The Will to Live
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Chapter III
"Welcome to a New World"
-TWTL-
Soichiro stared at the grinning blonde with an unreadable expression. His dark eyes scanning the blondes body, completely ignoring the destroyed room around him.
"There's barley a wound on his body, two days ago he was covered in blood and bruises." the man thought.
Their was also the fact that when the young teen spoke, his Japanese was heavily accented. It took allot to understand the teens introduction.
"Uzumaki Naruto, what a strange name." he mused.
Naruto on the other hand was beginning to sweat as the slightly intimidating man continued to stare at him with a piercing gaze, as if he was staring into his very soul.
"Why hasn't he blinked yet.." the blonde thought to himself.
The two continued to stare at each other. Unintentionally, Naruto gripped the tri-ponged Kunai in his hand tighter, seeing as it was the only weapon he had in reach.
Soichiro saw this, and placed on hand out, as if to tell him to relax. If he was any other person Naruto would have listened, but being in a new world, drained of most of his power, and in unknown territory, add the fact that he was a trained Shinobi and also a powerful one at that, well, he would rather be safe that sorry.
"Relax Uzumaki-san, I wish you no harm."
Naruto blinked.
"What the hell did he just say to me?"
Seeing the confused look on the blondes face, Soichiro sighed inwardly.
"Please relax, I mean you no harm." he spoke louder and slower.
Naruto continued to stare at him, his mind racing.
"His way of speaking, it's familiar, but I can barley understand it."
Naruto swung his legs off the bed, and let himself drop, slightly annoyed at his size, and at how silly he must have looked.
Soichiro, noticed the annoyed look on the boys face and held back a smirk, he was pretty short for someone his age it seemed. If the Don had to guess, the young blonde looked to be around thirteen, a year younger than his daughter.
The blonde bounced on his heels a little, getting the feeling back in his legs, and stretched his arms. The book he received from his father left on the bed behind him, but the Kunai was still gripped tightly in his hands.
Soichiro once again saw this, and decided it'd be best to not hold the sharp blade in his hands. Bending down, he placed the Katana on the ground and then slowly came up, both arms out in a 'I mean no harm' gesture.
Naruto understood what he meant, and placed the Kunai on the bed behind him. The blonde still had his guard up of course, even in his weakened state, he could still fend off whoever the man before him was, he could sense no Chakra from him.
He was brought out of his thoughts when the man suddenly spoke, his voice deep and low, demanding respect. Whoever he was, he was obviously a leader.
"My name, is Takagi Soichiro."
Naruto gave a nod, showing he understood. It was hard, but if he broke down some of the words, he could understand.
"You were found outside of my estate, heavily injured, and in the middle of a large crater. You are in my home, my staff has been keeping you alive."
"Not like you needed it." he added inwardly.
The spiky haired blonde before him looked good as new, save for some of the signs of fatigue and the slightly red skin.
The Don's eyes narrowed.
"His skin looks like it went through major burns. It looks fresh too, like it recently happened." The dark orbs drifted to stare at the bright blue ones. "Considering his strange appearance, could he have also been the reason for the sudden Earthquake that happened recently."
His eyes lingered on the ocean blue orbs, watching them take notice of his sudden staring, and even more surprisingly, harden, much like a solider.
"Could he be some sort of super solider. It is possible. I have to take in every possibility, after all, it's not every day a teenage boy appears from thin air, looking as if he just escaped a war field."
Naruto however, was having thoughts of his own.
"Why the hell does he keep staring at me." The blonde gave it some more thought. "Granted, I did sort of just come out of nowhere, and he did find me seriously injured probably before I started healing. Meh, whatever, he needs to stop with the staring."
Steeling his eyes, he pointed at the much older man rudely, and spoke.
"Hey old man, quite your staring. It's kind of creepy!"
Soichiro was caught off guard by the sudden outburst. His trained ears understand some of what the heavily accented blonde was saying.
"Creepy, old, staring."
A small smirk came on the older mans face as he continued to stare the still pointing blonde, watching as a vain pulsed on his head.
"What the hell are you smirking about!"
"You have quite the big temper for such a short boy." Soichiro commented. The smirk still in place.
Now that, Naruto understood. His head grew two sizes, and his eyes went blank once more.
