Chapter 6

Kakashi watched Sasuke walk away dejectedly and thought silently to himself 'this is an interesting development isn't it Minato-sensei?'

He chuckled silently to himself before he shushined away and headed to the Hokage tower to speak Lord Third about the juicy news about their favorite blonde and the resident Emo. Reaching the tower at a slower pace than he could stand, given the way his skin was practically vibrating in anticipation, he wasted no time climbing the wall and crawled through the window. Taking care to not be seen by the three bags of bones in the office with Sarutobi.

"This is absolutely a disgrace! The Uchiha boy should be persuaded such ideas immediately!" A man with bandages wrapped around his right eye. His left arm bandaged and tucked in yukata while he sat and incessantly tapped his cane against the floor as he spoke

"Danzo is right, Sarutobi! The boy needs to be taught to socialize with the Normal children in his class, so that he will choose a Proper clan matriarch when he takes over!" an elder woman with an ornate hair pin twisting her gray-silver hair in a bun on the crown of her head. She sniffed the air with a look in indignation at the idea of their "perfect" Uchiha believing the Demon Child is suited to be his bride.

The third elder in the room was sitting silently and had an unimpressed expression in his wrinkled face as he observed and listened to his old teammates badger their Hokage with complaints about the children. Personally, he held no feelings of resentment towards the Uzamaki girl, in fact he was often reminded of her mother every time he saw her whizzing about being chased for the pranks she pulled. He was also reminded very much of her Father at hearing how she managed to successfully pull each prank. She very much had her father's tactful thinking when she thought of her pranks, if she put her skills to use for trap making the village would be trouble. Much more the world once she passed and was allowed to leave the village on sanctioned missions. She would be a wonderful Shinobi; of that he was certain.

"Koharu, Danzo, need I remind you that they are children? And as such they are not required to be taken seriously about every declaration of marriage they make. Secondly even if Sasuke was serious is his pursuit of Naruto, he well within his write to choose he deems worthy to be his wife." Hiruzen stated in a tone that left no room for arguments

"Homura say something!" Koharu hissed to her silent companion

"I agree with Sarutobi, they are children, and they should be focusing on their studies and training. Not the politics of leading a clan, or who should be married to married to whom. As a result of this obsession to breed the Uchiha with a female YOU deem appropriate, we now have a class with mainly Fangirls and clan heirs. Which is a dangerous mix! They are not serous with their studies or training because they are trying so hard to win the favor of a young boy." Homura looked at his companions with disappoint written on face and stood up not breaking eye contact with either of them. "Let them live the time they have before they thrust the world of Shinobi and Kunoichi before you start discussing marriage between any of them."

With his last words he bowed to his friend and Hokage and bid him a good day before he walked out of the office and shut the door behind him. The four, including Kakashi who still hidden from view, were silent for a few minutes as they each absorbed and processed Homura's uncharacteristic speech. Each one had various reactions to what they heard. Hiruzen was quite happy with the way his old friend had handled the two in front of him and felt he couldn't have said it better himself. Danzo was seething at the man who just left and was wondering he could bring him to heal once more like Koharu. Koharu herself was wondering how she could let herself be so wrapped up in the idea of the young Uchiha marrying Naruto that she forgot they just children still. She felt ashamed of her illogical jump and vowed silently to herself to pull back from these things and allow the chips to fall where they may.

"Since this meeting is now over, I will ask you two to leave as well. I have paperwork to finish." Hiruzen gestured towards the door and watched as Koharu bowed and mumbled an apology at her outburst. As always Danzo didn't bow, instead just glared and left in a huff followed by Koharu gracefully walking across the office and shutting the door behind them both. "Kakashi is there something you wished to report?"

Kakashi chuckled as the Professor must have known he was here the whole time. He almost gave himself away hearing Koharu reference his beloved Hime as someone not normal. His little blonde was childish, loud, brash, abrasive, and many other things but very normal. As one could be given her life thus far that is.

"Our little Hime is very anxious with the resident Emo" Kakashi chuckled and recounted the events at their chakra control lesson this afternoon and how Naruto ended up running off feeling upset and Sasuke walking off looking very dejected from the events.

Hiruzen chuckled and came the conclusion that Naruto would be coming here very shortly after her daily trip to Ichiraku's for her ramen. "I've witnessed young Sasuke's sincerity with his feelings towards Naruto. I can only hope this will help her feel a real connection to some one her own age." He knew she made friends a few of the other clan heirs but knew they were kept at an arm's length.

Naruto just didn't trust them to not turn on her like some many others had before them. There was only so much heartbreak one could take before their soul shattered. Naruto was already so fragile from the villagers treating her as an outsider due to her prisoner. Both men felt guilty about not being to answer her questions about why the civilian villagers hated her so much. Despite the fact they both knew it would break her heart to know she held the very thing that caused so much damage to everyone in the leaf the night she was born. The Nine Tailed Fox, Kyuubi no yoko. The chakra beast that raised hell in the leaf October 10th 11 years ago.

"Perhaps we could help the boy in his pursuit" Kakashi said with a mischievous look in his one visible eye as he shared a look with the Third Hokage. Hiruzen snickered and with that they began to plan how to subtly help draw the orphans together in hopes to bring some happiness to them.