Hey guys! Yes i'm updating sooner than i thought, but its kinda at the expense of my some of my other stories, i just had more inspiration for this one.
And wow i didn't realise how long this chapter was until i put it up on here, definately one of my longer chapters.
Next chapter will take a bit longer to come out but oh well it will get done.
Please read and i hope you enjoy.
Yana gets to meet some of the future.
Yana watched through narrowed eyes as Kakashi put his sandals on and checked all his pouches. She didn't have any training or missions today since Satashi-sensei had given their team the day off and for once Kakashi didn't have a mission either. She was so relieved that Haro got along better with them now, they'd had a big discussion after their genin test and sorted out a lot of issues, he'd mostly been annoyed that she had graduated despite being half their age but once he'd seen how she performed in the test that erased most of his problems with her.
She was beginning to think something was going to go wrong though, it had been over six months since they'd both really had a day off together. Well Kakashi had to go speak to someone about his next mission but that was all so it was basically a day off.
"You're not coming," he said sighing heavily.
She glared at him. Of course she wanted to go with him while he talked about his mission, to make sure he didn't end up getting roped into something else, but he didn't want her to come since ANBU mission are classified.
"Onii-chan, I'm coming even if I have to turn into a fly so you can't see me and follow you," she replied. "I don't care if its classified I just won't listen, but we haven't spent a day together in over six months so you are not getting rid of me now we both have a day off." Kakashi sighed and rubbed his temples.
"Fine, I can see I won't get out of this."
Then Yana's face lit up and Kakashi felt guilty that she was so happy just about spending time with him while he talked about a mission. It was true that they'd hardly spent any time together at all lately and he knew he hadn't been the big brother he'd promised to be, but unfortunately short of leaving ANBU there wasn't anything he could do and she'd already forbidden him from doing that, he could just take less missions and solve it that way.
It was definitely something he'd have to think about because he really didn't like the idea of failing the only family he had left especially since it was someone he'd made his family by choice. He smiled at her and lifted her up on to his shoulders before walking out the door.
"Come on then, we better get going so we can get it over with quickly," he said cheerfully. Yana's smile grew and she nestled her face into his hair grinning all the while.
"Who are we going to see?" she asked curiously.
"Ah, Shibi-san. He's head of the Aburame clan," explained Kakashi. "I need to talk to him about my next mission." She frowned and searched her memories for a moment.
"Aburame clan… I think I heard people talking about them in class," she said hesitantly. "There wasn't one in my class so I've never met one but everyone said they're weird and creepy." Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? And what do you think?" Yana snorted.
"I don't know I've never met one, I guess it's to do with their bloodline limit but since I don't know what it is I can't say if it's weird or creepy." She paused. "Besides I'd rather judge people on their personalities than by their inheritance."
Kakashi nodded, at least she wasn't judgemental or prejudice, although considering her life so far he wasn't that surprised. He walked into the Aburame compound and glanced around looking for Shibi.
"You did tell him you were coming, didn't you Onii-chan?" asked Yana peering around as well. Kakashi nodded then rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Well I said sometime today, not an exact time." Yana smacked his across the head. "Ouch! Well you know how late I am!" Yana just sighed and shook her head.
"Greetings Kakashi-san." They both jumped slightly as Shibi suddenly spoke up from behind them.
"Ah Shibi-san," said Kakashi smiling sheepishly. "Thank you for seeing me." Shibi nodded and turned to Yana who was staring at him curiously then she frowned.
"I don't get it," she said pouting. The other two blinked in confusion although you couldn't tell behind Shibi's glasses. "I don't get why the kids at the academy find your clan weird." Kakashi sweat dropped, Yana was nothing if not blunt.
"Our bloodline limit is what people find strange," explained Shibi softly. "That and the fact that we wear shades all the time and big coats." Yana scowled.
"That's prejudice, you might all just like wearing them." She paused. "And I don't know what your bloodline limit is," she admitted. Shibi chuckled slightly and held out a hand to her, she blinked in confusion until a couple of little black insects crawled out from under his coat and on to his hand, she stared in fascination.
