Yugito: “You Jerk! Get Lost!!!”

Hearing the suspicion in his voice, Yugito and Samui felt a jolt of alarm.

This was bad.

They had come here

because the Diary had told them Naruto Uzumaki was collecting Tailed Beasts, so they had headed straight to Konoha.

From Naruto's point of view, that did look suspicious.

"Well... we heard you'd already sealed several Tailed Beasts inside yourself."

"So we thought news about the Four-Tails' Jinchūriki might help you."

Samui explained calmly.

"Is that so?"

"You still didn't need to come all this way in person..."

Naruto Uzumaki rubbed his chin and kept muttering.

Seeing him still frowning, Yugito gritted her teeth.

"Naruto, if it were only news about the Four-Tails' Jinchūriki, we really wouldn't have needed to come in person."

"But... you were gone so long without coming to see us."

"We... we... we missed you!"

By the time Yugito finished, her face was so red it looked ready to drip blood. Her skin was the color of a cooked shrimp.

"Right, right... after all this time, we couldn't hold back anymore."

Samui spoke up too, her face flushed.

No matter what,

they couldn't let the Diary's existence come to light.

So,

even though they were mortified to say such things, they had no choice but to force the words out.

Because...

it was the only excuse they could think of.

"So that's it."

"You should've said so sooner."

"I was just thinking I hadn't quite had enough earlier, heh heh..."

Seeing Yugito and Samui force out those embarrassing words despite how shy they were, all to hide the truth, Naruto Uzumaki found it amusing.

These women

really were getting better and better at acting.

That evening.

At the Uzumaki Clan Compound, Naruto Uzumaki treated Samui and Yugito to a warm welcome.

It was their first time