[Hokage] Flower Time

Hua Shi stopped suddenly at the gate of Hokage Building, and before the four of them could brake in time, they bumped into the backs of the people in front one after another, and Lu Sheng, who was walking in the front, hit the wall directly.

"You guys are so annoying." Huashi turned around, glared at them, and said, "Don't follow me anymore."

The four of them stayed silent and shrank in place. Lu Sheng touched his red nose, and the rest of them looked at each other in blank dismay. Finally, they all turned their heads, opened the door and walked out while watching the flowers quietly.

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Huashi walked into the sun, took a breath of fresh air outside, and immediately felt refreshed in the heart.A place without annoying boys - just good.

Just as she was thinking so, she suddenly heard a voice.

"You seem to be quite popular."

Hua Shi was taken aback for a moment, raised his head, and followed the source of the sound.She stared closely at the big tree where she gathered before, and after a while, there was a slight tremor on the lush canopy, and a few green leaves fell, and a person turned out of the canopy, leaning on the tree. The chakras on the soles of the feet hang upside down from the branches.

He was wearing Anbu's animal-head mask, with short, curly silver hair exposed behind the mask.Wearing white armor and a black vest, behind him is Anbu's short knife, and there are flame-colored tattoos on the arm outside the armguard.

"Huh?" Because he couldn't see the other person's face, Hua Shi didn't recognize who he was for a while.She frowned, trying to recall the voice just now, and finally remembered the identity of the person in front of her: "Are you... Hatake, Kakashi?"

The other party did not answer, probably acquiescing to her words.

Hua Shi glanced at his Anbu mask, twitched the corner of his mouth, and said in a low voice: "Why even you follow me..."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in a dwarf like you." Kakashi's lazy words reached her ears, and she could almost imagine how his dead fish eyes stared at her under his mask.

"Then why are you hanging upside down here?" Hua Shi asked.

"..." Kakashi was silent for a while, and said, "The wooden barrel in front of your father's tomb should be replaced. A few days ago, there was a heavy rain, and the wood was rotten."

"Huh?" Hua Shi was taken aback, nodded subconsciously, and said, "Okay, thank you... huh?"

She didn't understand why Kakashi said this to her.It stands to reason... There seems to be no intersection between them.

After Kakashi said this, he retreated to the tree again.Huashi chased after two steps, looked under the branch, but couldn't find him no matter what.Only the summer light leaked through the gaps between the branches and leaves and sprinkled on her face, illuminating one side of her face, making her squint her eyes.

She lowered her head and looked around, but still didn't find him.Turning her head, she shouted in all directions: "Does Kakashi often go to the fourth generation?"

No one answered her, only the hot summer wind blew her long black hair.

After taking time to ask this sentence, I already gave a negative answer in my heart.Kakashi went to the cemetery, probably to visit the victim named "Nohara Lin".

Huashi silently wrote down his words, and when he went to visit his father and the fourth generation the next day, he helped Kakashi scrub Nohara Rin's tombstone by the way.

Zhishui stood behind her, watching her put the clean handkerchief on the edge of the barrel.The smudges left by the rain on Nohara Lin's tombstone were wiped away, returning to an old white.Looking at the empty wooden tube when it was flowering, he took out the withered flower stems, stretched out his hand backwards, and said, "Brother, where are the flowers?"

Zhishui handed her the flower in his hand and said, "Here."

When I took the bouquet of light red flowers, I was a little disappointed and said, "I just remembered that there are no such flowers in summer."

"En." Zhishui nodded and said, "The owner of the flower shop said that the flowers just now are suitable for giving to ancestors...such as father and the fourth generation. This kind of flower is more suitable for girls.  … ...Judging from the name, it's called 'Lin', so it should be a girl."

Huashi inserted the blooming bouquet into the wooden barrel, poured a scoop of clear water into the wooden barrel, then stood up and said, "It's done. This should be considered a thank you."

The light red flowers in front of the tombstone droop slightly, and the delicate petals reveal the color of life.

"'Thank you' for 'benefit', it seems that Huashi has already remembered." Zhishui was a little relieved, he put his hand on Huashi's shoulder and said, "Go home."

The weather this afternoon was dull, with an unstoppable humidity brewing in the air.Huashi looked up at the gray sky and densely packed dark clouds, and said, "Brother, it's going to rain. If you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you will have to wash two more clothes."

