Curious idea, might be explored more in the future...

But I'm a Boy!

Iruka Umino was having a good day today, his job as a teacher had proved to be one of the most fulfilling career choices he could have made, even if the children were hellions at times, and his fellow teachers were all a little on the completely insane side of life. He'd had his favorite ramen for lunch, finished out the school year, and now he had all summer to read his books. Life was good for him.

Naruto Uzumaki was having a terrible day today, he had ran away from the orphanage two years ago, sick of the pain and hatred. He'd run into a few of the gangs that roamed the streets, lead them into fights with each other, nearly got killed when a knife impaled the wall next to his head, fell into the drainage ditch, took a bath in the cold river, and wasn't able to steal any food at all today. Indeed today was among the worst he'd ever had.

It's a bit curious that fate would counter the two extreme days in the most practical way possible. Naruto collided with Iruka's legs, sending the two sprawling. It was further complicated that Naruto's head impacted the corner of a building, sending him into unconsciousness. Iruka looked at the child that had hit him, and immediately began worrying about the little girl.

Scooping her up, he began carrying her carefully to the nearest clinic he could find. After checking her in, and getting her checked over, Iruka had only one other issue to deal with. He had no idea what her name was, or where her parents where. Judging from how dirty and rail thin the girl had been, she hadn't been fed in a while, and most likely was on her own for a long time.

The nurse had assured him that the girl wasn't in danger anymore, but she should be watched over for the next couple days. She was also just barely on the edge of being classified as malnourished, so they would have to call child services.

Iruka didn't have long to wait before the child services representative arrived. To say that she was not what he had expected, would have been like saying that there was a little lesbianism undertones in the anime Strawberry Panic. An understatement somewhere around the level of Death Star laser blasts.

Anko Mitarashi was not the conservatively dressed woman in a power suit that he had been expecting... instead wearing skin tight black leather, and a trench coat that he was fairly certain would have terrified any kid that survived the roar of her motorcycle's arrival. When she spoke, he was really debating going to hide in one of the examination rooms, with a full physical waiting for him.

"Are you Iruka?" at the teacher's nod, she smiled and extended her hand. "I'm Anko Mitarashi, and I'm Naru's social worker..."

"Naru? Is that the girl I ran into?" Iruka asked worriedly, "I hope she's not in any trouble..."

"Yep, that's her, she goes by Naruto Uzumaki normally, and has a slight problem..." Anko admitted quietly with a heavy sigh. "See, she has been through several foster homes, and always ends up running away because the parents can't accept that she wants to be a boy... Our psychologists insist that this is only a phase... but we need to find someone that accepts her as a boy, but still tries to introduce her to the feminine life..."

Iruka watched as Anko's eyes softened talking about the girl. There was something about this girl that made the social worker want to see her happy... and her interest was more than just professional. She had a deep attachment to the blonde. "I see... What will happen to her after she's finished being treated?"

"She will be put back into the system... but to be honest her options are running slim..." Anko admitted with a heavy sigh. "Look you seem like a nice guy, but I have to ask... it's part of my job... did you assault her on purpose?"

"No I didn't..."

"Okay..." Anko replied with a sigh, going into many more questions that Iruka knew were practically being read off a script at this point. His mind instead turned to the girl in the clinic's bed, currently unconscious. One of his students, Haku Momochi was a girl that claimed to be a boy all the time, and got very offended if you called her on it.

The councilor at school, had dived into the rules, and found that the school had an actual male student uniform, and that if she wore that, Haku would be fine. Mr. Mishikoto was not very popular with the teachers, but had prevented any major problems with more than a few of the students, so he was kept on.

None of the girls took Haku for anything other than another girl, but still accepted her as the boy she wants to be. In fact he knew of at least two that were trying to hook up with Haku. The other 'prince' of the school knew she was female, and wanted to live that way, but she wore the male uniform to stand out. Sasu Uchiha was sadly a mental issue of another shade, she was obsessed with her older brother and wanted to kill him for the murders of their parents.

Maybe she could help Naru out, if she wanted to be a boy...

"And now I guess this is where you go back home, Mr. Umino..." Anko stated while closing her notepad. Iruka blinked as that caught his attention, and he held up a hand.

"Actually Ms. Mitarashi... would it be alright if I talk to her when she wakes up? I... I know another girl in a similar scenario... and I could probably help her out..."

Anko seemed very surprised at the offer to help out the girl, after a moment her eyes softened and a warm smile spread across her face. "Sure, I think she'd like that..."

Two days later, Iruka was escorting a smiling and nervous blonde into his apartment. "Welcome home Naruto... just us two guys... I have a few rules, but we'll get to know each other first. Naruto... I hope that you'll be comfortable here..."

The wannabe boy smiled up at the teacher that had adopted her and hugged him tightly around the waist. "Thank you... pops..."

Iruka blinked in shock at the new designation, but slowly a smile spread on his face and he hugged the girl back. "You're welcome dear."