I Don't Own Naruto. Enjoy.


With Naruto at the age of twelve, Shisui was fourteen.

Now, Naruto had recently learned that decent looking fourteen year old boys usually get a lot of female attention. And if you're an Uchiha, you especially get female attention. Especially if you're name is either Itachi, Shisui, or Sasuke. And even worse, if you are an Uchiha, you are between the ages eleven and fourteen, and your name is either of the previously stated three, then you probably have a legions of fucking fangirls.

How this has anything remotely to do with Naruto? A blonde female twelve year old Uzumaki? Well, she just so happened to be with the moron trio everyday after school when they didn't have other plans, and she ate lunch with Sasuke during school hours because he wanted to avoid his rabid fangirls.

These simple facts alone were enough to subject Naruto to constant attempted kidnappings, interrogations, attempted assault, and badmouthing. Nearly all of the females under the age of 18 hated Naruto with a questionable passion because she was always with the moron trio of Uchiha. And yes, they had been demoted to morons because Naruto had to deal with their fangirls every time they caught her alone outside of her home.

Honestly, beating the stuffing out of stupid lovestruck psychos wasn't enough to appease the lit fuze that was the blonde's temper. She thought a bit of petty name calling was in order thank. you. very. much.

Naruto was sick and tired of all the bullshit that she had to endure because of delusional stupid girls that wanted freaking Uchiha babies. But seriously? Itachi and Sasuke were freaking asexual. And Shisui made it his life mission to harass Naruto. They weren't interested. Why couldn't the freaks get that into their pitiful little brains?

Naruto had really had it up to her scalp with the spittle that was sprinkling her face from the four girls that had been interrogating her for the past ten minutes about her relationship with Shisui. Seriously, even if she was interested in the moron, which she wasn't, it wouldn't be any of their business now would it?

"-and another thing, who do you think you are, holding Shisui-kun's hand like that all the time, huh? You think you're special 'cause he took pity on trash like you and let you get near him-"

"Enough." Naruto growled.

The red head that had been spraying the blonde's face with her saliva as she screamed at her clamped her mouth shut, recoiling at the livid tone of the blonde.

"Hey, who do you think you're talking to, yankee bitch?" A brunette behind her demanded.

Honestly, they were all so appallingly unoriginal. Cornering the blonde in an abandoned and conveniently shadowed alleyway on a day after school when the moron trio had clan katon jutsu training scheduled? Pathetic.

"Who me? Well, I just thought I was talking to four desperate little meatbags that I'm just itching to cut open with my sword." Naruto mused condescendingly.

The four faceless fangirls paled.

Naruto drew her jet black katana, its hilt decorated with braided red ribbon, pulling the weapon threateningly from the back of her track jacket collar. The ebony blade glittered in the setting sun, the underside of it a gleaming silver that was positively menacing as Naruto pointed the razor tip of her sword at the redhead's jugular.

"Hey," Naruto drawled. "How old are you anyway? About twelve, huh? Maa, did you know, a girl around that age has about 3.5 liters of blood in her body? I wonder how many minutes it'll take for that skin of yours to drain of blood after I carve you up like the fucking pig you are."

Three of them screamed, stuttering out awful excuses for apologies and running off with their little tails between their legs. Naruto smirked darkly, unconsciously drawing on a dormant power within her that made her eyes glow vermillion in the shadowed alley. The red head's brow was lined with sweat, and she gulped loudly, terrified tears pricking the corners of her boring brown eyes.

"Y-you really are a monster." She whimpered pitifully. "N-no… You're a demon."

"Aw, aren't ya gonna even try an' run?" Naruto pouted mockingly. "Go on, I bet you I can still gut you even if your back's turned."

Sniveling pathetically, the redhead's quaking knees finally gave out on her, and she fell to the pissy ground.

Naruto scoffed at her, inwardly feeling a smudge of guilt. She hadn't meant to scare them that bad. She just wanted them to stop harassing her so much.

Rolling her eyes and fluidly sheathing her blade, the blonde smoothly turned around to leave.

"My relationship with Shisui is really none of your business. At all. But if you really like him so much, did you ever try just telling him instead of bothering me?"

With that, the blonde buried her hands in her baggy harem pants and slouched off, leaving a wide eyed redhead behind to think.


Naruto rounded the corner of the alley and into another one, eyes flying wide when someone snatched her by the hips and pulled her out the line of sight of prying eyes. Her face collided with a strong chest, immediately going beet red when the hands didn't pull away. Instead, they inched around to the small of her back and slid dexterously into the back pockets of her pants.

"Where the hell do you think you're touching, asshole?" She gritted out.

