1 Naruto: Ninja Design

Ch. 3 Aunt Vivia and Naruto's New Goal

"I did it!" cheered Naruto laughing as he flipped onto the ground from where there were no spikes.

"Good job Naru," said Keiyu from where she was preparing the tea.

"Isn't your aunt coming tomorrow?" asked Hinata without a stutter setting out their lunch.

"Hai, she's finally done with her travels and is coming here to open a beauty shop," shrugged Keiyu.

"What is your aunt like Keiyu-neechan?" asked Naruto curious as he plopped down on the ground next to them. They were all 9 and halfway through their 2nd year (Keiyu), 3rd year (Hinata) and 4th year (Naruto since he started there when he was six.) After explaining about the tree climbing exercise where you climb a tree with just your feet using your chakra. After they had done that though they still do it, they moved on to water walking, Keiyu having the smallest chakra reserves of the three didn't last long walking around so she started doing the leaf exercise, moving on to senbon and kunai, after awhile the other two did it as well to improve their control (Naruto) and to increase their reserves as well (Hinata). The recent control exercise was spike balancing where they had to keep their fingers on the spike and use chakra to keep themselves up. Hinata and Keiyu had also started working on the first medical ninjutsu by reviving fish with their chakra.

"Well, she's very nice and is very into fashion but doesn't let it get in the way of her training, she's not a ninja, but a samurai that uses chakra," said Keiyu.

"Cool!" said Naruto and Hinata nodded in agreement.

"Yeah I guess, I haven't seen her much over the years but she's sent me a few pictures," said Keiyu taking out a photo and showed it to them. They showed a woman with unlike Keiyu and her mother who had green hair and blue eyes, this woman had purple hair and blue eyes (Zakuro from Tokyo Mew Mew)

"She's pretty," commented Hinata and Naruto nodded in agreement.

"Why thank-you," said a voice and they all jumped before turning around to see the said woman standing there with her arms crossed.

"Aunt Vivia!" cried Keiyu jumping up and ran into her arms.

"Hey kiddo, sorry I took so long, so these are your friends huh?" Vivia asked looking at Hinata and Naruto but narrowed her eyes when she saw Naruto who sweated.

'Great, she probably hates me like the rest of the villagers' he thought but that's not what happened. When Vivia let go of Keiyu she stood for a moment before launching herself at Naruto.

"KAWAII, Kei-chan you never said that my new adopted nephew was so adorable! Aah, I could just eat him up," she squealed while Hinata was alarmed at how fast she was and how Naruto was turning blue.

"Please don't," cried out Naruto finding it hard to breathe.

"Aunt Vivia! Your choking him," said Keiyu and her aunt let go of Naruto sheepishly.

"Sorry, but look at him, isn't he adorable," said her aunt holding Naruto up like a toddler before cuddling with him, his face against her *ahem* assets. Keiyu sighed before walking over and poked her aunt on her left side making her aunt drop Naruto and giggle.

"D-don't do that, you know I'm ticklish there," she said and Keiyu raised an eyebrow.

"That's why I did it," she said amused, her mother had told her all of her aunt's weaknesses in case she got like this.

"Crazy lady," muttered Naruto getting up from where she had dropped him.

"Hm," Vivia ignored him as she took some fried shrimp and ate it, again ignoring him as he huffed and took his own plate.

"So how was your travels," asked Keiyu curiously.

"Pretty good, I'm finally done with earning my masters in swordsmanship and got a license to own a beauty store. Finally, stupid secretary," she muttered the last part making them sweatdrop.

"Did you check in with the Hokage?" asked Keiyu.

"Of course I did, the old man said that I would find you here," he said and Naruto snickered as Keiyu rolled her eyes.

"You never did pay those in power respect," she muttered.

"Eh, I do pay him respect, but I'm not paying the council any respect," she said crossing her arms with a pout.

"Where's your stuff?" asked Naruto and Vivia pointed in the direction where he lived.

"Already dropped them off, so, can you please properly introduce your friends? And me," she added as an afterthought.

"Sorry," said Keiyu sheepishly and introduced them to each other.

"Hyuuga huh?" asked Vivia and Hinata winced, "Another adorable kitty!" she squealed glomping the poor girl as Keiyu sighed.

"Does she do this a lot," muttered Naruto.

"Yes, right now she's contemplating on what animal costume you'll look cute in," Keiyu muttered back and Naruto sweatdropped.

