Friendly Neighborhood Nine-tails
The people of Konoha were more than a little aware of the rumbling under their feet, the only warning they had before a mountain of golden fur walked up onto the Hokage Monument.
"I'm back, people!"
Naruto's declaration was met mostly with silence, but the worry left their souls with a collective sigh of relief.
"Yeah, screw you too, assholes! Not everyone, they know who they are," Naruto said as he took a seat, more or less in the same spot he had last time.
"You choose a rather interesting time to return," Kakashi greeted as he appeared on top of a nearby tree.
"Hey, Sensei. That porn new?" Naruto asked casually.
"It's an uncut edition," Kakashi answered with an eye smile. "Make any giant sandcastles after I left?"
"Uhh, No?" Naruto answered in confusion.
"Well, that's almost disappointing," Kakashi mused. "I assume by that display I saw earlier, you helped resolve our little situation."
"Yeah, I did," Naruto answered as he scanned over the village. "Sakura out on a mission?"
Kakashi sighed. "Team Seven is effectively broken, Naruto. Given yours and Sasuke's situations, she's bouncing between teams for now."
Naruto hummed, displeased but resigned in understanding as his ears started to twitch.
"Something wrong?" Kakashi asked with a head tilt.
"Some of the clients are gawking at me," Naruto answered awkwardly. "At least they're more amazed than afraid."
"Oh, yeah. More clients are making trips to the village in person in hopes of a chance to see, well, you," Kakashi informed.
"...Neat," Naruto said with a grin. "So this is what positive attention feels like."
"I seem to recall hearing you had quite a lot of people cheering for you back at the Chunin exams," Kakashi reminded in amusement.
"And I seem to recall you being extra late that time," Naruto retorted blankly. "Like stupidly, overly late. The kind of late you get when your alarm silently breaks in the middle of the night."
"Either my student was as prepared as possible or he survived by virtue of not participating. In that exact instance, those weren't bad options to me," Kakashi admitted.
"...Fair," Naruto conceded. Sasuke might be a bitter subject, but not so much that he couldn't talk about him. To Kakashi at least. "And you weren't worried about me because...?"
"Honestly? I was hedging my bets that, in the worst-case scenario, the Old Kyuubi being able to help you more than I possibly could," Kakashi admitted. "And, you know, Lord Jiraiya was back in town."
"Yeah, I was beginning to think that wasn't a coincidence," Naruto muttered before gaining a tick mark as his head shot back over his shoulder. "And Who The Hell Is In My Tail!?"
Kakashi blinked, body flickering onto Naruto's head, deciding it was best to see this for himself.
"Konohamaru, I swear, if that's you in there...!" Naruto warned, glaring at a very specific tail.
Needless to say, most of the village was watching curiously, wondering just who had been dumb enough to do something like that.
A head of purple hair popped up. "Snake lady, I warned-!" Naruto started only to stop and look back into the village.
More specifically, an owlish Anko right outside her favorite place to get dango, the treat in her mouth.
"Wait, if Anko's there..." Naruto said, turning to look at the figure in confusion.
The person pulled themselves fully out of the fur, revealing an ANBU mask. "Did you assume that Anko was the only purple-haired woman in the village?" she asked neutrally.
"To his defense, it's not exactly far from the truth," Kakashi mused, waving to her. "Cat."
"Dog," she returned before focusing on Naruto again.
"Honestly, I thought she'd be the only one with purple hair crazy enough to go poking around In My Tail," he said, wiggling the exact appendage she was in, reminding her of his annoyance.
"A-apologies. I was attempting to cross while you were moving and I may have...underestimated how easy it would be to fall into your tail," she said as she began to pull herself loose, leaping away to land in a tree.
"Huh. I don't think anyone has tried to use chakra to walk on your tails before," Kakashi mused, cupping his chin in thought.
"Try it, Sensei, and I promise you're not getting off as easily as she did," Naruto warned dryly. "Also, yeah, fuck off, Hag! I have a right to worry about that!"
"Do I want to know?" Kakashi asked warily.
"I asked Tsunade to make sure Sasuke didn't escape in all of this," Naruto answered. "Upon hearing that he was still in his cell, her words were, "I told you, Brat!""
"Ah, so normal for you both," Kakashi decided with a nod.
"Naruto!"
With Kakashi still on his head, Naruto looked down and saw a familiar runt running up to him.
