Little Girl Lost Chapter 1 - Recovery


Hello Everyone! This is the sequel to Honey, I Can Explain! This part of the story details Kyoko's life between the ages of 4 and 13. This will probably not be as long as Honey, I Can Explain.

If you have not read Honey, I can Explain, I highly recommend and suggest that you go back and read the prequel to this sequel!


Kyoko sat in the maternity ward's lobby her back erect with perfect posture. After the Nine Tails Attack she would go there every day and wait. Nurses would greet the little girl and ask if she needed anything and Kyoko would politely refuse stating that she was fine and that she'd continue to wait in silence. Kyoko would leave for a few hours during the day to eat but would return promptly before being shooed away for the evening routinely at 8:30pm. Every day she would repeat this patient cycle of sitting and waiting. A few times she would be greeted by Itachi and his mother but she always refused to leave with them. During her third week, she was greeted by the Third Hokage.

"Good morning Lord Hokage," Kyoko said gently. She looked up to him with a passive calm face. A common expression he used to see on Minato's face. He could see all the pain, confusion and sadness that were still present in her eyes.

"May I join you?" he asked. Kyoko nodded. "Now, Kyoko-hime, what are you waiting for?" He placed his hand on her head. Kyoko's eyes shifted away from the Hokage searching for the answer he was looking for. She puckered her lip as she looked back up at him.

"Peace…" Kyoko answered.

"And?" Lord Hiruzen asked stroking the little girl's head. Kyoko's ears flattened against her head pleased with the nurturing strokes of his hand. He knew the other reason why she was here, she wanted to see the little boy that was her brother.

"I can't see him…" Kyoko replied. "…why?" Kyoko let out a little sigh.

"As of right now, it's for the best that you don't see him, there's too much at stake. Kyoko-hime, you can't spend your entire life waiting in a hospital." Kyoko nodded looking down at the ground ashamed. She wanted to see him more than anything in the world. He didn't know anything about Mommy and Daddy and he needed her as a sister to get through everything.

"Yes."

"So come Kyoko-hime," Hiruzen replied stretching a hand out to her. Kyoko sighed slightly placing her hands in her lap. She rubbed her hands together not knowing what to do next.

"I have much to tell you Lord Hokage," Kyoko answered quietly. She focused on the ground as she placed her hand in his. "Much that I did not tell Papa." Her eyes shifted to the Hokage. She wore a frown and a guilty look in her eyes.

"Alright Kyoko-hime," Hiruzen answered, "Whenever you're ready to tell me."

"How about tomorrow?" Kyoko asked looking up to the older man.

"Tomorrow is fine. Now I don't want to see you here tomorrow."

"Okay Lord Hokage, I won't come back tomorrow."


"We are meeting today to figure out what to do about Miyana "Kyoko" Namikaze. As daughter of the Fourth Hokage and the eldest out of his two children, all of his property shall be bequeathed to her. Yet that isn't the problem," Hiruzen started.

"She's already associated with Minato, his enemies are sure to seek her out,"Koharu answered.

"Agreed," Homura nodded.

"Yes, Kyoko-hime mustn't live alone. I suggest that ANBU watches her 24/7," Danzo bellowed. He could substitute Root after Hiruzen trusted him again. Once Root was taking care of the child, he could then control and manipulate the girl into doing his bidding.

"ANBU should keep a close eye on her but a young girl like her who's been damaged by bloodshed and violence needs someone to nurture her. She's a curious child who needs to be taught, not just watched," Hiruzen answered. "Now who do we have as candidates to keep Kyoko until she's 17?"

"Not Mikoto Uchiha. The Nine Tails was obviously being controlled. We need to keep a closer eye on the Uchiha Clan," Koharu answered.

"We don't know that for certain! In any case, we shouldn't bar Kyoko-hime from visiting with her son. She's a smart child she'd figure it out almost immediately," Hiruzen answered.

"A smart child but a child none the less!" Danzo answered.

"I spoke to Kyoko-hime yesterday privately and she was able to deduce that the Nine Tails was being controlled and it was not going on a rampage. She's in-tuned to the world more than that of the above average twelve year old genin. She's quite brilliant," Hiruzen answered. Koharu nodded in agreement. "What about Kakashi Hatake or any of the members of the Hokage Guard Platoon? Kyoko has a close relationship with all of them."

