Since he wasn't going to deal with the perverted Sage anymore, he had to train on his own. Currently in his team's training ground, which is none other than training ground seven, he's busy doing physical exercise. It's nothing but, just a part of his daily light routine. But some might disagree to that. Apparently, some people didn't consider doing an hour run around the field nonstop and a couple hundred sets of push-ups and sit-ups as light. Not for him though.

Body sweaty and muscles aching, Naruto panted like a dog that had gone through the entire village chasing the Daimyo's wife's cat. Damn that abomination.

"Sheesh…" he breathed out through opened mouth. "I haven't been really practicing much and this happens? I might as well take some of bushy eye brow's training session." He's just kidding, there's no way in hell a man would survive a day in that freak's so called training session. Wiping the sweat pooling over his eyes, Naruto walked towards where he placed his bag to retrieve his towel.

"Let's see…running, check. Push-ups, check. Sit-ups, check. Chakra control exercise, check." He mentally checked his daily objectives in mind while wiping his face with the orange colored towel he had. "Whew, that's a nice stretch, now let's begin the real thing."

"I'm afraid not, Uzumaki Naruto."

Naruto's head flicked towards the source of the voice. The young blonde grew alarmed at the sight of not one but two ANBU operatives standing before him. He dismissed the thought of not noticing their presence; they're ANBUs, they're supposed to be stealthy. Mentally calming himself down, Naruto set aside the towel into his bag.

"What can I do for you ANBU-san?"

"The Hokage has required your presence."

Required? Not requested or demanded? That meant the old man needed the update on Kohaku now. Naruto nodded his head. "Okay, I'll be done here in a second."

The two ANBUs nodded, before disappearing into thin air just like the mysterious figures they were. Naruto shook his head, if only he knew that jutsu… but back to the matter at hand. He left Kohaku inside his house, he made sure that she got the right channel this time and over all; he won't have to worry about her going out on her own because he managed to make her promise that she'll be a good girl and stay at home.

Picking up his bag, Naruto left the training ground.

"You want to talk to me, Jii-chan?"

The Sarutobi's eyes snapped open. His thin and wrinkled eyes greeted the boy to sit, to which said boy did. "I do Naruto-kun." The aged Kage looked the boy straight in the eye, making things official. "So, how have our—my apologies, your guest doing?"

Naruto rolled both of his eyes at the slight hint of humor from the Kage. "She's doing well, we had a little bit of a…eh…talk earlier." Now this is the part where he needed to be careful. He didn't want to spill out to much nor doing the vice versa, he got to let out the right amount of information without getting caught lying. But this is the so called Professor himself in front of him, he had years of experience before him.

"Oh really? What did you talk about?" there's a hinting gleam in the Kage's war wrought eyes.

Naruto made a casual expression, trying his best to look natural. "Meh, nothing really. Just asking each about things like food, and what are her thoughts of Konoha." He shrugged both shoulders.

"And what did our newest girl said?"

"She said that she likes the ramen that Teuchi-jii made and that Ayame-nee is nice. Oh, she also finds your face on the monument similar."

The aged Kage let out an amused chuckle, one that was common for people his age. "Really now? The Ichirakus sure produce the finest ramen in Konoha, I know that you would take her out there to eat anytime soon; but I never thought that it would be this soon." The aged man shook his head.

Naruto grinned. "What can I say? I just have to spread the world's most delicious food to those who are new to it, right?"

"She never had ramen before?"

…damn.

Naruto's face nearly fell, nearly. He quickly replaced the stunned expression he had before with a sneaky one. "I guess? I mean, she got the face of someone who'd never seen noodles in their life considering how she ate her ramen…" there's no way she could've been able to finish a ramen that quick without slurping it all down.

"So, anything else to tell me Naruto-kun?" the aged Kage advanced the conversation.

