Whoever lied and said packing is easy needs a reality check.

Lord Third granted us a week to get everything in order since he knew how stressful moving can be.

When I lifted my fourth box and my backpack together, I nearly stumbled because of how heavy they were. When we got to the new house, I definitely needed to downsize and get rid of stuff that wasn't needed.

"Hana, I hope you don't mind, but I called for Kakashi, Rin, and Obito to help us move since we need to be out of the house today," Uncle Minato said as I brought my boxes into the living room. The living room was out of order, with boxes everywhere and furniture piled.

I nearly dropped my box when he said that.

Kakashi, I didn't mind, but Rin and Obito?

I sighed a bit and had to put a fake smile on my face. "That's fine, we need the help anyway,"

As I put my box and backpack down, I turned around to return to my room to get the rest of my items. What he said stopped me in my tracks.

"I know you and Obito haven't been on the best of terms lately, but just try to put that aside for today at least,"

I had no response to that.

Sometimes, I hated how perceptive he was. But that's what made him a great ninja.

I silently went back to my room and started boxing the last items. I heard an unfamiliar voice talking in the living room. I raised an eyebrow and went to see who it was. There was a tall man with bushy white hair tied back into a ponytail that stopped at his knees. He wore a green kimono with matching pants and a red haori with two yellow circles on the sides. He also had red lines going down on both cheeks.

I looked at him with confusion as he laughed with Uncle Minato.

"Wow, you didn't tell me you guys had a daughter already, Minato," He chuckled. "I'm offended that I wasn't invited to meet her sooner, as the self-proclaimed godfather,"

Uncle Minato maintained his smile, "Sorry about that, Master Jiraiya. This is my niece, Hana,"

"Hello, I'm Jiraiya, the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku," He greeted cheerfully. "Do not refer to me as grandpa, please. I'm not that old. Think of me as your cool Uncle or something,"

Why was the name familiar?

"I already have one, technically," I laughed. "So you can be the cool grandpa, Toad Sage,"

His face fell at my response, and he just laughed it off. "Well, she's definitely got Kushina's sharp tongue,"

Uncle Minato told me he'd known Jiraiya since he was my age and that Jiraiya was his sensei when he was in a three-man squad. Jiraiya became his father figure during those times. I also gave Jiraiya a short background on me but left the more traumatizing parts. Uncle Minato also told me that Jiraiya came by to say hi since he just returned from a long mission.

I just said that I didn't know my parents. Technically, it's not a lie.

Aunt Kushina came out of her room and greeted Jiraiya politely.

"Looking beautiful as ever, Kushina!"

She smiled warmly at him and thanked him but quickly called me over to help her. When I followed her, she already had everything packed, so what did she need help with?

She gave me a stern look.

"Master Jiraiya is a great guy, but now that you've finally met him, be careful about taking his advice about dating and all that," She said. "And don't read any books of his,"

As soon as she said that, it clicked why I knew that name. My cheeks had a tinge of pink as I thought about the book that was packed in my belongings at the new house in my room. I found that book at the bookstore one day, and here I thought I was just reading a romantic love story about a man returning from war and his wife waiting for him, but I didn't realize that the next scene would be so...detailed...

I didn't tell a soul about that book and never will.

"Noted," I said and left her room to finish packing in mine.

Who would've thought Jiraiya was the one behind that book?

Jiraiya was already gone, and Kakashi was in my living room. I waved at him as I went to my room to finish boxing all my stuff. Now, the furniture was left, but Aunt Kushina reassured me that I could leave my bed because she wanted new ones for all of us.

As I took one last look at my old room to see if I missed anything, there was a knock, and I turned, seeing Kakashi.

"Hey, Kakashi," I greeted.

"Minato-Sensei just wanted me to see if you had any leftover boxes," He said. "I'll take this one,"

He walked inside to grab the box that I had just packed, and I followed him out the door.

"I appreciate you guys coming to help, I know Uncle is the Yellow Flash and all, but moving is a pain in the ass," I said.

"Don't mention it," Kakashi said. "You're right about moving,"

When Kakashi and I exited the hallway together, Obito was in the living room with Rin. Obito had an unreadable expression when he looked at Kakashi and me together. I gave him a questioning look but didn't say anything.

Rin tried to greet us, but I gave her and Obito a short greeting and lifted some boxes. Rin went to help Aunt Kushina, leaving me with Obito and Kakashi. Uncle Minato was already off carrying three boxes to the new place.

