"This is a story that I've been working on for a few months now called Kit: The Beggining. This is actually a 7 chapter long prolugue to another story that I'm working on with a similar name. This prolugue is to give a better feel of the characters and make better sense of what's to come. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it, sorry if it's a little slow." -BX3

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters blah, blah, blah... y'know, common sense stuff.

Chapter 1

Troublemaker Kagetsu

The little girl slowly opened the back door of the storage room, being careful as to not allow it to squeak. When she was safely in, door closed, she took a look around. It was completely dark; she couldn't see a thing. It was okay, though. This is what she'd been practicing all this time for, to put it to the test. She closed her eyes, formed a handsign and concentrated…concentrated….

"Byakugan!"

Slowly, objects in the room came into appearance. It was far from perfect; the things she could see were blurry, but she was able to tell things apart. She looked around a bit, searching as more and more things slowly came into sight. After a while, she found what she was looking for. A fairly large box came into appearance. She walked quietly toward the box, to make sure her eyes didn't deceive her. "Lucky!" she said aloud. She quickly covered her mouth and strained her ears, listening for anyone that might have heard her.

There was nothing, just ordinary chattering outside the store. She giggled to herself, taking pride in what she'd just done. "Jackpot" she whispered. She opened the box, collected her loot and carefully escaped the room, pockets and hands full.

Stuffing the excess in her pockets, she tried to look as casual as possible as she walked down the dirt road.

"Hey there!" Came a voice from behind her. She jumped a little and turned around to see the owner of the store she'd just stolen from leaning out of his window and smiling at her. "Evening Kagetsu. Where's yer mom? She just lettin' ya walk around the village by yerself?"

She turned around and gave her cutest smile. Even for her age, she was a scrawny little girl. She had a toothy smile, (a few missing because she was so young) and sported a small bandage on her left cheek. Her pitch black hair fell down past her shoulders, and her eyes were a light, light violate that shone like crystal. "Mm-Hm! My house's not to far away. Mother ses't's okay if I dun go too far."

"'Sthat so?" He replied, chuckling

"Well," She kept her smile consistent, taking a few steps back. "I hafta go, I think mother is calling me so, bye-bye." She turned around, ready to take her leave. This was it, a great plan and a clean getaway, she was in the clear… or so she thought.

No sooner than when she turned to leave had she bumped into something. She fell backward, the spoils of her labor spilling all over the place. "Owwee…" she whined, rubbing her lower back. She looked up to find a man towering over her. He had on a Jounin's uniform and wore a mean glare on his face. When she realized who it was, she knew she was in deep, deep trouble.

He had pitch black hair just like hers that fell down past his shoulders and his eyes where the same shade of pupil-less light violet.

"So, Kagetsu" He said, a scolding tone in his voice "Stealing candy? I'd like to believe you were raised better."

The little girl tried flashing another smile "H-hi, Nej-ojisan… I was just…"

"Save it. You're busted."

…

"C'mon!!! Lemme go! Lemme go, Nej-ojisan!!"

"You know, you're just wasting time and energy struggling… and also, I've told you a hundred times, I'm not your uncle"

Neji walked down the roads of the Leaf Village, carrying his struggling 'niece' over his shoulder. This type of situation was routine for the both of them. In fact, ever since Kagetsu could walk and talk, she'd been in and out of trouble. However, it had never gotten any less annoying for Neji himself.

"Really" he sighed "As long as I've known you, you were never easy to handle, but I never expected you to lower yourself to stealing. I'm just glad the owner didn't take it too seriously"

"Oh, C'mon Nej-ojisan, lemme go! Is not like I hurt anyone!"

"True as that may be, stealing is a crime and a crime, no matter what type, must be dealt with one way or another. Besides, there have been a few occasions where you have hurt people. Namely the fights you've been in." He shot her an accusing glance, causing her to blush and look away "I suppose you know me well enough to know that I'd usually take care of these matters myself, but I think this is something your parents should be notified of. Both of them!"

Because of her age, the little girl couldn't understand a few choice words of that sentence, but all it took was the word 'parents' for her to know that the deep trouble she was in was about to get much deeper.

…

"(sigh), The leaf village sure looks nice today."

The Hokage of the leaf village stared out from the windows of his office. He looked around the room, filled with pride. No matter how much he observed this place, it all seemed so new to him. He'd been hokage for 2 years now, top ninja of his village, but he still felt like he had some huge shoes to fill. Shodaime, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime, and old lady Godaime. All were chosen to protect and serve this village, and now he was the chosen one.

He heard a knock on his door. "Hokage-sama." Said the voice of an assistant "There are some visitors here to see you. Your wife and child."

