Lord A is working out when Karui and Omoi, Bee's little sidekicks, run into A's dojo. The poor kids look panicked. "What do you two want?" Lord A demands, pausing his workout briefly.
"Lord Raikage, Bee sensei has some new friends and they are all throwing a big rap concert!" says Karui, tears of distress welling up in her eyes.
Lord A growls a low, angry growl and drops down from his pull-up bar. Omoi ducks behind his sister and starts crying. Lord A thought that making Bee train these two kids would serve the dual purpose of toughening the kids up and teaching Bee some responsibility.
Seems not. The kids are still wimps and Bee is still irresponsible.
Leaving the kids whimpering in the dojo, Lord A stomps through the wall and heads in the direction of Bee's Chakra. He storms through the village until he comes to where the rap concert is being held.
On a stage with flashing lights and fake fog, ten amazing rappers are dropping some sick beats. Some of them are playing musical instruments, some are dancing and some are singing, and all of them are contributing to the raping in some way.
And then Bee steps onstage and joins in the rapping.
Lord A leaps onstage and slams her face-first into the stage floor. "I'VE TOLD YOU NO RAP CONCERTS, BEE!"
A moment later, three of the rapper gang have Lord A face down on the stage floor. "Don't move," says one of them, his voice a dangerous growl.
"Are you alright, Bee?" asks another, concern in her voice. "Did he hurt you?"
"Explain yourself, ****!" orders one of the rappers, planting his foot on Lord A's head.
"That's my brutha, fools, ya, fools," raps Bee. "You let him go or you'll answer to me, WEEE!"
The rappers all turn and stare at her in astonishment.
"BEE!" thunders Lord A, taking the opportunity to break free of the rappers and grab Bee by the ear. "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHY ARE YOU THROWING A RAP CONCERT?!"
"They're Gyuuki's Guards!" says Bee, flapping her hands about and trying to break free. "They like rapping too!"
And in that moment, Lord A knows: Gyuuki hates Bee's rapping because Gyuuki is a master rapper.
The Masked Man whose identity no one but Black Zetsu knows sits at a table studying an old scroll. He is in their hideout, so his mask is lying on the table beside him. With no one around to see his face, the Masked Man does not see any need to wear his mask. The scroll he is studying contains one of the jutsu he will need for Zetsu's plan.
The Masked Man looks up when he hears Zetsu entre the hideout. "How did your mission go?" the Masked Man asks. He doesn't know what Zestu's mission was.
"We learned some valuable information," says Zetsu. "White Zetsu is verifying it as we speak. Our enemies have unlocked the Sacred Scroll of the Hidden Whirlpool. They have gone to the Temple of Jashin to learn the jutsu to kill us. We must strike first - before the enemy can master that jutsu."
"Perhaps it would help advance our plans if you gathered the materials we need for an attack on the Temple of Jashin," says the Masked Man. "I will learn the reanimation jutsu."
Kazama opens the front door and welcomes in the First Hokage and Tenzou Hatake. "Come in, come in," she says, ushering them into the kitchen. "Sit, sit." Kazama guides both shinobi to a seat and pours them each a cup of tea. Then Kazama sit down with her own cup of tea.
"So," says Lord First. "You've finally decided on a layout for your extension, then?"
"Yes we have," says Kazama, feeling an immense sense of relief from saying those three words. "And I would like you two to build the extension while most of the household is away."
"So then you've just accepted Kurama's Guards as part of your household?" asks Tenzou solemnly.
"They aren't going to leave; I might as well," sighs Kazama, burying her face in her hands. Then, deciding to focus on the bright side of things, she adds, "At least they are free babysitters."
"Would you like us to make their accommodations more permanent?" asks Lord First. "They are going to be staying, whether you like it or not. If we adjust the buildings and add some plumbing and electricity then they can stay out there and live out there and you could probably charge them rent."
Kazama has to stop herself from immediately going full mercenary. "We really should be paying them for their services, not charging them rent."
"Get the Hokage to pay them," says Lord First, grinning. "They are protecting the Leaf Village's jinchuuriki, after all. Then, you can charge them rent to live on your property. It doesn't have to be much - just enough to cover the cost of paying for our services and any repair work in the future."
"That is a good plan," says Kazama, nodding. "I will do that. Now, about our extension." She points to the rolled up blueprints sitting on the end of the table. "Those are the blueprints. Take a few days if you need to to lay the groundwork. I know a plumber and an electrician that I can call in when you are ready for them."
"Right then," says Lord First, standing up. "Let's get to work."
"You finish that cup of tea and this muffin first!" Orders Kazama, handing Lord First and Tenzou each a muffin.
"How come Namiko and Madoka get a break?" whines Naruto, who is none too happy about the fact that he and Sasuke are still studying while Namiko and Madoka play hopscotch.
"Because Namiko is five and Madoka is watching her," says Iruka sternly. "Five year olds should not train for very long at a time."
Kakashi feels a stab of regret and wishes that Iruka was his Academy Teacher. But no: Kakashi got some old man who thought that five year olds were perfectly capable of graduating the Academy and going off to kill people and fight wars.
"You're just biased because she's your kid," says Sasuke, glaring at Iruka. Apparently, Sasuke is sick of studying too.
"Now, now, you two," says Kakashi calmly. "Whose shoulders does the fate of the world rest on? Yours or theirs?" He points across the Temple porch to where Namiko is hopping from chalk square to chalk square while Madoka claps in time to the little brat's hopping.
"But the fate of the world is heavy!" winges Naruto plantitvly. "My shoulders need a break, 'tebayo!"
"Fine, go have a break," relents Iruka, sighing. "You have five minutes."
"Only five minutes?" complains Naruto.
"Five minutes is better than nothing, idiot," says Sasuke. "Take me into the Temple, I want to look at more cat pictures." Naruto wheels Sasuke into the Temple proper, leaving Iruka and Kakashi alone with the Sacred Scrolls.
It is their third day at the Temple of Jashin, and Naruto and Sasuke are already bored of studying the Sacred Scrolls. Not one explanation Iruka gives for how the jutsu should work is adequate. Even Kakashi, who knows both Naruto and Sasuke and how they learn, cannot give a satisfactory explanation to both of them. An explanation that will work for one leaves the other so totally confused that reminding them of a previous explanation they understood makes it worse.
"Kakashi, I think we should teach them separately," says Iruka solemnly. "Once both of them understand the jutsu, and know what they have to do, then we should be able to combine their separate parts in the jutsu."
"If only Jiraiya was here," says Kakashi. "He knows how to teach better than either of us. He's had way more students, after all - one-on-one students, that is."
"That is true," agrees Iruka, nodding. "I've only had Naruto and Tenten as actual apprentices. You have Team Seven. But Jiraiya has had seven students counting Naruto. He is certainly good at explaining things - he managed to explain many fuuinjutsu techniques to Sasuke, Naruto and Namiko without confusing any of them."
"And you couldn't?"
"I somehow leave one of them confused every time."
"I reckon it's because Sasuke's an Uchiha. Uchihas don't do fuuinjutsu," says Rain, appearing beside them unexpectedly. "To explain anything to a group of kids you have to know how each one's mind works. Jiraiya can do it because he's taught such a wide range of students."
"We'll split them up for now,"says Kakashi. "But if they can't combine it once they've learned it, we will need Jiraiya."
Kakashi hears a thud followed by crying. He looks over to see that Namiko fell flat on her face and bruised her nose. Namiko jumps up and runs over to Iruka and buries her face in his chest to have a good cry. Iruka just grins and hugs her, all sympathetically. Kakashi suddenly misses his kids and feels sad.