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Underneath the deception by Cupi Category: Naruto Genre: Adventure, Humor Language: English Characters: Kakashi H., Naruto U., Sakura H., Sasuke U. Status: In-Progress Published: 2016-04-11 19:45:58 Updated: 2016-04-25 18:52:47 Packaged: 2016-04-27 19:45:31 Rating: M Chapters: 3 Words: 9,813 Publisher: www.fanfiction.net Summary: After the battle on the bridge Naruto is not acting like himself and Kakashi as his sensei decides to cheer up his cute little genin. Naruto wants to get stronger to protect his precious people better and decides that best way to do it is deception while being totally unpredictable and kunoichi? Kakashi thoughts about it as good idea and supports Naruto. 1. Deep thoughts Hello everyone this is not my first fanfiction ever but first completely written in English and on . What is this story about or what I plan with it? My plan is to have Naruto to crossdress and have him to learn something about seducing, mainly practicing it on Kakashi. While Naruto and his team are growing smarter. What about character pairing? Wellâ€¦ it is decided but you know *spoilers*. This is all I can tell you about this story for now, since this story exists for you to read I can't spoil you everything at the beginning. And I can only hope that you enjoy it. There goes this popular thing called disclaimer, meaning that I don't own anything about Naruto. * * * >Chapter 1: Deep thoughts * * * >Young blonde was sitting next to his sensei's bed. The man was resting from his previous battle where he used too much chakra on all those fancy jutsus and was now bedridden because of that. With weak groan the man opened his only visible eye, first thing to see the mop of blonde hair leaning over him. "Naruto?" he said, using lot of his so far regained energy. "Hai, Kakashi-sensei, you are up? Great!" was blonde's immediate answer, by shouting loudly which pierced man's still hurting brain. Ahh. That was SO Naruto-ish! But the pain quickly fade away when the sensei remembered that he was not only one hurt in the battle on the bridge. "Hows the team?" asked worried sensei, because worrying about his team was only thing on his mind right now. He had to laugh a bit inwardly, since when he was such worrywart? "Hai! Me and Sakura-chan have no injuries, you just woke up, but Sasuke..." felt silent young blonde shinobi. "What's with Sasuke?" cringed silver haired man, also known as Kakashi-sensei to his students. "Well Sasuke, he suffered a great Ego injury after becoming a pincushion and now is sore because his body wont move properly so he has to stay in bed," reported younger shinobi with big grin on his face. How he loved to tease Sasuke when he couldn't move, that was just great and it shifted his thoughts somewhere else from still fresh memories of battle. "You should not joke about it Naruto, he could die," rebuked teacher the young blonde. The blonde's eyes darkened when it sunk in him. Of course he knew that his teammate could died. He even thought back then that Sasuke died. He heard his friend's last words and he remembered the rage he felt when Sasuke's body fell limp and cold. He remembered how his teammate's dead body felt in his arms. Luckily Sasuke didn't died in the end, but even still the only way how young blonde shinobi could cope with it was joking about it. He knew it was wrong, butâ€¦ "I know that Kakashi-sensei! It's just..." "Just?" asked his sensei because he wanted to know what was in blonde's head, what he thought about the situation. "Whenever I think how Sasuke wasâ€¦ Just laying there, not moving I remember the rage I feltâ€¦ It-it fears me," confessed Naruto. Kakashi looked up to Naruto's face to see how his face was twisted in fear, even if the blonde desperately tried to hide it behind his smiles. Had Kakashi been naive or just too ignorant to not to see the real Naruto? Was he satisfied with blonde's fake smiles like everyone else? How stupid he felt now for not to see sooner, that Naruto was not always bright smile of the group. Underneath the underneath, huh? His own words now returned to him like a slap all over his face. After that he had to promised to himself to be better sensei to his students. 'Yeah! Self reflection is best done in the bed after battle. Irony intended,' thought Kakashi and smiling sardonically in his mind. "I understand. To feel hopeless and then rageâ€¦ But you did well Naruto, you overruled it in the end. You are strong," praised his student Kakashi knowing that Naruto needed it. "Thanks Kakashi-sensei," said the blonde and smiled softly. Kakashi was watching his student's rise of spirits and patted himself on shoulder inwardly over his success. Naruto stood from chair that was next to Kakashi's bed and walked towards the door, while the silver haired man followed his student with his only opened eye. When Naruto opened the door, he turned his head back to Kakashi. "I just tell Sakura-chan and Sauke that you are up," informed Naruto his sensei about him leaving the room