8 Who is This!?

Yasui accomplished his goal, and he managed to get a very good contract deal. Not only is the royalty percentage high, but he also got a huge sum for the initial payment.

All in all, the money that he gained and will gain from this contract will be enough for him to live comfortably. He even planned to publish several more books to gather even more funds for his next big business plays.

Money is also a form of power, and he wanted to get as much money as he could. Hence, writing books isn't going to be the only way that he's going to do things. His monetary revenue will come from many different sources.

As for Hiruzen's monthly stipends? It's only an allowance at this point. That old crook could take that money and shove it up his arse for all he cared.

As for how the money is going to be processed? He didn't need to worry too much about it. The shinobi world isn't like the modern world at all. Even academy students are able to open bank accounts in this world. Else, how can they get their money when they become full-fledged ninjas? The restrictions aren't as strict as it is in the modern world.

Still, the contract's initial payment won't be available until a week later, so he slyly extorted some money from Shida. In total, he got five capital g from the guy.

He even used this opportunity to treat Naruto to some Ichiraku ramen, much to the delight of the boy. In fact, each of them had two bowls of Ichiraku ramen.

They once again separated since Yasui wanted to train himself some more. Naruto still wanted to spend some time with Yasui, but he really didn't want to train. So, they went their separate ways.

As usual, Yasui didn't waste any time and summoned his shadow clones to train. Each working hard on their own.

…

When it was time to go back to school, Yasui once again walked to the academy with a strained body. In the previous days, he had been increasing his stamina by running. At first, he started by running 3 miles in 20 minutes without the use of chakra (A/N: Don't hate, kilo men!), but it had only been significantly increasing since then.

Furthermore, he did pushups, situps, and squats nonstop. This training regimen would've made Saitama–the one punch bald man–proud.

"Yasui, good morning!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Yasui wanted to see what the person wanted, but he was shocked when he looked over.

In front of him stood a girl… one of the girls that had given her bento to him.

The amber-pigtailed hair girl had cat ears on, and she also wore a maid outfit with a short skirt. She even wore tight stockings that reached her smooth thighs. She lifted both of her hands up and made V signs before jumping around smiling and saying: "Niico Niico Nii!!"

Oh lord, what have I done!? Yasui's mind blew up like an atomic bomb. He had arbitrarily spouted that nonsense, but this girl really took it to heart!

"Oh my gosh!" Yasui turned around and literally kneeled on the floor as he clutched his heart. Who even is this girl!? He doesn't even know her name! She did not appear in the canon, and he doesn't even know anything about her.

"Hehehe! You said you'll like those who meet your needs! Did I get everything right?" The amber hair pigtailed girl got down on her knees and made a cute face with her freakishly adorable appearance.

"Kuhh! How bold of you, pretty girl! But it's too bad! You've yet to penetrate my iron will! You still need to show that you can do moe moe swan swan stuff! Other than that, you need to know how to cook and do all sorts of things too! Knowing how to sing, play music, and dance is just some of the qualifications!" Yasui pushed himself off the ground, patted the dirt off himself, and listed his demands for a perfect girl.

He can't with this girl. He needed to make it as hard as possible for the girl to stop dreaming.

"Awww." The amber-pigtailed hair girl made a pitiful face as she watched Yasui enter the academy first. She thought for sure that she would get to his heart this time.

Although saddened, she noted the things that Yasui said down and a determined look appeared on her delicate face.

This little show was seen by other girls and boys who were outside of the academy, and they found it amusing enough to start whispering and making rumors.

…

When Yasui entered the classroom, Naruto was already in there waiting for him. Their little adventure over the weekend must've made Naruto excited to come to class.

Yasui sat down with Naruto and began to talk: "Oi, Naruto. Do you know the name of that amber-pigtailed hair girl in our class?"

"Huh? I think her name is Tachibana Kohaku." Naruto placed his fingers under his chin to imitate a man with a beard as he tried to recall the goofy stuff in his head.

"Tachibana Kohaku?" Yasui reverberated. Yeah, no. He doesn't remember this girl in the canon at all.

"Why, is something the matter?" Naruto seemed curious enough to ask. He had always wanted to have conversations like these in the classroom.

No one befriended him before, so he never got the chance to do this stuff. It's really an exciting experience for him.

"Well, you see…" Just as Yasui is going to explain it, the answer came right into the room.

Naruto looked at the girl and was stunned at the dopey outfit.

"I see why you asked…" He placed his hands over his mouth to cover his burst of laughter. He didn't want to be mean to his classmate! But it really is too funny for him!!

Yasui chuckled at Naruto's silly antics and also turned to look at Tachibana.

Tachibana sweetly smiled at Yasui before going to a seat near her friends. She didn't clingingly try to sit with him. She made her stand clear enough already.

Sasuke–who is sitting by the window–felt that Yasui is wasting his time with the annoying classmates. But, he figured that this is how Yasui chose to cope with the loss of the Uchiha clan.

Yasui knew that Sasuke was already in the room before he got there, but he didn't care about the current Sasuke. He didn't like Sasuke for having such a stuck-up attitude when he is little. He couldn't get along with people like that. It took too much effort on his part.

The chitter-chatter in the classroom went on as usual. Girls flocked to Sasuke from time to time. Yasui got less of the flock today due to having Naruto by his side, but he liked it like that.

When Iruka came in and saw Tachibana with her sicko outfit, he nearly fainted while saying what the fuc—