Miyu'spov.

"Hurry up, imouto!" Sasuke called for the millionth time. I puffed out my cheeks as I ran the brush through my loose hair. Then, deciding to leave it down, I grabbed my bag and hurried to the front door where Sasuke was waiting oh so patiently ~note my sarcasm~.

It has now been a week since I woke up and I'm feeling better than ever. Its amazing.

"Ok, ok, kami, your so pushy, Onii-san!" I whined, slipping into my shoes and jumping out the door. "What are we doing anyway?" I asked, looping my arm through my twins as he lead me away from the apartment.

"Kakashi-sensei wanted to meet up with me, I figured you would want to tag along, hopefully run into Naruto." Sasuke stated, casting me a side glance as we walked.

"Huh." I blinked. "Yeah, pretty much sounds like me." Sasuke sighed and rolled his eyes. "I'm surprised you thought of that. Your normally a ditz, Onii-san!" I poked my brothers cheek, smiling as he raised an eyebrow.

"Your awfully perky today." Sasuke pointed out. I shrugged and looked up, basking in the sun. "And I'm not a ditz." Sasuke glared my way. I smiled and let out a tiny laugh. "If anything, your a ditz.... and a clutz..."

"I am not a clutz!" I protested, as we approached sensei, Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei in front of a dumpling shop. I narrowed my eyes, seeing two people in black cloaks with red clouds sitting at a table.

"Well look at that, your early." Sasuke commented to sensei. I noticed the group of olders nodding amongst themselves.

"Ah, Sasuke, Miyu." I noticed one of the cloaked guys hand flinch at the sound of our name. And just like that, they vanished, before Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei disappeared.

Thatchakrafeltsofamiliar, I thought to myself.

"Sasuke, I'm going to go find Naruto." I let go of Sasuke's arm after he nodded, turning to leave. But of course, I didn't walk, much to the protest of the two I just left. I ran toward Ichiraku, skidding to a stop and slipping inside to find Naruto downing a bowl of ramen.

"Ah, good morning! What can I get you?" Teuchi smiled as I sat down on the stool on Naruto's right. The blonde stopped mid bite, his eyes darting my way.

"Nothing, thank you. I'm here for him." I said, staring at Naruto. He finished his bite and grinned. Just as he was about to speak he was cut off.

"I had to see for myself, but I just couldn't believe it." Jiraiya peaked his head inside. "It really does look like you eat nothing but ramen, Naruto."

"Pervy sage?!" Naruto froze, staring at the man. I raised an eyebrow, and sighed.

"What's up, squirt?" Jiraiya plopped down on the stool on the other side Naruto. "Oh, hey, Miyu." I rolled my eyes at Pervy sage and only listened while they talked."So, I was wondering..." Naruto glanced at me before he turned his attention to the older man. Jiraiya turned, motioning to follow.

Naruto finished his ramen in record time, payed, then took hold of my hand, pulling me off my stool and followed Jiraiya. As we fell into step with the older man, Naruto gripped my hand, interlocking our fingers. "Ah! Wait I forgot something!" Naruto stopped, making me stop with him. "Go on ahead, Pervy sage, we'll catch up!" Jiraiya eyed Naruto before nodding and kept walking.

"Hurry up, kid!" The man called back. Naruto grinned, his eyes drifting my way. No one was around and Pervy sage had turned a corner. I narrowed my eyes.

"What is it?" Naruto's grin widened as his eyed lowered to my mouth, watching as I bit my lower lip.

"I didn't get a proper 'good morning'." I blanched at his words. "I think we should fix that." My eyes widened a bit as I was backed up against a fence. Naruto took both of my hands in his, intertwining our fingers as he pinned me.

"Wh-What?" My cheeks flushed and I mentally cursed myself for studying. Slowly, ever so slowly, Naruto leaned down, his warm breath fanning over my ear as he whispered.

"Come on, Miyu. I'm waiting." I shivered, and watched as he pulled back a smirk on his lips. I'm pretty sure my face was as red as a tomato. Pulling my left hand from his, I leaned in, pressing my lips to Naruto's, in a short sweet kiss. But as I began to pull away, his hand raised, cupping my cheek, as he deepened the kiss, sneakily sliding his tongue past my lips and into my mouth.

