After sending Sasuke and Naruto back, Naruto still seemed upset that Sasuke had ditched him halfway through. He launched into a string of complaints.
Sasuke was in the wrong, but he put on such an air of innocence that nobody could tell he felt guilty.
"I told you the final battle was still on, Naruto. Don't tell me you're worried I'll surpass you, so..." Sasuke looked down at Naruto, his eyes carrying a hint of contempt.
Naruto's temper flared at the taunt. The two looked ready to turn the whole thing into a street fight when Hanfu cut in. "All right, stop arguing. You two go home and write a two-thousand-word summary of the final battle. Tomorrow morning..."
The funeral for the Third Hokage and the other shinobi who had fallen was tomorrow morning...
Hanfu hurriedly corrected himself. "Hand it in at three tomorrow afternoon."
At that moment, Hanfu o(^｀)o was as imposing as a prison, displaying the full bearing of a master teacher!
"No way, Teacher Hanfu?!" Naruto nearly broke down.
A two-thousand-word summary... I've already graduated. Why do I still have to write this?
And two thousand words, no less!
The most I ever wrote at school was a thousand.
"It's only a two-thousand-word summary. No problem. I'm off, then." Sasuke agreed in his usual haughty manner, then strode off, chest puffed out, shoving past Naruto.
Once Sasuke had left, Naruto also trudged off with his head hanging.
At last, some peace and quiet.
Hanfu crawled back into the still-warm bed. Suddenly, he remembered the story of Guan Yu warming his wine and slaying Hua Xiong. He felt that he and Guan Yu had grown much closer, and, lost in his thoughts, drifted off for a comfortable nap.
He slept until noon. As Hanfu got up for lunch,