If some of you have glanced down, you see that the story says that this is Chapter 3... But Wait!!! This is only the second chapter... Well, my friends, you are too smart for me.
No, actually, the truth is that I really want to put a chapter in between this chapter and the last one, but I just can't bring myself to completely write it, and I don't want to leave you guys hanging just because I'm having writers block on one chapter.
If you want to know, the chapter between is just suppose to be one where Sasuke and Naruto talk about the future, and the whole 'men can't have babies' deal... Little do they know what I have planned for them... Anyways, they main thing that I'm having trouble with is the fact that it either ends in, or in the middle of has, smut, and I'm not confident enough in what I'm writing, and I still turn pink as I write it... Time to watch more Level C and Sensitive Pornography...
So, Gomen. You may have noticed that I've started another story, and like I said on the update there today, I'll be working on each story in proportion to how many review I get... There's somehting to think about.
Enjoy.
3. The Little Girl
Naruto sighed loudly, sitting behind the Hokage's desk; his desk. He smiled victoriously at that fact, yet sighed again when he remembered how much work he had to do.
As soon as Naruto took the role of Hokage, Tsunade bolted out of the village, pausing only long enough to laugh at her successor.
"Have fun with the paper work." She called out, rushing through the gates.
Tsunade wasn't kidding. It seemed to Naruto that all he did was paper work, or assign missions, or read reports. He would have died from all the reading if it wasn't for his shadow clones; they were the only way he was able to keep up with everything.
He was just about to get back to signing documents when Konohamaru burst through the door.
"Nii-san!" He wheezed. "There's a problem at the gate!"
Naruto smiled, excitedly, before rushing off to the gate.
When he got there, Naruto found a small girl, surrounded by five shinobi, one of which was Kakashi, using the Sharingan.
"All this for a little girl?" The blonde asked, coming to a stop next to his former sensei.
"She wouldn't talk to the guards, and when they tried to stop her, she attacked them." Kakashi was visibly worn.
"She's using two different kinds of chakra that are almost identical." Neji informed them as he landed nearby.
The little girl froze when her eyes locked with Naruto's. She had long silver hair with eyes that almost matched, just barely tinged blue, with fear resonating throughout.
Naruto caught the terror in the girl's face, and his own face softened. "Who are you?" He almost whispered. "Why are you here?" He knelt down.
The little girl broke into tears, and ran towards Naruto, burying her face in his chest, sobbing.
Naruto wrapped his arms around the girl. "It's alright." Naruto cooed. "You're safe here; we want to help."
"Gomen." She pleaded in a cute little voice. "Gomen, gomen, gomen."
"There, there." Naruto rubbed the back of her head.
The girl pulled back slightly, and held out her hand towards the men she had been fighting. Her hand began to glow white, as did the men. Almost instantly, all were healed, and the girl had buried her head back in Naruto's chest.
-Uchimaki-
"Now, are you ready to talk?" Naruto asked between gulps of ramen. He had decided to take the little girl to Ichiraku's and feed her in an attempt to make her more comfortable.
The little girl nodded. "I'm Yumi." She said brightly. "I was just trying to look around, and those two scary men scared me, and then I blacked out."
"Blacked out?"
"Yeah." The girl continued. "Sometimes, when I get scared real bad, I black out, but when I wake up again, everything's all better, and whatever scared me is all gone."
Naruto frowned. "And you're not afraid of me?"
Yumi thought for a moment, looking like she was really concentrating and going over all the facts in her head. "No." She finally decided. "'Cause you're like me."
"Like you?" The blonde asked.
Yumi nodded. "Part demon."
Naruto froze mid-slurp, suddenly choking on his noodles. "How did you know I'm a Jinchuuriki?"
"'Cause, Kaa-san was a demon, and when I was born, she sealed herself in me." The girl said happily, swinging her legs beneath her.
Naruto thought hard for a moment. "Where's your father?"
Yumi's eyes went blank for a moment, then brightened as she smiled again. "He died before I was born." She took another slurp of noodles. "He was strong, but he was also good-for-nothing."
