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19/02/17: Senpai don't look at me so much, is embarrassing.

A lot of things were different from what I could remember, and one of them was Naruto's status as a Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails. It wasn't by any means an S rank secret punished by death if revealed without authorization. The entire village was aware of his status both civilians and ninjas, however judging by human nature one should have expected from them to react badly, it was logical because that was how the human's mind worked against the unknown or fear.

I didn't want to sound as a bad person but I would have preferred that to be true, it would have made things far easier; introducing myself as his new friend who cared for the real him and not what was inside of him because they weren't by any means the same. Befriending a lonely kid wasn't that hard to accomplish since they would latch onto you in an instant.

But as implied before, that wasn't the case.

The population had been taught about Jinchuurikis and their responsibility in keeping the Bijuu in a tight leash. And it wasn't thanks to Hiruzen efforts in teaching the population, it came from Hashirama's time the education about Jinchuurikis. Probably he taught his people so his wife old live a normal life besides he could also realize that ignorance was the worst of enemies and keeping that as a secret was a terrible idea if not retarded.

Another thing I forgot to mention was that I was actually aware of that fact, but I forgot because I didn't care that much since I wasn't supposed to meet him so soon and I had other goals in mind, like obtaining a solid source of income and ways to avoid the hunger.

But even with the education didn't mean that it would make everything sunshine and rainbows, there was a flaw that couldn't have been avoided no matter what. Naruto was an outcast, perhaps they weren't throwing him insults or stones or had any intention of causing him physical harm but that didn't mean that they would prefer to ignore his existence as a whole. It was like the stray dogs, or insects, you usually ignored them and preferred if they weren't around.

And when I looked at him I noticed how much effect it had him, the fake and disgusting he gave me when he introduced himself was too forced. He never meant to smile in the first place and yet he did, his blue eyes held a lot of sadness and loneliness. If I was able to pick up those detail then Hiruzen might as well, and probably that was the reason he was enrolling him in the academy. After all, October 10 had passed so he was on age to join the Shinobi program.

I had to suppress my urges to force him to how his real feeling by hitting him, to force the tears out of him by hitting that fake smile, it was wrong to think how to harm others but it was different I wanted to do to help that person not because I genuinely wanted to cause him any permanent harm.

In the end, the only thing I did to him was to lead him to the nearest benches where we took a seat next to each other so we could properly talk about anything that came to mind.

"So today is your first day at the academy, isn't it?" I asked very curiously, he could be already be attending classes or he was there because somebody was doing all the necessary paperwork instead.

"Well not exactly, Hokage-jiji told me to wait for him while he does something inside." His answer made me mentally curse, I hoped that it was the former option and even more the Hiruzen was close by. It wasn't that I didn't want him to get close to the Hokage but he would come at any moment and take him away, either way, he was going to join so I needed to be patient and search for him in the recess we shared or when classes were over for the day.

However, I looked skeptical of him, just to keep appearances since the way he called the Hokage one of the strongest ninjas in the village was a bit disrespectful.

"Umm Naruto right?" I received a nod of confirmation. "Not to sound rude but you should show some respect to the Hokage." Yet I knew better, he was never going to take that piece of advice into consideration no matter how many times one was to repeat it over and over again.

He eyed me for a second before furiously shaking his head.

"He doesn't mind." Then he proceeded to show real happiness, talking about somebody who he genuinely cared brought him the warmth which he always sought; everything expressed with a genuine smile on his lips. "He says is funny."

He actually looked cute with that smile of his, so cute that I wanted to pat him on the head but I couldn't since he would totally freak out or just get highly uncomfortable with me thing I truly wanted to avoid at all cost, first impressions were very important particularly with Naruto since he wouldn't hold back his thoughts later.

"Can't argue with that" I tried to come up with another topic, but surprisingly I found it really hard to speak with him since I knew him while he didn't, how would you react if a complete stranger knew almost everything about you?

"So have you meet somebody?" I blurted out another question since I couldn't stay silent or he might leave.

But then I realized too late what I had just asked, it was the worst question I could have ever asked him, a lonely kid. The effect on him was instant, his gaze fell down to the ground as he put both hands together, it was a crestfallen position.

A piece of advice, avoid what I just did since that wasn't the correct way to make new friends, I should have thought better than speak but there was no point in crying over spilled milk.

"Not really, but it's okay because I meet you so that counts right?" He snapped out from his crestfallen look as he gave me another smile, but I instantly noticed the twitch on his lips telling that he was faking it. He was correct, we met and he was grateful for it but not enough to give me a genuine smile.

I hated to see him like this, brats like him should cry when they were sad and laugh when they were happy, not fake their true feelings, but no matter what I couldn't come out with another response since all those kids who showed without remorse their true feelings had somebody who offered a shoulder and a warm pair of arms to hold them.

