Chapter 1

A small group of young children were sitting outside in front of their teacher. If you looked around you would see flowers and trees everywhere, it was a sight to see.

The teacher was a tall dark haired woman, with oval glasses. "To become a great ninja you have to have good observation skills" she began to say.

Chikako Akimichi listened intently. A bored sigh came from her left. Chikako looked over at her twin brother Choji, he was eating a bag of chips. He seemed to find the class boring, probably wishing he could be eating barbecue beef.

They both had similar features, light brown-blond hair, of course Chikako's hair is long and curly and Choji's was short, and they both had markings on their faces, Choji has red swirl marks on his cheeks and Chikako blue swirl marks, the line starting at the edge of her eyes to the middle of her cheeks.

Unlike Choji, Chikako's eyes are sky blue. Also both siblings are a little overweight.

Most people from the Akimichi clan are big boned and over-weight, just look at their father. Chikako is always made fun of by the other girls because she wasn't built like a stick like they were, but she ignored them the best she could.

Choji looked at his sister and gave her a bored look, crossing his eyes. She giggled quietly and began to pay attention again.

"Today's class is observing your surroundings and drawing it. Now everyone take a piece of paper and pencil, then pick something to draw."

All the kids got the supplies they needed and sat with their friends to draw. Chikako happily took a couple pieces paper and pencil from the teacher. She loved to draw, it was her favorite thing to do. She smiled and began to find a place to sit and draw. She saw Choji sit with a boy who didn't have any paper, he was just looking at the clouds. She couldn't see his face just his hair, black and in a spiky pony-tail.

Chikako smiled. Choji always did have trouble making friends, but then again so did she. Not all the girls made fun of her, but she is a very quiet girl and she gets embarrassed easy. So the other girls found her boring. They're nice to her and sometimes talk, but they're not really her friends, just classmates.

Her path became blocked by three girls. Ami, a dark purple haired girl with gray eyes, Suki, an orange haired girl with that always had her eyes squinted, and Mika, a burgundy haired girl with gray-brown eyes. These were the girls that always liked to pick on weaker girls, making fun of them and calling them names.

Chikako made to walk around them, but Ami got in the way. "What are you so happy about porky, is there food somewhere that your going to eat?" Suki, and Mika laughed, even though it wasn't funny. Chikako's face became red with embarrassment.

She could feel tears forming, Ami continued. "It's a good thing that there aren't that many Akimichis' around or the whole village would starve." Chikako turned and walk away as they began to laugh again, away from the taunting and the laughter.

A few tears escaped, but she quickly wiped them away. I will not cry! She sat in the shade and looked at the sky, lost in thought. Why do they make fun of me? What did I ever do to them? And Why do they make fun of my clan?

"Ako!" Chikako jumped and looked up at her brother.

"Yes Choji-Onii-san?"

He sat down next to her. "Are you okay Chikako?"

She nodded looked down at her blank paper. She began to draw her surroundings. "I'm fine Onii-chan, it's just...why does everyone make fun of the Akimichi clan? Always saying that we're slow and fat."

Choji looked down. "I asked Otousan that same question, do you want to know what he said?"

Chikako nodded.

"He said that I'm a kind person and that one day I'll find a friend who sees that in me. Then I'll treat him well and become friends that can trust each other. The advice is the same for you, also your even kinder than me Ako and you'll make a friend that sees that, I did."He glanced over to where the black haired boy was sitting.

Chikako smiled and gave her brother a hug, he awkwardly patted her on the back. "Thank you ,Oniichan, your right." She let go. "You can go sit with your friend, I'd rather sit by myself to draw."

Choji smiled back and got up. She watched him go before turning back to her picture. She began to draw trees, grass, flowers, clouds, and the other children. When she was done she looked at the results.

Perfect.

"Arrff!" Chikaka jumped and looked to her right. There was a little white dog sitting there, Kiba's dog, Akamaru.

She smiled, she always had a soft spot for animals, and Akamaru is so cute!. "Hello Akamaru." She scratched him behind the ears looking around. "Where's Kiba-kun ?" She asked.

Akamaru looked up into the trees, Chikako followed his gaze and giggled. Kiba was asleep on one of the larger branches.

She looked at Akamaru. "It seems that Kiba-kun falls asleep even when the lesson is outside." Akamaru barked in agreement.

She sighed, bored. Her picture was finished, but there was still a lot of time left before they had to go inside.

She glanced at one of the black pieces of paper she had to Akamaru. "Hey Akamaru, do you want me to draw a picture of you?"

Akamaru sat up happily "Arrff!" She took that as a yes. "Okay, then sit right here," She motioned to the area in front of her. "And sit still."

Chikako began to draw, glancing up occasionally to look at Akamaru. After drawing Akamaru she drew everything that was in the back round. It took about twelve minutes to finish, five minutes before they had to go inside.

She smiled happily and put the pencil down. "Done!" Akamaru barked happily and jumped onto her shoulder to look at the picture.

She gave the dog a smile. "What do you think? Does it look okay?"

Akamaru nodded. "Arrff."

"Alright class it's time to go in!" Chikako looked up as the teacher called the class in. She looked over to where Kiba was still sleeping.

"Kiba-kun !...Kiba-kun! Wake up!" She sighed annoyed when he didn't wake. Picking up a small rock she threw it at his head.

"OW!" Well that woke him up.

Kiba jumped out of the tree and glared at Chikako. She flinched a bit, she hated making people angry.

"What was that for!" He asked angrily, picking up Akamaru and placing him on his shoulder.

"You wouldn't wake up and class is over." She answered.

Kiba looked around. "Oh." He began to walk over to the teacher.

Chikako blinked, before quickly following. "I'm sorry for throwing a rock at you Kiba-kun." She handed him the picture of Akamaru. "I drew a picture of Akamaru while you where sleeping, you can have it if you want."

He took the picture and Chikako smiled. "Don't worry about it." He looked at the picture. "I can probably turn this into and get full credit, thanks." He walked over to where some other boys were standing, leaving Chikako by herself.

Her smiled faded a bit and she sighed. I was hoping he would keep it. Oh well.

She follows the rest of the class as they went back toward the school.

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A/N Well there you go, tell me what you think, and if I made any mistakes.

I'm not sure about pairs yet, (but she won't be with Naruto or Sakuke) so suggestions are helpful. Also if anyona has any ideas that might help, I'm all ears. ;p

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