"Let's see…oh yeah! Do you mind if you lend me some jutsu scrolls?" the question the boy asked caused the aged Kage's eyebrows to rise by a centimeter. "You see, since I don't plan on letting the pervert anywhere near me, and Kakashi-sensei's too busy with that prick to do anything other than recommending 'reliable' instructors, I thought 'why not ask the old man for some cool ass techniques' instead?"

Hiruzen leaned back on his chair, his hand stroking his grey beard in a thinking manner. The Kage finally came to a decision…

"Naruto-kun…before you ask me for some scrolls to borrow, do you even know your own nature affinity?"

"Eh what?"

Thought so.

"A nature affinity." The old man then eyed the blonde with narrowed eyes. "I'm sure that they taught you this in the academy…"

Naruto looked away.

Hiruzen sighed. "Haah…anyway, a nature affinity is the natural element that each Shinobi has. They are fire, wind, lightning, earth and water. An easy example would be Kakashi-kun. He has lightning element, and I'm sure that he has shown you this before?" he received a nod in reply.

How could Naruto forget it? He head from Sakura that Kakashi-sensei had electricity covering his arm during the battle in wave. Thinking about it resulted in him remembering someone, someone who had inspired to be who he is now.

Haku, may you rest in peace.

"Continuing on, the method to check which nature affinity you have would be using these." Naruto's eyes were drawn over to the four pieces of paper that the Kage had in between the slips of his wrinkly fingers. They are not like normal paper, they are darker; albeit brown instead of the usual blank white.

"Try channeling your chakra here." Hiruzen gave him one of the paper to which he accepted with interest. "Don't add too much chakra, or else the paper will complete be overloaded with whatever element you may have. And don't use too little or else it won't work."

Putting the old man's words in mind, Naruto held the paper close to him with eyes closed. He concentrated just a right amount of chakra into the paper, about half the amount that a Shinobi would use to do tree walking. He then heard something ripping, hard.

"I must say…I was not expecting it to be this, you sure are full of surprises aren't you Naruto-kun?" Hiruzen was seriously wasn't expecting it. Which explains the smile he had on his face was natural.

Opening his eyes, Naruto found that his paper was ripped to shreds. Literally. Did he put in too much chakra? But he doubted it. The old man sounded glad so it can't be anything bad.

And he rhymed again…

"So, how is it Jii-chan?" the blonde teen asked.

Scratching the end of chin, Hiruzen hummed lowly. "It is no doubt that you have an element at wind…a strong one at that. I sensed the amount of chakra you channeled, and it wasn't that much yet it managed to cause the paper into shreds. Interesting my boy, if my son Asuma was here, he'd be jealous no doubt."

"Wait, Asuma-sensei is your son?" Naruto asked, flabbergasted at the piece of information he just learned.

Hiruzen returned the similar reaction, though more restrained. "Do you not know of this? It should be obvious that he's my son, our surnames are similar, no?"

"W-Well…you two don't look alike, so…" if Naruto was trying to defend himself for not know about this supposed to be known fact, then he's doing a poor job at it.

Feeling pity at the young lad, Hiruzen laughed heartily and chose not to torment the boy further anymore. "It's okay Naruto-kun, I am well aware that my age is getting into me." The old wizened man admitted. "But for as long as this old man can stand and fight, he will be Hokage of this village."

"Heh, not until I take the place from you though." Naruto's grin was challenging, it's a sign of a promise.

Hiruzen smiled softly at the display of confidence from the blonde teen. "You are still young Naruto-kun, use this time to learn all that you can and I'm sure that you will be the best Hokage that Konoha could ever have; even better than the previous ones." It's a natural thing to say, after all, the masters will be succeeded by the pupil. It is not a law that can be changed nor can it be altered. Just as Hiruzen had surpasses the First and the Second, he was surpassed by the Fourth.

But the Fourth's death was something more than just a selfless sacrifice for this village, the man did something that he could have never thought of doing even in the most serious situation. Summoning a deity to seal the legendary Kyuubi no Kitsune is not something that one would do every day because of the price that the user must pay once doing it. Their life, basically.

