Adventures of Naruto Namikaze
Last time, Naruto graduated from the academy, and Mizuki tried to frame him for his theft of the Scroll of Seals, a mistake that cost him his life when Minato got a hold of him. The result was Naruto learning of the Nine-Tails presence in his body, which caused him to break down in his parents' arms, crying out his frustrations. Let's see what happens next.
Legal stuff: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. Just my fics and ocs.
Naruto woke up and yawned, looking around, seeing his room. He had fallen asleep in his parents' arms after crying out his frustration about the Nine-Tails. Getting out of bed, Naruto got dressed and went to the kitchen for breakfast.
"Good morning, Naruto. How are you feeling?" Kushina asked, setting some food in front of him as he sat down.
"We understand if you're still upset," Minato said.
Naruto looked at his parents and smiled. "No. I'm fine. Got it all out last night. Now that I think about it, you protected me from the Nine-Tails by filling me with love. So, I'm glad you're my parents. And since I'm the Hokage's son, it'd hurt dad politically if I lost control, so I'll be the best Jinchuriki I can be!"
Minato and Kushina sighed in relief. "We're happy to hear that, son," Minato said. "Now eat up, you have to go to the academy for squad assignments," he said, ruffling Naruto's hair.
"Who's on my team?" Naruto asked. "I hope I get to be on a team with Sakura-chan!"
Minato smiled. "Just wait for Iruka to tell you."
"Sounds like you've got a crush on this Sakura girl," Kushina said, smiling.
Naruto blushed. "W-Well, she's a nice girl, and she's really pretty."
"Does she like you?" Minato asked.
Naruto looked down at that. "She's more interested in Sasuke. Why can't she be one of my fans?"
"That just means you have to work for her," Minato said. "The ones you have to work for are worth it."
Naruto instantly brightened up. "Thanks, dad. I'll work my butt off to impress her!"
"We know you will, son," Kushina said as Minato pulled out a book and handed it to Naruto.
"What's this?" Naruto asked.
"Jiraiya-sensei's first book," Minato said. "It didn't sell very well, but your mother and I enjoyed it so much that we named you after the hero in the story."
"Pervy Sage wrote this?" Naruto asked, looking at the title, Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi
Minato and Kushina laughed, thinking Naruto's nickname for Jiraiya both very fitting and very funny.
"Yes, he did," Minato said. "That book is your graduation present. I'm sure you'll enjoy it."
"If you and mom like it, I bet I will too!" Naruto said, putting the book away and finishing his breakfast. "See you later!" Naruto called as he left, heading toward the academy.
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Naruto was immediately accosted by his fangirls, who wanted to sit with him, two in particular, Ami and Yumi, each grabbing one of his arms.
"Back off, Yumi! I'm sitting with Naruto-kun!" Ami said.
"In your dreams, Ami! I'm sitting with Naruto-kun!" Yumi said, the two girls going into tug of war with poor Naruto as the rope.
By the time Kiba got him away from his ravenous fangirls, Naruto was dizzy and aching in the shoulders.
"These fangirls are going to kill me!" Naruto said, sitting behind Sasuke.
"We're pretty much in the same boat there, Naruto," Sasuke said.
Naruto sighed. "Too bad Sakura-chan is interested in you instead of me."
"I can help you out with that. I'm not interested in her. You can have her," Sasuke said as Sakura came up.
"Sasuke-kun, do you mind if I sit with you?" Sakura asked.
"Go sit with Naruto, shallow little failure of a kunoichi," Sasuke said coldly.
"What did you say, Sasuke?" Naruto asked. "Sakura-chan isn't a failure!"
Sakura was shocked. Her crush had just belittled her, and the one she thought was annoying had stood up for her. "Fine," she said, sitting next to Naruto, drawing glares from his fangirls.
"I don't think you're weak, Sakura-chan," Naruto said with a smile.
"Thanks, Naruto," Sakura said as Iruka entered and started announcing teams.
"Team 7: Naruto Namikaze, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha," Iruka said.
Naruto was overjoyed to be on a team with Sakura.
