Chapter 2:
Naruto woke up the next day and decided it was time to go shopping. He quickly went to the bathroom, only to discover he had no toothbrush or paste. Naruto grumbled and slowly left the apartment again.
He walked to the supermarket he went to yesterday, when he entered the shopkeeper from yesterday saw him and immediately got up and bowed to naruto, "master Naruto welcome to my humble shop!"
Naruto stared at the man and slowly realised why he was acting like that. He remembered ordering the man to treat him the the Hokage next time he came here, hmm this could be a problem if others saw.
"Hello...and what's your name again?"
"Kento my lord!" the man said still bowing.
"Okay Kento listen well," Naruto then channelled chakra into his voice again, "from now on you will treat me not as the Hokage but as a regular paying customer, go it?"
The man nodded and sat back down. Naruto sighed and quickly grabbed a brush, soap and paste, he got it billed, paid the right amount for the items and soon left the store and entered his apartment.
After getting ready with his limited bathroom supplie Naruto walked to his manager's room and knocked on the door. The man opened the door looking like he hadn't got a wink of sleep. His eyes were baggy and his hands looked like they were being used as a wash cloth.
"What happened to you?!" Naruto asked flabbergasted at how the man looked.
I-I don't remember. I remember I was up last night doing something on the fourth floor….but I don't remember what!," the man panicked "I couldn't stop. I tried to, but I couldn't. It was like I was possed!"
Naruto then realised his second mistake, he told the man to do something right then and there, not whenever he could, and he made the man forget what it was. Meaning he heard it as 'do it immediately'. Naruto felt guilt wash over him as he looked at the poor man.
"I-I'm sorry. Go back to bed and rest and recover, and then go about doing whatever it is you do."
The man snarled at Naruto and slammed the door at him. Naruto heard the man getting into bed and in seconds the man was fast asleep.
Naruto slowly walked out of the apartment and into the streets. His head was filled with fear of him saying something to someone that might caused their life to end. What if Naruto had said by accident, 'go kill yourself?' If that happened the person might just go kill themselves.
Naruto walked forward as the guilt slowly started to eat at him, but his thought soon turned to that of justification. That man, his manager, hated him for no reason other than existing. Naruto knew he shouldn't feel like this, but he had no choice, he just did. He didn't know why, but he felt the blame shouldn't be on him.
The man hated Naruto, and Naruto made a mistake, one he promises to himself that he would not make with anyone ever again. He would keep him powers in check, he used them two freely the other day. The shopkeeper literally treated him like the Hokage, and the manager worked the whole night just to make it seem like he lived in that crappy fourth floor apartment.
Naruto nodded his head and finally calmed himself down. What happened was a tragedy, but he would not let it hold him down. Eventually Naruto made it to the Hokage tower in the center of Konoha and entered to see the Hokage.
The old man had told him to come visit him for some money to help him get started on his apartment. Naruto walked up to his office and entered seeing the old man read a little orange book and giggling like a little girl.
"What's that book gramps?" Naruto asked as he shut the door.
The Hokage looked up and quickly hide the book away, "what book Naruto?"
Naruto pointed at his desk, "that little orange one."
"I must say I have no idea what you mean."
"Come on gramps you were just reading it, you were also giggling."
The Hokage shook his head, "no Naruto I must say you are definitely confused. Now let's get right down to business shall we?"
"Come on gramps don't try and change the subject, tell what that book was!"
The old man started to sweat and from around the room one could here the ANBU laughing under thier breath, "how about this Naruto I'll teach you a special ninja technique is you pormise never to speak of this again."
Naruto's eyes lit up like fire and he nodded his head quickly jumping up and down excited, "deal!"
The Hokage sighed and slowly wondered what he could teach Naruto. It would have to be something simple, yet unique. Then the idea came to him. The Hokage grinned as he searched his drawer and pulled out a long wire.
"Do you know what this is Naruto?" the Hokage asked to which Naruto shook his head, "this is chakra string, not to be confused with regular string."
