Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto. My Hinata is better though.

Chapter 5: Home Law

"I guess so." Sarutobi said as he tried to recover from the experience of seeing Naruto's face on the Hokage Monument let alone the Kyubi relaxing on top of it. Trying to distract himself he continued, "Well I suppose we should get a start on your shopping."

"Umm ya about that could we wait until I am assigned to my team? I am expecting about 3 years worth of growth in the next month." Naruto said embarrassed.

Sarutobi's cheek started twitching, "Why?"

"Well the Kyubi has been able to see everything going on around me since he was sealed in me so when he realized I was getting no protection from the villagers braying for my blood he did the only thing he could think of he made me smaller, weaker, and dumber by syphoning off part of the energy that helps me grow, now that he can act freely he is reintroducing it to my body as well as making me tougher to kill and increasing my senses to an animal level." Sarutobi's face hardened at this, "So I don't think buying a whole new wardrobe is smart since they probably wont fit tomorrow, so I was thinking I will wear my clothes until they don't fit then go buy 1 set of training clothes whenever the old pair don't fit anymore."

"What about the bandages?" Sarutobi asked still confused about them.

"Oh, they were in the scroll they are training weights." Naruto said happily.

"Oh there was stuff in the scroll?" The Hokage was genuinely surprised that the 4th Hokage had planned that far ahead.

"YA my mom left me swords and I got some kunai from my dad. Oh and books on different Shinobi fighting styles oh and a key for a house or something." Taking out the scroll Naruto released the seal on the key. After the usual puff of smoke dissipated They could see that a key and a letter had appeared, Naruto was surprised to see Jiraiya's name on it. Taking the key and the letter the old man opened the letter and read through it. "So, what does it say?" Naruto asked angrily. Sarutobi looked up surprised.

"Why are you angry Naruto?"

"I know Jiraiya is my Godfather and it pisses me off that in my scroll from my parents that there is a letter for him. Isn't it the Godfather's job to take care of his godson if anything ever happened to the parents? Where was he when they died, why have I been alone for 13 fucking years." By the end Naruto was shaking trying to reign his temper in.

"He-" Sarutobi did not get a chance to finish.

"No. He can tell me himself, if he ever shows up he can see the result of his actions." Naruto said coldly.

Sarutobi sighed, he knew why Jiraiya had not been able to adopt the boy but there was nothing he could say that could repair the damage. "Well now that we have the key how about we go grab your things and stop by your house." Naruto looked very confused by this.

"I don't have a house." he said blankly as the old man smiled.

"Yes you do this letter is a will and a request that you be given the Namikaze Compound and be told everything a home owner needs to know about protecting their property, In this village though there are really only 3 major rules that you need to know right away. One is that if anyone should break into your property and attempt to harm you or steal anything you have the authority to deal with them however you wish."

"However I wish? Like I could beat them to within an inch of their lives?" Naruto said jokingly.

"Yes or you could kill them, this is actually really important because you are the container of Kyubi and you will have a lot of people trying to break in, this will cause a lot of problems fro you Naruto. Any will see this a sacrilege remember very few people know you are the 4ths son." TheHokage replied seriously.

"What are the other two?" Naruto asked sadly. He just wanted to be left alone in peace.

"Well the second is unrelated but kind of obvious, take care of your property, don't let it turn into a blight upon the village. The third is a little known law that is very important, when you throw things away no matter what it is you forfeit all rights to that item no matter what it is so do not be a fool and accidentally throw out this scroll or something equally important to you." Naruto shot up in his seat upon hearing the third rule.

"Wait anything? Does that include scrolls? Like clan jutsu scrolls?" Naruto asked excitedly.

"Well. Yes if they threw it out then they have forfeited any right to them but the clans are not that stupid." Sarutobi said confused as Naruto jumped up and danced around the room.

Five minutes later they were inside Naruto's old apartment having on the way grabbed everything from his room at the Hokage Tower. Naruto was currently pulling out bag, after bag, after bag of jutsu scrolls from under the floorboards, hidden panels in the ceilings and behind a false wall in his closet. Sarutobi could only stare wide eyed as scrolls from every single clan in the village appeared. "When I got kicked out of the orphanage I had to basically live off whatever I could find so I went dumpster diving, and it turned into a habit that never stopped for the last 3 years I have gathered any scroll that I could find, I never used them because I was afraid if anyone found out I would get in trouble. But now that I know I can study them safely and now that I have the scroll from my parents and access to somewhere I can study in private I should be able to create variations that work for me, right?"

"Naruto, umm I am going to have to call a council meeting about this." The Hokage said blankly, "We have never had anyone collect so many scrolls of one clan, let alone all of them. You won't be in trouble as long as you can prove that you are telling the truth."

