oOXOo

"Do you wanna hear a bad cat joke?"

"Sure."

"Just kitten."

oOXOo

"So, you obviously know who I am." Kakashi drawled out, scratching the back of his neck.

Eventually, I made Sasuke bring me to the roof with Naruto running after us. It was quite funny. So here we all were, sitting on a step and staring up at Kakashi.

"But how about we just.. Introduce ourselves for the hell of it." He finished. Naruto frowned.

"But Kakashi-sensei, we already know each other." Naruto pointed out. I draped myself over him, covering his mouth with my hand. "Shhhhhhh just let it happen…." I whispered, grinning away.

Sasuke sighed, introducing his palm to his face.

Naruto began to fidget underneath me, but I just kept my hand clasped over his mouth.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh let's just introduce each other."

Kakashi sighed.

"Okay, Pedo-sensei, you go first!" I chirped, strangling the blonde boy underneath me with love.

"Me? Oh, well. I'm Hatake Kakashi, as I'm sure everyone here knows. I-" "-Am a huge pervert and love reading Icha Icha." Kakashi glared at me, but I smiled innocently. "My hobbies include-" "Peeping on girls in the bath house and writing fanfiction about Icha Icha." "My likes-" "Are porn, more porn, and ALL the porn." "My dislikes-" "Are no porn :("

"Is this entertaining for you?" Kakashi deadpanned while all three of us snickered to the side. I shrugged. "I don't know what you're talking about, Pedo-sensei."

Kakashi only sighed, making me grin. I've always wanted to do that.

"Alright then, how about you go first." He said, pointing to Naruto.

"Me? I'm Naruto Uzumaki! What I like is ramen in a cup and when Kaida-chan and Iruka-sensei buys me ramen. I dislike TEME and his stupid fangirls. My goals," Naruto spread that anime grin I knew him for over his face. His blue eyes sparkled with sincerity that normally didn't show from his goofy exterior.

"I'm going to become hokage and show everyone who's done me wrong who's boss!"

I clapped with excitement, smiling from cheek to cheek and nudging Sasuke. "Wooooo! Yes Naruto, YASSSSSS!"

Kakashi chuckled, staring over at him with admiration. "Alright. Next boy."

Sasuke smirked. "My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I like tomatos and…" He cleared his throat, a small blush creeping onto his cheeks. "I dislike when Kaida-chan and dobe play pranks on me and get us into trouble. I also dislike sweets-" "Cuz you're a scrub."

Sasuke sent a glare at me, making me shrug. "Not my fault you're a scrub, scrub."

He rolled his eyes. "My goal is to become strong enough to protect the ones I love."

I smiled at that and leaned over, resting my head on his shoulder again. I felt a light fluffiness enter my stomach hearing that from Sasuke. It made me feel like what I was doing was worth it. Changing the future was worth it.

Naruto took my hand, feeling a bit left out. I squeezed it.

"And finally, our young lady."

I yawned. "My name is Kaida, but my legal name in Konoha is Seika so you can call me either. I like tempura, dango, pranking people, pissing off fangirl bitchez, music, and making up new cuss words. I dislike fangirl bitchez, spicy food, crowded areas, when Naruto leaves the seat up in the bathroom-" "OI, ONEE-CHAN! YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY THAT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!" I scoffed. "Then stop leaving the seat up!"

Naruto blushed in frustration. I heard Sasuke snort above me.

"My goal is to kill a buncha people, save a buncha people, and become an OP motherfucker with a nice ass and bigger boobs, because these," I pointed to my chest which were a sad, B-Cup, "Make me wanna cry. I mean, they're nice and manageable and shit, I congratulate girls who get this far in puberty, but I saw one of this guys fangirl bitchez have size D-Cups! I refuse to let a fangirl beat me. Especially if she's younger than me. So in order to reach my goal, I've been praying to Kami every night for bigger boobs like that girl in your Icha Icha book, sensei!"

All the males around me shifted uncomfortably, two blushed profoundly. I grinned.

"Oh, and a nice ass too. I mean, mine is beautiful. Hey Sasuke, remember that time when-" "Don't you dare mention it. If you mention it, I'm going to throw you off this roof."

I snickered. "But it was so funnyyyyyy."

"Do you have ANY modesty?!"

"Nope!"

They sighed. Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck. "Anyways… Tomorrow we will be doing a training exercise."

Naruto frowned. "But we already did that stuff in the academy! I want a REAL mission!"

"This is a different kind of exercise. A survival exercise. Against me." Kakashi said, a smile forming under his mask.

