Chapter 4

Naruto spent the night watching over the young girls as they huddled together on the blankets he had given them. He smiled gently as he remembered the awe the young girls showed when blankets miraculously appeared in his hands. Naruto felt happy they were able to have even a little enjoyment in their lives, and he felt a sense of accomplishment that he was the one that gave them that feeling. He sighed softly to himself as he realized he would have to leave them for now as he had to go and set up a proper home for himself and all the children that had no one else.

He turned to look out at the rising sun, and he sighed once again. It was ironic to him that the last time he had seen this sight he had been complaining about being bored, and now he was contemplating taking care of an undetermined number of problem children. Oh well, he had done stranger things in the past. It wasn't like this was the first time he had decided to take care of some kid that had no one else, this time he was just doing it for a lot more kids. Well anyway it was about time he go and find his new base. Afterwards he could think of a way to make money, but that was only to purchase clothing and technology for the girls. He had everything he would ever need with him. With that thought in mind Naruto unsealed enough food for the girls to have two full meals and then casually walked out of the old warehouse. He started looking around the area for a spot that was out of view of the main city, but was large enough to suit his purpose. After around an hour of searching he found an area far enough away and obscured by the taller wrecked buildings so that no one would notice his new home without searching in the district or from above.

Calmly putting his two hands together Naruto started forming hand seals, when he finished he slammed his hands into the ground. Rising up from the ground as if he had hit some kind of switch a large wooden building appeared in front of him. Naruto had styled this building off of the old apartment building he had lived in when he was growing up because he wanted to make sure there was plenty of space. Since Naruto had the ability to use all chakra natures he was easily able to replicate the mokuton techniques Yamato-taicho had been able to do, and because of his powerful chakra the wood of the building was harder than most metals. The building had four floors with the bottom floor having a communal mess hall to have meals all together. The other three floors were all meant to be living quarters for all the future inhabitants of the building, with his own room being on the bottom floor.

Satisfied with his new building Naruto flowed his chakra into the ground, and gradually grass and trees rose up around the building with flowers coming up in patches here and there making the area seem more inviting and natural. He hoped it would become a happy new home.

With a hand sign twenty shadow clones came into existence already knowing their orders, and walking into the building using banbutsu sozo to create all the things the new building needed. Kitchen appliances, beds, and bedding were some of the things he had them create as he walked behind the house. This routine was a pretty regular thing he had done throughout his life as he traveled, it saved a lot of money on inns.

Naruto walked around to the back of the building and with a couple jutsu he had a brand new onsen with a path leading to the back door of the building. With the seals he placed in it the water was constantly cleaned and stayed the perfect temperature. He figured it be nice if the girls could have the simple pleasures like a long soak.

After he finished with the new building Naruto walked over to a tree and sat down with his back leaning against it, thinking about the situation he found himself in. While he wished to help as many as he could, he did not want to have to deal with people questioning his abilities constantly and he definitely did not want to deal with politics just yet. While he could be as cunning and manipulative as he needed to, he had always found it distasteful and preferred being straightforward. With these thoughts in mind he decided the best course of action would be to allow the children to come to him instead of him actively seeking them out. If he was friendly and showed them kindness they would trust him more than if he were to find them, and in turn he would be able to better help them.

All he would have to do now is wait patiently and prepare for what he would need to do as the primary caregiver of a bunch of homeless girl. First thing he would need to do is get them clothing. This could be solved in the short term by using banbutsu sozo, but he didn't want to cheat like that for too long. After so many years of living he learned the benefits of hard work, and he found he preferred doing some things the normal civilian way. The next thing he would need to worry about purchasing would be a few televisions so he could keep up to date, and it would provide entertainment for the children. He could power his electronics with generators that ran off his chakra, all he had to do was make sure he charged them once a month. He would also need to purchase a phone and a computer so when he started working, whatever job he decides on, he could be easily contacted. A final thing he would need to prepare for would be the education of the girls in his care. Naruto knew all too well how the stigma of being cursed could affect others, so he decided to make another building that would function as the school house. It would be a simple one story building with three large rooms that while simple would be able to easily host all of his future students. He would need to stop by a bookstore once he had the money and purchase schoolbooks and other books to help them with their reading. For the other school supplies he would just use banbutsu sozo and save the money. With some vague plans created Naruto made a few clones to build the new school building, while he decided to rest. While he didn't need sleep it did feel nice every once in a while.

