Chapter 1
“Excuse me, sir?”
Naruto turned around to see a man with a blue vest on that read “Walmart” in the corner.
“Did you just put those instant ramens in your backpack?” “Ah, shit” was all Naruto could think. He had spent all yesterday afternoon looking out for the security cameras in the huge superstore.
“No, I didn’t sir” Naruto lied with ease, he’s done this so many times before and never got caught up. He sure wasn’t going to start now.
“Let me see the backpack please” the Walmart employee grew suspicious.
“I just said I didn’t what more do you need?” Naruto became impatient he just wanted to leave with his stolen ramen.
“Sir, give me the backpack” the man reached for his walkie talkie “Hey hey no need for all that” Naruto knew he was gonna have to find dinner somewhere else tonight. “Yes, we are currently in the aisle-”
“Hey, excuse me!” A voice of a young woman came around the corner “Why are you cornering this man?” She had short dark hair, pale skin, and light purple eyes. “Oh well, I saw him steal boxes of instant ramen and put it in his backpack!” The Walmart employee tried to explain himself. “Did you really see him or are you just lying?” the dark-haired woman questioned.
“No, I didn’t see him but-” “Then why are you asking to see his backpack with no evidence of him stealing?” The woman continued to push. “With all due respect ma’am, you don’t know the situation quite well either”
“Listen here” the woman paused to read the man's name tag “Shino I am THE Hinata Hyuuga and I will get my authorities to fire every single person who works here as well as shutting down this superstore if you don’t leave this man alone.” The man stood there too shocked for words “I-I’m sorry Ms. Hyuuga it won’t happen again.” The man turned off his walkie talkie and rushed out of the aisle.
“Hey, I appreciate that” “Listen here I saw you steal those damn instant ramens I just had to bail you out because you missed that one security camera over there.” The woman pointed at a camera that was hidden behind taller shelves and racks. “Hey wait, how did you know I was spotting out cameras yesterday?” “Look here, I am a Hyuuga and I came from a rich family and all that nonsense but not anymore.”
“What do you mean?” “I was cast out of the family because I rebelled against them, I now live in an abandoned house with this girl I met off the street. Trust me I would know when someone is spotting out cameras to steal the next day. I saw you looking and counting and decided to come again today to see if my predictions were right.”
“Well, I guess you can say we are in the same situation. Naruto couldn’t understand why he felt that he could tell his whole life story to this woman (not like there was much to tell). “How so?” The woman asked, “I was born an orphan I don’t have any known family and for my whole life I’ve been all on my own and gotten by well... stealing.”
“Wow, that's worse than whatever I’ve been through I’m sorry” the woman looked genuinely sad “Eh it's all good! ..Well I’ll be going now” Naruto began to walk away “Hey wait” the woman pulled him by the sleeve on his old tracksuit. “What are you doing?” Naruto pulled back his arm quickly.
“Listen I know you have nowhere to go, stay with us,” The woman said flatly “B-but how do I know you won’t kill me or something?” Naruto knew this is how bad things always happen. “I’m sure if I were to ever try something you would catch suspicion immediately, you had to grow up with abilities like that to survive, right?”
Naruto knew this, he never felt uncertain around this woman and had no reason not to trust her. Naruto sighed “Ok fine, where do you live?” “Not too far from here, we are going to have to walk.”
Naruto wasn’t too unfamiliar with walking everywhere since he never had enough money to buy a bike. Truthfully a bike was the next thing on his “To Steal” list right after the instant ramen of course. Naruto followed the quick and small steps of the woman out of the huge superstore. “Hey, if you hadn’t heard my names Hinata Hyuuga, what's yours?”
“Naruto... Naruto Uzumaki”