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~Chero~

Dinner with Rai.

“Can I help you?” the young lady working asked.

“Oh. No thanks, not right now. I’m waiting for someone.”

“Is it your date?”

“No! We’re just friends!” Ayame said blushing.

“Right......... Who is he?”

“Naruto Uzumaki.... I’m just meeting him here cause I’m new and he offered to buy me dinner.”

“Uh huh...... Well Naruto’s a nice guy I’m sure he’ll be here soon.”

“He always comes when there is fresh ramen around....” she muttered.

“What was that?” Ayame asked.

“Nothing! If you change your mind just ask!”

A few minutes went by and Naruto had not arrived.

“He’s just late. His sensei is just holding him behind to train a bit
more...” she thought.

10 minutes later he still had not arrived.

"It’s on the house. You need it.” the lady said placing a bowl of chicken ramen in front of Ayame.

“Thanks....” she said.

With a dismayed “Itadakimasu” she broke apart her chopsticks and started to eat. She then heard someone walk in.

“Naruto?!” she thought hopefully.

“I thought maybe you could use some company.” ???? said.

She look over her shoulder to see Rai.

“Oh, it’s you Rai-kun...... I’m fine. Thanks anyways.”

“I wasn’t really asking if you wanted my company. I’m starving and ramen
sounds really good right now. One bowl of beef ramen please.”

A few minutes later a bowl of beef ramen was placed in front of him.

“Itadakimasu!” he said breaking his chopsticks apart. He then started to reach for his mask.

“Rai! What do you think you are doing?” ???? said.

“I was about to eat....” he said turning to face an Anbu guy with a purple and white bird like mask.

“You know you’re not suppost to take off your mask during a mission. You could really get in trouble for doing that.”

“It’s ok. If we’re going to be watching Ayame-chan for a while we might as well let her get to know us a bit, then maybe she’ll trust us more.”

“I think you’re getting a little attached to he calling her by her first name. This is only a mission and you cannot get attached.”

“Um.... Excuse me? I asked him to call me by my first name and what does it matter if he takes off his mask? He’s hungry let the poor guy eat!”

“Thanks Ayame-chan....”

“I’m warning you Rai....Don’t get to close to her...”

The guy then left.

“Don’t worry he’s always like that.”

“I hope you wont get in trouble because of me....”

“I’ll be ok. Now let’s eat!”

He pulled off his mask to reveal a slightly pale face (from wearing a mask) with a dazzling smile and gorgeous green eyes.

Ayame’s face turned bright red.

“Are you ok? You’re not coming down with a fever are you?” he asked placing his hand on her forehead.

That only made it worse. She pulled her head away and stuffed her mouth full with ramen.

“I’m fine! Really!” she said her word muffled with food.

Rai laughed at this.

After eating in silence for a while Rai decided he wanted to get to know
Ayame a little better.

“Um.... Ayame-chan? What are some things you like?”

“Well, I like animals, and practicing my medical jutsu. I love flowers!”

“Really? What’s your favorite? My sister has a large garden. Maybe you could
come see it sometime.”

“I just love daisies!”

“That’s great. So, do you like it here?”

“Yeah. It’s really nice. I’ve made friends and I feel so free. Not like when
I was at the Sound Village.....But now I’m here so the past doesn’t matter anymore.”

“Ayame-chan I-”

“Excuse me?” ???? inquired.

They turned to see a guy with a bowl cut and bug eyes dressed in green spandex.

“Are you Ayame Hattori?” he asked.

“Yes.....”

“I am Rock Lee and I have a message for you from Naruto.”

“Ok. Let’s here it.”

“He wanted me to let you know that he’s sorry he couldn’t make it, but he was sent on a mission. My team is going as back up, but when we get back I’d love to get to know you better.”

“That would be nice......”

“See you later!”

He ran off into the night.

“That was weird.....”

After finishing dinner Rai walked Ayame home.

“Goodnight Rai-kun.”

“Sleep tight Ayame-chan.”

Rai put his mask on and left Ayame standing at her door.

Training With Ino

You know what I noticed?.....I have alot of error in my typing.... And sometine I noticed that I post them without editing it first.... So I promise from now on I shall read what I'm going to post TWICE before I post it.... *nods* Well um.... here you go!!! ^.^;

When Ayame got home there were two notes on her door. One was from Naruto and the other from Ino.

