Ino: Welcome back to this wonderful story. I can't wait till I come back as I definitely improved your story by a ton just for appearing.

Turmanarmo: Oh hey there Ino, I wasn't quite ready yet but I suppose I can wrap up my authors note and introduce the chapter with you.

Ino: Yes, please do, no one actually wants to hear you talk, they are just glancing at your story in wait of their favorite characters having a scene. You really ought to just get Choji out of the way and maybe Hinata and you will have hit all the major favorites. You have Kakashi, though why anyone likes the perv is beyond me, and you have most of the Ino-Shika-Cho which is everyone's favorite team, and after that you need poor Hinata-chan to appease the NaruHina lovers out there though I suppose you could throw in Forehead at some point to appease the NaruSaku lovers as well.

Turmanarmo: Wow Ino, that's harsh, I know not everyone likes every character but I doubt people are reading this in patient wait for only that one scene with their favorite of his friends. Anyways get on with the disclaimer now that I have thanked all of the wonderfully YOUTHFUL reviewers, followers, and favoriters with this sentence.

Ino: Well that was strange, don't go taking after Lee-san, he is nice, but having two of Guy-Sensei is already pushing it. Anyways, this social recluse does not own the Naruto Manga/Anime or any of the characters within. He just enjoys playing god with their lives by making them act out his strange ideas.

Turmanarmo: Oh and before I forget, I plan to reread some of the content I have put up(probably going to focus on ch1&2) since it was pointed out that the writing wasn't the best at the beginning and it can't hurt to make a better introduction for drawing people in. Once that is done I will work on the next chapter, so once that comes out I will tell you which chapters I made changes too so you will be able to reread them if you want.

As Naruto Headed back towards his apartment he realized that he had picked the furthest possible training field from the village and sighed as he continued walking. Suddenly he thought he felt a presence beside him and looked over to notice his sensei walking calmly beside him, though the strange thing was that he didn't have his *ahem* literature *ahem* out at the moment. Naruto tilted his head before asking, "Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here and where is your porn?"

Kakashi glanced over as he responded sounding utterly bored, "I am hurt Naruto, can't I hang out with one of my cute students, though if you must know I suppose I am preparing to take one kunai for you so you can be hit with another. Oh and I don't have my book out because I don't feel like hearing about it from the aforementioned kunai."

Naruto rose his eyebrow as he responded, "Well I am glad you make as little sense as always sensei. Anyways, was there something you wanted to talk to me about since you apparently knew where to find me?"

Kakashi hummed before saying, "Nothing in particular though I am proud of how well you have been doing with telling your friends three out of nine already, that is a good start and soon it might be four."

Naruto stopped for a second as he turned, "Wait, have you been watching me?! Why in the world are you spying on me Kakashi-sensei, that's a bit creepy don't you think 'tebayo.

Kakashi turned a bit as he responded, "Hmm, did you say something."

Naruto huffed and figured he wouldn't get any straight answers from his sensei so he walked along in silence, as they entered the last training field before the village proper he heard someone training on it and promptly recognized the pair of green clad Shinobi. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Kakashi flinch ever so slightly and then sigh as he raised his hand before shouting out, "Yo! Guy, I am here for our weekly competition."

As Naruto wondered if his sensei was maybe on some drugs since he just willingly sought out Guy for a challenge he heard the response, "Ah my Hip Rival and his YOUTHFUL student. How nice to see you here today. I have been looking for you my rival for the last three days but have been unable to find any trace of you. But none of that matters since you have come to me. However I must regrettably decline this YOUTHFUL challenge since I am currently sparing with my own YOUTHFUL student."

Naruto swore he heard Kakashi sigh again before saying, "Mah. Mah. Guy, Naruto here would be more than happy to spar with your student in your place. I challenge you to a race around the village until one of us cannot run anymore."

The responses to this were many, Kakashi looked resigned, Guy looked impressed as he shouted about it being the most youthful challenge his Rival had ever chosen and then some nonsense about what he would do if he lost. Lee looked overjoyed at the prospect of an endurance race around the village and also excited that he would get to spar with his friend Naruto. Finally Naruto looked surprised that his teacher would willingly do something like this before he looked torn between thanks and weariness. Thanks that Kakashi was willing to do something like this to allow Naruto the time to talk alone with Lee, and weariness at knowing that he would have to tell a third person today without any time in-between the last two for him to do any thinking.

