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Summary : Naruto wished he listened to the Paths and Rikudō when they told him not to enter the forest. Now he was stuck in another world, playing a game with a girl with power comparable to a God. He sighed, "...what did I do to deserve this?"
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Review Responses:
SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan: Aye. Quite a surprise, ain't it?
DruidFWY: Sent to PM but here's the summary.
1. Canon Naruto is male.
2. Hmm... he does seems like Gilgamesh. Yeah, everyone loves Rin, except Rikudō but that's understandable.
3. Gedō is not as impatient as Tendō. Of course, they are opposites after all.
4. Amegakure with Hanzō is attracting too much attention. Takigakure's defense is formidable and Fū is there.
5. Hoo... I defined harem as the Arabic meaning... oh well...
Guest1: Thanks, I got the picture from 'The Eye of God' but I appreciate the help.
kazers: Thanks.
Nightmarefire: I like Rin too. Nope, I'm not telling.
8Swords: Hahaha, be patient then.
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pucflek: I hate them too. Don't worry you are not alone.
Jostanos: ...I believe Sharky will be too... obvious. Gakidō doesn't need nickname because he will rarely be out.
Rothwell: Well, first they are wearing contact lens, so at least their eyes aren't the same. Second, just like how Nagato modified his Paths bodies, so did Naruto. I guess I forgot to mention that. The modifications are just longer/shorter hair though. Canon Jūbi, I already have a reason for the differences between them.
hizashi11: Thanks, I got the picture from 'The Eye of God'. I appreciate the offer, though.
Battle neurosis: Hahaha, read this chapter then.
dregus: Of course, she had hard time just convincing Naruto to use Tayuya's body, how difficult it must be to ask for Kushina's...
Dragonskyt: This is one year before canon, so no painted Hokage monument yet.
Guest2/3: ...I will assume that you are the same person. First, about the pairing, I doubt I will change it, no offence but making a pairing is an official author's right. Unless I see a reason to change it, I won't.
Second, excuse me? Kushina is already dead in canon. And why would I need to kill her in Samsara? She is not even here. For giving Kurama to Naruto (I assume you mean the Samsara one), why? He is strong enough without that, he doesn't need Kurama.
Third, even if Rin is just one tail, do not think that she is weak. You will see her power in later chapters.
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Fortunately I managed to find some free time to write. So here's the next chapter.
Samsara: Game of The Gods
Chapter 3 Uzumaki Naruto
"Why the Hell wouldn't he improve?!" Tendō shouted as he punched a tree. Slipping out of his usual speech pattern.
"Chill, Tendō. What got you so angry?" Gin asked as he and Asura approached their raging Master. Behind them, Rin and Gedō looked towards Tendō in worry.
"...Uzumaki Naruto..." Tendō muttered the name like a curse.
Asura and Gin looked at each other, confused.
"Perhaps you could explain more, Master?"
Three weeks after his last visit to the boy, he received report from Shuradō saying that Naruto failed the genin exam, again.
"Then it seems that I have to train him..." he stated. "...though, how exactly did he turn out like this?" he began to wonder.
'Is it not obvious, Son of Man?' Rikudō asked.
"...what do you mean?"
'Do you sense the Eyes inside him?'
"...no," now that he thought about it, he saw no indication of Samsara Eyes inside Naruto. "...why not?"
'Do you remember the differences you listed weeks ago?' Tendō nodded. 'The differences are merely side effects. The real deviation started hundred years ago. The moment We defeated the God.'
"...the moment you defeated It..." there is only one possibility then.
'Correct, the Rikudō of this world was not cursed by the God. You are able to awaken the Samsara easily because We rest within your soul. Without Us, you will not awaken the Samsara.'
...the Curse of Samsara was the start of the deviation. "...so, I may turn out like him if you were not cursed..."
Tendō sighed, no use in thinking about what-if. He should train the boy for now.
At first, he tried to do it indirectly. He made two shadow clones and transformed them into two genins he saw in Takigakure.
He made them talk loudly about chakra control and tree walking. He made sure to do it when Naruto was within earshot.
"...that should be enough," he nodded to himself.
However, even though the boy learned the basic of tree walking from the clones, he still could not improve.
A step on a tree and the Uzumaki was blasted away. Naruto shouted in frustration but tried again.
After his third tries, Tendō gave up any notion of stealth and approached him.
