The Hope of the Senju Clan

Chapter 37: Sword

-Konohagakure-

Inside one of the treatment rooms of Konoha hospital, a young blonde spikey haired boy was busy healing a young sic year old girl, who had seemly fallen off a tree while trying to rescue her pet kitten and injured her left arm.

The young blonde wore a long white sleeveless coat with decorated flames-like motifs on the edges and the symbol of the Senju Clan on the back, on his back he carried a medium size Katana with a sling accross the chest.

Underneath the coat he wore a pair of simple black Shinob pants with a bandage around his right leg and a brown Shinobi utility belt around his waist, along with a pair of black boots. On his upper body he wore a Chunin flak jacket with a short sleeve fishnet shirt and an open short sleeve black top underneath. On his right hand he wore a black fingerless glove and white bandages wrapped around his left. He wore a typical Shinobi headband around his head with the symbol of the Hidden Leaf on it, although his cloth was black instead of the typical blue colour that most Shinobi had.

The young blonde also wore an assortment of jewellery which had been gifts from various people. The jewellery consisted of a Crystal Gem around his neck, a sliver ring with a phoenix design on his right ring finger, a chain earring on his right ear and a bracelet made out leather robe, with a large dog's tooth and beads attached to it, on his right wrist. (1)

This boy was Senju Naruto, only son and heir to Senju Tsunade, the Slug Princess, and now Godaime Hokage of Konohagakure.

After finishing treating the small girl and bandaging her injured arm, he looked up at the girl and smiled kindly at her. "Now then, all better, and here something for being so brave." Naruto then took out a small red lollipop from his coat pocket, and give it to the girl, who happily took it.

"Thank you Naruto-san" said the girl as he hopped off the exam table.

"No problem, just next time when Ginger climbs up a tree again, call your mom or dad, okay?"

"I will" promised the girl, before racing over to her mother, showing her the lollipop Naruto had given her.

"Thank you Naruto-san" said the mother, after taking her daughter's hand.

"It's okay" replied Naruto, waving the woman off, before handing her a few rolls of bandages. "Just make sure to change the bandages every night before she goes to bed and make sure she doesn't over exert herself. By the end of the week, she'll be climbing trees again."

"Let's hope not" said the mother as she smiled down at the young girl before thanking Naruto again as they left the room together.

"Bye, bye Naruto-san, thank you for making my arm feel better" said the girl as she and her mother walked away.

"Bye!" said Naruto, smiling and waving back at the girl. It was times like these that made him glad he started training to be a medic. It always made him happy seeing the happy looks on people's faces, when he helped heal them or someone they cared about.

"My, my Naruto-kun, still charming every girl you meet, what ever will we do with you?" spoke a mocking voice from behind.

Recognising, the voice, Naruto smirked and turned around to see his Godmother/elder sister standing behind him, holding a clipboard in her hand.

"Hah, hah, very funny Nee-chan" retorted Naruto, "I was simply being nice, that's all."

"Yes, and yet that does seem to be the reason why you have so many female admirers, doesn't it?" replied Shizune, smiling, which grew when she saw Naruto glaring mockingly at her.

Eventually the teasing was set aside and Shizune got back to the matter at hand. "So how was she?"

"Nothing serious" said Naruto, "Just a sprained arm from falling off a tree, when she climbed it to rescue her pet kitten."