Hiya peeps! I finally got an idea for a naruto story! i sooo hope yal like it! I didn't write anything in the first chapter or the Prolouge as some will call it because i wanted to add to the suspence. All reveiws are welcome!
Just gonna clear a few things up so you don't get confused later on.
1. Naruto brought Sasuke back from Sound
2. Orochimaru is dead
3...and maybe ill explain more later...when i feel its needed.
I don't own Naruto, sad but true. I really don't get why we've gotta put these things here. I mean everyone knows we don't own them...jeez...
Tsunade sat at her long desk, clawing at the cherry wood finish with her manicured nails, ruining them with every stroke. The cause of the Fifth Hokage's stress was related to many things. The first and foremost was that she had just made an illegal citizen transfer from The Village Hidden in the Rocks to Konoha. Actually it wasn't illegal, per say, but no one had ever really wanted a home transfer to or from another village, so it was new a foreign to any village.
If word got out that you could just move to a different village—a new country at that—people would want transfers left and right, for whatever reason they had, and then Tsunade would be up to her neck in paper work, not to mention the other Kages that had to file it away as well. Paper work would also cut into her bar raiding hours too. Speaking of which, she had been sober for three hours now.
"Shizune…?" Tsunade called out, knowing her assistant was just outside the office door.
"Yes, Lady Tsunade?" the dark haired woman asked, peeking into the room.
"Has it been sent?" the blonde asked, fiddling with a pen that lay upon her desk top.
Shizune nodded, stepping into the room, "Yes, Lady Tsunade. I personally sent off the messenger bird just moments ago."
"Good." The Hokage sighed, rubbing the lavender diamond on her forehead with her middle and fore finger.
"Is that all, Lady Tsunade? Or would you like me to do something else for you?"
"Is the girl in her room?" Tsunade spun in her chair, looking out the window behind her that gave her a perfect view of her village, bathed in the afternoon sunlight. The Hokage Mountain's faces casting shadows over each other.
"She is."
"And Kakashi…will he be coming?"
"He said he was going to try his best to make it but I wouldn't count on--"
"It?" A voice finished from the opposite window.
Both women spun around to come face to face with none other than the White Fang's son. Silence filled the air for a few seconds before Shizune raised a twitching finger at the scarecrow.
"You're early?" Shizune asked, while in her head she was wondering if the apocalypse was coming early.
"I was in the mood to be on time today…and I still managed to help that cat out of that tree." He said with a shrug, taking out his infamous orange book. "Besides, I didn't think this was something I should be late for."
"Well, while we wait for the star attraction; how about some sake? Shizune?" Tsunade looked toward her assistant, who immediately got the message and scurried out of the room.
"Tsunade," Kakashi said to get the older woman's attention. "Do you know which one she is yet?"
Closing her eyes and lowering her head onto her desk and in between her arms, the blonde answered, "Ah, Kakashi…since when did you become a right to the point kind of guy?" Kakashi remained silent, telling Tsunade that he was serious. "No." was the woman's final answer. "But we've narrowed it down."
"To how many?"
"Four, at the least… chakra like that is kinda had to read, ya know."
Kakashi made a sound in the back of his throat to show he understood.
Finally, Shizune came back with the drinks, her pet pig Ton-Ton following silently behind her. She poured Kakashi a small shot before setting the remainder of the bottle on the Hokage's desk, whom happily took a large swig of the alcohol with much satisfaction.
Kakashi stared at the clear liquid, as he swirled it around in his cup, a scowl set upon his face, crinkling the mask above it. Glancing at his host for a brief moment to make sure her attention was preoccupied for the moment—which it was—he quickly poured the sinful drink into the pot of a near by plant, inwardly patting himself on the back for his sneakiness.
"Lady Tsunade," Shizune was gazing out the window, a smile on her face. "He's approaching the tower."
"Good," Tsunade smirked, "Go greet him and then, send him right up." Shizune bowed and left the room to fetch the guest.
