"Pork fat bones, braise them, forgot to wash them..." On the way back to the village, Naruto formed three ice spheres and juggled them happily in his hands as he softly hummed a tune.
"What kind of awful song was that? Also, aren't your hands freezing from playing with those ice balls all this time?" Sakura complained to Naruto, her words filled with envy and jealousy. A Kekkei Genkai—what kind of dumb luck had Naruto stumbled into to actually develop the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai of the Ice Clan?
Sakura still remembered Haku's expression when she saw Naruto successfully develop Ice Release. It was as if she wanted to melt Naruto on the spot!
Naruto put away the ice spheres, looked at Sakura, and smiled. "Not at all. I feel incredibly at ease using Ice Release. Even when I trained Water Release and Wind Release, it wasn't this easy!"
Kakashi and Sasuke exchanged glances. Naruto was becoming more and more unbearable. They quickened their steps and each gave him a hard knock on the head.
"Ow, that hurt! Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke, what was that for?" Naruto clutched his head and looked at them.
"You were looking far too pleased with yourself. It was annoying," Kakashi said, lightly clapping his hands.
Sasuke asked, "You're not planning to do the same thing again and fuse Ice Release into the Rasengan, are you?"
"Huh? Sasuke, how did you know? That's right, that's exactly what I was thinking!" Naruto had not expected Sasuke to figure out his train of thought. Naruto still remembered from Awen's memories that, after fusing Tailed Beast chakra in the future, Awen had also created Rasengan and Rasenshuriken infused with Magnet Release, Lava Release, Boil Release, and more.
Sasuke rolled his eyes, shoved his hands into his pockets, and could not