After shooting the breeze with Kurama for a while, Naruto soon crossed the Uchiha Fiefdom and reached the Uchiha Clan Compound Main Gate.
Untended for years and battered by wind and sun, the main gate of the Uchiha Clan Compound still retained some of its former grandeur, but had long since fallen into decay.
Naruto left a Flying Thunder God Mark and jumped down from the gate. With a sigh, he headed toward home.
He could no longer remember how long it had been since he last returned to his home in the Konoha Bustling District.
This revealed one simple truth.
Back then, Naruto had pushed past Sasuke's boundaries to stay overnight in the Uchiha Clan Compound. Now, just a few short years later, he had turned it into his own home.
You couldn't make exceptions. Once you did, most people couldn't keep things under control.
"Caw, caw, caw..."
As soon as he entered the Uchiha residential area, he heard a black crow calling from a nearby rooftop.
Naruto looked up and greeted it. "Little Impure, thanks for the hard work."
"Caw, caw, caw..."
That was right. This crow was the test subject Naruto had used when practicing the Forbidden Technique, Impure World Reincarnation. Even after all this time, it still followed Naruto's orders, silently guarding this territory.
"Oh... looks like you and Kakashi really enjoyed that hot spring bath, huh? You soaked from two in the afternoon straight through to eight at night? Didn't you get all pruney?"
Naruto had barely reached the door when he heard those familiar, distinctly off-sounding words.
Sure enough, he turned to find Sasuke wearing a white dress, his waterfall of long hair falling to his slender waist. A pink floral apron was tied around that slim waist, and he stood with his arms