"The seal on the Tailed Beast inside me was incomplete. It has been mended."

"...Some sharingan have the ability to control Tailed Beasts, at least partially. The records didn't say why some and not others." Not that that has much to do with what he did. "I'm confident Shukaku won't be a problem, and that Elieyha is sincere."

"All right then." He puts his hands behind his head and starts whistling tunelessly.

The village, when they reach it, has clearly been in a fight. Part of the outer wall has been demolished, and there are plumes of smoke dotting the line between there and the arena where the exams were being held. But there's still a guard at the gate who's going to be checking their IDs before they can come back in.

...He resigns himself to the five thousand times he's going to have to explain himself before this is all over.

Hopefully Kakashi-sensei will show up eventually... He gets the feeling they're unlikely to let Elieyha in on his say-so, and quite frankly he's not going to push it, since that's perfectly reasonable.

Indeed, they don't let her in on just his say-so. Kakashi is called for and appears. He listens to Sugira's explanation, then waves them all in, giving Sugira an 'I hope you know what you're doing' sort of look.

Honestly so does Sugira, since 'what he's doing' seems to be 'adopting random children.' Which, well, there are worse flaws, but he's going to need a bigger house.

What's next?

There'll be a full debrief tomorrow, once everything's more under control. Kakashi gives Elieyha some ground rules in case Sasuke didn't: no killing Konoha shinboi, no killing civilians, no breaking anything but training grounds and if you do break a training ground you have to put it back together. He also puts Sasuke in charge of her care and feeding until further notice. As for everyone else, if they still have some stamina left they can go talk to this person and start helping with cleanup.

...He has zero stamina left. 

He supposes he should probably then check on whether his and Naruto's apartment is still standing, and get Elieyha settled at least temporarily. 

He waves off Naruto's concern, and leads Elieyha over to the apartment once they're released. It exists, which is probably the only good thing that's happened today. "You can have my room for now," he tells her. "I only need to get a few things out."

He's mostly just planning on curling up in Naruto's room until the blond arrives back, at which point he guesses he'll move into the living room...

"...Thank you."

He nods and asks, "Do you need anything for now? There's food and drinks in the fridge..." as he starts moving his things. It's a quick process; he tends to keep his stuff together and neatly organized, and he doesn't care if she flips through most of his books.

"Water."

He'll show her where cups are, and point out where they keep water in the fridge, and where ice is, and which knob on the faucet will get her more cold water (though it's more 'vaguely chilly'). 

"I'm going to rest. I'd ask that you not leave the apartment alone, at least for today."

"Very well."

Nod.

He goes to curl up, though he doesn't let himself sleep yet. Still, he needs to be alone for a while, away from people and noise and light until his headache goes away.

And, some hours later, Naruto returns. He's quieter than usual, worn down by the day and also respectful of Sasuke's probable headache. He knocks before entering, announces himself softly, and then heads straight to the small kitchen.

Elieyha is in Sugira's room, reading one of the books he left.

(He has a lot. Most of the ones he left are what little he could find on geography, or history, or law, or local ethics. There's also a few reference books on math, physics, and medicine (the last collection being very new), and a thick series of journals where he wrote down more advanced math and physics than he could find references for. He's annotated them heavily, with little sticky notes and writing in the margins. He has a few less annotated books on art.)

Sugira emerges before Naruto can go around knocking on doors. His headache's mostly faded, at least. "I'll make dinner," he offers. "You seem tired."

He gives Sasuke a tired grin. "Nothing complicated; I'm fine with leftovers."

"Of course." Still, he knows how much Naruto likes to eat.

He heads over to Elieyha's door, knocking softly and calling out, "We'll be eating soon. Do you want to join us?"

"Yes," she answers.

He nods, sorts out preferences or at least what's unacceptable, and then has dinner ready soon enough. Luckily, the table came with more than two chairs, so he pulls a third seat out of the closet for Elieyha.

He seems more relaxed, now, though also perfectly content to eat in silence.

Naruto is perfectly content to do a large share of the talking! He starts out with updating Sasuke on how all their friends and acquaintances are doing - at least, the ones he got into contact with, which was most of them because Naruto's clones meant he was being assigned all over the place.

Elieyha does not know who any of these people are. She eats quietly, and almost as much as Naruto.

Updates are finished soon enough, and he turns to Elieyha. "So... Uh. I can explain some stuff about Konoha? Though I'm not sure what-all's different."

"You have clans instead of guilds and you live in a forest instead of a desert."