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"Aaaaaah, a hot scrub... this is the best. I keep forgetting to do this when Naruto gives me control."

"Eeeeep!?"

Tenten was just surprised when Erza, controlling Naruto, started to move soapy hands over her body without any hesitation, combining it with hot water. It felt nice, but it was just a surprise that it was happening at all, and out of nowhere with no warning. Even she blushed at the sudden skinship, having to remember that the person in control of Naruto's body at the moment was a woman.

"Erza!"

"What's up?" Erza looked to the side, and she saw herself looking at her. "Ah..."

She realized what happened.

Her mind was controlling the physical body, but HER ghost body could exit the physical body with Naruto controlling it. So her ghost form could still be used to speak while Naruto's physical body rested, thus even while Naruto was physically asleep, he could still be very much aware of what was going on.

Physical sleep to restore the brain.

At the same time, never needing to be actually asleep would be a great advantage if they could just switch places for who was in control.

"NARUTO!"

Erza was punched in the face full force out of nowhere by somebody shouting Naruto's name, having not even seen it coming, she was shocked by the audacity somebody had to hit her. Naruto just sighed when he saw familiar pink hair, knowing that this would be the outcome.

"Wait, wait, Naruto is asleep, and he's not in control of his body right now Sakura." Tenten rushed in front of the stunned Erza before the towel wearing Sakura could do anything else. Erza was just holding her cheek in shock, not sure how to feel about getting punched.

"You deserved that."

"You agree too Naruto!?" Erza shouted in shock when she saw her own face send her a deadpan stare.

...

"Run."

"Running." Erza agreed in a deadpan tone when she saw several more shinobi women entering the bath, and many of them looked like they were ready for a fight. She would be perfectly fine with a brawl, but she was pretty sure that even if she won, things would just get worse for Naruto. Doing a backflip over the wall of the hot springs, she used her magic to put some clothes on and started to run.

Many kunoichi started to chase after her clad in only towels.

"NARUTO!"

"Idiot." Naruto insulted Erza with a twitching eye. "As girly as my body is becoming, everyone STILL remembers that I'm a guy... people aren't just cool with that."

"When I was alive..."

"... Idiot." Naruto just stared at her and spoke, and she just gave him cat-like shocked eyes. It was a cute look that appeared on his face as Erza needed to take a moment or register what she had done REALLY wrong.

"Ah."

She registered it.

"EEEP!" Erza screamed with widened eyes when a sword got thrown at her, and stabbed into the wall right next to her. She stared back and saw several kunoichi were getting weapons at the ready for war. "Why are ninja so violent, we just went into the bath!?"

Naruto took control of his body again.

-Minutes Later-

"How did you do that... they were right there... HOW did you lose them?" Erza asked with shock on her face as she looked at Naruto removing the ninja tarp from his body, becoming visible once more as the last of the kunoichi left the area. Like an expert, he had taken a sharp turn then in the blink of an eye he pulled out a disguise and just vanished into the wall.

Even the Jonin that had been chasing them had been completely confused by that, and even in her ghost form she had almost lost track of Naruto.

"It was easy-"

"NARUTO!"

Sakura's fist came crashing into his face.

"... but Sakura knows my tricks..." Naruto slammed into the wall with a swelling cheek. He could escape almost anyone, except for the people who knew him well enough. Sadly, Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi, Iruka, and the Third all knew his tricks now, and how to catch him.

Sakura stormed over to him, cracking her knuckles.

-More Minutes Later-

"Ah... sorry..."

"Listen to me before you beat me up!?" Naruto shouted at Sakura, and she had the decency to look ashamed. "Still... Erza, switch me." Naruto's mind and Erza's switched places. Sakura watched with a raised eyebrow when the happy smile on Naruto's face changed into a more serene, calm smile.

"I apologize, I forget that Naruto and I aren't the same person sometimes. Hello, this is our first conversation, you're his teammate, so I hope we can... yes?"

"... If I didn't know Naruto was too dumb to think up this lie, this would be hard to believe... but seeing you, it's hard to deny it... and seeing his changes." Sakura looked the now completely red hair, and just palmed her face. Hearing the entire story from Naruto, and then seeing him switch minds with his DNA doner was strange. "So Naruto is... in your ghost body?"

