Naruto, Time of Dawn

"Everyone is here!"

Neji, who was sent to solve the food problem, put down the hare and pheasant in his hands and immediately found a place to sit down.I have to say that thanks to these white eyes, how could I have caught so many hares and pheasants in the big forest?

Naruto also consciously handled the game, but when everyone saw him cleaning it directly with water escape, they couldn't help but look indignant!

You must know that there is not much chakra in their bodies. If they all waste it like Naruto, then why fight?What victory do you want?

Li Xiao looked around and found that there was nothing he needed to do.He simply leaned close to his idiot father and whispered: "Dad, what do you want me to do?"

Naruto shook his head decisively, and the speed in his hands became faster and faster.But the little guy didn't give in. If he hadn't taken into account that there were other people around him, he would probably have started acting shamelessly.

In the end, Naruto couldn't stand the pitiful and aggrieved look on his baby's face like a small animal, so he compromised and said, "Can you help dad collect some firewood?"

"Ok!"

Li Xiao raised a sunny smile, and then walked away from the boulder happily with her short legs.

"Naruto."

Neji called out and asked Naruto if he should catch up to avoid any accidents.

Naruto waved his hand, indicating no need.

There is no better son than a father. How could he not know what Li Xiao was thinking?It's just pretending to be confused while pretending to understand.

Li Xiao is indeed not here to collect firewood, or rather, he is not just collecting firewood!

Naruto had told him before that he was extremely sensitive to chakra and was a born perceptive ninja.So from the beginning, he came out with the mentality of looking for someone to complete the task of collecting firewood assigned by his father.

Yeah!I don’t know where Uncle Sasuke is now?It’s hard to find if you’re too far away!

Li Xiao secretly complained in his heart, and the pace under his feet became faster and faster.

how to say?

I thought Uncle Sasuke had left Konoha before, but I didn't expect that Uncle Sasuke had been secretly protecting me. I was so happy!

Uncle idiot!Why are you so cruel to Li Xiao when you obviously like Li Xiao!

Suddenly remembering the chill that Uncle Sasuke kept radiating from his body when they met in Konoha, Li Xiao couldn't help but shudder.But the chill was quickly dispelled by him.

"Forget it! I'm not that stingy guy! I won't argue with Uncle Sasuke!"

"Eh?!"

Li Xiao was slightly surprised when she sensed the direction of Uncle Sasuke!

that direction...

You must know that the terrain here is like a wide canyon, and there is a cliff opposite them, but Uncle Sasuke is right there!

On another cliff, Sasuke sat cross-legged. His not-so-good eyesight allowed him to clearly see the situation on the other side, but his eyes only stayed on one person from beginning to end, and that was Uzumaki Naruto.

As a ninja, Sasuke was sure that Naruto had discovered him, otherwise his eyes would not have been deliberately avoiding his position.

It’s really chilling to think about.

"Uncle Sasuke!"

A clear and childish voice sounded next, and then he heard a gust of wind. Before he could react, the child threw himself on his back.

He could feel the child's warmth gently brushing against his ears with his small, slightly short breaths, and his neck felt itchy, as soft as angel feathers, which made people addicted.

"Hey! Uncle Sasuke is such a bad guy! He actually pretends not to know me in Konoha!"

Li Xiao puffed up his cheeks almost subconsciously, and if he listened carefully, he could even hear the anger and dissatisfaction in the words.

Sasuke gently patted the little hand around his neck and said, "Come down first."

Li Xiao obediently let go of his hands and jumped directly in front of Sasuke, with a gentle smile slowly spreading on his delicate and beautiful cheeks.The smile reached straight into his eyes, and seemed to have some special magic power, making him instantly forget all the previous unhappiness and pain.

"How did you get out?"

"Dad asked me to bring some firewood back, so I came to see Uncle Sasuke!"

Li Xiao's smile was very innocent, but the corners of Sasuke's mouth twitched slightly.

Is he firewood?

No no no! ! !

He just knows how to escape fire!