"Mmmm okay." I yawned again, shutting my eyes as I rested on Sasuke's shoulder.

"Before Kaida goes to sleep, be at training ground 43 at 5 am sharp. Don't be late. And I wouldn't eat breakfast if I were you." Kakashi said before body flickering off the roof like a badass.

Naruto stood up. "Onee-chan, on't go to sleep yet! It's only three in the afternoon!"

"Bitch, please. We had to wake up at 6 fucking AM in the morning and listened to a long ass lecture. Let me sleep."

Sasuke sighed before slipping out from my head, making my eyes snap open.

"You son-of-a-bitch I was TRYING to sleep!"

Sasuke smirked. "You're too heavy."

My jaw dropped.

I got up and held my hand out in front of my body, igniting a flame with a small amount of chakra.

"Imma burn you so badly you'll look as black as a fucking piece of coal." I snapped. Both boys looked at each other.

Quickly, Naruto shove Sasuke towards me and took off from the roof. Sasuke yelped in surprise before getting put in my death grip.

"I hope you're ready to face hell Sasuke."

*Gulp*

oOo

"Again."

I panted, clenching my fists as I began making frantic handsigns.

Horse… Tiger… Snake

I took a deep breath in and made a kai mark with my fingers. With one breath, I had blown a giant fireball out onto the training area towards the East. It carried on before dispersing when I let go. I grinned with glee, turning towards the Hokage.

He smiled and pet me on the head. "Good job, Kaida-chan. That's the great fireball jutsu."

"Yosh!" I cheered. "It only took… a month to get!"

"Indeed. Today, we're going to do something a bit different. I have brought chakra paper." He said, taking a piece of white paper from his robe. He held it out to me.

"Go on. It's about time for you to know your element."

I nodded, taking the paper in my hand and sending a bit of chakra in it.

Immediately, the paper began to sizzle in my hand before catching on fire. It burnt brightly before dispersing into ashes. I dropped it and let the ashes fall into a pile on the ground.

"Fire. I suspected as much." The Hokage said, thoughtfully. He held out another sheet. "Let's see what your second element is. Send more chakra into this one."

I blinked. Why did I need to know my second element?

I took it anyways, sending even more chakra into this one. It began to get wet, crumbling and shriveling from the water.

"Water and fire?" I said, a bit shocked.

"Here, take another." The hokage instructed, giving me yet another sheet of paper. I sent more chakra into this one. It sparked, electricity making it crumble to bits. I dropped it immediately and let the sparks go out.

"I… don't understand."

He handed me another sheet. "Once more, Kaida-chan."

I took it and sent another wave of chakra. The paper, this time, shriveled and slowly began to turn black. I shrunk away from it.

"I understand now." He said, thoughtfully.

I looked at him, confused.

He smiled down at me. "Your chakra element corresponds with the dragon spirits you have within you. Fire, water, lightning, and death. I do not know any death jutsus and my fire, water, and lightning jutsus can go so far. I think you're ready to be passed on to another sensei."

I pouted. "But, I kinda like being trained by you." The Hokage chuckled. "I know, but my hokage duties come first, and I've been overstocked with work from the chunin exam coming up. Besides, I don't know anything about the dragons. You should find another sensei for that. No shinobi has only had one sensei."

I sighed, knowing he was right. "Alright… Thank you, Hokage-sama."

The Hokage smiled warmly towards me, patting my shoulder. "You've done well, Kaida. I'll be expecting to see great things from you during the chunin exam."

I almost forgot about the exam and what was going to happen. The invasion. Would it still go on? What was I going to do about Kabuto? What about Gaara?

"Hokage-sama… please be careful." I warned.

I had told him what was meant to happen last year, before I graduated. I did not know what plan the council had come up with. I did not know about what Sarutobi planned to do to survive Orochimaru.

"I will, do not fret. But just in case something does happen to me, I will be sure to leave a note for the next hokage to ensure your safety."

I bit my lip. "M-My safety… I don't care about that…. Please stay alive, Konoha needs you." He knew what I was worrying about. Why I was this upset. How could he be so calm?

"Oh Kaida, Konoha needs a lot of things. But don't worry. I'm sure you'll find some way or another to change the future."

I would. I am going to make sure of it.

"Go on, find Itachi-kun or Sasuke-kun to hang out with. I'm sure Itachi would want to see you after his mission. They just got back."

A smile began to form on my face. I grinned, nodding and giving him one last hug before running off towards Konoha gates.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, jumping on the roof to gain an easier path. As I jumped on each roof, getting closer and closer to the gateways, three figures stood in the distance. When I saw the familiar weasel ANBU mask, I jumped off the final roo, landing on my feet and running straight towards him.

