Hello everyone this is not my first fanfiction ever but first completely written in English and on .
What is this story about or what I plan with it?
My plan is to have Naruto to crossdress and have him to learn something about seducing, mainly practicing it on Kakashi. While Naruto and his team are growing smarter.
What about character pairing?
Well… it is decided but you know *spoilers*.
This is all I can tell you about this story for now, since this story exists for you to read I can't spoil you everything at the beginning. And I can only hope that you enjoy it.
There goes this popular thing called disclaimer, meaning that I don't own anything about Naruto.
Chapter 1: Deep thoughts
Young blonde was sitting next to his sensei's bed. The man was resting from his previous battle where he used too much chakra on all those fancy jutsus and was now bedridden because of that. With weak groan the man opened his only visible eye, first thing to see the mop of blonde hair leaning over him.
"Naruto?" he said, using lot of his so far regained energy.
"Hai, Kakashi-sensei, you are up? Great!" was blonde's immediate answer, by shouting loudly which pierced man's still hurting brain. Ahh. That was SO Naruto-ish! But the pain quickly fade away when the sensei remembered that he was not only one hurt in the battle on the bridge.
"Hows the team?" asked worried sensei, because worrying about his team was only thing on his mind right now. He had to laugh a bit inwardly, since when he was such worrywart?
"Hai! Me and Sakura-chan have no injuries, you just woke up, but Sasuke..." felt silent young blonde shinobi.
"What's with Sasuke?" cringed silver haired man, also known as Kakashi-sensei to his students.
"Well Sasuke, he suffered a great Ego injury after becoming a pincushion and now is sore because his body wont move properly so he has to stay in bed," reported younger shinobi with big grin on his face. How he loved to tease Sasuke when he couldn't move, that was just great and it shifted his thoughts somewhere else from still fresh memories of battle.
"You should not joke about it Naruto, he could die," rebuked teacher the young blonde.
The blonde's eyes darkened when it sunk in him. Of course he knew that his teammate could died. He even thought back then that Sasuke died. He heard his friend's last words and he remembered the rage he felt when Sasuke's body fell limp and cold. He remembered how his teammate's dead body felt in his arms. Luckily Sasuke didn't died in the end, but even still the only way how young blonde shinobi could cope with it was joking about it. He knew it was wrong, but…
"I know that Kakashi-sensei! It's just..."
"Just?" asked his sensei because he wanted to know what was in blonde's head, what he thought about the situation.
"Whenever I think how Sasuke was… Just laying there, not moving I remember the rage I felt… It-it fears me," confessed Naruto.
Kakashi looked up to Naruto's face to see how his face was twisted in fear, even if the blonde desperately tried to hide it behind his smiles. Had Kakashi been naive or just too ignorant to not to see the real Naruto? Was he satisfied with blonde's fake smiles like everyone else? How stupid he felt now for not to see sooner, that Naruto was not always bright smile of the group. Underneath the underneath, huh? His own words now returned to him like a slap all over his face. After that he had to promised to himself to be better sensei to his students.
'Yeah! Self reflection is best done in the bed after battle. Irony intended,' thought Kakashi and smiling sardonically in his mind.
"I understand. To feel hopeless and then rage… But you did well Naruto, you overruled it in the end. You are strong," praised his student Kakashi knowing that Naruto needed it.
"Thanks Kakashi-sensei," said the blonde and smiled softly.
Kakashi was watching his student's rise of spirits and patted himself on shoulder inwardly over his success. Naruto stood from chair that was next to Kakashi's bed and walked towards the door, while the silver haired man followed his student with his only opened eye. When Naruto opened the door, he turned his head back to Kakashi.
"I just tell Sakura-chan and Sauke that you are up," informed Naruto his sensei about him leaving the room and closed the door behind him. After the door shut a loud grumble was heard in room.
"Wait Naruto, I'm starving!" said Kakashi, hoping his student would hear him, no response. Well Naruto was Naruto after all. He sighed and hoped that his student will return soon preferably with some food.
In few moments after Naruto left Sakura and his blonde student entered the room. And Kakashi immediately complained about his hunger. Sakura then punched Naruto and scolded him harshly, something about being dumb or so, Kakashi really didn't listen to pink's rant. After that the blonde was kicked out of the room by Sakura, sending him for some food. The only girl on his team then started talking about everything that happened after the battle on the bridge. To Kakashi's taste it was not really real report that shinobi should give, but his students were shinobi for only few weeks. Right after she was finished someone knocked the door, Kakashi's nose could smell the food. Sakura went to open the door and on the other side was Tsunami, theirs client daughter, with something to eat, leaving it on the stool next to bet Kakashi was in. Both women then left the room, leaving Kakashi on his own. His body was still sore but nothing he could cope with. He ate and then slept again.
