*DISCLAIMER* I don't own Naruto or any of the original characters or the story this all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, I only own my own character. Is rated will be fixed the deeper I get into the story. *Key, Some sentences were most likely not said by the characters in the manga or the anime but mostly I'm just reading an overview to the story because I don't want to just 'retell the story' I'm trying my best to take a creative license to the story. Please bare with me! 😅

Masumi is sitting on top of a practice log taking in the cool breeze, her face radiating as she soaks in the vitamin D. "Its such a nice day, do you think that's why Kakashi-sensei is late?" She asks as the boys as they just watch her radiate her youth. "Ahem," Sasuke clears his throat as he shakes off the captivating view of the girl he adores. "He'll just arrive with a random excuse…" Sasuke sheepishly says.

Kakashi suddenly arrives and she jumps off the log, "Sorry I'm late, an elderly lady needed help with her groceries." He dryly chuckles the students then just look at each blinking rapidly just letting the excuse sink in. "Alright then, today's assignment is this." He says bring out two bells. "You all have until noon to get one bell each." They all start to look at each other. "But there are only 2 bells and we are 3…" Naruto points out. "So that stuff about not being able to stomach what were gonna do was just a ploy…" Masumi states. "Well," Kakashi smiles at them. "The ones who get a bell, I have lunch prepared for you, but one of you wont be so lucky. Fail to get a bell and you will be sent back to the academy. Now I do have to say, there is no way you can get these bells unless you attack with an intent to kill." Masumi laughs. "Interesting, So do we start now?" She just smiles up at her sensei as she sits down on the floor with her legs crossed. All of a sudden kunai shoot straight past her and at Kakashi, Naruto had initiated the first strike and with that Kakashi Jumped back and the assessment began. Sasuke quickly left and went stealth mode, while Masumi sat on the floor watching Naruto try different attacks and she looked at him curiously as he took out a book labeled 'Make Out Paradise" completely fending off Naruto's attacks while still enjoying the book. "Is that what you are going to do?" Kakashi asks looking over at Masumi while Naruto tries everything in his arsenal to get a bell. "Mmm, I could hide but if anything your demeanor shows that you're on the defense rather than offense. But I have an idea." She says smiling then in a blink of an eye she's gone.

From a hidden area she uses a skill she's known for a long time, one she's used so many times before, the Hidden with Camouflage technique. "As expected from a kunoichi of the Senju clan… I figured she'd know a thing or two." Kakashi thinks to himself. She lays down on her stomach kicking her feet enjoying the show that is Naruto struggling to compete with Kakashi. Her eyes widen and her face cringes when she sees Kakashi use what he exclaimed as the 'One thousand years of death" technique, if you know what that means then I'm glad I don't have to explain! Using a bell as bait, Kakashi is then able to trap Naruto with a rope around his leg.

Thinking Kakashi is vulnerable while lecturing Naruto. Sasuke attempts to throw kunai and shuriken at the sensei, which fails because that body was a substitution clone. Kakashi moves on to other parts of the field with Sasuke and Masumi are on pursuit from different directions. Masumi ends up at some random part of the training field behind some bushes she stands, hands on her hips. "What a real struggle it is with Kakashi-Sensei, He really is such a good ninja." She sighs out loud when suddenly. "Masumi, psst, behind you." She hears Kakashi try to startle her, which worked as she let out a loud shreak. Immediately she uses Crystal Release: Crystal Needles to trap Kakashi in place. "You did say with an intent to kill," she glides her fingers on her crystal creations and sighs. "I'm not a killer sensei, I will do what I must for my group and if I know I must kill someone… They may be innocent maybe not.. who knows, I'm given my assignment and its simple to kill if I just… look away." She says with a frown on her face turning it to the side. She makes a crystal needle appear over head, her eyes drift to the side while the needle impales Kakashi. "Heh, maybe I was bluffing but he just didn't want to take the chance." She frown and notices his body turn into a log. "I shouldn't even be surprised as you've been using substitutions this whole entire time!" she yells.

Over at another part of the field, Sasuke is fighting Kakashi. He uses techniques he had learned as a child, like the Fire Ball technique. With speed and the distraction of the fire he appears behind Kakashi with an attempt to kick him on the head which he blocks and graces over the bells but yet unable to acquire one. "He's fast" Kakashi thinks. "Beneath!" Kakashi exclaims as he uses an earth release to grab Sasuke by the leg and drag him under the ground and Kakashi disappears to another part of the training ground again.