"Kikaichu are special insects that feed off our chakra and in turn do anything we ask, like draining an enemy of their chakra," he explained while allowing her to turn his hand over to follow the little bugs. "People find us weird because they live inside our bodies." Yana gasped before grinning.
"That's so cool!" she cried. "That's amazing to be able to do things like that, besides just because your bloodline limit is a little different doesn't mean it's weird or gross!" Shibi blinked again and bowed slightly.
"Thank you for your honest opinion," he said quietly. He then stumbled slightly as something cannoned in to his leg. "Shino."
Yana looked down curiously to see sunglasses set in a pale face staring up at her. She blinked a few times before peering at the sunglasses, trying to see the eyes behind them as Kakashi lifted her down off his shoulders.
"Oh… wow," she whispered. Shibi smiled slightly and placed a hand on both their shoulders.
"Yana-chan, do you mind talking to Shino while I talk to your brother about his mission?" She looked up at him and shook her head and immediately turned back to Shino when Shibi walked away in her brother's direction. The little boy was still staring right back at her and not making a noise at all.
"Your eyes are so pretty," Yana said with a sigh, Shino blinked at her.
"How can you tell?" he asked fingering his shades. She just grinned.
"Not even shades can hide such pretty eyes," she said gleefully watching him blush. "They're such a beautiful colour… do you hide them because they're light sensitive?" Shino nodded.
"It doesn't hurt a lot it's just annoying if they're left uncovered," he explained. Yana nodded thoughtfully.
"And the big coats are to hide where the Kikaichu enter and leave the body?" she asked. Shino nodded.
"I don't have any yet, Otou-san says I'm not old enough to be able to support them, I don't have enough chakra right now," he explained. "But I will be by the time I'm eight." She grinned at him bringing her face really close to his.
"Well you have to tell me when you do so I can see your Kikaichu, ok?" Shino flushed and nodded shyly.
"Yana!" called Kakashi. "Come on, we're spending the day together remember?" Yana snorted and called back.
"Dumb ass! I'm the one that insisted we spend the day together!" She shook her head smiling and ruffled Shino's hair. "Well I got to go now." Shino fidgeted nervously.
"Will you come back and visit some time?" he asked quietly. She smiled brightly at him and nodded.
"Of course, I'll be busy most days but I'll come visit when I can," she said before running to Kakashi and climbing up him until she was sat on his shoulders again.
"Onwards!" she cried punching the air with a fist. Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"Onwards to where exactly?" he asked. She paused and frowned for a moment before shrugging and punching the air again.
"I don't care as long as its fun!" she yelled. "Onwards to fun and relief from boredom!"
"Where are we going Onii-chan?" asked Yana riding on Bull's back. Bull was a large black bulldog and their largest nin-dog.
"I'm taking Bull to get checked up by the Inuzuka, he got injured on a mission and they're the best with dogs," Kakashi explained.
"Oh." Yana became silent while she looked down at Bull worriedly. "Is it ok for me to be riding him then?" Bull gave a laughing bark and turned his head back to lick her hand.
"It's fine Yana," said Kakashi laughing. "It more just to check it was nothing serious." Yana nodded and smiled happily laughing as Bull started chasing his tail making them spin round and round.
"Oi Kakashi!" called a woman with two red triangles on her face. "You're late." Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Sorry, see there was this problem with the oven and Yana-" He was cut off by the woman hitting him over the head.
"I don't want to hear your excuses nor you trying to pin the blame on your cute little sister," she said ruffling Yana's hair. Yana pouted and tried to move her head out of the way.
"Tsume-chan! Don't do that!" she whined while Tsume laughed at her. "Are you going to check Bull?" she asked worried. Tsume nodded and lifted Yana off the bulldog setting her on the ground.
"Yeah, do you want to watch?" she asked kindly seeing that Yana looked a little worried. The golden eyed girl nodded her head vigorously and dragged Kakashi in after her as they followed Tsume and Bull.
"So how are your brats doing?" asked Kakashi while they sat down as Tsume examined Bull. She glared at him briefly before returning her attention to the summon.
"Don't call them brats, though that's what Kiba is at the minute," she moaned. "You know my youngest? The pup just won't stay still, he gets into everything!" Kakashi chuckled.
