Receiving the message relayed by his clone, Naruto walked back to the Hokage Rock with Hinata.
They walked, not teleported. Only someone like Kakashi, single by sheer force of personality, would teleport while accompanying a girl on a stroll.
Naruto attracted rich lolis by sheer force of personality, not by being single through sheer force of personality. He wouldn't do such a thing.
Hanabi and Sanzhu followed behind them.
On the Hokage Rock, two small figures snuggled together, four little legs dangling over the edge. One pair swayed gently, the other scraped the wall with their heels.
Behind them was a decent-sized fire. It was already late summer, bordering on autumn, and the nights were getting quite cool. Women were sensitive to the cold, and Naruto, worried about his wife's well-being, had started the fire early.
Initially, the fire wasn't large. However, the sight of a few logs burning within a circle of stones looked too much like the fire Kakashi saw when he met his father. Naruto felt it was ominous, so he added a few more logs, giving it more of a bonfire party feel.
Under the dazzling glow of the fireworks, Hinata gently swung her legs.
Feeling the heat of the fire behind her and the warmth emanating from the person beside her, she opened her mouth to accept a dango. She felt like the happiest person alive.
"Naruto-kun."
"Hmm?"
"I really wish tonight would never end."
A young girl's heart is always so full of romance, while men...
Naruto skewered another dango and brought it to her lips.
Don't be silly, I'm still waiting for you to grow up. If tonight never ends, how will you grow?
Hinata, having accepted the dango, stared blankly at the sky with her Byakugan.
She was contemplating her marriage and life after marriage.
Right now, she was happy, but like these fireworks, it was beautiful and fleeting. The Hyuga clan had no precedent for a main family member marrying out. Eventually, she would be branded with the Caged Bird seal.
She didn't care, but Naruto-kun would definitely not agree. And by then, the head of the Hyuga family might be Hanabi.
Which meant, Naruto-kun and Hanabi...
"Sister!"
"Huh?"
The little loli Hanabi ran over from a distance, shouting as she ran, and leaped over the fire into the arms of Hinata, who had turned around.
"How did you little brat find this place?" Naruto asked suspiciously.
He suspected Hanabi had followed Hinata, and it wasn't an entirely baseless suspicion.
Among the three Hyuga siblings, aside from Hinata who was normal, the other two, one with a sister complex and the other with an older sister complex, were not normal at all. It wouldn't be strange for them to do something like follow Hinata.
Of course, Hanabi wouldn't admit she had followed them. Pretending to be scared, she buried her face in Hinata's embrace and said in a muffled voice, "I got lost."
Lost my ass! Is getting lost a passive skill for your Hyuga clan?
Also, please take your face out of there! I raised that, I haven't even experienced it yet, and you're getting there first!
He grabbed the back of Hanabi's collar. "Get down from there!"
"I won't!" Hanabi clung tightly to Hinata, like an octopus.
"Get down!"
"I won't."
The two argued fiercely, but Hinata smiled sweetly. Looking at this, perhaps her worries wouldn't come to pass.
Hanabi hugged even tighter. I will protect elder sister's smile!
Naruto didn't dare to pull too hard and had to let go. With his strength, a little force could tear Hanabi's clothes, turning him into a pervert even if he wasn't one.
If strength wouldn't work, then he'd have to use a plan. Naruto took out an iron pot and placed it on the fire, then poured in a few bottles of oil.
Hinata, holding Hanabi, walked over and asked, "Naruto-kun, are you going to cook?"
Naruto took out another pot, cracked an egg on the rim with one hand, and kneaded bread with the other, saying, "I've heard that for naughty kids like this, you coat them in egg wash, cover them with breadcrumbs, deep-fry them until golden brown, drain the oil, and then serve. Old folks and children all love it."
"Sister, he's scaring me!"
Hinata placed her hands under Hanabi's armpits and tilted her head, asking, "Is it tasty?"
"Sister, you!!!" Hanabi was incredulous. I'm your real sister!
Naruto had the same expression.
Could it be, Hinata, that you're from Guangdong? So we're fellow countrymen?
Of course, the rich Guangdong lady Hinata wouldn't really throw Hanabi into the pot. She just wanted to relax after letting go of her worries.
The three of them bickered noisily, while Sanzhu observed them secretly from a distance with his Byakugan activated.
His gaze swept around and suddenly noticed that besides the pile of clones in the woods, there was also someone punching a tree. He discovered the other person, and the other person discovered him.
"These eyes, they're Uchiha..."
Sasuke, who had been annoyed by Sakura's repeated invitations while training in the small woods, had changed his training spot.
Coincidentally, he also chose the small woods behind the Hokage Rock.
