Naruto was bored.
Usually, that would terrify the orphanage workers, but right now he seemed to be doing something rather harmless.
Still, no one could fathom why the resident troublemaker was spending the day staring at signs?
Naruto paid them no mind. He just found a sign, stared for a few minutes, found another sign, stared for a few minutes, maybe looked at a kid book to spice it up, and found another sign.
What in the world was he doing?
-Kurama-
Oh, no. No, no, no, no. No. Didn't this kid think Kurama was a dream? What did he think a dream could do here? Did he think that staring at signs all day would magically teach him to read?!
Of course, reading is a useful skill. In fact, it is invaluable in human society. Naruto would certainly have to learn it at some point.
Well, he'll never learn if Kurama lets him take the easy way out. Let the brat figure it out on his own. Attend class or learn from the orphanage workers, like a reasonable child.
-Naruto-
Naruto didn't know what he was doing wrong. Usually his dreams were so helpful! They taught him a whole bunch of stuff about berries, why couldn't they teach him to read? He just didn't want to have to sit and learn it when he could be making chaos in the police headquarters for yelling at him a few days ago when he painted it bright neon pink!
Maybe his dreams were just being stubborn. Naruto would have to take it up a notch.
-Kurama-
...
This kid...
Is seriously...
Visiting... a LIBRARY?!
What did he want from Kurama? To somehow magically pump the knowledge into his brain?! Why couldn't they just dump a mob of squirrels into the marketplace or something?!
-Naruto-
Ok, that squirrels idea was great, but it wasn't what Naruto wanted. He'd already spent two days on this, he was going to get his dreams to teach him to read! His dreams wanted to be stubborn? HA! Naruto was the KING of stubborn!
The poor orphanage workers were just happy for the break.
-Kurama-
This kid is an idiot. He thinks he's the master of stubbornness? Kurama is immortal, he's spent centuries NAPPING before! He can just go to sleep and the brat can say goodbye to his help!
...
It's not like he would be much help here anyway.
Why should an immortal chakra construct ever bother to learn how to read?
