Summer evening sky

Chapter 21 Candid

The war continues endlessly, and the Minato Squad is sent out to perform tasks more and more frequently. Naruto and Kakashi will often perform tasks under the arrangement of the third generation, but most of them are C-level or even D-level tasks. .For this kind of waste of talents with a sledgehammer, the third generation was also very helpless, and Naruto was even more troubled. Fortunately, Kakashi did everything possible to resolve Naruto's depression and suppress Naruto's runaway, which allowed him to be safe. In the village, no trouble was ever caused.Danzo and Orochimaru also had no time to take care of Naruto and Kakashi because of the increasingly fierce war, and their lives returned to peace.

Naruto finds that the latest Kakashi is particularly abnormal.After Minato-class went out to perform tasks, Kakashi no longer stayed by Naruto's side all the time like before, and ran out every now and then, and disappeared for a long time when he ran.Sometimes when I perform tasks with Naruto, I suddenly become dumbfounded, and I can't even avoid Naruto's clumsy pranks.Naruto was very worried, and wanted to ask Kakashi himself, but he avoided him cleverly every time; he ran to find the Third Hokage, but the Third Hokage, who was busy with various official duties, didn't even have time to listen to him.Naruto ran away completely, ran home slowly, grabbed Kakashi by the collar and growled to ask him what happened, but Kakashi just calmly pulled Naruto's hand away, smiled and said it was all right.Naruto knew that if Kakashi didn't want to talk, no one would be able to pry him open, so he had to wait for Minato and Kakashi to come back before trying to find a way.

After finally waiting for the Minato team to return from their mission, Naruto greeted Kakashi happily at the entrance of the village, but soon he found that something was wrong with the atmosphere.Minato's complexion was not very good, Lin lowered her head and said nothing, little Kakashi stared at Kakashi for a while, she didn't pick and dislike Kakashi as usual, she lowered her head walked past.Naruto looked at him a little bewilderedly, then at Minato.Minato watched Kakashi Jr. leave, and then shot Kakashi straight in his eyes.

"Obito is dead."

Naruto shook his hand, as if he didn't hear too clearly, he asked blankly: "What?" Minato didn't look at Naruto, but looked at Kakashi who stood straight and didn't say a word, and repeated: "Take Die, dead." Kakashi still looked down at his feet, without any reaction, Minato retracted his gaze, rubbed Naruto's head beside him, picked up his footsteps, wiped Kakashi's shoulder and left.

Naruto stood there, looked at Kakashi, wanted to say something but couldn't speak.The rays of the setting sun stretched Kakashi's shadow for a long time. After a moment of silence, Kakashi turned around, and a muffled voice came from behind the mask.

"It's almost time to go back."

Naruto was stunned for a while, then quickly ran to catch up with Kakashi, walking side by side with him.

After returning home, Naruto didn't see Minato, thinking that he should be worried that little Kakashi went with him.After sitting on the sofa with Kakashi, Naruto got up and poured a glass of water for himself and Kakashi.

"Ms. Kakashi..." Naruto murmured, then fell silent again, staring blankly at Kakashi who lowered his head, his lazy eyes filled with sadness, and said in his eyes Naruto suddenly blushed as the black mask outlined the beautiful lip line.

"Ms. Kakashi, is it because of this that you refused to come back with me? I'm sorry, Mr. Kakashi, I was too self-willed..."

"Well, it's all in the past, Naruto, there's nothing to be sorry about, it's the teacher who couldn't get over this hurdle, it's not your fault." He raised his head, still smiling gently.Naruto's nose was sour, and he hugged Kakashi suddenly: "Mr. Kakashi, why didn't you tell me? Am I just not worthy of the teacher's trust and dependence? Didn't I say it, I want it too Guardian teacher!"

Kakashi froze, looked at Naruto who was sobbing with his head buried in his chest, slowly hugged him back, rested his chin on Naruto's head, and remained silent.

"Kakashi, little Kakashi said he wanted to see you." A magnetic voice suddenly sounded above his head, and the two hugging each other were startled, and hurriedly let go, looking at Minato who didn't know when to come back.Naruto blushed, wiped the wet tears on his face, looked at Kakashi who stood up and was about to leave, and hurriedly shouted: "I will go too!"