"Well that definitely sounds like a brat," he paused to think. "Mind you Yana was just as bad if not worse. Ouch!" he cried as Yana kicked him in the shins.
"I'm sorry Onii-chan," she said glaring. "I just felt like being a brat." Tsume burst out laughing and had to grip the table to stop herself from falling over.
"Okaa-san what's going on?" asked a small voice from the doorway. They all turned to look and saw a little boy with brown spiky hair and the Inuzuka marks on his face. He was being surrounded by a bunch of puppies that kept nudging him so that he nearly fell over.
"Kiba, I'm busy working pup," sighed Tsume. "You can't play in here." Kiba pouted.
"I just wanted to know what was going on," he mumbled. Yana laughed and ran over to him, kneeling down to pet the puppies.
"Onii-chan asked your Okaa-san to check up on Bull," she told him. "He got hurt on a mission and we don't want him to be in pain." Kiba blinked in surprise at actually being told what was going on.
"Oh, will he be ok?" he asked. Yana nodded her head vigorously.
"Yep, your Okaa-san doesn't think it's anything serious," she said. Kiba grinned up at her.
"Well that's good," he paused and stared at her headband. "Are you a shinobi?"
"Erm… yes."
"Really? You don't look that old," he said squinting at her as if to see if she was lying. She laughed at him.
"I'm not old!" she cried. "I'm six thank you very much!" He gaped his mouth wide open.
"Six! And you're already a genin?" He looked at her admiringly. "Wow, you must be really really good." She blushed slightly and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
"Okaa-san says I can go to the academy in a few years," Kiba told her proudly. "Then when I'm good enough I can get my own dog."
"You have dog partners don't you?" Yana asked curiously, the connection was a lot deeper than those with summons and it fascinated her, Kiba nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, when I'm ten Okaa-san says I can get my partner and then he can grow with me and we'll get stronger together and beat all the bad guys!"
"Me and Onii-chan have a pack of dog summons," she told him. "I love them, they're really loyal. Onii-chan says when I'm good enough he'll let me sign the wolf contract too." The little boy looked in awe which made her pleased, Kakashi chose that moment though to interrupt and announce their departure.
"Yana we're going now," he called. "Tsume has finished with Bull." She nodded to him before turning back to Kiba.
"Hey, when you go to the academy will you watch out for a friend of mine?" she asked. "He's your age and a bit shy." Kiba nodded enthusiastically wanting to help his new friend.
"Sure I will!" he exclaimed. "What's his name?"
"It's Aburame Shino."
Kiba grinned and nodded promising to look out for the boy when he went to academy and he insisted she come over and visit him again sometime soon, it was fun to have someone who liked dogs as just as much as he did to play with.
"So did you make another new friend?" asked Kakashi lifting her up on to his shoulders as they walked home having already sent Bull back to the pack. She smiled softly and nodded.
"Yeah… another future clan head," she said frowning. "Huh… the future sure will be interesting." The silver haired teen chuckled.
"That's quite political of you making friends with the next clan head of two clans," he said. "Are you going to do it for all of them?" he asked teasingly. She pouted at him.
"It's not like I did it on purpose," she protested. "I made friends with them and they just happen to be clan heirs." She paused a moment to think. "If there are more like the ones I've met then the future looks pretty bright doesn't it?"
Yana pouted as she walked along the path back from the training grounds, her team had finished training for the day and all of them were busy with other things. Kakashi was on a mission too and she didn't feel like going to bug Shino and Kiba, she sighed heavily, it was so unfair that everyone else was busy.
She paused mid step when she noticed a man lying down a little away from the path, he was just staring at the sky and had a little boy with him. She made her way over to them out of curiosity and stood by the man's head looking down at him, she bent down so her face was right over his.
"What are you doing here mister?" she asked with a grin. The man's eyes flew open and he stared at her startled, blinking rapidly. The boy who was lying on his torso fidgeted in his sleep and mumbled incoherently. "Hi there mister." The man sat up slowly holding the boy so he did not fall.
"Hey," he said slowly eyeing her suspiciously. She tilted her head and grinned again.
"Were you sleeping?" Yana asked, he nodded. "What's your name?"
