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Chapter 5: Konohagakure no sato (3) - Uzumaki Naruto

With the discovery of chakra and Harry's subsequent awakening, he had attempted to throw fire from his mouth, without hand seals and simply trying to change the neutral energy in his body to a fire nature. However, such a thing proved impossible for him. He could only practice the one jutsu that appeared in the civilian library: Kawarimi no Jutsu.

But, at the same time that he trained and got used to chakra, Rias and Harry had walked around the village, discovering new things as the days went by. They had not met other people beyond greetings or shopping interactions. One of the several things that caught their attention, were the sealing scrolls, where you could store things and then take them back.

When they decided to look into the library about this, they discovered that the art was called Fuuinjutsu. But the description was vague, only saying that it was one of the shinobi branches that created seals for multiple purposes.

However, Harry decided to buy some because of how useful they could become in his world.

When a week had passed, they had a somewhat surprising encounter. As they left the apartment and walked down the hallway outside, they saw a blonde boy dressed in an orange outfit come out of the neighboring apartment; Rias and Harry noticed the mess and trash on the floor inside the apartment and made a face.

"What are you looking at-ttebayo?", the boy seemed to not take the grimace well and spoke in a somewhat rude manner.

"You should tidy up and clean your apartment a bit, it looked really bad," Harry decided to respond kindly. He didn't want to create unnecessary trouble, even if it was with someone younger than him. In this world, a twelve-year-old boy could very well be stronger than him.

The boy blinked before scratching his head and looking back: "Maybe... uh... I don't really have any visitors... and it's annoying to tidy up."

"By the way, who are they?"

"Harry Potter"

"Rias Gremory..."

Naruto just seemed to notice Rias and his eyes widened at the sight of her hair: "Woaah~... your hair really is pretty, nee-chan."

Rias smiled amiably: "Thank you... but, what's your name?"

"Uzumaki Naruto! And I'm the person who will become Hokage!" Naruto exclaimed while pointing at himself with his left thumb.

"You want to be Hokage?" Rias asked and Naruto nodded vigorously. "Then that will be a difficult path."

"But I never give up!" Naruto said with a seriousness that surprised the duo.

"Then I guess you have to study hard," Harry muttered with a small grimace.

"Huh? For what?"

Rias laughed lightly seeing the confusion on Naruto's face.

"We're not from Konoha, but we read and heard from the Hokage. If you want to be a leader, you probably need to study to know the procedures needed for the job. Also, you're shinobi right?... then it would be hard to send someone on a mission that could end in the death of an ally."

"So..." Rias looked at her hand holding up three fingers, "Maybe it takes intelligence, power, and a great deal of determination."

Naruto pouted upon hearing that.

"But studying is so boring..."

"Yeah... but sometimes it's necessary," Harry laughed a little before speaking, looking at Naruto closely. For some reason, Naruto seemed a bit like him. Not in appearance, much less in personality, but rather the way he acted or the distrust with which he looked at them at first.

"Where are you guys going?" Naruto asked as he watched Rias walk towards the stairs.

"To walk around for a bit. We came to the village for a visit and we want to see a bit more. Although we also heard about the chunin exam..."

"Oh, yeah! I participated and made it to the finals!"

"Really?" Harry asked curiously.

"Yeah!" Naruto exclaimed, jumping as he followed them.

. . .

Rias and Harry didn't know how they ended up eating ramen. They had been walking around while talking to Naruto and for some reason, they ended up at Ichiraku Ramen, where Naruto walked in so naturally that the two thought they were led to the place, when they always walked one step ahead of Naruto.

It was a little weird...

However, the taste of the ramen was simply heavenly.

"I think I just found a favorite food," Harry smiled as he brought a piece of pork to his mouth.

"Even though I'm not a fan of this, I could eat at least one a day," Rias commented impressed by the taste of the food.

"Teuchi-san is the best at cooking ramen!" Naruto exclaimed raising his fists.

"By the way, I want another bowl," he smiled at Teuchi, who just nodded before exclaiming and starting to prepare the bowl.

"Naruto... Why did people look at you badly?" Harry asked with a small frown.

The blond froze for a few seconds before looking at the table, showing a bit of sadness.

"They think I'm a demon... it's always been like that, ever since I can remember they've treated me that way," he muttered quietly, but Rias and Harry heard him clearly. They both frowned a bit, not happy with the answer.

"Trust me Naruto, a demon is scarier than you," Rias spoke with a serious tone uncommon for her.

"But why do they think that?... I mean, from what you told us, you've only ever made jokes. Even the most annoying or irrational person wouldn't consider you a real demon," Harry said, moving his chopsticks with a bit of difficulty as he tried to hold another piece of meat.

"Um... well..." Naruto got a bit nervous. "It's a secret... I'm not supposed to say it."

Now the two travelers raised their eyebrows, showing how curious they were about Naruto's answer. However, they wouldn't push the issue any further. If it was a secret, it could be something annoying or dangerous for them.

"If it's a secret, then it doesn't matter," Rias said before sighing and taking a glass of water in front of her and drinking some.

"By the way, Naruto. Changing the subject completely, do you know any techniques you can teach me? I can use chakra, but I'm not a trained shinobi. Learning something might prove useful for future travels."

"You bet I know!" Naruto exclaimed immediately, changing his mood to a happier one. "I have this cool technique that allows you to clone yourself. Also the perfect technique to defeat perverts."

Rias raised an eyebrow, showing her interest: "Clones? How would you do that?"

Naruto smiled like a fox and his eyes turned into slits before forming a hand seal.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," he said before several smoke bursts appeared and then five clones showed themselves.

"That's... impressive," Harry muttered, but he was a little stiff as he felt his Memory-maker magic working with the technique. He could remember it in a different way than a normal memory and he felt like he could do it now. He understood that, now that he possessed chakra, Memory-Maker allowed him to learn shinobi techniques, but not use them like he would with magic.

For the latter, he would have to use his magic power and place his fingers on his temple before casting the magic he remembered. In the case of a shinobi technique, he would probably be able to cast it after seeing said technique once, but the control over that technique would be poor at best. Therefore, he would have to train to improve and fully master the technique.

"You should be good at using this...", Rias commented as she touched the hair of a clone. "It's not an illusion"

"Yes!... I mean, I have better chakra control now. Ero-Sennin started training me yesterday"

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