"What about Jiraiya? If she's with him, she'd be constantly moving and Jiraiya's movements are unpredictable so he'd be hard to track," Homura suggested. Having one child being raised by the Village was more than enough, and since Naruto was a baby, Homura projected that the Village funds would dwindle, the Nine Tails child would hemorrhage money.

"I could see if Kyoko-hime was older but she's still just a four year old, she needs to go to school," Hiruzen answered. "Also Jiraiya couldn't properly take care of Kyoko-hime with his constant traveling. He does fight some particularly difficult foes."

"Kakashi Hatake and the members of the Hokage Guard Platoon are all too young," Koharu answered. "Kakashi is 14 and most of the Hokage Guard Platoon is 17. They don't know anything about raising a child."

"Yet they know Kyoko on a more personal level than anyone else," Hiruzen answered. "Until we can agree on with whom the child should be housed with, she'll continue to live at the Hokage's mansion."


Kyoko watched quietly from the shade of a tree as men moved out the belongings of Minato and Kushina out. Since she was not allowed to return to the hospital every morning, she had resorted to watching the men move her parent's things out for a few minutes every day but this was the first time she had watched the men continuously. With the Village slowly getting back on their feet, moving out the Fourth Hokage's possessions into storage was a distant priority. They had started moving their things out four days ago and where nowhere near being done. Kyoko's bottom lip quivered as she watched the men work. She scrunched the front of her dress with her hands as tears poured out of her eyes.

"Daddy…Mommy," Kyoko muttered through her tears. She closed her eyes weeping to herself. She let out a loud cry as she tried to console herself. Minutes later she felt two small hands on her cheek rubbing tears out of her eyes. She opened her eyes to see Itachi in front of her. He had a worried frown on his face as he continued to rub Kyoko's cheeks and eyes.

"Miyana-chan," Itachi said gently. Kyoko's eyes grew large as she threw her arms around Itachi's shoulders. She pulled away from him with the brightest smile. "It's okay." Kyoko wiped tears out of her eyes quickly.

"Tachi-kun what are you doing here?" Kyoko asked in her cheeriest smile. He could see the deep pain that she was trying to cover up.

"I was worried about you Miyana-chan. I know you're going through a tough time," Itachi answered. "Miyana-chan, you don't have to put on a big smile right now, it's okay to cry."

"I'm okay," Kyoko chimed as tears continued to fall.

"No…you're not. You miss Lord Hokage and Lady Kushina," Itachi answered.

"Where's your Mommy?" Kyoko asked as Itachi sat her down in the grass.

"She's busy with Sasuke-kun. She allows me to leave the house by myself now," Itachi answered. He pulled Kyoko into a hug resting her head on his shoulder. "You're going to be okay. I'm going to be here to protect you."

"But," Kyoko muttered.

"I will always be there to protect you Miyana-chan, from this day on. I promise you."


Kyoko walked the streets solemnly at Itachi's side. Itachi held her hand tightly. He rubbed her hand every now and then trying to get Kyoko to react. She was still dead on the inside which bothered him.

"Miyana-chan," Itachi whispered into her ear.

"We're being followed by ANBU," Kyoko said quietly. Itachi shushed Kyoko. "We are."

"Let's not talk about that right now," Itachi answered. "Koko-hime, what do you want to do?"

"I want to go home," Kyoko muttered.

"Come over for dinner Koko-hime," Itachi urged. She needed to be around family and with hugs and kisses.

"I want to go home," Kyoko answered firmly. Itachi let out a little sigh nodding. He walked the little girl home.

"Be safe Koko-hime," Itachi said giving her a hug. Blushing softly Itachi gave Kyoko a little kiss on the cheek. His Dad would do that to his Mom to express his love for her when she was feeling worried or troubled. He pulled away with a little smile only seeing Kyoko staring ahead of her numbly. "Miyana-chan."

"You too Itachi-kun," Kyoko answered. "I know you have a far walk so be safe too Itachi-kun."

"Thank you," Itachi answered frowning. "I'll see you tomorrow okay Koko-hime?"

