Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

The first person Naruto wanted to share this with was that guy who always had a grumpy face.

He excitedly turned around, looked down at the black figure, and instinctively took a step forward, ready to rush over and show off.

"Hey, Sasuke, look! I—"

Before he could finish speaking, his feet slipped and he lost his footing.

"--Why?"

Naruto's mind went blank, and only then did he belatedly realize that he was standing on the top of a tree ten meters high.

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

With a piercing scream, Naruto Uzumaki's body plummeted straight down from the treetop.

Sasuke, who was gathering chakra in his palm, was startled by the scream and stopped in his tracks.

Stopping, frowning, and looking in the direction of the sound, I saw Naruto in an extremely disheveled position, face down, slamming heavily onto the ground.

With a muffled "bang," a small cloud of dust was kicked up.

"..."

Kakashi also witnessed this scene and sighed helplessly.

Sasuke stared blankly at Naruto, who lay motionless on the ground, and remained silent.

Although it was silly, I didn't get any serious injuries from the fall, and even the injuries I sustained yesterday have completely healed.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, looking at Naruto with great interest.

Is that enviable speed of response a power of that fox spirit?

wrong.

He quickly refuted this claim. Since the Nine-Tails' energy was completely sealed, it could only mean that it was Naruto's own ability.

In that light, he might be more suited to learning that lousy Taoist path than I am.

Just as Sasuke was making his own assessment, Naruto suddenly sprang up from the ground with a somersault.

Completely ignoring her earlier embarrassment, she rushed to Sasuke, looked up at him, and her azure eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

"Sasuke, Sasuke, did you see that? I climbed up there, I'm telling you!"

He gestured wildly, pointing excitedly at the big tree, eager to let the whole world know about his feat.

It's so noisy...

Sasuke's face darkened, and he gave him a cold glance: "I saw it, an idiot fell from a tree."

The important thing isn't that it fell down!

Naruto completely missed Sasuke's displeasure, and moved even closer, his face full of admiration, "The method you taught me is really useful, the chakra is especially obedient today!"

"In that case, teach me something else!"

As he spoke, he mimicked Sasuke's gesture of gathering electricity in his palm.

"How about you teach me that 'crackling' spell you're using? It looks super cool!"

"roll."

Sasuke couldn't be bothered to look at this idiot any longer and turned around to continue his training.

"Huh? I've even learned to climb trees now, which means I'm really talented!"

Naruto instinctively wanted to follow and continue to pester Sasuke.

Kakashi instantly appeared in front of Naruto and pressed one hand on his head.

"Naruto."

He looked at Naruto, who was still defiant, and said with a smile, "Sasuke's training is very crucial right now, and he really can't afford to be distracted. So don't bother him."

P.S.: Some readers in the comments section are worried that Sasuke might run off to become Naruto's babysitter?

No, I find being someone else's babysitter quite boring myself.

It's just about character interactions and changing the predetermined growth path of certain characters.

Sasuke is still the same Sasuke who seeks revenge, but he shows some humanity in certain situations.

Some people previously said that Sakura was portrayed as having too much emotional intelligence; I was wrong...

Chapter 35 Heaven-Defying Transformation Technique (Please add to your favorites!)

"But I want to get stronger too!" Naruto cried out, feeling wronged.

"I know, I know." Kakashi patted his head gently, then his eyes darted around.

He cleared his throat and said to Naruto, "In that case, why don't I teach you some basic ninjutsu? A ninja's strength starts with a solid foundation."

"You'll teach me?"

Naruto's attention was immediately diverted, and he looked at Kakashi suspiciously, "Are you sure you can handle this, Kakashi-sensei? You always seem so lazy."

Kakashi's lips twitched slightly beneath his mask: "Watch closely, Naruto."

He quickly formed several hand seals in front of his chest.

"Oh!"

After a puff of white smoke, Kakashi, who was standing in front of Naruto, instantly transformed into the Third Hokage.

"This is... a transformation jutsu?!" Naruto exclaimed, his mouth agape in shock.

He knew this was a required course at the ninja academy, but he hadn't started learning it yet.

"That's right, this is one of the most basic three body techniques, the transformation technique. It allows you to infiltrate, scout, and confuse the enemy, and its uses are very wide."

White smoke rose again, and Kakashi returned to normal. He patiently guided him, "Next, I will teach you how to perfectly master the Transformation Jutsu."

He pointed to another open space on the training field.

"Let's go. Don't bother Sasuke again until you succeed."

"Okay! I understand!"

With a new goal in mind, Naruto was instantly filled with renewed energy.

He excitedly ran to the other end of the open space and, under Kakashi's guidance, began his training in the Transformation Technique.

"Transformation Technique!"

"Oh!"

A three-headed Kakashi with a big head and a small body appeared.

"Damn it! Again!"

"Oh!"

This time it's Sasuke with a Naruto-like face.

"..."

Sasuke glanced at the smug idiot over there, then looked at Kakashi next to him with a "plan in the bag" expression, and snorted coldly.

"have a finger in the pie."

Although he said that, the surroundings finally quieted down, and he calmed down again, focusing his attention on the ball of lightning in his palm.

Kakashi leaned back against the tree trunk and reopened the orange book, "Icha Icha Paradise."

......

After several hours of continuous training, Naruto's stomach began to rumble with hunger.

This instantly dampened Naruto's enthusiasm by half.

He clutched his empty stomach, slumped to the ground, and weakly complained, "I'm so hungry..."

Just then, he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes lit up.

By the way, when Grandpa Hokage came to see him at the hospital this noon, he gave him his living expenses for this month!

"Ramen... no, let's splurge today and buy the deluxe version of instant noodles!"

He suddenly leaped to his feet, glanced at Sasuke who was still focused on his training in the distance, and decided not to disturb them.

He tiptoed away, heading straight for the convenience store in the village.

However, when he stood in front of that familiar convenience store, he involuntarily stopped in his tracks.

Naruto peeked inside and saw the shop owner, who always glared at him, squatting by the shelves with his back to the door, tidying something up.

"That old man will definitely kick me out again..." Naruto scratched his head in frustration.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into his mind.

He chuckled and made a proper hand seal gesture with both hands.

"Transformation Technique!"

As the white smoke dissipated, the blond-haired boy in the orange jacket had transformed into a cool-looking young man wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt.

It looked exactly like Uchiha Sasuke.

"Is this alright now?"

Sasuke puffed out his chest and swaggered into the convenience store, quickly grabbed two boxes of his favorite tonkotsu miso deluxe instant noodles from the shelf, and then walked to the checkout counter.

"Boss, check please!" He cleared his throat, trying to imitate Sasuke's indifferent tone.

"They're here, they're here."

The shop owner responded without looking up, put down the goods in his hands, and turned to walk towards the cashier.

When he looked up and saw the customer's face clearly, he froze on the spot.

That face...

The shop owner's pupils contracted sharply, and the cold sensation of a knife being pressed against his throat a few months ago surged into his mind.

"It's...it's you..."