"Nara Shikaku," he responded. "What are you doing here, you look a bit young to be this far out on your own." She smiled brightly and sat down beside him.
"I was on my way back from team training," she told him. "The rest of my team is busy so I had to walk back on my own." Shikaku raised an eyebrow.
"Team training? You're a genin?" She nodded. "How old are you?"
"I'm six years old," she chirped. "I know, I'm really young to be a genin." He looked surprised at her before becoming thoughtful.
"That's impressive you know?" She just smiled sheepishly.
"Onii-chan was already a chunin by the time he was six so it's not overly impressive," she insisted.
"Chunin at six…" he muttered before his eyes widened in shock. "Are you talking about Hatake Kakashi?" She clapped her hands together and nodded.
"Yep, Onii-chan," she told him. "He's on a mission right now so I don't mind taking time to get home because the house will only be empty." The little boy who'd been sleeping quietly until then chose that moment to wake up.
"Otou-san?" he questioned sleepily.
"Yeah I'm here Shikamaru," his father answered softly.
Yana smiled wistfully, unfortunately most of her early memories of her clan were of them being killed, she didn't have many happy memories of her parents just warm feelings when she thought about them.
"Who is this Otou-san?" asked Shikamaru looking at Yana. She smiled brightly at him.
"I'm Hatake Yanala," she said introducing herself. "You can call me Yana-chan."
"I'm Shikamaru," the boy said smiling slightly. "You're pretty."
Yana choked slightly and turned bright red as Shikaku just laughed, he placed his son on the ground between them so the boy didn't have to strain to reach her.
"Erm… why do you think I'm pretty?" she asked embarrassed. He tilted his head and pointed to her face.
"Your eyes are pretty," he told her bluntly. "They make you glow." She gaped at him spluttering.
"Yeah… well… err…" she mumbled. "Damn… I'm calling you Shika-chan now." Shikamaru pouted.
"But that makes me sound like a girl!" he protested. She smirked evilly.
"Oh? So you want me to call you pineapple then?" she asked making Shikaku snort. "Your hairstyle makes you look just like a pineapple." The boy sulked crawling back into his father's lap.
"So you're Kakashi-kun's little sister that I've heard so much about?" asked Shikaku interested. She nodded and spent the next half hour telling the Naras about her time at the academy and her genin team.
"Me and Shouei didn't get along with Haro-kun to start with but we've sorted everything out now," she told them happily. "Satashi-sensei is cool too, he always tries to make our missions interesting because D-ranks are boring." Shikaku chuckled while Shikamaru listened with interest. "Ne Shikaku-san? Do you come here often?" He scratched his nose and nodded staring up at the sky.
"Sometimes I just need to get away from my wife, troublesome woman," he muttered. "Watching clouds sooths me and helps me think, it's a bonus if I can catch some sleep too." Yana nodded thoughtfully turning her attention to the sky as well.
"Do you mind if I come and join you sometimes?" she asked quietly. "It's very relaxing and…well… Shikamaru is actually closer in age to me than my team mates." Shikaku raised an eyebrow. "I know I've still got more in common with them being genin and all, but sometimes its just nice to be someone nearer my own age," she explained. "Shouei and Haro-kun are six years older than me." Shikamaru's eyes widened in surprise.
"Wow! So you're really good then if you got moved up that far," he said. She nodded sheepishly and jumped slightly when someone called out to her from the path.
"Yana-chan!" She turned round and saw Shouei running towards her dragging Haro behind him. "What are you doing here?" She blinked up at him.
"I was talking to Shikaku-san and Shikamaru," she told them frowning. "Why are you here I thought you guys were busy after training?" Haro huffed and crossed his arms.
"We were having a sparring match," he grumbled. "We didn't realise you'd left."
"Yeah!" cried Shouei. "Your Onii-chan would kill me if we abandoned you or something," he said with a shudder making her grin wolfishly. She stood up and brushed the grass off her legs and went to stand by her teammates.
"You can join us anytime you want Yana-chan," said Shikaku from his position on the ground. "It's certainly been interesting talking to you, feel free to come over to the house too when your brother is on missions," he offered. "I know it must get lonely being in an empty house, I'll teach you how to play shogi." She nodded happily and bent down to ruffle Shikamaru's hair.
