Balance.

"What do you think of this view?"

We are sitting on a bench away from the crowd looking out into the sunset.

"..."

She becomes thoughtful.

Taking advantage of that moment I bring her body closer to me.

She widens her eyes in surprise.

She had not expected this move.

She now she has her body resting on the side of her torso.

She is initially shocked but then calms down and does not object to this action.

Seeing that she accepts his movements, she smiles slightly.

'I guess I could do the kiss scene now, right?'

But I won't, I don't think I'm ready for such a thing (at the moment).

'Besides, it would be very sudden, he might be scared of me'

Then the scene of two young people of 21 and 22 respectively passes in complete and subtle silence.

(Insert camera effect zooming out).

...

I find myself lying on my bed as I think about the things that happened today.

'Today has been an interesting day, but it seems I have to do something about it'

Now that I've taught her a technique, I have a feeling that the future might change in a certain way that things would become unbalanced with her Naraku counterpart of her.

What I'm wondering is if it's necessary for me to intervene with Naraku as well, you know, to maintain a balance.

So I check my inventory and sure enough there are a couple of chests.

But I'll check them tomorrow, now I'm sleepy.

"Zzz..."

She began to sleep peacefully.

...

The next day I'm back from the academy.

Today I had to run to the academy so as not to be late, I fell asleep.

'So I guess I'll check my rewards now'

wooden box x5

Copper box x1

Special box x1

Although there are few boxes and very low level I do not complain so much.

At least I have boxes, worse is nothing.

Then I start to open the boxes and I'm looking at what I've got.

Reinforced Water x10.

Black Iron Ore x10.

Friendship Water (Special) x1.

When I see them I just stare at the crap they've been touching me lately.

'More reinforced water that I still don't know what it's used for exactly'

'They don't even give me ready-made weapons, instead this raw black iron'

'I think that the most salvageable thing would be this water that has certain effects that are excellent, but the rest is basically crap, the use that I can give it is limited'

*sigh*

'If they were already giving me good rewards before, I don't want to know what the really bad ones will be like'

*sigh*

I stop thinking about the subject.

Continuing to worry about it will only bring me baldness.

Then I turn my attention to Naraku who is next to me.

'Ha-ahhh, I guess it's time to take care of you' (For those who are reading this in English: The expressions that you say 'hah' or 'hahh' do not refer to a laugh, but it is more like between saying the 'a' and give a 'light sigh' or 'exhale')

Then the classes continue normally until the end of the hour.

...

"Hey Naruto"

"?, What's the matter?"

"How about you come with me for a bit?"

I say with a casual smile.

She a bit confused by my sudden question still agrees, she has no reason to reject me.

So after saying goodbye to some people she continued walking with Naraku.

We walk through the streets of Konoha without apparent direction.

In the course of time I have not paid more attention or talked to the person next to me, it seems as if I am walking alone.

"..."

"...hmhnnhnnh..."

"..."

"...hmhnnnh..."

She makes a strange noise as she looks at me from the side.

She apparently is a little upset as we walk.

She seems to lose patience and speaks to me for the first time after leaving the academy.

"Hey, why are you quiet and where are we going?!!"

She at her question simply smiled.

"Don't yell so much, I'm listening, we're also in the street, be more discreet"

I say calmly without being surprised by this reaction of his.

"But why are you ignoring me?!"

"Calm down, it's just that we haven't come to the right place, be patient"

"Then let's go quickly, why are you taking so long walking?"

'It seems like the Naraku of this age acts like a child so she naturally doesn't have much patience.'

'But hey, since we're with her then let's do it her way'

"Hehe, then let's do it your way"

She becomes happy that she accepts her proposal.

...

So we walked to the place where she wanted me to take her.

After a while we reached a place in the forest.

Behind me comes Satsuki pulling out some leaves that got stuck in her clothes and hair.

"Were you really thinking of bringing me here walking slowly? It would have taken us weeks"

"Hehehe, don't exaggerate so much, at some point I had thought to run, only you made us move things forward a little"

"I think that if I hadn't required you to walk fast then you really would have brought me on foot"

She smiled without answering her question, answering would only lengthen the conversation unnecessarily.

"To all this, why have you brought me here?"

She looks around superficially.

At such a question she smiled.

"I brought you to see a technique of mine"

When she receives my reply her face freezes expressing 'huh?'.

"You mean we walked all that way so you can just show me your techniques?!"

She looks at me through clenched teeth.

"Calm down, don't judge ahead of time, observe first"

I then hold out my hand as she directs my chakra to use my hardening.

It should be said that today would be the first time that I show this to Naraku.

From the tips of my fingers to my elbow it turns dark.

It seems like my arm is turning to metal.

Then I see that she is dumbfounded by my ability.

"Unbelievable! How did you do that?"

Immediately I see that she is quickly approaching my arm with stars in her eyes, looking curiously at my blackened arm.

"This is a technique that I have learned over the years, hehe it is very useful"

I then pull out a kunai and immediately pass it through my hand causing it to resonate a bit.

"As you see, it makes my skin as hard as metal"

"Wow it's amazing"

After letting her admire him for a while I start to say my purpose.

"*clear throat*, so Naraku, we came here for it"

When I express a more serious tone she pays attention to what she was doing.

I give a casual smile as I say my next words.

"Don't you want to learn this?"

I say while putting my transformed hand in front of her.