Nawaki was not having a great time.
He was sitting in a cell in the police station with Oki, and he was fairly certain he was having a panic attack. Oki kept glancing at him with concern, but he was too busy remembering how to breath to focus on her. To be fair to him, he did have a lot to panic about. He mentally went over the list in his head.
Number One: There was a huge chance that Sai had recognized him. Luckily, all Sai had done was escort them to the police station. He had gone quietly, and Sai hadn't even asked for his name. He had been too busy telling Oki what her mother's mood was like and how she would have to tell her mother what had happened. Oki had looked completely terrified.
Number Two: If the Hokage found out he had been arrested, he could be thrown out of the village. He knew some people were still suspicious about him, since he was a stranger and he couldn't blame them. But he really liked Konoha and he wanted to stay.
Number Three (This was the worst one): He was sitting in a cell.
In a police station.
The Uchiha police station.
Run by Sasuke Uchiha.
So yes, Nawaki was very worried about this situation. He was pretty sure things would get ugly very soon. Luckily, he had dyed his hair again this morning, so there would be no pink streaks sticking out. But he was still very worried. What made it worse was that Oki was here, and if she found out that he was lying to her, she would probably hate him. Something seemed to be bothering her. She was glancing nervously at him again and again. Finally, she began to talk.
"I'm so sorry Nawaki!" she said slight tears forming in her eyes. Nawaki was reminded of his mother, which made him smile.
"It's not your fault." he said gently "I'm happy I got to spend time with you. I'm not mad at you at all." It's you that should be mad at me. "We don't even know what we did wrong. We'll be out of here in no time."
Oki stared at him. Nawaki gulped. Had he said something wrong?
She jumped across the room and glomped him.
Nawaki had no idea what to do. None of his training had prepared him for something like this. What was with these Konoha girls?
He realised that Oki was laughing and he began to laugh too. Suddenly, she shifted slightly and threw off his entire balance. He fell on the ground with Oki on top of him.
They were silent for a minute, looking at each other, not really sure what to do. In the end, they both settled for laughing it off, and sat back up onto the bench. Nawaki prayed that she hadn't notice how fast his heart had been beating when she was on top of him.
Suddenly he heard footsteps coming towards him, and his heart came to a complete stop.
All this heart stuff can't be good for my health was the last clear thing he thought of before he began to have yet another panic attack.
The footsteps drew closer and closer. Nawaki held his breath as they came to his cell door. He breathed a sigh of relief when they walked past.
The footsteps suddenly turned around and walked back to his door. Nawaki closed his eyes tightly as the door swung open. He heard a voice come from the doorway.
"You're free to go now. Apparently there was a mix up at the restaurant. Some people forgot to pay their bill and the manager thought it was you."
The person walked away. Nawaki waited until he could no longer hear their footsteps before slowly opening his eyes. He scanned the room and found it empty except for Oki. Relief flooded through him. He was going to be ok. He wasn't being kicked out.
"Who was that?" he asked Oki.
She shrugged.
"Some random Hyuga I think. Some of them work at the station seeing as there's an absence of Uchihas."
Nawaki relaxed some more. Another worry down. Now there was only…
"So, what's your dad name?" he asked
"Sai." she replied "he doesn't have a last name so they gave me my mother's"
"Ah." Nawaki said, feigning curiosity. He needed to find out how much Sai knew. But he knew better than to start bombarding Oki with questions. He'd figure it out slowly.
They walked out of the station together. Nawaki was startled to see that the sky had gone dark. They had been in the station for much longer than he thought.
"We best go home." Oki said "We have to meet our new sensei tomorrow."
Nawaki nodded, remembering his mom's advice. Watch out for the bell test.
He said goodbye to Oki and made his way home. He was living in a small two room apartment. It was a bit grotty, but Nawaki didn't mind. He didn't have much furniture, only the stuff that came with the flat and the picture of him and his mother.
Tomorrow, he thought as he fell asleep, I'll have another picture to join it. One of the new Team 7.