and closed the door behind him. After the door shut a loud grumble was heard in room. "Wait Naruto, I'm starving!" said Kakashi, hoping his student would hear him, no response. Well Naruto was Naruto after all. He sighed and hoped that his student will return soon preferably with some food. In few moments after Naruto left Sakura and his blonde student entered the room. And Kakashi immediately complained about his hunger. Sakura then punched Naruto and scolded him harshly, something about being dumb or so, Kakashi really didn't listen to pink's rant. After that the blonde was kicked out of the room by Sakura, sending him for some food. The only girl on his team then started talking about everything that happened after the battle on the bridge. To Kakashi's taste it was not really real report that shinobi should give, but his students were shinobi for only few weeks. Right after she was finished someone knocked the door, Kakashi's nose could smell the food. Sakura went to open the door and on the other side was Tsunami, theirs client daughter, with something to eat, leaving it on the stool next to bet Kakashi was in. Both women then left the room, leaving Kakashi on his own. His body was still sore but nothing he could cope with. He ate and then slept again. * * * >Meanwhile Naruto was wandering in the near woods, thinking about the battle, mainly about the end of it. He saw Zabuza, the real shinobi, his enemy crying for Haku, he himself was crying for Haku at that time. Was Haku his fried? He didn't known. To Naruto, Haku was someone who knew the pain of loneliness, of being hated for something he had no control over and also he was kind of mentor. He told Naruto, when he met him in this forest for the first time, that he can became truly strong when he have precious person or people. And Naruto believed it. But in the end the blond shinobi was unable to protect Sasuke and Haku himself. He gave it to rage and hatred and went for kill. Maybe he managed to stop himself in the end but Haku still lost his life. And now Naruto felt lost. He knew that he needed to became stronger for his precious people. But he did not know how. And that was reason why he wondered through this forest every day trying to find solution. He knew it was not like him to think that much, to think at all, but Naruto felt that this time he won't find the answer by training until he loose consciousness. And Sasuke was still in bed so he had no rival to compare to in his training. * * * >One week after the battle, the bridge was completed and their mission came to the end. They spend one more extra night with their hosts since Tazuma invited them to celebrate bridge completion. Team 7 was happy and glad, they could see smiles on local people faces. The Wave country was saved and it was their feat. Kakashi was now so proud of his little cute gennins, yet dare to call them like that. Before anyone could notice, Naruto sneaked out the party into the forest he spend few days thinking about how to get stronger. This was the last night he would be here and the forest was somehow calming him. So he wandered deep into the forest until he found the trees his team was practicing tree climbing on. Raising his hand to his first actual mark on the tree he was practicing on, he looked around the small clearing. He looked on the ground where was sleeping when he first met Haku. Naruto smile softly on that memory. He even thought that Haku was girl when he saw him until he gave away his real gender. 'If Haku was real enemy he could kill me so easy while I was thinking how pretty girl he was. Hah,' told Naruto to himself. Something rustled nearby. Naruto cocked his head the way he heard the sound, while he stretched his hand for kunai. "It's just me Naruto," said familiar voice. "Don't scare me like that Kakashi-sensei," said Naruto while his heart was beating fast from adrenaline. "Aren't you a shinobi?" raised visible eyebrow in question Kakashi. The young blonde bowed his head down, bangs covering his eyes, all his features darkened. Kakashi could see that Naruto probably still did not get over the battle on the bridge. Over the deaths he saw that day. And as a teacher he knew he needed to cheer up his student. Still this was so not like Naruto. "And I thought that only brooder on my team was Sasuke," said Kakashi trying something he himself probably was not good at. Naruto didn't react to his remark he just stood in the clearing with his shoulders sloped down. "Come on Naruto! Rise and shine!" tried Kakashi with more enthusiasm in his voice. "It's night sensei," answered Naruto in dull voice. That was obvious and Kakashi didn't like where it was heading. He couldn't cheer up Naruto the way he normally would. Something was definitely wrong with his blonde gennin, he needed to rise his spirit, but to do that he needed to know what was wrong with him and Kakashi wasn't sure that young shinobi would answer him, still he had to try at least. "You know Naruto if you have something on your mind just tell me, I'm