"Naruto" Moon Redemption and Burial

"You are the one I like, Uchiha Aoi-senpai, whose younger brother has defected. Nice to meet you."

To others, this look would sound sarcastic or even provocative. If he had a bad temper, he would probably punch him.

But Saoi was facing Aoi.

Although her companions in the village tried their best not to touch her injuries, it was not as if no one had ever mentioned to her these facts that were too cruel for her, or held them to account.

Instead, she took it for granted.

"If you talk like this, it really makes it impossible for me to respond with a happy meeting - don't you plan to get along well with me?"

"Well, you are not the mission target after all." :)

"But, with such expressions and such thoughts, you can't get along well with them."

call--

Of course, she didn't plan to say anything more. Presumably, any words he deemed "useless for the mission" would be completely ignored.

But it would be nice if I could leave some traces.

"Although ninjas are tools of superiors, before that, we are all human beings."

She just sighed and let him go.

Tsunade was talking to Sakura about the lack of people in the team, but Naruto half listened and volunteered to find a new candidate.

Sakura heard it all, but she couldn't understand the consequences of having to replace two teammates in the team.

"What are you talking about!? Even Sister Cangyi has to be replaced. Why is this!?"

At this time, Aoi knocked on the door and appeared on the terrace. After nodding to Tsunade, he said to them:

"This—since it's my decision, let me explain it to Sakura."

"Okay, Aoi, you have a good talk with Sakura, I'll go back first."

Tsunade didn't bother to take over this hot potato, so she simply left it to Aoi, the culprit, and went to do her own thing.

"Come to my house. In order to celebrate the end of the mission, we have already prepared red bean cakes to treat ourselves. Sakura, please come with us."

"All right……"

This is not the first time for Sakura to come to Aoi's house, but she still has not seen the cherry blossoms on the mountain path and the sweet freesias that bloom in spring that Aoi mentioned.

Although it is vibrant green, there are inevitably some bare spots in the yard.

"It's better to plant something more in the yard, Sister Cang Yi, otherwise it would be too monotonous in other seasons."

“But for me it would be nice to just have freesias from the spring season – just that one flower takes a lot of effort to take care of.”

Aoi opened the door to the courtyard and invited Sakura in.

"excuse me."

The open kitchen was still steaming with white steam, and the sweet aroma of red bean cake penetrated the nose and made people move their index fingers.

"Tea or juice?"

"Thank you, just plain boiled water will do."

After sitting down, red bean cakes were placed on the table from the steamer. After eating some, Sakura finally remembered the purpose of following Aoi-san here.

"Aoi-sensei - do you want to quit the Kakashi class?"

"I was originally a temporary member. It doesn't count as quitting. I just have more important things to do."

"Is there anything more important than Sasuke? Our next mission is to find Orochimaru and Sasuke. Are you really going to stop going, Sister Aoi?"

"It doesn't make much sense for me to go, although I also want to know about that child——"

She suddenly thought of the first time she saw Naruto after all these years.

"He and Naruto should be almost the same height already - without the supervision of his sister, he has probably been stretched to the limit."

"Then why don't you go? It's obvious that Sister Aoi misses Sasuke very much! Moreover, if it is Sister Aoi who sees Sasuke this time, Sasuke will definitely - definitely come back!"

She looked at Cangyi expectantly, her eyes sparkling, expecting Cangyi to respond to her.

"Sakura, you don't understand us."

If they don't get rid of the shackles that weigh on them, they won't be able to move forward with the people around them with peace of mind - this is to prevent you from being implicated by them, including her.

I never thought about relying on other people's strength.

Besides, she had finally arranged things for Itachi, but so far, she still hasn't thought about Sasuke yet——

At least in the plan she came up with, except for deception, there was no way to prevent Sasuke from becoming an enemy of Konoha. This was why she could not completely convince Itachi to terminate his original plan.

But just contacting that isolated island gave her the tiniest hope——

He said that he also wanted to hug her again.

At least, that's one of the futures she's looking forward to.

"Let me tell you some secrets. Even Kakashi doesn't know. Don't tell anyone else."

"Eh? But-"

Sakura was a little surprised when the topic was suddenly changed. She wanted to change it back, but the next sentence made it impossible for her to stay on this topic any longer.

"I like Itachi, just like Sakura likes Sasuke, hopelessly."

Although I have done so many terrible things, after crying and getting tired, I still clearly feel my feelings:

I like him.

"Itachi, Sasuke, and I all grew up together. What may be different from Sakura is that they have always been my dearest family to me."

"I've experienced everything you've experienced."

"The night Itachi left, the night Sasuke left, I was there, but no one stopped for me."

I really want to cry, but I must not look so ugly in front of the younger generation——

"To be honest, I was a little angry. Originally, I wanted to let him fend for himself, but I couldn't bear it. In the end, I gave Sasuke some life-saving means and left the choice in his hands."

"Sasuke is not a stupid boy. It's not like he doesn't know why Orochimaru needs him. He needs power, but that's not what we can give him."

"Is it important that the power has a village, us, and...sister!?"

Sakura couldn't help but ask, her voice rising slightly out of control.

"When you want to protect someone, but because you don't have the ability, you can only watch him get hurt and die in front of your eyes, you will understand more or less."

It was in order to catch up in the footsteps of Naruto and Sasuke that Sakura chose to become Tsunade's disciple, and became what she is now, Tsunade's direct disciple.

Aoi thought that she could understand it more or less, but she couldn't accept being as crazy as Sasuke - she had no idea how crazy people could be about their own incompetence.

Some things were too dark and she didn't want to talk to her juniors about them anymore.

"I also have something very important and life-threatening that I need to do. Sasuke can only leave it to you for the time being."

She held up her chin a little decadently, her eyes dull.

"But you have to know that Sasuke will not come back with you."

"I still have to give it a try, but I still think that if Sister Aoi goes, there will be a greater chance of Sasuke coming back."

"Whether we can see him or not is another matter. My status in Sasuke's heart is not as high as Itachi's, but if you insist -"

Sakura suddenly became excited.

"Hand out."

She handed Sakura a scroll.

"If you really meet Sasuke, leave this to him. After all, I don't think you can get close to him."

Sakura: It's a big blow.

"I know that kid better than any of you, and at this point, just trust me."

"Put this away and throw it to him at the right moment. He knows this scroll and he will say something."

"it is good."

Sakura put the scroll away solemnly and bowed to her gratefully.

"Don't be like this...ah, there is something else I want to tell you."

"please say."

"It's about a person who will join the team. As expected, it will be difficult for Sakura and Naruto to get along with him."

"Well... Sister Cangyi, are you a little too arbitrary? Although - there will be a little grudge, but we will still try to get along well with him."

"There are some things I plan to say hello to you in advance. After all, even I don't have the authority to contact your next team leader now. Naruto is not calm at all about Sasuke, so I can only say hello to you. call."

"Please tell me." He sat upright.

"..."

Maybe if she said it, this boy would be completely regarded as an enemy by Sakura - in this case, would she deprive a boy who has been in darkness since childhood of the opportunity to face the light?

She finally gave up saying anything about the boy who might have a secret mission, and instead said:

"No matter what he did, just like you did to Sasuke, please be more tolerant of him."