Sasuke snorted skeptically. "A real 'chat' with Kakashi? I hardly find that believable."
"Believe what you want, teme, it's what you do best anyway," Naruto retorted. Sakura was about to hit Naruto, but Kakashi intervened.
"I'm happy that both you and Sasuke finally decided to join us. Now that you three are here, I'll teach you all a new jutsu. Now if you will, follow me into the woods," Kakashi said. The three did as they were told. Naruto pulled out his notepad and started writing down some things that started coming to mind.
Kakashi, in the meantime, was deep in thought about Naruto. He found Naruto to be more than he let on, and their encounter with the Demon Brothers and Zabuza, and his recent conversation with him, was all the proof he needed.
"What are you writing, dobe?" Sasuke asked.
"Poetry," Naruto answered bluntly.
Sakura almost tripped on hearing that before turning to Naruto suspiciously. "Poetry? Seriously?"
Naruto begin reciting what he wrote,
"As a lone young ninja, I walked into a new town
Wanting to start my life anew with the need to settle down
In my early life, I had gone from battle to battle
Finishing my enemies as though they were cattle
I risked my life to rescue a daimyo's daughter
And I did away with the kidnapper like a bull to the slaughter
Wanting no more to spill blood with my blade
My new travel began this life-changing escapade
Though I don't know what the future has in store
I'm sure in this town I'll find the love I'm looking for"
"That was really good, Naruto. To be honest, I thought you were going to recite something perverted and obscene," Sakura admitted.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it. What about you, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Your use of rhymes was catchy and entertaining, leaving the listeners wanting to know what will happen next. It sounded to me like an introduction to an interesting story," Kakashi expressed.
"Are you trying to write a book, Naruto?" Sasuke questioned.
"Would you read if I was?" Naruto replied.
Sasuke grunted, "No."
"Your loss," Naruto shot back as he placed his pen and notepad back in the pocket inside his jacket.
(Two Hours Later)
A young red-haired woman in her twenties was walking through the woods barefoot, enjoying the serene environment. As she continued her trek, her eyes came in contact with a group of Genin that appeared to be doing training of some sort with their Jounin sensei watching them. From what she saw, they were practicing scaling up trees without the use of their hands. A moment later, her eyes fell upon the blond Genin that she saw yesterday.
"That's the one that saw me yesterday," the woman said to herself. "He and his team are from Konoha, but why are they here?"
The woman moved closer to where the others were but stayed in hiding as she stealthy moved from tree to tree until she was close enough.
Naruto, in the meantime, was walking through the woods after secretly leaving to practice his new wind jutsu. Before sneaking off into the woods alone, he made a kage bunshin and switched places with his clone to have it stay with Kakashi and the others. A minute later, he felt the same sensations he experienced yesterday.
"There goes that feeling again," Naruto thought aloud as he looked to see the same red-haired woman hiding behind one of the trees watching Kakashi and the others. Naruto placed a cloaking sheet over himself and stealthy moved closer to the unknown woman. The closer he got, the stronger the feelings he was experiencing within his being became.
Who is she, and why is my body reacting like this? Naruto wondered. The woman in question sensed something approaching her. She leaped and ran up one of the tall trees until she was at the top of it.
Damn! Naruto thought. I can't confront her without blowing my cover to the others. Somehow she detected me. But seeing her scale up that tree clearly indicates that she's a kunoichi. Is she a spy or an ally?
Naruto looked to see Kakashi and the others making their way back to the house after the Jounin instructed them that it was time go back. The blond looked up again, only to find that the mysterious red-haired woman was gone.
Got away again, Naruto acknowledged. But I'll be sure to confront her next time.
Naruto quickly followed after Kakashi while removing the cloaking sheet and putting it away. He substituted with his kage bunshin and had the clone dispel itself so he could absorb the memories of what happened during the past two hours. From what Naruto saw, it wasn't much.
(Three Days Later)
Kakashi was starting to feel better after his depletion of chakra and "Naruto," Sakura, and Sasuke were still training to do tree walking. Naruto himself was busy in a secluded location, working on his new wind jutsu with eight kage bunshin. A day earlier, Naruto learned that Sakura punched out a man she mistakenly took for a pervert trying to grope her butt, when in reality he was trying to steal her purse. It was after spending the day in the village that Sasuke and Sakura understood the gravity of the situation Nami No Kuni was in because of Gatō's tyranny.
Also during the three days, the Genin took turns guarding Tazuna as he and his workers continued their construction project on the bridge. When it was Naruto's turn to stand guard, he summoned kage bunshin in large numbers to help with the bridge project to speed up the process. Naruto chose to work for free, acknowledging that the other men were more in need of money than he was. Tazuna was very grateful, especially since a few of his workers had quit a few days ago out of fear after they received threats from Gatō.
(Later That Evening)
Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke entered the house after a long day. Naruto spent his day guarding Tazuna and helping with the construction of the bridge, while Sasuke returned completely exhausted from his tree walking training. Sakura had been assigned to watch over Tsunami and Inari, the latter of whom would every so often be seen sitting alone by the dock or strolling around with a disheartened appearance.
When Naruto, Kakashi, and the other Genin returned home, they were welcomed by the smell of home cooking.
"You're all back!" exclaimed a happy Tsunami as she put the food on the table. "How did your day go?"
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