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STORY START: Chapter 2~

But alas, almost no legend is created over the course of merely a single day.

After escaping, the two drunk fools with his new little pal, Naruto decided to do a little investigating of the mysterious objects that came along with Jolt. After grabbing the strange ball that Jolt was inside of earlier, he accidentally clicked the button in the middle in the process. This to his shock made the ball shine a red light over his new friend which then made Jolt disappear. It had then returned back to the small size it was before he even touched the ball earlier that day. While slightly panicking, Naruto remembered the instructions 'throw down' and did so once again. This returned the ball back to the bigger size and had his friend come out of the ball once more, looking slightly confused. Now seeing that Jolt was not in danger of disappearing, Naruto decided to have fun with the strange sphere and continue this process a few times, until the cub made a glare at Naruto that would rival even the one of a certain pink haired academy student. Sweat dropping, Naruto put Jolt in the ball once again and decided to stealthily make his way back home.

Following the course of what seemed like almost an eternity (in reality a couple of hours), the impatient blond 'demon' finally got to his front door. Opening the door revealed a nice… okay… well livable home space. It was a one bedroom apartment with a small kitchen and bathroom included inside. While a little small and had slight cracks on the wall with some graffiti on the outside of the home, it was livable for the boy up unto this point. Naruto mused to himself as being quite lucky to have been given this apartment from Saru-Jiji rather than be forced to live out on the streets.

But as this thought ran through his head, his face suddenly morphed into a face of pure horror. 'SARU-JIJI!' He screamed in his head. 'HOW IN THE HELL WILL I EXPLAIN THIS TO HIM?!' While he decided that he wanted to keep the strange blue and black lion cub as a pet, he did not even start to think of a way to explain this situation to his Saru-Jiji! And being the hokage of the village, Saru-Jiji was very moralistic and Naruto would be forced to explain exactly how he obtained Jolt in the first place. Including the theft he committed from earlier that day. Not to mention that it could hinder his chances of keeping Jolt as a pet in the first place. After running around the room flailing his arms about in panic for a few minutes, Naruto forced himself to calm down slightly. "Chill! Just chill out!" Naruto harshly whispered to himself quite loudly. "There has to be a way to figure this out before I see the old man next. Okay, okay, what on earth should I do?!"

And as if Kami itself decided to play a practical joke on the blond haired boy, he heard a knock on his door. "Naruto-Kun? Are you there? It's Jiji. I'm here to visit you and to possibly take you out to lunch." At that note Naruto started to scramble around his apartment once more in order to figure out where he could hide the box from earlier.

Being the third Hokage of the village of Konohagakure, Sarutobi Hiruzen was indeed a very influential man. Powerful, brilliant and charismatic in his younger days; he had led his great village through the end of the second Great Shinobi War, all throughout the third Great Shinobi War, and nowadays in the aftermath of the Kyuubi rampage 6 years ago with his successor being killed during the process. But despite being through two wars, his current situation was without a doubt one of his most tricky and energy consuming ones to go through. His successor, Namikaze Minato had been forced to give up his life to seal the Kyuubi in the child that was secretly his own son. Yes, this child was Uzumaki Naruto. The very child whom the village loathed. 'How ironic,' the aging hokage thought to himself.

After the village started to repair its buildings and homes, the villagers were unable to repair the gaps in their hearts caused by the many families destroyed during the rampage of the demon fox. And being forced to reveal the identity of Naruto as the demon fox container forced Sarutobi into a very compromising position. This was, 'How could I keep Naruto safe and happy while keeping the villagers at least neutral to his position as the jinchūriki?' Although no answer has been figured out as of yet, Sarutobi as the Hokage had no choice but to put Naruto under his personal protection after discovering two years ago that he was homeless for 2 weeks. During this time however Naruto grew closer to him, to what would almost be his grandson. His infuriating, pranking, thieving grandson.

