Naruto: The Prince of Lust

They all uproariously agree before sprinting away. When Naruto reaches his cousin, he grins as she asks, "four tails? What\'s K chakra training and who\'s the old pervert? Does he come by here? Is he one of those sickos who steal girls underwear?"

"K, uh, C training is just a special training I can do," Naruto hesitates to answer. Though Kurama doesn\'t want anyone to address him by his given name, Naruto explains, "I\'ll tell you more when I can. And the old pervert is someone I\'ve been told to expect. He\'s supposed to train me. I\'ll introduce you as soon as I find him."

Scrunching her face as if smelling something horrible, Karin professes, "I\'m fine not meeting some old pervert."

Naruto snickers at the thought of telling her Ero-sannin is his Godfather, thus part of her family as well. Following Karin back inside, Naruto takes a seat at the dining table with his last two cups of ramen as Karin moves around several tomes and scrolls as well as papers she\'s written her notes on.

His red-haired cousin presses her glasses back as she begins explaining from her notes, "so, to be a clan we need to meet certain qualifications; three main ones but each one has their own hurdles as well. So, first, we need territory. As of the latest volume of, Critical to Clans by Kingsfun, we don\'t need to have lived at a property for decades like it used to be; though I still need to go over the Land Use and Development Regulation Law. Generally, so long as we have the deed under our clan\'s charter, that seems to be what\'s most important."

Looking at all the stacked tomes, scrolls and papers with incredulity, Naruto asks between mouthfuls, "how long have you been at this?"Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

"A couple of days," Karin casually waves him off with a shoulder-swipe of her red hair. "I just like to keep my mind busy." Disliking staying still, Naruto nods his head in understanding when Karin asks, "so, I\'ve been wondering. Did your parents leave you any land?"

With wide eyes, Naruto momentarily considers the question before answering, "I don\'t think so. Ji-chan never mentioned anything like that to me, and he\'s the only person that would know."

"I still can\'t believe you call him…" Suddenly growing curious in her expression, Karin asks, "are you related to Sarutobi Hiruzen?" After Naruto quickly explains his friendship with the leader of their village, Karin huffs in surprise and acceptance before asking, "so, why would he be the only one who knows?"

"Well, he\'s not the only one but, the only one I talk to who knows," Naruto answers. "But now that I think about it, it is kind of weird he never told me about them. For the longest time, I never asked because I thought, you know, \'why would he know my parents?\' Now though, I think it\'s supposed to be a secret to protect me… maybe."

"To protect you…" a head-tilting Karin mumbles, struggling to make sense of why Naruto would need such a layer of protection. However, it\'s only confusing until she considers their surname and the fact that her mother prayed to Kami every day that they were never found by their enemies. "Well, I guess nations did destroy our village. Okay, so that\'s a no on land," she states as she notes it down on a sheet.

Naruto nods pondering how they\'re supposed to acquire land when Karin continues asking, "do you know if they might have left you any ryo? Maybe the Hokage is waiting until you\'re older to give it to you?"

"…I don\'t know," Naruto mumbles with large bug-eyes, realizing he hasn\'t asked Ji-chan much about his family. "But I\'ll definitely ask him if my parents left me anything and let you know what he says. What\'s next?"

"Next is… uh," she voices, taking out different sheets of notes and reading through a bit before calling out, "oh! We need to submit a doctrine of how we run our clan. Not to imply they—the village—have any say in how we run our clan, but, how we govern ourselves and treat other citizens and clans must be approved. Basically, they won\'t approve of us if we\'re a clan of murderers who love murdering. Our doctrine must also have a hierarchy, or system, in place to interact with leaders, other clans heads, the Hokage, and the Daimyō. And in case you\'re wondering, that\'s you, Naruto-sama-"

"Ugh," Naruto\'s whine cuts in.

Ignoring him with a teasing smile, Karin continues. "Clan secrets will, of course, remain clan secrets. No one outside of the clan has any rights to that information no matter what it is. We might be able to claim any Uzumaki clan techniques or customs already out there—whether stolen or given—but we\'ll have to check on that. Next, and this is very important," she voices, only pausing to find the right page to read from. "In some cases, it can make or break the process of clanship."

Concerned, Naruto asks, "what is it?" Experience more content on empire

Reading down to the section she needed to explain, Karin hums before reading, "we\'ll need to be recognized as a clan, not simply by other clans within the village, but also by the civilian population."

With fond condolences, a reminiscent Naruto sincerely offers, "well, it was a nice dream while it lasted."

"Wait a minute," Karin states laying her palms on the table and leaning on the table to stare at him over the rim of her glasses. "I\'ve already heard how unwelcome you are from Kakashi-sensei, Haku-kun, and even my interrogators, but we don\'t need all the civilians or even the civilians per se. We need to be able to have business transactions with them, which means they have to accept us—our clan—to do that. So, the quote-unquote, \'accepted by the civilian population,\' is basically being accepted by free trade or consumerism."

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