As Guy and Kakashi raced off to start their challenge Lee turned to Naruto and said, "Yosh Naruto-kun let us both show our power of youth and go all out in our spar. To be honest I have been waiting for this day since you came back and we went on that mission together. I want to know how far your youthful hard work has brought you and to know if I have yet passed my rival of hard work who managed to prove his value against my genius rival Neji."

Naruto smiled lightly as he considered that maybe this spar would give him the chance to get his thoughts in order before he smirked lightly. Naruto looked over at his pumped friend as he said, "Well if you want to go all out that is fine with me, I suggest taking off your leg weights then though I also suggest no lethal Jutsu on either of our parts, so no Rasengan from me and no Gates from you."

Lee looked excited at this, "Yosh, I agree to these most youthful terms."

Naruto nodded, "I don't know if it will necessarily make it more youthful but it will definitely remove some of the risk of one of us accidentally doing too much damage because we became overzealous. Also I want to add some of those failure rules you and Guy-sensei are so fond of. If I should lose this match then I will hold the conversation that Kakashi is clearly trying to force me into with you immediately afterwards. However if I should win you and I will simply train for the rest of the day and I will tell you tomorrow."

Lee looked slightly confused as he responded, "I am not sure what it is you wish to talk with me about, but know that I will be ready whenever you are my friend. Yosh let us commence this youthful spar at once."

With that the two of them walked to the center of the field where they made the seal of confrontation before bouncing back and dashing at each other. As they clashed a few times, fists and legs hitting blocks and being dodged Naruto grew excited as it had been a while since he had sparred with one of his friends, his short fight with Sasuke at Orochimaru's hideout did not count as a spar.

As he continued to try and push Lee onto the defensive he was forced to jump back as Lee shouted "Leaf Hurricane." Naruto jumped back in and redoubled his efforts before he was forced to dodge into the air after a well-choreographed set of punches followed by a leg sweep that would have left him off balance if he had tried any other form of dodge. Naruto grunted as he quickly performed a Kage Bunshin before spring boarding off his clone right into Lee who had jumped after Naruto intending to land a punch while he was vulnerable in the air.

As he slid back along the ground from the painful head-butt to the gut Lee stood up and smiled, "That was quick thinking my friend, I can see that your Taijutsu and skills with your clones has improved dramatically since I last observed you fight before your trip."

As they both jumped back into the fray, this time Lee took more advantage of his greater speed and was moving around at speeds Naruto could barely track. The longer it went on Naruto was beginning to feel the bruises sting on his arms and legs from so many high speed blocks before he was knocked back hard from a heavy hit to his blocking arms that sent him tumbling a few feet before he stood up.

Naruto grunted as he shook out his arms to restore some feeling back into them before grinning as he said, "You have improved a lot as well Bushy Brows. Those hits of yours sting quite a lot."

With that they jumped into the fray again with Lee once again taking advantage of his massive speed to circle Naruto and beat him from all sides, however this time Naruto was ready and he formed some Kage Bunshin to stand in a triangle with him and he replaced them the second they were dispelled so he could keep a constant watch on Lee, finally he found the pattern Lee was moving in and promptly reached out and grabbed Lee's next kick before spinning him around quickly and tossing him as hard as he could across the field.

As Lee stood up he asked, "How did you manage to catch me when I was moving at full speed?"

Naruto dispelled his clones before scratching the back of his head as he responded, "Well I created the Bunshin to allow me to last a bit longer this time so I could observe your movements a bit more and I noticed that you had fallen into a pattern of movement which I exploited. I may not always be the smartest or the best fighter but I do know that you must always learn from your defeats otherwise the next time may be fatal. Also you should avoid attacking in the same way twice with any one enemy otherwise they might catch on to your trick and it can be equally fatal."

Naruto nearly face faulted when he saw Lee pull out a notebook and begin scribbling his words down as he shouted, "Yosh, what youthful wisdom, I must write this down."

Once Lee had returned the book to his pouch they flew at each other once again, this time Lee started off with a Dynamic Entry. As Naruto was recovering from being forced back when the powerful kick connected with his blocking arms he suddenly found himself dodging as quickly as possible since his arms were now too numb to be of use for a short while. Naruto found himself suddenly laying on the ground thanks to a leg sweep from Lee.

Naruto grunted as he stood up again and started sorely rubbing his arms, "Note to self, do not block Dynamic Entry Dattebayo, only dodge if at all possible. Man that attack has some force behind it."

