Naruto: Fox and Cat

on the hill.

Naruto looked at the letter in his hand in silence, carefully adjusted his position so that the girl could lean against him, and then prepared to open the letter, but when he was about to open it, he paused.

There were only two simple words written on the pure white envelope, his name.Juanxiu's handwriting did come from the girl's hand, but at this moment Naruto fell into silence looking at the familiar handwriting.

Even if he didn't open the letter, he could guess what it would contain. After all, it was the girl's suicide note in a sense, and he didn't want to read it...

Silently looking at the letter in his hand, he then looked at the girl's pale face. Then he just put the letter into his arms, reached out to touch her cold cheek, stared at her and said in a low voice, "Wind, I I’ll send you back to my family’s side to have a good rest first. I’ll come over after I’ve finished dealing with Konoha’s affairs~”

Holding his hand for a moment, he looked at the girl's face under the orange chakra for a while and then continued to say softly, "Even without reading the letter, I know what it will be. You have said before that you want to see me become Hokage. It seems that this matter will also be mentioned in the letter. And if you are so kind, Feng, you will definitely ask me to protect other people..."

"But, not now..." When the words changed, his originally gentle voice was filled with uncontrollable pain, "I...can't read that letter yet..."

The girl was just hugged by her quietly. Even though the orange chakra protected her from beginning to end, it still couldn't restore her vitality.

Burying his head into the crook of her neck, Naruto closed his eyes for a while before calming down a little, and said in a hoarse voice, "Feng, I won't let you worry. So, just wait for what I say~"

A breeze blew on the hills, and the few green leaves falling and the calla lilies swaying in the wind seemed to answer for her.

However, the simple words of the blond boy always have an ominous meaning...

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The setting sun has fallen into the abyss, and the early moon has gradually emerged to occupy the night sky.

Yu leaned on the carriage and watched the sky in the distance gradually become filled with stars, while Lei just looked down at the ground in silence. After a while, the two of them turned to look east at the same time, and saw Naruto coming back holding their sister.

Even if Naruto suddenly took Sakura Luofeng's body away, they didn't ask why or get angry.

Yu stepped forward, stretched out his hands and said calmly, "It's time to return Xiaofeng to us. Her body cannot withstand so much torture."

Naruto's response was just to hug the girl in his arms tightly, and then said calmly, "I will send Feng back to the family and come back after handling other matters."

"Come here again?" After hearing these three words, Yu couldn't help but frown.

Lei frowned, and then said, "Yu, there is no time to waste. Let him go back with you, just as multiple bodyguards."

Yu slowly frowned, then let go and acquiesced to Naruto's actions. After looking at Sakura Luofeng, who was well protected by Naruto's chakra, he said, "Forget it, we need Let’s set off for the first stop. If Miss Yue Ling and Wu weren’t taking care of her along the way, Xiaofeng’s health would have been in serious trouble.”

"Sorry..." Naruto whispered, still carefully holding the girl in his arms.

"You brought Xiaofeng into the carriage, take care of her." Lei explained calmly, and then released an eagle that had been waiting nearby to notify other tribesmen.

I don't know when the night sky has been covered with stars, and it is silent and peaceful.The carriage that had been waiting for a long time finally set off, trying hard to maintain stability on the slightly bumpy road...

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Naruto informed Sasuke of his decision and asked him and Itachi to help Konoha clean up the battlefield and other tasks while he was away.He did not withdraw the shadow clones who were currently helping on the battlefield, and planned to unlock the shadow clone technique by himself after they were done.

Although he had left Konoha for several years, Sasuke did not refuse Naruto's request.After confirming that he did not need to escort them, Sasuke went to Konoha's camp uneasy and asked Naruto to inform him if he needed help.

All the luggage for departure has been prepared, and all the Yingluo clan and the accompanying ninjas will set off back to the clan.After discussion, Orochimaru, Kabuto and Eagle Team decided to go to Orochimaru's base near Konoha. According to them, they planned to wait for the five major powers, especially Konoha, to determine their verdict before taking the next step. Plan, if they were to be executed or imprisoned as traitors, of course they would be grateful.

The group of people traveled at night and chose a secret place to rest during the day, completely reversing their schedule.Even at night, you can see war-torn mountain villages along the way.Now that the war is over, many ninjas have been assigned to restore the chaos caused by the war and arrange housing for people who have lost their hometowns. However, many ordinary people are still worried and afraid, fearing that the earth will shake in the next second. Or a natural vision.