Itachi took his mask off, a smile on his handsome face. He wore his ANBU attire,his muscular arms showing off from his sleeveless breastplate.

I rushed towards him, throwing myself at him and efficiently glomping the life out of him.

"Oof." He wheezed, catching me in midair. I nestled my face into his shoulder.

"Welcome back, Itachi-kun!" I chirped, hugging him tighter. He chuckled, hugging me back.

"I'm guessing you missed me, Kaida-chan?"

"Nahhhh I just like glomping people."

He rolled his eyes, chuckling again.

Itachi and I's relationship… was platonic. Ish. To be completely honest, I had no idea what this was.

It was nice. The night, four years ago, during the spring festival when he heard me talk to Kasai changed our relationship. He… eventually got me to talk about my past. Which isn't something I really like to do.

He was understanding. Kind. Generous. Everything Itachi is supposed to be. Everything he is.

After that, I began to rely on him more. I told him everything. All of my secrets, the goals I had set for myself, and the things I wanted to change. I told him my past and when I had magically appeared in this world in Suna.

I trusted him. More than I probably should as a kunoichi.

But he was Itachi. He was like… an older brother to me.

A REALLY hot older brother.

I pulled back from the hug, a grin on my face. "You guys up for some dango? My treat."

The boys behind me took off their masks as well. Tora shook the sweat out of his hair, pouting towards me. "No hug for Tora?"

I rolled my eyes, letting go of Itachi and rushing to tackle him to the ground. He heaved, falling onto his ass with me on top. I laughed, getting of him and dusting myself off. "That's what you get."

He pouted more. "You're so mean, Kaida-chan!"

Nakumaru sighed, helping his teammate up. He smiled towards me. "Hello, Kaida-chan."

"Naku-kun~ Do you want a hug too?" I asked coyly, spreading my arms. He cringed.

"No thanks… I would leave the hugging to Yuko-chan."

After a couple years of pursuing me for the Hyuuga clan, he found a girlfriend. Yuko Hyuuga, who was a distant cousin of his. I was happy for him. Besides, one less bitch to worry about stalking me.

"I'd like some dango… as long as you're paying."

I grinned. "Of course!~ I just got my weekly allowance from the Hokage, so dango is on me."

oOo

In the end, only Itachi, Tora and I went for dango. Nakumaru decided to go home to his family.

I chomped on a piece of dango, letting the sweetness fill my mouth with rainbows and butterflies. "This place has the best dango!~" I cheered. It was true.

We were at a place called Dan's Dango and Sweets. It was literally amazing.

"I agree. Very good." Itachi said, biting into his stick. Tora shrugged. "I've had better."

I gaped. "How dare you." I said in mock surprise.

Tora only rolled his eyes. "Whatever."

A woman slid into the booth seat next to Itachi. I raised an eyebrow. Our seating arrangement was already tight as it was without her.

I sat next to Itachi next to a wall, and Tora sat next to me. If she had sat next to Tora, that would have been fine. But now I was being squished.

"Hi." She said, fluttering her long eyelashes. Itachi nudged me, as if to signify something.

"Hello.." He said slowly, glancing over at me. I frowned, peeking my head over his chest to glare at the busty woman.

"Hello! How can WE help you?" I asked sweetly, sarcasm dripping off my words.

The woman blinked, looking taken back. "Oh… I just thought…" She said, fumbling with her words.

I smiled innocently, taking Itachi's hand in mine. He intertwined our fingers and I put our intertwined hand on the table, to show her.

"Thought what? Honey, do you know this woman?" I asked Itachi. He shrugged. "No. Do I know you?" He asked the woman.

She blushed before getting up, and skittering away.

I sighed in relief, letting go of Itachi's warm hand. "Welp. That was easy."

Tora looked in between us, his green eyes wide. "What was that?" He asked.

Both of us shrugged. "It's an agreement we made a while ago when Itachi's fangirls got aggressive. I help with that problem and he helps with perverts try to touch this fine ass." I said lazily, sipping my tea.

Tora snickered, pointing at Itachi. "Pffffttttttttt, Uchiha can't handle a couple fangirls?" He snorted. I choked on my tea before beginning to laugh loudly. "PFTTTTTTT HAHA ITACHI, REMEMBER THAT TIME WHEN-" "Shush." He covered my mouth with his hand.

I frowned before sticking out my tongue and licking it. It was salty and tasted weird.

