When they arrived, they quickly went to the Hokage Tower to report. After giving a vocal report the Hokage nodded and looked at the girl.
"Nao, is it."
The said girl didn't respond but the Hokage didn't mind.
"Did you know that Miyoshi was an Uchiha?" he asked.
At the mention of her father's name Nao looked up with small interest.
"Uchiha?" the girl asked.
"Yes, your father is from the Uchiha Clan. They are informed of your arrival and the family that accepted to take care of you are here. Come in!"
The door opened and to everyone's surprise it was Uzumaki Kushina.
"Kushina?!" Minato asked quite surprised.
The girl looked at the red haired lady with wide eyes. Nao could see Byaka on this lady except that this lady had violet eyes.
"Minato!" greeted as she walked to the little girl and leveled down to her.
"What are you doing here?"
"I've decided that we are taking care of her obviously!" Kushina cheered as she looked at the little black haired girl. The girl's magenta eyes looked at her dully to which Kushina felt her heart clench. Something about the girl reminded Kushina about her own self.
"We are going to be family from now on," Kushina whispered to the girl's ear before taking her hand.
Kushina had taken Nao home and the team had left with them leaving Minato with the third Hokage.
"She said her mother was mix blood of Yuki, Kumokaze and Uzumaki," Minato informed.
"Miyoshi being her father... She has four clan blood running through her veins."
Hiruzen nodded.
"Yuki clan is from the Wave Country so it is better to keep that as a secret, Minato. She could be targeted if found out."
"What about the Kumokaze?"
"The Kumokaze Clan... They are the clan who has contract with the spiders and can communicate with the wind but those where rumors. I have never really met a clans member from Kumokaze. The village does not need to know everything about Nao."
The Namikaze nodded at the new information. At least he would know what was coming from the girl. Now he would ask what was bothering him the most.
"Did the Uchiha Clan not want to adopt the girl?"
The Hokage sighed as he put his pipe into his mouth to inhale deep and exhale out.
"Kushina was here when the message arrive. She was the one who took the opportunity the moment it was given. I gave the notice to Fugaku, but he didn't seem to mind, maybe he thought the girl wouldn't have the Sharingan."
"Nao has awakened the Sharingan."
Hiruzen was surprised. A four year old had awakened the sharingan? Not knowing what to do now he said, "This will be between us. We will deal with when it comes."
They both nodded.
Kushina and Nao were at the shopping district where Kushina was buying a lot of kimono with Nao trying to stop her. By the time Kushina and Nao reach home Nao was sleeping in the room Kushina had prepared in 2 days. Minato had later arrived and the both sat at the dining table.
"Kushina, are you sure about Nao?" Minato asked seriously.
"Of course I am! If I wasn't then Nao wouldn't be here!"
Minato rubbed his cheek with his index finger a little perplexed with the sudden new addition of family. Feeling Minato's hesitance, Kushina took his hands across the table to hold them. After securing them, she looked straight into his eyes in determination.
"At first sight I knew I wanted her in my arms and protect her forever! Was it not the same for you Minato?"
Minato, surprised, blinked multiple times at his wife. He did feel that the moment he had met Nao. Maybe it was fate that wanted him and Kushina together with Nao or it might have been destiny that they become family.
"Minato?" his wife looked at him curiously and Minato smiled to the red head.
"We think alike at times like this," he hugged her bumped their foreheads together while laughing lightly.
During that time Nao was awake looking into her mother's diary. It was an entry from a year ago with a photo of a lovely woman clipped into the entry..
My Yuki cousin gave birth to a baby boy on January 9th. His name is Haku. Hopefully I will arrive in time to meet him soon. Nao would happy to have a little brother...
Nao was going to find her little brother but right now she had to get stronger before she could find him.
The little girl hid the book in one of the drawers before going to sleep.
It has been few weeks since Nao had started living with Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina. They were a happy couple from what Nao could see.
