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Chapter 14

Naru was having a hard time waking up from her comfortable bed. It was her fourth day living at Kakashi's apartment and the first day she wasn't forced onto bed rest. Yet, she wanted to continue dreaming about ramen! Lots and lots of ramen. Miso Ramen, Chicken Ramen, Beef Ramen, Shrimp Ramen, oh god she was in Ramen Heaven and she never wanted to leave. Her dream was so realistic she thought she could actually smell it. Wait! She really could smell it. She rose from her bed with her eyes closed and let the smell guide her. When she opened her eyes, she was sitting on a dining room chair with a bowl of ramen in front of her. It wasn't the instant kind, nor was it Ichiraku's Ramen. No it was homemade ramen. She looked at it as if it was the most priceless treasure in the world. She had never had homemade ramen before. She looked up with sparkling and worshiping eyes to see Kakashi looking at her in amusement. From that moment on she knew that this would be the start of a beautiful relationship.
"Yo" He eye smiled at her.
"You are awesome! Itadakimasu!" Naru began to dig into her delicious ramen. Kakashi chuckled.
"I'll make you a deal Naru." She looked up at him with noodles dangling from her mouth. "Once a week, I'll make you ramen. As much as you want and whatever kind you want." Naru's eyes practically glowed and her mouth salivated at that. "But" He held up one finger here. "You will have to eat whatever else I put in front of you for the rest of the week. And yes, Naru, this includes Vegetables." He finished before she could interrupt him. Naru looked down at her bowl and thought hard about it with her face scrunched up. Six days of yucky vegetables, in return for one day of all she could eat ramen. Kakashi decided to push another button in order to help her make up her mind.
"You'll grow taller." He said lazily. Naru's eyes shot up to meet his eyes. She hated being short. She looked down at her bowl, it really was delicious. She nodded; she had made up her mind.
"You got a deal old man." Kakashi sweat dropped.
'Old man?' How in the world was he an old man? He was eighteen! If you didn't look at his shinobi record, many would still think of him as a kid. In fact, that was an issue the civilian council had raised up when it was announced that he was adopting her, but it was shot down by the shinobi side.
Naru got up after finishing her third bowl. "I'm heading to school now, see ya."
"Already?" Now Kakashi knew that he had a tendency to be late, but she still had an hour before school started.
"Yup, got to meet up with a friend first. If I'm late, he'll become moodier than normal and I'll just have to hear him complain the entire time. See ya." Naru ran out the door.
Kakashi sighed. How could one girl have so much energy? As he looked at her vacated spot he saw the empty bowls. It would never cease to amaze him, how many bowls she could eat. Where did it all go? Kakashi had a feeling that he was going to regret making that deal with her. He had foolishly said as many as she could eat. He sighed; there went the money he was going to spend on purchasing new limited edition books.
Kakashi looked around his apartment. For him alone it was enough but with Naru living with him it just seemed too small. Naru needed more space to run around and he didn't think his apartment would hold up against the force called Naruto. Maybe it was time for a change of scenery.
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"Yo." Hiruzen whipped around to see Kakashi squatting at his window.
"Kakashi, one of these days you will have to learn to use a door." The man just shrugged at him.
As Kakashi tried to go inside the room, he found his feet stuck to the window still. 'Naru!' He mentally screamed, knowing that this was her work. Who else had the nerve to put glue on the Hokage's window sill? He would have to have some words with her when they got home. He found that no matter how much he struggled to get his feet unstuck it was of no use. He sighed and just slipped out of his slippers.
Hiruzen chuckled at the scarecrow's predicament. He also knew that it was Naru's work and he couldn't help but feel both exasperated and proud. He was exasperated because she had pulled another prank, and in his office no less. He was proud because he couldn't help but enjoy the fact that after years of telling three certain stubborn men to stop using his window as an entrance, it had finally come back to haunt at least one of them. Maybe now the man would learn his lesson.
"What can I do for you Kakashi?" He asked trying to hide his amusement but failed.
