Thanks for reading! Sorry its been awhile. Finished my schooling, managed to get a job at an Italian restaraunt, and I'm moving into an apartment with my girlfriend. Crazy stuff, I know.
Anyway, please enjoy.
Although he found himself at the heart of what essentially equated to a brawl, the Jonin was in complete control. Kakashi had thinned the herd of Narutos from fifty to a pack of twelve in no time. The first thirty seconds had been a violent scuffle from an outsider's perspective.
Kakashi had thought it was sloppy in execution, but a very practical choice.
If he hadn't been a Jonin, perhaps he'd have struggled against such a sudden appearance of a significant number of combatants.
But the dog pile that Naruto attempted to bury him under would only work on a less dangerous or keen opponent.
Kunai and well placed punches were all the force Kakashi needed for now, making sure to keep his peripheral senses open to Sasuke's presence. The Uchiha was on his feet and running for his Chakra Saber.
Not an easy weapon to-
Kakashi's attention locked in on Ryo's swiftly approaching figure.
"All together!" came Naruto's yell, the original blonde also darting toward Kakashi with his fists at the ready.
'Ever the brawler' the Jonin couldn't help but mentally remark when he looked over the blonde's assault.
…they figured their best bet was to rush him. And they'd both come to that conclusion with no communication between them.
'They work well together… but it's not enough'
Kakashi created two clones in an instant.
The first clone dashed toward Naruto and his posse, while the second drew a Kunai and re-engaged with a charging and rearmed Sasuke.
And the original darted at Ryo. It was the crinkling of the cloth that let Kakashi know the youth saw him, the boy's eyes widening under the material at the sudden speed the Jonin utilized.
'His eyes… even covered he can still perceive me.'
That strange energy the Hokage had told him about was suddenly leaking from the youth. But the son of the white fang didn't waver.
Even though he knew little about it or its capabilities, the boy didn't know either.
Ryo wasn't able to get a guard up. His arms had just started shifting into a protective stance when Kakashi's foot came swiping up.
Sweeping up the boy's front, Kakashi's heel connected to-
The Jonin's senses tingled, his motion disrupted.
His eyes narrowed.
As Kakashi's heel connected with Ryo's chin, he was swift to follow up with another strike to send the boy back.
The Jonin's fist went rocketing toward the boy's exposed torso, blood dripping from Ryo's mouth with his head snapped back. The boy was completely open for the strike, and-
Kakashi's senses again picked up on something.
The boy tumbled away as the fist connected.
But not far.
Definitely not as far as he should have.
Ryo lay still for a moment. After a painful handful of seconds the youth was slowly trying to rise to his feet.
Kakashi studied the dazed boy for a long moment.
The Jonin had the intent to knock the youth unconscious with his attack, and yet…
'What was that?'
Ryo's 'Cursed Energy' seemed to recede as the youth shakily yet finally made it to his feet.
It was almost as if….
Once more he dashed at Ryo, attempting to test a theory.
But the chop landed perfectly.
The youth dropped like a cut marionette.
He did not rise.
….
But Kakashi just narrowed his gaze.
He was certain.
His two strikes before the finisher had been slowed.
Shelving the observation for the current moment, the son of the white fang turned his attention to his clones. Both were in the process of wrapping up against their respective targets.
He'd put the boys out, see if they managed to rouse themselves in time…
But Kakashi had little faith in them.
Naruto and Ryo certainly worked well together. But could they work with Sasuke? Could Sasuke work with them?
As the blonde and the raven haired youths were rendered unconscious due to Kakashi's clone's battering them, the original wanted to frown.
This was the first team he'd taken in a long time and with Sensei's Son Kakashi had hoped he would be passing them. But unless they managed to rally together whenever they came too….
"Get up"
I clutch my stomach in pain, instantly snapping upright as the strike pulls me back into consciousness.
The world swims for a second.
My head fucking hurts man…
"Ah shit…" I groan, tightly twisting my eyes closed as the sudden influx of visual information tumbles my brain again. All the excessive details my enhanced eyes can pull on are already running through my mind. Sudden consciousness plus that? It's a lot to handle atop a Jonin induced insta-nap.
I'm doubling over myself, trying desperately not to puke. The memories slowly sink into my brain.
Fucking, ow.
'Kakashi doesn't pull punches, does he'
"Can you stand"
I recognise the voice.
