Naruto : Uchiha : Chapter 9

Next Morning…

Konohagakure

The shining rays of a huge fireball placed in the sky made their way past the windows of out little blonde currently snuggled up in his futon. The curled up ball in between the large room squirmed slightly, just enough to make the blanket covering him.

"Mewww!" a soft mewl rang in his room, his blanket getting plucked by something offending making him clutch it tighter in his sleep.

"Mm go away, 'm sleepy." he mumbled sleepily curling up into a little ball. But the thing clutching his blanket tried even harder now, much to his added annoyance.

"What….Kiara?!" he whispered sleepily, his baby blue eyes squinted while trying to adjust to daylight when he took in the wide brown slitted eyes of his favorite cub.

"Mewww!" she mewled softly, licking his cheek and curling up by it with a small yawn. Though Naruto regained his bearings and finally came to his senses, but even still he couldn't help the smile that lit up his face at seeing his friend there.

"How did you get here girl?" he asked her, brushing her fur to get a soft purr out of the little feline. "…you shouldn't be here Kiara, it might make me get into trouble and they'll send you away into some guarded place…"

He whispered in a cautious tone, but didn't get anything more than a small twitch of her whiskers when he kissed her cheek softly.

He let out a sigh, she must have followed him back yesterday or somehow found out where he lived, but he couldn't do anything about it now.

He himself had been wanting to take her home now that she was getting bigger and a lot playful to hide in the hidden clearings behind the mountains any longer. So it was all for the better, at least for now.

He sat up, scooping the ball of fur in his arms who didn't feel much like resisting from the friendly touch she had gotten used to.

The blonde boy walked down stairs to his dining room, straight for the fridge and put the small cub on the table who was watching her unofficial master quite curiously.

He filled up a bowl with the half carton of milk he had and placed it on the table, much to the joy of the little furry thing who had dug in as soon as the bowl touched the wooden surface.

He sat down on the table, his chin on his arm only to look at his lone friend fondly lapping up her milk. His finger rubbed her nose making her mewl in a hurt voice at being disturbed during her meal. He laughed though when she licked off the small droplet of milk on his finger while she was at it, getting herself a small bonk on her head.

"Glutton…" he whispered playfully, seeing the cub mewling in a hurt voice and he was glad she was here now. At least his house wouldn't be as lonely as before. He himself cut off a small piece from a loaf of bread and started on frying a couple of eggs, feeling a small nudge on his ankle.

He looked down only to see the pleading eyes of Kiara looking at him innocently, no doubt hungry from the fresh smell of frying eggs making him smile. He cut off a small piece of his omelet and threw it down, which was eaten before Naruto could even realize and watched the ball of fur nuzzle against his leg, no doubt quite content now.

"You're going to run me dry like this you gluttonous cat." he said playfully, much to the confusion of the cub who just went up on to his lap while he enjoyed his meal in silence. His eyes glanced at the clock to see it was almost nine now and he rose an eyebrow, remembering he was going to have some guests over today and grinned.

He picked the yawning cub up in his arms, instantly hopping upstairs into the bathroom.

"Alright Kiara time to get you cleaned up girl…" he said getting a yawn out of the cub who was still quite sleepy and clearly wasn't expecting what came next.

SPLASH…

"MEWWW!" the cub mewled in horror when he had thrown her into the warm water of the tub and looked at him with hurt eyes when he stepped in a moment later after getting undressed himself.

"Now now, we'll have none of that, you're going to have to be clean so you don't ruin things in the house girl." he admonished the cub who enjoyed getting herself rubbed with a little bubbly shampoo massage as was felt by her purrs.

The joyful bath ended when the water was cold and he drained the tub, coming out with a little cub wrapped up in a towel and being brushed off the water with some muffle mewls.

He let the dry fur ball out of his grasp who jumped down and shook her body expertly to dry herself off and ran up to the small folded mattress by the side cupboard that was open and found herself a new spot to sleep.

Naruto just shook his head at the lazy cub with a smile and went onto the closet himself, sliding it open to see rows of clothes stacked up neatly, ranging from all sizes and colors.

Naruto smiled and took out his blue shirt with a little Uchiha symbol on the bottom right corner in the front and put on some black pants while running his hand through his silky locks.