"So you're alone." Naruto's eyes fell towards the ground, but shot back up when he heard how bright and happy Yumi's voice sounded.
"Yep. I've always been alone, and that's how it was meant to be. If you're a demon, you can't be strong if you always have someone there to do everything for you. You become strong by doing things on your own. I was already at a disadvantage because Otousan was a human, so it was almost impossible for me to survive in the demon world. That's why Kaa-san sealed herself in me; now I have the power of one and a half demons."
The Hokage's voice remained sad. "What if you stay here?"
The girl thought again. "Humanity's extremely strong; if you have the least bit of it, you're likely to act on it. That's what Kaa-san says, anyways. I guess what it means is that you need a lot of demon to be a demon, but only a little humanity to be human." Suddenly the girl got sad. "No one's ever kept me long enough to see."
Naruto sighed; now he was glad that Sasuke was gone on a week long mission. The Hokage knew that he couldn't leave the little girl to continue wondering on her own, yet he also knew how the village would react to her. They would demand that the blonde do something about her; after all, another demon could not be good for the village.
No, Naruto knew he had to make a decision before anyone found out, and he would have to set his decision in stone.
Immediately, Naruto made up his mind. "You'll stay with me." He concluded.
Yumi blinked. "What?"
"You can't just keep wondering about." Naruto urged. "And like you said, we're the same. So, you'll stay with me."
The girl's eyes grew big. "Really?" She gleamed.
-Uchimaki-
Three days later, Naruto and Yumi had bonded instantly. The little girl followed the blonde everywhere, even to work, and the two of them ate ramen together for two out of three meals a day. The third meal consisted of fruit, which Iruka all but forced down the blonde's throat.
So far, no one had said anything about the little girl or her background, so, so far, they were safe.
-Uchimaki-
It shouldn't have been a surprise when Sasuke and his team finished their mission early, but it still wasn't a surprise when the Rokudamie wasn't in his office.
The Uchiha dismissed his team, telling them he would give their report to the Hokage himself, then headed home.
The raven haired man opened his door, and tiredly entered his house. He paused only long enough to register Naruto, coloring in the living room, with a little girl. The Uchiha brushed it off and moved to the bedroom
Sasuke found a change of clothes and made his way to the bathroom. Stripping down and turning the shower on, the man climbed into the tub.
Rubbing shampoo into his hair, Sasuke froze, seeming to realize something. Instantly, he jumped out from under the water, grabbed a towel, and rushed into the room where Naruto was still sitting with the girl
"Umm… I don't think you're done yet, Teme." Naruto said dryly.
"Dobe." The Uchiha frowned.
"What's going on?"
"We're coloring." The blonde rolled his eyes, stating the obvious.
"I see that." Sasuke snapped. "I mean, who is she, and what is she doing here?"
The blonde nodded at the little girl who got up and moved to stand in front of Sasuke. She leaned on one leg, slightly bending the other, and folded her hands, cutely, before her. Looking up with big, tear-filled eyes, the girl took a deep breath.
"Plea, Sasuke-sama, I'm all alone, and, and, and…" The girl seemed unable to continue, bursting into tears.
The Uchiha dropped to his knees, wrapping his arms around the girl. "There, there, it's alright." He picked her up, and walked over to sit on the couch.
"Can we keep her?" Naruto asked, turning his puppy-dog eyes on his lover, while Yumi did the same.
"Y9ou make it sound like she's a pet." Sasuke took a deep breath, then sighed. "Nh." He set the girl down and headed back to finish his shower.
"What's that mean?" Yumi asked, confused.
Naruto smiled. "That's just his way to say yes."
Yumi jumped up and down, clapping her hands. "Then I did good?"
"You did the best." Naruto laughed as he pulled the girl down into a hug.
Holy Cow, could that intro have been any longer??? Well, just review if you want an update faster than it would normal come.
Uke-kun: I want the previous chapter!!!
Naru-chan: Pervert.
Aiko: Yep, and I support it 100 After all, Sai, Kakashi, and Jiriya are all perverted, and are all the best.