Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

If anyone wants to know, Narue is wearing a short orange skirt with black shorts underneath. On top is a black vest-like shirt that had a zipper running down on side. On her hands she had hand gaurds with metal plates on the knuckles. Black ninja sandals on her feet, two blonde pony-tails.

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-Mayu ;P

Innocence

Mindless humming strummed in his ear, and Jiraiya barely kept hold on his sanity. His eyebrow was twitching in a convulsing seizure. He could just feel the amusement and the stifled giggles from his former teammate, Tsunade. Walking along the path in bright daylight, with a 12 year old blonde on his shoulder, braiding his hair while humming an upbeat tone, was now officially NOT his favorite thing to do.

Narue was balanced precariously on his shoulder, her hands busy in the intricate task of hair-weaving. Absent-mindedly humming a tune while she unknowingly put one of the Sannin under a terrible torture called Embarrassment.

As the gate of Konoha rose up ahead, Narue abandoned her current activities to gape and point excitingly at it. "Mommy, Daddy! Look! Is that home?" Tsunade smiled at her surrogate daughter, "Yes sweetheart it is." The buxom blonde was forced to change a laugh into a sudden coughing fit as she caught Jiraiya feverishly unbraiding his hair, muttering obscene words in the process.

Jiraiya threw her a scowl and proceeded to march towards the gate. During the time it took them to reach the massive gates, a guard was already waiting at the entrance to welcome them. Both Sannin were well known and revered in konoha, and were allowed anything they pleased.

The trip through the village was slow, as it was a Sunday and shopping day for most civilians. Upon reaching the Hokage tower, the three were easily let in by the Anbu guards and were allowed to stride right into the Hokage's office un-challenged.

Apparently they walked in at the wrong time, the aging Hokage was leering into hi crystal ball, a small spurt of blood ran down from his nose and dripped onto his desk. The three could barely make-out the image in his little peeping screen, the village onsen, women's side.

An angry vein bulged in Tsunade's forehead as she hastened to cover the curious Narue's eyes. Only when the Sandaime had noticed them and quick as the Yellow Flash himself, hid his peeper and wiped the blood from his face, did she let go.

Stomping over to her former sensei, the insanely strong woman brought her fist down on top of his head, "ERO-SENSEI!"

A few minutes later, they had all settled down and sat in their own seat. Narue sat dangling her legs over the edge of the chair and watching the clouds float by the large window, idly stroking her long blonde hair. For an 11 year old she was quite short; standing at only around the 8 year old's average height, she was deemed not a threat by many shinobi and citizens alike.

Being so small and having an adorable face can come in handy at times though. On many occasions the clever little blonde would pull an innocent puppy look and would receive sweets in return.

Hearing her name among the adults, Narue twisted her head and looked at them, all watching her. She crossed her arms and pouted cutely saying, "Don't stare at me!"

"Narue-chan, are you ready to go to the academy now?" smiling widely at her mother, said girl nodded her head hard and got chuckles in return. Jiraiya stood, "well, how about we get you there, can't have you being late on your first day eh squirt?"

The girl took her father's offered hand and only called when they were out the door, "bye-bye mommy, Bye-bye old man!" and then she was gone. Blonde hair flying and blue eyes sparkling at the though of new friends, leaving behind a smiling Hokage and grinning Sannin.

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The classroom was buzzing, Iruka-sensei had announced that there would be a new student coming and that they had to behave……the kids stopped listening there and began to whisper amongst themselves about this 'New kid'

"I wonder if it's a girl or boy"

"They're not going to take my Sasuke-kun away from me uh-uh."

"How troublesome."

"Bzzzzzzz" (AN: lol sorry I just had to do that for Shino!")

"munchmunch"

"…thinking emo thoughts."

"Quiet down now! She's here!" that particular announcement from Iruka sent the kids into another bout of whispering.

"It's a girl!"

All talking ceased when the door opened and in walked a burly man. He paused in the doorway to scrutinize them all with a stony face before leading someone into the room. It was silent as the blonde fidgeted under the stairs, her shoulders slumped and she scratched a leg with the other. Iruka spoke to the man, "Jiraiya-sama! Is this the girl?"

Some of the smarter kids in the class knew Jiraiya from the textbooks and quickly studied him, an opportunity to see a legend up close was not something to miss.

"Yes this is Narue. Now, I'm leaving," he started towards the door and paused a moment to look back, "don't injure them too much now Narue-chan!" and he was gone.

Narue turned towards the teacher, "um…sen-sensei? Where I sit?" she asked him quietly, Iruka had to strain to hear the words. Beside a spiky brunette at the back on the isle seat, Narue hurried to her spot.

Once she was ready, Iruka started a lecture on kunai and their uses, the exact same lecture as yesterday. Already knowing all this, Narue took a look at the boy beside her. Brown spiky hair pulled into a pony-tail sprung out like a pineapple, and Narue had to resist the urge to touch it. His head was on his arms, and face staring to the front, boredom oozing from every pore.

Eventually the boy noticed her observing him and spoke to her quietly, whispering to not get caught by the sharp ears of the teacher.

"My name is Shikamaru, troublesome to meet you." Narue giggled at the way he drawled his greeting and answered just as quietly, "I'm Narue, Shika..ma..maru." Obviously, the smart boy noticed her trouble with his name but decided not to ask for now, he just wanted to sleep. Grunting he laid his head on his desk, and soon enough, she was snoring.

The rest of the day ended up uneventful, but Narue enjoyed every minute of it. She met another boy named Chouji, and another named Kiba. She didn't really like Kiba though, he smelled too much like dog-breath. A bell rang, signaling the end of the day and everyone filed out of the academy.

Narue marveled at the amount of kids filling the yard being picked up by their parents. Catching sight of a familiar blonde head, Narue ran to her mom and launched her into a hug. Narue started to tell her about all the cool people and things she saw and met on her first day but was silenced in the middle by the woman putting a finger over her lips.

"Calm down child, you can tell me and your father when we get home." Narue's shining blue eyes widened as she walked beside her mother looking up at the beautiful woman, "We have a home now mommy?" Seeing her nod, Narue jumped in joy and hugged her again laughing.

The two left the grounds hand in hand, leaving behind gawking spectators thinking, 'Tsunade-sama has a kid?'

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yawwwn...well im going to sleep. dont foget to R&R please!