"Who the hell are you calling short you bushy eyebrowed bastard!"
Soichiro felt his eyebrow twitch, understanding the insult perfectly. He could already tell this boy had a way of getting under someones skin.
Calming himself, the man made no verbal response, instead he reached down, picked up his blade, then turned around and motioned for the blonde to follow him. If he felt good enough to talk, then he could walk.
Naruto watched the older man turn around, and make a follow me gesture. Reaching behind him he grabbed the book and the Kunai, then followed the strange in his eyes, man out. The two walked up a set of stairs the walls were dark, and there wasn't much light.
The trip was relevantly silent, and slightly awkward in Narutos eyes, but it could be worse, he could be a prisoner. Reminding himself that he was still in unknown territory, the blonde continued to scan around him for any escapes or anything he could use to keep himself alive. Reaching the door, Soichiro stopped and turned to the slightly surprised blonde, giving him another once over.
"Judging by the weapon in his hand, he might not be used to large amounts of technology." his eyes scanned the Kunai "A Kunai of all things, what a strange choice of weapon. Could it be that just as some of us still follow the way of the Samurai, some have chosen to honor the way of the Shinobi." he mused.
Before Naruto could once again ask what the man was looking at, he twisted the knob on the door, and stepped out, the whiskered teen hesitantly following. Once he stepped out, he felt his eyes widen and his mouth drop.
He had never seen anything like this.
All around the house were expensive crystal like thing, pictures of random things he couldn't begin to name. The house was tall, and made out of a different material than he had ever seen.
Everything looked so advanced.
I mean, back home, he had seen similar things, but never on this scale.
Soichiro continued to watch as different emotions crossed the blondes face, the main ones being curiosity and shock.
"So my theory might be correct after all." the Don thought.
Naruto continued to admire the expensive furniture and carpeting, and this was only the hallway. The Don stepped in front of the blonde, obscuring the much shorter boys view with his large body, snapping him yet again, out of his trance like state.
"Come boy." he stated simply.
Naruto looked at him and processed the words, before nodding, and following after the man, his eyes taking in the strangeness.
The blonde was captivated by the strange things he was seeing, as they walked by the windows, he could see a large field, and outside, large metallic contraptions standing still some moving around with people inside of them.
Finally reaching the double doors of the Don's private office, Soichiro pushed them open, and nodded two the two guards standing beside each door giving them a small sign, while Naruto gave them an awkward once over.
Stepping into the office, the blonde had to admit, it was nice.
There was an expensive carpet, with a large desk, a small square object placed on it, at the corner was a picture of the man, Soichiro and an older woman who he presumed to be his wife, with a younger girl with light pink hair, which had to be his daughter, there was also a small lamp behind the picture.
Papers were neatly stacked, and there was a small circular thing on the desk, with a bottle of what he presumed to be alcohol on top of it. All over the walls were portraits and framed certificates, there was a large windows with expensive looking curtains, over looking a garden and a small pond with what seemed to be koi-fish.
"Sit." Sochiro stated.
Pulling up a chair, the blonde nodded, and sat down, facing a plain old wall. Until the older man grabbed a remote and pressed a button, the wall opening up to reveal a small rectangular object.
Naruto stared at it curiously, and watched as he pressed another button, and the screen lit up, and people appeared talking to each other.
Narutos eyes were glued to the plasma screen television, shocked at how advanced this new world was.
Soichiro gave a smirk as he walked around his desk and took a seat in his favorite chair. His ears picking up the voice of one of the news reporters.
"We are here in the Tokonosu District talking to one of the victims of the surprising and strange Earthquake that transpired not even half an hour ago. Sir, what can you tell us about this event?"
The man looked to be in his early forty's, and shaken up.
"I don't know, one second I'm driving to the store to buy some groceries, and the next I lose control of my car, while the very ground I was driving on starts shaking uncontrollably. Almost crashed I tell you."
The woman gave a nod, and moved the microphone back to her.
"Indeed, a surprising and random occurrence, following up the bright flashes that occurred two days ago. It seems like the Tokonosu District is getting it's fair amount of interesting activity this week. More on that, and the Earthquake tonight at eight."
Soichiros eyes drifted to the blonde, his thoughts wandering as he watched him continue to stare at the screen.