"You are right." There were a lot of things that I wanted to say but I wasn't going to commit the same mistake twice so I swallowed them right away before they could leave my mouth. Even if the silence was getting long I took some time for my next line. "I guess you want to be a ninja right?"

He was a very young kid so asking the redundant question wouldn't make me look less intelligent, it was also good to give me more time for my next question or unless he decided to ask his own questions.

"Yes! I will become the most powerful ninja in the world, just wait and see dattebayo!" He literally jumped from his seat as he held his fist up toward the sky, however that mattered little to me since he just shouted the insufferable verbal tick, a unique trait of his.

I had my hopes too high, I honestly believe that his stupid language tick was only a comedy thing, but nothing could've been done so I came to the decision to tolerate it while working in erasing it from his vocabulary. And I couldn't forget his big stomach, there was no way I would witness him devour an entire bowl in mere seconds, it would be both surprising and disgusting.

But I was still on time, well that was what I was hoping.

Anyways after hearing his declaration, I couldn't help but smile. It was a warm smile, I heard many promises before especially from the kids back at the orphanage but those irritated me because they had not a single clue of what they were speaking just spilling nonsense.

"I am sure you will." And with those simple words, he looked at me with surprise if not shock, as I grew up a second head. "Is something wrong?" I didn't expect that my words of encouragement could have that much effect on him normally others were grateful and replied with their own 'thanks!' and be done. He truly was desperate for people' approval.

"No, nothing is wrong but thanks." His voice faltered for a moment as I had no idea what in the world he was currently thinking and I hoped that my words didn't have that much of an impact on him to point where he would break down and cry because it would give a very bad image if somebody where to find us like that. "Really, thank you."

He brought another problem to deal with care, putting me once again in a position where I needed to carefully pick my next words.

"No problem."

And I was thinking about giving an emotional speech about his dream and how awesome it would be so praised by the masses and to achieve that he needed to learn the way of the hard work.

He glanced at me only for a moment before looking anywhere but me, making me roll my eyes. Watching his attitude made me wonder how he turned to become the hyperactive and loudmouth knucklehead from the academy.

"How is the academy Kichiro-san?" He asked with a very curious tone and I was glad that he started to ask his own questions rather than wait for mine, it showed that I was going the right way and that later he would freely speak to me without any restraint. Though going back to his question, school, university or college wasn't fun at all.

"Is fun I guess, you learn to do cool stuff and they teach you cool things."

I wanted to slap myself for sounding so lame and vague with my answer, but the interest he took at hearing my reply brought confusion as well as mixed feelings. Perhaps that was how kids were supposed to talk, and only other kids could understand it very well.

"Cool."

If sweat dropping was a real thing it would have totally happened to me.

How stupidly hilarious.

"Can you show me?"

I blinked once as his blue eyes filled with curiosity stared at me waiting for something 'cool' to happen.

"Sure." I couldn't say no to a cute face after all.

However I needed to think what to show him since there were many things that required chakra but few were 'cool' for a kid standards, besides if I were to climb a tree without hands that would attract a lot of attention, I usually practiced when nobody was around and if there were people then I feigned to fail the exercise very bad and if it was a teacher then I would only receive a scolding for trying something dangerous without proper supervision.

But a good idea popped into my head when I noticed the tree wasn't that far from our position, yet my focus wasn't on the tree itself but on the leaves to be exact.

I took the lead and then motioned him to follow me so he wouldn't miss the action.

Once arriving at the tree I grabbed one of the many leaves that were scattered around it, of course checking that it was fresh because dried leaves were very fragile and light for the exercise to be effective.

Channeling chakra to the tip of my index finger I carefully placed the leaf on its tip, physically speaking for the leaf to remain in place was considered impossible but with my level of chakra control I could pull it off without any problems, the leaf remained as a statue on my finger.

"Go ahead try and blow it." If you want to show off then you should do it with style at least, so one could get better results and maybe collect something from the masses.

Naruto acknowledged my challenge and took a deep breath, just like a little kid taking a deep breath with his mouth and exaggerating the action by going back a little and blow with all the might that his young lungs could muster, it was funny to see his cheeks grow like a rodent mind you.

Something I couldn't deny was that it was kinda nice the small breeze on my hand which he created, a bit relaxing but at the moment I was proud of my ability when the leaf didn't move an inch.

After he had no more air he looked at the leaf with astonishment.

"That was awesome!" His praises made me feel great, it boosted my ego to reach even higher levels.

Sadly I knew the truth that there was always another person out there who could do the same thing but much better than you, and knowing where I was living, it couldn't be more correct.

"I know right?" A cocky remark yet an innocent one at the same time.

"Can you teach me?" His sudden question brought me a lot of ideas, a lot of opportunities were open thanks to my little trick. I was overjoyed to reach such extents with so little words and effort, yet it pained me the fact that I had to reject him since it wasn't time, at least not yet.

