To kill time until the meal later on Haruto walked around the village to get an idea of where everything is. While Haruto was walking around he noticed the villager's particular the civilians were looking at his robe, and commenting on how weird it is and how they would never wear such a thing.
Not very tolerable of other cultures are they, Haruto thought, shooting a cold look at a loud civilian who commented how peculiar his clothes were, making him shut up.
I've seen plenty of people like that in my life, they dislike anything that's different from what they're used to, Morgana said.
During his walk, Haruto came across a district that was completely empty and had a feeling of death in the air. It felt like a mass execution had happened here a few years ago. He noticed a symbol of a fan was on most of the buildings. Wanting to know what occurred here to create this feeling of death, he made a mental note to inquire about this district at a later time.
After walking around the village for a few hours Haruto checked in at a hotel for a week. He then decided to enter his mindscape and spend time with his Mother for several hours, until an ANBU came to collect him for dinner with the Hokage's family. The ANBU used a Body Flicker to transport them to the Hokage's house, before disappearing and leaving Haruto by himself.
I wonder what the Hokage's family is like, Haruto thought, knocking on the front door.
Haruto waited patiently as the front door was opened to reveal a beautiful woman wearing civilian clothes. She has thick, red hair that fell to her shoulders, and bright almond shaped eyes. The woman smiled upon seeing him.
"You must be Lord le Fey, I'm Lily Namikaze please come in," Lily said, stepping aside to let Haruto enter her home.
"Thank you for having me over tonight for dinner Mrs Namikaze, I hope it was no trouble?" Haruto asked politely, following Lily to the dining room.
"Of course not, it'll be nice to have a guest over, especially a wizard as it's rare to see one here in the Elemental Nations, the last wizard I encountered was my former Headmaster Dumbledore," Lily replied.
"You're a witch?" Haruto asked, surprised that Minato was married to a witch, and not a kunoichi like he thought he would be.
"You're not the first person to be surprised Minato married a witch and not a kunoichi," Lily said with a small chuckle. "After I graduated from Hogwarts I moved to the Elemental Nations, where shortly afterwards I married Minato."
They got married fairly quickly, Haruto commented.
Some couples get married that fast they never truly get to know their partner that well beforehand, resulting in their relationship falling apart, Morgana said. I guess her relationship is one of the few that's survived.
Haruto upon entering the dining room saw Minato was already sitting down at the dinner table.
"Good you made it on time, please sit down, my children will be here any second," Minato said.
As soon as Haruto sat down gracefully he heard two sets of footsteps coming down the stairs. The first girl was nine years old wearing casual clothes. She has bright green eyes, red hair that came down to her shoulders and a fringe that covered her forehead. Underneath her fringe, you could make out a lightning bolt scar on the right side of her forehead. All in all, she looked like a miniature version of Lily.
"Haruto," a voice shouted, making him look to see who shouted his name, and it was Naruko looking surprised to see him but happy at the same time.
"Naruko it's good to see you again, but I didn't imagine it would be this soon," Haruto said, smiling glad to see his friend.
"What are you doing here? Not that I'm not happy to see you or anything like that," Naruko said quickly at the end.
"The Lord Hokage invited me over for dinner," Haruto said but before Naruko could reply there was a cough from behind him.
Minato was looking at the two of them with an unreadable look in his eyes. "I take it you know each other then."
"Yes, we became friends when we met at Ichiraku Ramen," Haruto said happily. Naruko gained a smile from hearing Haruto calling her a friend. Menma noticed Naruko's smile and frowned, not wanting the demon to be happy.
"That's good to hear, anyway introductions are in order, you've already met Naruko but the other girl is Menma, my firstborn," Minato said proudly when mentioning Menma.
So that's The Girl Who Lived then, I wonder how she survived the Killing Curse from the most powerful dark wizard that has ever lived. It couldn't have been anything she did, she was only one year old at the time, Haruto thought studying Menma.
Perhaps Minato performed some type of technique to save her life, he is a powerful shinobi, after all, Morgana suggested.
You might be right, Haruto replied.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Haruto said formally.
"Likewise," Menma said, sitting down with an arrogant look on her face. Haruto decided there and then he didn't like her, as she had done nothing that awarded her such arrogance. Her one accomplishment in life was probably due to the work of someone else.
Naruko sat down next to Haruto and asked. "What do you think of the village Haruto?"
"Naruko you should be more respectful to a Lord, you can't just call him by his first name," Lily said, scolding Naruko.
How did she not hear me say I was friends with Naruko, Haruto thought puzzled.
I have no idea, Morgana replied.
"It's no problem Mrs Namikaze, Naruko is my friend, she can call me by my given name," Haruto said. Lily looked on in disbelief when Haruto called Naruko a friend.
Did she not believe Naruko was my friend, and only thought I said that to be polite, Haruto thought mentally frowning.
Throughout the dinner Haruto, he made some observations about the Namikaze family. Lily would agree with anything Minato would say, Menma was the most arrogant person he ever had the displeasure of meeting, Naruko seemed slightly left out of the family conversations, and would look depressed until he talked to her. The most enjoyable part of the night was talking to Naruko, as she was much better company than the rest of her family.
During the meal, it looked like Lily wanted to ask Haruto some questions. She probably held back until she got to know him better as the questions might be personal in nature. After dinner was over Minato addressed his two daughters.
"I suppose you're wondering why Lord le Fey is here, it's so he could get to know you two better since he will be training with you for the next week," Minato said. Naruko smiled while Menma had an interested look on her face. I didn't want to include Naruko but since she's friends with le Fey, it would look peculiar if she wasn't part of the training.
"That's awesome I can't wait to show you my kickass skills," Naruko said excitedly.
"What skills? The only thing he'll see is you getting your ass handed to you in a spar," Menma said snidely. Naruko looked at Menma angrily upon hearing her comment.
"I could kick your ass easily," Naruko said with narrowed eyes.
"Keep dreaming failure," Menma said dismissively. Naruko was about to attack Menma until Minato interrupted.
"Enough girls," Minato said harshly. "Now you three will train together for the next week so I expect you to get along, you'll start your training at 7 am in the back garden tomorrow morning, so don't be late." The last part was directed at Haruto.
"Of course I'll be there on time," Haruto replied coldly, to remind Minato he's not one of his children and can't be spoken to in that manner. If the look in Minato's eyes was any indication he realized what Haruto was telling him. A short time later Haruto said his goodbyes and thanked Lily for the meal before departing. Once Haruto had left Minato turned to Naruko.
"Tell me how you became friends with le Fey now," Minato said strictly. Naruko was a bit surprised by the order but complied and told Minato how she became friends with him. After she finished Minato thought things over for a few moments.
"It's very important that Menma becomes friends with le Fey, as he could be a great help in the future for her. Therefore I want you to stay out of their way, and let them become friends, is that clear?" Minato asked.
"Yes Father," Naruko answered, annoyed.
"Good now go to your room, you have an early start tomorrow morning," Minato ordered. When Naruko reached the top of the landing she saw Menma standing outside her bedroom door, looking smugly at her.
"So you made your first friend then you pathetic demon, don't worry he'll be my friend soon enough, then he'll forget all about you, leaving you all alone as things should be," Menma said maliciously.
Naruko, wanting nothing more to punch her sister in the face but held herself back. "Haruto would never want to be friends with such a horrible person like you."
"I'm The Girl Who Lived, there's no way he wouldn't want to be friends with me," Menma said confidently as she walked past Naruko.
Naruko upon entering her room collapsed onto her bed. There's no way Haruto would choose her over me, is there? Naruko thought miserably trying to get to sleep.