Super Genius Naruto: A Rewritten Tale
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Chapter 3: A Day Of New And Old Memories
-Konohamaru Sarutobi-
One week, after the Genin exam ended, the students were called inside a room, where they were told if they have pass or not. It was Naruto's turn now, he was sitting on the lone chair in the middle of the room, facing two people in front of him. One of them was the Hokage himself, the other was someone, who Naruto doesn't know.
"Congratulation, Naruto," the Hokage smiled, handing Naruto his own Ninja ID, "and here is your Konoha-Forehead-Protector."
Naruto nodded, walking up to him and put both the ID and Forehead Protector inside his pocket.
"Hm? Aren't you wearing it now?" The Hokage wondered.
"I'm saving it for tomorrow's ceremony after all my ninja life will officially begin then," he responded.
"I see," the Hokage closed his eyes and continued, "however, don't be too relax, you barely passed the exam, Naruto."
Naruto sheepily grinned, "well that's past now, I'll just look toward the future."
This response made the Hokage sighs, "Naruto, be ser-"
"I'm serious," Naruto facial expression suddenly changed, that even the Hokage was surprised,
Naruto gave the Hokage a smile, that expressed how much confidence he has, `I wonder, did you barely passed the test on purpose, Naruto? If so...´
Suddenly the entrance door opened without any warnings and a small boy entered, shouting inside the room with a really loud voice, "Old Man! Today is the day I'll take your title!"
It was a small boy somewhere between 8-9, he wore a grey helmet with a hole at the top for his hair to stick out of, his clothing consists of grey shorts and a yellow shirt with a red Konoha symbol printed on it. He also wore a long blue scarf.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed as he recognized the boy, "please calm down, Konohamaru, I'm still having business with this young man. I'll play with you later."
"Oh no! Not again, my apologize Hokage-sama!", a man bowed, coming a split second right after the little boy. He wore black sunglasses and the standard Konoha shinobi outfit, albeit without the flak jacket.
Naruto chuckled, "it seems like, something interesting happens here."
The man widened his eyes, recognizing the boy, sitting oppose the Hokage, and instantly gave him a glare, `it's the Nine-Tails brats, I heard he barely passed the Genin exam, such a loser,´ he thought as he pushed his glasses with his index finger up.
Naruto noticed the glare and sighed, `seems like he is the same..´
"Who is this Orange-baka?", the little boy asked without thinking as he also noticed Naruto, who wore a lot of Orange.
"Orange-Baka...?" Naruto slowly began to laugh, realizing what he meant, this made the boy a bit startled as Naruto laugh turned into a grin, "you have an interesting way to address people."
"Hey, Brat! Don't laugh at the Young Master! He is the third Hokage-sama grandson!" The man with the black glasses yelled at Naruto's rude behavior to the grandson of the Hokage.
"I see," Naruto smiled as he stands up and walked to the boy.
The boy looked away, clenching his fist, `now that he knows, he will just bow to me, like everyone else, just because I'm the old man's grandson..!´
But to the boy's surprise, he felt his head was ruffle, as he looked up, he faced a still grinning Naruto, "why this serious expression? Though, if you want to steal grandpa's Sarutobi title, you need to work a lot harder!"
"W-What?! How dare you call the Hokage like that!", the black glasses man was really baffled, doesn't he know his place?
"Grandpa Sarutobi, I think we have finished anyway, I will take my leave, take care of you, Konohamaru," Naruto said goodbye and left the room, ignoring the black glasses man.
"W-what? This b-brat!" The man was about to curse but stopped right away after he felt an intense glare.
"Ebisu..., please refrain yourself," the Hokage ordered.
"Y-Yes, Hokage-sama, my apologies," the man now revealed as Ebisu stuttered and turned to the small boy, "Young master, let us...! Young Master? Young Master! Oh no, he got away again!"
"Looks like he followed Naruto," the Hokage concluded.
"What, that is no good..!", Ebisu quickly run out, searching for the young master.
"Let see, how things will end up," Hirzuen smiled, "now for the next one who has passed..."
