This little number is inspired by Christopher Scott's nonsensical gallery chapter 1 Hinata's pet. The Original is one of my favorite's by him and while I did keep an element or two this is my twist on the idea. I DO HIGHLY suggest reading not only the original but the entirely gallery as well as checking his other material. It is well worth the time. Now without further ado please enjoy.

Hinata Hyuuga was lost.

The little heiress looked around for her caretaker but he disappeared in the crowd. She clutched a collar in her hands. Her father had let her go into town to pick out a pet. She had been doing well in the Juuken recently and was getting ready to enter the academy so her father thought she deserved a small reward. Oh she had been so excited in the beginning. However, then she lost sight of the caretaker after looking into a shop window.

As she looked about worried out of her young mind she heard a whispered conversation.

"Have you seen the fox brat?"

"Just earlier. Stupid thing tried to get into my shop so I chased it out. Think it headed into one of the training areas in the woods"

A fox? Weren't those the cute little animals that were really clever and had the cute little bark? Oh maybe she could find it and make it her pet. She had never seen one before but it couldn't be so hard to find right?

It wasn't that easy. It took a bit of time for the little girl to find the woods. However when she entered it wasn't hard to spot the ball of orange and yellow curled at the base of a tree. She approached slowly and as quietly as a 6 year old could not wanting to spook the… not so small… animal?

When she got close enough she saw that it looked very much like a boy with blonde hair wearing an orange jumpsuit. Was this not the fox everyone was mentioning? She leaned in to get a closer look and saw the boy's face and realized two things.

First was that she knew this boy. Not too long ago he had saved her from some bullies. She had wanted to thank him afterward but had been unable to. Her care taker at the time and said that she shouldn't interact with… it. She had always thought the phrasing weird. Why call the boy an it? And why couldn't she approach him? He had saved her so he couldn't have been a danger to her.

Then there was the second thing she noticed. Three marks on either side of his face. They had to be whiskers. It was common knowledge that people didn't have whiskers. Only animals had them. So that means it had to be a fox. Which means the fox had saved her that one time. That means there was only one way to repay the kind hearted animal. She was going to make him, it certainly looked like a him, her pet and take care him forever and ever.

With a nod of determination she reached out and ran a small delicate hand through the soft fur on the fox's head. It was so soft and silky. He certainly seemed to like that giving a soft purr as she pet his head. She then ran her fingers over his whiskers and the purring got louder. She giggled to herself as she gently pet her pet to be. Now she just needed a way to make it official so no one could take her pet away from her. Didn't her father say that important things were determined by the Hokage? Maybe he could help…

SHe was brought out of her thoughts when she felt the fox stir under her gentle strokes. She looked down and her white eyes might brilliant blue ones. It then opened its muzzle and barked out, "Hello:"

Now Hinata was a little excited as she saw the little, well not really little, fox kit start to wake up, She was very surprised when it spoke. Not bark but speak. Foxes could talk? "You can talk?"

The fox blinked up at her. It looked a little confused at her words. "Yes I can."

Hinata felt her face light up as he confirmed that he was talking. BEST! PET! EVER!

The little foxed kept that confused look on it's face. Who knew foxes were so expressive? "Um, I'm sorry I don't want to be rude but is there something you want?"

Hinata gave a little squeek as she realized she was being very rude. Even if it was a fox, you shouldn't stare and not explain yourself. "I'm sorry. I had spotted you under this tree and recognized you. You saved me once. And I wanted to pay you back."

The fox's eyes widened in it remembered her. That thought filled her with such joy which only increased when she heard it say, "Oh right. I haven't seen you around since then. I'm glad to see that you are safe." It even gave her a small little smile. Oh it was so cute.

Hinata felt her cheeks heat up and smiled back. "Thank you. And to pay you back I wish to take you home and take care of you."

"What?" was the fox's intelligent response.

"I want to take you home." Hinata repeated and giggled. "I want to take care of you for saving me. Let you stay at my house. Feed you. Keep you safe."

The little blonde fox stared at her in shock and awe. This was further cemented when it asked "Really?"

"Yes really." Hinata replied enthusiastically, finding the fox's antics adorable. Then a thought struck her. If it could talk then maybe it already had a name too. Not to mention that she never properly introduced herself and that was very rude. "My name is Hinata Hyuuga. Whats your name?"

"Oh, Its Naruto Uzumaki."

"Naruto… may I call you Spike?"

"Umm... sure?"

"YAY!" Hinata cheered then hugged the fox rubbing her cheek against his. Then she stopped and straightened up. "Oh thats right. We need to talk to the Hokage so that no one can take you away from me. He can make it official."

The fox's eyes seem to refocus at he perked up at her suggestion looking a little excited. "Alright than let's go see Jiji."