"Maa maa, Naru-chan, that really hurts." A playful voice whined.

Honestly… when had the bastard gotten so tall? He had always been taller than her, but it seemed a bit excessive nowadays. The top of her head reached his collarbones. And it never ceased pissing her off.

"Shisui…" Naruto growled warningly. "I told you to stop being so touchy feely with me."

"Then stop me." He chuckled breathily in her ear, causing it to catch flame.

Naruto couldn't tell you exactly when it started. Shisui had always showed his affection in very physical fashions. No. Scratch that. Actually, it was probably around the time when he hit puberty...

He hit a growth spurt that put him at 5ft 9 (and still counting slowly), his voice deepened somewhat, his jaw hardened, and his lean muscles came in. And after that, he lost. his. entire. fucking. mind.

The worse part was, he only ever touched Naruto the way he did. Not sexually really, but certainly not in a platonic way either.

Is that really the worse part, or are you just telling yourself that? The voice questioned blandly.

'Stuff it.'

I just call it like you see it.

'Whatever.'

Witty. The voice remarked sarcastically.

Naruto didn't even bother responding.

"Na-ru-to-chaaaan~" Shisui sang softly.

"What?" The blonde snapped, telling herself that she wasn't hiding her face in Shisui's shirt, and her face sure as hell wasn't blushing!

"I missed you, so I came to see you." Shisui murmured hotly against her ear.

Naruto released a pitiful little squeak that she'd rather hang herself then admit to making. Shisui chuckled breathily in her ear, causing her stomach to collapse into a frenzy of fluttering butterflies.

"So basically, you didn't want to do clan training so you skipped out and came to find me when you realized you had nothing better to do?" Naruto asked, her fist clenched around the abdominal material of Shisui's black shirt.

"Well, sort of, but I really did want to see you, like, after I realized I was bored."

Don't let it be said Shisui's newfound maturity extended to far.

"Gee thanks." Naruto sneered sardonically. "You really know how to make a girl feel special, don't you?"

"Oh, but you are special Naru-chan." Shisui whispered into her red ear. "Because you're my ray of sunshine."

The butterflies in Naruto's stomach then multiplied at how possessive the Uchiha had sounded, and the blonde squeaked again, hiding even further into the moron's shirt as he held her. She was absolutely mortified at her own behavior. What the actual fuck was wrong with her? No... What the actual fuck was Shisui doing to her?

"Shut up, Shisui." Naruto mumbled weakly.

Shisui laughed, pulling his lips away from the blonde's ear to rest his chin gently atop her head.

Nose buried in his chest, Naruto guiltily enjoyed his deep woodsy scent.

"You were really mean to those girls, Naru-chan." The Uchiha said, breaching the extremely awkward silence that was probably only awkward for Naruto.

"Che, so you saw that, huh?"

"Even if I didn't, I'd have sensed your huge killing intent and the fear of those girls halfway across the village."

"I was giving off killing intent?" Naruto asked curiously, ducking from under Shisui's chin to stare up at him, baffled.

Shisui's lips twisted into a small, amused smile.

"Somehow, you not being aware of it makes it worse."

"Maa, you think so?"

"Mmhmm." He hummed. "And you wanna know what else I think?"

"What?" She asked not realizing how gullible she was being at that moment.

Shisui's smile shifted to a more mischievous theme.

"I think you were jealous."

"Nani?" Naruto asked flatly.

"Mmhmm," Shisui nodded to himself, looking at the blonde condescendingly as if she was ignorant to something everyone knew. "Naruto-chan is jealous because her Shisui is a lady's man."

"Dude, what?" Naruto scoffed, thumping the playful Uchiha on the chest irritably. "Who the fuck would be jealous for your stupid ass? I think you need to see a shrink, 'cause you're starting to sound as delusional as those fangirls."

"Nu-uh, that was definitely jealousy you were displaying when you drew your sword."

"What the fuck?! No it wasn't, I honestly just wanted those airheads to leave me the fuck alone."

"Yeah, and keep their paws away from your man-meat." Shisui finished knowledgeably.

"Are you kidding?" Naruto asked incredulously. "I don't care if they drool over you until they're dehydrated! It's not like you'll ever pay them any attention anyways."

Shisui's ebony eyes widened, though, he looked pleasantly surprised. Then, he was smiling again. But... it was almost... smarmy.

"And what makes you say something like that, Naru-chan?" He questioned, eyes twinkling deviously.

Naruto's face fell slack when the weight of her own words finally reached her.

'Kami-sama I just made it sound like he was my boyfriend and that's why I wasn't worried about his fangirls! Kuso...! I'm an idiot!'