"What's the difference?"
The 'Professor' grinned, "well dear boy, the string is more expensive for one, not by much, but still expensive. It is also far more durable and sharper. It is mainly used for moving puppets."
Naruto's interest peaked, "puppets?"
The Hokage nodded, "puppets. Though no one here uses them, plenty of ninjas in Suna uses puppets and they use this chakra string to control them."
"So are you going to teach me how to control puppets gramps?"
The old man shook his head, "no, no. Puppets wouldn't be the best ninjutsu suited for you Naruto. But what I want to show you is the string itself. You see the special property of this string is that when you channel chakra through it-I assume you know how to do that?"
Naruto nodded, "yeah they taught us that first thing in the academy."
"Good, now. When you channel the chakra into the string you can move the string, without touching it." To demonstrate the Hokage the channeled some chakra into the string, which glowed blue, and the suddenly the string stood up straight like it was made out of metal and the folded in on itself forming a knot.
Naruto had stars in his eyes, "wow! So cool!"
The Hokage nodded, "indeed. This is how most jonins are able to quickly tie exploding tags onto kunais. By simply holding onto the string they can make it tie itself. And that's not all, they can also make wire traps much faster using these things. Pretty amazing don't you think Naruto?"
Naruto nodded again and again as he took the string from the Hokage and tried to do the same himself. He slowly started to pour chakra into the string, but even the small slow amount proud to be too much as suddenly the string jumped out of Naruto's hand and flew straight up and imbedded itself on the ceiling.
"Hmm, you must have used to much Naruto," the Hokage said while stroking his beard, "you must practice chakra control."
Naruto looked down from the string, "what's that gramps?"
"Chakra control exercises help you to control your chakra Naruto. You see Naruto you have a lot of chakra, almost as much a s me, So you need to learn how to control it all. I'm sure they will be teaching you in the academy soon enough."
"But what if I want you learn them right now gramps?"
The old man chuckled, "well then I am sorry Naruto, but you will just have to wait. The only people who can teach you that are your teachers, now you best be off, I do have a lot of work to do. Here," the man said pulling out an envelope full of cash, "this should be enough for your furniture. It also includes your allowance for the month."
Naruto opened the letter and inside was filled with so much money Naruto felt like he was going to faint!
"A-All this? For me?"
The Hokage chuckled again, "yes Naruto. Now go on. Outside waiting for you is a chunin by the name Recca Hanabishi, he will be helping you shop."
Naruto looked at the man confused to which the HOkage laughed again, "what? Did you think I would let you walk around with so much money just like that? You would easily spend it all on ramen if you're not careful!"
Naruto laughed too and scratched his head. He put the envelope with the money away, "bye bye gramps!" And with that Naruto walked out leaving the Hokage to his mountain of paperwork and his little orange book.
Outside Naruto saw a young man by the Hokage's assistant's counter. The young man had black hair and black eyes and wore a chunin vest and a black sleeveless shirt. He wore black pant and ninja sandals along with a white arm gaurd on his right hand which had a blue stone embedded in it.
Naruto slowly walked up and spied on the boy trying, and failing, to flirt with the assistant there.
"So like I was saying," the boy began, "I was surrounded by four ninja's on all sides, I was out of chakra and tired, my team mates were no where near, I was all on my own."
The female assistant interrupted, "Recca I read the file report you submitted. I know the mission you are talking about. It wasn't four ninjas, it was four cats. And your teammates weren't there because you were the only one stupid enough to pick that mission. Only you are stupid enough to try and catch Tora and his siblings."
Naruto couldn't hold it any more as he began to laugh uncontrollably making both the chunin and the assistant notice Naruto.
"Hey stop laughing at me brat!" the chunin said as he smacked Naruto up the head. Naruto held his head as the pain came in. He looked at the chunin and so the guy was angry, but not like,'oh hey there's that demon that can't die let's go kill him' type of angry but the kind most people get when you laugh at them.