"Hey, Konohamaru," Naruto greeted as he leaned down- and instantly startled. "Wait, why do you have a black eye? Is that from training or is some asshole picking on you?"
"Black eye? Boss, what are you talking about?" Konohamaru asked, reaching up to rub his eyes. When he removed his hand, one of them was stained black. "What the-!?" he instantly pulled off his goggles and examined the inside. "Meogi put ink in my goggles!"
"...AHAHAAHA! You got pranked!" Naruto laughed out, his whole body wracked with mirth. "Nice one, Meogi!"
Considering all the tails and teeth, it was fairly terrifying to behold for many. But Meogi just snickered to herself as she shared a high-five with Udon.
"Shut it, it's not funny!" Konohamaru exclaimed, crossing his arms with a pout as Naruto laughed. "Not funny."
"No, no, not at all," Naruto said sarcastically, slowly containing his humor to mere chuckles. "I'd offer to help, but my way of cleaning wouldn't work."
"...Would it though?" Konohamaru asked in thought.
Naruto's pause was telling….and concerning.
"Naruto, no," Kakashi warned sternly.
"Oh, I wasn't going to use it on him! I'm not always smart, but I'm not that reckless," Naruto stated.
"I think some of your friends would agree to disagree with that," Kakashi said.
"Oh, they are," Naruto said, glaring out at the village at someone in particular. "Yeah, I see you, Shikamaru! Anyway, what's the worst that could happen? The goggles blow up?"
"Yes," Kakashi answered flatly.
"Cool! Let's try it!" Konohamaru agreed with an eager grin.
"You want to blow up your goggles?" Kakashi called down.
"Kakashi, he's a kid. Blowing up stuff is either terrifying or awesome at that age. There is no in-between," Naruto reminded bluntly.
"I think I was an exception to that," Kakashi stated evasively. "Either way, no, we're not testing what your chakra will do if you poured it into the goggles."
"...Ggggghh!" Konohamaru groaned in disappointment.
"Well, that let down out of the way, you just come up to say hi?" Naruto asked curiously.
"Huh? Oh, right! No, I didn't!" Konohamaru remembered, suddenly taking a pose while pointing at Naruto accusingly, who blinked at the sudden shift. "You ran off to the beach without even saying goodbye!"
Naruto raised a large brow at the complaining child. "Konohamaru, go home."
"Eh? Why?" Konohamaru asked in bewilderment.
"Go home, lie on your bed, and don't move at all for two days straight," Naruto said pointedly. "Then you can complain all you want."
Konohamaru looked almost intimidated by the prospect before looking to the side in annoyance. "You still could have at least said goodbye."
"I did! To the whole village," Naruto said, but half-conceding that point all the same. "Look, I would have brought back a souvenir, but all I have on that beach are whale bones and sunken ships."
"Wait, really?!" Konohamaru exclaimed. "Why didn't you bring any of those back!?"
"You kind of walked into that," Kakashi pointed out with an eye smile.
"Yeah, I'd facepalm if you weren't on my head," Naruto agreed in exasperation.
"Well, is there anything else cool at your beach?" Konohamaru asked eagerly.
"Well, there are these giant rock pillar things. And a Bijuu-sized sake bottle," Naruto mused.
"WHAT?!" Tsunade yelled from the Hokage tower, audible from elsewhere.
"Don't get too excited, Hag. I already drank it all. Don't worry, it did absolutely nothing to me," Naruto assured her and the village, before his eye twitched in annoyance. "Of course, she wasn't worried about a drunken Bijuu, she was jealous she didn't get any."
"There are days we're all glad she and Jiraiya didn't get one another's summons," Kakashi said with a head shake.
"Moving on, anything interesting happen with you, Konohamaru?" Naruto asked idly.
"Well, I tried asking Iruka-sensei if we could learn that tree-climbing thing you mentioned, but he said we'll learn that after we graduate," Konohamaru answered with a pout.
Naruto paused before looking up towards his forehead where Kakashi stood. "...Okay, I know he's a bit young, but that kind of feels like something that should have been touched on in the academy?"
"I can answer that. It's a holdover from the village's younger days. There is a certain level we didn't want people to learn before becoming full-fledged ninjas of the village," Kakashi explained. "Otherwise, you'd have dropouts that might be using the skills they picked up in the academy for less than legal activities."