Jiji? The fox knew the Hokage? No more importantly, it knew the Hokage that intimately? Well the man was very grandfatherly, and if the fox went into town like the whispering men hinted at it was possible that the Hokage knew the fox. With a nod to herself the young girl stood up and with a smile helped the fox up and while still holding it's front paw, animals didn't have hands, she took off to the Hokage tower with her soon to be new pet fox in tow.

As they made their way through the village Hinata ignored the stares of surprise that the people gave them in passing. She was far too excited to notice such unimportant things.

When they reached the tower the little fox suddenly decided to take the lead and she found herself almost being dragged up the steps towards the hokage's office. People shouted and told them, or more specifically Spike to stop. They were ignored as they practically barrelled through the door of the office. Hinata gently closed it behind them before turning toward the leader of the village.

The elderly Hokage smiled at them as they entered as if a fox busting open his door and into his office was an everyday occurrence. One that he expected and enjoyed. Then again as far as far as the young heiress knew maybe it really was.

"Jiji!" THe blonde called smiling widely. "Hinata here has business with you."

"Oh does she now? Well then come on and tell me how I can help you." the old Hokage said with a grandfatherly smile.

Hinata was very hesitant to walk forward and talk to the Hokage now that she was here. She may have been happy to find a new pet, but she was still shy at heart. However she felt Spike squeeze her hand reassuringly and with a deep breathe approached the large desk, even as she felt her cheeks heat up.

"Umm well you see Hokage sir, I wish to take Spike here into my home and take care of him." She said holding up the collar that her father gave her to put on her pet when it was official. "And was hoping you could help make it so no one could take him from me."

She watched as the kind smile disappear from the wrinkled face before her as he stared at the collar. Did she do something wrong? He seemed upset. Was she bothering him with something too trivial? She thought it was a good idea.

"Naruto you know what she is asking for correct?"

"Yes Jiji. She let me know before hand. If she wants to have me under her roof, and take care of me then I would really like that."

The Hokage kept his frown as he pulled out a piece of paper and started reading over it. She hoped that it was a thoughtful frown and not a disappointed one. She really wanted spike to live with her. She intently watched the older man as he placed the paper on the desk.

She watched as he sighed, and then smiled kindly to her. "Right then can I get your names please? For the document."

"Hinata Hyuuga." she said feeling excited again. This was really happening.

When her name was followed by silence she turned around, and saw that her new pet to be was grumbling to himself. SHe blinked and stared at him. She felt her lips pout a bit until he turned and looked at her. She really wanted this to happen.

The fox turned away from her in order to look at the Hokage. His face was turning a little red. Maybe he was embarrassed at being stared at? "Naruto Uzumaki." was all he said.

"Naruto 'Spike' Uzumaki." Hinata corrected. She wanted the name she was going to call him on the document. It was official after all.

The third Hokage chuckled as he filled out the paper. Then he turned the paper around and pushed it along with a pen towards the young hyuuga.

"Alright now Hinata if you would sign this. And remember if you do go through with this neither of you can back out of this, and no one can get rid of this."

"That was the point wasn't it Jii?" The blonde said which caused the bluenette to nod in agreement before signing her name on the document. Officially giving her a pet to love and care for.

"Alright, Hinata, That's all. Congratulations on your new pet... fox, Please make sure to treat him well."

Hinata bounced up and down in sheer happiness. Yes! she got her pet fox and no one could take him away from her. So excited was she that she barely registered her new fox confusedly asking, "Wait what?".

When she turned around with a large smile on her face she noticed the poor thing looking shocked and confused. However the implications didn't even occur to her young excited and overjoyed brain as she practically skipped over to her new pet and secured the collar around his neck.

She was going to have to alter the nametag so that it said "Naruto Spike Uzumaki" instead of just "Spike".

As soon as the collar was in placed Hinata wrapped her arms around her pet's neck and started rubbing her cheek against his. She thought she heard him start to say something but she loved the feel of the rubbing too much. Not like he said much after she started petting his fur again. Infact he stopped saying anything and started purring like he did before.

"It's okay now Spike. I'll take good care of you. You helped me now I'm going to train you, and feed you, and wash you, and groom you." She said trying to sound reassuring as she continued petting taking great joy out of hearing the fox purr.

They stayed like this for a time until she heard the Hokage say "Hinata why don't you take… Spike home so that he might get use to it."

Hinata perked up at the suggestion and then nodded enthusiastically. She did need to do that. She could cuddle the fox later. She stopped her petting and started pulling away when Spike started to whine. She couldn't help but giggle. "Come on spike. Let's go to your new home. I can pet your fur there. And maybe give you a proper brushing."

With that she took his paw in her hand again and started leading her pet out of the room and then to his new home. Daddy was going to be so proud. Not only did she find a pet all on her own but she took care of everything without his help. She couldn't wait to see his face. Maybe she could even take Spike to the academy with her. They allowed pets right?