It was an ordinary day in Konohagakure no Sato or the famous Hidden Leaf Village and despite signs of the destruction caused by the attempted Suna-Oto still present, the arrival of Senju Tsunade as the Godaime Hokage had help boost up the morale of both the villagers and the shinobi body and as such, reconstruction efforts have been progressing quickly than expected. But as people from all walks of life currently mind their own business as they all traverse together in the busy streets, a group of three Konoha Academy students were see walking with a hint of boredom.
"Man, talking about suspending classes today, I wanted to go see boss right now," Sarutobi Konohamaru, the leader of the infamous Konohamaru Corps, said as he puts his hands behind his head.
"Mou, I want to rest now but I have no complaints over seeing Naruto-nii-chan right now," Kazamatsuri Moegi, the second and lone female member, agreed.
"R-Right…" Ise Udon, the third member of Team Ebisu, nodded as he himself wanted something to do for the day.
Quickly, they ran straight to the apartment where Konohamaru knows that his 'boss' is living. After landing in front of the rather dilapidated door, Konohamaru knocked while shouting 'Hey boss! It's me' but to their dismay, no one was answering.
"Maybe he's in a mission with his team and that weird sensei," Moegi voiced out.
Konohamaru waved it off, "I just saw that ugly pinkhead with a flatboard chest chasing Naruto-nii-chan's other teammate from the hospital, probably to bug him on a date or whatever it is." It was followed by a disgusted face from the grandson of the Hokage. "And since there is a new Hokage in town, Naruto-nii-chan should be free by now but…"
Suddenly, Udon decided to try and see if the door was locked and to his surprise, it wasn't locked.
"Seriously, how lame can Naruto-nii-chan be?" Moegi mocked as the trio decided to go inside and find their big brother in hopes of trying to goad him to play ninja with them but to their disappointment, there was no sign of the blonde and his trademark orange suit although they were greeted with stacked cups of what probably are instant ramen noodles.
"That's it!" Konohamaru was fired up. "Let's prank boss instead and make this place a mess!"
Moegi, however, vehemently opposed that idea and while the two were bickering over it, Udon was busy strolling at the area when suddenly, he accidentally stepped on a banana peeling and slid all the way to cabinet.
Thud!
"Udon-chan!" Moegi, upon hearing the loud bang in the wood, stopped fighting with Konohamaru and ran towards their teammate, who had a small lump in his scalp. "Are you alright?"
"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. I-I just slipped…that's all…" The megane stuttered as he felt a throbbing headache come by. The girl was about to help his snot-nosed teammate when suddenly, Konohamaru heard something that was coming from the cabinet which just collided with Udon's head.
"H-Hey, guys, did you hear that?" The spiky-haired boy pointed at the wooden cabinet.
"Y-Yeah," Moegi nodded, somewhat spooked, "It looks like there is something behind the wooden closet that it's loud."
After some few more minutes of deciding if they should investigate it, they decided to open the wooden cabinet out of sheer curiosity and when they did, they were surprised that not only was the wooden cabinet empty but it had a small but almost hidden wooden door that was forcibly opened, more likely by the collision just moments ago.
His curiosity not spiked, Konohamaru decided to quickly jumped inside the cabinet to check what's behind the secret passage and once he inspected it, he exclaimed, "Woah! Naruto-nii-chan must have a lots of juice secrets for him to actually hide in behind a closet! Why else would he need a ladder for it?!"
Now, the rest of the Konohamaru Squad can't help but feel stunned at what their teammate said as they all decided to find out what secrets their big brother in all but blood is hiding by quickly climbing in the ladder and after reaching the top, Konohamaru then saw another wooden door and decided to open it, it lead the three to a somewhat sizable room or attic that Naruto never mentioned to them before and seeing a switch, they turned it on to see that unlike downstairs, this secret room of Naruto was very tidy and well-neat as they can see a large and weird table with a machine and cable wires that is unlike anything that they have seen before.
"I see a guitar…a piano…and…some music notes?" Konohamaru can't help but rummage over the belongings of his blonde boss.