Naruto wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me closer as he pulled away. "Good morning, love." Naruto breathed, pressing his lips to my forehead. Its been habit since I woke up.

"Morning," I mumbled. "Come on, pervs waiting." I slipped my hand into his, intertwining our fingers as I pulled him with me, following the path Jiraiya took.

While they talked, I entered my own mind set, thinking about the chakra signatures earlier.

It was him. I'm almost certain of it, I thought. Its been four years since I last seen him. The last time was that night.That night... was a tragedy. It didn't have to happen. Everything could have been avoided... if only... if only I had been stronger. If I wasn't so weak... and if my health didn't drag me down.. maybe the elders would have listened back then.

Being the only daughter of the clan head did have its perks at certain times. And the elders seemed to have a soft spot for me. I'm not positive, but I'm sure I could have forced the elders to reconsider.

He didn't need to go through that... the suffering he went through was unbelievable. Yet he never allowed anyone to help him. Never did he, not once, allow anyone to see past his exterior face. And yet, even as he was, I can't hate him. No matter how much Onii-san bad mouths him.

There's absolutely no way for me to hate him.

"Miyu, are you in?" I snapped from my thoughts, my eyes going to Jiraiya. Naruto frowned, seeing I was distracted.

"Huh?" I breathed, staring at the two in confusion. "What's going on?"

"We're going to look for someone and I'm taking Naruto with me to continue his training. Do you want to come along?" Jiraiya explained. He narrowed his eyes a bit, but said nothing.

"Oh." I muttered. Naruto wrapped an arm around my waist, eyebrows furrowed. "Yeah, I'll come with." I nodded.

"Great! We'll meet at the front gates in twenty minutes." Jiraiya watched as Naruto dragged me away, going to pack for the trip. Naruto grinned, as we entered my house. I quickly grabbed my bag, shoving only a few changes of clothes and mostly weapons inside. I left Sasuke a quick note as well.

"Miyu, what's wrong?" Naruto asked as we began toward his apartment. I sighed, pressing a hand to my head, smiling a bit.

"Its nothing, just a headache." I said, the lie slipping out so easily. Naruto narrowed his eyes, his grip on my waist tightening a bit.

"Don't lie to me." He growled. "Your distracted. You haven't hardly smiled and its worrying me." I let my eyes drop, staring at the ground as we approached the apartment. Naruto unlocked and opened the door, leading me inside before slamming it shut and cornering me against the wall.

"Naruto..." I closed my eyes, eyebrows furrowed. "I'm sorry. I just don't feel well." I whispered. Naruto pulled me into his arms. It was partially true. This odd feeling in the pit of my stomach made me feel sick. And it wouldn't go away. Somethings going to happen. Something bad.

"Come on, go sit on the bed." I nodded and did as I was told, stopping when I finally got a good look at his bedroom.

It was thrashed.

Naruto watched for my reaction, slowly backing away. Immediately, I began cleaning up, being the clean freak I am. "M-Miyu?"

"Hurry up and pack." I smiled at Naruto, holding a few of his ramen bowls in my hands as well as a few clothing items. "I'll clean up."

Naruto blinked and nodded, stopping me as I began toward the living room. He planted a kiss on my lips and nuzzled his nose against mine before turning and packing a bag. My face flushed, and I left the room, and threw the clothes in the wash, before placing the dishes in the sink.

It wasn't long before I had the apartment clean and Naruto had his bag packed. It was the third time he needed to repack, and finally down sized to a regular bag.

We met Jiraiya at the gate and were off. But the weird feeling only grew as we left the village.

Ayame: Sooo... this was really hard to write seeing as I got a new kitten...

Kitty: Uhuh... 

Ayame: And he decided to play with my fingers as I typed, or paw at my face... T-T

Kitty: oh my kami! *falls over laughing*

Ayame: He's so tiny and adorable! But his claws hurt....

Kitty: Duh! Haha, anyway Aya-chan does not own Naruto!