Hokage - Sunflower

"A long trip?" Sasuke frowned, "How long?"

"Mr. Hongdou said it will take about ten days. During this time, Sasuke has to take care of himself."

"...En." Sasuke turned his face to one side, showing a slightly unhappy expression.

This is the first time since they lived together that they have been separated for such a long time. Aoi is worried about this and that. She always feels that Sasuke won't be able to eat enough and sleep well after she leaves, so she can't wait to tell him everything.

"I know, sister, you are so long-winded." Sasuke's tone was a little impatient, but he still whispered, "Don't get hurt."

"Yeah, I know~" Habitually wanted to touch Sasuke's head, but he nimbly dodged it. Aoi looked at her right hand, feeling a little disappointed.As Sasuke grew older, his personality became more and more arrogant, and the expression on his face became less and less day by day. When he was a child, he was always clinging to her, but now he is not cute at all.

Departing early the next day, after reuniting with Hongdou, Zhibo and Shun, the four set off for the country of Sichuan.

Since Aoi came to life here, this is the first time to leave Konoha Village. Although Konoha is not too small, but in the past few years, Aoi has been wandering the streets and alleys of Konoha, and I have long wanted to go out and have a look up.

But when Aoi walked out of the Konoha Gate, they found that they were surrounded by endless forests.

No matter how long you walk, trees, trees, all trees.

It really is primitive... Thinking of Teacher Hongdou saying that only the capital city is more prosperous, and other places are basically uninhabited, she is not lying to her... I was a little disappointed in my heart, and she wanted to bring some souvenirs for Sasuke.

Although it was a C-level mission, the thieves who appeared on the road were also killed by them without any pressure, and it took only three days to reach the country of Sichuan.

The three of them were waiting outside for Teacher Hongdou to hand things over to Daimyo, and Aoi teased the white bird she had never seen in front of her boredly.

Time passed by minute by minute, and Aoi began to feel that something was wrong, but it didn't take so long to hand in something, right?

Shun and Zhibo obviously noticed it, and exchanged glances. Zhibo crawled a few bugs from his hands, and went in along the crack of the door to investigate the situation.Not long after, Zhibo's expression changed, and he said softly to the other two, "Things have changed. Teacher Hongdou has been arrested."

Aoi's heart tightened, and Hongdou would be caught as a jonin, either because she fell into a trap, or there were ninjas whose strength surpassed Hongdou's, but the most important thing now was that the three of them had to escape first.

As soon as Aoi stood up, she suddenly felt a strong murderous aura behind her. After quickly jumping away, three shurikens flew towards her and pierced where she was standing just now.

"Don't move, you little devils, if you dare to move, I will kill you!"

I don't know when there were more than a dozen ninjas standing on the roof. They were wearing masks and had no forehead protection. It was impossible to tell which country the ninjas were from.

Not good... The three of them's current strength may not be able to guarantee a safe retreat, and Teacher Hongdou is still in their hands...

"They must want to capture us alive and get information about Konoha." Shun said in a low voice.

This was the first time she was on a mission. Aoi didn't know what to do. She didn't have much experience and she didn't know how to deal with this situation.

"Follow us obediently, we will not hurt you, if you are not obedient, don't blame us for being rude!" One of the masked people shouted at them, and at the same time, he had already picked up Kunai in his hand. Target them.

Unexpectedly, at this time, a change occurred, the roof suddenly exploded, and the ninjas standing on the roof were unable to dodge and were thrown down by the explosion.

Before Aoi realized what was going on, a white bird flew from the side, grabbed her waist and flew into the sky with lightning speed.

So now... what's going on?

Shun jumped up vigorously and wanted to catch her, Zhibo also released a large number of insects and rushed towards her, but the bird flew so fast that Zhibo and Shun couldn't keep up with her, and the insects were getting farther and farther away from her.

Aoi looked at the distant ground with weak legs, and Zhibo and Shun, whose faces were full of anger and surprise, ah, goodbye my companions, I didn’t expect you to care about me, goodbye Hongdou teacher, goodbye, Sasuke is still waiting for me at home, it's a pity that I couldn't bring you a souvenir back...

That being said, now is not the time to think about it.

Throwing out the messy thoughts in her head, Aoi looked up vigorously, but she could only see the belly of the big white bird. She wasn't sure if it was a psychic beast or something, and she didn't dare to struggle hard. If she fell, she would probably die. I'm going to fall to my death.

After flying for a long time, it finally showed signs of landing. When the big bird approached the ground, its claws loosened, and Kui fell to the ground face-to-face, and then found that her foot was twisted.

"Hey, Itachi, I caught you the person you wanted, so I don't owe you anything now, eh."

"kindness."