"Naruto, you stay here, I have something to tell you." Minato reached out to hold Naruto, his eyebrows frowned into the character "eight", looking in a bad mood.

After Kakashi closed the door, Naruto looked away, turned his head and looked at Minato with dissatisfaction: "What do you have to say at this time!?"

Minato stared at Naruto for a while, as if trying to see through him.Naruto felt uncomfortable being stared at, frowned and took a step back defensively.Sensing Naruto's movements, Minato sighed: "Sit first!" Naruto sat down obediently, as if he purposely sat at a position far away from Minato for safety reasons.

"Naruto, I haven't been able to stay with you properly since you came, especially these days, I'm really sorry for leaving you and Kakashi at home!

After hearing Minato's words, Naruto became even more nervous: "Why are you saying this for no reason? Isn't it because of the war? Besides, I didn't blame my parents, anyway, I still have Mr. Kakashi with me."

"This is the problem!" Minato suddenly stood up and shouted at Naruto with righteous indignation, then his voice fell sharply, he wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, and said intermittently in a crying voice, "It's because Mom and Dad haven't been with you all this time. That guy Cassie is by your side makes you feel very at ease, so did you feel something you shouldn't have towards him? Ah, I'm sorry Naruto, it's all dad's fault, dad promises you, he will be with you in the future, So, you must trust Dad, your feeling for Kakashi is definitely not love, it is just a natural conditioned reflex to seek a sense of security in such an environment where Mom and Dad are not around and feel lonely! Naruto, it’s not too late now , quickly recognize yourself, recognize that bastard Kakashi, look, that Kakashi, lazy and lustful, useless, black-bellied and annoying, how can he be worthy of my invincible, cute, handsome and handsome son Naruto, although Dad has no objection to your falling in love with a man, but at least you must be at the level of Dad, with a handsome hairstyle, a charming smile, powerful ninjutsu, who can go to the hall and go to the kitchen, and can be handsome and sell well Moe, if you can fight, you can be Hokage, that's the way to go!!! Ah, Naruto, do you know how desperate I was when Dad came in and saw that scene just now? My world collapsed! My student unexpectedly Not even letting my son go, it’s too hateful!!!”

Naruto watched Minato keep spinning in front of him, for a while he blamed himself so much that he wished he could hit his head to death, for a while he demoted Kakashi-sensei to nothing, for a while he was so narcissistic that he flew into the sky, and finally knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, covering his face. I was so frightened that I almost lost my soul.Ah, is this really my father?Is it really that sanity-gentle golden glitter?Ah, Mr. Kakashi is still right, Dad is an idiot with intermittent brain twitches. . . . . .

Naruto didn't speak, and waited for Minato to calm down.After a few minutes, Minato stood up from the ground as if nothing had happened, and sat down next to Naruto.

"Sorry, I was too excited and lost my composure."

"Oh it's all right......"

The two sat quietly, the atmosphere was very silent, Naruto kept his head down, Minato saw that Naruto had no intention of speaking, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

"I know!" Naruto said suddenly, which startled Minato.

"I know, Dad. For a long time, I also thought that my feelings for Kakashi-sensei were limited to students to teachers, or even more, like a son to a father, but I was wrong." Naruto raised To begin with, "I love Kakashi-sensei, I have never been so sure of my feelings like now. I don't want Kakashi-sensei to be by my side all the time, I don't want to be closer to him all the time, I don't want to take him as my own all the time I feel sad because Kakashi-sensei is partial to Sasuke. I feel uncomfortable seeing Kakashi-sensei happily chatting with Rin. In order to make Kakashi-sensei pay more attention to me, I play pranks on him every day. As long as I am with Kakashi-sensei I feel very happy together, and when Kakashi-sensei is sad, I also shed tears unknowingly. The feeling of being with Kakashi-sensei is different from the feeling of being with mom and dad. That feeling, yes, It’s like the Naruto roll in ramen, it doesn’t seem to matter if it’s missing, but I don’t know why, once I don’t have it, I feel that ramen is tasteless.”

Minato is crazy, son, what I said earlier is very good, but what kind of metaphor is this later. . . . . .