“Ayame-
I stopped by on my way to training to see you, but you were out. Meet me at Ichiraku’s(sp?) Ramen shop around 7pm. I’ll pay for dinner. (They have the BEST Ramen!) See you there!
-Naruto”

“Ayame!
If you’re not busy come on down and train with us! I’ll sent Shikamaru over to walk you there around 7:30am.
-Ino
P.S. I saw Naruto asked you out for dinner. Are you dating him? Give me all the details!”

“Well, it’s not like she gave me much of a choice....” she sighed.

After getting her gear together she sat in her small kitchen area to wait for Shikamaru. A few minutes later there was a knock at the door. She opened the door.

“Hey.” Shikamaru greeted.

“Hey Shikamaru-kun! Let’s go!”
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“Show me what you’ve got Ayame!” Asuma said.

“Alright! Be prepared for my special jutsu!”

She did three hand signs while building chakara in her mouth. She pulled out a whistle and blew. The shrill sound sliced threw the air into Asuma’s ears causing Asuma’s body to freeze up.

“What the?! I can’t move!” Asuma exclaimed.

“I would hope so or else my jutsu would not have worked! I created this jutsu so I could escape from enemies. Sometimes I’d use it to escape a lesson. Kabuto taught me how to change my chakara so if I touch someone the muscle will become paralyzed. I changed it so I send all the chakara to my mouth and send it out threw sound waves into your ears. If I used it to it’s full strength you would have blacked out. It'll wear off soon.”

“Why didn’t it affect anyone else?”

Shikamaru pulled a pair of earplugs out of his ears.

“I thought it would be funny to see how you reacted to this jutsu, so I gave everyone a pair.” Shikamaru said.

“Very funny..... As soon as I can move, how ‘bout I work with Choji next?”

“Ok!” The overweight nin said placing his bag of chips to the side.

Ayame sat down on a large rock next to Ino and thought about Rai.

“He seemed so nice....” she thought, “I wonder what his face looks like.”

“So, Ayame? What’s up?”

“Well..... I met this guy ok? His name is Rai and he’s an Anbu Black Op. I think I really like him.”

“Ooooo! Is he cute?”

“I don’t know..... He was wearing a mask, but he seemed really nice and he’s only a year older than me.”

“This is exciting! Wait! What about Naruto? I thought you two had a thing!”

“Me and Naruto? No way! We’re just friends. I think he just feels obligated to watch out for me, since he found me and I told him where Sasuke is.”

After the training session was over Ino told Ayame she would walk to the ramen shop with her.

“Tomorrow you have to train with us again!” Ino exclaimed grasping Ayame’s hands.

“Well, I-”

“I’ll come by tomorrow around 7:30 to walk you there.” She said letting go of Ayame’s hands, “Well, I’ll see you then! Bye!”

With a wave and a large grin the bleach blonde girl was off leaving Ayame alone at the shop. She sat down on a stool and waited for Naruto.

Kabuto's Discovery and Idea

A few minutes earlier when Ayame had fallen asleep in the tree, Kabuto was on his way to the village and was almost there. He could see the gate from where he was. He had received a tip that a young lady with black hair was traveling with two Leaf ninjas. One was old with white hair and the other younger with blonde hair and in an obnoxious orange and black outfit. The younger one had to be Naruto, which meant the older one was Jiriaya. Which meant somehow Ayame had met up with them and must be at the Leaf Village.

Kabuto stopped. Something shiny caught his eye and was glinting from a tree near the gate. He couldn’t tell what it was from the ground, so he climbed a tree up to equal height as the shine. He stopped to see what it was.
He couldn’t believe his eyes! There was Ayame in that tree asleep and alone. The shine was coming off her new Leaf headband. It was perfect, he could grab the girl now and then get her to tell him where the scroll is. If he was lucky he would be back to Orochimaru by sunrise tomorrow!

His luck then ran out as an Anbu Black Op officer approached her. He would have to wait and plan, Obviously Tsunade had planned the brat’s protection well. With the Anbu Black Ops guarding her, she would be almost untouchable. Almost.....It was time to Kabuto to use his old Anbu Black Ops disguise.

Wow....that was short....

Enter Rai!