"I wanted to inform you that I might be moving to the Hatake estate, now that Naru's living with me." Kakashi reported. Hiruzen sank back into his chair. He had a feeling this might happen and he had already come up with a plan.
"As you know the Hatake estate and the Namikaze-Uzamaki estate are right next to each other. I propose joining the two together." The Hokage suggested. Kakashi eyes widened. He hadn't visited his sensei's house since his death and had forgotten about it. He wondered why the Hokage had suggested joining the two. Both estates were nowhere near the size of the Uchiha estate or the Hyuga estate but they were each fairly large. Why combine them for just two people?
Hiruzen could see Kakashi confusion. "The house does rightfully belong to her and she should have it. I wanted to wait till she was older, but now seems like as good a time as any. Also she is the heir to the two clans; she may want to restore them one day. And you know as well as I do, that there once was a Hatake clan as well. It was a small one but it was well respected. While you try to forget the fact that you hold a place on the council and try to avoid your duties others haven't." Kakashi couldn't help but cringe at that. He liked to forget the fact that he was a clan head; it was usually really easy to do since he was the only one left. Most of the Hatake had been killed in previous wars, and eventually the only ones left were his father and himself, and now it was just him.
"Now that you have formally adopted Naru she is now the heir of the Hatake clan as well. While she may be the only one left of the Namikaze clan and you two the only ones left of the Hatake clan, I have heard rumors of other Uzamakis out there. There is a chance that Naru will bring them together one day and become the rightful head of the clan. I know it's a long shot but the combined estates will come in handy, if this comes to pass." Kakashi shuddered at the thought of living with more people. Naru was more than enough. What scared him the most was that it was entirely possible for the blond to do what Hiruzen described.
"The estate contains a library and two training ground. The library is filled with jutsus that Minato and Kushina left behind for Naru. Currently the room is locked with a blood seal, so only Naru can access it as well as the people she allows. I suggest you place additional seals on the room. Naru is still too young to have access to some of the jutsu in there. If not done properly and under supervision some of the jutsus might seriously hurt her. The estate also contains other key rooms such as a vault, armory, and such. I trust you to add seals to those rooms as well." Kakashi groaned at the thought of trying to keep Naru away from something, it was nearly impossible. "The training grounds that are connected to the Hatake training grounds and are pretty secluded. It will be easy to train her in secret there. Plus there is large training ground underground as well for complete privacy." Kakashi was thankful for that little feature. It would be a lot easier now to keep her training away from prying eyes, which could have been a problem in the public training grounds. Kakashi sighed. While he still believed that the combined estates would be too large for two people, he saw the wisdom of accepting. He reluctantly nodded his acceptance to the proposal. Hiruzen grinned as he blew on his pipe. That had been easier than he thought it was going to be. He dropped the last bomb now that Kakashi had agreed and couldn't back out. "Good. You can move in, in about two weeks after some renovations have been done."
"Renovation?" Kakashi sweat dropped.
"Oh nothing major just a few adjustments." Hiruzen lied through his teeth. He was planning on making major renovations. His pseudo granddaughter had lived in a heap all her life, she deserved the best and he was more than happy to give it to her.
Kakashi suspected that the old man was lying to him but he had no proof and he couldn't just accuse the leader of the village without any evidence. So he backed down and left after he was dismissed. As he left the office, he heard some snickering from the ANBU guards. He looked down and groaned. He had forgotten that he wasn't wearing any slippers.
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In the academy
Naru looked down at the book she was reading while the teacher lectured on and on. She already knew everything he was teaching so she found no point in listening to him. She was trying to learn about Fuinjutsu, the art of sealing. She had always wanted to learn it because of three important reasons. First reason was she found it extremely cool and she could totally use it on missions. Second reason was it was a part of her heritage with being an Uzamaki and related to the fourth Hokage. She had grown up with no connections to her ancestors and her heritage, so having the opportunity to actually connect with a part of it was extremely appealing to her. Plus, Ero-sennin was also a master at sealing and to her that was an added incentive.
