"why don't you talk?" i asked naruto

i stared into naruto's eyes they once again showed me at how empty they seemed, but there was improvement since when i first met him.

at least thats what i thought until his eyes glazed over and he fell forward his eyes leaking tears.

i froze watching as his body was racked with sobs shisui raced forward but as soon as he came within 3 meters kunai were shot at him with incredible speed.

thinking quickly shisui lowered his gravity seals and shot away just in time. he stood next to me and brought his gravity seals back up.

my eyes stared at my poor kid brother as he writhed in supposed agony on the ground. i looked at shisui and we dashed forward trying in vain to reach him.

all of a sudden chills traveled down my spine glancing up i saw a miniature version of the kazekage. his short red hair looking like blood in the evening sun, he clung to a worn out teddy and his eyes were stone cold.

he took one look at naruto and his eyes flashed with something, was it recognition? he raised his hand and sand clasped my ankles and shisui's to the ground no longer advancing on naruto.

he took small steps that showed how young he was, with the grace of a five year old he walked over to naruto.

my eyes widened as kunai raced towards his head, "NO!!!" i called out but to my shock a wall of sand appeared infront of the kid.

the kunai was on the floor forgotten as this kid just walked straight up to naruto his sand stopping any threats to him.

once he reached naruto he knelt down and placed his teddybear in naruto's arms surprisingly naruto stopped writhing around and lay peacefully on the ground, his face finally looking peaceful.

i just stood there gobsmacked what the hell just happened?

the boy then stood up looked at us with fear? looking into his eyes i saw a fear of rejection, i smiled at the boy hoping to encourage him to let us in.

he turned away and vanished into sand, it was only now that i noticed i could move and ran straight over to naru-chan.

all thoughts of the boy left me as i picked up naru, he was exhausted but otherwise okay, it was times like these that remind me that he's just a kid.

i lifted him up but with his gravity seals on i could barely hold him so i handed him over to shisui who carried him bridal style and we left off to the hotel we booked for the night.

once we got there i laid naru-chan down on the bed and sat on the couch with shi-kun my hands were shaking slightly but i barely noticed.

glancing at my lap i began to feel guilty, we shouldn't have pushed him, he obviously didn't want to talk about it.

knowing my luck it had to do with where he got those scars the poor kid.

i was jerked out of thought as something landed on my shoulder looking over i saw shi-kun asleep his hand holding mine Huh when'd that get there?

it didn't matter, i sat still with shi-kun on my shoulder already knowing i would keep watch tonight

one last glance at my sleeping friends i noticed how much younger naru-chan looked when he was asleep, and how much cuter shi-kun was when asleep.

i blushed as he snuggled into my shoulder still asleep...

waking up i blushed red when i noticed i'd slept on my crushes shoulder, when he looked at me with his sweet closed eye smile i smiled happily back and stood up to go check on naruto

he wasn't in bed as usual so i went to the kitchen to find him making ramen for breakfast. looking him over i noticed a small teddy bear sealing ink tattoo that hadn't been there before.

grinning at the childish action the kid was finally using i walked in and began making my own ramen.

but when i came to close naru-chan flinched and averted his eyes.

i sighed i hope all our trust that we built with him hasn't been broken with that one question!!

i placed the grin back on my face,"morning naru" i exclaimed as obnoxiously as possible..

i sighed as he nodded in my direction, try as i might the only sounds we could ever get out of him was laughter and that took a long time to achieve.

after eating my ramen i walked into the living room to see naru already dressed in his anbu gear his mask ,that we were the only ones who got to see him without giving him a cold look.

there was a loud poof sound and a cloud of smoke rose as kurama-sensei summoned herself into the lounge room.

she instantly leapt up onto naru-chan's shoulder and licked his cheek whining quietly, i guess he hasn't been talking to her either, i thought.

she growled when he didn't move and i saw chakra gathering in her paws i winced i forgot what she does if you ignore her, last time i ignored her i had 10 pounds added to my gravity seals...poor naru.

i watched as his shoulder dipped a tiny bit before righting itself as if nothing had happened, i knew better there had to be at least 20 pounds added to his gravity seals.

i coughed slightly and she spun around jumping onto my shoulder she licked MY face awwwwwww.

hey kurama-sensei are you joining us on the way home?!!! i asked.

she snorted and poofed away i guess that answers that question, walking towards the rooms i notice itachi come out dressed and ready to go.

"AWWWW, WHY AM I ALWAYS THE LAST READYYYY!!!!" jumping into action i dressed and packed as fast as possible and left ready to go in a matter of minutes.