Chaos reigned outside the Uchiha main gate.
Thanks to Naruto's outrageous antics, Sasuke's image as a cool, aloof young lady crumbled in an instant.
In the end, Sasuke had to climb onto the gate's crossbeam himself to retrieve the soaking-wet clothes, then return home and hang them back on the drying rack.
At the Ninja Academy entrance.
Naruto and Sasuke charged inside at the equivalent of two hundred kilometers per hour.
The warning bell rang the moment they stepped through the Ninja Academy's entrance.
In the end, the two of them actually entered the classroom alongside Iruka-sensei.
As soon as Naruto and Sasuke entered, more than twenty pairs of eyes fixed on them.
Most of the boys were looking at Sasuke.
"Damn it... why did those two come to school together? What exactly happened?"
Ino Yamanaka clenched her fists as one scene after another involuntarily played out in her mind.
Naruto, you're dead meat. Today's last class is combat practice. Just wait until I beat you up! Dark lines covered Sakura Haruno's broad forehead as she stared at Naruto's back and silently vowed revenge.
Naruto, however, didn't waste a single word. The moment he sat down, he slumped over his desk and prepared to sleep.
After all, he had been meeting the Nine-Tails in secret every night for the past few days. Between training during the day and keeping an eye on Ichiraku Ramen and Hongle's barbecue business, he only had so much energy.
If he didn't catch up on sleep during the day, he would be a wreck within days.
Yet Iruka-sensei, who usually treated Naruto as though he didn't exist, finally stopped ignoring him when he saw him fall asleep as soon as class started again. He actually reprimanded him loudly in front of the entire class. **"Naruto,