So not happening!

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By Angelbloodlover

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~ Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

Kin Hubbard

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Chapter 7: Who Is It? – Part I

No need to get angry, Keiko, take a deep breath. That's good, in and out. Seriously, I was never this aggressive but without these relaxation therapies I would have snapped. Bunch of stupid people who can't see how great Naruto is. Retards! All of them!

"For the last time, I don't sell any monkey dolls." The shopkeeper insisted angrily while shuffling to the left, trying to hide the many stuffed cuddling monkey dolls that were lying cozily on the racks. "Now get out!"

My glare became even harder, "Sir, I think you must have some serious sight problems because there is an entire stack of monkey dolls right behind you. If you would kindly turn around, you'll see them."

"If you won't get out then I'll have to use other means necessary." The man spat out, taking a broom from his right and threatening to hit Naruto and I.

Naruto pulled my kimono, urging me to get out of here but I didn't listen to his weak pleas. Instead I pushed him behind me the moment the man aimed the broom towards Naruto. Why that old fart! Using my hands in quick speed, I used a small Genjutsu to hide Naruto's identity for the other customers. He'll regret being such an ass. I lifted my hands up and stopped the broom right in front of my nose, "You got a lot of nerve trying to hit a three-year old boy who didn't do anything wrong except for wanting to purchase something from you."

The man pushed more force behind it but it didn't budge. His face became red, nostrils flaring as many customers stopped to watch the scene in front of them, enraged.

Smirking, I let the broom fall on my nose and embraced myself for the pain that would come. "Itai!" I cried out, starting to cry like a small child. "Why did you hurt me?" Naruto stiffened behind me and tried to observe the damage done to my nose. Unfortunately for him, I kept him in place, much to his annoyance.

"You ugly old fart! Why'd you hurt my onee-chan!" He shouted loudly, attracting even more attention.

The shopkeeper snarled at Naruto, "You demon's child! Get out of my shop, together with your de-" He was interrupted by a young lady with pretty black hair who had a not very nice smile on her face, fist aimed at the man.

"How dare you hurt two innocent children?!" She shrieked loudly, the crowd behind her murmured in agreement, stepping closer and shielding Naruto and I, shouting in anger at his unacceptable behavior. She hit the confused man upside down with her fist, not caring what he was spewing about. When she was done hitting him, she stepped back, crossing her arms.

The man groaned in pain, rubbing his head, "But that's the de-" "I don't want to hear anything more from you!" She interrupted him and turned back to us, a gentle smile on her face as if she had never hit the man continuously till he was looking like a blueberry. Was I that crazy and scary too? I hoped not…

"Now, darlings, what did you two want to buy?" She sounded so sugary sweet as she assessed my injury. It made Naruto stuff his face in my kimono. Was he nervous or suspicious of her behavior? I was for more for the latter.

Sending her a shy smile, I pointed to the monkey in the right, the one Naruto pointed at and begged for.

"You heard her." The woman barked at the nervous man who quickly took the requested item and gave it to the scary-looking woman. She turned towards us and gave me the monkey, "Here you are, sweetie." Giving the man another snarl, she pushed me outside, "Now, let me clean up your nose."

The moment we were outside, I looked her in the eyes, smiling softly. "It's quite alright, miss…?"

"Ren Masagaki, but you can call me, Ren-onee-chan."

"Ren-onee-chan, thank you very much for helping my little brother and I out. But I have to cut out conversation short, our kaa-chan is waiting for us. If you excuse us, we need to hurry. Once again, I thank you." With a bow, I ran towards the opposite direction, leaving a dumbstruck Ren behind.

I didn't stop running until I was sure we were out of sight and dispelled the Genjutsu, grinning happily as I pushed the monkey doll towards Naruto whose eyes were fixated on my swelling nose. The monkey fell on the floor and he stroked my nose gently with his clumsy baby fingers. "Does it hurt?"

Of course, it hurt like a bitch but I was used to having bruises, "No. Besides, I can make it disappear, look." Concentrating on the flow of my chakra I let it flicker green and started mending the bones in my nose, decreasing the swelling until there wasn't any damage left. Naruto gasped in shock, touching my nose in absolute wonder.

"It's gone!" He shouted loudly, his nose almost touching mine.

With a gentle push, I nodded, picking up the monkey. "I told you so. Now, take you present." I smiled gently at him and ruffled his hair.

He looked at the monkey, at me, the monkey and started crying, snot dripping down his nose. I opened my arms when he hugged me, nuzzling his nose in my neck as more tears rolled down. "I-I-I-I'm sorr-rry, onee-cha-an!" I stroked his sunny blonde hair, humming quietly.

"It's alright, shrimp, it's alright."

