Teach Your Children Well [NarutoxFSN]

Chapter 2

"What are those?"

"Tomatoes." Cu answers as he inspects the red fruit. They were almost perfect, he will give them another day

They are crouched in the garden. Naruto is settled next to him, their legs nearly touching. After breakfast Shirou had kicked them out the kitchen to clean. So Cu tended to his garden.

He likes gardening, it is a pass time. He doesn't have much of a green thumb but Shirou tells him that the vegetables are growing well despite not using fertilizer. Not to mention that they're better than the ones in the market.

"Nuh uh, I've seen and ated a tomato before. They're wrinkly and soft and brown and stink."

"Eaten," Cu corrects, then scrunches up his nose. "If they look like that then they're rotten and gone bad. Why are ya eating rotten tomatoes?"

Naruto shrugs, "I didn't know they were rotten. I thought they all tasted and looked like that."

"Who gave you rotten food?" Cu asks again as he snatched a weed out the ground.

"Uh, the lady at the orphanage. I ate em because I was always hungry and I never got sick from em, y'know."

Cu frowns as he snatches another weed out the soil. He's definitely going to scare the wretch for that now.

"Well you don't need to worry about that anymore. Our stuff isn't rotten and you can eat whatever ya want."

"Really?!" Naruto's eyes went wide as if Cu just told him he could have all the treasure in that world. Cu wonders if that is the reason the boy looks so small for his age. Naruto told them he was five but he was really small. It was probably because of eating bad food and having a lack of food.

"Yeah, you can have anything out the garden if it's ripe. Just wash it first because it's been in the dirt." The Irishman says as he looks at the greens and lettuce. "We've got fruit too but those are in the back. There's fish in the pond towards the east of forest and there's that one apple tree around there somewhere."

Naruto looked so kiddy that he actually started bouncing on his heels. He get to eat whenever he wanted here! Then he stops and his eyes narrow, "I can't get food out the kitchen?"

"You have to talk to Shirou about that." Because Shirou cherished and guarded the kitchen with his life for some godly reason. Naruto huffs but nods.

Once the lancer finishes plucking out weeds for the morning they both head back in the house. Shirou is already done with the kitchen and it is spotless as they walk through it to the common room.

They see Shirou putting on a jacket and some shoes.

"I'm going to work."

"You work?" Naruto asks.

"Yes. I work part time cleaning at the weapons shop. Then I cater at the tea house." Is all the archer says.

"Does that mean you sell stuff like swords and kunai to ninjas? Are you two ninjas-"

"No." Is archer's response. "We're not ninja, I only clean and refine the weapons."

Naruto momentarily deflates but Cu pats his head. The little boy momentarily goes stiff like last time. Cu wonders if its involuntary and looks at Emiya. Emiya takes notice as Cu lifts his hand. Naruto seems to relax a little bit.

"You work during the day and night?"

"Sometimes we do," Cu answers. "I got work as well, which means I gotta find something to do about you."