A/N:Hello people!

I don't own Naruto.

I have no beta.

Enjoy!

"Jii-san, what are you doing?"

Jiraiya, Gama Sennin of Myobokuzan, one of the Densetsu no Sannin and author of Icha Icha Paradise, froze at the sound of the adolescent voice coming from somewhere behind him. He had been found! In his best peeping spot! But how? No one should have known about this place.

From the high pitched quality of the voice, he could tell it was a child, most likely a girl. He needed to confront the kid before she became loud and announced his hiding spot to the gorgeous pieces of inspiration, bathing not too far below.

"Why are you sitting in my hiding spot?"

Hiding spot?!

Jiraiya frowned. Why would a kid hide here of all places?

"What are you writing? Are you looking at the ladies? Are you crazy? Do you want them to hurt you?" the voice went on, sounding worried.

Jiraiya was about to turn, when the next sentence caught him off guard.

"Ero-Jii-san, I don't want you to get hurt. Angry kunoichi aren't easy to make happy again and my nose tells me that two of the ladies down there are a couple of the Anbu set to guard me every now and then. They'll hurt you if they find you."

He'd been called 'grandpa', twice! And a pervert to add insult to injury.

He spun around, intent on giving the kid he well rehearsed introduction speech, but froze at what he saw. Minato. He could've sworn he was looking at a ten year old Minato, in bright orange clothing. The spiky golden hair, styled the same as the late Yondaime and the cerulean blue eyes, tilted much like Kushina's. He knew, without a doubt, that this was his god-daughter. The one the Hokage's advisors had ordered him to stay away from.

The girl was holding a hand to her mouth, and leaned forward to whisper, "Ero-Jii-san, you should be careful, or else the ladies will get you!"

Jiraiya could only stare. She was a tiny thing. Not even four feet tall yet. She had whisker markings on her face and long canines that were easily visible when she smiled.

Her attire though, was giving him a migraine. A bright Kill Me Orange jumper with a white shirt underneath. On her left arm was a red swirl. She wore orange shinobi sandals and a pair of green goggles on her head.

Her eyes held an innocence, but deep inside, he could see the loneliness. She wasn't as happy as she led others to believe.

"Ero-Jii-san, are you well?" the girl asked, looking even more worried than before.

Jiraiya nodded, "I'm fine, thank you for asking. How did you find me?" He had to know!

Her eyes flashed and her grin dropped, "I always come here when running away from the villagers."

The meaning wasn't lost on him. He knew she was he Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Youko. The way she spoke of running though, meant that she had suffered. Something a child should never have to go through. Yet, she had been smiling anyway.

"I see. Who are you?"

Her eyes widened and she grinned. Holding up a hand, she gave him a thumbs up before hitting her own chest with it. She gave him a large grin,, closing her eyes as she said, "I'm Naruko Uzumaki! I'm going to be the Hokage someday!"

Jiraiya couldn't help but grin. Like father like daughter it seemed.

"Well Naruko, I'm Jiraiya, of the Densetsu no Sannin!" he said, pointing to himself.

Naruko smirked mischievously, "Ero-Sannin is doing pervy things?"

Jiraiya smiled, "I'll have you know, I'm not a pervert."

Naruko gave him a disbelieving look.

"No really, I'm not," he assured with a grin. Then, a gleam sparkle in his eye, "I'm a 'super' pervert!"

Naruko giggled, "Ero-Sennin is funny!"

Jiraiya sighed, apparently the nickname was sticking. He looked at her and she stared back. Maybe he could get to know her, without the council knowing. He looked around, spotting the Anbu hiding on top of a building not to far away. He gave a subtle shake of his head and the Anbu returned it with a nod.

"So kid, what are you doing right now?" he asked the daughter of his best student.

She grinned, "Well, I was going to do some pranking before going home! You want to help Ero-Sennin? It's fun!"

The look on her face, was all he needed to know. He was really going to like her.

