The following two anime/ games do not belong to me in any way, shape or form. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, and all characters and items and mentions of TF2 belong to Valve.

Dialogue:

"Normal Speech"

'Thought Speech'

"Demon Speech"

'Demon Thought'

'Flashback Thought'

"Flashback Speech'

MEET THE ORANGINEER: Chapter 3

'Naruto….Naruto…'

'Uggh...' Naruto thought as he seemed to hear a voice speaking to him.

'Naruto… Naruto!'

Naruto could barely tell whose voice it belonged to. It sounded caring, concerned, and familiar at the same time.

'NARUTO!'

Naruto's eyes snapped open as the voice seemed to yell incredibly loudly. His vision seemed foggy, but as he opened his eyes, his vision began to clear. As it finally came together, he saw above him a white ceiling. Naruto's heart skipped as he looked at it. He had seen it numerous times before and there was only one place with it. The hospital. This meant he was back in the village. Naruto tried to lean up, to see what was around him, but he felt a hand soltly put itself on his right shoulder. He recognized the hand as well. It felt scared and round, but also wrinkly and soft at the same time. He slowly turned his head to the right, a small smile appearing on his face as he recognized the person.

The person was Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage of the Leaf Village, and the grandfather figure of Naruto. Ever since Naruto had known him, he had been nothing but kind to Naruto, treating him like his own grandson.

"Hey Jiji." Naruto said in a weak voice, his small smile still on his face. Sarutobi smiled sadly at Naruto as he said hello to him. A four year old child shouldn't have to go through something like this. 'The villagers went too far this time…this is just cruel.' He thought as he looked at Naruto.

"Hello Naruto." He said as he sat down in a chair next to the hospital bed. "How are you feeling?"

"A little better." Naruto said as he looked at his 'grandfather'. "Hey jiji? How long have I been asleep?" The smile on his face disappeared as he looked at Naruto worriedly.

"Well Naruto," he said as he sounded worried, "Because of your injuries, you have been out for a week."

"A-a week?" Naruto said, shock evident in his voice.

"Yes," Sarutobi said as he look at Naruto, seeing the sadness and shock on his face. "However…" This got Naruto's attention quickly. "If it hadn't been for the man who found you and haulted the bleeding, you would have been out much longer, or worse." This surprised Naruto. Someone had saved him?

"Someone saved me? Who?" Naruto asked with curiosity in his voice.

"That'd be me amigo." A voice said, getting Naruto's attention. He turned his head to the left in the direction of the voice, and was shocked at who it was. It had been the strange man who he had stumbled upon in the clearing.

"Hey! You're that guy from the clearing!" Naruto said, pointing at the man with his right arm. He quickly gasped in pain, as he looked down to see his right arm was heavily wrapped in bandages, and his wrist covered to hide the stump where his hand used to be.

"Careful there kid!" the man said as he walked over quickly. "You don' wanna hurt yourself there to badly now. Your wounds could re-open."

Naruto spoke again, less frantic. "Alright. But I'm confused."

The man raised his eyebrows, his eyes hidden behind his goggles. "Why confused kid?"

Naruto seemed to look down, his voice now quieter. "Well, besides jiji, no one really wants to help me. They usually give me evil looks or just beat me up. Why would you help me?"

The man was shocked to say the least. This kid was saying that he was continually looked at like the plague and beat down, and he was no older than what, four? He quickly shook his head, looking back at Naruto with a calm voice. "Well, he said, "For me, whenever I see a kid whose bleedin' to death on the ground, that raises a lot o' worry. I wasn't just gonna let ya bleed out on the forest floor, it ain't right. So I brought ya here, and it seemed to be your home, cause people recognized ya."

Naruto was surpised. This guy didn't even care who he was, and he helped him. A small tear escaped his eyes as he looked up at the man. "T-thank you. For saving me." A smile appeared on the man's face as he ruffled Naruto's hair.

"No problem kid." He said, pulling his rubber gloved hand back. "Now," his face turned serious as he looked at the Hokage. "I gotta ask ya somethin' mister."

The Hokage raised an eyebrow, wondering what it was. "Go ahead." He said. What he didn't expect was the sudden yelling.

"WHAT IN SAM HELL IS WRONG WITH YA? THIS KID IS SAYING HES GETTING' THE CRUD BEAT OUTTA HIM EV'RY DAY, AND YOUR JUST SITTIN' THERE? AN' I'M THINKIN' THAT MUST BE TRUE WITH HOW I FOUND 'IM! WHAT KINDA 'GRANDFATHER' ARE YA LETTIN THIS HAPPEN!"

To say the least, both Naruto and the Hokage were stunned. This man they knew nothing about was yelling at the leader of the village and one of the most powerful shinobi in the world. Their thoughts we're as so.

