Naruto, the Hidden Genius of the Leaf
Chapter 10
The next week Team 7 came to the mission room for their missions for the day, most likely rank D ones after what happened on their first rank C
"Morning Jiji, what's it going to be today?" asked Naruto as they came over
"I have two rank D missions for you today" answered Hiruzen "I need you two help move in two new residents of the village into their new homes and give them a proper tour"
"You're talking about Haku and Inari right?" asked Naruto
"Correct" answered Hiruzen "This is where they will be moving to, as well as some money to furnish their homes as well as food and other things they might need"
"Well lets go pick them up and take them to see where they will live" said Kakashi as he took the two mission scrolls "Then we'll do the shopping and tour afterwords"
"Any idea where they'll be staying at?" asked Sakura
"It's in the scroll" said Hiruzen "And don't worry I already informed the owner of where they'll be staying of their arrival today"
Naruto as the owner of the Uzumaki Apartments was indeed informed about Haku and Inari moving in and was happy about it, not that he showed it as not to let Sakura and Sasuke know. Yet
Team 7 went over to the Saratobi clan compound to pick up Haku and Inari so they can take them to where they're going to live
"Hey Naruto!" said Inari as the group came up to the gate to the compound
"I see you got a new outfit" noted Naruto as Inari was now wearing newer cloths that weren't as lose as his old ones and his sword was proudly strapped to his back still
"Ah, it's good to see you again" greeted Haku as he came over "I take it you're the ones to help us settle in?"
"That's correct" answered Kakashi "It's only fitting in my opinion that as the ones to bring you here are the ones to help get you settled in"
"So Inari how do you like Kohona so far?" asked Naruto
"It's been great so far" answered Inari
"Alright now lets see where we're going" said Kakashi as he opened the scrolls to find the addresses of where the two will be living "Well this makes it much easier"
"What does sensei?" asked Sakura
"Both Haku and Inari are moving into the same place" answered Kakashi as he closed the scrolls "Alright lets head on over there"
The group headed over to the part of the village where the Uzumaki Apartments were, which again was a nice part of the village
"Where are we going?" asked Sakura "This area looks even nicer than where I live"
"Oh you'll see" said Kakashi
Soon the group arrived at the apartment complex and saw the name of it
"What? Uzumaki Apartments? Since when has this been here?" asked Sakura "I've never heard of this place"
"Some of my past relatives built this place as a place for our clan to stay in Kohona as we once had our own secrete village at one point" answered Naruto "Which means I own and live at this place"
"You own property!?" asked Sakura who could not or would not believe what she was hearing
"Believe it Sakura, as Naruto is also my landlord as I live here as well" said Kakashi
Both Sasuke and Sakura gave Kakashi a look of shock when they heard that
"A bunch of ANBU live here as well, but that's about it" said Naruto with a shrug "No one else willingly lives here as I own the place, so there's plenty of room for more people to move in"
"I have to say Naruto it's just as nice as my clan's compound" said Sasuke who was impressed with how well the place looked
"Well Naruto as you're the owner, care to take us where Haku and Inari's apartments?" asked Kakashi
"Sure its on they're on the fourth floor" replied Naruto as he led them into the main building
"Hey who lives in the other building?" asked Inari
"It's empty at the moment" answered Naruto "So it's just storage at the moment"
"Anyone planning on moving in anytime soon?" asked Sasuke
"I heard Kiba has been thinking about moving here at some point, but besides that no" answered Naruto
As the group headed up to the fourth floor Sakura and Sasuke noticed that the entire third floor was closed off
"Third floor is my library and where I make my seals" explained Naruto when he saw their faces "Oh hey Iruka!"
