I went into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Tou-san noticed me holding my eye.
"What happened to you," he asked.
"Nii-san hit me in his sleep," I told him.
"I'm sorry, Imouto," apologized Nii-san.
"Its okay. It could've been worse," I reassured him.
"Thank you," he said.
"But you have super cool ninja like reflexes!"
"I am a ninja, baka."
"Who are you calling baka you...
"Now, settle down, you two," Okaa-san said.
"Hai!," I replied.
Kaa-san handed my an ice bag. I immediately stuck the bag to my eye. Nii-san chuckled. I glared at him and stuck my tongue out.
We ate dinner silent, until Tou-san spoke up.
"Atsuko?," He asked
"Hmm?," I answered.
"Do you want to join the academy next year?"
I choked on my rice when he said that. I had to swallow some and spit some out.
"Really?! This isn't a joke?"
"Nope. So do ya?"
"Otou-san, you already know the answer to that!"
"So, its no, huh?"
"No! Yes, I want to join when I turn 5!"
"I thought so."
"But why do you want me to start now, instead like you did Nii-san at 6?"
"So, you don't want to start?"
He completely dodged my question. I guess I have to leave it like that. For now that is.
"That's not it."
"You're going to do great, Imouto."
"Thanks, Nii-san.
"Let's just hope you don't have Lee-san."
"Lee-san? Why is he mean? Tou-san, is he?
"No. He's just going to make you work a lot and talk about youth all the time. You know him when you were little. You know when you see him, right Akira?
"Yeah, nobody can forget thoughs eyebrows."
"What?"
We finished dinner and went to bed.
NEXT DAY
Since I'll be starting the academy soon, I'm gonna start a reputation. Well, besides I'm the Hokage's daughter. The prankster of the village! Well, I'm already am, but I'm not really known for it. I got up from bed and went to the kitchen.
"Good morning, Kaa-san, Tou-san," I greeted.
"You're up early, Suko. What's the matter,sweety?," Kaa-san asked.
I laughed.
"Nothings wrong, Kaa-san," I replied.
"Okay, then."
I walked over to Tou-san and gave him the pleading eyes.
"What do you want?"
"Can I go to work with you today?"
"Why?"
"I want to know what you do all day."
"Nothing but paperwork and sending people on missions."
"I want to watch."
"You'll get bored. I think Akira is off today, so why don't you play with him today."
"But I want to come with you!"
"You're not going to leave me alone are you?"
"Nope."
"Come on, Naruto. Let her come.
"Alright, go get ready.
"Yay!"
"Atsuko, do you need help getting ready?," asked Kaa-san
"No, I'm fine, Okaa-san. I already picked out what I was going to where," I replied.
"Wait, what?," asked Otou-san confused.
"I picked out my outfit justed in case."
"Mhm."
I giggled and ran away.
I went to my room and got dressed. I put on orange boy shorts, a blue sleeve shirt, and I slipped on my sandals.
Tou-san walked into my room and he chuckled at what I had on.
"I have the perfect present that will go at what you have on," he said.
"You do?!," I asked curiously.
"Yes, I'll be right back," he replied.
Ooh, I wander what he has for me! I can't wait to see it. Ooh!
He came back in with something wrapped in a cloth. He took it off to reveal a pair of googles. I eyed it curiously.
"Googles?"
"Yep. This is what I used where when I was in the academy."
"Cool. But why didn't you give to Akira when he was in the academy?"
"Because he didn't want it. He thought it was funny. So, I'm giving it to you."
"Wow, thanks Otou-san!"
"Alright, lets get going."
"Right."
We walked out of the house and towards his office. Well, I was running, while he was walking.
This prank is going to be so awesome! Lets just hope nobody dies from it. Maybe I shouldn't do it.
"Oh yeah, Atsuko, you pull that stunt, your not enetering the academy. Plus, you won't get desert for a two months," Tou-san warned
He reads me like a book!
"I wasn't going to try it," I replied.
"Anymore," Tou-san retorted.
"Maybe," I whispered.
"What was that?"
"Nothing!"
I slowed down a bit to let Tou-san catch up. I saw Mikoto-chan, Koaru-chan, and Dai-kun in a field.
"Hey, Tou-san, I'll be back," I told him.
I started to run off.
"Wait, where are you going?"
"I'll meet you at your office in ten minutes."
I got to the field
"Hey, I said.
"Oh gosh, what the hell do you want," Mikoto asked.
I'm tired of this. I put on a bold face. These guys are my friends. Were!
"Why did you guys attack me a couple of days ago," I asked angry.
"Because we felt like it," snorted Dai.
"We don't hang out with weirdos," Koaru said.
"Oh, really. So, we're attacking our friends out of the blue,huh?," I asked.
I started to bounce my knees. I activated my Byakugan.
"Byakugan!"
I stopped bouncing my knees and got in my stance.
"I'm not scared to take you all on. Now which way do you want to go down? 64 palms, Rasengan, or just simply taijutsu? Either way, you're just as dead."
"Hey, hey, hey. We're not friends, therefore, you can't attack us," Dai said.
"Watch me. But I'll think I scared you too much."
I disactivated my Byakugan.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
I made literally two clones.
I put my hands behind my back and they made the Rasengan in both my hands. I didn't even notice them run away.
"That went well. I didn't think I was going to be able to hurt them,though. They were mean to me, but I don't think I could bring myself to do that."
"Hey, you!," somebody screamed.
I turned around and noticed 4 Jounin running after me.
"Huh?"
They were Dai-kun, Koaru-chan, and Mikoto-chan's Otou-sans and a random guy.
Oh no, I can't take them on by myself!
"Get over here you, fox demon!," one of them screamed.
There goes that name again.
"Oh no! Tou-san!"
"We saw your Otou-san go into his office. He had a meeting, so he won't be out for a while."
He lying. Tou-san would never allow me to come if he had a meeting. Would he?
I slowly turned around and started running. I don't want to get beat up again.
"Tou-san!," I screamed.
I'm scared. I'm scared out of my mind! I knew I could beat my friends, they were easy and with my jutsus, I could easily defeated them. But four high Jounins is a different story! I started to hyperventalating. Tou-san please find me and HELP ME!
I jumped on top of a roof. I quickly jumped down, realizing it was still in maintence. I stumbled to the ground I started running really fast. They were pretty far behind now. That's not right. And I was right. They sped up. I quickly ran into an alley regretting it. There was nothing but brick wall there. I turned around and saw them creeping into the dark alley. I started screaming Otou-san's name and crying. I put my fists to my face.
"Otou-san!"
And right when I was about to give up hope, my favorite hero showed up.
"Tou-san," I cried.
"Get away from my daughter right now!," Otou-san screamed.
The scrambled and I ran and hugged the back of Tou-san's legs.
"Tou-san," I cried into his legs.
He picked me up and hugged me. I cried into his shoulder. He started rubbing soothing circles on my back.
"Were you scared, Atsuko," he asked.
"Mhm," I hummed. "Really scared.
"I got you. They aren't going to hurt you again," he promised.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
I cried myself to sleep.
When I woke up, I noticed I was still in Tou-san's arms. I moved a little. He looked down at me. He smiled. He tried to pick me up, but I grabbed fist fulls of his shirt and I barried my head into his side.
"Okay, you can stay," he told me.
I let go of his shirt and moved my head away from his side. Then, I started playing with his necklace the previous Hokage gave him.
There I layed in Tou-san's arms.
The safest place in the world.