Many people had no choice but to abandon their bombed-out hometowns and move to new accommodation with their families.During the trip, they also saw many displaced people and orphans who lost their parents in the war, but they could not waste a single second of their time to stay and help.Naruto also knew that his current whereabouts could not be exposed, but he also knew that ninjas would soon come to help.

After spending nearly three weeks on land and sea, they finally arrived at the Sakura Clan's clan on the sea.The secret clan land is protected by layers of barriers. The outermost layers were built by ninjas, completely hiding the traces of the clan land. From a distance, only sparkling waves can be seen.

Entering through the special passage is like entering another fairyland-like world.

What you see is countless green mountains. After bypassing the outermost mountains with lush trees, you enter the place where the tribesmen live.Most of the houses are located on the mountainside. There is a busy dock at the foot of the mountain, and some small boats can be seen passing by from time to time.

[This is Feng's hometown...], Naruto looked at this strange place silently, and then his eyes were attracted by a nearby mountain range.It is different from other mountains with tall trees. Many of them are trees that have been growing for three or four years at most, and many are even saplings.

Yue Ling had just released an eagle to inform her tribe, and when she saw his gaze, she just said lightly, "That's Luo Ying Mountain, it's our family's cemetery."

"Cemetery...?" Naruto repeated these two words, his hands clenched into fists uncontrollably.

"Ah, it took us several years to bring all the clan members out of the Kingdom of Water, and then when they were buried again, we planted a cherry tree for them." Yue Ling looked at the saplings all over the mountain, feeling a little heavy. Di closed his eyes and calmed down before continuing, "This war is over, and there will be a few more trees up there."

The ship docked unknowingly, and there was already an old man on crutches waiting with a group of people on the shore, and everyone had heavy and hurt faces.

"Father." Yue Ling jumped off the boat, walked quickly to the old man and said, "I brought my brother and the others back."

"Ah," the old man looked sad. He glanced at the people on the boat and his eyes stayed on Naruto for a few seconds. Then he said to the others, "Now that we are back, let's start the funeral."

"Yes." Yue Ling replied calmly, and then asked people to start preparations.

The old man tightened the crutch in his hand, looked at the ship with a complicated expression for a while, and then said, "Take those children home."

"Yes."

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Standing on the boat, Naruto looked silently at the people with the Blood Sakura family crest on their clothes, but he always had an inexplicable feeling.

I always felt that it was strange along the way, and the feeling of disobedience became even stronger after arriving here.

It's just like……

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Before Naruto could figure out what that feeling was, the funeral had already begun in a hurry less than three hours after they returned.The slightly injured Yun just fell into a deep sleep, and the hasty funeral was for the young master of the Yingluo clan and his guard Yingluofeng.

Naruto, who didn't expect it to happen so quickly, was stunned. When Jing took him to the side hall and gave him a proper farewell, he realized that whether he wanted it or not, this was the end.

While on the road, in order to ensure the physical integrity of Yingluo Yueming and the others, Wu and Yue Ling were basically responsible for taking care of them, and they also isolated them from other people's visits.

But although Naruto also came with him, he has not had the chance to see Ying Luofeng since his departure. Even when he set foot on the Ying Luofeng clan's territory, he was prevented from meeting Ying Luofeng. .

After standing in the side hall for a while, Naruto did not go in immediately. He just stood there silently looking at the closed door.

Jing was standing nearby holding a wooden plate covered with cloth. Seeing him like this, she hesitated to speak, but she still sighed and persuaded, "Naruto, it's been almost a month, you should accept this fact. ”

Naruto just lowered his head and spoke in a low voice after a while, "Sister Jing, this is all incredible. Feng Mingming just fell asleep not long ago, so she will wake up after a good rest."

"You also confirmed it yourself, didn't you?"

"The wind just fell asleep." Naruto insisted, lowering his head and murmuring to himself, "She clearly made a promise to me that she would travel with me and watch me become Hokage."

"Nothing in life comes as you wish. Some promises are destined to be broken the moment they are made. Xiaofeng had already guessed her own ending when she used Deluo Ying, so she hopes you can let her go." , Jing's hand holding Mupan tightened, her expression a little gloomy, "Your life has just begun, and you will definitely have a better future with your current status."

"I have a feeling, Sister Jing." Naruto raised his hand and touched the door in front, but did not reach out to push it open. "I can always feel that the wind is still here, and she is by my side."

