My Brother's a Jinchūriki!

Chapter Five- My Name is Konohamaru!

Natsumi stepped out of the bathroom and looked around the apartment and she towel-dried her hair.

"Naruto?" She stopped and saw him standing in front of her mirror as he examined his reflection and blinked. "What do you think you're doing?"

He jumped then relaxed and turned back to the mirror, turning his head at all angles. "What does it look like? I'm getting ready for our Official Ninja pictures."

Natsumi rolled her eyes and sat on the edge of her bed to begin wrapping bandages around her right thigh. "I see..." She looked him over and tilted her head to the side. "Don't you think you'll get in trouble for looking like that?"

He chuckled and turned to her with his hands on his hips. "Hey, I've worked hard to Graduate... I should be able to look however I want in my pictures."

Natsumi shrugged and finished wrapping, then strapped on her kunai sheath, and stood to attach her two packs to the back of her waistband.

"Well, if that's what you want to do, go ahead. Who am I to tell you what do you?" She shrugged on her jacket and zipped it up halfway before it became stuck at her bust and was unable to pull it any further. Finally, she completely unzipped it and frowned. "Stupid thing... I can't even zip it up anymore."

Natsumi took her coin purse out of her nightstand drawer and counted the money inside, muttering to herself. "Looks like I'll have to buy a new one today. Who knew that becoming a woman would ever be a problem?"

Naruto blushed and turned away from her. "Would you stop talking about those things around me?!"

Natsumi rolled her eyes and pocked the coin purse. "If you don't like it, just ignore it." She peered at her reflection behind Naruto. "Well, I'm off, then."

"Huh?" He crossed his arm and watched her walk away. "But you just came back."

"Well, that was because of my morning training. I had to shower and have breakfast." She stuck her hand into her pocket. "It's been a few days and I want to try to find Sena and Kiri and thank them for helping Iruka-sensei before. I was thinking of maybe giving them each a ramen coupon that I've been saving up."

"But... what about the pictures?"

Natsumi smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be there! I just want to make a quick stop, first."

"O-Okay." He pressed his lips together and his focus returned to the mirror. "Bye."

"See you later, Naruto." She shut the door behind her and her brother stuck out his bottom lip.

"Training, training, training. That's all she ever does anymore. And now she has friends. What about her brother, hm?"

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Natsumi left the building and looked up at the sky, shielding her eyes from the sun as she smiled at two birds that flitted overhead, singing to each other. Then she retrieved a slip of paper from her pocket that Kiri had given her only the day before, reading the address again at the bottom of the note.

"Hmmm... I think it's this way." Walking quickly, she found the street and turned down it, looking at the large houses as she went. "This area is where a lot of the wealthy people live... Kiri must be rich."

She stopped in front of a large manor and looked between the note and the numbers on the mailbox. "Well, this looks right."

She approached the door and raised her hand, knocking three times gently. There was a pause and the door opened, an older teenage boy peering at her with a stern expression. He looked her over and crossed his arms.