Apologies for the very late update. Life has truly kept me busy.

Anyways, do enjoy this chapter!

The sun has risen, showing Kai that it was now morning while she waited for Sasuke to awaken. She was sitting in a chair by the side of his hospital bed as he slept. Moving his bangs from his face, she couldn't help but sigh. Two days have passed since the Uchiha Massacre. Lord Hokage and his Anbu's had gathered all of the Uchiha clan's bodies and have given them a proper burial. Even though the Council knew that the clan had wanted a Coup D'etat, the Uchiha clan were still a part of Konoha.

Her attention immediately went to the sleeping boy when she heard him move. He was mumbling something before he slowly opened his eyes. She could see the confusion as he tried to remember what had happened. But when he did, he quickly shot up to sit, staring at his clenched hands in his lap. Fear was shown on his face until it immediately turned itself into anger.

Making her presence known to him, she slowly put her hand over his, gaining his attention. He slowly lifted his head and looked at her. His eyes were voided of emotions other than pain and sorrow. She has seen those eyes before. Many times in fact. She has seen those in Naruto's. But Sasuke's eyes, his eyes were also filled with anger, pain, sorrow... and now it was filled with loneliness and betrayal.

Getting up from her seat, she sat on the bed, facing him. Not once has his eyes left her. Taking a deep breath through her nose, she exhales, "You're going to be alright Sasuke." Before she could say anymore, however, Sasuke burst out in anger, "How am I going to be alright? How is any of this going to be alright?" Kai decided to stay quiet as she let him vent his anger out, listening.

"Itachi killed our clan. Our clan! Mother... Father... every one of them is dead! And it's all his fault! So tell me how it's going to be alright Kai? Because it isn't!"

Unclenching one of his tightened up fist, she held it tightly in her own, "You're right. It isn't."

He quickly slaps her hand away from his, angry at her answer. He wanted to be far away from her. From everyone. He couldn't stand being anywhere near them. Not after what had happened. So just when he was about to yell at her to get out, he was suddenly pulled to her. His eyes widen when he felt her put a hand on the back of his head as she hugged him close to her.

"It may not be alright right now Sasuke. But I promise you that it will. I understand how it feels to lose someone. Mine may not have been a whole clan. But they were my parents and it is just as painful."

Frowning, he slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, "Then why... Why did Itachi have to go and kill everyone?"

Oh, how she wished she was able to tell him the truth. On why Itachi did what he did. But she couldn't. Instead of wishing to tell him the truth, she had made a promise to his older brother that she will protect him no matter what. Even from Danzo.

Slowly rubbing circles on the back of his hand with her thumb, she asked, "Well... What was his reason that he had told you?" She felt him stiffen in her arms, "Power. He... He said he wanted to test his eyes. His power."

She mentally sighs, already knew that that was the answer. Guess it just showed how much she actually knew him.

"Power huh?"

Leaning away from her hug, Sasuke looked up at her, "You and Itachi are always together. So you should know why he did it."

She softly shook her head, "Before it all happened, Itachi had become distant with me. He even became quiet around me. So him doing this... Massacring everyone, was a surprise to me Sasuke."

He gritted his teeth, pushing himself away from her. Kai watched as he clenched and unclenched his hands, arguing with himself. So when his hands ceased their clenching, he looked straight at her in the eyes, "I'm going to avenge my clan. I will kill Itachi Uchiha." She could see the determination, the anger, and the decision that he has finally come to.

Closing her eyes, she sighs, "If that is what you want. I won't stop you Sasuke." Opening her eyes to look at him, she saw him nod.

They were soon interrupted when a knock was heard. Turning their attention to the door, they saw that it was Lord Hokage. Standing up from her sitting, Kai bowed a bit to him, "Lord Hokage." He smiled and waved his hand to her, "No need for that Kai." Straightening up from her posture, she watches as Lord Third's attention went from her to Sasuke.

"Sasuke Uchiha."

The said boy looked up at him. His dark coal eyes, filled with nothing but hatred, looked back into the Third's warm brown ones. It was silent in the room as they looked at one another until Hiruzen broke it, "The Uchiha Clan. Every one of their bodies has been buried respectfully. It will take a while until I find you a home to settle in seeing as how I am going to be quite busy..."