Meanwhile Naruto was wandering in the near woods, thinking about the battle, mainly about the end of it. He saw Zabuza, the real shinobi, his enemy crying for Haku, he himself was crying for Haku at that time. Was Haku his fried? He didn't known. To Naruto, Haku was someone who knew the pain of loneliness, of being hated for something he had no control over and also he was kind of mentor. He told Naruto, when he met him in this forest for the first time, that he can became truly strong when he have precious person or people. And Naruto believed it. But in the end the blond shinobi was unable to protect Sasuke and Haku himself. He gave it to rage and hatred and went for kill. Maybe he managed to stop himself in the end but Haku still lost his life. And now Naruto felt lost. He knew that he needed to became stronger for his precious people. But he did not know how. And that was reason why he wondered through this forest every day trying to find solution.
He knew it was not like him to think that much, to think at all, but Naruto felt that this time he won't find the answer by training until he loose consciousness. And Sasuke was still in bed so he had no rival to compare to in his training.
One week after the battle, the bridge was completed and their mission came to the end. They spend one more extra night with their hosts since Tazuma invited them to celebrate bridge completion. Team 7 was happy and glad, they could see smiles on local people faces. The Wave country was saved and it was their feat. Kakashi was now so proud of his little cute gennins, yet dare to call them like that.
Before anyone could notice, Naruto sneaked out the party into the forest he spend few days thinking about how to get stronger. This was the last night he would be here and the forest was somehow calming him. So he wandered deep into the forest until he found the trees his team was practicing tree climbing on. Raising his hand to his first actual mark on the tree he was practicing on, he looked around the small clearing. He looked on the ground where was sleeping when he first met Haku.
Naruto smile softly on that memory. He even thought that Haku was girl when he saw him until he gave away his real gender.
'If Haku was real enemy he could kill me so easy while I was thinking how pretty girl he was. Hah,' told Naruto to himself.
Something rustled nearby. Naruto cocked his head the way he heard the sound, while he stretched his hand for kunai.
"It's just me Naruto," said familiar voice.
"Don't scare me like that Kakashi-sensei," said Naruto while his heart was beating fast from adrenaline.
"Aren't you a shinobi?" raised visible eyebrow in question Kakashi.
The young blonde bowed his head down, bangs covering his eyes, all his features darkened. Kakashi could see that Naruto probably still did not get over the battle on the bridge. Over the deaths he saw that day. And as a teacher he knew he needed to cheer up his student. Still this was so not like Naruto.
"And I thought that only brooder on my team was Sasuke," said Kakashi trying something he himself probably was not good at. Naruto didn't react to his remark he just stood in the clearing with his shoulders sloped down.
"Come on Naruto! Rise and shine!" tried Kakashi with more enthusiasm in his voice.
"It's night sensei," answered Naruto in dull voice.
That was obvious and Kakashi didn't like where it was heading. He couldn't cheer up Naruto the way he normally would. Something was definitely wrong with his blonde gennin, he needed to rise his spirit, but to do that he needed to know what was wrong with him and Kakashi wasn't sure that young shinobi would answer him, still he had to try at least.
"You know Naruto if you have something on your mind just tell me, I'm your sensei after all," said Kakashi hoping he learn what was wrong with his student.
Naruto was still silent, way too silent for someone like him and brooding all over the place. At that silent moment Kakashi feared that he won't learn what was on his little gennin mind. He was ready to speak up any moment, but then Naruto started talking.
"This is the place I met Haku, he was gathering some herbs for Zabuza,"
Kakashi closed his mouth under his mask. He would not interrupt Naruto in explaining his troubles.
"He asked me if I was shinobi. I said yes, that I want to be Hokage and super awesome strong. And he said that I can become truly strong when I protect my precious people," continued Naruto. Kakashi wondered about his dead enemy's words, they were certainly true. Was that what sunk down Naruto's heart? He didn't know and so he waited for blonde to continue.
"At the time I was so glad that someone talked to me… I realized what he meant by that on the bridge, when he protected Zabuza… And when I couldn't protect my precious people and gave it to rage," said Naruto.
Was Kakashi shocked? Yes he was, the Naruto he knew, he thought he knew, was a lot more complicated than he thought he could ever be. Kakashi had to punch himself for not noticing sooner, Naruto was nowhere close to smiling idiot he let other people knew.