-On the Street-
"What a day," Naruto chuckled as he stopped and looked behind him at an interesting square rock, "and it seems like it's not over yet, you can come out now Konohamaru!"
"Wow! You've noticed me? You are really good," Konohamaru was amazed how fast Naruto found him out, even though he hid in the perfect not-so obviously rock, "how do you know my name, anyway?"
"Don't you remember? Grandpa Sarutobi called you that after you entered the room without holding yourself back, but you don't know my name yet, right?" Naruto smiled.
"No, I know, you are Naruto Uzumaki, who's rumored to beat my old man with a killer move you created, the Sexy no Jutsu!" Konohamaru began to feel excited.
Naruto began to laugh, "I guess I did?"
Kurama inside him shook its head, "I still can't understand how this technique works against the strongest ninja."
"Naruto! Please become my boss and teach me the famous killer technique!" Konohamaru's eyes shined brighter than the sun.
"So that why you'd followed me?" Naruto said and thought about this, "sure, why not."
"Oh come on, Naruto! Don't teach a kid a technique like this!" Kurama said in a frustrated voice.
"I don't see any harm..," Naruto shrugged Kurama worries off, "let's find a quiet place, Konohamaru."
-Some times later in an unpeople training area-
"Now this time it will work! Sexy no Jutsu!" Konohamru shouted, but the result was a lot different than the usual sexy girl you expected.
"D-Did I create such a difficult technique!? Why doesn't he get it?" Naruto mumbled to himself, surprised how long they already took and Konohamaru still didn't get it yet.
"This technique is just absurd! It's just that this kid is still a kid, of course, he doesn't know how to image a sexy body! No, I'm actually surprised that you could imagine such a thing! I knew it! You really became a per-!" Kurama began to whin.
Ignoring Kurama inside his head, Naruto suggested to Konohamaru that they should take a break.
"By the way, why are you going after your grandpa?" Naruto was thinking about this, he noticed that Konohamaru was troubled with something.
"Well he gave me the name Konohamaru," Konohamaru began, "he named me after the village, but even though everyone is used to that name here, nobody, besides my grandpa of course, ever calls me that, they just see me as the Hokage grandson... Nobody sees me as me, I want them to acknowledge me, that's why I want the Hokage name now! The Hokage is always acknowledged!" Konohamaru explained his reason as he looked up to Naruto and confessed, "... I was actually really happy, that you called my name, even though you knew I was the old man grandson."
"I see," Naruto smiled and thought about it, this is quite similar to himself, he also wanted the villagers to see him as him, "but Konohamaru... I think you misunderstanding something about the Hokage."
"Eh?" Konohamaru wondered what Naruto meant.
"I will tell you, after this..," Naruto stood up, stretching his body.
"I have found you," suddenly Ebisu appeared in front of them and glared at Naruto.
"... We haven't introduced ourselves, right?" Naruto said, ignoring the glare he is used to, "my name is N-"
"I know who you are, brat! I'm Ebisu, the private tutor of the young master here! Young Master let's go home! Just leave this loser here," Ebisu cut Naruto off.
"NO!" Konohamaru refused, "I will defeat the old man and become the next Hokage! And boss Naruto isn't a loser!"
"And how do you think, you can accomplish this, by staying by this loser side? A Hokage must be well versed in all aspects of being a ninja you must know over 1000 skills and then finally... huh?, Ebisu stopped to talk, as Konohamaru made some hand signs.
"Sexy No Jutsu!", Konohamaru shouted as he transformed into a successful naked woman in front of Ebisu.
"Wow, now he's suddenly got it right," Naruto chuckled.
Ebisu looks baffled and began to yell at Konohamaru, "what the-?! When did you learn this Jutsu? This low-class Jutsu will never work against me!"
"Huh? It doesn't work? Did I do something wrong?" Konohamaru panicked at his failure.
"Young Master! If you hung out with someone like him, you'll turn stupid!" Ebisu shouted, "just come with me, when you do what I say, I am your easiest short-cut to becoming a Hokage! Now let's go home!", as he tried to dragged Konohamaru, but he refused and clung to something.