"Well, I gotta go now Jii-chan, I don't want to make Kohaku worry." Naruto hinted

"Of course. See you, Naruto-kun. Oh, you are free to come to me tomorrow to grab the scrolls."

"Yeah." And with that, the boy stepped out from the door and outside of the room.

Hiruzen dropped the smile that he had on earlier, letting his lips flat into a thin sheet. Kids these days…if they can't lie good enough, then they shouldn't have lied in the first place. He had to admit, the boy was putting up a pretty good act in front of him; it might even trick some of the trained Jounins. But that is to be expected from Uzumaki Naruto. He is, after all, speaking of the boy who outrun ANBU taskforce Gamma in a rooftop chase in bright daylight; and that time, he couldn't even do any surface walking technique.

Heck he actually considered on signing him up for a private and special training.

His old features showing his mood, Hiruzen dismissed the faraway look from his face. A Hokage should not only think of the past, but also the present and the future. Though the present may be the most important thing than the other two, it is still a must to consider the wellbeing for the future generation and to not forget the past sacrifices or deeds that was done to make Konoha what it is today.

And so, for the wellbeing of Konoha and the citizens in it, Sarutobi Hiruzen—the Third Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato—will put Uzumaki Naruto under extreme surveillance.

It was not suppose to go this way… if only he had been more truthful.

Hiruzen stood from his chair and looked out the window of his office, letting him view the evening scenery of Konoha's fragile and fleeting peace. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun…" an apologetic expression crossed his face, a serious look quickly taking over it. "You have all the reason in the world to hate me but please try to forgive this senile old man for what he's about to do…"

Hiruzen knew that he is unforgivable.

Harukaze Fubuki had always been a woman of many capabilities. The fact that she was now sitting on her spirit essence made bench was one of the many proof to it. As a practitioner of the art of manipulation—spirit manipulation, emotion manipulation and things like illusion manipulation and the likes—creating a simple spirit made bench is an easy thing to do. The wispy colored bench that she's currently sitting on did not let out the usual creaking noise that a normal wooden one would make as she stood.

Looking particularly at her daughter, Miyu, she has to say that her daughter had indeed grown taller over the past few months. A while back, she remembered her only reaching up to her shoulder level but now she's at least near her neck level. It amused her to see the growth of her daughter, but most of all, she was mighty proud of her daughter…

Or daughters.

If there is another thing that Harukaze Fubuki was not good at, it will be parenting. Ever since her firstborn was born, Fubuki took care of her eldest only until she's about eight or nine years old and the same thing is the same with the last two. Though they were raised like that, Fubuki knows that her daughters turned out fine. Even if the first two was not here right now. Miyu was the only one who would talk to her, more often than her sisters, which is why her relationship with the third daughter was the closest than the first two sisters.

Said auburn ponytailed maiden was happily humming a small tune to herself as she stacks some flat stones on top of each other. "May evil be smite!" a sudden gust of wind just rushed through the area, bringing down the tower of stones that she had spend time stacking on. "Is this unpleasing to Fujin-sama?!"

The mother giggled at the sight of her daughter calling out the deity's name. "I am not sure about that daughter dearest, maybe you were not paying attention to your surroundings."

"Is it so? This daughter of yours sees…then, I shall continue!"

Again, it was amusing to see her daughter. But she wondered…what is her second eldest doing right now…

Back in Konoha…

"Hello viewers! Today's program will show you some of the most wanted guys in the Elemental Nation!"

BZZT

"Fudo! You will fall before me and my friends, because evil won't be victorious over justice!"

BZZT

"Today's weather is—"

BZZT

Kohaku was bored. No, she is bored.

"Nii…come back?"

Back with the story…

"I am sure that she is doing well."

"Who is doing well, mother dearest?"

Fubuki turned to her youngest daughter, surprised to know that she had found out about her small uttering. Her lips stretched, forming a small and tender smile. "Your sisters of course, daughter dearest. It is the duty of a mother to worry for her children, no?"