As soon as Naruto regained the feeling in his arms they rushed each other once again as Naruto summoned a dozen or so Kage Bunshin that suddenly fanned out. Lee fell into his stance as he was surrounded before swiftly going on the assault as he took down all of them leaving him in an empty clearing. Lee remembered Naruto's fight with Neji and swiftly jumped into the air before coming down on the head of the Naruto that had just come out of the ground to punch him. However to Lee's surprise that one puffed out as well before Lee suddenly found himself on the receiving end of a heel drop.

As lee stood up he was slightly woozy from the blow to the head as he staggered back into the fray. Naruto soon realized that do to the temporary wooziness Lee had fallen into a similar style to his drunken fist and try as he might he could not counter the (somehow) more random than him attacks. He soon found himself skidding across the ground before standing back up only to see Lee shaking his head and wondering aloud, "What happened?"

Naruto laughed merrily as he explained the results of the last two bouts and his 'woozy fist' before they once again set off. As the afternoon wore on bout after bout was fought with shouts of "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" and "Leaf Hurricane." After about two hours of their spar both of them stood across from each other panting heavily, "Well by my count that is 50 wins for each of us Bushy Brows *pant* how about one last bout to finish this off."

Lee nodded his approval as they rushed at each other once again and traded a series of blows. As the bouts had passed Lee's speed had slowed to something more manageable and Naruto's stamina and healing factor was all that was preventing his muscles from similarly slowing down. The match went on for a few minutes before they both flew back from a punch to the jaw and they lay sprawled out on the ground laughing.

Once they got their breathing back under control they stood and formed the seal of reconciliation before moving over to the trees to sit and cool off. Lee looked over and asked, "Hey Naruto-kun since we were tied all the way through and the last bout was a double knockout what are you going to do about whatever it is you need to talk with me about."

Naruto hummed as he leaned back and said, "Well I suppose I will tell you now since Kakashi did go to all the trouble of challenging Bushier Brows sensei just so we could talk. I suppose I should start this off by asking, since you cannot use Chakra for anything more than internal things, do you know anything about Chakra Preservation?"

Lee nodded as he replied, "Yes, Guy-sensei felt that I should still understand how Chakra works even though I cannot use it in the traditional methods through Jutsu. However he has me use my chakra to do things like tree and water walking as well as use it to reinforce my body during combat so that I do not damage as easily and since I do not have to use it for Jutsu that means I can do this for the whole fight most times. Because of this Guy-sensei explained to me that by using my Chakra as an alternate fuel source for my muscles it allows me to keep using them long after most traditional fuel sources run out though since I am converting it into another energy I cannot get it back until I rest."

Naruto nodded and thought about how he might be able to use this as well given his reserves but decided to worry about that at a later time. "Correct Bushy Brows, now keeping that in mind for later, what do you know about the Yondaime."

Lee looked slightly confused by the change in subject before he responded excitedly, "Outside of his amazing abilities with Fuinjutsu and his famed use of the Hiraishin I most respect him for his speed. From what I know he was the fastest Shinobi to ever live and when he combined his natural abilities with his Shunshin and Hiraishin he could outpace any other user of such speed enhancing techniques. I train hard to try and match even a fraction of his speed as from what Guy-sensei tells me, he often won battles with the use of only his Taijutsu, his Rasengan, and the Hiraishin. To be able to do all that he did while relying mainly on his speed is really admirable."

Naruto grinned, "Yeah that is why he is my favorite Hokage, from what I know he is considered to be one of the strongest Hokage we have ever had, possibly on par with the Shodai. And on top of all of that, unless you were his enemy Jiji says he was a really nice guy." Even if he did seal Kyuubi in me.

Naruto looked back at Lee as he said, "Anyways, During the Kyuubi attack 15 years ago the Yondaime was the one to defeat the Kyuubi as you know. However as we mentioned earlier Chakra cannot be destroyed so the Yondaime used his skills in Fuinjutsu to seal the Kyuubi into a child on that night."

Lee's eyes widened as he considered the implications of this before saying, "Wow! That must have been one amazing seal. From what Tenten tells me from her dabbling with Storage scrolls, to seal anything of great size or anything that is not inanimate requires not only a very complex knowledge but also insane Chakra control. However, to do both at once, that is simply astounding, no wonder he is considered a once in a lifetime genius. I must wonder though Naruto-kun, why are you telling me all of this."

