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On his other side, Kurenai took a long look at the seals laid out on the boy's arm before asking, "Does this summon.. clones?" she asked. Seeing the boy nod, she continued. "How does that work? Normally,
kage bunshin divides the caster's chakra evenly amongst any clones produced. So one clone halves your chakra, two cut it into thirds, and so on. I know you can create more than that, but my point is, you shouldn't be able to summon clones of someone else without using their chakra."

"I do, just not much." Naruto shrugged. "Enough to make it a clone of that person, and the rest is mine. I think it's less than what's used for a normal bunshin, even—not quite sure since I've never really been able to do the technique... So when the clones pop, whoever they were made from get both their chakra and that bit of mine back, along with the memory of whatever the clone has done." Naruto paused before turning to look over his shoulder to where Ayame had grabbed his swishing tail and Hana looked like she had tried to do the same but Ayame had beaten her to the punch. "Uhh... guys?"

"It's very soft," Ayame murmured. A hand sliding into her field of vision drew her attention to Hana. "Get your own," she protested, turning away from the Inuzuka heiress with prize in hand.

"Oh come on, I just want to touch it," Hana whined.

Kurenai looked between the girls, who looked close to breaking out into a minor fight over the red length of softness to the boy attached to it, who sighed in resignation and put on the long-suffering look of one used to this sort of treatment. "Get this a lot?" she asked.

"From pretty much anything female," the boy lamented in agreement. "I don't mind it so much from Hinata and the others, but it gets kind of weird when random girls on the street just run up and either ask to pet me... or don't bother asking. Weirdest thing is, Hinata doesn't seem to mind letting them get it out of their system." After a moment, he added, "I'm surprised you're not," only to trail off as one of Kurenai's hands found its way to his ears. "Never mind."

Jiraiya looked on with a sense of awe, jealousy, and pride. Naruto had, with absolutely no effort whatsoever, managed to attract and hold the attention of all three of the kunoichi traveling with him in a way that the Sannin simply couldn't. "Damn," he murmured. Minato had always been popular with the ladies, and Jiraiya hadn't failed to notice the looks thrown Naruto's way by the girls of various villages outside of Konoha, even if Naruto had. But now, it looked like they just couldn't help themselves. If only the blond would figure out exactly what sort of sway he held over the fairer sex and exactly how to take advantage of it... And given a few years to grow a bit taller and put on some muscle, it would probably be panties along with those looks being thrown his way. "You are one lucky brat."

Rolling his eyes, Naruto perked up and sent a grin Jiraiya's way as a clone most of the way across the country dispersed. "Oh, you're in for it now."

"Huh?" Jiraiya managed to get out, just before a cloud of smoke and chakra obscured his vision. A moment later, it cleared to reveal Tsunade's team standing between Naruto and the Toad Sannin. The Godaime Hokage herself took one look at Jiraiya before stepping forward, winding back, and releasing a punch that sent Jiraiya flailing ass-over-teakettle into the dirt and dispersed Tsunade's clone.

Across Fire Country, Tsunade's smirk was vicious as she chuckled. "That was completely worth it. Now, summon me again."

The Missing Hokage, Chapter 25