disclaimer: I don't own Naruto nor any of the name's/things you will no doubt recognize in this chapter and story.a lot of the characters you will see belong to Kishimoto
Chapter One
Just A Little Girl
By the time Naruto was two and a half she realized that a large majority of the villagers hated her. Whenever she went outside and walked around the village without her caretaker who was a man by the name of Itama and therefore without the scarfs that Itama always made her wear to cover up her cheeks and lower face, she noticed that most people would always do one of three things, stare and whisper about her, ignore her or glare at her. She once asked Itama why this was and the young mans response was to yell at her to eat her damn breakfast as the twenty-two year old sat down In front of the television that was in Their shared room. Most of Itamas responses to young Naruto were of similar nature. Over the years that Naruto was under the care of Itama she quickly learned two things, Don't ask questions and don't annoy Itama; the later being easier said then done.
As far as little Naruto could remember Itama has always been in her life. The young redheaded man would sometimes go a few days without showing up. The longest Naruto would go without seeing him was three whole weeks. During those days when she was running low on the money that Itama had always left behind She was always forced to fend for herself by fishing and salvaging for things that grew out in nature like Mushrooms and nuts.
Once when she was nearing the age of three after another failed day of trying to play with others her age she had gone home near sundown and called Itama Dad after hearing it as well as variations of the term repeatedly around the playground and village.
Naruto also remembered hearing the word sometimes on the television when she watched it. She remembered how the people who called someone older then them mom or dad almost always looked similar in some way to said older person. In Narutos toddler mind that meant that Itama had to be HER daddy because their hair color was so similar so when Itama yelled at her to come eat dinner that night the young man was shocked when Naruto has yelled "Yes daddy!" To him as she sat down to eat. Naruto quickly followed the exclamation with two questions.
"Hey if your my dad then what happened to my mom? And how come you make me call you by your given name?"
The violet eyed man stood there shocked for a few seconds, He had made absolute sure to make her call him by his name when she was learning to talk.
'She must have gotten that world from whenever we go out' he thought as he answered her by simply saying.
"I'm not your dad, I'm your caretaker" Naruto looked at him with wide eyes filled with wonder. "What's a caretaker?" She had asked. "It's not a parent that's for damn sure" He had replied before adding "No more questions now eat your damn Ramen it's from Ichirakus" As he finished his sentence his prediction had come true when Naruto became distracted by her food.
"Itadakimasu" the almost three year old exclaimed happily as she drugged into her food with gusto causing Itama to laugh softly as he started eating his own food.
A few weeks afterwards after her third birthday had come and gone the pair found themselves sitting back down to eat breakfast this time as Naruto started to tell him about her adventure looking for food while he was gone out on a mission.
"I meet a old man" she replied as she shoved cereal into her mouth.
Itama stared at her with a eyebrow raised, he had already known about this after a meeting with the Hokage.
"What have I told you about talking to strangers when I'm not here"
"I know but he just appeared out of nowhere! I offered him some of my fish and mushroom soup and he accepted it!" Said the girl excitedly before she started glaring at him
"ITS YOUR FAULT FOR NOT LEAVING NUFF MONEY FOR ME DATTEBAYO BAKA ITA! BAAAKA!"
The little girl made a hmpht sound as she was finishing her sentence causing Itama to roll his eyes and let out a small laugh at the girls antics.
"What did the old man say?" He asked as he bit into a piece of toast
"He told me about the Sun and Stars and how the Whole wide world was bigger to any one person" the little girl replied after chugging some orange juice
"Really now?"
"Yup"
"You do realize that the person you ran into was the Hokage right?" He asked her.
"What's a hotake"
"Hokage, kiddo he's the Hokage...it pretty much means he runs the village we live in"
"Really..."
"Yup, now hush and finish your food squirt"
"Oi I'm not mini IM FUNSIZE!"
Three months later three year old Naruto was asleep in the Hokages residence after a incident with a group of drunk villagers. Also in the room were four other individuals, three males and one female, two adults and two kids.
"So what you are telling me Fugaku is that these two are responsible for the deaths of the villagers that went after Naruto"
"That's what we gotten from them and what my man saw yes" Replied 35 year old Fugaku Uchiha the current head of the Uchiha Clan as well as leader of the Military Police Force in the village.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as he glance at the sleeping children. He suddenly felt all of his 59 years. The three were sleeping soundly after a jutsu was cast causing them to fall asleep.
"Sir with all due respect you keeping them apart from her like this is only going to cause problems down the road. I remember when Kushina was pregnant Aka-"
"You know why it had to be done Fugaku. Having the three grow up together would be to dangerous of a threat to Konohas well being. Their parents enemies are to great of a threat to us. We are still recovering from the Third Great Shinobi World War not to mention the Kyūbi attack. I simply cannot risk a invasion happening because our enemies got intel that-"
"But sir"
"No buts Fugaku my word is final"
The next day Naruto woke up with a headache.
"Easy there Naruto" the three year old look over and spotted the the old man she meet before.
"Gramps What the fuck happen?"
"Language Naruto and you were attacked last night"
"Ugh my head hurts...hey what about the two that got between me and the assholes?"
"They are currently resting to your right"
The three year old looked over and sure enough the two kids that had saved her were both still asleep next to her. The three of them were in a huge fluffy bed in what looked like a bedroom. Naruto also noticed that there were a few other adults there.
"Where are we and who are they" Naruto asked while staring at one of the adults.
"We are in a bedroom of my private residence...as for who they are..well why don't they introduce themselves" Replied Hiruzen who give each adult a look.
" I'm Kanon...Kanon Senju" Replied the woman who had pale skin, dark eyes and dark black hair that went down to just past her shoulders, Naruto notice how the woman now Identified as Kanon wouldn't make eye contact with her. The man next to Kanon spoke up next "I'm Takuya Kamiya" Naruto eyes wonder over to Takuya and noticed that the guy had light whiteish blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She squinted her eyes a little in confusion. She felt like she seen him somewhere.
"Hey gramps do I know you from somewhere" she asked still staring at him causing Takuya to pout and Kanon to chuckle.
"He's the owner of the building you live in" the third Hokage chimed in before a knock was heard and a member of the ANBU black ops suddenly appeared. Hiruzen recognized the ANBU as being one of his own children.
"Dad Narutos caretaker is here"
"Let him in then Masaru" Hiruzen replied. At the thirds command the man now identified as Masaru went to let Itama in.
"Lord Hokage I was just let back into the village when I got your message about Naru...ah good your awake Naruto"
"Ita ita back from a mission ita" Asked Naruto still very much tired.
"Hai hai" the red head replied as he went to pick her up from the bed. The young ninja could feel the intense stares coming from both Kanon and Takuya but he chose to ignore them. Takuya he was used to dealing with due to the fact that he was both the owner and landlord of the building that he was currently kinda sorta living in thanks to his current long term assignment that was currently resting her head on his shoulder. Kanon on the other hand...well he certainly heard of the highly skilled twenty-seven year old deadly Jōnin. They were both direct paternal descendants of the Senju clan. The only difference being that unlike himself, Kanon was illegitimate. Itama felt a shiver go up and down his spine as he walked away with Naruto in his arms.
How was that for a first chapter? i know its short. the next few chapters are short to but it should start getting lengthy soon enough.