Naruto saw some points to that. Only a third of the students truly passed every year. So that meant two-thirds had to retry or look to other paths in life. The standard three academy Jutsu weren't that dangerous. Normal clones couldn't interact with anything, Transformations were mainly for disguises, and Replacement was mainly a last-ditch lifesaver.
"I get that things were worse way back then, but I don't entirely agree with that these days," Naruto remarked. "At least teach the brats tree-walking. We're the damn Hidden Leaf! You'd think we'd have toddlers learning to tree-crawl before they could walk."
Kakashi looked up in thought. "I'm not sure that's a point in your favor, but I still agree with the sentiment."
"Yeah, you're right, Boss!" Konohamaru agreed.
"Konohamaru, you're just agreeing because you want a ride to the beach," Naruto countered knowingly.
"That's not true!" Konohamaru defended himself.
"You want to use it to reach the top shelves on your own, don't you?" Kakashi predicted with an eye smile.
Konohamaru froze as if stricken, utterly discovered as he suddenly fiddled with the ground with his foot.
"Good call, Sensei," Naruto said with a chuckle.
Meanwhile
"So, you're looking to find someone to take you on as an apprentice?" Kurenai asked potentially as they walked through the forest path, each of them carrying a large basket strapped to their backs.
Sakura nodded absently. She had been sent with Team Eight on their first mission since Kiba and Akamaru recovered from the Sasuke Retrieval Mission. Mostly for the extra body for this particular mission, but also just so Sakura could go on a mission at all. "I was thinking about asking Lady Tsunade, but given everything..."
Kiba scoffed. "Yeah, everyone's a bit busy because of Naruto. Shino's clan has had their bugs acting up since day one."
Shino gave his friend a silent look before addressing the subject. "Naruto's chakra is immense and rich. Our kikaichu find it hard to resist sometime."
"Really? I'm amazed Naruto never mentioned feeling any on him," Sakura mused.
"You do remember how big he is, right?" Kiba deadpanned.
"He wouldn't regardless," Shino continued. "They die from overfeeding long before they reach him."
"Oh..." Sakura said in surprise. "Sorry?"
"It's not your fault. Or Naruto's. We just need to train them not to seek his chakra out," Shino assured.
"Back to the topic at hand, are you asking me to take you on?" Kurenai asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, no! I mean don't get me wrong, I'd be honored. But you still have these three to teach," Sakura said, waving to Shino, Kiba, and Hinata.
Sakura swore the Hyuuga princess was quieter than normal, but couldn't say for sure.
"That's good," Kurenai said with a smile. "Because I don't think you'd be a good match for me."
"Hmm?" Sakura tilted her head curiously.
"I've heard about your impressive chakra control. By that alone, you have the potential for Genjutsu," Kurenai started. "But from everything I've seen and Kakashi has told me, you're more of a... hands-on type of Kunoichi."
"You have a point, Kurenai-sensei," Sakura admitted in thought. "Do you have any ideas?"
"Hmm, well if you want a fellow Kunoichi, Anko might be willing to take you on," Kurenai suggested.
"The Proctor from the Chunin Exams? She is rather...intense," Sakura recalled cautiously.
"She can be," Kurenai agreed knowingly. "There are a few I could recommend if you want to take up using a sword."
"A sword?" Sakura repeated thoughtfully. "I'd have to give that a try before I say anything. I've never used anything longer than a kunai."
"Yeah, it's not easy," Kiba admitted, getting surprised looks. "What? I thought swords were cool when I was a kid and decided to try my hand at learning some techniques. Did not go well for me, I'll leave it at that."
"You almost chopped off Akamaru's ear or something, didn't you?" Sakura deduced.
"They weren't real swords!" Kiba barked back. "...But yeah, if they had been, he might be missing an ear."
The small dog grumbled at that.
"Ultimately, it's one part about your skills, but also about what kind of ninja you want to be," Kurenai remarked. "I have a bit of an artistic touch. That's what got me into Genjutsu originally."
"Hmm, what kind of ninja?" Sakura murmured.
"Watch out!"
Sakura blinked as Hinata grabbed her by the back of the shirt, just as she was about to walk out onto a sudden drop in the group. "Thanks, Hinata," Sakura said in relief, smiling back at her.
Hinata didn't quite smile as she looked away shyly. "Y-you're welcome."
