Little Misfits

Chapter Twenty Four- Bearing ones soul

Third person POV____________

Akumi had shut herself down. The only person she seemed to acknowledge was Naruto and things didn't really seem well off.

So Team Seven started their plan. In the mornings all Team Seven would gather at The Uzumaki residence.

Naruto had made a copy of the apartment key and handed it to his teammates. Sakura and Sasuke would get started on breakfast while Naruto woke up his Nee-chan and got her ready for the day.

She was quite and Naruto for once was the one taking care of her. How many years had she been the one to wake him up, get him groomed and dressed for the day then proceed to feed him?

As far as Naruto could remember it had been a daily thing and now the roles had switched.

Naruto carefully braided his sister's hair and sat her down in the dinning table. All team seven ate in silence. No words needed to be said.

They couldn't just push her into talking or force her to cheer up.

Each day was the same process and they would go out together, train together and spend time together. They would talk to her and ask her rhetorical questions.

Everyday she seemed to get better. She didn't need someone pressuring her to let her emotions out, just people to be there for her and not discard her for not reacting the way they wanted her to.

Slowly she began to listen to them when they spoke, nod or shake her head at the questions they asked her. Naruto for once was babying her.

It had always been the other way around. If Naruto wanted to eat Akumi would stop what she was doing to cook something for him. He had always been her top priority but now the roles had switched.

Sakura got happy when her teammate acknowledged other people. She was getting better and that made her happy.

They still had missions and reconstruction service since the attack left alot of districts in ruin.

"Pervy Sage wants to take me on a mission outside of the village. I'm leaving tomorrow." Naruto stated as the Team ate dinner together.

Akumi glanced at Naruto with a slight frown. "ill be back in a few weeks. But Sakura and Sasuke will stay here with you." Naruto pointed out and Akumi bit her lip.

"If you want I can sleep over to stay here with you." Sakura pointed out.

"I'll definitely keep coming over as well." Sasuke stated and Akumi glanced at both her teammates.

"Thank you..." she muttered out.

Everyone looked at her wide eyed. It had been a couple of weeks since they heard her voice.

"No problem Akumi." sakura smiled reassuringly and Akumi smiled slightly, tears swelling at the edge of her eyes.

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At the gate all of team seven was saying their goodbyes. "Take care of him." Akumi spoke softly but sternly to Jiraya as they got ready to leave.

"Have a bit more faith on me kid." Jiraya chuckled ruffling her hair.

"You two make sure to take care of my big sister okay!" Naruto crossed his arms and Sakura placed her hands on her hips.

" Of course we will. Akumi is our best friend we will make sure she is perfectly safe." she pointed out and Sasuke nodded.

"We will keep an eye on her make sure she takes care of herself." Sasuke grumbled with a nod.

Naruto smile at the response. "Okay now that we have settled that I'm ready to go Pervy sage." Naruto smiled.