Waking up in the morning Naruto absentmindedly noticed that there were birds already starting to build nests in the trees he had made. Standing up he sensed out the area and detected that there were some people over behind a building. He could practically taste the intense curiosity they were giving off, but he decided to let them come to him and act oblivious. After a few minutes they apparently gathered their courage and they slowly walked over to him. Turning to face them Naruto prepared to welcome what would come to be the first in a large number of residents. As this was going on he was happy that he had decided to come to this new land.

(time skip to start of anime)

These past few years had certainly been an interesting time for Naruto. After the first month he had started teaching the girls in his care, and tried to make their childhoods as normal as possible. As this was happening he had some clones henge and do odd jobs throughout the city to make money. When he was finally able to purchase a television he experienced firsthand the problems that came from super powered girls trying to imitate a tv show.

Those early days where interesting as the girls didn't know how to act around him, with some being cripplingly shy while others where aggressively defensive. As time went by he felt he was doing as good a job as could be done, and things started going as normally as they could given the circumstances.

Things stayed normal for a while, that is, until they saw him doing a kata in the yard to relax. Seeing their older brother figure doing all those cool moves the girls had demanded him to teach them how to do them as well. Thus he started teaching them all taijutsu as well. He made sure to tell them only to use it when they were protecting themselves though.

The most interesting thing that had happened had been his creation of the seal that kept their bodies stabilized. It had taken longer than he first expected, but he was able to finish it before any in his care passed the point of no return. He had placed it on their bodies but had compacted it so people would just thing it was some kind of birthmark.

Naruto still looked the same as he has for the last five centuries with the exception of having two pistols strapped to his waist and sunglasses to hide his eyes. Both his guns were Springfield XD's, while one was white the other was black. The guns were his first weapon choice and helped with his job as an unattached civil security officer. For the most part his job was very similar to a ninja back in the elemental nations; however, he refused to take any assassination jobs. While he mostly worked alone, sometimes he would take one of the girls along to act as his partner and initiator to help them gain some fighting experience. This had the negative affect of making it seem like his partners died a lot, but he was able to reassure possible clients that that was not the case.

Today Naruto had gotten a call to report to the Ministry of Defense for a possible job so he was currently riding his motorcycle there. Despite his status as an unattached officer he had been able to do many high ranking jobs and as a result had been granted a higher level security level. This had the added benefit of him being able to get more jobs and his bank account happily showed it, allowing him to buy more things.

Naruto had decided to go alone because he did not want to place any of the girls in danger. He loved each of them as much as he had loved any of his children and wished to keep them safe. His wandering thoughts came to a halt as he arrived at the ministry. Ignoring any of the weird looks he got for his outfit or his staff, he calmly walked into the building accompanied by the jingle sound caused by the rings on his staff.

As he entered the meeting room he was met by the confused eyes of many different eyes. The table was occupied by the company heads of many different civil security agencies with a representative partner/initiator pair standing behind them. He ignored their stares as he found his seat nearest the screen at the opposite end of the table. He steadily walked to his seat and sat down, seeing that his tag simply had his name on it.

As some of the people went back to their silent waiting he heard some people muttering confused questions about what he was doing here and who he was. While he was successful and well known amongst the higher-ups politically speaking, he was still a relatively unknown person and he liked it that way.

The silence was once more shattered as two teens entered the room, one an attractive young woman while the other was a dark haired young man. He noticed the widening of their eyes that signified they were surprised by the amount of people, before he turned his head away ignoring the large idiot named Shougen as he made a fool of himself. Naruto noticed there were only two empty seats one across from him and one next to him, and watched as the girl sat across from him with the young man standing behind her. He heard their brief conversation about rank before the military man entered the room and the screen turned on showing Seitenshi, the ruler of the Tokyo Area, and her advisor Kikunojyo Tendo. As everyone else quickly rose in shock and gave the respect to Seitenshi, he just flashed her a smile and nodded his head in her direction. He noticed the quick almost unnoticeable quirk of her lips the showed she was restraining a smile, and the quick glare Kikunojyo sent him. His grin still in place he remembered their first meeting and how much of kind, if a little idealistic, person she was. His ears perked up as she addressed them.

"Greetings, everyone." She started in her soft voices, "We have two jobs for you. The first is the extermination of the Gastrea that caused the infection of an individual in the Tokyo Area yesterday. The second job is to bring back the case that is within the Gastrea unharmed. That is all."*

Naruto took note of the large reward for the job, ignoring the man that had snuck into the seat next to him, as the others in the room started muttering to each other surprised by the amount. He was slightly surprised when the girl across from him raised her hand and started speaking.

