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Chapter 8 – Of seals and pranks…
Four days before the chuunin exams…-
Naruto's team went to Ichiraku to help him and Haku blow off some steam and meet up with Konohamaru and his friends. Naruto smiled at Konohamaru, as the child approached.
"Hey Naruto-niisan! What are you doing?" Konohamaru asked, as everyone took a stool at the ramen stand.
"Lunch," Naruto answered in an annoyed voice.
"Did grandpa screw up again?" Konohamaru asked.
Naruto shook his head. "Nope, he actually did the right thing, sort of. The council is what is pissing me off, even more so than teme," Naruto admitted.
Konohamaru chuckled at Naruto's anger at Sasuke, as Hinata had explained it earlier in the week, to help him understand why Naruto couldn't talk well. Konohamaru idolized Naruto for being able to disable both his grandfather and his jounin sensei. While Hinata and Haku frowned upon using the jutsu other than against perverts, they did eventually allow Naruto teach it to Konohamaru, much to Ebisu's detriment. Hinata and Haku had worn bathing suits to help him with getting the jutsu correct. Naruto of course didn't show the private parts of his female form, as it apparently had more of an impact without those parts showing. Also none of the three were willing to show an eight year old a fully naked form of a female, his age or older.
"So are they asking you to get married?" Konohamaru asked, as he was more teasing than meaning it.
He noticed the dark look appear on Haku's face. "No, they want me to marry him," she said angrily.
Konohamaru and his friends looked confused for a moment until Konohamaru got some insight. "Wait, why would they want to marry a guy…" he asked, only to get a clue into the situation. He then whispered, "They know you're a girl, don't they?"
Haku nodded, but then smiled in a way that struck fear into the children. "While they know, and he knows, if you tell anyone, even being the grandson of the Hokage will not be an adequate defense," she threatened.
Konohamaru and his friends nodded their recognition, as Ayame broke the ice, and said, "Your secret is safe here with us, Haku Uzumaki." Haku looked dead on at Ayame, who just smiled kindly back at the girl. "You're family, we knew, and are happy he will have two people to look after him when we can't," she admitted, as she came around the counter and hugged Haku. She then whispered into her ear, "He is special, treat him right, and don't stop loving him when he doesn't know what to do."
Haku returned the hug and whispered, "We are going to take good care of Naruto-kun, as we both love him dearly. We are well aware of most of his shortcomings. I'm glad there were people like you to help him when he was younger, he thinks of you like an older sister. That being said, we have a lot to do to get him to where he should be."
Ayame nodded and kissed Haku on the cheek. "Take good care of my little otouto (younger brother). He needs all the love he can get," she said loud enough for everyone in the stand to hear. She then let Haku go, kissed Naruto on the forehead and returned to behind the counter with a smile. "Remember send that Iruka-kun by here sometime, Naruto-kun," she said in a singing voice.
Naruto chuckled at this. "Yes, oneesan (older sister), I'll see what I can do," he replied with a grin.
"So, are you guys going to be in the upcoming chuunin exams, niisan?" Moegi asked.
Naruto, Hinata and Haku looked at Kurenai who frowned at the academy students and then smiled at her students. "I was planning to enter the three of you into the exams, as I believe you're all ready, or nearly ready to enter. You have the skills, but need to show your leadership skills. The jounin sensei, haven't been asked just yet, but, yes, I'm going to enter your names into the exams, and maybe you guys will succeed," she admitted. Then she looked directly into Naruto's eyes, and said, "You're going to need to be even better than most to get that type of promotion, as we all know the deck is stacked against you. Haku might just get it because of her bloodline, like I have a feeling that Sasuke might."
She raised her hand to forestall any objections, and continued, "The reason he more than likely will be promoted is because it will show the village is committed to making the Sharingan return. While I think this is a bad reason, I don't have much say in it. If you make it to the last round, there will be representatives that will grade you. I hear that he Kazekage will be here for it. I almost think that I've given you too much information. The good news is that Zabuza will be released during the exams and should be able to help you guys in your training," she said happily.
"I'm glad otousan (father), wasn't sent back to Kirigakure," Haku admitted.
Naruto put an arm around her shoulder, squeezed gently and quietly said, "We all miss him, Haku-chan."