"Um! Indeed it is so! As expected, you are truly a loving mother!" the ponytailed maiden beamed with a huge smile that is enough to rival a curve bow on her face. "This Harukaze Miyu is truly blessed to be your daughter!"

Her daughter's words caused her smile to grow more sincere. She approached her daughter, placing a loving palm on the crown of her head as well as enveloping the shorter female in a hug. "Thank you, daughter dearest. This mother loves you and your sister much, much more than you love her." she said. "Let us find your sister, okay? I am sure that you cannot wait to meet them."

"Indeed!" the beautiful young maiden replied with extreme vigor.

Fubuki knew that finding her daughters will not be an easy thing, especially when it comes to her eldest, Honoka. She wondered… just where could her eldest be at this time of the year? Summer is in season and Honoka was never the type to wander out when the sun is at its brightest and hottest. But when it comes to her second daughter…she knew where she is right now. In fact, she knew of a certain boy.

And right now, she's glad to be able to meet said boy face to face.

Back with Naruto…

Walking back home through the quiet and silent alleyways, Naruto Uzumaki pay no mind to the smell of rubbish and junk.

"I take it that you are just ignorant."

"Oh shut up…aren't you supposed to be sleeping right now?" Naruto asked his inner tenant in a challenging manner. Though he's irked by the Kyuubi's smartass words, he's also glad to know that the big bad fox was not how he imagined it to be.

"Psh… anyway, about your elemental affinity—as you've witnessed in the monkey's office—is stronger. I made it stronger."

Naruto nearly tripped.

"What? Why?" the boy did not hesitate to ask bluntly, stopping his walk.

"Because I'm experimenting on something. You see, the moment you went to that shrine—where you meet the vixen—your body changed. I don't know how, but it changed. Your chakra reserves, being big and incredibly hard to control, are expanding. In other words, it's getting bigger, yes, but it's also thinner; making it a little bit more...fragile. The reason why I improved or boost up your elemental affinity is because it is the second to the easiest thing to boost instead of just supplying with my chakra. While I can just give you a little bit of my chakra, I don't want to take the chances of your entire system getting flooded with my chakra."

"Eh… and why's that?"

"Haah… idiot."

"HEY!"

"Think about it like this. If you have an incredibly potent chakra running through your system, what will happen to your chakra?" the Kyuubi asked its host.

Naruto began thinking, also resuming on his walk. "Uh… my chakra will get replaced by your chakra?"

"Heh, guess you can think after all…" The Kyuubi then continued. "Yes, you're right, your chakra will be dissolved with mine. And for a human, regardless of your Uzumaki bloodline, it's like having poison for blood."

Naruto gulped hard. Then he remembered something. "Wait…but the pervert told me to use chakra didn't he? Then that old perv was trying to kill me all along!"

"Well not really. You see, it's bad if you are to be exposed to my chakra for a very long time… but if it's only for a certain amount of time, it's fine. It all depends on the person's endurance really, and how much guts he or she got." If Naruto could see the Kyuubi right now, he would see it shrugging.

"Guts? You mean I'll have to bear with the side effects?"

"Not necessarily. You will have to bear with the uneasy sensation of having something much potent running through your chakra streams, after that you must deal with the second most important factor of using a Bijuu's chakra. That is emotion." The Kyuubi's voice dropped for a reason that is unknown to Naruto. "We, the Bijuu, also represent personalities. Shukaku, insanity. Matatabi, affection. Isobu, wisdom. Son Gokū, courage. Kokuō, serenity. Saiken, peace. Chōmei, joy. Gyūki, loyalty. And me, hatred and rage."

Naruto once again stopped dead on his tracks.

"Hatred…?" he whispered. "Is that why I can't remember anything when I lost control with the Mizuki incident?" he asked softly, still feeling flashbacks about the not so recent incident.

