How this happened, Naruto had no idea. The others had been messing with him, and had dared him to go into the abandoned research facility up the hill from Konohagakure. Ino, Neji, Lee, Shikamaru and Chouji were poking and prodding him, telling him he had to cause they'd dared him. How childish, they were acting. They were seventeen now, time to grow up! Sakura, Sasuke and Hinata watched in the background, Sakura and Hinata obviously worried, Sasuke subtly worried. Well, he'd gone in, mostly to impress Hinata. He'd walked through a few rooms until he discovered an unconcious girl. She was a red-head, and she was actually sort of pretty. She seemed about his age, too. He had bent down to wake her, but discovered she wasn't breathing. Of course, he'd gotten scared and tried to run off. Too late, though, did he realize the building had been schedualed to be torn down. He grabbed the girl, though he didn't know why, and tried to run, but he tripped. His eyes widened and he found himself falling right on top of the girl.....their lips locked. He froze for a second, then jumped backwards.

"YECH! EW EW EW EW EWEWEWEWEW!"

he yelled, completely spazzing out. He didn't notice the mysterious girl opening her eyes. He finally stopped spazzing and turned just in time to be hugged by this girl who had been dead just fifteen seconds before! He froze again.

"EH?!"

he spazzed again and the girl quickly let go. She watched him for a moment, then giggled.

"Wow. You're funny, Master."

she grinned, poking him.

"I think you're going to be a lot of fun."

she told him. Naruto blinked.

"Eh? Master? I'm not yo- You shouldn't belong to anybody! That'd be wrong!"

"But Master, I belong to you!"

"I'm NOT your master!"

"A-are you rejecting me, Master?"

she asked, suddenly growing teary. Naruto jumped.

"N-no! I was jus-"

he stopped suddenly as the building started to come down around them. Before he could say anything, the girl grabbed him and jumped up through the rubble, actually crashing a whole through it! She landed easily with Naruto limp beside her. She accidentally dropped him and freaked out.

"Eep~! Master, are you okay?!"

she asked, bending beside him.

"Never better."

Naruto's muffled voice came quickly. He stood and dusted himself off, then screamed as he was tackled by his friends.

"Naruto-Kun, are you alright?!"

Ino asked, biting her nails.

"We're so sorry! We tried to stop them!"

she continued. Shikamaru sighed.

"Troublesome."

he muttered, turning and walking away. Hinata pushed Ino away and hugged Naruto.

"N-Naruto-Kun, I-"

Hinata stopped as she was suddenly pushed away.

"Hey! Get away from Master!"

the girl from before barked. Hinata blinked.

"Huh? Who're you.....?"

"My name is Kohaku!"

the girl smiled.

"His name is Naruto? Naruto-Kun is my Master!"

she giggled. She hugged onto the stricken boy's arm. Everybody watched, stunned, as Naruto attempted to subtly push her off, giving them a "crazy" sign and pointing to Kohaku.

"K-kohaku-San, really, I don't even know you!"

Naruto tried. He really wanted to just end this and get some ramen with Hinata, but she wasn't letting go.

"But Master, you woke me up!"

"Huh?"

"You kissed me!"

"You kissed her?"

Hinata asked softly. Naruto freaked out.

"Hinata, it's not what it sounds li-"

"Now you're my master!"

Kohaku smiled joyously, not seeming to sense Hinata's despair and Naruto's desperation. Finally, Sasuke grabbed Kohaku by the collar.

"Okay, you're freaking me out. How did a kiss wake you? And what are you? My Sharingan is basically telling me you're not human."

he said, his voice almost monotone. Kohaku blinked.

"Becaaaause if he kisses me, he becomes bonded to me! I'm a Steel Angel! One of those created by the head of the Uzumaki clan!"

she informed them. Everybody's jaw dropped, especially Naruto's.

"My DAD created you?!"

"Oh, you're his son? Wonderful!"

she giggled. Sasuke twitched.

"Stop that."

he growled.

"Stop what?"

"Giggling."

"Why?"

"Because it annoys me."

"But it makes me happy."

"Would having a branch up your butt make you happy?"

".....Noooo....."

"Then stop."

he hissed. Chouji blinked.

"Ouch, Sasuke. THat's harsh."

he shrugged, eating from a bag of chips.

"Shut up."

Sasuke growled. Naruto went to Hinata to try to explain, but Kohaku glomped him. He spazzed, but she didn't seem to notice.

"Master, Master, let's go get something to eat!"

she yelled excitedly, accidentally choking Naruto in the process. Naruto felt himself getting dragged away from Hinata.

"Hinata-Chan, please come!"

he called. Kohaku pouted, but said nothing. Hinata hurridly walked over and pushed Kohaku off.

"Stop choking him."

she glared at Kohaku in a very un-Hinata like manner. Then she grabbed Naruto and stalked off in the direction of Ichiraku's. Kohaku grabbed Naruto's other hand and together, they managed to drag (literally) the poor boy all the way to the ramen shop.