87. Conversation
They never spoke like regular people. Naruto would shout insults and threaten him enthusiastically with a broad grin. He would smirk, reply with another insult, and soon fists would fly. Yet they understood. So when the villagers glared and hissed insults and Naruto looked away, he would move in and keep the stares away. When Naruto woke in the middle of the night during a mission to find him training until his fists were bruised and blood, Naruto never asked but joined the training. Underneath the underneath. Smiles within punches, words within silence. They were never normal to begin with.