A/N:

WARNING: Fourth chapter of the night. Please go to chapter 6 and start from there. Gracias!

Not owning Naruto at all. It happens *shrug*

Naruto yawned, his bare feet moving almost soundlessly on the wood floor as he walked towards the kitchen. His thoughts went back to just a week ago, when he was still living in the ANBU base.

~Flashback~

"Naruto-kun?" Tori's voice was quiet as the door to his room opened very carefully. The six year old was still prone to traps but, due to his age, they were geared to humiliate not to harm intruders. Nevertheless, not all of his traps were exactly safe, so it was best to be careful.

"Neesan?" Naruto's sleepy voice asked from the darkness. There was movement in the dark and an almost inaudible click. "It's safe," he reported.

Tori stepped into the room feeling much safer with whatever trap Naruto had primed deactivated. The boy climbed back onto his bed and she sat beside him.

"What's going on?" he asked, yawning. Tori's smile grew.

"I have some news," she began.

"Can't it wait till morning?" Naruto complained.

"No, it can't... I'm going to be moving away from the base," she informed him gently. Naruto stopped rubbing at his eyes and looked at her worriedly.

"For how long?"

"I'm not sure yet, but a few years at the least."

"You're going to leave?"

Tori saw him mentally add himself at the end of that sentence and she looked carefully at her charge.

"Yes, I am."

"But what about me?" he asked, his eyes slightly hurt. Tori smiled genuinely.

"Well... You can come with me, if you want. It's up to you, but you can move in with me once I get the house ready."

"Really?"

"If you want, yes. Kakashi and the others can still train you if you want, and-"

She was cut off by the rib-cracking hug her friends' son trapped her in.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you~"

Tori tried to laugh, but couldn't spare the oxygen. She reached around, carefully prying the young boy's arms loose. Naruto, taking his arms back, rocked back and forth excitedly, grinning from ear to ear.

"What?" Tori asked, bemused. Naruto's grin softened and he looked up at her.

"It's like you'll really be my neesan," he divulged in a hushed tone.

Tori, her eyes full of warmth, pulled the six year old into her arms, hugging him.

"You bet."

~End Flashback~

"Naruto-kun, I want your hands washed," Tori said sternly as he sat down at the kitchen table.

Tori was finally out of her ANBU uniform, and glad about it. Instead of wearing her usual civilian clothes, she dressed in a dark purple cheongsam decorated with small golden sakura petals.

She was in the middle of serving breakfast, carefully balancing two plates of pancakes on one arm with a bowl of fruit in her other hand. She expertly laid the food down as Naruto jumped out of his seat, grumbling as he made his way to the sink.

"Ittadakimasu!" they said in unison and began eating. Tori laughed at the pace with which her godson ate.

"Relax, Naruto-kun. The pancakes aren't trying to run away, and I made plenty," she reassured him.

When the two were finished, Naruto jumped up and began to clear the dishes alongside Tori.

"What are we doing today?" Naruto asked curiously. Tori glanced back at him appraisingly.

"I think... you deserve a day off," she decided.

"Can I go to the park?" Naruto asked hopefully. Tori resumed her study.

"If, and I mean if, you can stay out of a fight," she decided. "And, absolutely no pranking today. If I hear that you did otherwise, I'm letting Anko-san train you for the next week. Got it?"

"Hai," Naruto nodded, gulping.

Anko was a very good incentive to stay good, that much Tori was certain of.

"Good boy," she chuckled. "I'll be with Hinata-chan all day, so if you need me, you might have to wait outside of the dojo, okay?"

Naruto nodded and Tori smiled.

"Alright, give me a hug, and you can go," she said warmly.

"Bye, neesan!" Naruto shouted, giving Tori a quick hug before disappearing out the front door.

"Bye, Naruto-kun," she murmured, knowing he was already gone.

A/N:

*yawn*

Getting tired...

Hope you liked it!

^-^ Susie ^-^

(I think that one looks happier than ^.^ ... What do you think?)