"I'll laugh is I want to asshole!" Naruto responded holding his fist up.
"What you say brat!" the chunin said as he and Naruto were now ready to jump on each other and start breaking bones.
"Enough you two," the assistant spoke up.
"But the started it!" the two responded pointing at each other.
"What do you mean I started it?!" Naruto shouted, "you hit me!"
"You laughed at me! Hence I hit you!" the chunin shouted back.
"ENOUGH!" the assistant shouted again, "both of you shut up!" Naruto and the chunin looked away and crossed arms mirroring each other. The assistant sighed, "now introductions, Naruto this is Recca Hanabishi the chunin who is supposed to help you shop. Recca this kid here is you mission, try not to kill each other."
"What?" Recca screamed out, "I was told I would be given an important mission, not babysitting!"
"Hey I don't need you you pathetic excuse for a ninja!" Naruto said pissing of Recca even more.
"What you say brat?!"
"You heard me you sleeveless freak!"
"ENOUGH!" the assistant screamed out scaring both the boys, "you Recca are given this mission personally by the Hokage, hence you have to complete it. ANd you Naruto will shut up and let Recca help you out! DO YOU BOTH UNDERSTAND?!"
The two nodded slowly still petrified by the woman's anger, "good. NOW GET OUT!"
Soone Naruto found himself walking outside heading to the nearest furniture store with Recca following a few steps behind. Naruto grumbled under his breath as the chunin looked around at the shops nearby.
Quickly the two odd boys reached the furniture store and walked there were beds in one corner along with mattress on them. The tables and chairs were in the back along with the cupboards.
Naruto turned to Recca, "look you and I don't like each other, so why don't you go take a break and let me handle this okay?"
Recca shook his head, "no can do kid. The Hokage himself asked my to make sure you do not get cheated out of your cash. I am here for your protection."
Naruto sighed and then slowly started to channel chakra into his voice again, "listen well, go and stand out, when it is time to bill the furniture only then come in. Tell the Hokage you made sure I didn't get ripped off, which you technically did."
Recca looked at Naruto for a second, and then several before hitting Naruto up the head. The Uzumaki bent down holding his head in pain.
"What was that for?!" Naruto screamed.
"For tell me what to do," Recca said, "the only ones who can do that are my superiors and beautiful women."
Naruto grumbled, 'great he must be too strong for me to control.' Sighing Naruto took Recca along as the two spent the afternoon checking out furniture, god that sounds so wrong. Eventually Naruto picked out a cozy looking bed for one, a common wooden dining set with chairs along with a with a table to write on.
When the two came to billing the worker there looked at Naruto with distaste and grumbled when he saw Recca. If Naruto was to guess it was because now the man couldn't overcharge him now.
"Do you want delivery with that?" the worker asked to which Naruto agreed, he gave the men the address for delivery and soon he saw the furniture all being packed. Suddenly one of the wires holding the dining set together broke loose and the chairs and table fell out. Recca moved to help the workers load and Naruto saw his chance.
Turning to the worker Naruto whispered, "listen well, as of right now you think I have payed you and the money is safely in the cash register got it? If that ninja from before come back tell him so."
The worker slowly nodded to which Naruto sighed in relief and continued, "alright now call the manager." The worker moved and immediately the manager of the place came up to Naruto.
"What do you want bra-" the fat thin mustached man began.
"Shut up," interrupted causing the man to close his mouth unable to say anything. "Listen well tonight I am going to return here around 11 in the night. You will be here along with some grunts to allow me in and you will let me shop. Do you understand?"
The man nodded.
"Tell me what you understood."
The man tried to talk but couldn't as his mouth was stuck closed.
Naruto sighed, 'I really have to watch what I say,' "you can talk now."
The man opened his mouth then spoke, "at 11 tonight you will come back here to shop again, I will be waiting here with two grunts to let you in."