Jing frowned slightly, ignoring the strangeness just now, and continued, "Naruto, you only feel guilty until now because you failed to protect Xiaofeng on the battlefield. But no matter what choice you made at that time , Xiaofeng will not blame you. And she once said that she was lucky to know you, thank you for giving her good memories. "

"No, that's not how it feels." Naruto took his hand back from the door, his sky-blue eyes narrowed slightly, and his deep pupils turned dark, "The wind is waiting for me, I know it."

Jing suddenly frowned, her voice lowered subconsciously and she asked slightly warily, "What do you want to do?"

Naruto just raised his head and smiled at her, and did not answer. He just asked, "Is grandpa here? I have something to discuss with him."

"So what do you want to do?" Jing clenched the wooden plate in her hand, as if when Naruto said something shocking, a plate was slapped on his unconscious head.

"Please, Sister Jing." Naruto just looked at her quietly, with only unyielding determination in his eyes.

"..." Jing frowned and stared at him for a long time before sighing in compromise, turning around and walking towards the nearby corridor, "Let's go."

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In the living room, only the old head of the family was sitting in the main seat, leaning on the cane with both hands and looking at Naruto who walked in, "I heard that you have something to discuss with me?"

"Yes." Naruto nodded, suddenly bowed deeply towards him, and said while maintaining the bending motion, "Please take back the order to bury Feng, I will definitely have a way to save her!"

The old head of the family looked at the young man in front of him and simply stated the facts calmly, "Our clan is not a ninja. Even if we die due to overexertion of abilities, we cannot be summoned back by ninjutsu, let alone bring back the dead."

Naruto still maintained his bowing posture and said calmly, "Since there are two forces that are mutually reinforcing and incompatible in this world, there must be a solution. I saw it when Kaguya and I followed the Earthburst Sky Star as it rose into the sky. I don’t believe that the medicine Grandpa Immortal mentioned about the goddess has no effect at all. There must be some opportunity for Feng or even Yue Ming to wake up."

Hearing that his son might be rescued, the old patriarch was surprisingly not surprised. He just said, "The young master of the Yingluo clan must be buried."

Naruto paused for a moment. After a rare moment of thinking, he finally thought of the reason why his old master did this before his head exploded. He nodded and quickly asked, "What about the wind?!"

The old head of the family did not reply immediately. He looked at Naruto quietly for a long time before asking, "What do you want to do?"

"I want Feng to wake up, and I hope you can protect her during this period." Naruto also went straight to the point, not wanting to cover up too much.

"It is true that Xiaofeng's body can be preserved in the clan, but it cannot be forever. How long do you want?"

Naruto pursed his lips tightly, and after a while Cao clenched his fists and said, "Four years."

"Does it take four years for you to give up completely? That's okay." The old patriarch was surprisingly easy to talk to. After tapping the ground with a cane, Yue Ling walked in after a while.

"Brother can be alone in the funeral, right? I will make arrangements for it." The beautiful and intelligent woman glanced at the place and guessed the general situation. She nodded to the head of the family and walked out.

"Thank you." Naruto didn't expect it to be so smooth. He straightened up after heaving a sigh of relief.

The old head of the family stood up and walked in front of him. He looked at the young man in front of him silently for a while and then sighed, "You have grown up a lot, but your thoughts now are still as reckless as they were in Kirigakure Village. "

"I don't want to miss her just now." Naruto replied in a low voice. He had survived in everyone's isolation since he was a child, so when others stretched out their warm hands, he would hold on tightly.

That girl gave him an unprecedented sense of family, making him feel the warmth of a home in Konoha for the first time.

She would worry about whether she was injured and whether she had enough to eat, she would teach herself to be obedient in class, she would protect him from others laughing and fearing him, and she would also take herself to visit the injured teacher Iruka.

She is different.

There are thousands of people in this world, and he may have thousands of companions now, but there is only one unique Sakura Luofeng in this world.

The old head of the family looked at him for a while and then sighed, telling the truth about what happened many years ago, maybe he could completely break Naruto's mind, "The wind was sent to Konoha back then with the purpose of killing the Nine-Tails in your body. .”

"!", Naruto's pupils trembled slightly, and he looked at the old patriarch in disbelief.

