Team 7 emerged from the portal, returning to their campsite.
Sakura stood there, staring blankly into space, clearly still reeling from the shock of what she'd just learned.
Naruto and Kakashi exchanged glances, noticing that both were drenched in sweat. It was obvious neither had fully recovered from the scare they'd just experienced.
Sasuke, noticing his teammates' odd behavior, couldn't understand why they were acting so strange.
Something about tops and bottoms...
Wasn't it just training between two people?
He remembered that in his own training with Kakashi, he was always the one attacking. What was there to be surprised about?
These two were really overreacting.
"I'm going to train," Sasuke announced, then promptly headed off to the training ground.
Seeing him leave, Sakura shook her head hard, as if trying to shake away the inappropriate thoughts lingering in her mind. She quickly called out Sasuke's name and chased after him.
Kakashi glanced at Naruto, suddenly realizing something was off with the kid...
Logically, a normal twelve-year-old should've reacted like Sasuke—completely oblivious to what Haku had just implied.
Even Sakura had only understood it after Kakashi's earlier "lecture" on the subject of taboo relationships.
Which raised the question...
How the heck did Naruto know?!
He must have been sneaking peeks at things someone his age definitely shouldn't be watching!
Kakashi felt like he needed to have a talk with the kid.
Even if he wasn't the best role model, the last thing he wanted was for Naruto to pick up the same bad habits.
"Naruto..."
"Don't ever break the three ninja taboos."
"Even if you get caught up in one of them, your life will be ruined."
Naruto turned to Kakashi, wide-eyed with shock.
What the hell is this white-haired pervert babbling about?
Do you have any self-awareness at all?!
At that moment, Naruto seriously considered grabbing one of Kakashi's Icha Icha books from his pouch and shoving it right in his face.
"Kakashi-sensei... you'd better take care of yourself first!"
Naruto said, eyeing him up and down before continuing.
"Kakashi-sensei, you're already getting up there in age, still single... I bet you've saved up quite a bit of money by now, huh?"
"I..."
Kakashi opened his mouth but couldn't form a coherent sentence for a long moment.
In just one short line, Naruto had managed to hit him where it hurt three times in a row.
What is with this kid?! Why has he been so sharp-tongued since the day he was born?!
If it weren't for Naruto's ability to use space-time ninjutsu, Kakashi would've seriously considered grabbing the brat and spanking him right then and there.
Seeing Kakashi frozen in place, Naruto flashed a mischievous smile. But he had a sneaking suspicion that Kakashi was about to retaliate, so he immediately opened a portal and made a quick getaway.
Kakashi sighed helplessly, watching the distant blur of yellow hair disappear.
He suddenly wondered...
Can Jiraiya-sama even handle this kid?
A few minutes later...
Kakashi gathered the three young shinobi around him, preparing to outline their next training plan.
"Sasuke, tomorrow we'll work on your Lightning Release. I'll teach you a new jutsu."
Sasuke, who had been polishing his Executioner's Blade, nodded eagerly, his eyes filled with excitement.
For some reason, he felt like he was getting closer and closer to mastering Chidori.
After addressing Sasuke, Kakashi turned toward the dazed Sakura.
"Sakura, your current combat abilities are still too weak..."
"Tomorrow, I'll create a chakra control training plan for you. After that, I'll teach you a few genjutsu techniques."
As Kakashi said this, he couldn't help but glance at the other two.
These kids had been freaks since they were seven—dragging trees around while training on rivers...
They didn't need any tree-climbing or water-walking exercises anymore.
After all...
They'd already mastered chakra control to a ridiculous degree.
"Y-Yes!"
"I'll do my best!"
Sakura knew all too well how far behind she was compared to her teammates, so she was genuinely excited about Kakashi's training plan.
Maybe, if she completed Kakashi-sensei's training...
She could finally catch up to them!
With a determined look, Sakura clenched her fists, mentally cheering herself on.
You've got this, Sakura!
You're the best!
Once you're stronger, you can finally teach Naruto a lesson!
Go, girl!
After finishing with Sakura, Kakashi turned to the last member of the team—Naruto—who was looking at him expectantly.
Kakashi fell silent for a while.
No matter how hard he thought about it, he realized there wasn't much he could actually teach Naruto...
Naruto's chakra affinities were Wind and Earth.
Sure, Kakashi knew plenty of jutsu from those two elements, but most of them were either support or defense techniques...
And, for Naruto, learning those would be pretty pointless.
As for taijutsu...
Yeah, no. This kid didn't need to learn any of that either. He could just stand still and trade kunai stabs with his enemies, relying on his insane healing factor.
There were only a handful of people in the entire ninja world as ridiculous as Naruto.
Naruto continued staring at Kakashi with expectant eyes.
After all, Kakashi was the renowned Copy Ninja of Konoha, rumored to have copied countless enemy jutsu.
Holy crap, it was like having a living, breathing encyclopedia of ninjutsu in front of him!
After being relentlessly drilled by Kurama for years, Naruto desperately wanted a normal teacher who'd train him in a normal way!
Over the years, Naruto had come to realize one undeniable truth...
The giant fox sealed inside him was training him the same way you'd train a tailed beast!
If it weren't for his strong constitution, he'd probably have died from Kurama's insane training methods when he was six.
That's why Naruto was eager to experience how normal humans trained.
Meanwhile, inside the sealed space, Kurama, who had been casually reading a novel, suddenly paused and sensed a bit of hostility emanating from Naruto.
"Hey, kid. Are you being disrespectful to me?"
Hearing the fox's voice, Naruto didn't even know where to start with his complaints.
How long have you been reading? And you've already switched from calling yourself 'old man' to 'this seat' like some kind of ancient master?!
"Nah, you keep reading your book."
Naruto brushed off Kurama with a few half-hearted words and returned his focus to Kakashi, eagerly awaiting the legendary jutsu that was about to be taught.
And then he heard the words that would break his heart.
"Naruto... how about I teach you Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall?"
Uzumaki Naruto: ???
The smile on Naruto's face vanished instantly, replaced by a look of utter disbelief. His expression grew stiff, his anticipation quickly morphing into anger.
What the hell, man?!
This white-haired bastard's crossing the line!
You teach Sakura genjutsu! You teach Sasuke Lightning Release!
And when it's my turn, you're gonna teach me... Earth-Style Wall?!
I mean, come on! If I wanted to learn that jutsu, I'd just look it up somewhere!
I get that you're biased toward Sasuke because of your "bromance" with Obito, but my dad was your teacher, damn it!
You're such a jerk!
Naruto forced a stiff smile and politely flipped Kakashi the bird while shaking his head.
"Wait for it, you white-haired fraud!"
With that, Naruto got up, walked ten meters away, and didn't look back.
This guy's got a whole arsenal of jutsu, and he tries to pawn off Earth-Style Wall on me...
Fine! Just wait till I get back to the village and learn Edo Tensei!
Let's see how you explain yourself to my mom then!
If you won't give me any hacks, I'll just go get my own!
Watching Naruto storm off, Kakashi let out an awkward laugh and scratched the back of his head.
It wasn't that he didn't want to teach him...
It was just that Kakashi honestly didn't have anything else in his repertoire that would suit Naruto.
I mean, I think my Earth-Style Wall is pretty cool...
It's got a lot of my personal flair to it, after all.
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