"Really? Send them in please" he said

"Yes, Hokage-sama" The assistant cracked the office door and turned around to speak to the visitors. One of the visitors was Kagetsu herself, rubbing her eyes. She had a miserable look on her face, head hung low as her mother held her hand. Now, onto her mother, if one were to describe her facial features, one would probably say she was a mirror image of her daughter, almost like an older self. Of course, she did bear differences from her daughter, or rather, her daughter bore differences from her. Her hair, while long like her daughter's, was more of a navy blue than pitch black. Also, her smile was different, a softer, kinder smile. Lastly, though she was only in her mid 20s, she wore tiny lines below her eyes, probably as a result of worrying over her daughter. However, despite these differences, there was one undeniable similarity. Just like her daughter and just like Neji, she had those same light violet, pupil-less eyes that shone like crystal.

"He will see you now, Hinata-sama." Chimed the assistant.

"Thank you." The mother said.

Inside the round offices stood the Hokage, still facing outside of the window

"So…" he began "What's the problem this time?"

"I'll let her tell you" Said Hinata. She nudged Kagetsu's back. The little girl looked up at her pitifully, but her mother wouldn't have it. The little girl walked slowly and timidly up to her father, the Hokage, and stopped when she thought she was at a close enough distance.

"Um, papa…" She spoke up in a small voice "Well…Nej-ojisan saw me stealing from a store."

"Stealing?" He asked, causing Kagetsu to flinch a little "What did you take?"

"C…candy, sir."

The Hokage turned around and walked toward his daughter. She backed away slightly as her father kneeled down in front of her. He raised his hand a little. Kagetsu closed her eyes, fearing she may be struck. Her father never laid a finger on her before. Maybe this was the last straw; She was about to get it this time after getting into so much previous trouble. She felt something land on the top of her head. It remained there. She opened here eyes slowly to find her father smiling at her and stroking her heir.

Unlike her mother, her father bore no resemblance to her. Her father had a straight, handsome face, his hair like gold and his eyes a deep blue. He looked nothing like his daughter, but just like his daughter, there was something unique about him. On both of his cheeks were 6 lines: 3 across his left and 3 across his right; they looked exactly like whiskers, fox whiskers.

"Now Kagetsu." He said, his face going slightly solemn. "You know that it's wrong to steal. People work hard to make, load and ship those things to the store so that people can buy them. If you steal them, then there isn't any left for anyone else to buy, and that isn't fair."

"Yes… sir" She mumbled, feeling even worse.

"Do you have any of the candy with you?"

"Yes, sir…" She dug in her pockets and handed him a few pieces "I had more, but I dropped some an' me an' Nej-ojisan helps clean it up"

"Okay, Kagetsu. I'll ask you one more question. How did you steal the candy? You couldn't have walked right into the store and taken it."

"I walked into da back and used da bak'gan, sir."

"The byakugan…. Okay…" He stopped rubbing her head and held out his hand. "Give me the candy. I'll return it to the shop owner."

"Yes sir." She did as she was told and handed him the candy. Her father patted her on the head one last time.

"Atta girl. Show me that cute smile I love."

The little girl felt a little better, she gave a tiny smile.

"There we go. Wait for mother outside, 'kay?"

Her smile became a little broader "Yes, papa, sir!"

She ran out of the office and wandered down the hall to wait for her mother, Hinata.

The Hokage stood up, looking at the door for a little while where his daughter scurried off, then glanced over to his wife, who was giving him an accusing glare. He was startled by this and immediately looked away. "What?" he said to the wall.

"Naruto-kun." She said "Your just going to let her off the hook again?"

"Sure." He said defensively. He turned around and walked over to his desk to sit down "Why not? They cleaned up, Neji taught her her lesson; it's all done. No use dwelling over it."

"(sigh), you're way too easy going." She said it as though the sentence itself amused her. She walked over to his chair and half sat, half leaned on one of the arm rests. "Can I ask one question though? Why?"

He just smirked and smiled up at her. "Hinata-chan, think about it. I usually don't get too angry because Neji is always the one that disciplines her, but today he decided to bring her straight to us. And do you know why?" He waited for a moment. When his wife gave a small shrug, he answered the question for her. "Remember what Kagetsu told me when I asked how she stole it? She used the Byakugan. To think, that she even knows a Jutsu like that at her age, just from watching Neji. You know how much she admires the ninja of this village."

"Yeah" Said Hinata, thinking back. Whenever she saw ANBU on patrol, whenever she saw genin in training, when she went to her first chuunin exam final after begging her parents, her face would always brighten and her bright violet eyes would widen with wonder as she watched them. "They're her heroes. They've always been"

"Everything she does, she does to get stronger, and though her methods are questionable, she does it all in hopes of being just like them, of being the best." His eyes drifted, staring at nothing "just like I use to…"

Hinata leaned a bit further down and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "I understand." She said, getting up and turning to face him in the chair "Still, you can't keep being so passive. If she keeps getting away with things like this, she's going to get the impression that she can do anything she wants just because she's the Hokage's daughter."

"Watcha tafkn 'bout?" Muffled Naruto through a mouthful of sweets "I punsh'd her by takin' 'er kondy di'n I?"

(Sweatdrop) "Eating stolen goods does not count as a punishment!!"

"There it is, the first chapter! I won't be taking review # request since this is the first chapter, but please leave some anyway to tell me what you think. Thanks!" -BX3