Ch 2 - Meeting the Hokage

After having another nervous breakdown I started to go through my mindscape.

I did a quick read of both the three hakis and elemental bending.

I can't practice anything except observation haki and maybe conqueror's haki without grabbing attention to myself.

The elemental bending involves a lot of meditation and connecting with the element as the first step so I suppose I could do that as well but elemental manipulation without hand signs would alert too many people.

The sealing arts symbol in my head I realized is basically a guidebook on how to do fuinjutsu.

After looking more into it I realized that it is mostly the basics and how to create my own instead of just giving me a bunch of seals.

There's also a lot about how to use and control my sealing chains.

The sensing ability I realized is also mind eye of the kagura and I was right about it evolving.

Apparently it can grant my dynamic senses for all the five basic and I can even slow down my perception of time if I focus hard enough.

I can even sense emotions but I will have to practice to differentiate the feelings.

I sit down and start to tie grass together to a large stick and then I put some berry at the end of it.

Hunting is also something I learned in the spy memories.

I also took some mud and covered my eyes.

If someone is watching me this is the best way to train my sensing and observation haki without seeming overly suspicious.

I focused on my sensing and there really is no one around.

I can't put it past them to avoid my senses but after getting kicked from the orphanage they could have lost track of me due to laziness or just incompetence.

I continued sensing and then I felt two people approaching.

One with very dull emotions and the other seemed angry or maybe sad I can't tell yet.

They don't approach me which means that both Danzo and Hiruzen are aware of what is happening.

I really hoped the Hokage would be the old grandpa he was depicted as in the show but it seems I was too optimistic.

Oh wait, I might have spoken to soon.

I had already caught a few fish when a much more powerful presence came within range and it seemed worried.

I had already washed my eyes after realizing I was being watched and looked at the old man about to steal my fish with a deadpan expression.

"Old man you can't just take my fish. I worked hard for that, dattebayo"

Damn that verbal tick.

Old Man: "But I'm just too hungry, can you spare this old man one of these fishes"

I got a tick mark on my head listing to this shameless old man.

"Fine but I want some compensation, 10,000 ryo per fish"

Old Man: "I'm just a poor old man how could I have such money"

"Well then teach me something useful, like a cool jutsu"

Old Man: "Well I might know a few from back in my youth"

I watched him do a few hand signs and poof he became a copy of me.

I tried the same but it didn't work.

I tried again but this time picturing the old man and circulating my chakra and poof there it was.

I looked down at the copy of myself who was eating the fish.

"Ah young people nowadays with no manners. Help this old man sit down I might just break my hip"

I put my hand on his head as I lowered myself and took the other fish.

We both untransformed and I started laughing when I saw him look at me incredulously.

"Haha you should see your face grandpa, hahaha you look so funny"

I could tell he was surprised and I also sensed a difference between our transformations.

Mine was physical and his was an illusion.

Must be the kyuubi chakra.

Old Man: "That was pretty good young man. By the way what are you doing out here in the forest"

"Well I was kicked out of the orphanage for being a demon and monster, whatever that's supposed to mean and so I came to live out here"

He looked a bit angry and sad from what my senses told me.

Old Man: "Well how about we go get you an apartment you can live in by yourself. I happened to be a very important person in the village"

"Old Man don't lie to me. How can an important person not afford food. You should come up with better lies"

He looked a bit embarrassed at that.

3rd Hokage: "Sorry kid let me reintroduce myself. My name is Sarutobi Hiruzen and I'm the third Hokage"

"Unbelievable, the Hokage scammed a kid out of his hard earned fish. If only I had another cool jutsu that I could be studying right now so I could forget such embarrassing information."

I side eyed him and curled my fingers and I could hear a faint chuckle from one of the anbu tailing us.

Without a word he showed me the substitution technique which I tried a few times until I got it.

"Wow grandpa your the Third Hokage. Such an important, upright, and respectable person. I'm Uzumaki Naruto"

I heard some more suppressed laughter and the old mans whole left side of his face was twitching at this point.

3rd: "*cough* *cough* Alright how about we go see about that apartment now."