Journal Of A Mother's Hope

Chapter 1

The Konoha General Hospital was busy as Naruko waited outside the reception area to visit her teammate, Sasuke Uchiha. It had only been a few hours after the second part of the Chunin Exams when it was announced that there would be a month till the third part of the exam would begin. It was to allow the genin of the exam to prepare themselves for their upcoming battle, to hone their skills and master their techniques.

It also allowed the Village of the Hidden Leaf to prepare for the arriving dignitaries that would be in attendance for the exam. Both to evaluate the skills of the shinobi of the respected village and as a form of entertainment. Naruko was ecstatic that she managed to make it past the preliminaries and make it into the finals. But at the same time, she was also impatient to fight her opponent, mostly because she had a promise to keep.

See, during the preliminaries, he witnessed the match between her former classmate – Hinata Hyūga – and her cousin from the same clan – Neji Hyūga. During the match she had watched as Neji continuously mocked her for her shy and meek nature, making her feel inadequate and hopeless, wanting her to give up. It was only after she shouted encouraging words to her that she watched her valiantly fight against her cousin.

But in the end, the difference in skill was apparent and she was ultimately defeated, even though she still tried to get back up. If it wasn't for the proctor's intervention Neji would have killed her.

Something had sparked in Naruko as she watched her stand up, despite everything that happened to her. And it made her angry when that Neji guy kept admonishing her for losing, proclaiming that it was fate that she was meant to lose. So, she made a promise that she would defeat him, and prove to him there is no such thing as Destiny. But even she knew that his current skill set was not enough, he had to get stronger.

Especially after they fought that weird snake guy in the forest who did something to him that messed up his chakra.

So, she was pleasantly surprised to find his sensei, Kakashi Hatake, and asked to help her get stronger so that she could avenge Hinata...However...

Naruko: "What do you mean you won't train me?!"

Naruto yelled loudly in the reception area as the silver-haired one-eyed man stared lazily at him.

Kakashi: "Keep your voice down, Naruko. We're in a hospital after all."

The Jonin told his student, who flinched a little at the glare from the receptionist and she uttered an apology.

Kakashi: "And as I was saying, I'm sorry it's not that I won't it's that I can't train you right now. I need to focus on Sasuke."

Naruko: "Why? Sasuke's plenty strong as it is, I need help now! I'm fighting against Hinata's cousin in a month and I need to get stronger! You have to train me Kakashi-Sensei!"

Kakashi: "I'm aware of that, but right now Sasuke needs my attention more. Besides, I already found you a tutor to help you prepare."

He pointed over to a man wearing dark round sunglasses and a bandana over his head.

Naruko: " are you fucking Seriously, This guy!? The Closet pervert?! I could beat him with my Sexy Jutsu!"

She pointed at the man who flinched.

Kakashi: "Closet pervert?"

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the man.

Ebisu: "T-That is so rude! I am not a closet Pervert!"

he yelled at the girl.

Even though Ebisu started to see Naruko as more than the Nine-Tail's container, thanks to her positive influence on Konohamaru, he still found it annoying that the girl would constantly point him out as a 'Closet Pervert'.