Naruto: The Prince of Lust

Per the dining etiquette, Inoichi sits at the head of the rectangular table with the guest of honor, Naruto, to his right, then herself beside him, her mother at the southern end of the table, followed by Karin and Sakura. Ino asked a few of her cousins if they'd like to earn some quick ryō serving the family, to her parent's surprise, so they can all remain seated while they're served.

In the close proximity of their dining table, Ino feels like her worlds—her masks—are crashing together. He should fell agitated, but that's not the case. Despite the boy she's had sex with sitting next to her father, despite how exciting it is to know that Sakura, her mother, and her father are all keeping her crush on Naruto to themselves, despite what she knows in her heart she must do later, Ino wasn't nervous, shy, or scared. She was happy he was there because if this was the last time this happened, she was going to enjoy it to the fullest.

"Thanks for having us," Naruto tells Inoichi, however, her blank-faced father seems to be deep in his thoughts, to which her mother gently calls, "sweetie," from across the table. Blinking back to reality, Inoichi stumbles through, "hmm? Oh, yes." Turning to Naruto, he conveys, "of course, we're happy to- The Yamanaka Clan is happy… to have you."

"And Haku-kun," Ino asks Naruto, helping her father.

"He couldn't make it," Karin explains.

"Ino tells us you had some questions regarding the restoration of your clan," Ino's mother dictates to Karin next to her.

With a bit of a sobering shakeup, Ino asks "restoration? There was an Uzumaki Clan in Konoha?"

"Not in Konoha," the brunette mother states before asking her daughter, "haven't you noticed the emblem on their shirts is the same one on Konoha's flak jacket?"

"Yeah," Ino answers looking ahead at Karin's shirt before asking, "is that the crest of the Uzumaki Clan?"

"It is," Inoichi answers and the young ones turn to him as he adds, "as an eternal symbol of friendship between our villages."

"I had no idea," Ino gasps toward a nodding and smiling Naruto.

"I'm sure they must've taught it in school," Ino's mother proposes.

"I think I remember that," Sakura slowly voices, tilting her head a bit in thought. "But rather than the Uzumaki Clan, they said the name of the village; Uzo- Uzusho-"

"Uzushiogakure," Karin assists to Sakura's gratitude.

"That's the village our moms came from," Naruto tells Sakura and everyone. A thought pops into his head he can't help but ask. "I wonder if other Uzumakis or villagers from there know that Konoha is friends with Uzushio."

"You think there might be some more in Konoha," Karin asks her blond cousin.

"Maybe," Naruto answers. "It's another reason to establish our clan. If descendants hear about the Uzumaki Clan's return, they might come here."

"I hope so," Karin voices.

"I'm fairly certain there'll be a vetting process, so, be prepared for that," Inoichi claims. "Konoha is a fairly open village, but, they'll be meticulous with anyone who wants to live here."

"Maybe a DNA test," Sakura suggests. "To make sure they're actually of Uzumaki descent."

"Oh, man, I can't wait," an exuberant Naruto exclaims.

"The Yamanaka clan knows why you're here," Ino's mother starts, looking from her daughter to Naruto. "And we want you to know we can certainly help."

"What do you have thus far," Inoichi asks of Naruto.

"Karin and I are Uzumakis," Naruto begins before asking one of his chief concerns. "But we also want Haku to be apart of our clan. That wouldn't be a problem, right?.

Inoichi takes a moment to consider the question before answering, "within Konoha's laws, the only legal ways Haku can gain the surname Uzumaki is if he marries into the clan, or, as a parent-less minor, the clan head adopts. But as Haku is an adult, by law, he can only be a member in all but name. The Yamanaka Clan, as well as all the other clans, have members that do not hold the main family's surname. Just as we do, Haku can be a member who will be better than a clan's sworn retainer, but lower than a relative."

"Hear that, Naruto-sama," Karin calls over with a smirk. "Haku may not have the surname but he can still be a member of the family," she reasons to which the blond shrugs unimpressed.

"Wait," Sakura gasps, turning from Karin to Naruto. "Naruto is clan head?"

"I know, right," a smiling Naruto voices to his pink-haired friend, who nods. "It was weird for me too, but then Haku and Karin convinced me this'll be like being Hokage. Which means I've got to be great at it!"

Staring at him in disbelief, Ino can tell a strange and perverted thought popped in Sakura's mind when the pinkette slowly comments, "I don't know if I can call you Naruto… sama." Looking around with a blushing face, she remarks, "it sounds weird just saying it."

"Naruto-sama," Ino happily tries. "Naruto-sama… I don't know. I kinda like it." Sakura's green eyes widen, a smirking Karin sits up straight—looking between Naruto and Ino—and a red-faced Inoichi struggles to hold in the food he wants to choke out. A slight nudge of her foot from under the table is all Ino needs to know her mother is saying, 'please think of your father.'

Clearing her throat, Karin tells the table, "before you can be the best clan head, we still need property, which won't be easy, as well as a foothold in some part of Konoha's markets. Is there any advice or direction you can give us for that, Inoichi-san?"

Setting down his glass of water, a frazzled father eyes the Yamanaka matriarch, having one of their silent conversations before Inoichi turns to Naruto and says, "the primary reasons why establishing a clan is difficult—nearly to the point of 'why bother'—is because of the initial money involved. It's a lot; in some cases, more than what a person may make in their entire life. And Haku-kun and Karin-chan are correct. A lot of the Hokage's responsibilities is managing the financial life-line of his people. As a leader, you'll need to know your enterprise inside and out, your clan's P & I, which is purchase and import, and you'll have to be meticulous about everything, which means every invoice, every commission, every contract. Your paperwork has to be perfect."

Naruto, Karin, Sakura, and Ino are silent as they take in the information when Ino's mother asks Naruto, "may I assume that your current income is the standard E-7 or 8 for Genins?"

However, Sakura interjects, "actually, Hanaya-san, our team was bumped up to E-9 after the A-Rank mission we completed."

Naruto nods his head in agreement as the brunette Yamanaka adds, "very good. At a minimum, you'll need a hundred times that amount to start. That includes land deeds, filing, village incentives and permits, and miscellaneous fees you won't see coming."

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