ok, next chapter is out! the things written in italics are thoughts.

DISCLAIMER:i do not own naruto and i never will

CHAPTER 1

"Wake up! Wake up, wake up, wake up wake up!" screamed a little blond boy into the ears of a sleeping jounin.

Kakashi groggily opened his sleep filled eyes only to see the form of Naruto jumping on top of him trying to get him up. "What is it Naruto? Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

"No! That's not it!" Naruto said with a slight blush on his cheeks. "I'm hungry! I want you to feed me Kashi!"

'Kashi? Is that what he just called me?' "No Naruto. My name is not Kashi, it's Kakashi. Got that?"

"Kakashi?" Naruto said with a thoughtful face, "Hmmm… No, I like Kashi better. "

'Uh… ok, I guess I could get used to that,' Kakashi thought to himself.

"Kashi, feed me! I'm dying here! Tummy wants num-num."

"What do you wanna eat then?" Kakashi asked laughing at the boy.

"RAMEN!" Naruto shouted pumping his fist in the air.

'How is that this kid can have so much energy this early in the morning?' Kakashi thought to himself."Naruto, you can't have ramen for breakfast. It's not healthy."

"But I love ramen," Naruto said with a put on his face.

'Oh man, how can this kid be so damn cute! Quit with the pouting! He's killing me with his cuteness!' "Okay, you can have ramen," at that Naruto looked up at Kakashi with his eyes full of hope, "but only for lunch. You need a healthy meal to start your day." Naruto's hope filled face immediately fell at those words. "Let's go to the kitchen to find you something to eat now." With that Kakashi pushed the boy off of him so he could get out of bed to walk over to the kitchen. Naruto followed closely at the man's heals at the prospect of food, even if it wasn't his beloved ramen.

"Food! Food! Food!" Naruto cheered all the way to the kitchen.

"Calm down Naruto, you'll get your food," Kakashi said with a smile on his face. 'This kid is too damn cute for his own good.' Kakashi opened his fridge only to realize it was completely empty. 'I must have emptied it before I went away on my last mission.' Kakashi turned away from the fridge to face the boy. "Naruto, there's nothing in the fridge so it looks like we'll have to go out shopping."

"Okay."

Looking more closely at the boy, Kakashi noticed the state the boy's clothes were in. "We might want to get you changed into something else first though," Kakashi said walking over to his closet to pick something out that could fit the boy. "Here, you can change into this," Kakashi said handing him a white t-shirt and blue shorts.

Taking the clothes, Naruto ran back to the bedroom to change. Kakashi went back to the closet to grab his own set of clothes to change into. When he got to his room, a most amusing sight met the eyes of the jounin. Naruto was all tangled up in his clothes while struggling to change.

"Help me?" the blond asked sheepishly when he noticed Kakashi in the doorway before he toppled over.

Laughing as he caught the blond, he had almost forgotten that he was dealing with a 10-year-old boy with the mentality of a 5 year old.

"Okay, let's fix you up so we can go eat," Kakashi said as he readjusted the oversized clothing on the young boy. 'And maybe go get you some better fitting clothes while we're at it.'

xXx

Walking to the super market with the blond boy in tow was proving to be an awkward experience for Kakashi. The glares filled with hate directed towards the Kyuubi container and the questioning stares directed towards Kakashi were all more than he was used to. Looking down at Naruto to see how he was handling the situation only baffled the man more than the stares that were being sent their way. What baffled the man was to see the young boy just calmly walking down the streets with a giant smile plastered on his face looking as if he didn't have a care in the world.

"Naruto, how do you deal with all the stares the villagers give you?" Kakashi asked in a mixture of worry for the boy and amazement as to how well he handles the situation.

"Hmm? Oh, the stares. I don't pay attention to them anymore. I got used to them and just ignore them," Naruto replied in a dismissive manner.

Kakashi couldn't help but stare at the boy in amazement. 'Wow, for a kid with a 5 year old mentality, he's pretty strong.'

Walking into the supermarket, Kakashi went about getting the necessary items they would need to fill his fridge. Naruto on the other hand, set out immediately for his soul food: instant ramen. He grabbed a whole pile of ramen in his arms stacked so high that he could just barely see over the top. With his pile of ramen in hand, Naruto walked back towards Kakashi with a little skip in his step.

"Kashi, can we get this?" Naruto asked gesturing towards the ramen in his arms.