2 hours later had the 4 in the apartment building with Aunt Vivia cleaning up the office of the old apartment manager who was fired long before and was already making plans on renovating the place while making comments on how Naruto would look good in blue clothes and not the orange jumpsuit that he wears.

"Excuse me if it's the only thing I could afford," he muttered but she heard it anyways and took out a measuring tape.

"Hold still," she said and he looked confused but did so, giggling as she circled the tape around his stomach after taking his shirt off. Keiyu sighed before turning to the side, sweatdropping as she saw Hinata turn red and turn around quickly.

'At least she didn't faint' she thought shaking her head. After taking Naruto's measurements, and theirs for extra measure, Vivia went out into the marketplace and got some fabric, accessories, clothes, shoes, and after some thought on the apartment, some wallpaper, paint, paintbrushes, cleaning supplies, (as the ones in the building were old and couldn't be used) blank scrolls and paper, pens, towels, tools, and after hiring a chuunin that the Hokage trusted with explicit instructions, bought some food and new dishes.

'While Keiyu did the best she could in helping Naruto, I know she couldn't get him some new stuff' she thought almost scowling at the thought of her niece's stepmother.

"So this is it?" asked the chuunin next to her.

"Hai, I hope you don't hold a grudge against the tenant of this place?" asked Vivia casually.

"No, it's not like I wasn't ridiculed for something," the chuunin sighed.

"Why?" asked Vivia.

"Isn't it obvious? My eyes, no one but the Uchiha had red eyes," the chuunin, Kuranei Yuhi, scoffed.

"Eh? But it matches your name, and I got a few ideas for your wardrobe," Vivia said with a teasing smile as Kuranei rolled her eyes while almost sweatdropping at all of their groceries. She was surprised however when a girl with green hair appeared at the door and sighed.

"Aunt Vivia! You went overboard," she groaned head in hands.

"Yeah whatever, I had to make sure I got all the stuff first before someone else bought it, this is Kuranei Yuhi, she's helping me with groceries as you can see," said Vivia and the girl rushed forwards and helped them unload into one of the apartments.

A week later, Keiyu was unloading more old books from the library into an old storeroom that Narumi lent her when she asked if she could put the books that the library switched out with new ones in a room where her friends could study in peace. She had cleaned it out and Naruto studied in there when others were around and did his homework with Hinata while Keiyu helped with the books.

Naruto decided to walk on the walls of the room doing the leaf exercise on his hands and forehead when he cut himself on a part of the wall where old nails were.

"Ow," he muttered not noticing the blood on the floor till he jumped, some of his chakra still on his feet.

The floor opened under him and he fell down further with a oomph.

"Naruto-kun/Naru!" Hinata and Keiyu exclaimed running to the spot where he fell and saw him rubbing his head.

"Stupid floor," he muttered and looked around, "Hey! There's another library down here, but it's really dusty," he said as Keiyu and Hinata jumped down next to him, bending their knees a little for a softer landing.

"Woah," muttered Keiyu, her eyes wide as she walked towards one of the bookcases while Hinata decided to go back up and lock the door to the storeroom so that no one could come in unannounced.

"Hey Hinata, can you grab that flashlight on the desk," said Keiyu and Hinata looked around before grabbing it and rejoining them.

"Hey check this out, there's a book on chakra nature written by the 1st Hokage!" Naruto exclaimed and they rushed over to where he was.

"Here's one on water jutsu by the 2nd Hokage, that's strange," Hinata muttered and the other two looked at her, "There's no books by the 3rd but there are books from the 4th," she told them.

"Hey Naru, you better come look at this," said Keiyu, the tone in her voice made them look to where she was holding a book with the same symbol that was on the back of the ninja vests and Naruto's jumpsuits he used to wear, (though he still wore them to class to make people think he hadn't changed much. Naruto peeked over her shoulder and his eyes widened as he took in the title.

"History of the Uzumaki Clan," he breathed and Hinata gasped.

"There's all sorts of books with this symbol on it," said Keiyu pointing at the shelf. Naruto opened the book she was holding and his eyes caught hold of a chapter labeled "Sealing Jutsu."

"The Uzumaki Clan was known and feared for their use in the Sealing Arts," he read and his eyes looked over the shelf to see that there were books on the sealing arts there. Keiyu left him there, but made sure he had some light by lighting a lantern that was in one of the corners. Looking over the bookcases, her eyes lit up when she saw a whole bookcase on medical ninjutsu and her and Hinata shared an excited glance.

