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Cutting Loose, Chapter 9"You want to stay." Gai finished. "You promised to stop Yagura from killing anybody else, and you intend to keep your promise, no matter what it costs you."
"Yeah." Naruto said, nodding in agreement. "Stopping that bastard from killing any more people is more important to me than anything else right now. Even if it means I'm gonna get in trouble later, even if it means I get stuck cleaning sewers, or even tossed out of the ninja program completely, I can't just let this kinda thing happen. These people didn't deserve to die, and I can't just ignore that, even if it means Konoha and the Hokage are gonna be pissed at me. Even if ignoring this meant that I could be sure that I would become the next Hokage it wouldn't be worth it; if I don't try to save these people now, then how can I ever deserve to be the next Hokage?"
"Kid's got a point." A man's voice called out from the edge of the bamboo forest surrounding the small farming village. "I'd always heard Konoha ninjas were weak and couldn't get the job done or make the sorts of hard choices ninjas need to make; looks like I heard wrong."
"So, are you tired of watching us now?" Kakashi called out in response, sounding rather bored. "Naruto and Gai are being pretty serious right now, so if you're waiting for them to do something stupid and funny you'll probably be disappointed; you might as well just come out and talk to us face-to-face."
"Yeah, might as well." The man strode out of the woods, revealing himself to a grizzled Kiri rogue ninja in his late thirties whose most immediately notable feature was the patch covering his right eye, which had several prominently bulging veins surrounding it that seemed to gradually fade after a few moments. "You're sharingan Kakashi, right?" The man asked, looking in Kakashi's direction. "Always hoped I might run into you one day, but I didn't expect it to be under these circumstances. You can call me Ao."
Why must my eternal rival be more famous and well-known than I am? I am one win ahead of him in our continuing contest of ninja might! "I am the mighty Gai, Konoha's beautiful green beast, master of Taijutsu, and leader of this team!" Gai announced.
Ao regarded the eccentric jonin for a moment, and then shrugged. "Never heard of you."
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