I bet he tastes good. Chewy.

"Underestimating us is gonna be his undoing. We have an Uzumaki, Uchiha and a demi-god on our side. We're gonna put up one hell of a fight. Maybe maim him a bit?"

She laughs. "Good luck. He knows a lot of techniques - he's got some limited go-to's, but he's known for having a thousand techniques at some level of usability. Be prepared for a lot of surprises. For specifics... He's fast at taijutsu, too, but usually doesn't use weapons beyond kunai much. Good at tracking, has a team of dog summons specialized in that. Hana treats them, so might know more specifics - I haven't teamed up with him more than once."

"The tracking thing might make the traps harder to hide..." He scrunches up his face. "Intel... He might be spying on us, guys. Rai, we should go to that place."

"What place, idiot?"

"A secret place!"

"That's not an answer," he says, rolling his eyes. 

"I think we should show and not tell. We never know who is listening."

"If he's listening he'll follow us. But whatever. Are we talking to Hana?" On one hand, intel. On the other, humans.

"Doesn't matter. He can't get in, and I very much doubt he'll be able to hear us." She pauses and looks to her mom. "Is Hana working late?"

"Usually is," she says, using one genin as a thrown projectile against another. "New puppies are getting enough of their legs under them to be idiots, so she's busy."

"Inazuma, could you please go and ask her to meet with us afterwards?"

They think about it.

Hana will have Zuma-food?

"She always does, cub," Tsume says, grabbing one genin's ankle and whipping him around. "Good luck, you three."

"Thanks Miss Rai's mom! Come on guys, the super secret meeting place is this way!"

She hugs her mum.

"If all goes well, could Naruto and Sasuke came over for dinner tomorrow? I want to introduce them to everyone."

"Of course!" Quick hug after kicking away another genin; they take the moment to regroup.

"I love you! I'll be home late!"

Then she's off, running in the direction of the shrine. She tries to not make it a race, but who she is as a person.

"See you then!" Tsume calls after, then turns to scolding her genin for not taking the hug as an opening.

Naruto and Sasuke follow along, naturally slower than her.

"So this's it!" Naruto tells Sasuke when they reach the shrine. "You gotta hold my hand to get past the barrier."

Sasuke makes a face, but does. "What is this place?" he asks as they step in.

"It's an old shrine, we're been maintaining and improving it. It has a lot of seals and protections. Pretty sure also spirits. They really like Naruto, so it's safe."

"We should leave offerings if we're using their shrine for planning, to apologize."

"Definitely. I'll find something and make it up for them while we plan."

She looks around a spots some good pieces of wood. Maybe she could carve something...

He takes a small coin out of his pocket, leaves it in the offering hall (which Naruto had mostly gotten repaired).