Chapter 129: [129]: Ichiraku’s
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Slowly surging up at the expression of his chakra, a single clone made of water grew out of each of the rock bowls and quickly stepped out, allowing Naruto to repeat the jutsu again.
"Why water clones?" Iruka asked after a moment of surprise.
"I found the scroll in TG13 last month." Naruto shrugged. "It still takes too long to form a clone, but I'm gonna practice until it gets up to standard."
"That's a good plan." The scarred chunin nodded and undid his own hitai-ate before handing it over to Naruto. "Just like I promised, my hitai-ate. Wear it proudly as a ninja, Naruto."
Naruto took it carefully and smiled wildly enough that it was a surprise the top of his head didn't suddenly fall off. It had been an old promise between the two of them that when Naruto graduated, Iruka would give him his hitai-ate.
Waiting through the long (not to mention boring) after exam lecture was a pain in the ass, but Naruto bore through it. After class was dismissed for the day, with an admonishment to come back in on Monday for team assignments, Naruto ran pell-mell back to his apartment and sat down on a seat, taking off his new hitai-ate and used [Observe] on it.