"What are those?"

"Tomatoes." Cu answers as he inspects the red fruit. They were almost perfect, he will give them another day

They are crouched in the garden. Naruto is settled next to him, their legs nearly touching. After breakfast Shirou had kicked them out the kitchen to clean. So Cu tended to his garden.

He likes gardening, it is a pass time. He doesn't have much of a green thumb but Shirou tells him that the vegetables are growing well despite not using fertilizer. Not to mention that they're better than the ones in the market.

"Nuh uh, I've seen and ated a tomato before. They're wrinkly and soft and brown and stink."

"Eaten," Cu corrects, then scrunches up his nose. "If they look like that then they're rotten and gone bad. Why are ya eating rotten tomatoes?"

Naruto shrugs, "I didn't know they were rotten. I thought they all tasted and looked like that."

"Who gave you rotten food?" Cu asks again as he snatched a weed out the ground.

"Uh, the lady at the orphanage. I ate em because I was always hungry and I never got sick from em, y'know."

Cu frowns as he snatches another weed out the soil. He's definitely going to scare the wretch for that now.

"Well you don't need to worry about that anymore. Our stuff isn't rotten and you can eat whatever ya want."

"Really?!" Naruto's eyes went wide as if Cu just told him he could have all the treasure in that world. Cu wonders if that is the reason the boy looks so small for his age. Naruto told them he was five but he was really small. It was probably because of eating bad food and having a lack of food.

"Yeah, you can have anything out the garden if it's ripe. Just wash it first because it's been in the dirt." The Irishman says as he looks at the greens and lettuce. "We've got fruit too but those are in the back. There's fish in the pond towards the east of forest and there's that one apple tree around there somewhere."

Naruto looked so kiddy that he actually started bouncing on his heels. He get to eat whenever he wanted here! Then he stops and his eyes narrow, "I can't get food out the kitchen?"

"You have to talk to Shirou about that." Because Shirou cherished and guarded the kitchen with his life for some godly reason. Naruto huffs but nods.

Once the lancer finishes plucking out weeds for the morning they both head back in the house. Shirou is already done with the kitchen and it is spotless as they walk through it to the common room.

They see Shirou putting on a jacket and some shoes.

"I'm going to work."

"You work?" Naruto asks.

"Yes. I work part time cleaning at the weapons shop. Then I cater at the tea house." Is all the archer says.

"Does that mean you sell stuff like swords and kunai to ninjas? Are you two ninjas-"

"No." Is archer's response. "We're not ninja, I only clean and refine the weapons."

Naruto momentarily deflates but Cu pats his head. The little boy momentarily goes stiff like last time. Cu wonders if its involuntary and looks at Emiya. Emiya takes notice as Cu lifts his hand. Naruto seems to relax a little bit.

"You work during the day and night?"

"Sometimes we do," Cu answers. "I got work as well, which means I gotta find something to do about you."

Naruto pouts, "I can help!" He protests and really, it was just adorable the way he pouted and crossed his arms. Cu however, gave the boy a deadpanned look, "No. You cannot help."

"Why not?"

"Because we work in the red light district." Shirou answers and ah, maybe he should not have said that to a five-year-old child.

There was a moment as Naruto's brows furrowed together in thought before-

"YOU TWO ARE GOING MAN WHORING!" He declared rather loudly. Shirou nearly choked and with a red face he quickly retorted,"We are not man whoring! Who taught you those words?!"

Cu barked out a laughed and clapped Naruto on the back. The boy lost his footing but didn't fall. "No we're not man whoring, we're protecting them." Cu says before the boy can say anything. "We work at the Geisha's Tea house. It isn't right in the red light district-" wait, why is he telling a five year old this?

"Anyway, Shiro cooks and helps the girls with their clothes and stuff. I just throw out anyone who starts trouble and run errands for them." Cu shrugs. It wasn't a job you would think two men were doing but Geisha's made a lot of money which meant they get paid a lot too.

I mean, that's how they managed to get this whole estate furnished so damn fast.

Naruto made a face, a bit embarrassed. He's been to the red light district plenty of times. Most of the time was because he would always get chased after he was locked out the orphanage at night. He vaguely remember one night where one of the prostitutes let him stay if he was quiet and stayed in the wardrobe.

