"Ugh can you tell me again why we're doing this?" Caleb asking in a whiny voice while he took people's orders with a few hiccups along the way
"Well she needed help around the restaurant so im helping in the kitchen and helping you with taking orders" Naruto said bringing out a tray with three separate plates each with a different meal
"Yeah but why do this if we're not getting paid?" Caleb said not liking the fact that he had to do work for free
"Correction your not getting paid me on the other hand" Naruto said glad that he was able to get a job and help out the old the woman who was kindly letting him live here rent free
"Why are you getting paid and not me?" Caleb asked thinking that was a little unfair
"Well you use her printer took a lot of her flashlights you're eating food she cooked for you and you've already broken two of her vases which are very expensive" Naruto said explaining everything to Caleb who looked a little deflated at the sudden realization he had been basically getting off easy while taking a lot of materials from the old woman
While Caleb sulked Naruto remembered the conversation he had with the old woman after everyone went home
(flashback to last night)
Naruto was currently rooming with Caleb who was 'acquiring' supplies in the basement but got thirsty and as he was getting water from the sink he smelt something that smelled like ramen cooking and saw it was Yan Lin cooking the delicious smelling food
"Earlier you asked me if we had ramen and when I said no you looked heartbroken so I went out so I could make you some" Yan Lin said with a truly kind and warm smile as she gave him bowl of ramen
Naruto looked like he was about to cry as he ate the ramen with gusto which shocked Yan Lin as she had never seen somebody eat so fast without chewing or needing to breathe she was glad she made a whole pot and was the type of person to make a lot of food because the boy in front of her looked like he was a bottomless pit
Remembering the reason she wanted to talk to the blond she asked him why she felt so much power radiating off of him and he told her the same thing he told the ancient one and it surprised her that this child could have such power and asked for him to show her Naruto extended his hand a formed a wind style rasengan which took the old woman by surprise seeing him wield the element she previously had when she was a guardian
"Hmm are your abilities only something you can do?" she asked in curiosity
"As far as I can tell magic and chakra are very similar I 'may' be able to teach it to others without the consequences of losing their life force since if chakra is added when using magic it won't take its toll on someone's life force" Naruto said while thinking everyone had both chakra and magic inside of them yet never truly accessed it themselves without the power of an object or proper training
"Could you teach me?" the old woman asked very curiously thinking she might be able to use all her former abilities again
Normally Naruto would have said 'no' as a person's chakra coils are only accessible to learn to channel as an adolescent but taking into account she 'could' still use her former magical powers even if it drained her life force she may be able to learn and wield chakra
"I'm not entirely sure but we can try to see if it's possible" he said getting the old woman to smirk
"Thank you" she said getting a truly honest smile from the blond
"No problem granny" he said surprising the old woman but smiled happily knowing he called her that with respect and honesty she saw them being close in the future but not as close as her granddaughter wanted to be with the blond and who knows he might actually be her grandson in the future if things played out that way
(end of flashback)
As Naruto was preparing some dumplings he saw Hay Lin carrying some groceries so he decided to go over and help her but as he came over Hay Lin slipped on some water and as she closed her eyes expecting to hit her head but it never came, opening her eyes she saw Naruto tightly holding onto her blushing at the position they were in she quickly composed herself and got out of Naruto's strong but gentle grasp
"Thanks" she said picking up the groceries she dropped while not looking directly at Naruto so he wouldn't see her blushing
"It's no problem you ok?" he asked while picking up some of the groceries
"Yeah thanks for catching me" she said gratefully
"Anytime" he said without realizing he sounded like he was flirting with her causing Hay Lin's face to turn a light shade of pink
"Hey enough lollygagging we have customers to feed!" Yan Lin yelled not wanting to keep her customers waiting for their food
"Alright granny we're on it" he said getting back to cooking as Hay Lin looked somewhat confused why he was calling her grandma 'granny' since they weren't related she decided she would ask later since there were a lot of orders to fill