"D-don't sound so cocky... baka. I didn't mean anything weird by it." The blonde protested weakly.

"Mmhmm, sure you didn't Sunshine."

"I-I didn't! Seriously Shisui, I didn't." Naruto huffed, whiskered cheeks flushing a pretty pink.

Shisui just smiled down pleasantly at her as the blonde continued to stutter out denials.

Naruto didn't realize Shisui had stopped teasing, and was smiling because she still hadn't pulled away.


"Didn't you hear?"

"No, what?"

"The Demon-slut bagged an Uchiha."

"What? No way!"

"Way, they were holding hands after school yesterday, he even picked her up!"

"Really? Kami... she must've tricked the poor guy into it."

"Yeah, it's kinda sad. I feel bad for him."

"Pssh. Who wouldn't? Everyone knows the Demon-slut is evil."

Naruto turned around to glare murder at the two female buffoons sitting behind her.

"Honestly Ino, Sakura, you could at least try to whisper properly." Naruto deadpanned.

The fangirls had the decency to flush lightly, sinking down into their seats in embarrassment as the class shook their heads at their joint stupidity.

Naruto rolled her eyes and turned to the blue and white garbed Uchiha with duck ass styled hair.

"Ne, 'Suke-chan, aren't they supposed to be like, mortal enemies or something?"

"Hn." Sasuke grunted.

"Yeah, you're right." Naruto scoffed. "Fangirls are stupid."

"Oi, don't talk to Sasuke-kun so familiarly, SHANNARO!" Sakura screeched.

"Oi billboard-brow, don't steal my spotlight, I was supposed to defend Sasuke-kun's honor!" Ino cut in, but glared at the back of the blonde's head. "But yeah, you already tricked one Uchiha Demon-slut, keep your talons away from Sasuke-kun!"

'Talons...?' Naruto echoed skeptically.

Don't even question it. You might catch dumbass.

Naruto snorted under her breath.

'That's probably the best advice you've ever given me.'

Hah. You're a comedian.

'I try.'

"Butt out Ino-pig, no one asked you!" Sakura yelled.

"No you butt out Forehead-girl!" Ino shot back.

"Clever." Naruto muttered sarcastically.

Sasuke just snorted quietly in agreement.

The pinkette and the ash blonde's voices then reached pitches so high they were nearly beyond human comprehension.

Akamaru whined in agony from his place in Kiba's jacket, burrowing further in his master's coat.

Kiba silently wished he had somewhere to hide too.

"SHUT UP YOU DAMN BRATS!" Iruka-sensei boomed, walking into the classroom with bighead no jutsu activated.

Naruto tried to hold in her laughter at how ridiculous Iruka-sensei looked with a giant bobbling head and normal sized body as he moved.

Though, she did give him points for getting everyone to shut up.


Naruto strolled through the Forest of Death, hands in the pockets of her burnt orange track jacket, and azure eyes gazing skyward. Itachi was helping Sasuke with his katon jutsu in training ground seven, so it was just going to be her and Shisui. Suddenly, her cheeks flooded with color.

'W-why do I suddenly feel so nervous...?' The blonde thought irritably.

I think you know why.

'And pray tell, what do you mean by that o wise one?'

I'm not so wise so much as honest.

'What does that mean? You my conscience or something?'

The voice didn't answer.

"Tch. Whatever." Naruto grumbled.

The twelve year old entered a clearing that she and the moron trio often trained in.

Quickly spotting the chronically early Shisui, she opened her mouth to call out to him, only to notice he wasn't alone.

Naruto's lips pursed, taking in the suspicious looking old man with one slit eye, an X like scar on his chin, and swathed in bandages. He wore traditional robes, cementing his place as someone important in the village, and the air about him told the blonde he had shinobi training. He was probably an elder. The question was, what was an elder doing talking to Shisui, a Chunin, in a deserted training ground? A place where no one save for a blonde, three Uchiha, and a dango lover visited?

'Curious.' Naruto thought, cocking her head to the side as Shisui nodded, and bowed to the old cripple, who disappeared in a classic leaf shunshin.

Naruto approached the tall Uchiha, stopping in front of him and staring up at his unreadable face.

"What was that all about? And who's the ancient cripple?" The blonde asked.

She blinked curiously as Shisui went sheet white and his ebony eyes bugged out.

"Shhhh! Naruto! He's an elder!" Shisui hissed. "You can't talk about them like that!"

"Then tell me who he was so I won't." Naruto crossed her arms.

Shisui sighed explosively, running a hand through his already mused bedhead. The sight made her stomach flutter pleasantly.