"Oh." He looks down. "Hehe, sorry."

"Anyway," Shirou says once he regains his composure. "Where did you learn the phrase 'man whoring?'"

"Dog," Naruto immediately answers while scratching the back of his neck.

Shirou makes a silent note to strangle a certain mutt.

Across Konoha a certain Anbu member sneezed.

"I don't think the geisha's will mind him being there too much." Cu admits while scratching his chin. He'd have to ask the head of the tea house for that.

"The tea house wouldn't mind if one of us is around." Shirou says as he leaves with a wave. Cu snorts, "Well kid looks like you're going with me."

~~~~~

Naruto has never been in the Tea House before, probably because it was not necessarily in the red light district, it was in the fancy area close to it. Or the rich side of the village.

He twitches a bit and stays next to his companion as they enter the tea house and is greeted by a very tall woman in pretty colors. He thinks he doesn't belong here.

"Yo!" Cu greets with a smile, cigarette in mouth. The woman shakes her head, "Now Cu-kun, we do not greet each other like that." She pricks the cigarette out of his mouth with ease, "We also do not smoke these cheap things."

"Ah, sorry. I forgot- the pipe right?"

"Yes," She says, then looks down to Naruto, "So the rumors of Emiya-kun bringing home a child were true?"

Cu raises an eyebrow. There were rumors? Already? It had only been one day and he's sure no one was around when it happened.

She chuckles, "He can stay here as you work. The girls would probably like a child around with how much men we get here. They'll probably coddle him and he'll learn a few things." She shrugs.

Meanwhile Naruto is trying to wonder why this woman would let him stay here at all places.

Cu nudges him forward as she bends down. "You may address me as Benkei-sama. You are Naruto-kun yes?" She chuckles as his eyes grow wide. "I'll show you the room where we teach the girls. Do you know how to read and write yet?"

"I-I can uh, read a little bit." Naruto has never had access to books or any type of learning material before.

Benkei-sama hums. "They'll have this boy educated in a week." She mumbles as she stands. She reached into the sleeves of her robe and pulled out a pipe and gave it to Cu. "We have a party right now, I don't think they'll cause much trouble but they were drunk when they came. Please feel free to throw them out the doors if necessary."

Cu smiles and turns to leave the main room.

~~~

Sarutobi lets out a puff of smoke from his pipe as he reads over Kakashi's report. Kakashi stands in the before him, head tilted. If his mask were not in the way the Sandaime would have guessed he wore a bored expression on his face.

"He is now staying with Emiya-san and Chulainn-san?"

Kakashi gives a lazy nod. "It seemed that way. Naruto wasn't complaining." Which Kakashi thinks is understandable because of the way he was living at the orphanage.

The Sandaime narrowed his eyes. He's heard of the two men Kakashi describes in the report. Mostly because Emiya was very popular among Akimichi clan.

"Master chef!" He remembers Choza's praise.

Emiya was also popular Mitsashi's since he worked at their weapons shop.

Then there was Chulainn. As far as Sarutobi knows, the man gets along with most of the people he meets. He was known for being around the teahouse as well. Not to mention that it was impossible not to see him given how blue he is.

The two were registered as citizens of Konoha a few years ago. Sarutobi doesn't know how the two managed to sneak into the system so easily. He knows it was during the reconstruction period the village was going through. There were rumors, but he paid no mind to it at the time with all the work that needed to be done. They helped with the building and people just like the rest of them.

He clicks his pipe between his teeth.

Then he reads the rest of the report and nearly chokes on said pipe because what the hell?!

Kakashi seemed to be have waiting for some reaction similar to that because he spoke when it happened. "I know. I don't know how they managed to gain access there either."

The Sandaime coughs. There should not be a way to be able to step foot near that estate. For one it was in a secluded area in the forest. Two was because of the stone. He remembers Minato coming to him about how he created them as some sort of defense mechanisms. It was a system that registered the chakra of people in order to let them pass. Were they able to recalculate it? Perhaps they destroyed it?

"Kakashi do you know how long they've been staying there?"

