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Naruto stirred in his sleep. His body felt stiff and he could barely move. The attack he received from Kabuto had nearly killed him. 

He slowly opened his eyes, His heart felt like it was beating out of his chest. Where was he? What had happened? Endless questions ran rampage in his head as he tried to get up. 

He was starving. When was the last time he had eaten? He could feel the horrid yet familiar feeling of his stomach rumbling, his body felt weak and heavy.  He could feel his heart pounding in his chest in panic. 

'No, I'm going to starve!' he screamed internally as his body jolted up. 

The occupants in the room were startled at the blond boys sudden reaction. He looked like a frightened animal looking around the room his jaw clenching and unclenching. "Your up, I'm glad to see you are- " Tsunade couldn't finish her sentence because he had jumped up and was frantically looking for something.

"Hey kid. Are you alright?" Jiraiya asked confused at Naruto's sudden attentiveness. Naruto glanced at him and blinked before he saw the groceries on the table behind him. "Food." Naruto stated barely above a whisper.

His body ached from hunger, if he didn't eat at that moment he felt as if he was going to go insane. He hurried passed them and teared the bag open. There were raw uncooked vegetables, meat and other things that Shizune was going to cook.

"Oh your hungry, I was about to begin cooking. " Shizune stated as she was putting on a apron. Jiraiya looked at the boy wearily.  But before they could say anything else Naruto was hastily shoving all the food in his mouth.

"What the hell kid." Tsunade stood up from her seat as she watched him eat everything he could lay his hands on. At the moment Naruto did not care, He wanted to do anything to get rid of the feeling inside of his empty stomach.

"What are you doing brat!?" Tsunade yanked Naruto back by his jacket but Naruto easily slipped it of and didn't stop. 'A Compulsive Overeater?' Jiraiya thought to himself as he saw his God son eat everything no matter how bitter, spicy or unhealthy it was. 

To be honest it was like when Naruto ate his favorite ramen eating one second, the next he's eaten 3-4 bowls. Naruto came to a hasty stop as he realized that the three adults were watching him in shock.

He wasn't in the orphanage, He wasn't actually starving or anything like that. He had just panicked slightly, Over reacted to waking up hungry and in pain.

He looked over at them a light red tint of blush dusting his cheeks. "I-uh- sorry about that?" it sounded more like  a sheepish response to seeing him in the state they had. 

"Honestly brat, Did you really just take a bite out of that raw piece of beef?" Tsunade stated taken back by Naruto's odd actions.

Naruto blushed an even brighter shade of red. "Uh... that was an accident."He stuttered out.

'For kami's sake Sensei why are minato's kids so fucked up in the head.'Jiraiya thought to himself as he was finally witnessing what Inochi called Naruto compulsive overeating habits or in other words his binge eating.

"I guess we will have to restock for the trip."Jiraiya stated not making a big deal about so that Naruto wouldn't feel to embarrassed and close himself off to them.

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Akumi POV

We walked in and picked out a booth. "You were awesome in the exams you know, Kurenai-Sensei says that with the genjutsu you casted you could become a specialist in that area." he pointed out after we received our menus. I looked up at him and licked my lips slightly.

"There are quite a few ninja specialist who have offered me apprenticeships and specialized career pathways. But I am not sure on what I want to be. What about you have you picked a specialization?" I ask him trying to steer the conversation off of me. I disliked having to talk much about myself. The less people knew the better

"I would specialize in tracking and front lines. Our team is tracking based and we all decided to specialize in that ." Kiba pointed out as the waitress was coming toward us. "Our team is front line but to be honest I might go to espionage or assassination they are more suited for me, But that is something for me to think about in a later date." I add as we greet our waitress and tell her what we want to eat. 

Dinner was pleasant and it was better than staying at home sulking. To be honest I tried to keep everything and anything about me as vague as possible. I also had a bit of a hard time with responding to him. I wasn't sure how to react to this whole eating out on a date kind of thing.

For the most part I think any of the other girls were far better suited for dating and going out kind of stuff. They were feminine soft and knew how to carry on normal conversations but I on the other hand.

Lets just say that I'm more used to people avoiding me like the plague to have any real social skills. To be honest the people who I spoke to the most were Hiruzen, Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi-Sensei and Sasuke, the latter three were very recent addition  to my sole list of two people who even dared keep conversations with me without wanting to run off or being forced to.

Although recently Sakura had taken me to go out and have tea with Tenten, Ino and Hinata but I was usually quiet and simply enjoyed my tea while listening to the gossip.

