Disclaimer: Naruto will always be rightfully belong to Masashi Kishimoto

Warning: Gender Bender, Crack Pairing, Translated Story, Gramatical Errors, Failed atemp of humor, and many more

Summary: She didn't know how to react, really, how the hell do you suppose to react when you see the supposedly dead Kage suddenly being too interested on your life and likes to invade your personal life? And why did she have a feeling that he have an ulterior motives for her?

Pairing: Senju Tobirama x Naruto Uzumaki (Main)


From The Second, With Love

How it began (Naruto's side)


Naruto knew that her life will never be normal, because the word normal and her will never be in one sentence, she is the magnet of trouble—or as Shikamaru like to says; she is the personification of trouble.

She is ready to face every strange thing that will happened to her, she is the number one most unpredictable ninja after all! And she will keep that reputation. But she didn't know that she will be more than unprepared for what will happened to her later.

It first happens on the second day she came back from her little vacation, she was just in the middle of taking a walk around Konoha when she accidently bumped into someone on the park. The person she accidentally bumped into looks like an ordinary villager but she knew that there is something wrong with that person.

Namely his chakra, she is a sensor after all, his chakra even make Kurama woke up from his nap and growled; they know who the chakra belong to, they met him on the war after all. It should have been impossible, because the person who had this chakra should have been long dead.

"…Nidaime…san?" Naruto asked softly, she looked at the man's eyes and she can see a crimson eyes staring back at her.

"Ah… what a coincidence… Naruto Uzumaki right?" The man who she called Nidaime placed his hand on her shoulder and push her back a bit so he can see her completely, she is so short compared to him, she only reached his chin and she need to look up to talk to him.

"…Wait wait wait! Should you have been back to… uuuh, afterlife? You are already dead after all!" Naruto jumped away and points at the man in front of her, she now can feel that the Nidaime is using a henge to disguise himself.

"First of all, yes I am already dead, but I was revived now. Second, it is not polite to point at someone. And third, don't jump out so suddenly like that, it is dangerous" the man, Nidaime Hokage, crossed his arm in front of his chest and stared at her like he is in the middle of lecturing her.

"Eh… revived?" Being Naruto, she ignore the lecture from Tobirama and focused on something that she is more interested, namely the word 'revived' that the crimson eyed man just say.

'I can feel it, there is no trace of edo-tensei on him…' Kurama growled, the man had something on his chakra that remind him of someone that he have seen when he 'died' for the first time long time ago.

"I can't say it here of course, it's supposed to be a top secret that only selected people can know; after all, there is a reason why I used henge right now" The Nidaime Hokage shook his head before walking away, tried to leave the girl alone, emphasis on tried since the said girl immediately stopped him by holding his hand with her hand that is still intact.

"Waaait! You haven't answer my question!" Naruto is a very curious child, once she heard something interesting or got interested in something; she will stop at nothing to fulfill her curiosity, it is one of the reason why she is a magnet for trouble. They said that curiosity kills the cat, but she is not a cat so she could care less.

"…Like I said, I can't say it here" The Nidaime rolled his eyes but made no move to make the girl let go of her grip on his hand.

"Uuh... right! How about we find a place where there is no one who can hear or see us!" Naruto said it loudly with a triumphant grin on her face, like what she said is the most amazing idea in the world.

Kurama facepalmed, he know how naïve and stupid his container is, it's just he still can't get used to it. Didn't she realize how ambiguous is what she just said? No wonder lots of man and her friends misinterprets her intention and ended up having a crush on her because they though she gave them a hope—and ended up heartbroken since his container is oblivious when it comes to romance.

Well at least Kurama knew that the man in front of her, the second Hokage, understood what she really means and will reject her.

"Well, I am on my way to my house, you can tag along"

Wait, what?

Kurama stared at the Nidaime through Naruto's eyes, is he for real?

"Okay then!" Naruto nodded and let go of Nidaime's hand before she start walking beside him, tried to keep up with his pace since her legs is much shorter than him.

Kurama have a feeling that there is something very wrong here, he just can't put his hand on it; it feels like a déjà vu, when did he feel something like… this before? Something that comes from the revived Kage…


"Excuse me…" Naruto bowed her head when she entered the Nidaime's house—or Tsunade's since both of them live together for the time being.

