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"I may very well do that, Naruto-kun." He said thoughtfully, mentally tallying the resources needed to execute such a law and finding them to be well in place should the law pass. The civilians were very stingy when it came to spending their funding, leaving it to mount up for quite some time 'just in case' when Sarutobi knew, for a fact, that it went towards at least one extravagant party per year. This would teach them to be skinflints.
Naruto noticed that he had gained a further +100 to his relationship with the Hokage and was once again puzzled. He was drawn from his puzzlement by the delicious smell of ramen wafting closer to him.
"Here's your ramen, Naruto-kun, Hokage-sama." Teuchi boomed with a smile as he laid down the bowls in front of his customers. Even the Hokage had to admit that the man was a genius when it came to cooking ramen and his mouth started watering as he gazed at his meal.
"Itadakimasu!" Naruto said happily, tucking into the Ichiraku Ramen's specialty…the Uzumaki Deluxe! Featuring almost every ingredient you could combine in ramen, with a high quality broth that blended the flavours perfectly. All in all, it was the most delicious ramen Naruto had ever eaten and he only ate it on special occasions, such as his birthday (if he could make it to Ichiraku's without incident) and any especially good days he had had, which were few and far between. Winning his first sparring match (ever) counted in his book.
"How has Asuma been getting along?" the Hokage asked in between bites.
"Mmf! He likes the place." Naruto replied, slurping up the noodles faster than most would think was physically possible, "No other place has all those training rooms. There's even a shuriken and mid-range jutsu range in the basement. I had no idea about that until he found it-dattebayo!"
"Sounds like him." Sarutobi said in amusement, "He always did like exploring his home as a child; it fails to surprise me that that continued into adulthood."
The Uzumaki boy had visions of a chibi-Asuma running around a huge clan compound and had to chuckle at the thought. Then something occurred to him.
"Ne Jiji. I haven't seen a Sarutobi Clan Compound around." He said with a thoughtful expression on his face, "Is there one? Have I just been looking in the wrong place? Is it big?"
"There was a large one, back before the Second Great Ninja War." The Hokage informed his surrogate grandson, "It was damaged badly in a sneak attack by infiltrators from Iwagakure and was abandoned. It has since been demolished and new housing built over it. The Sarutobi live in a small compound in the Clan Residential District now. Well…small for the Clan Residential District anyway. As for myself, I live in the Hokage Tower most of the time, but go back to spend the night with Asahi and his family every now and again."
"Aren't you lonely?" the boy asked in concern. Sarutobi just chuckled and ruffled Naruto's hair, making him pout.
"No, I'm not." The Hokage said kindly, "I consider each and every member of the village to be my own family, so I'm never alone."
Naruto stared at the Hokage in awe. "That must be tough when they go nuts and attack people like that guy with the ninjatō a few months back."
"I know who you mean." Sarutobi nodded wearily, "He lost his brother during the Day of the Kyūbi and never recovered from it, drowning his sins away in cheap rotgut day in and day out. That incident was when he finally snapped, I'm afraid."
"He really took good care of that sword, now I come to think about it." The boy mused, "It looked better than new."
"It was a relic of his brother's ninja career. He cared for it obsessively, only cleaning himself up when he had to polish and maintain it." The Hokage said despondently, "Despair is like an illness, Naruto-kun. It can bring even the mightiest ninja low, break the proudest of people into something unrecognisable. The man who attacked you had hit rock bottom and didn't have the strength to try and stand back up again. That was because he closed himself off and didn't allow others to help him. Learn from him in this, Naruto-kun; no man is an island. Accept help if you cannot do something yourself and offer help if you see someone cannot do something themselves."
Naruto nodded solemnly, ignoring the window informing him that his WIS had just gone up by one for listening to the Hokage's lecture.
"Will do, Jiji." He said.
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Training Ground 13 Entrance
"OK, today's goal is to finally level up to Level 15!" Naruto pumped himself up as he jogged towards the gate leading into the training ground. He was in good form today after his spar with Shino and he was looking forward to finally getting to that next level.
Given how Sasuke was at Level 15 and had been for a while, it was safe to assume that there was a level limit that stopped Academy Students from becoming too powerful. His stat increases were also slowly coming less and less frequently. He was willing to be that they would stop once they reached a certain point as well. With still three or four months left until graduation, it was going to become tedious if he couldn't level up.
'Well, I guess I can focus on mastering my jutsu if that happens.' He reasoned to himself. He didn't like the idea of only being able to train his jutsu, but he could see how useful it would be to have them all maxed out, or at least on the way there.
Entering the first area, the blond orphan frowned. Although he didn't like the cliché, it really was too quiet in the forest. No birds chirping, no sound of the mutated squirrels fighting each other, nothing. Had someone come in to do some training of their own and killed them?
Drawing a kunai, he continued his advance into the training ground, senses screaming at him that something stank about this situation. As far as he knew, he was the only person who used TG13 for anything, and he was certain his Jiji would have let him know that he was sending someone in to clear the place.
Very suspicious.
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