Sasuke and Sakura both looked up the stairs and lo and behold Iruka was headed up the stairs with a bag of groceries
"Oh hey Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke it see you're helping some people move in is see" replied Iruka
"Sure are Iruka sensei" replied Naruto
"Well don't let me hold you up" said Iruka as he continued up the stairs
"Who was that?" asked Inari
"Our old teacher Iruka, he's the best teacher at the academy by far" answered Naruto
"You think he'd be my teacher?" asked Inari
"I'm not sure, I hope so" replied Naruto
"Since when did Iruka live here?" asked Sakura
"Sometime after we started at the academy" answered Naruto "Come on we're almost there"
Naruto led them to two adjacent apartments on the fourth floor "Alright the one on the left is yours Haku and the one on the right is for you Inari"
The inside of the two apartments were just the basic layout, but had the latest appliances installed
"Well here's the key to your apartment" said Naruto as he gave Inari and Haku their key "Now lets fill your places up with what you need"
"Where's the best place to get furniture?" asked Haku
"I have a woodshop on the first floor, so any wooden furniture you need I can have my Shadow Clones make it anyway you want it to look" answered Naruto "Still working on learning how to make fabrics and electronics, so we'll have to go out and get that stuff
"Naruto electronics are very hard to make" said Kakashi "Not to mention expensive"
"I was only joking about the electronic part Kakashi" said Naruto "I'm not planning on learning that for a while"
"Well lets see what you can make while we go out and finish the mission" said Kakashi
(Line Break)
By the end of the day both Haku and Inari were settled in to their new apartments with brand new furniture and clothing
"Mission complete" said Kakashi "Lets head back to the Hokage and turn them in"
"Right" agreed Team 7
After they turned in the missions Team 7 headed back to Naruto's place. When they arrived Sasuke asked if they could see the library
"Why?" asked Naruto
"I was just wondering if you had any jutsu scrolls I could borrow" replied Sasuke
"That part is closed off" said Naruto as he let them into the library "But if you tell me what you're looking for I could fetch it for you"
Sasuke and Sakura noticed that Naruto had a large amount of books and scrolls on various subjects and in the back were two solid oak doors with various seals going across them and a sign that said: Restricted Keep Out above them
"So Sasuke what kind of jutsu are you looking for?" asked Naruto
"A clone jutsu I can use, as well as some more fire jutsus" answered Sasuke
"Let me check real quick" said Naruto as he entered into the restricted section of his library
Sakura however kept the door from closing all the way and went in after Naruto for some reason
"Sakura what are you doing!?" demanded Sasuke as he went after her in a panic
Kakashi being there with them also followed in after Sakura to stop her, also worried about what will happen
"What? How is there stuff on all the clans?" pondered Sakura when she noticed the different sections as she tried looking for Naruto
Sasuke also saw this, but didn't focus on them as he knew he shouldn't be in this section
"Sakura what are you doing in here?" demanded Naruto as he stood in the open area of the restricted section of his library that was in the far back when she finally found him
"Where did you get all this information?" asked Sakura "This looks like stuff right out of the different clan libraries"
"And how do you figure that?" asked Naruto
"You have symbols for each clan marked in different sections in here" answered Sakura "Even Sasuke's clan"
Sasuke did see that there was a large amount of scrolls on a shelf that did have his clan's symbol at the top and when he looked at one, saw that there was indeed information right out of his clan library
"You want the truth?" asked Naruro "Fine, Jiji called me out a few years ago after I stole my way into the Nara clan compound and gathered anything that they left lying around. When he did he told me that I'm allowed to go into anywhere in the village and obtain any information, or something that catches my eye"
"And the reason that is because Naruto's ability to sneak into anywhere in the village shows extreme security risks and holes in the village" added Kakashi "So pretty much anything Naruto wants he can have, within reason, as a reward for him showing us those weakness"
"So you managed to get all this over the course of a couple of years, with the help of those Shadow Clones you use so much" said Sasuke
"Correct" replied Naruto "For the most part I'd copy anything I found"
"Hey Naruto when did you get the stuff from my clan?" asked Sasuke
"Shortly after your clan was killed off" answered Naruto "It was the last clan I went into, but I'm not sure how much was left in there after the attack"
"I see" said Sasuke "Well could you help me see what is left and recover what was lost?"
