"Wow they really look up to you" Sakura's respect for Naruto had increased a little

"Yeah" he paused before he continued again

"I really helped out a few of the kids here. And because of my paycheck they eat better and can afford toys and stuff like that. The main reason I think is because I'm an orphan too, so I can relate. I know what's it's like to be alone"

Sasuke and Sakura remained silent, they couldn't think of a good reply to that. Naruto shook his head and smiled

"Okay now for your jobs" he looked at the list again "Sakura-chan, would you mind cleaning?"

"No"

"Okay then you take group 2 and clean up in here. Group 2 get in here!" he called out the door

Another group of about 10 kids came running in and stood at attention

"Okay you guys are on the cleaning commity"

"HAI!!"

"Your with Sakura"

"HAI!!"

"And behave"

"HAI!!"

"Okay, Roku show Sakura where the supplies are"

"Okay" he grabbed Sakura's hand and led her off, the rest of the kids followed

Naruto turned to Sasuke

"Okay teme your with me. Group 3!!"

Group 3 had the rest of the kids, they were all older, except for the 6 on the end of the line

"Okay, you guys are with me and Sasuke"

The kids cheered, Naruto silenced them

"We have to fix all the leaks in the roof"

"HAI!!"

"Dobe" Naruto turned around

"Those kids are too little" he pointed to the 3 on the end. He was surprised when everybody laughed

"Your concern is appreciated Uchiha-san, but we can take care of ourselves" the smallest of the bunch called to him. Naruto wiped his eyes

"Okay no more objections? Okay Kiki, Ruka, get all the supplies to the roof" the two smallest kids ran out the door "everybody else get up on the roof"

Sasuke expected them to get a ladder and climb up but they didn't. They jumped up on the roof, the kids who couldn't jump that high were helped by the kids that could. After he jumped up himself he saw the roofing supplies floating up to them

'What the-?' he looked over the side to see the 2 Kiki and Ruka with their hands up, looks of concentration on their faces. He activated his sharingan and saw that their chakra was covering all the supplies, which answeredthe question of how they were controlling them

"They're really something huh?" Naruto asked from behind him

"Hn"

Once the supplies were up they started work. With the amount of people that they had and the fact that Naruto made some kage bunshins they finished quickly. The kids continued to surprise Sasuke, they were strong and the 6… abnormal ones were obviously respected. Another thing that annoyed him was that the kids practically worshiped Naruto. His train of thought derailed when Kakahsi and his group get back

"NII-CHAN!!! WERE BACK!!!" one of the kids screamed out

They had just finished the roof so they all jumped down to greet the kids that had just got back

"Okay guys help them put the grocery's away, Hita go get Nina and the little ones, Kyo go get Sakura and group 2" Naruto spotted a haggared looking Kakashi and walked over to him "Hey you look tired" Naruto teased

Kakahsi glared at him "Next time I stay here"

Naruto grinned at him "They behaved right?"

"…yeah"

"Okay good" Kyo came back with Sakura and her group "Sakura-chan! Teme! C'mere!" he pointed to a door and grabbed Kakashi and walked toward it. When they were all in the empty room he took a deep breath, his face was serious

"Okay your about to meet Nina, she takes care of all the really little kids even though she's only a kid herself. She's a little… different"

Sakura raised an eyebrow "Different?"

"…She has bad memories that haunt her… actually she can relate to you Sasuke" they were surprised, 1) he used called Sasuke by his name and 2) there was open sadness in his voice

"What do you mean she can relate to me?" Sasuke never liked talking about his past, he was angry that Naruto knew anything about it at all

"… that's not something that I tell people, the only reason I brought it up was I thought one of you might try to talk to her"

"Why is that bad?" Kakahsi questioned

"She only talks to a few people, she only recently started talking to me, and I've known her for…" he stopped, thinking "almost a year now"

"Wait, is she from the Taisama clan?" Kakahi asked suddenly

Naruto stared at him for awhile before nodding, understanding shown on Kakashi's face. Naruto sighed for what must have been the 100th time that day before smiling again

"And a word of warning" they looked at him expectantly "I wouldn't suggest hitting me if the kids are around, they don't seem to like seeing me get hit"

"It's happed before?"

"Yeah" he smiled evily at them "I think the guy is out of the hospital now, you could ask him what happened" he said cheerfully

The three of the shivered, their imaginations filled in the parts he didn't describe

Next chapter Meet Nina!! please review