Chapter 159: CH 159
Kankuro grinned, "He had spare bodies on him, sealed on a piece that you actually left intact."
Naruto nodded, "Of course he did. Well it's a good thing I hit the heart when I destroyed him isn't it? So Gaara's Kazekage, have you been promoted yet?"
If possible, Kankuro's grin got wider, "I'm a jounin now. Temari is too."
Naruto's eye twitched, "Because that's fair and everything. I can't get promoted by baa-chan to save my life and you guys just sleepwalk right past me in rank." He turned to Shizune, "When this is over I seriously need to put in for a promotion."
"Speaking of Temari..." Kankuro trailed off, looking at Naruto in amusement, "She's looking to have some choice words with you. You're so lucky she isn't here right now."
"Me?" Naruto asked, "What the hell did I do?"
Kankuro leaned against the wall near the bench as Naruto sat back next to Shizune, "Well you haven't even spoken to her since we left Konoha after the joint mission for your Uchiha kid. It's been two years since we've even talked to you kid."
Naruto almost face-faulted, "I've been busy! Between the ridiculous training I had to do to master my element, missions to other nations, and the long assignment to hunt for Orochimaru's bases I have had almost no down time. How could I have possibly visited?"
"And about that." Kankuro added, "Ever since Gaara's been Kazekage she's been Suna's liaison to Konoha, and she didn't know about your mission when she wanted to see you, and she's very pissed off for a myriad of reasons that I'm not going to go into right now. Besides the not seeing us part she's also mad because went off and got into a fight to the death with Suna's greatest puppeteer all on your own."