Sighing slightly in his head, Sarutobi made his way to Naruto's apartment in order to visit the young boy and to give him his weekly 'allowance' that included his grocery and rent money. But to his confusion, as he got to the door he started to hear rapid running and footsteps inside of the apartment. Fearing for the worst, the hokage got out a kunai from his secret location located in his robe and pressed himself along the doorway. This was in order to listen more closely for footsteps and to possibly catch anyone who would be running out with his adoptive grandson in hand. But as the footsteps started to die down the hokage only got more and more nervous. He decided to knock on the door to see if the situation was okay.

Knocking on the door he decided to say, "Naruto-Kun? Are you there? It's Jiji. I'm here to visit you and to possibly take you out to lunch." Upon hearing the rapid footsteps occur once more, Sarutobi with all the strength he had left in his old body broke down the door to get into the place.

"WOAH!" Screamed Naruto. "JIJI YOU NEARLY GAVE ME A FUCKING HEARTATTACK! WHY CAN'T YOU BE MORE PATIENT NEXT TIME!"

Sighing once more, Sarutobi brought his fist up and lightly (at least in his standards) hit Naruto on the top of his head. This sent Naruto to the floor with a slight bump on his head, making him tear up slightly. "Patient is what I usually have to tell you to be. And what have I told you about cursing, young man?!" He said with a slight glare to the little boy, making the latter slightly nervous. Sarutobi added, "Also, there was no reason in keeping me waiting at the door. I only stopped by to see you and give you the money for this week. I also just missed seeing you." He said with a soft look on his face, helping the boy to his feet and rubbing his hair slightly.

Seeming to calm down, Naruto also smiled. "I missed you too Jiji. It gets kind of lonely without you here sometimes… I just wished I had someone to play with me, ya know?" He stated while chuckling.

Naruto then quickly decided it was time to change the subject obviously. "So you said you will treat me to lunch right?! AWESOME! It's been so long since we were able to go to Ichiraku's together!" He said, jumping into the air and even doing a fist pump in his excitement. Sarutobi chuckled as he thought, 'Ah, the luxuries that come with being youthful.' "But Naruto-Kun, the last time I treated you to lunch we also had Ichiraku's. As well as the time before that and even the time before that. You have been eating your vegetables, am I right?" He added, with a knowing look on his face.

Naruto's face quickly immediately went to sad puppy dog face mode. "But jiiiiiiijiiiii! We almost never get to go out to lunch together! Can't we just go to Ichiraku's again this time too?" Upon seeing that face, Sarutobi cursed slightly in his head and decided to give in. "But first we should see about getting this door of yours fixed, no?" Naruto pouted, before starting to try to pick up the heavy piece of wood. Having trouble even during the boy's deep concentration, Sarutobi smiled and started to bend over to help him. However first he noticed a little red and white ball underneath the table. 'That's strange. I don't ever remember buying Naruto that toy before.' He mused, while starting to walk over to where it was.

After about a minute into concentrating; Naruto looked up to ask his Saru-Jiji why he wasn't helping to pick up the door so that way they could leave for Ichiraku's sooner, he realized that his Jiji was nowhere in sight. Looking around, he realized in his horror that Saru-Jiji was now holding a ball. That SAME ball in which Jolt was currently located in. Panicking once more, he quickly ran over to Jiji on the other side of the room. "JIJI NO!" He screamed. "GIVE THAT BACK! IT'S MINE!"

Realization now painted all over his face, Sarutobi started to scold him. "NARUTO WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT STEALING!" He angrily said as he held the ball in his opposite hand high up in the air, watching the young boy try to swipe it from him. "I told you last time that no hokages commit such horrible crimes!" At this point Naruto started to climb on the aging hokage. And despite his strength even in his old age, the hokage was quite wobbly from knocking down the door earlier and having the weight of a little 6 year old kid on his right side. With these combined, the ball fell to the floor.

And now Naruto's worst fear for the moment was revealed.

Jolt, obviously irritated from being pulled out of and put back in the ball from earlier that day decided to have a little bit of revenge to blow off some steam. Right away without looking the lion cub decided to tackle the nearest object to it – being the third – and released all the electricity it had in its body at the current moment. This comically shocked the two humans currently in the apartment, and they fell over with little black marks now shown on their bodies.

