Chapter 3: Hokage's Office

Forgive me on the last chapter! ." I accidently made Shikamaru say the Kuro was a girl instead of the usual 'he'. Well to clear things up a bit I will say that Kuro used to be a girl but changed into a guy after she jumped into the green portal of her room.

Well let's all hope that there is no mistakes or typos in this chapter so enjoy!~~~~


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"Give me the special mister!" I was at the ramen stand with Naruto. He was already eating when I came by. I sat next to him. "What's up Mr. To be Hokage?"

Naruto just looked at me with the 'are you serious' face. He finished slurping his ramen. "You know, you don't seem such a bad guy after all!"

I nod my head in response, since I was enjoying my steaming hot ramen.

"I guess I could show you around, I don't have much to do anyway."

I gulped the last bit of soup and slammed my money on the counter. Then turned to Naruto. "Sure, why don't I start off by finding a home?"

"Oh no you won't we have to get you to the Hokage." I looked and saw Shikamaru standing with his arms crossed, the rest of team eight was right behind him.

"Aww, but can't I find a house to stay in?" I started to whine. But I got up anyway. "Ill see ya tomorrow morning Naruto, show me around then. Deal?"

Naruto nodded and went back to his noodles. Shikamaru waited until I was out of the ramen shop then followed me. Kiba was in the lead and Hinata fell into step beside me.

"W-what is your n-name?" Hinata was trying hard to stop her stuttering.

I smiled to her, typical Hinata. "Kuro. Kuro Shinigami. And yours?"

"Hinata Hyuuga. But you can c-call me Hinata."

"Say which Hokage is in reign?"

"It's the third. He came back into power when the fourth died." Shikamaru said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"What happened to the fourth?" I asked, trying to sound curious. We drew nearer to the Hokage Tower. It loomed over the whole of Konoha, all of the other buildings seemed like pests compared to the Hokage Tower.

"He died during the Kyuubi attack. It seems like his wife died as well. "Shikamaru stopped at the big doors that led to the Hokage's office. He knocked on the door twice.

"Come in." Came the reply. Kiba opened the door, and we all entered.

The room was spacious; unlike my room back at home. Near the back of the room was an oak desk, it was old but in good condition. On the desk was huge stacks of paper on each side of an old man. He seemed tired too, well that is a lot of work for an old man who just retired from being Hokage once. And this old man was the third Hokage, Sarutobi-sama. He looked up and smiled.

"Shikamaru," He nodded his greetings, "I see you and your team have found the source of the huge chakra."

"Yes sir, we found him on a tree reading a book." Shikamaru replied.

"He's not normal." Kiba grumbled.

Hinata just stood by my side listening to the conversation. I bet she wouldn't want to say anything anyway.

The Hokage then looked at me. He studied my features, and what I wore (which was a GAP sweatshirt and one of my baggy sweat points, plus I didn't have shoes on so I was walking around in socks), before he spoke. "What is your name?"

"Kuro Shinigami."

"Where are you from?"

I thought about this before I answered. "The forest."

He chuckled at my answer. "Kuro-kun, do you think, you could tell me where you came from and what you are doing here?"

I started thinking about my answer. "Hmmm – lets see I fell out of the sky and landed on my nose and started running like crazy! Ya! How's that for an answer, Third-sama?"

At my remark, he laughed. I just smiled my nifty smile; no not the shadow smile but a true happy smile. The others just looked at me, dumbfounded. Even Kiba, 'cause he was the only one who knew that I was only telling half of the truth. After two minutes his laughing ceased.

Kiba started muttering about how 'not normal' I am. But nobody paid any attention to his ramblings.

"Which clan are you from?" Sarutobi-sama returned to questioning me.

I thought about if I should tell him that I don't have one. That's when I heard 'not normal' from Kiba's mutterings. "Third-sama, I'm from the extinct 'not normal' clan."

He raised an eyebrow. "is there such a clan called Not Normal clan?"

I had a response ready this time. "Sure there is but you see they were wiped out, by mass murderers. I only saw that they had a cloud symbol on their clothes. Ya."

Then his eyebrows furrowed, making his eyes look dark. "When was this?"

"Ummm – thirteen years ago." I realized where this was going, I had to stop it quick before it goes any further. "But that was a long time ago! It's really alright if you don't go after them!"

Sarutobi-sama's suspicions rose at this. "Are you trying to protect the people who annihilated your clan?"

Man, oh, man. The stories are really going to get complicated from here. I sweat dropped as I thought of ways construct my story. "N-no, I'm not saying that! It's just that I heard them talking and predicted on what was to happen. Mind you, they were shallow predictions!"

His suspicions seemed to ease down, but I knew there was still more inside him. 'Geez what a bad start.' "I see, what did they say?"

"Uh, they said that my village would be the last to be brought down and that this 'Pein-sama' had a new project for them. Luckily, I wasn't noticed. Ya."

"Did you hear about the new project?"

I shook my head and he leaned in his chair and sighed. "I have one more question to ask of you?"

I stood there holding my breath. If he asked a hard question than I won't have an answer to it. For example; what is the main power of my clan? Really I don't have a clan and I just got here so I don't know anything at all.

"What jutsu's are you capable of?"

I was relieved that it wasn't a hard question. So I answered happily to this. "Honestly, I don't know. But I can heal a bit and make substitution jutsus, considering the fridge at home. Ya."

"okay I'll talk to you tomorrow then. The sun already set a while ago, and you all must be tired. Sorry for making you all stay so late. You're dismissed." He waved us off.

We left the tower and the stars were out. The night breeze was refreshing.

"Well I'll be going now, bye!" Before anyone could stop me I started jumping from rooftop to rooftop. I dropped down near the gates and walked out of Konoha. I was about to reach the safety of the forest when I was brought down to the ground.

"You're not going anywhere, Kuro-kun." Then I blacked out.


Last chapter I was a bit too harsh on ideas so ignore the warning I gave to you on the last chapter but pretty soon I will be facing a wall that I can't bring down with my bare hands. Oh well, hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review!

Gaara: What the hell is this?

Me: . . . Wh-what do you mean? This is my first fanfiction!

Gaara: Well it sucks, and I am being honest.

Me: *stares at Gaara and then goes to the anime corner*

Gaara: *sweat drops*