Naruto nodded, "that's right and remember to tell no one about this other than those two grunts. If anyone asks make something up. And treat me like any other normal customer, not like a demon. And don't call me brat."
The man nodded to all and Naruto stopped his chakra flow just as Recca came back.
"Done paying?" Recca asked.
The worker from before nodded, "yes he paid, the money is in the cash register." To which Recca looked at him weirdly.
Naruto sighed, he needed to work on how he gave the order as this was getting awkward.
Soon the truck was off with Naruto and Recca inside. When they arrived at Naruto's home the grunts took it to Naruto's 'room' on the fourth floor and made it seem like a flat someone would actually live in.
Naruto turned to Recca, "well I suppose your mission is now done."
Recca nodded, "yeah, but the Hokage tasked me with assisting you for the whole day, till nightfall. So you're not going to get rid of me that easily."
Naruto grumbled under his breath, 'thanks a lot gramps!'
Naruto couldn't go to his basement home right now, obviously, and he couldn't just stay here, maybe he should just go out for a walk or something, oh maybe the park, with Recca here he might be able to play in peace without the other parents bothering him.
"Hey Naruto I noticed you didn't have much food here," Recca commented, "let's go get you some."
Naruto grumbled again, 'great there goes my day in the park.'
The two then walked to the local supermarket and luckily this time the store manager did not act like Naruto was the Hokage. They bought what was essential like soap and the a toothbrush, again. Naruto sighed again, atleast now if he put these things in the room on the fourth floor it would be more believable that someone lives there.
After gathering the groceries in the heavy bag Naruto made to walk back home just then Recca told him to stop. Naruto looked back and saw Recca make an odd plus shaped seal and suddenly a second Recca appeared out of thin air.
"What is that?" Naruto asked.
"This is my clone," Recca said as the clone then took all the bags and ran off towards Naruto's apartment.
"Wait I didn't realise a clone could touch something," Naruto said as he saw the thing jump away on roof tops.
"Normal ones can't but that was a special one," Recca said smugly, "it's called the shadow clone jutsu."
"Shadow clone?" Naruto's curiosity was now peaked.
"Yup it's a genjutsu, but I know it because I'm just that awesome!" Recca exclaimed posing a victory sign.
"Wait if it's a kinjutsu how come you are allowed to use it?"
"Well it's only a kinjutsu because if people without a high enough chakra level use it they might die, but I have the reserves of a jounin level ninja so I will be alright."
"But wait I thought you were a chunin," Naruto asked bewildered, "then how come you have chakra like a jonin?"
Recca shrugged, "some people have more chakra than others. You see being a jonin doesn't mean you have to have jonin level chakra, heck I know a few jounin with chunin level chakra."
"How much chakra does the Hokage have?"
"He probably has a kage level chakra, much much more than a jonin."
'So that's why I can't control him,' Naruto realised, 'gramps has to much chakra, like Recca. So if I am to understand this right I probably can't control anyone who has hiked that jonin level chakra reserves, but if the have less chakra, like when Itachi used it all up, then I might be able to control them!'
Naruto smiled, "okay I got it thanks for that Recca."
The chunin grinned, "no problem kid, now what do you do for fun?"
Naruto grinned at that and the two were off. Naruto and Recca got lot's of oil, a home made dung bomb that Naruto made up and a trip to the worst place in the village, yakuza town. Now it wasn't called yakuza town, it was actually called forest lane, but everyone knew who really lived there, a bunch of yakuzas.
So Naruto and Recca scouted out the place where the found the most people, a bar. Naruto poured oil around all the exits an Recca took care of releasing the dung bombs. After getting safely away from the bar Recca let them all explode with a single hand seal sending the place to kingdom stink.
The air was filled with screams of disgust as several drunks made a run for it outside. Then once reaching the doors and taking a step out each and every one fell to the road due to to oil. It honestly looked like cartoon car wreck. Naruto and Recca laughed at the mobsters misfortune as they had to struggle to get away in time not to get spotted.
