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Rain poured down on the village of Konohagakure and it seems that the sky was crying in sorrow, and to the average outsider it was. A lone figure walked down the streets with a blue umbrella shielding her from the rain. She had brown hair that came to her mid-back and neatly taken care of in a braid. She wore a light blue Yukata with dark blue flowers decorating it and worse black sandals. She had just came back from visiting her parents and brothers in the capital.
Her name was Mitsuki Shijimi and she was the youngest child of the Daimyo of Fire Country. Mitsuki chose to live in Konohagakure because she wasn't need in the capital since her brother would be the one who succeeded her father. She meant to return four years ago, but her father had sent to her to the Land of Snow to discuss trade relations and it took three years to do that. Then her father kept her for a year, until she found out that Konoha was attacked by the Nine-Tailed Fox. She was worried for her best friend, Kushina, and her adoptive son, Kakashi. She was furious when she found out that she had received the news four years after the attack.
'It's so quiet...' Mitsuki was pulled from her thoughts when she heard what sounded like sniffling from the alley next to her. She knew that it could be dangerous, but her maternal instincts overpowered her common sense. She slowly walked over to the alley and moved a trash can out of the way, and was shocked at her finding. It was a young boy about the age of four with blond hair and blue eyes. What interested her the most was the three lines that covered both of his cheeks.
"W-who are you...?" The boy hiccuped. Mitsuki didn't pay attention because the boy was not only soaked to the bone, but he was covered in bruises and cuts. Her eyes narrowed in annoyance because who would ever hurt a child like this. Her features softened when she noticed that the young boy flinched at her gaze.
"I am not here to hurt you little one. What is your name?"
"N-Naruto U-Uzumaki..." Mitsuki's eyes widen at the name. That name was the one that Kushina picked for her unborn son. There was no way that Kushina would have hurt her son would she?
"What is your mom's name?"
"I don't h-have one. The ca-caretaker says that my mom k-killed herself to get away from me..." She couldn't believe what she just heard. Who would ever say that to a child? That's it. She is taking this child and raising him That's what Kushina would have wanted. She gathered Naruto into her arms and walked to her home that was located on the edge of the village. Kakashi should be on a mission so he won't be back until tomorrow morning. She placed Naruto on her bed and went to grab a towel to dry him off.
"We don't want you catching a cold, now would we?" She smiled at the boy to calm him but he was still tense when she dried him off. When she was done she went to get one of Kakshi's shirts. Sure, the shirt would be huge on the boy, but anything to get him out of those wet clothes. As she dressed him the bruises on him seem to fade at a fast rate.
'Could be like Kushina?' She decided to pay attention to his features and the more she looked the more she saw her best friends features and Minato's hair. There was no doubt now. This was their son. Now, she was going to have a talk with Kakashi when he gets back from his mission.
"Miss? What is your name?" Naruto was very timid, probably from four years of abuse he suffered while she was gone.
"Mitsuki. Mitsuki Shijimi. You can call Mi-Mi. Everyone does." The blond smiled softly at her and asked where he would sleep. "Well, you can sleep in my bed. I'll sleep on the-"
"NO!"
"Why not little one?" Naruto shuffled around and looked towards the ground. That was when she figured that he was scared and touched starved.
...
Now she was pissed.
...
"I'll sleep in the bed as well if you want." His eyes lit up and started jumping on the bed. She laughed at the excitable child and calmed him down and then heard his stomach growled.
"I-I'm hungry..."
"Well let's get some food then. I'm a little hungry as well." Mitsuki picked up the young boy and carried him to her kitchen. Her house was huge because of her status and had more space than she knew what to do with. Kakashi didn't take up much space since he was always on missions, so having a small child may help her reduce space.
Mitsuki put Naruto in a chair and gushed about how cute he was. He was small for his age and so he could barely see over the table. So she grabbed so thick books from her personal library and put them underneath Naruto.
After about fifteen minutes, she presented him with pancakes.
"I know it's not morning, but everyone loves breakfast for din-" Her eyes widen at the speed the boy ate his food. He asked if it was okay if he could have more and she refilled his plate.
Once the blond was full, and that didn't take much since he was so underfed, he was fast asleep, and that was a problem since he fell asleep at her table. So she gently picked him up and laid him on her bed while she ate her plate.
While she washed the dishes, she heard a scream coming from her bedroom. She quickly grabbed the kunai she used for protection and burst into her room. There on the bed was Naruto and a giant wet spot on her bed. She lowered her weapon and walked over to him.
"Naruto?" He flinched at her voice and started to tremble.
"P-please don't hit me! I d-didn't mean to wet t-the bed! I swear!"
"I'm not mad sweetie," she whispered gently in order to calm the petrified boy. After ten minutes of her holding and rubbing his back, he finally calmed down. She asked if he felt up to telling her what his dream was about.
"My former caretaker h-has a knife... and she t-tried to k-kill me..." With that, he broke out in sobs again.
"It's okay sweetheart. I'll protect you...We should get you in the tub and change the sheets." She grabbed another one of Kakashi's shirts and put it on the sink in the bathroom as she drew the bath.
Mitsuki changed the sheets as the water ran. When she was done she put bubble bath in there so he would get comfortable.
"Darling, Time for your bath." Naruto walked in butt-naked and she shook her head. She then lifted him into the tub and his eyes widen in wonder.
"Bubbles!" The young women smiled fondly at him and watched while he made a beard out of bubbles. He didn't fuse much when she washed his hair. Her maternal instincts were overpowering because when she adopted Kakashi he was already able to take care of himself.