Naruto made an evil grin, "let me take over now, Shadow Clone No Jutsu!"
"Naruto, you..!" Kurama's voice stuttered.
Konohamaru and even Ebisu were impressed when hundreds of Naruto's stand before them.
"As expected of my boss!" Konohamaru's eyes shined like a star, how cool his boss is.
"Hmpf, not bad, but still a foolish brat, I am an elite tutor. I'm not like Mizuki!" Ebisu smirked, ready to fight against the hundred Naruto's.
The original Naruto just smiled, "you are the first one that I show this ultimate new Killer move... Harem Sexy no Jutsu!" as Naruto finished to call his Jutsu, all the Naruto around him turned each to a sexy girl surrounding Ebisu and as expected, it was too much for him and he fainted with lot of blood flowing out of his nose.
"Why?! It's that the so-called puberty? I don't want my Naruto to become a per-!", Kurama cried in a corner.
"Amazing boss! If I learn this Jutsu I will become a fast Hokage," Konohamaru grinned but Naruto pinched him on the cheek.
"Ouch! What was that for, boss?" Konohamaru asked.
"There ain't going to be any short-cuts to be a Hokage, the Hokage is the greatest ninja of the Konoha!" Naruto explained, "if you want the villagers to acknowledge your name, you need to work a lot harder, I told you that, right?"
Konohamaru widened his eyes, he somehow understood what Naruto want to say to him.
"And, actually, seeing you... It made me interest myself to become the Hokage," Naruto winked at him.
"What?" Konohamaru was surprised by this announcement.
"You know what that means right...? I can't be your boss anymore," Naruto made a gentle smile at him.
Konohamaru instantly understood what he meant and couldn't hold off his grin, "stop lecturing me! I'm not letting you be my Boss any longer! From now on WE´RE RIVALS for the title of Hokage!"
Naruto chuckled, "sorry, I'm taking my first step as a ninja from tomorrow on, but I'm sure, we will meet again, for the title of Hokage, I'll looking forward to it, the ninja with the name KONOHOMARU SARUTOBI!"
Konohamaru's eyes widened as big as he could and nodded, "Un!", he began to run ahead away from Naruto with a very big grin on his face, `thank you, Naruto-nii! You are so cooooool!´
Hiruzen, who observed all this with his Telescope No Jutsu, smiled, "I thank you for open my grandson eyes, Naruto, though I hope you will stop creating such Jutsu's... then again I probably would've fallen for it too," he chuckled as he undoes the Jutsu, blood falling from his nose.
...
"You're awake, right, Ebisu-sensei?" Naruto closed his eyes, "seeing how you were able to withstand the first one, this shouldn't have you knocked out this long."
"So, you knew?" Ebisu opened his eyes as he sat up and sighed, "you're quite amazing, this technique did actually knock me out for a while."
"... I know you won't change your impression of me, but let me tell you something," Naruto began, "Konohamaru is still a child, I know is your duty to protect him, but please don't treat him like an object. You are not wrong, a Hokage probably need to know a lot of skills, but skills are not the only thing a Hokage needs... He needs people he can trust, can leave his back behind, and of course people he wants to protect."
Ebisu said nothing as he was listening. He began to rethink a lot, what had gone wrong and why Konohamaru became so difficult to handle, and he began to understand why he was only looking for his own ideal and didn't include Konohamaru's feelings.
"At least you should begin to call him by his name, you are probably the one, who will by his side the most," Naruto finished as he left the training area.
Ebisu began to sadly smile, full of regrets, "I have totally misjudged you, Naruto Uzumaki, you are not the loser I had thought! I thank you for waking me up, I'll promise you... until you meet young m-, Konohamaru-sama again, I'll make him a worthy rival."
-Ayame & Teuchi-
The sun almost set down as Naruto walked along the street of Konoha.
"Didn't think, you would give him such advice," Kurama said, pouting a bit.
