Splash...
Spray sent turbulent ripples spreading outward, and cool mist brushed against his face.
Kakashi Hatake leaned against a tree, waiting for Naruto Uzumaki to finish his training and emerge from the secret chamber behind the Waterfall of Truth.
"Why hasn't he come out yet?"
Kakashi hesitated, then straightened up, wondering whether he should go inside and see if something had happened.
Kumogakure's boat should arrive soon, and he could not keep lingering here.
Time was a little tight.
Splash...
Just then, three figures parted the cascading water and walked out of the secret chamber behind the waterfall.
"Kakashi-sensei! I almost did it today. Too bad the Nine-Tails was still too strong. I couldn't beat him."
The moment Naruto saw Kakashi, he shouted excitedly.
Before Kakashi could speak, words came pouring out of him in a rapid stream.
After summing up his less-than-smooth training session in a few sentences, Naruto was dejected for only a few seconds before declaring with complete confidence,
"I've already found the Nine-Tails' weakness. Tomorrow-no, this afternoon, I'll beat him and take control of his chakra."
Walking behind Naruto with obvious dark circles under his eyes, Yamato immediately looked as though he wanted to die.
If Naruto really kept training at this pace, Yamato did not know whether he would manage to control the Nine-Tails' chakra and become a perfect jinchuriki.
But he knew that if this continued, he would die of exhaustion.
Because Naruto's current training involved the Nine-Tails, Yamato had to watch him with complete concentration at all times to prevent him from going berserk, terrified that something might go wrong.
Keeping that up took an enormous toll on his mind, and the dark circles under his eyes were clear proof.
Now, hearing that Naruto wanted to seize every moment to train, his vision