"As much as I want to help, I truly can't Naruto-san." My shoulders dropped and as well as my mood showing my sadness and disappointment in the matter, but since he was still a kid he couldn't read the movement and facial gestures very well unless they were too obvious.

"Awww why not?" His demeanor changed in infants and looked a bit frustrated for his request to be denied, yet that didn't stop him from trying another way to get what he wanted and it came in the infamous shape puppy eyes.

Monster! You are too young to start manipulation lessons!

No, wait…

He is in the correct age to start with his manipulations lessons.

Either way, I placed one hand on his hand and ruffled his hair breaking his stance and disabling his weaponized eyes in the process. Of course, he whined and quickly get away from my grasp and sending me an attempt of a hardened glare at me, again it was a cute action to witness.

"Naruto-san for that there are our teachers, they know more than us after all." I didn't believe very much in my words if I was involved since I was a very special case.

"I guess you're right." The disappointment that overcame him almost made me regret my decision, almost was the keyword. I might not be able to teach him anything but there were other things I could do with him which he would definitely love to do and cheer him up as well.

"Hey don't feel so down." My hand carefully rested on his shoulder action which obtained his full attention. "Tell me, can you use chakra?" I wasn't surprised when Naruto shook his head in response, he probably saw it as a limit but for me, it was an opportunity for improvement. "I can help you to get access to your chakras reserves then."

His reply came almost instantly in the form of a jump of joy.

"REALLY?!" His face especially his blue eyes were filled with joy and eagerness as well but in my case, I couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle at witnessing his sudden changes and antics, Naruto was a very emotional person.

I brought my thumb up with a toothy grin.

"For real." Then I searched for a spot where I could take a proper seat on the ground, it might take time and I wanted to be as comfortable as possible. "Follow my moves." Seconds later he was right beside me very focused on following my instructions, it was enough motivation for me to proceed.

"For starters, you need to do the Ram seal like this." Yet I wasn't doing the exercise it was a demonstration of how to do it, like a tutorial or lesson whatever you want to call it. The purpose was mostly to supervise Naruto and his progress, though I highly doubted that he could achieve some progress in less than an hour.

It wasn't by any means pessimism, just realism.

"Now try to feel your chakra." Perhaps I wasn't very clear but I also couldn't really explain it by myself, the chakra was a good kind of odd and it took me a lot of time to understand a little of it and how it moved inside me. It was expected his confusion to appear on his face, but then he proceeds nevertheless either he understood what I was trying to say or he trying his to do something related.

It was a funny sight if you ask me, it was like he was trying to push something out of the body.

Kids were kids after all.

"Is not working." His comment came seconds later causing me to roll my eyes.

Typical attitude and very expected from kids, after all, they only cared for instant results.

"Don't worry about it, just keep trying." However I couldn't get mad at him for just being a kid, actually, I could get mad since I lacked tolerance but I could make an exception just for him.

He noticed my warm smile and took my advice and kept trying, so he resumed and didn't stop with the unnecessary noises not like I was complaining.

"Didn't work." He had the guts to repeat the same thing after so little time, it made a small part of me spark in annoyance. But as I said that just for him I would be a tolerant person.

"Trust me, just give it time." However, I hide the small twitch that was occurring on the corner of my lips every now and then with my hand.

"Still Nothing." Literally, I had to grab my hand and prevent it from reaching its destination which was Naruto big and empty head, his impatience had proven to be very complicated to deal with or maybe a was very intolerant. I was glad that Naruto never noticed my intention in smacking him or all my progress would have been lost just by an impulsive and idiotic act.

"Naruto, this is something that might take weeks if not months." And just like that, his jaw fell to the ground while his eyes grew wide in shock, metaphorically speaking of course. "You must have a lot of patience, it took me around 3 months for example." And I was far younger than him but I couldn't tell him that little detail or it might be enough to break his motivation.

"No way! That's a lot of time!" for hearing the obvious, nothing happened fast or in an instant. Every little thing required time and patience was a necessary virtue for the shinobi world, a virtue I possess; patience and tolerance were two different things do not mistake.

"I.."

"He is right Naruto, you need to be patient." My words returned back to my mouth before they could leave leaving frozen in the spot where I took a seat, the newcomer had an awfully familiar tone which I didn't want around yet. Painfully slowly my I shifted my sight to the source and was greeted by the unique robes that a kage could only wear, in truth I didn't anticipate that Hiruzen could finish all the formal procedures so fast or we didn't notice how fast the time passed. With him, right beside us, I had no clue what to say next without sounding suspicious or sound like an idiot which could end in utter embarrassment for me.

But in Naruto's case, his appearance created another and complete opposite reaction.