"May I ask what is in the case?" the girl asked.*

"And you are?" Seitenshi replied. *

"I am Kisara Tendo of the Tendo Civil Security Agency." The now named Kisara answered. Seitenshi showed slight surprise before glancing at Kikunojyo and responding to her. *

"I've heard about you, President Tendo. However, that is private, so I cannot answer." *

As Kisara Tendo tried to get the answer to her question while being politely rebuffed, Naruto felt the anticipation in the man next to him rise and knew he was going to make a grand entrance soon. He was proven correct as a moment later mad laughter echoed throughout the room startling everyone except for him as he looked out of the corner of his eye at the man next to him. He was dressed in red and what looked like a magicians outfit. He was wearing a white mask the covered his face that showed a leering grin, and had two custom pistols strapped to his thighs.

"Who is that?" Seitenshi calmly asked as everyone looked around startled. *

"It is I." the mad man replied sitting leaning back with his feet on the table. Everyone gasped turning towards him before moving away nervous. The man just chuckled and rose to stand on the table as the young man that had accompanied Miss Tendo widened his eyes in shock and recognition. *

"I am Kagetane Hiruko." Kagetane revealed to his captured audience, before addressing Seitenshi, "I believe this is the first time we've met my lady, the incompetent head of state." *

Naruto remained seated and watched amused at the man's antics as the now revealed Satomi aimed a gun at the man and questioned him. Naruto remained impassive as the man revealed to have killed the men in his way. Naruto's face remained impassive as little Kohima Hiruko introduced herself, but he felt saddened at how corrupted she was. Reminding him of some of the more bloodthirsty shinobi from the elemental nations.

Naruto kept watching as Kagetane revealed his knowledge of what was in the case and proposed a killing game to fight for it. Just as everyone was aiming their guns at the man Naruto spoke up.

"Mahh.. Mahh, why don't we all calm down, hmmm" Naruto said with a smile on his face, ignoring the incredulous looks that some of the people where sending him. As everyone turned away from him and started firing Naruto narrowed his eyes and rapidly fired his gun reloading faster than anyone could see. Once they all stopped firing waiting for the smoke to clear Naruto noticed that everyone, even Kagetane and Seitenshi, were showing some form of surprise at the large smile the was made from bullet holes on the table in front of the two Hirukos. As everyone looked at him Naruto's smile sharpened and he released a brief pulse of killing intent.

"I said.. Why don't we all calm down?" This time everyone looked warily at him before putting their guns away still shocked by what he had done.

"HAHAHAHA! Wonderful! You are quite scary, aren't you Uzumaki-kun." Kagetane turned to him laughing that same mad laugh, but Naruto could feel that he was a little warier than when he first arrived. "So you noticed it hmmm? That is quite a feat." the man said looking at him.

"I have no idea what you mean. I just prefer it if everyone was calm." Naruto replied smiling at the man.

"HAHAHA! Very scary indeed." Kagetane said before turning back to the boy, Satomi. Naruto calmly listened as the man reveled he was part of the mechanized soldier program, before he gave Satomi a present and departed through the window with his daughter.

Naruto wasn't surprised when it was revealed to be a head in the box, he could smell the coppery scent of blood. Naruto stayed standing as Seitenshi stressed the importance of finding the case before Kagetane did and remained there as everyone else filed out of the room looking at him questioningly. Naruto turned to look at the screen as Seitenshi addressed him.

"It is good to see you again Naruto-san. I trust that you will be able to collect the case." She asked with a slight smile on her face.

"Yes, I would be able to gather it quite easily, but I'll only step in if everyone else fails." Naruto said starting off lightly before ending seriously.

"Hmmm, I suppose that is the best I will get out of you. It is regrettable, but I understand your reasoning. No matter how much I hate it." She replied and he smiled at her.

"Well, I better let the ruler get back to her duties. It looks as if Tendo-san wishes to kill me." Naruto replied brightly before wishing her well and walking out of the room.

It looks like things are finally gonna get interesting Naruto thought with a smile on his face.

End Chapter 4

The * dialogue is pretty much the same as it was in the anime. I won't do that often but I liked that scene the way it was.

Not all of my chapters will be this long I just had an inspiration and had to write it down before I forgot.

You see a little of Naruto's abilities. He's not cruel he just doesn't want them to rely on him for everything.

I hope you liked it!