(few hours later)
The restaurant was nearing closing time so Yan Lin let the kids off since there were so little customers left
At a small table in the back Hay Lin and Naruto were talking getting to know one another they decided to tell each other a little about themselves
"No way!" Hay Lin said in surprise as her eyes widened at what the blond had just told her
"Yep im a ninja" Naruto said with a smile seeing how excited the girl looked
"That's so cool, show me some ninja tricks!" Hay Lin asked hoping to see something cool
Naruto thought about it for a moment and thought of something that would be safe and harmless to do so in a puff of smoke he suddenly switched places with Hay Lin
"Whoa what was that?" Hay Lin asked in wonder and amazement
"That was a substitution you can use it to switch places with something nearby to take an attack for you" Naruto said explaining the purpose of the technique
"Oh man you must have a bunch of amazing stories!" Hay Lin asked in wonder of what adventures Naruto had
"Well maybe i'll tell you about them sometime" he said causing Hay Lin to look a little downcast but came up with an idea that might cheer her up
"Hey let's go to the basement!" she said pulling Naruto towards the basement and pulling out a big box of fabric and digging out an old sewing machine
"What are you doing exactly?" Naruto asked while she was starting to take his measurements
"Im making you some clothes you can't go around dressed in the same cloths day after day" she said and after ten minutes of sowing she had finished an orange shirt with long black sleeves and a pair of dark blue jeans when she handed them to him he went to the basement bathroom and changed into the cloths Hay Lin designed
"Wow these look amazing!" Naruto said getting a good feel for the cloths but felt like something was missing and suddenly it came to him so he grabbed a piece of paper started drawing on it and handed it to Hay Lin who looked impressed at his design's
After twenty minutes Hay Lin finished Naruto's design's and showed an orange coat jacket with short sleeves black flames at the bottom of it it and it also had Chinese symbols on the back that spelled 'kitsune' and a combat jacket that had the same features as the first jacket
"These turned out better than I hoped thanks Hay Lin!" he said causing said girl to blush at the praise Naruto was showing her
"Hay Lin it's almost time for bed you both have school tomorrow!" Yan Lin said as she peered her head through the door
Hay Lin and Naruto looked at the woman in shock at what she said "wait what you mean 'we' have school tomorrow?" Naruto asked coming out of his shock
"Well since you'll be staying here longer than Caleb I registered you up for school" Yan Lin explained getting questioning looks from the two teens as she walked down the basement stairs leaving the door open
"Wait grandma how did you sign him up for school? he doesn't have any documents or even a green card" Hay Lin asked very curious how her grandma enrolled Naruto into school
"I have many ways of accomplishing what I want" she said mysteriously getting weird looks from the two teens but started to chuckle "i'm just kidding I have connections to people who have access to public records and birth certificates I have them say he was born here in Sheffield, Naruto Namikaze age sixteen born October tenth" she said talking out a folder she hid inside her kimono and handing him the folder along with an I.D and a wallet
"I don't know what to say" Naruto said accepting the folder with a small happy smile
"You don't need to say a thing" she said leaving the blond with her granddaughter
"Well I guess this is goodnight" she said to the blond while she left leaving him all alone
"Huh never thought I would be happy to go to school, man Iruka-sensei would have a heart attack if he ever heard me say that!" Naruto said throwing himself on an old used up bed
as Naruto slowly drifted into unconsciousness his mind was being pulled into his seal
(inside the seal)
Inside a dark sewer there was a cage and behind it was a giant sized fox with a vicious angry look on it having nine long tails that looked like they could crush mountains this was the tailed beast known as the nine tailed fox
"Hello brat" the loud booming voice of nine-tails said to Naruto who looked somewhat annoyed
"What do you want fuzzball?" Naruto said getting the fox to growl at him in anger
"Look you insignificant little runt I should kill you for your disrespect! but I didn't bring you here to trade banter" the fox looking at Naruto with a serious look
"Ok what do you want?" Naruto asked wanting to know what the usually hostile fox would want to talk about