"No, not yet. It seemed like a while given how furnished the place is."

The Sandaime mulled this over in his head. "Keep watch on them. Try to gather as much information as possible. Take whoever you see fit to help you."

Kakashi nods.

Shiro looks at the clothes on the racks. Some were brightly colored, some were dull. He managed to pick out a few but honestly he does not know what Naruto likes to wear or what size the kid is.

He shrugs and just decides to buy some weekly clothes, underwear, night clothes, and a coat since it was going to get cold soon. Lastly he got some shoes, remembering the raggedy sandles the boy had. If the clothes were too big Naruto could just grow into them, he was bound to have some growth spurt soon. If they were too small they could always return them.

He spends a pretty cheap amount, surprisingly and exits the store. All he had to do was get home and drop these off and head to the Tea House for his night shift.

"Oi! Shirou!"

Ah, well looks like he doesn't have to stop at home then.

Naruto runs toward Shirou with Cu strolling behind him. The boy attaches himself to Shirou's legs with an over dramatic cry that makes a few people turn their way. Shirou raises an eyebrow.

"The Geishas didn't go easy on when they were tutoring him."

"Tutoring?" Shirou echoes and Naruto gives another over dramatic sob.

"They made me read and practice writing! I had to write my name a hundred times! Then I had to write the alphabet a hundred times and Benkei went on about how a gentlemen needed to know how to read and write and she wouldn't even let me have lunch until I got it all right-"

Shirou places a hand over the kid's mouth. Seriously Naruto had a pair of lungs on him.

Cu only chuckles and Shirou huffs, pulling Naruto off of him.

"She wants him back there first thing tomorrow morning." Cu says with a smirk as Naruto tried and failed to keep a hold on Shirou. He was clearly amused at how Benkei and the others were drilling the boy's head in.

"Fine with me," Shirou answers with a sigh. Somehow Naruto ends up being held on his hip and Shirou just holds him there since the boy wasn't struggling anymore. He holds the bags filled with clothes out to Cu who takes them.

"It's his clothes, take em home. I'm going to the Tea House."

"Huh?" Naruto asks, "Didn't you just get off work?"

"I work two jobs."

"When do you sleep?"

Shirou keeps quiet and Cu pops up beside the kid to take him. "He doesn't go to sleep. He runs off of cooking, cleaning, sass, back talking, and a sheer force called maternal instincts."

"What?" Naruto squeaks out.

"Coffee. Naruto. Coffee." Shirou grinds out with a small blush on his face. Cu smirks, bastard. Shirou is so going to overseason his food in the morning to give him the runs.

"Right," Cu adjusts Naruto in his grip and slings the bags of his other shoulder. "Welp, time for us to go home and tear up the kitchen for dinner."

"Dinner is the ramen in the damn cooker, do not fuck up my kitchen." Shirou says in Gaelic.

"Language." Cu scolds with an amused look on his face.