Naruto smiled lightly as he pulled up his shirt and channeled some chakra, "Well Bushy Brows, it is because I am that child. As you can see your assessment was correct, the seal on my abdomen is crazy complex, I tried drawing it once but noticing all those tiny details from the odd angle I can see it at is a bit difficult. Maybe if Sai and I can ever get on better terms I can get him to draw it for me since he is an artist. Anyways, as you know the Yondaime died fighting the Kyuubi and from what Jiji tells me he died due to the Fuinjutsu he used to seal it so you are also right about how difficult it must have been to do, especially while fighting Kyuubi."

Lee nodded before he decided to ask a question, "Hey Naruto-kun, is that why all of the villagers seem so indifferent to you. I don't know how it was before since I never knew you until the Chuunin exams, but I have noticed that most people who are not your friends seem at best indifferent to you. As a fellow Orphan I know how villagers normally treat us and so I was always slightly confused when I noticed that none of them seemed to look at you with any pity like they do the rest of us."

Naruto snorted, "Yeah, indifferent is probably the best way of saying it. Nowadays they are content to ignore my existence whenever possible though it wasn't always this nice. When I was young they were much meaner, none of them ever attacked me directly as far as I remember but I do remember getting thrown out of stores and sold rotten food or used supplies for way more than they were worth for quite some time till Jiji found out and would send an Anbu with me to buy stuff. It was usually Dog who was sent with me until shortly after I turned eight. Come to think of it that was just after the Uchiha Massacre when I stopped seeing dog."

Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "Anyways, the next Anbu wasn't near as nice as Dog and so I lied to Jiji and claimed that I didn't need the Anbu to buy me stuff anymore and so I went back to the way things were because I didn't want Jiji to have to waste any of his Anbu just to buy me stuff."

As Naruto looked over he noticed the Lee was crying in his usual way as he wailed, "Naruto-kun your flames of Youth are truly astounding. I know very few who have the determination to continue being as amazing as you after going through so much pain."

Naruto huffed even though there was a smile on his face, "Honestly Bushy Brows, you don't have to get so worked up about it, and anyways sure it was lonely and hard but my life was nothing compared to Gaara's. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be informed that early that I was some sort of demon, since they honestly had Gaara believing that by the end, and to have to deal with Jiji trying to have me killed because he thought I was a failure. Oh and in case you hadn't already made the connection, yes Gaara is like me, he is the Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi."

Lee looked wide eyed for a second before breaking down again, "To think that Suna's Villagers are just as Unyouthful as Konoha's. And to not even believe in his own son, the Kazekage was also a very unyouthful man. Imagine what it would have been like if you had not ignited Gaara-san's heart with your Youthful Will of Fire."

Naruto shuddered, "Very bad Bushy Brows, it would have been very bad. Anyways I am just glad that Gaara has managed to turn his life around, even if I am slightly jealous that he beat me to my goal of being acknowledged and becoming a Kage. I just need to redouble my efforts so I can get there to 'tebayo"

Lee looked thoughtful for a second before asking, "Hey Naruto-kun. What is it that fuels your Will of Fire to be so youthfully bright despite all that has happened to you?"

Naruto looked up and answered, "Well that is easy, it is all of my precious people. The Will of Fire is the need to protect that which is precious to you. For me, in addition to this village, which I hope to protect one day as its Kage, that is all of my friends, the members and sensei of Teams Guy, Kurenai, Asuma, Kakashi, and I suppose even team Ebisu. Of course Tsunade-Bachan the Ichirakus and Shizune-neechan, as well as Sandaime-Jiji is in my heart too even if I can't protect him."

Lee stared at his friend who had adopted a thoughtful face with a warm smile on his lips before they were both interrupted by Guy arriving on scene with an equally tired Kakashi though he somehow still found the ability to be very loud as he shouted, "Yosh, your flames of youth burned brightly today my rival, I have not seen you so passionate about one of our challenges in years. Tell me Kakashi, what is it that kept you running long after you grew tired and even long after I could no longer match your pace. I only continued to follow you from a distance because I could not stop watching you as you were filled with so much YOUTH!"

Kakashi looked over to his precious student before giving him a look that clearly said "HELP ME PLEASE!"

Naruto looked over at Lee before saying, "Well anyways Bushy Brows and Bushier Brows Sensei, I had a lot of fun sparring today but I think I should take Kakashi-sensei home before he passes out from exhaustion."

As the two of them shouted their goodbyes Naruto slung Kakashi's arm around his shoulder and helped him walk off the field. Soon Naruto looked over at his sensei and said, "Sorry you had to do all that for me sensei, though it was good luck that you managed to hold out until Lee and I were done sparring and talking."

