Kremlin Dusk

Author: sky75rk

Standard disclaimers apply.


Fourth Channel: Introduction

It was another day for the former 'House of the Abandoned', now officially an ordinary house that is not held by the government, to rise and shine. Naruto slipped out of his futon and proceeded to read the small alarm clock to his right. 5 am, it said. His classes start in the afternoon today, and it runs only for three hours, only one subject to attend. It was still too early for some, but he needed to attend to some work before his classes start.

He took his blue jacket off the hanger and wore it while running out. The black gate quietly opened as he commanded and he ran two blocks to get the newspapers that were waiting for him to deliver.

Yes, he goes to Tokyo U, an elite university and probably one of the most expensive in the country. Yes, he attends classes that should have been way above his reach, considering he isn't exactly much of a rich man. The 'House of the Abandoned' was no more, but the children that lived there still existed. It was no more than four years ago, when the new head replaced the kind old one who died from a natural death, and the children there were already too old for childless parents to adopt. Being one of the older batches that remained in the shelter, he asked the younger ones if they would still want to keep on hoping or make their own hope.

The children trusted him, and he too, trusted them. Together, they made a decision to live and make a way to finish their own schoolings. The new head, Tsunade, who gradually held a soft spot for them, asked for the government to release their hold on them and take off the name of the orphanage.

Fortunately, the government agreed, on one condition though, that they still accept every abandoned or homeless child that was sent to them. Of course, they did and since then, Naruto and the other children worked very hard to maintain and refurnish the old place to make it look like a real home.

After a few years, the big orphanage had a big transformation, the people who never knew about the place thought that the people living there were very rich, as from the outside was a beautiful landscape garden blooming with different flowers all year round. The backyard, they didn't know, were made into a farm, complete with plants and animals to match it, which was tended to carefully everyday so they would be able to save money for food. Each of the children has their own chores to handle.

Naruto, who was accepted to a prestigious university, came close to not accepting it due to the fact of having shortage of funds. He was lucky that he was able to get hold of one of the few scholarships that were distributed only to the deserving.

And since his school fees were not a problem any longer, he proceeded to work part-time to help with the expenses of his 'brothers' and 'sisters'. Tsunade, herself, was working hard as well, taking care of the house while the ones that were capable of working are gone. Shizune, her assistant, tended to other matters concerning the house.

All in all, they were a great, big, happy family. Although not related, they were closer than any other family dreamt of.


"Ohayo!" said Naruto, smiling brightly as he delivered yet another perfectly rolled newspaper to an elderly lady that was living alone in a big house.

"Ohayo," replied the old lady.

Naruto sped down the lane and threw the newspapers to their respected doorsteps, whistling a happy tune with that.

Two hours later, he finished. Returning to the distributor, he parked the bicycle and went inside. "I'm done distributing the newspapers. I'll be going now!"

A lady in her mid-30's went out as he did. "Naruto-kun, wait." The blonde stopped and looked at her quizzically, but did not say a word. After a few minutes, the lady reappeared with a basket of eggs on her hands. "Take this and thank you for working hard today. I'll see you tomorrow," she said and Naruto took the offered basket with another bright smile and said his thanks before walking out and heading home.


"Wai! Naruto-nichan brought eggs with him!" shouted Konohamaru and they started running to their places on the table and sat down. The dirt on their faces evidence enough that they already did their work for the morning.

Shizune took the basket off of Naruto's hands and signaled him to sit down as well. "I'll take care of this," she told him and proceeded to the kitchen where Tsunade was already cooking.

Everyday was like this. They ate together, talked about what is happening around them and joked a lot. It was always a lively morning so they all looked forward to it.

"You have your morning shift today at the ramen shop, don't you Naruto-nichan?" a small girl of eight years asked him.

"Yes. And you have to go to school," he said, pinching his nose as the small girl frowned.

"But I don't wanna," whined Yanni. "I wanna go with Naruto-nichan!" her eyes were beginning to moisten with tears. The blonde set her down in front of him and reprimanded, "Do you want everyone to move so far ahead from you that you wouldn't be able to catch up with them, huh? You want to be big and smart like Nichan too right?" Yanni nodded. "Then you have to go to school, or else Nichan will get mad at you. You wouldn't like that right?" a few teardrops flowed from her eyes before she agreed.

"Yanni will be strong like you nichan," she concluded and hugged him tightly.

"You should be!" Konohamaru interrupted.

Tsunade chuckled. "It's still so early yet Ya-chan is already crying," Yanni blew her a raspberry which Tsunade playfully returned. "Let's eat now before it gets cold," she said and placed the food on the table.

The silverware happily made their noise.

-Continued-


A/N: Okay, I've already finished Incarcerated soul, so my focus will now be this one. It's been a long time, but I do hope that you still remember this. Not quite a channel, because I told you, the story is only beginning. This is a short prologue of the story, and the long ones will come soon. Not much is happening. I guess you just have to wait and see!

Neko-chan: Yes, I've watched that series! That's were the first plot came from, but I'm starting anew now…. I like that series too!

And I'm not abondoning this...I swear!

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