"As expected, he's really trying to make us work for this." Masumi sighs coming out of some bushes and dusting off the leaves that have gotten on her clothing. "Oi, Masumi." Sasuke calls after her and she turns around only to laugh. "He got you good didn't he!" His face turns red and he looks to the side not wanting to meet her gaze out of embarrassment. "Just help me out of here." She nods using Earth release: Erupt and he is thrown out of the ground from a small volcano like hole. "Thanks." He says dusting the dirt off. The pair then hear the timer go off and they both quickly turn to stare at each other. "Oh no…" Masumi groans. "Were gonna get sent back to the academy…" Sasuke trails off beginning to walk to where Kakashi is, much to their surprise Naruto is tied up yelling at Kakashi. "You've got it all wrong I was just guarding the food I wasn't gonna eat it!" Masumi finds this amusing. "You lie like a rug!" She giggles, catching the boys attention on the attraction they felt on seeing her laughing face. Somehow, Kakashi is also taken aback on how he was suddenly dumbfounded. Masumi did always have a knack of having all eyes on her even when she would just simply be. Much different from Mayumi Kakashi thought

Years back when the twins were 5 and Masumi expressed her feelings to Tsunade wanting to live a simple village life and go to academy like normal kids. To settle down and make friends, she did not want to continue traveling anymore just watching Tsunade waste away any money she had gambling and such. Tsunade gave in after she talked to several Jonin, Kakashi being one of them, and the hokage of how she wanted eyes on her sister. To protect and watch over her in her stead, the Uchiha clan, Jonin, and the hokage agreed. Mikoto Uchiha, Sasuke's mother, comforted Tsunade by telling her that she would look over her as if she was her own being that Sasuke and her were already play mates. The twins indeed were very special so when they were in town on usual visits, people would flock over to them. Kakashi remembers how people would gush over how beautiful the two were complimenting mostly Masumi on how she really is captivating, the looks of the Senju clan. People also gushed over Mayumi because she was indeed very beautiful too but no one could really put a finger on where she got those onyx eyes and raven hair. They found her to be a beautiful oddity and most people would get Tsunade drunk to see if she would tell them who the twins father was, when drunk she would ramble about stuff but never once has she ever let that secret out. Masumi knew nothing about who her father was… though she knew that Mayumi had to know just from how tense she got when the matter was ever brought up. She knew not to press her sister about it because of how serious her mood would get, but she figured some day she would find out and she would have to be ready.

"Why would you kick us out and make us head back to the academy!" Is all Masumi heard Naruto yelling about. She wanted him to relax but everyone was in a mood from not having breakfast. "You don't think like ninja all you do is act immature." Kakashi states, Masumi looks over at him. Immature? Wasn't this about getting a bell? I only see Naruto complaining so why are we all considered immature? I don't see the lesson here… Masumi thinks. "Why do you all think we are in a group of 3 excluding me as the teacher? You all didn't stop to think rationally." Masumi glances at Sasuke, now understanding the predicament they are in. Though she notices he's too busy scowling about being called immature. "Were a team…" Masumi whispers to herself. "What's that Masumi? You barely now realized it huh." Kakashi lectures her. "Sorry sensei…" She bites her lip and frowns taking in a big breath and exhaling. "If all 3 of you had teamed up and come at me, you'd have a greater chance of getting at least a bell, but you all went your separate ways." He shakes his head. "Masumi, you rather conceal yourself well and watch the show from the shadows rather than help either of them out." Masumi taking in the lecture sits down on the ground thinking deeply of her actions. "Naruto, You'd rather jump ahead and do everything on your own." Naruto groans. "And you Sasuke, I expected you'd at least team up with Masumi and work with her but you thought your own personal problems were more important than even her." Sasuke glances at Masumi apologetically but tsk's knowing her did her wrong. "On every mission your life is on the line… So you better learn to work together." Kakashi trails off. "Ill give you one last chance, Now eat up and you'll have 3 hours to get the bells. Except Naruto he gets nothing for trying to eat the bento before all of you. If you all give him any, its over." With that he disappears, Masumi and Sasuke pick up their food and sit on the ground beginning to eat. She sighs looking over to Naruto who looks very hungry. "Its fine, I can go days without eating." He states and Sasuke reaches over to hand him food. "Sasuke…" Masumi whispers. "Think about it, if he's hungry he'll have no energy, no energy big problem. Its better we share… Kakashi is gone he won't know and it betters our odds." Masumi nods. "You're right I haven't even started eating mine because he does need food…" She moves closer to Naruto. "His hands are bound so we'll have to feed him." She says reaching over with her chop sticks and smiles. "Are you sure Masumi?" She nods with a smile on her face as he eats what he's given. "I never miss a day of taking my morning well being food pills, its a regimen for me to keep in top ninja shape so don't any of you even tell Kakashi he'll most likely say that is cheating!" She laughs when a huge burst of smoke appears and Kakashi's yell comes from the smoke. "YOU all broke the rules! The punishment is severe! Any last words." He makes up a storm. "Were a team and there is no way I was gonna let us all fail…" Sasuke grimaces. "This is my team, And if I have to receive a punishment for not following the rules well, I ATE A WELLNESS FOOD PILL so I broke the rules anyways so let this punishment be so!" She growls. "You all pass" Kakashi leans in with a smile. "What…?" They all say. "How?" Naruto asks. "In the ninja world those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." Kakashi looks rather nostalgic. With those words Masumi instantly felt a wave of sorrow wash over his chakra. She looks at him quite sad as she can only feel pain in those words. "Be ready for your first mission tomorrow." Kakashi says walking away. "We can all go home now." Masumi cuts off the ropes binding Naruto to the log. "Do you need someone to walk you home Masumi?" Naruto smiles and tries his luck. "No but thank you I need some time to think." She says walking over to a far corner of the training ground where there is a training log for practicing archery. Naruto laughs "Well then I'll see you tomorrow." She nods at him as he waves good bye.

