Finding a Home

*Swoosh!*

The five chat group members appeared inside a forest. Those with sensor abilities spread out their senses to scout the area.

"There are no humans around in 10 kilometers," Garp said before taking out a bag of crackers from his pockets. He was wearing his marine uniform. "*Crunch!*"

"We don't know where we are currently or if the invasion has started." Azazel mulled over when Koro-sensei spoke.

"I'll take care of it, I can circle the earth in minutes so I can scout places fast."

"Then we'll leave it to you, Koro-sensei!" Hiroto quickly spoke, he knew the latter was telling the truth after all.

"Nyuhuhu, leave it to me."

*Swish!*

"So what's our next step?" Minato asked. After all, they weren't familiar with this world. They need enough information to properly function.

"Let's wait for Koro-sensei," Hiroto said.

"We can only do that," Azazel shrugged

"Alright," Minato nodded

"*Crunch!*"

It didn't take long before Koro-sensei came back.

"This place is the Philippines and the invasion still hasn't happened," Koro-sensei reported.

The other members stared at his new attire. He looked like he visited some tourist spots and got a short vacation.

"Philippines huh, then our next step should be finding a home. Let's go raid some crime organizations, that should solve the money needed for buying a house." Azazel suggested. He turned towards Koro-sensei, "Care to join me?"

"Of course!"

And the two left once again. The three who were left didn't have anything to do.

"Hey, brat, how is your progress at your Haki training?" Garp glanced at Hiroto. A few days back, he sent some notes about haki training.

"I've made progress at armament haki, I can do basic hardening now." To show he's telling the truth, Hiroto used hardening and his fist turned black.

"Bwahaha! It seems your talented kid!" Garp laughed boisterously. "I've decided, I'll be training you during this time."

"Really!? Thank you!" Hiroto got excited at the notion. Getting training from one of the most accomplished haki users was a great opportunity especially Garp who reach peak mastery or perhaps even surpassed it on armament haki. Though he didn't knows, that this 'training' would soon be something he regretted.

Minato stayed silent as he watched the interaction. He was interested in haki but it doesn't fit his fighting style. And he thought it was better to focus on his world's power system as that was the basis of his power.

"They're back," Minato looked up and saw the two coming back.

"We're set!" Azazel said. "Also, take these." he handed each member a ring with the initial letter of their name. It was black with no fancy design.

"What are these?" Hiroko asked curiously.

"I got them from that gacha, they're called Interspatial rings. You can use it as storage, time moves slower inside its space and it has a storage area of 100 square meters. To use it, you only need to think about if you want to open or close it." Azazel explained.

"Oh? So I can store crackers here then." Garp grinned.

"Thank you," Minato said to Azazel. While they have similar things back in his like the sealing scrolls, this ring has more use for him who needs many kunai in his fighting style.

Hiroto also thank Azazel before the whole group was teleported by the latter to the US. From there, they found and bought a house to be used as their temporary base.

.....

"Before we go to buy a house, we need to take care of something." Azazel glanced at three members; Koro-sensei, Minato, and Garp. With their attires and appearance, they would surely gather attention.

They were in a secluded place just outside New York.

"Don't worry," Koro-sensei said. Then suddenly his body slowly transformed into a handsome black-haired young man. Though his clothes became too big for him as a result.

"You can do that?"

"I got it from the gacha, the ability to transform into a human form and my usual form. Unfortunately, I can't use my speed in this form."

"Then that's one settled. For you two, it's easier." Azazel snapped his fingers and Garp, Koro-sensei, as well as Minato's clothes, changed into modern wear.

"Was that magic?" Minato asked and continued, "It has similar capabilities to jutsus in our world."

"What a convenient ability," Garp commented before eating his crackers again.

"Should we go now?" Hiroto asked

"Let's go," Azazel nodded, and the others agreed.

Azazel once again mass teleported their group, this time into an alley inside New York City. When they walked out, they immediately gather attention. They were a unique group after all, with Garp's height reaching almost 3 meters.

There was also the appearance of Azazel, Koro-sensei, Minato, and especially Hiroto. The last one attracted the most attention with his improved appearance, it was not an exaggeration to say that his looks are otherworldly.

(A/N: Get it, otherworldly?)

That day, many took pictures of the group and it immediately spread through the internet. And Azazel didn't just recklessly alter their memories since it's just useless work. They will probably stay here for days or longer, who knows when the invasion will happen so people would see them and it'll be useless to alter their memories.

Though there was some commotion due to their group, they found a home as a temporary base in this world. But one thing the group didn't know, a certain organization already noticed their suspicious arrival.

.....

*Bam!* *Bam!*

"Come on, you brat!" Garp threw punches toward Hiroto who in turn tried avoiding or blocking. Both weren't effective as he was hit multiple times.

"Gahh!" Hiroto gritted his teeth. 'So this was his so-called training? This is torture!'

He can only complain in his mind though as he felt the effects of this tort- training was big, and his progress in haki was faster now. There's also the doubled effect to his training courtesy of super soldier serum.