"Of course, it's not like the hate is mutual, and I also had the feeling, that Ebisu-sensei, isn't a bad guy, he is more the stubborn type," Naruto replied, but noticed Kurama strange behavior, "is something wrong? You act strange, Kurama."
"Your observing skills are really great like always, it feels like you can read everyone's character instantly," Kurama sighed and the sixth sense of Naruto wasn't a joke either, Kurama just wished, that Naruto would stop creating Jutsu's that would misunderstanding him.
"Hm, you think so?" Naruto wasn't sure about this, "I think I still miss a lot of things."
"... Did you really mean it? Do you really want to be the Hokage yourself?" Kurama suddenly changed the subject as it wondered about this.
"Ah, about this, I-"
"Naruto-kun?" A female voice suddenly cut their conversation off.
"Ayame-nee!" Naruto recognized the girl, who approached him.
"Are you on the way home?" She asked.
Naruto nodded and noticed the shopping bags she was holding, "yes, and I can see, you were out shopping?"
"Yes, some of our supplies are running out, so I was going to refill them," she answered with a smile.
"Hardworking like always, Ayame-nee," Naruto said in an impressed tone, Ayame is a strong girl, she always knew what she wants to do.
"Ah, it's nothing, someone needs to do that anyway, and father is busy with our restaurant... AH! Naruto-kun, I heard from Iruka-san, that you've passed the Genin test? Congratulation, I knew you would manage to do that!"
"Thanks, Ayama-nee, though it was a really close call," Naruto sheepily joked.
"Well if this wasn't on purpose," Kurama adds with a chuckle.
"Well, you've passed, this is all that's counts, how about I invite you to some ramen? Father is probably also waiting for you, to congratulate you too."
"But, Ayame-nee, you..," Naruto was about decline as he wanted to go later anyway, but now he didn't want to bother Ayame, as she just came back from shopping.
"No buts! Come on let's go," Ayame dragged Naruto along.
Naruto smiled, it was just Ayame's character, she can be also really stubborn and you couldn't go against her, though it's more like.. that she didn't give you a choice anyway.
After they walked and talked a bit, Naruto noticed something, it seems like she was lost on her own thoughts, "something wrong, Ayame-nee?"
"You know, walking on this street, it reminds me... six years ago, exactly on this day and this place, didn't we met for the first time?", Ayame said with a gentle smile on her face.
Naruto thought about this for a while, "you are right, I remember."
"You do? Even though you were only six? Seems like your memories aren't that bad, I was 12 back then, the same age as you are right now," Ayame chuckled, "I can clearly remember as if it was yesterday..."
-Flashback, exact six years ago-
"Congratulation, you have passed the Genin exam, Ayame," the Hokage smiled, handing over the Konoha-Forehead-Protector to her.
"Thank you very much, Hokage-sama," a young Ayame bowed, taking the head protector, and left the room.
"Hm, so this my first step as a ninja," Ayame said, looking down to the head protector, "but why does it feel so empty.. Why am I not that happy?"
She shrugged her thoughts off as she only wanted to go home quickly. For a while, she walked alongside the street until something caught her ears.
"Oi! Loser, watch where you're going!", a boy snorted as he pushed another boy with blond hair, to the ground. There were four children, Ayame could spot, but it seems like three of them were bullying the blond one, they also look a bit older than him.
"My parents always say that you are no good, and if we hang out with you, we will turn stupid," a girl beside the boy snickered.
"No wonder, how can someone have such a stupid grin!", the last kid laughed as the two children beside him laugh along, as they began to turn around and leave the blond kid behind, but one of them lost something in the progress.
"Uhm, w-wait, you lost this," the blond boy called after them, as he picked up the object to return it to him.
"Huh? My pencil! You stole it!", the boy glared, making the blond boy flinch, `what the hell are they stupid?´ Ayame could only think.
The other boy sighed, "how stupid, attempting to steal right before our eyes."
"No wonder he is stupid, he even admitted his crime," the girl of the group snickered.
"Seems like we need to teach you a lesson," the boy said as he began to approach Naruto.
