[Naruto] Angelica

Before Hyuga Tetsuya came out, he thought he would get a chance to go back to Konoha for a vacation after the battle—just like Hinata Hinata, Hinata Asahi and others who were separated from the family, they could go back for a few days every one or two months.The battle situation in the Iron Country made him quickly understand how naive this idea was.Just "living" every day is extremely difficult.Patrols, ambushes, reconnaissance, and fierce battles, they are like ghosts traveling through the dilapidated land of the Iron Kingdom, and people around them keep falling down and can't get up again.

He gradually understood why Kakashi and Yayoi never interacted with people from other teams except for their missions—on the battlefield, every additional friend brought an additional possibility of bearing the pain of loss.He became more and more silent, and never talked to the newly graduated ninja sent from Konoha. He changed from a young master of a family raised in a greenhouse to a battle-tested veteran, and he could go back when the war was over. Take the time to sleep on the blood-soaked ruins, chew grass leaves to quench your thirst without water, calluses grow on the soles of your feet, and you will no longer be ground to bleed after walking for hours.

The spring of Konoha's 51st year has arrived.

On March 3, Kakashi's unit was withdrawn from the battlefield by Commander Sarutobi who sent a messenger eagle.

"what's the situation?"

Kakashi walked into the command tent, frowning, very dissatisfied with being called back suddenly.

Sarutobi Tehei threw a document over and exhaled a smoke ring, "The one from Konoha told you to go back—how many people are there in your team?"

"……nine."

"I can only give you supplies for six people. This is the most. This month's supplies haven't been delivered yet."

"As long as water and ninja tools are needed, there is no need for food."

Zhe Ping was silent for a while, then nodded. "There are several war zones to go back from here. Take care of yourself."

"I will."

Four days later, nine people stood in front of the wooden leaf vermilion gate, as if they had passed away.

On New Year's Day a year ago, there were twenty of them when they set off.

Anbu, who was waiting for the entry and exit registration desk, took a step forward.

"Good work, everyone."

His voice is very formulaic, without any emotional ups and downs.

"Kakashi Jonin, Hokage-sama wants to see you now. The others are disbanded on the spot, waiting for orders."

Kakashi followed Anbu and left. The eight tired-looking people didn't say much, and they didn't even bother to guess what was going on. They nodded to each other and went back to their respective houses.

Hinata Yayoi and Tetsuya bid farewell after entering the clan gate. She planned to take a bath, sleep, go out for a meal, and visit Tiantian if she had time.

I haven't been back for more than a year, and a thick layer of dust has accumulated on the eaves and corridors. Every time I step on it, the pattern on the shoji door is also hidden in the dust and blurred.Yayoi turned on the faucet, but fortunately the water pipe buzzed for a while, and then hot water slowly flowed out.

She unloaded the heavy ninja bag, took off the dusty uniform, soaked in the bathtub, and looked up at the hot air rising towards the dim lamp.When I close my eyes and ears, I seem to hear the roar of the battlefield again, the rising dust, the collapsed buildings, the stumped limbs and broken arms on the road... Yayoi stood up, let off the hot water to wipe her body, and wiped off the mirror surface with her hands on the water vapor.

In the mirror, she did not look like a girl of her age at all, with rough skin, chapped lips, bruises under her eyes, and short hair like a boy... It was cut off because she couldn't wash her hair for a long time. At first, Ninsuzuki, a female doctor in the team, helped her cut short with Kunai, but later... Yayoi had to cut it by herself.Her workmanship is not as good as Suzuki's, and the cuts are bumpy and ugly.

She turned sideways, and most of the scars on her body were concentrated on her back. The longest scar ran from her right shoulder to her left arm, and if it was cut deeper, she should probably be buried on the ground now.

Yayoi took out a towel from the cabinet and put it on her head, wrapped it in a bathrobe, spread out the mattress and hugged the quilt and fell asleep quickly.

She felt that she had just fallen asleep for a minute, or two minutes, when she heard a knock on the door.Opening the door sleepily, it was already dark outside.

The silver-haired boy stood outside the porch, and she could smell the faint smell of laundry detergent on his clothes—how good, it wasn't the smell of soil, nor the smell of blood, they really came back, back to Konoha, not A similar dream I had on the battlefield.

"I ran into Tetsuya...he told me you live here."

Kakashi's voice was mixed with other emotions, Yayoi thought he would not come to her for no reason, there must be something to say... She looked into his deep eyes... maybe what she wanted to say was still something bad thing.

"Come in." She turned sideways to make way, "Don't take off your shoes, the house is dirty and hasn't been cleaned yet."

Yayoi took out two cushions from the cabinet and wiped the dust off the low wooden table.

"Drink tea?"

She shook the tea pot in her hand.

"Okay, trouble."

Waiting for the water to boil is a long process, Yayoi propped her hands on the edge of the table, unconsciously tapping with her index finger.Kakashi hesitated to speak, seeming to be very careful about what to say, and this delay made her feel uneasy.