Sakura was glad to be teamed up with Naruto, since he stood up for her, but not at being teamed with Sasuke.
"Just don't get in my way," Sasuke said.
After announcing the rest of the teams, Iruka left, and the Jonin instructors arrived one by one to pick up their students, soon leaving Team 7 waiting for theirs.
"Where is our sensei?" Sakura asked after two hours.
"Guess dad stuck us with Kakashi Hatake," Naruto said, reading his new book.
"Kakashi Hatake?" Sakura asked.
Naruto nodded.
"What makes you think he's our sensei?" Sasuke asked.
"The fact that he's two hours late," Naruto said. "Kakashi is always late. He should be here in another hour."
True enough, an hour later, the door opened to reveal a man with spiky, gravity defying silver hair, a mask that covered all but his eyes, and his headband covering his left eye, dressed in the standard Leaf Ninja uniform.
"Late as usual, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto said.
"Never thought I'd end up training my sensei's son," Kakashi said. "But I'm honored that he trusted me with you, Naruto. Now then, come with me to the roof, you three."
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"Alright, let's start with introductions," Kakashi said. "I'll go first. I'm Kakashi Hatake. My likes and dislikes, not worth mentioning. Hobbies, I have many hobbies. Dreams for the future, I don't feel like telling you."
"Your only hobby is reading those pervy books that Pervy Sage is always writing," Naruto said.
"And yet you're reading one of his books," Kakashi said. "One of the Make Out books?"
"Hell no! Mom would skin me alive if I did!" Naruto exclaimed. "This is his first book, that didn't sell very well. Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi."
"Wait, you know Jiraiya of the Sannin?" Sakura asked.
"Yup! Pervy Sage is my godfather," Naruto said.
"Your godfather?" Sakura asked in amazement. "Why do you call him Pervy Sage?" Sakura asked. "It's not very respectful."
"Cause he's a sage and a mega pervert," Naruto said. "Bet he's at the hot springs peeping on women right now."
"Anyway, Naruto, introduce yourself," Kakashi said.
Naruto nodded. "I'm Naruto Namikaze. My likes are my parents, my mom's cooking, especially her ramen, and I especially like a certain someone. My dislikes are perverts, and people who judge others before getting to know them. Hobbies, reading my new book, comparing different types of ramen. And my dream is to surpass my old man and become Hokage!"
Kakashi gave him one of his eye smiles. "That's quite the dream," he said, before looking at Sakura. "Alright, pinkete, you're up."
Sakura scowled at the nickname. "My name is Sakura Haruno. My likes are my family, and a certain someone. My dislikes are perverts, cold bastards, my huge forehead, and my weird pink hair. My dream is to become a stronger kunoichi than my grandmother, Hisana Haruno."
Kakashi nodded before looking at Sasuke. "Alright, now the emo kid."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. I don't like much of anything. There are plenty of things I dislike. And what I have is not a dream, because I will make it reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and destroy a certain someone," Sasuke said coldly.
"Okay," Kakashi drawled. "Alright, meet me at training ground three tomorrow at 7:00 AM sharp. And don't eat breakfast. You'll just puke it up." With that, Kakashi disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"See you two later," Sasuke said, leaving as well.
"Later, Naruto," Sakura standing to leave.
"Wait, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said, getting the girl's attention. "Why don't you like your hair and forehead?"
"My forehead is bigger than normal, and I'm the only person in this village with pink hair. It's weird," Sakura said.
Naruto shook his head. "I think they're pretty."
Sakura blushed. "You, really mean that?"
Naruto nodded. "Yeah! Your forehead is so wide and charming. Makes me want to kiss it. And when I first saw you, the first thing I noticed was your beautiful pink hair."
"Beautiful?" Sakura asked, her blush inventing a few new shades of red.
"Yeah! You're the prettiest girl I know," Naruto said.
"Naruto, that's so sweet of you," Sakura said, smiling at him.
Naruto smiled back as he stood up, putting his book away. "You uh, mind if I, walk you home?"
"I'd like that," Sakura said.