There was no need for him to tell the young boy that they needed to clean the blood off. He has already seen the gruesome of it all himself on that night.

Stepping up, Kai spoke, "Lord Third, if I may?" Hiruzen turned to her, nodding for her to speak.

"Is it alright if he lived with me until then? I know you are quite busy and finding Sasuke another home will take a while seeing as how we are having some new residents coming and going in the Village."

The older man thought about her request before turning to look at the boy, "What do you think Sasuke? Do you not mind staying with Kai for a while until then?"

Sasuke shook his head, "I don't mind." The only reason why he didn't refuse was that he really has no other choice. He knew that going back to the Uchiha Compound was forbidden and finding himself another place will be quite difficult. Besides, even though he doesn't wish to be near everyone nor anyone. Kai was an exception. Even if she was his best friend.

Nodding his head, Hiruzen turned to the young Jounin, "I will send an Anbu to bring all of his things to your home." Before he could leave it at that, Kai spoke up, "Is it alright if you sent Inu instead? I trust him more." Nodding in understanding, Hiruzen left.

Facing back to Sasuke, she softly smiled at him, "So, what made you want to come live with me? I thought for sure you would've rejected my offer."

He looked out the window before answering, "You're the only one."

She tilts her head, "Only one?"

It was silent for a while until he spoke, "You're the only one whom I will only stay close with."

A month has passed by as Sasuke settled himself in her guest room. He didn't have much so the room was pretty much empty besides his clothes tucked in the wardrobes and drawers. Both him and Kai had gone to visit the Uchiha grave to pay their respect. Especially to his parents.

Naruto, on the other hand, wasn't very much happy when he found out about the living arrangement. It was on a day when he wanted to hang with Kai. He had used the house key that she had given him to enter the house. When he was about to shout her name, his bright blue eyes were instantly met with coal black ones. That was the day when Naruto shouted and started questioning on why Sasuke was living there.

It took her a very long time to settle the hyperactive angry blonde down before explaining to him the situation. So when he finally understood, he has instantly clung himself onto her, staring daggers straight at the raven haired boy. Sasuke would've been jealous of Naruto, seeing as how he was able to hug and touch her whenever he wanted if he hadn't had learned that the two blondes had made a sibling pact.

When he had learned of this, the raven haired boy had mentally sighed in relief. Why? Because apparently, he had developed a crush on her when he revealed she was a girl when he took her hair out of its ponytail, straightening it. It caught him surprise at first when he was told that she was a girl. He wouldn't believe it because of how boyish her looks were. But once her hair was down... his face couldn't help but flushed red. And from there on, he couldn't get anywhere near her. He would always hide behind anything that was close to him whenever she would catch him by surprise or is only a couple of feet away in front of him. But now that his clan is gone. He has somewhat calmed from that blushing state and was able to be near her.

It was evening. The trio entered the Namikaze's household, Kai holding onto the two young boys on either side of her. They were training at the training grounds non-stop since this morning after breakfast. Sasuke had requested of her to train him seeing as how she was only a year older than him and has already been made a Jounin. Her height was no difference in his mind. The stronger the opponent, the stronger that he will become. At least, that's how he thinks.

Naruto had slept over the night before. So when he heard the raven boy's request, he quickly took that chance to ask her to train him as well, not wanting to be left out and have Sasuke become even stronger than him.

Kai had agreed to it since she has taken a couple of days off from missions for a while. But when she had agreed to train them, she should've known that the two would start their rival against each other. Especially Naruto since he mostly yelled at the Uchiha. Training them together was quite difficult seeing how the two were very competitive.

She mentally sighed and prays to whomever that will have the two together on their squad a good luck. Because they'll definitely be needing it. Her attention was soon back to the present when Naruto started flailing in her arms.

"Sasuke, you bastard. Get your arms off of Kai!"

Instead of doing as he said, Sasuke ignored him and tightens his hold on her, pissing Naruto even more. Before he could let go of her and jump on the raven haired, Kai stopped him by holding him at arm's length, "Alright. That's enough you two." Then sighs, "It's late. We're tired, hungry, and we still need to take a bath from our training." She turned her head to the young blonde, "Naruto, go and start the bath." Then turns to look at the young Uchiha, "Sasuke, I want you to go and get towels for each of us while I go and get clothes ready for us."