Why did I start feeling self-conscious when Kakashi saw me with my hair in a messy bun and looking tired? I shouldn't. It's just Kakashi.

The feeling between the three of us felt tense. Kakashi and Obito started bickering again.

"Are you sure you can lift all those boxes, Kakashi?" Obito asked, with a glint in his eyes as Kakashi went to grab two boxes.

Kakashi was quick to reply to him. "Certainly, Obito. We all know you probably can't even lift a single box without hurting something,"

Obito scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Oh please, Kakashi. Don't make me laugh. You couldn't carry a single grain of sand if you tried,"

I decided to cut in before they could start again.

"I think we can all agree," I interjected, "That we need to focus on getting out of this house today as it's going up for sale, and only have a week to get settled,"

My words almost snapped them out of their bickering, but Obito couldn't resist a final shot. "Hana's right, Kakashi. Even a snail could move faster than you,"

I had to hide my smirk as Kakashi remained unfazed. I was still mad at Obito, and now, if he keeps this up, he will make me laugh.

"I'll have you know that I was the fastest ninja in the academy," Kakashi retorted.

"Again, we can all agree that my Uncle can make you both look like turtles in a race. Now let's go before we lose more time," I lifted two boxes with ease and walked out of the house, with Kakashi and Obito following.

Uncle Minato, being the Yellow Flash, was very helpful. The moving time was much shorter than I thought, but Kakashi and Obito would still banter. Rin would try to start conversations with me, but I just listened to her speak rather than engage. I know I was being petty, but the fact that I was losing my best friend to her made me angry.

Kakashi and Uncle Minato got the last piece of furniture inside, and now the new house looked unorganized and full of boxes. Rin, Aunt Kushina, and I started on the kitchen and dining room. Aunt Kushina insisted she didn't need anyone's help assembling the new dining table she bought, but she had trouble doing so.

But I knew better than to offer help if she already insisted twice that she could do it. I've seen her hair part into nine sections before, and I don't wanna witness that side of her again.

Rin and I talked while unpacking this kitchen, and Aunt Kushina's loud shouting made me jump.

"Yes! I got you!" She shouted with determination.

Rin and I turned around to see what was happening and saw that she had finally set up the table.

"I couldn't get the screw to go in properly because there was a hole that wasn't drilled in," She said to us, "And I figured out how to fix it,"

I just chuckled at how she totally went dad-mode on setting up the dining table. She grabbed our old chairs and set them up nicely with the table. She said that we could keep our old chairs since she could have Uncle Minato repaint them later.

Aunt Kushina wanted to organize everything to her liking in the kitchen, so she told Rin and me to set the table up and unpack the dining room. I put the bowl she usually fills with fruit in the middle, and Rin hung our pictures on the wall.

Once we were done with that, Rin went to find Kakashi and help him with whatever he was doing now.

Obito and I had been working on my bedroom since I wanted to finish it. Uncle Minato had already put my new bedframe together, so the rest was easy. Obito, of course, struggled to get the dresser moved and was embarrassed when I pushed it with ease.

Once I had everything set where I wanted it, he helped me unpack my boxes. It was as if an exclamation mark went over my head when he tore off the tape on the first box. I widened my eyes when I remembered that the box he had just opened had Makeout Tactics inside.

"Uh, let me take care of that one!" I said loudly, taking the box from him.

He looked at me with confusion, "Uh, alright. Do you want me to take the one you just opened?"

I nodded quickly and turned to fish the book out of the box. I dug around and finally found it at the bottom. Luckily, this box was not organized. I found my makeup organizer chest and quickly shoved it inside there. I put the chest on top of my dresser and sighed with relief.

Obito looked like he was about to ask me a question.

Please don't ask about the box. Please don't ask about the box. Please don't ask about the box.

I couldn't handle the embarrassment or explain myself. It's exactly as I said. I thought it was an innocent love story since it was in the romance section. Little did I know that it was actually supposed to be in a different spot for adults only, and a customer just lazily put the book away somewhere else.

"Hana, I've been meaning to ask you something," He said.

I sighed with relief when he wouldn't question why I was weird about that box.

He opened his mouth and shut it again. He found the words, and it came out as if he word-vomitted them.

"Why are you being so rude to Rin?"

I stopped what I was doing and gave him a pointed look.

"Excuse me?"

He had nothing but the audacity right now.