"I'm weak Kakashi-sensei, I have no means to protect my precious people Jii-chan, Iruka-sensei, Teuchi-ojisan, Ayame, Sakura-chan, Sasuke and even you. Ne, how do I get stronger? I know it's not all about training. I was trying to came up with something for whole week but I couldn't think up anything. I don't have Sharingan like Sasuke, I'm not even strong as him, maybe even Sakura-chan is stronger than me and have better chakra control and I don't have any fancy jutsus like you sensei. Do I even have some strong points?" said Naruto yet with fear and hopelessness in his eyes.
Kakashi knew that Zabuza's and Haku's deaths shaken his student, but not to this degree. Some sweet talks or stupids remark would not cheer up Naruto. What his student really needed was some strong support.
"Well for starters you are unpredictable which reflect in your taijutsu, you are precise with kunai and shuriken, you can think on spot and you can use Kage bunshin, for gennin that's quite a feat," said Kakashi trying to cheer up Naruto.
The blonde raised his head and smiled a bit. Kakashi knew that was success. It might take Naruto a while to return to his usual sunny self but Kakashi just knew that it was on the good way.
"Now come on Naruto, there's a party waiting," said Kakashi turning back to house.
"You go first Kakashi-sensei, I'll catch up later," said Naruto still with light smile on his face.
Kakashi waved his had as acknowledgment to his student sentence and left the clearing. Naruto went to the spot he first met Haku it was just a few steps away imagining how it could be him in Haku's place if the first person to help him was someone like Zabuza. He leaned to position where he saw Haku in the pinkish sleeveless kimono. At that moment 'bright' idea was born in his head. Naruto smiled. He managed to think something up. The blonde young shinobi shot up and fled to caught up with his sensei.
Next morning Team 7 bid farewell to Wave country and its people and started to return to Konoha on newly opened bridge yet to be named. Sasuke was leading the pack and Sakura walked beside him was bugging him with her rant. Naruto was few steps behind them and Kakashi was holding his distance until his blonde genning slowed down and let his sensei caught up.
"You definitely look brighter than yesterday, Naruto," noted Kakashi just ready to start reading his favorite book series.
"Thanks to you Kakashi-sensei. Ne, ne Kakashi-sensei can I ask you something?" said fishily cheerful Naruto.
"Yes?" asked Kakashi himself fearing suddenly cheerful demeanor of his student.
"I'm sure that you once said that the best ninja weapon is deception, ne? And that we have to look underneath the underneath," said Naruto.
"Yes I certainly said that," answered Kakashi.
"And you used deception on Zabuza in our first fight with him just as Haku deceived you about Zabuza's death," continued Naruto with whatever he wanted to establish.
"That is also right. You are quite bright today, aren't you Naruto?" asked Kakashi rising his visible eyebrow in incoming fear.
"Hmm yes?" raised Naruto his own eyebrows in question.
"Is that all you wanted to ask?" asked Kakashi hoping that that was everything his student had on his mind.
"Actually, I wanted to ask if would you help me with something," said suddenly serious Naruto.
Kakashi saw sudden change in his student, whatever he wanted to help with was definitely important for him and Kakashi decided that he would help his students whenever they were troubled with something.
"If I'm capable of doing it, then yes," confirmed silver haired sensei.
"Well you said that I was unpredictable and since deception is shinobi's best weapon while having Haku on mind..." stated Naruto while suddenly looking bashful and poking his index fingers in Hinata style.
Kakashi decided to stay silent, knowing that Naruto wasn't overly the brightest of his students, he waited what kind of bombshell his student will drop on him.
"I… I thought that I could become kunoichi, at least by appearance!" said Naruto kind of blushing?
"NANI?!" yelled his vocal cords out Kakashi-sensei.
"I mean, everyone would underestimated me, by my looks, right?" wanted to explain himself Naruto while his sensei facepalmed. Gravity defying haired jounin had to admit that this one of his students was totally unpredictable. He knew how "bright" Naruto could be, but this? On second thought he couldn't decide if his student was big idiot or genius. He looked on Naruto scanning his student from top of the head to toes while thinking that the blonde might came up with something interesting. But in the end he was sensei so he had to support his students, hadn't he? Kakashi grinned evilly and Naruto shuddered.
"Naruto a never told you, but you might be genius. And of course I'll help you," praised Kakashi his student, while rising his hand with favorite Icha Icha book up to his face and giggling.
Naruto was glad that his teacher praised him and would support him. Yeah deception was definitely best way for shinobi to protect hist precious people.