Akumi POV______

I have always known that Naruto was a bit over protective of me. And I can't deny that I was also a bit over protective. But I had always thought that dating or having a crush on someone would be easy.

I hadn't known how over protective Naruto really was. He was sticking to me like glue, to be honest I wouldn't have minded but it was a bit ridiculous.

It started with Naruto coming home with a few bags of new clothes. He decided that I needed to get a change of clothing. According to him I should leave my thigh high netted socks, high waist medical skirt, green crop top and metal mesh shirt for a pair of large long sleeve shirts and Long black anbu style pants.

If that was not bad enough I had caught him infiltrating the hospital on my rounds. The only reason I even realized was because the nurses were acting a little weird and sometimes they started following me for no reason.

Honestly, I love him to death. But his impersonating skills were horrid. I will definitely be telling Stupid Pervy sage to drill him with chakra control exercises.

"Naruto, For the love of the sage please stop possessing nurses. You can stay with me but you have to stay outside of the patients rooms. But stop trying to sneak around. They have things they need to be doing and you aren't letting them do their jobs." I groan whilst rolling my eyes.

"N-Naruto? What do you mean Akumi-ne- I mean Akumi- san." The nurse stammered out and I gave her a deadpan look.

"Out, Honestly I am not secretly meeting up with boys at work." I add and she sneered.

"But akumi-san I am doing my job.... I am uh checking the surrounding temperature to make sure patients don't get to hot or to cold. It just happens that we have the same rounds." She stated smugly and I sighed.

"Naruto. Look at my face. Do I look dumb to you?" I asked and she sweat dropped. "Hmph Excuse me, I have other things to do." She stomped off and I cocked a brow as she stormed off and went down one of the halls.

I turned and walked into one of my patients rooms, I was a full fledged combat medic. I was taking a shift for extra cash.

"Hello, My name is Uzumaki Akumi. And I will be taking your physical before the doctor comes in." I say with a monotone expression as I introduced myself to the patient.

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Kei dodged my Katana with swift movements. Due to the new formation of Team Kei we now were working to better our teamwork.

I was trying to keep up with his speed as he moved his hands through a couple of handseals and spit out a few water bullets. " Water style: Water bullet jutsu!" he yelled out.

I sheathed my katana. and ran through my handseals. " Earth style: Mud Wall! Earth style: Earth Spikes!" I yelled out as I slammed my hands on the ground and threw a defensive and offensive attack at the same time forcing Kei to dodge.

I used my Katana and closed the distance between us once more placing him on the defensive.

Shunichi and Himeko were watching the match as a form of proctors to not only make sure we weren't hurt but to also see where we could Improve.

"And match! Thirty minutes have passed." Shunichi called the match and we pulled away.

I was breathing a bit heavy and I smiled slightly. I could feel my lungs burning as I took in gulps of air and my muscles straining as we had fought non-stop.

"Damn, You are faster." I say with a smirk, Kei glanced at me and cocked his head. "Yeah, And your strikes are very well planned and you are pretty relentless." He stated as he removed his headband and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"That was a pretty close match. What do you think Himeko?" Shunichi asked and she fumbled with the hem of her shirt.

"Well, They are both pretty skilled and uh." She looked at me and quickly looked at the ground. "It's a vast improvement from the last time we had sparring matches." She stated shyly.

I could feel my good mood start to fade away. "You know, Our teamwork would be better if you weren't always acting like I have some vendetta against you." I say bluntly. I had let her act all meek and scared but she was getting on my nerves.

"What?" She asked, I could hear the fear in her voice as she slightly stepped back.

"You heard me. Honestly, the reason I always treated you like shit is because you have always acted like I'm some big scary monster. First of all, I'm a shinobi just like you. Means we are suppose to be deadly. I'm not sure if you have got the memo." I say crossing my arms.

Kei looked at her and back at me. "You are being to harsh on her." He sighed and Shunichi was quiet since he knew this was possibly an issue since we were on our genin team.

"I never said anything when we were younger but if you want to continue to be on this team, Shape the fuck up. No I am not some demon, and if you try to do the same shit you did when we were younger, you better believe I am going to file a formal complaint to the old man and give reasons and examples on why you should be demoted back to genin on grounds of incompetence and a mindset not suitable for higher ranked missions." I say in annoyance as I bounced the blunt end of my katana on my shoulder.

"What, But I am not. I am not acting out or anything." She stated as she tried to act a bit tough.

"Shunichi, do you think it's high risk that Himeko acts like she did on our last mission. Such as avoiding a teammate and trying to stay away from a teammate due to some unfounded fear?" I asked and he slightly glanced at Himeko.

"In the case of the last mission it wasn't as bad. But I will have to say that if it was a little more and if she did continue then it could be a potential risk. Especially on high risk missions and long term ones as well." He shrugged and stated bluntly.

"I want to defend you Himeko but at this point avoiding Akumi is pretty stupid. You aren't some wet behind the ear genin." Kei stated with a sigh.

She looked at them wide eyed and in disbelief. "But, I... I am not... It's not like I don't have a reason. Kei, You remember how she has never had problems killing. And she, she has no conscious and the way she was raised and She is not right in the head. You remember how blood thirsty she has always been." She stammered out trying to find an excuse for her actions.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" I asked cocking my head.

"As genin I was the only one that was blooded so Yori-sensei used to ask me to make the kill for you guys after you held back an enemy. And If I remember correctly you were always paranoid thinking that for some reason I was trying to hurt you so you would always try to avoid me which used to either complicate the mission or make Sensei, Kei or I have to come save you." I pointed out.