"You heard me,"

I didn't want to talk about this. Who the hell does he think he is? "If that's all you're going to talk about, Obito, then you can leave, and I'll just do all of this by myself," I spat, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"She is nothing but nice to you! And all you do is treat her like dirt!" He snapped back at me. "After all the years spent of being your best friend, you'd think we could talk about this civilly,"

I was steaming and laughed unhumorously. I didn't have to like her to please him, and I'm about to give him a reality check. Even though Obito and I were very similar in personality, our tempers were just as bad—except mine was a lot worse.

"Don't even start that crap. You wanna talk about years of friendship? You're the one who's been ignoring me for her. It's like I've become invisible to you every single time she's around because you're glued to her like a lost puppy. All you ever want to talk about with me is 'Rin, Rin, Rin',"

Obito stood up, voice raising like mine.

"You're such a hypocrite," He snapped. "You do the same thing to me because you're too busy fawning over Kakashi like he's the best thing in the world! The last time we hung out, you kept talking about how Kakashi was so nice to you."

"Because Kakashi actually notices I exist, unlike you. If you're going to piss me off, then leave me the hell alone. I'll finish this by myself,"

I turned around with a 'hmph' and continued unpacking my room. I was fuming with anger.

I know Uncle Minato told me to keep it civil, but he started this crap first. He better start apologizing to me real soon if he wants to salvage this.

It's crazy. After years of being best friends, we've never fought like this. Our arguments were always about who'll be a better Hokage, how Obito definitely snuck a bite off my plate, or about his short jokes with me.

I set my room up quickly since I was already angry and sat down on the bed, crossing my arms as I thought about the words exchanged.

I don't have to like someone to please him. Besides, she probably knew what she was doing anyway.

As we spent the rest of the day setting up the house, the tension between Obito and I was heavy in the air. Anyone perceptive enough definitely noticed it. Rin had to leave a little early since she said her mom wanted her home early for some reason.

Kakashi was about to leave, so I walked him out the door.

"Thanks again," I said to him.

"Don't mention it," He said.

I started to kick my feet a little while thinking of what to say next. Why am I acting like this? This is completely unusual. He's just Kakashi, my teammate.

"Tomorrow I'm getting my new cat...do you want to come with me?" I asked.

He hesitated before speaking, "Sure."

I smiled softly as he left, and Obito had already walked out when I turned to go back inside. I would ignore him and go back in, but he stopped me.

"Hana, wait a minute," He said.

"What?" I snapped, my voice going from soft to angry.

"I'm...sorry..."

I was surprised by his words. What changed in those last hours? I didn't know what to say, so he continued.

"I wasn't trying to say that to you at all. I'm so sorry. I just...I didn't think before speaking. I'm sorry if it seems like I'm ignoring you because I'm not. I do care about you; you're my best friend, and I don't want to let anything get in between that,"

"It's...okay, Obito," I said, softening my voice.

"It's not," He shook his head, "Sorry for being a jerk,"

"And I'm sorry for saying those harsh things to you, Obito. Let's start over again and put that behind us,"

He smiled softly, "Okay. Are you busy tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I already have plans with Kakashi. Aunt Kushina signed the adoption papers for one of the cats at the cat cafe, and I asked him to come with me to get the cat,"

"Oh, okay," His voice faltered a bit. "I'll see you around then."

"See you."

I watched as he left, rethinking what I said to him. Maybe I could make an effort to be nicer to her, for his sake. After all, if she returns his crush, I'm stuck with her for a long time.

After thinking that, I ignored the pang in my chest and entered the new house. Uncle Minato didn't comment on anything that happened earlier, and Aunt Kushina happily cooked dinner. Uncle Minato mentioned that Jiraiya was coming over again tonight for dinner.

"So, what's with this Jiraiya guy?" I asked, sitting down on the couch with Uncle Minato. "He seems to be a strong ninja, especially if he was your sensei,"

"Oh, he's a sannin," Uncle Minato said. "I'm sure you've heard of the legendary three sannin. Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya. They all fought in the Second Great Ninja war,"

I dropped my mouth open with shock because I'd heard of the sannin and even wanted to be like Tsunade growing up, but it totally slipped my mind that Jiraiya was one of them. That was also why his name was familiar to me.

Jiraiya came over for dinner an hour later, and I got to know him better. When he stated that he was busy with "research" earlier, Minato made a face for some reason.