He pulled his hand away, making a face of disgust. "That's what you get for covering my mouth, bitch." I snorted, sipping my tea to get that taste out of my mouth.

Itachi rolled his eyes. "Have you no decency?"

"None."

Tora sighed. "You two are like an old, married couple."

I grinned, throwing my arms around Itachi. "But we are married~ For a beautiful nine years and we have two beautiful children." I teased. Itachi sighed and put a hand on my head.

"If that were true, I wouldn't be sane right now."

"OI! RUDE. I'd make a perfect wife!"

"Mmm… sure. With that flat chest of yours."

I gasped, covering my chest and staring wide-eyed at Itachi. "How dare you say something like that to your future wife! My chest is not flat! I use binds to make them more manageable." I snorted, doing a dramatic hair flip.

"Besides, my future husband would never say something so rude about a woman's chest. Since when did you even have a preference about woman?" I questioned.

Itachi deadpanned. "I am a man, Kaida. Of course I have a preference about women."

"Pft man? Excuse me, but men have abs." I scoffed.

Did Itachi have abs? I wasn't sure, I hadn't seen him nude before…

One more thing to do whilst in the Narutoverse.

Itachi rolled his eyes. "I do have abs, you just haven't seen them before."

"Liar. I refuse to believe."

Tora coughed, awkwardly. "Well… I think I'm going to head home. Thanks for the dango, Kaida-chan." He said, getting up from his spot. I waved towards him.

"Later, Tora-kun."

Once he left, I got to sit across from Itachi.

"So how are you, Ita-kun?" I said, using his childish nickname.

Itachi smiled. "I'm alright. The mission was a success."

"I figured. You've never failed before." I sighed, leaning on my arm for support.

"Is there something wrong, Kaida?"

I looked up at him, nodding slightly. "I've been stressing about the chunin exams and the invasion… What am I going to do? Will Orochimaru still go after Sasuke? He doesn't know how powerful you are because I changed the future. How will this change? What about Gaara? It's just all… very confusing. And very stressful." I sighed.

Itachi nodded in agreement. "I can see how that would be stressful… I don't think you need to worry about it though. You have time. And the Hokage has set up a strategy plan."

I pursed my lips. "...I guess… but… I'm still worried. I don't want more people to die than needed."

He smiled warmly, putting a hand on my head over the table. "Don't worry, Kai-chan. Everything will be fine."

A small smile appeared on my face.

"I hope so."

oOo

After saying goodbye to Itachi, I began my walk home. I put my hands in my hoodie pocket. It was dark now.

Itachi had suggested he walk me home, but I didn't want to delay his time home with his family longer. I insisted he go home.

But… it was eerie at night. And kind of cold.

"Kasai… are you there?" I said softly.

A soft breeze blew by.

Is there something wrong, Kaida?

I shook my head. "No… I just felt kinda… alone right now."

Ah… I am always here for you.

"I know… but it's still a creepy area to walk down in." I said, looking around. The moon lit my way for me. The houses around me were dark, and silent.

Kasai chuckled in my head. I didn't know you had a fear of the dark.

I scoffed. "I'm not afraid… just creeped out."

Understandable. You are a kunoichi. And the vessel of the dragons. You are valuable to many.

"Wow thanks, I feel great now." I rolled my eyes.

You must not be that afraid, if you still have time for sarcasm.

"There's always time for sarcasm."

So you say.

A thought came to me. "Hey Kasai… do you know of any other shinobi who knows about the dragons? I mean, someone who can train me."

I am… not sure. There was one, but he died a long time ago. I am not sure about his descendants whereabouts. I'm sure we will cross him eventually.

I sighed. "I guess… It would be nice to meet someone else who knows how to control you guys."

Shall I be offended?

"No, it wasn't an insult. Just… an observation. I'm not strong enough to contain all of your power."

No, you are not. But you will be.

"I'll have to be."

oOo

I snuck back inside the apartment, sneaking past Naruto, who laid sprawled about the couch. I snickered, walking over to him and tucking him under a warm blanket before leaning down and kissing his forehead.

Naruto was like the son I never had, but always wanted. At first, it was sibling love. But now I felt like a mother around him.

I was glad I was here for him. I was glad he had someone now. Whether it be me, Sasuke, or Kakashi.

Anyone.

Because I knew how it felt to be alone.

I would never wish it upon anyone else.

I slipped into my room, shutting the door and stripping into my pajama shorts and a loose t-shirt. I slipped into bed, curling under the covers and shut my eyes.

The things I was doing… I hope it was worth it.

oOXOo

Chapter End.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

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