Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, so you can not sue me. Note to my readers, thank you for staying with me. I truly am sorry for taking so long to update. I can give many reasons to why, and most sound about right; however I will not, because it would not be right to do that. Okay now on this new chapter of Fear no More, there will be time jumps.

It had been a couple of weeks at the most, after what had happened in the woods. I thought I would have been sent back by now, however the Third has not sent me. The odd thing is he has been taking care of me, and I have not seen the guy with the white hair any more. It was not to the fact that I minded not being in that house hold; it was the fact I knew something big was going to happen, and I was right in the middle of it all. I looked over my shoulder, as the balcony door opened and closed. I smiled at the person who was standing there. It was the guy that had helped us in the woods.

"Hello Sir, I have been trying to find you. I wanted to thank you sooner for all the help you gave Suna and me in the woods that day." I told him bowing to him.

"It was nothing really and as to why you could not find me, I was sent on a mission that same day. I am sorry to leave you like that." He told me smiling at me. "I do not remember if I gave you my name, it is Kakashi" He told me as he went to ruffle my hair.

I tried not to flinch as he did, but I think he saw my actions, "Well anyway, I came to tell you that the Third would like to have a word with you." He stated, before opening the door for me. As I made my way down the hallway, the fear had started to build; by the time I reached his office doors I had to force myself not to shake. I knew it would not last and I would be sent back. I opened the door and walked in, I smiled at Suna, who was still lying on the sun-warmed pillow, we had used for a nap early in the day. I bowed to Third, "You wished to speak with me Sir." I said, avoiding looking him is his face.

(Switch)

I wish I could say I was a little shocked to see how formal Naruto was acting, but I wasn't, not after everything I had seen these past three weeks. "Naruto, for the past three weeks you have been here, and away from the family that took you in about two years ago. In this short time, it has been brought to my attention, what was been going on." "I am sorry, I really do not mean to misbehave. I will not run away anymore as well. I will listen and do every thing that I am told to do." Naruto cried, breaking down in tears. Holy shit he thinks everything is his fault. Just how long has that stuff being going on, and just what have they done to him? I asked myself as I picked up Naruto.

By now Suna was awake and also in my arms. "Shh, Naruto what happened was not your fault, you did nothing wrong, it was you who was wronged." I told him as I rocked him in my arms. Suna licked his face as he continued to cry, so he had his head tucked into the crook of my neck. Suna had moved so that she was sitting on my shoulder. I winced when her claws first dug in.

(Switch)

"Sign this Kakashi." The Third told me, holding out some papers. "Are you sure you wish to do this?" He asked.

"I should have done it sooner," I replied, after I had signed the papers. "I will have his things sent to your house." The Third answered back. "Sir, the only thing he has, was what I found with him that day. You do not know what this boy has been put though, nor can I say that I do. However, whatever it was will not happen again." I told him firmly, walking out his office.

I used the roof tops to get back to my house, seeing as it happened to be the fastest way. I smiled as I landed in front of my home, no, our home. "Naruto, you need to wake up your home." I said gently, to the sleeping boy in my arms. I watched as he slowly blinked, then looked at me, then to the house, then back to me. "Sir, this is not my home." He stated, with a slight quiver in his voice. "Well, it happens to be your home now." I told him, as I walked over to the door and opened it.
I could tell he was panicking, Suna must have as well for she barked and jumped from my shoulder to his arms. I took off my sandals at the door, and sat him down to do the same. "Sir, do you live here?" He questioned. "Yup and so do you and Suna." I smiled, pulling off my vest and hanging it on the coat rack. He blinked a couple of times. "It is only until the Third can find me a better caretaker? I think I should talk to him, and see if I could live on my own." He stated. "Sorry, you can not do that." I told him, his head whipped to my direction "And just why is that?" he asked.

"Well simply, because this is your home and," my stomach's growling stopped me from speaking. "well let's get something to eat, and we will finish talking over some food okay?" He nodded, so I went off to the kitchen. I could tell he was following me slowly, I could also tell he did not trust me just yet. I know it was something that could not be helped; however, I held hope I could change that. When we got to the kitchen, I was faced with one big problem. I really sucked at cooking. I ate sandwiches, most of the time, and the fact that most of my food was bad. I opened my cabinets and was happy to see I had two cups of instant ramen. I turned to see Naruto standing in the doorway. "Find a seat at the table; I will be right with you. Can I ask what Suna eats?" I asked, not wanting to leave the little lady out of a meal.

"Well, I can I hunt her a rabbit." He replied. "Well, I do not have any rabbit; however I think I got some canned ham. Does she like that?" I inquired, she barked and I got a plate and dumped the ham onto it, as the kettle whistled. It was ready.

Both Suna and I had finished eating, but Naruto had not even finished half of his. "You should eat some more." I told him. "I am sorry, it is too much for me to eat, I might get sick." He said I blinked, "Okay then we will save it till later." I said, as I put the bowl in the refrigerator. "Okay, we have eaten, now to tell you why you can not ask the Third if you can live on your own." I started off, I had got both his and Suna's attention with those words. "I am your new caretaker and I also adopted you." I said cautiously, they both blinked

"Sir, what does adopted mean?" He questioned. "It means I took you in as my own, and I will take care of you from now on. Short of like what you did with Suna." I said with a grin, he smiled then hugged my leg. "Thank you Sir"

"Please do not call me Sir, it make me feel really old." I asked, as he pulled back so he could look me in my face "Then what is it you wish me to call you?" He inquired. "Well you can call me what you wish for now, as long as it is not Sir." I told him.

(Time Warp)

"We're home," was yelled followed by the front door slamming. "I am in the kitchen!" I yelled out and was soon greeted with Naruto's smiling face. "I take it, your first day was a good one." I stated

"You bet it was dad! I even get to take Suna into class with me. My teacher Iruka-sensei is the coolest teacher. He told another teacher that if I could not take Suna in then no one should be aloud to take any Nin-animals in classes as well." He told me excitedly, as he pulled his crust off his sandwich and handed it to Zeri; I pushed a plate of turkey over to Suna.

"That is good; Iruka-sensei sounds like a nice man." I said "Do you have homework?" I asked.

"Just some math." He answered me back. "Well, you get to done; we still have some training time today." I told him.

"Ahh, but I have plans with Sasuke." He whined

"I know, Sasuke is going to train with us." I fixed the situation.

"Oh, then you two can do what you like as long as it is not a prank." I stated.

"Hey! That was all Sasuke's idea. I had nothing to do with that." He complained. "But you went along with it, didn't you?" I asked.

"Well yeah, it was the coolest idea ever, I just wish I had been the one to think of it." He confined, before putting his plate in the sink.

"Dad can I ask you something." He asked "As long as it has nothing to do with babies" I told him. "It has nothing to do with babies; I just wanted to know why you adopted me?"