Hi sorry for the late update but I've been really busy. Right now I'm prepping for our school Art Exhibition which will be on this week Saturday and I still have so much to do… well the good thing is that I won't be as busy after it's done but the bad thing is that I'm pretty sure that I'm going to flunk my Japanese class because I didn't do my project… Well anyway I decided that I'm going to write one chapter a time and switch between my two stories, so if I take a long time to update this story then it probably means that I'm working on my other story, sorry if this annoys you.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Voices in Sasuke head/ inner Sakura'

"Bijuu speaking"

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Umiko sat down with a sigh. She had made it to her interview just on time and to her great relief she had gotten the job. She was really glad that her employers were a young married couple who had just arrived in Konoha, what was even better was that they came from the far west and knew many of the customs and traditions that Umiko had picked up during her travels there.

'Still of all things why did they have to open a cosplay café of all things?' Umiko thought to herself as she gloomily picked at her new 'uniform'.

'Well it could be worse.' Umiko stiffened as she heard its voice before growling.

'Shut up it's was the only job I could find. Why are you talking to me anyway? I thought I made it clear that I don't want your help.' She hissed at it but grew slightly uneasy when it didn't respond to her.

'You haven't told him the truth yet.' Umiko flinched but held her head up defiantly.

'I'm still not entirely sure if he's even related to me and with the whole Kyuubi thing most of his personal info is locked away and buried behind miles of red tape. I won't be able to get any hard concrete evidence for a while.' Umiko replied with a soft sigh.

'I told you blood calls to blood, what else do you need to prove that he is your kin?' Umiko glared at the wall before answering.

'Even if I know that's true, it doesn't mean that everyone around me will believe it too. Or do you expect everyone to accept the word of a voice only I can hear?' Umiko told it sarcastically while rolling her eyes.

'I don't care if the village doesn't accept it only if Naruto knows what danger he's in by being in this family. If you don't tell him the truth soon then I'll do it for you.' Umiko sat up in alarm while her face held a look of disbelief.

'Can you do that?' she asked looking worried.

'Yes I can, but attempting to communicate with one of the un-chosen will result in either great pain or discomfort of the human.' Umiko felt her unease grow and carefully thought out what it had told her before letting out a defeated sigh.

'I'll tell him, but I won't do it right away… I'm not ready to face him let…' She felt the presence change and it almost felt comforting.

'That's all I wanted, but if you don't tell him within two month time then I'll tell him myself.' Umiko sighed before nodding her head, she was glad when it presence left her mind. She stared at her small room and wondered what Naruto reaction would be when she did tell him the truth before her eye settled on her uniform and shuddered.

'Kami is this uniform embarrassing. I hope that no one I know ever see me in it.'

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke had just finished training and were now taking a small break before they decided where they were going to eat lunch. Naruto had originally been super pissed at Sasuke when he had first shown up for training due to the fact that Sasuke had left him tired up in the training grounds in chains. It had taken him hours to get out of his bonds and by the time he did he was too tired to do anything else. But his anger had been bleed away from him as the two of them sparred, he also noticed that Sakura-chan hadn't insulted him as much as she normally done and kept looking at him worriedly.

"Ne Kakashi-sensei lets go get ramen!" Naruto said enthusiastically while turning a hopeful eye to Kakashi who was standing nearby his face hidden by his favorite book.

"No way, I'm not eating ramen again!" Sakura yelled from where she was sitting down her eyes flashing dangerously, still Naruto couldn't help but whine.

"But Sakura-chaaaan!" Sakura threw a murderous glare at him and he shut up.

"Well then, where do you suggest we go to Sakura?" Kakashi asked his voice slightly muffled by his book and Sasuke looked as if he didn't care at all.

"Well I heard from Ino that there's this new café that just opened up. I heard that it's really interesting." Kakashi nodded before asking.

"That sounds good, does anyone have any complaints?"

"I..."

"Everyone besides Naruto?" Kakashi asked ignoring Naruto. When his other two students shook their heads he smiled before nodding. "Alright it's settled then we're going to this new café, Sakura can you lead the way?" Sakura smiled before nodding eagerly as she stood up and lead them to the café.

Naruto sighed to himself as he watched his team. Sakura had grabbed Sasuke arm and was tugging him forward while she chatted excitedly about the new café. Sasuke looked as if he didn't care but he didn't try to pull out of Sakura touch and Kakashi was walking close behind him while chuckling about something he read in his book. Naruto grumbled to himself about not getting his ramen but he wasn't really all that upset about it. When they got to the café they all stopped and stared.

They noticed right away that this place was different from other place, that the building was different from the ones around it. Most buildings in Konoha were either shaped as simple rectangles with flat or rounded tops, but this building was different. Even though it was the same size as a standard two story building the way the windows were spaced made it seem bigger, also its roof was slanted to a point. It was also made out of bricks instead of the average wood that all the other buildings were made out of, and there were flowers growing beneath each window in a small white box.

