Sarutobi sighed, "Why do I get the feeling that we aren't going to get a more precise answer out of you?"
"Because you're experienced in the ways of answer dodging, having to deal with an elected council and all" Paul said before pulling out a sheaf of papers and handing them to the old Kage. "These are the adoption papers, I don't give a damn about the opinions of the council, I'm not a citizen of Konoha or a member of its shinobi therefore they can't do a thing about the adoption if you approve. Also I'd appreciate the directions to the Namikazi compound."
Sarutobi looked over the papers before signing them. Then he got up to look out the windows at the glow in the eastern sky, taking a long drag on his pipe before looking at Jiraiya. "You're the only seal expert in Konoha right now so show them to the compound, and good luck getting in."
This caused Jiraiya to grumble about power abusive kages before getting up from the chair he was in and leading Naruko out the door while Paul started swearing at him as he gathered up his stuff to fallow.
Out on the streets they were treated to the sight of a waking town. The first pedestrians were scurrying about their business. No one spared the group of three a second glance during their early morning rush. The further along they went the fewer people there were as they got further into the residential part of Konoha. Soon even the houses started to become scarce as they kept going until they were out of the village proper and only lines on paper said they were still in The Village Hidden in the Leaves. Finally they came upon a wall enclosed property with a large gate that had a piece of paper saying Seal. The walls were covered in crazy designs in red, black, and gold that looked like the only way they could be repeated would be to throw cans of paint at the wall and the only recognizable pattern was were the colors meet at the piece of paper. Paul gave out a whistle after looking at the seal.
"Well that's interesting; I wonder why he designed such a seal." Looking closer at the seal he burst out laughing. "It's just a three part blood seal!"
Jiraiya grunted at this, "Do explain why Naruko's blood didn't open the door then."
"One, it takes blood around 90 degrees Fahrenheit to unlock the seal. Two, it requires three different peoples' blood. Three, the door will only open with consent of the owner of the property, which is currently Naruko. Any more dumb questions?"
"When did you become a seal expert?"
"Never, I just taught him the basics to make this one."
"Will you be so kind as to explain it then?"
"Not to you. Come lets open the door to see Naruko's new home shall we?"
With this he took out a knife and cut open his thumb and rubbed it across the gold part of the seal saying, "Gold for the kin of dragons."
He then turned to Jiraiya and said, "Black for the guardian." He nodded, and then bit his thumb wiping the blood over the black part of the seal.
Paul then turned to Naruko and gestured her forward. After walking close enough to reach out and touch the gate, Paul handed her the knife saying, "Wipe your blood over the red part, for red is blood and stands for such." She cut open a finger and spread her blood over the red paint.
Suddenly the colors swirled before coming to a halt as the paper burned off, opening the gate to the three. Before them stretched a perfectly immaculate lawn with a path running from the gate to a statue of Minato and Kushina located half way across the lawn where the path split in three. Turning left, the path headed south to training fields. Turning right, the path headed to gardens. While directly in front of the gate stood and immense mansion, standing four stories tall and stretching more than one hundred yards from end to end.
"Fancy." Paul said as he walked down the path. "Come Naruko, the door has another blood seal on it."
Suddenly Naruko sprinted past him and opened the door before Paul or Jiraiya got there and was inside exploring her new home in all of five seconds, much to the amusement of the older two.
She came running out of the house a second later, screaming; setting the two men on guard.
"What's the matter?"
From behind Paul's leg she answered, "There's a really ugly thing in there, and it's covered in warts."
"Hiya, Jiraiya-sama. Why was the Namikazi compound opened?" A toad asked from the front step.
"It speaks!" Naruko whispered to Paul and Jiraiya.
"That is an ugly thing." Paul said to Naruko, quietly so only she could hear. She giggled.
"To answer your question, the Namikazi compound has been opened for the heir to the clan, so that she may claim her inheritance." Jiraiya said, much to the toad's confusion.
"But Minato didn't have a child. Did he?"
"Yes he did, but no one would have known for another fourteen years or so if it weren't for the meddling Dragon Council. This young girl here is Naruko Uzumaki-Namikazi, Minato's and Kushina's daughter."
"Hiya, Naruko-chan. How you doing?"
Naruko refused to answer and continued hiding behind Paul's leg, until he dragged her out to his side.
"Now Naruko, you didn't like it when people were rude to you, now did you?" When Naruko shook her head Paul continued, "Then don't be rude to others."
"Hi ugly thing."
Paul shook his head and muttered, "New first lesson, maners."
The toad looked at Naruko like he had just bitten into a piece of rotten fruit. Diciding that ignoring her would be the best course of action he turned back to Jiraiya.
"The Dragon Council meddles way too much in the affairs of the summon clans, and your totally right about this, Naruko is in no shape to protect herself from the enimies of the Namikazi."
Paul burst out laughing much to the shock of the toad. Flashing slit pupils at the toad, scaring it into a state of petrification.
"That's why I'm here. Did you think the almighty, most noble Dragon Council wouldn't think about the repercussions of their actions?"
Upon receiving a wooden nod from the toad, Paul exploded, "Of course they didn't. That's why we Halflings are always scrambling after every decision by the council. They claim to be wise, and then don't think of anything other than how it would affect them. It's enough to make a person's blood boil."
This was met with various reactions from the group. The toad was stunned that those most revered by the summon clans, were reduced to lackeys by their parents; it was just unthinkable to him. Jiraiya wore a thoughtful look, while staring off into space. Naruko had confusion written all over her face.
"What do you mean? What's a dragon council? What's a halfling and why are you one? Why…"
"Whoa, calm down, I'll answer your questions later but right now let's get you to bed, after all you got next to no sleep last night and you need to rest so that arm can fully recover and won't reopen the break because it didn't heal right." Paul said with a kind smile, and escorted a protesting Naruko upstairs to the bedrooms.
Jiraiya watched them go until he heard the toad speak to him.
"Jiraiya-sama, I need to return to my realm and tell the others about what I've learned. Oh, and Gamabuta-sama will want to speak with you as to why we weren't informed about Minato-boy having a heir."
Jiraiya suddenly looked worried at the prospect of being questioned by an irate chief toad about Minato's daughter.