Naruto: 'Wow! This guy has a lot of guts talking to jiji like this!'

Hokage: 'Hmm… this is surprising. He's yelling at me, so he either is brave, or doesn't know who I am And he's worried for Naruto. Is it possible…he doesn't know?"

The Hokage got a serious, authoritative, look on his face as he looked at the red faced man yelling at him. "I can answer your questions, but first you must sit down and calm yourself Mr…" He stopped short, realizing he didn't know his name. "Excuse me, but I now realize, neither me or Naruto here know your name."

The man calmed his self slightly, looking at the Hokage calmer. "Well, I usually don' give out my name unless I know someone real well. So you can just call me what people usually do. Engineer, or Engie for short." Slight surprise caught the Hokage as he heard this. The man's name was Engineer?

"Well Mr. Engineer," he said ackwardly, not used to calling the man this, "I can explain your questions, but first you must sit down. The Engineer hesitated, before sitting down in the chair left of Naruto's bed. "However, you must understand," the Hokage said as he gave the man a stern look. "What I'm about to tell you is classified to only me and a few others in this village. If you say anything about it to anyone, you will have to die."

This slightly shocked the Engineer. 'It's that important?' "Well alright," the Engineer said as he put one leg over the over. "I agree. Now what's this about." The Hokage gave a long sigh, turning aroud so he faced the window with his hands behind his back,

"Four years ago, our village was attacked by an ancient creature of unknown origin. It was an ancient creature of legend, one the people of this land know as the Kyuubi no Kitsune. It nearly destroyed the village, killing hundreds of innocent people and shinobi of the village. It nearly destroyed the village, until it was stopped by the Yondaime Hokage."

"Wait a minute," the Engineer said, holding his hands up in a halting jesture. "From what you're saying, some giant fox attacked your village, killing a bunch a' people, and one guy stopped it? How does that work?" His words sounded unbelieveable, like he didn't believe a word?

The Hokage sighed before replying, "He summoned Death."

The Engineer stopped whatever he was going to say, looking shocked at the words. "Death? He summoned Death?"

"Yes", he said as he breathed in heavily. "He called upon death to seal the demon away, at the cost of his soul to be tortured inside Death's stomach for the rest of eternity."

The Engineer was shocked at what he was hearing, as evident at his jaw slightly open. "Why would he do somethin' like that if he knew the results?" He asked.

It couldn't be seen, but a small smile was on the Hokage's face as his next words came out. "Because he truly cared for these people. He believed that when he sealed the Kyuubi, it would protect everyone and the people would treat the thing containing it like a hero, carrying such a heavy burden." As he finished, the smile was replaced with a frown. "The people however didn't see it that way."

The Engineer, puzzled asked, "Why not?"

"Well, the people had lost much from the attack, and so all of their hate and need for revenge turned to the container of the Kyuubi."

Putting two and two together, the Engineer saw where this was going. "So, what did the Yondaime fella seal it into?"

The Hokage sighed, a heavy depressing sigh. "It's not what he sealed it into. It's who he sealed it into."

The Engineer's eyes widened as he realized what this meant. "So that would mean…"

The Hokage nodded slowly. "Yes, the person the Yondaime used as the container for the Kyuubi…"

"Was me…" The two turned to see Naruto, his arms on the bed and his eyes in a blank daze.

"Naruto?", The Hokage asked Naruto, worried why Naruto finished the sentence, yet wasn't freaking out.

"I kinda already knew jiji…" This shocked both older men, especially the Hokage.

"You knew Naruto?" the Hokage asked, not sure how Naruto would act.

"Well, kinda…" Naruto said, rubbing his good hand behind his head. "When I fell unconscious in the woods, I met with him in my mind. He actually seemed sorry about it." If the Hokage's eyebrows could go any higher, then they'd fly off his head. "But, there is one thing I gotta ask." This surprised both men.

"Sure kid. What is it?" The Engineer asked. Naruto turned to him, a look of many emotions in his face. Sadness, despair, fear, and more.

"Because of what is in me…do you think I'm a demon?" Engineer was shocked at the question. "If you don't wanna see me anymore, I understand." Tears were now starting to slowly fall Naruto's cheeks, ready to fall onto the bed.

"Now why would I think that?" Naruto's eyes widened considerably, as he looked up at the Engineer's collected face.

"H-huh?" Naruto asked, confused and scared.

"Well kid," the Engineer said, "From what I understand, you're just the container, not the Kyuubi itself. If you were, then you'd either be gone or this village would be. And…" His right hand reached up to Naruto's face, wiping off the tears in a fatherly way. "From what I've seen of you kid, you are nothing like a demon. Your kind, nice, and way to innocent for all the crap these people put you through. Your no demon kid, and you'll never be one."

