Meeting Naruto

Konohamaru lowered his head. "Recently, I met an older boy who was about the same age as Brother Yashui."

"About a month ago, when I heard that Brother Yashui could graduate early, I felt a little jealous."

"Since we were little, we've always done everything together. Why did the gap between us become so big after we started at the Ninja Academy?" Konohamaru said sheepishly. "I know Brother Yashui has to train, and I don't want him to waste time training me."

"Jealousy is a common feeling. You have to turn it into motivation to train," Yashui said with a smile, glancing at Konohamaru. Konohamaru was still young, but despite his childish way of speaking, he often said things that held a lot of wisdom. Sasuke, for example, had become a rogue ninja because he couldn't control his jealousy.

"After that day, Brother Yashui, I challenged Grandpa more often. That was when I met Brother Naruto." As soon as Konohamaru started talking about Naruto, he couldn't stop. "Brother Naruto isn't as strong as you, but he always tells me a lot of useful things. He even took me to sneak a peek at... and taught me the Sexy Technique..."

Konohamaru said a lot about Naruto. In his eyes, Naruto was almost like a god. No matter what the subject was, he always began with something like, "Brother Naruto once said..."

The more Yashui heard, the more interested he became in Naruto. In Yashui's view, Naruto hadn't been very impressive early on. It wasn't until after Jiraiya died and the battle against Pain that Naruto slowly began to mature.

After the battle with Pain, Naruto seemed like a different person. He started thinking about peace and war like a philosopher.

Yashui thought the sudden change in Naruto's personality was a little jarring. But after hearing Konohamaru talk about him, Yashui began to wonder if Naruto was a child who seemed foolish but was actually wise. He might not be very clever, but he understood a lot of profound truths.

Perhaps these were things only someone who had been treated differently for a long time could understand.

"Konohamaru, take me to meet Naruto tomorrow," Yashui said with a smile. "Naruto's been so kind to you. As your older brother, I should thank him in person."

"Sure!" Konohamaru agreed immediately.

Naruto had won Konohamaru's genuine respect and even gathered a whole group of friends around himself in Konoha. He clearly had plenty of people skills. He wouldn't become Hokage one day solely because of his cheat abilities and protagonist's luck; his own abilities played a big part, too.

Another night passed. The Ninja Academy graduation exam was the day after tomorrow.

Today, Yashui and Konohamaru had agreed to go meet Naruto.

But something seemed off. Wasn't Naruto supposed to meet Konohamaru only after he graduated? And in the original story, was there really a whole month before the graduation exam for them to train on their own? Had Yashui somehow ended up in a fake Naruto world?

Never mind. Since it had already happened, there was no point dwelling on it.

After breakfast with Konohamaru, Yashui went out and bought a big pile of snacks to give Naruto.

Then, with Konohamaru leading the way, they went together to the "usual place" where he and Naruto had agreed to meet. It was a small grove, where Konohamaru and Yashui met every time.

By the time Konohamaru got there, Naruto was already "training" by himself.

"Wait..." Yashui stared at the naked beauty before him, and his nose started bleeding.

Yashui told himself to stay calm. That naked beauty was Naruto! How could he be attracted to a man? But then again, Naruto's Sexy Technique was truly exquisite!

A lot of posts online said Masashi Kishimoto couldn't draw beautiful women, and that none of the female characters were as elegant as the ones in romance manga.

Those posts were completely wrong.

Who said Masashi Kishimoto couldn't draw beautiful women? Had they even considered Naruto using the Sexy Technique? Naruto in that form was the prettiest woman in all of Naruto! If you disagreed, come argue about it!

The beauty before him had a curvy figure and a pert backside. The three whisker marks on her cheeks were perfect for anyone into beast-girl looks, and her long twin tails were an adorable touch!

A woman with looks like that was a lethal weapon aimed at men with every kind of fetish! Naruto could never have created such a cute girl without doing some seriously thorough market research!

"Just as I thought, Uzumaki Naruto!" Yashui clapped. "Your Sexy Technique really is amazing."

With that, Yashui wiped the blood from his nose.

"Brother Naruto!" Konohamaru emerged from the bushes, too.

Naruto greeted Konohamaru warmly. Then he noticed Yashui standing beside him and gave him a hostile look.

"Who are you?" Naruto's eyes were full of hostility. He'd suffered all kinds of discrimination since he was little. This was the look he gave people who always looked down on him and kept their distance.

"I'm Konohamaru's older brother. My name is Sarutobi Yashui. I'm one year below you at the Ninja Academy." Yashui handed Naruto the big bag of snacks he was carrying. "Thanks for looking after Konohamaru all this time. My little brother has been a lot of trouble for you."

Yashui's polite manner softened Naruto's attitude a little. When he saw the snacks in Yashui's hand, Naruto started drooling.

"Hey, hey, are these snacks for me?" Naruto had been an orphan living on welfare since he was little, and he rarely got the chance to eat snacks.

"Of course. They're all for you," Yashui said with a smile. The snacks had cost nearly all of his pocket money. But he wasn't worried; once he became a Genin in a little while, he'd be able to start earning money.

"Ah, um... I can really eat them?" Naruto asked uncertainly.

"Of course. It's just a little something from me." Yashui nodded.

Hearing that, Naruto carefully opened a bag of puffed snacks and put a few pieces in his mouth. After the first bite, he couldn't stop. He stuffed the snacks into his mouth without a trace of decorum, saying things like "Delicious" as he ate.

"Sorry... I... Apart from Iruka-sensei, no one's ever bought me anything to eat..." Naruto spoke as he ate, his mouth full of food and his words muffled.

Naruto really was a poor kid. For an orphan like him, who had rarely been treated like an ordinary child, even the smallest kindness could make him listen to you without question. Mizuki had taken advantage of that when he'd gotten Naruto to steal the Scroll of Sealing.

"Brother Naruto, save the snacks for when we get home... I want to learn ninjutsu." Konohamaru tugged at Naruto's sleeve.

"Wait... I'm almost done..."

Training with Naruto and Konohamaru hadn't been completely fruitless.