's very quiet. Always has been," Iruka told them, "Your guys' room is back here, across the hall from mine. If you need anything; don't be afraid to ask. I told Naruto we'd go out for ramen tonight; would you two like to join?"
"Ramen?" Hikari asked happily.
"She loves ramen like there is no tomorrow. We'd be glad to go," Kimiko said.
"Great. This should be interesting then huh?" Iruka said with a smile.