"Hanabi, what are you doing here? Did you come looking for me?" Naruto asked curiously.
Hanabi Hyuga's face lit up, but then she seemed to remember something and became incredibly dejected.
"Dead last, are you really the Fourth Hokage's son?" Hanabi Hyuga asked timidly. When she had heard the news, her first reaction had been disbelief.
"Is that all? That's right..." Naruto gently stroked his stomach and smiled. "And because my father was the Fourth Hokage, I got to meet Kurama. Now we're even good friends!"
"Kurama??? Who's that? Is he that good friend of yours from Taiji?" Hanabi Hyuga asked, glancing slightly downward. She seemed to remember that when she had taught Naruto Senbon, there had been something called a Sage Art Inscription around his navel. It looked a little lewd, and Sister Xia's face had seemed to turn red when she saw it.
Naruto shook his head. "No, Kurama is the Nine-Tails. Hanabi, you should know about him!"
"It's him... the Nine-Tails' name... Dead last, you and the Nine-Tails are friends..." Hanabi Hyuga said in disbelief.
Inside the inner space, the Nine-Tails said irritably, "Hey, Naruto, don't just go blurting out my name!"
"Ah, sorry... I just wanted to introduce you to everyone?" Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Hmph, that's so mushy..." The Nine-Tails snorted and sank back down. Yet his voice had not avoided Hanabi Hyuga at all, and she had heard him clearly.
"That was... Kurama, the legendary Nine-Tails..." Hanabi Hyuga stared curiously at Naruto's stomach, seized by the urge to lift his shirt.
"Yeah. Hanabi, if there's something you want to talk about, let's go inside first!" Naruto opened the door and invited Hanabi Hyuga in with a smile.
After entering the room and taking off her shoes, Hanabi Hyuga said, "I