He frowned, "I'm not taking a bath with that loser."

"Well, I ain't taking a bath with you either! Believe it!"

Sighing, she pushes them down to the hallway, "We're all taking a bath together. So deal with it."

This little info made Sasuke's eyes widen as he quickly looks at her, a blush on his face, "What?!" Putting her hands on her hips, she raised an eyebrow at him, "You heard me."

He stuttered, which he has never done in his life, "B-but... You're a girl?!"

She crossed her arms over her chest, "And?"

Having nothing to say, he stayed quiet while he looked at her. Naruto, however, grinned at him, "If you don't want to then..." he quickly jumped on her, wrapping his arms around her neck, "It'll just be me and Kai together like always!"

Hearing the hyper active blonde's declaration, Sasuke couldn't help but feel ticked off. With his hands clenched, he walked up to the still clinging blonde and grabbed him from the back of his collar, making him let go of the girl. Naruto was shouting at Sasuke as he was being dragged down the hall towards the bathroom, leaving a very amused Jounin standing in the hallway alone. She chuckled at their antics before going to grab clothes for her and Naruto from her room, while grabbing Sasuke's from his.

Arriving in the bathroom, she laid the clothes down next to the towels that Sasuke has gotten and turned to look at the two. Sasuke was sitting on the toilet lid with his arms crossed while Naruto had just finished setting up the bath for them and was running to stand next to her. Ruffling his hair, she smiled at them, "Alright. Let's finish taking our bath, eat dinner, and then get some sleep for tomorrow." Naruto shouted an okay while Sasuke just hn'd, hiding his blush from them.

Smiling, both she and Naruto decided to strip themselves of their clothes. Sasuke, on the other hand, hadn't done so. He was trying really hard not to look at her. A naked Naruto ran up in front of him, "What are you doing Sasuke? Hurry up and take your clothes off. We're just waiting on you now! Believe it!" He then starts to tug on his clothes, making Sasuke face turn an even brighter red as he tries to tug away from him, "L-Let go you idiot!" But Naruto would have none of it as he kept on tugging the raven haired boy's shirt even harder.

Kai watched as the two bickered with each other. Naruto trying his hardest to tug the shirt off. Sasuke trying to keep his shirt on. Sighing, she scratched the back of her head, "If you're uncomfortable, I can always wear a towel Sasuke." He quickly turns to look at her, "Can you?" He froze when he saw her naked body. Face flushed, Sasuke quickly covered his eyes as Naruto laughed, "You're so pathetic Sasuke. Believe it!"

He glared at him, face still red, "S-Shut up!"

Clapping her hands, she gained their attention, "Alright you two. Enough. We still need to take a bath." Naruto ran up to her, "Come on Kai! Let's take a bath together. Sasuke can always take it after us." She poked his cheek, "No. We're taking one together. It's lonely when you take it alone."

That seemed to quiet Naruto. He knew the feeling. So he decided to listen to her and nodded. Smiling at his understanding, Kai looked at Sasuke, who's back was face towards them, "If you're really shy taking a bath with me naked, I can wear a towel for you." He may not have faced her, but she could see him nodding.

Her mouth curved into a soft smile as she pats Naruto on the head, "I'll be back. I'm going to grab a light towel."

Once she was gone, Naruto turned to look at Sasuke with his hands behind his head, "You're always acting so cool and stuff when you're around others but when it comes to taking a bath with Kai, you get all shy. I don't see what the big deal is." Sasuke humphed, "That's because she's different! She's not like everyone else."

"You can say that again. But that still doesn't answer my question you know?"

He looked at the blonde idiot, "You're really stupid you know that? We're boys. She's a girl. Think about it!"

Naruto looked off to the side, "Meh, so what? At least we aren't alone because of her. Just be glad about that."

Sasuke contemplated his words. Even though he didn't want to agree, he knew the idiot was right.

Just then, Kai came back, this time with a towel wrapped around her body, "Alright. Let's hurry up and take our bath. I'm starting to get hungry."

Naruto started jumping, "Yeah! Same here!"

They both looked at Sasuke, waiting for his answer. He was quiet until he started taking his shirt off. Getting the message, Kai smiled as she starts to push Naruto to the shower head.

After shampooing, the three of them were now soaking themselves in the bath. Naruto was sitting on Kai's lap as she leans on the side of the tub. Sasuke was sitting on the side next to them.