"This place looks kind of weird." Sakura said in a curious voice, Sasuke and Naruto both agreed but Kakashi just hummed.

"It's a western style home. I guess this place was built specifically for whoever owns the café since it's cheaper to build things out of wood here in Konoha."

"You've seen this kind of building before Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked curious and Kakashi nodded.

"I saw them in a mission to the far west." Kakashi answered. "Well then shall we go in?" he asked before pushing the door open which made a small ringing sound.

"Yookoso to Eri-san special cosplay café." A cheerful and strangely familiar voiced chimed out and Naruto looked up only to gasp in shock as he came face to face with Umiko.

Naruto knew that his life living as a ninja often lead to many surprises but at the moment he couldn't think of a time that surprised him more than right now. In the café he and his team were going to eat lunch at he found his fiancée and nee-chan wearing an outfit he had never seen before. Her hair which was normally tied up was left down and fell in soft curls down her back and on her head she wore a headband of black cotton framed by white lace. A large black bow rested just below her throat holding into place a piece of white cloth with lace that was made to wrapped neatly around her throat and her shoulders like a collar and was sown to make small rumples around the edges of the lace. Underneath that was a white dress that stopped just above her knees. It had long sleeves that were held in place by lace cuffs halfway down her forearms with a black ribbon before loosening out to wide open sleeves that stopped at her hands. The top was tight fitting and showed off her growing chest but the bottom flared out and overlapped itself and was framed by white lace. Over the dress was back apron like thing that wrapped around her stomach ending just below her chest and strung with a white ribbon that crisscross over itself, two straps of it looped upward and stuck over her shoulders like small wings with white lace framing around it. It also extended a black cloth that layer over the bottom of her dress stopping a few inches short of the bottom, but was divided in the middle allowing the white dress underneath to be seen, the apron was tied in the back making another bow. She also wore black shiny shoes with small heels in them and long white socks that stopped right below her knee and was topped with lace; she also wore a pair of small white wings on her back. All in all she looked really cute.

Both Umiko and Naruto stood frozen in front, Umiko had a huge blush on her face and Naruto couldn't help but think that it made her look even cuter. Naruto wasn't sure how long he would have stood there just staring at Umiko but Sasuke broke him out of his trance.

"Oi, dobe aren't you going to sit down? Or do you want to stand the whole time." Naruto snapped out of it and growled at Sasuke.

"Shut it teme!" He raged before stomping over and sitting down with the rest of his team. As soon as he did Umiko walked over with a strange smile on her face.

"I didn't know you would be here today Naruto." Naruto felt a shiver travel up his spine but he wasn't entirely too sure why.

"Neither did I, I wanted to go get ramen but Sakura-chan forced me to come here instead." He replied with a large smile trying to hide his blush from Umiko.

"I didn't know you worked here Umiko-san." Sakura gushed as she stared enviously at Umiko outfit and Umiko returned the smile even if her seemed sort of strained.

"Yeah well this is what that interview was for. I just really glad I was even able to get a job; you wouldn't believe how many people turn me down because I'm only twelve." Umiko replied while rolling her eyes.

"Oh that's right you need to be at least eighteen to get a job, if you're not a shinobi or running a family business. How did you get a job anyway?" Sakura asked looking curious.

"Well for us civilians we were supposed to go to school from the age of five up till the age of eighteen when we will either continue on to college for a higher education or we go straight into the work force as either an apprentice for a master of a certain trade or as a heir to the family business. But I left when I was seven and traveled with a circus group back to my parents home town where I stayed for a year or so looking up partially destroyed documents. After that I traveled around with another circus until I felt Naruto promise and I return here. I guess normally I would have to go back to school but since I was away from Konoha for so long I don't register on its system anymore meaning that I didn't have to go back and since I was use to life on the road and making my own living I decided on finding a job instead." Umiko explain with a thoughtful look on her face as if she herself was just realizing all of this. "As nice as it is talking to you I am on the hour and I have to get back to work so here are your menus and I check back on you in a few minutes to get your order." With that said Umiko walked away to greet another couple who had just walked into the café.

"Well this place is certainly interesting." Kakashi said with a chuckle as he scanned the room. There were two other waitresses who wore a similar outfit as Umiko but the difference was that one was wearing cat ears and tail while the other was wearing some kind of butterfly wings.

"I wonder why they are all dressed as different animals." Sakura asked and nearly fell out of her chair when a voice answered behind her.

"That my dear is because this is cosplay!" Said a happy looking woman with brown hair and green eyes, who was also wearing the same outfit as Umiko but she was also wearing bat wings and horns. Everyone looked startled except Kakashi who looked like he just found heaven on earth.