Naruto, to say the least, was having a million thoughts a minute flowing through his head. This guy barely even knew him, knew about what was inside of him, the thing that shunned him from the people, and he didn't see him as a demon. Naruto had multiple emotions flowing through his body. Happiness, joy, sadness, relief. Probably the only people in the entire village who didn't hate him were Jiji and the people at the ramen stand. And this one guy, had made him feel better about the crappy life he had had. So he did the only thing he could think of. He hugged the Engineer tightly, and cried. He cried tears of happiness, because he had met someone who didn't want to hurt him like everyone else.

The Engineer, watching this display of huge emotion, who was now being hugged by this little kid, did what he knew what he needed to. He returned the hug, a small fatherly smile on his face as Naruto cried into his overalls. "It's alright now kid," he said as Naruto hugged him close. "Just let it all out. We're here." And so he did. Naruto cried for what seemed like minutes. After ten minutes had passed, Naruto's crying had stopped, his breathing now more relaxed as he fell asleep. The Engineer smiled as he gently rubbed the tear marks off his face, and then laid him back in his hospital bed.

The Hokage, who had watched all of this unfold, was incredibly happy. This man from nowhere had been able to understand Naruto and make him feel like an actual person. As the Engineer laid Naruto back in bed, the Hokage signaled to get the Engineer's attention.

"Now," he said as the Engineer turned to him. "My ANBU will be in the room watching over Naruto. Do you mind if we headed to my office and talked privately?"

The Engineer looked at Naruto for a second, before turning back to the Hokage. "Alright. But he better be safe, or else."

The Hokage smiled lightly. "He'll be perfectly fine, I promise you." Him and the Engineer, then walked out of the room, to discuss matters that would soon affect Naruto's future.

Twenty minutes later, they had both arrived at the Hokage tower in his office. He motioned for the Engineer to take a seat, himself going to sit behind his desk. He clasped his hands together on the desk as he looked at the Engineer.

"I must say," the Hokage said as he looked at the Engineer. "You made Naruto very happy. I've probably never seen him happy like that in all his life."

"Well," the Enginner said as he lifted his hard hat form covering his goggles, "I gotta say, I have taken a likin' to the kid. I do gotta ask though…" he said finished the sentence, his hands slightly gripping the arms on the chair.

"Yes?" the Hokage asked, pulling out his pipe and taking a smoke.

"Is he an orphan?" the Hokage did not expect this answer, and so choked on the smoke a little. After his coughing fit, he looked up at the Engineer. "How did you know?"

"I'm a very smart person," Engineer replied, crossing his legs as before, "As I watched the kid, I noticed some stuff. He was covered in minor dirt stains, the clothes I brought him in with were patched up a lot, and he looked like he hadn't eaten anything in days. So that combined with how the people treat him, I'd say he barely gets by on food." He seemed to spit out the word people in venom, like he didn't even consider them people.

"Sadly, yes he is." The Hokage said as he continued to smoke. "His parents died during the attack, so he's had to live in the orphanage."

"Then I doubt he's been living in it." The Hokage looked up with wide eyes as he looked at the Engineer's scowling face.

"What do you mean by that?" the Hokage asked. The Engineer looked into the eyes of the Hokage, and even though his goggles covered his, a person could tell the anger sparking off of them.

"Well since these here 'people' hate him, I'd assume that applies to the people workin' at it, and so they most likely kicked 'im out. Think of that combined with how he looks."

The Hokage seemed to concentrate for a moment, before a look of pure hatred appeared on his face. "Those witches," he said as the wood on his desk seemed to splinter a little. "They told me he was being kept there."

"Looks like they lied." The Engineer said, noticing how the desk reacted to the Hokage's anger. 'What in sam hell? How'd this old geezer do that? Maybe I'll ask him later, got somethin' more important to ask.' "Mr. Hokage, I gotta favor to ask ya." The Engineer said, a look of seriousness on his face.

The Hokage looked at him, noticing the look. "What is your favor? I owe you for saving Naruto's life.

"Could I adopt him?" were the words that came out of his mouth, making the Hokage drop his pipe.

"You want to adopt him?" the Hokage asked, his eyes as wide a dinner plates.

"Yes indeed I do!" the Engineer said as he looked in his eyes. "Look, both o' us and the village know his life has been livin' hell, especially since they caused it. This kid hasn't known love since he grew up with no parents and nobody to look after him. He deserves a family that can look after him an' show 'im that love that he's missed out on. Plus, I've always wanted a son, but because of my line of work, I could never find a date." He seemed to laugh at that part, a low chuckle escaping his lips.

The Hokage, listening very carefully, smiled as he heard the whole thing. This man was ready to show a small child love and family that he had never had. He looked at the Engineer with a huge smile on his face. "Well, I think that can be arranged," he said as he stood up to shake the Engineer's hand.