"Look I don't know your history, and I could honestly could careless. But Himeko you can get over what ever the fuck kinda shit you are on, Like last time I checked we are all mid to high ranking shinobi here and we are all certified killing machines, so like nobody can stand here and call the other anything. We have all spilled blood here and are like murders and shit." Shunichi interrupted.

"Second, point back to the assessment. I think Akumi would be well suited as one of our close range fighters. She can easily overwhelm and opponent. I would say she would make a great pair with either kei as her support or she can support him in fast pace battles. Himeko could use her sebon to cover any weak spots in Akumi or Kei's defense. We can also come up with some formations." He stated and I gave a firm nod.

"If Miss perfect can get her panties out of a knot and do her job as our long range fighter I think we can come up with some formations to make her our long range support. " I state as I crossed my arms.

"My Taijutsu and her Kenjutsu would not fit well together. But if Akumi took a long distance genjutsu support we could dish out some nasty combinations." Kei stated as he crossed his arms.

Himeko frowned and looked at all of us in disbelief. Well at least my teammates were standing by me in not letting her act like a brat that was scared of me. Honestly that's how she got our sensei killed in the first place and we were not going to tolerate it.

"So how about we do spar Himeko, And see where our skills lie." Shunichi stated.

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"You guys, I think you are great and all but could you. I dunno clean while I am gone." I stated in annoyance as Sasuke was sprawled out on the couch reading a scroll. Sakura sat on across from Naruto reading a medical text book and Naruto was practicing his calligraphy.

"We are studying, we can clean later." Sasuke stated as he reached over and grabbed a jello cup and spoon and started eating it with one hand as he read the scroll.

"Yeah but that doesn't mean you guys can leave the apartment a mess." I added as I looked around and there were food wraps everywhere. The bookshelf was a mess and there was clothes everywhere.

"We got back from a mission and decided to crash here. Also, your shampoo is great, my hair is so silky and there is no scent to it. Where did you get it?" Sakura asked as I threw my bag on the ground and patted Sasuke's legs so he moved them and I plopped on the couch. He then placed his legs back down on my thighs and continued reading.

"Rusty Kunai, It's shinobi shampoo." I say sinking into the couch.

"Akumi."

"Yes Sasuke?" I asked cocking a brow and glancing at him.

He put his scroll down and looked at me. "You reek of sweat, Go take a shower. My nose can't handle it." He deadpanned and I flushed and pushed his legs off of me.

"Bastard!" I hissed and got up and stretched while he chuckled.

Sakura and Naruto laughed. I huffed and started walking towards the bathroom. "Naruto can you put my clothes in the wash and put my weapons away? " I asked and I pointed at the my training bag. "Yeah, Yeah. I will. But Sasuke was right, you fucking reek." he laughed and I snickered as I went to take a shower.

I went in stripped and hopped into the shower. I could feel the lumpy scars that littered my body as I showered. My back had never really healed. The skin was stretchy and damaged I made sure to keep it covered at all times. And with the chunin vest it wasn't that hard. I also wore a lot of mesh armor and bandages so a lot of my skin was not visible.

My hair was also always in a low pony tail or a high one. It depended on the day but I made sure it would not affect me in any shape or form. I refused to be a liability.

As for my reformed team I had finally confronted Himeko about her attitude towards me in a less mocking way. And to my surprise my teammates agreed that the way she acted could put the team at risk.

I wasn't going to expect her to change overnight but to at least make some effort. I had been dead serious in filing that complaint. Either she shaped up or I got her booted out of the team or demoted. At this point I could careless.

As for team seven I wasn't training with them as much. I was trying to get formations down with my old team. I did show up for the meetings but not as much as usual.

Sakura and Sasuke were coming over almost everyday. At this point sakura borrowed my clothes and brought her own clothes to shower and stay over, Sasuke borrowed Naruto's but usually brought his own.

I had come to accept them in my life. I was still weary about everyone else but slowly I was finding myself making friends. Also I was getting better at sleeping without Naruto by my side.

Sakura sometimes stayed over and we used the extra bedroom to sleep there and Sasuke was staying over as well and he usually stayed on the extra futon in Naruto and I's room.

Things were getting better and I was happy.
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"Take care." I said as I hugged Naruto tightly. I was crying, the training trip would last up to three years and I was not sure if I was ready but here I was saying good bye.

"You too and tell kiba Imma castrate him if he gets close to you okay?" He stated as he gave me a kiss on my forehead. My eyes widened as I noticed that we were finally the same height.

"Yeah, I'll tell him." I say with a sniffle. I looked at him and I felt tears swell in my eyes.

Ever since he became genin he just seemed to get stronger and stronger. He had become quite formidable in Taijustu being able to beat Sasuke sometimes and making me work up a sweat.

He was no longer small and meek, I could see his well built muscles even under his large jumpsuit. He was a heavy hitter and frontline fighter as well. I no longer had to be by his side and he was no longer weak which I found hard to believe.

"Imma come back stronger! You'll see Nee-chan." He hugged me one last time. "Sasuke-teme you better not slack off either. When I get back I wanna spar." He smiled and Sasuke chuckled. "Of course not dobe." He smirked his tone light hearted and no bad intent on the nickname.

"I'll look after these two emotionally stunted idiots, but you take care out there Naruto and make sure not to pick up on bad habits." Sakura stated with a smirk.

"You bet Sakura-chan." He smiled and turned to leave with Pervy sage. "Oy Pervert, better make sure to take care of him!" I yelled shaking my fist light heartedly.

"I will." He gave me a thumbs up and they began leaving the village.

I watched them walk down the dirt road and I wiped my tears.

"Damn." I sighed as I looked back at my teammates. "He's gone." I sighed clenching my fist slightly.

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This is a very short chapter, Sorry about that but I am having a bit of writers block. Next will be shippuden!

Rosymalik