Chapter 3

Author's Note : hi all. :D I'm aware that I may have made Rika seem a little too smart, but really. She has an IQ of over 200 AND she's being trained by the 10th Guardian. I think it's acceptable. Don't you? I'm probably going to pair her with either Naruto or Itachi… Hmm. I can't decide… and PLEASE REVIEW! I only have 1 so far. T.T

Disclaimer : I do not own either Naruto or Prince of Tennis. There. Now all you freaking lawyers get off my back already. *fumes* mutters, "wish I did though…"

Because of her excitement, Rika forgot to keep her guard up, and didn't notice the chuunin at the side of the gate on guard duty. Therefore, she got the shock of her life when someone suddenly appeared in front of her and started saying in a monotone (and very bored sounding) voice, "Can I please see your identification card…"

Thankful that she didn't scream out loud (she's only 8 and still scared of ghosts (?) ), she replied, and did her best innocent-girl voice, "A-ano… I don't have one… I have never been in a village before… a-and… I- I don't know where to go…"

Had the chunnin been a female, he might have squealed "KAWAII!" and glomped her, but he wasn't, so he settled for thinking it inwardly (heheh. He still thought it.). Composing himself, he bent down so he could talk to her evenly, and told her, "Ok, then. I'm going to ask some people to bring you to our village leader, the hokage, alright?"

Inwardly, Rika felt extremely insulted that he was talking to her like she was a 2 year-old child, but due to the fact that she had to keep up the act if she wanted to get into the village, she didn't show any annoyance and settled for nodding her head meekly.

2 minutes later…

A couple of ANBU appeared in front of them and Rika kept up the meek-girl act by giving a small "eep!" and hiding herself behind the chunnin, clutching onto his jacket. The chunnin, completely unaware that she was acting most of it, patted her on the head and told her, "It's OK. These people are going to bring you to our hokage, alright?"

Rika nodded her head a little faster than before and gave an extremely cute smile that just about told everyone what it was like to see an angel smile… well, most of the girls that saw her would have screamed "KAWAII!" and glomped her, while the guys would all melt into gooey little puddles that were once themselves…actually, the female ANBU was resisting that urge, but… yeah. You get my point.

After Rika started asking cutely, "Why is no one moving?" everyone recovered from their (shock?) and the ANBU carried her, thinking that she was a small civilian girl, who would of course not be able to keep up with him (seriously. I mean what kind of person would think an 8 year old girl can keep up with them?), to the hokage's tower. (Rika's just gotten good at hiding that she's really powerful)

A few minutes later, the 2 ANBUs and Rika arrived at the hokage's tower through the window. Sitting at the desk was an ancient looking man, who was busy doing stacks of paperwork, and glaring at it the same time he was doing it. Rika heard him mutter something about it being the evil of all kages, and sweat dropped. She guessed that the ANBUs must have heard it as well as they were sweat dropping as well, and they were looking towards the hokage, even though it was hard to tell because of their masks.

After finishing the piece of paperwork that he was doing currently, he stood up (with his chair making a horrible screeching noise, though not as bad as how Sakura would be when she was a fangirl), and walked to Rika at what she thought was a frustratingly slow pace.

Bending down to face her, he said, "Hello, little one. What is your name?"

Rika smiled and told him, "Nice to meet you jiji! My name is Rika!"

The two ANBU behind her snickered, before the one with the dog mask and the gravity defying hair (I will make him quit ANBU later in the story) tried to cover it with a cough, the other with an owl mask tried to cover it with a sneeze. The hokage ignored them and was oddly reminded of a certain innocent blonde that reminded him of a grandson.

"Ok, Rika. Do you have any idea where your parents are?"

"They are not in this world anymore…" said Rika with a sad voice, face tilting downwards and looking at the floor, eyes with a single teardrop in them. This was not a lie as they were not in this dimension, and there was no way that the hokage could know, so all was fine.