She followed the Nidaime that already dispel his henge and sat on the couch in the living room, she patiently wait for the white haired man to come back and serve her some tea and snack—which is red bean filled mochi.

Naruto's eyes immediately shone brighter in happiness and immediately enjoyed the snack that she was given, temporary forgotten why she is there

She smiled when she taste the red bean paste and mochi inside her mouth and giggled, she ate the mochi in one bite and proceed to take her the second one and third, forgetting that she is not alone there.

After finishing her eight mochi, Naruto remember that she is not alone and there is a reason why did she is there, her blue eyes move slowly from looking at the mochi on her hand to the man in front of her.

A pair of crimson eyes staring at her, watching her every move, the Nidaime's lower face was hidden behind his cup of tea but his eyes shone with amusement, watching the girl in front of him scarfing the mochi like her life depend on it.

"Are you that hungry?" The white haired man raised an eyebrow elegantly, his expression is neutral but from his tone and how he looks at her he is clearly amused by her antics.

A nod become his answer, Naruto took another mochi and now eat it slowly, the smile on her face haven't disappear "I woke up late and then remember that I have an appointment with Tsunade-baachan, she said she need to check my arm…"

The Nidaime hummed, he looked at the said arm and then placed his tea on the desk, his crimson eyes studied the wound "It looks very bad…"

"Nah, it will heal eventually, Tsunade-baachan said—*cough*" Naruto coughed when the mochi she ate got stuck on her throat because she didn't chew it properly, she immediately took the drink that the man in front of her gave and drank it, she frowned when her tongue taste the bitter taste of green tea.

"…You are so overacted" A deep and rich chuckle came out from the Nidaime's mouth, he smiled—if a tug on side of mouth can be called a smile, he seems amused by how much movement Naruto made, especially when the yellow haired girl tried to extract the mochi by hitting her chest very hard and now she is in pain thanks to her own stupidity.

Naruto rolled her eyes in annoyance and pouted, this is not the first time someone commented on her antics, people say that she can be so melodramatic sometimes or overacting, usually it is both "I am chocking and you laughed at me… what a gentleman…"

"You have Kurama, there is no way you will die stupidly like that" Naruto huffed in annoyance, she just learned how much of a deadpan snarker and annoying is the Nidaime Hokage, not like his charismatic persona and cool demeanor that he usually presented to the public.

"AH!" Suddenly she remember why she is in there in the first place, her expression turned serious and is now staring at the white haired man "You promised me that you will tell me why are you alive again! With no trace of edo tensei to the boot!"

"I never promised anything to you, you are the one who insisted me to tell you…" The Nidaime smirked when he sees the annoyance in her face but before she can objected, he continue talking "But I can tell you a little about my circumstance"

"I got revived by the god of death, but with a reason" He crossed his leg and crossed his hands in front of his chest, his crimson eye stare directly to Naruto's blue one "The god of death revived me to pay for my sin, the sin I earned because I created edo tensei"

He closed his eyes, it seems like he is remembering the time when met the god of death and got told the he is going to be revived to pay for what he had done, when he open his eyes again; the girl in front of her is clearly confused, she tilted her head and raised an eyebrow.

"Your… sin?" Naruto is not a genius like Sasuke or the man in front of her, hell, she got called 'dead last' in her academic day, her brain can't processed what the Nidaime just said, what kind of language did the man in front of her just use? Alien language?

'Ah… I get it…' Unlike his container, the nine tailed fox completely understood what the man just said and seems amused by it.

'I can imagine how angry the god is, his work just become more complicated since the soul that he already took got stolen and forced to be slave in this world…' Kurama snorted, now he understood why the white haired man feels a bit familiar to him, it is because he himself had met the death god long time ago when he 'died' and then got revived again, the Biiju are an immortal being after all.

But there is one thing that bothered him.

What did the god of dead gain by reviving him? What did the man had to do to pay for his sin?

"Uh… so you must atone for what have you done right?" Naruto nodded, at least it was what she can understand from what he just said.

"Is there is something I can help with?" She is eager to help, it is something that she always do since she is small, if she see someone in distress; she will help him/her, she don't care if they are a stranger or someone she just met, if someone need help then they will get it from her!

Which is one of the many reason why she is a magnet for trouble, according to Sasuke anyway.

