Warning : Depictions of violance and blood later in the chapter.

In the week following Naruto's official adoption by the Haruno, things had ' changed. Slightly. News had traveled; the civilian population quickly learned of the adoption, and, well, most of them underwent a complete change of personality. Sakura would have easily found it comedic or pathetic, if she just wasn't so damn glad.

They no longer drove Naruto away from their shops and his mother and sister didn 't have to fight with as many people off with glares and fists alike. Side-glances and murmured words remained, though, but that was okay.