Kiba walked me home wearily since it was the Red light district. Prostitutes and geisha were out and men were in and out of brothels and gambling houses. There were also questionable noises coming from alley ways but that was some women aka prostitutes earning their living.

"It's pretty rowdy here at night." Kiba grumbled as he looked around seeing a group of ninja toast to making it back alive from a mission. "It is but living here you get used to it." I stated as we made it back to Naruto's and my apartment.

"Thank you for the date, It was quite pleasant." I bow meekly and he shook his head.

"No, thank you for giving me a chance to take the most beautiful girl in the village out to eat." He stated with a grin and my face flushed I don't know how to respond to these kinds of things. I'm more used to threatening people than.... well than doing these kinds of things.

"I-I, Kiba-kun." I stammered out as he took my hand in his and placed a light kiss on the back of my hand. I felt my cheeks burn a bright red at his actions as I stared at him wide eyed.

"Thank you for bringing me home." I mumbled gently holding my hand as he grinned at me. 

"I couldn't just let you walk home alone, even though you are strong it's only polite to escort your date back home." He stated and I nodded my head slightly as I was left in a daze. 

Of course I was strong and people knew that. That is why no body ever bothered to walk me home or treat me like this before. 

"I'll see you some other time alright." he added and I nodded in reaffirmation. I had fun, I was treated kindly and to be honest I would go out with him again.

"Thank you once more Kiba-kun." I say adding an honorific to his name and he grined wider.

I slowly opened the door and glanced back at him giving him a small smile.

I walked in and closed the door behind me. My head was spinning and I let out a shakey sigh. I was happy and in a daze about todays events. I couldn't help the small smile on my face.

"Akumi are you back?" my bedroom door opened and out of the frying pan and into the fire, All of them were here to interogate me. "Neh how was your date Akumi-chan!"

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Somehow I was following Sakura around town. We had stopped by Ino's parents flowershop and got Lee and Sasuke some get well flowers. 

I looked around the shop and noticed that there was one pot of flowers there, Spider lillies. 

"Hey Ino, How much do you sell these for?" I asked and she blinked. "You like them? They are Lycoris radiata. We sell them at 100 ryo. They aren't that popular since they represent never seeing somebody again and are pretty much associated with death." She stated and I cocked my head as Ilooked at the beautiful flower. 

How ironic, the flower I loved the most meant death and a symbol for funerals. "I'll buy them. Do you have any more or any seeds of these?" I asked and Ino picked the pot up and took it to the counter. "I can check, How many seeds do you need?" she asked and I couln't help and think for a moment.

"As many as you can sell." I say firmly

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"Honestly that is a ridiculous amount of seeds... or should I say bulbs." Sakura stated as I carried a giant sack of flower bulbs of all shapes and sizes. 

"I like them, Naruto would always put spiderlillies in my hair when we were little. We hid in the flower patches together sometimes as well." I say with a small smile. "They are my favorite kind of flower." I say holding the bag close. 

I notice Sakura mouth slightly tighten but she didn't say anything. "How about we take the sack back to your apartment and then head to the hospital. It must be heavy carrying it around. " She stated and I nodded.

That day we walked around the village and visited Sasuke. I was concerned that he had yet to wake up. I wonder who attacked him and if He was even going to wake up.

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I anxiously waited for my brothers return. The days till Oct.10 were counting down and he had to be back by then. It was the endings of August and soon September then it was that month. I shook my head to clear my thoughts and I watered the pot of Spider lillies I bought from the store. 

I sighed as I looked around the house and stretched. Sakura had gone home today. I was wearing my ninja gear and training clothes. I slipped on my shoes and locked the door behind me as I left.

I signed my name at the village gates and stretched as I began my long morning jog around the village. I kept running until it was a bit past noon and then stopped by ichuraku to get a meal.

I ate in silence something I had become unused to my teammates and brother always being with me. " Arigato old man, the food was delicious." I paid old man teuichi and he smiled. 

"Don't worry akumi, your brother will be back soon."He smiled as he took the money, I offered him a small smile and nodded. I walked to the training ground and began my muscle training. 

For a few hours I spent mindlessly working out and then began my Katas. I swiftly followed through with them using a training post as a dummy to practice my strikes. I wore thick leather fingerless gloves to help ease the burden on the strikes and reduce the damage on my hands so that I could go on longer. I was sweating profoundlessly as I worked out non-stop.

I kept going until it was nearly sunset and then I finished off with training with weapons. By the time it was dark I picked up all of my equipment and headed home.

