Fujin left the basement and got on the ground floor. He opened a scroll and summoned a very long cloth. Fujin began inscribing some seals on the cloth.

After some time, Fujin made a hand sign.

'Cloth Binding Jutsu'

The cloth began moving around the staircase. Soon, it covered up the way down to the basement completely. The remaining cloth kept rolling over it to form multiple layers. The staircase and the basement below became completely invisible.

Fujin made a hand seal and the cloth began hardening. Fujin walked towards it and stepped on it. He moved around on the cloth and analyzed, 'Excellent. It looks and feels just like the rest of the floor now.'

Fujin spread his chakra field and tried to sense the basement. But, he couldn't. He smiled, 'Now even sensors can't sense it. Though I guess someone like Renjiro can still find it. After all, he never said how he found the hiding spots of those Kiri ninjas. Anyways, it's fine. It's not like I really need to hide anything there.

The main purpose of this is just distraction. In the future, if I'm suspected of doing anything fishy, then Konoha is sure to check my house. They will waste a lot of effort to check my house and find nothing in here at all, hahaha. And, it'll let me know that I'm being suspected and I can preemptively take some precautionary measures.

Of course, until then, I can keep improving my seals even more and make the defenses even sturdier. Hehe, how fun it'd be if I can have half a dozen types of barriers and a few dozen traps in my home. And all that to hide nothing!'

Fujin laughed at that thought. He calmed down thinking, 'Anyways, now that the house is ready, I should call a few people in. Mieko and Hoka had asked me to invite them. And I can invite Renjiro as well. Should I invite others?

Hmm, who all? I can invite Genki in. Though he would probably not like to be among kids. I should also invite Teru, Yori and Hana. But probably best to not have them alongside Renjiro. As for my new team, I have just met them. So probably not a good idea to invite them right now. I could mention it after the next mission. So, in what order to invite?'

Fujin thought for a bit and decided, 'I'll invite my old team first. Then I can invite Hoka again to hang alongside our classmates. Genki I'll call later.'

Fujin made 3 shadow clones. The first one flickered towards the Senju Clan compound. The other two waited for a bit and left for Uchiha and Hyuga Clan compounds.

The clone headed to the Senju clan reached first. Unfortunately, Renjiro was out on a mission. The clone passed a message about his new house and left. He searched for Teru's house and invited him. He chatted for a bit with Teru and dispelled himself.

The memories of the clone were transferred to Fujin and other clones. The other clones had reached the respective compounds but didn't enter till they received the memories. Since Renjiro wasn't available, they invited Mieko, Hoka, Yori and Hana.

After Fujin received their memories, he thought, "That's surprising. All are available for tomorrow. Luckily I bought a lot of snacks. Oh well, let's see how my first time playing host in this world goes. Unfortunately no video games here. I should buy some board games and cards though. Might be handy if I decide to keep interacting in the future."

Fujin created a couple of clones. One went to Genki and invited him to visit in the evening. The other clone went to civilian shops and bought some games.

The next day, Fujin once again began his day with the new morning workout routine. At 9 AM, he went out to buy chicken. He made a shadow clone and went to the meditation room.

The clone washed the chicken and left it to marinate with salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste and lemon juice.

At noon, Fujin's friends began arriving. Senju Teru was the first one to reach. Fujin welcomed him home. Teru said, "Long time no see. I was surprised to see you yesterday."

Fujin nodded and said, "Yup. One of the reasons why I thought it'd be fun to get together."

Teru asked, "Who else is coming?"

Fujin answered, "Hoka, Yori, Hana and Mieko."

Teru asked, "Who is Mieko?"

Fujin answered, "She was on the same genin team as me and Hoka."

Teru and Fujin chatted about their life after leaving the academy till others arrived. They sat in the circular room with the round table. Fujin had already arranged snacks on the table. They chatted while Fujin's clones served them Fried Chicken.

Hana commented, "This is delicious Fujin! I didn't know you were such a good cook."