Shirou is definitely giving him the runs in the morning.

~~~

When Naruto and Cu get home the first thing that is done is cleaning Naruto. Cu remembers Benkei's comment about the boy not being within 'her' standards when it came to hygiene. Since Shirou got the kid new clothes and all he sends Naruto to the bathroom and goes to check on the food.

It takes awhile but Naruto manages to get himself clean. He also manages to somehow trash the entire bathroom. How? Cu didn't know, it was huge bathroom but it seems that the five-year old found a way.

They eat and Naruto ends up passing out on the mat on the floor in the common room while watching tv.

Shirou gets home two hours before the sun rises. He slides open the door and is greeted by the watchdog.

"Yo." He gives a lazy wave. Shirou takes off his shoes before entering, giving him a good morning.

"How'd you get in?" Shirou has to ask. Last time he didn't see the watch dog get in but he's seen the way the other can flicker out the room.

Like expected Shirou doesn't get an answer so instead he moves to the kitchen. Glad that it is clean and intact.

Moving on.

"I take it your one of those shinobi forces. You're just on a level higher than regular ones?" He asks while taking a skillet out. A hum is his answer. Shirou doesn't know much about how the shinobi are categorized. He knows that there's a system and that there are different levels of power but he did not know the specifics.

Shirou would classify them all in the assassin class though. He's never seen any of them in action but the way they are described and the way the watch dog was watching they were trained to be assassins.

"You can say that."

"I guess that means you have a reason of being here?"

Another hum. Shirou looks through the fridge for some eggs.

"Alright then fine. I'll be blunt. Why are you here?"

"I am on duty. Protect Naruto."

"You seem to do a shit job about it. Oh, mornin'" Cu spoke up from the hallway. "You know last night that kid told me that was the first time he ever bathed with clean hot water. I nearly wanted to punch something."

Kakashi's eyes narrowed behind his mask. He knew about Naruto's living conditions. Sadly it was one of the many things he did not have a say in.

"Another thing," Cu takes a seat at the table, "Why the hell do people avoid him like the plague? They abuse him too, I've seen the way he flinches when someone touches him."

Ah. They didn't know.

Kakashi does not know if this is a good or bad thing. This confirms some of his suspicions about the two. They didn't know what Naruto had inside him, meaning they knew very little about what happened.

He couldn't tell them even if he wanted to.

"That's confidential." Kakashi answers, it's a textbook answer because it is confidential and it is an S class crime to talk about. Not to mention that Naruto is somewhere in this house as they speak.

"The fuck-" Cu nearly curses in his own language but it comes out in a slured mixture that only Shirou can understand. "-Does that mean."

"It means that he isn't allowed to talk about it. If it's confidential it could also mean that no one else could talk about it." Damn the Emiya was smart.

"Right," Kakashi says. To tell the truth he isn't even supposed to be talking to them. He is supposed to be hiding somewhere like a good ANBU and waiting for something to happen.

Oh Kami he might regret this one day.

"So we're just supposed to sit there and let grown ass people bully the kid?"

"Maa, that's where I come in and kick their ass." Kakashi has had to kick a few people's asses and break a few limbs here and there whenever people got physical. He couldn't do anything if it was just verbal abuse.

Which sucked.

"I'm still going to punch someone."

"Call me when you do I want to see it." Shirou says from over the stove. "Breakfast will be ready in about fifteen minutes. Make sure to wake Naruto."

"Hai Hai Mother."

"I don't remember creating you." Shirou deadpans.

~~~~

A few hours later Kakashi is on the roof of the estate. He bites his thumb, using the blood to summon one of his ninken, Pakkun. The ninken appeared in a puff of smoke and looked up at the teen. Kakashi attaches a scroll to Pakkun's back. "To the Sandaime. Dismiss yourself on his orders." The small dog nods his head before disappearing.

Hm.

So Emiya and Chulainn knew nothing of Naruto's real origins. To them Naruto was just a regular orphan. An orphan that has been treated poorly and abused by the people for some unknown reason. It makes sense given the fact that they were not there around the time the attack happens.

Meaning that they brought the boy home purely for his own safety. They did not seem to have ill intentions but he couldn't be too sure. People always change and things always happen and he would be damned if anything happened to Naruto.

"You've been sitting here for awhile Captain."

Kakashi hums as Tenzo appears next to him. "Is there something to matter?"

"Maa, just thinking is all. I sent Pakkun to give information to the Hokage."

"That's not what I meant," Tenzo says as he looks around. "You're here... At this estate..."

Oh. Now Kakashi understood.

"Yes, I'm fine," then to reassure his kouhai he added, "I'm here because Naruto moved in here the other night."

Tenzo's eyes widened behind the mask and he stood up straight. "He knows-"

"No." Kakashi says, he's probably the only one on his squad that knows since most of them were on missions when he was on duty. "I'll fill you in. You have time?"

Tenzo nods, "I've already turned in my mission report so I'm free for the rest of the day."