"You have unlocked the rinnegan a doujutsu which belonged to the sage of the six paths, but yours is different as you have used jutsu without hand signs and from what I can tell as you traveled to this world you absorb this 'magic' into you and it merged with your chakra, but enough of that you've brought us to a new universe and I wanted you to know i'm actually impressed you finally left that worthless piece of crap land you called home" the nine-tails said making Naruto shut his eyes while tilting his head down then suddenly looked at the fox with unwavering resolve
"Listen here you giant dumb fox you are the reason I left, I could never have a normal life and with the akatsuki after the both of us leaving seemed like the only real option plus here im not seen as a monster, I have friends who don't look at me in fear!" he yelled which actually surprised the tailed beast "so unless you have anything important to say i'm out of here!" he finished as he started to disappear from the foxes gaze
(next day at sheffield institute)
"Well here you are Mr Namikaze your schedule now complete now I expect great things from you and we have zero tolerance for trouble" an elderly woman by the name of knickerbocker told him while handing him a slip of paper
"Thank you mam" Naruto said leaving the office reading his list and thought of who he would have with him in his classes
Math- Will and Hay Lin
Art- Hay Lin and Cornelia
History- Will, Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, and Cornelia
Lunch- Will, Irma, Taranee, Hay Lin, and Cornelia
Chemistry/science- Will and Cornelia
Music- alone
P.E. - Will, Irma, and Taranee
"Class settle down we have a new student join us today" a slightly overweight blond woman said as the class started to settle down and whisper about what the new kid might look like or are they a he or she
Will and Hay Lin looked at one another thinking 'no way'
As the door opened it revealed Naruto in the outfit Hay Lin made him with a smile directed towards Will and Hay Lin who blushed at the kind and gentle smile they were receiving from the handsome blond
"Well hello young man my name is Mrs Rudolph would you kindly tell the class you name?" the now named Mrs Rudolf said as Naruto nodded
"Hi I my names Naruto Namikaze" Naruto introduced himself getting weird looks from the class as they whispered to one another
"Naruto what kind of weird name is that?" a boy with orange-red spiky hair that seemed to defy gravity said getting glares from Mrs Rudolph, Will, and Hay Lin the first glared for the disrespect being shown to someone new and had zero tolerance for bullying, the last two were out of hate as they knew this was how the teen normally was as he treated a lot of people like that including them
"Lay off Uriah he's not even here a full minute and you already have to be a jerk!" Will said very angrily as she hated bullies and Uriah was the worst along with his little groupies Kurt and Clubber
"Yeah why should I 'Wilma?'" he said riling up the red head
"Leave them alone Uriah! why do you always have to be such a jerk?" Hay Lin yelled which surprised a few people as they have never seen the girl angry before
"Oh what are you going to do about it?" Uriah said cockily then suddenly his ear was being tugged by Mrs Rudolf who still looked angry and very displeased
"Mr Dunn you have said quite enough! if you don't stop now i'll send you to the principal's office do you understand?" she said as the boy nodded as he rubbed his sore ear
"Mr Namikaze I deeply apologize for such a rude welcome please go take the seat between Hay Lin and Will" Mrs Rudolph said pointing to the empty seat between the two
(45 minutes later)
"I can't believe you have classes with all of us! and your schedule looks pretty good you have some great classes" Hay Lin said excitingly as she read the blonds schedule
"I'm glad most my classes have some of you girls in them they would be pretty boring without you" he said getting both Hay Lin and Will to smile at the sincerity in his voice
"Well i'll see you guys later i've got to go to my next class" Will said waving goodbye as she ran to her next class while Hay Lin and Naruto went to art
(art room a few minutes later)
"Hey Hay Lin" a cute girl with straw-blonde hair, worn in braids said coming towards the air guardian and the jinchuriki she was wearing a baggy violet sweater with a black stripe through the middle slightly covering her C-cup sized breasts, she also had a purple skirt that covered her nice athletic ass and seemed tight around her hips but seemed like it fit and it only reached above her knees
"Hey Elyon I want you to meet my friend Naruto he's new" Hay Lin said introducing Naruto to one of her other friends
"Hi nice to meet you" Naruto said extending his hand to the pretty girl who was blushing slightly as he was everything she wanted in her perfect guy and as she took his hand she felt a jolt of electricity flow through her for a moment then it passed like it was never there to begin with