Opening my eyes I'm greeted to the disdainful expression of one Sasuke Uchiha, looking down at me with his usual haughty countenance.
Prick.
"Yeah" I grunt, groggily getting to my feet.
Once I'm standing, I take a second to look over Sasuke and the field around us. The Uchiha is scuffed up. Bruised face, split lip and favoring his left leg.
Kakashi really wasn't pulling his punches.
It takes me a second longer to locate Naruto, who was slumped face first in the dirt a handful of meters away. He was still unconscious… Sasuke had come to me first then-
"Can you fight?"
His question drags my attention back to him.
I analyze Sasuke for a moment, really taking a second to peer into his determined gaze.
Why'd he wake me up, but not Naru-
'Oh'
"Yeah" I answer mildly, before stepping toward the snoring blonde.
Sasuke's hand closes around my shoulder before I can get too far away.
"Leave him"
I resist the urge to growl, instead calmly facing the boy and staring him down. Even though Sasuke cannot see my eyes, our gazes are focused upon one another.
The Uchiha feels the need to justify himself.
"Only two of us can pass. There's only two bells"
I give him another second of silence, letting him stew in his determined declaration. Sasuke doesn't seem to like the silence, a slight glare folding into his features.
"You know I'm right. If we don't-"
"Why me?" I counter tartly, shaking his hand from my shoulder. This catches him off guard slightly. I can tell by how his expression shifts minutely. Sasuke has his reasons, obviously, but I want him to state them aloud.
My body language must have changed, because the Uchiha reels his attitude in.
"Naruto's only useful ability in combat is his clones. Beyond that…" Sasuke's mouth snaps shut after that. He wants to say more, but doesn't.
"You still think he's the dead-last, don't you Sasuke?' I internally remark.
Externally I laugh, just one bark of bitter humor.
"Useful…. Is that all he is to you Sasuke? A tool to be utilized in your arsenal?" my grin is cruel, "you're a fucking idiot"
Anger peels into the Uchiha's eyes, but he manages to control and reign it in. Yet the vitriol remains in his words.
"My point stands. There are two bells, whether or not we can actually get them from Kakashi-sensei, one of us will not pass. I can work with you. Our styles of combat favor one another, a tandem assault-"
"Will do nothing" I breeze his words away with a wave, which irritates him more, "Kakashi is a Jonin. The odds are against us, Sasuke, all three of us. We need all the help we can get"
The Uchiha is visibly angry now.
"Even if we succeed, which is obviously a slim chance even with Naruto's help, what then?!" he snaps, "who's going to give up their chance to pass?! You?!"
"Yeah"
The casual admittance gets a wide eyed blink from the Uchiha.
There's silence between us for only a few moments.
Sasuke's surprised words are what breaks it.
"... you'd-"
But I don't let him get far.
After all, I'd said the words. And they were true.
If Naruto passed and I didn't… so be it. Of course I was banking on the true test being that of teamwork, but I couldn't be certain.
For all that had stayed the same, much had changed.
It was a gamble to take what I knew for truth.
But this was a risk I am more than willing to take.
"I said, yeah, didn't I?" I bark back, walking toward Naruto's prone figure.
Sasuke is eerily silent.
"If we want to get the bells, if we want to pass, we need to work as a unit. This isn't a solo show, idiot"
I'm standing beside Naruto, my head turned down to look at him.
I can see the Chakra running through his body. My eyes are capable of making up all the swirling energy that resides within the youth. If I removed the cloth, I would be able to see the energy of the Nine Tails. And the seal.
My best friend, the Jinchuuriki of a tailed beast.
"We fight as a team Sasuke. Until we are stronger, we need to rely upon one another" I glance over at the Uchiha, "and if we succeed, here and now, if I happen to get a bell…"
I casually kicked Naruto in the side.
Just a soft love tap to wake him up.
"AH!"
The blonde's sudden exclamation almost drowns out my affirmation towards the Uchiha. But he hears it.
"...I'll give it up for one of you"
"What the hell happened!?"
The blonde firecracker is up on his feet faster than I ever was.
I grin at him.
"We got our asses beat"
The Uzumaki rubs his head in consternation, finding a bruise and hissing as he makes contact with it.
"Kakashi-sensei is fast" he grumbles, "and strong"
"No shit" I laugh, looking over at Sasuke, "seems like we can't do this one on one"
Beneath my cloth wrapped eyes I'm giving him a very pointed look.
