Hokage Doujin - Spring Water Ding Dong

The sky was gloomy, brewing a dripping.Excessively dense foliage isolates the little light from the ground.The trees are scrambling to absorb nutrients, extending their intertwined roots deeper and farther, occasionally some are exposed to the ground, and the thick ones can still absorb nutrients to support their own plants, while some that are too small will dry out like this. in the air.

A foot stepped on it, and there was a crisp "click".

The man walked all the way, pushing aside the leaves that blocked his view.Finally, the more you walked, the more open it became. The person who came noticed the breath, raised his head, and smiled at the person standing in front of him.

"You're here too, Lily."

The young witch, who was always dressed in red and white, stood there with her hands clasped. On her oval face, which was as clean as white porcelain, her brows were slightly frowned, and her cocoa-colored eyes flickered. She bit her lower lip tightly, showing a bit of nervousness.Seeing the person coming, he showed a sad face, and trot forward a few steps, his long hair fluttering.

"Xiaozhu, you are here." Lily ran to Quanzhu, "Itachi has also arrived. Please follow me."

"Okay." Quan Zhu nodded.

The tangled vines crawled and grew on the ground, slender and messy, but clinging to the source of nutrition, trying to survive as much as possible, even struggling with the thick and towering ancient trees with their thin bodies, not letting themselves wither in the jungle .

Quanzhu followed Lily and walked on the complex surface as quickly as possible, his eyes glanced at the persistence and struggle in the forest inadvertently, he felt a pain in his heart, and he turned around and couldn't bear to look any more.

"Here we are." Lily said at this moment, and Quanzhu raised his head, only to see a stone cave hidden behind layers of unknown vines.

Lily stepped forward to open the vine leaves, and Quanzhu got in just as soon as he was short.

"Teacher." Only one candle was lit in the stone room, illuminating the person in the pure white bathrobe inside the room more tenderly and softly.

Quanzhu quickly adapted to the dim light in the cave, and raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him.

After taking off his ninja attire, the 19-year-old half-grown boy stood quietly in the candlelight, as clean as a newborn.Long black hair scattered on both sides, pure black pupils are calm and uncontested, as if they have given up struggling with fate, even the smile is so gentle and indifferent.

Lily came in after Quanzhu, clasped her hands in front of her, and quietly guarded the entrance of the cave.

"Itachi." Quanzhu slightly opened his lips, as if he was afraid of disturbing others, "You're here...it's really not easy to see you." This was self-deprecating.

She took a few steps forward, approached Itachi, and looked at him carefully, and she saw that there was a tired expression between his brows, and he was indeed sick.

"Teacher, sit down and talk." Itachi smiled slightly and pointed to the stone platform behind him.

Quan Zhu lowered his eyes and nodded, and sat down with Itachi.

There was a faint sound of thunder outside the cave.

= At the same time...

Konoha, the former residence of the Uchiha clan.

The purple-haired woman wearing an Anbu mask moved slowly in the dark room with a lamp in her hand, raising her hand from time to time to illuminate the high wall, searching for all available information with a pair of sharp eyes.

She took another step, and suddenly felt something strange under her feet, so she immediately retracted her feet and squatted down slowly.

"What's wrong?" A weak voice sounded from behind her.

"Hail, come and see." Anbu with long purple hair said, and said humanely behind him, "It's not right here, there may be something under the floor."

"Oh?" Yueguang Jifeng also leaned down after hearing the words, stretched out his hand to touch the floor that Uzuki Xiyan mentioned, and knocked around.

Xiyan looked at his movements, and explained from the side: "This seems to be the secret meeting room when the Uchiha clan existed. It was not found in the previous Anbu search. Maybe there is important information hidden as Mr. Xiaozhu said. it's here."

After confirming that there were no other institutions nearby, Gaifeng nodded and said, "Indeed. Open it and have a look... Cough."

"Yeah." Xi Yan, who was dressed in dark clothes, nodded, pulled out a slender crowbar, and began to open the weird floor in front of her.

"I heard that you are sick." In the stone room in the cave, Quanzhu quietly looked at his former disciple, today's "betrayal forbearance", worry flashed in his eyes, "Is it serious?"

"Thank you for your concern, Teacher." Itachi shook his head, showing a calm smile, "It's okay."

"Are you taking medicine?" Quan Zhu frowned slightly, and couldn't help raising his hand to push a strand of hair on the side of Itachi's face that blocked his sight behind his ear, "Show it to me, I'll entrust most of the trustworthy people in the village You configure some."

"No need, what you have is enough." Itachi shook his head.Although he concealed it very well, Quanzhu still noticed that his vision was a little loose.

