Mc POV
Time passed quickly and within a few months, my occlumency became worthy of something. In fact, I've already started training legilimency on uneducated konoha civilians just to show how frightening such a skill really was. The problem was that my inexperience caused some severe cases of dementia in some targets. Interestingly, my victims were all residents who used to mistreat the young blonde from the neighborhood. It was fun when a particularly bitter shopkeeper tried to kick Naruto and I knocked him face down before completely frying his mind. The good part was that his fall made it easy to disguise my attack.
I didn't feel guilty after all, after all they were petty people who hurt a child just out of spite and irrational rumors. I mean, if he really was a demon everyone who hurt him would have been killed or tortured in the same day. If I were the boy, even without being a demon, I would have already slit some throats and hung bloodied bodies upside down on one of the tall buildings in the village.
I could understand they were grieving over the loss of their family and loved ones, but then blaming a cute child for their loss and physically hurting that so-called child was a very difficult thing to accept. By me, I would have already walked into their homes at night, pissed in their drinks and fucked their wives in their sleep.
Okay, I wouldn't be so extreme as to rape someone, but you get the point.
They are lucky that Naruto is satisfied with pranks and does not nurture malice towards them. I mean, the boy was the only literal thing that protects the village from another kyuubi attack, for my love! If I were the Hokage I would have ordered your protection and creation in the most messed up way possible. I would have turned Naruto into a young master whose wishes would be fulfilled immediately, maybe even before he wanted to and I would already be fulfilling his demands. It tells me a lot about myself, actually. That's why I don't think I should have kids anytime soon. My maturity was non-existent.
In the meantime I also met my dear helper, patron and now older brother, Satoru Mikami. He was a kind, good-natured guy who became someone important in the short time I met him. We were supposed to be related by blood since it was a necessity if my tutelage was on his guard since the laws of the fire country required it in the case of nobles.
Ah yes. I am a nobleman on my mother's side. More than welcome news if I said it myself after all, it would be more of a deterrent in case a certain one-eyed pedophile shifts his attention to me.
As for the relationship I had with Mikami, he was my father's cousin and part of a famous samurai clan in the land of iron. Of course, his clan was represented by him and an elder who happened to be my great-uncle on his father's side... this also makes my existence even safer, after all the land of iron was one of the safest countries of the Elemental Nations and theirs. neutrality was not by weakness but by choice.
Although this is dangerous, since Uzugakure No Sato was also neutral and was eventually obliterated by the alliance of several shinobi villages.
Well, I also started using some of my money for donations to orphanages in konoha. I had personally gone to the orphanages and distributed food, toys, clothes and books to these bumbling children and received a lot of positive energy from them. The matrons became fans of my child self and although they initially questioned my motivations, the fact that I lost my parents basically made them much more understanding.
That said, I kind of got dozens of admirers from the orphanage. The boys were suspicious at first out of jealousy of my divine beauty, but after a few minutes of childish conversation and banter, they were sinister fanboys. Girls were easier. Just praise their beauties and let me tell you, I never lied when I did this as all the women here were beautiful... if you exclude the older ones whose looks have faded with age, all the younger ones were budding beauties.
I met little blond Uzumaki and became friends with him. I mean, it was the only thing the boy had been looking for all this time and Hiruzen was the only figure who treated him relatively well. That was also why the blonde was so gullible towards the old man and believed in the speech of not hating the villagers for their prejudices that came from said whose. Of course the friendship with the blonde was noticed by the Anbus who watched the Uzumaki, but I was almost untouchable and had no ulterior motive to contact Naruto. Those were the reasons I wasn't bothered.
Ah, the amount of positive energy that one brat gave me was so great that I could have my first shinkki right now. I suspected that this amount of positive energy must have been a result of the integration of thebrat with Ashura chakra. I didn't really believe in the possibility of Kurama being responsible because she was full of malicious energy these days and maybe only during the 4th ninja war does that change.
"Neh, Ryu, do you think I can become Hokage?" Naruto asked me as we fished in the river near one of the training grounds.
"I don't understand why you are asking me this. It's not like I'm the one who would choose you as the Hokage." I retorted.
"I want to know if you believe I can become Hokage in the future... do you think I have a chance?"
