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On a forested patch of land on the edge of the village of Kumo;
"You eat it like this, you dip the fish side slightly into the sauce, then eat it in one go." Yugito explained while demonstrating.
Naruto copied her and ate a piece of sushi. He hummed slightly as he chewed, enjoying the taste before swallowing.
"I didn't think that fish could be this fatty." Naruto said as he continued to eat
"Well, it is the fattiest and most expensive part of a fish called Tuna. The part is called Otoro. I only tried it once before." Yugito said as she ate a piece of sashimi. They then continued to eat in silence, as Yugito had already explained the different kinds of Sushi and Sashimi and the ways to eat them, ending with the most expensive ones.
"I would have never thought that I would enjoy eating raw fish." Naruto said as he put down his chopsticks
"Shouldn't Konoha also have Sushi restaurants?" Yugito asked as she finished her food
"I don't know. I don't visit the Konoha market." Naruto replied
"Why?" Yugito asked
"I don't like crowded places, and my mum is the one doing the shopping. I just came to Kumo's market because I wanted to see what it is like, as it isn't every day that you visit another hidden village." Naruto replied, making Yugito nod.
They sat in a comfortable silence, enjoying the sun and Nature around them after a delicious meal.
"This is weird." Yugito suddenly said
"How so?" Naruto asked
"Me, the Nibi's Jinchuuriki, sitting and eating a meal alone with a shinobi from Konoha." Yugito said with wonder, making Naruto chuckle.
'We aren't alone.' Naruto thought to himself. He could feel a group of what he assumed to be Kumo's Anbu watching them from the shadows. Kakashi is also nearby.
Naruto had asked him to give him some alone time, which Kaskashi was against. So, they compromised by having Kakashi wait nearby just in case.
"Well, Life is unpredictable like that." Naruto said, making Yugito smile slightly
"So, what is your name?" Naruto asked
"My name?" Yugito asked with a bit of confusion and surprise.
"Yeah, your name. I want to know the name of my first friend in Kumo and outside Konoha." Naruto said with a head tilt.
"When did we become friends?" Yugito said, a little bewildered. A Konoha and a Kumo Shinobi becoming friends, what in the world?
"We just shared a meal. If that didn't make us at least friends, I don't know what will." Naruto said, making Yugito giggle.
"Fine, fine. You got me. I am Yugito Nii, nice to meet you." Yugito said with a genuine smile.
"Nice to meet you, too, Yugito. I am Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said, returning the smile.
"So you are here for the Chunin exams." Yugito said
"Yeah. Why?" Naruto asked
"Looks like we will face each other soon." Yugito said
"You are in the exams?" Naruto asked
"Yeah, my team and I are in the exams." Yugito said
"Then I look forward to compe….." Naruto said, but stopped suddenly as he looked to the side as if looking at something behind the trees.
"What?" Yugito asked with a bit of surprise, looking at where Naruto was looking.
"Does anyone know this place?" Naruto asked as he stood up. He sensed three chakra signatures approaching at normal shinobi pace. What got his attention is that one of them is huge, nearly as big as his. It is the second biggest chakra signature he has felt to date,his big sister Kushina being the largest.
"I only come here when I want to get some time to myself. The only ones to know about it are my team." Yugito said with a confused look, then her eyes widened slightly.
"Wait. How did you order food and were able to find me?" Yugito asked with suspicion as she stood up as well
"I can detect chakra signature from far away." Naruto said simply
"Really? You can feel Chakra from the market to here?" Yugito said with a bit of amazement, as it is hard to believe that someone has that big of a sensory range.
"Yeah, your chakra has a unique feeling to it, making it easy to identify." Naruto said.
Before Yugito could reply, three figures appeared from the trees. Naruto's eyes scanned them as they approached.
There are two young girls around Yugito's age. One was dark skinned with white hair, and the other had fair white skin with blond hair. But Naruto's eyes were more focused on the man who walked in front of the two.
The man has a muscular build with dark skin and blond hair that is slicked back. His eyes were covered with a pair of sunglasses and a Kumo headband on his forehead. Naruto also noted that the man is carrying a couple of swords on his back, which is weird, as a human has two hands, but he seems to carry seven swords. Naruto can sense the chakra of another Bijuu in the man.
'That is the Hachibi, Gyuki. I haven't seen him in so long.' Kurumi said from Naruto's mindscape.
'Two in one day. Should I consider myself lucky?' Naruto joked, drawing a huff of amusement from Kurumi
"~ Yo, yo, Yugito. How is this fellow?~" The man said weirdly, making Naruto raise an eyebrow while looking at the man, then at Yugito.
"It's the way he usually talks, he calls it rapping. Deal with it, as nobody can change the way he talks." Yugito whispered hastily
She then looked at the man and said, "Hey, Bee-sensei. He is someone I got to know today, and he helped me get Sushi." The two girls behind the man looked surprised.
"~ Oh, so, he helped the kitty get the fishy.~" Bee said, making the Yugito bush in embarrassment while the white-haired girl giggled and the blond one wore a small, amused smirk.
"Bee-sensei, I told you not to call me that." Yugito said with an embarrassed tone, which increased when she saw Naruto's amused smile
"Why don't you introduce us to each other, Yugito?" Naruto said with a smile, trying to help Yugito out of the embarrassing situation.
Yugito took a calming breath as she got her bearings together.
