My Brother's a Jinchūriki! EXTRAS

2018 Halloween Special- Behind the Scenes

The Switch~

Natsumi looked around as they headed toward the Village gates, lost in thought. She stopped suddenly to look down a side street. Naruto saw her and stopped.

"Natsumi? Are ya coming?"

She smiled and nodded. "Yeah. I just saw Yuki and I want to ask her to come with us. They say cats have the ability to sense spirits."

"Okay."

Natsumi gave a short wave, then hopped away and out of sight. Her lips curved upward in a small smirk and she formed a hand sign, quickly creating a clone. They shared a wink and the clone darted back to Naruto, while Natsumi watched a trio of figures walking down the adjoining street in the waning evening light.

Her eyes lit up with an idea and she carefully smoothed her hair before stepping out from her hiding place and let out a breath as she approached them from behind.

"Hey, you."

All three sand Genin turned around, but the tallest blinked in surprise as he recognized her.

"O-Oh, it's you." He turned to face her.

Natsumi giggled quietly and met his eyes. "It is me."

"What do you want?" Temari looked down at the younger girl with a cold expression.

"I just had a question." Natsumi smiled and looked at Kankuro.

"A question?" His cheeks warmed slightly and he cleared his throat. "What kind of question?"

"I just came up with the best prank to pull on my brother, but I can't pull it off on my own." She crossed her arms. "But if I had a puppeteer helping me... It'd be sure to work."

"A prank?" Temari crossed her arms. "You came here just to ask that?"

Natsumi ignored the older girl and kept her eyes on Kankuro. "They're off on a quest to find a ghost, and I want to really spook them. It'll be a ton of fun."

"Why me?" He put a hand on his hips and she smiled.

"Considering I don't know any other puppeteers, and I can't exactly use Chakra threads to do it all myself... There's no one else who could pull this off other than you."

"What do I get out of it?"

Natsumi crossed her arms and a warm flush touched her cheeks. "Well, you can have the satisfaction of seeing them so terrified and convinced that ghosts are real." She paused. "But... if that's not good enough, I'll think of some way to make it worth your while. Maybe I can owe you a favor."

"You think he'd really want to do a dumb prank with you?" Temari sneered. "Suna Ninja aren't carefree or childish like you Leaf are."

Natsumi made a face, keeping quiet and she glanced back at Kankuro. "Well? What do you want to do?"

Kankuro met Temari's eyes, then shook his head. "Heh. Maybe another time."

Natsumi shrugged. "Alright. If you change your mind, I'll always welcome the help."

She turned and leapt away, putting her hands in her pockets. The trio of siblings turned and began to walk once more, and Temari watched her brother from the corner of her eye.

"You're not actually going to take part in a stupid prank with her anytime, are you?"

He scoffed. "Of course not."

Her gaze shifted to look ahead. "Good, because we're not here to play around like children." She glanced back at Kankuro, her eyes widening as she realized he was suddenly gone. She looked around, unable to see him anywhere, and then scowled.