Kurenai smiled at this display of affection that she was afraid that Naruto would never be able to give, but he did and she was proud. "Naruto, do you have any jutsu that aren't water based?" she asked.
Naruto nodded his head, and replied, "I know only a couple wind jutsu, the same ones Haku knows. Hm… let's see, we know 'Air bullet', and 'Wind shield', both are easy techniques, one is for defense while the other is for offense. I know there are stronger wind jutsu, but we don't have much access to wind techniques here in Konoha. If we could go to Suna we might have some more to choose from. My list of water jutsu is fairly good, as I have about eight or so," he admitted.
Kurenai smiled, nodded and said, "That should do you both for the exams, as I know that Sasuke can use fire jutsu, so I would carry water with you so that you can use it if the air is too dry. Also knowing elemental manipulation is what most jounin can do. A usual requirement is being able to do two elemental type manipulations, along with having the skill to be a jounin."
Naruto perked up and looked at Kurenai. "So any news on Jiraiya or Tsunade?" he asked.
Kurenai nodded, and then said, "Well Jiraiya-sama should be here soon, but we haven't heard anything from Tsunade-sama yet, as the messenger shinobi may not have found her just yet. So the seals are worrying you?"
Naruto nodded, as he replied, "There may be even more than we found, and if so I might not be able to have them removed before the exams. The ones that worry me most are the ones on my head and neck. They more than likely were put there to hinder my learning even more than the teachers at the academy. The one on my neck limits the chakra to my head, and thus my brain."
Konohamaru looked up worriedly at Naruto, and asked, "Why would anyone, put a seal on you niisan?"
Naruto scratched his head, and said, "Well, I can't tell you everything, but a lot of people don't like me and would do anything to make my life very annoying, if not hard." Naruto suddenly brightened up, and a devious grin crossed his face. He then scared his jounin sensei, by saying, "We need to find Anko-chan, paint, and some sealing scrolls. Want to help make me happier Kon?"
Konohamaru and his friends nodded enthusiastically. Kurenai knew she was either going to get a headache or laugh until she was blue in the face at whatever he was planning. Naruto, Hinata, Haku, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon left the stand quickly after finishing their ramen.
"So who do you figure they are going to prank this time?" Ayame asked no one in particular.
"I just hope it isn't me," Kurenai replied with a chuckle, as she knew if Anko was involved it would be very devious, if not hurt someone. She knew that Naruto would make sure that no one was killed, but she had a feeling that this time Naruto was headed off to war.
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Sarutobi sat at his chair with a messenger ninja standing in front of him holding a document. "Tsunade Senju, a member of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, named so by Hanzou of Ame, would like Hiruzen Sarutobi, Third Hokage of Konohagature, to know that she will be returning to Konoha within the next week or so. There is more in the letter, but she wanted me to tell you this, before I gave you the letter," the messenger said, as he bowed and handed him the envelope.
Sarutobi accepted the letter with a nod, and said, "Thank you for your service, you're dismissed."
The messenger left the office, as Sarutobi opened the letter. He began to read the letter only to become pale and have his pipe fall from his mouth.
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Kakashi waited outside of the building for Sasuke to leave so that he could give the report directly to the Hokage. Sasuke left with a smile on his face, as he thanked the man for allowing him to visit. Tonbo Yamanaka looked at Kakashi and waved, he then said, "Mr. Uchiha is fine, I found no problems with his psyche, I give him a clean bill of health. Here are the files that the Hokage wanted me to fill out." Tonbo handed Kakashi a file folder and then reentered the clinic.
Kakashi turned to Sasuke with a furrowed brow, and said, "You do understand that you will need to avoid Naruto and his team for a while, right?"
Sasuke's smile turned to a scowl, as he said, "Yes, I know that. Even if I wanted to get even with him, now is not the time. I can wait, and the council will help me."
Kakashi sighed at his lack of remorse. "You do know that if you use the council it might end up worse for you. Also don't harbor any thoughts of getting close to that Haku girl, I think she might not like you very much after the other day."
"Like I care, she will be my wife and bring a new breed of Uchiha into this village," Sasuke said without any feeling.