Soon Naruto and Recca found themselves on the mountain top below which the kage's faces were carved. They laughed at their prank and generally had a good time.
"Thanks for this day Recca," Naruto said, "I honestly could say I had fun."
"Glad to hear it kid, you're not such a pain in the ass after all. I'll even forgive for cock blocking me."
"Cock blocking? What's that?"
"Ah, never mind."
Naruto waved the word off as he slowly started to think about something else, "hey Recca, why is it that a ninja town like Konoha have gangsters living in it?"
"In what way Naruto?"
"Well the yakuza are just ordinary men right?"
"Yeah, they are not ninjas, so?"
"Well why can't gramps simply get rid of them all?"
"Well Naruto that is for a number of reasons. One is the simple fact that the yakuza have several contacts inside the civilian council that would move heaven and hell for them. The other is that it would take too much resources for the Hokage to do that, we are barely a stable economy as it is now. The amount of manpower it would need to get rid of them all would be better spent completing missions and getting money for the village."
"I see," Naruto said as he quickly changed the topic, "hey Recca can I ask you a favour?"
"Sure kid shoot."
"Ah...could you teach me the shadow clone technique?"
"Ah, no."
Naruto fell to his knees, "oh come on man please! I beg you."
"Naruto that thing is a kinjutsu for a reason, I can't in good faith teach you that technique."
"But I have a lot of chakra! The Hokage said I have almost as much as he does!"
Recca's eyes widened comically after hearing that, "what?! You have kage level chakra?!"
Naruto nodded frantically for that. Recca pressed his hand on Naruto's forehead over the white cloth he now used as a bandana. Naruto stood there for a few seconds before Recca spoke up, "well you definitely do have jonin level chakra, damn kid you have more than me!"
"So does that mean you'll teach me?"
Recca rubbed his chin, "well…..fine. Either way you might need help, with that much chakra and almost zero control you might not be able to do the normal clone technique, which would me you could never become a ninja."
Naruto's eyes widened, "what?!"
"Relax kid, that was before. You will probably be able to pass if you do any kind of clone jutsu , now let me teach you how to do the shadow clone jutsu."
For the next hour till the sun set Naruto went over the seal for the shadow clone technique. He tried again and again just for all the chakra he gathered to explode in his face.
"Again," Recca said for the 10th time.
"Oh what am I doing wrong?!" Naruto said as he rubbed his bruised palms.
"Hm, did you gather the right amount of chakra?"
"Yes."
"And you crossed your fingers perfectly? No slanting or shifting the angle?"
"Yes."
"Did you picture a second you come out of the chakra you gathered?"
"..."
"...do it again."
Naruto then crossed his fingers. He gathered the right amount of chakra, he slowly imagined a second him popping out of thin air. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" There was a puff of smoke and when it cleared Naruto saw five more copies of him standing before him.
"Woah, I told you to only use a little chakra kid," Recca said as he examined each clone.
"I did, I gathered the least amount of chakra. I still got these many."
"Hmm, well no matter, you did great. Keep practising this Naruto," Recca said rubbing Naruto's head.
"I will Recca," Naruto grinned back.
"Well I have to go back to report to the Hokage," Recca said, "think you can get back home on your own?"
Naruto nodded and the two separated. Naruto went back to his apartment complex and went to the room on the fourth floor. He gathered all the groceries he bought today with Recca and started putting them away. He looked at the clock and saw it was ten already.
'Shit I need to move if I want to get to the furniture store on time,' Naruto said as he moved faster, 'if only I had an extra pair of hands helping me…...shit. I am so stupid.'
Naruto crossed his finger summoning five more clones reaching helping the original setting up the fourth floor room. Soon it looked like someone actually lived there. Naruto smiled and then dispelled them all. He snuck out of his apartment again, and went to the furniture store from earlier.
There standing at the door was the store manager, just like the man was told to be. Naruto walked up to the man, "follow me."