They took inventory of the rest of the books before going back up and closing the trap door.

"It seems this somehow connects to Naruto's family, I mean, it did open up when he cut himself," said Keiyu and Hinata nodded in agreement.

"I've decided," said Naruto with a determined air and the other two looked at him, "I'll uphold the Uzumaki legacy and become the best Seal Master in the world before I become Hokage," he said and they smiled.

"That's great Naruto, but," said Keiyu and Naruto looked at her confused.

"But what?" he asked thinking she thought he wouldn't be good at it.

"No Paper Bombs in the apartment," she deadpanned and he facefaulted.

"I wouldn't do that!" he exclaimed and deflated when she raised her eyebrow, "Ok, I might have been thinking about that," he muttered.

"By the way Keiyu, how's your aunt doing?" asked Hinata.

"She's fine, she set up a private beauty parlor only for ninja and kunoichi, you do know it's mostly comprised of Hyuuga right," she asked Hinata amused who looked away whistling as Naruto snickered a bit.

(I'm going to fast forward through the rest of their year at the Academy)

The rest of the year went ok, Naruto excelled secretly in the sealing arts and made it easier for them to move stuff around the apartment building. With some permission from the Hokage, Keiyu and Hinata personalized some of the rooms for themselves like a bedroom if they needed to spend the night (Hinata) and because they lived there (Keiyu.) Keiyu's designed her bedroom with green, blue, and brown colors with bamboo wallpaper and a blue night sky with glow in the dark stars. Her old clothes that she had been wearing were in her closet while the clothes her aunt made/bought were sealed in a scroll for when she became a kunoichi or for special occasions. Her bed was a small double in case she did a sleepover in her room with the same bamboo design and 3 pillows with a green ivy design across it. She designed a 2nd room with posters on the wall that showed the human anatomy and some target boards in the shape of humans with the vital points of the body highlighted. A bookcase with all of her books, fiction, nonfiction, mystery, and books on the human body and books on medicine were on there along with some journals she filled with notes she had written so far in her medical studies. Hinata had her room in blue and purple colors with a lavender flower wallpaper with the ceiling in a ocean like design with the waves surrounding the lightbulb. Her bed had the lavender design like her walls with two pillows with indigo colored waves with a purple trim. Her 2nd room was like Keiyu's except with some books on healing cream and her family's cursed seal that she was hoping to get rid of. Some books on plants were also there since she loved to press flowers as a hobby when she was at home. Naruto moved to an apartment a few doors away from his old one and with help from his two friends had ramen wallpaper on the walls and the rest of the room was designed like that while Vivia secretly worked on his 2nd room which was designed to look like the Hokage's office. Naruto also did a greenhouse room to the other's surprise, sheepishly explaining that he was kind of interested in growing his own vegetables and such so they helped him out and Keiyu got some books via Narumi on gardening and plants that were poisonous or non poisonous. When Vivia showed Naruto the Hokage room and robes that had orange and blue stripes with the Uzumaki symbol instead of the Fire symbol, his eyes filled with tears and he hugged her, almost crying. Vivia had her own sword room that held her own weapons she had collected from her masters over the years as well as her styles in there with some security seals with the help of Naruto who was developing nicely in that category. Her room was purple with blue colors and had a night sky like Keiyu's except with a crescent moon and blue/purple roses for a wallpaper. Finally they moved onto the kitchens and Naruto protested when Vivia told him to relax on the ramen cups and to eat more vegetables. Finally Keiyu took him aside and five minutes later he came out and agreed,

"What'd you say?" asked Hinata.

"I told him about all the benefits eating vegetables would do and that only strong ninja eat vegetables," shrugged Keiyu and Hinata smiled at that. When they weren't at school or self studying, Keiyu's aunt would teach them how to dance, saying it's good practice and would help Naruto and Keiyu learn whatever taijutsu styles they would learn. As for Hinata, she taught her ballet, saying she needed a flexible style of the Gentle Fist or at least learn how to relax. By the time school was over that year the apartment was refurnished and Naruto even had a room for all of the bugs that were in his old apartment, since Keiyu thought the Aburame might be interested in seeing them. By that time Aunt Vivia thought that they could go on a small two week vacation before the next school year and the Hokage agreed so they packed up with Hinata telling her family she would be gone with a friend for awhile in a note with the Hokage promising that he'll handle the rest. Little did they know, that they'll meet someone during this vacation with unique skills and abilities.