"Ano… who are you?" Sakura asked after she got over her shock her shock. The women smiled.

"I'm Sawaki Haruhi I'm the co-owner of this café with my husband Sawaki Takeshi." She answered with a blinding grin.

"What did you mean by cosplay?" Kakashi asked his eye crinkling into his smile and she smiled back.

"Cosplay is actually two words, the 'cos' stands for costume and 'play' just means play. So when someone cosplays what they are really during is having fun while playing in a costume." She explained before turning to Naruto.

"Hey you're Uzumaki Naruto right?" She asked with a sly grin and Naruto nodded uncertainly. She let out a large squeal before hugging him tightly.

"I heard all about you! How you saved the land of waves and brought hope back to them and how you saved this village by beating that bakemono before it could destroy the village! I even heard how you're engaged with my little employee Umiko-chan!" Naruto nearly choked on his own spit before Umiko ran over a pulled her boss off of him.

"Sawaki-san what are you doing?!" Umiko asked blushing beet red in embarrassment and Haruhi smiled at her.

"I'm checking out your fiancée. I need to make sure he's good enough for you now that you started working for me, you're like the daughter I never had! So I'm not just going to let you go to just any old random guy, promises or not!" Umiko looked stunned before she turned ten shades of red.

"Sawaki-san we only just met yesterday! Besides you're only twenty-one you have plenty of time to have a child of your own!" Umiko told Haruhi while trying to stop her bosses over dramatics.

"Oh but you're just soooooo kawaii!" Haruhi cried out before turning around and hugging Umiko, burying Umiko face into her chest. "I mean really! Not many people here has red hair like you do and even if they did they wouldn't have such a vibrant flaming red like yours! And your eyes are so cute, all big and mysterious! Your eyes are an amazing deep blue that make it like looking into the ocean and all of its mysteries!" While Haruhi was saying this Umiko was failing around trying desperately to get away from her boss. Naruto was just about to stand and go help her when a man came up and pulled Haruhi away from Umiko.

"Haru-chan I know you like cute things but Umiko-san has to work and so do you remember?" He said in a slight teasing face while Umiko made her escape by running behind the counter. Haruhi pouted before grinning.

"Alright anata I'll be good now but don't expect to get any sleep tonight." Haruhi purred into his ear loudly causing her husband to blush and Kakashi to giggle. Naruto sighed before he noticed that Kakashi had taken off his headband and his eyes narrowed.

"Kakashi-sensei how long has your headband been off?" Naruto asked in a dangerous voice catching the attention of his two other teammates.

"Hmm… Since Haruhi-san hugged you." Kakashi answered not really caring how his student reacted to the news.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!" Naruto roared as he jumped over the table in an attempt to attack his sensei. This caused the whole room to fall into chaos but strangely enough this just made everyone laugh and join in the chaos. The rest of the day was spent playing and creating havoc until the shop closed and everyone was forced to go home.

A few weeks had passed since they found out Umiko was working in the cosplay café and it was practically habit to visit her there now before or after practice. Naruto really liked seeing her in uniform even if he wasn't entirely too sure why, a part of him really hoped he wasn't turning into a pervert while the other was planning every way possible to stop Jaraiya from going there himself. If Kakashi had acted that badly when they went he didn't want to see what a super-pervert like Jaraiya would do. Still Naruto had noticed that with each passing day Umiko would look more and more nervous in presence and he couldn't for the life of him figure out why.

"Ohayo Sakura-chan! Ohayo teme." Naruto called out as he greeted his teammates and received vague responses from both of them and he smiled. A few hours passed and Naruto got bored.

"What are doing today?" He asked while looking at Sakura.

"Don't you remember? Kakashi-sensei said he got a mission for us and from what I heard it's going to be another c-rank." Sakura told him and both Naruto and Sasuke perked up at this. They hadn't gotten another c-rank since the land of Wave's incident. Naruto didn't count the a-rank he got when he was asked to go after Gaara and Sasuke because they were being invaded and anyone could have been picked to go on that one.

"I wonder what we are going to do. Are going to escort someone again? Do you think it'll be a princess?" Naruto asked excitedly already bouncing on his toes and Sasuke shot him an annoyed glare.

"We'll just have to see about that won't we?" Kakashi said as he appeared behind Naruto.

"Kakashi-sensei what's our mission, what's our mission, what's our mission?" Naruto asked his eyes turning to Kakashi with a large smile.

"We have to go to the Hokage tower to figure that one out Naruto." Kakashi answered while trying to get his hyperactive student to calm down and it worked. For about a second.

"Let's go I don't want anybody else getting in on this mission besides us!" Naruto yelled as he raced off leaving his team mates behind. Kakashi chuckled before looking at his other two students.

"Well lets go shall we?" He asked as he started walking in the same direction Naruto had run off to with Sasuke and Sakura following behind him.

