"Figures he'd choose his son to be the sacrifice - that fits with what I've read about the Fourth," said Terra.
"What?!" asked Naruto, clearly startled.
"What? That was supposed to be a secret too? With a big carving of him looking out across the village for anyone to look at and say 'hey that looks a bit like Naruto'?" Terra snorted.
"Y-you think so too?" asked Hinata.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was abruptly there and standing next to the children. "You know, in a village where everyone is supposed to look 'underneath' things - I think you're the first to comment on that."
"What? Everyone's blind?" asked Terra. "That's as stupid as... well as mistaking Naruto for what's in him."
Naruto blinked, straightened, and began to smile again.
The Hokage merely smiled. There was nothing in that he'd really disagree with after all.
Naruto went back to work as soon as he got back to his apartment.
He had friends. Friends who liked him despite this belly-seal-thing. He knew fuuinjutsu, so a seal technique... hmmm. He'd have to study his own belly, that'd be tricky.
So you had to reward friends for sticking with you and celebrating stuff like they would be graduating from the Academy soon, right? Right!
So he had to finish working out these summons and stuff.
It should work after all. He had the filters. He had the energy and directions right.
"Uhm, Naruto? You're smoking in class."
"I had a little problem with a fuuinjutsu array, Iruka-sensei."
"I see," said Iruka. "Toss the jacket out the window then."
"What kind of fuuinjutsu?" asked Terra.
"You'll see this afternoon," said a smirking Naruto.
"Like this?" asked Hinata, cutting a finger and then rubbing it across her other hand. When Naruto nodded she put that hand down in the little circle on the scroll that he'd indicated.
Sigils and runes lit up, each block of writing in different colors while the main section of script was red. Then everything flamed BLACK.
"Uhm, was that supposed to happen?" asked Hinata nervously.
"Try it," said Naruto.
Hinata chewed her lip nervously, glancing around. Everyone was watching though. And in this case it WAS everyone.
Naruto had started by trying to get just the three of them to go off to the section of town he'd been given for these experiments.
That hadn't worked as apparently word had gotten around that Naruto had gifted his two friends with something Special.
Kiiromaru cleared his throat. "Try to focus, girl."
"Ignore the crowd," advised the Hokage from where he was watching. "I've removed MOST of those who wanted to observe. I'm sure they'll protest enough later." He sighed and muttered something about more paperwork.
"Right," said Hinata, putting that hand down and using the chakra control she'd trained in since she could walk. "SUMMONING JUTSU!"
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