Establishing Friendship

After having made my mind, I decided to act fast.

I ran towards the 3 year old toddlers, and started beating them up. I have trained my body for a long time, and nobody can use chakra at this point anyway.

"Ack!"

"Uwaah!"

"Mommy!"

You don't have mommy, you orphan kid.

Oh. Maybe his mommy left him here?

The three idiots with tears, ran away from me, but not without glaring at me as if they will get revenge.

Revenge? Hmm, I know their names and faces. I didn't have any trouble remembering people throughout my life. This is the first time having 103 relatives came handy.

I want some revenge as well. So... I will ruin their lives... later. Right now, I have to focus on something else.

Smiling, I turned to Naruto.

"Are you okay?"

"So cool! How did ya do that!?"

He said with stars in his eyes. Wait a minute... My Naruto is so freaking cute!

"What's your name?"

"I am Uzumaki Naruto Dattebayo!"

Dattebayo will go.

"Nice to meet you, Naruto. I am Shiori. So, are you really a demon!? Can you breath fire!? Can you kill those who annoy me with a glare!?"

I said excitedly, shoving my face incredibly close to him.

Oh. His breath stinks. It will take some time to groom him. Anyway, seeing me excited, Naruto was confused, and shouted.

"I am not a demon!"

"Really...? But Demons are so cool! They are so powerful! And since you look human, you must be half-human half demon! You are an intelligent demon, so you must be much stronger than us!"

"Really?"

He was really confused, but I could clearly see him being happy to be called powerful.

"How would I know? But I protected you just now, so you must protect me too. You see, I can't use chakra. And I don't wanna be bullied by those idiot mongreals. It's a fair trade, isn't it?"

I see no problem in this.

"Woah! You are right! Don't worry Shiori-chan, I will protect you!"

Naruto boasted, giving me a large smile. And I happily hugged him.

Wow, manipulating a kid is so easy. I beat up 3 year old kids for you, and you just promised to protect me so easily. No wonder Orochimaru and Danzo has so many loyal children to them.

"Say, can you spit fire? Like the Uchiha Demon that Matron talks about?"

The Matron is probably in cahoots with Danzo. Just now, she must have spread the rumour that Naruto is a demon. How she went away when she saw the three boys bullying Naruto, means she is not a good person. Even if she isn't Danzo's agent, it doesn't matter.

She just punished me. So it is fair that she also receives punishment.

Though, now that I think about it, the Shinobi that wanted to adopt me might have been Danzo's agent. Maybe it is a good thing that I didn't end up as Danzo's child soldier? That's definitely a possibility I don't want to end up in.

Anyway, it's not a bad idea to get her into trouble. ANBU must have been hearing us, so there is a chance that something can happen to her.

"Uchiha Demon?"

"Umu! I heard Matron talking about it now and then. Something about Uchiha and Demons, fire and all. Anyway! Can you spit fire!?"

"Umm, I can try."

And he tried spitting fire, but only his spit came out.

"Maybe I am not a demon? And don't ninja spit fire!? I am going to be a kickass ninja Dattebayo!"

"Then I will become a rich lady and make you my bodyguard. You know, like the princess in the stories!"

"Yeah! I will become the strongest ninja Dattebayo!"

Yes. The strongest ninja, my bodyguard. Make it your first dream before dreaming about becoming Hokage. And I will make you the strongest.

"Then train with me! All my friends that trained with me are bad people! You won't leave Shiori just because she can't use chakra, will you?"

I used cat-eyes no jutsu. I hate dogs because I got bit by it once, so no puppy eyes.

And cats are better than dogs.

"I won't leave you! I am The Great Uzumaki Naruto Dattebayo!"

Heh. It's not like I would have let you leave anyway. I will make sure that you can't live without me.

As I held his hands and looked into his innocent and honest eyes, I saw my own expression in them.

I was smiling. Innocently.