"Neh…neh…Konohamaru-chan, look at this!" The mentioned boy turned his head to see Moegi holding what looked like a disc with a hole in the middle. "Naruto-nii-chan has a lot of these things, in fact! What should we do?"
Konohamaru then stroked his chin as he began to think what they should do with this discovery. "Ah, I know…"
Less than five minutes later, the Konohamaru Corps were seen getting out of the apartment with two large bags and one large black case.
Ever since taking up the mantle of the Hokage some few days ago, Tsunade had noticed that Uzumaki Naruto has been absent even while his teammates and sensei Hatake Kakashi and Haruno Sakura had been busy in keeping watch with Uchiha Sasuke, the lone survivor of the infamous Uchiha Clan Downfall and right now, had just got out of the hospital.
I'll just have to ask Kakashi about that brat's unexplained absences. Tsunade sighed as she glanced at teams 7, 8 9, and 10, who are now in front of the newly-instated Godaime Hokage and the third Senju to become one. Kakashi, as usual, is busy reading his Icha-Icha books while Yuuhi Kurenai, Sarutobi Asuma and the green-clad Maito Gai are standing in rest while the rookies are busy chatting with one another. She frowned as she saw that not one of them, except for a certain Hyuuga heiress, looked worried or even concerned for the absence of the blonde jinchuuriki as they were either not giving any shit about Naruto at all or they're concerned about him but did not even dare to ask. In particular, she was ready to strangle both Sakura, who was eyeing the Uchiha like some piece of a barbeque meat but she repressed herself.
"Okay, Teams 7, 8, 9, and 10, we'll hold off any missions for now until the situation stabilizes and the reconstruction of the village is finally complete. Use your spare time wisely while you don't have anything to do," the whole group nodded while Tsunade composes herself as she then brought up her question that is nagging her the whole time. "Okay, one last thing! Where the hell is that brat Uzumaki?! Ever since he dragged back my sorry ass in this village, I rarely or better yet, never saw him around!"
Everyone in the four teams looked around with each other as if trying to ask if they know what happened to their ball of sunshine before Kakashi cut in and sighed, "Well…you see Hokage-sama, the day after he manage to convince you to come back, he asked permission from me to not join our team practices for a month. He claimed that he needed to focus his attention on something."
Tsunade raised his eyebrows on that one, "And that's it?"
But before anyone can reply, the doors suddenly burst open as the Konohamaru Corps, who looked as if they were chased by a rabid dog, suddenly came rushing inside. Asuma noticed his nephew dragging what looked like a large blue sack containing something heavy, judging by the little struggle Konohamaru had to pull the large sack.
"Hokage-sama, looked what we found!" Moegi exclaimed with glee as she was also holding a similar large blue bag while Udon was carrying a large box-like case.
"Is that supposed to be a prank or a result of you playing ninja with the brat? Because it's not funny!" Tsunade growled, irritated that Team Ebisu decided to barge in at a serious time like this.
Konohamaru merely rolled his eyes at the new Hokage as he then opens the large bag and quickly, the stacks of the compacts discs were immediately strewn on the floor, "Uhm, Konohamaru, what are those and where did you get that?"
"From the instructions that was stacked neatly, it says that they are called Compact Discs or CDs," Konohamaru explained. "And since we're finding boss, we ended up stumbling upon his secret vault containing this objects."
Kakashi blinked at that. "We're talking about the same Naruto, aren't we? The one whose home is strewn with ramen and that subtlety isn't even present in his vocabulary?" If anything, it didn't sound like him.
"That's what we thought too, Kakashi-san," Udon explained as he takes out what looked like a small flat screen and some type of a machine. "But we just found it at his attic and we're even shocked to see him having like these strange things."
Now, this somewhat piqued not only the interest of the blonde Senju but also the rest of the Genin teams present as they gathered around the three academy students as Udon seemed to be setting up the whole machine while reading what looked like instructions about how to use the strange equipment that Naruto hides, "I'm wondering what the hell are these objects? And how did Naruto, of all people out there, even have these belongings? I should have known it firsthand…" Kakashi wondered as he held a CD in his hand.