Third reason was Gaara. She wanted to be able to strengthen his seal. Eventually she also wanted him to bond with his bijuu like she had but till then she didn't want Shukaku to influence Gaara anymore. He deserved a better life and she wanted a chance to give it to him. She couldn't ask Ero-sennin to strengthen the seal without raising suspicion, so she had to do it herself. Luckily she already had something to base his seal off of.
She had meant to learn Fuinjutsu after the war but she had never had the chance. The only problem with learning it now was that she had to keep it a secret. She couldn't do it out in the open for most would object to her knowing anything about seals, primarily because of the one she had on her stomach. She was currently hiding the book on Fuinjutsu behind a textbook. The teacher only looked her way to glare at her or to mock her, so it wasn't too difficult to keep it hidden. Most of the class didn't even glance towards the section she was sitting in. Shikamaru was sleeping beside her as was Kiba and Akamaru. Choji was snacking on some chips behind his book. Ino was doing her hair and was only half listing to the teacher. Shino was communicating with his bugs as he pretended to pay attention. Sasuke was paying attention but looked extremely bored. The only two who had their full attention on the teacher was Sakura and Hinata.
Naru was having a hard time understanding the book. She was more of a hands on type of learner and this book used too many conceptual details for her to really learn anything. In her frustration she put the book inside and decided to just wing it. She grabbed a piece of paper and started to practice some very basic seals. It didn't take long for her to get the hang of it. In fact once she tried it half a dozen times, she unconsciously started to add her own touches to the seals. Sasuke, who was sitting next to her, took notice.
"What are you doing dobe?" He whispered.
"Shut it teme, I'm trying to learn how to make seals." Sasuke snorted.
"Why would you do that? What good are seals anyway other than to make things go boom?"
"Baka. Seals are awesome. You can practically do anything with them. For example if you're going on a mission would you rather carry a backpack full of stuff or just one light scroll that could hold all your things. They can do a lot of other things too." Naru lectured him. Sasuke snorted again but nodded because he was starting to understand.
Naru practiced until a few minutes before class ended, which was when she decided to put a plan of hers into place. So far all her friends had been split up into their own groups or just hung out by themselves. Naru wanted to change that and bring them all together. She passed notes to each of her friends to meet her in the area that she usually trained with Kakashi in, in two hours. Most of them just nodded while other agreed in their own way. Meaning Sasuke huffed, Shikamaru muttered his favorite word and Kiba made a che sound.
As she walked out of the academy with her friends, she was surprised at what she saw. Kakashi was waiting for her. This completely shocked her for while she had always seen other parents pick up their children; she had never experienced it personally before.
As he approached them, Kiba asked, "Who's the one eyed mask guy? I've never seen him before." Naru didn't know how to address him anymore.
"He is Kakashi Hatake, a jonin. He adopted me three days ago." Naru introduced him. The rest of her friends were shocked by the news. The fact that she was an orphan had slipped most of their minds. What was more was that Naru had missed four days of school. When they asked her why, she had told them that she hadn't been feeling well. Now they wondered if she had been telling them the whole truth.
"Yo." The man now identified as Kakashi greeted.
"What are you doing here?" Naru asked bluntly.
"What can't I act like a normal parent and pick my daughter up from school." He asked in a mock hurt voice. For some reason he had no trouble calling her his daughter. It had a feeling of rightness.
"But you're on time. Were we attacked or something? Something big must have happened for you to be on time for once." Naru questioned. Kakashi grabbed his heart with mock offense.
"Naru you wound me. Why must my cute little daughter be so mean? I'm not that bad. Am I?"
That comment made Naru turn red with frustration and embarrassment. She suddenly remembered a time when he used to call her, Sasuke, and Sakura his three cute genin, and that calmed her down a little but not by much. Naru glared at him before she gave into her curiosity.
"Really though. Why are you here, did something happen?"
