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ᴬᵘᵗʰᵒʳ: " ᴵᵗ'ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵃ ˢᵖᵒⁱˡᵉʳ, ᴵ ᵖʳᵒᵐⁱˢᵉ."
ᴿᵉᵃᵈᵉʳ: "ᵀʰᵃᵗ'ˢ ᵃ ᶠ*ᶜᵏⁱⁿᵍ l̶̶i̶̶e̶-"
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Chapter 2: That's A Rude Surprise
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The ANBU surrounding her twitched nervously, each of their imperceptible movements sending tiny shocks of adrenaline through her body. Her limbs tensed in apprehension, preparing out of sheer habit for the off-chance that one of them did being it on himself to strike. They wanted to take her down, but they had yet to act, and she knew that it was simply because she really hadn't done anything to anything to warrant their attack on her person.
But, she could understand the unease they held concerning the circumstances. While they hadn't heard the words she had spoken on account of the activated silencing seals - weak ones, she noted, a problem that would have to be amended - they could see the state that their Hokage was in. Hiruzen was deathly still, his wrinkled face far too pale for what could be deemed healthy, and displaying no small amount of grief and regret.
They could see that he was not well, but could do nothing unless given the go-ahead by either their captain or Hiruzen himself.
She only hoped the ANBU Captain assigned to this team wouldn't make it any harder for her.
Naruto frowned thoughtfully, turning half of her attention to her tenant, 'Kura-chan.'
"Don't call me that. What is it?"
'I still can't feel emotional signatures in anybody's chakra.'
The fox sighed dramatically, as if he was grudgingly indulging a child - which, technically, he was, but Mirai refused to acknowledge that, "Brat, the Bastard went over this before he activated that blasted seal; we dont know which abilities you've retained. Time travel was thought to be impossible until we managed it, and the sheer amount of unknowns surrounding the concept was enough to deter anybody that believed it to be possible from actually attempting it," he said, and the stark exhaustion that made itself known in his voice didn't go unnoticed by her. "Dont worry about it for now," his voice softened imperceptibly, "Out of all of your abilities, that one is more than likely to return on its own."
She gave a mental nod just as Hiruzen began to shift, his face thawing from its seemingly frozen state and immediately delving into a frown that deepened even the finest lines on his old face.
She hoped that he wouldn't have a heart attack, because that would be a bitch to deal with.
Though, if luck failed her once again, and he did, she'd at least know what to do; she had dealt with heart attacks before, after all, and Sakura was an amazing teacher.
In all honesty, Naruto couldn't bring herself to feel bad for the way he had taken it. It was information that Hiruzen himself wanted to know, information that he had to know. So, she had told him everything, sparing no detail--
Well, that's a lie, actually. She told him everything he needed to know - everything relevant to him. Nothing more, nothing less.
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