"Control your emotions, lower your chakra. Right now, the amount of chakra you are using is too much. You will never learn tree-walking like this."
Naruto turned towards the newcomer in surprise. He was a boy with short blond hair similar to his and red eyes. The boy's eyes seemed to stare through him with cold indifference. He hated it. He hated those eyes.
Watching surprise and suspicion in Naruto's eyes, Tendō nodded in approval.
"There is no need to glare like that. I am just passing through," Tendō told the boy. "I thought I should give some advice to my junior. Here, look." Tendō began to walk towards a tree.
Naruto continued to watch him warily. The wary turned into surprise as Tendō walked on the tree vertically and sat on a branch.
"...come, I have some free time today. I will train you."
Naruto looked at him hesitantly but nodded. The stranger's eyes seemed different from before. It was more, friendly. Though it still had the cold feeling in it. He tried to ran to the tree.
Tendō sighed as Naruto was blasted away for the fourth time. "Kid, do not run. Just walk. Also, did you not hear what I told you? Do not use too much chakra."
Naruto muttered an answer. Tendō raised an eyebrow, "I cannot hear your answer."
"I don't know how!" Naruto shouted.
Tendō blinked, "excuse me?"
"I don't know how to change my chakra size!"
Tendō sighed. He should have known. "First, it is not chakra size. Chakra size would imply your chakra reserves. The one you need to adjust or 'change' as you put it, is your chakra output. As for how to change it..."
He jumped from the branch and walked towards Naruto.
"Put your hands into a ram seal," he told the boy.
Naruto's face scrunched in concentration as he tried to remember which one was the ram seal.
"...this one," Tendō showed him and Naruto followed. "Good. Now, charge your chakra."
Naruto did and instantly Tendō felt pressure around him. "Stop. That was too much, just do it slowly. Relax, no need to be hasty."
Naruto tried again. This time, the pressure was less than before but still too much for tree walking.
"...lower it again," Tendō told him.
When Naruto did so, Tendō nodded. "It is barely low enough for tree walking but it should be enough. Now, try again with this amount of chakra."
Naruto tried to walk on the tree. His eyes widened in surprise when he was not blasted away.
Tendō watched as Naruto walked three steps before falling.
"Acceptable. Try it again. Adjust your chakra output as you need."
After ten minutes, Naruto managed to reach the lowest branch on the tree.
"Yatta!" he shouted happily, losing control of his chakra as he did so. He was blasted away.
"Banshō Ten'in," Tendō muttered as he pointed towards the flying Naruto.
Naruto was immediately dragged back to the ground.
"...do not be easily satisfied by success. You should be vigilant," seeing Naruto's eyes blinking in confusion, he fixed his words, "you should be cautious, be watchful."
Naruto nodded, then he grinned, "that jutsu was so cool!" Tendō raised an eyebrow. "The one you did to save me! Can you teach me?!" he asked with a grin.
Tendō shook his head, "...unfortunately this technique is made for my clan. I cannot teach it to anyone."
Naruto deflated, his disappointment clear in his eyes.
"However, I can teach you many other things. Do you always train here?" Tendō asked.
Naruto nodded, "yeah, no one use this place in nighttime."
Tendō sighed, "with a good reason. During the night, most shinobi are resting for their missions. However, if someone found you here, it could cause trouble. Come I will take you to a better place to train. No one uses it, even during the day."
Naruto blinked, he wondered if this person planned to trick him like some others. But he seemed like he is a good guy, just a bit confusing. And cold. But he noticed that it was different from the coldness he felt from the villagers. It seemed that this guy is just naturally like that.
Seeing Naruto following him, Tendō smiled.
Tendō stopped at the training ground near the Uzumaki House. He noted that the house was kept in a rather good state. '...perhaps the Hokage or Jiraiya did it for Naruto.'
"Here," he pointed to the forest. "No one use this place."
Naruto scratched his head in confusion. "Why not?"
Tendō thought about how he should answer it, "...because it is a clan's training ground." Hearing that Naruto grew worried. "Do not worry. I am a clan member." '...and so are you.'
Naruto grinned, "so I can train here?"
Tendō nodded, "during the day, I am usually away, so I suppose you can use this place. I will try to visit you when I can. If someone see you using this place just say, 'The son of Kushina allowed me to use this place.'"