"Could he have been the reason for the Earthquake? It already took enough to convince the Media it was a small vehicle crash, and to hide the crater. Having to explain an Earthquake will be much harder."
Naruto however was completely unaware that he was the reason for such happenings. Instead, his attention was focused on the technology before him.
"Holy crap! That's so freaking cool! I have no idea what the hell they're saying, but how did they get in that box!" he thought excitedly.
He was actually taking the fact that he was in a new world pretty well. A cough from Soichiro caught his attention, and he turned his head to face the Don, watching him lower the volume of the television.
"Now then, I understand I must speak very slowly and use the simplest words I can for you to understand me. You're variation of Japanese is much older, and so harder to understand from what I can tell."
Naruto gave a slow nod, showing his understanding, although it was hard to do at some points.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Can you tell me why you appeared on my property in a flash of light that blacked out most of the city, in a crater, looking as if you just stepped out of a war field?"
Naruto stared hard at the man, his eyes narrowing.
"Shit! What do I tell him. 'Hey! I'm from another Dimension, me and my best friend were having a major battle, when the energy of a legendary demonic fox and cursed energy opened a rip in the time space continuum. No, he'd have me locked up somewhere."
Giving a sigh, the teen opened his mouth to speak. However, the sounds of arguing from the closed doors distracted the two. The screams grew louder, and then the sounds of struggling before the doors were unceremoniously opened and a young girl walked in.
Saya was not happy.
Her mother and her had just returned from the Mall, seeing as it was put on lock down from the sudden quake. Her day was ruined, and what supposed to be a relaxing mother daughter trip turned into a panicked frenzy.
Once they arrived home, she spotted her fathers car, and tried finding him all over the estate, however he was no where to be found, she checked his office first, but he was not there.
So, after searching around, she found a small door her father ordered her to stay away from opened in the hall. So, putting the pieces together, she was now facing the guards that stood in her way of her father, and the recently awakened 'guest'.
"I'm sorry Takagi-sama, the Don is speaking with someone, he gave us the sing to not allow anyone to enter."
The pink haired girl growled in anger, her golden brown eyes narrowing dangerously.
"I. Don't. Care. I want to talk to him!."
The guards sweat dropped at the angered youth, and looked at each other. It was a well known fact that the daughter of the Takagi family had inherited a very dangerous aspect from her mother, the ability to inflict fear in any mans heart.
Finally losing her patience, the girl shoved past them and kicked the door open, stepping into the office, and making direct eye contact with a pair of stunningly blue eyes.
"Wait...blue?" She thought, slightly surprised.
Her eyes scanned over the blonde, who currently had no shirt on, her eye lingering on his developing body. For someone so young, he was already building up some serious muscle.
She let her cheeks flush at how surprisingly attractive the battered body they found not two days ago really was.
Shaking her head, she forced her glare on the now waving blonde, he began to sweat when he noticed said girl glaring at him.
Remembering full well the power of the enraged female hormone. For a second, a flash of Tsunade and Sakura invaded his vision, a bit of sadness entering his expression, something Soichiro did not miss.
"You!" Saya growled.
Naruto blinked, the sweat rising.
"Me?" he mumbled weakly.
"You're the cause of all of this stress!" She pointed at him accusingly, as a fire lit in her eyes.
"Shit! Enraged pink haired female! I'm so screwed!"
Saya however continued to glare at the blonde, her mind however was racing.
"How is he up and moving right now? He looked to be at Deaths door not even two days ago. None of this is making sense!"
Her frustration was growing, along with her anger, and being only fourteen years old, she had no control of it whats so ever.
Soichiro stood, and let his leader like personality shine, a serious expression coming over him as his fixated his daughter with a serious stare.
"Saya, do not step into my office like that again, this could have been a seriously important meeting, ruined because of you."
Her anger began to lower, and her cheeks were tinted red with embarrassment at her fathers scolding. Naruto watched her, and sweat dropped.
"Holy bi-polar." he mused.
"Uzumaki-san, I'm sorry. This is my daughter. Takagi Saya, who will be taking her leave after introductions are done with." the Don spoke.
Naruto gave the girl a fox like grin, and scratched the back of his head, unintentionally giving her an eye full of his upper body.
"Names Uzumaki Naruto, nice to meet you Saya-chan!"
The girl growled.