Raising his hand to cover those quiet black eyes, Quanzhu's eyes flickered, and the distress in his eyes was obvious.

Feeling the cool touch on the eyelids, Itachi subconsciously closed his eyes, and the long eyelashes just brushed against the palm of Quanzhu, as soft and slender as a child's hair.

"If this is your choice, then I won't say much." After a moment of silence, Quan Zhu swallowed the sourness in his throat, and opened his lips.A faint voice wandered in a secret room, as ethereal as a voice from the sky, "However, tell me, why did you leave Konoha in the first place?"

"..." The young man meekly let others cover his eyes, but he insisted.

"Okay." Quanzhu understood that he would not give himself an answer, and silence was at least better than making up other reasons to prevaricate her.

……

"By the way, are you familiar with Didara?" Quan Zhu asked again.

"Qinglong?" Itachi was slightly taken aback.

"This is his code name?" Quanzhu nodded thoughtfully, "What about you?"

"...Suzaku." Itachi replied slowly.Quanzhu's heart tightened when he heard this.

"Heh, who gave you these stupid names." Quanzhu shook his head, enjoying himself in bitterness, "If you have to keep this vermilion color, I think you should be called 'Chizi'."

Itachi listened and laughed again.

"How did the teacher recognize Didara?" Itachi thought of the blond boy in the so-called artist group who had always been flamboyant and unrestrained. He didn't understand when Quanzhu had to deal with the S-class rebellious ninja from Iwanin Village.

"It happened a long time ago." Quanzhu shook his head, unwilling to say more, but said: "If you have a chance to meet him, wait for me to say hello to him... Let him stop playing with such dangerous things all the time , what if the water goes out.”

"Okay." Itachi smiled again.His teacher still likes to tell jokes.

As smart and intelligent as he is, how could he not understand Quan Zhu's intentions?However, he could bear this little bit of loneliness.Besides, even if Quan Zhu could trust Didala, he didn't dare to relax his vigilance in such a sensitive place.

However, he is still grateful.

"Lily, why are you standing so far away?" Quanzhu said at this moment, beckoning to Lily standing at the entrance of the cave, "Come here too."

Feeling that Quanzhu withdrew his hand, Itachi opened his eyes, and also looked at the witch who was guarding outside the candlelight.Logically, Lily is four years older than him, so she should be called sister, at least that's what Itachi used to be called, but now...

"...Mmm." Lily hesitated for a moment, nodded, walked over anyway, and sat down on the other side of Quanzhu's skirt.

"Hehe, if Kakashi can also come, it will be all right." Quanzhu looked at the two people on the left and right, and suddenly smiled.

Hearing this, both of them laughed.

"How is Kakashi-senpai?" Itachi asked concerned.He still apologized for hurting Kakashi earlier.

"It's very good." Quan Zhu nodded, and then held his heart in a melancholy manner, "This kid has also caught a big beauty now-Sayuri should have seen it when he went to Konoha before-but don't care about me, a lonely family."

"Hmph, I never thought someone would like someone with such a bad personality!" Lily curled her lips at this moment, seemingly holding grudges, "Brother cheapskate!"

For a moment, the three of them were laughing again, the years of playing and playing carefree seemed to be just yesterday.

"Well, I'm really relieved to see that each of you has found your own happiness." Quanzhu said with emotion at this time, "In Konoha, there are Asma and Hong, Gaifeng and Xiyan... recently , I see that Genma is reporting to the Hokage office more and more times. Anko always likes to go to the ninja school..." But every time Izumo will follow... It seems that the problem is a bit complicated.

Hearing this, Lily blushed, but then showed a wry smile, lowered her head, and there was a flash of loneliness in her eyes.

After hearing this, Itachi was slightly taken aback, thought for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Lily who hid her face in the shadow, and frowned slightly.

"..." Quanzhu didn't expect such a reaction from the two of them after he finished speaking.She thought that Lily and Itachi were together, but she didn't expect this to be the case.

hiss……

Besides, Xi Yan finally pried open the floor, and took out a stack of volumes from it.

"Sure enough, I was right by the teacher." Gai Feng squinted his eyes and looked at the thick stack of documents, his face was haggard, but his eyes were not damaged at all, "Xi Yan."

"Yeah." Xiyan spread out the information she had just dug up, and carefully moved the lamp to the top, illuminating those dusty secrets.

"Itachi, what are your plans from now on?" After a while of silence, Quanzhu was the first to break the quiet air.

"The three-year limit is approaching, and Akatsuki will make a big move." Itachi replied calmly, thinking that his beloved village was always in danger, he couldn't help but frown, "There are also many masters in the organization, all of them It is a monster with hundreds of lives. I think it is a threat that cannot be ignored for each Ninja Village and even the five major countries...Konoha Village, please ask the teacher and everyone."

