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"... He dresses weird." Zabuza muttered while staring from the balcony.

"He says the same about you." Rei replied instantly.

"And you need to eat healthy. I can see your ribcage."

"That is necessary for proper stealth movement." Zabuza argued.

"Zabuza.. I have received your full abilities and chakra. You don't need to be that skinny to perform anything. Your eating habits are downright criminal. If you were brought up here, you would be visited by social services..." Rei said.

"Hey.." Zabuza wanted to give his point, only for Haku to join in.

"He is right Zabuza-sama..." Sigh! Tony meanwhile walked toward the house casually before stopping slightly. When JARVIS spoke about this property under the ownership of one of the owners of Allied Universal, he connected the dots. It wasn't that the mercenary wing had rescued him, but the owners of the global security company itself, and their secrets must definitely run deep. And he had tons of questions. Soon the front door opened. Naruto immediately pointed dramatically afterward.

"TONY!" Tony blinked slightly seeing the blonde kid again.

"... Still loud." Both of them had been at it since the time of the rescue, which was to be expected. After all Naruto, the loud guy, met the egoist.

"And you're still alive!" Naruto replied proudly like he personally manufactured Tony's survival.

"... Fair enough." Tony admitted. The moment he entered the living room, his head was throbbing again. Because sitting casually inside the living room were: *giant murder sword man *silent pretty ice assassin *silver-haired masked man reading questionable magazine at 10 AM and *several children capable of violating physics. Wonderful. Tsubarashi! Tony eventually removed his sunglasses while looking directly toward Rei afterward.

Rei was the only one who spoke with intelligence while the others seemed to be a bit broken from reality itself.

"Okay." He pointed immediately.

"I need an explanation. A real explanation. Preferably one that doesn't sound like drugs. And can you all introduce yourself. It's rude to not even know your names." Thus introductions began properly.

"Sasuke Uchiha""Sakura Haruno."

"Naruto Uzumaki, one would one day become the Hokage. You better believe it."

"Rei Amagi, or in this case Ray Harris."

"Haku. I don't have a surname because I got rid of it due to circumstances."

"Zabuza Momochi, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist."

"And I am Kakashi Hatake. Teacher of these 4 children." Huh! What is Seven Swordsmen of the Mist? And what the hell of Hokage? JARVIS, where are you? Can you please explain?

"Myself Tony Stark but you already know that. A genius, playboy, philanthropist and I am sure you guys have known that too before you saved us, God I am missing Yinsen now! Maybe it wasn't clear but your words mean nothing to me. But glad that I know your names. Now lay it to me straight." Tony replied. In response everyone looked at Rei as he was the one who could explain him, or reveal if anything needed to be. Besides, they trusted him. This story is posted elsewhere by the author.

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"I am an interdimensional traveler." Tony blinked once.

"... Excuse me?"

"Aliens would probably be easier for you to understand." Rei continued casually.

"From your perspective at least." Tony stared at him for almost ten full seconds afterward.

"... No." He finally said.

"No, we're not skipping over that sentence casually. I said lay it on me, not spew some kind of physics jargons at me." But unfortunately for him, Rei continued anyway.

"We aren't from this universe."

"... Nope." Tony immediately raised his hand.

"No. Absolutely not. I'm still recovering from fire-breathing children. You don't get to add multiverse aliens into this conversation too." Naruto meanwhile looked confused afterward.

"... What's a multiverse?" Tony pointed toward Naruto immediately.

"WHY IS HE THE MOST STABLE PERSON HERE?"

"Because ignorance is bliss." Rei replied. There was complete silence now as Tony was still reeling from the fact that multiverse was real.

"... Okay." He spoke slowly.

"... Let's pretend for one second I believe all this."

"Good start." Rei nodded. Tony immediately pointed toward him afterward.

"Then why are you telling me this openly?!" Rei calmly leaned back afterward before answering.

"Because if you say this publicly..." A small smile appeared on his face.

"... people will think you had a mental breakdown after being kidnapped by terrorists." Tony opened his mouth slightly. Then closed it. Because annoyingly enough... that was exactly what would happen.

