"Kakashi-senpai, I think you really need to be more careful from now on. You shouldn't just give any kind of books to kids—they're still too young, and some things are not meant for them!"
Iruka Umino turned around and glared angrily at Kakashi. Seeing how Naruto had turned out, and that he could even draw those provocative poses… well, clearly none of this was something the kids came up with on their own. It had to be the guardian's fault!
Especially since Kakashi was always carrying around those special collector's editions—there was no question about it, it was definitely his fault!
After all, collector's editions aren't something just anyone can afford. Iruka was pretty sure Kakashi's entire salary probably went into collecting those rare items!
"I guess… they probably haven't actually seen them."
Kakashi sighed quietly. Although he said they hadn't seen them, the seductive figure on that test paper in his hand was exactly one of the classic scenes from the latest collector's edition.
So those two little rascals must have already looked at it before giving it to him! Definitely had seen it, but Kakashi couldn't admit it out loud. They really needed to be taught a lesson—maybe add some extra difficulty to the graduation exams!
"Kakashi-senpai, please take this seriously!"
Iruka glared fiercely at Kakashi, snatched the test paper back, and crushed it into tiny pieces in his hand.
He had just seen Kakashi smile a little while looking at the test paper. Yep, these kids were all from the same family!
"Alright, alright, I'll take them home and give them a good scolding. I promise I won't go easy on them."
Kakashi gave a helpless promise. Meanwhile, Naruto had already hidden himself in Sasuke's arms, thinking he could hide there, but Kakashi was basically at a loss for words by now.
Only Naruto could make the usually serious Iruka this angry, probably.
"Take them home, but don't punish them too harshly here. There's the throwing exam tomorrow, and Naruto needs to prepare more—he can't afford another bad score in throwing class!"
For all the chaos this family caused, Iruka just wanted to keep his distance now. Even if he wanted to give them a hard time, he'd better avoid them for now.
"I'm taking them now."
Kakashi twitched at the corner of his eye, stepped forward, grabbed both kids, and instantaneously left—afraid that if they stayed any longer, Iruka's temper would explode.
When the nice guy gets mad, it can be pretty scary!
"Keep going! I won't tell you to stop, so no one is allowed to stop!"
Inside the Uchiha clan grounds, Kakashi glared angrily at the two kids in front of him, making them dodge attacks from his shadow clones.
After causing so much trouble at school, they still thought they could escape punishment? No way it was that easy!
"Naruto, come closer to me."
Sasuke sighed helplessly and reached out, pulling Naruto protectively into his arms before continuing their dodging training against Kakashi's two shadow clones.
Actually, this whole situation was partly his fault. At the start of the written graduation exam, his system had given him a task.
[Graduation Exam Written Test Begins. Host, please choose: 1. Let Naruto cheat, with Haruno Sakura first; 2. Naruto causes trouble, host first; 3. Naruto takes first place, host second; 4. Host joins Naruto causing trouble, Haruno Sakura first]
With these four options, Sasuke chose the one where Naruto causes trouble, because he wanted to ensure the Uchiha wouldn't be suppressed in any way.
But Naruto's messing around was actually getting more and more entertaining to watch, and Sasuke had even shown a rare smile at the time.
And because Sasuke smiled, Naruto felt encouraged to be even more reckless.