A few moments past with silence, too bad the atmosphere was broken by a certain blonde shinobi's happy chattering.
"…been a while since Granny Tsunade's given me a decent mission. Wonder what it is? Sure ya can't tell me, Shizune?"
"I'm sorry, Naruto. But the Hokage told me she would like to tell you herself. But she did mention it would be a long term mission and that only certain ninja would be able to qualify for it. I'm guessing you're the lucky person, Naruto." You could hear the smile on Shizune's face, as she knocked on the office door.
"Enter." Tsunade called, bracing herself for…well—
"Uzumaki Naruto, reporting for super, ultra, one of a kind mission!" Naruto hollered, striking a triumphant pose as he entered the round room, his blue eyes twinkling in excitement. "When do I start?"
Tsunade sighed, "Ah, Naruto I'm afraid—"
"Oh! 'Kashi-sensei, are you here to help me on my mission?"
"No, Naruto. Kakashi is not—"
"But Shizune, I thought you said that only I could do this mission. Did you lie to me?"
"No! Naruto! I—"
"Or is Kakashi one of the other qualified ninja's too? That would be awesome! Just like old times, right Sensei?"
"OI! BRAT!"
Naruto turned to look at Tsunade, his thousand-watt smile starting to spread onto his face. "Yes, Granny Tsunade?" he asked innocently enough.
Taking a few deep breaths through her nose and a few good gulps of her sake, Tsunade managed to eliminate all thoughts of strangling the blonde young man to death. "Naruto, can you please come over here."
Not really a request, Naruto reasoned, rushing to stand in front of the Fifth.
Tsunade continued, "Naruto, indeed you have been selected to participate in a unique mission of sorts. But I must warn you that you have had no specific training for this mission. Not even Kakashi can teach you what may come ahead. Shizune, would you please bring her in?"
Shizune nodded and went out into the hall way for what seemed like the thousandth time that hour. She soon returned, but with another individual latched to her hand.
Naruto watched as Shizune guided a child over to the Hokage's desk, quietly telling her to stand next to Tsunade. The small girl nodded and obeyed, scanning over every member of the room with her large golden eyes.
Finally Naruto asked the question that had been eating at him from the moment Shizune returned…
"Who's the kid?"
Smiling, Tsunade waved the young female over, lifting her to sit upon her lap, "Meet your new mission, kid." She said happily, glancing down at the top of the girl's mop of blue locks.
The Kyuubi vessel just stared dumbly, his eyes shifting from the old woman to the young girl seated on her lap. "Huh?" was Naruto's extremely intelligent response.
"Naruto, this is Matzuno Kirimi, and will be your responsibility until further notice." Tsunade said, lifting her and Kirimi up, balancing her on her hip.
"Huh?" Naruto repeated.
The three higher ranked ninja rolled their eyes at his stupidity.
Shizune came to stand next to Naruto, putting a hand on his shoulder as she began to explain, "Kirimi is…um…was a member of the Village hidden in the Rocks, but she has been sent here to live in Konoha by request of the Tsuchikage. We believe that you are the only person that can truly care for her, so we therefore decided to have her stay with you."
"To stay in…my apartment?"
"Yes."
3…2…1…
"WHAT?! You can't be serious!" Naruto grabbed Shizune by the Shoulders and began to violently shake her. "A kid?! You're sending a kid to live with me! Please tell me this is a joke!"
"It is no joke, Naruto." Kakashi retorted, knowing his old student would respond like this. "We have chosen you to be the guardian of the Matzuno."
"B-b-but why?" Naruto stuttered, releasing Shizune.
"We thought you would have a better understanding of the girl." Tsunade set said girl down.
"How? She's a little girl and I'm a seventeen year old male! What could we possibly have in common?" Naruto demanded.
"You're both demon vessels." Naruto stopped his protests and scowled, glancing at Kirimi as she stared at her sandals. After a few moments, Kakashi continued.