"Who the hell said you could call me by my first name! And put a shirt on you pervert!" she cried.
Naruto blinked, and looked down at himself, as if just now realizing that he held no shirt. His eyes wandered to his chest, and noticed something of great importance missing.
"The Shodais necklace!" he cried, the precious stone given to him by Tsunade missing from his neck.
"My stuff! Where is my stuff?" the teen cried loudly, surprising the occupants of the room.
The urgency of his tone was not missed by anyone, and the look in his eyes made most of then nervous.
"All of your things are placed inside of one of the knocked over cabinets in the room you woke up in."
Naruto understood that easily.
Saya suddenly felt a sharp wind pass by her, and Soichiros eyes winded as the blonde seemed to vanish from his eyes, and suddenly appear in front of the door.
"Fast!" thought the pink haired genius with wide eyes.
"That speed, is unbelievable. I barley saw him move!" the Don thought.
The Don moved from behind his desk and followed the blonde, as did Saya, and the two guard followed them because, well, its their job.
Naruto however was ignoring everything, as he ducked and evaded random people which he believed to be maids and staff, before making a sharp turn and jumping head long into the door he earlier came out of.
The teen rushed down the steps and into the small underground room before searching wildly for the knocked over cabinet, the grip on his Kunai tighter.
His eyes finally saw a small brown square, and rushed to it.
Ripping the cabinet open, he looked to see his orange jumpsuit ripped and tattered, blood and dirt staining the fabric.
Over it was his Shinobi pouch, a few Kunai and Shuriken still inside, along with a few Solider Pills.
Next to it was his headband, folded neatly. Right in front of that were his Shinobi sandals, and in the middle of it all, wrapped in a small white fabric, was the first Hokages necklace.
The blonde placed the Tri-Ponged Kunai down, as well as the 'Tales of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi' that was in his other hand down, and reached inside, ignoring the people who rushed into the room in time to watch him pull out the necklace.
The teen gazed at the stone, and gave a small sigh of relief. This was one of his first ever gifts, it was beyond precious to him. It was his a testimony to him becoming Hokage. Although, he would never accomplish that dream now.
His saddened ocean blue eyes drifted to folded headband, and with one hand, he gripped it tightly.
This, more than anything mattered the most to him. A gift from the first person to truly acknowledge him, and a sing of trust and faith. His Shinobi headband, showing that he was a proud Ninja of Konoha.
Now, he was nothing.
From behind him, Soichiro and Saya, watched him, with a growing sadness. The guards were ordered to stay upstairs by Soichiro once they reached the lower rooms doorstep.
Saya continued to stare at the exposed back of the blonde.
Her mind racing.
"I don't understand! I've read dozens of books on Psychology. I should be able to at least read his motives. He shouldn't be walking right now, nothing can be able to stand up after the condition he was in, and he seemed fine in daddy's office, and now here he is, a different person, immersed in his own world." her confusion was starting to grow once more, and as she stated before, Saya hated not knowing.
"Uzumaki Naruto. Who are you?"
She was brought out of her musings by her fathers hand being placed on her should. Light golden brown eyes met a darker pair.
"Uzumaki-san, we shall be in the main hall. I trust you will be able to find it. I shall have someone bring you something to eat later on in the day, we shall leave you to your own now."
The Don hoped the boy could understand that, and stepped out, lightly closing the door and leaving the blonde teen to his own devices.
Silently, he walked side by side with his daughter, his eyes drifting to her. He recognized the look in her eye, curiosity, confusion. It was the same look Yuriko gave him when they first met.
"She must have inherited that curiosity from her mother." he mused.
"Daddy." his daughter soft voice spoke "What are you going to do with him?" she asked.
Soichiro stayed quiet, before giving a small sigh.
"He will stay with us for a while, until he can get settled in. My honor will not allow me to throw a confused child out into this cold world."
"Besides, I feel as if he would be more of a threat to the world, than the world could ever be to him. That speed, it's not human, he must be some form of trained solider. Right now he is confused, and a confused solider, is a dangerous one." he added inwardly.
"Where did he come from? How is he even alive right now?" she asked her father all of these questions as they stepped out of the stairway and into the hall, ignoring the two guards that saluted their leader.
"I have many questions as well. The answers will come in time, be patient. Now, let us go and see your mother." he spoke as he crossed his arms behind his back, and walked calmly to the main hall.
