„Speaking"

„Thoughts"

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Chapter 2

At Naruto´s

The children were running all over the place. Naruto was currently trying to force a sigh back as he tied a pink apron around his waist. It was the apron of his father. He had no idea why it was Pink, but he chose to wear it, because it made him feel like it was bonding with his father. …Not that anyone had seen him wear it, no way. He knew the others wouldn´t leave him alone if they knew.

Trying not to wince at the loud noise he heard from his living room, he began to chop vegetables. After 25 minutes of cooking, a delicious scent could be smelt from the kitchen.

Slowly the children walked into the kitchen, hungry from the mouth-watering smell. They all took a seat at the table, watching as Naruto began to set plates in front of them.

"Hey, aren´t you a guy? Why are you wearing a woman´s apron?" Kiba asked with a grin, as if he found it funny. Ino kicked him under the table much to Naruto´s amusement.

"Let him be! He cooked us food! So, shut your trap!" She hissed at Kiba, while she smiled innocently at Naruto, who just grinned at her.

"Wh-What did you cook for us…?" Hinata asked timidly as she poked her fingers together with a small blush on her face.

Naruto´s eyes softened and he began to serve his cooking. "Ramen of course! It´s the food of the gods, Hina-chan! The name is Naruto in case you have forgotten." He said proudly as he sat down and began to dig in.

The others had mixed reactions, but soon followed. After a few bites, they began to eat with smiles on their faces. It was delicious!

Naruto hid a smile, as he finished eating. "Thought so! Nobody can resist my mother´s Special Ramen!"

After they finished eating, they went to the living room.

"Wh-Where are o-our Parent´s?" Hinata spoke up quietly and the children turned to Naruto.

Naruto grinned uncomfortable. He couldn´t just blurt out that most of them were dead, could he? He wasn´t heartless!

"They thought it would be better if all their children would have a playdate together! So, they asked me if I could watch over you for a few days! They trust me, because I am good friends with them! Especially Itachi!" Naruto explained with a bit of guilt.

He didn´t like lying to his friends. Even if they were children now.

He breathed out a sigh of relief when he saw them buy his excuse. He made a Shadow Clone and sent it towards the Hokage Tower to tell Tsunade about his situation.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes at him. The Blond was lying. He didn´t know any of these children and he was sure that he would have knew if the clans would have more children. He wouldn´t rat him out right now, but he would make him tell him the whole story.

Time skip. In the Hokage Tower.

Naruto knocked on the door and opened it. He was instantly met with a flying fist, but managed to dodge it. Sweat dripped down on the side of his face as he saw the furious expression on Tsunade´s face.

"YOU BRAT! What do you think you are doing?! I told you if you escaped one more time I would break your legs, so you can´t run anymore! Now come here! It´s for your own Good!" Tsunade shouted at him as she pulled back her fist.

Naruto waved his hands quickly.

"W-Wait! BAA-CHAN I AM A SHADOW CLONE!" Naruto shrieked in fright.

The fist stopped right in front of his face.

"Hah? Where is your original?!" Tsunade inquired with a frown. Naruto backed away quickly.

"If you would have waited, I would have told you! Sheesh! Angry old people…always so grumpy and bitter." Naruto muttered.

"What was that?" Tsunade asked dangerously. She held her fist up threateningly.

"Nothing!"

"That´s what I thought. Now, what´s your excuse for escaping this time?" Tsunade asked tiredly.

"…Do you have to say it like you are disappointed from the bottom of your heart? I am only human, ya know!" Naruto complained with a pout.

"Brat…" Tsunade warned him. Naruto sighed.

"Fine, so the situation is…"

Time skip.

"…I will have to punish Sakura for this when she´s an adult again. Take care of them till the effect wears off." Tsunade sighed as she rubbed her temples. Naruto opened his mouth to ask why the hell he had to watch them but Tsunade punched him and he disappeared.

By the original Naruto.

He was so done already. He had to read them three books on Charka theory for a Jounin and explain the stuff they didn´t understand to them so, basically he had to explain all of the books in his own words, while answering a thousand of questions.

Not to mention they wanted to go outside now. He would have liked to say no, but who could with all of the puppy dog eyes directed at him? He wasn´t the grown up version of Sasuke, who could ignore such things.

Naruto grinned at them and walked them towards the forest, a quiet place where he often meditated.

The children ran off to explore or play, so Naruto sat down under a tree and watched them with a fond smile.

"You were lying… what´s going on? This isn´t a genjustu, so how come-?" Kakashi demanded quietly next to Naruto as he glared at him.

Naruto blinked and chuckled. "You were always sharp! I guess, I have no other choice to explain it to you then."

While Naruto explained the situation to Kakashi, just telling him that in reality he was already an adult but not saying that he was a sensei and such things that could change the future, the others were in their own little world.

"What do you think of him?" Ino asked with a grin. They looked towards Naruto who was still talking to Kakashi.

"He´s …k-kind and I l-like him!" Hinata confessed with a blush as she looked down.

"He´s nice." Kiba commented. The others nodded.

"He´s …weird." Sai whispered.

"He´s Itachi-nii-chan´s friend! I like him!" Sasuke defended with an awe filled look. His brother didn´t have many friends that weren´t Uchias!

"He´s youthful! I want to learn from him! Maybe he can help me with my Taijustsu!" Lee said excited. Tenten sighed.

