A/N - I'm going to be experimenting with some formatting. I'll use the line breaks to distinguish who we're following right now. For example:
-Kurama-
That means that we're inside Naruto's seal with Kurama right now. If you see:
-Naruto-
Then we're following Naruto. This way we can start following other characters too and just make things flow better. Please let me know if this works or if it's annoying and I should go back to how I did it before.
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-Naruto-
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Sneaking around is way easier now. Naruto's gotten really good at being quiet! And no one notices when he sneaks away 'cause he's grounded so often. Who knew being grounded is actually the best thing ever?
Besides, everyone else is terrible at being sneaky. Naruto can always tell when they're around and where they are. Especially the matron and the workers. They always seem angry at him. But he can always tell where they are and he's really good at guessing when they're in a bad mood!
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-Kurama-
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Well, this is unexpected. Kurama didn't expect Naruto to start sensing emotions for at least a few more years. Perhaps their chakras were just more compatible than he thought. Then Naruto would adjust to Kurama's chakra far quicker than he predicted before. Or maybe it's because they were in limited contact? Well, Kurama could think about that later. For now, this may be unexpected, but it certainly isn't unwelcome.
"So, you can sense exactly where people are and how they're feeling. Already you're using it very well! It will be far easier to get into places that others might try to keep you out of. Maybe you could give the matron's office a makeover? Oh, I have an even better idea...!"
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-Kakashi-
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Kakashi is a good ninja. He was a child prodigy, a genius ANBU captain, and one of the students of the legendary Fourth Hokage.
Certainly, Kakashi had his issues, but he was very good at shoving them in their own little neat corner of his mind so they wouldn't interfere with his job.
Ok, "neat" and "corner" might be pushing it. He did guard his dead sensei's son as much as he could instead of taking more pressing missions or even just initiating contact with the kid, but he wouldn't let that stand in the way of doing a good job.
He can protect a child. And he can do it completely undetected, so long as he needs to.
Kakashi is a good ninja. He can stay hidden and...
(Naruto turns to stare straight at him and grins)
...Kakashi whimpered
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A/N - I know this one was a lot shorter, but I wanted to introduce Naruto's emotion sensing power early because just IMAGINE THE CHAOS! I didn't want to pad it out too much, and I have literal pages of ideas to draw from so I'll bet that I can post at a pretty fast rate for the next few days. Although if you guys want me to space it out more, I can do that.
Again, suggestions always welcome. Thanks to everyone who reviewed (I understand why authors love the reviews so much now! It makes you feel so happy to read them!) but long author notes can get kind of annoying so I'll probably respond more to you guys by PM than author notes, unless you're ok with long author notes.