Sakura frowned before looking forward. "So, this is why we're out here," she remarked as she looked out over the area.
The path and forest abruptly ended, giving way to a large "crater" that curved down several feet before flattening. In it were trees and stones, broken and crushed into the dirt.
"This is where Naruto walked through," Kurenai confirmed needlessly, looking out over the giant paw print. Or was it a handprint? "The farmer that hired us was delivering an order when it happened. His horses and cattle won't come near here still."
"Th-that won't cause any problems for Naruto, w-will it?" Hinata asked in concern.
"It shouldn't. This was the Daimyo's idea after all," Sakura mused.
"Kiba, what's wrong?" Shino asked suddenly.
Everyone looked at the Inuzuka who was staring very intently at the paw print. "Umm, one moment," Kiba said as he took off his basket and jumped up into the nearest tree.
"What's that about?" Sakura asked in surprise.
"...I think I know," Kurenai said in understanding, seconds before Kiba came back down.
"Yeah, guys? These tracks are new. And heading towards the village, not away from it," Kiba explained in surprise.
"...Naruto came home?" Sakura summarized in surprise.
"Kiba's right," Kurenai said as she looked down at the soil. "This is all fresh, not something that happened a week ago. Naruto came through here earlier today."
"A few hours ago at most, if I had to guess," Kiba added.
Sakura smiled. "Good. Maybe we'll get back before he leaves again."
With that, Team Eight and their plus one climbed down the crater, trying not to spill their cargo.
"Crazy to think this was probably all just forest this morning," Sakura said idly.
"Y-yeah," Hinata agreed weakly.
Sakura glanced to the side, realizing they had drifted away from the others. "Hinata, what is up with you?"
"H-huh? What do you mean?" Hinata asked in surprise.
"I mean with Naruto," Sakura answered with a frown. "Look, besides Naruto himself, everyone that knows you knows you have a major crush on him."
Hinata's blush flared at that.
"And I get that you're shy about it, but...you haven't visited him once as far as I know. Have you?" Sakura asked.
"N-no, I haven't," Hinata admitted in shame.
"If you're scared of him-"
"I'm not!" Hinata said quickly. "I...I know he'd never try to hurt any of us."
"..." Sakura just stared at her curiously.
Hinata hung her head sadly. "...I was s-so stupid. I wanted to go to him, t-the same night you did. I w-was there."
"You were?" Sakura said in surprise. "Then why didn't you...?"
"I th-though I was intruding," Hinata explained. "And then he realized I was there, but didn't have the courage to face him..."
"So, you are afraid of him?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"Not...like that," Hinata answered. "After that, I...realized I've let him down."
Sakura waited patiently for her to finish.
"When I was younger, others in my c-clan kept me away from him," Hinata continued. "But the longer time went on, I felt like I'd be...a terrible f-friend for Naruto."
"Hinata..." Sakura said softly.
"I think I love him, Sakura," Hinata said, devoid of stuttering for once, to Sakura's surprise. "B-but how can I say that? How can I be his friend when I'm so s-scared of him rejecting me? I-I could have reached out to him so many times before, but-"
She stopped suddenly as Sakura put both hands on her shoulders. "Yes, you are stupid, Hinata," Sakura said before sighing. "But you're not a bad friend. You're...not really a friend at all yet."
"I...don't know if that feels better," Hinata said cautiously.
"Look, Naruto's not going to hate you for taking a while to work up the guts to talk to him. And if he knew you were just being shy about having a crush on him? He'd probably be flattered," Sakura informed with a smile that faltered. "He...obviously hasn't gotten a lot of positive support in his life."
"He n-never asks for anyone to pity him though," Hinata said with a small smile.
"No, no he doesn't," Sakura agreed.
"W-what about you? I know you had feelings for S-Sasuke-" Hinata paused as Sakura glared at the mention of the name. "-before this, but..."
Sakura took a deep breath. "I...have no idea what I feel toward Naruto. And I'm not sure it matters right now."
"What do you mean?" Hinata asked in confusion.
"Hinata, he's a Bijuu," Sakura said bluntly. "All I care about is Naruto finding any happiness and peace he can now."
"..." Hinata blinked. "Sakura, that...sounds like love to me."
"My point is, if you care about him, then show it. And one of these days, admit you have a crush on him. You can both laugh over realizing that was why you were so worried to talk to him instead of being afraid of him being a walking, talking natural disaster."