There was a small movement and Pakkun was back with a scroll. Kakashi takes it.

~~~~

Later that night all three of them were at home. Shirou did not have to work the night ship because Benkei closed the Tea House early. Something about not having any reservations tonight.

So here they are, in the common room, watching tv while sitting under the kotatsu. They've already eaten. Naruto looks like he has given up on fighting sleep as he lies under the table. Cu gives the kid two minutes before he is out of it.

True enough the kid is out of it. Shirou picks him up and carries him to his room. He places Naruto in bed (which was a bit difficult because the boy hung on to him like a leach).

When he finally gets Naruto's arms from around him and lies the boy down he sees something peeking from under the boy's shirt. It was black. Growing a bit a concerned Shirou pulls the boy's shirt up to look at his stomach to make sure it wasn't a bruise or anything.

His eyes went wide a bit.

He's seen these before, on the door to the shed, the doors to the basement and on some of the things in the basement. The inkings were very similar. Shirou paid them no mind back then because whenever he tried to examine the items that had the ink on them they would never budge or open. They were a complicate design, they looked more like picture than words.

The one on Naruto's stomach was a swirl with nine extensions. Shirou frowned, damn he wished he understood the information of this era. Shirou examines it further, squinting and places a finger on one of the patterns.

The pattern glows and extends and Shirou's heart nearly catches in his throat because the patterns glow red before taking the shape of the all too familiar runes and lines all over the boys body before retracting back to his stomach.

Fuck.

Naruto was their master?! This little boy? He probably didn't know. Hell, he probably didn't know that he was a walking command seal bank with so many magic circuits. He felt the pulse of mana it was humongous.

Shirou stands there for a few moments, mulling over his thoughts in silence. He regains himself before moving to pull down Naruto's shirt.

"You should not be looking at that." The watchdog says from behind him. Shirou can feel something cold against the nape of his neck. He nearly snorts. Was the watchdog threatening him?

"It seems to me that this is something worth fighting for. Or should I say killing for?" Shirou says. He pulls Naruto's shirt back down. "Get that knife off of me."

"Step away."

"Gladly, if you back the fuck up and tell me what is that on his stomach. You can also tell me the relationship between the writings in the basement and shed as well. They look similar." Shirou knows about command seals and magical circuits. However he doesn't know about the use for the black ink.

"That is confidential."

"Be smart," Shirou says with a sigh, "I know you don't want to kill me." Like he actually can.

"Step away Emiya-san."

"I already told you how I can do that-"

The door slides open, and Shirou moves.

In a matter of seconds Shirou and Naruto are on the other side of the room and the watchdog is being pinned down by Cu's foot on his neck.

"Now, I understand. Shirou can really piss someone off, trust me, he's got a mouth on 'im." Cu starts, even though his tone was light Shirou could tell he was a bit serious. "But that's no reason to try to kill him."

"What the fuck---" Kakashi coughs as Cu stepped on him harder.

Cu frowned, "The thing is I'm actually fond of the bastard and to come inside a room looking at this, you know why I'm the defense right?"

"He thought I was going to hurt Naruto." Shirou says in Gaelic and readjusts Naruto in his arms. The child must've been really out of it.

Cu only hums and lets his foot up just a bit to give the other air. Kakashi sucks as much in as possible because what the actually fuck. Never in his life has he seen someone move that fast. He could probably be faster than that one Uchiha on the squad.

The sirens are going off in his head right now as Chulainn stares down at him with those red eyes of his. He knows nothing about these two and their abilities. The only other people that are on duty with him are Tenzo and neko and they are outside.

Fuck.

"Don't try anything funny. I'm going to let you up, do anything stupid and I'm kicking you through the damn wall. Understand?"

Kakashi nods his head, and the Chulainn moves his foot off of him. Kakashi rolls over to his feet and reaches up to rub his neck.

The sirens are still going off in his head but he doesn't move.

After a moment of stillness it is Shirou who moves to place Naruto back in bed. He tucks the boy in and exits the room. Cu following him and Kakashi follows soon after.

Shirou closes the door to Naruto's room and they walk to the kitchen. Kakashi makes sure to keep a good distance away from them.

"Now. We're going to handle this like civilized people. What are those things on Naruto?"

Kakashi stiffens at Emiya's question. His mind thinking to give a vague answer. Not too much information but just enough.

"Seals."

"Seals?" Cu echoes, then frowns. Were they like runes? He didn't get look at them but if they are like the others on the shed then they could be. Were they something to seal away magic?

"They are also on the shed and on some items in the basement. They are not exactly the same but I take it they are of the same class?"

Kakashi nods slowly. Did these two really not know what seals were? He knows they are civilians but even civilians know of or have heard of such things.

"Are they the equivalent to runes?" Chulainn asks Emiya in something Kakashi doesn't understands. Emiya makes a one sided shrug. "I'm not sure, you should take a look at them."

Emiya then looks back to Kakashi. "This has something to do with the people harming Naruto right?"

Kakashi says nothing.

"You're going to have to tell us."

"I will not. I am under oath."

"Allow us to rephrase it then," Chulainn says with smirk, "You're going to tell us."

Kakashi narrows his eyes. "I will not. It's against the law to talk about it. The only way I'm giving it up is if the Hokage orders me to do it or someone beats it out of me."

He should not have said the last part.

Really he should not have said it because Emiya and Chulainn are monsters.

