Naruto jerked up from his sleep with a gasp breathing heavily, drenched in sweat. Tears streamed down his face, Rinnegan blazing purple.
All the Bijūs were on the bed in a circle formation.
"Nice going brat." Kurama chastised with a frown on his face.
"I don't have time for this, Kurama," he said as he flopped back into the bed and gripped his face, not the least bit bothered by the wet sheets.
Kurama tapped the power button on the TV remote in Naruto's room. It switched on and Kurama, with remote still in hand/paw, started changing channels until he reached the station he wanted.
A female journalist was on the screen with a mic saying something from some place in Kuoh. The headlines were blurred in Naruto's eyes due to the drowsiness caused by sleep. He strained his ears to listen to what the woman was saying instead.
"And we are here in Kuoh where a seismic event occurred all of a sudden..." The rest of the headlines and noises disappeared into the background.
Naruto could feel a nasty headache coming. He took a deep breath and sighed deeply.
"It was them and this time, Kaguya was in it." He said.
Kurama went silent in pity. He never had nightmares so he couldn't really relate to his jinchūriki right now.
"You're gonna take the day off?" He asked, more like suggested.
"Yeah." Naruto pushed his blanket aside and took off his wet shirt. He dropped them into the laundry basket beside the bathroom door and opened the bathroom to freshen up.
Naruto turned on the faucet and plunged his hands under the cold, running water. He splashed the water on his face, enjoying how cool it was. A few splashes later, he rubbed his face and stared Into the mirror, gazing at the fabled Rinnegan.
The concentric, dark circles were overlapped with a different pattern entirely. Something he paid no heed to as it went back to the default concentric rings.
Strands of blonde hair were on top of his eyelids. His fringes had grown out without an Hitai-ate obstructing them. Two side bangs had grown out more than the others on the side of his face, reminiscent of his father's hairstyle.
He really needed a new haircut. Maybe a new style entirely.
The shinobi had a lot going on in his mind as he washed his of them was his chakra which had been acting strange recently and he had to do something about it.
His Six Paths chakra reserves were much bigger than the amount he had when he fought Kaguya. Though he had his Six Paths Chakra sealed off, he could still see it in his mind's eyes growing in volume.
Gaining the Yang half of Old Man Sage's powers brought his chakra levels to a point that was otherworldly in Shinobi standards. He had an understanding of all things chakra related with the ability to use all five basic elements to boot. This abnormal amount of chakra shot off the roof when he gained the Yin part of Hagoromo's chakra.
The Rinnegan granted its user great chakra control and as a sage, he had learned to balance Nature energy with his chakra thus he was arguably at his best when it came to chakra control.
It's been pretty hard to keep his chakra at bay lately and he honestly didn't think chakra control exercises would work for him. It was like there was something disrupting his chakra control.
He got out of the tub and cleaned himself with an orange bathrobe. He wondered if it was stress caused by frequent nightmares affecting his control.
Maybe he needed more meditation? What better way to clear one's head and mind than meditation?
His thoughts came to a screeching halt when he heard a knock on his front door. He walked to the front door making subtle motions to the chibi Bijūs to be scarce.
He twisted the door knob and pulled back gently, peeking through the slightly ajar door.
Issei stood in front of Naruto's door with his uniform on ready for school idly wondering what could have caused a mini seismic event. He knocked a few times when he received no answer before he heard shuffling noises. The door knob twisted open and the familiar visage of his teacher peeked through the open door.
"Good morning, Sensei! How was your night?" he beamed.
"Hyoudou." Issei's name rolled off Naruto's tongue distastefully.
Issei broke out in cold sweat and immediately went to his knees in front of Naruto, his hands clasped tightly together.
"I'm really sorry, Sensei. I was powerless against Buchou and Akeno-san's boobs!" He gave a clumsy excuse and leaned forward.
"Ho, Oppai? Oppai? You betrayed me to get a feel of her boobs?" Naruto found it incredulous.
He betrayed him just for boobs.
"You don't understand, Sensei. The deliciousness of a heavenly Oppai." Issei quipped with a satisfied smile.
Naruto couldn't believe his ears. This boy was beyond obsessed with breasts and that would eventually turn to a weakness in battle.
Oh, if only Naruto knew how wrong he was.
"Good morning, Naruto-san," Issei's mom greeted Naruto from behind her son.
"Mom?" Issei stood up, fearing his mother had heard in on their conversation.
"A good morning to you too, Hyoudou-san." Naruto bowed.
"How are you today? I hope the sudden tremors didn't cause you any trouble?" she inquired with a smile on her face.
"Not at all, Hyoudou-san," he answered smoothly.
"Well, that's great. The damn earthquake just happened without a sign. It was weird, really," she mentioned and stared into space, no doubt trying to solve the mystery behind the sudden anomaly.
"That's true, Mom, and besides, why are you here?" he questioned.
"Oh, me? I came here to visit our handsome, decent, single neighbor. He's such a darling, Issei," she cooed out as she rubbed Naruto's arm affectionately.
The brown-haired pervert didn't like what he was seeing, Not one bit. There was an orange lunch box in her hands wrapped in white clothes.
Issei couldn't believe his eyes! That was his favorite bento. Oh that blonde shit was going to pay if he took that box from her. Sensei or not.
"I wanted to thank you for helping me the other day, Naruto-san," she said as brought the lunch box forward.
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