The Pain of Summer's Depression

Naruto fell on the grass, not caring that the grass under him was still wet because of the rain just yesterday, he practiced taijutsu with Kakashi for a few days, and Naruto practiced alone for a long time after the practice course , I really didn’t want to move until the early hours of the morning.

When he was about to fall asleep, he felt something pressing on him. Naruto opened his eyes with difficulty because of the difficulty in breathing. The first thing he saw was Mr. Cat's big furry head, and he patted the cat in a daze. The teacher wanted to continue to sleep again, "Teacher, get down, it's so heavy."

"Naruto, get up, go back to rest." The cat's paw was persistent in trying to pull Naruto up, but because the cat's paw was too short, the last action to pull Naruto up failed.

The cat thought for a while if it would be okay to let Naruto sleep here for one night.

Hmm... Forget it, after sleeping in such a humid place, Naruto will definitely continue to sleep on the bed for a few more days.Just as he was about to sneak back into a human form and hug Naruto back, he saw a figure in the distance.He quickly lay down next to Naruto like a good baby.

The boneless soft body is quietly tense beside Naruto. The person who is walking towards this side is wearing a simple light pink kimono and holding a bamboo basket in his hand. They are all medicinal materials that have excellent effects on injuries.Now Mr. Cat is more sure about his original deduction.

When this person just appeared within Mr. Cat's detection range, Mr. Cat felt that the smell of this person was very familiar, and he had only seen him in the past few days.After seeing what he was carrying, Mr. Cat knew that this person was the masked boy who was rescued that day.

Although he is an enemy, at least, Mr. Cat has not felt the hostility from him yet.

The man squatted beside Naruto, his hand crossed Naruto's slender neck and shook gently on his shoulder.Seeing Naruto opened his eyes, he continued to say, "Get up, you will catch a cold if you sleep here."

Naruto rubbed his eyes with his hands, looked at the beautiful and outrageous person in front of him, and then looked at Mr. Cat, a little puzzled. Normally, Mr. Cat would not let some strangers approach him. Say, does Mr. Cat think this person is not dangerous?

"...Sister...Brother, what are you doing in this forest so early?" Although the person in front of him is really prettier than many girls, Naruto is still keenly aware of the gender of the person in front of him, and he expresses the "sister" who is about to export ' was replaced by 'brother'.

Hearing the word "brother" that he said, Naruto was really chilled, but there was no way, given his physical age, Naruto had to be a good and polite boy!

Shiro raised the basket in his hand so that Naruto could see, "Come to pick some herbs, so what about you, why are you sleeping here so early?"

"Cultivation." Naruto sat up straight opposite Bai.

"Practice? Why are you working so hard?"

"I want to become... stronger." This is the truth. Although Naruto didn't pay much attention to strength in the past, and only hoped to live a stable life, but now Naruto knows that once infected with It is impossible to have a stable life without a ninja career, unless you have the power to arrange your own life!

"Actually, I think that as long as there are people who want to protect, they will become stronger." Naruto looked at the person in front of him, and felt that when he said this, there seemed to be a gleam in his eyes and that flickering heavy sorrow...

Bai retracted his thoughts, "Do you have someone who is important to you?"

"Yes, there are many." Naruto replied firmly and forcefully.

"Really? Then come on." Bai left after saying this.

Naruto looked at Shiro's back hidden in the glare of the rising sun, and felt an unspeakable sadness for some reason.

Is it because the sun is too dazzling, so I want to cry...

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After Bai left that day, Teacher Cat told Naruto that he was the one who rescued the boy who would never be killed again. Although he knew that the two had different positions, Naruto didn’t want to fight him, because he thought from the bottom of his heart that he was as gentle as Itachi, gentle It makes people feel distressed.

But Naruto did not expect such a meeting.

Shiro's body was fused into the ice mirror erected from the ground, with that day's Kiriginin mask on his face, holding a thousand copies in his hand, all the aura on his body was released on Sasuke who was trapped in the ice mirror.

Sasuke, on the other hand, half-kneeled on the ground in a rare embarrassment, the clothes on his body were smeared with bright red blood from the tatters of Chimoto.The expression on his face was unwilling and stern, and his blood-red eyes could be seen in the shadow of his disheveled hair.

Because Naruto practiced too late the day before, he was dragged by the cat teacher to a secret cave to rest, so that he missed today's battle, and when he came here, he rescued the daughter of Dazna who was captured That's why it came so late.

"This kind of thing, if you attack inside and out with that kid Uchiha, it should be easy to break." The cat was beside Naruto, with a relaxed expression.

The hands hanging on the sides of the body are tightly clenched, "But, I..."

As if knowing what Naruto was thinking, the cat answered Naruto's words when Naruto paused, "I don't want to fight him, do I?"

"Naruto, after so many years, why are you still so naive?"

"It's not naive, it's just... I feel that he is not an enemy. I want to talk to him, maybe it can be resolved." I want to talk to him, the boy who has the same eyes as him.

"Tch, after all, you are too kind." The cat sighed aside, no matter what Naruto said at this time, he would not listen, he was so stubborn.

When Chibon was about to attack Sasuke in the next round, Naruto rushed to Sasuke to block those Chibons.

"Idiot, what are you doing here?" Sasuke saw that Naruto didn't come here, such a good opportunity wasted, and it was almost impossible to get out from here.

Naruto didn't seem to hear Sasuke's words, he just looked at the boy in the ice mirror and said, "Uzumaki Naruto."

The boy on the opposite side paused, raised his hand to take off the mask, and said the same voice as that day, "Bai."

Naruto suddenly smiled, and his body relaxed, "It really is you, Shiro? What a nice name."

"how do you know?"

"Ms. Cat told me."

"Mr. Cat? Is that the fat cat?"

"En." [Fat cat?Who is the fat cat? Hey! ——Teacher cat language]

"We are enemies now, are you really okay in your current state? Or have you given up already!"

"Bai, what are you fighting for? Is Zabuzhao your important person?"

"Yes, I just want to fight for not beheading my lord's weapon again."

"Weapon?" Naruto frowned. He didn't like this word, especially Shiro's obvious loss when he said it.

"You are very similar to me, Naruto." Bai looked at Naruto and for some reason told him the memory that he didn't want to go back, the memory that was almost forgotten.

A wry smile... I can't really forget it at all!

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"That's why I just don't cut off the weapon of the lord, because the lord needs me again, and agrees with the dirty blood that is forgotten and hated by others. As long as the lord needs me again, I can do anything for him."

Listening to Shiro's memories, Naruto can even feel how desperate and fearful Shiro was at that time. There was blood that was not recognized by anyone flowing in his body. It doesn't matter if it is treated as a tool without flesh and blood.

The author has something to say:

In fact, I originally planned to end the wave country in this chapter, but the Internet was about to be disconnected, so I put these up first.

I still like boy Bai very much, such a good boy...

~~~~(>_<)~~~~Why did no one show up again?Say it bluntly...

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