Every genin are also looking at the stacks of CDs as they were all wondering if the blonde sunshine was merely playing a prank on them with this one. Asuma then decided to inspect one of the CDs and the moment he closely read the rather small inscriptions, he then said it aloud, "These CDs looked to be containing some musical stuff…"
"Musical stuff?" Kurenai sounded confused. "Why would a bunch of these so-called musical CDs be at Naruto's apartment?"
"This is odd indeed, my youthful friend," Gai agreed.
"Oi, Konohamaru," Asuma called out his nephew, who just finished plugging in the jacks in the machine. "What else did you find in this alleged vault that you said it's Naruto's secrets?"
"Well…we also saw a piano set, a guitar, and some musical notes," Konohamaru replied, not even looking at his uncle.
"Then there's two possibilities with this," Asuma drawled, "It's either Naruto bought these discs from somewhere or…he actually made these himself..."
Silence was all the followed in response to what the son of the recently deceased Sandaime Hokage said until…
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Kiba and almost all of the rookies burst out laughing all of a sudden.
"W-What's so funny?" Hinata asked them, after they calmed down.
"Hinata, this is the loser Naruto we're talking here," Ino replied as if it was oblivious, "That moron probably couldn't make music if his life depended on it. He already messes up most of the time."
"As great as Naruto-baka's enthusiasm is Hinata, I agree with Ino. I can't just imagine him making these kinds of stuff," Sakura spoke. "Right, Sasuke-kun?"
"Hn."
"Well…who knows?" Neji shrugged. "He might actually surprise us like how he did in the Chuunin Exams."
"Yeah! I'm sure Naruto-nii-chan will sing great as well!" Konohamaru leap up to the defense of his boss.
"Troublesome blonde might be a decent singer," Shikamaru gave his two cents of the situation.
"But this is far different from fighting," Tenten replied. "I'm pretty sure it's going to sound awful anyway."
"That's so unyouthful, Tenten! I—"
"SILENCE!" Tsunade shouted as she slammed her hands into their heads, sending them to the floor, "It's bad enough that right now, Naruto isn't with us. Regardless if it's good or not, Konohamaru, since you're the one who seems to know how to use this weird machine, go ahead and play one CD." The blonde woman told the younger Sarutobi.
Konohamaru nodded and, after a few minutes of checking if he put the speaker as instructed by the manual, he then opens the CD drive and put in one disc.
As soon as Konohamaru had set up everything according to the manual, most of the genin plus Kakashi and Kurenai had a look in their faces that tells that they're expecting whatever awful noise that is going to be heard.
However, instead of something that sounded like someone had accidentally swallowed a lump of wet cement, it sounded like a guitar was being strummed.
"Huh…" Everyone was confused until they the video flashed to see Naruto sitting in what looked like a studio room. In contrast to what he usually wears as a ninja, the Naruto that they were watching right now is wearing a plain white t-shirt with a golden chain in his neck, black jeans, and rubber shoes. He also had a headset and a microphone in front of him while it was revealed that he was the one strumming the instrument. And before they can comment on this new Naruto, the singing had started.
Ano toki kanjita kotoba ni dekinai ketsurakukan
Tada suki de itakatta na no ni
Todokanai omoi wa boku no chikara ga tarinakatta sei
Nido to kurikaesanai tame ni mo
Magenai kakugo dake de futatabi arukidashita
"What?! That's Naruto?!" Ino was shocked by the unexpected voice they are hearing right now. She wouldn't admit it right now but it was amazing and beautiful in her eyes. The others were just as shocked and amazed as well.
Tatoe donna michi demo boku wa boku no omoide
Kitto mitsukeru to kitto tadoritsuku to
Torimodoshitai kokoro kara no yorokobi e
Mayowanai to kimeyou kujikenai to chikaou
Akirameru no wa mada hayai tte kimeru no wa jibun da
"How can the dobe sing like that?!" Kiba screamed, not wanting to believe what he is hearing and seeing right now. "I refuse to accept this—"
"Shhh!" Everyone hushed the Inuzuka to stay quiet.