Seeing enough, Ayame finally step in, "HEY! You stupid brats, I saw everything, he didn't steal it! You really lost this! He just wanted to return it to you!"
"Huh? Who is that old hag?" The boy asked.
"She looks so ugly!" The other boy agreed.
"She probably his accomplice," the girl said, "isn't she the daughter of the newly opened Ramen Restaurant? Bomin Acha- something?"
"W-What? Old Hag? Ugly..?! And the restaurant called Ramen Ichiraku!" Several veins popped out on Ayame's body, as she hit them on their head.
"Ow! We will remember this, you old hag!" The boy sniffed in pain, as they run away.
Ayame sighed, "geez kids these days... Well, it's not like I'm an adult."
"Uhm, you didn't need to help me," the blond boy said in a low tone but quickly changed into a big grin, "but thank you!"
"How can you still be so happy, when those kids are bullying you? I don't get it," Ayame sighed.
"It doesn't matter if they hate me or not, all I want is to help!" He said with a determined expression.
A bit startled by his response, Ayame began to smile, "you are strange, how can you want to help those rude brats, anyway, my name is Ayame."
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki," he said with a smile, "I'm used to it, but someday I'll make them see who I am and make them acknowledge me. This is something I promise to myself!"
"Promise to yourself, huh" Ayame mumbled as she remembered something, "Dad! I will help you with the ramen shop when I grow up, I promise this to you!"
Suddenly they both heard something growl, it came from Naruto stomach, "seems like someone is hungry?" Ayame laughed.
"Ah! Well, it's time to go home anyway, thank you Ayame-san," Naruto bowed her goodbye but was immediately stopped by her.
"How about you come with me? I know the best Ramen restaurant in the world!" Ayame grinned, dragging Naruto with her, without even waiting for his answer.
"Eh..? W-Wait!" Naruto was truly confused, it was the first time that someone talks with him normally, besides the Hokage.
-Flashback end-
"You literally dragged me along, Ayame-nee," Naruto laughed as he remembered the events.
"This was before we could talk to each other, right? I also remember... She and her father are very kind," Kurama smiled.
"Sorry Naruto-kun, I was a bit quick-tempered, back then," Ayame chuckled, as they finally arrived at the Ramen Ichiraku, "I'm back father! I also brought Naruto-kun with me."
"Oh welcome back, Ayame," Teuchi said with a loud voice, while he noticed Naruto, "Oi, Naruto! I heard you passed the Genin exam, congratulation!" He smiled and turned to Ayame with a knowing grin, "seems like you met your favorite boy, huh?"
"Father! I just met him coincidentally!" Ayame blushed, "Oh right, we talked about how we met each other for the first time, do you remember, father?"
"Oh really? That brings back memories!" Teuchi tried to remember.
-Flashback six years ago-
Teuchi smiled as he works on his newly opened Restaurant called -Ramen Ichiraku-, but today is also a special day, because today was the day, that his daughter became a Genin for Konoha, he is so proud of her, however, he remembered something.
"Dad! Your Ramen is so good! When I grow up, I will help you with your dream, to operate a Ramen Restaurant! I promise you that!"
Teuchi smiled at this memory, "too bad, that this will never happen, but she was still little, of course, she didn't remember this silly promise and she should just live her own life."
He snapped out of his thought, as he heard some noises approached his small ramen restaurant.
"Here is it! The best restaurant in the World!" Teuchi recognized the voice and formed a big smile. It seems like she brought someone along.
Two people entered his stand, one, of course, was his daughter Ayame and the other was a younger boy with blond hair, but the boy instantly hid behind his daughter as he saw him.
"Huh? Naruto-kun why are you hiding behind me? This is just my dad, he won't bite," Ayame chuckled, "he is someone I met today, he is Naruto Uzumaki."
"Haha, I may look a bit scary, but I'm always nice to kids, I'm Teuchi, nice to meet you Naruto," he introduced himself to the boy as he turned to Ayame, "so my girl finally become a Ninja! I hope you will do your best," the man said with a proud voice, forming a smile.
"Eh? You became a ninja, Ayame-san?" The small boy asked with a surprised tone in his voice.
