[Naruto opened his eyes.]
[Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi appeared before him.]
[It seemed they had been waiting for a while.]
["Recovered?" Kakashi asked with a half-smile.]
["Mm." Naruto nodded slightly.]
["Good, then let's get ready to start learning a new Ninjutsu." Kakashi nodded, then added:]
["Well, before that..."]
["Let's eat first."]
[Kakashi looked at Sasuke with a beaming smile.]
["Hmph!"]
[Sasuke had his hands in his pockets, his face full of coldness.]
[He really was an unreliable Jōnin Instructor.]
[To learn a new Ninjutsu, he had to treat everyone to meals for a week.]
[Fortunately, for the current Sasuke, if there was one thing he had plenty of, it was money.]
[The inheritance left by the Uchiha Clan wasn't much, but it wasn't nothing either.]
[Following that, Team 7's training became regular.]
[Naruto also began to work on practicing the Forbidden Jutsu within the scroll of seals.]
[First, he focused on practicing Sealing Jutsu.]
[Just in case, if he couldn't get the key to the seal, he would make one himself.]
[As for the rest, Naruto was in no hurry.]
[Among the five elemental Chakras, only Earth Release still lacked training in nature transformation.]
[Night.]
[As usual, he took care of his wife, Izumi.]
[After washing up, Naruto lay on the bed.]
["Team Guy took a B-rank mission and left the Village."]
["Team Eight and Team Ten also took C-rank missions and left the Village two days ago."]
["Team 7 will be soon too."]
["But can I leave the Village?"]
["Hehe... The Old Thing is probably at ease, but Danzo Shimura... Hmph."]
[Naruto gave a faint smile.]
[During this time, his Shadow Clones had collected many things the Root Organization had done and even stolen quite a bit of data.]
[The more he understood, the more Naruto felt that this Konoha was corrupt.]
[He had no plans for the Hokage Building for the time being.]
[The contents of the scroll of seals were enough to keep him occupied for quite a while.]
["Izumi, it's very likely I'll be leaving the Village in a few days... I'll think of a way to take you with me."]
["I have a premonition that I'll be gone for a long time, and I'm not comfortable leaving you home alone."]
["Kurenai Yuhi-sensei isn't here, Anko is too careless... and Yūgao has left the Village again to collect historical documents and mythologies from before the Sengoku period."]
[Naruto murmured in a low voice, his chin gently resting against Izumi's forehead.]
["Mm~"]
[Suddenly, Naruto felt as if Izumi in his arms had moved slightly.]
[His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly looked down.]
[He saw that Izumi's skin had been dyed with a faint flush at some point.]
[Her body temperature was rising steadily.]
['Is she sick?']
[His heart tightened, and Naruto was about to get up.]
[Suddenly, he felt his hand being grabbed by a small hand.]
[Looking again, he noticed Izumi's long eyelashes were trembling incessantly.]
[He was dazed for a moment.]
[Naruto became visibly excited.]
[She's awake!]
[She's finally recovered!]
[Though, she seems a bit embarrassed.]
[The corners of Naruto's mouth curled up uncontrollably.]
[Inside the Sealing Space, the Great Fox, sensing the change in Naruto's emotions, gave a faint glance.]
[Then it rolled over, out of sight, out of mind.]
["Izumi?"]
[Naruto's voice trembled slightly.]
["Mm~"]
[After waiting a moment, Izumi's voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz.]
[Then, Naruto's eyes lit up with light.]
[Uchiha Izumi's eyes, which had been closed for five years, finally slowly opened.]
[Her pitch-black pupils were like deep wells, making one sink into them.]
[Their eyes met.]
[It felt as if there were endless things to say.]
[But when they opened their mouths, they couldn't say anything at all.]
["Izumi, you..."]
[Finally, Naruto was the first to speak.]
[However, the moment he spoke, Izumi seemed to have anticipated it.]
[Her breathing became heavy.]
[Who knows how much time passed.]
[The corners of Naruto's mouth couldn't stop rising.]
[He tightened his hold on his wife, Izumi.]
["Let me guess, you woke up a long time ago, didn't you?"]
["Otherwise, you wouldn't have always... every time..."]
["Don't... don't say it."]
[Izumi was very embarrassed.]
[However, seeing Naruto trying to tease her, she immediately refused to have it.]
[Pouting her small mouth, "During this time, you seemed very happy."]
["Every time you came back, you carried a different scent."]
[Naruto: "..."]
[Is her nose that sharp?]
[No, Izumi really did recover her consciousness a long time ago; she just couldn't move.]
[Well... okay.]
[He really had been a bit unrestrained during this time.]
[There were quite a few naughty Big Sisters.]
Yūgao Uzuki: "..."
Kurenai Yuhi: "..."
Anko Mitarashi: "Hahaha, it definitely wasn't me."
Kurenai Yuhi and Yūgao Uzuki rolled their eyes at her; you were the one who started it first, and you were the boldest one.
["Huh?!"]
[Izumi's eyes widened.]
[Then, her mind went into a mess.]
[She didn't dare mention this matter again.]
[With a face full of crimson, she nestled into Naruto's arms.]
["Don't... don't pull..."]
[She was so ashamed she couldn't even speak a complete sentence.]
[She thought that once she could move, everything would be easy to accept.]
[After all... she could feel how these five years had passed.]
[It's just...]
[Her fierce self from just a moment ago broke character in a second.]
[This bad boy had just tugged at her diaper...]
["It's good that you're awake."]
[Naruto didn't go too far either.]
[He habitually smoothed Izumi's soft long hair.]
[A different feeling from before emerged.]
[Before, Izumi was like an exquisite doll.]
[Now, she was truly awake, and various different feelings immediately surfaced.]
[Fortunately, Naruto was quick to adapt.]
["In the next few days, I'll most likely leave the Village to carry out a mission."]
["Mm~"]
[Izumi nodded gently.]
[She knew about these things.]
["Then you stay home and recover your body well."]
["You haven't moved for too long, so you need to be careful at the beginning."]
["Also, your eyes..."]
[Naruto instructed her in detail.]
[Izumi didn't interrupt, just listened quietly.]
[Her restless heart also gradually calmed down.]
[When Naruto finished, she spoke softly: "I feel... my body has completely recovered, and my Mangekyo Sharingan... has also been nourished for five years."]
["As long as I don't overuse it every day, it won't go blind so easily."]
["That's good then."]
[Naruto didn't continue this topic.]
[The two of them suddenly fell into silence.]
[Gradually, the strange feeling became more and more obvious.]
["Naruto..."]
[Izumi looked up at the boy who had taken meticulous care of her.]
["Restore... restore the Uchiha..."]
[Naruto laughed in spite of himself, thinking she was going to say something else.]
["There's no rush for that."]
[His current state wasn't one to act recklessly; Uchiha Izumi still needed to recover and adapt for a while.]
["Wait a bit longer; in the Naka Shrine at the Uchiha Clan Compound, there's a high probability of finding stone tablets recording things from before the Sengoku period."]
["If I don't receive a mission to leave the Village tomorrow, then we'll go together."]
["Mm~"]