Like always the crowd split and let me through as I walked the streets I didn't mind by now. I had the nick name of the demon child so it was a given. 

I tiredly walked into a bar and sat on a stool. "Can I get a turkey sandwhich and orange juice." I grumble too tired to go home to actually cook and not motivated since there was no one to cook for. 

The bartender grunted and gave me a nod as he told the cook what I wanted to eat. I watched in amusements as some ninja got shitfaced drunk and how they laughed and chattered loudly. 

To be honest I was a regular, although I didn't drink I did enjoy the atmosphere. Most shinobi didn't even glance at me or see me as a threat. If they did they must be some paranoid insane shinobi. Honestly everyone who has a headband is a certified killer if your only afraid of one who wasn't even high rank then by all means you should quit your career and live your life out as a civilian for gods sake.

I watched as they were being loud and rowdy. When my food arrived I ate in peace amused by the stories I could hear other shinobi chat loudly about. 

After finishing and paying for my food I left the bar and once again I was surrounded by civilians who avoided me like the plague.

I made it back to the apartment, unlocked the door and walked inside. I took my shoes and headband off and dragged myself to the bathroom.

I stripped my clothes off and glanced at my back. I had always been covered with deep ugly scars but now my entire back was disfigured, guess medical ninjutsu wasn't enough to leave it looking a little better.

I sighed and began washing my body, scrubbing off the grim and dirt. I laid in the steaming tub for a long while letting my aching muscles soak. Unlike Naruto I didn't have his healing ability. From what the old man had told me the fourth sealed something inside of Naruto.

It was probably the ninetails but that didn't mean that Naruto was the nine tails. That only meant the nine tails was inside of him.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I sneezed and I took that as my cue to get out of the bath. I dressed back into my Pajama's and went to sleep. It was funny to think that this is what I had done for an entire year while Naruto had been in a coma. 

Then again the same routine continued up until Naruto graduated. My previous team and I hadn't been close and they only talked to me when we had missions. I can't say our sensei didn't try to mend relations on the team up but he was killed on an A rank mission and by then the team had been disbanded.

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In the morning it was the same proceess, I woke up got dressed, ate, and then watered my plants before leaving. I was outside of the village gates stretching to get ready to jog and my day was off without a hitch.

By nearly midmorning as I was about to make it to the north entrance I notices a person bright orange clothes, a white haired pervert and two women. I felt myself run faster at the sight. I pumped chakra in my muscles as I ran towards him and picked him up.

"Naruto!!!!!" I squealed louder than I had in my entire life. I hadn't even realized how worried I was and how much I had missed my big brother until I was twirling him around while hugging him.

"A-k-u-m-i." I heard naruto slowly gasp out as his face was turning a dark shade of blue. I blushed in embarassment of nearly squeezing him to death. 

I set him down and he gasped for air. "Sorry about that." I say sheepishly as I was about to use my medical ninjutsu to promote oxygen into his cells to help him catch his breath. "Nee-chan i've missed you too." Naruto wheezed out as I pressed my hands on his chest and cocked my brow.

Most of his main heart muscles had protien and lactic acid build up indicating that he had been healed recently, meaning that at somepoint he had gotten hurt.

"Hey brat, I told you I would bring your brother back in one piece." Pervy Baka sage stated smuggly. "Nee-chan this is Grandma Tsunade and Shizune-nee." Naruto stated and I glanced at both women before pulling away from Naruto and bowing.

"You know medical ninjutsu." Tsunade asked amused and I nodded. "I graduated the medical studies a few years back, Tsunade-hime." I say recognizing the name of the Slug princess.

I then turned to look at the Perverted Baka infront of me. " I thought I told you to take care of my brother and make sure he didn't get hurt, You irresponsible old man, Gah I knew my brother should have not gone with you!" I say as I grab Naruto and hug him protectively.

"Mah mah, he got himself injured. It wasn't a big deal." Jiraya baka tried to waive it off and I frowned. "Akumi-nee your going to give yourself a headache if you keep getting mad at Pervy sage." Naruto pulled himself away.

I clicked my tongue and looked away. "Grandma Tsunade, Shizune-nee this is my twin sister the one I told you about." Naruto grinned as he introduced me.

"Well kid, I like you already."Tsunade grinned and glanced at Jiraya who paled at the duo infront of him, A little girl dead set on causing him pain and his teammate who could punch him to the ground.... Not a pretty combination.

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Hey guys ! I have a few more ideas for this book and am still cominng up with an ending that I like. Tell me what you guys think. I like discussing the logic of why I write what I write and why it makes sense to me lol.

Rosymalik