Kakashi sighed yet again at his student's lack of understanding. "Well, I'm off to get you back on the active roster," he said, as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
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Naruto, sitting at his desk, continued to go back over the notes he had. He suddenly screamed out in frustration, "Why can't I get this? From the notes we have from father, the forbidden scroll and my own observations, what is wrong with me?"
Hinata stood next to Naruto with a worried look on her face, but then she noticed a small glow on Naruto's head. She moved the hair to notice that the seal on his head was pulsing. "Naruto-kun, relax for a minute then try again," she said gently.
Naruto took a deep breath, and smiled at Hinata, and said, "Okay, Hinata-chan, for you, anything."
Hinata watched the seal stop pulsing and then fade, as Naruto became more relaxed. She watched, as Naruto began to study his notes again. The seal became evident, as his concentration became deeper, the seal began to glow.
"Naruto-kun, the seal on your head is glowing. Is there any seals that are meant to break a person's concentration?" Hinata asked.
Naruto turned and opened a couple scrolls, but couldn't find anything that described what she was asking for. "No, not with what I know so far. There may be something out there that does, but I don't know about it and it isn't in the books."
Both turned, as they heard the window open and a rather large man with white hair, red vest and a headband with 'oil' on it, sat on the window sill. "That might be the seal that was used by the Uchiha military police to keep prisoners from contemplating escape. It breaks concentration by using the person's own chakra against them. So you must be Naruto, and his lovely bride-to-be Hinata," the man said with a happy grin. "So, where are your mother and that fox of a woman, Hana?"
Naruto frowned, as he looked at the man. "Thank you for the information, but who, the hell are you?" he asked angrily.
The man frowned, but cheered up quickly. "Is that any way to talk to your godfather, Jiraiya? The toad sage of Mount Myouboku, and one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha."
Naruto wore an angry look, and then said, "Their both dead, and have been for years. If you're my godfather, where were you when they died? Why didn't you come and look after me?"
Jiraiya was taken aback by the hostility of the boy, first he is told that Kushina and Hana are both dead, and then is raked over the coals for not coming sooner to a situation that he had no knowledge over. Jiraiya sighed, and said, "Look Naruto, I'm sorry that I didn't come sooner. Had I known that Hana had passed away, I would have come sooner." He held up his hand to forestall any complaints, and continued, "I knew that Kushina was going to die, but I didn't know that Hana had passed on too. I will do all I can to help you now. That is all I can offer. Is that enough?"
Naruto pondered for a moment and then nodded. "If you can get rid of these seals, other than the Kyuubi one, I would really appreciate it," he said with a guarded grin.
Jiraiya nodded, as Haku came into the room in a form fitting kimono. Jiraiya's eyes went wide, as he asked, "You have two girls?"
Naruto nodded, and smirked, as Haku wrapped a loving arm around his neck. "I picked her up in Wave country, and she hasn't left my side since," he admitted with a warm smile. "Haku-chan, this is my godfather Jiraiya of the Sannin."
Haku leaned down and kissed Naruto on the cheek, and said, "I'll add food for one more for dinner," as she left the room. "Do I need to fix up the extra bedroom for our guest, Naruto-kun?"
Jiraiya chuckled, as he watched Hinata smile at the interaction between Haku and Naruto. 'Guess they have worked it out. Might make for a good storyline for one of my books,' he thought to himself. He then shook his head and said, "I have a place to stay, but thank you. So we will start our work on figuring out how to remove your seals tonight. What is that you're working on?"
Naruto pulled the scroll he was working on and handed it to Jiraiya, and said, "I'm working on either modifying or removing the 'Caged Bird' seal of the Hyuuga. They put the seal on Hinata-chan here, against their signed promise, I might add."
Jiraiya noticed the anger in his voice, but nodded, and said, "You know, we can work on that together after the chuunin exams." He then clapped his hands and then rubbed them together. "Let's get to work on your seals. Let me see your notes and we will discuss this over dinner."
Naruto nodded, as he grabbed the scrolls he had on the seals and his notes, and they headed to the kitchen to eat dinner. The next hour was in discussion on the individual seal, what they did, and how to remove them.
Jiraiya thanked the trio for the dinner and left for the evening promising to return in the morning to start work on removing the seals on Naruto. 'I have a visit I have to make first,' he thought angrily, as he use 'body flicker' to disappear in a swirl of leaves.