"Kind of. But back to the main point, it is no doubt that my kin are sealed in your fellow humans. As long as their container needs their chakra, they will also reflect what type of Bijuu that resides inside of them. For an example; you. Since you have me, a representation of hatred and rage in you, you will show uncontrollable rage and fury whenever you tap into my chakra. And I am sure you remember how it felt? Even if you can't quite remember how it went, the battle in the bridge…" The Kyuubi left it hanging, letting its host to remember by himself.

Naruto understood. He now knew why he felt the need to absolutely maim or hurt someone when he tapped or tried to use the fox's chakra. But... "If you are a being of hatred and rage…then why aren't you, I don't know, hating right now?"

The Kyuubi did not answer. It, instead, got quiet. But a while later, it finally spoke. "Just walk brat… we will talk more later."

Naruto could do anything other than to walk home with a lot of things in his mind.

"Kohaku, I'm ho-UWAAAAA!" he was about to enter his apartment door, but suddenly, a strong pair of hands grabbed him by the arm; pulling him into the room as well as locking the door shut. Naruto found himself on the hard wooden floor of his apartment room, lying on his back with an extra weight on top of him. "K-K-KOHAKU?! WHAT ARE YO-MMMPPH!"

Lucky son of a bitch…

Words died the moment his lips were covered by a pair impressive ample bosom that, unfortunately, may as well be the death of him. But our blonde is not a man, boy, of words. No. He's a man of action. Instead of wishing or saying that he'll escape from this hold-semi-hug-semi-glomp, he'll force his way off from the grip like any man of action would.

"MMMPPHHH!"

But sadly, it's easier said than done.

If it weren't for the fact that Kohaku had just shifted her left leg a little bit to the back, Naruto won't be able to slide his hand and push her by the shoulder. Finally getting a breathing chance, Naruto took all the air he could get before being glomped again by the red head. Their little struggle continued until Naruto eventually surrendered and let the red hair hug him.

"Nii, miss you." The red haired maiden said while snuggling her face deeper into Naruto's jacket.

"I was only gone for thirty minutes for God's sake!" knowing that this is Kohaku, explaining things to her will be a hard thing to do. "Haah…so, what did you do while I'm gone?"

"TV."

"TV?"

"TV."

Naruto made an awkward face. "I see, then, it's already quite late." Looking out the window, Naruto could see that that the sky is dark already. "If you want to take a shower, just tell me, I'll take you to the baths. But if you want to sleep directly, you can go and take my room. I'll sleep on the couch."

"No."

"Why not?" Naruto whined. Combined with the tiredness and fatigue from what has transpired today, he's not going to last any longer.

"Kohaku…wants to be with Nii." She hugged him tighter.

Naruto blinked before sighing. "Kohaku, see, you can't expect me to do anything for you yeah? Sometimes, you just have to do everything by yourself." Seeing that she's not budging, Naruto scratched the back of his head, confused and unsure of what to say. "Fine, I'll make an exception this time. We'll watch some TV first, take a bath and…" a brilliant idea struck him. "Oh! Why don't we go out and have tea? It's about time I show you some places that I haven't!"

"…Okay."

Naruto smiled, feeling a warm sensation in him.

.

.

.

"Nii will bathe with Kohaku?"

…and said sensation died.

"Hold. You are entering Konohagakure no Sato, for what purpose are you here for, traveler?"

"Ugh…these goddamn NPCs…"

"What was that?"

"Sorry, nothing, ahem." Tao giggled at her aunt's 'expert' attempt to change the topic. The shorter women out of the two shuffled through the small knapsack she's carrying, pulling out an important looking piece of paper. "Here. I am a travelling doctor—or pharmacist—and my purpose here is to do some business." Tao just giggled some more at her aunt's blunt explanation.

The flak jacket wearing Shinobi took the paper off from Chao's hand politely. He began reading the paper, and after a few seconds, he returned the paper to the shorter woman. "Very well. You are permitted to enter Konohagakure no Sato, please be safe and don't cause any trouble. There are some available inns and housing available for rent down the market district, if you are looking to sightsee, the locals should be able to point the way. Oh, and have a nice day."