"Kakashi..."

"what?"

A questioning voice came from the living room.

Without waiting for a reply, Kakashi stood up and walked to the kitchen, leaning against the wall with his arms folded, looking at her short hair.

We've been together on the battlefield for too long, and I'm used to her fighting bloody battles in Konoha's uniform. I almost forgot that when she was in Konoha, she would always wear a kimono with the family crest tattooed on it, with her black hair tied behind her head.

Yayoi arched her back slightly, lowered her head and seemed to focus on seeing if the water was boiling.

"What are you going to tell me?" she asked, with a sudden smile, "You can't just come to me for a cup of tea, can you?"

"Can't you? Come to drink tea with you."

Kakashi scratched his cheek through the mask.

"Of course. However, I remember that you never drink tea. I haven't seen you make tea this year."

The screeching sound of the kettle reminds the water to boil.

Yayoi turned off the power, poured water into the cup, shook it lightly, poured it out, and added hot water again.

"Three days ago... Kawase's troops were completely wiped out."

Kakashi said suddenly.

"The Kingdom of Thunder sent Renzhuriki into the battlefield. The incident happened suddenly, and none of Kawase's troops survived."

The tea leaves floated and sank in the hot water, and Yayoi held the cup, fingertips turning white with force.The world quieted down in an instant, leaving only tinnitus exploding in his head.

"shallow……"

She wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

After a long time, he said slowly: "The tea is ready. Go out and talk."

Yayoi Hinata's calm reaction was somewhat beyond Kakashi's expectations.

After the meeting in the afternoon, Kakashi went to a ramen shop for dinner and met Tetsuya Hyuga. He briefly mentioned the content of the meeting. Unexpectedly, Tetsuya confirmed to him with surprise on his face whether the commander of Kawase's troops was Hinata Asahi.

Kakashi initially thought it was an acquaintance of Tetsuya, and Tetsuya shook his head and told him that Hyuga Asahi was the wife of the head of the branch family, Hyuga Hinata, one of the powerful Jonin in the clan, and had a good relationship with Hyuga Yayoi.

Hinata Yayoi's mother originally belonged to the main family, but she insisted on marrying a man who was separated from the main family, so she was excluded from the family tree.

Yayoi's father died early in the mission, and his mother was born as a young lady of the Zong family and hadn't learned ninjutsu very much. She was afraid that she would die as early as her father after becoming a ninja. After graduating from school, he became a student of Nisai, and later Asahi and Nisai got married, and the two were no different from relatives to Yayoi Hinata.

"Anyway, I think I should tell Yayoi about this."

Zhe said the same thing at the time.

"...I think so too. How about it, tell her on the way when you go back."

"No, no, you are the captain, of course you are the one to go." Zhe Ye even used the honorifics, "I dare not go...and what if she cries? I don't know how to coax girls."

So, Kakashi appeared at the door of Yayoi's house.

Now, after Yayoi found out about it, she sat in the living room with him and drank tea.He didn't cry, he wasn't even emotional, and the comforting lines Kakashi discussed with Tetsuya on the way here were all useless.

But this made him feel bad, so he had to keep looking for topics to talk about.

Compared with Tetsuya, Hinata Yayoi grasped the key word "Inchuriki".

"I thought the use of jinchuriki as weapons was banned after World War Three," Yayoi said.

"Things like international treaties are too fragile. At most, the other countries will publicly criticize the country of Thunder for breaking the treaty. It is impossible to really send troops to help us."

"You just said that the elders at the meeting were very controversial about the use of jinzhuli to fight back. Why?"

"I don't know, you know, politicians always talk in a twist and turn, I don't bother to listen carefully."

"That's right. We just need to know the result—whether we send us directly to fight or join Jinchuriki to fight together, that's the difference between a 99% and 90% mortality rate."

"Hmm..." Kakashi casually squeezed the teacup, "I think Renchuriki will be used, and Minato-sensei is very tough about it."

"However, who is this Renrenzhuriki? The country of Uzumaki has been destroyed for a long time, and Konoha seems to have no other surname Uzumaki."

"In order to avoid incidents similar to three years ago, the higher authorities raised the confidentiality level of Injuri to the highest level. I don't know who it is now."

"There will be a result tomorrow, right? He's dead anyway, so there's nothing to worry about when you think about it this way."

"You're too pessimistic, Yayoi. We'll win."

Yayoi smiled and put down the teacup.

"excuse me."

Kakashi heard the faucet being turned up to the maximum, and it didn't take long for Yayoi to come out, with the same expression as usual.

She leaned her elbows on the edge of the table and buried her face in her hands, not knowing whether she was sighing or laughing.

"I'm a little hungry, I haven't eaten after sleeping all day. Come with me for a late-night snack, Kakashi, I'll treat you."

In fact, he just had ramen.

Kakashi still stood up and reached out to her: "Let's go, I'll accompany you."