Chapter 17: Emotional Distress
So a few questions later, Naruto was informed that this woman was Itachi's twin...Uchiha Hanako.
(what has this world come to?).
And now, they were standing in front of Satsukis's room, and if he had to be honest, he didn't know what to do here.
(Hey, Fox, do you know how to snap someone out of the early stages of depression?).
He knocked and waited for an answer, for the door, and from the Kyuubi at the same time.
[oh yes, I have a degree in psychology.
no, you retard, I'm a giant fox, I never needed to console anyone].
the first one to respond was the Fuzzball, but the door soon followed.
on the other side was Satsuki, who looked... Dead, for the lack of a better word.
She looked at him with a blank expression, there was no longer that spark of defiance in her eyes, no longer that challenge that was extended to him every time they met for team meetings, they looked empty.
(What do girls like?).
[shopping?].
(she's a kunoichi, so training?).
(...why don't you get her mind off those events by getting her help in redecorating the house?).
he didn't know the third voice in his head but, it gave the best option, he didn't want to go shopping to share his sanity and life, he didn't want to train because she would just remember what happened on the bridge.
while redecorating the house may still contain some shopping at least it's not clothes.
"Get cleaned up, we're going out, I'll wait in the living room".
the whiskered boy turned back, not giving her a chance to refuse.
he walked back to the living room where Hanako was waiting and judging from the chakra he could feel fading from her ears she was listening in.
"You are taking her out on a date?".
she deadpanned, looking at the blonde who just raised his eyebrow.
"I said we were going out, not on a date".
the deadpanning intensified, and for once Naruto felt uncomfortable.
"Now that I think about it, how did you get in the district, no one was supposed to be let inside".
at the question, Naruto started sweating bullets on the inside but showed no outward emotion, keeping his poker face.
"Your security is lax".
she just groaned at that.
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"Where are you dragging me?".
Asked Satsuki, following behind Naruto, since she couldn't say no... because she literally didn't get a chance to.
"I got a new house, help me decorate it".
Narutos answer got a blank look from her, blanker than before.
"you are taking me out for shopping?".
The blonde nodded, getting a sigh from his companion.
they continued the walk in silence, Naruto not paying attention to the background characters, and Satsuki wondering why so many people were glaring at them, or rather Naruto.
(...now, how would the old man feel about extra paperwork?).
Naruto thought mentally, getting a snicker from the fox, knowing what the blonde was planning.
[go for it, but be ready to deal with the consequences].
Smirking, he channeled the demonic chakra, eyes turning red with a slit in the middle, as he turned his head towards the glaring Villagers, who flinched back in fear.
(heh, pansies, they're like Hyenas, strike the weak, back off from the strong, and that Idiot wanted to protect these people? god).
his eyes shifted back to Ocean blue in an instant and he smiled at the with the innocence of a newly born kitten.
he could already see some of them walking to the Hokage tower.
he figured he had about fifteen minutes until Anbu came to get him.
so that meant he had a whole day to arrive at the Tower.
"So, where are we going?".
His companion questioned, falling in line with him.
"let's see, why don't we go to the house first?".
Naruto suggested, looking at her with a questioning stare, but only received a shrug in reply.
"You're the one dragging me around, Don't ask me".
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As he suspected, Anbu came twenty minutes later and reported that the Hokage was waiting for him in the office.
he just sent a clone.
he basically Sent the hokage to voicemail.
Kyuubi was laughing his ass for a while after that.
the day was spent shopping for furniture, and the Blonde jinchuriki could see the spark in her eyes slowly coming back, she would be fine to join the next training, and he got a new couch, a table, chairs, shelves, and a new bed.
overall, a day well spent.
it had nothing to do with his clones finishing his wind manipulation training and starting to make sense of the thunder god seal halfway through the day... Honest.
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