"Yeah, it does look good on you," admitted Naruto.
"Where did he get the jacket? Where did he get the headband?" asked Sakura.
"Pipi chu pika pi."
"He's right, Sakura-chan," said Naruto. "You shouldn't try to overanalyze these things, it'll just give you a headache."
"You're using words like 'overanalyze'?" asked Sasuke, briefly wondering if Naruto had been replaced.
"Pi."
"Oh," said Sasuke, deducing that Naruto had been quoting the little yellow thing.
"I can also do this," declared Naruto, making a hand-sign.
The pikachu faded out. Something else faded in.
"Cool!"
Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi all stared at Sasuke for a moment.
Sasuke recovered, coughed into a fist, and looked away from the new creature.
"Um, right," said Naruto, a bit uncertain. Had Sasuke gotten all sparkly-eyed and... no. Couldn't have been. "Dark Phoenix Hatchling. A flying/fire type."
"Might be useful for scouting," noted Rin.
"Why is it dressed like Sasuke?" asked Sakura, noting that it was wearing a Konoha headband and blue shirt much like Sasuke.
"Oh, anyone I defeat - I can then summon their counterpart," said Naruto. "And now..."
The Dark Phoenix Hatchling faded out. Nothing appeared though.
"Whatta ya mean I'm too low level?!" asked Naruto aloud.
"What did you try to summon?" asked Kakashi.
"According to this list," said Naruto, pointing at a spot in the air that didn't look any different from anywhere else, "I've defeated Sasuke, the Hokage, Mizuki, and my pikachu is listed as 'starting' and I should be able to summon their animal. I tried to summon the Hokage's and it wouldn't let me!"
"Well," said Kakashi thoughtfully. "That makes sense. The Hokage would be a high-level summons."
"WHEN did you defeat me, dobe?" asked Sasuke.
"When I tied you up and left you in the bathroom on team assignment day I guess," said Naruto, staring at the air. "That would explain the 'unlock' date."
"That shouldn't count," protested Sasuke.
"What is Mizuki's 'counterpart'?" asked Kakashi.
A large bull appeared in the room.
"A tauros," said Naruto.
"Looks like a bum steer," said Sakura.
The tauros glared at Sakura in response.
"Hmmm, big enough that Tazuna could ride it, which would allow us to speed up our trip," noted Kakashi. "Potentially useful."
The tauros snorted.
"No forehead protector," said Sakura.
"Well, Mizuki was found to be a traitor and his status revoked," said Kakashi. "So that makes a certain degree of sense. Still wearing a chunin vest so not sure about that."
"Somehow," said Sasuke, sounding quite thoughtful. "We have to get Naruto to defeat more opponents."
"Eh?!" asked Naruto. Sasuke wanted him to get stronger?
"The more of these you have, the more adaptable you'll be, and if that happens - I won't have to carry you like so much deadweight," noted Sasuke aloud.
Naruto twitched and glared at Sasuke.
"Where the heck would we find some ninja that Naruto could beat?" asked Sakura.
"Hmmm," hmmmed Kakashi, thinking.
"Hmmm," hmmmed Sasuke, pondering as he looked in Sakura's general direction.
"Hmmm," hmmmed Rin, looking directly at Sakura.
"Yeah, it's not like we're going to get some enemies I can beat up around here," said Naruto, looking at Tazuna.
Tazuna finished taking a drink from some bottle and put that away quickly. He was not liking the tension in the air.
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