Blossoming

Nara Naoko is born two years after the Kyuubi attack, in December, when it snows.

She is a quiet child; quiet and intuitive, a true Nara baby. She gets along with her older brother and his friends, and is altogether normal. Boring.

Then she meets Naruto.

Two years her senior, Naruto is everything she wants to be: confident, able to get away from high-ranked shinobi in a village where they shouldn't be chasing you anyways, and uncaring of another's opinion.

She blossoms under his wing, breaking from the Nara mold people have considered her to fit into. She is the brain that orchestrates both his pranks and his getaways, and hers is the only opinion he cares for.

She meets Sasuke.

He is much like how she used to be: quiet, smart, and worried about reputation. He is the perfect foil for both she and Naruto.

So she brings them together.

They meet.

They blossom.

And they become the most dangerous trio of shinobi the Elemental Nations have ever seen.