Naruto smiled embarrassingly: "I'm not very good at metaphors! But, the lecherous fairy said that love is a kind of care and care from the heart, which can only be felt in every word and deed. There is no gorgeous I promise each other, no grandstanding, plain and firm. I think that’s what Kakashi-sensei and I are like. Dad, I really like Kakashi-sensei very much. It’s not just a momentary impulse like you said. And, Mr. Kakashi is not as bad as his father said. Although he is very lazy and likes to read those indecent novels, he is very reliable at critical times! However, Mr. Kakashi always likes to bury everything in the In my heart, it is really annoying to bear everything alone! So, from now on, I will never allow such a thing to happen, absolutely, I will not let Kakashi-sensei face everything alone!

"Naruto, are you really determined, and are you sure it won't change? Whether it's your feelings for Kakashi, or Kakashi's feelings for you, are you sure they won't change?"

Naruto raised the corner of his mouth, looked at Minato seriously, and nodded vigorously. "

Minato stared blankly at Naruto who had made up his mind. After a long time, he closed his eyes and sighed. He stepped forward and ruffled Naruto's hair: "If you really think so, Dad has nothing to say! Do what you want, Dad will believe in you no matter what time!"

Naruto grinned brightly, "Thank you, Dad!"

Minato nodded, and then pinched his chin with his right hand: "Well, I don't want to cook today, go eat your favorite ramen! I heard that Konoha recently opened a new ramen restaurant called Ichiraku, and the taste is very good!"

Naruto's eyes lit up, he jumped on Minato vigorously and shouted angrily: "Oh! That's great! Dad, I love you!!"

"Okay, okay, come down for me, it's so heavy!"

"Ah! Let's eat ramen! Ramen!!"

. . . . . .

In the clean hut, the clock was ticking, and the sunlight came in from the window, shining on the boy sitting on the bed.The boy's silver hair was shining, and he looked out of the window, motionless. The figure pushing the door only made his eyes roll, and then returned to silence again.

"Yo!" Seeing the boy sitting on the bed, Kakashi greeted him.

The boy ignored him, still immersed in his own world.Kakashi didn't mind at all, he found a chair and sat down beside him, took out the book he was carrying and looked at it by himself.The scene is very weird, Kakashi 20 years later is facing Kakashi 20 years ago, the two of them can't seem to find a word, the room is as quiet as when dreaming back at midnight.

"Why didn't you tell me?" After an unknown amount of time, the person on the bed finally spoke.

"Because of the rules." Kakashi sat on the chair, still buried in the book with the blue cover in his hand.

"What will happen next?"

"Sorry, I can't tell."

"But I want to know." Little Kakashi's eyes finally fell on the person sitting in the chair, and he locked on to him stubbornly.Kakashi's heart was shaken for a moment. If he said it, would those tragedies be avoided, and would the dead return?But. . . . . .Kakashi still shook his head.

"A cowardly and heartless person!" Little Kakashi growled angrily, his eyes starting to turn red.

Kakashi raised his head and stared at his once young self, and found that after returning from the mission, the boy's already refined figure seemed to have become even thinner. After staring for a while, he finally retracted: "I will only be ruthless to myself and the enemy. Little one, you are the same as me."

Little Kakashi lowered his head and stopped looking at him, his hands began to tightly grasp the sheet. After a while, something seemed to fall and smeared on the sheet. One drop, two drops, the faint sobbing sound of the boy came In Kakashi's ear, Kakashi couldn't help but force his right hand holding the book, and the paper was full of wrinkles.

"Please, tell me what's next. I'm really, really scared. …"

Kakashi stood up, walked to the bed, and suddenly reached out and hugged the boy.

"Some things, the result is the same whether you know it or not. The difference is that if you know that those things will happen, but you are still powerless, the sense of emptiness and powerlessness that expands in your heart will drive you crazy. I want to destroy everything. Kakashi, I only have one thing to tell you, even if you lose everything, don’t forget the things that important people gave you with their lives, just do your best to protect them.”

The person in his arms stopped crying, and the room became quiet again.Kakashi let go of his hand, stood for a while and then left.Little Kakashi remained motionless until the sound of footsteps disappeared before he raised his head and looked in the direction of the door.

"Lost...everything..."

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