Senya did not answer Naruto's question immediately. Instead, he silently took out a scroll from his ninja tool pouch and handed it to Naruto.
Naruto took it, confusion appearing on his face.
"Big Brother Senya, what is this?"
"You'll know once you open it."
Seeing Senya acting so mysteriously, Naruto immediately grew curious and opened the grayish-white scroll.
The moment he opened it, there was a "Poof!"
Two cardboard boxes appeared before Naruto. One of them was extremely familiar to him—it was the retail version of Ichiraku Ramen's instant noodles. The other was made up of three colors: blue on the left, pink in the middle, and orange on the right, all wrapped in a white ribbon.
The instant Naruto saw the boxes, a photo of Team 7 surfaced in his mind. After several seconds of silence, his voice began to tremble slightly.
"Big Brother Senya, this is...?"
"Just what you think it is. Aren't you going to open it and see what gifts they prepared for you?"
Killer B, standing nearby, rarely showed a smile at the sight.
Looks like Naruto had some pretty great companions too.
Naruto grabbed the white ribbon on the gift box and carefully pulled it off, afraid of damaging it, before opening the box.
Inside was a pitch-black statue that looked like a lump of coal. Naruto had no trouble guessing who had given him this blackened thing. He immediately turned to look at Senya, his eyebrows twitching wildly, his expression difficult to hold together.
"This wasn't from Sasuke, was it...?"
Senya nodded.
Naruto took a deep breath, deciding that once he got back, he would give Sasuke a good beating. Nice gift. Don't give one next time.
Then he spotted an exquisite pink pouch beside it. A red Uzumaki symbol was embroidered on