"You just want up to deliver some stupid scroll baa-chan?" Naruto asked disappointment showing on his face.

"Yes you damn brat, but that scroll is very important, it holds all of our term to create a peace treaty with Sunagakure and we can't afford to lose it." Tsunade explained to Naruto while resisting the urge to throw something at him. She had already got him with the paper weight; she didn't want to risk giving him a concussion.

"So we're traveling to Suna?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, it's a three day trip to get to the border to Suna and another four days to reach Sunagakure. You'll be staying there until they have a reply ready so the minimal time to finish this mission is fourteen days. You'll need to pack for fourteen days and for surviving in the desert." Tsunade told Sakura who nodded.

"When do we leave?" Sasuke asked.

"In three hours. You guys better be out of that gate before the three hours are over or else you'll be dealing with me." Tsunade threaten keeping her eyes on Kakashi who merely shrugged.

"You guys are dismissed, go and pack." Kakashi told his team who nodded and walked out of the room.

Naruto was a bit disappointed with the mission but was still excited. This would be the second time that he got out of the village and he was going to be gone for a long time, he would need someone to look after his plants for him. Naruto stopped and then smiled before running off to a certain café.

"Naruto-kun welcome back!" Haruhi said with a large smile and Naruto found himself smiling as well.

"Do you know where Umiko-chan is?" he asked bouncing on his toes.

"Sure she's in the back taking out garbage; you can go see her if you like." He nodded quickly before slipping past Haruhi and heading to the back. He ran into Umiko as she was making her way back inside and gave her a large grin.

"Umiko-chan my team just got a mission and I have to leave for the next fourteen days or so, so can you look after my apartment?" He asked her and watched her eyes grow large before asking.

"Nani?" He smiled and explained it to her again.

"Well you see our team just got a mission to head to Suna to deliver a peace treaty, so we're going to be gone for the next fourteen or so days and I need someone to look after my apartment and all my plants." She watched as understanding appeared on her face before nodding.

"Here's the key to my apartment and uh…" Naruto blushed before blurting out "You can live there if you like." Umiko looked shocked before saying.

"What?" Naruto blushed before replying.

"Well you know how you're living in that dingy hotel room right? Well I don't like the thought of you living there so you can live in my apartment; even if it's not much better I would rather you stayed there." Umiko gave him an odd look before asking.

"If I live in your apartment what would happen when you came back?"

"We could live there together. It might be a bit small but I think we can do it." Naruto said with a smile and Umiko smiled back at him.

"Then prepare for your room to be clean by the time you get back! I swear I don't know how your plants could be living in such a bad environment." She teased as she accepted the key from him before frowning.

"When are you leaving?"

"In about three hours." He answered and Umiko frowned deepened.

"Go you better go pack." She told him and he nodded before rushing out of the shop. Three hours later he was standing by the gate with Sakura and Sasuke waiting for their late sensei. There was a poof of smoke and Kakashi appeared.

"You're on time for once." Sakura said looking stunned.

"Maa… Tsunade-sama threatens to destroy all of my Icha Icha books if I didn't show up on time." Kakashi admitted with a sleep-ish smile. Everyone rolled their eye but then Naruto grinned.

"Well let's go!" He was about to walk through the gate when a voice called him back.

"Naruto wait!" He turned around and saw Umiko running up to him.

"What's up Umiko?" He asked glad that she had come to see him off.

"I wanted to give you this." Umiko said while holding out a necklace. The necklace was made out of simple string but it was the pendent that caught his attention. The stone was a simple tear drop shape and was a clear blue. Her took a hold of it and to his surprise it was cold to the touch.

"What's this?" He asked.

"A good luck charm. I have a feeling that something bad is about to happen, so please wear this." Umiko asked him with a pleading look and he caved. He slipped the necklace on and smiled at her.

"I'll wears it always." And Umiko smiled.

"Thanks, now go before you're late." Umiko said with a small smile and shoo him away. Naruto turned around and ran back to his teammate but he looked around and waved her good bye. When he caught up to his teammates he noticed that everyone was giving him an odd look and Sakura was blushing.

"What?" He asked looking confused.

"You guys are just so sweet!" Sakura gushed while smiling a huge smile.

"What!? No were not!" Naruto protested trying to stop the blush from showing.

"Yes you are! She even gave you a necklace!" Sakura shot back at Naruto with a large grin on her face. They spent the rest of the day arguing on how sweet Naruto and Umiko relationship was.

Translations:

Kami= god

Bakemono= monster

Kawaii= cute (or in some cases clean)

Anata= you (or in this case dear, please note only married women can call their husband this)

Well here's chapter 11 and I think I'm going to get grounded so I might not be able to update for a while. There's a link to a picture that I used to base Umiko uniform on in my profile.