The Uchiha grunts, but says nothing against my words.
'Good'
The blonde is looking around, his head swiveling in every direction.
"Where is Sensei?"
I open my mouth, but it is the Uchiha who answers, "gone. Likely hiding in the forest"
Naruto glances at his so-called 'rival' before looking towards me for confirmation. The two would be locking horns with one another for quite some time, so I suppose I'd have to be playing mediator…
"He's probably right. Kakashi is going to wait out the clock…" I glance at the sky, "we don't have much time left"
Naruto's eyes went wide, his gaze glancing between myself and Sasuke "what are we going to do! If we don't find him, we won't pass!"
'We' Naruto had said, 'not I, or me, we'
I peer over at Sasuke, wondering if he'd noticed Naruto inclusive and particular word choice. To my hidden joy, his expression was made from stone.
'Don't feel so good about wanting to abandon him now, do you?' I can't help but think. Naruto wasn't thinking about the fact there were only two bells. He might not even have noticed that there were only two, but even if he did, I knew the idiot very well.
He wasn't the kind to sacrifice others if it meant 'passing'.
Whereas Sasuke had fallen for the bait.
If I didn't know any better, I'd likely be in the latter's line of thinking… but I wasn't.
Sasuke has a bit of an ego, so I don't say anything about how cold his reasoning is, instead I offer a solution.
"I believe I can find him"
Both Uchiha and Uzumaki look toward me now.
"And I think I know how we can get the bells off of him"
I pull a hand up to my head, a finger hooking into the cloth around my eyes.
My raw gaze upon the world is incredible and just as overwhelming as I had expected it to be.
Nothing can hide from me.
Not even Kakashi.
'There he is'
Another two beacons of Energy, which I'm quick to deduce is Chakra, are also amongst the forest. I recognise this coiled power, subtly muted as possible.
Maybe a Chakra sensor might miss these two, but my new eyes certainly do not.
They're just like they were in the cell.
'ANBU? Here? Observing?'
Hmmm. Of course they are.
I turn my eyes upon my teammates.
Naruto is unphased.
Sasuke however… there's a slight flinch that comes from his form at the sight of my glowing blue gaze.
"Naruto" I pointed a finger at the blonde, who almost jumped at the sudden gesture.
"How many clones do you think you could make?"
"...uhhh…like….?"
After a moment of thinking it over, the blonde shrugged.
"Probably a lot?"
I grin.
"Let's find out then. Here's what we do-"
Kakashi wasn't sure what to expect from the three of them.
But he wasn't expecting the wall of Chakra signatures that suddenly encircled his position. Even from a hundred meters away he'd picked up on the traces of individuals.
The Jonin immediately pushed away from the tree he had been leaning against.
His little smut book slipped right back into the pocket it belonged in as a rumble of footsteps finally came into earshot.
'A Jinchuuriki and the Shadow Clone technique…' Kakashi grinned slightly as he thought to himself, 'what a combo'
But the Hatake Clan head knew what to do.
"Kage Bunshin!"
Six identical Kakashi's popped up around the original. They all drew a pair of Kunai a second before the first wave of Naruto Uzumaki identicals burst forward.
The Jonin's once comfortable and peaceful grove immediately burst into chaos.
Hatake did take note of the fact that the Naruto clones had been armed with Kunai and Shurriken.
'Sasuke's own supply…'
Immediately he engaged the first wave of clones himself, realizing that the boys had come up with a plan, one that they were executing as a-
Another wave was already brawling forward, identical battle cries spilling from each of their lips.
Kakashi dispelled another handful alongside his own battling clones, before his eyes caught a peculiar sight.
Two of the Blonde horde stood back.
Naruto and-
His keen gaze caught the sword held in the second 'Naruto's' hand.
Kakashi's brain supplied him with the answer.
'Sasuke'
The other standing with him was Ryo then…. Or the original Naruto.
They were under the Transformation Technique, trying to blend in between each of the near endless waves of blondes that assailed the Jonin's position.
For a second their eyes met. The sword wielding youth instantly darted toward him, blade glowing wildly with Chakra.
Disarm.
Disable.
Neutralize.
The instinctual training kicked in before the former ANBU Captain really took a good look at the sword. If he'd kept a closer eye on Sasuke's battling earlier, he'd have taken note that the boy had far better control than whoever was wielding the blade currently.
As he analyzed the assault, even more and more Naruto clones, which now numbered in the hundreds, were swarming on Kakashi's Clones.