"Huh? Ah yes, look, I got this today," Ayame said as she showed Naruto the Konoha-Forehead-Protector.
"Wow, really cool, Ayame-san!" Naruto grinned.
"Y-Yeah, I guess," Ayame shrugged it off, "more importantly! Dad, Naruto is hungry, can you make him the best ramen you got? And he is my guest, so no charge, okay?"
Teuchi smiled, "of course, Naruto I'll make you the best ramen, you ever had!"
"Eh? I can't do this! I should pay, after all, Teuchi-san is hardworking..." Naruto felt guilty.
"You are my guest, don't worry, I don't even think that you have the money anyway, you still a kid," Ayame said, wondering why Naruto hesitates for free food.
"Haha, just listen to her, don't worry about anything else," Teuchi smiled, but he noticed something, `hmm, if I look closely, isn't this boy, which the Nine-Tails is sealed inside? I heard some rumors, but he looks pretty normal and so polite for a child.´
After awhile Teuchi finished the ramen and presented it in front of Naruto, who could only gulp, how delicious it smelled, but he was still doubting that he deserved this free food.
Noticing how Naruto was still unsure, Ayame gave him a push, "come on, eat up or it will turn cold! Or do you want to waste all of my dad's work?"
Naruto who now had no choice began to eat the ramen in front of him, as he took his first slurp, he couldn't stop anymore it was just so good, "A-Amazing! I never taste something like this!"
Ayame laughed, "Naruto, slow down or you will choke yourself up."
"I'm glad you like this kid!" Teuchi grinned, this is it, this expression he wanted to see when people eating his ramen.
"Teuchi-san, Ayame-san was right, this is really the best" Naruto made a huge smile in front of them.
His warm smile made both Ayame and Teuchi hearts raised, "hehe, you have really good taste, kid!"
"Hmm~ It seems like you are still hungry, how about you taste my dish, this time Ayame said as she began to walk into the kitchen.
"Ayame?" Teuchi was a bit surprised by her suggestion.
"Don't worry, dad, I observed you a lot and I also learned a bit."
After a while, Ayame presented her own Ramen to Naruto.
"Delicious! This is amazing Ayame-san!", Naruto grinned, but honestly thought about this a bit, "though, Teuchi-san's was a bit better. Oh! Not that I meant that yours was bad! I mean, I didn't lie..!"
Ayame laughed, calming him down, "of course he is better, after all, I still have a long way to go, to beat my dad in cooking! But thanks."
"Ayame..," Teuchi was speechless, he didn't know that his daughter was secretly learning his cooking style.
"OI! Teuchi! Come out!" suddenly an angry male voice cut their happy moment off.
"Huh? What was this?", Teuchi wondered, as he went out of his Restaurant, of course, Ayame and Naruto followed him, especially Naruto had a bad feeling about this.
Standing outside were three male adults, with three children by their side.
"It's them!" Ayame recognized the children, it was those three who bullied Naruto.
"Hm? What for business do you have with me?" Teuchi asked, noticing how angry they are.
"Hmpf, you daughter attacked my son, that is our business!" The first man said in an angry voice.
Teuchi was surprised and turned to Ayame, who was shocked by this, "W-What?! I-ts true, that I hit them, but it was just a lesson for bullying Naruto! They were 3 on 1!"
The three adults turned their glare to Naruto, which made him flinch, hiding behind Ayame, "I see..., of course, it was this De-brat fault, he was the one who stole my son's pencil, so of course he needs to be punished!"
"What?! Naruto didn't steal anything! He picked it up after this brat lost it! Naruto just wanted to help!" Ayame glared.
"Hah, as if this was true, are you saying that my child lied to me? This Dem-brat is just a loser!" The other male joined in.
Teuchi now fully understood the situation turned his gaze to three adults, "I think you heard my daughter, your children were at fault, apologies to Naruto and then leave!"
"W-What? You are defending this De- brat?!" The male glared, unhappy with Teuchi taking the demon side.