It was quiet between them. The calm atmosphere in the air. Until Naruto turns to look up at Kai. He was staring at her while she was staring at the ceiling. "You want to know something Kai?" Naruto started. Both Sasuke and she looked at him. She hummed, "What is it Naruto?"

"You're really pretty with your hair down."

She gave him a close eyed smile, patting him on the head, "You think so?" He vigorously nodded, "Yeah! You should definitely leave your hair down more often! Believe it!" She chuckled, "If I did that, it will only be in the way." Naruto contemplated on it, crossing his arms in front of him, "That's true."

He then grabs strands of her wet hair. He looked at it and then at her. Laughing, he suddenly hugs her, burying his face in her chest, "I decided!" Tilting her head, she wondered on what he had decided until what he said next shocked both her and Sasuke.

"I'm going to marry you when I grow up!"

The two stared at him with wide eyes. Kai was staring at him in disbelief while Sasuke was glaring at him. Wondering if she heard him right, she asked, "What did you just say?" Looking up at her, Naruto grinned, "When I'm older, I'm going to marry you, Kai! And by that time, I'll be Hokage! Believe it!" She sweatdropped, "Naruto... We made a sibling pact. So you marrying me will be taboo. You know that right?"

That seemed to have deflated his happiness. Sasuke, however, smirked secretly. It was silent until the young blonde shouted, "I don't care! I'll still marry you anyway!" then hugged her and pouted. She chuckled, "Alright. I guess we'll just have to see until then." Grinning, Naruto shouted, "Yeah!" before laying his head on her chest.

Sasuke wasn't happy. He hated how the blonde could declare something like that so easily. His heart ached as his head started hurting. Clenching his fist, he unconsciously glared at the Uzumaki. His gaze went from the young blonde to the older and turned beet red when he saw that she was staring at him. She was smiling. He quickly looked away from her, the blush still apparent on his face. But when he looked back, she was holding a hand out to him.

Staring at her hand, he debated if he should accept it. In the end, he did as he slowly grabbed her hand. She tightened her hold on his and slowly pulled him to her. He was now sitting beside her while she had her arm wrapped around him. It felt nice to the Uchiha. It made him feel like he wasn't alone and he was glad to have her there.

The feeling didn't last long, however, when Naruto burst out in anger, shouting and pointing at the Uchiha to stay away from his Kai. Sasuke ignored him and buries himself into the side of her. Before there could be a brawl between the two, Kai quickly stood up, holding Naruto at arm's length while he flailed in her hands. His shouting of her to let him go to beat Sasuke made her sigh.

Putting him down on the floor next to the tub, she flicks his forehead, "Enough Naruto. Now come on. Let's make dinner, eat, and then get some sleep." He pouted and nodded. But before he went to grab a towel to dry himself off, he gave one last glare to the raven head. He then grabs a hold of Kai's hand once she stepped herself out of the tub, tugging her with him. Sighing, she looked back at Sasuke and smiles, seeing him already out of the tub and was now following them. Apparently, the only one without a towel wrapped around them was Naruto, so he was already done dressing himself up. Sasuke was next to be finished while it took Kai a bit longer since Naruto had tried wearing one of her shirts, which was a bit too big on him.

Once they were done, they all had a quick dinner, since it has gotten very late, and was now getting ready to bed. Naruto had shouted excitedly while running into her room. As she followed the hyperactive blonde, she turned around to bid Sasuke a good night. But before she could even say those words, the loneliness was shown in his eyes as he stood there in front of his bedroom door.

Sighing through her nose, she grabbed his attention, "Sasuke." He looked up at her.

"Do you want to spend the night with me and Naruto?"

He looked at her and then at the blonde, who was already laying on the bed, and then back at her, "No thanks. I don't want to catch any of that losers germs on me." Before he could grab the door handle to his bedroom, her hands have caught his in her own, dragging him to her bedroom.

"H-Hey!"

"You don't want to be alone. Do you?"

Her question made him stopped, stopping her as well. Looking back at him, he was staring at the ground. "How did you know?" he asked in a quiet voice so Naruto wouldn't hear. She looked at him and then to Naruto, "Because. All three of us have the same eyes." He looked up at her, "What do you...?" She smiled at him, "You know what I mean. The three of us are all alone. Sure there may be others around us and it may not fill the gap in our heart. But that doesn't mean that we are truly alone." She then looks down at him, smiling, "The three of us have each other."

