"Well, would you look at this?" Another voice piped in. "Yet again, people are trying to harm my cute little Genin." Kakashi stepped in to place a hand on Gaara's shoulder. The samurai around them, already intimidated by the arrival of Bee, visibly flinched at the arrival of yet another famous man. A sand tendril snaked out, attempting to spear the hand. But as soon as it came close, Kakashi almost teleported, appearing in front of Gaara and lightly tapping his forehead. Gaara frowned at this as his sand seemed to vibrate at his arrival. Before he suddenly broke down into the sand, he appeared among his siblings and raised them into the air on a sand platform.
"It seems you are luckier than most Uzumaki," Gaara said. Now, ignoring the others. "You surround yourself with these pests. In time, they will show you the truth known by all jinchuriki. It's a fundamental fact. Like the essence of another life, with the knowledge of thousands of years, the soul was transported to Uzumaki, and I have one of the purest forms preserved inside us. When I show you our strength, these pests will lose their luster cluster Andreas. A risk. A liability. A weapon. A…..monster. " Finishing his speech, the group of sand shinobi flew off on their sand platform.
This left Team Seven and most of Team Bee standing before the samurai. Reizo and Bee were still locked in their strength test while Kakashi stood before the others. Suddenly, Reizo slid back as Bee flexed his strength, and the samurai quickly fired off several slashes from their blades aimed at Bee, Fuu, and Naruto. They were stopped by a blur before any of them could get even close. First, it intercepted the blast for Fuu, then Bee, and finally Naruto. Mifune appeared between the groups.
"I understand your rage, Reizo, though you cannot hold all of them accountable for the actions of a few. Not to mention, you would've led your men into a slaughter." Mifune chided as he turned to face Reizo. Suddenly his blade flashed forward, the butt of his sword, crashing into Reizo's ribs and robbing him of energy and oxygen. "You must need training in humility and agreeability, which are both crucial skills of a true samurai." He recited as Reizo dropped to the ground. The other samurai bowed to Mifune at this. "You all will report to your homeland for training. Remember this shame today, for you have shown an ugly side of the samurai to outsiders."
Reizo and his men wordlessly marched away at this. Heads bowed, and expressions of hate were left disguised from their masks. Naruto blinked, slowly coming to his senses after that powerful speech to notice the environment; he had never had people hate him so willingly. Most at home were not aware of his hosting of the beast. Was this how people would see him now?
"Naruto Uzumaki, Fuu of the Waterfall, Bee of the Clouds. In your homes, you may be accepted as regular citizens, but now that your nature is known to the inhabitants of our land, you must tread carefully. Hatred against jinchuriki is a trait most people share. I can't say from personal experience that that boy presented a pretty convincing image." He warned as he marched off.
"I hate to say it to Naruto, but he's right," Fuu said as she lowered herself to the ground. "You should try to control your personality; the less noticeable you are, the better. "
"But we didn't choose to be like this!" Naruto countered hotly. Feeling doubly offended by the secondhand insults being delivered to his mother.
"Hate to say it, Mr. 9, but our peers don't often see us as sublime." Bee rapped. "Luckily for me, they love it when I rap, WEEE!"
"He isn't well received at home either. Most are cool with him due to his services and station. But he is still avoided by most. " Samui said sadly. "Some even hate us for standing with him. It's incredibly uncool, but the truth is all the same." Omoi nodded sadly at this. Naruto didn't reply, merely frowning while looking down, his expression masked by his hair.
"Be that as it may, who are you people?" Neji interrupted upon seeing Naruto was locked in thought.
"Good question!" Kakashi said happily. Secretly noticing Bee and Fuu are concerned with what their meeting with Naruto meant to him.
"Oh! This is my bad, ya know?" Naruto exclaimed, dropping his hand into his other palm, his mood taking a 180. "These two are Samui and Omoi from the Village Hidden in the Clouds. Their awesome swordsmen backed me up in the second exam. Especially Samui! This weird guy is their… sensei?" he asked, looking towards the blonde cloud kunoichi.
"He's much cooler than he seems." Samui countered his skepticism with a smile.
"I'm cool! Yeah, yeah, ya fool!"
"When he's not rapping…" Samui complained while facepalming.
"Oh, and this other lady is Fuu! She was on my team for the last part! She can fly! It's so cool!" Naruto excitedly grabbed Fuu by the hand and dragged her over to Kakashi. Fuu smiled and shook Kakashi's hand excitedly, making the Cyclops wince. "I already made two friends; isn't that great!" He asked his team with a toothy smile.
"The blind leading the blind," Neji said dryly. The over-excited Fuu asked him questions so quickly he struggled to hear her properly.
Ino inwardly frowned as she smiled. Naruto sure seemed to find odd friends… and two of them were unique beauties… lovely.
Kakashi relaxed as the group interacted well. Samui and Ino listened as Naruto described the events of the second exam. Fuu attempted to interrogate Neji using the most pure-hearted method he had ever seen. Omoi seemed to be mumbling to himself about the meeting. Bee, who had stopped rapping at some point, walked over to Kakashi.
"Kakashi Hatake of the Sharingan. Haven't seen you in a while. Still a slick customer?" Bee asked, getting semi-serious as he jotted in a notebook. Seemingly nodding to some unknown melody.
"Killer Bee of the AB combo. It sure has, I can't say I'm unhappy to have not fought you again." Kakashi countered with a smile.
They both glanced at the teams again. "The amazing things the new generations can do so easily. I've never seen even allied villages truly befriend one another like this."
"Yeah~!" Bee agreed. "They doing even better each time ya feel me?"
"Doubtless." Kakashi agreed. "We need to go to our camp for now. Thanks for the assistance."
"Gotta watch out for my bros. Only nine of those." Bee informed with a nod. Kakashi gave him an owlish stare before his body flickering over the Genin.
"Alright, Team Seven. We have a team celebration to go to. Furthermore, we're celebrating with a close friend of mine's team as well," Kakashi said.
"Alright, let's party!"
"Alright, let's party!"
Ino and Naruto parroted happily. Neji merely sighed with a rueful smile. Kakashi subtly smiled, happy to see his team operating well and enjoying life. Team Seven was suddenly assembled by clones of Kakashi appearing and throwing the three to the original. Who stacked and carried the young adults like sacks of potatoes.
"Chow!" He said to Cloud Shinobi and Fuu as they poofed away.
"Aw, man, wanted to hang out with Naruto…" Fuu whined as she prepared to fly off.
"No need to fret! Miss Seven, the greenest!" Bee rapped.
"Wha…" Fuu asked, confused.
"It means it'll be cool with us if you want to eat with us, " Samui said, smiling at the woman as she placed a hand on Fuu's shoulder. Omoi was too busy discussing the ramifications of intervillage friendships.
"Are you sure?" Fuu asked nervously. Worried they would reject her now.
"For sure, we know your pain. Partying with potential friends ain't no thing!" Bee continued rapping. 'Better be careful, big bro. Don't find out, though.' Bee thought as they walked back to the Cloud camp.