"Sure! It may very well be fun."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head. Why did it have to be so boring? The one thing he'd never miss, would be the paperwork!

"Jiji!"

He looked up as the door to his office slammed open and a small blonde ran in. Momentarily, he was struck by her appearance. So much like Minato.

"I have a new friend Jiji!"

He smiled at her exuberance. The joy shining in her eyes could never been faked. She really had found a friend.

"Well, who is this friend?" he asked.

She grinned, "He's really tall! With long spiky white hair and red lines on his face! I found him at the hot springs and he was perving on the ladies! He's really funny and he did some pranks with me!"

Sarutobi was shell shocked. She had met Jiraiya? He worried. Jiraiya wasn't supposed to meet Naruko yet. Yet, the happiness in the girls eyes, had him shrugging. Homura and Koharu didn't need to know.

"You like him?"

Naruko nodded, "Ero-Sannin is cool! And he said he could teach me whenever he's in the village, so I can do better in school! Tomorrow, he said to meet him at the hot springs and he'll teach me something new!"

Sarutobi smiled, "Well, I'm glad you found a friend Naruko." He was enjoying the nickname she had given his student. Ero-Sannin! Genius!

Naruko smiled, "I wanted to tell you first Jiji! I'm going to find Iruka-sensei and tell him too!"

She was gone then, running out the door to look for her Academy sensei.

"Did she really find you?" Hiruzen asked out loud.

Jiraiya appeared on the window sill. "Scared the hell out of me too! She sneaked up on me, and then called me Jii-san. I was horrified! Then I turned and saw her, and it was like I was looking at Minato. She just kept on warning me about the women in the baths and saying that they would hurt me if I was caught."

The Sandaime smiled. Someone was able to sneak up on Jiraiya and scare him. Amazing!

"I think she'll be just as good as her old man. She pointed out that two of the kunoichi in the bath were Anbu who guarded her from time to time, just by scent."

The Hokage's eyes went wide. She could do that? Maybe Naruko really had promise.

"I've decided to help her out. Any time I can. She told me she has a hard time understanding the things she reads and had asked me a bunch of questions about things. I had to use food analogies in order for her to understand, but she did get it! You should get her eyes checked because I tried to get her to read a sign, and she squinted the whole time and even said it wrong! So I asked her to spell it, and the spelling was off as well. Maybe the reason she isn't doing so well, is because she has poor vision, or some other reason. Something isn't clicking. Where does she sit in her class?"

"In the very back," Hiruzen answered. Come to think of it, Naruko was always squinting at things with words. He had thought it was because she was glaring at the papers. Maybe, she couldn't see them?

"I'll take her to get checked. She hasn't been to a doctor this year. A check up would be good."

Jiraiya nodded, "Just thought I should tell you about this before your Anbu did. I'll see you later sensei."

The Sandaime shook his head. He had to set up an appointment for Naruko, as soon as possible.

"I need you to read the chart. It's a quote by our Sandaime."

Naruko looked at the words on the page.

Teh irfes doswha lwil lintameul het lvglaie.

She looked at the jumbled words in confusion. It was always like this when she tried to read and she hated it!

"Teh irfes doswha lwil lintameul het lvglaie," she said, hating how stupid she sounded.

Hiruzen looked at the physician to see the man frowning.

He handed the girl a pencil and his clipboard, "Write the word, 'cat'."

Naruko took the items and squinted at the page. She wrote down the word and handed him the pencil and clipboard.

The Sandaime looked at the word, along with the doctor. The writing itself was pretty terrible, but the word cat was written. However, it was wrong. 'Tca", was scrawled in large letters, the C was backwards.

"I'm going to read you something. When I'm done, I want you to recite everything I say."

The doctor opened a book and cleared his throat, "To those who possess the Will of Fire, everyone is family. The desire to protect one's family builds thicker and stronger bonds between each and everyone in the village. If the Will of Fire is embraced by everyone, the village will be alright no matter what happens."