It was one afternoon that Nao decides to follow Minato to meet his team. Although she stayed at home the majority of time, Nao wanted to follow Minato.
"I'm going to meet with the team!" Minato called out.
"Okay! Be home for dinner!"
"Will do!" Minato left home not knowing a black haired girl following not to far behind.
They reached Training Ground no. 7 soon enough. Nao quickly hid behind a tree and watched the blond man talk to his students.
"Okay how about Kakashi and Obito spar. Taijutsu only, weapons allowed, no serious damage. Understood?"
Both students nodded and took their stance waiting for their teacher to let them begin.
"Start!"
Both students started to attack, dodging and taking out a kunai. Nao watched in amazement as she could keep up with their movements. They weren't as fast as her father but they were pretty quick. She engraved all their movements into her memory, just like a picture that would forever remain in her brain.
The fight was over after Kakashi had kicked behind Obito's knees, having Obito fall behind and Kakashi pushing his kunai near his throat.
"I give I give I give!" yelped Obito as he tried to edge away from the pointy kunai.
"Kakashi that was amazing!" Rin praised.
Nao quickly noticed Obito's jealous stare before he turned his head away. Not happy with Rin's favoritism Nao came out of her hiding spot.
"He did amazing too!" Nao yelled surprising four ninjas.
"Nao?!" Minato walked over to the hidden girl as his students followed closely behind.
Nao gasped as she looked around her for something hid behind now that she was caught but resorted to hide behind Obito. She tightly held onto his clothes and looked reprimandingly at Rin. Ignoring her the man who adopted her, Nao raised her voice again.
"He did amazing too!"
Rin knelt down to meet Nao's eyes as if she was dealing with a child which she really was.
"Obito did too, didn't he?"
So that was his name... Nao had heard of the name a couple of times from Minato and Kushina. This must be Rin and other guy should be Kakashi but that was not the problem right now. She did not like how Rin was treating her like a baby when she was a child.
"If you know he did amazing then why aren't you telling him too?"
Rin didn't know how to answer. She liked Kakashi, so absentmindedly had praised him straight out.
"Well Obito lost, right?" Rin answered a bit hesitantly but it didn't sit well with Nao.
"Even if someone loses then they would do better on the next one even if they lose on the next one, they must had improve on their past self! I doubt this was the first spar they had and even if it was the first, both parties should be praised for their hard work!"
Minato watched the girl preach on and on as if she was repeating after someone else. Her eyes shone telling Rin what was what she did wrong.
"Even between teammates, favoritism is no good! It breaks the meaning of the word team!"
Ah... those exact words. It reminded of...
"Nao-chan, did Uncle Miyoshi teach you that?"
Nao looked at Obito surprised but slowly nodded.
"Exactly 9 months ago, Papa taught me the meaning of team after I lost to a Satoshi. He praised me and I asked why. He said that I had done better than before and for my hard work."
"He told me the exact same thing too!" Obito cheered making Nao brighten up.
Minato smiled slightly, he could totally see Miyoshi in Nao.
"How are you so sure it is exactly 9 months?" Kakashi asked all of a sudden in curiosity. Minato blinked at that. Kaka made a good point. The blond knew Nao was intelligent but even a child wouldn't pay so much attention to dates.
Nao looked at Kakashi as if he was stupid.
"It was in the calendar at the kitchen. I saw it before I left the inn. It was September 30th and today is July 30th."
"To remember such a small detail, you must have a great memory!" Obito praised the girl.
Minato wanting to test the girl, Minato asked, "Do you remember what you ate that day?"
"Yes," Nao responded.
"How do you remember all this?"
"Mama said I had picto-graphic memory!"
Oh dear...
Minato smiles albeit sadly as he hugged the girl tightly. Nao looked confused and looked at Kakashi who gave her a pitiful look. The blond man let her go before smiling brightly at her.
"Nao does Kushina know you are out here?"
Nao innocently shook her head.
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Everyone started to visibly sweated in dread.
