Chapter 3:
Yumiko Inuzuka
"Akamaru! Let's do this!" A brown haired man jumped out of a tree along with a dog next to him. "I wonder what Naruto wants with us." The man and his best friend made their way to the Hokage building. They had made it, in no time flat. They entered the room without knocking seeing as they are friends and all. "How's being the wanna Hokage, Naruto? How are you feeling" The blonde was up to his neck with paperwork, and not metaphorically, he really was up to his neck with paperwork. "It's okay I guess..." Naruto took a pause "Grandma-Tsunade was right, this job has too much paperwork. But it's a part of being a Hokage. I need to finish this stack by tonight, I need to say a proper bye to Sasuke." Kiba had a surprised look before he could open his mouth. Naruto continued his sentence "He's leaving on a small journey. Sorry to summon you after dinner, but I have some questions...And~ you are the only one to answer my question." He had pushed the paper around to find a file, he opened it to see the name Yumiko Inuzuka. "Do you know a Yumiko Inuzuka"
Kiba was confused about the sudden question but decided to answer it. "She's my sister." He placed his right hand on his hip and the other on Akamaru's head.
Naruto looked up, wide eyes and open mouth. "Really?" Akamaru barked at Naruto's answer for doubting his human best friend. "Alrighty then." Naruto composed himself. "Thank you, you can go now. Tell your sisters and mother to come. I also need a word with them."
Kiba was a bit fussy. "That's all you wanted me for? REALLY!? THAT SUCKS!" He left with a bad mood heading out the door and back home.
Naruto looked over the document one more time racking his brain over these weird documents. "Born January 13, Mother Unknown, Rank: Unknown..." He tried to make sense out of the paper work and what Kiba had said. Then there was a knock at the door, cutting off his attention. "Come in." Then came in a Kunoichi who looked like a middle aged woman and a somewhat old lady, soon after followed by a girl about Naruto's age. "I would like to speak with Hana and Tsume alone for now." The young lady turned back and closed the door behind her. She waited outside patiently. "Sorry to bother you, but" He paused, looking back and forth between both ladies, "I came across a hidden file of a Miss Yumiko Inuzuka." The two women looked at each other.
The old lady began to talk, she looked a whole lot like Kiba, but in female form. The few differences was her hair was a bit longer and she looked a bit more scary. "I, see then. IF you must know, Yumiko is my granddaughter." Soon the second woman spoke. She looked a whole lot friendlier. Her long brown hair was tied to the back and two locks of hair framing her face. She also had the famous Inuzuka red tattoo markings. "She's my sister. We, technically Yumiko, is my older sister's daughter. " She began to speak softly so they couldn't be heard through the door. "she was raped at age 12." Her facial expression was changed, she looked like she was about to break down "she was sent on a mission when I was 5... and she was scouting the surroundings. she didn't smell anything, she thought It was clear. But that wasn't the case." she closed her eyes to try to shut the trauma out of her mind. " I'd rather not talk about her past, I'll tell you the basics." Tears ran down her tattoo markings. "To sum it up; she had Yumiko, but the trauma was too much for her. She ended her own life." Her tears rolled down her face, The elder woman held her her daughter "I, Tsume.. Had my first daughter's information disposed of with the help of the 3rd and 4th Hokage." she managed to calm Hana, "so you won't be able to find that information. I live with myself everyday because of what I put my daughter through. I will not make the same mistake with yumiko."
Naruto could tell that their family has been through a lot and still suffer. "What about what yumiko wants?" Tsume shook her head "Yumiko is a good girl, she did well on her studies. Her hobby is baking." Naruto understood her pain and suffering, but Yumiko's birth had given them a chance at happiness, but it didn't seem like she was truly happy. He eyed the paperwork once more. "Have you ever given her a chance to be a ninja?"
Hana shook her head "as a member of the Inuzuka she doesn't possess a k9 companion. It's best that she doesn't become a ninja. She doesn't carry the same Inuzuka ability. But she does have a strong sense of smell, and taste" Tsume hated this wanna be Hokage for two reasons. One he was young and two he was stupid. "There is no way I am letting her become a ninja and that is final."
Naruto had filled out the paperwork either way. "If you feel that strongly about it I'll have her here with me. She will go on some small mission, in other words, I will be her partner." Hana liked that idea, her niece would be safer near the Hokage. Naruto had so much paperwork he barely does any missions himself, she nodded her mother to agree which she did. "You know how to bargain." Tsume signed the paperwork "You are not allowed to tell her about her past and the real truth behind her birth." She waited for some reply, soon she stretched out her hand to him, to be given the paperwork. "Promise it!"
He shifted under her tone but nonetheless gave her the paperwork, which she left the paper where it was. "I promise now, please send her in." The two women left and soon came in contact with the young Yumiko. She looked nothing like the Inuzuka Clan. Her long honey blond curly hair was parted into pigtails and bangs framing her face. Her blue eyes caught his attention. "Yumiko Inuzuka, I presume."
The girl's heart skipped a bit when her eyes met the man's. "Yes, sir. Mother told me someone wanted to see me " Her blue eyes traced every detail of the man; from the toothy grin, his honest blue eyes, and to his sunshine blonde hair. "You must be the next Hokage." His grin got even bigger. He placed his hands behind his head. "I am, I am Naruto Uzumaki." He was always full of himself, "Son of the fourth Hokage, and right now the assistant to the sixth Hokage Kakashi." He then gets serious. "I talked to you mother, she has agreed to let you become a ninja." Yumiko smiled at the man, and her eyes shone with delight. "The only catch is that I will be your partner. So that means we won't go on a lot of missions." He eyed her as she shook her head in understanding. "That's wonderful. If you can sign right here." He handed her the pen and she gladly signed it.