~~~

Kakashi sunshins into the Hokage's office battered, bleeding, and torn with his mask missing. The sandaime's eyebrows shoot up and he is alert.

Kakashi wheezes and places a piece of folded paper on the Sandaime's desk.

If it isn't too much trouble, we'd like to request an audience with the Hokage. Anytime is welcomed but the sooner the better. It is about Naruto's background and some concerns we have.

Ps. make sure the messenger gets medical attention we're afraid we overestimated him a bit. Those other two guards that were with him are already there.

Emiya and Chulainn

Sarutobi calls for a few of his personal Anbu guards to get Kakashi to the hospital and tells one of them to clear his schedule in the morning.

~~~~

"He has command seals," Shirou says as they walk through the backyard. Cu stops dead in his tracks and looks over his shoulder at the archer. "What?!"

"Not just the regular ones. They are all over his body and he has an excessive amount of mana. He's basically a walking mana bank Cu."

Cu turns fully around, letting his spear fade away. "When the fuck did you figure this out?"

"Before that watch dog came in," Shirou answers and looks around at the yard to see how much damage had been dealt.

Cu sighs, cracking the muscles in his neck. "You mean to tell my that that five year old is our master?"

"Yes," Shirou answers, which was kind of weird. They have been in this place for five years, could that mean they were summoned when Naruto was born? If that's the case then Naruto could not have done the actual summoning.

"That doesn't make since," The irishman growled out. "How the hell were we summoned here then?"

Shirou shrugs, "We're here now, and we just found out our master is a child. My theory would be that his parent summoned us but there was an accident." Then the archer narrowed his eyes. "However I remember there was at least a week gap between our summonings and no one was there when were summoned."

Cu nods, "No one was in that basement when I was there. Just a bunch of scrolls and books with that stuff on it..."

The lancer straightened. "Shirou, those seals that guy mentioned earlier, they could probably help."

"Hm?"

"I've got an idea. They've got libraries here right? We'll have to do some research on them but I think they're like runes. We can translate them somehow and see if it's possible to get into that stuff and that shed. We could also find out what's on Naruto."

Shirou thinks it is a good idea. If it does not work it is a start and at least they are going to make progress.

"We'll have to get a closer look on them. I also don't know much about the runecraft the druids used in your time."

"Leave that me." Cu mumbles as he went over to examine the garden. "Just help out a bit and I'll see what I can do." Cu knows much about the runes and the craft. In this form, the lancer form, they were limited but he still remembers the knowledge that was drilled in his head about them.

Cu sighs, it was damn near midnight probably and they had a lot to do. Not to mention that they had to wait on a response from that Hokage guy. If the watchdog even made it.

Seriously, Cu was expecting much more of a fight from him and the other two guards. He admits he was a little caught off guard when one of them literally caused the trees to move.

"Another thing, find out what type of magic they use here." He said as a note. Shirou makes a nods before entering the house.

~~~

"The Hokage wishes to see you both. I am here to escort you there."

It was around four o'clock in the morning when the kid suddenly appeared in the common room.

Cu and Emiya had voted on putting off sleep to try to list the things that needed to done and researched.

Now here was a boy, he was maybe around twelve, wearing a white masked that resembled a weasel.

Shirou and Cu looked at each other before shrugging.

"In order for me to escort you there you two must hold on to me. It will only take a second."

The child was right. One minute they home and the next there in some sort of office. Cu lets out a curse in Gaelic and stumbles. Shirou has to blink away his dizziness.

