Naruto went to the kitchen and saw that Tsunami was cooking there. He smiled and went inside. He coughs to get her attention.
Tsunami turned around and saw Naruto standing there. She smiles at Naruto. 'He is cute.' She asked, "do you need something?"
Naruto nodded and said, "I want to make a medicinal soup for my sensei." Tsunami nodded and moved a little and made space for him. She doesn't know anything about Ninjas. So she let him do as he wanted.
Naruto takes out some medicinal herbs from his inventory. With this Kurenai will be in her top condition after an hour of rest.
Naruto turns on the stove and starts preparing for the medicine. He also looked at the food beside him. It has fish and some vegetables.
Naruto looked back and said, "do you mind if I cook?" Tsunami was surprised and ask "you can cook?"
"Un" Naruto nodded his head. Tsunami thought and let him cook. They are here to help them, she heard everything from her father and she is grateful for that. So She doesn't want to stop him.
She will be here anyway, if he makes any mistakes, she can correct them.
Naruto smiles only. He then started cooking and making the medicine at the same time. His cooking skills were so precise that Tsunami's mood changed to shock, bewildered and then awe.
Very soon, the smell of the food spread to the whole house. Tazuna looks inside the kitchen from the outside as he smells the cooked food.
Hinata and Ino also come outside. When they smell the food they instantly understand Naruto is cooking.
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"Sensei, drink this soup first. This will give you some energy." Naruto said as he went inside with a bowl of soup.
Kurenai smiled and nodded her head. She takes the bowl and blows a few times and takes a sip. Her eyes widened. She thought it would be bitter like every medicine. But to her surprise, it's good.
She then drinks the whole bowl in a minute. Naruto then asks "can you go out for the meal, or should I bring it?"
Kurenai shook her head and said, "I can go out." She then moved the blanket from her. She isn't wearing her bandage like clothes anymore. It's a normal red T-shirt and black Anbu pants.
Naruto chuckled and said, "you look better than before." Kurenai laughed and ruffled his hair and said "I thought you would disagree."
Naruto rubbed his nose and said, "well I can wait a few days." Kurenai giggles again.
They went out together. They saw an angry kid shouting at Hinata and Ino and telling them to go back.
Naruto looks at The kid and feels fatherly love towards him. Kurenai suddenly hit his head and said "why do I feel like you are thinking something bad?"
Naruto looks at her and feels speechless. 'Women's institutions are really scary.'
They walk toward the table and ignore the kid. Kurenai already smells the food. She never tasted Naruto's cooking before. She thought it was cooked by Tsunami.
They both sit and Thanks each for the food and start eating. Hinata and Ino also get out of their thoughts while eating. As for the kids, he isn't any different either.
A few moments later, after finishing the food Kurenai looked at Tsunami and said "you cooked really well."
Tsunami blushes and Hinata and Ino chuckle. Ino said, "Sensei, Naruto cooked this." Kurenai's eyes widened as he looked at Naruto.
Naruto waved his hand and said, "when you leave alone, you learn a thing or two." Suddenly Kurenai becomes sad as she looks at Naruto complicatedly.
After that Tazuna brings out the topic of the bridge and the death of a hero.
Inari again starts shouting and runs out of the House. Tsunami and Tazuna became depressed. Naruto stood up and said, "you guys continue, I will have some fresh air."
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Naruto went towards the bridge where he sensed Inari. He saw him sitting there and crying. Naruto walks toward him and sits beside him.
"You Guys should leave. Gato is very strong. He will kill all of you."
"Then what about this bridge? Don't you want to see this bridge to complete for which your father gave life?"
"It doesn't matter. Once you die, what can this bridge do?"
Naruto looks at the kid and then looks towards the sea. The sea bridge ruffled his hair and said "just because there is a chance of dying, doesn't mean you shouldn't fight for your dream."
"Everyone will die one day. But that doesn't stop life from going on. Your father was a hero. He fought for everyone. If he thinks of himself then he can just let Gato do what he wants."
Inari looks at Naruto. Naruto looked at him and said "you have your mother now, don't you? Be strong and protect her. As for Gato, leave him to me."
Naruto stood up and said, "man must live to protect his loved one and die for his dream."
He turns around and leaves Inari there.
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Kurenai looks at Naruto and becomes serious. She then said, "I think our problem isn't solved." Naruto nodded and said, "I thought so too."
Hinata and Ino become confused. Naruto explains about hunter nin's way of work and his Suspicion about it.
Kurenai nodded her head. She doesn't know how he knows this but decided to talk about it later.
She stood up and said to everyone "let's go, we need to train and make preparations for the battle. You might also need to fight in the next battle."
Hinata and Ino's bodies shake when they hear about fighting. They still couldn't get over the last incident. But they still follow Kurenai.
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Kurenai asks them how their control over the chakra is. Hinata and Naruto show good results but Ino needs work.
So Kurenai starts teaching Ino and sparring with Hinata. As for Naruto, she didn't teach for now. With his current skill, there is nothing that he can learn in a few days.
Naruto decided to take over the cooking for everyone until the mission is finished.
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Like that, a few days passed.
Naruto and Tsunami develop a teacher and student like relationship in the kitchen. Tsunami ask tips about cooking from Naruto and he also showed her a few that can increase the taste of her cooking.
Tsunami also stops looking at him as a kid during the cooking and respects all of his teachings. They become good friends.
Inari stops nagging them to leave. Naruto also spends time with him. He showed him many tricks and some of his power to make him believe in him and not worry for Gato.
Naruto also starts to help Tazuna with the bridge-building. He convinced people with Tazuna to help them.
But he underestimated Gato's terror in these normal people's hearts. But it's okay, he is here for the bridge anyway. If he wants, he can build the bridge alone in a few minutes with his skill.
But he restrains himself from doing that. His goal hasn't been achieved yet. He also doesn't know if he will ever come here.
Oh, he also met Haku. But boy he was so disappointed that he almost lost his mind. Haku is he, not she. He almost beat the hell out of him then and there.
Why should he act like a girl when he is clearly a man. Is this the legendary trap? He then remembered Gasper and sighed.
But again he restrained himself. Besides, Haku is a good guy. Zabuza is also not that bad either. But alas! He needs to use them for now.