After a while, Naruto's loud sobbing turned into quiet sniffles. When he looked up, he looked like a mess, a cute adorable mess. Ripping off a piece of my clothes, I cleaned his face and nose with a gentle smile, "You should name your monkey, Naruto-kun."

He averted his red puffy eyes to the monkey lying on the ground and picked it up, "I'll name him Saru."

I chuckled quietly at that simple name. Monkey, really? Only Naruto would come up with that name. "Saru sounds like the perfect name."

He beamed at the praise and clutched the monkey closer to his heart, "I'll promise I won't lose it, onee-chan!" He declared loudly, all traces of crying gone, a wide grin on his face. I ruffled his hair and smiled, "I know, Naruto-kun." After a while I got up, "Want some ice cream?"

"Ice cream!" He chirped happily, already in a standing position and bouncing up and down.

He sure had a lot of energy… Was it even smart to give him more sugar? With a shrug of my shoulder we walked towards the park, intent on buying two popsicle and I knew exactly which one I should pick. When we arrived there, I walked straight to the ice cream man, "Sir, I would like to buy a twin popsicle, please." …just like Jiraiya bought.

The man looked at me and smiled gently, "Sure, kiddo." He took the popsicle and handed it to me, not even noticing Naruto behind me who was cuddling the doll close to his heart, obviously happy about his gift. I handed him the money that I had stolen from a rich, mean merchant and inclined my head, "Arigatou."

"Have a nice day!"

I pulled Naruto to the farthest bench and sat on it, enjoying the warmth radiating from the sun. "Naruto-kun, you want ice cream?"

"Huh? Onee-chan, you bought one…" He asked confused.

I smirked smugly, "Here is the trick to getting two popsicle from one." and broke it in two, handing Naruto half of it. "See? It's more fun like this."

Gone was the confusion, being replaced by a huge toothy grin, his whiskers crinkling upwards, "Sugoi ne!" Without any words, he started licking the popsicle, tightening his hold on Saru.

I shook my head in bemusement, closing my eyes as I enjoyed this memorable moment.

After both our popsicle vanished in our stomachs, I cleaned Naruto's face and hands with river water, enjoying the way he struggled from my vicious grip, "Onee-chan! You're embarrassing me!" But I paid him no heed and did my job because I had to start looking for that Kumo-nin. No time could be wasted.

He huffed in annoyance when I released him, glaring at me. Still, I wasn't affected in the least. In contrary, the opposite happened, I pinched his cheek, cooing at how endearing he looked. He slapped my hands away, "Onee-chan, that hurts!" and rubbed the red spot on his cheeks.

I chuckled quietly, making him narrow his eyes. "Now, Naruto-kun, do you want to play a game called 'Who is it?'"

All traces of anger was gone at the mere mention of game.

"You see, I need your help to find three people."

Naruto's ears perked up at that, it seemed he already liked it, "Ooh! Let's play that! I'm in!"

He was bouncing like a ball and didn't get tired. He sure had a lot of energy and stamina if he could keep this up, "Well, you see, one comes from Kumo, Village Hidden in the Cloud, as a representative to sign a peace treaty with the Hokage."

His nose scrunched up in confusion, pouting at the difficult and strange words. I sighed tiredly as I ran my hands through my hair which seemed to be incredibly messy but I didn't care about that. Looks weren't important when you tried to survive. "They are going to be friends." His face lit up in understanding, making me chuckle softly as I continued. "I have a picture out two of the three. For the third person I can tell you how he looks like. He is a tall, thin man with dark eyes and a black beard. His head is bandaged and a forehead protector covers his right eye." I spoke quietly, feeling very paranoid now, which Naruto mistook for wanting to keep it a secret. "But Naruto don't tell anyone that we're looking for these people or they'll be mad." I warned him, eyes serious.

The small child bobbed his head, replying with a firm and serious, "Hai!" For a child he sure knew when to be serious…

Smiling softly, I ruffled his hair affectionately, standing up. "Let's get started with the one coming from Kumo."

So the two of us started looking for Kumo-nin who was necessary for my personal mission. We walked back towards the market place since there a high probability that the Kumo-nin would be looking at the different shops, especially the stores which contained ninja supplies and weapons. Or near the rich hotels were the representative would be staying. "Naruto-kun, stay close to me." I took his hands in mine, holding it tightly as I passed through the mass of people.

"H-hai, onee-chan."

I squeezed his hands gently in comfort, hearing his voice shake and sent him a reassuring smile. It seemed he wasn't used to the harsh glares like the more confident older Naruto who would plaster a wide and fake smile towards the cruel villagers. The moment we were back in the market square ugly glares were sent our way, more towards Naruto and confused, shocked, disgusted and surprised stares towards me. As if they couldn't believe the fact that I would be holding Naruto's hand. They found it too ridiculous and strange that another child would dare to associate with the village demon. And the words that were spoken made my blood boil from pure rage. How could they degrade a small innocent child like that? Were they really stupid that they couldn't discern the fact between a jail and the jailer.