Naruto grinned. "Let's go then."
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A bit too soon for Naruto's taste, they arrived at Sakura's home in the Haruno compound.
"Thanks for walking me home, Naruto," Sakura said.
"My pleasure, Sakura-chan," Naruto said.
Sakura caught Naruto off guard by grabbing his face and kissing him on the cheek, making him blush darkly. "See you tomorrow," she said.
"See ya," Naruto said, drunk on pure bliss as he walked off, a bit dizzy.
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Naruto was still dizzy when he entered his house. "I'm home!" he called before stumbling into the kitchen.
"Welcome home, honey," Kushina said as Naruto sat down.
"Thanks, mom," Naruto said, letting out a happy sigh.
"Something good happen with Sakura?" Kushina asked.
Naruto nodded. "She said she didn't like her hair and forehead, so I told her I think they're beautiful."
"How did she react?" Kushina asked.
"She said it was really sweet and even let me walk her home," Naruto said. "And before I left when we got there, she gave me a kiss on the cheek," he said, sighing happily again. "I'll never wash this cheek again."
"So, what do you think of your other teammate?" Kushina asked.
"Sasuke needs to pull that stick out of his butt," Naruto said. "And why did dad stick us with Kakashi-sensei? He knows that the man's always late."
"I'm sure you'll realize your father's reasons in time," Kushina said.
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The next day, Sakura arrived to find only Sasuke. "Where's Naruto?" she asked.
"Don't know," Sasuke said.
Naruto turned up about three hours later.
"Where have you been, Naruto?" Sakura asked.
Naruto didn't answer, instead holding up three fingers, counting down. Once they were all withdrawn...
"Yo!" Kakashi said.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura yelled.
"Sorry, I got lost on the road of life," Kakashi said. "Anyway, let's get started with your test."
"What test?" Sasuke asked. "We already became Genin."
"That was just a test to see who had the ability to become Genin," Kakashi said. "Out of all the graduating students, only about nine will become Genin. The rest will go back to the academy."
"So what's the test?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi held up a couple of bells. "Your objective is simple. Take these bells from me. You have until noon. If you don't get a bell, then you don't get lunch, in addition, you'll be tied to one of those posts while I eat my lunch in front of you."
"But there are only two bells. So one of us will get tied to a post anyway," Sasuke said.
"Correct," Kakashi said. "You can use any means to get the bells, including shuriken. If you're not prepared to kill me, you won't be able to get the bells."
The Genin nodded, getting ready.
Kakashi put the bells on his waist. "Begin!"
The Genin scattered and hid themselves.
"Guys, he's trying to turn us against each other," Naruto whispered.
"What do you mean, Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"The goal of the test is to show our ability to work as a team," Naruto said. "And we've got an advantage. Since my dad trained this guy, I know a lot of his tricks."
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Kakashi waited for them to attack, pulling out a book. "Well, they're probably not a big enough threat to put me on my toes," he muttered before a shuriken came flying at him, which he effortlessly dodged, only to hear a puff of smoke behind him, Naruto grabbing him before he could react.
"Let's go!" Naruto called as he, Sasuke, and Sakura attacked Kakashi while the Shadow Clone held him.
Sasuke ran through hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" he said, blowing out a fireball at Kakashi.
Naruto ran through hand signs as well. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" he said, blowing a gust of wind at the fireball, making it larger and enhancing it.
Kakashi gasped. "Collaboration jutsu?" he asked before the fireball engulfed him.
"Did we get him?" Sakura asked.
Naruto shook his head. "No, he substituted himself with my Shadow Clone."
"How do you know?" Sakura asked.
"Everything my clones experience is transferred to me when they're dispelled," Naruto said.
Kakashi breathed hard. "Well, they've got teamwork going for them," he muttered, putting his book away before revealing himself. "Not bad. You surprised me with your use of a collaboration jutsu," he said before he felt a great pain in his ass.
"Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: A Thousand Years of Death!" Naruto exclaimed, sending Kakashi flying with some chakra from the fingers he had stuck up Kakashi's ass.
