Iruka follows Jiraiya inside after convincing Kurama's Guards, Pantsu and Burifu to wait outside with Nagato until they fill Kazama in on the situation. Jiraiya goes first, and when he arrives in the kitchen he immediately opens by saying, "Kazama, you have a ton of guests, thanks to Naruto."
"Is that so," says Kazama as Iruka himself enters the kitchen. "Well, I've met two of them." Kazama sees Iruka, frowns at him, marches around the table, gets right up in Iruka's face, then smacks him on the head.
"Ow!" says Iruka, rubbing his head indignantly.
"What was that for?" asks Jiraiya, looking mightily confused. "What did he do?"
"Her," says Kazama, pointing at Mei. Then she grabs Iruka by the ear and yells, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?"
Iruka turns very red when he remembers what he was thinking. Iruka sees Mei turn red too.
"No, actually, don't answer that," says Kazama, suddenly calming down. She sighs and says, "Jiraiya, what's this about a ton of guests? I already have a ton."
"Four is hardly a ton…" says Arashi. "Therearethirteenmoreoutside…" he says it so quickly it is hard to tell what he is actually saying.
"What was that?" asks Kazama, suspiciously.
"Oh, ah, well...um…" stammers Arashi, wringing his hands together. "Naruto said so...and you weren't there to stop him and the Hokage agreed and now we have no choice…"
"Hello!" says a new voice. Iruka tuns to see Lord First standing in the hallway. "May I come in?"
"You are already in," says Kazama dryly. "Why are you here?"
"I am here at the request of the current Hokage," says Lord First. "I am to erect temporary accommodation for your guests. Most of them are waiting outside."
Kazama turns on Naruto, her arms crossed menacingly. "How many people did you bring back, counting these two?" she motions to Namiko, who is sitting at the table drinking hot chocolate with Kimiko, and Mei, who is staring at Iruka's butt.
"Fifteen!" says Naruto, grinning widely. He starts counting them off on his fingers. "Iruka-nii's kid, Iruka-nii's illegal girlfriend, Nagato-nii, Gramps Pants, Burifu, Sei and the rest of Kurama's Guards. There are ten of them, so that makes 15 people!"
Kazama's eye starts twitching dangerously. "What made you think that it would be a good idea to bring home fifteen people?" Kazama asks very calmly.
"It wasn't my original plan, 'tebayo," says Naruto. "But Kurama's Guards won't stop following me, Gramps Pants wants to see Granny Tsunade, Burifu won't stop following Pants and we had to take the other three prisoner to get them to the village!"
"Naruto," says Kazma, her eyebrow still twitching. "Why couldn't the two who came here to see Tsunade stay at Tsunade's house, and why can't the ten who won't stop following you stay at a motel or something in town?"
"Ooooh," says Naruto, a thoughtful expression on his face. "I didn't think of that. Besides, I decided they are staying here, 'tebayo."
Kazama takes a deep breath and says, "Fine, but most of them are going to have to sleep outside."
"That's why Lord First is here, 'tebayo!" says Naruto cheerfully.
"This kid runs your lives, doesn't he?" asks Lord First, smiling ironically.
Iruka looks at the floor and rubs the back of his head. "Nooooo…" he denies it.
Kazama puts her hand over her chest and says, "Of course not!"
"No he doesn't," says Arashi, looking up at the ceiling and clasping his hands behind his back.
Lord First smiles knowingly and says, "Of course, my mistake. Now, where would you like me to build the temporary accommodation for your guests?"
"Follow me," says Kazama, wading through the crowd standing in the doorway and heading outside. Once outside, Kazama introduces herself to Kurama's Guards, Pantsu and Burifu, and tells Nagato off for not mentioning that his sidekick is her Granddaughter. She would've liked to know, dammit, Nagato!
Once Kazama is finished greeting everyone, she directs Lord First to where she wants the temporary accommodation. Lord First uses his woodstyle to erect a fancy looking house.
Kazama inspects the house, and when she is finished she nods firmly and says, "This is satisfactory. Now I had better go and tell Lord Fifth that he better be providing for this lot's upkeep." Kazama turns and heads off, presumably to do just that.