Sitting up from the ground, out of the corner of her eye Aoi saw a blond man with a ponytail jump onto the big bird, and then flew away.Another person in the fire cloud black robe was still standing not far away.

By the way, what the person said just now was indeed Itachi, right?In Aoi's confused mind, she clearly remembered what Sasuke said, and then realized that the person in front of her was the one who killed her.

Should it be said that they are brothers? Itachi and Sasuke are very similar, but Itachi looks more mature, his face is colder, and his dark eyes look at Aoi without any emotion.

Thinking of running away, Aoi made seals in her hands, and released two fire escapes at Itachi, but they were easily avoided, and Itachi's figure came to Aoi in an instant.

His body seemed to still remember the feeling of coldness and despair when he was killed. When Itachi approached, he even began to shiver unconsciously.

"You... are not dead."

Is it necessary to make up the knife? !

"Well, I have raised your brother for so many years, for Sasuke's sake..."

Having said that, Kui burst into tears, this guy even killed his own parents!

"I didn't intend to kill you." Itachi was stunned for a moment, his expression much gentler, "There is no need to kill you now, let alone you still have a kaleidoscope."

"Kaleidoscopic?" Aoi was also dumbfounded, "Are you talking about me?"

"……do not you know?"

Nodding honestly, it turns out that my previous self was so powerful that he even opened a kaleidoscope?But what's even more sad is that she doesn't know how to use it at all!

Itachi sighed silently: "I will tell you about the kaleidoscope, but what I want to know now is why you survived."

"That... I want to know too."

"..." Speechlessly looking at the questioning person in front of him, Itachi couldn't help asking, "Are you really from the Uchiha family?"

"..." The tone of your brothers is surprisingly consistent.

However, the current Itachi is too different from the murderous maniac in her impression, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like someone who will destroy the whole family.

"Anyway, just follow me for now."

"Will you let me go..."

Itachi gave her a strange look: "Do you want to follow me all the time?"

Aoi shook her head desperately.

"Ah... what about Sasuke?" Even Aoi disappeared, will he collapse?And her companions, would they think she was dead?Then when I go back, my name has already been engraved on the monument?

"Sasuke isn't that vulnerable."

"But you're the one who put Sasuke in that desperate situation..."

Aoi immediately covered her mouth without going through her brain, and looked at Itachi in horror.

Itachi's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't speak, as if he didn't hear her.But Aoi knew, he heard it, because at that moment, Itachi's eyes were full of deep sorrow.

There must be something hidden behind this genocide. Aoi is almost certain that her survival was an accident, and Sasuke's survival may be a condition, but at present she is still unable to investigate the details at that time, so she can only take one step at a time.

"Let's go." Itachi said, took a few steps forward, and found Aoi sitting still.

"That..." Aoi raised her hand silently, "When I fell down just now, I twisted my foot..."

"..." Itachi suddenly regretted his decision to take her with him.

Lying silently on Itachi's back, feeling an inexplicable sense of peace of mind, Aoi couldn't help but say, "Itachi really feels like an older brother."

"Even if I kill you?"

"Uh... I'm not dead yet."

Itachi stopped talking, and Aoi continued to hug Itachi's neck. Sasuke should have trusted Itachi when he was a child. After a lot of struggles, he made the decision to kill Itachi for revenge.

Walking to a cabin, Itachi opened the door and walked in, then threw Aoi on the bed.

"here is?……"

"You don't need to know, there are traps and enchantments all around, don't even try to escape."

Aoi, who wanted to wait for the opportunity to escape when her legs recovered, froze, and giggled awkwardly.

Silently wrapping bandages on her legs, Aoi carefully looked at the surrounding environment, some dilapidated and simple wooden houses, although simple but clean, she will have to live here in the future, right?

"How can I solve my meal..."

The issue of food and clothing is still very important.

Itachi silently glanced at her and pointed out the window.Looking along the past, Kui Heixian found that there is actually a vegetable garden.

So Aoi somehow lived here.

I don't know what happened to Zhibo and Shun, whether Teacher Hongdou was rescued... Was Sasuke sad because of her?Konoha should track down her whereabouts...

At the beginning, Aoi was a little timid when talking to Itachi, but Itachi's character is really much easier to get along with than Sasuke, and his mood didn't change much, and he didn't seem to get angry or angry.

From time to time, Itachi would tell her about the history of the Uchiha family and the details of the kaleidoscope, and after Aoi's feet were healed, he would start taking her to practice sharingan.

Aoi didn't understand why Itachi taught her, what if she became stronger like Sasuke and suddenly wanted revenge and killed Itachi?Although she didn't think so, it was because she was no longer herself, not to mention that the cultivation during this period made her fully realize how strong Itachi is, and she couldn't help worrying about her younger brother who was yelling for revenge. ?