As Kakashi was flying, Sasuke and Sakura jumped up and grabbed the bells.
"Alright, we got the bells, you can pass us now, Sensei," Sakura said.
"And what about Naruto?" Kakashi asked. "He didn't get a bell."
"The bells were never the point of the test," Naruto said.
"You were testing our teamwork," Sasuke said.
Kakashi stood up a bit awkwardly as he eye smiled. "And you passed with flying colors."
"Alright!" Naruto exclaimed, hugging both his teammates around their necks.
"Get off," Sasuke said, getting away from Naruto, Sakura however, shared in Naruto's joy and returned his one armed hug.
"Alright, Team 7 has its first mission tomorrow," Kakashi said, disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"Hey, you guys want to come to my place to celebrate?" Naruto asked.
"No. I need to train," Sasuke said, leaving as well.
"I'd like that, Naruto," Sakura said. "I'm curious about what kind of house you live in."
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Sakura smiled as she and Naruto approached the Namikaze home.
"You're gonna love mom's cooking, Sakura-chan," Naruto said as he held the door for her.
"Thanks, Naruto," Sakura said.
"Mom, I'm home!" Naruto called. "And I brought a friend!"
"Welcome home," Kushina said, coming into the living room.
Sakura gasped at the sight of Kushina, envious of her beauty.
"NARUTO-KUN'S MOM IS AN ABSOLUTE GODDESS!" Inner Sakura screamed.
Kushina smiled at Sakura. "Is this her, Naruto?"
Naruto nodded. "Yup! Sakura-chan, meet Kushina Namikaze. Mom, meet Sakura Haruno."
Sakura bowed. "It's really nice to meet you, Lady Kushina."
Kushina chuckled. "Just Kushina, please. You're a guest in my home."
Sakura stood and nodded. "Okay, Kushina," she said before seeing a three pronged kunai with markings on its hilt hanging from a hook on the wall. "Is that?"
Naruto looked where she was looking and nodded. "Yup! One of dad's special kunai."
Sakura walked over to it. "One of Lord Hokage's Space-Time kunai. Never thought I'd see one up close," she muttered before said Hokage appeared in front of her. Sakura yelped as she fell on her butt.
Minato looked at her. "Sorry about that," he said, offering her a hand up.
Sakura accepted the hand and stood up. "Wow! Naruto looks just like you."
Minato chuckled. "Yeah, he does, but he got his mom's personality."
Sakura blushed a bit. "I must be dreaming. I'm standing in the Hokage's home, having a casual conversation with him and his absolute goddess of a wife!"
Kushina smiled. "Thank you, you're a sweet girl,"
Minato laughed. "You're not dreaming. You're really here. And yes, Kushina is very beautiful."
"Anyway, I brought her with me so we could celebrate passing Kakashi-sensei's test," Naruto said.
"Congratulations, son. I knew you'd pass little Kakashi's test. You're the first ones to pass his test, actually," Minato said.
"Really?" Sakura asked.
"Yup. You're the first ones to figure out Kakashi's bell test," Minato said.
"I'll get dinner started," Kushina said, going into the kitchen.
"I'll be right back, Naruto," Sakura said, following Kushina. "Kushina, can I ask you something?"
"Of course you can," Kushina said.
"Well, How did you fall in love with Lord Hokage?" Sakura asked nervously.
Kushina smiled at the memory. "I used to be like you, not liking my hair."
"Wait, how did you know I don't like my hair?" Sakura asked.
"Naruto mentioned it. He's always talking about you. He thinks the world of you," Kushina said, making Sakura blush. "Anyway, when I was a kid, me and Minato were classmates at the academy. At the time, I had a face that with my hair, looked like a tomato, and when I said I wanted to be the first female Hokage, I was mocked and called Tomato. I lashed out and beat them up. And that made them call me the Red Hot Blooded Habanero."
"That's where your nickname came from?" Sakura asked.
