Chapter 172: CH 172
He turned away from the Kyuubi who had not taken his eyes off of him or interrupted him the entire time and began walking away, "And rest assured, when I finally think that I'm ready to do it, I'm going to open the seal and I'm going to kick your big fuzzy ass until you fully accept me as your partner."
"A partner?" Kyuubi scoffed as it lay its head back down on the ground, "You mean a slave..." It growled as lowly as it could.
"No." Naruto said as he started vanishing from his mindscape, "I meant partner. I'd rather be your friend and ally than your master."
Slowly shutting its eyes as Naruto fully disappeared from view, the Kyuubi adjusted itself to get back to sleep, "That heart you seem to have developed kit... It will either become perhaps your greatest weapon, or it will be the catalyst to the end of your life."
XxX The next morning he awoke to the sound of tapping on the window in his room. As he made to turn over and get up he felt a weight on his back. Looking over his shoulder he saw Hamako attached to his back, fast asleep.
'Damn it, she sleeps in my bed when I'm gone? I don't really know how to feel about that right now... sheets are clean though.' Naruto sighed as he thought of figuring his way out of this without waking her. Turning his head to his window he saw a male ANBU in a cat mask waiting and watching.
Naruto looked at the man with a twitching eyebrow as he made a Kage Bunshin and used Kawarimi to switch places with it before he walked sluggishly to the window, "You were just so amused watching that I'm sure Tenzo." He remarked before he reached the window, stopping his hand from opening it up as he realized something and pointed accusingly at the man, "Oh no. Oh hell no. It hasn't even been 12 hours yet and she's going to send me right back out?" He hissed out lowly to keep from waking Hamako.
The masked Tenzo shrugged and motioned for Naruto to open up. A sigh came from the boy as he did as instructed, "Hello taicho. I wish I could say that it was good to see you, but seeing you means I have to work."
Tenzo patted Naruto on the head, getting a frown from the boy that he was sure made the man smile behind the mask, "Same to you Naruto. Hokage-sama is here to inform you to keep yourself at the ready in case any missions open up for you soon. She said something about 'mission overflow duty' and that you would know what that meant."