As Haru walked through the village with the intention of meeting up with Hiruzen, he couldn't help but shake his head at the looks he received.
"Geez… I know I'm a mysterious kid but it's not like I intended to cause damage on purpose… Hey, maybe I can do something to help! That's what dad would do." Haru smiled in thought before he eventually reached his destination.
As he made his way inside of the building he couldn't help but notice how big the building was.
"Wow, what a really big building!" Haru exclaimed before deciding to go in.
"Um, excuse me?" Haru asked the secretary outside the office who glared at him.
"I was wondering where Mister Hiruzen was?" Haru asked as she narrowed her eyes at him before she huffed.
"He's busy with paperwork so get lost!" The secretary snapped at him as she growled at him.
"I said he's busy so scram!" The secretary glared at Haru. She didn't trust the young hybrid and saw him as nothing but a threat to the village. She hated him nearly as much as she hated Menma.
"Actually it's no big deal. Now I trust you're not giving our new visitor any nasty treatment. Unless… you'd like for me to dock your pay?" Hiruzen asked as the secretary tensed.
"N-no sir!" She answered as Haru ran to Hiruzen before making his way to Hiruzen's office.
"Thanks for that." Haru thanked Hiruzen who smiled as the two entered his office.
"My pleasure." Hiruzen replied before going into his desk drawer and handing Haru an envelope full of money.
"This should get you through the month. Given how you're a growing boy, something tells me the money I give Menma won't be enough to feed you." Hiruzen slightly chuckled as Haru smiled.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Hiruzen! I really appreciate this." Haru thanked the elderly man who laughed while smoking his pipe.
"My pleasure, Haru." Hiruzen laughed as Haru left the office. As he watched the preteen leave the office, his mind flew back to a lovely meeting he had last night.
Hiruzen was in the center of a special meeting room where only the most important of the Leaf's political factions would meet whenever anything important happened to the Leaf.
"So you mean to tell us you just let some unknown boy take refuge in our village?" the voice of one irate Hyuga Hiashi asked in disbelief.
"Indeed I did but according to Inoichi, the boy is a warrior from wherever he originated from. And even more, he seemed to fight on the side of good." Hiruzen reasoned with the angered Hyuga as the voice of the equally disbelieved Inuzuka Tsume decided to speak up.
"Suppose his ideals of 'good' and 'evil' differ from ours?" Tsume argued.
"I wouldn't say that. I've spoken to him and he seems to be a good-natured, genuine young man." Hiruzen replied back as Shikaku and Inoichi were silent in the background as their thoughts on Son Haru were neutral.
"So tell me, what do you plan to do with this 'Son Haru'?" Utanane Koharu asked as Hiruzen grinned.
"With his interest piqued, I decided to allow him to study at the ninja Academy alongside kids his age." Hiruzen answered as everyone's eyes went wide in disbelief.
"You say this boy will be joining our ranks? How will he be able to contribute?" The dark voice of Shimura Danzo pondered.
"According to Inoichi's observations, he's able to wield extremely powerful jutsu. At the age of around four, he possessed strength even greater than the Three Great Sannin when they graduated." Hiruzen explained as everyone's mouths went agape.
"T-The Three Great Sannin? That's impossible! No one has been said to have had as much potential as a child other than Shisui and Itachi from the Uchiha clan!" Mitokido Homura stammered as he had heard of no such child having such power.
"That's right. Now while I gave him the option of getting another occupation in the village, he seemed to want this so I see that he will prove to be a very valuable asset to the Leaf. However, I will ask Iruka to test out his power so we can see just a sample of his strength." Hiruzen finished as a series of nods went around the village before Hiruzen called the meeting to a close.
Meanwhile Danzo couldn't help but smile behind his bandages.
"Son Haru…huh?" Danzo simply asked before going away.
"Let's see how you do today, Son Haru." Hiruzen smiled as he pulled out a crystal ball from his desk.
Haru made his way around the village to the local Leaf Village store where he picked up several different kinds of groceries. Upon getting dressed earlier in the morning, Haru made a quick observation of Menma's kitchen and noticed how there was nothing but ramen in the kitchen along with a huge carton of milk that was way past his expiration date. With the voice of his overly critical mother kicking in, he immediately decided that he and Menma needed to eat way better, delectable and healthy food.
As Haru was satisfied with the foods he picked up, he made his way to the cash register where the sales person immediately shot him a look of disgust and disdain.
"Uh, I'd like to purchase these goods please." Haru politely asked as the store clerk glared at him.
"Get lost, brat!" The worker glared at Haru who tried to reason with her.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry for my entrance in the village but please believe I meant no harm." Haru tried reasoning with the woman who only huffed and glared at him.
"Because of you my daughter is in the hospital! I'll never forgive you, you damn pest! Now leave before I—"The woman glared before a glare from a pair of ruby colored eyes cut her off.
"Before you what? I trust you're not denying this boy the right to purchase groceries, are you?" A woman's voice asked, getting the attention of Haru. As he looked at her he noticed she had shoulder length black hair with piercing red eyes and a weird thorn-like red and white dress.
"But Kurenai he—"The seller argued as Kurenai's glare worsened.
"I wonder what Lord Hokage would think of you denying a child sustenance? He'd no doubt have you fired." Kurenai threatened as the woman paled before reluctantly taking Haru's goods and letting him pay for them.
Haru then left the shop with Kurenai, happy that he was able to get the essentials he needed.
"Thanks for that Ms—Um?" Haru tried thanking the Genjutsu specialist as she smiled.
"Think nothing of it." Kurenai smiled before vanishing away in a puff of smoke, making Haru's eyes nearly bug out.
"Was that some kind of Instant Transmission? No… it wasn't as fast…." Haru pondered before deciding to make his way home and fix breakfast for himself and Menma.