However, even if the two deliberately quickened their pace, when they were about to reach the clan ground, the heavy rain still fell mercilessly.Although Zhishui is a so-called "genius ninja", Hua Shi is also a D-level task king who can repair roofs and catch small fish when he goes up... However, when a ninja encounters something like rain, he cannot avoid being drenched wet fate.

The brother and sister hurried to the eaves of the roadside shop with buckets in hand, and stood outside the glass door to hide from the rain that was falling everywhere.The rain formed a water curtain in the air, covering everything with a gray coat.Through the misty water curtain, nothing can be seen clearly.The water splash fell on the ground, splashing the scattered water droplets, making a soft crackling sound.

Huashi held the wooden barrel in both hands, looked up at the rainwater pouring down from the eaves, blinked twice, then turned to look at his brother standing beside him.

Zhi stared straight ahead, the black hair on his forehead was hanging down loosely because he didn't wear a forehead protector. At the age of 15, he is much taller than Huashi. Even among his peers, his body is considered tall.While looking up at him, Huashi silently imagined how she would look like standing beside her brother when she grew taller.

The rainwater fell from the eaves and gathered into a small string of raindrops.

What will she be like when she grows taller and can stand side by side with her brother?Has he become a very powerful ninja like Mr. Guolinan, or is it the same as now and needs to pester his brother all day long?

The raindrops fell to the ground and hit the stone slabs, making a soft cracking sound.Huashi's face and eaves are reflected in the water droplets, distorted and enlarged.

But my brother is already so tall now...will he be even taller in the future?But she had never seen a girl that tall.It seems that she will be several heads shorter than her brother in her whole life... That's pretty good, in that way, her brother must always walk in front of her.

The scattered water drops fell to the ground, forming small puddles in the depressions of the stone slabs, reflecting the gray sky and the continuous rain.

However, my brother will marry a wife and have children in the future.After he has his own wife and children, will he treat himself as well as he did when he was a child?

Unnecessary worries about the future pour down with the summer rain.

Huashi frowned, gradually, even he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Hanatoki, Itachi will take part in this year's Chunin selection exam." Shisui said suddenly: "He will definitely be able to advance. At that time, the final individual competition, do you want to watch it?"

"... Chunin selection exam?" Hua Shi was taken aback, opened his eyes wide, and said, "But Isn't Itachi just..."

Itachi is only one year older than her.

"According to his ability, there must be no problem in becoming a Chunin." Shisui said with certainty, "Hua Shi also knows this."

"Yeah." Huashi turned his head and replied sullenly: "Of course I know, Uchiha Itachi is very powerful, and everyone in the clan likes to take him as a role model for children."

"So, do you want to go in Huashi?" Zhishui lowered his head and asked, "If Huashi wants to go to see it, brother will not go for that day's mission. ... The competition will be very exciting, and you can also learn something."

"..." Hua Shi frowned and hesitated for a while, then said, "Go."

For some reason, a wave of anticipation really surged up in her heart, but she was more disappointed and dissatisfied.She and Itachi entered school in the same year, and they were originally children who started together, and the clan always likes to compare the two of them when they are mentioned.But later, Itachi left her far behind, first skipped a level, then graduated early to become a ninja, and now he has to take the Chunin exam...

For a ninja like her who has just been a ninja for a year, Mr. Korinan would never recommend her to take the Chunin exam.Even if she took the Chunin Exam, there is still a super unreliable Yoto Mizukawa in her team, the probability of passing is infinitely lowered.

"Hua Shi didn't seem to be in a good mood, she kept frowning." Zhishui put his hand on top of her head, pressed it lightly, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Hua Shi shook her head under his palm.

Zhishui looked at her reaction, a little puzzled.Immediately, he squatted down, opened his arms, put Huashi into his arms, and said comfortingly: "Huashi, please be happy."

As his younger sister, there was nothing that a hug couldn't solve.

If it's useless to hug him, just sleep with him and coax him all night, it will definitely be solved.

Although she was very aggressive towards boys at school, and her notoriety for beating her teammates spread far and wide, but at home, she had zero immunity to her brother.

Sure enough, Huashi quickly forgot her childish troubles after being hugged, and secretly laughed.

Summer rains come and go quickly.The torrential rain that trapped the two brothers and sisters gradually stopped after a burst of pouring, and the rain in midair gradually became thinner.The leaden gray clouds in the sky also gradually moved, revealing a little sunshine in the gap between each other.Occasionally, there is still water flowing down the curvature of the roof and falling sporadically on the ground.

When Zhishui pine blossomed, he said, "Go home."