With that over, Chao reentered her carriage and the horse carriage began moving forward into the village. Inside the passenger carriage, Chao was trying her best to not let out a sigh as it would only show her frustrations and age. Tao, however, simply sit on her place with a content smile on her face.

"I can't believe we are entering a Konoha auntie, I've never been here."

Chao clicked her tongue along with giving her niece a roll of her eyes. "Hmph, I could care less. But we are here to do business, so don't start on getting weird ideas." Peeking outside the carriage's window, Chao could see the various stands, shops and vendors that the busy street of Konoha has to offer. It's not what she expect it would be…she expect this place to be filled with Shinobis jumping from roof to roof or maybe even some chatting on the street, but it turns out that she was wrong.

"Oh! Chao-sama, Chao-sama! Look!" rolling her eyes, Chao reluctantly followed where her niece was pointing at. Over the window was a small stand that sells all kinds of masks. From those fictional character masks, to the more traditional ones; like a fox mask or even a kabuki mask. "Aren't they wonderful?" Tao sighed in what seemed to be pure bliss. Apparently, Chao's niece had an obsession with masks.

Not commenting on her niece, Chao shook her head before staring off blankly to the carriage's roof. If the direction that the Shinobi on duty earlier gave her, then she should be seeing some inns or hotels now. And true to the man's words, there was some available housing for rent or inns for her and her niece to stay.

With Tao busy marveling on the beautiful scene of afternoon, Chao took the initiative to look around for a suitable temporary housing. The horse came to a stop on the side of the road, almost as if they knew when to stop despite not having someone to steer them. Chao and Tao both stepped out from the carriage with their packs behind them, though they still have some of their important luggage in the cart.

"Come on Tao, we will search for a place to stay and after that, we will explore the village and look for a place to sell our merchandise."

"Yes auntie."

Walking towards the direction of an inn that Chao saw not long ago, they entered the comfortable looking inn. The lobby of the inn was not too big nor was it too large. A female clerk stood behind a desk, no doubt the one handling all the guests. The girl gave the two women a business smile, one that was not rare to see.

"Welcome. Are you here to rent a room or just to visit the hotsprings?" she asked politely. The way she smiled with such well hidden restraint was…unappealing to Chao.

But deciding not to comment, the shortest of the three female—including the clerk—spoke. "We are here for a room."

The clerk was surprised to see that the one that had spoken was the short girl instead of the tall and more mature looking one. This irked Chao. "I'm down here!" now if a simple glare could kill, then the clerk would have been skeletons already.

"A-Ah, yes. Please." She took out something from under the desk or counter, revealing to be a key. "Here is the key to your room, it's room number 5. Please enjoy your stay and payment will be done during your checkout."

"Meh." Apparently, Chao was not one for saying thank yous. "Tao, get our luggage into our room. I am going to do some scouting and I'll probably be home late at night." She then handed the key to her niece carelessly. "Here, the key." Without saying anything else, she left the inn; going outside to do what she was going to do.

"W-Wha! Auntie! That's not fair~!"

Chao ignored her niece's complains and walked off uncaringly. She stopped a good distance from the inn to realize that she was hungry. The short woman looked around, noticing that there was a large selection of food and other treats to choose from. Her eyes then landed on a sign of a building.

It looked like she'll be having tea and some sweets.

"Finally…Konoha."

Fubuki smiled as she entered the large gates of Konoha. And apparently, her daughter was not hiding her excitement upon entering. She giggled when she saw her daughter, Miyu, staring wonderingly with amazement evident in her eyes at the sight of a mere bookstore. But she had to cut her daughter some slacks, she and her daughter never really visited Hidden Villages, much less conversing or going near to human societies.

She saw Miyu at the distant, her daughter's yukata billowing at the night wind. "Mother! Come haste!" the smile on Miyu's face could only be described as excited, since it was one of the emotions her daughter was showing to her. Other than that, there's happiness, interest, curiosity and amazement.

