Pop had sent him here to find out if the brat was really worthy of their summoning - and gamakichi, the smallest but smartest of them all, found that the boy was worth so much more.
He had not bothered trailing the boy, as he would be in public and that was where all masks resided, but he had waited and watched the meager apartment where the boy lived. He had been surprised to find that the apartment was rather dreary and dull; having no real evidence that someone like Naruto lived there aside from the ramen cluttered in the kitchen's garbage and a mussed bed in the clean and full yet empty room, Gamakichi liked the plants. Point for the boy.
There was one picture frame with his team; that dog bonded as the sensei and two other children that didn't look like much but brats, like the blonde, but he supposed they were still just children and had time to grow. Gamatatsu still was rather childish anyhow, not like he could go around judging the humans.
There was a free photograph of some ninja with a scar across his face, smiling and playing around with the brat, and Gamakichi passed that by to gaze around whatwould be Naruto's bedroom.
A poster proudly displaying the affiliated symbol of the leaf (point for loyalty), a nightstand with said photos and nothing else, the sparse bedding on the rumpled bed (point lost for untidiness), another poster with some abstract picture he couldn't really decipher (and didn't really want to bother with), and the healthy and green plant resting happily between the large clean window and the bed (another point for that, maybe just because it was well cared for and not just some tasteful decoration).
The wood floors were rather clean, dust only gathering in the corners to tell of constant use. He hopped quietly through the rest of the apartment, finding nothing else of any note (or was it simply that you would call everything else of the same note, he wasn't sure) and was rather disgusted by the scarcity and aura of isolation that clung to the place.
And then the boy had come home.
Gamakichi had watched the preteen pause before he pushed the door open (after taking out a series of keys and undoing a series of locks, points for security he supposed) and only let his hand settle on the heavy wood as he stood there. His eyes closed and he took a deep breath.
The smile was still on his face, and Gamakichi wondered if the boy ever really let go of his mask, or if it was a mask at all. Another point to him; it took a lot of skill to uphold a mask, but one so flawless it was hard for even Summoned to decipher?
The door was opened hesitantly, just a little bit; before the boy got a determined and somewhat angry expression on his face and he threw open the door to reveal the forced visage of joy upon his face- whisker cheeks stretched into something that almost resembled tear tracks to the small toad.
"Tadaima!" He yelled out enthusiastically, punctuated by the energetic slamming of the door.
Gamakichi panicked and looked around frantically; surely he hadn't missed anyone when he had scouted the apartment? But he again found no one, and could only watch with a slight understanding and some pity as the boy walked about his apartment, alone, cleaning up slightly and talking to no one and someone all at once.
The boy passed his hiding place many times, dithering about as his smile softened into genuine mirth at little things stored in his abode. The plant got a particularly proud grin, the ramen a dreamy smile, the poster a salue with a laugh...
The usually acerbic toad didn't make a sound. Instead he smiled in some fond amusement and poofed quietly away to talk to his Pop.
Forget points, this blonde was in a caste all on his own.
...it had nothing to do with the brat wearing their clans' colors.
And everyone knows that the brightest animal is the most dangerous.
It hit me, crack fic plot bunny is gone now though.
Yes this is a rather wonky idea, but I think it grew on me. Hope you like it!
Oh yeah, and because I liked it so much I foresee another really minor character POV coming soon! Lol.
PS; Excuse the first post, I rushed it because my mother was kicking me off the computer and I had no time to edit, so I hope this post has fewer mistakes
But I already got so many reviews scratches headit made me extrememly happy- I just might work on the next minor character. Yes, I am planning to do Neji sooner or later, and the minor character is one nobody will probably guess XP.