Prodigy.

With Naruto

Naruto arrived at the small park and saw it was completely empty with only the wind moving the swing seats. His mother mostly took him here when she could while his dad did on the occasions when he was not busy. The park was only small but it was nearby and was a peaceful little spot that he always enjoyed. That was one thing Minato and Kushina had noticed about Naruto when he first started speaking. Naruto had always been quiet and only really spoke if it was worth saying or was important. But when he did he was very polite which many liked about him since most his age tended to blurt out whatever came to mind.

Walking over and sitting on the seat he began to swing slowly before he looked at the book in his hand.

He had bought this book from a shinobi book shop the other day when Kakashi was taking him round the village. Apparently Kakashi need to collect some kind of book that Naruto was not allowed to see which made him pout.

While that was happening Naruto was looking at the shinobi section. Though he could not read most of the titles very well he did pick up the Chakra for beginners book. He then asked Kakashi if he could get it for him. Kakashi took one look at the book before shrugging and paying for it much to Naruto's delight.

Naruto opened the book and tried to read but the words were a little too long for him and he could not pronounce a few of the words correctly.

He sat their trying to read it for about ten minutes with squinted eyes before he got a little frustrated and put the book down on the ground beside him.

"How can I be a good ninja like Kaa-chan and Tou-san if I can't even read well?" He thought as he began to swing.

He looked up on the top of a roof where he felt a fairly strong energy reside. "Maybe that is the Anbu-san Tou-san sent to watch over me," he thought.

After another few minutes of silence he heard a voice called him from behind. Looking behind him his expression brightened a little when he saw his Baa-Chan's apprentice Shizune walking towards him with her usual kind smile on her face and with Tsunade's pet pig Ton-Ton in her arms.

"Hi Shizune–san." he said politely as the seventeen year old medic nin took a seat next to him. He had met her a few times when Tsunade visited his family and she always found him adorable and cute. Plus she was always very kind to him.

"Hello Naru-chan. What did I tell you about calling me san?" she said tapping his nose. "You can either call me Shizune-chan or Shizune nee-chan."

Naruto nodded with a small smile on his face. "Okay nee-chan." he said making her smile.

Oink, Oink

Naruto giggled a little and petted Ton-Ton. "Hi Ton-Ton." he said as the pig nuzzled his leg. "Now what are you doing here all by yourself. Is your Kaa-chan or Tou-san not here?"

"They were busy. Kaa-chan has the others clan mommies over for lunch and Tou-san is busy with paperwork. "

"What about Kakashi or Jiraiya?" she asked since she was aware Tsunade was at the hospital making sure the staff did not slack off. Naruto shook his head again.

"So you are here all by yourself?" Shizune asked not liking that Naruto was here on his own.

He shook his head once more. "No the Anbu-san is up on the roof though he feels a little bored." he said pointing to the roof of the nearby building which made Shizune look up.

"The Anbu is up there? How do you know?" she asked looking a little skeptical.

"I can feel him up there." "Oh that's right," Shizune thought. "Lady Tsunade mentioned Naruto had some kind of sensor ability. Though I wonder how strong it is. For one so young to have sensor abilities was quite a feat in itself."

It showed her just how strong Naruto might be when he grew older. Plus sensors were always a boost since shinobi that could detect others were very well looked upon and respected by others.

"Then how come you could not feel me coming towards you?" she asked with Naruto struggling his little shoulders.

"I don't know. I was not really paying attention," he asked pouting a little making Shizune laugh into her sleeve.

"So do you think you could tell me what I am feeling at the moment?" she said wanting to test how good these sensor abilities were.