Kakashi gave his signature eye smile, "Just wanted to ask if you wanted to grab something to eat?" Naru brightened up, but before she could say anything and burn a hole through his pocket he continued, "No ramen. You already had some this morning." Naru pouted at that. She waved goodbye to her friends, who had all been highly entertained by the interaction between the two. As the two began to leave they could hear Naru arguing before Kakashi said, "Care to tell me why there was glue on the Hokage's window stile. Especially, after you promised to not pull anymore pranks for the rest of the week." Just as the two turned the corner, they could faintly hear Naru start panicking.
"Well you see...But I did that like a week ago, so it doesn't count. Right?"
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Naru was heading to the agreed meeting spot after she had finished having a meal at the dango shop with Kakashi. This would be the first time all her friends would meet together in one place outside of school. She wanted to make it memorable and she had an idea on how to do so. She was there about an hour and twenty minutes before the agreed time. With plenty of time to set up Naru summoned thirty shadow clones and sent them to work, while she went to work on her own special job elsewhere.

In the corner of Konoha sat a small store. At first glance most people wouldn't even take notice of it. But any skilled shinobi who knew anything would recognize it as the best weapons shop in Konoha. The store was filled with many different types of high quality weapons and armors. The shop was run by a large middle aged man and his young daughter. Currently an eight years old girl with black hair tied up in two small buns was manning the counter while her father worked in the workshop that was in the back of the shop.
Tenten looked up from the sword she was polishing when the doorbells chimed. "Welco-" Tenten looked around but couldn't spot anyone in the store.
"Hiya." Tenten heard an overly excited voice. She looked over the counter to find a tiny blond girl smiling up at her. Tenten smiled back at her.
"Are you lost?" Tenten asked the girl because she saw no reason for such a small girl to be in a weapon shop unless she was with her parents. The girl shook her head.
"Nope, can you show me where your shurikens are located?" Tenten didn't know what to do. She had never had to deal with something like this before. Here was a tiny girl asking to see sharp weapons, Tenten was about to deny her when the girl spoke up again. "You see I only know how to throw one shuriken at a time. My...dad was going to show me how to throw more. But he is busy with some mission and can't teach me." Here Naru made a teary eyed face. Already Tenten was melting. "I wanted to surprise him by practicing a little on my own. Hey nee-san I bet your already really good at it, can you teach me? Please." Tenten couldn't take it anymore. The girl was just too cute.
"Sure kid, let's go out back. I can teach you. I'm Tenten by the way, who are you?" Tenten led Naru to a tiny training yard.
"I'm Naru, nice to meet you Tenten." Naru gave Tenten a big grin. Tenten took out a dozen shurikens, placed ten on the ground while she kept two in between her fingers.
"Watch Naru, this is how you want to hold it. Remember not to tighten your fist too much are you're going to hurt yourself. Once you are holding it right. Eye your target. Bring your arm back and then swing your arm forward and let your shurikens go…just like that." Tenten demonstrated, her two shurikens flying and hitting her target perfectly. "All you need is practice to improve."
"Wow Tenten, you're awesome. I think I saw you at the ninja academy. Are you going to be a ninja? Are you? Are you? Are you?"
Tenten sweat dropped at the kid's excitement. "Ya, I want to become a great kunoichi one day, just like the legendary sennin Tsunade-sama." Tenten's smile suddenly dropped, which didn't slip past Naru's notice.
"Tenten why are you sad?"
"Oh it's just that I wanted to become just like Tsunade-sama and become a medic-nin just like her. But my chakra control isn't that great and to be a medic-nin you need to have amazing chakra control." Tenten was depressed. All her life she wanted to be just like Tsunade-sama and it was a huge blow for her that she couldn't follow in her idols footsteps.
"Well that's dumb." Naru said crossing her arms over her chest while getting a stubborn look on her face. Tenten looked at her startled. "Even if you don't have great chakra control, you don't have to give up on becoming a medical-nin, if you really don't want to. If you work really hard at it, one day I'm sure you can become one. But even if you don't become a medical-nin that doesn't mean that you can't become a great Konoichi. I mean look at how great you are at using weapons. I bet you can beat the pants off anyone when it comes to weapons." Naru nodded. Tenten looked at the girl in front of her in amazement. Tenten grinned thinking that the Naru had a point. She couldn't just quit her dream. While she may never be like Tsunade-sama, she could still become a great kunoichi. Suddenly the tiny blond beside her perked up, "Hey, hey, hey. My friends are all going to meet later do you want to come with us? Oh and they're all older than me, so you won't feel left out. Come on, please?" Tenten found herself unable to say no and ended up agreeing.