"Make it a mission and I'll do it" said Naruto "I don't work for free"
"Wasn't going to ask you to do it for free" said Sasuke "Just how much would it cost me?"
"That's up to Jiji" said Naruto "But now I do have those scrolls you wanted"
"Good to hear" said Sasuke as he was given those scrolls
"You should give Sasuke everything you have in here, he's more deserving of it" demanded Sakura
"No I don't Sakura, if Naruto can sneak into clan compounds and swipe their things" countered Sasuke "Then he can keep them, no matter what they are"
Sakura stormed off in a huff from being pretty much told off
"Now that she's gone, care to tell me how you have something that looks so much like my Sharingan?" asked Sasuke
"You're going to have to take a seat, cuz it's a long story" said Naruto
Sasuke sat down and was told by both Naruto and Kakashi the reasons behind Naruto having a different type of Sharingan. This included things like Naruto's father and grandmother where he got it from, the Kyuubi who made it possible for him to gain it as well as his kitsune powers
"Dang...I can't believe you're the son of the Fourth Hokage, who himself came from my clan due to rather poor circumstances" said Sasuke who was having a hard time absorbing everything
"Well at least this means we're related, if distantly" said Naruto
"Man... I wonder just how messed up my family really was before Itachi killed them" said Sasuke who suddenly had a thought "That's why he did it isn't it? He found something really bad that they were doing and had to stop them anyway possible, right?"
"That's up to the Hokage to tell you Sasuke" said Kakashi "We're not allowed to speak about it any further than this"
"But yes, there was a deeper reason for what happened that night" added Naruto
"I have a lot to think about" said Sasuke before walking out towards his house
"I'm worried about what Sakura is going to do after finding about you having so much information from the other clans" said Kakashi with worry
"I activated a seal to wipe her mind of everything she learned here" said Naruto "It's an extra layer of protection I placed. Sasuke on the other hand I let go as we can trust him to keep this all to himself"
"So Sakura is going to be running around angry for some reason that she doesn't know about?" asked Kakashi
"Yep, plus whoever put her up to sneaking into my private library" said Naruto "Which I have no idea how they would know about that as I've never told anybody about it except you, Iruka and Jiji"
"What do you mean by that?" asked Kakashi
"Why in the world would she come in here the way she did and act the way she did if someone didn't ask her to find out what I had" explained Naruto
"That is strange" agreed Kakashi "But I don't know who would know about your private stash of information to try to find out what it was"
"I don't know either, I mean Danzo was killed by the Kyuubi the night everything went so wrong" said Naruto "So it can't be him"
(Line Break)
A few days latter Naruto decided to test Inari's potential and also found out that Haku had been made into a chunin due to his skill level and many years being trained by Zabuza
"Alright Inari, sit down and relax, and try to find your chakra" instructed Naruto who had Inari sitting in a fuinjutsu circle he had drawn
"Alright Naruto" said Inari as he began trying to locate his chakra
It took a little over an hour, but Inari managed to find and unlock his chakra which Naruto found to be about the same level as Konohamaru's and that he had a rather strong affinity towards water when he tested him for his elemental affinity. Naruto also found something, strange in Inari's chakra that he couldn't figure out, and neither could Kumara as he never seen anything like it before in his long lifespan. Care to take a guess?
"Well Inari I'm proud to say that you have great potential to become a great ninja someday" said Naruto happily "But I should tell you that I noticed something odd about your chakra that I can't explain, like at all"
Inari thought about something for a moment before saying "Garmps told me that our family came from the sea itself a long ago, but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it"
"Huh, that is interesting" noted Naruto "It'd explain your strong connection to the element of water, but that's about it as far as I can tell"
"Hey maybe once I become a ninja I could figure it out!" said Inari excitedly
"Yes you could indeed try to find out the reason" agreed Naruto "But you have to study hard to become a ninja first"
"Blegh homework" complained Inari which Naruto laugh to his reaction
(Line Break)
Latter that day Naruto met up with Haku to see how he was doing
"I'm doing alright" answered Haku "The Hokage suggested that I help out at the hospital seeing how I'm fairly skilled with medical jutsus and remedies"
"You should do Haku" suggested Naruto "I myself have thought about doing that"
"It might help people like you more" said Haku who noticed the way Naruto was treated by the villagers and some of the ninjas
"I'll ask Kakashi senesei about it" said Naruto "Anyway did you get put onto a team yet?"