Saya huffed, her eyes darting back to the small door, before giving a small sigh.
"Be patient he says...how can I be, when such an interesting enigma is going to be living with us from here on out."
The girl shook her head quickly "Why am I suddenly so interested in him.." she wondered, a flash of ringed eyes invaded her mind.
Saya growled at herself, and gave out a frustrated sigh.
"All of this stressing is doing me no good. I should focus on other things." With a small nod, she went after her father, trying to focus on other matters besides their new blonde guest.
-TWTL-
Naruto didn't know how long he had sat there, just reminiscing on his friends, and his now old life, he had heard the door open, and someone drop off a plate of what he presumed to be food from the smell of it, but he didn't feel like eating.
His mind was to busy thinking how everyone must have been reacting, how they probably thought he and Sasuke killed each other. How Orochimaru must be throwing a hissy fit, or how the Aktasuki must have been freaking out over his disappearance.
It all crossed his mind, and knowing that he was causing his precious people pain, and that they believed him to be dead, hurt the most. He thought about Tsunade or the Pervy-Sage and how he must have been using everything in his power, even his Toads to find him.
"Wait!" the blonde thought "The Toads! If I could just summon them! Their might be a way!" he thought excitedly.
Standing up, the teen took a deep breath, and steeled himself. Going through the necessary hand sings, he raised his hand, and then slammed it on the ground, summoning just enough Chakra to call Gamakichi.
What he expected was a loud poof of smoke, and the frog to freak once he saw him.
What he did not expect was for his eyes to widen, and blood to start pooling out of his mouth and onto the floor, as his insides began to feel the same pain as when he was inside of rift.
He could feel his Chakra ripping itself apart from within him. The blonde fell to his knees holding onto his stomach as the pain continued to grind into him.
From within the seal, the foxes eyes snapped open at the disturbance.
"What hell is going on?" the blonde screamed in his mind.
"You idiot!" a familiar voice roared.
A familiar warm feeling coursed through him as the foxes Chakra worked to counter balance his own, the pain slowly starting to fade away.
Finally catching his breath, the teen wiped the blood left over on his lip with the back of his hand, his eyes still wide.
"Kyubi! How?" he asked aloud.
"Speak in your mind, use your thoughts to communicate with me, unless you want people thinking your insane."
"How's this?"
"Better." it responded.
Naruto inhaled deeply, wincing slightly as his throat and chest began to ache once more, the pain not completely gone.
"Kyubi! What the hell was that! I can't channel Chakra without feeling like my insides are going through a blender!"
He could hear the fox growl.
"Are you so stupid that you can't think that putting your body through a dimensional rift, won't have some form of effect on you. My Chakra can balance it out, but your Chakra is not used to rift energy. It invaded your system, and caused some form of disturbance."
Naruto grunted, and slammed his fist on the wall, causing small cracks to appear around it, a testimony to his strength.
"Are you saying I can't use my Chakra?"
The great fox gave a sigh.
"For now, no. You'll have to wait till the rift energy filters out of your system. Over time it should, and you should be able to regain some of your power, but the more you push it, the more damage you will do to yourself."
"How long will that take!" he asked.
"Rift energy is powerful, very powerful, its pure energy, unlike Chakra which is separated, rift energy is pure and one hundred times stronger, had you been another human, you would have been dead, but your Chakra is surprisingly potent and powerful for a humans, and your body is already used to foreign Chakra, thanks to me. So you survived it invading your system. What it will do to you, I do not know. It could be slowly killing you, or it could make you stronger. Who knows."
The spiky haired blonde groaned, letting his body fall back and hit the floor as he stared at the ceiling.
"So you're telling me I'm dealing with something completely unknown, inside of my body, that could end up slowly killing me, and my main source of power, is currently out of action."
"Yes."
The blonde sighed, his eyes shutting as the pain finally faded away, leaving him feeling sore from the inside out.
"Well, that's just fantastic! Why can't I ever get a break!" he cried aloud.
"The best I can tell you is train your physical energy, and find out what your Rinnegan can do."
"Wait. I thought I couldn't use Chakra, how am I going to use the Rinnegan? Plus, I don't know any Taijutsu style, how am I going to train myself."
The fox gave a small growl, and spoke.