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Naruto and Hinata, along with Hanabi, sat around the fire. The more Naruto thought about it, the angrier he got. What kind of date was this, bringing a little brat along?
He couldn't hit her, couldn't scold her, and he certainly couldn't just swallow his anger.
Just you wait, next time I see your brother, I'll break his legs. Not only break them, I'll personally play him a song by his bedside.
Hmm, hit Hanabi, play a song...
Getting up and moving away from the fire, Naruto took out a sealing scroll.
"Poof!"
The smoke cleared, revealing a piano.
The piano was also sealed in a trade with Tenten. Naruto planned to send it to Mount Myoboku later and play it when he had nothing to do.
Moreover, it was a freebie included with the sealed fireworks. No money was asked.
According to the Third Hokage's arrangements during the Chunin Exams, Tenten might marry Neji in the future. Then he'd have to call her sister-in-law. With such a relationship, why would he need money? It was a simple favor.
He glared fiercely at Hanabi and said, "Hinata, let me sing you a song."
All of you Hyugas owe me a song.
"Okay."
He created a shadow clone. Naruto sat at the piano and played the prelude.
The clone transformed into a person whose gender was indistinguishable on the surface, but whose voice was female.
"The coastline we gazed at that day,"
"Even now, I can still recall it."
The singing, accompanied by the piano, reached their ears amidst the sound of exploding fireworks.
Fireworks, also called hanabi in Japanese. Come, little loli Hanabi, today I'll dedicate a song to you: Uchiage Hanabi Launching Fireworks.
Uchiage Hanabi - the theme song for the anime "Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?".
Although the name probably means "launching fireworks" in Japanese, it's enough that I understand Chinese.
I can't hit you, but I can hit you with a song.
"Fireworks reflected in my eyes,
The summer that hasn't ended yet, will surely
Melt and connect our ambiguous hearts,
May this night never end."
The shadow clone sang with great immersion, walking as it sang. By the last line, it had reached the spot on the edge of the Hokage Rock where Hinata had been sitting and talking earlier, but it kept walking.
Undoubtedly, it fell off and died.
Hinata's eyes flickered. The style of the song was different from any she had heard, but she could understand the lyrics.
He understood her. Even her subtle changes in expression earlier had been read by him.
And that last line, what she had said earlier, he had written it into the song.
So touching!
She had clearly misunderstood something. The song was written that way; Naruto hadn't changed a single word.
"What's a 'train'?" Hanabi asked. She understood everything else in the lyrics, just not that 'train'.
See, this was the consequence of not changing the lyrics.
"A type of vehicle in the Land of Snow, connected in a line, I call it a train."
"Naruto-kun, take me to ride it next time," Hinata said wistfully.
"Mm."
Naruto let out a slight sigh, thankful that the Land of Snow at least had trains.
Suddenly, Hinata, who was wistfully recalling the lyrics, asked, "Naruto-kun, have you watched fireworks by the sea with someone?"
Naruto's hand froze. Speaking of which... did that one Shukaku launched count as a firework...
In the woods, receiving the message from the clone that had just fallen to its death, Naruko and Tiezhu began to act.
Tiezhu was about to hand the torch to Naruko, but unexpectedly, Naruko accelerated and rushed to the 381 main cannon, stacking up a few scaffolding frames.
Standing on the scaffolding, Naruko roared, "Tiezhu! Fire at me!"
Tiezhu's expression was like he'd eaten shit. This was supposed to be his act!
Seeing Naruko's smug look, Tiezhu understood. Naruko was retaliating for him scolding her earlier!
You scold me, so you retaliate like this???
Fine!!!
Secretly snapping the fuse cord of the main cannon, Tiezhu replied, "Naruko, you, me, our grievances are cleared!"
Tiezhu's acting was superb. An old actor is an old actor; even if his scene was stolen, he would find his own part.
"Boom!"
I scolded you, you stole my scene, indeed our grievances are cleared.
Hey... why don't you play by the rules?
Before Naruko could speak, a firework hit her in the chest. She died.
Naruto, who was already having a headache trying to answer who he watched fireworks by the sea with, now had an even bigger headache.
What is this... by the authority of the shadow clone?
The firework, which was originally calculated to angle up into the sky above the center of Konoha, was blocked by Naruko, changing its trajectory to shoot straight up.
This 381 main cannon was custom-made, very large, very bright.
Kakashi, who was responsible for monitoring Hua Ling and had already been monitoring her shopping trip, pulled down his eye patch.
[This altitude... Konoha's barrier...]
"BOOM!"
The firework exploded high in the sky, simultaneously with the fireworks launched from within Konoha village at the same height as the Hokage Rock.
Should fireworks be seen from below or from the side?
Only the poor make choices. The rich say... I want them all!
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