"Think of something?" Sasuke stared at Naruto. "What are you planning to do?"
"I don't know either." Naruto scratched his head. "But there's always a way, right?"
"You..." Sasuke sighed. "You're Hokage now, and you're still so unreliable."
"Do you have any good ideas?"
"I do." Sasuke said, "I can teach you some combat skills that don't depend on how much Chakra you have."
"Like what?"
"Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, and tactical thinking," Sasuke said. "You relied too much on the Nine-Tails' power before."
"Losing the Nine-Tails is the perfect opportunity."
"Opportunity?" Naruto frowned.
"Right," Sasuke said. "A chance for you to learn how to really fight."
"Not by relying on brute force, but on skill."
Naruto thought it over.
"Okay," he said. "Then I'll leave it to you."
"We start tomorrow," Sasuke said. "Five in the morning. Meet me at the Training Ground."
"Five?" Naruto's face fell. "Can't we make it a little later?"
"No."
"Damn it..."
Everyone laughed again.
Tsunade walked over to Naruto.
"Naruto, there's one more thing."
"What?"
"About the Nine-Tails." Tsunade's expression turned serious. "Although the Nine-Tails has vanished, traces of its Chakra remain inside you."
"Traces?"
"Right," Tsunade said. "The Nine-Tails and you were in Symbiosis for so many years that its Chakra became completely integrated with your body."
"Although the main body is gone, some fragments remain in your cells."
"If we can gather these fragments..."
Naruto's eyes lit up.
"Could Kurama come back to life?"
"No." Tsunade shook her head. "Once a Tailed Beast has been sacrificed, it can't be revived."
"But these fragments can become a new source of power for you."
"New power?"
"Right," Tsunade said. "I've studied your body."
"Fragments of the Nine-Tails' Chakra are scattered throughout your cells."
"If we can activate them, your Chakra reserves can recover to half