Nani ka wo dore dake shinjirareta kana nante iu no wa
Ato ni natte wakaru koto de
Dekireba omoitsuku kanousei zenbu to
Mukiau kurai de nakucha kitto kawaranai
Zutto sagashiteta boku ga tatakaitai basho
Kyou wo omoikiri nakama to atsuku nareru basho
Everyone was surprised by the sudden show of talent that Naruto is showing. How come I didn't know this?! Kakashi thought.
"I had to admit…it sounded so good and calming…" Kurenai probably had to reevaluate again the blonde in her standards.
Koko ni korete yokatta akiramenaide yokatta
Shouri ka ureshii sonna atarimae de
Kakegai nai mabushisa e to fumidaseru
Kantan ni wa ikanai dakedo mou hitori janai
Kono pasu no saki onaji omoi ga chikara wo kurerunda
"I told you that Naruto is going to surprise us once again…" Neji said while impressed with his vocal chords.
Yume mitai demo ii boku ga shinjiyou
Itsuka tsuyoku naritakute gamushara datta no hibi no mama
Koko de
Hinata was secretly enjoying the song as she found herself moving her hips.
Tatoe donna michi demo boku wa boku no omoide
Kitto mitsukeru to kitto tadoritsuku to
Torimodoshitai kokoro kara no yorokobi e
Kantan ni wa ikanai dakedo mou hitori janai
Akirameru no wa mada hayai tte kimeru no wa jibun da
Lalala
The shinobis present were all gawking as the song finishes. All are silent as they bask at the rather beautiful ending of the song.
"Th-That was Naruto?" Chouji asked, his ripping of the bag of potato chips shattering the silence.
"Seems like I was wrong again about Naruto…" Tenten sighed.
"When did he even find all the time to do all these singing stuff?" Shikamaru asked. "Usually, he's always either training to become the Hokage, eating like a pig in the Ichiraku Ramen bar, or in a mission with his team."
"Milady…" Suddenly, Shizune cut in. "May I pick the next CD for us to play…"
"Su-Sure, Shizune…"
As the student of Tsunade moves in to try and choose a CD of her choice, an unexpected visitor suddenly arrived at the scene. "And Jiraiya, since when did you get here?" Tsunade turns her face to see her fellow sannin Jiraiya the Toad Sage smiling rather perversely as he was standing at the frames of the window in her office.
"Mah…mah…Tsunade-hime, I was just about to report to you for my progress in my spy networks when I chanced upon all of you listening to the gaki's secret talent for music," Jiraiya explained as he landed on the floor. "And never in a million years did I event think that Naruto can actually kill it with his heavenly voice, much less hear him use a guitar."
Jiraiya then looked at Shizune, who was finished choosing a CD among the stacks of discs, "So Shizune, what do we have right now?"
"It's a disc entitled "Only Look at Me" and the weird thing is…" She then raises up the disc for everyone to see. "There are strange letters besides the original Kanji title. What interested me is that not only this is just somewhat new as it is dated three days ago but that some of the CDs are labelled either "Native Tongue" or "Foreign Tongue"…"
"The first music that we played is labelled Native Tongue so…" Udon muttered but he was heard by everyone anyway.
"So does that mean that Naruto had actually songs written in languages other than what we speak right now?!" Kiba yelled in disbelief. "Not only does it contradicts what we know about Naruto, I haven't heard a single language that is different from all over the Elemental Nations!"
"Can we just continue listening to his songs, troublesome dog?" Shikamaru made him keep quiet. "Besides, Naruto already made everything troublesome so I won't be surprised if he learned a thing or two about foreign languages and music and if he claims that he learned it from outside the elemental regions, then I guessed I won't actually be surprised anymore."