When Mitsuki had finished the boy's bath and now they were sleeping in her freshly made bed. He had fallen fast asleep once Mitsuki had dressed him and she learned that Naruto likes to cuddle. She ran her fingers through his hair and soon joined him.
It was about five in the morning when Mitsuki was woken from her slumber by the door opening. Naruto was still asleep in her arms so she had to maneuver around.
When she was able to get out from under the boy she grabbed a kunai in case there was an intruder in her house, but there was a chance that it was Kakashi because no dumbass would even think of entering her house without permission.
"Mom?" Mitsuki smiled when her eyes landed on her seventeen-year old son who was standing in the kitchen eating an apple.
"How was your mission, little pup?" She opened up her fridge and started making breakfast since he must be tired from his mission.
"You spoil me mom." Kakashi always loved it when she made it after he came home from a mission. He walked up to her and nuzzles his face into the side of her neck in affection.
"If you are going to take a shower, then I advise you stay quiet."
"Why?"
"I found a small child hiding in an ally during a rain storm." She hesitated before she continued. "The boy said his name was Naruto Uzumaki."
Kakashi's widen as his mom turned her head slowly. A black aura of anger engulfed her as her eyes landed on the copy-cat ninja. He swiftly backed up towards the door in fear of his mom's secret technique she used on his multiple times.
One Thousand Years of Death
"You wouldn't happen to know him. Would you?"
"W-well... you see..."
"I don't believe I ever caught his name in ANY of your letters you wrote me for four years."
"M-mom?"
"Or that the Nine-Tails was released and killed Lord Forth and his wife, my best friend."
"I..."
"Or that you were in danger."
Kakashi gulped and ran out the door before he was mince meat.
"Morning..." Naruto wiped his eyes in order to wake himself up. He was confused at th sight that greeted him. Mitsuki was wrapping bandages around Kakashi's head as he ate breakfast.
"Good morning little fox." She put the roll of gauze on the table and started making his plate. "I don't think you've met. This is my son Kakashi."
Naruto buried his face in her red kimono with a black ribbon around her waist. She smiled at him in amusement and patted his head.
"He does not bite."
"T-then why doesn't h-he have a ma-mask...?" She snickered and whispered in his ear.
"It's because he's very ugly." Naruto busted our laughing and climbed onto his seat with books helping him up.
"W-why does he have bandages on his head?" Mitsuki smirked and laid her head on the back of her hand.
"Because he kept secrets from his mom."
"I didn't choose to. Danzo has my mail monitored." Mitsuki's eyes narrowed in disgust at the mention of Danzo. Naruto wasn't paying attention to the conversation because he was too busy stuffing his face with his breakfast.
"I think I might have a talk with the council." Mitsuki stood up and assigned Kakashi to watch Naruto. "When I come home we will go shopping. So I need you to help me."
"But I have to report to Lord Third."
"My status is higher than Lord Third's, but I will talk to him when I speak to the council."
Kakashi stared at the young blond and he stared back with caution.
"You like dogs?"
"Yeah!"
"Watch this." Kakashi did the hand signs in order to summon his nindog, Pakkun. With a giant 'POOF' the dog appeared where Kakashi's hand was at and let's say the dog was not happy being summoned.
"Kakashi. I need to rest after the hell you put me through during your miss-"
"Doggy!" Pakkun didn't have time to react before he was being squeezed by an overactive four-year old.
Kakashi tried to pull Naruto off of Pakkun before he-
'Shit.'
Naruto flinched back from the dog with a bite mark on his hand and tears in his eyes. "H-he bit m-me...!"
"That's what you get for treating me like a dog!" Pakkun snapped in anger.
"Mom's not gonna like this..." Kakashi picked up the scared boy and started cleaning his hand. Pakkun's eyes widen in fear at the mere mention of Kakashi's mom.
"Mitsuki is caring for the pup...?" Kakashi nodded.
"And when she finds out you bit him..." Both him and Pakkun shivered in fear. Mitsuki is sweet majority of the time, but when she's angry... run for the hills.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T ADOPT NARUTO UZUMAKI?" Mitsuki held the Third Hokage by his collar and no one dared to stop her because of her father.
"Lady Mitsuki. Please unhand me." Mitsuki growled and threw him back in his seat.
"Kushina and Minato assigned me to be the boy's godmother." That was when Danzo gave his two cents.
"Then where were you during the first four years of his life?" Mitsuki glared at him and he tried not to cower in fear of the younger women. If you crossed her then you'll have her father to deal with, but only if she let you live that long.
"My son told me that the reason I didn't know that Naruto was an orphan or that Konoha was attacked was because you monitored his mail whenever he mentioned what happened."
"Is this true Danzo?" The Third Hokage asked. Danzo nodded and explained that he had to be careful because the mail carrier could have be compromised. The others believed his lie but Mitsuki didn't because she didn't have proof.
"I don't use my status often because I believe that we are all important, but I will use it just once." The council held their breath in anticipation. "I will adopt Naruto Uzumaki or I will have you all executed for treason."
"Under what grounds?!"
"On the grounds that you withheld the information of the transfer of the Ninetails to a new Jinchuuriki! You know my father is the one who ultimately chooses, but you withheld information from the Daimyo and that is a crime punishable by death."
For what seemed like forever, the council and Mitsuki were staring each other down in order to see who would crack first.
It was the council.
"Fine. We will get you the paperwork for the adoption of Naruto Uzumaki." The Third Hokage gave the women a soft smile even though she threatened to have him killed. He knew she always held her belief and that was what made a great princess.
Mitsuki signed the paperwork that was handed to them and was about to leave, but she turned around and gave a sinister smile to them.
"Who knows? Maybe if my father ever did find out about this then I might be able to convince him from executing you all." With that she left the council worrying about their lives.