"Think about it mortal. Yes, your Chakra is out of the question, but you're still alive? The Rinnegan requires that you just channel the Chakra into your eyes, it's not a Jutsu, it's a bloodline. It's like cutting off your Chakra flow, it's not like your using a Jutsu, which you need to regulate the Chakra outside of your body as well as inside. With the Rinnegan, you only need to regulate the Chakra inside of your body."
Besides, it's not like the blonde would be able to use some of the more powerful outer Jutsu the Rinnegan allowed just yet, and by the time he could, his body should have filtered out most of the rift energy. Without the outward Jutsu, the Rinnegan still provided with some nice basic skills, such as increased vision, and more precision.
"As for Taijutsu. I have lived many years boy, and I have witnessed many different Taijutsu styles. I could help you learn one of them."
Naruto instantly brightened up at that, a wide grin splitting his face.
"Really? Yatta! Wait, why are you helping me?"
"If I die, you die. I've said it before."
Naruto gave a sly grin.
"Really, or maybe you're actually starting to like me?" he teased.
"Silence fool! As if I would ever consider a pathetic human a comrade. I've had enough of you, do not disturb my sleep again boy. Or else." the fox growled, voice fading away.
Naruto gave a slight frown, and made a 'tch' sound.
"Geez, someones grumpy when they're woken up." he mumbled to himself.
Sighing, the teen turned to food plate, and noticed there was also a small bag, and a fresh pair of clothing there as well with a note. Moving over to pick it up, the blonde began to read it, once again, it was hard considering how different the language was.
"Uzumaki-san, there is a shower near this room, go to it whenever you wish, I have had it prepared for you use. Once you are done, there shall be a servant waiting for you, he shall escort you to the main hall, we shall talk from there. Takagi."
Naruto turned to the plate a food, and felt his stomach growl. With a happy grin, he dug in, and enjoyed the meal.
Once he was done, he picked up the bag, and placed the headband, his Kunai pouch, along with the Tri Kunai and the book his father left him inside of it, the necklace hanging off of his neck, before picking up the clothes and making his way up the stairs, then entering the hallway, slightly shocked at seeing the same guards, but giving them a small nod, which they returned.
Once of them stepped forward and spoke.
"Uzumaki-san, follow me, I shall escort you to your facility."
With a nod, the blonde followed, still amazed by all of the things he saw. Once he reached another door, the guard nodded and motioned for the blonde to enter.
The teen gave him a small wave, and a thank you before stepping into the expensive looking bathroom. Their was a tub and a shower, with everything he would need, on the counter there was a blue towel and a toothbrush with toothpaste.
There was also a mirror, in which he inspected himself, posing a few times, before finally entering the shower, singing a small song as he washed himself.
-TWTL-
Soichiro sat patiently with his wife and daughter in the main hall, it was a large room with a large plasma screen television set, and other expensive things.
Surrounding it were two railings and a set of large stair steps that lead into different rooms. Around it were various ornaments and pictures, and a large window was placed in the middle of the wall, just after the stairway.
"So, this boy speaks a different Japanese than us?" Yuriko asked her husband with curiosity.
"Yes, it's thicker, and feels older. He's quite the character." the man commented.
Saya however, just sat in between her mother and father an annoyed expression on her face.
"I still don't get why I have to be here." she mumbled.
Yuriko gave her daughter a small smile.
"Now now, if I recall, you're the most curious one of us all. You wouldn't stop asking about the Uzumaki-kun for the past two days."
"S-Shut up mother!" she yelled with a blush.
Soichiro just watched the scene with a small amount amusement, his thoughts on the soon to be new resident of their home.
"I sense no ill will from him, and just giving him up to the Media or whoever else may find him seems like a terrible idea. That boy is quite powerful. I can feel it flowing out of him, he is also confused, and leaving him to his own devices would be the worst choice as of right now."
The sound of footsteps caught the attention of the Takagi family, and all eyes turned to the stairs as an older man dressed as a simple butler walked with a bow fully clothed Naruto following behind.
The blonde wore a simple white shirt, his necklace tucked inside of it, and a pair of tan cargo shorts, on his feet were a pair of white socks, with sandals.
The teen seeing the family, gave a small grin and a wave, while the butler gave a small bow, and walked away to do butler like things, at least that's what the blonde believed.
