𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚘'𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛

C̷h̷a̷n̷p̷t̷e̷r̷ 1- 'A̷r̷i̷g̷a̷t̷o̷u̷ N̷e̷e̷-C̷h̷a̷n̷'

"normal" - talking

'italics' - thoughts

'italics and underline' - flashbacks

Third P.O.V

It was a peaceful day in the hidden leaf village, as a young women was going about her day in her little bookstore. The women was named Kasumi.

Kasumi was grateful that the Hokage had given her some money and a place to stay to support her brother. It's a two story building, that is near the Hokage mountain, but at the edge of the village, She was going about her day in her bookstore like any other day.

Restocking the bookshelves. Reorganizing the books by genre, release date, and alphabetically. Watering the plants inside her store. Making Naruto's lunch, which he forgot to make. Cleaning the store, and the rest of the house. Planning what to make for dinner. Making training plans for her little brother. Visiting the Hokage to update him with their living situations, and how Naruto is doing. Then her favorite part of her day, chasing out a perv from her store.

From the years that she knew Kakashi, she really never took him as someone who would read anything like "Make-Out Paradise". To which her store didn't sell, because she wants her store to be pervert free and she mostly sell book on how to become a better ninja, as well as for the fact that she didn't want her brother to read anything like that. Yet, he keeps on coming practically begging her to sell them, to which the answer will still always be no, while chasing him with a broom. 'I swear, if he asks me one more time to sell those abominations, I'll ban him from coming to my store.' she thought to herself, lifting some heavy boxes.

All was quiet, and peaceful. Until.......

"GET BACK HERE!" Kasumi heard shouting coming from outside and could only think of one thing, "What did you do now, Naruto?" She sighed, as she went outside of her shop to see what he did. When Kasumi looked outside and up at the mountain, she couldn't help but groan. 'I'll have to apologize to the Hokage, soon.'

She was okay with him pulling pranks every so often, but this was just crossing the line. "I'm gonna murder that kid someday." Kasumi mumbled under her breath, "Sometimes I wonder where he even gets these kinds of ideas?"

She walks back in to pack Naruto's lunch. Maybe when she gets to the academy she could meet some of his other friends. She still remembers how happy he was when he made his first friend.

"Nee-Chan, guess what. I made a friend!" a five year old boy said with the brightest smile he could give. "Really? That's wonderful. What are they like?" "She's really shy, but I'm sure that if you help her train, she can be just as strong as you, and we can go on future missions together. Dattebayo!"

"Hmm? Go on future... Oh! So she want to be a ninja as well?" "Yep!" "Well, I hope to meet her someday, and I would gladly help her. Oh, I know! Why don't we invite her for dinner tomorrow if her parents permit it, hmm?" "Really?" Naruto asked excitedly. Kasumi nodded "Mhm." "Yay!"

When Kasumi first met Hinata, she was surprised to find out that she is the heir of the Hyuga clan, but she didn't care where she came from. If she needed help, she will help her. Hinata still visits and she's still shy, but not like before. When she heard that Naruto wanted to go to the academy she thought it was a good way for him to make friends. Although Kasumi did had her doubts, thinking that he'll be made fun of, she still encouraged him.