"Great meet you there in about an hour." Naru yelled and ran off. Tenten waved back. As she was heading back into the store she suddenly realized that Naru hadn't thrown a single kunai. She shook her head and decided not to think about it.
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In a tiny training area behind the academy a single child was training. He was once again looked down on by the other kids at the academy today because he still couldn't do a single jutsu. But he refused to give up on his dream of becoming a shinobi. He trained nonstop in order to achieve his dream. He was currently in the middle of his strenuous training regime that he had set up for himself. He was sparring with a wooden post, and a little blood was seeping out of the bandages covering his fists. He repeatedly punched and kicked the post as quickly as he could. As he finally came to stop, he took a step and took in a deep breath. He suddenly felt a fist flying towards his back and by pure instincts he blocked it and swept at his attackers' legs. He heard a thud and then some chuckling. As he looked at his attacker for the first time, he stepped back in shock. There on the ground was a little girl with blond hair, laughing crazily.
"I am sorry young one. I did not see you there." Lee quickly tried to apologize for hurting her. It did not sit right with him to hurt such a young one. He offered his arm to her and helped her up. To his amazement, instead of showing pain or being mad she was smiling up at him.
"That was so cool. I wanted to see if you were still quick and you are." Lee was confused. This young girl was talking like she knew him. It seemed as if she read his confusion and said, "Oh sorry about that. I heard from some kids that you were really good at taijutsu and that you were really quick. I wanted to see it for myself." She smiled up at him. Lee couldn't help but feel some pride that others believed that he was good at something he worked really hard at. "I'm Naru, by the way. Who are you?" Lee stood up straighter and puffed out his chest.
"My name is Lee. It is nice to meet you, young one."
"Same here. I saw you training. You're really good." Naru complimented him. A part of her was amazed that he was already this far ahead in taijutsu without any help from G**. But she already knew he was a genius at hard work.
"Thank you, young Naru. I hope to become a great shinobi one day. I must train hard for that to happen. Since I cannot perform ninjutsu and genjutsu I will do it solely with taijutsu." Lee stated with absolute determination.
"Hey I think that's great. I believe that you can become a great shinobi. You could probably become the greatest taijutsu artist ever." Lee was once again swept away by the girl. He couldn't help but feel great happiness that someone believed that he could do it. No one had ever believed that he could make it, yet this girl that he had just encountered believed. Though it had only been a few minutes since they had met, this encounter had a huge impact on Lee's life. "But aren't you bored training all alone? My friends and I are meeting up later, and we all train together sometimes too. Want to join us?" Naru asked him.
"I cannot deny such a heartwarming invitation. I will gladly join you and your friends." Lee answered. Naru grinned at him and told him where they would meet. With a final wave she ran off.
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Naru had made it back to the training ground to find that everything had been set. She was overjoyed that she had gotten Tenten and Lee to join but no matter how much she searched she couldn't find Neji. There was a good chance that he was at the Hyuga estate but Naru couldn't just walk in there. Well she could but she would rather leave that for another day. She leaned against a post as she waited for her friends to arrive. So far Sasuke was the only one who had arrived. When she heard someone approaching, she looked up to find Hinata arriving with an eight year old Neji on her heals. Naru couldn't believe her luck. So Neji would end up joining them after all. As she approached to greet them she could just barely understand what they were saying.
"Umm..Neji-nisan...you don't...have to follow me...I'm with my...friends."
"But Hinata-sama I must protect you. It is my duty." Wow even now Neji was still a stiff. Naru didn't know why she expected anything more from him. Though even if he was still overly serious about everything, Naru couldn't help the overwhelming joy she felt at seeing him alive. She practically skipped over to him, and with such a huge grin on her face Neji started backing away from her.