your sensei after all," said Kakashi hoping he learn what was wrong with his student. Naruto was still silent, way too silent for someone like him and brooding all over the place. At that silent moment Kakashi feared that he won't learn what was on his little gennin mind. He was ready to speak up any moment, but then Naruto started talking. "This is the place I met Haku, he was gathering some herbs for Zabuza," Kakashi closed his mouth under his mask. He would not interrupt Naruto in explaining his troubles. "He asked me if I was shinobi. I said yes, that I want to be Hokage and super awesome strong. And he said that I can become truly strong when I protect my precious people," continued Naruto. Kakashi wondered about his dead enemy's words, they were certainly true. Was that what sunk down Naruto's heart? He didn't know and so he waited for blonde to continue. "At the time I was so glad that someone talked to meâ€¦ I realized what he meant by that on the bridge, when he protected Zabuzaâ€¦ And when I couldn't protect my precious people and gave it to rage," said Naruto. Was Kakashi shocked? Yes he was, the Naruto he knew, he thought he knew, was a lot more complicated than he thought he could ever be. Kakashi had to punch himself for not noticing sooner, Naruto was nowhere close to smiling idiot he let other people knew. "I'm weak Kakashi-sensei, I have no means to protect my precious people Jii-chan, Iruka-sensei, Teuchi-ojisan, Ayame, Sakura-chan, Sasuke and even you. Ne, how do I get stronger? I know it's not all about training. I was trying to came up with something for whole week but I couldn't think up anything. I don't have Sharingan like Sasuke, I'm not even strong as him, maybe even Sakura-chan is stronger than me and have better chakra control and I don't have any fancy jutsus like you sensei. Do I even have some strong points?" said Naruto yet with fear and hopelessness in his eyes. Kakashi knew that Zabuza's and Haku's deaths shaken his student, but not to this degree. Some sweet talks or stupids remark would not cheer up Naruto. What his student really needed was some strong support. "Well for starters you are unpredictable which reflect in your taijutsu, you are precise with kunai and shuriken, you can think on spot and you can use Kage bunshin, for gennin that's quite a feat," said Kakashi trying to cheer up Naruto. The blonde raised his head and smiled a bit. Kakashi knew that was success. It might take Naruto a while to return to his usual sunny self but Kakashi just knew that it was on the good way. "Now come on Naruto, there's a party waiting," said Kakashi turning back to house. "You go first Kakashi-sensei, I'll catch up later," said Naruto still with light smile on his face. Kakashi waved his had as acknowledgment to his student sentence and left the clearing. Naruto went to the spot he first met Haku it was just a few steps away imagining how it could be him in Haku's place if the first person to help him was someone like Zabuza. He leaned to position where he saw Haku in the pinkish sleeveless kimono. At that moment 'bright' idea was born in his head. Naruto smiled. He managed to think something up. The blonde young shinobi shot up and fled to caught up with his sensei. * * * >Next morning Team 7 bid farewell to Wave country and its people and started to return to Konoha on newly opened bridge yet to be named. Sasuke was leading the pack and Sakura walked beside him was bugging him with her rant. Naruto was few steps behind them and Kakashi was holding his distance until his blonde genning slowed down and let his sensei caught up. "You definitely look brighter than yesterday, Naruto," noted Kakashi just ready to start reading his favorite book series. "Thanks to you Kakashi-sensei. Ne, ne Kakashi-sensei can I ask you something?" said fishily cheerful Naruto. "Yes?" asked Kakashi himself fearing suddenly cheerful demeanor of his student. "I'm sure that you once said that the best ninja weapon is deception, ne? And that we have to look underneath the underneath," said Naruto. "Yes I certainly said that," answered Kakashi. "And you used deception on Zabuza in our first fight with him just as Haku deceived you about Zabuza's death," continued Naruto with whatever he wanted to establish. "That is also right. You are quite bright today, aren't you Naruto?" asked Kakashi rising his visible eyebrow in incoming fear. "Hmm yes?" raised Naruto his own eyebrows in question. "Is that all you wanted to ask?" asked Kakashi hoping that that was everything his student had on his mind. "Actually, I wanted to ask if would you help me with something," said suddenly serious Naruto. Kakashi saw sudden change in his student, whatever he wanted to help with was definitely important for him and Kakashi decided that he would help his students whenever they were troubled with something. "If I'm capable of doing it, then yes," confirmed silver haired sensei. "Well you said that I was unpredictable and since deception is shinobi's best weapon while having Haku on