Prologue
Satsuki walked down the street towards her home, today had been her last mission in Anbu, at age twenty two, she had retired.
She walked with a calm yet cold aura, ninja and civillian alike avoided her, but she didn't care, she preferred that anyways.
She had cold red eyes, tan skin, and long ash blond hair, she wore a dark brown sleeveless turtleneck shirt and black leggings and boots, on her right shoulder was a leaf tattoo, a reminder of her days in the Anbu.
The woman sighed and continued walking, the tattoo always put her in a fowl mood, "DEMON BRAT!"
Satsuki looked around, 'What was that?'
She found the source of the yell in a dark abandoned alley where three, obviously, drunk men surrounded a small blond haired boy, she recognized him as Naruto Uzamaki.
She walked inside, feeling something pulling at her to help the poor boy, he really didn't deserve this.
"Leave him alone," the men jumped at cold tone she used, the leader of the three, scowled at her, "How can you protect this brat? Don't you know who he is?"
Satsuki scrunched her nose in disgust, the alcohol reeking from his breath was enough to make her puke, "I said, leave him alone," she repeated.
One of three men spotted her tattoo and his eyes widened, "Let's get out of here!" He yelled and ran away, the other man following, the ring leader remained before glaring at her again and leaving.
Satsuki looked down at the poor boy and crouched down in front of him scanning over him, he was bruised and bloody, and held his one arm gingerly, she lightly touched it and earned a hiss of pain from the blond, 'They must've sprained it,' she thinks before standing back up.
Satsuki holds her hand out to him, "I'll take you back to my place to clean you up," she explains, the boy looks at her, confusion evident in his blue eyes before he finally grabbed her hand, Satsuki shunshinned them into her apartment, "Sit," the boy climbed on her counter and sat down, 'He's really quiet, I heard he was a loud mouth brat,' she thinks glancing behind her at the small boy watching her.
Satsuki took out a first aid kit and placed it beside the boy before she grabbed disinfectant and bandages out of it, and quickly delt with the scratches and any bleeding wounds.
When she finished she gently grabbed his sprained arm with one hand as her other lit up as a gentle green chakra surrounded it before she healed it.
"There," she whispers as shs finishes, almost smiling when she sees the expression of awe in his eyes.
"So, where do you live then?" She asks after putting everything back, "I used to live in an orphanage, but they kicked me out, then when I was heading to see Jiji those men cornered me! But then you showed up and scared them!" Naruto says.
Satsuki sighs, "Who's Jiji anyways?" she asks.
"Oh, um you probably call him Hokage-sama," he says quietly, a bit shyly.
Satsuki raises an eyebrow but doesn't say anything, "Let's go to the Hokage Tower then," she says.
Naruto hops off the counter and eagerly grabs her hand, "Can we teleport again?"
Satsuki looks away from the big pleading blue eyes and nods before they shunshin again, appearing outside the tower.
"Satsuki, I didn't expect to see you so soon," the secretary says at the desk, though she was glaring at Naruto as she spoke.
"I'm here to talk to Hokage-Sama, is he in a meeting?" Satsuki asks.
"No, he's free," the secretary says curtly, "Thank you," Satsuki says walking away, Naruto stuck his tongue out at the secretary as they walked passed.
Hiruzen looked up at the door when he heard a knock, smiling to himself he put his pen down and momentarily forgot about his paperwork, "Come in," he says politely.
Satsuki walks into the office, Naruto behind her, still holding her hand, "Hokage-Sama," Satsuki says with a formal bow of the head, "JIJI!" Naruto yells before running around the desk and jumping into his lap, "Naruto-kun," Hiruzen says with a smile.
Turning back to Satsuki, Hiruzen smiles warmly, "Satsuki-chan," the woman's eye twitches, 'He really loves to push my buttons doesn't he?' It was well known that Satsuki hated honorifics, but Hiruzen ignored that, "What brings you here?"
"I saved Naruto from a couple drunks and healed him before bringing him to the Hokage Tower, apparently he was kicked out of the orphanage," Satsuki says.
Hiruzen sighs, "Satsuki scared them away so easily! And then she teleported, and then used this green chakra to heal my arm, and then teleported me here again! She even made the secretary back off!" Naruto says happily and in awe of the ex-Anbu.
"I see," Hiruzen says, befor a light bulb goes off in his head, "Naruto-kun, can you wait outside the room for a few minutes?" he asks.
Naruto nods and leaves the room, "Satsuki, I have a proposition for you, since you will have so much free time on your hands, and Naruto needs a place to stay, why don't you take him in?" Hiruzen suggests.
Satsuki shakes her head, "No, I don't belive I'm fit to take care of him," the blond states, "But Naruto-kun really likes you! He's already attached."
"I only met him less than an hour ago Hiruzen! He can't be that attached."
"But he is Satsuki, you showed him kindness, something that's foreign to him, something few have shown him, I was planning on giving him an apartment when he started in the academy, but I think this is for the best, besides, he can help you! What were you planning on doing after you quit Anbu? You never told me," Hiruzrn says.
"I plan to work at the hospital, since Tsunade Senju had once taught me, I think the medical skills I have will be very useful," Satsuki explains, "And if I take this job, I will eventually work very long hours, so if I do take Naruto in, he'll be left alone."
"Then take him with you, I'm sure your boss won't mind," Hiruzen says, "In fact, how about this, a one month trial, and at the end, you can decide whether or not to take him in permanently."
Satsuki thinks for a moment, 'It would be nice to have someone around, and he's a pretty cute kid,' she sighs, "Alright."
The door opens with a bang as Naruto tackles her in a hug from behind wrapping his arms around her shoulders and legs around her waist, "Yeah! Thank you so much Satsi-nee! You won't regret this!"
End of Prologue