She pulls out her bow riser from the back of her dress and forms the rest of the bow with chakra while Sasuke walks over to her. She seems tense as she pulls back on the string making a crystal arrow appear. "You only do this when you have something bothering you. What's on your mind?" Sasuke questions sitting on a near by log. She releases the arrow and it hits the log perfectly and puts the bow down by her side while deeply sighing. "Kakashi was right, It was so immature of me to just hide and watch over all of you as if I was watching my own private comedy show." She does the ram hand sign and creates a javelin and with anger she trusts it into the highest tree in the training field. "ARGH." She yells and Sasuke walks over to her and puts his hand on her shoulder. "Don't be hard on yourself, you weren't the only one who put yourself before the team." She shakes him off and partially makes a crystal protective glove on her hand as she runs over to punch a near by tree knocking it down. "MASUMI!" Sasuke yells at her running to appear in front of her he grabs the hand that is now lodged on the fallen tree and sets it free. He places her hand on her side and puts his hand on his shoulder pressuring her to sit down, she doesn't even look him in the eye. "Masumi stop and tell me what you are thinking!" She bites her lip and lets out a huge breath still not wanting to look at him in the eye he grabs her chin and makes her face him, she looks at him with eyes that seemed so close to shedding tears. "Don't make me look at you…" She whimpers and tries to force his hand off of her chin but he doesn't budge and still looks at her signaling her to talk. "I'm ashamed." She simply says. "What is there to be ashamed of." He reassures her wanting to know more he keeps coaxing her to get her thoughts out into said words. "I… Sasuke.. I just lied there on the ground relaxing watching you and Naruto try to put effort into getting those bells. I just wanted to be amused, it was a test and my priorities were wrong! To just not take it seriously and watch you all from afar, Kakashi was right! I'm too immature." He smiles at her. "You're not, between all three of us, you are the most grown. Think about it, you train hard and take enough care of yourself that you had already taken a supplement to help you today. Something that Naruto and I would have never thought of, You're made up of leader material and I know you will make it up in the future by leading us." She smiles at him placing her hand on the one he still has on her chin to keep her looking. "You know just what to say, why are you always so kind to me?" She chuckles and he pulls her in placing a kiss on her lips as he embraces her, her face is that of shock and she quickly turns flushed. When he pulls away she places her fingers over her lips. "You have no idea how long I've been waiting to do that but to find the right moment…" He trails off looking to the side rather flushed and embarrassed. She places her hand on his cheek and this time she's the one making him look at her as she leans in and gives him a quick kiss. She laughs and stands only to crouch to eye level to him as he's still sitting on the floor. "Go!" She taunts him in a low voice and he stands up to chase after her with a look of curiosity on his face. She stops at the front of the complex of her apartment, both tired she invites him in. "What should we make of this now?" She questions as she sets the tea kettle to boil placing different wagashi on the table. "You know I've always liked you but you seem to always brush it off and just now you kissed me back so yes what should we think of this." He smiles, She muses over the thought that if Sasuke ever is to smile it's always towards her. She takes a crystal shuriken out of her tool bag manipulating it into a red tomoe shape. "Sharingan have this shape, people won't be set off if they see you wearing this and have a thought of an ulterior motive. She says grabbing a cord chain from a necklace she hardly wears and dangles the custom necklace in front of him. "If you put this on-" She's cut off by him ripping the necklace away and he in all seriousness says. "Then I'm your boyfriend." He grins putting the necklace on. "You should know, I used my element to make the necklace because," She shows the necklace made of a hollowed out clear gem filled with water. "Tsunade manipulated her water release and its what fills this container. The small links that make up the cord are made with Mayumi's wood release. Do you want to take a guess why?" she asks. He shakes his head, "Id rather hear it out of you." She walks over to get the piping tea kettle and pours tea for them both and walks over to put the necklace on Sasuke. "If the wooden cord breaks in any way then something serious has happened to Mayumi as it's her wood release who made it since she inherited my grandfather Hashirama Senju's wood release, If the water from the hollowed gem disappears then something has happened to Tsunade, so if the crystal tomoe breaks-" He cuts her off again and grabs her hand sitting her in front of him after he has the necklace on. "Then something serious has happened to you." He finishes for her and she smiles nodding. "If only I had something to give you…" He sighs and she chuckles and simply states. "You, that's enough."

I don't have a set time or days of when I will post, my life can get pretty hectic as at the time I felt I needed to do this chapter since I had started on it but I was invited to beta test a game! I was hoping to have the time in between play time to finish this, Yes I added a little sweetness at the end but remember! They are 12 – 13 y.o at this time of the story so they have to have some innocence! I renamed the Story to "Naruto: Loves Keeper" because if I make a Shippuden part I will have to name it Naruto Shippuden: Loves Keeper haha. Thanks for reading, any comments are greatly appreciated.