"B-But this is Naruto we're talking about!" Sakura exclaimed, still unable to comprehend everything she's learning right now about her teammate. "He barely had passing grades in Kanji and…"
"Can we just listen to the next song?" Sasuke decided to speak now before the pinkette continues her rambling. While he would not show it, he himself was actually a bit interested in hearing his music as he can't help but admit that he actually had the talent for making songs. "I don't want our time being wasted."
Shizune then handed over the CD to Konohamaru, who inserted it on the player, and as soon as he pressed the playing button, the screen then flashed another video. This time, Naruto was sitting on a sofa while wearing the same clothes that he was wearing in the first video. While they can't tell what setting it is, they can say that the place isn't somewhere they are familiar with.
"Good morning to our fans in Singapore! Uzumaki Naruto of the Three G-Kings reporting to you," Naruto greeted respectfully in his introductory video. "We're looking forward for our next concert to be held in Marina Bay and me, Ricky Hsiao of Taiwan, and Kim Min-goo of Korea, will be looking forward to meet you all! By the way, I have released a new single entitled "Only Look at Me" as wish granted for my Korean fans who wanted me to make a Korean song. And don't worry, for my fans in China and in Japan plus the Elemental Continent, there's a subtitle in Hokkien, Mandarin, Cantonese, and lastly, Nihonggo, my native tongue. So to all Koreans, annyeonghaseyo!"
"Okay, Konohamaru, pause it!" Tsunade ordered, prompting the boy to stop the video. "Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai, Asuma, write every detail that he said that can help us pinpoint where exactly is Naruto right now!"
"I'm writing it down now, Tsunade-sama," Kurenai replied as she had a piece of notebook and was writing down everything that was heard in the introductory part.
"But man, who knew that Naruto can be prim and proper if he puts effort on it," Chouji said as he bites his potato chips.
"I know right," Shikamaru said as he narrows his eyes towards the Naruto that they are seeing right now in the video. "Plus, what he said right now just proves that he made all of these music stuff outside of the Elemental Continent."
"It's weird seeing Naruto act like that…" Ino muttered and for some reason, she felt some sort of attraction towards the blonde in the video.
Once Kurenai had written down everything, Konohamaru then proceeded to continue playing the video and in a flash, an image of Naruto, now wearing a black shirt, and a brunette girl who seemed to be around their age speaking to each other through a device that they didn't know what it is. The said girl was wearing a beanie and had golden-brown eyes while wearing a plain white shirt and shorts.
"I had to admit. She looks so pretty!" Ino gasped as they watched Naruto and the girl laugh and chat. His smile is also genuine there, unlike how he speaks with us. Kakashi thought as he suddenly felt some sort of guilt in not being able to watch over his deceased sensei's son.
"The brat had good taste for girls," Jiraiya smirked, with all male senseis agreeing with what he said.
"Yeah…unlike the pink flat-chest over there…" Konohamaru whispered to himself.
The scene then shifted to Naruto sitting in a table in what looked like a restaurant while he seemed to be waiting for the girl he had just spoken to. A few seconds later, the girl appeared with a boy in glasses and Naruto saw this and just frowned with disappointment.
"What a way to break Naruto's heart…" Shikamaru drawled as Tsunade, for some reasons, wanted nothing more than to pound the girl's face for doing that to Naruto.
It was at this point that the music started.
It's been on my mind for a while
Got to let this off my chest
Before… it's too late
(I can't let you go, you gotta let him go
I can't let you go, you gotta… listen)
Based from the Japanese subtitles that was being presented so that they can all understand the song, it seems to tell that Naruto has been in love with this girl but he can't tell her yet but then, the blonde decided to tell his feelings to her before it's too late.
"The lines alone are already much better than Jiraiya-sama's smut novels," Kurenai said, sneering at the sage.
Haruedo myeot beonssik neol bomyeo useo nan
Su baek beon malhaetjanha
You're the love of my life
Geojitdoen sesang sok buranhan nae mamsok
Ojik na mitneun geon neo hana ppunirago
The next video scene showed Naruto standing up and as he sang his parts, he began to dance with various girls in the restaurant—a fellow eater who is wearing a pencil skirt and beret hat.