"It's nice to meet you, so do you like to draw?" Elyon asked wanting to know what his style of drawing is or what type of art he was into
"Well i've never really drawn before but I do admire art" Naruto said as he remembered when he saw all the paintings Sai had done and was really impressed by them
"Well we're going to be doing portrait's today hope you'll let me see yours when you're finished" Elyon said wanting to see if the blond had any talent in one of her favorite activities/hobbies
(a few minutes before the class ended)
Both Hay Lin and Elyon were shocked at what they were looking at the blond had not only done a nice portrait of a beautiful red headed woman and a handsome blond man but he seemed to capture much emotion in the picture as it gave of the feeling of love and hope
"Are you sure you never drawn before? because this is a masterpiece!" Elyon said still looking at the picture with shock
"Yeah Naruto this picture is like really good!" Hay Lin said wondering if she could ever draw something with this much feeling
"Yeah thanks guys it means a lot but yeah this is my first time painting" Naruto said rubbing the back of his head while smiling nervously
The bell rings and as the group of three leave they meet up with the other girls in history but the teacher was out so they just talked with one another getting to know each other a little better as Naruto and Will were still new they were usually asked questions but they still asked the others about each other and grew closer forming a strong bond of friendship
Later when the bell rang they continued there conversation to the lunchroom while eating the crappy processed food that most schools served and as time seemed to quickly go by as they talk Naruto, Will, Cornelia, and Elyon went to science and when they arrived the teacher had given them an insect to dissect and remove their organs
Cornelia was paired with Elyon and since Will was new and the class had an even number when she showed up Naruto was automatically partnered up with her
Naruto saw that will didn't like having to dissect something so he volunteered to do it and even though he was a sage he had no problem doing this for her and when the lesson was over and everyone had given their notes to the teacher Naruto went to the class he didn't have any of his friends in but when he got there, he saw different types of instruments in a room with no one there and as he walked in he saw an instrument that seemed to catch his eye, it was a black guitar with orange flame like designs and as he picked it up he suddenly started to play some chords relying on only instinct he played it well for someone who never picked up a guitar before
Naruto after a while stopped and as the cord's ringing started to fade he heard clapping and saw he had an audience of a couple dozen people, soon all of them started clapping causing him to blush in embarrassment
"Young man what is your name?" an old man who wore a professional red dress shirt and black dress pants and even though he looked professional he looked like he was very lax
"Um Naruto Namikaze sir" Naruto said looking towards the man wondering if he did something that may have upset the teacher
"You young man have talent you should try for the school band or the many bands that are forming outside of school" the man said not wanting the blond's talent to be wasted
A few people came up to the blond wanting him to join their band but the one that really caught his attention was 'wreck 55' because he could see they formed the band for there love of music and friendship
(later at the gym)
The coach was out sick so everyone could do whatever activity they wanted so Naruto, Will, Taranee, and Irma decided to do a two-on-two match of basketball Naruto and Taranee vs Will and Irma
Naruto and Taranee were winning by a landslide as Taranee was a pro at basketball even though Naruto had trouble getting use to the sport Taranee made up for it as he usually passed the ball to her, Will and Irma put up a good game but they couldn't keep up with Taranee as she had the skills of a pro
"Good game you guys!" Naruto said shaking Irma's and Will's hand to congratulate them on a good game
As everyone left the school and went their separate ways Naruto walked Hay Lin to the silver dragon and went through the alley to go through the kitchen in the back and the moment they came in they were greeted by the head matriarch of Hay Lin's family
She asked them how school was and wanted to know how Naruto enjoyed his day she was a little mad that some punk made fun of his name but put the anger aside and left the two teens to get some homework done then help out in the restaurant