The now-identified Naruto Uzumaki inclined his head and then much to the surprise of everyone in the vicinity began to laugh. "Oh man, I'm in the Land of Grass?!"
"Why is this funny to you Mr. Uzumaki?" The platoon leader asked, tilting his head and seemingly genuinely curious.
"Well see, I was meddling with this old unidentified sealing matrix in the Land of Waterfall that I found and added some of my own variations to it. I push my chakra into and boom! Well, you all saw what happened!" Came the guffawed answer as the Uzumaki seemed to still be in the throes of his own laughter.
"Mr. Uzumaki." The platoon leader paused. Even the other Kusa nin, who hadn't let their guard drop went noticeably still. "Are you quite possibly, an idiot?"
Though the platoon leader was at this moment her enemy, Naori agreed with his assessment. She wasn't a master in the arts of Fuinjutsu at all and knew only the basics from the academy and what her sensei had taught her, but even she knew that meddling with unidentified seals was a horrible idea. Feeling her opinion about the newcomer Uzumaki sinking, she shuffled to protect Naka's sleeping frame against any surprise attack that she knew was coming. She felt her violet eyebrow twitch in irritation as the redhead continued to guffaw and chuckle in acceptance at the Kusa platoon leader's sarcastic question.
"Enough of this chat chat!" Came the voice of one of the other Kusa nin. "Get out of the way Mr. Uzumaki! This is Land of Grass business! We have entertained you long enough."
Suddenly the Uzumaki's demeanor changed. He stopped laughing and his posture grew rigid as his eyes flickered to every single one of the Kusa ninjas. His eyes flickered towards Naori again, resting on the Konoha forehead protector that she wore proudly. He placed his hands inside the pockets of his pants and smiled apologetically. The smile did not reach his eyes. "Ah, I truly am sorry. But as part of the treaty that allowed the Uzumaki clan to break away from the Senju clan, it was decreed that the Uzumaki would forever be the Senju clan's ally. That means that every ally of the Senju is an ally of the Uzumaki. Due to the treaty between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, the Uchiha are also Uzumaki allies."
Naori's sharingan barely kept up with the chaos that unfolded afterward. The platoon leader was about to respond when chains broke out of the ground and grabbed each one of the Kusa ninjas. Gleaming golden chains tightened around the bodies of the Kusa ninja as they gasped at the sudden attack. The platoon leader gasped and with quick hand seals, he tried to melt off the chains. The chains held. The Uzumaki looked at the Kusa ninja with hard sky-blue eyes before turning to Naori, who took a step back, despite the man's proclamation.
Whoa." The Uzumaki raised his hands in a calming manner. He leaned towards Naori peering at her. "I am not going to hurt you. Not after I restrained them for you and that sleeping beauty next to you."
Naori didn't lower her sword. She raised her working eye's eyebrow at him and continued to build her chakra. "Why did you interfere?"
Naruto was about to answer when the platoon leader interrupted them, continuing to shout various Jutsu names in a vain and futile effort to escape the chains. Scratching his head, Naruto made the tiger seal and a new chain emerged from the ground which bound the Kusa ninja's hands and gagged him. Naruto turned back to Naori and spread his arms in another placating manner. "You did hear what I told that guy over there right?"
"You could be double-crossing me." Naori pointed out as she continued to train her eye on the redhead. The opposing Uzumaki made eye contact with her Mangekyo Sharingan without fear, looking at the legendary pinwheel eye of the Uchiha clan without even blinking. 'How? Why is my illusion not affecting him at all?!'
"Well nah, I'm not, believe it!" The redhead grinned at her, making her eye twitch in irritation again. The carefree and reckless manners of the Uzumaki in front of her managed to push every single one of her buttons. Suddenly the Uzumaki's grin melted away into a contemplative gaze. "Hm, hey Uchiha girl, have we met before? Your face seems to be familiar."