Jiraiya grinned at this, "Naruto's surely having fun making his music videos." He said with a perverse grin that was noticed by all and felt disgusted with it.
(Gakkeum nae mam byeonhalkka bwa buranhaehal ttaemyeon)
Useumyeo malhaetjanha geureol il eopdago
Kkeuteomneun banghwang sok teong bin nae gaseumsok
Naega gidael goseun neo hanappun ijiman
The next scene then showed Naruto transferring to another girl and like the first one, he danced with her in a way that Tsunade is beginning to think that the blonde Uzumaki is beginning to get influenced by the pervert for a sannin that is currently smiling like there is no tomorrow.
"Why is that baka three-timing?!" Sakura complained rather furiously.
"And why would you care? You always hit him anyway…" Shikamaru drawled.
"Sakura, please shut up as we're listening to his music," Kakashi eyesmiled at his student.
Gakkeumssik heundeullineun nae jasini miwo
Oneuldo nan isesange hwipsseullyeo
Salmyeosi neol jiwo baby baby
Naega baram pyeodo neoneun jeoldae pijima baby
Naneun neoreul ijeodo neon nareul itjima lady
Gakkeum naega yeollagi eopgo sureul masyeodo
Hoksi naega dareun eotteon
Yeojawa jamsi nuneul matchwood
Neon naman barabwa
"Oi, Kakashi, who come you're not aware of this?" Asuma asked in curiosity. "Kid's clearly talented and he knows some foreign words that not even I'm aware of."
Kakashi sighed as he said, "I'm actually wondering that myself."
Oneulbamdo jisaemyeo nal gidaryeotdago
Nunmullo naege malhae (byeonhan geot gatdago)
Neol hyanghan nae mamdo cheoeumgwa gatdago
Sueobsi dallaemyeo jinaeon manheun bamdeul
Niga eobsineun nan neomu himdeul geot gatjiman
Ttaeron neoro inhae sumi makhyeo nan
Kkeuteomneun datum sok ginagin hansum sok
Niga gidael goseun na hanappun ijiman
Niga gwichanhajineun nae jasini miwo
Oneuldo nan useumyeo
nado mollae jasineul irheo baby baby
Naruto-kun, why are you wasting your time with that bitch when I'm here? Hinata sadly thought as she glares at the brunette girl in the video, who seems to be happily cheating behind the back of the blonde Uzumaki.
Hinata-sama, do you want me to juuken her for you? Neji thought.
I wanted to hunt her down. Tsunade furiously gazed at the brunette.
Naega baram pyeodo neoneun jeoldae pijima baby
Naneun neoreul ijeodo neon nareul itjima lady
Gakkeum naega yeollagi eopgo sureul masyeodo
Hoksi naega dareun eotteon
yeojawa jamsi nuneul matchwood
neon naman barabwa
"Okay, I'm officially jealous of the dobe!" Kiba exclaimed angrily.
"His taste in music is unique but pretty much pleasant to listen to," Ino admitted.
Naega igijeogiran geol nan neomu jal ara
Nan maeil muuimihan sigan soge
Ireoke deoreophyeojijiman baby
Neomaneun eonjena sunsuhage namgil barae
Ige nae jinsimingeol neol hyanghan mideumingeol
Jugeodo nal tteonajima
"He got swag," Neji commented as Naruto was now wearing a black polo with a blue ribbon tie.
"And I like the way they choreograph their dance moves," Kakashi added, now comtemplating to interrogate his student about this and why he didn't tell a single soul in Konoha about his musical activities.
Naega baram pyeodo neoneun jeoldae pijima baby
Naneun neoreul ijeodo neon nareul itjima lady
Gakkeum naega yeollagi eopgo sureul masyeodo
Hoksi naega dareun eotteon
Yeojawa jamsi nuneul matchwood
Neon naman barabwa
The music then ended with a post-scene of Naruto suddenly waking up as he was lying in the bench. It turned out that it was all a dream as Naruto, now back to wearing his black shirt and blue jeans but with a cap, awoken and was actually lying beside the brunette, who was sitting with him. They ended up getting flustered and Naruto simply smiled at her before the music video finally faded away.