"Hey you're Neji right? Are you related to Hinata? Want to play with us?" Naru held out her hand. Neji just tensed up though.
"How dare you call Hinata-sama without any honorifics? She is heir to the Hyuga clan and deserves your respect" Neji demanded. Naru couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, which made him angrier. She had forgotten just how prideful Neji was in the beginning. At least this time she was happy that instead of resenting Hinata, he wanted to protect her. Nonetheless he should still dial down the whole duty thing, at least a little.
"I call her Hinata, because she's my friend." She looked at him like he was missing some screws. "Since you're staying why not play with us, instead of just standing there looking bored."
Neji really did not know what to do. The child part of him wanted to join in and play with the other kids. He didn't get many chances to play with other children. The other children in the branch family didn't want to play with him because they believed he was too close to the main family. And just until recently he wasn't allowed to play with his cousin Hinata because he was a branch member. Neji noticed that a lot of things around him were slowly changing.
Something strange had been happening within the Hyuga estate recently. A few weeks back his uncle, Lord Hiashi, had declared that the two branches were joining. Ever since then interactions between the two branches were encouraged though it was still a bit awkward. He and his father now frequently visited his uncle and Hinata. He also noticed a difference in his father. He seemed a lot happier and it wasn't uncommon for his father and uncle to be together. This also meant that he and Hinata would also now meet frequently. He had quickly found that she was extremely shy and gentle, but despite this she would become the leader of the Hyuga one day. And though there was no branch family anymore, he still felt an urge to protect and support his cousin.
The other side of Neji wanted to refuse based on his pride. Playing recklessly with other children just wasn't done. He had an image to uphold as a Hyuga. But the situation was throwing him for a loop. This tiny girl seemed the very opposite of anything he was used to. She was load, boisterous, and way to energetic. He honestly didn't know what to do; it was too much for his eight year old mind to comprehend. Plus she seemed to be friends with an Uchiha. The Hyuga and the Uchiha had always been rivals. They held two of the most powerful eyes in the world and the two clans were always competing over whose eyes were better. But underneath the rivalry both clans held deep respect for one another, not a fact that would ever be publicized. Neji didn't want to lose his pride by outright agreeing to play so instead he decided to take another route.
"I would like a chance to prove myself better than an Uchiha, so I agree to play with you." Naru inwardly snickered at how red Sasuke's face got at that. But before he could say anything, she pushed him aside. As he stumbled back, he snarled at her but she mouthed 'play nice' to him. That was until the next words came out of Neji's mouth.
"I must also prevent Hinate-sama from picking up your barbaric ways." Ok now he was going to get it. She marched up right up to him and was about to sock him a good one but before she could Sasuke grabbed her arms from behind. She could hear him snickering from behind her.
"Were you not the one who just said play nice?" He said in between snickers.
"Shut up and let me go you teme. I'm so going to teach this arrogant jerk a lesson" She yelled while struggling to get free.
"You know you're just proving his point, right?" Sasuke snickered. Hinata walked up to her.
"I…apologize for Neji-niisan...he didn't mean to offend...Right Neji-niisan?" Hinata stuttered.
"Hmph" Neji turned away. Naru clenched her teeth. Oh he was going down later. But for now she couldn't ignore Hinata's pleading look, so she decided to let it go. She would have plenty of opportunities later to make him pay. The evil grin on her face had the other three kids backing away from her. Luckily they were saved when the rest of their friends started to arrive.
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Hinata namakazi & Phantom & Random is random: Thank you. I'm glad your enjoying this story.

: Because that look is all powerful. Mwhahahah. But seriously have you ever been on the receiving end of one of those looks. I have three young nephews *Shudders* trust me it works. I also dont plan on making it a ita/naru pairing.

Akrisakara: Thanks. And I know right. In my humble opinion: Lil Naru is AWESOME!

Spirit1328: lol I'll try

EmpressLupin: Thanks and I plan too. I have a pretty good idea of who she's going to end up with and I think your like who. But it wont happen wont happen anytime soon.