mind..." stated Naruto while suddenly looking bashful and poking his index fingers in Hinata style. Kakashi decided to stay silent, knowing that Naruto wasn't overly the brightest of his students, he waited what kind of bombshell his student will drop on him. "Iâ€¦ I thought that I could become kunoichi, at least by appearance!" said Naruto kind of blushing? "NANI?!" yelled his vocal cords out Kakashi-sensei. "I mean, everyone would underestimated me, by my looks, right?" wanted to explain himself Naruto while his sensei facepalmed. Gravity defying haired jounin had to admit that this one of his students was totally unpredictable. He knew how "bright" Naruto could be, but this? On second thought he couldn't decide if his student was big idiot or genius. He looked on Naruto scanning his student from top of the head to toes while thinking that the blonde might came up with something interesting. But in the end he was sensei so he had to support his students, hadn't he? Kakashi grinned evilly and Naruto shuddered. "Naruto a never told you, but you might be genius. And of course I'll help you," praised Kakashi his student, while rising his hand with favorite Icha Icha book up to his face and giggling. Naruto was glad that his teacher praised him and would support him. Yeah deception was definitely best way for shinobi to protect hist precious people. 2. New teacher is surprised? Hello everyone, I'm here with second chapter which might be few words longer than last one. But really it's like sixty or something words maybe? Soâ€¦ Anyway I'm really glad for reviews and PMs (Private Messages for those who might imagine something else). So don't be shy and write some more. Thanks Cupi There goes this popular thing called disclaimer, meaning that I don't own Naruto. * * * >Chapter 2: New teacher is... surprised? * * * >They spend few days on their way back home, back to Konoha, because there was no reason to hurry. Yet the blonde member of team was eager to be back home, since his sensei promised to help him with training and he couldn't wait to get stronger in his own way. The young shinobi however sometimes remembered the battle on the bridge it always sunk him a bit down. Naruto shook his head, he had to stop to think about it, because he promised himself to get stronger, to protect his precious people. But his dejection wasn't unnoticed by his other teammates. Even if she spend most of her time trying to talk to official brooder of her team, her crush, also known as Uchiha Sasuke-kun, she managed to see, just in corner, of her eye how Naruto's shoulders were hung down and how he sighed from time to time. While they were still in Wave country she didn't pay it much attention, but now on their way back she thought it wasn't really like him. But then she immediately panicked because someone else occupied her thoughts other than her Sasuke-kun, she was terrified by that fact. "Ne, Sasuke-kun doesn't Naruto seem to look kind of down?" she asked hers idolized crush. "Hn," was only reply, but she was still happy because that was the longest sentence she managed to got as reply from him. And such their journey continue, until they were back at Konahagakure's gate. They might be trained shinobi, but they felt tired and there was still mission report to give to their Hokage. Young trio sighed as they already wanted to be home and rest for a while, at least half a day. They didn't ask for much. As their sensei saw their missing enthusiasm he prodded them forward to Hokage's tower. "The sooner we give our report, the sooner you can rest, ne?" said silver haired man with eye smile. Not that they looked much more stimulated but at least their foots stared to move forward again. And so they stood in front of Hokage-sama in few minutes. Kakashi as their sensei then gave full report on the mission and to their surprise elder Hokage decided that they receive payment for both C-rank mission they were supposed to be on and A-rank mission it turned into, as both missions would be put in their missions record. Such brilliant news conjured smiles on genins' faces and as much their sensei looked indifferent he already was thinking how many new books he could buy, while giggling a little. After that Team 7 was dismissed by Hokage and so they left his office. "Alright, than went better then expected. Team seven dismissed for today, tomorrow we start with some D-rank mission and some light training," said Kakashi. They did not looked that happy after his announcement, but well he was lazy and still bit hurting from injuries he received on last mission and with earned money he would have lot of new books to read. Another giggle from their sensei. And so his little cute genins left him behind as they slowly walked their ways home. "Ne Kakashi-sensei?" wake him familiar voice from his day dream about all that smut, sorry books he planned to buy and read. "Yes Naruto?" asked Kakashi just as he returned to reality. "Y-you remember right? Will you please help me with myâ€¦ training," said in small voice now a