"No not yet" answered Haku "Not that I mind to much, if anything I'll probably wind up joining the medical staff at the ninja hospital as a med nin"
"I could see you doing that really easily" said Naruto "You have the mindset and heart to do it"
"Thanks Naruto" said Haku gratefully "Anyway I better get going, there's somethings I need to take care of"
(Line Break)
"Hey Kakashi sensei can I ask you something?" asked Naruto a few days after talking to Haku
"Sure, what is it?" replied Kakashi
"I was wondering if we could help out at the hospital for a day or two" answered Naruto "It'd be great experience for us"
"Ah I see" said Kakashi seeing what Naruto was getting at as Naruto was interested in medicine. Not enough to make it his focus mind you, but a rather healthy amount in any case "Sure why not"
(Line Break)
And thus Team 7 found themselves outside the ninja hospital a week latter, alongside Team 8. Much to Naruto and Hinta's joy
"Alright, I'll bite" said Kiba "Why are we here?"
"We are going to being helping out here everyday this day" explained Kakashi
"Today will be spent finding out where your skills will be best put to use" added Kurenai
"And no one can prevent you from helping out" added Hiruzen as he passed by on his way to the hot springs for his break, interrupting what Asuma was going to say
The most of the hospital staff weren't thrilled to have Naruto there to help out, but couldn't do anything as Hiruzen made some rather stiff threats if they prevented Naruto from helping out to the best of his abilities
"If you all follow me we'll get you fitted into some normal scrubs" said the head of the hospital
Soon the group were wearing scrubs with the undershirt and pants being the primary color of their normal clothing, or in Naruto's case in his favorite color orange. Not a bright neon orange used by hunters out in the woods, but a dull sunset orange
Sakura, Ino and Shino were tasked with cataloging, Choji was sent to help with meal preparations, Shikimaru was sent to assist with medicines as his family made many of the medicines used in the village, and the rest were tasked with helping out the staff tend to patients
People's response to Naruto being there to help them get better was a shock to most. Some even demanded that he leave and stay far away from them, which he did and helped those willing to let him
The staff found Naruto was well versed in many medical fields during the course of the day, even though he didn't want to make such skills his focus it was still highly impressive
"Kakashi would it be alright if Naruto took a more active role in helping us?" asked the head of staff
"Sure, but ask Naruto if he wants to or not" replied Kakashi "But him learning more would be a boon for the team. Even if Sakura would be the best choice to learn these skills, given her near perfect chakra control"
"That is true, but she just doesn't have the mindset right now to learn how to use medical jutsus" said the man "I mean if she thought about it enough, she'd see it'd be the best way to help Sasuke out"
"Even Ino, who also is a fan girl of Sasuke has began to separate that behavior away from her training" said Asuma
The next day Naruto was asked if he wanted to help out with treating patients in more direct ways. Which Naruto agreed to, but also told them that while he knows how to form chakra scalpels, they're more like buzzsaws due to how much chakara he has and how his control isn't high enough yet to use it correctly
The staff took the hint at what Naruto was saying on just how far he was willing to help out in treating people. They tested Naruto's medical knowledge, before they felt comfortable granting Naruto that privilege, during the rest of the week. The staff also allowed the teams keep the scrubs they were given, just in case they ever help out again. So long as they keep them clean
Once the week was over everyone decided to go to Hinata's place to talk about their experience at the hospital
"I never thought that we'd help out in the hospital" said Kiba
"Me either" agreed Ino "But I luckily had some prior knowledge on medicine for me to fall back"
"Same here" added Shikamaru "It was a drag, but it felt nice helping people like that"
"Yeah I know" agreed Choji "I even found some new things to try and learned how to make stuff that even Ino or Sakura would eat"
"Hey! I've started eating more!" said Ino indigently
"But what about your figure?" asked Sakura shocked that Ino would dare to eat more
"Being a ninja burns off the extra calories I've been eating" said Ino "You seriously should eat more too, or your going to wind up in the hospital"
"I know what I'm doing Ino pig!" shouted Sakura, only to be glared at by everyone around
"Sakura, leave you're being too loud and rude to stay" said Hinata as she pointed towards the door
"But what about Naruto?!" demanded Sakura "He's a slob! I mean look at him!"