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The next morning found Naruto waking the two girls, as there a knock on the door, more like a pounding. "Naruto, open this door!" the voice of Sakura was coming from the front door.
Naruto sighed, as he left the comfort of a warm bed, and both girls sighed at his departure, vowing to get even with said girl. Naruto walked to the door, unlocked it and ducked a punch. "What do you want Sakura," he asked politely.
"Naruto!" she screamed. "How dare you come to the door in only your underpants?"
Naruto growled at her, and replied, "I dare, because this is MY home, and you were so nice enough to DEMAND that I open the door. So what is it that you want?"
"My mother is pissed at you and demands you clean up your mess you made on our doorstep," she demanded.
"Is that all your thieving mother wants? She can hire my team to clean things for her, all she needs to do is inform the Hokage, and ask for a D-ranked mission for my team," he explained.
"No, you made the mess and you'll clean it up!" she yelled.
Hinata came to the door clad in a silk night kimono, opened, bra and panties showing, all in floral prints. "Sakura-san, you come here on my teams day off and demand we clean up some mess at five in the morning?" she asked in a sleepy tone.
Sakura gasped as she looked at Hinata's attire, and then said, "So you're now his hussy?"
Hinata glared at Sakura, and replied, "No, Naruto-kun is to be my husband, and after the Hyuuga disowned me, I came here."
"So you're sleeping with him?" Sakura demanded.
Hinata raised an eyebrow, and said, "What I do with my future husband isn't any of your concern, and if I hear that you're spreading rumors of Naruto-kun and I having premarital sex, I WILL make you eat your words."
Sakura backed up as she felt a wave of killing intent wash off from Hinata. "Well… well… your husband-to-be vandalized my house and my mother wants him to clean it up," Sakura shuddered out her demand.
Naruto took his turn, and looked Sakura in the eye. "Your mother stole from me and tried to call me a thief. Now if she wants to publicly retract her statement, then I might look into seeing who vandalized your house and then maybe help you clean it up. Also keep your boyfriend inline, seeing as he attacked me and my teammate, and tell Sasuke-chan that I'm sending him the cleaning bill for my clothes," Naruto explained.
"Fine, I tell Sasuke-kun," she replied with a derogatory tone. She then turned and said only loud enough for the couple to hear, "I'll bet Sasuke-kun is even better in bed than the baka."
Hinata laughed at this comment, and said loudly, "I'll bet Sasuke-teme wouldn't know what to do with a girl if one threw herself at him, other than run."
Sakura turned and threw a punch at Hinata only to find out three things. One, Hinata was more flexible than any girl she knew, and second she was had a larger chest than Sakura, and finally juuken strikes hurt a lot. Sakura's arm fell limp to her side, as she began to retreat. "You bitch! You haven't heard the last of this! I'm going to tell everyone what is going on around here, and you can count on it," she yelled, as she ran down the front stairs.
Naruto shrugged, as he closed the door and kissed Hinata. "Sorry for the interruption, I still wanted to sleep," he explained.
Hinata giggled at Naruto, and asked, "What color did we paint their house again?"
Naruto brought his hand up to his chin and thought for a minute. "I think we gave them a pink makeover, and the other teme council members got a variety of nice colors for their votes against me and Haku-chan," he explained.
Naruto felt a set of arms wrap around his torso, and a gentle kiss on the cheek. "So was that the pink banshee?" Haku asked, as Naruto nodded. "Do you think the black flag with a skull with crossed kunai was a little much?"
Naruto shook his head, as they all laughed, knowing that all around the village houses of the Konoha council were being bombed with paint, along with an image of a pirate flag. Jiraiya smirked, as he had noticed their handy work, as soon as the Haruno had opened their door this morning.
He decided to allow the young trio a little while to get ready for the day before he introduced his godson to the art of removing seals, his expression saddened, as he realized just how much more pain he was going to put Naruto through.
Naruto and the girls went through their morning routine, group shower, the group embarrassment to this activity had gone down, as they became used to the idea of seeing each other naked. Getting dressed, Haku began to allow Naruto to help her with her bindings, but they figured after the chuunin exams it wouldn't matter, as her secret would be out. Finally they had breakfast, a little early for their day off, but since they were up.