The kunai stored in a storage scroll.

The holder of Kurama, the Demon King.

Or they wanted to put the blame on Naruto so they could react all of their bottled-up frustrations, pain, sorrow and sufferings out on him..

If these insolent villagers wouldn't want to see the truth then I wouldn't care either. I glared venomously towards each glare, insult or whisper and every time they would be surprised even more by my violent reactions. I could hear them as the found new excuses for the reason that I was interacting with Naruto.

"Demon's whore."

"…spit on them."

"Monsters!"

And the best one was a guy who thought I got brainwashed by Naruto's dark power. It couldn't get any worse than that. Every time someone would say something towards me Naruto would shrink closer to my side, whimpering quietly and then I would soothe his worries away, telling him that everything was alright, that onee-chan was there to protect him. That lie made my throat constrict painfully because I didn't want to tell him lies, even if they were white lies.

Or well-intentioned untruths.

Naruto nudged my kimono, making me stop and lean down, "Did you find him, Naruto-kun?"

"Hai, there." He whispered quietly as he pointed towards someone.

I looked with wide eyes towards that person, laughing and flirting with a brown-haired woman who was flirting back, unashamedly so, batting her eye lashes cutely. I had to admit that the woman had well-developed curves and average boobs but she was nothing special. She had no warm and comforting air around her nor did she have gentle sparkling eyes.

Just another ordinary pretty woman.

Smirking in glee, I squeezed Naruto's hand, making him smile shyly. "Arigatou, Naruto-kun. You're awesome at this game." I whispered in his ear, hearing his heart bonk harder in his chest. When I looked back I saw him blush cutely, his eyes shining with happiness. I couldn't resist teasing him and winked at him, making his cheeks flame as if they were on fire.

That was what they called happiness for finding a true friend.

"First objective found, let's follow him, Naruto." I spoke softly, making sure that only Naruto would hear me.

I made sure I kept tracking him without him noticing and thanks to that pretty brunette he had his entire attention focused on her. All the way back to his expensive-looking hotel for foreign ninja's. That bastard received all these luxury and hospitality and yet he spat and trampled on Konoha's trust. How low could someone be?

By that time Konoa was falling in a slumber, the clear sky was already dark, the streets empty except for some drunks who were wobbling to another bar that wouldn't throw them out.

Pitiful.

I was getting really hungry and unfortunately, I had given the leftovers from lunch to Naruto who nibbled like a chipmunk on them. First, he had declined it so I could eat them but I refused the gentlemanly offer and told him that I wasn't hungry.

"You sure, Keiko-onee-chan?" He had asked me.

I smiled softly at him, shaking my head. "Absolutely, now eat, you'll need it to grow into a strong man."

"Arigatou, onee-chan!" Naruto had chirped happily, eating the delicious-smelling seaweed onigiri. Just thinking made my stomach churn uncomfortable but I ignored those foolish desires. Naruto needed them more than me.

I frowned when I saw someone exit the building, looking very suspicious as the person hid in the shadows, moving forward towards the Hyuuga compound. Yep, I had memorized them all, using my clones disguised as civilians to take a walk through the village. The only thing that was in that direction was the Hyuuga Clan. I nudged Naruto, crouched down and let him climb on my back.

"Ready?"

Naruto only nodded, hiding his face in the crook of my neck.

"Hold tightly." I whispered softly, following the shadow that was creeping closer and closer towards the Clan, towards Hyuuga Hinata.

I held in my breath when I saw a Uchiha officer patrolling the area lazily, looking around but finding nothing. I scowled at him for his lack of observation. I thought the Uchiha's were better than this…

I guess not.

I stopped when we were near the compound, the moon light shining on the compound and making it look like a magical place what with the fog hiding it. I couldn't see how it looked like since the walls hid them from prying eyes. Sure, I knew how it looked, having it seen on the anime and manga but that was only a draw, not the real thing.

I waited out in the cold, not even shaking from the cold since my body seemed to withstand it thanks to the many nights camping out in that hateful clearing back in Orochimaru's base.

"Are we done?" Naruto asked quietly, his body surprisingly not shaking for such a small child.

"Shh. He is coming."

I didn't wait for another answer and dropped Naruto on the ground, "Stay here and don't move. This is important, got it?"

He nodded shakily, looking from left to right in fear. "Don't worry, I'll leave a clone behind so you won't get scared." I whispered comfortingly, ruffling his blonde hair that looked more like silver in the moonlight. Focusing on using as less chakra as possible, I summoned a clone without the smoke. Without another thought I turned around, heading towards the shadow that was leaping out of the compound with a lump in his arms. Could it be more obvious than this? How come only Hiashi saw the culprit? Weren't the Hyuuga known to have an excellent vision where they could use it during night-time too?