Okay, that was unsettling.

The child disappears and the two need a moment to regain themselves.

"Gentlemen," The Hokage addresses them. Shirou stiffens as Cu narrows his eyes. So this was the 'ruler', the Hokage.

The Hokage looks both of them up and down. One dressed in red and the other in blue. They look like they came expecting a fight from the way they carried themselves, especially the blue one.

Shirou doesn't know what he was expecting but he wasn't expecting an old man with a hat over his head smoking a pipe. He's seen kings and emperors before. He's so used to them being clad in gold and jewels.

If this man didn't have such an intimidating aura Shirou would think he was a humble grandfather.

Cu wasn't one to judge. If this old man held power it was for a reason. He was giving off an air of authority and the hound wasn't going to test him. They were here to talk not fight.

Unless they had too.

"I will start by saying that this meeting is private and I have even sent my most personal guards away. Nothing will leave this room unless needed." Traces of smoke leave the man's mouth as he speak and it reminds Shirou of a dragon. A good comparison actually.

"I understand you two have questions and concerns but I guess I should start by questioning you," He takes the pipe out of his mouth and with a chink sets it down on an ashtray. He places his chin on his hands and stares at the two head on.

"How were you able to put on of my most strongest and efficient soldier in the hospital and most importantly what do you want with Naruto?"

"With Naruto, we just want to know of his origins and of the marking on his stomach. As for hospitalizing your 'soldier' he had it coming."

The Hokage narrows his eyes.

"He did really," Cu speaks up, "He attacked us first and we defended."

"He had three broken ribs, a dislocated shoulder, three arrows sticking out og him, a shattered knee, a broken knows and a hairline fracture."

"He should've dodged." Shirou deadpans. Which was true, he could have dodged those arrows Shirou sent his way like those other two guards did. Then again if he did Cu probably would have did much more damage.

"I fail to believe that two civilians can do that much damage," The older man growled, "Are your two spies?"

"Hah? You make it seem like civilians can't protect themselves." Cu says with a small growl of his own, "No offense but we aren't the defenseless people, someone has to protect the kid and we're not spies."

Shirou crosses his arms over his chests, "We're willing to make a compromise. You said anything said here will not leave this room. We'll give you answers if you give us answers."

The Hokage says nothing for a long time before he sighs. He was getting too old for this. He knows nothing about these two and it is infuriating. They manage to Hatake Kakashi in the hospital. They were dangerous and they had Naruto.

From what Kakashi had reported earlier yesterday, the two knew nothing of Naruto's past or what he was. They didn't know why the village hated the boy and they didn't hate they boy at all.

The thought of just killing the two crosses his mind but he stops it. If they were able to put Kakashi in the hospital it was something serious. Not only that, the image of a sad Naruto crossed his mind he couldn't bare to see that.

Sarutobi sighs. These two could be a threat but they could also be a big help. If they were strong enough to take out Anbu forces then... yes, yes.

Naruto could learn a few things if this went according to the plan forming in his head.

The Hokage visible relaxes before nodding to himself. He takes his pipe and returns it between his lips. "I see, I see. We'll compromise," He says finally, and waves his hand of over to the left side of the office where the seats were. "Take a seat, we'll be here for awhile you might want to get comfortable."

He hopes this will work out in the end, for Naruto and for all the things he couldn't do for the child.

TBC

~~~ Author's end Notes~~~

One thing I would like to mention is the word count. It will vary from chapter to chapter depending on how much information I feel is needed. I'm giving a heads up now that some chapters will be short and some will be long. I have no steady pace.

This will probably fall under the long/medium ones because of you guys brilliant suggestions and ideas, I thank you for them. I also couldn't think of a few stopping points which is why this chapter is longer than the others.

Also, um. Any information about the two anime are welcomed with open arms. It has been awhile since I've seen Fate and Naruto, but I do play FGO a lot if that helps. Hmm.

BETA readers are welcomed! I have poor grammar and I honestly think my writing doesn't flow well. You don't have to be a BETA reader you can just critique my writing and give me a few pointers.

Have a nice day~ I'm on the way to see black panther~