Kakashi managed to get his breathing back under control as he said, "It wasn't good luck, I had a shadow clone watching you two so I would know when I could stop running. By the way, do you even know where my apartment is Naruto?"

Naruto looked over at his Sensei with a mock glare, "Spying on me again Kakashi-sensei, for shame," before he broke out in a grin as he said, "Not a clue sensei, just figured I would head towards the village and you could tell me where you want to go, so where are we headed, food, apartment, other?"

Kakashi laughed lightly at Naruto's antics before he said, "Well I don't know about you but I am quite hungry though if I had more strength right now I would prefer to cook myself."

Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, "Well it is no Ramen but as long as you have the Ingredients I can cook for you."

Kakashi looked over before eye smiling™ as he said, "I thought you only ever ate Ramen, either from Ichiraku or the cup kind. Although I almost forgot that I did teach you how to cook."

Naruto snorted and said, "Kakashi-sensei, I only eat ramen as a treat or if I am out with friends, I know how important having other foods is, I just couldn't afford anything other than cup ramen for a while that's all."

A few seconds later Kakashi found himself stumbling as Naruto pulled away from him to point an accusing figure at him, "Hey you didn't teach me how to cook, Jiraiya tried on our travels but he was surprised I already knew how. It was dog who … taught … me … how."

Dead silence prevailed as Kakashi chuckled lightly as he swore he saw steam role out Naruto's ears as he processed this new information before cringing as he said, "Holy crap your dog! Why didn't you ever tell me you were the one Jiji assigned to accompany me to the store once a month as a kid?"

Kakashi responded, "Well technically my Anbu codename is supposed to be a secret. And if you must know I was also the one who reported the way the stores were treating you to Hokage-sama since I would always volunteer for your Anbu guard whenever I wasn't away on assigned Anbu business and every team had to take at least one week with you on a continuous cycle of the Anbu that he trusted most."

Naruto sputtered, "I had an Anbu guard! But why, and why would you volunteer for that."

Kakashi eye smiled™ at him again as they once again continued there walk towards town while Kakashi subtly directed Naruto towards his apartment, "Well to answer your questions, the first answer is twofold. It is partially due to the fact that you are the Jinchuuriki of Kyuubi which could make you a target if any village found out who you were since you were still young and couldn't defend yourself. Also, it was because early on we realized that you were not being treated well at the Orphanage and so Sarutobi-sama had you moved to an apartment while you were still too young to take care of yourself and until you were old enough to we were the ones taking care of you. Then once you became old enough to learn to do so on your own I volunteered to teach you how to live by yourself. Plus as an added bonus if the villagers ever seemed like they might try anything physically violent one of us would show ourselves to keep them in line."

Naruto looked thoughtful for a moment before answering, "Oh, I guess that makes sense, I just wish I would have noticed sooner. And you still didn't answer why you would volunteer for my watch."

Kakashi sighed, "Honestly Naruto did you think you would notice the Hokage's elite shadow operatives unless we wanted to be noticed. And as to why I volunteered, I suppose it was because I felt like I should try and protect you since my sensei was you- I mean was the one who chose you as the Jinchuuriki."

Naruto froze for a second as he turned to look at his sensei, "Y-your s-sensei was the Y-Yondaime? Why didn't you ever tell me that either! Say Kakashi-sensei, Jiji and Ero-sennin never gave me a straight answer when I asked, but do you know why he chose me. I mean there are tons of orphans in the village, I get that asking a parent to sacrifice their child would be hard so an orphan makes sense. But was I just chosen at random or just because I was conveniently born on the day of the attack."

Kakashi cringed slightly at the accusing tone in Naruto's voice, "Well to be honest on the night of the attack all of the young Shinobi were ordered to stay away from the fights so I wasn't around when Sensei sealed Kyuubi, but knowing him I am sure he had a good reason for picking you out of everyone else." Especially since you were his son.

Naruto nodded as he continued on his way taking occasional directions from Kakashi as he said, "Thanks sensei, even if you don't know the whole reason, what you do know still means a lot."

Kakashi cringed again and they remained silent until they arrived at Kakashi's apartment, which much to Naruto's surprise was just down the street from his. As they entered the house Kakashi limped over to his couch before Naruto ran to the kitchen to see what Kakashi had to cook with. He noticed that Kakashi had all of the ingredients for Miso soup and since that was one of his favorite flavors of Ramen he decided to fix that for his sensei.