Fubuki giggled politely to the sleeves of her yukata. Looking around, a faraway look crossed her face. "Konoha…it has been a long time since I've been here." Her words were carried to the winds, not reaching anybody. She might just look like an old woman muttering to herself, but in truth, she was recalling her memories. "I wonder…has he forgotten me?"

Well, there's only one way to find out.

…but not after securing temporary housing for her and her daughter, of course.

The mother and daughter pair quickly searched for an affordable and acceptable inn. The facilities were nice and it was located in the middle of the market district, a pretty convenient place. Her daughter Miyu loved to see people and the happy atmosphere that the busy night street of Konoha was currently radiating. After finish checking into the inn, they decided to explore the streets for a place to have tea.

Their search for a teahouse did not last long, they found a suitable teahouse for them to rest and enjoy some snacks. The doorbell jingled when Fubuki gently pushed open the door. The mother and daughter pair took the nearest seat near the door, where they sat seiza style due to it being a traditional teahouse.

Fubuki looked around the not so busy teahouse. And she noticed something from the corner of her eyes.

No. She noticed someone...

The sound of a ceramic cup dropping and breaking in the process rung clear through the entire café, causing everything to transform into silence. Fubuki blinked thrice, making sure if her vision wasn't following her age.

The loli who was standing upright with a shellshocked expression on her face was doing the same thing. She was making sure if her eyes wasn't following her age too.

"Fubuki?!"

"Chao…?"

KRING

"Whew, hey Kohaku, why don't we eat here for a—" Words died in the speaker's mouth when said speaker noticed the uncomfortable and unusual atmosphere that surrounded the teahouse. A pair of azure blue eyes blinked twice, doing a reality check if he's not stepping into a place where he wasn't supposed to. "Eh…I guess I'll come later…?"

But it seemed that the beautiful maiden beside him disagreed with his poor decision. She held his shoulders tightly, and due to her being superior in height, he was kept unmoving. A pair of pink eyes blinked, her stoic expression accompanied her silent nature. Kohaku glanced upon the short loli who was facing the tall buxom woman. Then her focus flicked to the tall buxom woman who was staring at the short loli.

Her eyes then looked down to her Nii. "Nii. Let's go."

"Uh…yeah, sure."

They turned to leave.

"WAIT A FREAKING MOMENT!" The outburst came from the short loli who had focused her attention on the redhead and blonde pair. "YOU TWO! WHY THEY HELL DID EVERYTHING GET UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU TWO ENTERED?!"

Naruto wasn't afraid to reply in the same manner. Confused and angry. But most of all, he's in for the tsukkomi. "HOW THE FUCK SHOULD I KNOW?!"

"Nii…" Kohaku, for once, looked uncomfortable.

The tall and buxom woman watching the scene, smiled. With her right hand placed on her right cheek, she made an eye smile that would do a certain silver haired scarecrow proud. "Ara, ara…"

"Ooh! Mother! They have daifukus here!"

And so, the night started out…noisily.

A/N: Aaaand there. Sorry that I haven't been uploading or updating much recently. I've been busy with exams and will be even busier later on, which also means that I'll only have little to no time at all to write or even continue the ideas or drafts that I made over the past few weeks. I'm really, really sorry for this.

But hey, it's not like I'm quitting FF, yeah?

So, what we learned from this chapter. The third Hokage is fully aware that he is keeping secrets from Naruto. Naruto himself is striving to be strong without the proper teaching from a Shinobi mentor. Apparently, TVs are useless in the Shinobi world and the chapter's ending is shitty as hell.

Anyway…

I thank those who are patient enough for me, and also to those who are still looking for updates from me.

I promise this, though. When everything is done (exams and things like that) I'll be writing non-stop and more and more updates will be posted. Of course…I'll try my freaking best to make this promise real.

Well… I guess that's all and may ya'll have a nice day/night!