In his room, Jin has two cups of tea placed on a round table where he and Kakashi will be seating for their discussion of their respective students. He has an ice pack on his left jaw from the punch he got from Naruto for insulting Noel. In fact, he got a lot of these from the knucklehead ninja all for insulting her.
"So, Kakashi, let's start with Sasuke. He left the Hidden Leaf because he was jealous of Naruto and his obsession with revenge against his older brother, Itachi, am I right?" he started.
"Very good deduction, Jin. You're right," the copy ninja confirmed the statement. "I'm guessing Tsubaki went through the same case when it comes to being jealous of Noel, and her obsession with being your secretary."
"That's make them alike, and they will have to take responsibility for their actions during their defection. Now, tell me the tale of Sasuke Uchiha regarding on how he ended up doing like what Tsubaki just did."
In her room, Tsubaki has turned back to normal from being Izayoi and takes a shower. Dressed in her nightgown, she goes to Sasuke, her blue eyes locked on to his black eyes.
"Looking good, Tsubaki," the Uchiha complimented with no emotion.
"Thank you, Sasuke," the redhead blushed upon hearing this and sits down on her bed. "Now, tell me the story of how did you defect from the Hidden Leaf and went back to fight for it against Madara?"
"If you want to hear this as a bedtime story, I guess I should tell you about it."
Sasuke has told Tsubaki of how he defected from the Hidden Leaf Village after being defected by Itachi, and with the fact that he became jealous of how Naruto has more progress than him. The second statement reminded her of how she defected to NOL due to her jealousy of Noel getting everything she wanted, including the position of being Jin's secretary. He told her of how he's becoming stronger under Orochimaru's apprenticeship, but he got rid of him after he no longer feels to be trained by him. With much power, he finally killed Itachi, but learned the truth from Tobi, the leader of the Akatsuki, of how his brother murdered the Uchiha clan under the orders of the Leaf elders, so instead of coming back there as Itachi expected him to do, he allied with Tobi to get revenge against the village. He killed Danzo Shimura, one of the elders, and is about to head to the village until he was confronted by his former team. He swore to settle the score with Naruto during the Fourth Great Ninja War, but he encountered Itachi, who was revived by the Reanimation Jutsu, and teamed up with him against Kabuto. Some of his brother's words somehow reasoned him to revive Orochimaru, who in turn revives the four previous Hokages, for answers on his path. After the First Hokage told him the story of what a village and its fate, Sasuke made his choice to fight in the war against Madara to defend the Leaf, and through that, he reunites himself with his former team for that reason. Thus, his story concludes.
"That's a very good story," Tsubaki complimented.
"Yeah, but the only difference between us when it comes to reconciling with the team we deserted is that for me, it's my own will while for you, it's done by me," Sasuke explained.
"True, but it's thanks to you, Sasuke, that I'm able to walk the same path as you."
"Yeah, and I have plans to become Hokage so that no one will ever screw up everyone's lives, including mine."
They paused for a while before Sasuke realizes something.
"Tsubaki, I got a gift for you that I've been hiding up until now," he stated.
"What is it?" the redhead asked.
Sasuke got up from her bed and goes to a wall where there is a hidden compartment in it that Tsubaki didn't even bother to check it. As he gives the wrapped gift to her, its shape is a short sword.
Wait, this couldn't be, Tsubaki wondered as if she knows what the gift is. Opening it, it is a short sword with the word 'eternal' written on it.
"This is the Eternal Sealed Weapon Izayoi. Where did you get this?" she asked.
"Let's just say that I had a deep look into your family house before the mission we did together a few years ago, and I had to be sure you had backup in case you might you lose your light if you use the Izayoi too much," Sasuke explained and her in concern. "Besides, I don't want you to lose your sight from using that weapon too much like how I almost did when I used my Mangekyo Sharingan too much."
Tsubaki is touched by his compassion; she is aware that he's a jerk, but has a heart of gold, seeing his behavior is similar to Jin's. She then hugs him.