He looked at the young blonde, "Naruto-" he started. Before he could say anything, she finished him, already knowing what he was thinking, "Is glad that you're here." He looked away, grumbling, "Doesn't seem like it." Giving him a smile, she poked him on the forehead. He backed away a bit from her, rubbing his forehead as he looked up at her.

"He may not show it. But he's actually happy that you're here. Ever since your clan has passed, he would always see you by yourself. He really wanted to talk to you. But couldn't. Because he knew that the only way to make you talk to him is if he makes you his rival."

He looks back at the boy on the bed, "Rival... huh..." She ruffles his hair, "Now come on. The three of us need our sleep." Nodding his head, he followed her into her room.

When the two got to her bed, Kai chuckled. Naruto was already dead asleep. He had taken most of the space. Moving him so there was enough space for the two, she looked back at the young Uchiha, "You want to sleep next to Naruto. Or with me?" He looked at the sleeping boy. Sasuke could tell that he will move a lot in sleep. So he grabbed onto the hem of her shirt, giving her his answer.

She gave him a closed eye smile and the two climbed onto the bed, getting ready to turn in for the night. Apparently, since Sasuke had wanted to sleep with her and not Naruto, she had to sleep in the middle while the two slept on either side of her. The bed was big enough for the three of them since it was a queen size bed.

As she laid there next to them, Sasuke had quickly fallen asleep while Naruto unconsciously turned to her, throwing his arm and leg on her. He was mumbling something and Kai was only able to catch one sentence from him, "I'll marry you, Kai... Believe it..." She chuckled, 'Marry me huh? He'll grow out of it once he's older than... Hopefully.' She then sweatdropped. If he didn't grow out of it, and actually wanted to marry her... it really will become a taboo seeing as how she's his blood older sister and all.

A week has passed and Sasuke was finally given his own apartment. He was a bit disappointed but he knew that if he wanted to become stronger, he couldn't always rely on Kai. Naruto was actually happy now that the Uchiha moved out of her home. He didn't want any other guys around her and steal her away from him. She was sister, his parent figure, and also the girl he was going to marry. He didn't care what others will say about him. The only one whom he cared about is Kai herself. She was the only one who had acknowledged him and so, he didn't want to disappoint her.

Stretching her arms above her head, Kai heaved a sigh of relief. Two years have passed and she has been going on missions non-stop lately. Giving her less time to spend time with Naruto whenever he would come around, asking her to play with him. It was also the same for Sasuke when he requests for training as well. This time was no different. Apparently, there had been enemies spotted at the back hills of the village. Lord Hokage had informed the Jounins to be on a lookout in case they had somehow entered into the village.

"Kai."

Looking at the person, she saw that it was Kakashi who had called out her name. Smiling, she walked up to him, "Kakashi. It's been a while." He smiled, "It has. How've you been?"

"Fine. Just been going on a lot of missions lately."

The gray haired Jounin nodded, "I've noticed. Is today your day off?" She nodded, "Today and tomorrow. But after that, it's back to more missions." He ruffled her hair, "As long as you're okay that's what matters the most."

She chuckled, agreeing with him. Looking down at what he was holding in his hand, she sweatdropped, "I see you've taken a liking to Yaya's books." He pouted, though she couldn't tell, "What? He gets to keep his nickname while I don't?" She looked up at him, "So you don't mind me calling you Kaka-chan in front of others?" He thought about it before sweat dropping, "On second thought, only say it when it's only the two of us." She chuckled and nodded. She saw him gesture for her to walk with him and she agreed.

"So how's Naruto been doing?"

She contemplated on his question, "Not quite sure. It's been awhile since I've hung with him thanks to all the missions keeping me occupied."

He hummed, understanding what she meant. It was silent between the two as they walked until they saw two kids at a snack shop. Walking up to them, Kakashi gained their attention, "Say you two... Isn't class in session?" The two looked at him, "Who are you?" Choji asked, not knowing who he was.

"I can't talk to strangers. My dad will get mad at me," said Shikamaru.

