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"Kashi-sensei! " Naruto ran to him throwing her arms around his neck. Kakashi was shocked. Gamatatsu had mentioned Naruto was a girl, but he hadn't expected him to actually be one. He thought Gamatatsu meant that Naruto had won and was shoving it Sasuke's face or something along those lines, not that Naruto was an actual girl.

'I'm going to have a lot of explaining to do when Tsunade finds out.' he mused. Meanwhile, Naruto clung to him like he was the only thing that could keep her grounded. He felt moisture on his chest and looked down at her only to see the girl tearing up. He put his arms around her as she let go of him to wipe her eyes.

"I'm sorry Kashi-sensei, I seem to be a leaky faucet today." She smiled faintly at her own joke. She looked down as if finally noticing Kakashi's arms around her waist." Um, Kashi-sensei you can let go of me now. I think Sasuke needs your help more than I do right now." She said a faint blush coming to her cheeks when he didn't move his hands.

He tried to move away, honestly he did, but his hands just didn't seem to want to listen to him on this matter. So, being the same perverted sensei he always was. He leaned down, feeling surprised yet strangely glad that Naruto had shrunk several inches, and whispered into her ear. "You know Naruto," he pulled her tight against him " you're much cuter as a girl than you were as a boy." Her face turned beet red as if she was just realizing that her sensei's strange behavior was due to her sudden gender change. She pushed away from him stuttering "P-Pervert!"

She was just about to yell at him when she remembered the reason they were here, Sasuke. 'Crap, he's been over there practically dying this entire time.' She took Kakashi by the wrist and dragged him to where Sasuke lay. Pulling him down and kneeling to the side of the injured boy. "Are you okay?" she questioned noticing how his face had flushed as she knelt down. "What am I saying? Of course you're not okay. What I mean is, you're not starting to get a fever, are you?"

Sasuke hadn't fully registered that Kakashi was here until Naruto put her hand on his forehead and he felt himself blush even deeper. It was then that he noticed a very familiar giggle that could only come from one particular ninja. The one ninja he would rather not have see him in his current state, Kakashi. He glanced to Naruto's left and sure enough there he was, he tried to lift himself up but as soon as Naruto noticed she put a hand on his chest and forced him back down. "Sasuke, I'd rather not have to knock you unconscious." She clarified with a deadly seriousness he didn't think her capable of and turned to Kakashi. "Where's the medic I asked you to bring?"

Kakashi forced himself to stay focused, he knew how serious Naruto could get when a persons safety was involved. Yes that's right, Naruto could be serious. He had been devastated when Sasuke left eventually deciding that if he couldn't even save his best friend, becoming Hokage would be an unattainable goal for him. So he worked hard, harder than he ever should have needed to considering who his father was, to gain the respect of those who could help him reach his goal. He should have led a life of peace and pleasant things. Instead he was treated like the monster he housed, he was seen as a demon and no one cared enough to help him. But to Naruto it made no difference he trained to become stronger, strong enough to bring Sasuke back. But he was getting off topic, Gamatatsu hadn't said anything about a medic. "What medic?"

"What do you mean, what medic? I specifically ordered Gamatatsu to tell you to bring a medic!" Ugh this was why she only relied on that toad in battle! For some strange reason that was the only thing he was good at, and despite all her best efforts he just didn't seem to be able to get anything else right. She had tried, while in a fit of insanity, to teach him everything from foreign cuisine (yes Naruto could cook, and was pretty good at it too) to traditional folk dancing (even I don't know where he could have learned that) and Gamatatsu had failed at everything. "Where is that toad anyways? When I get my hands on him I'll...I'll.."

"Calm down Naruto. Lets just wait for Jiraiya when he gets here we'll figure out the best way to proceed. Meanwhile, lets see what I can do about this idiots' injuries. I mean no offense, but you look like crap Sasuke-kun." He pointed out with a smile, at least it looked like a smile, but then again you could never be sure with Kakashi.

***two hours and many broken boulders later***

"Ugh! I'm going to kill him. No, I'm going to castrate him! No better yet, I'm going to find every woman he's ever peeked at, train them in the use of weapons, tie him to a tree, and let them loose!" she exclaimed shattering yet another boulder with her bare hands, actually glad she had let Sakura bully her into improving her chakra control. It was a great stress reliever and, despite what anyone said about violence, was an almost foolproof way to get people to listen to her.

"Remind me never to get on Narutos bad side." Kakashi whispered to a slightly better Sasuke who just shuddered while nodding. For some unknown reason female Naruto reminded him of a cross between Tsunade and Ten-ten. That in itself was scary enough, but add to that the ability to use Rasengan and Sage techniques, and you had one girl no-one would mess with unless they had a death wish. What in the world was Jiraiya thinking making her wait, did he want to be tortured to within an inch of death. He glanced over at Kakashi, 'He's been watching Naru way too long for my liking.' He thought without thinking. 'Wait did I just call Naruto Naru, and what do I care how long Kakashi stares at her.' he speculated and then once again without thinking proceeded to stare at her himself.

