Chapter 11 All old farts are cheap!

Hiruzen POV

(Hiruz-! This kid was about to call me by my first name! This is quite weird.)

-Gramps!(Naruto)

-Ho Naruto! Sorry for being late, here is your present! Happy birthday!

I handed Naruto a small package.

-Yata! Thanks gramps!(Naruto)

Naruto then immediately undid the packaging and took out the gift from the box.

-What is this Gramps?!(Naruto)

-A yoyo.

-A yoyo?(Naruto)

(Do kids nowadays not play with them anymore?)

I had to teach Naruto how to use it since he had no idea what he was doing.

-*Cough* Naruto who is your friend over there?

I pretend to not know who the boy next to me is, but he clearly knows who I am. Not sure how many kids know my name, to them I am only the hokage or the 3rd.

-Friend! Hehe! Ah that's Homura!(Naruto)

-Hey I never said I was your friend. Don't label me!(Homura)

-We are not friends?!(Naruto)- the boy said with a mix of disbelief and sadness.

-...Dude you don't have to be like that! *sigh*...We are...Just don't...need say it out loud...it's embarrassing...friendship is for brats! And real men don't talk about friendship!(Homura)

(Just what is going on here? I am confused by just what I heard...Is he shy? Me spying on him and the reports did not mention that.)

-*cough* Nice to meet you Homura. As you know I am the hokage of the village.

-Sure (Homura)- the boy said with a bored look on his face.

(No, respect for his elders not even the hokage. I mean the latest report did say he considers me to be just a balding old man...Can't really deny but still...I can't help being a bit mad about it.)

-Hey Homura! I see you are jealous because I got a present! Hahaha!(Naruto)

-I am not! Sh*t up you moron!(Homura)

(Hm?! I did sense a bit too much denial from his reply...I am sure he is not a spy but this is weird, did I overthink things? Let's try something else.)

-So Homura, Naruto here says that you want to become a shinobi, is that true?

-Not really but what am I supposed to do? It is either that or become a civilian and have to hire shinobis every time I leave the village to not get stabbed to death. Or become a farmer having to go through hell everyday by working the fields, and avoid not get stabbed to death by rogue shinobis and bandits.

(Dark! Too dark! Is that really the thought process of a 5 years old!?)

-Homura, those things do not happen that often. You don't have to be that pessimistic about your future. I am sure your parents would be sad.

-My parents!? Don't really know how they think, never met them! But you know, dead people rarely talk nowadays.(Homura)

-...Parents...(Naruto)

(Oh no! I forgot about Naruto for a second I seem to get sucked into that child's pacing, I have to talk about something else quickly!...But he did do that on purpose?)

-Well there is more to life than just living, you should aim for a dream like Naruto who dreams to become the next hokage.

-You got that right but it is no dream gramps! So you better keep that seat because I am going to take it from you!(Naruto)

-HAHA That's the spirit child! And you Homura what is your dream?

-...Not die?(Homura)

-*Cough*!!

-Are you alright gramps!(Naruto)

-Old farts are sure fragile these days. Truly....troublesome...I fear for the village *sigh*(Homura)

(This boy's honesty is at the same level as Naruto, that's for sure. But except if Naruto is positive, he is the polar opposite. *sigh* I got enough information from him just by talking in person that no report could ever give. He is no real threat or under someone's orders to get close to Naruto. No spy would be this bad, even for a child.)