Declaimer: I do not own Naruto.

I'm sorry. I admit. Sasuke was kind of unexplainably mature for his age. I had to rewrite this chapter to correct it as much as I could. I am the last grandchild in my family and I've never been with toddlers so I don't know how they are supposed to act. Although about Naruto's behavior, it's a different story. Kids say their first word around a year old. This also depends on their IQ and personality. Kids aren't taught how to speak. They learn it by observing and their mind is not developed so they can't speak well. Naruto's mind is already developed so I thought he would speak after his body can handle it. Remember that he is now considered a genius. I also wanted him to have influence on others because they thought he's special.

Chapter Four:Impression

(Naruto three years old)

Naruto and Sasuke were going to Hyuuga compound. Naruto's mom was on a mission so Minato took the boys there before going to do his Hokage job. Hizashi and Neji met them at the entrance. Neji and Naruto already knew each other. Naruto has spent time with Neji before although not as much as Sasuke. But for Sasuke, it was the first time he met Neji. The boys were staring at each other, curiously.

"Long time no see, Minato." Hizashi said. Minato and Hizashi were old friends. Although Hizashi was three years older than Minato but they were together on a lot of missions during the third great ninja war.

"Hello, Hizashi. It's good to see you." Minato said. He then looked at Neji. "Hi, Neji-kun." He placed his hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "This is Sasuke. Sasuke-kun, this is Neji."

"Nice to meet you." Neji said to Sasuke.

"Nice to meet you, too." Sasuke said.

"So boys, we are going to go. Have fun." Minato said.

"Neji, show your friends around the compound." Hizashi said and Neji nodded. The two adults said goodbye and left the three little boys there. They looked at each other for a few seconds. Neji was the first to start talking.

"Come on. I'll show you around." He said. Naruto and Sasuke followed him.

The tour was boring to all of them but Neji and Sasuke didn't say anything. Only Naruto expressed his boredom.

"Hey, Neji. Don't you have something more interesting at your compound? I'm totally bored." He said. They both blinked at Naruto's straightforwardness but they didn't say anything. Naruto sweat dropped at the silence. "Like cards or something. We could all play together." Naruto said.

"Cards? What can you do with them?" Neji said.

"You never played cards. It's really fun. I'll show you." Naruto said.

"But we can't play without cards." Sasuke said.

Naruto sweat dropped. "You're right." He looked around to find something else to do. There was a garden near them with a lot of trees and flowers.

"We could use leaves. I'm going to get a few." He said and ran to the garden.

"Wait, Naruto." Neji said and ran after Naruto together with Sasuke. "We can't reach them." Neji said. "Then we can climb it." Naruto said, smiling. "What?! You can't be…" Neji said while Naruto walked up the tree. "He really did it." Sasuke said. Neji was shocked to see Naruto do tree walking. He was one year older than him but he still couldn't do it. Sasuke wasn't surprised since he's already seen Naruto do wall walking but he did feel jealous because he couldn't do it like Naruto.

"Well… I'll take a few." Naruto said. He took out a few leaves and let them fall on the ground. He stretched his arm to take a few more from the upper branch but he lost his balance.

"Naruto!" Neji and Sasuke screamed as Naruto fell down the tree. "Itte… (It hurts)" Naruto whimpered. "This body is really useless. I want to hurry and grow up." He murmured.

"Kyaaaa" Naruto heard a girl scream. He looked up to see who it was and he saw a girl with short black hair and white eyes. Her face was a little red and she was looking at Naruto.

"Hinata!" Naruto shouted and sat properly on the grasses. The girl became redder and she was surprised that the boy she never saw knew her name. "Sorry I scared you." Naruto said with a smile. Hinata was now as red as a tomato.

"Naruto!" Sasuke and Neji shouted as they ran to Naruto. "N…Neji nii-san!" Hinata stuttered. Neji looked up to see his cousin. "Hinata-sama!" He said. Sasuke bent down beside Naruto. "Are you alright?" Sasuke asked. "Yeah." Naruto said and stood up with Sasuke's help.

"My cousin, Hinata-sama. Namikaze Naruto." Neji introduced them. "Yoroshiku." Naruto said. Hinata looked down and blushed. "N…Nice to m…meet you." She stuttered as she was tangling her fingers together. "What were you doing here all alone?" Hinata looked down while she was still tangling her fingers together. "N…Nothing." She answered. "Why don't you come to play with us?"Naruto asked. "No! I…it's okay." She said. "Come on. Let's go." Naruto said and grabbed her wrist to drag a red Hinata into their game.

