Shikamaru slouched in his movie theater seat, both hands clasped behind his head.
They could have gone back to the clan compound and lounged around already, so why had Naruto called everyone out here?
"Shut up!"
Ino snapped in a hushed voice from beside him.
She wrapped her arms around Naruto's arm. "It's not often that Naruto gets to be our supervising teacher."
Choji poured potato chips into his mouth with a puzzled look on his face.
He understood all that, but what was with coming all the way to the Land of Hot Water to watch a movie?
Ino shook her fist.
"What's wrong with watching a movie?
This is obviously a date between Naruto and me. Why did you two light bulbs have to tag along~? Right, Naruto~?"
Naruto chuckled and pulled Ino into his arms, tilting his head toward Shikamaru.
"Your supervising jonin defected, didn't he? I'm only filling in for a while. This time, we're going somewhere beautiful."
Shikamaru shot Naruto a sidelong glance.
Did he really not know why their supervising teacher had defected?
He sighed gloomily.
"What a drag."
On the screen, withered branches stood crookedly, broken blades were stuck everywhere, and corpses carpeted the ground, creating the vivid image of a battlefield.
Several flamboyantly dressed people lay sprawled about, muttering dejectedly with their heads hanging low.
A beautiful woman suddenly raised both arms high.
"I believe there will be a way!"
A stream of rainbow-colored chakra shot into the sky from her body, scattering the surrounding enemies and the dark clouds overhead.
"Come!
Let's go!
Toward the other end of the rainbow~!"
Ino's nose tingled as she watched. She clutched Naruto's arm and shook it wildly against her chest.
"Did you see that, Naruto? Did you see that? Rainbow-colored chakra! Snow Princess is