Don't Even Think About Getting a Pension

Fei Shi had been enjoying a peaceful few days.

Hyuga Hiashi had sent his daughter over, and although it wasn't yet the time Fei Shi had set, he hadn't turned them away.

So Naruto had been behaving himself a little more around the girl.

Tch!

He was clearly only three, yet he already knew to rein himself in around girls.

But when Fei Shi remembered they were a couple in Naruto, he couldn't help feeling jealous.

No! Absolutely not! I can't keep moping around like this. I need to find a girlfriend, or I'll turn into a walking lemon.

You'll do, Yugao Uzuki.

She was one of his favorite female characters.

Long purple hair. Pretty nice.

"Why?! Aaagh, training? I don't want to! I don't want to!"

"Naruto! Be good! I'm only asking you to run every day."

"Twenty laps around your yard, twice a day, morning and afternoon! You call that just running?! I'm still a kid, Big Brother Fei Shi! Give me a break!"

"It's just to improve your endurance. I haven't even set a time limit. You can take it slow and still finish."

Fei Shi shook his head and refused.

"Damn it! Then we won't have any time to play!"

Naruto was desperate, feeling that his life had turned bleak.

"Didn't you say you'd get as strong as me and then fight me for the Hokage Position? How can you give up before you've even started?"

Little Naruto's face turned red with anger as he shouted:

"A man can't say he can't do it!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya, who were talking next door, spat out the sake in their mouths.

At that moment, they both wanted to tear Fei Shi limb from limb. Just listen to him! Was that something a three-year-old should be saying? Fei Shi had definitely corrupted him.

Under a tree nearby, Shisui and Itachi heard that and couldn't stop the corners of their mouths from twitching. They lamented that such good kids had been led astray.

Itachi even wondered whether handing Sasuke over to his own master had been a mistake.

That's right!

His master.

After studying with him for half a year, Itachi had asked to become his disciple. Fugaku had probably told him to do it.

Fei Shi hadn't refused. It was what he wanted anyway, even if he hadn't planned on taking Itachi as a disciple.

"You! You never learn the good things from me. You only remember the bad!"

"Hmph! You talk nonsense every day. It'd be hard not to remember it!"

"Naruto!"

Bonk!

"Ah!"

"Tch! Serves you right! Hahaha!"

Sasuke gloated, openly mocking him.

"Damn it! Sasuke!"

Fei Shi's head throbbed. Could those two little troublemakers ever behave themselves?

"Both of you, be quiet! Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata! From today onward, you're my disciples. You must help one another. You can play around, but if anyone gets seriously hurt, they'll be expelled from the school. You'll also be teammates, and you must never betray one another. Betray someone, and you'll be expelled. No matter what happens, put your teammates first. Abandon a teammate, and you'll be expelled. Understand?"

"Got it!"

"Got it."

"G-got it."

Fei Shi looked at the three of them and nodded in satisfaction.

"Then get running. No dinner until you finish. Once you're done, I'll cook for you myself."

"Gulp."

"Gulp."

"Gulp!"

The three of them looked at Hinata.

Hinata's face immediately turned red.

The three hadn't expected Hinata to react so strongly. Sasuke and Naruto both secretly swallowed. They'd eaten Fei Shi's cooking before, and it was delicious. They hadn't expected Hinata to react like that.

"Little Hinata, finish your run and I'll make you whatever you want to eat. How about it?"

And then... Hinata fainted.

Sasuke: "..."

Naruto: "..."

Fei Shi: "What are you looking at? Get running! Or you won't get dinner!"

Half a year later, in Konoha.

Time passed, and Fei Shi won over Yugao Uzuki, who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy. He finally got his wish.

As for how he did it, he had a Wood Clone become her jonin instructor, then gradually got close to her until she fell for him.

He couldn't help thinking that children in the ninja world matured early. They understood things like romance in their teens.

After the three little ones became his disciples, he trained them every day. Running, and more running. He wanted to build their endurance. There was no rush to teach them anything else; he could do that after they enrolled.

"Fei Shi."

Hm?

The Third Hokage?

"What's up, senior? What brings you here?"

A week after Fei Shi gave him the book, Hiruzen Sarutobi began implementing new policies. He also had the words "prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness" carved into stones at the Ninja Academy.

The clans that had already been somewhat dissatisfied with Hiruzen Sarutobi began supporting him again.

So shouldn't Hiruzen Sarutobi be in the Hokage's office right now? Why had he come all the way here?

"Hahahaha, I need your help with something."

"What is it?"

"Your new crops. After I saw the book you put together, I guessed you must have a plan. Then I found these new crops you'd developed."

"What, is Konoha short on food?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke slowly:

"No. I want these crops to become widespread in Konoha, so that everyone who farms will grow your vegetables and fruits. I came to ask you for some seeds."

"What about the money? Don't tell me you think you can just take them for free. I'm telling you, no way."

"Hey, hey, don't be like that."

"No!"

"Fine, I'll ask Tsunade. I'm sure she'll show some filial piety to her teacher."

Fei Shi: "..."

You old geezer! Just wait until I become Hokage. I'll cut off your pension.

Aaaaaah!

Shameless!

Fei Shi didn't know what to say. What an old fox.

"Naruto!"

"What is it, Big Brother Fei Shi?"

"I told you to run properly. What are you doing? Huh?"

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

"What did that idiot do to make our teacher mad this time?"

"I-I don't know."

"Uh..."

Sasuke hadn't expected Hinata to answer his muttering. He was so embarrassed he didn't know what to say to her.

"You two, get running already! Naruto, you too! Quit dawdling!"

"Ah! One day, I'll give all of this back to you, just as you gave it to me!"

Naruto was furious.

"Hmph. I'll be waiting. For now, you'd better focus on making it through my training."

"Awooo!"

"Hahahaha."

Hm, it was time to go meet the Nine-Tails.

Getting Naruto and the Nine-Tails to get along wouldn't be difficult for Fei Shi at all.