Chuckling, Kai walked to stand beside Kakashi, "Then if you talked to me, I wouldn't be considered a stranger right?" The two looked at her, surprised, "Kai!" She smiled at them, "Yo, Shikamaru. Choji." The two stood up straight, "N-no. You wouldn't," said Shikamaru.

"So... Mind telling me why you both are skipping classes?" she asked, putting her hands in her pockets. The two boys looked at each other before looking back up at her. "We're not really skipping classes. We have a free period. Right Shikamaru?" said Choji, looking at the Nara boy.

"Free Period?" the two Jounins asked in surprise. They looked at each other then looked at back at them, waiting for the explanation.

Shikamaru answered, "Naruto went to look for a corpse in the back hills, so Iruka-sensei went after him."

"Iruka-sensei went after Naruto? Is that true?" Kakashi asked, taking notice when Kai stiffens at Naruto's name being mentioned.

Shikamaru nodded, "Yeah. There's no mistake."

Putting his book away, Kakashi went up to them, putting a hand on their shoulder, "Listen, having a free period doesn't mean you don't have school. Go back to the academy right now." The two agreed as they left. Looking up at the back hills, Kai and Kakashi looked at each other and nodded, taking off. They just hoped that they weren't too late once they get to both Iruka and Naruto.

It took the two a while until they finally arrived at the back hills. "Kai, can you sense Iruka and Naruto?" Kakashi asked, jumping off from a branch. Clearing her mind, she focused her senses on trying to find Naruto first since she had marked him. When she did, she could also sense that Iruka was with him. "They're just about a couple of miles ahead of us! It seems they also have company," she said, taking out one of her marked kunais. He grabbed a hold of her hand, "Alright. Let's get there quickly." Nodding, she put chakra into her right arm and threw her marked kunai as hard as she could towards them.

Kakashi was surprised at what she had done. When she had thrown the kunai, it looked like it instantly disappeared from her hand. But when she quickly teleported them, he saw her holding onto the same marked kunai that she had just thrown. His attention was then back to the situation at hand when he finally sensed the two whom they were looking for and three unknown ninjas. Letting go of her hand, he attached a paper bomb at the end of his kunai, throwing it straight passed Iruka.

Jumping to stand onto the branch in front of the Chunin teacher, who was carrying an unconscious Naruto on his back, Kakashi and Kai confronted the enemies. "Are both of you alright?" Kakashi asked Iruka, not taking his eyes off of the enemies. Iruka looked at them, surprised, "Kakashi! Kai! Why are you two here?" Looking at him over her shoulders, Kai answered, "Your students told us what happened so we were a little concerned."

"Damn it... He's got back up!"

"It doesn't matter. We just need to get rid of them all! Fire style: Synergy Jutsu!"

Looking back at the three enemies in hand, Kai and Kakashi quickly jumped down, "Go, Iruka!" Iruka quickly did as he was told as the three enemies shouted, "Garuda!" Doing quick hand signs, Kakashi quickly made an Earth Style Wall, protecting the two of them from the fire. Taking out two marked Kunai, Kai threw it passed the between the three once the wall has come down. They moved their head to the side, laughing, "Just where do you think you're aiming at?" Kai smirked at them before disappearing from their sight. Gasping, they quickly looked around themselves to find her but their attention was soon grabbed when Kakashi shouted, "Raikiri!"

He jumped towards them, lightning in hand. Two of them were caught by the lightning blast but one was able to escape. She didn't get far however when Kai appeared all of sudden right in front of her. She smiled, "Sorry, but you aren't going anywhere." Using the same technique as Kakashi, she shocked the enemy as well.

Grabbing the enemies, both Jounins tied them up with ropes. Kakashi smiled, patting her on the head, "Nice done on taking the last one out." Kai looked up at him, "Thank you but it wasn't as effective as yours Kaka-chan." He skeptically looked at her, "You're kidding right?" She tilts her head. But before she could ask what he meant, Iruka came up to them, "Thank you very much you two. I don't know what would have happened if you two hadn't shown up."

"You would have protected Naruto even if we hadn't come."

Kai ignored the two as they talked. She went up to Iruka, grabbing the unconscious Naruto off of his back. The Chunin teacher didn't argue and handed him to her. Holding him in her arms, she waited for the two to finish. Once they were done, Kakashi went to grab the bound up enemies, "I'll take them to the T&I. You guys be careful heading back." They nodded and Kakashi was gone with the enemies.