"Hey, Jiji!" Naruto jumped and ran next to the Hokage where he started to act as the excited kid he was. "Kichiro has been teaching about chakra and showed me a very cool trick!" He was pulling his robe without a care as pointing me with his finger, it was a bit awkward so I just scratched the back of my head as giving my best of gratefuls smiles.

"Oh really? I'm glad." However I tried to analyze him and couldn't tell anything about his current face and position, it was a bit unnerving to be thrown into a situation which I was completely helpless; maybe an exaggeration of my part but I simply didn't know how to proceed.

But there were still other things to buy time for me to actually think for the next action.

"Is a pleasure to see you again Hokage-sama." I bowed in complete respect for the man in front of me, a thing I actually had for him. Don't get me wrong Hiruzen is a great man, you can always count on him to protect you from the enemy and help you when you are at a very low moment in your life. But also he is somebody who has fought in wars and lived to reach the third age and adding that he was still able to kick your ass to the next Sunday; in other words, do not mess with him.

"Ahh Kichiro-san, I didn't expect you to see you here." Was he been serious? If my memory served me well, I did all the academy paperwork in front of him and visited him to ask a couple of things which were clearly denied by him. "I thought that you were in classes."

….

….

….

Shit.

To be honest or not to be, that was the question.

The question that didn't exactly require much time to think about, I needed to get into his good side if I am going to see Naruto in the future and become his so needed friend.

"I'm sorry Hokage-sama, but I simply do not find any use to learning about history if I am to become a ninja." A very true fact, it might sound a bit wrong but I was learning to how to become a killer, not a scholar versed in history.

Hiruzen gave me a long look before his face changed slightly to amusement. "I understand your perspective, but not knowing your past history might result in committing the same mistakes from the past." Those wise words actually made me think for a while and ponder about my decisions, but it was only for a while.

"I understand Hokage-sama, I will not skip classes again." I wasn't somebody to lie very often but only when the situation required it, or maybe I simply do not know myself that well, either way, I clearly lied to Hiruzen about my promise.

"Very well. " He nodded in satisfaction and since there was no single change in his face I couldn't tell if he actually believed my promise yet that didn't matter to me, what drove my attention was that he kneeled next to Naruto and handed him a small loan of what I was able to see that it was money, a considerable amount of money. "Here Naruto go ahead and buy something of your liking while I stay here."

He grabbed it and looked at it for a brief moment and then shift his gaze to Hiruzen with eyes filled with joy and gratefulness.

"Thanks, Jiji!" And just like that, he made haste to the direction of the entrance leaving the two of us utterly alone.

So that's how rape scenes start….

SHIT!

But I wasn't a fool, carefully I started to make my own way out of the place hoping that he wouldn't notice; kinda impossible since he always had his eyes hard set on me and with a very powerful glare he set me in place.

"Now that we are alone let's speak about your intentions with Naruto." It was genuine worry and fear mixed together I felt when my eyes connected with his, he looked so powerful and imposing making feel less than an insect in front of him but I knew for a fact that his sudden change of attitude was for a real and understandable reason though I prefer if he could have used a different approach.

Not many are aware but Jinchurikis were and still are a big deal in many ways, even if it was most appreciated in the militaristic side. A Jinchuruki also had a considerable weight in the political aspect of each village, they might do not have political power but having them on a side greatly increased the faction power, since having a satisfied vessel in better than having an unhappy one who could revolt and destroy the balance. Becoming friends with the Jinchuuriki assured a person a few advantages later in the future, it was direct manipulation disguised as friendship and bonds. Such was the reason of why any village clan couldn't adopt Naruto or use their heirs to directly befriend the young Naruto, only he could approach them. Hiruzen cared a lot for the boy to allow others to take advantage of his innocence and kindness, with clan heirs his actions could be understandable but or me a clanless orphan felt a bit overkill since I was supposed to be a kid that had no real knowledge of how the world moved but et he was standing in front of me judging me and determine if I was worthy to befriend Naruto.

I couldn't hide my nerves, but how could I do it in the first place?

I was supposed to be a kid and a shinobi in training, I shouldn't have any emotional training so in a way, it was actually good to let my emotions to speak for themselves.

"I know you are aware of her status, am I right?"

Wait, what?

His sudden question made my blood run cold in my veins stopping my brain from working for a second, however, it should have been misunderstanding from my nervous state.

"So you must understand why I am doing this." He sounded a bit apologetic but even to hear that I couldn't see any change of his imposing posture directed at me, yet I couldn't care less about that because I wanted a clarification about what he just said before.

Unconsciously I was begging him to repeat what he said before, so the doubt could be erased from my mind.

"Answer me with honesty, why do you want to be her friend?"

WHAT?!

AN: AAAAAND CUT!

HOLY **** NARUTO IS A GIRL?! *GASP!*

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