The fighting grew thick in a heartbeat, but the Jonin remained focused on the one figure that darted toward him.
As the sword wielding boy reached him, Kakashi went straight for the wrist.
His first strike landed true, forcing the blade-
The 'Naruto' that he thought was Sasuke blew up in a cloud of smoke, the clone technique failing at the savage wrist jab.
'Wait…'
Kakashi reached for the falling blade.
This was definitely a planned attack, because not even a second later, the sword was exchanged for a glowing pair of blue eyes.
Ryo.
'He substituted with the sword?'
The strange Cursed Energy was visibly coating the boy's fists, the aura of the power bristling against Kakashi's senses.
He'd never been struck by the power before… and he didn't know what it's effects were, so instead of taking a risk, Kakashi slinked around the strike and countered with a cross-
….
'What…is this…'
Not only did Ryo's eyes track the movement, but Kakashi's fist had been slow enough for the boy to just barely step around.
'Disengage' his mind barked, 'unknown technique, evaluate and-'
A glint of steel and the humm of chakra instantly swiped his attention, a sweeping kick sent at the Red head to buy him time.
The youth jumped, his blue eyes never leaving Kakashi as he swept towards him with the Academy Style of Taijutsu.
Even as Ryo pressed into the slowed Jonin, keeping up as fast as he could, the 'Original Naruto' had revealed himself to actually be Sasuke.
When Ryo had swapped places with the sword, the blade's owner had been there to collect it from the air.
And he did not hesitate to join the battle.
With Ryo close to him, the Jonin could feel the strange presence that Ryo created. It was like trying to punch and kick through wet mud. Whatever the youth's technique was, the ability slowed his strikes significantly enough to give the boy just the bare minimum of a chance to dodge.
Which the youth was managing to do so far.
Kakashi's focused gaze glanced over Ryo.
The boy's glowing blue eyes were wide with focus and… and surprise?
'...' the Jonin's thoughts blurred for a moment, swiftly coming to a decisive conclusion regarding Ryo's new 'slowing field'
'... it's unconscious. He doesn't know how he's doing it, only that I'm being hindered…'
Good.
Best to not reveal he was at a subtle disadvantage. Besides, the 'slow' wasn't enough to totally prevent Kakashi's attacks from landing.
If he slipped up though, the Hatake would knock Ryo out cold.
Chakra steel sliced toward his back, and the white haired Shinobi was forced to dodge, leaping back toward the tree he had been resting against.
But could Kakashi slowly fight the two of them simultaneously while under the effect of Ryo's strange ability?
The Jonin had no clue how it worked, only the result it produced.
Was the slow an Area of effect?
Would Sasuke be affected by it?
What was affected by it?
The Chakra saber slashed forward, a burst of precise chakra forming on its length.
'...a wind saber' Kakashi proclaimed the attack a second before it sliced toward him.
Since he wished to remain on the defensive, the Jonin chose to disengage entirely. Leaping high and into the air, he created as much distance as-
"NOW!"
Even before Ryo called out the order, the Uchiha was flying through hand seals.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!"
A fireball the size of a bear had suddenly swelled up beneath the airborne Jonin, with Sasuke spitting his creation toward the veteran ninja a heartbeat later.
Kakashi picked the closest substitution target to Sasuke that he could. Switching with the log, the Jonin was greeted to the sight of Sasuke's gaze widening in surprise as his coal black eyes started to turn to the charging combatant.
The Jonin only made it into a meter's distance to Sasuke before the blue eyed youth darted forward.
Cursed Energy washed over Kakashi.
"Naruto! With me!"
Multiple copies of Naruto, one of which Kakashi highly suspected to be the original, and the blue eyed Ryo, came dashing forward.
As the two engaged with Kakashi in one on one combat, Sasuke swept in on the opening provided.
Kamasbhi's clones were doing their best, but the sheer number of clones was keeping them occupied. But the Jonin had bigger things to focus on.
All three Genin were upon him, each doing their damnedest to succeed. Kakashi would have put them all down instantly, but he wasn't going to resort to lethal techniques… but his offensive non-lethal capabilities were limited thanks to Ryo's ability.
Escape was the correct choice here.
However the purpose of the test was to see how well these three could work as a team, not if they could beat Kakashi.
So the Jonin kept up the dangerous dance, barely avoiding the attacks the genin were flinging at him. Even though he was heavily slowed, Kakashi made them work for it.
