Chap.3 Tears from another world

Two days. she had to walk for almost two whole days before she found an elderly couple who were picking mushrooms in the forest so she could ask them for directions to civilization. By the time he finally saw the gates of the Leaf Village, night had almost fallen and it would not be long before they were closed.

"Should I go in now or wait until morning?" Tony hesitated over what to do.

Staying outside when the doors are still open might make him suspicious, but if he went in now, he had nowhere to sleep. Who knows, maybe he could be kidnapped by a ROOT ninja.

"Mental note: Do not go into any dark and sinister alleys," he reminded himself. "Perhaps I could offer some food in exchange for a night's lodging?" —He thought before frowning— But if I do that, I won't be able to go to a civilian establishment, I'll have to look for a clan that is willing to make this deal.

He knew some of the clans in the village, so it didn't take him long to think of a possible target. He entered the gates under the gaze of the guards and began to search for his destination, always following the main paths and discreetly picking up a few branches along the way.

"Here they are, the Inuzuka clan!"

Yes, Tony thought of three possible clans, but the Inuzuka was the most suitable at the moment. They have a pack mentality, they like direct dealings and they have ninja dogs. And it was precisely those dogs, his backup plan. He had kept the branches he collected inside his shirt and processed them into premium sausages. Their taste, along with their smell and quick recovery effect, should make dogs go crazy for them.

He would offer them all he had as long as he would let them spend the night. It was an easy deal, they would win and they didn't have to worry about security. After all, he would be surrounded by trained dogs everywhere.

He approached the guards at the entrance and proposed the deal. As he expected, they agreed to it after one of the dogs tasted the sausages. The delighted face on his face and the effects he felt made him tremendously energetic, more than usual in fact.. But when they asked where he got them from, he told them it was a trade secret.

That was one of his plans, he would open a ninja grocery store later on. The two days of walking were not in vain, he had a lot of time to think. He remembered that in this world, the ninjas had a kind of pills called soldier pills. He especially remembers it because Sakura made some with such an unpleasant taste, that neither Sai nor Naruto could stand them. He read something about it and remembered that they were made from wheat germ, potato, special fat and other things, before being compressed. If he could do something to replace them, like ninja chocolates, it would be a big deal.

He spent the night sleeping peacefully and not worrying about his safety.

Danzo he would dare to kidnap in the middle of a pack of territorial ninja dogs?

Come on, I dare you!

The next morning, he woke up to the relentless onslaught of dozens of dogs licking him, hoping to get a taste of the sausages the other dogs bragged about. He played with them a bit before saying goodbye and promised to bring more another day as thanks.

Now that it was daylight and he had a whole clan that remembered his scent, he could be calmer. He thought of the other two clans: Aburame and Akimichi.

The reason he thought of these clans is because of the importance they also place on food. The Aburame clan raises a lot of insects, so if he provides them with honey or fruit, he could have done the same as the Inuzuka clan. The reason he didn't do it is that he has something of a bug phobia. You don't like them at all! He adds the fact that the members of the clan are quiet and of somewhat poor social skills. Discarded. Perhaps as potential clients in the future, but he had no interest in going to their nest.

Then there is the Akimichi clan, the legendary wolverines of the village. To be honest, if he was going to open a ninja food business, he would definitely have to make sure it was in the immediate vicinity of his clan. The use of calories for his techniques, coupled with his insatiable appetite and deep pockets, made them his better half. He still remembers how a friend of his told him that apparently in Boruto, Hinata won a ramen eating contest against an Akimichi.

He didn't believe it at all, where would all that food go? Clearly, he was trying to tease her. Too bad for her, he didn't manage to fool him for a single second. Ha!

Now his plan was to look for Naruto, Minato or Kushina. He was able to confirm that the village is not at an advanced point in history, thanks to the huge stone heads that can be seen from almost everywhere in the village. Apparently the Third Hokage was the current head and that meant either Minato hasn't taken over yet or the Nine Tails attack has already happened and if so, he needs to know how much time has passed since then.

His first stop was the most logical, the village cemetery.

If he finds the name of Ikkaku Umino, who was Iruka's father who died during the Nine Tails attack, he will be able to confirm that he is in the period after Minato and Kushina's death. It took him a while, but he was able to find the grave with the name engraved on it.

He felt a little sad about it. If he had been in the time before the attack, say, in the childhood of Naruto's parents, he would have thought of some way to save Kushina from both Minato's trickery and Obito's attack. The girl known as the bloody habanero, he liked her and understood what it was like to be picked on for nothing.

Minato? Yes, he died. Who cares? She was nothing more than an idealistic puppet for Kushina to feel tied to the village, we all know that. And what nonsense is that of dividing the chakra of the nine tails between Naruto and him? Give it to Kushina, asshole! With the nine-tailed chakra, the Uzumaki build, and medical ninjas, he could have survived and Naruto would have had a mother to grow up with, as well as someone who knows what it's like to be a jinchuriki.

I mean, it was surely Minato's genes that made Naruto go half-assed during his childhood and adolescence. That and the mistreatment that the Third Hokage didn't prevent or that Jiraiya chose to ignore.

—According to the date of death and the date I asked before in the Inuzuka clan, I'm really in Naruto's childhood period. That… is not good —he sighed when he accepted the reality— I was thinking of joining an orphanage after they will examine my memory to prove my innocence, but if I do, Danzo could take me out for ROOT or I will become cannon fodder for suicide missions. I need a backup, one strong enough to notice my demise if it happens and not strong enough to prevent them from trying to use me as a sacrifice.

He spent a lot of time thinking in front of the grave and only came up with one solution.

Being adopted by a clan.

But that was easier said than done. Depending on the clan, he could go on to become a servant of the secondary branch or actually be part of the family. Maybe not at the level of the heirs or the main bloodline, but that would be good enough for him.

He would no longer be alone in this world.

One of the things that many transmigrators forget is that when traveling to another world, their family is left behind. He had only been in this world for a few days and he already missed them. He left the cemetery with tears in his eyes and did not calm down until it was noon.

He tried to tidy himself up a bit and walked purposefully towards the clan he believed he had the best chance of being successfully adopted with.

And it wasn't just any clan, he targeted one of the four noble clans in the village.