The Nidaime didn't answer immediately, he is staring at her with a neutral expression, his red eyes staring straight to her blue one, like he is searching for something in her eyes, maybe checking if she is being honest or just joking, Naruto start squirming on her seat; feeling nervous suddenly because she is being stared at so blatantly.

But there is one thing that she found out while being stared at: the Nidaime's eyes color remind her of the ruby stone that she once sees on the store, the beautiful rock that she liked but never can have since she can't afford it.

"Maybe… you can" She is startled by the man's reply and his red eyes slowly moving away from her to the glass in front of him "But for now, I think I can handle it by myself"

Naruto blinked several times, she detect some hidden meaning behind what he just said but didn't know what, his crimson eyes looked a bit dim and he looked so lonely.

She didn't know what to say so she just stay silent. Letting the silence surrounding them, an awkward silent for Naruto since she is clueless, she didn't know how to cheer the man up since she didn't know what made him suddenly looked so grim.

"It's been a long time since I died" Naruto looked back at him and the look of grim on his face disappear as fast as it appear, it made her realize how good he is at hiding his feeling… just like her in her old days "Can you tell me what happened after that? As best as your memory can remember, I don't mind"

Naruto nodded, at least she is grateful for the change of subject and she start talking, telling him the story about the village when it was in the reign of Sandaime-jiji and her father as best as her memory can remember, with the help of Kurama.

The Nidaime stay quiet when she is talking, nodding from time to time or making an eye contact to let her know that he is listening, his crimson eyes never leaves her form, watching her every moves while she talked animatedly, she use her hand to visualize what happened and even stand up a couple of time when she is too engrossed in her story.

She didn't see the smile on his face while he is watching her like she is the most interesting thing in the whole world.

Well, unlike Naruto who is so clueless; The nine tailed fox notice it, he growled softly and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

Why the hell did his container always attract a weird but utterly dangerous potential mate? Mito, Kushina, and now Naruto.

What the hell is wrong with Uzumaki women? Better yet, what the hell is wrong with his container?

Now he have to watch and endure it all over again, just like years ago, great.


"Uhh… good morning Kurama" Naruto yawned and start stretching her body like a cat, she rubbed her eyes and glanced at the clock beside her bed, seven in the morning, before standing up and walking to the bathroom.

It been several days after the eventful day when the Nidaime told her about his circumstance, he told her some story about his life before dying and told her about his brother, the Shodaime, he didn't tell her that much about himself; figures since she know that the Nidaime seems like a person who like to keep to himself and didn't really like talking about himself, especially to a stranger. Can be said that he is an introvert, the opposite of her very extrovert self.

The Nidame remind her of Sasuke, but unlike Sasuke who had an aura that basically said 'don't bother me, I don't want to talk to you, go away' to someone who tried to approach him (except his team mates and now some of his friend), the second Hokage had the aura that said 'don't expect much from me when you tried to get close or talking to me, especially if it's a mundane thing you want to talk about' to someone who approach him.

But for some reason, even though she know how cold and aloof he is, she can't help but realize that the Second have something in common with her father.

Naruto frowned when she suddenly find herself start comparing the Nidaime with her father, she is confused, what the hell did those two have in common?

His father have a yellow as sun hair while the Nidaime had a white as snow hair, his father has a blue sky eyes while the Nidame had a crimson eyes that remind her of ruby stone, her father have a happy-go-lucky attitude while the Nidaime always had a natural serious aura with him.

It feels like comparing a water with fire.

But deep down, she said that there is something in common that both of them share, something more personal and is not how they look or behave.

Oh, speak of the devil, the said white haired man is now standing in front of her, outside her apartment, carrying a paper bag with him and staring at her, like he is waiting for her to do something.

"Uhh… good morning?" She said uncertainly, she glanced at the clock not too far from her; 9 AM, what did he came to her house for?

"Good morning" The Nidaime nodded, he gave her the paper bag and then stood there, waiting for her to let him inside.

Naruto let the man inside and closed the door behind him, she watched the man checking her apartment, his red eyes moved slowly, scanning the room for a few second before his eyes catch a glimpse of her room.

Whoops.

She forgot to close the door to her room and the said room is so messy, she blushed when she see her underwear stick out from her closet and can be seen.

She immediately ran past him and closed the door, face is still red from embarrassment, she laughed awkwardly "Ahahaha… please have a seat"

She cursed to herself, she didn't expect anyone to come to her house today, since all of her friend are out on mission or busy, she hadn't had any time to clean her room—or she is just too damn lazy to care, it's not like her friends mind.