The man did and the two snuck back inside. Naruto then picked out expensive furniture for his basement apartment. He turned to the manager, "now listen well, I want all of these furnitures. Erase every record of them being here. If anyone asks you where they are now tell them some termites got into the wood and you had to get rid of them. Got it?"
The manager nodded and he quickly called in several grunts and they loaded the selected furniture into a truck and so were ready to take off. Naruto made a clone and sent him with them to the apartment to direct them which goes where.
Naruto then walked away and moved to the part of town he and Recca had visited that day. The idea came to him while he was learning the shadow clone jutsu. A bunch of grown men who were not ninja's all gathered up in the same place? This would be the perfect place for NAruto to start experimenting with hi powers.
Naruto hid in a darkened alley as he spotted two grown men walk along the road. Naruto then started his first experiment. Summoning a shadow clone he ordered it to try and control the two men.
The clone nodded and slowly approached the two men. "Ah, excuse me," the clone said. The two men turned around and saw the clone, they were about to snarl and call it a demon when the clone spoke up again putting a little chakra into it's voice, "shut up and don't move."
The two men then became stiff as board and just as silent, "now listen well. You two are now and forever will be my servants. You will not hate me, infact you will defend me if anyone speaks ill about me. You both will also do you best to help me if you hear that I am in a life threatening situation of some kind. Do you understand?"
The two men nodded.
"You two can now talk and move around now."
"Thanks boss," one the men said and the other nodded his clone smirked and dispelled itself.
Suddenly the original Naruto got a flood of memories from the dispelled clone. It seemed that Naruto would gain the memories of what a clone did after it dispelled. This could be very useful in the future, Naruto decided and the experiment was a success.
Naruto the crossed his fingers and summoned a hundred clones easily. He sent them through yakuza town ordering them to enslave every person they found just like his clone had done just them. And so they moved talking to every person they met. Sometime them snuck into houses and woke people up from their sleep just to talk to them.
Naruto's clone at the flat then dispelled telling him everything was ready. The clone even gave the movers and extra something to shut them up. Naruto, now knowing what a clone could do ordered an extra clone to go and find out where the movers were and erase their memories and collect the money back.
Naruto then went to bed and as he slept through the night he received the memories of the clones he sent out. He learnt that he now had control of around 400 men and women, most of which were criminals, thieves, yakuza and as for the women, they were whores.
The next day Naruto woke up and quickly got ready for the day. Today he wanted to go to the library and start learning new jutsu's and with the shadow clones he had reading books would be less of a chore.
As Naruto walked out he saw an ANBU talking to the manager of the apartments.
"Where is he?" the ANBU asked.
"I don't know, he probably left early."
"He was not in his room in the fourth floor. If I find you have done something to him…." the ANBU threatened the manager to which the man simply waved it off.
Naruto stepped in, "ah, are you searching for me?"
The ANBU and the manager turn, "se there he is, now get lost," the manager said as he slammed the door in the ANBU's face.
"Naruto you need to come with me, the Hokage has asked for you," the ANBU said approaching Naruto.
"Why? What happened?" Did the old man find out about his powers somehow? Was he not careful enough?
"Sasuke Uchiha is awake."
Elsewhere,
A figure in a black cloak wearing a white dragon like ANBU mask kneeled infront of an old man with scars on his face and bandages over one of his eyes. This was Danzo, the leader of the ROOT ninja's, an illegal branch of Konoha's ninja army.
"What do you have to report dragon?" Danzo asked as he eyed the kneeling man.
"The jinchuuriki is not suffering from PTSD. His overall personality is the same as according to his files. He has not been overly affected by the trauma he has faced, other than one time where he tried to order me around."
"I see,"Danzo said thinking over this new information, "anything else to report?"
"Yes. Like you said I have used his love of jutsu's and taught him the shadow clone jutsu. I also informed him about how he might have failed if not for me teaching him the shadow clone jutsu. Over all I have gained his trust."
"Good. You have done your mission perfectly dragon. Or should I call you, Recca?"
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