"Yes," Kyoko answered. Inside Kyoko went to her new room. It was fashioned in a similar style that her Mommy and Daddy had done but it was not the same. Kyoko laid down on her bed falling asleep almost instantly. She was woken up an hour later by a servant asking if she was hungry. Kyoko politely refused going back to sleep. The next day she was woken up by Itachi.

"It's time to get up Miyana-chan," Itachi said gently.

"Itachi-kun?" Kyoko asked.

"Yep, it's time to get up. Lord Hokage is allowing you to come home with me so my Mommy can give you a bath," Itachi answered.

"Itachi-kun…I'm too sad to take a bath," Kyoko sighed.

"Then I'll sit and wait," Itachi answered sitting on her bed quietly. "I'll wait." Kyoko let out a grumble lying back on her bed. After about ten minutes Kyoko noticed that Itachi was still waiting.

"Itachi-kun…go home," she whined.

"I won't go home," Itachi answered firmly. "I will wait."

"Itachi-kun…go home," she said a little louder this time.

"I won't go home until you're better. I don't like seeing you like this! I want you to feel better! I don't want you to be in pain!"

"Itachi-kun! GO! HOME!"

"TALK TO ME!" Itachi growled back.

"MY MOMMY AND DADDY ARE DEAD ITACHI-KUN! THEY'RE VERY DEAD! THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK!" Kyoko answered.

"I know Koko-hime," Itachi answered. "It hurts a lot to lose someone, especially two at the same time. I was with my parents during the Third Shinobi War. I saw many people die. Many people who shouldn't have died. Koko-hime, I know it hurts a lot. If you're really sad…please tell me so you can get better."

"Itachi-kun," Kyoko mumbled. Itachi stared at her solemnly. Kyoko bottom lip began to tremble, her ears fell against her head, and her eyes watered up as Itachi pulled Kyoko into another hug.

"There, there Miyana-chan," Itachi whispered into her ear. Outside a servant looked to the Third Hokage worriedly. The little girl hadn't eaten anything in about a day and a half and the girl's hair was getting back to her original feral appearance.

"She's okay, leave her to Mikoto Uchiha for the day," the Third Hokage answered walking away from the door.


"Mom!" Itachi called out as he brought Kyoko into his home. He looked back to Kyoko seeing that although she was obviously still sad she was no longer numb. "It'll be okay Miyana-chan."

"Itachi-kun, Sasuke-kun is sleeping," his mother reprimanded.

"I brought Koko-hime home," Itachi answered taking off his shoes. He reached down to take off Kyoko's only to find Kyoko had already done so. She smiled weakly at him before looking down with a frown. Itachi put her shoes aside before taking her inside.

"Hello Kyoko-hime," Mikoto said kneeling down in front of her. The woman held her arms out to Kyoko. Kyoko ran to the woman wrapping her arms around Mikoto's neck. Mikoto rubbed the little girl's back as Kyoko sobbed on her shoulder. Itachi frowned thinking that Kyoko was over all the tears. "Itachi…she's going to be okay." Itachi watched his mom pick her up and carry the little girl off. Itachi followed after his mother who had taken her to the master bedroom and shut the door. Anxiously Itachi waited outside wondering what was going on. He could hear his mother's gentle voice but he didn't hear Kyoko. Itachi let out a nervous whimper as he continued to wait.

"Itachi," Fugaku said sternly. Itachi looked up at his father anxiously. "You're a boy, stop acting like that." Itachi nodded relaxing his face and he stopped shifting from left to right but his insides were still swirling with anxiety. Kyoko was still in bad shape. Fugaku watched his son letting out a sigh offering his hand to his love struck son. "Itachi, come help me with your brother." Itachi obeyed being led away from Kyoko. About an hour later he found Kyoko staring out the window at their kitchen table.

"Koko-hime!" Itachi gasped running to her. She looked over revealing that her hair had been cut. She smiled slightly at him before returning her gaze to the window.

"I'm going to kill the people that did this," Kyoko said quietly. Itachi shuttered, he couldn't believe the words that came out of her mouth.

"What?"

