"Hanabi-chan, I'm getting promoted to another class, and it looks like you're crying, huh?"
After school, Kiyotaki-kun teased Hanabi-chan.
Hanabi-chan snorted, "I'm happy! First Grade Class 2 will be mine again!"
"Oh! Right, right!"
Kiyotaki-kun didn't expose the little girl's tsundere act.
"You'll be moving up to another class tomorrow, so tonight I'll treat you to something delicious. It'll be... it'll be for your, hmm~"
Hanabi-chan bit her little finger and thought for a moment.
"It'll be your promotion feast!"
"Alright! Thank you, Hanabi-chan!"
Kiyotaki-kun thought it would just be some three-color dango or something, but Hanabi-chan took him to Akimichi BBQ.
Looking at the table full of dishes, Kiyotaki-kun was stunned.
"Ah, this, Hanabi-chan, you're a rich little Hime!"
"There's something I want to say, but I don't know if I should."
Hanabi-chan sat up straight, exuding the noble temperament of a clan Hime, and spoke very ladylike.
"Then Kiyotaki-kun, go ahead and say it!"
Kiyotaki-kun hesitated for a moment and said, "The doctor said my stomach isn't good, and I'm only suited to eating soft rice—."
Hanabi-chan raised her short little hand and waved to the Server.
"Big sister, please bring me a large portion of soft rice! My classmate loves to eat it!"
Kiyotaki-kun:!!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ
Looking at the dishes covering the table, Hanabi-chan also realized she might have ordered too much and looked at her guard with a bit of embarrassment.
She was still young, so her guard managed the money.
The guard was speechless, feeling this was a waste and that he would have to give Akimichi a large sum of money again.
"Let's eat!"
The three clapped their hands and began to enjoy the food.
Initially, the Hyuga Clan guard thought there was too much food and it was wasteful, and that he could return some later to save more money.
But he looked up and saw Kiyotaki-kun's chopsticks moving rapidly, and even Hanabi-chan was infected. Though her eating posture remained elegant, she was picking up grilled meat piece after piece, eating incredibly fast!
This Hyuga guard suddenly felt that if he ate any slower, all the dishes would be gone.
Like a whirlwind, the dishes on the table were completely devoured.
This Hyuga guard then realized that what he had felt earlier was not an illusion!
After eating the last piece of meat and taking a delightful sip of juice, Kiyotaki-kun couldn't help but let out a comfortable sigh.
"Ah~"
Hanabi-chan and her guard were already dumbfounded, having never seen anyone eat so much!
"Ah~ haha"
Seeing the two in a daze, Kiyotaki-kun felt a little embarrassed. It wasn't that he couldn't eat less.
But there was no helping it, the meat was too delicious! He couldn't resist; he simply couldn't stop!
His body also needed a lot of energy.
The feeling of being full at last, so comfortable~!
The awkward atmosphere was a bit stifling, and Kiyotaki-kun couldn't help but burp!
Suddenly, the atmosphere seemed even more awkward!
Hanabi-chan woke from her daze and looked at Kiyotaki-kun with admiration.
"Kiyotaki-kun is amazing! He eats even more than my older sister! He eats so much!"
Uh~,
Kiyotaki-kun was speechless. You might as well not praise me!
And what's with that "eats more than your older sister" thing?
"Oh, oh! It's nothing, really."
Kiyotaki-kun waved his hand in embarrassment.
"After all, I'm still growing, you know. It's normal for boys to eat a lot when they're developing! Normal~"
Kiyotaki-kun defended himself, looking at the empty table, a little worried if Hanabi-chan had enough pocket money to pay the bill.
He hoped they hadn't eaten and run at his friend Choji's restaurant, especially with the Hyuga Clan's little Hime. That would be a huge problem!
Fortunately, things didn't turn out as he imagined.
Hanabi-chan waved her small hand, and the Hyuga Clan guard stood up, tears in his eyes, and went to the counter to pay.