bit nervous looking Naruto. "Well, I'm not the best example of kunoichi, if you ask that, so..." started Kakashi. "But you promised!" panicked Naruto on thought that his sensei might break his promise to assist his student. "What I'm trying to say is that, I'll try to arrange you a more suitable teacher for yourâ€¦ Lets call it supplementary lessons for now, ne?" said Kakashi with his eye smile. "Really thank you Kakashi-sensei!" said Naruto with stars of happiness and eagerness in his eyes. Yes his little cute genin almost jumped around his neck in huge hug but somehow Naruto managed to stay on the ground. "By sensei!" said over hyped blonde genin and left his sensei behind as he fled home. Kakashi just raised his hand and waved to his in distance disappearing student, instead of saying his byes. Naruto was Naruto after all, even if he was a little more complicated than he left others know. Kakashi smirked under his mask. 'This is going to be interesting,' he thought and disappeared in swirl of leafs to find Naruto new sensei for his "supplementary lessons". Honestly, Kakashi was thinking about good teacher for Naruto on their way back to Konoha. If Naruto wanted to pretend to be kunoichi or at least change his overall appearance to confuse his enemies to make them think that he is she, he needed some female instructor. Well silver haired jounin knew few female ANBUs, but than again Naruto wanted to appear as normal kunoichi as possible, so ANBU were not best choice. He also knew Anko, but he wanted his student to be still alive after his first lesson, which implicitly excluded snake mistress. There were few other kunoichis on his mind, including academy teachers, but well they probably didn't want to see Kakashi ever again. He giggled on that, remembering "good" memories with mentioned ladies. Which left him only option, but he wasn't sure if that person would have time to help his student, well he had to try for Naruto's sake, right? As his train of thoughts arrived to its destination, so Kakashi appeared on training ground in the trees watching another team of genins training. Considering that he didn't know when they finish with their regiment, his favorite book appeared in front of his face as he embraced his reading, accompanied by occasional giggles. Kakashi was still reading but before he could finish another chapter team that he observed finished their today's training. They said their goodbyes to their sensei and left the training ground. He then jumped down from the tree and walked to the person who was also sensei of genin team. "What brings you here, Kakashi?" asked woman. "Well Kurenai, my cute student asked me for help," answered silver haired man. "And what it has to do with me?" said Kurenai-sensei ready to go home. "How to put itâ€¦ They want to be better a kunoichi, so if you had an hour or two after your team training for them," tried Kakashi in sweet voice. "Aren't YOU supposed to train YOUR OWN students, YOURSELF?" raised eyebrow kunoichi with one red sleeve. "Of course I'm training my team myself, I'm no slacker," laughed Kakashi a bit. "Really?" raised her eyebrow again in disbelief. "I swear I do," said Kakashi while thinking how to trick his fellow teacher into giving lessons to one of his own students. Kurenai was musing about this situation. She was not so into teaching some extra lessons. She liked her free time. Enjoy walk around the village, do some window shopping or just stop at some stall to eat sweets. Considering all of that, she was ready to refuse Kakashi. And he could read that on her face, but needed her to teach his blonde student. Time to do some emotional blackmail. "You know Kurenai. Our last mission turned to A-rank and my students were quite shaken by that and when they asked me for help I just couldn't refuse them, could I? But I'm not the best teacher for kunoichi. I might know lot of justsus but those are not my student needs, so I promised them that I looked for more suitable teacher and that would be you, because you are the best of best," said Kakashi while trying to sound desperate. "What about Anko?" tried black haired woman, get herself from emotional trap. "Anko?!" almost shouted Kakashi with terrified voice, "I want my student to be still alive after their training!" "Please..." tried Kakashi to sound really desperate while doing puppy eyes, well one puppy eye, since the other was sharing which is not able of such technique, plus it was hidden under his hitai-ate. Kurenain gulped, Kakashi was right about Anko, she didn't wanted to admit it but he was right on the spot. Snake woman was not best instructor for right out of academy genin. "I was planning to go with my team on C-rank sometime next week," was still trying to find her way out Kurenai. "My student were really into it, when I promised them to look for some better teacher than me. You could give them instructions while you are away I promise they are diligent student, please Kurenai," said silver haired jounin while still trying to attempt puppy eye.