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At night Minato and Hizashi arrived. Minato greeted Hinata. Hinata responded shyly.

"Your niece is very shy, Hizashi." Minato said.

"Yes. She doesn't talk much like her mother and she's also so kind and gentle." Hizashi answered.

"She's totally the opposite of Naruto. He's always talking nonstop …"

"Dad!" Naruto said looking upset. Minato smiled. "But he gets along really well with other kids." He said. "He's quite smart too."

"When did you start teaching him?" Hizashi asked Minato.

"Actually I haven't." Minnato answered.

"You haven't? Why?" Hizashi said with surprise.

"He's just a kid. I don't want to pressure him." Minato said.

Neji looked at Naruto in disbelief. 'How can he walk on a tree when he was never taught?!' Neji thought.

Naruto bit his lip to try to hide his grin. He winked at Sasuke and let out a smile. Sasuke showed a thumb up and winked back.

"What are you two doing?" Minato said who now finished talking and was ready to go with the boys.

"Nothing." Naruto answered with a grin he couldn't hold back anymore.

"That nothing makes me even more worried. What kind of evil plans do you have?" Minato said.

"It's really nothing, dad." Naruto said, trying to hold back the laugher and look as much innocent as he could.

Minato let out a sigh. He knew knew things that a normal kid at his age wouldn't know and he didn't know how to treat a child who understands a lot for his age. He was always worried that he wouldn't be able understand him and help him like he should as a father. He started speaking earlier than expected and he was speaking fluently in no time. Minato was proud to have a clever son but sometimes he wished Naruto was a normal kid. "Okay. Let's go. Goodbye, Hizashi. Goodbye, Hinata-chan." Minato said.

Hinata grabbed her uncle's clothes. "G… Goodbye." She said with a soft voice that could hardly be heard. Naruto smiled, remembering how shy Hinata used to be and how she had become more open and sociable as she grew up. She told him it was because of him that she decided to try hard and become stronger. Naruto was glad for it and he wanted to have that kind of influence on her this time too, although he didn't know what to do for that to happen. This time he wasn't the monster boy who was being ignored by everyone but that didn't mean there were no other ways for him to help her, especially since this time he knew her from the start. Naruto smiled at Hinata. "See you later, Hinata." He said. Hinata blushed and hid herself behind her uncle. Minato laughed. "She's cute." Minato said.

After they all said goodbye, Minato, Naruto and Sasuke left. They dropped Sasuke by the Uchiha compound. Then Minato bought two bowl of ramen for dinner. He didn't like cooking and sucked at it so he decided to buy ramen. "Don't tell your mom. Okay?" Minato told Naruto because if she'd find out that Minato fed Naruto ramen, she'll probably kill him. "My lips are sealed." Naruto said happily and started eating his ramen. Minato watched his son eating ramen and smiled. He remembered the conversation he had with Hizashi earlier. He never thought of educating Naruto so early but seeing how different he was from others, he was starting to think that maybe not doing it wouldn't be fair to Naruto.

"Naruto! Why do you want to become a ninja?" Minato asked his son. Naruto stopped eating and looked at his father. He was surprised to be asked that so suddenly.

"Why do you ask?" Naruto asked.

"I just want to know you opinion. What do you think being a ninja means?" Minato asked.

"…protecting Konoha… I suppose" Naruto said, looking confused and not knowing what to answer.

"Do you really know what being a ninja means?" Minato asked Naruto and sighed. He didn't really expect an answer but he was surprised to see the sad look on his three years old son's face.

"I may not know all of it and it might sound like an unreachable goal, but I want to bring peace to the ninja world. I believe that a day will come when ninjas from every village will understand each other and I want to make that day arrive soooner." Naruto said. Minato's eyes widened. He didn't expect these words from him. He really underestimated his son.

"Do you want to train with me?" Minato asked. Naruto's eyes sparkled. "Really? You'll really do it, dad?" He said with excitement. Minato smiled. "Of course. Starting tomorrow, I'll teach you how to be a ninja." He said. "Yes!" Naruto screamed and returned to eat his ramen, leaving his father deep in his thoughts.

sorry for the late update.