A.N- Hi. I hope the last chap was long enough for ya. Oh, guess what? It was 1,037 words! I think that would be long enough for ya. Here we go! Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story and characters I make up.
Shika stared in amazement at the man before her. It was Uchiha Sasuke. She shook her head and said,
"Excuse me? You want to speak to my daughter?" He nodded. Akira had come out of her bedroom and stayed out of sight from her uncle but kept an eye on him. Sasuke said,
"You or her. But I need to know," He leaned toward the woman. "Does she or does she not have Sharingan?" Akira gasped. But her mother was good.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke, but it's late and my daughter is asleep right now. You'll have to get answers later." Sasuke frowned. He needed to know and he needed to know now. But he didn't want a scene. He bowed.
"I understand. Thank-you for your time ma'am." He turned around and left then, but not before glancing out of the corner of his eye at his niece in the window. But Akira had already gone back to bed.
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3 year time skip....
Akira was ecstatic. Even though she was only 8, she was graduating! She wouldn't miss a thing. Well, she would miss Emiko and Mamoru and maybe Konohamaru and Moegi-sensei, but that was all. She wouldn't have to deal with stares and whispers and glares. Those years had made her fiercer and made her short temper even shorter. But never was a sharp word said to her from the twins and she returned the favor. She almost wished she was staying with them. Almost. Even her friends were worth all that pain.
As she was walking toward the Hokage Tower, where the test was going to take place because there weren't enough graduates, she saw many villagers. Some of them smiled at her, which was rare. But most of them glared at her. Some whispered when they thought she didn't hear and still others ignored her completely. She waved to the ones who smiled and ignored the others. Not even the hurtful villagers could spoil her mood.
After the test...
Akira stood proudly in front of the Hokage. She was now a shinobi of his village and proud of it. She came out of her thoughts as he began to speak.
"Chena Akira, you are hereby a kunochi of Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves. I am proud to welcome you into the world of shinobi." She bowed respectfully.
"Thank-you, Hokage-sama. I, too, am proud to be a ninja. And I vow to protect this village and put my life on the line for its protection." She raised her head and continued.
"From now on, I am a servant of this village, and I will love it with my whole being. So if anyone wants to mess with my home, they will have to go through all the most splendid and talented ninja this village has to offer!" Naruto stared at the girl, awestruck by her dedication.
This girl, he thought, will probably be the best shinobi Konoha has produced in a while. She was grinning now, but there was a serious tone in her voice.
"So, who's going to be my sensei now?" A voice from the window answered,
"That would be me." The startled girl looked toward the window to see the Great Copy Ninja, Hatake Kakashi. Naruto grinned as he turned to his old sensei.
"Oi, sensie, looks like you're actually on time for something." Turning toward Akira, he explained.
"Kakashi-sensei is a great shinobi, with a little help from his Sharingan, but he's as late as next week." He grinned evilly.
"Wanna find out why he's late all the time?" Kakashi looked alarmed.
"Naruto she's eight. Even though I'm sure she's a great ninja, I would really like to keep my, uh, reading interests unknown." He looked a littled embarrassed. But that, of course, made Akira want to find out even more. She turned to her new sensei.
"So when do we start?"
A.N- Yay! I finished the chapter. I would have had it done sooner, but my bro had homework and any of you with older sibs know that bit. Anyway, sorry about the timeskip, but I wanted Sasuke to discov- -catches herself-Sorry 'bout that. But I can't finish that sentence or I'll be giving away information about either the next chap or the one after that. See ya!