A huge smile showed up on the Engineer's as he shook it firmly. "Thank ya very much mister. Won't let ya down. Naruto will get his family, I swear."

As he turned to leave, he heard the Hokage say, "No, thank you Engineer. Thank you." A smile reached his face as he reached the door. As he entered the doorway he said, "No problem. And the name's Dell. Dell Conagher." The next moment he was gone.

Sarutobi lifted his pipe off his desk and smiled as he thought to himself, 'Well then Mr. Dell, I know you'll do a great job in raising Naruto.'

The next morning, Naruto woke up to the sun shining through the blinds of his hospital window. As he opened his eyes, he saw a sight that made him laugh. The Engineer from last night was sitting next to him in a chair, newspaper on his chest and a trail of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth. Soon the laughter got so loud, the Engineer woke up.

"Whazzah-hoosah-whutza?" he said as he swung his head up, the saliva swinging up and slapping onto his goggles. This got more laughter out of Naruto, who was holding his sides in happy laughter. The Engineer, seeing the mess he made, chuckled a bit at what happened and look over at Naruto. "Well then, looks like you had a good wake up call, didn't ya?" he asked playfully as he ruffled some of Naruto's hair.

Soon Naruto's laughter had shrunken to a few giggles, and he had a huge smile on his face. "Yeah I did!" he said as he stretched his arms. "So what are you doin' here?" he asked innocently, tilting his head to the side.

The Enginner chuckled, looking at Naruto as he stood up. "Well I came to get ya discharged kid." He said as he helped Naruto out of bed. "We gotta go see the Hokage to fill out some stuff."

Naruto groaned at this. "Aw man, paperwork? Why do we gotta go and fill it out Engie-san?"

The Engineer raised his eye at the san part, as he helped Naruto get his clothes on. "Where'd the san come from kid?" he asked confused.

Naruto, who was now dressed, and grabbing what he had said, "Well, you're one of the few people that treated me nice. So now you're Engie-san!" He smiled up at Engineer as stood up ready to go. "At least you don't got a funny name, like ero-jiji does."

This seemed to get a chuckle out of Engineer. "Ero-jiji?" he said as he led Naruto out of the room, holding his hand.

"Yeah! Not a lot of people know, but jiji is a total pervert! He keeps this little orange book in his desk that for pervs." he said as he laughed too.

"Hahaha!" Engineer laughed as they walked out of the hospital, heading to the Hokage Tower.

Minutes later, they had reached the Tower, knocking on the office door as they both heard, "Enter." They walked in to see the Hokage sitting at the desk, a small pile of papers in front of Naruto with a huge smile on his face. "Hello Naruto! How are you today?"

"Oh he's doing great…ero-jiji." A huge smile was on the Engineer's face as he said this, making him and Naruto crack out loud. The Hokage was now slowly turning red, embarrassed by a man and kid many years younger than him. He quickly coughed to hide his red face, as he motioned for the both of them to sit down.

"Well, now back to business." He said, looking at Naruto. "Now Naruto, the reason we're here is because of you. And don't worry you're not in trouble." He quickly said as he saw Naruto's face fill with worry.

"Oh." He said as he looked at the Hokage and the Engineer. "Then what is this about?" huge smiles made their way onto their faces as the two looked at each other.

"Well kid," Engie said as he looked at Naruto. "The old man and I were talking last night after you fell asleep, and we were wondering your opinion on something."

Naruto tilted his head in confusion. "What is it?"

The smile got wider as he crossed his legs. "We were wondering what you would think if I were to adopt you."

Time froze for Naruto as he heard this. He wanted to adopt him? He looked at Engineer to see for any kind of lie, but was relieved greatly to see there was none. "Really? You would adopt me?" Naruto asked as his eyes widened.

"Oh yeah. So what'dya say?" The Engineer said as smiled wider. His response was a little blond blur tackling him into a hug.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" was the only reply the Engineer got as Naruto yelled in happiness.

The Hokage and Engineer could only laugh at this, happy to see he said yes. So after two hours of documents and signatures, Engineer and Naruto walked out of the Hokage Tower hand in hand, with Naruto having a huge smile on his face. He was no longer an orphan. He was now Naruto Uzumaki Conagher. And he couldn't have been happier.

So! The secrets have been revealed to us and Naruto now has a family. Personally, I think Naruto should have gotten a family in the first place (manga/anime), and I'm happy to say he now has one and is about to get a bigger one soon! Next chapter: Plans are made and two certain characters are going to leave, not being seen for years? Who will it be? Possibly specific special major characters? Think you already know !

This is Aussie Scum, an' have a g'day mates!"