Kakashi just shook his head. "Naruto, what did I tell you. We are here to get healthy food. Go put all that back." At those words, a pout found its way onto Naruto's face as he started to slowly walk back towards the aisle with the instant ramen. Kakashi sighed to himself, he just couldn't say no to that face. "If you can live though eating a healthy breakfast, then maybe we can go out and have ramen for lunch."

The words ramen and lunch put together made for one happy Naruto. Kakashi just smiled at the boy as he bounced back towards the aisle to put the ramen back where it belonged.

However, unknown to both, there was someone watching them from not so far off in the distance. Anger was building up in this man as he watched the hated demon child of Konoha walk about without a care in the world. There was nothing this man wanted to do more at this moment than to go and beat the living daylights out of the demon.

"How?! How is it that you're still alive? You should have died out there in the forest!" the man screamed as he ran towards the boy, fist ready to punch him.

The yell caught the attention of everyone in the supermarket, but the only ones that paid any attention to it were Kakashi and Naruto. Leaving his cart full of food behind, Kakashi ran towards Naruto. He knew he wouldn't make it in time to jump in and save the boy though, he was still too far away to get to the boy in time before the man's fist connected with Naruto's face. However, to Kakashi's surprise, Naruto, still holding the pile of ramen, was able to avoid the incoming punch with ease that only came after years of training. Lady luck was not favoring the man today as he came crashing head first into a pyramid of soup cans that Naruto happened to be standing next to.

"Naruto, are you alright?" Kakashi asked when he finally reached the boy. 'Well now we know who attacked Naruto out in the woods when I found him.'

"So, the Hokage finally decided to put a leash on that demon," the man said as he emerged through the pile of soup cans that surrounded him.

"Excuse me?" Kakashi said as he turned to face the man. "I think you have it all wrong. This boy is not a demon. This boy is the savior of Konoha for keeping the demon sealed away within him. Now I suggest you leave before you make me any angrier," Kakashi said to the man with a glare that could make the toughest of men pee their pants.

Scared for his life the man quickly got up and scampered away.

"Did… did you really mean that? About what you said about me not being a demon and all?" Naruto asked with big watery eyes.

"Of course I did! Who could ever think a cute and innocent boy like you could be a demon?" Kakashi said as he walked up to the boy to give him a hug. 'Crap! Looks like I caved in. I mean, who can resist the urge to hug such an adorable little kid. Obviously I can't.'

"Really?!" Naruto asked surprised at both the answer given to him and the hug.

"Yes, really," Kakashi replied as Naruto relaxed into the hug.

"Then what was that about a demon being sealed in me?"

'Oh shit, I slipped up big this time.' "Oh, that? Aha ha ha, I'll tell you about it when we get back home, okay," Kakashi said laughing nervously.

xXx

"Kashi! Tell me now!" Naruto demanded now that they were back at Kakashi's apartment eating their healthy breakfast.

"Alright, alright calm down. You know the story about the day the Kyuubi was destroyed right?" Naruto nodded. "Well it's not completely true. You see, while it is true that the Yondaime died fighting against the Kyuubi, the Kyuubi didn't die along with him. The Yondaime only had enough power left to seal the fox demon into a newborn baby. Naruto, you were that baby."

"I have the Kyuubi sealed in me?" Naruto asked aloud to no one in particular. Naruto then looked to Kakashi. "That's why everyone avoids me and calls me names right? It all makes sense now."

"Naruto, are you okay after hearing all of this?" Kakashi asked worriedly. 'He's actually taking it a lot better than I expected him to.'

Naruto only nodded in response.

"Well if your okay with what I just told you, then there is something that I wanna ask you."

"Okay, what?"

"How was it that you were able to avoid that man that attacked you back at the supermarket. You avoided his punch with such ease even though you holding so many instant ramen cups in you arms that you could just barely see over the top of that pile."

"I don't know," Naruto shrugged. "It kinda just happened. Sorta like a reflex."

'Reflex my ass. This kid's hiding something and I'm gonna figure it out.' "Naruto, you showed me you got the talent, how would you like to train to be a ninja with me. I can make you strong."

"Really! Awesome! Then if I train with you I can be as strong as the Hokage someday!" Naruto shouted with joy, jumping in his seat.

"Slow down," Kakashi said laughing. "Yes I can make you strong, but first you need to graduate from the academy and become a genin before you can even think about becoming as strong as the Hokage."

"Okay, but I'm not just gonna become as strong as the Hokage, I'm gonna become the strongest Hokage there ever was!" Naruto said with fierce determination in his eyes, pumping his fist in the air.

"Ha ha, we'll see about that," Kakashi said laughing at the boy. 'Who knows? He might be able to do it if he tries hard enough.'

TBC

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