"I can see, who is lying," Teuchi said as he looking straight into their children's eyes, which they quickly avoided his gaze, clearly being nervous, "I think, we are finished here, if you don't want to apologize, then just leave."
"H-hmpf, wait Teuchi-san, you just opened your Restaurant, right?" The last of the three males made an evil smirk, "if I tell the whole Village, that you fed this Demo- brat, you will be ruined! NOBODY will come to eat your ramen anymore!" The three males laughed, this threat will make Teuchi turn against the brat.
Naruto, realizing what he meant, run in front of Teuchi and Ayame and shouted, "you can't! It's not Teuchi-san and Ayame-san faults! Please don't, people need to eat Teuchi-san ramen! They are the best! I won't come here anymore! I promise! Please don't do this! I apolo-"
"Wh-, Naruto?!" Ayame was surprised by this outburst.
Teuchi who observed all this, had enough, as he pulled Naruto back, holding his mouth, "it's okay Naruto! Don't say sorry, when you aren't in the wrong! And don't promise such a thing! I will work harder, even if no customers are coming anymore! I didn't open a restaurant just to earn money, I just wanted my customers to enjoy like you did when you taste my and Ayame Ramen! Because this is what I earn for", he gave a kind smile to him, `I see, people like them were the reason, why you were afraid of me, but don't worry I'm not blind, I know who you are.´
Naruto was speechless, nobody had ever stood for him, is it okay for him to feel happy right now?
"Dad...," Ayame was baffled, how cool her dad was right now and realized something, "because this is what dads earn for..."
"So you decided to stick on this brat? If you had abandoned him, we would've rethought about telling everyone, but now-," the male suddenly stopped as he saw someone approached the group.
"But now, what?" A male voice asked, making the three male adults silent.
"H-Hokage-sama!" The three quickly corrected their and their children's posture and bowed to Hokage.
"Grandpa Sarutobi!" Naruto was a bit relieved.
"Continue, I'm listening," the Hokage waited.
"T-the De- Naruto Uzumaki, stole my son's pencil and his girlfriend hit our children! W-we just want them to apologies to us, yes that right! We just wanted Naruto to apologize to our children!", one of them tries to explain themselves.
"W-what?! This is a lie! A-and I'm not Naruto's g-girlfriend!" Ayame blushed, not even knowing why she had even blushes, he is only six after all!
The Hokage turned to the three children and looked into their eyes, "was it true? Did Naruto stole your pencil?"
"Y-Yes tell the Hokage-sama, that it was the de-Naruto Uzumaki fault!", the male said to his son, but the son couldn't hold it and began to cry, alongside the other two, they couldn't handle the stress anymore, "W-We lied, Hokage-sama! W-We just used it as an excuse to irritate him! F-father said it was good to bully him., we are sorry! A-Are we in trouble?"
"W-What?" The face of the three males dropped.
"I see," the Hokage patted their heads, "it's not okay to lie, children or a scary monster will chase you down and eat you up, but now that you have told us the truth, the monster has disappeared, however, I hope you learned your lesson. You three will get detention in the School Academy, reflecting that bullying someone, is not okay."
"Y-Yes, we will never do this again" The girl sniffed.
"And to you guys now...," the Hokage turned to the three males, "believing your child is a good thing, but you should at least listen to the story of both sides."
"Y-yes, my apologies H-!" The three were about to apologize but were stopped by the Hokage.
"I'm not the one who needs an apology," the Hokage sighed.
Realizing what the Hokage meant, they turned to Teuchi, "We are sorry, Teuc-..,"
"I'm also not the one who needs an apology," Teuchi closed his eyes.
NOW realizing what they meant, they slowly turned to Naruto, "W-We are sorry... br-Naruto Uzumaki..."
Naruto was a bit taken aback but nodded to their apology.
"You will reflect your action by cleaning the street of Konoha for a month, now you are dismissed", the Hokage said.
Before they left with hanging heads, the Hokage has one more thing to say, making one thing clear, "and if I hear any rumors about this restaurant... Well, I think you should know what will happen," with this, the three males left with their children immediately, making sure not too angry the Hokage any further.