That would cause some interesting reactions. Especially from the Hokage, Kakashi and Jiraiya.
"Son of Kushina? Is that your mom's name?" Naruto asked, a bit jealous. He didn't even knew his mother's name.
'...and yours too.' "...yes. She is dead," Tendō declared calmly.
Naruto looked surprised, "...how did she die?" Naruto asked.
Tendō thought for a moment, "she was killed by a missing-nin."
"Missing-nin?" Naruto tried to remember what it is.
"...criminals, exiled shinobi, to put it simply, shinobi who left their villages or forced to leave their villages."
Naruto's eyes lighten up in understanding.
"...by the way, kid. What is your name?" Tendō asked him.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! Future Hokage, dattebayo!" he shouted.
"...what is with the dattebayo?" Tendō asked with a raised eyebrow. "Whatever, pleased to meet you, Naruto-san."
Naruto blinked at the reaction. Usually when he introduced himself, people would look at him in disgust or just ignored him. Some insulted his dream. This guy just accept it without saying anything. Though he did ignore the 'future Hokage' part.
"Hey, sensei, what is your name?" Naruto asked curiously.
Tendō sighed, "...call me Minato." Again, that was a bait for the Hokage and Jiraiya.
First, someone taught Naruto. Second, that someone took him into the Uzumaki Compound. Third, that man introduced himself as Minato. That would raise quite a ruckus.
A ruckus that would be entertaining sight to see.
"Okay, Minato-sensei!" Naruto shouted.
"...I will see you tomorrow, Naruto-san."
"That tomorrow is yesterday," Tendō told the two Paths. "I brought him several books and made him read it." He took out the books and made the Paths to read it.
Gin blinked while Asura sighed. "What happened?" Asura asked, he could imagine the result.
"...well..."
"...Naruto-san, have you really read the books?" Tendō asked.
Naruto nodded, "I did! Really!"
The displaced one sighed, "...then how is it that you failed to answer most of the questions I gave you?"
Naruto blushed but muttered, "...I really read it..."
"...there is no other choice then. I will read through your answers and try to find out what caused this."
Perhaps Naruto could not understand the book well? Perhaps Naruto did not know how to sort through the information?
"But no matter how much I think, I could not find the problem," Tendō said as he sighed tiredly.
Asura sighed, "Master, you are overlooking the greatest problem."
Tendō raised an eyebrow, "...what problem?"
"You are assuming that he could read kanji."
Tendō blinked, "...you mean he can't?" his disbelief causing his pattern to slip once more.
"...generally speaking, Master. Most eleven years old cannot understand the kanji you always read in your books."
Tendō blinked again. And again.
"...really?" he asked, dumbfounded.
"I think, you're the crazy one here. The books ya read are too complicated!" Gin shouted as he threw away the book.
"Watch it! They are important!" Tendō glared at the Human Path.
Asura continued, "in addition, he is not like you, Master. You are able to process both theory and practice easily however, I believe he is more of a practical person. Reading will not help much."
Tendō remembered how Naruto seemed like he was confused as he read. To think that it was because of the kanji, he felt like such a failure. "...so, what am I supposed to do?"
Asura smiled, "train him directly."
"...alright," he nodded.
"Tendō! Let's go shopping," Gedō grabbed him and began to walk towards the village.
"Rin is coming too!" Rin followed Gedō happily.
"...did you both not hear the important discussion Shuradō and I am having?" Tendō asked while being dragged by his Outer Path.
Gedō and Rin simply laughed while singing happily.
"Lyrical! Magical! Destroy them all!"
"It upgraded into destroy?!" Tendō believes that he should at least tsukkomi that part.
And so they walked to the market area. '...how often have I seen this place?' then again, Rin seemed to be more interested in this place rather than seeing scenery.
Today, they saw a stall that were not there yesterday.
"Hey, Mortal God! What's a 'takoyaki'?" Rin asked.
"Call me Tendō," he answered reflexively. Tendō blinked and thought about how to answer, "it is a food using octopus as it's main ingredient. The name roughly meant, grilled octopus."
Rin nodded but her face soon transformed into curiosity once more. "Does that mean it rape girls?"
Tendō and several passersby froze.
"...excuse me, what did you say, Rin?" Tendō asked, believing that he misheard. '...this girl should not even know what that word meant.'
Rin tilted her head, "does takoyaki rape girls?"