The morning came a lot faster than Nawaki would have liked. One minute, he was falling asleep, the next, the sun was shining into his bedroom. The only food he had was dango, so he quickly gobbled some down, before setting off to the Academy.
He reached the Academy and was sent into a classroom to wait with Hisa and Oki. Oki seemed bright and cheerful, but something seemed to be bugging Hisa. She didn't even bother sneering at him as he entered the classroom.
He sat down and waited. And waited. And waited.
"Where the hell is this guy?" Nawaki snapped.
They had been waiting an hour and he still hadn't come. Please don't let it be Kakashi. That would be too awkward.
Suddenly, the door slammed open, and a young man in his late twenties rushed in.
"I'm not late am I?" he gasped "There was a sale at Ichiraku's so Naruto sent me on a mission to get as much as possible. Sorry 'bout that. I'm not always this late. But I kinda forgot about you because the ramen was really good and Naruto wanted to see my new technique…" he trailed off as he actually looked at the genin in front of him.
Nawaki frowned. Who was this man?
"Uncle Konahamaru!" Hisa exclaimed
Nawaki blinked. Konahamaru? How many Uncles did Hisa have? He vaguely remembered something about a little kid who became Naruto's student. Was this that guy?
Konahamaru seemed to notice the confused expression on his face.
"Let's go up to the rooftop. I'll explain there."
With that, he poofed away.
"I hate it when he does that." Hisa muttered
"Who was that guy?" Nawaki asked
Hisa ignored him and walked out of the room, leaving Oki to explain.
"He's Konahamaru Sarutobi, Naruto's first and best student and the next in line to be Hokage. There's also a rumour going around about some kind of pervy technique but I don't really know much about that."
"Oh, ok thanks. We best get up to the roof now."
She nodded and they ran out after Hisa.
Soon they were all on the rooftop. The three genin sat on the steps, and Konahamaru leant against the railing.
"Let's start by introducing ourselves." he announced "My name is Konahamaru and I'll be your new sensei. I like ramen and chocolate covered bananas. I dislike people who want to be great without having to work for it and I already achieved my dream, so my desire is to protect the village."
Nawaki blinked. That had been strangely normal. He thought the introduction had to be very cryptic.
"I'll go next." Hisa said. "My name is Hisa Uzumaki. I'm the daughter of the Hokage. I can't really think of much likes, and I dislike a lot of things, especially my brother Obito. My dream is private."
With that said, she crossed her arms and stared into space.
"Um… I'll go next." Oki volunteered "My name's Oki Yamanaka. I have a big sister who I don't really get on with. I like drawing and I dislike dango. My dream is to protect my comrades. That's about it really."
Everyone turned to look at Nawaki. He gulped. What could he say that wasn't a lie?
"My name is Nawaki. I'm seven years old. I like teashops…" he looked at Oki and blushed. "I like onigiri. I don't have any real dislikes or a solid dream at the moment."
It was silent for a minute.
"Well this is boring!" Konahamaru exclaimed "Honestly, I'd rather just pass you all right now instead of having to give you a test, but sadly, that's the law. So I'll meet you at training ground three tomorrow at twelve for the test."
"Wait, we have a test?" Oki yelled
Nawaki winced. It seems she was the only one who didn't know.
"Yep." Konahamaru said cheerily. He suddenly gave a low chuckle.
"It's funny that the kids of the old Team 7 would be on the new one." he said "Nawaki, if either Sakura or Sasuke were your parent we'd have the set."
Nawaki felt his face heat up. What could he say to that? Actually, they're both my parents, but Sasuke doesn't know. Please don't tell him. Yeah, that would definitely go down well.
Oki and Hisa saw his uncomfortable expression and mistook it.
"His parents are dead." Hisa said coldly.
"Really? Sorry about that kid."
"It's fine." Nawaki muttered, wishing they could change the subject.
"Alright then, I'll see you three tomorrow. Oh yeah, if you fail the test you get sent back to the Academy. Bye!"
At with that, he disappeared in a puff, leaving a shocked Oki, an uncomfortable Nawaki and a bored Hisa on the roof.