"Thank you, Sasuke, for bring this wonderful gift to me. Because of this, I'm planning to become the new Imperator so that no one will get another war ever again. Besides, I hate wars."
After her hug, they look at each other with their normal eyes. They close their eyes as their lips collided with each other, kissing each other. This event has turned them into a couple. Then, they fall into her bed as they drifted to sleep.
While Sakura and Mokoto are already fast asleep, Naruto and Noel are having a conversation with each other.
"Look at you, Noel. You're so beauty, inside and outside," the former sits on her bed.
"Why, thank you, Naruto," the latter blushes on the compliment while sitting on her bed next to him.
"Tell me, did Jin called you 'trash' before I come here?"
"As a matter of fact, yes. He did it two times; one was when he said about resenting me in the first place, and two was when I asked him about the power of 'Observe'."
"I thought so..."
"Despite this, he has his concern. In other words, he says a lot of mean things, but he's stopping like a jerk to me."
Thinking of what she said, it reminded Naruto of his relationship with Kakashi, and this is one of the things that makes the two blonds the same.
Moving on to the next topic, he takes a deep breath before starting to say the next thing in his mind.
"So, are you just gonna let Jin get away with him calling you 'trash'?" he asked.
"N-No, of course not!" Noel replied quickly before realizing what she just said. "You heard what I just said?"
"Yeah," was Naruto's reply.
"I got a confession to make. Did you know Major Kisaragi hates me because I resemble his sister, Saya?"
"Yes, what about it?"
"I hate him back, that's what," the blonde girl replied to get her true feelings out. Naruto felt surprised by this; then again, she is like him when it reminded him of how he hates the entire Hidden Leaf Village for the cruel treatment they gave him for having the Nine-Tails living inside him. "If I killed him as revenge for the times he mistreated me, including calling me 'trash', then I could have been exactly like what Tsubaki had become before Sasuke turned her back to our side."
"I see... To tell you the truth, I had the same thing as well."
"Huh? You do?"
"Tell me, did you know everyone in the Hidden Leaf Village used to hate me because of the Nine-Tails living inside me?" Naruto explained while emphasizing in 'used to'. "The truth is, I hated them right back. If I killed the entire village as revenge for the times they treated me badly, I could have been exactly like Sasuke, who had this goal because he learned the truth that his brother, Itachi, killed the entire Uchiha clan under the orders of the Leaf."
"I see..."
"Anyway, do you want to get payback on Jin for the times he mistreated you, including calling you 'trash'?"
"After I had to admit my true feelings about this, yes."
"Good, here's what you do tomorrow morning..." Naruto started to whisper to Noel's ear at the idea.
Back to Kakashi and Jin in the latter's room...
"I see," the latter said in an understanding tone once the former concluded the story of Sasuke. "So, that makes him and Tsubaki are alike. Anyway, those two need to take responsibility for their actions."
"Yeah, but Sasuke doesn't care if everyone in the Leaf would think of him negatively or not," Kakashi puts his cup of tea to the table after a drink.
"Anyway, can I see your face?" Jin asked.
The copy ninja then agreed to his request. Putting his left hand to the mask, he takes it off, and the blond man gets the chance to see it. In fact, he is the only one who gets to see what Kakashi's face is like without his mask on, and neither of their students could see it. Even if they successfully removed it, he has a second mask.
"Same face as ever..." the Major complimented with a smile.
The two then started to get some sleep after this conversation.
In Noel's room, Naruto has finished telling her the plan to retaliate on Jin for the times she has been mistreated by him, including the times he insulted her by calling her 'trash'.
"You got everything I said?" the blond ninja asked.
"Yeah, I got it," was her reply, then changes the topic. "Since you now have control of the Nine-Tails, I wish I have control of Mu-12."
"Well, your wish shall be granted," a creepy voice stated, and the two see a black monstrous being entering the room. It suddenly knocks the two out in one blow.