Tendō fought hard to keep horrified look appearing on his face. "...Rin dear, where did you heard such a thing?" he asked while trembling.
Rin answered with a happy smile, "from girl Mortal God!"
Tendō turned his head towards Gedō who was trying to escape. "Gedō dear, would you care to explain yourself?" he asked with a kind smile.
Gedō trembled in fear. She knew that the smile can only be compared to the smile a devil had, "I-I don't know what she meant, big brother..."
"But, girl Mortal God! When you read those picture books, you told Us that the octopus is raping the girl!" Rin said while pouting. Seeing nothing wrong with telling the truth.
"...Gedō dear, it appears that I have been too lenient with your reading materials." Gedō shook her head in fear. "Starting today, I will examine each of them thoroughly and throw away anything I deem unimportant."
"NOO! Please no! Honored brother of mine! Please forgive your cute little sister for this mistake! This humble self of mine plead you, please do not throw away my happiness!" Gedō knelt and placed her head on the ground.
"...to think that you even did a dogeza for them," Tendō sighed. "...I will not throw away your books." Gedō raised her head, she could not believe that Tendō would forgive her. "However, starting from now you will sleep in Asura's room."
Gedō froze. Her books or rooming with her oniisama. Which one is more important?
"...the fact that you even need to think about that disgust me," Tendō coldly stated. "If I ever hear another foul word coming from Rin's mouth and if you are somehow the source then..."
"Ah Mortal God! Is this the S play that girl Mortal God told Us?" Tendō froze and turned towards Rin. Gedō also froze but not out of surprise. She was in deep enough fear to paralyze her.
"...can you explain what you mean, Rin?" Tendō asked, fighting hard to keep his voice level.
"Girl Mortal God showed Us a book with two men whipping and insulting each other. She said it's love and they are playing S!" Tendō turned towards Gedō and Gedō could almost see the Amaterasu-tomoe began shining. "Will you play S with Us too, Mortal God?"
This time, Tendō and Gedō were paralyzed by surprise. "...what?" was all that Tendō could utter.
Rin grinned, "Our Game have Us hurting each other right? Does that mean you love Us and playing S with Us?"
Tendō could feel the stares of the villagers at them.
"The sister is a pervert and the brother is a lolicon..." he heard.
"...a family of pervert. I pity that little girl..." he could feel his sanity breaking.
"...the worst..." finally he could not hold it anymore.
He wordlessly grabbed Rin and Gedō and returned to their inn.
"...Gedō dearest, you will sleep outside," Tendō said as he dropped her at the gate of the inn. Gedō was about to open her mouth to protest when he continued. "Do not worry. The ashes of your books will join you shortly."
Hearing that Gedō screamed, full of despair and agony.
That night, Tendō went to Konoha to train Naruto.
After hearing Naruto talk about his day, Tendō sighed as he stared at Naruto.
"...you said that you made a jutsu?" he asked. Naruto nodded happily. "Can you show me, then?"
Naruto grinned, "take this, sensei! Oiroke no jutsu!" (Sexy Technique) smoke filled the area.
Hearing the technique name was enough to make Tendō's eyebrow twitch. After dealing with Gedō's antics, he did not need this.
The smoke dissipated revealing a naked blond twin-tailed girl with smoke covering 'her' private parts.
"...I see," was all he said. Then he noticed something strange. '...there are chakra all over 'her' body. Far thicker than usual transformation.'
He grabbed the hair and pulled. "Ow! Sensei, it hurts!" ...the voice also changed.
"...a transformation? No, it is not the same..." he muttered. Normal henge would have dispelled the moment he did that. However, Naruto's chakra was thick enough to allow him keep the transformation even after being hurt.
"Sensei! Let my hair go!" Naruto, or he should say, 'Naruko' yelled.
Tendō sighed, "...I find that sort of technique to be quite... disturbing." Naruto seemed depressed hearing that. "However, I can see the use of such technique. It can still be improved." Naruto cheered up a bit and blinked hearing the last part.
"First, the face, make it more feminine. I will show you my sister face later. Second, rather than a naked girl, it would be more distracting to have a girl wearing outfits that slightly reveal the private areas, enticing and distracting the target more."
Naruto blinked, "...sensei, are you a pervert?"
"You are the last person I want to hear that from!" Tendō smacked Naruto's head. "...honestly, you are very similar to my sister..."