"… So let me get this straight Naruto. You were walking around town after stealing an apple. You tripped over a box while walking and opened it. You saw the ball along with a gem and a note inside of it. You threw down the ball which revealed the lion, which then shocked you with the electricity we just experienced, you chased after it and then ran into the two shinobi from earlier on in that day that were going to attack you. And you and the cub escaped after the cub then attacked the two shinobi. Is this correct?" The third said professionally, while sitting on his knees on the floor. Naruto while wincing slightly, could only then nod his head yes.

A tick mark appearing on the side of his head, the third hokage made a fist again and once again hit Naruto on the head, slightly harder than earlier. "I TOLD YOU TO NEVER STEAL NARUTO!" Sarutobi started screaming once more. "AND NOT JUST THE APPLE! THIS BOX WAS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE! OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS AND LACED WITH WEAPONS INSIDE OF IT! WHY DIDN'T YOU COME TO ME WITH THIS BOX RIGHT AWAY?!"

Naruto, while crying slightly had replied, "I'm sorry Jiji! I really am! But I have been really lonely as of lately! A-and I saw this box and I got really curious! I didn't think that it could have been dangerous or been extremely important to someone else! I'm sorry! I really am! I just wanted to have someone to play with.

The hokage's eyes once again softened at seeing Naruto cry, but continued on nevertheless. "Alright I understand more with the box situation. But still you should not have stolen that apple in the first place. I provide you with weekly funds in order to be able to buy yourself food to eat and rent to pay. Why on earth did you decide to steal once more?"

Naruto quietly quietly responded with, "My rent has gone up once again. And I have been having trouble to pay for groceries since they almost always overcharge me all over the village… I'm really sorry. I don't like to steal. But I have been having trouble in order to pay for food once more. And I don't like to be too much of a bother to you Jiji. You always have to give me more money. And you always have to look out for me when I know they give you so much paperwork too. I don't want to be too much of a pest to you! I just don't want to be alone anymore! And I don't want to be overcharged anymore! And I don't want to be homeless again!" He said, crying even more than before.

Honestly surprised, Sarutobi pulled Naruto into a hug and patted his back slightly. "I'm sorry for screaming Naruto-kun… I didn't know about your current problems." Looking into the boy's eyes and wiping his tears away, the hokage added, "Looking after you is not only my job Naruto. I care about you very much. And if you ever have a problem you are welcome to tell me. And I swear I will take care of it." He finished off, with flames rivaling the will of fire in his eyes.

Naruto stopped crying at this point and nodded softly. So Sarutobi added, "As for your loneliness situation… I will permit you to keep this 'Jolt' as a pet. And I will provide more ryo in order to let you pay for his expenses as well." Before Naruto started to thank him and as well why, the old man continued. "I know it is hard for you to live like this Naruto. You are a very strong, kind hearted boy. And you do deserve friends of some kind. Besides, I have a feeling that you both would be very hard to separate…" He added with a knowing look at the blue and black lion cub that has not left Naruto's side in a protective position since the very start of the talk they just had, as well as growling. "However we are going to have to do some research on this little animal and everything you did get from this box. And I fully expect you to take good care of this animal."

"THANK YOU JIJI! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" Naruto screamed once more, giving the old man a hug. "I promise that I won't let you down!" At this point Naruto scrambled to get the box from the hiding place he put it in earlier – underneath his bed. "This is the box that I found while walking Jiji. This gem was found alongside the ball, I still do not know what it does as of yet. And this was the note that came along with the entire set." Giving the note to Sarutobi, he saw that the old man had made a confused face while reading the note. "I really don't know what it says overall. All I remember is that I had a lot of trouble reading it through. I only recognized the words 'throw down' from the entire thing. I'm sorry to say that I'm not quite that good yet at reading," Naruto added while smiling nervously.

At this point Sarutobi finally looked up from the note. "Naruto… I have no idea how you were able to read this note in the first place. This is an entirely new language never used in our world." He said in an urgent manner.

STORY END: Chapter 2~

Hope you all liked this chapter! I had my friend Kate proofread my chapter before I put this one. Much thanks! Also a thank you for my friend Cryman, who let me do a shoutout while I put on the note on the truth. B]

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