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WARNING: Third chapter of the day. Please go to chapter 6 and start from there. Thanks much~
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"Hokage-sama," Tori said quietly, kneeling before the Sandaime's desk. Hiruzen looked up, mildly surprised to see the ANBU medic.
"Mouse-san. Has something happened?" Hiruzen, though always optimistic about Tori's care with Naruto, learned that Naruto had a way of attracting trouble.
"It's... complicated. I have been watching Naruto-kun's interaction with the village and I have decided that he is no longer at threat within Konoha's boundaries."
"I'm sensing a 'however'," Hiruzen commented. Tori nodded.
"I have been given an opportunity to teach Hyuuga Hinata in Jyuuken and medical ninjutsu. I'd like to be able to move out of the ANBU base so that I can be more accessible to train Hinata."
"And Naruto?"
"Naruto-kun can either move in with me, or stay in the ANBU base. We have slowly been minimizing the changes his Henge makes, and I'm sure that he is safe without it."
"And if someone recognizes him?"
"No one has seen him as Uzumaki Naruto for a year. If we introduce him as Namikaze Naruto, we can explain away any thing that might give him away."
"You seem to have put a lot of thought into this."
"I have," Tori nodded.
"Very well... Do you want to stay enlisted in the ANBU corps?"
"If it's possible. The Hyuuga Council already feel threatened by me. It's best to let them think that they still control me."
"I see," Hiruzen nodded, frowning. Tori recognized the concern in his eyes and chuckled under her breath.
"The Council is losing their power, but I don't think they'll try anything. The Hyuuga name means too much to them to dirty it with anything underhanded."
"Keep me informed," Hiruzen ordered, nodding. Tori nodded. "Where will you live?"
"My house in the Hyuuga Compound is still available. The neighbors didn't mind Kushina, so they shouldn't mind Naruto if he decides to move in with me."
"I guess I'll start on the paperwork," Hiruzen said tiredly. Tori smiled, knowing of his hatred for deskwork, and pulled out a manila envelope.
"They just need your signature," she promised the elderly Hokage. His eyes shone with relief and he smiled at the masked kunoichi.
"You're leaving ANBU?" Kakashi asked, surprised. It was true that he had been thinking about it, but it was hard to decide. Leaving ANBU meant leaving Naruto.
"Not exactly. I'll still be on call, but I got permission to move back into the Hyuuga Compound so I can train Hinata Jyuuken and medical ninjutsu."
"What about Naruto?" he asked.
"He can either come with me or stay in the base with Tenzo and Ame... Don't give me that look, Kakashi. I've known that you wanted to join the Konoha Police for a while now. It's not a crime to want to learn more about your Sharingan, you know," she smiled.
"What else do you know about me?" Kakashi asked warily. Tori's smile broadened and her eyes lit with mischief.
"What your face looks like," she grinned. Kakashi's eye widened comically and Tori laughed as he stumbled back a step. "I'm just kidding. But you know... I could find out if I wanted to."
Kakashi was not at all comforted by her sly grin.
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