The hokage looked sad at this. "I'm sorry for your loss." After a moments silence, he said, "Now then, Rika, would you like to be a citizen of Konoha?"

Rika nodded her head and said happily, "Jiji, can I please have some ramen? I'm starving." He was again oddly reminded of Naruto and nodded his head, giving his consent.

"Inu, please bring Rika-chan here to Ichiraku's and please take off your mask. It will be somewhat unnerving for her if you have that mask on all the time. Owl, Inu, you are dismissed."

There were simultaneous cries of, "Hai, hokage-sama." And the two ANBU had left the office with Rika.

Rika bounced over to the gravity defying hair ANBU, who had taken off the mask after leaving the office and asked him cutely, "Ne, ne, ANBU-san, can we please go now?"

Kakashi was also reminded somewhat of Naruto when he was going on and on about his precious ramen. Smiling in amusement, though no one could really see cause of his mask, he said, "Hai, hai. But please call me Kakashi."

"Hai, Kakashi nii-chan!"

10 minutes of walking later…

The two arrived at Ichiraku's and were greeted with the sight of a blonde haired, blue eyes boy, who had three black lines running down both sides of his cheeks, which looked somewhat like whisker marks, happily eating his ramen like he was inhaling it. The only thing wrong with this picture was… the stack of 9 ramen bowls beside him.

Kakashi greeted him and went with the usual greeting, "Yo, Naruto."

The blonde haired boy looked up from his ramen devouring and answered with a few noodles hanging out of his mouth, "Yo, Kakashi nii-chan."

Rika looked at him oddly and said, "Ne, Kakashi nii-chan, who's he?"

"Aa. He's Naruto. Naruto, this is Rika. She's going to be joining this village from now on."

Naruto grinned widely. "Nice to meet you, Rika-chan! Are you here to eat some ramen as well? Ramen's the best!" he finished his speech with his eyes sparkling from talking about ramen.

Rika's eyes widened and she squealed, "Yay! A fellow ramen believer!" (Rika had grown to love ramen after she found out that she had Rae in her. She had always loved Ramen even before she met Rae, but now that she met him, she could eat at least 50 before getting full, which is 10 more than Naruto.)

Naruto had no reaction for a moment before what Rika said sunk in his mind.

"No way…! After all this time, I finally found someone who has the same beliefs as me…!"

Kakashi looked in horror at what would happen to his wallet. Now that Naruto had a fellow believer in his ramen, he would be coming to Ichiraku's even as often, and his wallet was crying out in agony right now. He could already feel it.

10 minutes of more horror later…

Kakashi was looking at his wallet sadly, crying anime tears, it had now been robbed of every single note that had been there was now gone, all for the sake of feeding the 2 hungry children who looked like their appetite would not be appeased anytime soon. They had already eaten 20 bowls of ramen each, with Rika catching up to Naruto's eating speed after awhile, and finally had to stop after they had robbed Kakashi of every single penny he had. There goes his next A-ranked mission.

After staring at Naruto for awhile, Rika suddenly said, "Ne, Naru-chan… you're very pretty… But why do you wear that hideous orange jumpsuit?"

Naruto blushed at being called 'Naru-chan' and 'very pretty' and stuttered that he wasn't pretty, but he was shut up by what Rika said next.

"You just don't see it properly. I mean, if you dress properly and don't do your hairstyle in that ridiculous manner everyday, you're going to have tons of people falling for you."

Kakashi perked up hearing what Rika was getting at, and silently resolved to help her get Naruto away from that abomination called clothing and would separate Naruto from it even if it cost him 2 A-ranked missions. It was for the good of the village after all.

Naruto whined and said in a sad voice, "But, Rika-chan… the villagers won't let me buy anything other than this and always throw me out…"

Kakashi sighed and Rika frowned. However, Rika doesn't have an IQ over 200 for nothing, and always looks at everything and doesn't overlook things that most people do, and filed this incident away for later to complain to the hokage and try to get things to change around here.