Kushina nodded. "Yup. And when Minato said he wanted to be acknowledged as a great Hokage, I laughed at him, thinking he was a wimp. Then we became ninja, and at some point, a group of Cloud ninja kidnapped me for my special chakra. I left a trail of my hair that only Minato picked up. When he rescued me, he said he noticed my beautiful red hair right away. He had proven himself to be anything but a wimp, and complimented what I hated most about myself. After that, I just... fell in love with him."
"That's so sweet," Sakura said.
"Yeah, it is. So don't hate your hair and forehead," Kushina said. "Sooner or later, they'll bring you your true love. Or maybe they already have."
Sakura blushed. "What do you mean?"
Kushina smiled at her. "It's not my place to say. But I can tell you this much. Someone I know loves you very much. I'm sure of that."
"Who is it?" Sakura asked.
"You'll find out when he tells you," Kushina said.
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While Sakura was talking to Kushina, Naruto was out on the training field with Minato.
"Hey, dad?" Naruto asked.
"What is it, son?" Minato asked.
"Can you teach me the Flying Thunder God Jutsu?" Naruto asked.
Minato smiled. "Not yet. I'll teach it to you when you're ready for it."
"Aw man! I really want to learn it now that I'm a ninja," Naruto said, pouting in disappointment.
"Well, there is a jutsu I can teach you," Minato said, biting his thumb and running through hand signs before slamming his palm on the ground, a summoning array spreading from it. "Summoning Jutsu!" he said, a large toad appearing beneath him in a puff of smoke.
"Gama!" Naruto exclaimed, happy to see the toad.
Minato got off Gama's back as Gama opened his mouth and handed Minato a large scroll that was held in his tongue. "This is the Toad Summoning Contract, Naruto," he said, setting it on the ground and opening it.
Naruto looked at the names on it. "You and Pervy Sage have both signed this. You're really letting me sign it?" he asked.
Minato nodded. "Yup. Sign it in your own blood, then press your fingerprints in the space beneath your name."
Naruto nodded and bit his thumb hard enough to draw blood and signed his name next to his father's before pressing the fingerprints.
"Alright. Now you can summon the toads. Try it out," Minato said, running Naruto through the hand signs. "Just remember, before you can summon, you need to bring some blood to the hand you signed the contract with. And though the amount of blood needed each time is small, the amount of chakra needed depends on the size of the toad you want to summon."
Naruto nodded and ran through the hand signs before slamming his palm on the ground. "Summoning Jutsu!" he said, a puff of smoke appearing. Naruto's hopeful look became one of disappointment when he saw that he had only succeeded in summoning a tadpole. "Aw man! Just a tadpole?"
"It's alright. When I first signed the contract, a tadpole was all I got on the first try too," Minato said, patting Naruto's head. "You'll get better."
Naruto brightened up immediately, trying the jutsu again.
"Yo," the small, red toad in a jacket said.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked, looking at the toad weird before registering its ability to speak. "Whoa! This one can talk!"
"Of course I can talk!" the toad said. "Name's Gamakichi."
"Nice to meet you, Gamakichi!" Naruto said. "I'm Naruto Namikaze!"
"Namikaze? Are you related to Minato Namikaze? Dad's always talking about him," Gamakichi said.
"Yup. He's my dad!" Naruto said, gesturing to his father.
Gamakichi turned to Minato. "You're Minato Namikaze?"
Minato nodded. "Yeah. Glad that Bunta's told his kids about me."
Gamakichi looked between the father and son. "Yeah, I see the resemblance," he said before Naruto picked him up. "Hey hey! Put me down!" he exclaimed before getting set on Naruto's head.
"Come on, Gamakichi! I'll introduce you to mom and Sakura-chan!" Naruto said happily.
"Sure," Gamakichi said as Naruto went into the house with him still on his head.
"Hey, mom, Sakura-chan! Check this out!" Naruto exclaimed as he entered the kitchen. "Dad let me sign the Toad Contract!"
"Really?" Kushina asked, smiling at Naruto.
"Summoning?" Sakura asked before seeing Gamakichi, and screaming. "WHAT IS THAT THING ON YOUR HEAD?"