Hinata stared at her for a moment before wrapping Sakura into a hug.
The pinkette blinked before returning the gesture. It was a bit awkward at first but she relaxed into it.
Until she blinked and realized that Hinata was very...endowed under the jacket. 'Note to self, find out what Hinata is eating,' she thought in a mixture of surprise and envy.
"If you're not going to kiss, come on!" Kiba called, having reached the top of the other side with Kurenai and Shino.
Sakura got a tick mark. Grabbing a turnip from Hinata's basket, she spun around and hurled it at the Inuzuka.
Kiba yelped and tried to dodge, but only ended up making sure it hit his face and not Akamaru, who yelped in alarm.
"Next one is aimed at the groin, Kiba!" Sakura warned as Kurenai sighed and Shino patiently ignored them all.
"So, um..." Hinata spoke up in embarrassment. "Everyone...knows?"
"Every girl in our class knew. All the boys besides Naruto figured it out eventually," Sakura admitted.
Hinata promptly hid her face in her hands, embarrassed.
"...You are too cute," Sakura deadpanned. "Okay, that's it. When we get back, I'm helping you break the ice with Naruto."
"...!" Hinata looked up at her in shock.
"Don't worry, you don't need to tell him about your crush yet," Sakura assured with a wink as they continued walking. "Out of curiosity, when did you even notice Naruto? Did he prank your clan or something?"
"N-no," Hinata said with a small smile. "He, um, defended me from some bullies when we were very little."
Sakura almost tripped, looking back at Hinata in surprise.
"...What?" Hinata asked self-consciously.
"Just...surprised anyone was stupid enough to bully the Hyuuga Heiress," Sakura admitted as she reached the top, holding out her hand to Hinata. "Still, that sounds sweet. And just like him."
Hinata smiled as she took the hands, Sakura pulling her up to her level.
Meanwhile
"ACHOO!"
A Bijuu sneezing was absolutely terrifying. Mostly because doing so let out a small burst of chakra from his nose. It let out a loud but ultimately harmless shockwave. Still, Naruto had taken to pointing himself in the opposite direction of the village.
"Is it even possible for you to get a cold, Foxy?" Anko asked curiously.
"It's not a cold. Something is caught up my nose," Naruto answered, scrunching his nostrils as he dubbed his snout. "Why- ACHOO!- are you here?"
"Kakashi needed a lunch break," Anko answered with a shrug. "Why, you have a problem with me?"
"You licked my blood," Naruto deadpanned. "And unlike Kakashi or the others, I don't respect you, Snake-Bitch."
Anko frowned at that. "Let me guess, because I'm Orochimaru's former apprentice?"
"...Eh?" Naruto looked at her in bewilderment, rubbing his nose to stave off another sneeze. "You are? Were?"
Anko blinked, twice. "You... didn't know?"
"No, why would I?" Naruto asked with a head tilt. "I mean, yeah, you creep me out a bit like him, but I assumed that was just part of the snake theme. I didn't realize you learned from the pasty bastard. Was he always that pale?"
"I...well, yes he was- and don't change the subject! How-!" Anko paused as he sneezed again. "How did you not know that yet?!"
"Lady, I am an orphan that had basically no social life outside the academy, on top of being a village outcast. I was busy enough ignoring the whispers about me, what makes you think I had time to notice any about you?" Naruto answered rhetorically.
"...Okay, you have a point," Anko conceded with her arms crossed. "So, why am I a bitch to you exactly?"
Naruto snorted, trying and failing to clear his nose. "You creep me out and you joke about taking my fur. I also don't know you so, you know, not a lot of nickname ideas yet."
"...Huh. That is the only good reason I've ever heard anyone had for calling me Snake-Bitch," Anko said in amusement. "Would you have gotten annoyed at people calling you Fox-Brat for the whiskers...?"
"..." Naruto looked very annoyed now. "Fox? No."
"Oh? Did I touch a nerve?" Anko asked with a grin.
"Look, we were on a mission once and some asshole kept calling me a cat-boy," Naruto admitted with a displeased scowl. He stiffened as he realized that, not only was Anko laughing her ass off now, slapping her knees, but so were many people in the village. "Oh, go fuck yourselves!" Naruto barked over his shoulder. "Damn, I got too used to being alone on the beach."
"Hey, at least they're laughing, Foxy," Anko pointed out.