Rika rolled her eyes at the obvious solution and said, "Just do a henge, then. If you don't know how then either Kakashi nii-san or I can teach you."

Kakashi was mentally slapping himself for not thinking of that himself and his ego was bruised. I mean, who wouldn't feel that way if they got outdone by an 8 year old child? (-.-)

Naruto looked surprised, then grinned sheepishly, and scratched the back of his neck. "Oh, right. I totally forgot about the henge. Kakashi nii-san taught it to me, but I kind of forgot about it. I can do the academy basics, but for some reason I can't do the bushin. I use the henge to disguise myself when I pull a prank!"

"EHH!? You like to pull pranks too?" at this point Rika grinned mischievously, "Heheh. This is going to be awesome. I got a partner-in-crime now."

Hearing this, Naruto grinned similarly, while Kakashi paled and thought that this year was going to be even worse than previously with all the pranks these two were going to pull, he also thought it was odd they were so similar. It was like they were long lost twins.

Just then, Rae woke up from his sleep and widened his eyes when he felt a familiar chakra. He spoke hurriedly to Rika, "Oi, kid… that boy you're talking to right now is the jailer of Kyuubi! Judging from how he said all the villagers threw him out of their shops, they probably harbor a grudge against Kyuubi and cannot express their anger to Kyuubi and therefore treat him with hatred instead. Since the elder man is kind to him, he probably is neutral and knows about it too. " Rika widened her eyes at this and looked furious. Kakashi and Naruto noticed this and asked her what was wrong.

Rika mumbled to Naruto to stay there for a moment and pulled Kakashi into a secluded alleyway where there was no one currently was. She spoke in a low tone, such that he had to strain his ears to hear her.

"Naruto… does he know about his… host?"

Kakashi looked shocked. How did she know about this when she clearly had not been in the village before?

"How did you find out about it?"

"Answer the question."

"No, he does not… but how did you find out?"

"…Gut feeling." This was not a total lie, as most Rae was only there to help her, and could be considered as a guardian angel. Or in this case, a guardian demon?

Kakashi was doubtful, and showed it.

Rika pouted and said, "I'll maybe tell the hokage if he proves trustful, but otherwise, I'm not going to tell a soul unless absolutely necessary."

Kakashi sighed, and despite only having known her for about an hour, he already understood that both Naruto and Rika were pretty much carbon copies of each other, other than their IQ… which meant that Rika could probably teach more things to Naruto and convince him. One thing was certain. Both individuals were extremely stubborn and most likely would not give in if they set their hearts on it.

"Fine. But you are going to go to the hokage after you manage to get Naruto to change his looks and appearance."

"Well, then, that means its going to be soon as I have every intention to get him to change his appearance."

At this, both of them walked back to Naruto, who looked impatient at waiting.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

"Gomen, Naru-chan, but let's go now, Ok? Kaka nii-chan, please go and do what you always do. I'm going to change his appearance so much that you won't even recognize him anymore."

Kakashi whipped out a certain orange colored book and started reading, walking onwards to the bookstore which he frequented.

"Ok, Naru-chan, let's get that henge on and get started. Please change your hair color to white and your eye color to green. Then, please get rid of your whisker marks."

"Ok. Now, let's go!"

2 hours later…

"Kaka nii-chan!" cried Rika, who pulled along a hooded figure.

Kakashi looked up from his book, while the lady next to him looked confused. She had purple hair and was twirling a kunai on her index finger while eating a stick of dango.

"Look, look! Kakashi nii-chan, please dispel the genjutsu!"

Kakashi looked confused, but saw a small shimmer in the air in front of the hooded figure.

Both Kakashi and the purple haired lady both put their hands into a dispelling genjutsu sign and both yelled at the same time, "KAI!"

"Who is this?"

"Naruto."

Both of the ninjas' eyes widened dramatically. "EEHHH?!"