Things we do for love

Chapter 27

"What did you say?" was heard after a small moment of silence.

"In theory, I might have found a way to remove, or at least seal the cursed seal in such a way that it never gets active again," said Naruto, now looking at Anko dead in the eyes.

"Really? You have found a way to get rid of this?" asked Anko as she showed him her curse mark.

"I am not sure, but if my theory and the results are correct, then yeah," said Naruto.

"How Naruto? I mean you are a seal master of 8th level, but people even greater than you have not been able to figure it out," said Hiruzen.

"Let me tell you from starting. For the past few weeks, I have been working on a soul sealing method," said Naruto before Hiruzen interrupted him.

"Don't tell me you have been working on reaper death seal!" said Hiruzen.

"No no, I mastered it like months ago. I am currently trying to develop a seal that can seal souls without killing the user, and I have gotten quite far," said Naruto.

"What does it have to do with the curse seal?" asked Izumo.

"Well, in the forest when Orochimaru tried to give Sasuke a hickey, I substituted him with me. When he bit my neck, he was sucked into my mindscape and was beaten by me and Kurama, or as you all might know it, Kyuubi," said Naruto, shocking everyone except Hiruzen.

"That can only happen if souls are connected or two souls are shared by the same body," said Naruto as he shuddered at the thought. Meanwhile, Hiruzen's eyes widened as it dawned upon him.

That means the cursed seal actually contains a bit of Orochimaru's soul, that is, his chakra," said Hiruzen.

"Yes. So theoretically speaking, if I can complete the seal and apply it to this, the bit of Orochimaru's soul will be sealed off forever, freeing the person," said Naruto.

"You are a genius Naruto," said Hiruzen.

"Thanks, but the credit goes to my mom and dad. Most of my knowledge comes from his research paper and the Uzumaki seal scrolls," said Naruto.

"You can always have all the knowledge but the application is up to you. You did all the research, applied all the ideas, and did all the work," said Hiruzen.

"Is everyone going to ignore the fact that he talks and takes help from Kyuubi?" asked Izumo.

"Ah, here we go again," said Naruto, as he started to explain his literal backstory.

"Why did Kakashi kun not tell me about this?" asked Anko pouting.

"Oh, so you got hots for Kakashi nii," said Naruto slyly, causing Anko to blush.

"N-n-no," said Anko innocently.

"You can lie to yourself, but you can't lie to me," said Naruto with a smug grin.

"Shut up," said Anko as she looked away, blushing.

"What do you like about him? His mysterious personality?" asked Naruto.

"W-why do you want to know?" asked Anko.

"Well, he is my sensei and my brother and my father's student, so naturally I wanna know about any girl he likes or a girl who likes him. Though the list is so long that I have a hard time keeping a tab on it," said Naruto.

"You might want to hurry up before someone else steals him from you," added Naruto.

"You mind your own business," said Anko.