Naruko took a deep breath, "To those who possess the Will of Fire, everyone is family. The desire to protect one's family builds thicker and stronger bonds between each and everyone in the village. If the Will of Fire is embraced by everyone, the village will be alright no matter what happens."

"You can memorize things perfectly." The man wrote some things down on his paper, "I'm going to explain something to you, tell me if you understand."

Naruko nodded and waited for him to speak.

"Chakra is the moulding of physical energy and spiritual energy. It is used in even the most basic of techniques. By combining the two, you can manipulate chakra into your jutsu."

Naruko looked at the man like he was crazy. Sarutobi intervened.

"Think of it as ramen. The broth is the spiritual energy and the noodles are the physical energy. Put the two together and you use it to ease your hunger. The full bowl of noodles and broth represent chakra which is used in jutsu. You have to use chakra in jutsu, just as you have to eat the ramen to no longer be hungry," he explained.

"Oh! Wow Jiji! You explained that better than Iruka-sensei did? He used all these big words and I had no idea what catchra was."

"Chakra," the old Hokage corrected.

She grinned, "Yeah, that."

The doctor frowned as he continued to write things down.

He sighed and put his pencil down, "I know what's wrong with her."

Naruko leaned forward, "What is it?! Am I gonna die?!"

Both men smiled and shook their heads. "Not at all," the doctor assured her.

"You just have a 'hidden disability'. You have Dyslexia. People who are Dyslexic, have trouble with reading and processing words. When you see a word, your mind immediately twists the letters around. Dyslexia is a Developmental Reading Disorder, which can affect many things in the learning process. As I can see, you're a very intelligent child, you just can't read. You can memorize things without a problem and when things are explained to you, you understand without a problem. You also speak very well. I can determine that you have Surface Dyslexia, which only affects your reading ability. Are there any words, you can read without confusion?"

Naruko thought about it, "Small words like: a, an, it, is, so, be, go, me, my, hi and others with two letters."

The man pursed his lips, "At least you can understand some words."

"This won't affect her ninja training will it?" Hiruzen asked.

Naruko's eyes went wide and she looked scared.

"No, it shouldn't. She may never be able to learn to read, or maybe she will. I don't really know. It depends on how bad her Dyslexia is. She can always give oral reports and take all her Academy tests orally. She just can't read."

"Am I stupid?" Naruko asked, looking down.

"No. You're obviously smart Naruko. Your brain just works differently than others," Sarutobi told her, hoping to make her happy again.

She just nodded, "Can I go find Ero-Sannin now?"

"Sure."

The men watched the girl leave the office and sighed.

"Make sure she knows that she isn't stupid. Children with Dyslexia tend to lose confidence in themselves. She already has it rough, she doesn't need anything else bringing her down."

"Thank you for being honest and kind to her, Kisuke."

The man smiled, "I have nothing against the girl. I do feel bad, because now she's going to have to work harder, especially if she wants to be the Hokage."

The man left Hiruzen's office with a wave.

"So whats the diagnosis?"

Hiruzen turned to his student, "She's Dyslexic. You were correct, something big was wrong and now she's out looking for you, probably to ask you if you think she's stupid."

Jiraiya frowned, "I'll go see her."

Naruko knew that she should've gone to school after leaving Jiji's office, but she had gone to find Ero-Sannin. He didn't say anything about her appearance so early in the morning. In fact, he had handed her a letter from Jiji. He had been there after she had left, but made it to the springs before her!

"You don't think I'm stupid Ero-Sannin?"

"Not at all gaki! We'll just have to work around it! You're still going to become Hokage some day. You'll just have to do some more work to get there!"

Naruko grinned, "Okay!"

"Hey, how old are you brat?"

Naruko looked at Jiraiya and pouted, "I'm eleven!"

His mouth dropped. Had it really been that long since the Kyuubi attack?