Around eight there was a gentle knock on the door. Naruto opened the door and allowed Jiraiya in, but noticed the grimace on his face. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Jiraiya sighed, and then explained, "Well, first off, I'm going to have hurt you more, even after all you've been through." The sadness in his tone was evident. "The good news is that you'll be ready for the chuunin exams after I'm done with removing the seals. Are there any more seals on you? Any that might prevent you from having children or worse, something under the skin?"
Naruto looked confused and turned to Haku and Hinata, who both just shrugged. "We don't know of any other seals on me than those we found. What would we need to do to figure out if there were any more seals?" he asked in a worried tone.
Jiraiya got a lecherous grin. "Well to figure out if you had any seals that prevented you from having children you would need to have sex," he explained, as all three paled at this. "I could watch to make sure that you don't have one."
Naruto's face scrunched up and took an angry visage. "You just want to watch me and one of the girls having sex don't you?" he asked angrily.
Jiraiya rolled his eyes, and said, "While it would be enlightening, and more than likely entertaining. I'm more asking for you to see if you've had a seal put on your…" he pointed down towards his crotch, "goods. You see during an orgasm, chakra is sent directly into that area and would reveal any seals that were there. So, no I'm not asking to watch you have sex, I'm just wanting to make sure that we get rid of them all and I don't have to do this again. So go back into the bedroom and either relieve yourself, have one of the girls do it, or… you could try to channel chakra to that area. I would try both and have someone watch to make sure about seals, just in case."
Both Hinata and Haku blushed at the implications of what Jiraiya had asked. Asking for them to have Naruto reach an orgasm, it was something that they wanted to wait for until they were all married. Naruto lowered his head and began to think, until his head was grabbed by Jiraiya.
"Kid, this in Uchiha seal used when the military police were around, and has Fugaku's name written all over it, really, he signed it," Jiraiya admitted with a smile, and thought, 'Idiot'.
Naruto shooed Jiraiya away from his head with a couple of gentle swats, as he began to contemplate what his godfather was saying. "So you want me to either have sex with one of my future wives or have them bring me to a climax while they watch for a seal to appear on me?" he asked, as Jiraiya nodded. "Jeez, are you some kind of pervert?"
Jiraiya scowled, and said, "I'm not 'some kind of pervert'. I'm a super pervert. Now get to work, unless you've already checked for this."
Hinata and Haku blushed, as they shook their heads. They hadn't even thought about that type of seal, keeping their Naruto from having children with either of them. Hinata grabbed Naruto's hand and looked at Haku, and declared, "For Naruto-kun, we must find out, come with me Haku-chan."
Naruto wore a desperate look, as Jiraiya smiled and gave Naruto the 'thumbs up' sign. "Go get'em tiger," he proclaimed, as Naruto was dragged into the bedroom and the door shut behind them. 'This shouldn't take too long,' Jiraiya thought to himself.
Naruto gave Hinata and Haku a pleading look.
Hinata led Naruto to the bed, and said, "Strip, we're going to make sure our Naruto-kun is ready and working for our wedding night."
Naruto did as ordered and then laid on the bed, as naked as the day he was born. Naruto wore a worried look on his face, as Haku gently cupped his face.
Hinata then sat next to Naruto, as Jiraiya entered the room, and then she asked, "Naruto-kun, remember our chakra exercises?" Naruto nodded, and she continued, "Now push some chakra to your groin."
Naruto furrowed his brow, as he did as ordered. A seal appeared and Naruto grabbed the sheets, as if in pain. He then yelled out in pain.
Jiraiya immediately stepped forward and examined the seal. He shook his head, and quickly used the sheet to cover Naruto leaving only his scrotum visible. Anger filled the seal master, as he recognized the work. "Sorry, better to know now than on your wedding night," Jiraiya explained.
Naruto nodded, as sweat began to pour down his face.
Jiraiya took one of the empty inkwells and then drew some of Naruto's blood into it. He then added some ink from a full well into the well, sealed it with a cork and then shook it. He then grabbed a brush and began to paint on Naruto's scrotum, and then did several hand seals and tapped the new seal. "Punishment seal release," he proclaimed, as Naruto again writhed in pain. The seal from before appeared then began to flake off.
"Nasty little seal, meant for rapist. I recognize this work also, Ibara Yamanaka, she's a vindictive one. My guess is this is her attempt to prevent Naruto from impregnating their heir, Ino," Jiraiya explained.