Shisui looked at her with amused half lidded eyes, slipping his hands under her crossed arms to take hold of her fingers, and coax them out of their stubborn position so he could pull the blonde gently against him.

Naruto didn't pull away when the clingy Uchiha wrapped his arms around her. And no, she didn't snuggle further into his embrace, or return it. Seriously. She didn't.

"His name is Danzo Shimura, Naruto-chan." Shisui said into her hair. "Sometimes, I do missions for him. He is the leader of the shinobi force ROOT. It's kinda like ANBU, but they work directly under Danzo-sama instead of Hokage-sama."

"Hm? Why am I just now hearing about this?" Naruto wondered, looking up at him suspiciously.

"It never came up." Shisui said elusively.

Naruto frowned, displeased.

"I don't like him, Shisui." Naruto said honestly. "He smells foul... like... lies."

Naruto had never put much thought into it... but... she could remember even as a small child being sensitive to negative emotions, or just negativity in general. She knew what hatred felt like behind the glares of the villagers, and sorrow, and grievance. All of those emotions swirled within the villagers that mistreated her when they looked at her.

She knew Hokage-Jiji hadn't told her the full truth when he explained some people where just bad or mean. He was giving off deceit and guilt. But that was it. The old man had no ill intentions towards Naruto from what she could tell, he just wasn't telling her something. But Danzo? He had lied and twisted the truth so much in his life the feeling of dishonesty clung to him. It flowed off of him as naturally chakra did through tenketsu, or blood did through veins. Naruto described it as a scent, but she was no Inuzuka. It was a feeling. A sense so powerful she had to resist the urge to shiver.

'I don't trust that man...' Naruto thought grimly.

"Maa maa Naruto-chan, don't make such a scary face." Shisui said playfully, rubbing away the frown between her dark blonde brows with the gentle pad of his thumb.

When Naruto only pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes, Shisui sighed again, only, with a lot more resignation.

"Honestly Naruto?" Shisui asked wearily. "What true shinobi hasn't or wouldn't lie to protect their village?"

"That's not what I meant Shisui and you kno-"

"Maa," The Uchiha interrupted smoothly. "Just try and keep your cute little nose near the daylight where it belongs, ne?" Shisui smiled kindly, tapping the tip of Naruto's nose playfully.

Naruto's thoughtful frown morphed into a full blown scowl, and she wrenched herself away from the Uchiha, using chakra to propel herself across the clearing.

"So basically, fuck off huh?" Naruto spat at him. "Fine! I think I will! Later, asshole."

'This is what I get for actually trying to help some!' She raged. 'Does be think I'm weak? Why won't he tell me the truth? I... I just want to help!'

Naruto whirled around, launching herself into the trees, making to speed off towards home.

She didn't get two steps before her wrist was caught.

The blonde didn't even get to think about growling at him to let go, because he was already pulling her back flush against his front and sliding down the trunk of the tree to sit down. Shisui leaned against the tree, and Naruto leaned against him, sitting between his spread legs.

"Y'know, when a girl dramatically storms off, you're supposed to let her."

She felt Shisui's chest vibrate with silent laughter behind her.

That alone was enough to douse her blazing frustration.

"Really?" He asked quietly. "I could've sworn it meant to chase her with fervor and beg for forgiveness."

"Are you going to beg me, Shisui?" Naruto asked.

"Nope, I'm going to do even better." He murmured.

He took hold of the blonde's waist and turned her around, arranging her so that her side was to his chest and her head was resting on his shoulder.

"I'm going to tell you how much I love it when your nose and your cheeks turn pink when I hold you." Shisui began, relishing in how his blonde stiffened in alarm. "I'm going to tell how I sometimes fantasize about kissing your nose and watching your face turn pink. And I'm going to tell you how much I love seeing you everyday."

Naruto didn't say anything, just focused on willing away her steaming flush and erratic heartbeat. She wanted to ask Shisui what any of that had to do with Danzo. She wanted to ask if he was trying to distract her from the elder and Shisui's relationship by sweet talking her.

But she didn't.

"There are many things I love about you, Naruto." Shisui told her softly. "So many things I can't even tell you all of them off the top of my head. But I think what I might love the most is the warmth in your smile. And I never want to see the life drained from your face. Thats why all I ask... no. Beg from you, is to stay away from Danzo."

Naruto's eyes widened, and for once, she remained silent.


"Itachi." Naruto called.

The aloof Uchiha looked up from the book he was reading, and over to the blonde crouched in his bedroom windowsill. It was already half past midnight. What could the blonde want at such an ungodly hour?

"Hai?" He asked seriously, immediately taking note of the blonde's uncharacteristically grim expression.

"What can you tell me about Danzo Shimura?"