"Yeah, yeah. Now can you do me a favor and see if you can see what's going on in my nose?" Naruto requested.
Anko grinned. "...So you want me ins-"
She stopped as Naruto "sneezed" while looking to the right of her, the impact leaving a crater in the ground.
"I'm sorry, what you were about to say?" Naruto asked, feigning ignorance dryly.
"...Yeah, sure," Anko accepted as she jumped up on Naruto's knee, back, and finally his head. "But I'm not getting launched to Kiri, so..."
With a hand seal and poof of smoke, another Anko appeared. Both of them went to the nose. "One on my right," Naruto informed, feeling very strange as he watched this.
"Got it," Both Ankos said as they used the Hidden Shadow Snakes Jutsu, the summoned serpents interlocking as the clone scaled down.
"I can't see anything," the clone said as she peered into the darkness. "Geez, this is like something out of an old horror film."
Naruto chuckled but otherwise tried to stay still, rubbing his snout while trying to resist any urge to sneeze.
Anko's clone pulled out a flashlight, pointing the light down the cavernous nostril. "Oh, good, no snot or anything."
"Shut my sexy mouth. Do you see anything or not?" Anko asked impatiently.
"No, just- wait," the clone stopped, squinting. "There's something back there."
"Get it out or move, cause I'm going to sneeze soon!" Naruto warned.
"Got it!" the clone said, putting the flashlight away, before using her now-free hand to cast another Shadow Snake Hand. "Bear with me for a second, Foxy!"
Naruto shuddered with a strange, almost hissing noise in his throat as he resisted the urge to sneeze or sniff.
"Okay, got it and pulling it out!" Anko's clone called, prompting the original to pull her back up.
"Oh, gods that feels wrong!" Naruto said with a groan, blinking hard now.
"Damn, is this thing fighting us or stuck?" Anko muttered to her clone.
"No idea! Couldn't get a good look at-" she stopped as something finally popped out of Naruto's nose.
"AAAAAACHOOOO!" Naruto let out a loud, thunderous sneeze that scattered several clouds in the sky.
This prompted a few Naras to mutter their complaints.
"Oh sweet Kami, that felt good!" Naruto said in contentment. "What even was..."
He paused as he looked towards Anko and her clone, who were owlish while their snakes were holding onto the "obstruction" from his nose.
"Is that a damn goose?" Anko asked, the fowl honking wildly while trying to get free.
"It's pretty damn big. I mean, that thing looks like it's over half as tall as you," Naruto remarked. "Why is it gold?"
"I think that's your chakra?" Anko guessed in bewilderment. "How long has this thing been up your nose?"
"I don't know! I only started sneezing earlier, but I think I would have noticed a goose flying up my nose hole!" Naruto said in confusion.
"Well, you didn't!" Anko countered.
"Hey, this bastard is fighting me and I'm running out of chakra," the clone warned.
"Yeah, I should probably take this for...someone to study before it gets away," Anko realized.
"Don't worry too much, Tsunade already has about five people ready with long-range stunning Jutsu," Naruto assured lazily.
"All the more reason to take it in," Anko said as her clone dispelled. She instantly cast the Jutsu again, ensnaring the frustrated bird once more.
"Still, thanks for the help, Danko," Naruto said.
"Anytime, Fox- Did you just call me Danko?" Anko asked quickly.
"Yeah. Anko, Dango. Danko," Naruto explained casually.
"I think I preferred Snake-Bitch. Can we go back to that?" Anko requested in annoyance.
Naruto smiled playfully. "Not a chance in hell, Danko."
End of Chapter
Yeah, Naruto is sticking with Danko. Is it a horrible nickname? Yes, that's why he choose it.
Beyond that, mostly just sohme funny slice of life moments, and Sakura having a talk with Kurenai about training and into about Naruto. And yes, I appreciate al lthe suggestions on who should train Sakura. And while I agree she has the potential for Genjutsu, I don't think its a great fit for her as, in Kurenai's won words, a more hands-on Kunoichi.
Beyond that, we got to see a small reminder that Naruto is a "walking natural disaster" as Sakrua put it, in that there is a massive trail of destroyed forest wherever he walks. Which disrupts things and people.
Oh, yeah, and Naruto had a golden goose up his nose. THere's a joke or two there, I'm sure.
Anyway, happy memorial day!
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