Everyone gave her a look like she was crazy as Naruto was clearly being very well manered
"Out now" ordered Hintata as she activated her Byakugan, giving her a very intimidating appearance
Sakura quickly left upon seeing that. Hinata then deactivated her Byakugan and returned to her sweet normal self
"I never thought I'd see that" noted Sasuke who was amazed with how scary Hintata was just now
"She can be even scarier" said Naruto with a shudder "Trust me"
Hinata gave Naruto an amusing smile
"Lets forget this and get back to what we were talking about" suggested Shikamaru
"Right" everyone agreed
"So what all did you do?" Ino asked Hinata, Sasuke and Nartuto
"I mostly helped with the elderly and children" answered Hinata
"Just basic things really" answered Sasuke "I will say that while I appreciate medical jutsu, I just feel that it doesn't suit me. I know first-aid, but that's going to be about it"
"I did pretty much the same thing" said Naruto, even though he got to help the staff prep for surgery on the last day which was interesting to say the least but didn't want to say anything about it
"Well I decided to learn some medical jutsu so I can help Arkamaru and my teammates if they get hurt really badly" announced Kiba "It was really fun learning all the stuff we did"
"I too wish to learn medical jutsu to help my teammates" said Hinata "I don't know why non of my clansmen wanted to learn it before, our dojutsu is perfect for healing others"
"Who knows" said Kiba "Is anyone else interested in learning more medical stuff?"
"I might learn some more" said Ino
"It's too troublesome to learn" said Shikamaru "But I'm willing to learn a few"
"Nope" said Choji
"Me either" said Shino
"I already gave my answer" said Sasuke
"I'm all for it" said Naruto "I mean somebody has to since Sakura isn't going to do so anytime soon, even though she'd probably be great at it if she actually focused on mastering medicine instead of trying to get Sasuke in bed with her"
"Ewww don't say that!" said Ino
"Trust me, I've seen the pictures Naruto took of her shrine" said Sasuke "And it's the worst one out of them all according to Naruto"
"You're kidding, right?" asked Ino
"I have the folder with me right now if you want to take a look" offered Naruto as he pulled said folder out of his shirt
"Here let me see" said Ino as she took the folder and took a look
She quickly tossed it back with a pale and disgusted face
"See, she's got some serious issues" said Sasuke
"Good Kami, that's way worse than how I used to act" said Ino with horror in her voice
"Her mother most likely encouraged that behavior to the point it is now" said Shino "How do I know? My father spoke about how her mother, who by the way is on the Civilian Counsel is deep down a gold digger"
"Me and Naruto are aware of that" said Sasuke "As well as our sensei, and non of us know how to save her from her current path to a early grave"
"To think we ruined our friendship over you" said Ino sadly "When I should have stuck to her side, maybe then I could have kept her from going so far into the deep end"
"Try to mend it Ino" said Naruto "Before it's to late"
"I'll try" replied Ino
"Dinner is ready" said a branch member from the doorway
"Thank you Ko" thanked Hinata
"Hmmm I really enjoy eating your clans cooking" said Naruto with a look of bliss "It's some of the best food I get to eat"
"Glade you like it so much" replied Hinata
Dinner was a slightly more formal affair than most of the young ninjas were used to, but it went rather well anyway
Note: I'd like to know when the movies take place as I plan on doing at least some of them. Obviously not the ones after the end of the main run