"Let's stop for today," Garp said.

"Haaa..."Hiroto sat down in exhaustion. He felt his muscles crying in pain due to the beating he got. Though this will all heal in a matter of an hour or so.

"Oh, you're done?" Azazel who entered the room they were in glanced at the current state of Hiroto and shrugged.

This room was a training room built by Azazel using Grigori's technology. It has an in-built reinforced barrier to protect the walls of the room from damage. The barrier is strong enough that it would need two ultimate-class beings fighting inside with full power to break the barrier.

"Yeah, this brat is really talented, his progress has been speeding up." Garp glanced at Hiroto.

"Oho? Well, he would need all the strength he can get as we still don't know when that invasion happens, and were already been here for a month."

"Yeah, aren't they too late in arriving?" Hiroto chuckled, "Well, I'll surely abuse this time to progress. I don't need to worry about my homeworld since time is stopped there."

"It's a good vacation," Garp nodded.

"I can finally escape from those paperwork. Haa, I really want to pass my position in Grigori, soon."

Hiroto stared at the two and felt they are just some lazy old men with strong powers.

.....

*Bam!*

"Tch!" Hiroto clicked his tongue in annoyance as he glared at the woman in front of him.

"What's wrong, handsome?" Natasha smiled seductively at him.

"Who are you?!" The woman in front of him was his supposed date today but it escalated into a fight. As for how this happened, let's go back to an hour ago.

.....

An hour ago~

"You've got a date?" Azazel noticed how Hiroto was dressed. They were the only two in the house, the others went on their ways.

"You can say so," Hiroto flashed a smile. It's about a week back when he met this beautiful girl at a bar. They hit it off quickly and decided to go on a date.

"Be careful outside," Azazel warned.

"Those guys? I've also noticed them, we really attracted quite the attention huh." Hiroto noticed the presence of people tailing them around, it started two weeks after their arrival. It's easy with observation haki though he only got the basic mastery he improved it through training.

"Yeah, it seems some organization or the US government noticed us." Azazel shrugged, they don't need to worry much really since they're going to leave this world after the quest is done. And it's fine as long as they aren't disturbed by those people.

"Then see you later." He waves at Azazel. He then went out of the house.

"Have fun with your date!" Azazel smiled, "He is similar to me eh? Always getting women whenever he goes."

Outside, a car was waiting for him. The window was down and inside was a beautiful woman in a red dress.

"You ready?" She asked Hiroto.

"Of course," He entered the car and fully saw his date. She got perfect curves and a low-collar dress showing off her deep valley.

"You look gorgeous," He flashed her a smile.

"Thank you."

So the two drove off and things happened and it escalated into the present.

.....

'She's dangerous!' Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, he looked at this woman in dread. In their earlier exchange, he was almost caught off guard by her.

'No time to waste!'

*Fwish!*

With explosive strength, Hiroto dashed toward the woman. Then threw a punch which the enemy easily dodged and countered.

*Fwish!* *Fwish!*

He stopped her kick by grabbing her foot. She twisted and used her other foot to attack. He saw a small knife protruding out of the front part. The attack was aimed at his neck.

*Bam!*

He quickly threw her off and she hit a nearby wall. The two were currently in an abandoned place.

"You're really something, that was my full strength." Hiroto sneered as he detected she was still alive with his observation haki.

Inwardly, he was surprised as he knew full well how strong is his physical strength. Granted that, he didn't use armament haki in that attack as he thought it was overkill, it was still an impressive feat for this woman to be alive after being thrown with that force.

He walked towards the wall where his enemy crashed. He saw she had blood dripping out the corner of her mouth.

*Fwish!*

He appeared in front of her and grabbed her neck, ready to snap it if she even resist.

"I'll ask once again, who are you?"

"..."

Just when he was about to snap her neck, a communication device lit from her clothes and a voice came through.

(Good work, agent Romanoff. Also, you, release her so we can talk.)

"Hoh? And who the hell are you?" Hiroto asked warily.

(You don't need to know for now. Though I have an offer for you, Mr?)

"..." Hiroto was silent for a second before releasing Natasha. "Hayama, just call me that and let me hear this offer."

(I would like you to join the group we're building. With that strength of yours, it would surely help the world.)

'Group huh...so they're some kind of a secret organization that protects the world or something similar?' He thought deeply.

(So what's your answer?)

Joining them is surely interesting and it doesn't hinder our quest.' Hiroto inwardly smiled, "I'm in!"

(Welcome to the team, Mr. Hayama!)

(Agent Romanoff, guide Mr. Hayama for briefing.)

"Yes sir!" Natasha nodded and the comms shut down. She then flashed a smile at him as she stood. "Looks like we'll be colleagues, Hayama."

"Heh" Hiroto sneered at her. Like hell, he trusts her one bit even if he joined their organization. He only did so to get more information on the hidden side of this world. It would be vital for their quest too.

After that, he was led by Natasha to the headquarters and he got debriefed about the group and what it was made for. There he learned many hidden things from the normal populace.