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Chapter 14: You are a Fool
Naruto and the other genins were currently lounging off with Kakashi lying down in his room, Tazuna was drinking sake, Inari was glaring at the genins, Kurenai was alternating between tending to Kakashi and looking at the genins, while Tsunami kept glancing at Naruto every now and then. As Kurenai was about to check up on Kakashi, the said man appeared on the stairs.
"Why didn't I see it, before?" He muttered to himself.
"Kakashi! What are you doing? You're not supposed to be up!" Kurenai exclaimed.
"I have strength enough for this, Kurenai." Kakashi said as he sat down at the table. Kurenai followed suit.
"Alright, Kakashi, what seems to be so important that you have to get out of bed and get down here?" Kurenai impatiently asked.
"It's Zabuza, he's alive." Kakashi replied, grimly. That mere sentence had heads snapping to his direction, along with Naruto's tenants. Along with some of the genin's eyes to widen.
"Wh-what do you mean, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked. "I mean, I thought that hunter-nin killed him."
Kakashi shook his head. "What weapon did the hunter-nin use, Sakura?"
Sakura replied, "Senbon...why?"
Everyone's eyebrows twitched. She's supposed to be the smart one?
Shino was the one who answered, "Because, Sakura-san, a senbon is one weapon in a ninja's arsenal that can render a person unconscious when thrown at the right pressure point."
Sakura's eyes widened at this. "Oh! Right!" She exclaimed.
Sasuke decided to speak up. "So, what do we do, Kakashi-sensei?"
Kakashi eye-smiled. "We train." He stood up, but Kurenai stopped him.
"You have to rest, Kakashi." She told him.
"And risk my team getting killed by Zabuza and his accomplice when we meet him?" He countered. Kurenai was silent. "In fact, you should train them as well."
Kurenai nodded. She turned to her team. "Alright, let's go." Her team complied and left the room.
Kakashi struggled to stand up. "Alright, I believe it's time for us to go, too." His team followed after him to the door, leaving Naruto alone with Tazuna and his family. He sighed.
"Oh, well. Let's continue with the bridge, Tazuna-san." Naruto suggested.
Tazuna stood up. "I agree, boy." He replied as he went to pick up his tools. "Well, let's go."
Naruto nodded, made some Kage Bunshins for guard duty at the house, and left along with Tazuna.
Tazuna sighed in frustration. Four other bridge-builders resigned. This will make things harder. "Well, this might put a hamper to the schedule." He grunted.
Naruto grinned. "Never fear, Tazuna of Nami no Kuni! I shall help you with this!" He made a cross-shaped handseal, ignoring Tazuna's confusing look, and said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He said. Immediately, a lot of Narutos were littering the place. "Alright, Tazuna-san, tell the clones what they need to do and they'll do it!" He said.
Tazuna picked up his fallen jaw and said, "Alright, divide into three groups." They did so. "Clone group A," he pointed to the left group of clones, "work on collecting wood, bricks, and cement for the bridge. Clone group B," he pointed to the middle group, "work on helping me build the bridge. Clone group C," he pointed to the last group, "work on analyzing the blueprints and make sure that the other clones are doing their jobs correctly."
The clones chorused a 'Hai' before doing their respective jobs. The original, however, stayed behind. Tazuna looked at him.
"And, what are you going to do?" He asked.
Naruto shrugged. "I'm going to train while protecting you." He started to take out a weapon scroll, but paused. "I would much appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone of this."
Tazuna nodded. "Of course, boy, everyone has his secrets." Then, he walked over to the missing part of the bridge and began to build his bridge. Naruto, on the other hand, took out his katana and began to work on his katas.
After a whole day of working, Naruto and Tazuna walked, tired, to the house. They walked in and Tazuna went to the couch, with Naruto slumping down on the ground in front of the table, not minding the two teams that were there waiting for them.
"Whew, I'm beat." Naruto sighed.
Tazuna smirked. "After all, who wouldn't? With all the help you've given me...heck, you didn't even let me do most of the work!" He exclaimed.
Naruto grinned. "Heh, well, I gotta carry my weight around here, eh..." he took a deep breath,"jii-san?" He said. Tazuna chuckled.
"Well, at least, the nickname is much better than formalities, especially from someone like you. Formality doesn't suit you. It ain't your type, boy." He said.
Naruto smiled. "Really?"
Tsunami had enough. "Okay, enough, time for dinner, people."
Dinner was quiet. Naruto was bored, so, to kill time, he began to talk to his parents and ancestors.
Hey, guys, any more things you can teach me? He thought, enthusiastically.
Minato raised an eyebrow. "Naruto, we have nothing else to teach you that is ninja-training related...unless if you want teachings outside ninja training."
Naruto shrugged. "Anything that you guys want to teach me, I'll learn."