"They're dangerous…if we leave them alone they'll kill all of us. I need to kill them before they harms anyone else," Kyoko replied looking back at Itachi. Her face was innocent and she didn't seem vengeful.

"Kyoko-hime," Itachi muttered.

"You understand right Itachi-kun?" Kyoko replied.

"Yes," Itachi said with a nod.

"Will you help me?" Kyoko asked. Itachi pursed his lips thinking of everything that she had said. She was making all sorts of assumptions…but if they were true then they were not going to fighting an easy foe. Kyoko observed Itachi's body language, he was hesitating, so she knew that he'd try to convince her to go against her new found beliefs. She stood up so she could face him. "Will you help me? We must stop this so your brother and my brother don't have to. So I ask again…will you help me?"

"Yes," Itachi hesitated, "but we're too little to do something right now."

"But we don't still little forever. Daddy gave Naruto-kun the Nine Tails for some reason…Daddy wouldn't do it for no reason. I see a bad future if we don't stop this," Kyoko answered.

"Kyoko-hime…what is that you can see?" Itachi asked.

"It's very dark…I can't tell what's going to happen but it won't be good for our brothers," Kyoko replied looking away from Itachi.

"Whatever it is…we'll stop it before it happens," Itachi replied. He offered her his hands. Walking to him she took hold of them firmly. They stared into each other's eyes with determination, pain and sadness, nothing will ever come between them and their siblings, nothing.


"Kyoko-hime," the Third Hokage said gently. It was awfully early for the child and she was yawning left and right as he led her out of the Hokage's mansion.

"Yes Lord Hokage?" Kyoko replied rubbing her eyes. He was holding on to her backpack, the same backpack that accompanied her on all of her long trips.

"Would you like to spend a little time traveling with Jiraiya?" he asked.

"Okay," Kyoko replied.

"Come with me then. You won't be gone long. Just for a few months," the Hokage replied. He opened the door to the outside world leading her into the still night. Kyoko looked up at the night sky wondering what she'd be doing with Jiraiya.

"I understand Daddy had nemenies…ememinies….enemies," Kyoko struggled. "It's better to be away for now."

"Yes," the Third Hokage replied leading her to Jiraiya. Don't worry Minato I'll look after your little girl, Jiraiya thought. The Third Hokage passed Kyoko's hand off to Jiraiya's.

"Mount Myokubu would be a good place to hide her for a little while. But I'm worried that her natural sage ability may cause her to go whacky," Jiraiya answered picking up the girl. She was getting too large to be picked up and by the time he returned her she'd be out of the pick-up phase. She quietly clung on to him. "But she'll be okay with me. Isn't that right Kyoko-hime?"

"Yes," Kyoko replied placing her hands at her mouth. Some part of her was excited for the adventure but the other part of her was still confused and saddened over the death of her parents and the death of the many others who were lost that day.

"I'll see you in a little while princess," The Third Hokage replied rubbing Kyoko's head gently.

"Good bye Lord Hokage," Kyoko replied.


"Shima-sama this is Kyoko-hime, Minato's adopted daughter," Jiraiya said quietly. Kyoko was asleep on his shoulder. He put her to bed covering her with a blanket. He took out her toys placing them next to her head.

"What an adorable child," Shima replied looking at the little girl with a loving smile. "I always imagined Minato-chan with children."

"She's a Luponian. I'm sure you've heard of them," Jiraiya replied.

"Yes, they're a very mysterious bunch. They are very suspicious of anyone who is not their own kind," Shima replied. "I'm sorry about what happened to Minato-chan."

"It was an unfortunate tragedy," Jiraiya replied. "Yet I'm here to hide Kyoko-hime for a little while. She has his surname and I know someone will come after her. She's naturally adept at senjutsu, maybe you two can be of some help to her."

"We'll see what we can do but for now Jiraiya-chan you get some rest too," Shima suggested.

"Yeah," Jiraiya sighed watching Kyoko sleep. "And later we can start training Kyoko-hime in senjutsu." Shima nodded as Jiraiya left to find an area to relax and collect his thoughts.


So this is the end of chapter 1 of the sequel of Honey, I Can Explain, I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you stay tuned for the rest of this part of young Kyoko's life.