"Yay, they deserved that! How can they be so rude to you, Naruto," Ayame cheered.
Naruto answered with a low voice, "I don't really know..."
"Hokage-sama, you didn't have to help us, like I have said before I-," Teuchi felt bad, that the Hokage needed to interfere to resolve this situation.
"Don't mind that, hmm, Naruto are you still hungry? If so, let me treat you another ramen," the Hokage smiled.
"Yea, let's celebrate our win! Dad, I realized something, I don't want to become a ninja, I want to be a cook like you!"
"Ayame...? What are you saying? I thought your dream was to become a first-class ninja?"
"I thought so too, but if I think about this... my friends, they all are going to be a ninja now, I guess I thought I needed to follow them, but this is something I didn't want to, I really want to become a cook! I love cooking with you and... mom!"
"Then I guess, you have something that belongs to me?" Hiruzen smiled.
Ayame nodded, handing the forehead protector back to the Hokage.
"Do you really want this.. Ayame?" Teuchi asked one more time, making sure that she doesn't regret her decision.
"The village has enough shinobi's and.. I don't think we have to worry for the future either," Ayame was sure of her decision as she glanced towards Naruto, "and right now all I want is to help you, dad! The promise I made you! Though my cooking will not be limited to Ramen!", she made a big grin that shows no regrets on her face, "come on Naruto, I will show you how I make the Ramen."
Teuchi smiled, "she really resembles her mother..."
-Flashback ends-
"Hehe, I never thought you would remember this silly promise you made, Ayame," Teuchi happily grinned.
"No promise it's silly, uncle Teuchi," Naruto cut in, "every promise has its purpose, and my ninja way is to keep every promise I made. This is the oath I made for myself."
Ayame chuckled, this is so typical Naruto, promises is his specialty, "Naruto-kun, you look so mature now! But I'm glad that you haven't changed at all."
Teuchi made a sly smile, "when you grow older, you can have my dau-"
A pot hitting Teuchi prevented him to continue, as he fainted and a blushing Ayame turned to Naruto, "let's celebrate your success, you don't mind if I'm the one who cooks? Seeing that my father is unable to do this right now."
Naruto sweatdropped as he only nodded to her and whispered to Kurama, "what's happened to her?"
Kurama made a long sigh, "you just don't understand a woman's heart, then again you are still a child."
-Back at home-
"I'm really full..," Naruto sighed, maybe he ate too much, "so finally home!"
"Tomorrow will be my first step being a ninja," Naruto smiled, checking his mailbox, "oh? There is a letter, it's from Grandpa Sarutobi!"
Dear Naruto,
let me congratulate you once again for becoming a genin, I really hope you won't do any more pranks and take your job as a shinobi seriously.
Like we promise, this will be the last time I will send you money after you finally became a ninja, though I really didn't mind it, you can always come to me, if you are short on money.
I wish you good luck and do your best, Naruto.
Hiruzen Sarutobi.
P.S. Thank you for taking care of Konohamaru, seems like he really likes you, he is nonstopping talking about you.
Naruto smiled, grandpa Sarutobi is the one, who was always nice to him, if he wasn't this busy as the Hokage, they may have spent more times together. The Hokage was also the one who gave him this house and always sent him food and warm clothes to him, and every week he also sent money to him.
"Are you sure?" Kurama asked.
"Yes, I don't feel good taking money without working for it, but now being a Genin, I can do missions to earn my own money," Naruto smiled, but quickly turned into a sigh, "though, most of the money is still unused anyway, uncle Teuchi won't take any of it... and other stores would just throw me out or refusing to sell me anything,
"But are you sure, that the villagers will let you do their mission?" Kurama asks worriedly.
"Don't worry, I will place in a team, and they mostly won't care, who is doing the mission as long it is done. So let's go to sleep, I don't want to be late tomorrow, goodnight Kurama."
"Goodnight, Naruto," Kurama replied with a smile.
Tomorrow is finally the day, the debut... of the Super Genius Naruto!
-To Be Continued-