"Jiraiya…did you tell Naruto that it's okay to cheat a girl as well?" Tsunade suddenly asked, her Killing Intent suddenly growing as she swore she read a line like that in the Japanese subtitle.
"Wha—" Before Jiraiya can deny it, Tsunade proceeded to punch his face to the wall. Everyone can only wince at the strength of her punch.
"Kakashi! Gai! Kurenai! Asuma!" Tsunade yelled, causing everyone to stand in attention in front of her. "Ignore my last order a while back! I'm all assigning you to an X-ranked mission!"
X-ranked? Everyone had raised eyebrows on that one. The highest the jounins had gotten in their careers are S-ranked ones and the highest rank they know right now are SS-ranked missions.
As if reading their thoughts, Tsunade sighed and explained, "An X-ranked mission is only called as such in the direst situations. Don't question me why. As long as the brat's involved, then we'll have to take it some notches higher."
Everyone nodded at that as they can feel the intensity in the Senju's voice.
"So what's the main objective and parameters of the mission, Hokage-sama?" Kakashi asked in a serious tone.
"When you got the chance, follow Naruto wherever he goes and gather as many information as you can, including those two guys that he mentioned and most especially that bitch who dare to cheat blatantly in front of him," the edge in her voice was honestly scarring the rookies as they watch her destroy a piece of hardwood with her bare hands. "If possible, I want you to follow him to this place he calls Singapore and I wanted info!"
"Hi-Hime, should I accompany them?" Jiraiya, nor recovering from Tsunade backhanding him a while back, asked the Senju. "Getting an X-ranked mission is so much rare that you'd need a Kage-level shinobi to have it accomplished."
"Hmmm…very well…" Tsunade sighed as she thought it's better not to risk anything at all. "If ever Naruto comes home, act as if nothing happened right now. If he asks for another leave of absence, grant it to him Kakashi as that will give us the opportunity to scout him…"
"Hai, Hokage-sama!"
"Achoo!"
"What's gotten into you, kit? It's very rare for you to get sick like that…"
"I don't know Kurama. Someone must have been talking shit about me or something. Not gonna stop me from seeing Wan Ling…and for a second, why the hell did I want to beat the crap out of Konohamaru right now all of the sudden?"
Currently walking in McNally Street as he was about to enter a certain schools of arts, Naruto, who had his guitar slung in his shoulders, was fishing out his school ID just so he can gain entrance and as he was doing so, the ancient fox then spoke to him again.
"Not going to lie to you. You won't be able to hide what you're doing from those moronic teammates and sensei of yours forever. Do you really think it's the best that you hide it from them?"
"You're the one who suggested that we keep it a secret, Kurama…and besides, I'd rather enjoy the look in their faces when I reveal to them that I'm now working here," Naruto grinned and then added, "Oh and later, I'm gonna meet with our manager Petra-san to discuss a new project."
"And how much would that entail, if I may ask?"
"Less than $50 million. Not as large as the last one but that's only for me individually. We had a separate compensation as the Three G-Kings and I was about to peform in Bali but the Chuunin Exams and the following shit happened and I can't use a Blood Clone at that time so I had to postpone it," the blonde curse at that, "But hey, at least I'm earning more than my fellow peers and they thought I was the dead-last when…you know…"
"Sometimes, I'm beginning to think that you purposely failed three times just to prank them," the nine-tailed fox grumbled then said, "If nothing interesting will happen for now, I'm going to sleep it off. Not that I like that half-blood Chinese but I'd rather not disturb the two of you."
As the nine-tailed fox cut off their link, Naruto then entered a room not far from where he presented his ID to the guards before suddenly getting tackled by someone behind his back. He smiled as the familiar sight of the wavy, brown hair had come presenting itself before his eyes.
"Ruto-baobei!"
"Zuìjìn guò dé zěnyàng ya, Wan Ling?"
MUSIC USED
Boku no Omoi - Kensho Ono
Only Look at Me - Taeyang