"She was sent here, for the villagers' fear of the demon, and what else could happen if it had stayed there. We haven't figured out which demon, or what happened to make the Rock village so afraid of her, all we know is that you're the best choice for her early development. Naruto?"
Naruto heard his old sensei, but was to focused on Shizune covering Kirimi's ears with her hands to pay attention, a light glow of chakra enclosed all sounds of their conversation away from the yellow eyed child.
He finally asked, "Does she know? Ya know…that she has a monster inside her?"
"No, and we're going to try and keep it that way, too." Naruto nodded to Tsunade, he understood perfectly. For someone that young to know they were sent away from their home for something they could not control was unimaginable probably to her.
"Now, no one must know of this unless you absolutely trust them, understood."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Tsunade tensed, Naruto only use her title unless he was upset or serious. She prayed it was the latter.
Shizune had taken her hands away from Kirimi's ears, and brought her over to Naruto. "Take good care of her."
"I will." Naruto held his hand out to Kirimi, smiling down at her. Staring up at the blonde with curious eyes, Kirimi hesitantly laid her small hand in Naruto's much larger one. Naruto mood visibly brightened as she did so.
"We have provided her with a few pieces of clothing, but she will need more. I suggest you go shopping within the week. And brat?" Tsunade looked at the replication of her little brother. "Thanks."
Grinning, Naruto pointed to himself as he spoke, "Hey, I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I can take on anything you can throw at me!"
Kakashi handed him a small box of what Naruto guessed was his new roommate's clothes and other accessories she would need.
"Well we're off!" Naruto proclaimed, headed to the office door, Kirimi in tow.
"Be careful with her, brat!" Tsunade hollered after them, a smirk on her face.
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"Here we are, home sweet home!" Naruto swung open his apartment door, ushering Kirimi into the good sized space. Late afternoon had turned into twilight, and Kirimi hadn't spoken a word to him yet. But, Naruto would give her some time to adjust; she was in a new village after all.
Kirimi looked around the small living room, taking note of the attached kitchen area; a stove, dishwasher, refrigerator, and a small breakfast table and chairs stood within it, cabinets lining under the sink and above the appliances. She moved her gaze to a door off to the side, deciding that it was either the bedroom or bathroom.
Naruto hummed as he pondered something, "'Kashi-sensei said you were traveling for a while…how 'bout a bath? That always makes me feel good after a mission." Naruto set the small cardboard box down on the kitchen table, then grabbed Kirimi's hand—people seemed to be doing that a lot lately—showing her to the door farthest from the kitchen area. Inside there was a tub, shower, sink and washing machine. The coloring consisted of white with blue tile trim.
Naruto spun the tub's knobs to get it to the perfect temperature, Kirimi undressing in the corner. Naruto laughed when she began to have trouble removing her white tee shirt, whining and grunting as the garment was violently tugged. He kneeled down and grabbed the top of the top, "Hold still, will ya..." With a curt yank the shirt popped off and fell to the floor.
Kirimi stepped into the tub and slowly lowered herself, whimpering as the heat of the water made contact with her dirt covered skin. Naruto dipped a face cloth he acquired from under the sink, into the warm bubble filled tub, ringing it out slightly before he set it to her light skin.
He slowly began to rub up and down the five-year-old's short arms, smudging and wetting the dirt and grim until it dribbled down her arms and into the soapy water.
"Damn girl…you sure are filthy. How long did it take you to get here?" Naruto asked. Kirimi held up five fingers showing them to the blonde.
"Five what? Weeks? Days?" She held up two more fingers, telling Naruto that his latter guess was correct.
"Okay, lemmie see your back." Kirimi shifted so Naruto had access to her backside, the water swirling about her waist because of the sudden movement.
Narrowing his blue eyes, Naruto stared at the Japanese writing moving up and down the young girl's spine, its color dark in hue. He silently counted them; twenty-six, one for each bone in the vertebrae.
