It was a beautiful afternoon.. but not for naoki.. she wasn't sure if she should take Itachi's words serious or just ignore them..
Akatsuki is coming for naruto.. what does that even mean?! Who even is akatsuki?! Is akatsuki planning to kidnap naruto?
'Ne, ryu what do you think..'
'.. I think you should prepare and tell your brother. You can never be too prepared.. and my gut is telling me you should forfeit the exams"
'Eh?! Forfeit..'
'Yes, though you are feeling better.. I know your health state better than anyone right now.. if you continue to use your chakra, you may destroy you chakra points..'
'I see.. I see.. guess I'll forfeit then.' Naoki sighed in defeat
'you're surprisingly obedient.. aren't you supposed to at least nag and complain about it for a bit before agreeing so easily..'
'Says who..'
'Says your memory..'
'...'
'Don't look into my memories.. and I'm only listening since you helped me at that time' naoki declared
'Hmm~ okay then, should we go to your brother now? To tell him?'
'I can't go outside yet.. ya know.. so let's go a bit later and as for forfeiting.. hmm.. I'll write a letter, you think you can deliver it ryu?'
'It shouldn't be a problem, I can leave you body again so.'
'Okay, I'll be counting on you'
Naoki opened the drawers of the night stand and looked for paper and something to write with. She eventually found what she needed and wrote down she was forfeiting due to health reasons. After finishing she folded it and tied it around ryu, ryu then took the letter and went trough the window to deliver it.
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Ryu wasn't back yet.. and naoki was dying put of boredom..
"Ah.. I'm bored.. I want to know what my teams up too but mostly I WANT TO GO OUTSIDE.. i need my sunshine" she whined out of boredom..
(A/N: She needs hoseok.. okay moving on..)
Naoki sighed while someone by the door was laughing
Naoki frowned slightly.. "Kaa-chan.. Is it funny to see me suffer..."
"I'm not laughing at that, but at the fact that you're so much like me in that sense" kushina said and went to her lovely daughter
"If you want to know what is happening I'll tell you~ Apparently kakashi is training sasuke and-"
Naoki broke the conversation and questioned what kushina just said
"sasuke is out of the hospital? And kakashi-sensei is training him?"
"He was.. kinda discharged from the hospital a day or so ago, and yes kakashi is training him, Naru told me he asked Kakashi for training but got rejected"
"Then who is training nii?"
"Jiraiya is, you dad is also partly gonna train him and I too am going to help him" kushina said excited, she couldn't wait to train naruto again
"Really? I'm jealous.. I wanna spent time with tou-chan and kaa-chan to" Naoki sulked
Apparently the news about Naoki forfeiting had spread around konoha already and kushina knew about it too
"When you're all better I promise, okay?"
Naoki nodded
Kushina now was also exited for naoki to get better and teach her all sorts of things
The two talked some more about things like annoying boys.. kushina also made sure to tell, more like lecture her about boyfriends..
Not that I will get one anytime soon.. naoki added in her mind..
The rule she told naoki was 'not until you're 40' or something like that
--
It was late afternoon and ryu still didn't return..
Did something happen to ryu?! Naoki worried
No, no.. ryu is strong.. maybe she's exploring or maybe she just returned home.. with that naoki calmed down
Then the door shoved opened, getting naoki's full attention. The door revealed sakura and Ino.
Naoki smiled at them and said "Sakura, Ino it's nice to see you"
"Naoki.. are you feeling alright?" Sakura asked
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'll be discharged pretty soon too." She assured her
"Well that's good" sakura smiled
"I heard hina was taken to the hospital.. is she alright?" Naoki then asked
"Hinata? She's okay but.. she really needs to rest.. she got injured pretty badly.." sakura informed the red haired
.. I'll visit her when I'm discharged Naoki thought to herself when they explained how the fight happened
"But moving to another topic! Sakura told me you like someone other than sasuke! Omg tell us more" Ino almost shouted
"Haha.. well.. honestly he's probably someone who I shouldn't be liking.."
The two girls looked at her confused.. well I couldn't blame them.. She was being pretty vague
"Is he from another village?"
Naoki shook her head and tried thinking of a way to avoid the topic.. She wouldn't want to tell them She liked a suppose criminal.. a S-Rank missing-nin.. well she wasn't the only one.. cough* hinata cough*
"Well rather talking about who I like.. tell me why you like sasuke, I mean he's a nice person.. sometimes.. and all but.. I can't find a reason why he's so liked.."
Nice! Me, I bet they can talk about that idiot for hours.. naoki thought
Ino was the first who talked, she said that she remember her first meeting with him and fell in love at first sight
Sakura had a similar experience with him, she too fell in love at first sight. She remembered following him to give him something and she then saw his smile and fell in love.. though she also told them she wasn't going to chase him anymore..
Well after talking about their love experiences they said goodbye.
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It was late and Naoki was already planning to go sleep, She stopped doing whatever She was doing and redid her pillow. She was planning to lay down but stopped when the door shoved open
"Nao, Sorry I didn't visit earlier.." Naruto said apologetic
"But I brought you gifts.. well not just mine" he added
Naruto walked towards the bed with his hands full.. his right side occupied with cards and the other side with flowers
"Well you didn't need to come.. I'm fine, ya know.." She told him with a smile
"Well, if you're alright then that's good" naruto said
"Oh right, nii you're training now right? Can you tell me what you're training?" Naoki asked
"It's a secret" he said holding his finger before his lips
"Just wait and see, nao" he teased
Naoki observed naruto from top to bottom to find any clue to what he may be doing.. but she found nothing and sighed
how fair.. she thought..
"Since it's late I'll get going now, get lots of sleep nao" naruto said and patted his little sister's head
"Ah! Wait" naoki said tugging on naruto's sleeve
Naruto turned around and waited for naoki to say something
"I don't know what it means but.. someone said that akatsuki is coming to get you.. and I'll tell ya now but I have no clue who and why.."
"Akatsuki?"
Naoki simply nodded
"And who exactly told you?"
"It was ita- uh.. just someone.."
Naruto looked suspicious at his twin.. he knew she was lying.. and it was too obvious that she was going to say Itachi.. now the question was.. how she met itachi in the first place..
"I won't go further into it for now.. and let you off the hook but.. you'll have to tell me eventually, okay"
Naoki gave naruto an okay hand sign and with that naruto left