"..." Quanzhu was silent, and after a while, she responded: "Itachi, have you ever thought about going back to Konoha?"

Hearing this, Itachi was startled again and again, then smiled wryly, and opened his lips: "I want to, even in my dreams. But I can't."

"Why not?" Quanzhu was a little excited, "If you are innocent, if all this is due to persecution, as long as it is announced to the public, you will be able to! Not to mention that you still protect Konoha so much!"

"No, teacher." Itachi shook his head lightly, smiling calmly, without the slightest resentment, "I can't. I am the Uchiha's genocide murderer, an S-rank traitor who is wanted by the five major countries, and I have countless blood on my hands. In the eyes of outsiders, I am a worshiper of power, a ruthless killer... I stand here, dark and silent, surrounded by roads, but there is no turning back."

Quanzhu listened, speechless for a long time.Lily's deliberately suppressed weeping gradually sounded in the stone room.

"Perhaps as you said, everyone in Konoha can forgive me, but I can't forgive myself." Itachi continued quietly, his voice wandering around the stone room, part of it was hidden in the stone wall, and part of it came back, but it was weak The ground can no longer reach people's ears, "It's not that someone is persecuting me. If I have to say it, I have chosen to work with fate. Perhaps the so-called curse of Sharingan is to make the bearer have a strong power." , and the whole life can only be accompanied by loneliness.”

Listening silently, Lily's heart seemed to be pushed into a meat grinder. That kind of cruel twisting mercilessly tore apart her concerns and weak hopes.In an instant, she felt that her limbs and five senses were no longer her own, but fragmented, one piece here, another piece there...scattered all over the place and could no longer be joined together.

Quanzhu didn't feel like this.

He reached out his hand again, this time pressing it on Itachi's forehead.

Quanzhu leaned over gently, and pressed against Itachi's forehead through his palm.

"Stupid child." She couldn't help but take a deep breath, "What do you want me to say about you? You really have to piss me off."

"Sorry..." Itachi accepted it obediently, eyes slightly closed.

"What is there to apologize for?" Quan Zhu raised his head slightly, and put his eyes on the back of his hands, "In the whole world, you are obviously the one who owes the most."

"teacher……"

"Oh, forget it, I'm too useless." Quanzhu didn't move, but the back of his hand gradually became wet, "It's my fault that I can't even protect my most cherished disciple."

Itachi didn't say a word, and quietly bent his lips, still calm and peaceful.

"However, there is one thing you must promise me." Quanzhu heard Lily's crying that became more and more uncontrollable, and his heart was as calm as stagnant water, "If one day, you can no longer hold on...just come back."

"...Okay." He agreed, and it was the first time he said something against his will in front of the most respected person.

There was silence for a while, only Lily's sobbing could be heard in the cave.

"Oh..." Who sighed?For the sake of his own powerlessness, he watched the pure-as-water person stepping into the abyss step by step.

"You child... is too distressing!"

Finally, tears slid down, along the back of the not wide hands, and wet the sleeves.

Itachi pursed her lips, still smiling.

He may have also felt that his fate was unfair, and he had rolled in pain in bondage, without serious injuries, but with needles all over his body, and the slightest movement would hurt his heart.

But he still smiled, not pretending to be calm, but he saw and heard that at the last fork in the road towards the end of his life, someone was grieving for him, and shed all the tears hidden in his heart for him.

==

Spring Bamboo stood there quietly, and the wide branches and leaves above her head were enough to block most of the rainwater for her.She stared blankly, under a simple but ancient paper umbrella, a pair of red and white people gradually moved away.

They all have loosely tied hair, but the one on the left is longer than the one on the right, perhaps because they are older.

Lily's words just before parting were still ringing in Quan Zhu's ears...

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

When the girl said this, her eyes drooped slightly, and the same cocoa-colored pupils as in her memory were tender and tender, more like a kind of moths jumping into a flame willingly to refuse.

The girl said: "As long as he is fine, I don't ask for anything."

"Oh, silly girl." Quan Zhu smiled wryly, but couldn't think of any other excuses.After a while, she whispered again: "Two fools."

After saying that, she also turned around and went in the opposite direction.What kind of storm will greet her?

==

"Teacher." "Mr. Xiaozhu." Both male and female voices rang out, accompanied by respectful salutes.

"Did you find anything?" After a shower of rain, the water stains on Quanzhu's body were not completely dry.

She approached Haifeng and Xiyan.The two stood side by side, looking very well-matched.

"Yes." Xiyan took off her mask for the time being, nodded first, and greeted her, "This was found in the Lost Underground of the Uchiha Clan." She handed over the scroll she found with Haifeng before.

