If she had paid more attention she would have noticed Naruto use san instead of chan like he normally did. Later on that evening Naruto lay in his bed as he looked up at the ceiling as the light from the moon gently shone through the curtains of his window.
He had stayed in his room to rest for most of the day and only really went down when his father came home and they had dinner round the table.
Most of the dinner talk was taken up by Mito and Eiji who were talking about their day with Kushina while Mina was either gazing into space or was laughing at the funny faces Naruto was making at her.
When it got to Naruto and the chunin exams, he only gave them short answers and didn't get into the details since he was not really in the mood for talking. Both Minato and Kushina frowned a little at that and wanted him to tell them more; however he just stayed mostly quiet, ignoring them when they asked for more details.
Afterwards he took his dish and cutlery and had them washed before he went back to his room. He was going to visit Hiruzen tomorrow to get some training in for the chunin exams third round and hoped Tsunade and Shizune would join them as well since he knew there was talk about showing him the Shōsen Jutsu which he was looking forward to.
He looked at his alarm clock to see it was 11pm. He was about to shut his eyes before he heard his door open up slightly and could hear little steps coming towards the bed.
He sat up and saw little Mina walking towards him wearing her little purple pajama's while holding her teddy in her arms.
"Mina-chan what are you doing in here? It's late and you should be in bed." He said as he saw her rub her eyes with her tiny hands before she looked at him and put her arms out.
"Stay with Naru." She said making him hesitate a little before he let it be. He smiled and went forward and picked his baby sister up. He lifted the covers and put himself and Mina under them with Naruto leaning on his side while Mina was snuggled up next to him. Mina snuggled into her big brothers chest as Naruto wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm and safe.
"Lub you Naru." She said yawning before she immediate fell asleep.
Naruto looked down at his baby sister and gently kissed her forehead. "Good night Mina-chan. Sweet dreams."
Just when Naruto fell asleep Kushina past his door to see that it was slightly open. When she took a peak in her face softened and had a warm smile appear on her face when she saw her youngest cuddled up with her oldest.
She tiptoed back before gently and silently closing the bedroom door and made her way to hers and Minato's room. "I am impressed Naruto. You and you team sound like you had quite the experience for your chunin exams. And you finish the second round in three of the five days is an impressive feat." Hiruzen said as Naruto finished recounting the first two rounds to Hiruzen, Tsunade and Shizune who had welcomed him back and told him well done for his efforts in the chunin exams and for making the third round.
"Now what do you know about your two opponents?"
"Well that's just it. I don't really know anything about them. I can only make guesses by their size and personalities. We did not have any chance to see any of each other's abilities."
"Hmm." Tsunade pondered as she thought about it. "You said one was called Akatsuchi who was from Iwa and the other was called C who was from Kumo. How big would you say they were?" "Very big, bigger than other kids my age." He said making them all nod.
"In that case I can bet they will favor their physical strength and will end up lacking in speed. We can work on your speed and make you faster than ever. Plus I will be drilling you into Taijutsu every day until you can stand anymore." She said grinning making Naruto grin back.
"Plus I bet this boy from Iwa will use earth jutsu's since they are very common for shinobi from Iwa and the boy C from Kumo will favor lightning jutsu's for the same reason." Shizune added with Tsunade and Hiruzen nodding at the logic behind it.
"So we work on his speed along with teaching him jutsu to counter Earth and Lightning. Wind we can do. But Naruto does not have a lightning affinity."
"Then we focus on water and earth techniques. Counter earth with earth and then use water against lightning. The two are both each other's enemy." Hiruzen said.
"Plus I can work on my Kenjutsu and fūinjutsu when I am on my own."
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