Kakashi turned and glared at Sasuke who was ogling his Naru-chan, that's right HIS Naru-chan. He didn't care what anyone thought or that he was way older than her, or that she was his sensei's daughter and his student. She was going to be his, and no he wasn't being illogical. Even from a logical point of view Naruto was a good catch. She was strong, kind, and would probably make Hokage in the next year or so. Her only competition being Kakashi himself and maybe the Uchiha. And he was sure that Sasuke would gladly give her the position, if only because he didn't care for it. What about him you might ask, well he'd give her anything she wanted. Not to mention that as a boy Naruto had looked so feminine that he was simply stunning as a woman. Okay, okay and maybe she did remind him a little of the protagonist from his Icha-icha books, but that just made her all the better in his eyes. So Kakashi made up his mind, despite the nagging feeling he had that there was something he was forgetting, Naru would be his and the only one who had the power to stop him was Naruto herself. He knew it was a hasty decision but he was a ninja and had often found that if one waited until the last moment to decide one could end up getting hurt. Well that and he didn't anyone to beat him to it. As a matter of fact "Dibs." He muttered just loud enough for Sasuke to hear.

'Did I just hear what I think I heard?' Sasuke questioned himself 'No it can't be...But what if...No, he wouldn't...Would he?' He turned to Kakashi, an inquisitive look on his usually stoic face. "What?"

Kakashi merely squinted at him as if he was some kind of idiot and added "You heard me."

"No I didn't." he asserted starting to get annoyed at Kakashi's nonchalance. Kakashi just turned and continued to gaze at Naruto a while before repeating "I called dibs." This could not be happening, was Kakashi doing what he thought he was doing? He feigned ignorance and asked "On what?" The older mans eyes flickered at him then traveled back to Naruto, pausing before saying "Don't play dumb Sasuke, it happens to be the one thing you suck at." Sasuke gawked at him awestruck, Kakashi couldn't do that...Could he? No he couldn't! When Naruto found out she would be furious. Did Kakashi know this, and if he did, did he even care?

"She'll kill you when she finds out, you know." He related almost offhandedly, watching to see the jounins reaction.

Kakashi turned to regard Sasuke 'Hm, he's right I might as well tell her now and get it out of the way before I begin to woo her.' He turned back to Naruto, "Hey Naruto, mph med miff min oomph." He was cut off as Sasukes' hand was clamped firmly over his mouth pushing him quickly into the nearby woods.

"What was that sensei?" Naruto questioned turning only to find Kakashi gone. Sasuke stood answering quickly "He said he was going to go take a leak since it doesn't look like Jiraiya is going to show up any time soon." Naruto squinted at him then turned searching for Kakashi's chakra signature. Sasuke hoped to Kami that his clone had hidden his chakra. Naruto turned to him and nodded, he let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding. He wouldn't be able to sustain the clone any longer hopefully Kakashi had gotten the message. He released the clone and nearly collapsed. Naruto rushed to him and he noticed that her scent hadn't changed in the time he had been gone. This was definitely his dobe, all his uncertainties had disappeared when he caught the one thing he associated with home, the scent of a ramen loving idiot. He had never understood how someone who practically lived off of ramen didn't reek of the stuff. Instead the idiot always, no matter how filthy he was, smelled like he had just rolled around in a field full of nothing but lavender. Even now after at least two weeks of chasing after him nonstop added to their huge fight, she was still reminiscent of a basket of it. He gazed at her holding on to his arm steadying him, concern etching her features and pulled her into his warm embrace. He could feel himself slowly becoming intoxicated by her scent.

"Hello children." He pushed Naruto away, fighting to hide his blush. He turned only to see the last person he wanted to have seen this particular moment of weakness, Jiraiya.

"Ero-sennin ! Finally! I've been waiting for you for forever! I was starting to get bored!" Naruto yelled while pointing at the pervert in an accusing manner. "Really? Because it looked like Uchiha here was keeping you busy Naru-chan." Jiraiya giggled. Naruto looked at him, confusion crossing her face as she glanced at Sasuke then back at the pervert. "I guess so Ero-sennin. Although after I kicked his butt, all he did was sit around and be an emo bastard." Jiraiya sweat dropped and Sasuke thanked whatever god was responsible for Naruto being the most oblivious human on the planet.

Jiraiya noticed Naruto's face scrunched in thought and asked "What is it Hime-chan?" with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Naruto's eye twitched "Don't call me Hime-chan! I am not a Princess and if you call me that one more time I'll do to you that I did to those boulders!" she yelled pointing to a spot behind Jiraiya. He turned and paled instantly. "W-What boulders N-Naru-chan? There's nothing there but a pile of sand," He said swallowing.

"Exactly." Naruto said an insane twinkle in her eyes. Jiraiya shuddered and attempted to change the subject "So Naru-chan, what brought on this sudden change? I was under the impression that you were quite happy as a man." Jiraiya seemed to think of something and suddenly he got the same look Naruto had always gotten just before pulling an outstanding prank. He had remembered a detail that would make this moment particularly entertaining. "So Naru-chan," he said emphasis on the -chan, "what are you going to do about the Hyuuga?"

Naruto looked at him in confusion "What do you mean Ero-sennin?" Instead of answering Jiraiya let his eyes wander up and down her body. She flushed bright red but instead of punching the pervert, she looked down at herself and blushed an even deeper red than before. She looked up still red-faced and said two words "Oh crap." Then she fainted.


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