"Thank you for the treat, Hanabi-chan!"
As the three walked out of Akimichi BBQ, dusk was beginning to settle.
The three walked back together. The paths of Konoha gradually became quiet, and the sounds of children arguing and fighting drifted from afar.
"It's Naruto!"
"Naruto is fighting a group of children!"
Kiyotaki-kun frowned.
"It's the Young Hime!"
The Hyuga guard also had sharp eyes and immediately recognized Hyuga Hinata, whom Naruto was protecting behind him.
"Sister!"
Hanabi-chan also saw her and rushed over angrily.
Kiyotaki-kun and the Hyuga guard quickly followed.
Naruto was already locked in battle with the children, or rather, he was being unilaterally ganged up on.
But Naruto showed no fear, not retreating even though he was covered in injuries.
Behind Naruto, Hinata looked at the little boy who had always protected her, her heart aching!
"Sister! Fight back!"
Hanabi-chan furiously rushed forward. A child saw this and reached out to push her. Hanabi-chan dodged his hand, used the fighting techniques she learned from Kiyotaki-kun, grabbed his arm, delivered an elbow strike to his chest, and then executed an over-the-shoulder throw!
"Ow!"
The little brat was thrown dazed and dizzy, crying out in pain.
The other children saw this and shouted,
"Another Byakugan freak! Brothers, hit her!"
"Byakugan freak! Byakugan freak!"
A group of children was about to attack Hanabi-chan. Hinata, who had been at a loss, finally decided to act. She couldn't stand by and watch her sister be bullied.
"Byakugan!"
With a low cry, veins bulged around Hinata's eyes.
Then Hinata raised her hand, forming the starting stance for Gentle Fist.
"Young Hime!"
Hanabi-chan's guard also cried out in alarm, rushing forward to protect his charge.
But Kiyotaki-kun was even faster, instantly appearing in front of the children, throwing them to the ground one by one.
The little brats, with their butts nearly split in two and some even having eaten a mouthful of dirt, ran away crying.
The leader of the children hastily dropped a threat and also fled quickly.
"Onii-san, why didn't you fight back when you were being bullied!"
Hanabi-chan said angrily.
"Yeah! Hinata, why do you let them bully you? If I hadn't passed by and seen this, you would have been bullied again!"
Naruto, with a bruised and swollen face, also said with great dissatisfaction.
Hinata reverted to her shy self.
"I'm~ I'm sorry!"
"Sigh!"
Naruto was helpless; Hinata was just a strange person.
She would silently endure being bullied without fighting back, and the way Hinata looked at him also felt very strange.
She really was a strange person!
"Naruto-kun, are you alright!"
Hinata looked at Naruto with eyes full of concern. Naruto had never seen such a look or heard such a tone since he was a child. So he once again categorized Hinata as a strange person.
Naruto's face was now bruised and swollen. Hinata hastily took out a handkerchief, her face flushed, nervous, and trembling as she tried to wipe his wounds, her eyes trembling, not knowing where to look.
Steam Hime Hinata was now online.
"Oh! I'm fine, I'll be good by tomorrow night! But you! Why don't you fight back when you're bullied? What will you do if you're bullied again and I'm not around?"
Naruto dismissively stopped Hinata's hand, not caring about these minor injuries.
Tsk tsk tsk! This Naruto, he still doesn't know the little girl has a crush on him.
"Because of Gentle Fist!"
Kiyotaki-kun said, he knew the reason.
"The Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist is too lethal. One wrong move and it can cause severe injury, even death!"
"Hinata-chan must be too kind, afraid of accidentally hurting others if she retaliates, so she didn't fight back, right?"
Kiyotaki-kun said with a smile. The initial power of the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist is immense, capable of taking lives when dealing with Chunin or Genin level opponents.
It's just that Hinata is kind and unwilling to harm others, which is very similar to Naruto.