"Anyone can become a Hokage, Naruto. This means that you have a lot of competitors and some are older and more experienced than you. Anyway, if you try hard enough, I believe you can become a Hokage, yes." I explained patiently and kept waiting for the fish to take the bait. "Of course, older ninjas have a better chance. If I were to bet, I'd say the next Hokage will be Senju Tsunade... she's the most suitable one these days.
"Tsunade?"
"Yes, she is one of the current Hokage's students and a member of the Senju clan, who was one of the founders of Konoha." I counted. "She is also known as a strong ninja and slug contractor. Her merits are big enough and her skill as a medic super any ninja in the area at multiple levels."
"Incredible."
"Yes."
"Are you my rival in this, Ryu? Do you want to be Hokage?"
What the hell! Where did that come from?!
"God save me from this!" I screamed with horror in my expression. The disgust in my voice seemed to have surprised the Uzumaki, but for my love, how the hell did he come to that absurd conclusion? To be Hokage? I want my vitality and peace of mind right where it is, thanks!
"Why?" Naruto became angry at my outburst.
"Sigh…Naruto, being a Hokage is really boring. I'd rather spend my days playing and running than getting stuck in useless paper and weakening day by day because I don't have time to train. Not to mention the responsibility that the head of a ninja village has to its shinobi and its villagers... it's very difficult for me and I don't like difficult things. With so many beauties to court, delicious foods to taste, new games and interesting books in the world... wasting my precious time being Hokage? Never!" I explained. "I'd rather be a lazy nobleman, nothing more."
"Ryu, this is very bad. I wanted to outdo you as Hokage."
"Well I don't want to be Hokage, but I want to be strong. The strongest. You can try to get stronger than me... I'll join you in this."
"Okay, now are we going to eat the fish you caught?" he asks looking at my full bucket while his was empty... I laughed at his expression. I think this kid would be a good friend after all.
"Clear. Let's eat."
In the meantime I became friends with Naruto, I also started talking to the heirs of the ninja clans in the village. Shikamaru was my favorite because of his intelligence. Let's say our shogi games became incredibly long and almost always ended with one of us giving up midway and admitting defeat without a defeat actually occurring. It was a very problematic and fun situation. Unfortunately, I still lost to his father, Shikaku was a shogi monster.
I also introduced chess to this world and the members of the Nara clan became more and more grateful to me. After all, shogi was a game... imagine a single strategy game being mastered to the point of becoming boring. That's what happened to most of them. Adding chess made their lives more colorful. That said, I still lost to Shikaku in chess, although I easily beat Shikamaru.
For the Akimichi clan, my modern Western recipes have become fashionable. Pizza, lasagna, hamburger, pasta, purees, sauces, assorted steaks, cold soups, hot soups, cakes, cheesecakes... anyway, I was a hero to the entire chubby clan and I became their version of a gourmet and this gave me another wave of positive energy that fed more and more of my divinity.
For the Yamanaka clan, however, I didn't make a point of relating to them and when Shikaku asked me why, I said sternly: "Blonde mind readers with scary faces are not to be trusted".
Of course the truth would be because they were my competitors in the mental arts domain and I became disgusted with them because of that. It also didn't help that I invaded the mind of a member of your clan only to see his dark thoughts drifting toward my cute little childish ass. Who would have thought there were pedophiles in this clan?
I would easily guess, actually.
That said, I got along very well with the Hyuuga clan and the clan patriarch, Hiashi, apparently wished for some sort of more familiar bond between us (he wanted me to marry his daughter), something I refused. I'm too young to tie myself up. Would it be different if he offered the girl as a girlfriend but engaged? Sorry,Hiashi, but I'm not interested. The good part was that he didn't have any negative feelings upon hearing my refusal, although he also didn't give up as he kind of forced the girl to become my friend.
She would come to my house to play whenever she didn't train and make us close friends.
I also met Uchiha Itachi and let me tell you, what an intense guy. His looks in my direction were very perceptive and I still didn't dislike it. It was as if he distrusted my strength, but he didn't feel unwilling towards me. I liked him and hope to be able to help him in the future. Letting him die was a no to me and I wish he lives well after all his sacrifices.
He could be my most powerful Shinkki if I turned him. I wondered what kind of perk he would become? A kunai? A fan? I was curious to know.