The Path Of a Hunternin

The Stronger Wind

Once inside a hotel which happened to be located quite near the Kazekage's office building, Naruto took off his jacket and his mask, after closing the drapes, so as not to be seen. He didn't have anything to do other than maybe rest and take a shower, so he chose the latter. Every Suna hotel explained to their guests about the shortage of water supply and asked for them to not take long showers. Naruto wasn't one to disrespect, so he just took a five minute bath and changed his clothes to a more comfy, since he would be sleeping soon.

Suddenly, though, Gamakichi arrived and with him, was a scroll. "Naruto, seriously, I know I agreed to do this for you, but I can't be your damn postman all day. Why did you give the seal to that girl?" – Asked the toad, earning a small apology from Naruto who in turn, explained the reason behind allowing Hana to summon a messenger toad.

"Well, from what you told me, I guess I can accept that. However, you'll have to do something for me in return" - Asked Gamakichi to which Naruto nodded, since he knew the only thing his toad companion wanted and that was chocolate bars.

"From each letter you exchange between us, I'll buy you two chocolate bars, how is that sound?" – Asked Naruto, before seeing the red toad switching to thinking position for a while. While the toad was considering this, Naruto was thinking of how much greedy can the toad be, if four chocolates per letter weren't good enough.

"I accept, since this is the first one, we'll begin our agreement at the second one she sends to you. Well, go on read it, I'll be waiting for your reply" – Said Gamakichi before seeing the blond nod and open the scroll.

Hello there Naru-kun,

I just wanted to tell you that I managed to place the seal accordingly and now we've settled our level of communication. Well, I wanted you to know how nice it was to finally be with you and I couldn't be happier. Plus teasing my little brother by telling I was seeing a hunter-nin and seeing his face of anger, really did a number on my stomach…I laughed for hours.

Also, I told my mother about our day (of course not all of it) and she was happy for me. She wanted to meet you, though she knows it won't be possible seeing as you're a hunter-nin, but she's very supportive of everything.

How about you? Where you are now? I'll wait for your reply.

Hana

Naruto laughed a little bit at the image of Kiba acting like the protective little brother and snarling in anger once he heard about Hana dating Naruto. Picking up a blank scroll, he wrote back to Hana about his position and that he was hunting a new missing-nin that was last tracked near Suna. He also displayed his share of laughter at picturing an enraged Kiba, hoping also to read further teasing acts at Kiba. As to Hana's mother, Naruto wrote explaining that he never met Tsume, but he heard great things about her abilities both as kunoichi and as a mother from raising both his friend and the one he was dating right now. He finished the reply asking for a favor for Hana to supply the messenger with four chocolate bars, explaining that the toad was greedy and wouldn't do it for less.

He gave the reply to Gamakichi and appreciated for the help, before seeing the toad vanish. After that, Naruto went straight to bed and closed his eyes in seconds, before being transported to Kyuubi's mindscape, instantly. This happened every time the blond slept, as per Kyuubi's request. According to the fox, while the body would get to rest, Naruto's mind would be used as means to improve his training. Kyuubi used this method to introduce the concept of fire manipulation to Naruto.

===Inside Naruto's mindscape===

"Took you long enough to come here, Naruto. I actually thought you'd take a while to write that letter to your mate" – Stated Kyuubi, followed by a snicker as he knew Naruto would be hard pressed not to say anything after he used the word 'mate'.