The Goddess of sun in the hidden leaf

Chapter 2

3rd POV

Amaterasu had quietly kept her distance, from others at least not when she still couldn't protect herself. So she had kept a silent watch on Naruto, playing with him when no one would, passing her leftovers she had saved from her own dinner whenever the adults tried to punish Naruto for whatever small slights he had done to them by not giving him dinner. The last straw was when Amaterasu found a group of five year old bullies ganging up on Naruto who was playing by himself at that time. The Matron had taken one look and silently left the room without a backward glance. But Amaterasu didn't miss the thinly veiled satisfaction on her face when she left. The bullies by them had begun to kick and punched the young four year old who had crouched on the floor whimpering. The rest of the toddlers looked at the scene with no little amounts of fear that they would be targeted next. Amaterasu's eyes narrowed. Picking up a play block she hit one of the boys in the head with a solid thump.

"Stop that!" Amaterasu cried out, throwing caution to the wind. Throughout the time she been here she had enough of what people are doing to sweet Naruto. Amaterasu had to use little bit of her power, giving her small three year old body packs the power and strength of a six year old. It was also enough to crack the head of one of the bullies with her flying block. her eyesight had also became sharper, resulting in her unerring accuracy as she began throwing whatever toys she could get her hands on at the bullies.

The bullies cried and jumped around to avoid her flying projectiles which hit them with painful thumps. But Amaterasu soon found herself out of toys. She watched in dread as the bruised bullies walked towards her menacingly. She stood up, tiny fist curled into a ball as she prepared to fight. The odds were not good, one little old her and four bullies bigger and stronger than her combined.

The first bully to reach her raised a fist to strike at her. Amaterasu braced herself to duck and was surprised when a white blur tackled the bully to the ground. She looked into the serious eyes of Naruto who picked himself up from the bully. He was crying and bruises were on his arms and face but he was determined.

"You my friend." Naruto said in his simple language.

Amaterasu looked at Naruto in surprise and was a bit touched. Naruto like most of the toddlers could only speak broken sentences, and their thought processes were still immature. Amaterasu was an exception who was looked on by the adults in the orphanage with no small pride at her mastery of the spoken language.

Amaterasu reached out a hand and ruffled Naruto's hair.

"We fight." She said, knowing that Naruto probably still don't understand what does the word 'fight' means.

She launched herself at the bullies and Naruto's face brightened in understanding as he did the same. Their determination did not help them however, not with four who were stronger than them. By the time the matron returned, Naruto had a black eye and more bruises while Amaterasu had a split lip and several bruises as well. The four bullies however had fared no better, most with bruises on their bodies.

Amaterasu stood protectively over Naruto as the matron neared. For a moment the matron looked at their battered forms and a flicker of emotion passed across her face. Guilt, confusion and a bit of self-loathing.

She had said nothing however as she rounded up the injured children and began treating their wounds. That incident however caused a change in the way the matron treated Naruto. She no longer gave him cold stares or disgusted look, but she avoided him for the most part as if he was a bad memory to be forgotten. The bullies also stopped bothering Amaterasu and Naruto. And that's how the friendship between Naruto and Amaterasu began.