'Thinking'

"Talking"

"Talking in mind-scape"

'Demon Thinking'

"Demon Talking"


Chapter 27: Training starts? ?

'Ne, Kurama, what do you think about the training ?'

"I'd say you list all the things you want to learn, we priorities them, and then we work around that."

'That's not a bad idea'

"Don't refrain at first, list all the things."

'Well, I think I'll have a clone to do it, so I can find Anko-nee and talk with her about it.'

"Make 5 instead, and have them work together, discussing all the things, that way you'll have a better idea of what you really want."

Naruto created five clones who went all in the same direction, just before an Anbu appeared by his side.

"Uzumaki Naruto, Hokage-sama request your presence"

"Hai." Naruto replied. "Can you..."

The man was gone in a swirl of leaves before he could ask.

'I'll have to add this Shunshin to the list...'

He changed direction to head towards the Hokage tower.


"Hey, Shino!" Naruto called out to his teammate walking in the same street "How was the training with Hayate-sensei?"

"Good, he showed me some drills I could do to improve with my tanto. What are you doing?"

"Jiji said that I should be looking for a peep around an onsen..."

Shino did not reply in word, he just lifted his eyebrow.

"Yeah, I know, it's weird. I spent two hours in or around onsens without finding a clue."

"Two hours in an onsen?"

"Not really two hours in an onsen, more like one hour searching around five onsens, and one hour inside five onsens..."

Shino lifted both eyebrows.

"Never been cleaner in my life" Naruto sighed saying this.

"Being clean is not a bad thing"

"Not what I'm saying, but I feel like my skin is getting thinner and thinner as I rub it. I swear if I don't find him fast, I'll have no skin left."

Shino emitted a small sound, like some sort of a small laugh.