Okay part 5 is much longer than the first 4

Italic part is a flashback

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Part 5

"What the hell?"

That was the first words out leave Rue's lips as she entered Iruka's classroom. A few rows of desks in front of her she saw her best friend Naruto locking lips with a boy she'd only heard of before today.

Sasuke Uchiha, The last Uchiha. Unlike most girls, Rue was not in love with him. She didn't even know him. She did feel sad for him though. HE had no one and he pushed others away.

"Naruto, I didn't know you were into Sasuke. You do know he's asexual, right?" Rue said. Not noticing the many glares aimed at her and Naruto. Though Sasuke didn't glare, he didn't even look in her direction.

Naruto, however, did and jumped behind Rue. As he did she caught a glimpse of the bag Rue carried.

"What's in the bag?" He asked curiously trying to grab it.

Rue smacked his hand away and moved toward the front of the classroom. "It's not for you. Iruka ordered something from my dad." She said calmly as she walked.

She set the bag down and went back to her families shop. She would have stuck around to get the pay for the delivery but store policy demands payment up front. No money, No goods. It wasn't cruel, it was business.

Returning to the shop, she saw several off duty ninja. She recognized several that were talking to her mother. She also saw several faces her didn't recognize.

"Ah, Rue you're back. Any trouble?" Katya asked, smiling. As she did several people turned and looked at her daughter. Some mumbled a hello.

"Making one delivery? No. No trouble at all." She answered.

The people she couldn't recognize were watching her. They looked to be around her age. Two boys and a girl. One boy had a really stupid looking haircut. The other was staring at her with strange eyes. The girl looked from Rue to the boy that was staring strangely.

Rue felt uncomfortable and exposed. It was like his eyes could see right into her soul.

"Mom. I'm going to go and eat. Haven't had breakfast yet. And from what I hear it's the most important meal of the day." Rue said.

The boy with weird hair nodded vigorously and spoke, "That is most accurate! It gives you energy to perform all tasks." The girl shook her head and mumbled "Lee" a little exasperatedly.

Rue gasped loudly and realized who they were. Her gasp caught their attention. "Wait, you're the team Guy talks about whenever he comes in?" She asked suddenly.

"He talks about us?" The girl, Tenten, Rue recalled, said. She sounded upset about it. Well not very upset.

"Gushes actually. He's so proud of you three." Arin said as he brought an order out from the back. Lee and Neji shared a look at what Rue's father said. Tenten, on the other hand, looked as if she'd fallen in love with the handsome married man giving the weapon to its owner.

The look made Rue sick. Leaning towards the girl, she frowned.

"Oi bunhead. That's my dad and he's seriously in love with my mother. That look is unnecessary." She whispered rudely.

Tenten blushed and looked surprised as Rue straightened and went home quickly.

Rue sat at the kitchen table. She was eating a slice of toast. She didn't feel bad about what she had said. It was true. Tenten, well no girl really, should ever look at another woman's husband like that. Rue said almost the exact same thing when she first met Anko.

Anko had been the shops first customer. She'd come in just for a few kunai. It was just to compare the workmanship to the ones she already carried. Rue was sitting on the counter, drawing. "Daddy, there's a lady here that'd like to place an order." Rue had called and when her dad came out and got the order, she saw the older woman look at Arin hungrily. When Arin went back to work on it, Rue glared at Anko and told her angrily, "Oi that's my daddy. He's really, really, really in love with mommy and she'll be here any day. That look is more than unnecessary." But Anko smiled and laughed and brushed it off by saying, "Well aren't you adorable, looking out for your mommy and daddy's marriage."

Rue remembered it as if it were yesterday. She knew she didn't have to look after her parent's romantic life. When they weren't working, they never stopped kissing or groping.