'That snake-bastard doesn't quit easily,' Naru-nii had explained. 'So I bet you he'd try something else to get at the old man, only this time I won't know what it is.'
'You also said sealing him with Finjutsu would be hard,' Naruto pointed out.
'Hard only because you have to catch him,' Naru-nii points out. 'He's a strong slippery bastard and we're not fast enough just yet. I mean, I know you're crazy fast now, especially with Kurama's chakra, but this guy can go toe-to-toe with Ji-chan.'
'He'd lose,' Naruto had yelled.
'Oh, for sure he'd lose,' Naru-nii naturally agreed before he added, 'if it was a fair fight. But that asshole doesn't do fair.'
'So'
'The thing about this is, we need to tip them off before the invasion, but the intel has to be credible. For example, Gaara's dad isn't dead yet and nothing's happened that can be explained without mentioning me. It's like this whole intelligence analysis thing Shikamaru told me about one time.
Konoha has a whole department just for rating the credibility of any intel they receive. If it passes their tests, then they tag it as Reliable-Actionable. Unless you personally tell Ji-chan why you know what you know, they may not believe it and we could mess things up even further.'
'Why don't we just tell Ji-chan then,' Naruto asksnot for the first time. 'I'm sure he'd believe us.'
'Hey now,' Naru-nii chimes. 'You know I'd think he'd believe us too, and honestly, I don't mind, but we still have time to think of another way, and more than anything, I need to pass on what I know to you first.
It's a lot of information and I'd rather not waste the time answering other people's questions.' Naru-nii had paused for a few seconds before he truly scared Naruto when he relayed, 'Now, don't freak out but, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up for.
Every time I stop to rest, it's possible I won't be able to use it anymore-'
'Naru-nii!'
'Hey, I said don't freak out-'
'You know that never works on me!' Naruto thought back in frantic haste. 'Are you going to be okay? What can I do? Whatever it is, tell me and I'll do it!
Just don't leave.'
Gaara remains stern of countenance as Naruto says, "I think we totally get each other," then extends his fist, expressing, "let's be friends!"
"No," Gaara immediately answers before walking back.
"What? How come?" Naruto asks as he tries to follow when Temari steps in between her brother and Naruto.
"You heard him; stay away," Temari warns with a knowing smirk. "Or Gaara can't be held responsible for ending your life."
Naruto chuckles, eying her confidently as he tells her, "he can't kill me."
Recognizing Naruto's assertion as a challenge to his existence and opportunity for blood, Gaara stops and slowly turns to the blond. His light blue eyes are impossibly smaller and his mouth widens menacingly showing teeth.
"H-hey, Gaara, it's f-fine," Kankuro tries as Temari adds, "please, remember why we're here."
"Oh, I get it," Naruto notes aloud drawing the Suna sibling's attention. "You need proof that I'm serious, right? We can get some Ramen after this and talk!" Ignoring the rising homicidal look in Gaara's expression, Naruto quizzically asks, "you like Ramen, right?"
Kankuro's thoughts of, 'he's dead,' mirror Temari's, 'if he's too stupid to recognize mortal danger, he shouldn't live anyway.' Sakura, along with the others watch but unlike the others, she's not overly worried.
It actually surprises her how much faith she has in Naruto's strength, and doesn't even worry when Ino asks Sakura to, "stop him before he gets himself killed!" The pinkette even enjoys smiling confidently and confusing her blond quasi-friend.
Gaara raises his hand as if to activate jutsu to his siblings fear when a large puff of smoke catches everyone's attention before a hard voice yells, "quiet down you worthless bastards!" A group of proctors stand behind a tall scarred man.
'Morino Ibiki,' Naruto mentally comments. After warning the Sound and Sand ninjasalong with the entire roomabout fighting, the participants peacefully turn in their registration for their numbers and just like Naru-nii's experience, he got to sit next to Hinata-chan.
Though Naruto knew what was going to happen, it was still pretty intense to actually sit through. Ibiki was a real shinobi who survived the worst, and it was impossible not to get sucked into the bloody-minded world he clearly painted with his appearance and the gravitas of his words.
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