"No, Naruto's soul is still inside his body, but his mental energy is inside my ghost form, while my mental energy is inside of his soul... or so I think. I haven't a clue how to science this, but it's magical enough-" Erza's smile was replaced with Naruto's when she was done speaking, not even done for that matter. Naruto switched their places, before he turned to directly face her ghost form. "... sorry for getting you beat up."

"It's fine, I'm used to it. Just don't do this again... I don't want to get a new nickname like Pervy Sage... So Sakura, do you know where Sasuke is?" Naruto asked Sakura, addressing her directly.

"He's training, ever since he heard you became a... OH!" Sakura's eyes lit up in surprise when she saw the Chunin vest on Naruto, now remembering that fact. "I'm happy that you got promoted Naruto! You did great during your fights!" Sakura grabbed his hand with hers, before she gave him a very wide smile.

She had been meaning to tell him.

She had so many questions, but they could wait. Naruto had become a chunin, which was a great feat for a ninja to do, and it only happened once. She reached into her pocket, before she pulled out a piece of paper.

10 Bowls of Ramen.

Naruto's jaw dropped.

"I went to that ramen place you liked, and paid for 10 bowls of ramen... just show that to them and you can get them. Sorry, I didn't know what else to-" Sakura was surprised when Naruto just wrapped her up in a hug. She gave a sharp yelp of pain when her face slammed into his chunin vest, which seemed to be a LOT harder than it should be. "ow!?"

"THANKS!"

"Why is your Chunin Vest so hard?!"

Naruto let go of Sakura, before he grinned and unzipped the front of his vest. He showed metal plated armor underneath the vest, which belonged to Erza. The armor was snug to his body when it adjusted to his size, and once the vest was zipped up the armor became harder to see.

"Sorry, thanks! I'm off now!"

"Heheheheh!" Naruto and Erza laughed together as they ran to go get a good, already paid for, meal. Sakura just tilted her head in confusion behind them, before she sighed and just smiled.

"Idiot... good for him."

-At the Training Ground-

"CHIDORI!"

The sounds of chirping birds roared as a boulder was shattered, Sasuke slamming his hand into it. He grit his teeth and panted, having already reached the limits of what he could do with his chakra, unable to form another chidori at the moment.

'He's getting so far ahead of me... I need to train harder to catch up to him... I have to fight him... he's not stronger than me. He can't be... is he?' Sasuke looked at the training dummy and saw Naruto standing there, with his back to him. Standing next to Naruto was his own brother Itachi, with his back also to him.

Rank didn't matter.

He didn't care that Naruto was a Chunin before him, he knew he was not going to be a Chunin with how late he showed up. He had just wanted to test his strength against Gaara, the monster who defeated Rock Lee. Naruto got to fight him first, and actually beat him.

"What happened to him... how is he getting so strong... he's walking ahead of me, just like Itachi..." Sasuke slammed his fist into a tree and dented it.

What happened to the loser that kept failing, always smiling and being an idiot?

Naruto kept growing stronger and stronger, and so fast. In the Forest of Death, when he fought Kiba, at the bridge with Haku, there were so many times when Naruto seemed to be up to the situation. Whenever he failed, Naruto was able to stand up to the enemy before him. It was Naruto who figured out the plan to let them free Kakashi from Zabuza, and it was Naruto who defeated Haku when he couldn't. Naruto was the one who did most of the work fighting the Rain ninja near the end of the 2nd exam, allowing them to pass without abusing their stamina, and he was still the one who defeated all 3 of those ninja.

He kept growing stronger.

He was growing stronger so fast, and even though he had learned the Chidori, he had barely made any progress towards his goal.

He needed to fight Naruto.

He needed to beat Naruto.

He needed to prove that all of the training that he had done up to this point had actually meant something, so that he could stand in front of Naruto, stronger than him. He had to show that he was growing stronger and stronger, so that he could one day get his revenge.

"My training... my desires... my vengence can't be this weak... I refuse to allow him to be stronger than me... I'm not chasing after him anymore." Sasuke repeated to himself. He grabbed his headband from the ground and tied it around his forehead, opening his eyes and readying his Sharingan.

Each of his eyes had 3 tomoe in them.

He would remind himself who was better.

Chapter End!
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