Hey Everyone. This is my first Fanfiction, so please be gentle with me. I would really appreciate it if you R&R. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. I'm also looking for a beta reader, for I can't spell for my life. There will be some spoilers, you have been warned. Also some of the story won't match up will the manga or anime, so please excuse that. I will update when I can but I am a full time collage student, so sometimes it might take me a while. I know the story progress is slow but I like it slow. Now enjoy!

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Chapter 6

After getting the go ahead from Jiji's secretary, Naruto barged into his office. Jiji smiled at her.

"Quite an impact you made today. Do you have anything to say anything for yourself." Jiji tried to look stern but he couldn't completely conceal his amusement.

"It was great wasn't it." Naruto said completely unrepentant, mischief in her eyes. Hiruzen couldn't hold his laughter any longer. There was no winning with her. He felt exasperated. 'Why do I even try anyone.' He decided to steer the conversation away before he gave in to her even more.

"How you like your first day at the academy." Hiruzen noticed that she immediately avoided eye contact with him. His stomach sunk, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Oh, it was ok, I guess. We learned about chakara and making basic hand signs." Hiruzen saw that she was really uncomfortable with this topic. He sighed, he could easily guess why, before he could call her out on it. She did something that completely shocked him.

"Hey Jiji, I once saw someone use this jutsu when chasing me. Learning about hand signs today in class reminded me of it. So I decided to try it." Naruto processed to preform a shadow clone jutsu. "It's so awesome isn't it. I'm awesome. Believe it." Both Naruto proclaimed to him. Hiruzen almost fell backwards in his chair. How in the world did a five year old not only learn a forbidden jutsu after only seeing it but have the chakara to pull it off? If Hiruzen didn't know any better he would think that Naruto was a genius, but he knew everything she did came from pure hard work. Hiruzen thought he might have to reevaluate Naruto. He knew she had a lot of potential but not this much.

Naruto knew she had to show him it. The shadow clone was her signature jutsu afterall and she knew that she couldn't avoid using it in the near future. It was better to show it to him now, rather than use it later and have him suspicious of her. Kurama agreed with her on this matter. It was better to show jiji some of her abilities when they were alone, so he could trust her a bit more. In the long run, she needed him to trust her to be able to accomplish all she wanted to. Now she needed to push up the bar a little and learn something more. She knew that she couldn't use the rasengan right away or she would really give herself away. She had to learn something new.

"Hey Jiji, someone asked in class today about the different types of affinities a shinobi could have. Can you tell me how I can find out my affinity. I've seen some of the other kids use jutsu like that and I want to do it too." She pleaded with him. She knew what would happen when she tried that chakara paper, and it would give her the perfect opportunity to expand her skill. Now all she needed was for him to agree to let her do it.

Hiruzen stared at Naruto. Part of him didn't want to let her do it. She was five years old for gods sake, and had much to learn before she could get to that point. The council would also not look to kindly on him letting her become more powerful. On the other hand, she had a point. There were clan kids who learned different element jutsus early on in life. Take the Uchihas for example, they taught their kids fire jutsus at a very young age. Naruto had already proven to him that she could preform a high level skill like the shadow clown without breaking a sweat. Plus Naruto needed more protection than most and he would do anything he could to keep her safe. He also knew that Naruto didn't have it in her to abuse her powers. Lastly he decided, looking at her pleading look, even if he said no, she would still find a way to learn it. It would be better if she learned it while being supervised rather than being reckless. A highlight was that he couldn't wait to rub it in the councils face of how advanced his pseudo adopted granddaughter was.

"Alright Naruto, I'll let you learn. Tomorrow you don't have school for the cloud shinobi are coming tomorrow to sign another treaty. Come back tomorrow after the festivals over, than we will talk about this some more." Hiruzen noticed a that a strange emotion fleeting across Naruto face before she nodded.

After Naruto had left his office, Hiruzen motioned for one of his ANBU. One showed up immediately on a knee. "Yes, Hokage sama."

"Bring me hound." Hiruzen ordered. The ANBU immediately shunshined away. Only a few minutes he reappeared with a dog masked ANBU operative. He motioned for all the other ANBU to leave.

"Hound you can take off your mask, for this assignment you need to go without it." The ANBU operative removed his make reveling an eighteen year old Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi was one of his top operatives. Hiruzen could always count on him to get the job done. He could trust Kakashi for this job for multiple reasons. For one he was often on Naruto's protection squid when he wasn't on high-risk missions. Naruto was also the daughter of Kakashi's beloved sensei, and Kakashi would do whatever it took to keep her safe. Lastly, Hiruzen knew that no matter how much he hid it Kakashi was naturally fond of the girl. In a lot of ways, he was the perfect teacher for Naruto.

Hiruzen also felt that Naruto would do a lot of good for Kakashi. Kakashi often put on a mask that had nothing to do with his ANBU mask nor the mask that covered his face. It was a mask that hid his true feelings. Kakashi needed needed some joy and warmth in his life. The joy and warmth that had been cruelly ripped away from him to many times. Hiruzen knew that anyone who spent any time with Naruto and got to know her couldn't help but feel those emotions. Hiruzen was betting a lot on Naruto he knew, but he knew that she could do it.

The only down side to this arrangement was that Hiruzen feared that Kakashi might corrupt Naruto's innocent mind with the books he never put down. Even now he could tell that Kakashi wanted to reach for his little orange book.

"Kakashi I have a mission for you. This mission will be a long term one. You will need to use all yours skills and need all the patience you have to complete it. Consider it a S class mission " Hiruzen announced. Kakashi just raised an eyebrow at him and waited for him to continue.

"You are to train one Naruto Uzumaki." Hiruzen commanded. On the outside Hiruzen seemed perfectly somber and serious but on the inside he was laughing at the face Kakashi was making. Kakashi uncovered eye had widened and even though you couldn't see his mouth, you could tell it was hanging open.

"Hokage sama-" Kakashi tried to protest but was quickly cut off.

"You are the only one I can trust this with. Or would you rather have me give her to someone who will scorn her." Hiruzen knew he had won when he saw Kakashi eyes harden.

"Alright sir." Kakashi sighed and relented unhappily. He really did not want to take care of or train some brat. But there was no way, that he would make Naruto suffer anymore. By being her teacher, Kakashi reasoned, he could protect her better. Kakashi had hated it every time he saw Naruto covered in bruises and alone, but his hands were tied by the council. Even as ANBU he was only allowed to interfere when her life was clearly in danger. Now he had a legitimate way to keep Naruto safe. But spending most of his time with the brat was sure to be tiring.

As if reading his thoughts the hokage continued "You will be surprised and happy to know that Naruto has already shown some promise as a shinobi. She can summon shadow clones." Kakashi eye once again widened. A five year old, who could preform a shadow clone was unheard of. Maybe this wouldn't be so boring after all.

"She has requested to learn about element jutsus, so you will have to test her affinity. Your mission starts tomorrow after the festival ends, meet her here. Don't be late." The hokage ordered. Kakashi sighed once more. Having her train on jutsus would be a long process, well at least he could read his book while she trained. "Oh and Kakashi, it you ever show her the books you read...well lets just say you would not like what would happen to you." The hokage threatened him. Kakashi went pale, he knew that the old man was completely serious. This was going to be a huge headache.