"It is true that the child is kind, and it is true that he is good to you, but the ultimate goal is for the Kyuubi in your body." The old patriarch turned back to the wooden chair and sat down, and continued, "In order to escape from Kirigakure Village, our family One of the ways that came to mind was to lure the tailed beasts from other ninja villages to Kirigakure Village, cause a disturbance and then take the opportunity to leave. In addition to Xiaofeng, Xiaojing and the others were also sent to other ninja villages to perform the same task. Only However, later Yue meditated on other methods and avoided hurting the enemy by one thousand and damaging himself by eight hundred. After the plan was interrupted, Xiaofeng continued to stay in Konoha for a while, and then returned to Kirigakure Village after the new plan was deployed. She I managed to stop you outside Kirigakure Village, but then you rushed in on your own."

This was the first time that Naruto heard the truth of that year. It turned out that he had always thought that the girl who came to Konoha to seek refuge was just like everyone else, and she approached him because of the Kyuubi...

"Afterwards, I also asked her to keep her distance from Konoha, but she still returned to Konoha after reuniting with you. She even got involved in the trouble of the Uchiha brothers and was taken advantage of by the [Akatsuki] people.", Hometown The Lord sighed and continued helplessly, "She didn't dare to let you know the truth back then, so she tried every means to help you. This is her way of atonement. It's not my place to interfere with young people's feelings, but Xiao The moment Feng knew that she was being used, she had already prepared for the worst. She knew that the closer she got to you, the easier it would be for her to become your weakness and leverage. So even if she brought someone with her on the battlefield, Tu did not let you choose between the world and her. This choice between the two will come sooner or later. And when the time comes, she will choose the right side for you. "

Naruto just lowered his head and listened silently, clenching his fists so hard that his joints turned white.

She was just getting close to herself as Kyuubi because of the mission, so the gentleness she felt at that time might just be part of the plan.But even though she had a goal in mind at the beginning, from the time when the Sakura Clan left Kirigakure Village to now, even if she was scarred, she was always trying to find ways to help herself.Or maybe when they first met in Konoha, she must have had sincerity beyond her goals.

Otherwise, she could have left long ago after the plan was interrupted, instead of staying there with her for two years.

Otherwise, during the brutal battle in Kirigakure Village, she could have directly released the nine tails in her seal to disrupt the pursuers, instead of being seriously injured and trying to take away Team [-] who strayed into the forest, or even to prevent him from letting him go. Kyuubi exploded and knocked him unconscious.

Otherwise, she would not have said that she had nothing to do with her when [Xiao] approached her, and even assumed a hostile stance.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked herself to kill her when she predicted that she might become her weakness...

There are too many, and everything is silently proving how much the gentle girl has paid for him and how much ups and downs she has gone through because of him. Maybe there is an element of atonement in the beginning, but no matter what, her ultimate goal is just to For Uzumaki Naruto.

Suddenly, he suddenly remembered the words Obito passed to him before he died, "I'm sorry for dragging Sakura Luofeng into this quagmire, and even hurting her so seriously."It was true that she made a bet by cooperating with me, but the truth was that I used you to blackmail her.If she wins, I won’t attack Kyuubi.Even if you lose, your life will be safe.Sasuke and Itachi are other bargaining chips.The reason she was involved in all of this was to keep you alive. ]

Naruto's clenched fists slowly unclenched. After taking a few deep breaths, Naruto just raised his head and said with a smile. His tone was surprisingly calm, without even a hint of collapse and anger after learning the cruel truth, "I understand, thank you. Tell me all this, grandpa."

Seeing his true and calm expression, the old patriarch was stunned for a moment and confirmed again in disbelief, "Did you listen to me carefully just now? Shouldn't you feel anger or resentment?"

"I won't be angry with Feng! And even if this is true, it will promote my encounter with Feng. In other words, I have to thank myself for being the Jinchuuriki of the Nine Lamas~" Naruto waved his hand, He smiled brightly and said, "No matter how it starts, as long as the wind belongs to me!"

"..." The old patriarch was speechless and watched with a lump in his throat as the blond boy with a bright smile waved to him and left.After a long time, the old head of the family sighed deeply, still feeling frightened by the look in the young man's eyes just now.

Yue Ling came out from behind with a cup of tea. Seeing him like this, she knew that the truth of the year could not make Naruto give up. "It seems that Naruto has made up his mind. No matter how much he is dissuaded, he will still find a way to put it down." Little wind wakes up.”

"Even if he wakes up successfully, Xiaofeng's body won't last long." The old patriarch sighed, and finally decided to obey God's will.

Fortunately or unfortunately, it seems that it can only depend on Xiaofeng's luck...

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