"I'll be seeing you later then Shika-chan," she chirped dodging his swipe and laughing at his disgruntled expression. "Oh by the way I already know how to play shogi Shikaku-san," she said with a smirk. "So be prepared to lose when I come visit you."
She smiled happily as she walked away with Shouei and Haro, she was happy to make new friends even if the majority of them were younger or a lot older than her and she was delighted that Shikaku had offered to let her stay at his house, it would be nice to not be so lonely when Kakashi went on missions and she'd heard that Naras were suppose to all be geniuses so playing shogi should be interesting.
"I'm surprised you were talking to Nara-san so easily," said Haro interrupting her musings. She blinked in surprise.
"Huh? Why is that?" she asked curiously. It wasn't like the man had been hard to get along with or anything, Haro just shrugged.
"Well he's the head of the Nara clan," the dark eyed boy told her. "I just figured he wouldn't be so easy going, but then again the Nara do have a reputation for being lazy." She stared at him in disbelief for a minute.
"Wait a minute! He's the clan head?" she yelled, when Haro nodded in confirmation she groaned and started hitting her forehead. "Baka! Baka! Baka!"
"What's wrong?" asked Shouei concerned once he'd managed to get her to stop hitting herself.
"I just made friends with another clan heir… again!" she cried. "Why is it every kid I make friends with in that age group turns out to be a clan heir?" Haro and Shouei exchanged glances before edging away from her quickly and running for the village.
"What did we do to deserve an insane team mate?" asked Haro. Shouei shook his head as they ran.
"Never mind that! Think about when they all graduate and all those little friends of hers become clan heads," he moaned. "She'll be unbearable if she can get them to do favours for her!"
Kakashi stealthily made his way into the Hokage's office, his ANBU mask firmly in place and stood to attention in front of the man's desk. The old man lit his pipe and inhaled deeply before signalling for him to begin.
"His… caretakers at the orphanage are…" the silver haired teen paused for a moment trying to think of the right words. "Permission to speak freely?" Sarutobi sighed again and nodded. "If it weren't for the fact that Naruto is the only one they treat that way I would suggest removing them from all forms of childcare. They ignore him, leave him hungry more often than not and while they don't beat him they do ignore when any of the villagers do."
Sarutobi could feel the anger rolling off the ANBU and repressed a shudder, if he could Kakashi would have killed them without hesitation or regret. He'd had the teen be Naruto's main guard since he'd been old enough to be placed at the orphanage and apparently the little blonde had grown on him, mind you it was very hard not to like Naruto once you really got to know him, he was definitely his parents' son in every way.
He was glad he'd listened to Kakashi's request and placed him as Naruto's guard, the young ANBU member truly cared for him even if originally it was purely because of who the boy's parents were and not because of the boy himself. He was sure no one else would protect Naruto as much as Kakashi did except maybe Yana and she was too young at present to be involved in his guard rotation as of yet.
"Have you told Yana-chan that you're guarding him?" Sarutobi asked curiously. The hound mask shook in a negative.
"No, she does ask me if I know where he is," he told him. "And she hears what the villagers whisper about him, it upsets her and I didn't want her to see him being mistreated."
While the old Hokage understood Kakashi's point he couldn't help but think both Naruto and Yana would benefit from meeting, after all in Yana's eyes Naruto was suppose to be her baby brother since Minato and Kushina had made her feel like family, she's already lost her brother by blood and he felt that she wouldn't stand to lose another member of her make shift family.
He sighed heavily and nodded dismissing Kakashi, he would have to leave things as they were for now with any luck Yana would come across Naruto by accident and that would solve any issues hopefully.
Tada! Another chapter finished! YAY!
Yeah, i don't really know much about the Aburame and Inuzuka in relation to their bugs and dogs so i kinda just made up something that sounded right and fit in with what i wanted. I hope it's not too bad since i couldn't find anything concrete about them.
So yay we've met some of the future rookie nine! And Naruto has been mentioned again! Don't worry he will make an appearance later on, definately before where the cannon starts.
Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, please review.