"But you're so short!" he yelled, pointing at her.

Naruko stomped her foot, looking a lot like Kushina in that moment and glared at him. "I'm four foot five! Perfectly normal for my age!"

Jiraiya whistled, maybe he needed his eyes checked. He was so sure she was under four feet. Then again, he himself was very tall man, so his perception in that area may have been a little off kilter.

"Okay, I was just saying," he raised his palms, hoping to calm her down. He really didn't want to find out that she was like her mother. That would be terrifying!

"How are your grades in school?"

Naruko frowned some more as she plopped down on the ground, crossing her legs in the process. "They fluctuate. Sometimes they're high and other times they're really low. I can't read, so I try to get people I know to read to me. Once I realized I remember everything I hear, I started to bug Jiji, Iruka-sensei and the Ichiraku's, about it. But they have jobs and can't dedicate so much time to me, so whenever they can read me a few things, my grades go up, and when no one can, my grades suffer."

Jiraiya frowned, "This school year ends soon, correct?"

Naruko nodded.

"You have a year then, to try and get your grades up. I hate to tell you this, but when they take in your test scores at the end, they'll go through all of your grades from the moment you started at the Academy up until you graduate. If what you say is true, you may very well be labeled dead last. Even if you were to graduate the final exam with highest scores."

Naruko pouted.

Jiraiya ruffled her hair, "Don't worry. If everyone thinks you're dead last, then they'll underestimate you! You have surprise on your side!"

Naruko thought about his words. Underestimation was a ninja's greatest weapon. She could totally graduate and hide her true strength from everyone!

Jiraiya smiled at the shine in her eyes. "I'll explain some things to you and then we'll work on chakra control."

Naruko sat up straighter as Jiraiya began giving her a lesson, giving her definitions and explanations, so that she could understand best. She'd go to the Academy when she was ready.

Naruko walked into the Academy the next morning. She had been late, and for once, it wasn't because she was skipping to go and play a prank.

When she walked into the classroom, Iruka was immediately there, yelling at her for being late.

Surprisingly, she didn't say anything in return. That had gotten the attention of the whole room.

Naruko waited for Iruka to finish his tirade, before handing him an envelope.

Iruka took it in confusion and opened it when Naruko didn't move from her place. He read over the letter and gasped.

To Iruka Umino,

Naruko Uzumaki was with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Sandaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato early this morning. She had been in a personalized doctors appointment. It has been affirmed, that Naruko has Surface Dyslexia and cannot understand the words she sees. However, it does not mean that she is intellectually inept. She can memorize anything read to her and wants to try her hardest. She requires more assistance in her learning abilities and Hokage-sama wishes for her testing be done orally, away from other children. As for homework, she is to stay for an extra hour, three days a week to complete any work that may be needed.

Sincerely, Raido Namiashi. Personal bodyguard to the Hokage and office assistant.

Iruka immediately felt guilty for reprimanding her. He realized that he didn't have to go and hunt her down. She had come to the school on her own.

He leaned over and patted her head, "I'm sorry for what I said Naruko. I had no right when I didn't know the whole situation."

Naruko shrugged, "I'm fine."

Iruka sighed. This was something new. No wonder why Naruko's grades were all over the place! She couldn't understand what she was reading! He was sad that this wasn't caught sooner. Because this would most definitely make her dream more difficult to attain, as well as finishing her schooling.

"Well, take your seat and we'll continue the lesson."

Naruko shrugged and went up to her seat, beside teme and sat down.

"Today, we're going to test your skills at sneaking around!"

Naruko gave Ero-Sannin a dull look. "I'm amazing at sneaking already! I can outrun and hide from four squads of Anbu, including the captains, and never get caught! In bright orange!"

Jiraiya grinned. She would be the perfect assistant!

"You can help me get better hiding places for my research!"

Naruko pursed her lips, "For your second Icha Icha book?"

