Chapter 3

Hello, so I though I would try at least one chapter a week, maybe two depending how much school work I have that week. But one a week is guaranteed so I hope you like my future chapters. Thank you for your nice comments it really makes me want to write more.

"Jutsus and Bijuu"

"Thinking"

"Normal Talk"

Shikamaru was the first one to wake in the morning, he rolled around and looked at Naruto who laid in some kind of starfish position with his mouth opened. Shikamaru saw that the boy were in a deep sleep and didn't want to wake him. He threw the covers away from him and crept silently out of the room.

He went to the kitchen to grab some leftover rice balls from yesterday's meal. He took to rice balls and went out to the front yard to his cloud watching place, on his way their he met some clan members whom all nodded in respect at him. When he came to his cloud watching place he sat down and started to eat his rice balls as he watch the clouds slowly move by. Cloud watching was a favorite pass time of his because while watching the clouds he could think about his problems at the same time.

Shikamaru was startled out of his mind when he heard his father moving to sit beside him. "Otosan" Shikamaru said as he felt his father's hand in his hair as he ruffled his hair. "Hello Shikamaru." Shikaku said " did you sleep well?"

"Yes" said Shikamaru. "I always sleep well, you know me Otosan, to sleep is my favorite thing to do." Shikaku looked with laughter in his eyes at his son that really were just like himself. Shikamaru did both look like him but he also acted like him much to his moms displeasure. "And Naruto did he sleep all night to?" Shikamaru just nodded his head at his fathers question. Shikamaru let out a small yawn like he still was tired so he decided to lean on his father to get some more sleep. Shikaku looked down at Shikamaru and wrapped an arm around him and decided that some cloud watching was in order for him too.

Naruto blinked awake and was a little disoriented and for a second he forgot where he was then the memories from yesterday came back, all from the villagers whom hunted him and then being saved by Shikaku and the rest of Shikaku's family. He remembered the bath and the wonderful dinner that Yoshino has served.

He slowly raised himself up and went slowly to the door that led to the hallway. He opened it slowly and looked from the right to the left to see if anyone was walking by. Naruto went in to the hallway and walked to the kitchen to see if he could see someone. As he walked by a window on his way towards the kitchen he could see Shikaku and what must be Shikamaru sitting on the grass and looking up into the cloudy sky. He jumped in fright when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he jumped around to see Yoshino behind him, she was smiling down at him with a kind and motherly smile. "Good morning Naruto, did you sleep well?" Yoshino looked down at Naruto whom were still in his pajamas. Naruto looked at her and nodded. "Naruto come, I will make you some breakfast." Yoshino reached out her hand to Naruto so he could take it. Naruto looked at Yoshino then out the window one more time to see Shikaku and Shikamaru slowly walking towards the house.

Naruto and Yoshino went into the kitchen to start breakfast with a little bit of everything and some of the food from dinner last night. Naruto looked back towards the hall when he heard the door open and then shutting. He saw Shikamaru and Shikaku walking towards the kitchen. "Good morning kaa-san." Shikamaru said as he ran towards his mother to hug her good morning. Yoshino smiled at Shikamaru and said good morning back to him.

Naruto looked at Yoshino and Shikamaru and felt a pang in his chest, no one had ever looked that happy to see him, if you didn't count jiji and the Ichiraku who always welcomed his company. Yoshino looked at Naruto and was his sad face so she reached out her hand so he could take it. Naruto looked questionably at the hand but took it so Yoshino tugged him towards her and Shikamaru so she could hug him to. Naruto felt himself being hugged and looked at Yoshino and Shikamaru and gave both of them a smile in return.

Shikaku looked at his wife and his son whom both were hugging Naruto good morning. Shikaku knew now that Yoshino wouldn't be able to let Naruto go now, she cared about Naruto even though she only met him yesterday and Shikaku knew himself that he wouldn't himself be able to let Naruto go. Not now when he knew the life that he would be sending Naruto back to, and also he knew that he would never be able to face Kushina and Minato in the afterlife if he sent the boy away. No Shikaku decided that from now on he would keep this boy and care for him like his own.

Sarutobi Hiruzen were sitting in his office and looked out the window at the village he had been born in. Hiruzen had protected this village in wars and had climbed to become Hokage to once again become a protector of this village. Hiruzen loved the village but right now he hated the council, especially the civilian council, not just because they were the cause for all his paperwork but because they were once again talking about Naruto and how he shouldn't be able to go in the academy when he became of age.

Naruto were 4 now and the academy started at age 6, before it was age 4 but they have dispended that now when there is no wars going on and because many children became depressed and cold acting because of all the violence they saw. So Hiruzen decided after the Third Shinobi War that the children should start at 6 and not 4 and that they could not graduate early, they had to go all the 6 years that were required he did this to protect the students mind and body but also their soul.

His two advisers and also former teammates Homura and Koharu whom stood before him and argued their cases that involved all the reason Naruto shouldn't be aloud to go to the academy (not that he were listening). "Hiruzen!" Koharu snapped at him, "are you listening to me?" Hiruzen looked at Koharu with cold eyes and snapped back "when you speak to me in my office you call me by my title. Are we clear!" Hiruzen released some killer intent to get his point across and he saw that both Koharu and Homura flinched and backed down. "Naruto will be aloud to go to the academy I nothing you say will change that!" Hiruzen was starting to loose his temper when it came to these two. He knew that he had been to nice now as Hokage and he was paying for it now that the civilian counsel had more and more power.

He looked at his former teammates and let out a long breath and started to maybe for the first time since Minato died to speak his mind. "Koharu and Homura you are advisers and I made you that because you were my teammates and I trusted you to make good decisions when it came to the village, but now that I look at you all I can see are two greedy people who believe they have more power than they do." Koharu was about to open her moth to protest to what she was hearing but Hiruzen beat her to it. "Get out both of you, I don't want to see you in this office till the next meeting and believe me by the next meeting their will be changes in this village."

He turned around in his chair and silently dismissed them, he knew that they were gone when he heard his door slam open and then slam shut. Hiruzen let out I long breath and stood up and with his ANBU guards began to walk out of the tower to make his daily walk over to Naruto's apartment to visit and treat him to ramen. The walk in the village went smoothly as it always did people bowed to him and children came forward with presents and pictures that they had colored.

When he finally came to Naruto's apartment he saw that the door was open and he knew something was wrong. With his ANBU guard in tow he ran on the wall to the second floor and listened if he could hear any sounds which he didn't hear. He slowly walked inside the one room apartment and found it empty. He whirled around and barked "Tora!" the ANBU in question stood straighter and said" Hokage-sama" "Bring Inu here emidietly and tell him not to be late and tell him that if he is the consequences will be dire."

"Hai, Hokage-sama" Tora disappeared in a Shunshin no Jutsu that only left some smoke behind. Hiruzen walked to the small table that was in the corner and sat down with a heavy heart. Naruto were are you, did something happened to you my boy. Please, please be alright. With a heavy heart Hiruzen waited on Tora to bring Inu.

Shunshin no Jutsu - Body Flicker Technique