Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, blinked once and checked for genjutsu. None. Hmmm. "Naruto? Who is your... friend?"
"I? I am the mighty Mushu!" proclaimed the little red lizard-thing. "I am Naruto's tutor to bring him up to speed. I was also his first summons - ain't that a blast?"
"A summons?" asked the Hokage.
"Yeah, Jiji, I got the summoning contract for dragons!" declared Naruto, giving a wide grin and a thumb's up.
"Oh?" asked the Hokage.
"Yeah, yeah," said Mushu, nodding once. "Now listen. Since you're his boss, and the closest thing he's got to a grandfather, we're gonna lay down on you some of the details."
The Hokage smiled at that. Naruto considers me to be a sort of 'grandfather'? Well, well. And a summoning contract at his age. "Go right ahead."
"...so that's it. Naruto's dead, and so that means we have a Fail on our mission record," said Kakashi.
Sakura twitched. Sure she'd wished that Naruto would die. She'd even said it to his face a few times. She hadn't MEANT it.
"I'm dead? Damn. I musta missed that," said a familiar blonde who'd managed to sneak up.
Kakashi paused and looked over Naruto and the odd red creature on one shoulder. "Oh. Nevermind then."
"Naruto!" said Sakura, moving forward to punch the boy for worrying her and making her feel guilty.
"Aw, doesn't this just give you the warm-and-fuzzies?" said the red creature, causing Sakura to stop.
"And that explains the smell of lizard," said Kakashi, looking at the creature.
"I ain't no lizard," said the creature. "I am a dragon. Dra-ah-gohn. Not a lizard. I don't do the tongue thing."
"You're a dragon?" asked Kakashi. "I expected bigger."
"I'm 'magical companion' sized," said Mushu with as much dignity as he could bring to bear. "If I were as big as a mountain, my food bills would be equally enormous. Besides, these villagers would be terrified just knowing the sorts of secrets I know."
"Uhm," said Kakashi, holding up a hand. "Village secrets."
"Hah," said the dragon, snapping his tail. "You think I don't know secrets? That I don't know how to keep secrets? Well, you are wrong. Though everyone knows Naruto is an Uzumaki - maybe they don't know he's of the main line. But among my duties as the sensei of the holder of the Summoning Contract for the Dragon Races - I , Mushu, have to disseminate that information and teach him of his heritage!"
"Main line? Uzumaki?" asked Sasuke, frowning at the dobe getting a powerup when HE was the one who needed it.
"Listen up, y'all," said Mushu. "Especially you, Naruto. You got a lot to live up to."
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