"Your sister, sensei?" Naruto asked, curious about 'Minato's' family.
"Here, I will show you," he transformed into Gedō, making sure to match his voice with hers. "Yo, so you're that Naruto kid my brother's been speaking about," he said in Gedō's voice.
Then he dispelled the transformation. "That is how my sister looks and acts."
Naruto looked at his sensei in awe, "that's so cool sensei! You totally acted different!"
Tendō chuckled, "this would be a good chance for training. Naruto, I want to speak with you about how the villagers are treating you."
Naruto seemed taken aback by the sudden subject change. "...what about it?" he asked, "I'll change how they look at me when I become a Hokage!"
Tendō sighed, "...as I expected, your reason to become a Hokage is pathetic." Naruto looked outraged. He stopped the boy from shouting by holding up his hand. "While your goal to become a Hokage is acceptable, your reason is not. It is almost impossible for someone not respected to become a Hokage."
Naruto frowned, "then what am I supposed to do?!" he asked.
"...I do not know," Tendō answered. "Rather than seeking the villagers' approval, why do you not seek other people's approval."
"Other people?" Naruto asked, confused by his sensei's words.
"For an example, other villages," Tendō suggested, watching his reaction.
"No way! If I did that it's like I'm running away from them!" Tendō sighed. As he had expected, part of it came from a childish 'can't run away' behavior.
"...is that so? Then you are welcome to try. However, you must find something to fight for before trying to become a Hokage."
Naruto thought for a moment, "what about you, sensei? What did you fight for?"
Tendō closed his Eyes, thinking about Yuya, his mother, the Paths, his friends and recently, Rin. "...my family and friends," he stated.
Naruto hang his head, "...I don't have family or friends..."
Tendō blinked, "...you mean, we are not friends?" he asked.
Naruto snapped his head quickly towards his sensei. Seeing his sensei's smile made Naruto return it with a grin. "You're my friend, sensei?"
Tendō chuckled, "...do you think I will train you if you are not?"
Naruto laughed happily. 'I have a friend!' he shouted in his mind.
Seeing Naruto's happiness, Tendō began to think. '...is that technique of his merely a prank? Or is it because he wants to see someone like him? Someone who he could pretend to think as sister?' he could see that. In fact, if not because of his Paths, he would have made clones of Yuya and his mother to avoid going insane in this world.
"Anyway, about how the villagers treated you," Tendō said, returning to the subject after he saw Naruto calming down. "I saw how they forbid you to enter the library and multiple other places. That is why you should use that jutsu. Make a fake persona, fake identity. Pretend that you are someone else."
"How?" Naruto asked.
"For an example, you saw my sister right? Try transforming into her. With clothes," he felt the need to add the last part.
Naruto nodded and transformed. Where he stood was a near-perfect copy of Gedō, just a bit of mistake on the face's shape. It was slightly chubbier than Gedō's. The clothes 'she' wore was a simple white shirt and skirt.
"...good enough, I suppose. However, the clothes need to be more unique. Next we will need a fake name," Tendō stated.
Naruto thought for a moment, "...sensei, can I use your mother's name?" he asked tentatively.
Tendō nodded. 'This would be amusing.' "Sure, you can use her name, Kushina."
Naruto grinned happily.
"Before you start using the persona, we need to work on your acting first. Your behavior, your speech patterns, your personality."
And thus, the night was spent training Naruto in acting.
The next day, a boy with blond hair and red eyes walked with a girl with red hair and red eyes.
"Alright Kushina-chan, let us explore Konoha, shall we?" the boy asked.
"Let's go, Minato-kun!" the girl nodded happily.
'This should be amusing,' 'Minato' thought with a chuckle. He could not wait to see the reaction of Konoha seeing them.
"Excuse me, can we order a ramen here?" 'Kushina' asked as 'she' and Minato entered the Ichiraku Ramen.
"Yes, coming rig-" Teuchi froze seeing the two. Then he noticed that their eyes were both red and shook the images of his two past best customers.
"What would you be having?" Ayame asked as she served them.
"What do you think, Kushina-chan?" 'Minato' asked, intentionally calling 'her' name. He hid his smirk as Teuchi froze.
"I think a shio ramen will be good, Minato-kun!" hearing that Teuchi paled.
'Those names! She even likes the same ramen as her...' Teuchi looked at the two closely as they talked with each other.