Jiraiya nodded, "Yes, I plan to have it published after you graduate. But, I need more inspiration for it!"

"Read it to me."

Jiraiya paled at the order. She wanted him to read it to her?! He looked in her eyes and nearly fainted at the serious look he received. "R-really?" he squeaked.

She nodded, "I want to hear your first book. If I like it, I'll help you. I'll even show you my famous jutsu for closet perverts."

Jiraiya pulled Icha Icha Paradise from his pouch and stared at the cover. Could he really read it out loud? To a child?

He shrugged and opened the cover, "Are you sure? This is some adult stuff."

Naruko gave him a 'are you stupid?' look. "I know about sex Ero-Sannin. How do you think I knew you were doing pervy things at the springs? I want to hear it? I may even like it!" she said, flashing him a grin.

Jiraiya looked at the sky. She asked Kushina. I'm just fulfilling her request.

He turned to Naruko and sighed, "Let's begin."

Five hours later, Naruko had a head full of Icha Icha and a smirk on her face. "I like it!"

Jiraiya could feel the pride. His eleven year old god-daughter understood the meaning of tasteful literature! Not once did he feel guilty for letting such words enter her mind. He was too busy smiling like a fool over the revelation. She even understood what he had said! He had stopped to explain something, and she had stopped him, saying that she had already knew what it meant.

Though he did wonder why an eleven year old knew what the term 'raw dog' meant. When he asked, she mentioned having to hide in the red light district many times. The villagers, who chased her, were too scared to enter that side of the village.

When there, she had been introduced to the lifestyle of the people there, when a young woman(prostitute) took her aside and explained that lingering in such a place wasn't good for a girl such as herself. She said that if Naruko didn't want to be captured by older men and turned into a sex slave, she shouldn't stay longer than needed. And she should make sure to hide herself whenever in the area.

The woman explained just what the men would look for in a young girl like her, and Naruko had left with an entirely new outlook on life. She came to grips with it not too long ago and now, she didn't care about it anymore. She didn't care that she had met a woman who sold her body for money. She didn't care that everyone in the red light district wasn't honorable. She figured that if that's what they did in order to stay alive, then who was she to judge them?

Jiraiya frowned at her explanation, but accepted it. Naruko didn't seem to think it was all that important, so he didn't linger on the subject.

"Is there anyway that that's on audio?" Naruko asked, pointing to the book.

Jiraiya nodded, "Yes! Icha Icha has been recorded. You can listen to it one MP3 download!"

Naruko nodded and reached into her pocket. "Jiji got me this a year ago and I have a lot of things on it. Can you get me Icha Icha? I'm not old enough to buy it. If you do, I'll totally help you with your research! I can show you all the good spots!"

Jiraiya knew that he shouldn't have taken her upon it, but he couldn't help it. Here was a girl, who liked his book, offering to help him write another, so long as he got her Icha Icha on her MP3 player. He liked the idea a lot. Completely throwing the laws that kept minors away from such things out the window, he took the small device from her hands and promised to have it ready the next day.

"It's nearly nine. How about I buy you some ramen? You can go home and prepare for tomorrow. The weekend will be rough, with some research on the side of course."

Naruko threw her hands up and cheered, "Ramen!"

"Sensei, care to explain why my god-daughter knows everything about sex already?"

Hiruzen sighed and pushed the paperwork aside. Though the subject wasn't a pleasant one, he was thankful for the reprieve.

"Naruko has been chased by the villagers for a very long time. One night, she wandered into the red light district. Thankfully, the woman that found her, didn't try to hurt her at all. She explained, though in very crude detail, about what life is like for people there and gave Naruko 'the talk'. Naruko came to me afterwards, and had to have my own 'talk' with her. It was embarrassing as hell Jiraiya! I couldn't find any women to tell her for me! I think it was when she ran into the building screaming, 'what does Double Anal, Double Vaginal mean?!'. Everyone cleared out and I was left with the job!"