Sasuke stood up and planned to leave without saying hello. Li Xiao quickly caught up with him, fearing that Uncle Sasuke would be unhappy again and run away!

It's all nonsense, but when it's time to get down to business, Li Xiao is absolutely unambiguous!But for some reason, he always subconsciously wants to rely on this person, just like relying on his idiot father. It is a kind of trust that does not require any reason and comes from the soul.

"Hey, Uncle Sasuke, can you give me some hugs?"

Li Xiao suddenly stopped walking, stopped and blinked his big watery eyes, looking pitifully at Sasuke who was walking in front.

Sasuke stopped, bent down to take the firewood from Li Xiao's hand, and then squatted down with his back to him, motioning for Li Xiao to come up.

Li Xiao chuckled, and without caring about etiquette, he jumped directly on Sasuke's back, put his hands around Uncle Sasuke's neck, skillfully placed his little head on Uncle Sasuke's shoulders, and rubbed him coquettishly.And Sasuke let him, without any intention of stopping him.

Really!He knew clearly that Li Xiao was the child of Naruto and someone else, but he didn't hate her at all. Instead, he liked her more and more after getting along with her for a long time.

………………

Although he was mentally prepared for Sasuke and Li Xiao coming back together, he still didn't expect that the elder and the younger would appear in such an intimate manner!So when the two came back, Naruto couldn't help but be slightly surprised like everyone else.

Everyone present knew how aloof and arrogant Uchiha was.But Uchiha Sasuke allowed the child to hang on to him. This is simply surprising, okay? !

"father!"

Li Xiao let go of Uncle Sasuke's neck and waved to his idiot father.No matter what, Uncle Sasuke will protect him, so he doesn't worry about falling!

Sasuke put Li Xiao down and followed Naruto with his eyes.He saw Naruto picking up Li Xiao and running towards him.He saw the slight smile on Naruto's lips and the angry expression, so vivid and bright that he couldn't move his eyes away.

In the end, the firewood brought back by Li Xiao was used as fuel for the bonfire during the night vigil.Li Xiao didn't have much objection to this decision.He just wanted to find Uncle Sasuke at the beginning, so he didn't worry at all about what the firewood was used for.

The night is getting darker, and the moon is hanging high in the night sky, almost full.

In order to let everyone have a good rest, Naruto proposed to keep vigil alone. At first, everyone had objections, but after Sasuke said that he would go to replace Naruto in the middle of the night, they all shut up. As for Itachi, because he can't see, Relying on perception alone is likely to allow "Akatsuki" to take advantage of the loopholes.

Naruto and Sasuke are both undoubtedly powerful, and keeping them vigil at night will make people feel safer.So although a few people were worried about Sasuke, since Naruto agreed, there would definitely be no problem.

"Can't sleep?"

The night watchman sits on the cliff, where the view is wider and the traces of "dawn" can be discovered immediately. It is an excellent lookout point.

But that was unnecessary for other people, and for Naruto. The reason why he came up was just because of the strange and somewhat complicated emotions in his heart.

The moonlight was like a wash, falling on Naruto as lightly as gauze.The golden hair was not as dazzling as it was during the day under the moonlight, but instead exuded a soft shimmer, which made people feel soft.

Sasuke walked to a place not too far away from Naruto and sat down.It's not that he doesn't want to get closer, but the current situation is that getting closer is just alienation.

"Aren't you too?"

Midnight's eyes stared at the person in front of him for a long time before turning to the moon in the night sky and the quiet and dangerous forest in the distance.

Silence struck again, and just when Naruto thought he would stay like this until midnight, Sasuke suddenly spoke.

"Naruto."

"Ok?"

Naruto turned his eyes to him. This was Naruto's consistent habit. When communicating with others, he would always subconsciously look at that person, even if that person was him.

"fine."

Sasuke seems to be inherently bad at expressing himself.He always had a lot to say to Naruto, but he couldn't say anything when Naruto was right in front of him.