"Fine, two shio ramen please," 'Minato' ordered.
"Alright, two shio ramen coming right up!" Ayame shouted to her dad but then blinked, "what's wrong dad?"
"N-No, it's fine."
He continued to watch the two as they ate.
'Minato' and 'Kushina' continued to walk through village, with 'Minato' making sure that 'Kushina' was hugging his arm.
"Why do I have to do this?" Naruto asked while training.
"Because in your false identity, you are my girlfriend. It will add more credibility," was the excuse he gave.
"NARUTO!" they heard a yell. 'Kushina' froze.
"Do not worry, Kushina-chan, I believe they mistook me for this Naruto," 'Minato' said to 'her', pretending to not know Naruto.
"Naruto, who's that girl?!" a girl 'Minato' recognized as Sakura asked.
'Minato' blinked, "excuse me, I believe you mistook me for someone else."
"Don't give me that!" she shouted.
The girl beside her, Yamanaka Ino patted her shoulder. "Sakura, his eyes are red. That's not Naruto."
Sakura blinked but then realized the differences when she saw his eyes. "Ah! I'm sorry! I mistook you for my classmate!" she bowed.
'Minato' waved his hand, "no, it is fine. But it appears that you startled my girlfriend here," he motioned towards 'Kushina'. Who managed to recover but watched the two girls warily.
"Girlfriend?" Ino smiled, "that's so romantic!"
'Minato' and 'Kushina' gave a small smile, well a shaky one in 'Kushina's' case.
"Indeed, I must say I love her very much. I do not believe that I managed to be with someone as wonderful as Kushina-chan here," 'Minato' said as he looked towards 'Kushina' with love.
'Kushina' smiled, "no, Minato-kun. I should be the one saying that. Thank you for what you've done for me..."
Seeing that the girls went 'kyaah!' and blushed.
'Minato' saw Kakashi some distance away, watching them with pure shock in his eye. It appears that he heard them. 'Minato' smirked as he got an idea.
"Hey there, Kakashi!" he greeted the jōnin.
Kakashi stared at the boy, noticing his eyes color, the shinobi tensed. "You are not Minato-sensei. Who are you?"
'Minato' smirked, "...what makes you think I am not?"
Kakashi disappeared and reappeared behind 'Minato'. The girls gasped seeing Kakashi pulling out a kunai.
Just before Kakashi used the blunt end of the kunai to knock 'Minato' out, he was blocked by another kunai. A certain kunai.
"...do you need anymore proof?" 'Minato' asked as the three pronged kunai blocked Kakashi's kunai. Then he formed a Rasengan and slammed it into shocked Kakashi's stomach.
Kakashi slammed on a wall. He could not believe it, it was the Rasengan. The technique only his sensei and some others should know.
He tried to stand, trying to look at the ghost of his sensei once more. He froze when he saw a kunai, that kunai, near his covered eye.
"...why didn't you raise him? I saw how he was treated. I am angry Kakashi. Angry at myself for believing in this village. Angry at myself for believing you and Jiraiya-sensei." 'Minato' stated, intentionally emphasizing the word to make it clear who he meant.
Kakashi were not able to say anything. 'Minato' sighed, a sigh full of disappointment that deeply hurt Kakashi. He simply stared brokenly as 'Minato' took 'Kushina's' hand and walked away from him, without once looking back.
"What was that, Minato-kun?" 'Kushina' whispered.
'Minato' smiled sadly, "...just a small prank. That is all."
'Kushina' blinked, "...a prank?"
After that, 'Minato' and 'Kushina' visited lots of places, from library, clothing shops, weapon shops and many others.
That day, Hatake Kakashi and many other people from Konoha claimed to have seen the ghosts of the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
"That was fun!" Naruto said with a grin as he checked the bags for the clothes he bought.
Tendō blinked, "...yeah, it was." Naruto looked at him, worried. "it was the first time I did a prank. I must admit, it was interesting..."
Naruto grinned, "we should do that again sometime, Minato-sensei!"
Tendō chuckled. '...it would be difficult. If we did that again, the shinobi would have captured us. Especially after what I did to Kakashi...' Then again, now the jōnin might actually train Naruto even if Naruto is not his genin.
"Let us return to training, Naruto-kun. This time, we will start training your battle techniques. Starting from taijutsu."
Chapter end.