Best friends, always. (Naka and Yuudai)

"Thank you thank you thank you!" she said, beaming. "I had a hard time convincing Kaji to let you be the ringbearer. He said you'd be a better flower girl. I don't know why, but I think he might not like you."

"Yea, he does anything and I mean the slightest thing to insult me, his weading present from me is going to be some broken bones. You tell him that"

"Eh?! I'll make sure he behaves! But please, can you boys get along with each other? Sure, you're as different as night and day, but you might even become friends."

"Yea, we'll be friends... when Aiden gets an actuall wife. That kid gets on my nerves. Anyway when is the weding?"

"... I have no idea." Toshi drooped her head in defeat. "Well, as soon as I'm 200% in love with him, I guess..."

"I have to have a certin time, cause I might be in a different village when you're getting married. And I'm only staying in Kiri for the ceremony, then leaving as soon as its over."

Toshi nodded. "I'll get the info from Kaji as soon as I return to Kiri. Anyway, what have you been doing as a missing nin?"

"Nothing, I got my eye back" he pointed to the bandages, it still hurt a little and he was just being safe. "I also got close to killing Akihiko"

"Aki...Akihiko Toutou of the sand? The weapons specialist?"

"Who else? I would've too, but Ember stopped me" he didn't like that he really wanted to kill Akihiko

"Oh...um, Aki-kun and I are friends. Why did he take your eye?"

"Because during the chunin exams we fought, and I won. Akihiko thought it was just because of my sharingan, so a day later he came to me in the woods and attacked me, I lost and he straped me down to a tree, took my left and put it in his socket, then set the land around me on fire. Luckily I was cutting the rope he tied me down with and as soon as he walked away I was free and waited a few weeks before trying to get it back. By then I had decided to leave and you were gone in Kiri"

"Oh my... I guess I should have stayed," Toshi said, a bit guilty. "Maybe I could have distracted him...nah...so, it's still two-tomoe?"

"Not anymore, its three-tomed. I only have one more level to achieve, but in order to do that I have to kill you, Toshi. I would never kill you though"

"I know, I know, but if, IF you do, please don't hate yourself, okay?"

"Why should I? You'd be re-incarnated anyway, eventhough it would hurt me anyway." He didn't want to kill her.

"Ah, good point!" Toshi laughed at hes own mistake. "Well then, first thing's first: Lets go get some instant ramen!"

"Why? Lets go to Ichiraku raman. My treat" he had been looking at the clouds this whole time but now he looked at Toshi.

"Alright! Let's go, let's go! I hope I didn't forget the way!" She grinned, took Yuudai's hand and started dragging him to the famous little ramen shop.

Once again he was happy. He hadn't been happy for a while now, it came back as soon as Toshi's hand touched his.

When they reached the shop, Toshi let go of Yuudai's hand and breathed in the delicious smell of fresh, hot ramen. "Ah! Home sweet home!"

"Yea, its been a whike since I've been here too." he walked in and ordered a large pork raman, grabbed a set of cbopsticks and began eating slowly.r

Toshi ordered a whole lot of plain ramen and started eating at top speed.

"So you're really going to get married at this age, Toshi? Miru isn't going to like that, neither is Aiden"

Toshi almost choked on her ramen. "Naw, not this year. Maybe next year," she said, shrugging. She hadn't told Miru yet, but Aiden knew. He knew everything about her.