Jiraiya couldn't hold in the laughter. The poor old man had to do such a thing! It was too great! The question itself was wonderful as well!

"How did you find out?" Hiruzen asked, holding his head as he tried to will the blush away.

Jiraiya bit his lip and sighed, 'Well, I introduced her to Icha Icha and she knew what I was talking about. She even offered to help me research, so long as I get another book out."

Hiruzen fixed him a look, "You know she isn't of age, correct?"

Jiraiya waved his question away, "You're a follower of Icha Icha. You won't say a thing! She really liked it though and when I asked why she understood everything, she explained. I figured I'd ask you, incase there was more to it."

"Fine. She already knows all about it anyway. At least you aren't corrupting someone who's completely innocent. I'll turn a blind eye to this, because I can't have everyone knowing that I allowed you to bring a ninja in training into this. You will tell no one of this," he ordered. Then, looking around the room, where the various Anbu were hiding he added, "As shall none of you say anything either."

Jiraiya nodded and left through the window, a big grin on his face.

"Focus the chakra into your feet brat!"

"I'm trying Ero-Sannin! I'm just not good at it!"

Jiraiya held up a kunai, "Don't make me use this brat! I'll do it! If you don't get this down by nine, I won't give you your music player back!"

Naruko gave him a scandalized face. "You wouldn't?!"

He grinned, "Try me brat! Try me!"

Naruko looked at the tree. She could swear that it was laughing at her! It was laughing, taunting her, for not being able to stick to it.

She took off and ran up the tree. She used too much chakra however, and completely severed the top half of the tree.

She expertly back flipped off the falling tree and landed perfectly. "I put too little and I fall off. Too much and I break the damn thing," she mumbled, glaring at the stump.

Jiraiya laughed as she cursed the trees. She turned to another and placed her foot on it. It slid down to the ground, so she tried again. This time, her foot made an imprint on the tree. She groaned and repeated her previous actions, her didn't move even a centimeter. She did the same thing with her other foot and had the same outcome.

She regarded the tree quietly and then lifted her foot to it, adding the second when she was sure of herself. She weebled and wobbled, but she didn't fall down.(A/N: I couldn't help myself! XD.)

"Good trying brat! Now perfect it!"

Naruko flipped him the bird(A/N:awella bird is the word! XD.), and started a slow ascent up the tree.

Jiraiya began writing note in his Icha notebook. She'd have the exercise done soon. She had already found out how much chakra she needed. Now all she had to do, was perfect the technique.

During Naruko's ten minute break, she chanced a look at what he had been writing, though she knew it would be useless, it didn't mean she shouldn't try.

"Hey Ero-Sannin! Who's Hentai Sannin and Tsunade Sannin?"

Jiraiya gaped. "What?" he asked.

She pointed to the names, "Right here."

Jiraiya looked at this notebook. He had written his and Tsunade's names backwards. He was Santai Hennin and she was Tsunin Sannade. But Naruko had seen the words as if they were written normal.

"Quick Naruko! Read this!"

He wrote a sentence, scrambling the letters up and handed the book to her.

hWy do oyu nwat to be keHaog?

"So that the villagers will acknowledge me as a person who is worthy is existing. Why?"

Jiraiya gasped, "You read it! I completely rearranged the letters Naruko! You understood them without a problem!"

Naruko's eyes widened. "You're right! Wow! I'm awesome!"

Jiraiya face palmed and shook his head. She didn't understand, but that was okay. He had to tell sensei when everything was finished. "Just get back to your chakra training."

A/N: First chapter is finished!

How was it people? May I remind you, this is fanfiction. If you can't understand the meaning of the word, then get lost. I'm sick of people getting angry at me because I'm not plagiarizing the original story word for word. It's fanfiction!

Let me know what you thought. But if it's about how you aren't happy that I'm not going about everything in order or something like that, keep it to yourself.

Ja ne! :D