Here's Rai:

http://www.theotaku.com/submissions/thumbnails/fanart/5/0/6/5/6/thumb-314203-20080412111507.jpg

Early the next morning before the sun rose Ayame climbed up the highest tree in the Leaf Village located near the gate. She climbed up fairly high and sat on a branch, leaning against the trunk. Ayame wanted to watch the sun rise over the trees, but ended up nodding off.

Suddenly she felt someone shaking her.

“Hey! Hattori-san!”???? said.

“Hnnn??” She muttered opening her eyes to see a person with a white and red tiger mask. He had strands of light brown hair hanging over the mask and was dressed in a grey uniform.

Before she could scream or react in anyway the guy covered her mouth with one hand and with his other held his pointer finger in front of the mouth area of his mask

“Shhh....I’m not going to hurt you. I’m a member of the Anbu Black Ops.” he whispered.

He removed his hand from her mouth.

“WHAT ARE YOU-”

He put his hand back over her mouth muffling the rest of her words.

“Please lower your voice. Ok?”

She nodded.

“Alright. I’m going to remove my hand and I want you to whisper. Ok?”

She nodded again. He removed his hand.

“What are you doing?” She demanded in a whisper.

“As you may or may not know, Lady Tsunade asked us to watch you. Well, we saw you leave your house this morning and followed you. After you climbed the tree we decided it wasn’t the best place for you to be. You shouldn’t hang out around the gate, especially when it’s still dark. Anyways, when you fell asleep I was elected to wake you up and tell you to got home.”

“A slightly peeved Ayame nodded and said, “....Fine. I’ll go home. You Abu guys are sooo annoying....”

“Hey, we’re protecting you from Orochimaru. You should be grateful!”

“Protecting me? I’ll thank you once you actually save me!”

She shifted her weight to one side causing herself to become unbalanced. She fell from the branch she was precariously perched on. She screamed. The Anbu jumped into action catching her.

“I think some thanks are in order.” he teased setting her down.

“........Thanks.....”

“By the way, I’m Rai Kabau, if you ever need me or you just want to talk, call out my name. I have the morning shift so, anywhere between sunrise and sunset I’ll be there.”

“Thanks....”

“We should go Hattori-san.”

“Ok. Oh, and stop calling me Hattori-san. Call me Ayame.”

“If you insist Ayame-san.”

“......It’s a start...”

“Do you have something wrong with the honorfic san or something?”

“I feel it’s too formal. If you’re going to be with me all this time then you need to be less formal.”

“Ayame-chan?”

“That’s better!”

He laughed.

“I should take you home now.”

“I guess.....”

They started towards Ayame’s apartment.

“So, Rai-kun...how old are you?”

“16.”

“I’m 15.”

“I know.”

She gave him a questioning look.

“I read your file.”

“Oh....What else do you know?”

He laughed again.

"I only know what Lady Tsunade wanted us to know."
A few minutes later they arrived at Ayame’s apartment.

“Ayame-chan?”

“Yeah?”

“From now on whenever you go out you should have someone with you. If you need someone and cannot find anyone ask for one of us, we’ll go with you.”

“Why?”

“We’re watching you, but if someone were to get right next to you to attack, then we wouldn’t be able to react fast enough, since we are suppost to be hidden. If you have for example, Naruto with you, he could react instantly.”

“Oh... Ok....”

More later.

A short chapter? Tsunade's thoughts

Tsunade sighed as she finished the last of the paper work that was stacked on her desk. It had been a long day. She now not only had to deal with the Sasuke issue and the Akatsuki, but now she had this scroll and Ayame to worry about. She had assigned Anbu Black Ops to watch her at all times, to make sure she wasn’t kidnapped. The main thing was that the girl and the scroll were separated and Orochimaru couldn’t complete his plan without both.

She now had the task of putting the scroll in a safe place. She drank a glass of sake and thought.

“Where would be the best place to hide the scroll.....”

She knew it had to be near her and in a place no one would think of. It had to be good.... She drank another glass. With Shizune? No......It would cause the girl too much worry.

She drank another glass. How ‘bout in a safe? No...That’s too obvious. Tsunade finished off the bottle.

No one told her that she would get this much stress when she took on the job of Hokage.....She thought as she went for another bottle. Wait, she got it. The perfect spot no one would think of, it was close to her and it was a place no one would ever think too look. Yes, Tsunade was a genius. She picked up the scroll and walked out of her office.

Yeah.....