Summary: Sasuke's life gets turned upside down when he gets the chance to adopt an adorable little girl – or boy?
(DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS)
Hey guys, for those of you who read my other fic, this doesn't necessarily mean I'm coming back or that I'm abandoning that fic. This was just something I had laying around and I would like to get back into writing so I'm hoping this will serve as motivation. Tell me your thoughts on this, whether I should continue it whatever. Still don't know the direction I would want this to go so feel free to leave suggestions and what not.
A New Family
Chapter 1 - The Lone Blonde
I had just taken my coffee out of the shop when I saw her, long bright blonde hair sitting atop one of the most beautiful faces I had ever seen. Big, round, deep blue eyes, lined with long blonde luscious lashes. A small cute nose and small, pink pouty lips. A rounded, soft face, with full cheeks, adorned with something akin to whisker on her face, covered by what seemed like a permanent light red hue. She was wearing a small white simple dress, paired with white sandals and a cute white bow on her head. She was small, couldn't have been older than 11 or so. She was sitting on a bench, legs that didn't reach the ground swinging back and forth, small hands and arms clutching a pink backpack tightly. She was for the most part looking at the ground but you could notice her beautiful eyes were glossy; she was on the verge of crying.
An old man approached her; he looked to be around his 50's. He sat beside her on the bench, he started talking really close to her ear, and he put his hand on her uncovered thigh. She flinched but didn't do anything to stop him besides cowering into herself, sinking down lower on her seat. The old man started touching her hair. It was just too much, she clearly wasn't comfortable so I had to approach the scene.
"Excuse me, what exactly are you doing?" I asked him with a stern look, despite my nineteen years of age I was well built and could look quite intimidating when I wanted to.
"I'm going to treat this doll to dinner and then I'm going to take her home, is that a problem?" He replied smugly, as if he could do whatever he wanted with that innocent girl. He inched closer to her and seemed to smell her; she flinched, and looked up at me in desperation, eyes welling with tears.
"Get away from her or I call the cops right now." I said stepping closer into his space. While saying this I made sure to make my hand visible, showing my Uchiha ring. Despite almost the complete clan being wiped out except for a select few in different locations, our name still held immense power. As soon as he saw it he cursed under his breath and left quickly. The small blonde girl let out a breath of relief and said something I couldn't quite catch as it was said in almost a whisper.
"I'm sorry, what was that? I couldn't quite hear you." I said in a soft voice, much softer than the tone I had used before to intimidate that despicable man.
"Arigato, Uchiha-sama." She said quietly, but loud enough for me to hear.
I nodded and sat down next to her, taking some distance so as to not scare her. "What are you doing here all by yourself? It could be dangerous." I said to her, genuinely curious as to why a kid was sitting in a massively crowded street, completely alone.
"I'm always all by myself." She replied in a sad, quiet voice.
"Where are your parents?" I questioned, cursing myself just as I said it, maybe the kid doesn't have parents… orphans aren't uncommon in this area of Japan.
Her face instantly got even sadder – if that was even possible – and she looked back at the ground. "I've never met my parents. They left me here." She replied, starting to stand up.
I quickly jumped to my feet, feeling this need to protect her. Where was she even going? "Where are you going?" I voiced my thoughts instantly.
"I'm gonna see Hokage-sama…" She replied quietly as she started to walk away while putting the backpack on herself. I caught up to her and took her bag; before she could protest or freak out, thinking I was stealing it I explained myself.
"Don't worry, I'll carry it for you. I'm going to go see Hokage-sama too. We're good friends." Well that was a lie. The Hokage's duty was to keep me in check as the last remaining Uchiha within the metropolis that was Konoha. The Hokage is the governor of this big city in Japan. Konoha is Japan's richest city yet it's the most unequal too. There's a huge amount of incredibly rich people – myself included - and a massive group who is incredibly poor.
As we were walking this girl kept on looking at the ground, a blush on her face. I deduced she was just shy. That's when I realised I never asked for her name. Damn that's embarrassing. I was about to ask her when I noticed we had already arrived at the Hokage's office. Since when has it been such a quick trip?
She opened the big expensive red doors with a bit of difficulty and stepped inside, myself walking closely behind her. The smell of smoke instantly assaulted my nose and I looked forward to see the Hokage in his robes and hat, sitting in the middle of the room, on a mat.
"Ah, Naruto-chan, what a pleasant surprise! It's been too long my dear." He said laughingly. So that's her name huh. 'Naruto'… It's cute.
"Hello Ji-chan…" She replied in her usual small voice, fiddling with her fingers.
"Who's that behind you eh?" He asked. That prompted me to get closer to the middle of the room, for the Hokage to see me.
"Ah! Sasuke-kun! I haven't seen you in a long time. How's everything going?" He asked politely.
"Everything's fine Hokage-sama." I said in a tense manner. To be honest I didn't like the Hokage much. He didn't do such a good job at keeping the amount of poverty here at bay, and he certainly didn't handle my clan's massacre in a good way. When I was twelve – the time of the massacre – he just told me that I had to be independent; so I became independent. I still had a big chunk of my clan's fortune to lean back on if necessary though.
"So, what are you doing with Naruto-chan? I wasn't aware you two knew each other." He said suspiciously. Puffing out smoke from his pipe.
"She was being harassed in public. She said she had to see you so I thought I'd accompany her." I replied simply, trying not too seem nervous, which I was for some reason.
"You know Sasuke-kun… you should adopt Naruto-chan… he needs a home." He said as if it wasn't a big deal. Huh. Adopt. ADOPT. What was the Hokage saying?!
Later I would realize I didn't even process when he said "he".
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