It didn't take the two long to get back into the village. Iruka was going to leave to report and deliver the document that Naruto had unknowingly found until Kai stopped him, "Iruka." He turned to her, "What is it, Kai?" The two stared at each other for a while before she smiled, "Thank you."

"For what?" he asked, confused.

"For finally seeing Naruto."

His eyes widen at her words, "H-how?" She turned to the direction on where the academy was, her back facing him, "Your eyes have changed. It's not like everyone else who pushes him away and trying not to understand him. So thank you." He watched as she left with Naruto in her arms. Smiling, he started walking towards the Hokage Mansion, 'You're Welcome.'

The sun had set and Naruto was running back from the academy. He has just finished talking with Iruka and was now running to Kai's house. Iruka had just told him that Kai had just come home from her mission and was now home. Jumping over the rooftops, he had finally made it to her doorsteps. He knocked on the door enthusiastically, shifting from one foot to another in excitement.

When the door finally opened he hugged her, exclaiming,"Kai!" Instead of receiving a hug back, he was punched in the head. He yelped, "Why did you do that for?" Looking up at her, he froze. She was glaring at him with her arms crossed in front of her. There was even a death aura on her.

He backed away a bit from her, "K-Kai?" She moved to give way, "Inside. Now." Scared of what she might do, he obediently obeyed her. Walking into her house, he nervously sat on her couch in the living room. She closed the door right after and was now standing in front of him.

Sweating, Naruto nervously looked up at her. Her glare was replaced by a stern look.

"U-um... Kai?"

"What were you thinking Naruto Uzumaki?"

He flinched at her hard tone. "I only wanted to have some friends," he said, looking at the floor dejectedly. Feeling a hand on the back of his head, he was suddenly pulled into her chest.

"If they truly had wanted to be your friend... They wouldn't have put you in danger."

He sat there quietly, slowly wrapping his arms around her waist, "I thought it was the only way. Because... nobody cares about me..."

Her hold on him tightened, "Nobody huh?"

She let go of him, which made him let go also, and turned her back to him. "Then..." she started, "I guess I'm part of that nobody huh?" Quickly standing on his feet, Naruto shouted, "N-no! You're not Kai!"

"You just said that nobody cares about you. I guess I'm also a part of them. I guess... that means that I don't care about you too Naruto."

Scared that her words might be real, Naruto quickly hugged her from behind, "Please don't throw me away! I'm sorry!" His hand clenched tightly onto her shirt, "It's just... You're always on missions and I barely get to see you anymore. It felt like you've been doing it to avoid me."

She could feel his tears wetting the back of her shirt. Turning around in his arms, she hugged him to her, "Then next time. Don't say that no one cares about you. Because there will always be someone who is. And that someone is me." She then sighs, "And I'm sorry for you making you feel that way. I guess I have been busy a lot lately haven't I?" He nodded as he buried his head in her chest. Sighing, she patted his head, "I'll try and make more time to spend with you from now on Naruto. You okay with that?"

Wiping his tears away, he smiled brightly up at her, "Yeah!" He then put a pinky out, "You gotta make it a swear promise! That way, I know you won't break it!" She smiled and was about to wrap her pinky with his until he added, "Oh! And I'm still going to marry you when I grow up Kai! Believe it!" She chuckled, "Alright. I, Kai Namikaze, pinky promise that I'll try and give more time to be with you Naruto Uzumaki." She then flicked him on the forehead, "And it's like I said, we'll just have to see until then when you grow up."

Laughing, tears flowed from his eyes, "Yeah!" He buried his face in his chest, happy that she hadn't thrown him away. If she had and had decided to break the relationship that they had, he wouldn't know what to do. So right now, he was very happy. Remembering about what Iruka and he had talked about, he looked up at her with a smile, "Kai! When I grow up. I'm going to become a hero! I'm going to surpass the Fourth Hokage. You're old man! And I'm going to make everyone acknowledge my strength! Believe it!"

Chuckling, she ruffled his hair, "I believe it alright, Naruto."

He laughed and started to shout in excitement, "Alright. From here on out, I have to train and become even stronger!"

She softly smiled at him, 'You'll definitely become a hero, Naruto. You'll also surpass our father in strength. That I believe.'