after the announcement was over and the people dispersed the clan heads who came greeted me..and I greeted back...while others talked with a little bit of respect probably because I"m also a clan head as well..tsume was same as always.. well..I can recognise every clan head..they are all the same ones in the anime except shikaku wasn"t there yet..by now..every important characters in the anime would have born right..hmm strange..anyway it"s not my issue..afterwards every one dispersed except Hana and a friend of Hana I don"t know.. Hana stood there like a stone..I went near her..and waved my hand..no reaction..I turned towards the girl and asked "do you have any ideas?"..she said that she"ll take care of it..and she went near Hana"s ear..and whispered something..Hana suddenly woke up and grabbed her collar and shook and asked "what, who is she?"..I was clueless..what the h.e.l.l is she talking about..her friend was laughing loudly and Hana blushed after a second and hurriedly went her way..
well..life as a clan head is a tiring job in it"s own way...first the clan compound..it"s probably been more than a decade since it"s been cleaned...second the accounts..I need to go though every senju bank accounts who died and need to move them into clan fund...d.a.m.n the senju are quite rich...especially the first hokage..I guess he earned quite a big amount in gamblings..the second hokage account..d.a.m.n.. how the h.e.l.l they earned hundreds of millions of ryo.hana said a while ago even with 50K one can buy a house in the village at a central area.oh..how did I forgot about interests..it"s been five decades..so I guess it"s natural..and I need to buy some shops and lease them to earn steady income..well...hokage does told me that he"ll appoint a secretary for me..to help me out..but I instantly rejected it as I know it"ll be just another spy..and I"m not sure I can trust this old man anyway..well first probably I was affected by Danzo words I had a bad impression on him..but after today morning conversation even though we didn"t talk much I know I can trust him to safeguard the village but definitely not my back..and it"s not the only reason I rejected his help... according to everyone , I"m the Senju clan head but I know who I am.. it"s the least I could do..so while my wood clones do the ch.o.r.es I"m gonna eat ramen.... ichiraku huh..it"s currently on a debt..last year their shop was completely destroyed with many shops..even though hokage promised every shop or houses which have been destroyed will be compensated..and those who reconstructed the buildings will be given full money after it"s been completed.. naturally you should show the bills..and some people took advantage of it and constructed very grand compared to past and claimed full returns..and so problem arises..now ichiraku is one of those shops who didn"t get their returns yet..
well for the past 6-7months..I"m eating at this diner..well it did became a full restaurant when Naruto became hokage..I"m not a regular like Naruto..but still I"m pretty much being remembered clearly by teuchi san as I eat around 2-3 times a week..I went there..naturally while I was walking people are bowing to me..after I reached there..I saw teuchi there with a sad face counting the money....well..even though it was famous but the kyuubi incident did affected everyone...the shin.o.bi didn"t have the time to enjoy ramen and the commoners didn"t have the interest and not only that he had a daughter to feed..well..I"ve been seeing this for the past 6-7months..but now I think I can help right..I went in there and sat and there i greeted "h.e.l.lo teuchi san...when he saw me he smiled and greeted "h.e.l.lo senju sama"...I replied "teuchi, please call me Diran just as you have been calling me as always"..he smiled "the usual?" I replied "yeah"..
after a while ..a cute little girl dark brown hair and large black eyes probably around 6-7years came with a bowl of miso ramen..ayame, daughter of teuchi..well..this is pretty much the first time I met her.."here you go senju nii san"...she was quite adorable..I smiled..and i took the bowl from her and asked "what"s your name?"...she replied with a smile "Ayame"...I replied with a smile "thank you Ayame chan"...and then someone called from the inside a woman probably her mom..she dashed from here..well...after eating my fill I asked teuchi who was cleaning the dishes "teuchi san, do you have some free time there"s something I need to discuss with you"..he stopped his work and asked "what is it"...I said "no need to stop your work..I can wait for a while" he apologizwd for making me wait for half an hour and I said "teuchi san, I have a proposal for you"..he was puzzled "what is it"....I replied "I want to buy ichiraku"..his face was paled and he stood up "but..but.."..it seems he was misunderstood.. I continued..."ah, don"t need to worry..I"m not saying I"ll just buy and kick out...please sit down and listen to me calmy"..after he sat down I said "see, considering the state the village is in..the returns which was promised by the hokage won"t be received for atleast 5-6years till the village is completely stable..I know you have debts..the customers aren"t coming as much as before the incident..so here"s my proposal..on behalf of senju clan I will clear all your debts and..in return I want ichiraku to be registered as a senju clan property....for the next 5 years..the clan don"t take any profits not even a single ryo and all ingredients will be provided by the clan....after 5 years I"ll give you a choice whether to pay the debt amount I paid for you..then you"ll be free to do whatever you want..but if you wish to be continued under our clan...then I promise I"ll renovate this place and make it into a full restaurant..and will even open the branches all over the fire country..think about benefits and disadvantages and tell me in 3 days.."
he really cried this time "thank you Diran san, I"m not sure I can ever repay your kindness"..sigh..I guess..his situation is pretty much bad than I imagined...then I remembered naruto...I smiled and said "then, teuchi san, can you do me a favour"..he replied "what is it"...I asked "do you know the name naruto uzumaki"..he replied "you mean the baby who people say he"s some demon"..I asked him "yeah, what are your thoughts about it....I just need an honest answer please"..he replied "to be honest I"m not sure about it..he"s just a baby..I hear daily about it from the people..I can only judge him when I can meet him"
I smiled "so, do this favour for me, at least until he graduate from academy..don"t charge him any bill and let him eat for free..can u do it if you come to hate the boy in the future..just like rest of the village"..he was a bit surprised at my strange request but he didn"t question though..he replied "I promise, you gave us a new life..to repay it even if I had to cook him free food for the rest of his life I"ll do it"...I chuckled "are you sure?, don"t complain to me later you really regret this promise"...he laughed "Diran san, no worries I"ll fullfil my promise no matter but how do I recognize him.."
I replied "hmm..he has blonde hair and three whisker markings on cheeks"..he nodded...after a while..one of my wood clones came with the contract stating all the above terms which I have proposed..he signed..I used clan"s insignia on the contract..after finishing the procedures..and later the clam symbol is being attached to the shop name stating that it"s belong to senju clan from now onwards...then I thought why not buy directly a few shops which are in debts instead of buying properties...it would be better if they are working..I don"t have the time to look for a worker....I made some wood clones and then transform into some random civilian to survey those shops...eventually I found some stores which have much debt.. but the profits are not much great..I"m not that much nice with them like with I deal with ichiraku..I just cleared their debts and ..and from now onwards their shop belongs to the senju clan an I instructed all to give free to naruto they aren"t like teuchi..they are also one of the villagers who view naruto as demon..they retorted and even suggested me stay away from the demon.but then after seeing my cold face.they instantly step back and nodded...I would have bought them with the land but unfortunately it wasn"t theirs ...it belong to the village....sigh..I guess...I still need to buy properties after all...I found some but I"ll deal with it later till the end of evening I continued to stroll all around the village and bought many shops in the market and the other shops which are outside the market but in the village..they are like ichiraku..they live there..and there are some normal stores which are nice but I"ll take it loss if I buy them..
OK, I"ve done all I could do for now..from tomorrow onwards..I should visit itachi and hana tomorrow and should also visit sensei..
and soon itachi was discharged and our free days are over..and from Monday our ninjustu training officially starts