The First Initiation

"Hold on, we're almost there" she said seemingly almost to herself. The woman held the bundle closer to her stomach. "I can see the top of the main gates from here." Picking up speed, the woman was at an all out run.

Hearing something coming through the trees at an increasing pace, Genma yells to his partner, "Hey Raido, we have someone coming in from the trees." "So? Go find out who it is." Raido yells from his side of the gate.

"But, but, but..." Genma stutters out.

" Just do it, baka." Raido yells at Genma.

"Why is it always me who has to do all the work?" Genma grumbles as he jumps down to the ground. Straightening up, Genma sans the woods, listening intently for the approaching person.

Slowing to a walk, the woman stepped out into the clearing in front of the gate. "Why have you come to Konoha?" Genma askes cautiously, not knowing if the woman was a friend or foe. " I am seeking refuge for a few days while attending to some business at the orphanage." the woman replies quietly.

" Raido" Genma shouts. Raido glanced over the edge of the wall. "What?" Raido shouts back. " Send a message to the Hokage, this woman has business at the orphanage and needs to stay in town a few days." Genma explains quickly. Raido leaves to send the message.

"How long will a response take?" the woman asks the ninja with an oral fixation. Carefully removing the senbon, Genma replies "It will only take a few minutes, would you like to join us for some tea?"

Just at that moment, the bundle across the woman's waist begins moving and making some sounds. "Kuso, what the fuck is that?" Genma asks while jumping back and pulling you a kunai.

"This is the reason why I have business at the orphanage." Unwrapping the bundle, the woman showed Genma what she was carrying. It was a baby. Not very old by the looks of it, but who was Genma to judge. It had a small amount of black hair, a cute button nose and its toothless mouth was opened in a blood-curdling scream.

"What's wrong with it?" the senbon sucking nin yelled over the baby's cries. "To answer your earlier question, tea is fine for me, but do you have any milk? The baby is hungry" the woman bounced the baby to quiet it.

"Uh...sure" Genma got up and ran from the room, almost knocking over Raido, who was on his way down with the reply form Tsunade. "Ma'am, Lady Hokage replied. She said that you will be able to stay in the village for only one night. You may go into the village as soon as Genma comes back. Will you need an escort to the orphanage?" Raido explained loudly over the baby's cries.

"Since it is my first time in your village, I would like an escort." replied the woman, while Genma ran back into the room. "Here is you tea and the milk for the baby." Genma set the tea cup and the cup with the milk on the table infront of the woman. Reaching out for the milk, the woman poured it into the baby's bottle. Taking a few drinks of her tea, she then placed the bottle into the half full tea cup to warm the milk.

"Uh...what are you doing?" Genma asks, astonished at what the woman had done with her tea, and looked at her like she was crazy. "Well, you have to warm the milk before feeding the baby or the milk will hurt her stomach" the woman explained to the two shinobi. After a few minutes, the woman removed the bottle from the tea and placed a few drops of the milk on the inside of her wrist, testing to see if the milk was warm enough for the baby to drink. The milk was warm, but not too hot. So the woman placed the bottle in the softly crying mouth of the baby, so she could eat her fill.

"Well, I'll see about finding an escort for the day for you" Raido said before leaving the room quickly. "I wonder how long it will be before he finds someone?" the woman asked. "I don't think that it will take more that ten to fifteen minutes" Genma replied, then jumped as he was startled by Raido returning to the room followed by a blonde ninja. Genma was shocked "Wow, that was quick!" "I ran into Naruto as soon as I walked out the door. I asked if he had time to do this..." Raido replied. " And I said sure thing. I didn't have anything better to do today, since there ate no new missions to take." Naruto replied very loudly, startling the baby, who started screaming again.

"Wow! that kid sure has a great set of lungs." Naruto said "Uh... can I hold it?" "I don't see why not. Have you ever held a baby before?" the woman asked the blonde, bouncing the baby on her shoulder. "No, but I think I can handle it, I am a ninja after all." Naruto replied. Worried, the woman handed the baby to the blonde. " You have to support the baby's head and neck at all times because the baby is not strong enough to do it on it's own"

Naruto cradled the baby in his strong, tan arms, a scared look crossed his face. "Why wont it stop crying?" he asked. "Maybe the baby needs to burp. Put the baby on your shoulder and pat it's back." the woman suggested. The blonde maved the baby carefully to his shoulder and started to pat it's back. Suddenly, the small child let out a loud burp. " Oh...ewww.." Genma exclaimed "What is all over your shoulder?" "Oh...that happens sometimes. When the baby has too much milk in it's tummy, it will spit it back up. Then the baby's tummy will feel better." the woman started to clean off Naruto's shirt of baby throw up. "Oh gross, you mean the baby threw up on me?" the blonde exclaimed rather loudly. "Get it off of me!" Raido got another towel and helped clean Naruto off " Be quiet baka, the baby fell asleep." Naruto sighed "Well, I guess I better show you to the orphanage before it starts to get dark." " Sounds like a good idea to me." the woman replied.