Naruto runs across the Village rooftops to go and see Sasuke. Halfway to the hospital, he sees Madoka hopping across roofs in the direction of the Uchiha Compound.
"Hey, Madoka!" Naruto calls, heading over to Madoka.
"Naruto!" Madoka stops roof-jumping and grins. "You're back! Did you hear that Sasuke was released from hospital this morning?"
"That's awesome, dattebayo!" says Naruto, grinning. "How come no one told me?"
"I'm going to visit her, want to come?" asks Madoka.
"I was going to see Sasuke too," says Naruto. "But I thought she was still in hospital, so I'll come with you, dattebayo!"
The pair heads over to Sasuke's house and Naruto knocks on the door. Sasuke's Mum opens the door. "Hello, you two," she says. "Are you looking for more missing cats?"
"No, Mrs. Sasuke's Mum," says Naruto politely. "We are here to visit Sasuke. May we come in, 'tebayo?"
"Yes, you may," says Sasuke's Mum, ushering them inside. "Sasuke!" She calls. "Your teammates are here to visit you!" Sasuke's mum waves Madoka and Naruto into the living room. "She's in there."
Naruto and Madoka go through into the living room. Sasuke is sitting in a wheelchair by the window. Her arm is in a sling and her leg is in a cast, and she looks very, very bored.
"Sasuke!" Naruto runs over to Sasuke and hugs her.
"Get off me, idiot!" says Sasuke, but she doesn't sound like she means it.
Naruto lets Sasuke go and grins widely at her. "I just got back today, 'tebayo. Your Dad sent Shisui a mustache, so now Shisui has a shiny blue mustache that glows, and he can't get it off."
"Why did he put it on in the first place?" asks Madoka, frowning.
"Because it was a trap seal," says Naruto. "And Shisui remembered after he opened the letter that it might have a trap seal inside it."
Madoka laughs. "So you can give people mustaches with seals?"
"Yep!" grins Naruto. "You can also change their hair colour for a solid month or longer. I copied that seal from the Archives in the Temple of Jashin, 'tebayo."
Madoka and Sasuke both stare at Naruto like they have something to say that they are both too proud to admit they want to say. "What are you two thinking?" asks Naruto, suspiciously. "Tell me, 'tebbayo!"
"I'm thinking maybe we could use that seal to turn our hair a weird colour," says Madoka.
"Your hair is already a weird colour," says Sasuke. "And so is mine."
"Yep, and your roots are showing," says Naruto. "Let's turn our hair green!" he suggest.
"Neon green or bright green?" asks Sasuke.
"Bright green,"says Madoka. "Neon green looks too much like neon yellow, and Naruto's hair is already yellow."
"We need to do it in such a way that no one realizes that it's a seal," says Naruto. "And I really want Kakashi sensei to be the first one to see it."
"Let's see if we can organise a team meeting or something and do it just before the meeting," suggests Madoka.
"Yes!" Naruto says, grinning. "We can tell him he was so late, our hair turned green!"
Sasuke's eyebrow twitches. "That's brilliant."
"I'll arrange it with Kakashi sensei," says Madoka. "Naruto, you bring the seal, and Sasuke, you make sure you are still allowed at team meetings, even though there won't be much training for you. I bet Kakashi can do some tactical studies or something with you."
"I want to learn fuuinjutsu," says Sasuke, surprising Naruto.
"But...but Uchihas aren't good at fuuinjutsu!" he says. "Except for Madara!"
Sasuke sticks her nose in the air. "I want to be more powerful than Madara, so I must learn fuuinjutsu. And it is training I can do in a wheelchair. So long as I have training to do, I will not get bored."
"I need to learn fuuinjutsu too," says Madoka. "But Okami-san is going to teach me."
"Oooh, are you going to marry Karin when you grow up?" says Naruto, grinning and ready to tease.
"She has claimed me as hers," sighs Madoka wistfully. "So I must train to become worthy of the Uzumaki Princess, shannaro!"
Sasuke and Naruto glance at each other, and then both start saying, "Kissy-kissy!" and "You've got a girlfriend!" teasingly at Madoka.
Madoka blushes as pink as his hair, but does not deny it.