Once their meal was finished and even though the server/owner had told them it was free, Asuma had argued that it simply wasn't right to eat the man's food and leave him with nothing. And while part of Naru could sort of understand what Asuma was trying to say, Naru stood firm.
Bad behavior was not to be rewarded.
At which point Asuma pointed out that her behavior could be considered bad, and yet hadn't she been rewarded by free food and such? Which sort of resulted in the little blond had given him a glare and hissing at him like a cat before stomping over to the counter and pulling out her wallet and using the money that her grampa usually gave her as an allowance to pay for their meals.
And as she was heading back, Asuma her abruptly grabbed her and turned her around and marched her back over to the counter and coerced her into giving the man a huge tip for his 'service'.
The mere action of which had pretty much set the little girl's teeth on edge as she handed the man more money than he probably deserved and made a mental note to do something horrible to her uncle the next time she saw him. Yeah, maybe she'd take his wallet or something.
Now wouldn't that be tragic? She inwardly seethed as they left the restaurant to walk Kurenai home. Once that was done and Asuma was sure that his fellow shinobi was safely inside her home, he grasped Naru's little hand in his, startling the girl slightly as he walked next to her, his large hand completely enveloping her own.
"Say, before we head to my place for the night how about we go by the park and you can tell me just what my pop has been teaching you." Asuma said his words as carefully as he could since he didn't wish to be rude. He could already tell that rudeness was not something well received by his niece. If the guy back at the restaurant's constant crying and odd behavior was anything to go by at least.
Looking up at him, Naru said nothing. To be honest she didn't really have too. She knew that he was fishing for something information wise. And to be honest she was in a bad mood and no longer felt all that much like sharing.
And yet it was only a few minutes later that they walked into the park and Asuma made a beeline straight for the nearest park bench he could find where he then set the bag of clothing and toys aside and then patted the bench next to him, indicating that he wished for her to sit next to him as they talked.
Naru looked at the bench as if it were a cage or something. Only with teeth. The look would have been amusing or even cute if not for the wariness the kid was showing.
"Naru, if you aren't comfortable with sitting on the bench then maybe you'd like to sit on my lap instead. It would give me a chance to get a better look at you while we talk." He wasn't lying. He wanted to be able to see the girl and how she reacted to certain...topics that he had in mind to speak with her about.
He'd already caught on some time ago that Naru wasn't really his niece. As easily as she could have passed herself off as his late brother's and his violet/lavender eyed girlfriend's kid- he now knew deep down that Naru was someone else entirely.
Her habits were too strange. However it had been her admittance to growing up alone that had been one of the final pieces of the puzzle. That along with her story of how her chakra had been used to maintain her life. Along with her behavior towards others had sort of clued him in as to just who or perhaps he should say what, she was.
Naru was a Bijuu. A demon container.
And for her to be in the village, that must mean that she was the- He shook his head as if to clear it as the little girl looked up at him with an awkward expression on her cute little face that had him reaching out and lifting her up so that she could sit in his lap.
He should have known that she was a squirmer. Because the very second that her little rear made contact she began moving around as if she were uncomfortable. And of course this caused him to react in an unexpected way.
His body stiffening and tensing as he slowly felt his crotch stir to life.
Face palming to hide his blush, he sent up a silent payer to the gods that the kids didn't notice so that he could simply focus on what he wished to speak to her about instead of having the 'what's this thing poking me?' talk. Cause there was so many ways that that could be unpleasant that it wasn't even funny.
As it was now a days whenever he had to give kids such a talk- he normally handed them off to Kakashi, who then handed them off to Gai who told them of the wonders of the spring time of youth. Thank god no mortal kid he'd ever come across easily spoke Gai-nese otherwise there would be a ton of angry parents calling for Gai's blood.
Luckily the fact that the man was akin to an alien, had somehow managed to save himself.
However he wasn't quite so lucky. This time.
Naru had noticed his bodies unwanted reaction to her squirming and was currently touching him. As in actual hand to crotch action that had the jounin automatically jumping and grabbing her little hand in his as his face turned beet red and he practically shouted, "No! No! Don't touch that!"
To which Naru shocked him to his very core by simply saying, "But you're in heat."
"What? No I'm not! I'm not an animal Naru, I'm a human. Human's don't go into heat! Now leave that alone." He all but hissed out at the little girl from between clenched teeth. Naru blinked at him for a moment, her young mind apparently not comprehending why he was so upset with her as she slowly pulled her hand back out of his grasp and absently rubbed her wrist as if his grip had hurt her.
Which was entirely possible since he had grabbed her rather quickly with the one thought of simply stopping her from touching him, not stopping her carefully.
She looked at him for a moment before saying, "I don't think I should sit there." To which he whole heartedly agreed and quickly got up and grabbed her and carried her over to a swing set a few feet from their previous spot and set her down next to one of the swings while he grabbed one of the higher ones for himself and sat back down.
"Come on kid. Sit down already so that we can talk."
Naru grabbed the wing next to his own and sat down in it and then looked at him expectantly. Obviously waiting for him to begin their little talk.
"Okay first thing is first, I already know that you aren't a normal kid. And that you aren't really my niece except in name only. What I don't know is who you really are, why my dad has taken such an interest in you, what he's been teaching you, and why you both found it necessary to lie to me."
"My name is Naru Uzumaki." Naru said as she waited for him to connect the dots and when he did- well, he damn near fell out of his swing in shock.
"Uzumaki. As in the Bijuu of the leaf village, Uzumaki? The late Forth Hokage's kid?"
Naru nodded her head slowly as Asuma muttered, "Holy shit kid- er Naru. Do you know what people would do to you if they knew just who you were?"
"Kill me, would be my guess."
"It goes a bit deeper than that kid. I think that those who want to kill you for what you are is a round about way of showing mercy."
Naru didn't say anything since she knew very well that her presence in the village, alive and well would cause a great deal of trouble. Civic unrest and such. Hell if anyone found out who she was before Sarutobi was ready for her to come forward, the old man could be held accountable for her crimes and possibly even stripped of his Hokage status and removed from office and then killed as a traitor to the village.
So yes, she knew exactly what would happen.
And in those few moments of silence Asuma suddenly became aware of the truth as well. And mentally kicked himself. Crap. Here he had been busy trying to solve the puzzle that this kid represented without bothering to really think on the repercussions of solving said puzzle.
"Alright Naru. Now that we've established that much, what do you want to do? My dad has gone to a considerable amount of trouble to see to it that you are treated more like one of our family than as a simple stranger. If he's found out he could lose everything."
"I know."
"Then what's the plan?"
"The plan is to learn what I'm needed to learn. And to break as many of my bad habits as possible while pretending to be something that I'm not."
"Sounds like a difficult path kid."
"It's the best that I can do on such short notice." Naru said lamely. Asuma nodded his head in understanding.
"Alright, I'll keep playing along for now. At least until you come out to the shinobi of the village. Now tell me some of the things that my dad has been teaching you in preparation for that day."
"Only if you'll tell me one thing." Naru said.
"Okay, what?"
Reaching out she pointed to the tent in his pants and the jounin blushed all the way to the roots of his hair as the girl asked, "What's that?"
Figuring the only way to get back on track was to tell her what she wanted, Asuma practically shouted at her in embarrassment. "It's my fucking penis! And it isn't a toy so leave it alone!"
Which only earned him a slight shoulder shrug from the girl before she started talking.