And work they did.
Between sweaty foreheads and determined looks, Kakashi knew they were trying their hardest. A well coordinated effort to box him into a corner… a good show of teamwork.
Eventually, one of them struck true.
Kakashi's sharp hearing picked up on the soft tinkle of a bell.
The thread broke as the Jonin swiftly tried to correct his momentary mistake, but it was far too late for him to do anything about it.
A hand had snaked toward his side, determined and focused, and it had slipped a bell between two fingers before yanking it away.
Immediately Sasuke pulled away, leaping back from the fighting with the bell clasped tightly in his hand.
And not even a second later, a modest ring erupted from Kakashi's pocket.
"Time's up!" the Jonin asserted, vanishing from the place he stood and reappearing on a tree branch nearly fifteen meters away but high in the air.
The three panting Genin didn't chase him.
With Kakashi's sudden departure and official declaration, they were left looking at one another.
Both Ryo and Naruto stared at Sasuke.
It was Naruto that broke the silence.
"You did it, teme!"
Sasuke held the bell in his palm before him, his eyes focused on the small and insignificant thing.
Naruto's words had washed over him, his own thoughts focused on bringing his breathing back to normal, and the fact he was holding a bell.
He'd done it.
But…
Sasuke looked up from the small metal trinket, his eyes seeking one person alone.
Ryo's glowing blue gaze was focused on him, those mysterious eyes of his only adding to exhausted yet determined face.
It had been Ryo's plan to secure the bells.
Sasuke was a proud member of the Uchiha clan, but not an ignorant braggart.
Without Ryo, success would have been unlikely… without the plan… without all three of them…
And then the youth's gaze turned to Naruto.
The blonde idiot was beaming, a magnificent smile covering his barely weathered look. All those clones, fighting and brawling on his own… and the boy had hardly broken a sweat.
This was the deadlast?
'How could I be so pig-headed' Sasuke frowned to himself, his hand coiling around the bell.
His other hand tightly fisted around the hilt of his blade.
'Alone we wouldn't have stood a chance, but together-'
Sasuke made up his mind.
"Sensei!"
Sasuke's call gets Kakashi's attention, and the Jonin promptly appears before all of us.
I can honestly say I'm not sure how this is going to go.
I have my reservations, sure, but I don't know this Sasuke… I don't know what he's going to do. Canon Sasuke, maybe, I could draw some pretty accurate results, but this saber wielding maniac?
Not a chance.
The son of the white fang speaks first.
"Congratulations, Sasuke, you've-"
Kakashi catches the bell right in front of his face.
"If passing means my teammates fail, Kakashi-sensei, then there's no damn point in passing"
My jaw almost falls open.
Naruto's does.
Kakashi's eyebrow raises.
And Sasuke hits the haughtiest, most proper and dignified pose I've ever seen. Call it what you will, but the boy certainly embodies that Uchiha swagger.
"Keep your bell. I'll keep my team"
Daaaaaaaaamn.
I dare not open my mouth, my eyes now fixed on Kakashi, wondering what he will say.
The man's face mask crinkles.
"Well…."
Kakashi's posture relaxes.
"Then I suppose I'll have to pass you all"
A giant weight lifts from my shoulders as I quietly sigh to myself with a smile.
Naruto lets the world know.
"YATA! WE DID IT!
"-they know little of our operation in Grass country, but the Toad's spies are… effective. It is hard to root them all out"
"Hmmm. It can't be helped. Let Jiraiya believe he's on the right path and he'll follow it to the end. By the time he realizes what's going on it will be far too late for him to act"
"But if he uncovers the lab-"
A pale hand halted Kabuto's worried exclamation.
"Kusa is important. Thus, it will make excellent bait, my dear apprentice. Jiraiya is not someone to be underestimated, nor is he easily fooled"
"I see. I apologize for my outburst, Orochimaru-sama" Kabuto bowed his head, "please forgive me"
A hand gently brushed across his head.
"Your loyalty is unquestioned, Kabuto. You only seek to protect our mutual interests. You have already been forgiven for your council"
The hand left his head, and Kabuto came up from his short bow.
"What was the other report you wished to deliver?"
"The impossible seal you encountered during your time in the leaf, it has been opened"
Yellow slitted eyes focused intensely on the young 'medic-nin'.
"The contents?"