Haku glared at the red area where the seal used to be. "The seal is gone, and a Yamanaka is to blame? Ino and I are going to have a little discussion," she said in an angry tone.
Jiraiya nodded. "Sorry to get you guys all flustered, but I wanted to be sure my godson could have children. Now to get the other seals taken care of," Jiraiya said kindly. He then put his hand on Naruto's chest, and said, "I can guarantee that there will be more pain, but after we're done you'll feel like a new man."
Naruto nodded and began to focus chakra. Jiraiya shook his head, as the seals became evident. "Hm… What to choose first? I think we should do the Hyuuga one near the heart first. A dead-man's switch, on command the heart will be overloaded with that person's own chakra. Yep a good one to get rid of," he explained to no one in particular, as he began to write over the exposed seal. He also touched the other three seals with his brush, as he began the process of destroying the seals. "Dead-man, release!" he proclaimed, as the seal near Naruto's heart glowed and then burned off. Naruto all the while let out a blood curdling scream.
Hinata began to tear up, as Naruto screamed, Haku hugged the younger girl, hoping that this would help their loved one in the end. When the seal finally burned away Naruto's breathing retuned if only slightly labored.
Jiraiya smiled, as he knew from former clients that that seal hurt like the dickens when it was removed. "Okay, two down, and five to go. Let's get those on your head and neck next," Jiraiya ordered, as Naruto sat up. Jiraiya then went through several hand seals and then tapped the top of Naruto's head.
Naruto's eyes rolled into the back of his head, as he fell back on the bed and began to convulse. Haku in a worried voice asked, "What is happening to him?"
Jiraiya sighed, as he examined Naruto, and then said, "That seal was blocking his ability to think, in several ways and with it gone he will be able to concentrate at least a little better."
"Why only a little better?" Hinata asked.
"That seal was never meant to be on someone for more than a year, and with Fugaku being dead for several years, I don't know what the risks are for it being on him for so long. I'm just mad at sensei for not checking for these problems earlier, and especially for not informing me earlier, so that I could keep an eye out for Naruto," Jiraiya admitted.
Naruto's eyes fluttered open, and his vision was clearer than it had been before. "My head hurts, but I seem to be able to see clearer now," Naruto said.
"That good kid, we have a few more to go, the next one is going to leave you with one hell of a headache when we're done, I want the one on your neck gone so that your brain will get the needed chakra, and then we'll get those storage seals removed. We can then fix the filter seal so that the fox doesn't poison you anymore," Jiraiya explained.
Jiraiya removed the seal on Naruto's neck and he slept for a couple hours. Kurenai arrived to find Naruto in bed sleeping gently, she blushed, as she then move the sheets to recover Naruto's crotch. Jiraiya was getting tired, as undoing the seals had taken a lot out of both them. Jiraiya let Naruto wake up and have lunch and meet with his sensei. Naruto wasn't exactly totally lucid, as he was adjusting to added chakra flowing to his brain. Jiraiya then worked on the storage seals, as both would hold different levels of chakra and then release them into his system at different intervals, and he had to be careful not to damage Naruto's chakra system. This took another hour. The final seal was designed to counteract the filter in the fourths original seal and allow the Kyuubi chakra to leak freely into his system. Naruto apparently had developed a resistance to the Kyuubi's chakra, and the poisoning was limited to areas around the seal.
The release of this seal caused Naruto untold pain, as the seal had also stored up a lot of Kyuubi chakra and released it once it was removed. Naruto passed out, but not before being engulfed in red chakra. Sarutobi and an ANBU contingent appeared at the door at this point. Jiraiya let the Hokage in, but also berated him for what he had done, while Naruto was blissfully asleep. Naruto woke two days later, the day before the chuunin exams were supposed to start.
The first thing that hit his mind was that he really needed to go to the bathroom. He streaked past the open door only to be seen by his fiancés, a pervert, and two other women.
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A/N: I hope the explanation of the seals helped. Naruto will get lose some control from the loss of the seals, but his ability to concentrate on things will be better than before. A little distraction can go a long ways, and in Naruto's case, already being distracted doesn't help.
Next chapter the beginnings of the chuunin exams and here comes a Tanuuki.