Minato nodded. "Alright, but not now...maybe when you're about to sleep, alright?"
Naruto nodded before disappearing from his mindscape.
Naruto continued to eat his meal when...
"Why do you try?" A voice said. Naruto's and the other occupants of this room's head turned to the source. It was, as Naruto remembered, Inari. "Why do you try to fight him?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow but, nevertheless, continued to eat.
"Who?" Sasuke asked.
Inari glared at him. "Why do you continue to fight Gato when no one can fight him?" He shouted.
Tsunami glared at him. "Inari!" She shouted.
Inari continued, as if he never heard her. "Gato is invincible! No one can kill him!" He shouted.
Kiba glared at him. "Hey...invincible or not, I can still fight him!"
Sasuke huffed. "After all, no one can stand us."
Inari stood up, angrily. "You don't understand! Why don't you try to experience my life! Wait! You can't! Because you are too busy living like a king back at your village! Why don't you just go back to that five-star village of yours and continue living? Everyone that stood up to him, died! Everything that was held precious to this village was taken away! Why do you continue to sympathize with us?" He continued his rant for a whole minute. Until, Tsunami told him to stop. He turned to go to his room.
He was almost on the first step when Naruto said four words that seemed to stop everything, even time itself.
"You are a fool."
The moment he said those words, Inari stopped walking. He turned to the blond boy, glaring at him.
"What did you say?" He asked.
Naruto lightly laughed. "Are you deaf, as well as stupid? I said, you are a fool." He stood up.
Inari shouted, "Why? Why do you call me a fool when you are the fool! Gato cannot be stopped! You will soon fall to hi-"
"Do you truly believe that?" Naruto asked, making Inari stop. "Do you truly believe that this fool of a man is unstoppable?"
Inari was silent.
"Tell me something, Inari," He walked towards him. "If Gato is as invincible as you say, then, how come you are still here, alive and well? How come that your grandfather and you aren't dead and your mother is doing, as I suspect it, slave work for that worm?" He reached him. "Tell me, young man," he said in some sort of fatherly tone, "what happened to you to make you share your pain with us?"
Inari looked at him and started to cry. "He...he..." Naruto raised an eyebrow. "He..." Inari leaned into him and whispered what he was about to say. "He...*whisper*."
Naruto's eyes widened and he hugged him. "Tell me, Inari, how did he kill your father?" Everyone who was unfamiliar with the incident widened their eyes.
Inari began to recount the events that had happened before, each paragraph of the story making more tears fall from his eyes.
Naruto hugged him even tighter. "You say, he smiled at you before he died, right?" He asked. Inari nodded. Naruto smiled. "You know what? I bet that he thought about you, your grandfather, your mother and everyone from this village, and how he helped them." Inari looked at him with wide eyes. "That's what makes your father a respectable person in this village, to think about every good deed done and smile, even in the face of death. That's what makes a person a hero." Naruto looked at him. "When he smiled at you, he passed on his will to you. He knew that you will have to save this village, some day. When that time comes, Inari, remember...remember those that loved you and still love you...and hold on tight with these two arms of yours," he pointed to his arms, "and never let go...letting go means that you will give up on life." Naruto smiled at the teary-eyed Inari, who hugged him.
Tazuna and Tsunami looked at the duo with teary eyes, as well.
Tazuna thought, Heh, not only a helper and a strong ninja, he also has a way with words...
Tsunami, on the other hand, thought, He's just like you, Kaiza-kun.
The other occupants, however, were silent.
Naruto held on to Inari, who was now sleeping soundly. He picked him up and gave him to Tsunami. "Here, take him. I'll be going outside for a walk, Tsunami-san." He bowed to her, then at Tazuna before leaving the house.
Sasuke scoffed. "What a way to spoil the mood."
Sakura nodded. "Yeah! He said what Sasuke-kun supposed to have said!"
Kakashi grimly shook his head.
Naruto went into a clump of trees, comfortable enough, before going to a meditative sitting position and going into his mindscape.
Naruto reappeared in front of his tenants, who had different reactions.
Kushina was crying on Minato's shoulder, who was looking at his son with pride.
Kyuubi was smiling at her container, proudly.
Arthas chuckled at him.
Alexandros patted him on the back.
Minato said to him, "Good speech, Naruto. It made us emotional."
Kushina couldn't help but nod.
Naruto grinned then asked, "Hey, how about that lesson that you guys were supposed to teach me?"
Minato nodded and let go of Kushina. He took out something from his pocket. "Since, you were so caught up in the past few years training, we believe that it is time for you to learn about things outside the ninja world." He took out a book...a set of books.
'Human Anatomy'
'Human Reproduction'
'Inferiority Complex'
'Human Mentality'
And a whole lotta books. Naruto raised an eyebrow then grinned.
"Oh, well, let's begin!" He shouted.
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