"They will never believe me remember I am the monster that killed their precious hero." Naruto said in a panic.

"We have a clan that can look at your memories to prove you are telling the truth we will have him examine your mind to prove your innocence." Sarutobi explained trying to calm the young blonde down.

"Oh well nothing to it then." Naruto said calmly.

30 minutes later they were in the large council room in the Hokage tower as the final members filed in, which included the clan heads and elected members for the non clan Shinobi of Konaha and the civilian council made up completely of elected members by the civilians of Konaha. When they had all settled down The Hokage stood up and immediately dismissed the civilian side of the council with a, "Why the hell are you guys here I said it was Shinobi business!"

Once the last of the civilian council had filed out Sarutobi once again turned to the Shinobi Council, "Naruto Uzimaki has brought a problem to my attention that must be addressed today, you all know who he is and the treatment he has had to endure because of the prejudice in this village. It has been revealed that 3 years ago he was kicked out of the orphanage and for a short time was forced to live on the streets. And do you know what he found while looking for food and clothing in your refuse?" Sarutobi turned and beckoned Naruto forward, Naruto placed a storage scroll on the table and released all of the scrolls out of it. As the clan heads examined the scrolls from their seats looks of horror and anger started to spread across the council.

"THIEF!" One of the clan heads yelled. Shukaku and Chouza through twin death glares in the man's direction before turning back towards the Hokage.

"He is not a thief," Sarutobi said coldly, "He found these in all of your refuse bins, Clan Secrets thrown away where any of Konaha's enemies could have found them. Are you people insane do you realize that because of your clan's idiocy the trouble we could be in right now, our strongest fighter's could have become useless on the battlefield with these in enemy hands!"

"So he is still a thief, he took them from our property and he should be punished." The man from before yelled.

Sarutobi smiled, "No he I not a thief, as soon as these scrolls were thrown out the clans forfeited any right to them, They now legally belong to Naruto. The uproar at this was actually quite amazing. "SILENCE! IT is only because Naruto has spent the last 3 years collecting these from the garbage bins around Konaha that we are safe he is a hero in my eyes and deserves to keep them. Now since I know some of you will decide that stealing them back and probably beating Naruto within an inch of his life is a smart idea I have brokered a deal with Naruto as to what will happen to the scrolls in the immediate future." A few Shinobi refused to meet his eyes as he said this. "Naruto has agreed to return the scrolls after he has recorded everything that is on them so that you may dispose of them safely." This created another uproar as the clan heads yelled that the secrets would still be out there for anyone to grab. "I was about to say that Naruto has also agreed to copy them down in a cipher he has developed for such tasks." A few snorts echoed throughout the room at this. "You should also realize that I have looked over this cipher and could not decode it no matter what I did." This left quite a few clan heads amazed as the rest looked at Naruto suspiciously.

"How do we know he is telling the truth! He could have stolen them from our compounds!" The Clan head yelled again.

Naruto chose now to speak up, disdain laced through his voice, "Are you saying that a 10 year old was able to break into your clan's compounds and steal your clan scrolls that should be in my opinion the most heavily guarded thing in your homes? Wow that is really sad, Hokage-sama explain to me again why I failed 3 times at the academy if these guys believe that a failure like myself could do this?"

Sarutobi nearly fell of his seat laughing at the looks on the Clan Heads faces after Naruto's rant. "Nicely said Naruto but I know that will not appease some of you so Naruto has consented to a probe of his mind if Inoichi would agree to perform it." Inoichi sighed but stood up and walked over to where Naruto was sitting.

Naruto looked up at him and reached up to stop his hand for a moment, "I have consented to this search but stick to my memories if you stray from them I will not guarantee your safety." Naruto's eyes were like glaciers as he said this, but he let go of Inoichi's hand and taking a deep breath entered his mindscape as Inoichi did the same.

Sorry about how short this chapter is, I felt it best to get something out to you guys after not posting anything for 6 days. A combination of an increase of shifts at work my sister moving in and taking over my computer, writer's block and Pokemon HeartGold has resulted in me being completely useless, and I apologize. Now for my next 2 recommendations:

The Sealed Kunai - .net/s/6051938/1/ What if something made Naruto the dead-last that everyone sees him as? What if he really wasn't as weak as he seemed? The true Naruto, unleashed upon the shinobi world! AU Story starts at Invasion of Konoha arc and continues onwards.

Naruto One Man Team - .net/s/5669723/1/ After graduating from the academy, Naruto starts to reveal his true self. Won't everyone be surprised at what the 'demon' can do?...Powerful Naruto - NaruXHarem - Saku/Sasu/Kiba bashing - Rated M for language, violence and adult themes.

This is my all time fav story this thing reads like a novel and if the author is not writing for a living the world is missing out.