Quanzhu took it, glanced at it, and saw that the volume had been read many times.who is it?Ferret?Sasuke?Maybe Haifeng and Xiyan have already seen it.

"Teacher, it says—" Haifeng also stepped forward.He has indeed turned it over before, and he wants to report to Quanzhu at this time: "The way to open the kaleidoscope from Sharingan is to kill the closest person to oneself. It seems that the principle is to guide the extremely hated Chakra to occupy the whole body , to achieve the purpose of eye opening." He coughed twice, and then said: "And to achieve eternal Sharingan, you need to fuse the Sharingan of father and son or brothers, and the requirements are all kaleidoscope Sharingan Eye."

Quanzhu listened quietly, and at the same time, under the help of Xiyan, he browsed the information quickly.

"Teacher, what is Eternal Sharingan?" At this moment, Xi Yan asked.

Quanzhu closed the file, pondered for a long time, and finally smiled wryly.

Sasuke?Itachi, so you came up with this idea...

"About Eternal Sharingan..." Quan Zhu closed his eyes, trying to calm down his mood as much as possible, "The A-level restricted information of the Ministry of Intelligence said that it has the ability to break the curse of the seal, which probably means that it can break through Sharingan All usage restrictions. For example, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi are high-level pupil techniques of Sharingan, and only the owner of the kaleidoscope can activate them, but the number of uses is limited, and the operator will also Received a stronger backlash."

Quan Zhu paused for a moment, and then said again: "But eternal Sharingan will not, once you have such eyes, you can use all pupil techniques of Sharingan infinitely without any damage. In other words, we can I believe that Eternal Sharingan is the development of Sharingan to its peak, it can be said to be invincible. Further development, it is even possible to control the tailed beast."

Haifeng and Xiyan listened humbly from beginning to end without saying a word.When they finished listening, both of them showed expressions of amazement.

"So powerful?" Xi Yan couldn't believe it, "It's already extremely difficult to obtain the Kaleidoscope Sharingan, but to reach such a level and have such demanding requirements, is it really possible?"

"Heh." Quanzhu slightly curled his lips, "So from ancient times to the present, there are few cases of eternal Sharingan. Up to now, only the first generation of Sharingan and Uchiha Madara, one of the founders of Konoha Village, have Such ability."

"Teacher." At this time, Gaifeng, who had been silent for a long time, said, "I..."

"What's the matter?" Quan Zhu heard the sound and looked over with concern, "Are you uncomfortable?" Due to heredity in the family, Haifeng has been chronically ill for a long time, and it is well known.

"No. I just thought of it suddenly..." Haifeng paused and paused, seeing only Xiyan and Quanzhu here, and finally said: "Back then, Uchiha Itachi...what was it for?"

Uchiha Itachi, Moonlight Hayate, and Uzuki Yuyan, all three are members of the Izumitake Team, and they get along with each other day and night, even if they don't cultivate them deliberately, they will grow in love with each other for a long time.Itachi's love for Konoha, his gentleness towards his companions, Hayate and Xiyan are all in his eyes.Therefore, after the Uchiha tragedy, the two couldn't believe it.Itachi's matter has also become a common doubt among the former Quanzhu team.Therefore, seeing the information at this time and hearing Quanzhu's explanation, Haifeng couldn't help thinking of his former companions again, and guessed his intentions.

"Weasel?" Xiyan was stunned for a while when she heard this name.For her, the former Itachi had always been like a precocious younger brother, and she had tried to care for him more than once, and had also received a lot of care from him during missions and training.

Quan Zhu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, her lips were already dry with thirst, she could only moisten them with her tongue again.

The secret room fell into silence, and even the only light source - the lamp in Xi Yan's hand - seemed to dim in the dull atmosphere.

"No matter what..." Quanzhu said slowly, his breath was like a silk, "Just treat it as the teacher begging you..."

Quanzhu's tone was solemn, which he hadn't heard for a long time.Both Haifeng and Xiyan were stunned for a moment.

And Quanzhu could only continue to say: "Although this may be very weak, but...if one day, Itachi comes back with...wounds all over his body..." She paused, as if she was condensing her lost strength , "If even I can't help him. Then, at least, please take him to a place where he can recuperate in peace."

"At least, don't forget...he has done a lot for everyone..."

After finishing the sentence, Quanzhu seemed to have no energy to speak anymore, and kept silent.

After a long time, she heard Xi Yan's voice, with the same solemn tone. "good."

Quanzhu raised his head and looked at the two of them in surprise, only to see that Gaifeng was also slowly nodding his head, speechless but determined.

She finally smiled, silently grateful.