"Thank you for the food, and clothing, and well everything." the teen stated with surprising respect as he gave a small bow.
Soichiro lifted a hand, and gave a small smile.
"It was nothing Uzumaki-san, it would be a blow to m honor to leave you with no form of help. By the way, this is my wife, Takagi Yuriko."
The woman gave a warm smile, and a small wink to the blonde, making him blush.
"Holy hell she's hot!" the teen stated inwardly.
"Nice to meet you mam!" he stated with a grin.
Turning to back to the older man, but not before giving Saya a small grin as well, his blue eyes giving off a slight fox like appeal.
"Now then, back to my earlier question. Sit, please."
Naruto nodded, and sat down on the small chair placed there for him, facing the family.
"Can you please tell my why you suddenly appeared out of thin air."
Now, Naruto was in the lower room, for a good part of the day, so he had time to prepare.
"I...don't remember." he stated.
Soichiros eyes narrowed, while the two females looked at him curiously.
"What do you mean you don't remember?" questioned Saya rudely.
A look from her mother silenced her however.
Naruto grew slightly defensive at her tone, and his eyes hardened as he processed her words.
"I don't remember. Me and a friend we're somewhere in a forest I think, then there was this bright flash of white light, and the rest I don't remember." he explained.
Soichiros eyes closed, and he looked to be deep in though.
"He's lying, very well. If he wishes to keep it to himself, I shall respect his wishes, as long as he brings no trouble to my family."
Opening his eyes, he gave the blonde a small nod.
"That is an inconvenience, hopefully your memory will return with time."
Naruto gave him a grateful look, and the Dons theory was proven correct.
"However, you will stay with us, until then. You will take proper Japaneses classes, and learn to correct yourself, once you have done that, you will attend School with Saya. I shall make sure everything is ready for you by then. You are free to wander the Estate, and only the Estate. Unless you accompany me or my wife outside."
Naruto listened intently, and nodded.
"This man, he's smart, really smart. Either way, I owe him for this."
"Thank you." the teen spoke.
"Think nothing of it, a room has been prepared for you. You shall be lead there by one of our staff. It is getting late, and I'm sure you are quite exhausted. I bid you a goodnight Uzumaki-san. You too Saya." he stated as a man walked next to Naruto, and motioned for him to follow.
Saya stared long and hard at her father, before sighing in defeat, and biding them a goodnight and leaving, but not before giving the blonde one more look.
Naruto then gave the family a nod and bid them all a good night as well, before following the butler. Once they were all gone, Yuriko turned to her husband, her eyes glinting.
"You don't believe him do you?" she asked.
The Don shook his head a no.
"I sense no ill will from him, and throwing him out there would do more harm then good. So he shall remain with us."
Yuriko gave a nod and scooted closer to him, before resting her head on his shoulder.
"Things have gotten quite interesting my love."
Soichiro smirked.
"Yes, they have. I sense something strange from him however, and Saya seems to be very interested in him."
"She's a curios girl, and he's chalk full of interesting things."
The Don closed his eyes and wrapped his arm around his wife.
"Yes, let's see how this will all play out."
-TWTL-
Naruto stepped into his new room, and whistled in appreciation. It was spacious and large, with a nice view of the forest around the estate. There was a nice bed, and a desk with another one of those square things. There were some books on the table, but he would read those in the morning.
Taking his shirt off, and placing his things next to the small desk beside the bed, the blonde pulled out the book his father gave him, and flipped to the first page as he laid down, and began to read.
"The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi, Naruto." he read aloud.
A smile fell on his face at the name of the main Character. He read until his eyes felt heavy, and he drifted off to sleep.
-End-
A/N PLEASE READ
There you have it, I hope you like my update speed, I'm having allot of fun writing. Did you guys not like the last Chapter, I got barley any feedback, and I'm willing to hear some constructive criticism. Anyway, somethings I want to talk about. Yes their language is different, Narutos is older and thicker, but they can still understand each other, he will learn however. It is not because he's from the past, but because in his Dimension Japan never formed, something happened and the Human race developed differently. I also added the Rift Energy as a special treat, how it will effect Naruto, you will have to find out. I hope I did well, next chapter, things move along, and Naruto enters High School. Thank you for your time, please review.
