The month had been awkward to say the least. Minato and Kushina had tried to speak with him but Naruto just had nothing he wanted to say to them. Kushina had made more attempts then Minato since everyone knew that before the twins and Mito was born, Naruto and Kushina had a very close bond to one another and it was rare not to be seen together. To her, what she had done to her eldest child was unforgivable and she was going to make it up to him somehow.
As he was about to open the door he heard light footsteps behind him and turned to see Mito standing their rubbing her eyes. "Onii-chan where are you going?" she asked gazing up at him curiously.
"I'm going to train with a few friends." He stated simple and Mito's face had a delighted look appear on it.
"Let me go with you, please." She asked looking at him with her big round blue eyes and gave him a puppy dog look. Naruto could feel himself breaking as she stared at him.
"Pleaseeeeee." She asked again make her lip quiver a little before Naruto sighed.
"You have five minutes to get dressed." He said as she squealed a little before jumping up and giving him a sloppy kiss on the cheek before she ran upstairs.
Naruto went into the kitchen and left a note behind telling Kushina when she woke up that Mito was with him and that she would be back by lunch. A few minutes later Mito came rushing down the stairs in her day clothes with her hair tied up in a little pony tail and the two set out.
As they walked Mito grabbed a hold of Naruto's hand making him raise an eyebrow but he smiled as she hummed a little song and kicked her feet as they walked.
After about twenty minutes of walking they arrived at their training ground to see Anko already sparring with Itachi. The purple haired girl was annoyed that she missed out on her teammate's battle but had sworn that eventually she would train until she was up their level and could stand beside them.
As they fought, Mito looked star struck as she watched them and her presence eventually went noticed when Anko and Itachi stopped their sparring. They both headed over with Anko smiling towards Mito. "You brought a little munchkin with you today huh Naruto?" She said as she patted Mito on the head making the younger girl smile up at the older girl.
"That was so cool. Can you teach me how to do that snake move thingy?" She asked using her puppy dog eyes like she had done to Naruto earlier but thankfully Anko was immune of such a move.
"Maybe when your older munchkin." She said making Mito pout.
Itachi and Anko looked at him and he explained why she was with him today. Both patted him on the shoulder.
"Ria-chan does the same with me." He said understanding the situation while Anko rolled her eyes.
For the next few hours the trio trained and sparred with one another while Mito sat safely away a good distance with wide eyes and a big happy smile as she watched them. The three older kids sparred one and one with the other sitting with Mito and talked with her and answered any questions she had on some of their moves or techniques.
For a lot of it, it was Naruto sparring with Itachi and Anko would point little things out to Mito who was paying close attention to the older girl.
During their small breaks when Mito asked if they could show her how to do one of their techniques, they thought about it and figured there was no harm in it. She had not unlocked her chakra yet so they focused on her kunai throwing.
Itachi and Naruto helped her with her aim while Anko helped with the speed she threw them at.
Since they only had metal Kunai's on them, Naruto made sure the end was blunt and that he was always within a close distance to his little sister. "Oni-chan can I see you sword please?" She asked as she eyed Naruto's blade in his right hand.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the request but he thought there was no harm in it. He unsheathed his blade and Mito got a little closer as she looked it over with big excited eyes. She went to touch the tip but Naruto quickly placed his hand over her.
"No Mito-chan. It's very sharp and you might cut yourself." He said as Mito nodded but the message obviously did not go through quite enough when she had an excited look appear on her face and grabbed one of the Kunai's on the floor but picked it up at the sharp end.
She gasped a little as she held her hand and gave a small wail and a cry.
Naruto dropped his blade next to him and took Mito's hand as he gave her a reprimanding look. "Mito-chan I told you, you need to be careful and not to pick any of them up without asking one of us first." He said though he said it softly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean too." She wailed out as she sniffled. Anko came up behind her and gave her a hug from behind.
Naruto sighed and gave her a small smile. "Here, let me heal it for you." He then took her hand into his own and gently uncovered her other hand which was covering the cut. The cut was not very big or deep and was just a straight line staring at the bottom of her thumb and stopped at the start of the middle finger.
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