He's a Girl!?!?

Chapter 1:Secret Number One

Naruto was watching. That was all she ever did, was watch. She was a ninja, who was often looked over, or down upon, simply because she existed. The reason, was because she was a jinchuuriki. The vessel for the Kyuubi no Youko, who had attacked the village thirteen year prior to present time, and had killed the Yondaime Hokage. Her village saw her as the fox, and hated her for what it had done.

Yet, they also thought, aside from her being a demon, that she was a boy. After a horrible incident when she was younger, she let them all believe it. It protected her from any villagers that thought to get back at the demon by means of bodily desecration. If she was mistaken for a boy, rape was a low possibility for her. If that had happened, she wouldn't be able to look passed it.

Life had always been hard. The villagers made sure of that. She was only allowed into one grocery store, and one department store. The only restaurant in town that let her get near the door, let alone inside, was Ichiraku Ramen. In turn, that made her love the owner Teuchi, and his daughter Ayame to death.

The young lady had been a great help to Naruto over the years. Besides the Hokage, she and her father, along with Naruto's two favorite people in the world, Hinata Hyuga and Iruka Umino, were the only people who knew that Naruto wasn't a he. So when lady problem started to arise, Ayame was there to lend a helping hand.

To keep up her guise, she dressed in bright orange clothes that were extremely loose in the important areas, and wrapped her chest just in case. The top of her hair was spiky, and pointed in random directions. Halfway down the back of her head though, it grew long reaching to her waist. Not having the heart to chop off her best feature, she put it in a low ponytail, and kept it tucked into the back of her jacket.

She spoke in a gruff voice, and purposely got into fights with the boys, rolling around in the dirt as much as possible. She even dreamed up a fake crush on Sakura Haruno. Or, as Naruto preferred, 'Pinky'.

No one suspected that she was faking stupidity. Failing the graduation exam three times was Kyuubi's idea. At those times, Naruto was at her lonliest, and failed so that she could stay near Iruka a little bit longer. She knew everything, with Kyuubi's help of course. She had no trouble with anything, but everyone had to believe that she was an idiot with an unattainable goal in order for her secret to be kept, and for her to remain underestimated.

If they knew that she was smart and that she saw everything, they would all faint. That was why she watched. Because no one ever suspected her of anything! So, when the time came, she would surprise the hell out of someone and leave them dumbfounded.

She enjoyed watching the Uchiha squirm. He was good at blocking his emotions yes, but Naruto could still see the discomfort and agitation in his stance and gaze. Pinky was latched onto his arm, babbling about nonsense no doubt. She never listened because the girl was always ridiculous when she opened her mouth. The Uchiha looked ready to puke at whatever she said.

They had been waiting for Kakashi for the past hour and she was too busy fighting to keep her laughter in to pay attention to anything else. The Uchiha noticed her smirk and threw her a seething glare.

"What are you laughing at dobe?" he demanded.

She shrugged and looked away, "Nothing teme."

"Yo!"

Sakura was up in Kakashi's face screaming about how he late he was.