"Billionaire claims magical alien ninja children rescued him from Afghanistan." Tony muttered afterward.

"Yeah... psychiatric evaluation within twenty-four hours."

"Schizophrenia too probably." Rei added helpfully. Naruto meanwhile whispered to Sakura asking what was schizophrenia and Sakura had to explain. Sasuke too was curious so he lent an ear to her.

"... Thank you, that's comforting." Tony sighed. Still, Rei's expression became slightly more serious afterward.

"Jokes aside." Rei said.

"Do not speak about us to anyone. Not your company. Not the government. Not even your closest friend. Yinsen can know but never openly." Tony immediately understood the weight behind those words. Because despite the casual atmosphere... these people were dangerous. Absurdly dangerous. And that made them a target for governments. And though he didn't see them in full fight mode, he wondered if they could defend against missiles of destruction thrown at them.

"... You have my word." Because after Afghanistan... Tony Stark genuinely owed them his life. Soon afterward the conversation became calmer. Tony started asking questions rapidly afterward while Rei explained things properly. About chakra. About shinobi villages. About wars fought using children soldiers. About elemental techniques. Blah Blah....

"... So your energy system is biological?"

"Partially spiritual too." Rei answered.

"... That's not scientifically comforting."

"It works."

"... That's even less comforting." Finally the atmosphere had settled down and Tony got to know their real identities of these people.

"So you all are enemies and because of this.. what is it called again.."

"Kekkei genkai. Or you can call it as Bloodline Limit in English."

"Yeah that word is better. It's still pretty wild to me that a different system exists in a different planet and everyone speaks Japanese?" Tony couldn't help but say that. Rei just shrugged his shoulders. It was all Masashi Kishimoto bro!

"So you all are telling me that you guys had been enemies before and now.. umm.. Friends?" Tony asked. He wanted to say the word slave but the moment he wanted to say that word, some instinct in him was screaming that it would be piss off that demon and it wouldn't end good for him.

"Yeah something like that.." Rei replied while sipping in the juice Haku had made for everyone. This guy seemed to have an hidden talent on cooking.

"So in all essence and explanation, you guys really are mercenaries?" Tony asked.

"More or less." Kakashi replied.

"Okay fine.. Then I want to hire you as my personal bodyguard." Tony said. Now that got the attention of everyone. Especially Rei. What the hell did prompt Tony to act like that?

"I ain't free and besides we are already on a mission. We will leave for after a month or so. But you can ask these two as they would be here." Kakashi said. He was on board with that small rescue mission but safeguarding a spoilt man? Nope. At the end Tony had to turn to Haku and Zabuza.

"The last mission was of me safeguarding a rich asshole. I cut him down, so if you want to be on my chopping block, feel free..." Zabuza said. Tony again got the shudders in his spine. Seemed like he failed in his mission of recruiting a bodyguard.

"... But you can take Haku." Zabuza continued.

"What?" Haku who had been standing behind Zabuza was taken aback by this. Zabuza didn't reply to Haku and spoke to Tony straight.

"Haku had been brought up in extreme poverty and all his life he only saw killing and destruction. I want him to have a good life and it seems like bodyguarding you might bring him some peace. I have my own mission with the filth of this world, and from the looks of it, I don't need an extra hand as the people here are weak." Zabuza said. The words made everyone, including Naruto and others look at Zabuza in new light. Rei was also a bit taken aback. He knew how Zabuza acted after Haku died.

He cried like a baby and now that he was alive, it seemed that the good life here really awakened his soft heart a bit.

"Zabuza-sama.. I don't need to be kept under glass. I am fine by my own.." Haku protested, instead Zabuza held his hand high to shut him up and said.

"Haku will be under you and in return you need to teach him the ways of this world. This world is much different from my world. Here education is required to function better in society. I have no patience for books but Haku is young. I am sure he will learn fast once he is sent to school or whatever.." Zabuza said. The Team 7 was now looking at Zabuza with bulging eyes.. What the hell happened to demon Zabuza and what have you done to him?