Chapter 2

Kakashi Hatake is a former student of Minato Namikaze alias being The Yellow Flash and Fourth Hokage. Kakashi also had the privilege of being the son of the famed White Fang, Sakumo was a natural born prodigy also had the chance to adopt the unique doujutsu of the Uchiha Clan given to him by his former teammate and friend Obito Uchiha in his last moments, who died fighting during the Third Great Shinobi War. The exploits of the young shinobi during his ninja career were so profound that he earned himself the moniker of Copycat it earned him the respect of every Shinobi in the hidden leaf village if not the elemental nations except from a certain Shinobi by the name of Naruto Uzumaki. The other younger prodigy had no love for the famous man as indicated by his manouvers to avoid the Copycat at all costs. It irked the last Hatake to no end.

Finally cornered, Naruto scowled at the face of Kakashi. He had no time to waste with this man. Kakashi however clearly had time to waste on the boy. "Yo" The eye smile was an odd feature of the scarecrow that always put him off." What do you want?"

"You are avoiding me"

"Excuse me but we are not friends... And why have l suddenly captured the interest of konoha's most famous jounin"

An invisible arrow went through the older male's heart and it hurt but he did not show. Maintaining his 'eye smile', Kakashi responded, "I don't see why we are not. Is there a problem?"

Naruto's face scrunched up in annoyance.

"Very-"

"Why"

"Ask Jiraiya"

Then suddenly and immediately, Naruto was enshrouded in what could only be described as lightning Chakra and just as quickly disappeared out of sight. The former anbu did not bother to follow. Partly because he just did not have enough Chakra(and speed)to catch up to him-he's too fast. The other part was because he was trying to decrypt the boy's final words to him. Had Jiraiya badmouthed him or something? No, the legendary sannin knew how much Kakashi cared for Naruto. It doesn't make sense. Well, it seems as if Kakashi had another mission for now, he silently declared to himself. He just hoped that the sannin would have some sudden hit of nolstagia and miss Konoha's women. That's the only thing that he knew could prompt the lecherous legend back.

When Naruto arrived to his apartment, he felt disappointed with himself. He had let Kakashi see his other angrier side of him which should never ever happen. Being emotional is such an irrational move especially since he is the jinchuruki. Honestly, he wouldn't be surprised if he was suddenly summoned by Hiruzen as soon as scarecrow reports of his 'unbecoming' behaiviour. He can't let those people deter his life. It was a promise he made to himself. And Naruto does not break promises.

A knock at the door disrupted his musings and when Naruto opened it,he wore his biggest and most genuine of smiles. The dark haired girl in front of him smiled back at him with a small blush tinting her cheeks. It was cute and that was a complete understatement if you asked the young chunin.

The blonde invited in his very much welcomed guest. Hinata immediately hugged the chunin once inside and said, "l missed you" "Oh wow... Am sorry to say that l can't say the same since...", Naruto stopped with a laugh when he noticed his guest's pout and then said, "l missed you more but aren't you a week too early" Naruto frowned when a thought crossed his mind, "wait... Did he ditch you again?!" Hinata giggled, arms still around Naruto's shoulders and answered, "No.. He was summoned by the hokage-something about a council meeting"

"mmmm... Still don't trust him though. Why the sudden interest in you these days? I thought he had Hanabi in his mind for the title heiress"

"He recognizes my strength now.. which you imparted to me"

"Don't be silly. You had it in you from the start. You just needed a little nudge"

Hinata did not bother to speedily reply and just settled on just hugging him some more and taking in his smell and bodily warmth. She still can't believe that Naruto was hers now. She still can't believes that he was hugging her right now, encouraging her, training her and caring for her. All these things made her want to pinch herself over and over was like a dream. Finally she said, "If thats the case then My father should have done so years ago. He didn't"

Naruto sighed. Hinata is so adamant in believing that he was some kind of a savior in which he wasn't. He knew that cared for himself only and definitely not for others except for her of course. He doesn't show it but he cared little for , he had little reason for him to do so. She firmly believes him to be this perfect guy in shining Armour saving children from cancer or something. He didn't understand it but it was one of the major reasons why he cared for her deeply. Her strong belief that he was someone better...not because of his talents or ties or situation... Someone of worth.. At least someone. Not some container or tool to be used.

A/N:Naruto will not be overpowered. He will grow in strength as the story goes on as well as Hinata because l hate reading fics where Hinata remains weak, titleless and dependant like a typical damsel in distress. It's so cliche. But l do love me some damsel in distress sometimes.

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