"Alright. This is my team. This is Bee-sensei (pointing at the man), he is my Jonin-sensei. This is Mabui (pointing at the white-haired girl), and this is Samui (pointing at the blond-haired girl), they are my teammates." Yugito said
"~ No, no, Yugito. This isn't how you introduce me to the boyo~" Bee said
"Oh Kami no. Please don't Bee-sensei." Yugito said, slapping her forehead with her palm, which was mirrored by Maubi.
"~I fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee. I am the magnificent Killer Bee. Yeah~" Bee said with his hands making different weird hand gestures and poses.
'He is... energetic.' Naruto thought to himself.
'Gyuki got himself a weird Host.' Kurumi said with a deadpan tone.
"Nice to meet you all, I am Naruto Uzumaki." Naruto said with a polite smile.
He then looks at Yugito and says: "Since your team is here, I will take my leave now."
Then he looked at the whole team and said: "See you in the exams. It is nice meeting you, Bee-san, and you pretty ladies." Before walking away.
Even though Naruto said that innocently, what he didn't see behind him was the red-faced Yugito and Mabui. Even Samui had a small blush on her face. No one ever complimented them out loud. Especially Yugito, it was the first time a boy near her age said something nice to her. The complement is even more potent when it comes from a very nice-looking boy.
'~My smooth brotha~' Bee thought to himself
'Will you ever talk regularly, Bee?' Came a voice from within Bee
'~you already know. That is never gonna happen, foul. ~' Bee replied, making Gyuki sigh in resignation to his fate.
"I never thought that you had it in you, Yugito." Mabui said as her blush calmed down.
"What are you talking about?" Yugito said as she looked at Maubi with confusion.
"I never thought I would find you having a lunch date with a cute boy that you just met." Mabui said with a teasing tone, making Yugito's blush return with full force.
"I—It is nothing like that. I tried to get Sushi but was denied. He saw what happened and helped me." Yugito stuttered at first as she tried to calm down. The amused laughter coming from the Bijuu inside her isn't helping her at all.
"Oh. Isn't that sweet? Did you feed him as a thank you?" Mabui said as her smile widened from seeing Yugito's blush increase.
"No, that didn't happen." Yugito said with a flaming red face
"Are you sure about that? What do you think happened, Samui?" Mabui asked as she looked at their third teammate.
The usually stoic Samui had a small teasing smirk on her face as she pointed at the empty boxes on the ground and said: "This indicates otherwise."
Yugito hid her face in the palms of her hands while muttering that nothing happen over and over again, making the other three members of her team burst out laughing.
This was the first time Yugito was teased to this degree, so she didn't know what to do.
A couple of moments earlier;
As Naruto walked away from the Kumo genin team, Kakashi came from where he was waiting and walked beside Naruto as they made their way towards the inn they stayed at.
"You know who that was." Kakashi said. Kakashi wasn't asking, he was just awaiting confirmation.
"Yeah, I know." Naruto replied simply
"You know that meeting them can cause us problems." Kakashi said, as meeting foreign Jinchuuriki isn't as simple as it seems
"It is just a meeting between competitors. As long as it stays that way, we are fine." Naruto said
"Did you see that girl I met in the last war?" Naruto asked
"No, the only Jinchuuriki from Kumo to participate in the war was Killer Bee. It is my first time knowing and seeing who the Nibi's host is." Kakashi replied
Naruto hummed in conformation. That does make sense, as Yugito would have been too young and inexperienced to participate in the war. She is a Bijuu host, so Kumo would never risk her safety if everything was going relatively fine during the war. But the dark thing is that there were shinobi her age fighting and dying in the last war. It's just how things are in this dark world. Bijuu hosts are seen as an invaluable strategic weapon. Any other regular shinobi, no matter their age, are seen as expendable.
"What with the last thing you said?" Kakashi asked
"Which part?" Naruto asked confused
"The part where you called the Kumo genin pretty." Kakashi replied
"What about it? Mum said that giving women a small compliment would go a long way for them and me. She also said that this applies as long as it isn't a spar, fight, or war. If it is, then my fists don't recognize gender. The second part I understand, but the first part I don't understand fully until now." Naruto said with slight confusion
'I am either looking at a future playboy or an innocent heartbreaker. The second one seems highly more probable, seeing who his mother is.' Kakashi thought to himself as he continued to walk in silence.
'You know that you just flirted with those girls, right?' Kurumi said with a teasing tone from inside the seal
'What is 'flirted'?' Naruto asked as he didn't know the word.
'It is when you say something nice to a girl you like.' Kurumi explained
'I do like them to be my friends' Naruto replied. The amount of innocence in that statement made Kurumi facepalm. She always forgets how innocent and young Naruto is in some topics, despite how smart and mature he is about many others.
'Never change, Kit.' Kurumi said with a gentle tone.
'Of course, I won't change. A man who treats women like princesses is proof that he was raised by a Queen. Not in war or fights though.' Naruto replied, not fully grasping what Kurumi meant. He didn't hesitate to compliment his mother. He loves her the most after all, along with his sweet baby sister.
'Ohhh. Does that mean you see me as a princess?' Kurumi said with a teasing tone.
'Of course, you are my millennium-old princess.' Naruto joked with a teasing tone.
'You damn brat. The next time you come in here, I am going to beat into you what you should say to me.' Kurumi said with a threatening tone with no heat behind it, making Naruto smile victoriously.
Finally, he won their usual teasing contest.
End the Chapter.
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