But the Nidaime? Damn, no, he is just… well, he is not her friend and she admire him, just like how she admire the Sandaime or Iruka, and just like other people, she doesn't want to show them her bad side.

She is grateful that he decide not to question her or making a comment about it.

"That paper bag contain ingredients to make red bean soup" The Nidaime leaned on the sofa behind him, his eyes scanning the room again.

"Eh? Really?" Naruto's eyes widened, she checked the paper bag that she is still holding and true to his word, inside; she can see a high quality ingredients to make one of her favorites food. A smile slowly formed on her face, her blue eyes shone brightly with happiness.

"Consider it a gift, I want to thank you for the story you share with me several days ago… and becoming my tour guide yesterday" The Nidame crossed his hand in front of his chest, he gave her a small smile, making the yellow haired girl beamed with happiness.

"Your welcome! I had lots of fun yesterday! And thank you for sharing your secret place to train! Oh, and we can train together again maybe someday? After I got my new hand of course" She nodded, remembering the time when she told the Nidaime about the new Konoha, the white haired man told her about the place where he likes to train—which is a very secluded place near the Senju compound, making the place is almost impossible to access without the clan member permission.

"Sure, but for now, why don't you cook the red bean soup?"

Naruto nodded, happily obliged the man's request and immediately left to the kitchen to cook the food.

"I can help you" The Nidaime followed her and took the paper bag from her before laying out the content to the kitchen counter.

"You can cook?" Naruto watched the Nidaime laying out the ingredient before taking a basin and pouring the red beans in to it then taking the basin to the sink to wash the red bean.

"I can cook some easy dish… And my favorite food" The Nidaime shrugged.

Before long, the two of them busied themselves with their own task until Naruto's foice destroy the silence between them.

"Oh come on! Stop moving!" Naruto grumbled softly, she is trying to cut an ingredient and the said ingredients keeps rolling around, she only have one hand so she can't hold the item so it will not rolled around.

She suddenly feels like she is trapped before she realize that the Nidaime is standing right behind her, traping her between his body and the kitchen counter, his both hand is on each side of her, caged her.

"Careful, you don't want to hurt your still intact hand"

Naruto blinked several times, she looked at her hand that being guided by his hand while his other hand is holding the ingredient in place, she watched carefully his bigger hand that easily covering hers moving her hand to chop up the ingredient.

She can fells his chest on her back head since he pressed his body to hers to allow himself a better view to help her, she can hear his heartbeat and feels the heat that radiating from his body.

He is surprisingly warm and smells like a river around Konoha—or more like he smells like water… or something like that, she don't know, her brain is in the middle of malfunction right now, trying to process what the hell is happening to her right now.

'Are you serious? How naïve can you get?!' Kurama's voice in her head didn't help at all.

Before she can react in any ways, the Nidaime have released her and took the ingredient to be added to the pan, leaving her standing like a statue with her brain still can't grasp what just happened.

'…That was… too close…' Is the only conclusion she can get from what just happened.

Kurama growled and facepalmed, are his container is serious? can she see that He is breaking into her personal space and blatantly making a skin to skin contact with her? at least question his reason for knowing her favorite food, not once but twice, when she never told him anything about it! or at least question his motive for coming to her place so early in the morning!

it's going to be a long day for him from now on.


To Be Continue


!Author Notes!

Hello there my dear leader! I apologize for making all of you waiting so long… it just that I need to re-write the chapters since almost all of the jokes is now lost on translation… so I decide to change the genre but no worries! I still will add some humor—but I must apologize if it's not funny at all… because of the language barrier…

Oh, by the way, I notice that some of you are thinking about how much Nidaime will have a hard time courting Naruto because she is too damn oblivious… hehehe, I don't think so, you need to remember what kind of person Tobirama is, think back; his personalities, how he react to the things around him, his demeanor, and most importantly: his age! I already gave you some hint about him in this chapter~!

Writing Tobirama is… hard, but I tried to make him stay on character as much as I can but I did add some of interesting… stuff about him, you can found out about it as the chapter progress, he will show you (and Naruto) some of his secret sides.

Oh, and i need a Beta Reader...

Well then, see you at the next chapter!

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