Teru agreed with her, "Yeah, this is good."

Fujin said, "Thanks, I'm glad you guys liked it."

Teru looked at Fujin and asked, "So Fujin, how did you manage to buy such a huge house? Aren't they expensive?"

Hoka added, "Yes. This house is bigger than my house. And Fujin lives alone here."

Fujin answered, "It wasn't very expensive as it is towards the outskirts of the village. Most of the money came from mission rewards."

Yori asked, "Mission rewards? I have been doing missions for a year longer than you. I have completed 19 rank B missions and still don't have that kind of money."

Fujin chuckled and said, "We did 3 rank A missions with our sensei."

Yori was riled up, "What? 3 Rank A missions? How? I haven't been to even one!"

Mieko laughed and teased him, "That's right Yori. And of those 3, we did 2 back-to-back."

Teru sighed and said, "You guys lucked out by getting Renjiro sama as your sensei. He's a badass!"

Yori snorted and said, "Who cares about that? I bet I can beat all 3 of you by myself."

That pissed Mieko off. She yelled, "Bastard! What did you say?"

Yori replied, "You heard me."

Mieko activated her Sharingan, stood up and said, "I'll take you on one on one right here!"

Yori also activated his Sharingan, stood up and said, "Try me. You aren't the only one with Sharingan."

Fujin thought, 'Oh, he activated his Sharingan too?'

Fujin coughed. Mieko and Yori looked at him. He said, "I just built this house. If either of you fights, I'm tossing you both out."

Both calmed down a bit. They didn't want to ruin a new house. The others chuckled at their reaction. Fujin grinned and said, "Besides, if you want to fight, then I have booked the training ground closest to here. Let's go and check Yori's claim there."

He thought, 'Why did I even bother buying board games? The best way to build a bond in this world is to fight! Well, other than using Talk-no-jutsu.'

Teru chuckled and asked, "You booked a training ground? Did you anticipate that Yori would start a fight?"

Fujin said, "Not really. I booked a training ground for a few months."

Hana was surprised. She asked, "A few months?"

Fujin said, "You guys use your clan grounds for training. I don't really have that option."

Teru said, "Still. A training ground for a month would cost around 75 thousand Ryo. That's almost worth 1 rank B mission. Are you sure you aren't secretly loaded Fujin?"

They began moving towards the training ground. Fujin said, "Well, I did win a few million Ryo by gambling some time back. So training ground costs aren't really an issue."

The group was surprised. Mieko furrowed her eyebrows and nagged, "Fujin, you are gambling? Have you been wasting your time and risking your money in gambling after our team was disbanded?"

Fujin was surprised. He stared back at Mieko. After a few seconds, he commented, "You are taking after your mother well."

Mieko's face immediately became red. She looked away.

Fujin said, "And no. I gambled before our team disbanded."

Hoka asked, "When?"

Fujin smiled and said, "During the chunin exams."

Hoka and Mieko took a few seconds to realize. Both their eyes widened as they looked at Fujin. They said, "You didn't!"

Fujin chuckled and didn't reply. Yori asked, "You didn't what?"

Hana realized it as well as she said, "You bet on yourself during the chunin exams?"

Fujin replied, "Bingo. I bet most of my money on myself."

Mieko cursed, "Asshole. We were participating in it too!"

Even Hoka was displeased.

Fujin chuckled and said, "Sorry. But it was kinda good money."

Both snorted.

Soon, they arrived at the training ground. Yori looked at the destruction around him and asked, "Did a hurricane pass through here?"

Fujin chuckled and said, "I guess you could say so. Anyways, how do you guys wanna fight? One-on-one or something else?"

Mieko said, "I'm kicking Yori's ass first!"

Yori snorted and replied, "I can beat all of you together!"

Fujin chuckled and said, "Alright. Let's have a battle Royale then. All 6 will fight and no one will form teams."

Teru said, "Oh, that sounds fun. When do we start?"

Hoka shouted, "NOW!"