Ino Yamanaka rested her chin in her hands and narrowed her eyes as she admired the sparring match between Sasuke and Xiaotao. Beside her was Sakura, just as smitten.
Ino's father, Inoichi Yamanaka, was the clan's most skilled user of the Mind Transfer Jutsu, so naturally he was the one helping Lin Qing with his training.
Ino hadn't wanted to join in on this "grown-ups' activity," but as soon as she heard Sasuke was there, she put on her newest hair clip and hurried over with "the lunch she'd made for her father."
Sakura naturally came along with her friend.
Meanwhile, Naruto was still trying to make a Rasengan.
Only, instead of forming a Rasengan, he'd managed to roll a little ball of mud in his palm.
Sasuke had just finished a round of sword training. Seeing Naruto still practicing the Rasengan, he couldn't help asking:
"Why don't you use the power of the Nine-Tails inside you?"
Naruto dropped wearily to the ground. He was about to answer when an orange appeared silently beside him. He took it without thinking and spoke as he ate:
"Pervy Sage said that monster's power is too strong, and I'm still too young to control it. If I accidentally let it escape, it could bring about the end of the world."
Sasuke's expression turned a little peculiar.
Wasn't it just a Tailed Beast?
All it would take was one slash from Brother Qing—or two. Did that really have to bring about the end of the world?
Still, Sasuke remembered Lin Qing's theory from a long time ago.
Jashin and the Tailed Beasts each represented a form of destruction. The former meant self-destruction, while the latter meant destroying the world... Sasuke thought for a moment, then asked, "Can I go see it?"
He sounded as