"Unknown at this time. The Third is keeping every detail classified" Kabuto answered, "shall I investigate it?"
Orochimaru hummed.
"Such a delectable little mystery"
The Snake Sannin stood upright.
"Learn what you can. But do not compromise yourself"
"Of course my Lord"
Orochimaru waved his subordinate away, and Kabuto vanished promptly.
"Oi! Don't hog the nice cuts!"
"TEME! I'm hungry! I'll eat what I want, ya know!"
"SAVE SOME FOR EVERYONE!"
As Naruto and Sasuke fought over control of the barbeque and the supply of food Kakashi had ordered for the table, I was left to contemplate the events of today.
Team 7.
An Assault team, marshaled under Jonin Kakashi Hatake.
The son of the white fang had explained to us after his cheerful announcement that our team was fitting a very specific niche in the Shinobi Hierarchy.
We were to become the heavy hitters of Konoha.
I glanced over at the blonde from under my bandages.
'One day he's going to be capable of killing entire armies…'
My focus turns to Sasuke.
'Mr. Bullshit eyes over here, same thing'
Internally I reflect upon my role with these two future behemoths by my side. Before the incident with the scroll of sealing I'd have said my job would be to somehow provide support and assistance for my comrades.
But with Sukuna and these super weird eyes, I was reevaluating my capabilities.
After all, I might have taken a little bit to catch on to it, but for some reason whenever I channeled my cursed energy…
Well I don't know how to explain this any other way, but any attack thrown at me was slowed. If I didn't dodge, I'd be struck, but the more I pushed on my reserves of energy the more potent the slowing effect became.
And there was no way the Jonin hadn't noticed.
"Kakashi-sensei…"
My tentative question draws the even gaze of my to-be teacher.
So we're still not cool then?
Damn.
Well, at least he's seemingly willing to hear me out.
"You felt that today, right?"
Kakashi's head tilted slightly.
"If you're referring to the slowing field you emitted, yes, I did indeed notice it"
Of course he did. He's an elite Jonin after all. As Naruto and Sasuke get up in each other's faces while barking insults at one another, I continue talking to my teacher.
"About that" I rub my head slightly, "I don't really know how I did that, just that it only happened when I was consciously pushing the energy from my body. Have you encountered anything like that before?"
…maybe this was a Naruto ability, one from this universe.
But Sukuna had recognised my eyes. Perhaps this came from whatever reality the four eyed fuck hailed from?
Or maybe Sukuna's existence in this universe was tied to the sudden appearance of my eyes?
I was so hopelessly lost right now, so maybe my wise porn-reading teacher could help me out. The same teacher who is certainly not fond of me in any way whatsoever.
Kakashi's gaze didn't relax, but nor did it tense up.
He evaluated me carefully.
"I can't say that I have"
My shoulders sagged slightly.
"That being said" Kakashi quickly spoke up, "there are a vast array of ninja techniques, each of them varied in their nature and purpose. Mediation and training with this slowing field, may lead you to far better answers than a history book ever could"
Damn.
He completely read through me and answered the question I didn't even give him yet.
I nodded.
"Thanks Sensei"
Kakashi just politely tipped his head at me.
Baby steps.
One day he wouldn't have to be on edge in my presence.
"Where and when will we be meeting tomorrow?"
Kakashi takes a second to think.
"Training ground three, noon"
"Right" I glance at Naruto and Sasuke, both of whom are slowly settling down, "I'll see you all then"
Sliding out of the booth, I get only a step away from the table before Naruto blurts at me, "Ryo! Where ya going?"
I smile back at the blonde.
"Not feeling too good. Gonna take a stroll around the village before heading home"
Kakashi fixes me with a level stare.
"Don't push yourself too far" he mumbles quietly.
Damn Jonin! Bloody mind readers, the lot of them.
"Hai" I bowed my head, "thank you for the food sensei. Naruto, Sasuke, see you both tomorrow"
I'm out of the restaurant before any other words can be exchanged.
Next stop, the training ground.
AN: Not really sure if I should be spelling this out, but this will be a slow learning experience for the cursed abilities, especially infinity. I don't know if you've thought about it, but full functioning infinity could hypothetically SOLO a majority of the Naruto cast. Hard to kill something you can't actually reach...
But yeah, things will take their time.
Team 7 is established, and new shit regarding the Hokage and Ryo will be coming up.
Oh also more Sukuna moments.
All the best,
Freedom.