(KAF hums happily while braiding her hair. Iruka enters the room silently.)
IRUKA: (blushes) Ano… Miss KAF, I have a question for you…
KAF: (turns) Oh! Iruka-chan! What can I do for you!
IRUKA: I know that you like pairing my Naruto in your fics, but I can't help but feel a little left out you see. (blushes more)
KAF: (smiles) Oooooh! I see… sooo, do you have someone in mind?
IRUKA: (blushes more) A-ano… W-well… K-k-kakashi is c-c-c-cute… ne?
KAF: (smiles broadly) Yeah… he is… Hmmph… okay I'll see to it…
IRUKA: (Surprised) Really?
KAF: Sure! I'll do anything for you I-ru-ka-chan! (smile)
IRUKA: Arigatou! (bows and turns around)
KAF: (smile turns evil) Oh and Kakashi?
'IRUKA': (absentmindly) nani? O.O Shimatta!
KAF: (sniggers) Gotcha!
KAKASHI: (poof) Arggh!
KAF: (smile) I don't own Naruto or Cinderella. Anyway… enjoy the fic. (turns to Kakashi) Now what to do with you…
"This is what I speak"
'This is what I think'
Flashbacks
Naruto as Cinderella?
By: KoolAnimeFreek
Last Time
"Naruto, this is Kyubi (1) and her two daughters, Ino and Sakura."
Putting an arm around the woman's waist, he looked at the confused stare his son was giving him.
"She's my wife. Your stepmother."
Chapter 2: Omen of a tragedy.
Blue eyes started unbelieving, Naruto was shocked. He never in a million years thought that his wonderful father would love another woman besides his mother. Why had he come to that decision? What is something he did? Deciding that gaping like a fish was not a favorable reaction; Naruto blinked and cleared his throat politely.
"Nice to meet you, madam." He bowed.
"What a wonderful boy, Arashi-kun. So polite. It is nice to meet you too, Naruto. Your father has only spoken delightful things about you." Kyubi-san smiled brightly at the boy before turning and sternly glanced at her daughters expecting a response. "Girls-"
"Yes, mother." The girls curtsied. "Nice to meet you, Naruto-san."
Nodding, "Ino-san, Sakura-san, it's a pleasure."
Since the fateful introduction of his stepmother and stepsisters, Naruto started to notice the changes in his father. Before his father would take extra time to spend with him, playing, telling stories, and sharing prank ideas. But now his father would encourage him to spend more time with his stepsisters.
He would say, "Naruto, it is important for a lad your age to relate to other children. You've spend too much amongst adults, my boy."
Naruto didn't understand why it was so wrong to have adults as friends. Okay, they weren't as fast or witty as children sometimes but they were fun to mess around with. He never got bored and that was very important for him. Besides, all his father's friends and servants were like uncles, aunts, big brothers and sisters to him. Even Sarutobi ojiisan, whom was very old, aka. the old geezer, was fun to make pranks to and he never complained, although sometimes he got mad.
But as time went by, his relationship with his father became more strained. Even with the encouragement to play more with his stepsisters, he never really understood them. They were girls after all, thinking about puppies and flowers whilst he thought more of starting to learn how to hunt and get dirty, something girls disliked the most.
His father now spent more time working and trying to satisfy his wife's needs and wants.
One day, Yondaime heard news from one of his commissioners in a nearby town. There had been rumors of a band of bandits terrorizing adjacent towns. They were very famous about their dealings. They stole, destroyed and killed everything that came in their way and were headed towards their small town. Knowing that it was of great importance to be there, he saddled his horse, gathered his men and set forth to the aforementioned town.
Naruto was worried. His father had yet to return and he felt something in the pit of his stomach. Something bad had happened, he just knew it.
He had known since his father told him that he needed to leave that something was not right about this mission. He had pleaded and begged for his father to stay but it had not deterred him from going.
Arashi sighed and looked into pleading teary blue eyes, "Naruto, it is my responsibility as Lord to deal with things like this if they are out of control. I have to be there."
"But Daddy, I have a bad feeling about this… please don't go."
Arashi knew his son was very stubborn and he was saddened that he was not able to agree with his son, but duty called and he had to go.
Ignoring the body clamped on his right leg, he raised his gaze to his son's tutor and gave the young man a pleading look.
Iruka sighed and walked towards the sobbing boy. "Naru-chan, your father needs to go. Come."
He crouched and gently disentangled the boy from his father's leg, holding him tightly against his chest.
Arashi turned to his wife and stepdaughters and gave them each a kiss on the forehead. He held his wife close for a while longer and whispered in her ear, "Please take good care of my boy."
He looked back at his family after getting on his horse and said with a grin on his face, "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
Naruto had been extremely quiet after his father's depart. He ate very little, something very unusual for the boy and would spend hours gazing towards the entrance of the estate, waiting for the tell tale blonde hair and blue eyes of his father as well as the white fur of the horse his father loved.
It was exactly what the boy was doing at the moment. Sitting on one of the steps, knees bend, elbow resting on one and cheek on his hand, Naruto waited patiently. Suddenly the sound of hooves, broke him from his stupor.
Jumping to his feet, Naruto's eyes brighten and ran into the house.
"IRUKA-SENSEI! THEY'RE HERE!" he yelled.
He dashed outside again when the gates started to open. Anxiously he waited for the horses to enter, but his gaze flickered uncertainly when his father's horse did not join the others.
"Ano… where is my father?" Naruto asked one of the men.
The gazes of the men were locked sadly to the floor. One man approached Naruto and raised his grieving eyes to the hopeful blonde boy.
"Master Naruto…your father…he… he died, sir."
Shattered blue eyes started to tear. Naruto could not breathe. His father was not coming back?
"Come on Naruto, this way. Just hold my hand, and no peeking."
(He's dead!)
"My boy, you look just like your mother. Wonderful and beautiful like a bright star."
(He's dead!)
Laughing blue eyes look proud at the little boy stumbling on his feet.
"That's the way, come to daddy Naruto."
(He's dead!)
"Aw Naruto, tie it this way! Remember the bunny ears."
(He's dead!)
"Sleep well and have sweet dreams, my boy."
(He's dead!)
"Remember Naruto, your mom and I will always love you."
"NOOO!"
The heartbroken cry of a newly orphaned child broke into the morning sky, reaching the ears of the town's people, that along with the boy cried for the death of a father and leader whom they will all miss.
TBC-
(KAF hums happily while doing Kakashi's hair with little pink and purple ribbons. Enter Naruto and Sasuke)
NARUTO: O.O HAHAHAHAHAHA! KAKASHI-SENSEI!
SASUKE: (snorts) what did you do?
KAF: (happily smiles) He did a Iruka henge so I would pair him up with him.
NARUTO: (growls) NANI! WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH IRUKA-SENSEI PERVERT!
SASUKE: (glare) Urusai dobe!
NARUTO: (glare)
KAKASHI: (weeps)
KAF: (finishes with a ribbon) DONE! (turns to a drawer and takes out a flowery pattern face mask) And now the final touch!
KAKASHI: O.O
NARUTO: (snickers)
SASUKE: (snorts)
KAF: Go on… put it on, Kakashi… (evil glare) or else…
KAKASHI: (freaks) OKAY!
A/N- I'm so glad people liked this fic. Here are some replies to reviews:
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