NARUTO: The Galactic Empire

"Jiji can you tell me who were my parents?" asked Naruto with hope in his eyes.

"Naruto I will tell you about your parents when you are older. Tell you what if you decide to become a ninja and reach chunin rank I will tell you, don't worry even if you don't become a ninja I will tell you. Their identity is a big secret . They truly loved you and cared for you and if they were alive they would still be with you. "said Hiruzen but knew that Naruto would insist more and was just waiting for the reply.

"I…understand, I trust you jiji and I hope one day you will tell me. But still I wish I had a family." said Naruto averting his eyes from Hiruzen.

"You have a family Naruto." said Kakashi placing a hand on Naruto's shoulders.

"Who are you?" asked Naruto and looked up at the teenager.

He was tall and had at an impressive height of 6'1". He was wearing the usual Konoha Shinobi attire, His Hitai-ate was wrapped around his forehead but slanted so the cloth covers his left eye. The lower half of his face is covered by a blue face mask, his silver hair and single black eye were the only distinguishable features available with his face so heavily covered. His chest was covered by his green Jounin vest which had many pockets for placing various things. His blue undershirt was shown as his shoulders, and arms are covered in the blue fabric from his shirt. The only break of the blue was the same red swirl presented proudly on his left shoulder. His hands were covered in finger less black gloves with metal hand guards. His pants were a dark blue which are rolled up allowing for his shins to be wrapped in tape and his feet to be covered with the common blue open-toed shoes. His leg was wrapped similarly with tape and his kunai pouch on his right leg.

"My name is Kakashi Hatake and I would like to adopt you naruto." said Kakashi with an eye smile.

"Why would you do that?" asked Naruto suspiciously

"Naruto I won't lie to you. I knew your parents, they were like family to me. I wanted to adopt you and raise you from the start. You are the only family I've got but the council were preventing me, but Sandaime-sama has now made it possible for me to adopt you. I know I have not been there for you but I would like to amend my mistake. You may disapprove if you do not want me to adopt you I will understand." said Kakashi solemnly.

"Will you never abandon me? Do you truly care for me or just pity me; or just want to adopt me just because you knew my parents?" asked Naruto pleadingly.

"Naruto I do not pity you and I truly care for you. You are like a little brother I never had.." said Kakashi sadly

"Arigatou…Kakashi-ni-san." said Naruto with a smile which Kakashi replicated with his own.

"Naruto so do you accept?" asked Hiruzen hoping Naruto would accept the offer.

"Hai" said Naruto with a small smile.

"Naruto would you like to retain your Uzumaki name or accept Kakashi's family name. Either is fine by us. You can still retain the name when you are older if you like." said Hiruzen with a smile while Kakashi gave him a nod.

"I would like to keep Kakashi-ni-san's name." said Naruto with a smile which pleased Kakashi's even more.

"Minato-sensei, Obito, Rin…I finally have a family. I won't let you down." thought Kakashi.

''Jiji i want to become a ninja and protect the village."said Naruto. Hiruzen and Kakashi both smiled and nodded.

"Naruto you will be moving to Kakashi's house and soon you will be entering the ninja academy. Kakashi will teach you Naruto, but tell me what is your dream naruto?" asked Hiruzen.

"I want to be a ninja in order to protect the village, the Yondaime believed in me and I will make sure that his trust in me was the best choice. And as for my dream I want to join the Anbu." said Naruto shocking Hiruzen and Kakashi.

"Why do you want to join the Anbu?" asked Hiruzen curiously.

"I want to protect the village ,the Anbu are the elite of the village, also the people respect the Anbu the most after the Hokage. They never showed any discrimination towards me and they're kind of cool. I want to be like them." said Naruto with determination.

"Alright Naruto but you will have to work very hard to be an Anbu. I was an Anbu once and I know they are the toughest so you will have to work and train harder." said Kakashi strictly

"I won't let you down Nii-san." said Naruto with a grin

"Good" said Hiruzen happy to see that Naruto was slowly getting out of his trauma by having a family.

"Jiji, Nii-san there is a problem." said Naruto carefully.

"What is it?" asked Kakashi curiously

"I know that the villagers hate me and it will take sometime to prove it to them that I am not the Kyubi, but some people may attack me again and I'm not strong enough to defend myself against ninja." said Naruto firmly

Hiruzen frowned on hearing the truth in Naruto's words. Of course after today's incident the attacks would decrease but one cannot be sure as there were many people who hated Naruto.

"I have a solution," said Kakashi and took out a black face mask from his vest and tossed it to Naruto. Naruto immediately caught it and the smile he had on his face could light up someone's day. It also pained Hiruzen and Kakashi to see that this was the first gift the boy had received and was happy.

"Thanks Nii-san." said Naruto and put on his face mask.

"Naruto from now on you are Naruto Hatake. Become a good man and a strong and proud shinobi of the leaf." said Hiruzen and patted the boy on the back.

"Hai" said Naruto happily

(Timeskip: 6 months)

It had been 6 months since Naruto was adopted by Kakashi. These 6 months were an entirely new experience for Naruto. He found out that Kakashi was a very calm, collected guy but was also lazy and liked to read Icha Icha books, a porn book. Naruto did not hate the book but was also not fond of reading it every time like Kakashi. He was also not lazy like Kakashi and always wanted to train. He knew that Kakashi had lost his teammates who were his closest friends and used many means to hide his pain, reading porn was one of them.