Knock Knock…

Naruto was surprised at hearing the knock so early, surely Tobirama wouldn't be coming this early in the morning? Right?

He ran down the stairs and opened the door with a polite bow.

"Welcome to the Uchiha residence." he spoke up politely only to get his hair ruffled playfully.

"Now no need to be so formal with your Ji-chan now is there?" the playful voice of Kagami Uchiha said, making him grin and step aside to let the man in. Kagami made his beeline straight to the living room and sat down on the couch, smiling at the boy who offered him a glass of water.

"So, I heard you came looking for me back at the Uchiha Clan Office?" he asked, getting a happy nod from the boy. He already did have a hunch as to why the boy would have wanted to meet him.

"I guess you came to me regarding your admissions to the Academy, ne?" he asked and got an instant nod from the boy.

"Don't worry I'll take care of it…" he trailed off seeing the boy shaking his head, which now had him thrown into a loop.

"No need Ojii-sanI already got my admission form signed by the Hokage." the boy answered his confusion making the man perk up in surprise. Kagami couldn't help but look at the boy in pride, that was the drive a child his age should have.

"That's great Naruto, I'm proud of you." he spoke in warm tone making the boy gaze at his lap while his cheeks turned pink in embarrassment. Kagami was still surprised that Tobirama Senju had taken the time to meet the boy on such short notice, but he remembered that the man was a bit too curious when it came to matters concerning him.

He rose an eyebrow when he saw the boy perk up,as if he had remembered something important and he was all ears for the kid he considered his nephew in all but blood.

"Tobirama Ji-chan is great too Ojii-san, he is so fun and so cool. He even brought me my signed form to the back of the Hokage monument himself and played with me a little." he said making Kagami frown a bit. Now that didn't sound the least bit like his sensei.

Tobirama Senju, playing, with a six-year-old child, the idea was laughable in itself to him.

"Naruto you're sure you went to the Hokage right?" he asked suspiciously and a bit worriedly so as to not hurt his happy demeanor in the slightest. The boy blinked innocently and pulled the form out of the side drawer to show him the proof.

"Of course I did, see he stamped this…" he said handing the man, the folded form. Kagami unfurled the paper, raising an eyebrow at the amount of mistakes and the adorable way his nephew had filled the form out.

It didn't even have a photograph on it for Kami's sake, but sure enough there, in the bottom right corner donned the official stamp of the Nidaime Hokage along with his signature of approval for enrollment into the Academy year.

How his sensei, the man who prided in perfection in even the most minute of things had let this form slide, he would never know. But he had…

"See it's his sign right, plus I see him daily on the monument too you know…" the boy said with a pout making Kagami chuckle and nod. He handed the boy his form back which was put back in it's haven with the utmost care by our little blonde boy.

Then Kagami's mind wandered back to another point that might need looking into by him personally.

"Do you need some money for buying the books and starting stuff for the Academy?" he asked him, making the boy look down at his lap and shake his head.

Kagami's smile slipped seeing his state of sadness. He knew the boy never really liked asking him for money, and won't come to him for it unless it was absolutely necessary. It was one of the things he absolutely loved about the boy, yet it made his worries increase for him all the more.

But once again the boy perked up, surprising him for the second time with a wide smile when he shook his head, much to the elder Uchiha's confusion.

"Uh-uh, Tobirama Ji-chan is going to let me borrow some of his spare books and scrolls. He is going to bring them by today, isn't it awesome Ojii-san?" he asked happily and now Kagami's mind was spinning.

"What the hell did that boy do to my sensei?" was all he could think off and nodded dumbly seeing the boy grin his goofy grin. Though he couldn't help but feel happy at the joyful expression on the kid's face.

"Looks like my boy has it all figured out already on his own, you really are growing big my boy." he said in a warm tone making Naruto nod happily. He stood up to take his leave, Naruto doing the same out of courtesy and walked him to the door.

"Alright then, do really well at the Academy and make me and our clan proud Naruto. We are called the elites and the best of this village for a reason. Always remember your Uchiha heritage and be proud of it alright?" He said sternly and Naruto smiled and nodded proudly.

"Hai, just you see I'll ace the Academy." Naruto boasted proudly making Kagami chuckle and pat his head a couple of times to calm him down. The boy in turn looked sheepish and bowed politely when Kagami turned to leave.

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