Talk about screw-ups.

I jumped in the air, making three clones and kicked the man with chakra right at the back of his head. A grunt of pain came out of his mouth as he rolled on the ground, dropping the struggling small lump in the sack. I quickly ran to Hinata and helped the shaking girl out of it. When she was freed, I smiled at the terrified girl, hoping that my eyes were already two glowing rubies. "Don't worry, I'll take care of the big bad monster." I turned towards the struggling culprit and spat out in disgust, "I'll make sure you won't be able to walk anymore after this."

It was a good thing I had the element of shock or I wouldn't have been able to take him out like I did. Pure luck.

The man never had a chance to fight back as he tried to gulp in as many breaths as he could. I guess I gave him a hard concussion as he stuttered the name out that I needed, "U-U-Uchiha-a…"

I leaped at him, joined my clones as we beat the Kumo-nin into a pulp. Groans of pain made me feel satisfied and I tied his legs and fingers tightly, making sure that he wouldn't be able to get free or make any hand seals. To be certain that he wouldn't, I emptied his pockets and bag pack, which was filled. This meant only one thing; he intended on fleeing towards Kumo after kidnapping the Hyuuga heiress. "Bastard." I hissed as I pulled the ropes tighter, making the man whimper even more in pain. When I felt another chakra signature heading our way, I quickly walked back to Hinata and spoke softly in a comforting way, "Now, Hinata-chan, I have to leave you with this man here, make sure your father wouldn't do anything drastic. Can you do that for me?" I looked at her, my eyes burning with such an intensity, it made the girl squeak in embarrassment and she nodded hurriedly.

"Will you tell me your name, onee-chan?" She asked softly without stuttering.

So Neji's hate and harsh words were the start of her stuttering and her father would pick up the pieces and throw them away. Well, at least I helped Hinata's relationship with Neji. I felt happy with that thought and ruffled her short bangs affectionately.

Guess saving some few people won't be that bad. I mused silently in my mind, eyes still locked with the petite girl.

With that I murmured a gentle goodbye and looked at a shocker Hiashi with my so-called Sharingan, pumping chakra to my veins to make it look like I was activating my Dojutsu for safety measures and disappeared in a whirl of leaves.

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"…Goodbye onee-san." Hinata murmured too low for Hiashi to hear.

"Hinata?" Hiashi asked uncertainly, not believing what he was seeing.

A freed Hinata and a tied kumo-nin who looked really uncomfortable in that position, not that he minded in the slightest.

Blinking, he looked at his daughter warily, "Hinata, who rescued you?"

Hinata turned around with wide eyes, running to her father, "Tou-san! …It was a girl with pretty red eyes." She spoke perfectly as she hugged her father, small sobs coming from the girl. It seemed reality hit the girl and she was in shock. If the mysterious didn't save her what would've happened to her? Would her father be fast enough to rescue her? Would she have been rescued…?

Hiashi quirked his eye brow, inspecting the tied ropes on the shinobi with grudging respect. He had felt a spike of chakra but sadly he didn't recognize the mysterious figure but he did saw her red eyes and the chakra around the chakra coils of the eyes. "Tonight is getting interesting by the second. Who would have thought a Uchiha would save a Hyuuga?" He chuckled softly, looking at the starry skies that were filled with twinkling stars. He would have to discuss this with the Hokage and Fugaku.

When he looked back at the pathetic shinobi and hissed in a cold tone, "Be glad you're already tied-up because I wouldn't have been easy with you."

At that moment his younger twin brother arrived, "I felt your chakra flickering dangerously and came as fast as I could. What happe-" He stopped talking, eyes wide as he looked at a curled up figure on the ground, a sobbing Hinata clutching her father's shoulder tightly and an angry Hiashi.

"...I think I understand."

Hizashi hoisted the nin over his shoulder and walked side by side with Hiashi towards the Hokage Tower. "Kumo will pay dearly for this treacherous act."

As the two brother were walking away, flashing yellow eyes were following their every step. "Ku ku ku ...Keiko-chan, what are you up to?" Followed by a dark chuckle and then the yellow eyes disappeared in the midst of the night.

The saying goes like this: …an interested snake was a dangerous snake.

END OF NON-OC -:- END OF NON-OC

When I was back with Naruto, I eased my breathing and laughed quietly at how smoothly it went. But I couldn't let it get to my head because when good things happened, bad things weren't far from it. Let's just hope Hiashi didn't suspect anything strange with my eyes. He was angry enough to miss the small signs. With shaking hands, I took Naruto from my clone who smirked in amusement. He looked so peaceful in his sleep, it made me feel warm inside.

Time to go to Hiruzen's office and take him by surprise. My clone dispersed and I vanished in smoke towards Hiruzen's office.

He won't know what will hit him.