When he brought out the completed meal he set it on the table seeing his sensei sitting there reading his book. Kakashi looked up and said, "Well this certainly smells good and how did you know miso soup was my favorite, oh and there are even vegetables with it, how nice of you."

Naruto huffed as he said, "I didn't know it was your favorite, I made it because you had the ingredients for it and I like miso ramen so it sounded good. Plus just because I don't particularly like vegetables doesn't mean I don't eat them."

Kakashi chuckled as he responded, "Well look at how far my cute little student has come from the kid who used to complain about eating his veggies."

Naruto began pouting and crossed his arms as he said, "Well what can I say, once my growth spurt started shortly after Ero-sennin started forcing me to eat vegetables in addition to having me eat more than just ramen again I realized that they were worth it 'tebayo. And anyways Kakashi-sensei, why do you have to be so mean, I just wanted to thank you for helping me out today and for keeping an eye on me even if it does seem like spying more than anything."

Kakashi laughed and said, "Sorry Naruto, it was really nice of you to take me home and cook diner, and helping you out is the least I can do to make up for how bad of a sensei I was to you when you joined my team."

Naruto snorted as he said, "Sure you weren't the greatest teacher when it came to teaching me cool Jutsu, though Ero-Sennin wasn't much better since I only learned Rasengan and summoning from him. But in reality you taught me my most important lesson, to never abandon my friends and to defend them with everything I've got. Not only did you tell us with that saying of yours about trash, but you showed us in how you acted when we were on missions."

Kakashi sighed as he said, "You would say 'only' when referring to getting a summoning contract as powerful as the toads and learning Sensei's Rasengan. And as to the teacher bit, while I did tell you about that, I have done a pretty horrible job with it since I abandoned you for Sasuke during the Chuunin exams and I barely taught you guys anything for the time we were together before that besides tree climbing."

Naruto grinned as he laughed out, "Whatever sensei that was in the past, you need to look to the future, if you are bothered so much by something you did or didn't do in the past make up for it now. For instance, after you showed me the error of my ways I have come to regret not trusting my friends more but now I am making up for it by working hard to share my secret with them all so that I can continue to grow our bonds."

Kakashi sighed as he responded, "You never cease to amaze me Naruto, most unpredictable ninja indeed. Anyways thanks for joining me for diner and talking but you should really get home and sleep if you want do anything tomorrow morning."

Once Naruto left the house Kakashi got up and went to bed as he thought about how far his student had come. And if he had done this much with as little help as he had been provided before, imagine what he could do if someone actually put forth some more effort. Okay Sensei, thanks for leaving Naruto for us. Of all the wise things said by so many I think what he said has meant the most, I have been wasting my life that so many have died to protect, but not anymore. After he is done with this ordeal I think I may help Naruto work on finishing your Jutsu Sensei.

Okay, first off, writing the chapter was a (Insert bad word here :P ). I knew that I wanted to include a spar but for some annoying reason none of my early ideas for the spar and conversation worked out. At first my idea was to have them play some sort of a game where they either talked or asked questions between bouts but every time I tried to write, it came out stilted and felt awkward. I also toyed with the idea of having them 'talk with their fists' like Sasuke and Killer Bee seem to be able to do with Naruto, but I couldn't think of a way to make that work either. So in the end I decided to just have them talk afterwards.

I know the actual conversation part with Lee is kind of short comparatively, but I feel like Lee is a very straightforward person and for a few moments I even toyed with the idea of Naruto just saying it and explaining the rest through questions Lee came up with. In the end I settled on this and I decided to flesh out there time with the bit about Naruto's Will of Fire and then the scene with Kakashi since he hasn't been visible since Ch3.

Woot 5332 words, which is only 1000 words short of the last one so I feel pretty good about its length. Hopefully you guys liked this again and as usual for those of you who do review, please continue to do so, I value your input and it also helps to know you guys are enjoying it. Though in all honesty I am still shocked I have somehow managed to avoid a flame or something like that *Knock on wood*.

Oh and before I forget to mention it WTF was with the last chapter of Naruto (674) It started out all cool, though I am not sure what to think of the strange teleporting ability Sasuke has now. But then it has to end with Madara performing Instant Eye Transplant no Jutsu again (poor Kakashi). Seriously, Organs as complex as a human eye (not to mention the Sharingan/Rinnegan) should not be plug and play. *Huff* Okay, done with that for now. Bye.