"Don´t bother him!" She scolded him.

"I think he will take good care of us. He seems trustworthy." Shino spoke up, scaring the others.

"I forgot you were there! Don´t scare me!" Kiba yelled.

"Well, maybe if you payed more attention you would have." Shino retorted calmly and that seemed to make Kiba angry.

"Don´t fight!" Sakura yelled at them. She hated it when others were fighting.

Shikamaru and Choji just stayed back and watched them. They weren´t interested in getting in fights.

Kiba told Sakura to shut up, that´s where Ino yelled at him to not be rude towards Sakura.

"What´s going on here?" Naruto inquired as he walked over together with Kakashi. He looked at them with a stern look and they quietened down.

"Kiba is being a jerk!" Ino huffed. Kiba scowled at her.

"That´s not true! Shino started it!" He tried to defend himself. He felt uncomfortable under Naruto´s disappointed eyes. It was like when his mom got angry!

"I merely stated the truth. If you payed more attention you would have noticed that I was here since the beginning." Shino stated.

Naruto´s eyes softened. "So, that was the problem." He thought with dread.

"Kiba, he wasn´t trying to insult you. He was hurt because he always gets ignored. You wouldn´t like it if you were in his shoes would you? So, he tried to tell you that." Naruto explained slowly. Swallowing the heaviness down. It pained him to see that there was more to some of his friends than it seemed. Not that he could talk.

Kiba´s eyes widen and he nodded. "I hadn´t meant to…" He began as he looked towards Shino and then Sakura und Ino.

"Sorry Shino… and Ino and Sakura too." He muttered in shame.

"We are sorry too." Ino replied with a smile.

"Hey! Naruto-san! Can we play something?" Lee asked excited. Naruto watched how the children with the exception of Kakashi perked up and to his disappointment they began to fight over what to play.

"I want to try my weapons!" Tenten demanded.

"No! I want to play hide and seek!" Sakura stated, puffing her cheeks out in stubbornness.

"H-Hey, no fighting! How about this? I will make shadow clones and we can play everything! Then everyone is happy, ya know!" Naruto suggested with a grin. The others nodded and he made a few clones and send them off

Now the only one left were Kakashi and the real Naruto.

"How about I tell you a story?" Naruto asked with a grin, as he sat down on the grass and petted the spot next to him. Kakashi gave him a cold look but complied.

"There was this one Genin team, it consisted of a loudmouthed idiotic boy, a cold and distant avenger and a smart fangirl. They had a lazy and laid back sensei, who was really cool! They always had a few problems, but then came the day of their first mission. It was an escort mission for a bridge builder that wanted to go back home to the Land of Waves. It began like…" Naruto began to tell the story.

He made sure to make dramatic effects during his telling and even thought Kakashi seemed bored he knew he was listening.

After a few hours.

The Shadow Clones came back with the kids, who were already looking tired. The sun was slowly going down. The deep orange which would soon be dark blue. The temperature was going down too and the wind picked up.

"…the boy´s face was revealed to be that of the same boy, who the loudmouth met in the forest! -Oh! Look! They are back! Let´s go home now! I will make you all something to eat again and then it´s bed time!" Naruto broke off in the middle of the interesting part much to Kakashi´s silent dismay. He held his hand out towards Kakashi, but just got a raised eyebrow in return as Kakashi walked pass him.

Naruto shook his head fondly and began to head home with the other kids. His shadow clones each carrying one of them.

When he was home he quickly made Miso soup, got the children to eat and made them brush their teeth.

"Okay! Okay! Now´s time for bed! You have to get a good rest to be fit tomorrow, ya know! I don´t have enough beds, so you all have to share my one big one! I will sleep on the couch, so goodnight!" Naruto said as he tugged in the children and Kakashi who was already in the bed.

His bedroom was a big room with one large bed. A night stand on the left side and a small window with pale red curtains. The walls were painted a pale orange and there was a small closet on one side. A few pictures of his parents were there and a nightstand lamp. The sheets were pure white like the pillows. A few plants were in there that stood out.

If it were for Naruto he would still have his old place, but he had to admit that so much space was nice. It was not like it was very big like a mansion. More like a big apartment.

The children were kind of confused. The whole place seemed to give of a happy and bright feeling, but there was an underlying sadness that almost swallowed he place when Naruto wasn´t there.

Just as Naruto turned to go out a voice kept him back.

"C-Can you read u-us a story, N-Naruto-san?" A timid voice spoke up. The other children and to his surprise even Kakashi nodded and looked eager.

"Just Naruto is fine, Hina-chan! Of course, I can!" Naruto said softly. He walked over to the night stand and opened it. He had a book in hand and then walked over and sat down to lean against the bed. He gazed at the book with a fond look, tracing the cover with his finger lovingly.

"This is the Tale of The Utterly Gusty Shinobi! This is the book I was named after!" Naruto stated proudly as he opened it and began reading.

After he was finished and was sure they were asleep, he headed out towards the living room and sat down on the couch. He yawned.

"I have to study. In a few hours, I can go to sleep." Naruto rubbed his eyes and concentrated on a few books he had lying around. It wouldn´t do him any good if he slacked off now.

It was four in the morning when Naruto woke up and he wasted no time in showering, meditating and making breakfast. The children and Kakashi would be awake in a few hours.