"Um…lift your hair…so I can wash your neck." She did, and proved Naruto's theory correct. Below Kirimi's hair line was a small spiral shape, much like the one sealed on his stomach. But the writing leading down her back showed that the seal had not been completed, as if it had been interrupted moments before it was finished.
He quickly swiped along the marked area, disposing of any excess material. After a few more moments of silence, a sudden growl echoed throughout the small bathroom.
Raising an eyebrow, Naruto smiled at Kirimi, "What was that?" all though he new all to well what it was.
Kirimi blushed cutely and bashfully gazed down at her stomach, poking it a few times.
Laughing the Kyuubi vessel asked, "Hungry?" Kirimi nodded.
"Alright," he handed her the face cloth, "Finish up, okay? Towels are under the sink. I'll go fix us something to eat." With that he left her there to finish.
In the kitchen, he took two cups of instant ramen, amazingly, out of the cabinet and a kettle from under the sink. Filling it up with water from the sink, Naruto set it on the stove, turning a few dials to adjust the gas induced flame below it.
When the water was bubbling happily, he turned the stove off and carefully poured the steaming liquid into the two cups, setting them on the counter to cool off a bit.
Naruto's overly sensitive ears picked up the quiet and soggy pitter patter of foot steps coming down the short hallway and turned just in time to see Kirimi standing in the archway, a towel wrapped around her shoulders and her hair wet and dripping onto the floor.
"Hey." He greeted, taking in her wet form, "That's right…your clothes are still packed." He switched his gaze to the box still resting on the table where he left it. "Come here and we'll find ya something."
The indigo haired girl scurried over to the shinobi as he opened the box, pulling out a few articles of everyday clothing. But no night wear was to be found.
"Nothin'." Naruto stated looking into the empty box. "Hmm...Well then let's improvise." Naruto disappeared into his bedroom, only to come back minutes later with a large black tee-shirt. "Catch." Naruto threw the shirt at Kirimi, who caught it with ease. She dropped the towel and quickly slipped into the baggy top, the end of it reaching her knees and the wide neck falling over her small shoulders. Frowning, she walked over to the box and pick up a pair of underpants from the side, pulling them on under the shirt.
"Ramen's ready!" Naruto announced, pushing the clothes back into the box and setting the two cups of noodles on the table.
Kirimi scrambled onto a chair, kneeling on it so she could see over the top. As soon as she saw the cup of instant ramen though she grimaced and sat on her bottom, glaring at the food.
Naruto stared at the girl, "Don't tell me you don't like ramen…" Kirimi shook her head and resisted the urge to stick her tongue out at the salty soup.
"What!? Not like ramen! That is the most insane thing I've ever heard! Ramen is the food sent by Kami himself! How could you not love it?!" Naruto asked, shocked.
This time Kirimi did stick her tongue out.
Naruto ended up eating both their cups of ramen—not that he was complaining—and had made Kirimi a peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwich as an alternative for her dinner.
Naruto had had to take a shower himself and had told Kirimi to sit and watch T.V. while he did so.
When he had finished and come out in a pair of drawstring pants with a towel around his neck, he found the bluenette sleeping on the couch on her stomach; her cheek pressed against the pleather seating, the remote had long since fallen from her grasp and was on the floor now. The television was showing a strange cartoon of a yellow sea sponge and a pink star fish, laughing like idiots.
"C'mon Patrick, let's go ask Squidward if he wants to go jelly fishing with us."
Naruto snapped the T.V. off, eliminating the blue glow from Kirimi's face. He pulled a blanket from the hallway closet and set it atop her body, lifting her head and setting it on a cushion to serve as a pillow.
After he slowly walked to his room and snapped the light off, getting into his own bed. Drifting off moments later with the thought of how Kirimi had still not said a word to him yet.
I felt Naruto was a bit OOC in this chapter, plz tell me if yal thought so to and sugest things i can do to fix it.
Thx dudes for reading this far! I'll try to update as soon as possible...unlike my other stories.
Please don't give up on me!
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