"Hey! Who're you calling a thing, you little hussy?" Gamakichi asked indignantly. "My name is Gamakichi, and I'm the son of the Chief Toad Gamabunta!"
Sakura did not hear more than his name since she intended to carve the poor toad's name on a gravestone as she slowly approached Naruto, reaching for Gamakichi while leaking murderous intent, only for a chain to stop her hand.
"Now now, we don't need to explain to Bunta that his son was killed," Kushina said, the chakra chain sticking out her back since her hands were preoccupied with cooking.
Sakura stared at the chakra chain. "What is that?" she asked, forgetting her anger at Gamakichi.
"Mom's chakra chains," Naruto said as Kushina released Sakura, dispersing the chakra.
"Amazing," Sakura said as Naruto showed Gamakichi to Kushina.
"Thank you, Sakura," Kushina said, patting Gamakichi's head before having him go back to Mount Myoboku.
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Sakura gave a happy sigh as she finished eating. "Your cooking is delicious, Kushina."
"Thank you, Sakura," Kushina said with a smile.
"Told ya you'd like mom's cooking, Sakura-chan!" Naruto said happily, patting his belly.
"So, Sakura, Kakashi mentioned that you want to become stronger than Hisana," Minato said.
Sakura blushed a bit. "Yeah. I always looked up to her. So I want to surpass her and become an even greater kunoichi than she was."
Minato smiled. "A worthwhile dream. I'll tell you what I told Naruto when he told me he wanted to be Hokage. As long as you believe in your dream, and never give up. One day you'll realize that dream."
Sakura blushed a bit darker. "Thanks, Lord Hokage."
Minato chuckled. "Sakura, you're one of my son's friends. When you're a guest in our home, we're on first name terms. Okay?"
Sakura nodded. "Okay... Minato," she said before noticing the time. "I need to head home. Thanks for dinner."
"You're quite welcome, Sakura," Kushina said with a smile.
Naruto made a hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he said, making several Shadow Clones. "You guys help mom out while I walk Sakura-chan home."
"Hey, why do you get to walk Sakura-chan home?" one of the clones asked.
"Cause I'm the real Naruto. And I'm sure Sakura-chan would rather have the real me walk her home than a Shadow Clone," Naruto said smugly.
Minato chuckled at the argument between his son and the clone.
"It was nice meeting both of you, Minato, Kushina," Sakura said, bowing after standing.
"Too you as well, Sakura," Minato said.
"I'll be back, mom, dad," Naruto said as he and Sakura headed toward the door.
Kushina smiled before setting the clones to work. "I can see why he loves her," she whispered to Minato.
Minato nodded. "Yeah. She's kind of like you were at that age. Looks like Naruto inherited my taste in women."
"They make such a cute couple," Kushina said.
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Sakura smiled at Naruto when they reached her house. "Thanks for walking me home."
"No problem, Sakura-chan," Naruto said, grinning, and deciding to take the plunge. "Uh, Sakura-chan?"
"Yes, Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"Would you uh, go on a date with me?" Naruto asked.
Sakura smiled and grabbed his face, kissing him on the cheek.
Naruto blushed. "Is that a yes?"
Sakura pulled away with a blush. "It's a definite maybe."
"Awesome!" Naruto said. "I'll see you tomorrow then," he said, turning to leave.
"Bye, Naruto," Sakura said, watching him leave. "He's so different from Sasuke. Sasuke's cold, uncaring. But Naruto, he's sweet, kind, fun to be around. And he's just so cute. Cute? Where did that come from?" she thought.
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Naruto was feeling rather giddy when he returned home. "I'm home!" he called.
"Welcome home, Naruto," Kushina said as Naruto joined his parents in the living room.
"You look happy, Naruto," Minato said.
"I asked Sakura-chan out, and she kissed me on the cheek. Said it was a definite maybe!" Naruto said happily. "She might say yes!"
"That's great, son," Minato said.
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Chapter 2, finished. I hope you enjoyed seeing Kakashi on the receiving end of A Thousand Years of Death. Until next time, I bid you all a most respectful farewell.