Naruto didn't care either. After smiling slightly, his eyes fell into the distance again.

"Hey, Sasuke, if you're tired, go and rest. Your injuries haven't healed yet!"

Naruto broke the silence of the night. He was never a person who couldn't stand loneliness, but in front of Sasuke, he always talked the most, no matter what time.

"Aren't you too?"

Sasuke sighed, you were also injured, so why are you so brave?

"I have a fairy body, so it doesn't matter if I stay awake for ten and a half days. But you are different."

Naruto seemed to want to defend something, and continued: "The Sharingan requires high physical fitness of the user, and every time it is used, it will cause a certain amount of damage to the user, and you are already injured, not to mention, before He also sent a lot of chakra to Li Xiao, so he should take a good rest."

The caring words relaxed Sasuke's tense heartstrings.Fortunately, Naruto didn't hate himself as much as he thought.

"Naruto, sometimes I wonder, why do you always bring warmth to others but never take good care of yourself?"

Sasuke took off his trench coat and handed it to Naruto.

"I'm going down first."

After saying that, Sasuke stood up and prepared to leave.

"Sasuke."

Naruto stopped him, and he looked back, his eyes soft, as if sympathetic to the gentle words of the world.

"Thank you."

Thank you for your willingness to save Li Xiao, and thank you for your concern.

A small thank you sent shockwaves through Sasuke's heart.It took a long time, so long that even the sound was distorted.

He crooned, "Naruto, you never have to say thank you to me."

"what?"

Sasuke didn't answer. He just stood quietly in the darkness spying on him for a long time before leaving.

Naruto looked behind him with a complicated expression.

Sasuke, who owes whom between you and me can no longer be explained in a few words.And I no longer want to delve into it.I just hope that there will be no more entanglement in the future, which will be a harm to everyone.It's funny to say that when you decided to leave and said you wanted to cut off this bond, I tried my best to stop it, but now I don't know how to face this bond, and I can only let it dangle in the wind and rain.I want to let it fade away but I don’t want to let it go. I want to maintain the innocence of the past but it is too difficult.You finally gave me a problem, Sasuke.

In the end, he did not put on the windbreaker, but arranged it carefully and put it aside.Then he continued to stare at the invisible forest.

Drowsiness gradually came over him, coming quickly without giving him any chance to resist.

He was indeed very tired.Even if he had a complete immortal body, he would not be able to recover quickly after experiencing the price. What's more, he had consumed a lot of chakra and mental power because of Li Xiao. He was already at the end of his strength, so how could he keep vigil?

Sasuke, who had never been far away, rushed over the moment Naruto fell and held Naruto's body firmly.

Really, why are you trying to be strong if you can't stand it anymore?

Sasuke let Naruto rest on his lap, shook off the windbreaker that Naruto had put aside and covered him with it.

Naruto.

Sasuke muttered the other person's name silently in his heart, and he could see Naruto's sleeping face with a slight nod.

He raised his right hand again and again, hesitating again and again.Until the moon rose to the sky, reason finally couldn't resist longing, and his right hand fell down on that handsome face, tracing that person's face carefully.

Naruto, I don't know if you've noticed it, but you never put your guard up against me.

Naruto, do you know that I have a lot to say to you.

I want to tell you that that incident five years ago was not just an accident.

I want to tell you that I miss you so much that I’m going crazy.

Naruto, I want to tell you that I like you, I like you very much.

Naruto, I want to tell you that I never want to be your friend or your brother, I just want to be your lover, your lifelong lover.

Naruto, there are so many more things I want to say to you.

Sasuke lowered his head and touched Naruto's forehead.At that moment, Sasuke felt something hot, sliding from the corner of his eye.

Naruto, my idiot crane tail.I can still catch you, right?Naruto, don't run or flee.You said you wanted to give me a destination, a home.

But Naruto, only where you are is Uchiha Sasuke's home. Only you, Uzumaki Naruto, is Uchiha Sasuke's destination!

"Naruto: Dawn"